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No matter if you are sitting across from your users in their office, asking for feedback on an idea over Slack, or working with potential partners our goal is the same. We need to build a product and service that solves their core, root problem. To be able to do this, we need to be able to set our biases and preconceived notions aside.
Cognitive biases are underlying (often unconscious) schemas that define our thinking patterns. These gaps in rational judgment occur based on our life experience, our place in society, and our interactions with others.
We’ll cover a number of common cognitive biases that affect both our users and ourselves.
There are a number of cognitive and attributional biases that can impact our users’ ability to provide us with accurate information. I’ll include a bit about each bias, a generic example, how we see it in practice, and how we can help limit its effects.
This bias is the tendency for people to assume authority figures have more accurate opinions, regardless of the background of the individual.
Example: When one might assume the medical opinion of the California Governor is correct, even though she has no medical training.
In Practice: Our users might defer to our thoughts on how to do their work because we are the ones building the software. They may not interrupt or correct our statements (especially in front of us) regarding policy, procedure, or real-life.
Mitigating: Two of the best ways to mitigate this is to build trust between yourself and the participant. Remind them that we are not experts, and expect them to bring their industry-specific knowledge to guide us. A second way is to do our best to fit in, visually. If we wear branded gear it can often further point to differences between our participants and ourselves.
This happens when we judge how common or important something is based on if we can recall it easily. This can affect decision-making abilities, and inaccurately influence responses to our questions.
Example: When asked how reliable iPhones are compared to Android phones, we might respond “iPhones break all the time” just because we had to spend a couple hours talking to AppleCare to trouble-shoot our iCloud account.
In Practice: A user might feel that a particular edge case is more common than it really is. They may request for your app has to handle every kind of situation absolutely perfectly. This suggested is based on the theory that user’s particular experience handling that edge case three times in the past month.
Mitigating: For our participants, we can ask them to quantify how often certain types of behavior happens. Asking our participants for specific examples and numbers helps ground the answers in reality.
As the name suggestions, the bandwagon effect occurs when beliefs, opinions, and actions are influenced by what is trendy, what “everyone else” is doing, or what appears to be common.
Mitigating: To understand our actions, asking ‘Why?’ multiple times, and move up to find the real reasoning. Sometimes we can accompany this, by following up the chain of command to verify the overarching strategy and goals.
People tend to favor specific information and anecdotes to statistical generalities.
Example: Mike thinks propeller planes are far less safe than jets. When picking airlines for his trip to Birmingham, AL, he can fly a jet plane from Allegiant Airlines (whose planes have accidents 12/10,000 times), or he can fly on a propeller plane from United (whose planes have accidents 1/10,000 times). Base Rate Fallacy follows when people ignore basic statistical information for anecdotal specifics.
In Practice: Participants might lead us to focus on certain situations because they think they are more important due to anecdotal information. For instance, one user might be convinced that data left in ‘the cloud’ could get corrupted or deleted without warning because it happened to their boss once. Instead, they print out every single report as it becomes available and downloads files, saving them on their desktop. This ignores the statistics proving it’s far more likely that their workstation could fail and the paper misplaced than cloud data getting corrupted.
Mitigating: We can ask why, or ask our participants to quantify the impact. We can also cross-check with our ethnographic research and personas to see if it is just one user’s belief.
People are more likely to avoid offending others with their true opinions, rather than voice their true feelings.
Example: Gregory doesn’t like his boyfriend’s new jacket, but he may avoid saying his true feelings as a way to avoid hurting his boyfriend’s feelings.
In Practice: Alex does not think the workflow we tested with him will be easy to adopt but avoids mentioning that directly because he thinks we worked hard on it.
Mitigating: One way is to mention that you have not personally designed the mockup. Mention that you are a researcher, not a designer. Clarify that your goal in this session is to bring feedback and comments back to the design team.
Example: Presenting the new airline fare class as “Basic Economy” for the price-conscious passenger, or calling it “Cattle Class” for cheap passengers.
In Practice: When showing that we have removed a feature, some users would react poorly when told: “We removed this feature because no one uses it.” However, they might be elated when “We simplified this interface to make it easier for you to use.” Despite the fact, the design is the same.
Mitigating: Using the 3-Column Technique to write non-sensationalist introduction or questions. Utilizing adjectives, descriptors, and intensifiers works great for marketing material, but by design, will influence impressions of the product and muddy our research data.
Biases people to believe that certain objects can only be used for their traditional purpose.
Example: Some think they can only use a Q-Tip to clean your ears, but others use Q-Tips to build a 3D model of DNA.
Mitigating: Continuing to ask “Why” recursively and run through the reasoning for resistance. Sometimes it can come back to feelings and emotions more than logical blockers – these emotions should not be discounted but incorporated in any design.
The bias towards thinking a change will have a longer and more intense impact than it really will.
Example: If we change our office phone number, no one will be able to get in touch with us reliably for months.
In Practice: A sentiment that “Our users will struggle with uploading PDFs rather than faxing in files for years. It will be difficult to get people to switch.” When in reality, there is difficulty and pushback for less than two weeks.
Mitigating: Often we can mitigate this by promising to check in at a predetermined future date on whether or not these challenges are continuing to have a strong impact.
This is the tendency for people to avoid and dislike change of any kind.
Example: People may resist moving away from Yahoo! email and Alta Vista search despite the known benefits of Gmail and Google Search because they want to avoid the change.
Mitigating: When speaking to users, it’s important to keep this in mind when users are resistant to digitizing their workflow or changing their processes. If you cannot get them to speak about reasons they are worried about changing their processes, this bias may come into play.
Let’s run through a crash course on our cognitive biases that can get us in trouble.
Our (usually) first information gained about a decision can bias us despite any further information presented.
Example: We are told that all truck drivers have flip phones or crappy Android phones and cannot speak English well. Without additional verification and being actively shown how many speak English fluently or use iPhones, we may hold this information with higher importance because it was the first set of information about this project.
In Practice: Our first user interview or research may bias us to make decisions for the user interface that are not aligned with the majority of use cases.
Mitigating: Make sure that you document and take notes as you start a project. Be sure to come back to the first design or information and be honest with yourself if you are weighing our initial research more highly than you sure.
We like to be correct. This bias is when we ask questions in a certain way or ignore details that would show our decisions and designs to be flawed. Sometimes we can found to overemphasize the data that supports our theories.
Example: A questionnaire that asks “Are you happy with your social life?” would lead to more positive results than “Are you unhappy with your social life” even though they are asking for the same information.
Example: People with a strong belief in free-market capitalism read an economics news story and are asked to summarize it. Their personal feelings would impact which bits of data they present at the end.
In Practice: We may ask questions in a way that encourage users to tell us what we want to hear. Or we may pick out details about the design that shows it’s the right decision. For instance, users like the visual design, but mention that it’s a bit slower than the old design. We may focus on the usability improvements and ignore statements that don’t support our decisions.
Mitigating: Make sure that we ask questions in both a positive and negative cadence. We should also be sure to sure to have others review notes with us.
When conducting research, we have certain expectations of what the research will uncover and tend to ignore other data.
Example: When playing music backward, conspiracy theorists will often expect to hear words in the music, and they do point out words in random noises. The reverse is true, where people do not hear actual hidden lyrics when they are pointed out because they don’t believe they could be there.
In Practice: We expect users to struggle with certain parts of the user interface but may ignore other struggles in places where we thought it would be easy to move through.
Mitigating: Double-blind experiments are used in scientific studies. However, often we cannot facilitate this. Instead, it’s best to have non-designers and often regular people review research sessions / recordsings from FullStory / feedback from users in support tickets. Even having other designers who are not on the project review feedback can be immensely helpful.
Occasionally you may find having strong opinions that are not matched by prior research or by user actions. This often happens when users find data missing or not every one-off situation prioritized. Sometimes it’s just a bad day. You can denote research participants who deviated in the notes you take after the fact.
It’s your job to make the final design decisions. It’s your job to design the product. Do your job and own your decisions. Analyze the research and do what you think is right.


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Imagine smart materials that can morph from being stiff as wood to as soft as a sponge—and also change shape.
Scientists at the University of Bath have levitated particles using sound in an experiment which could have applications in so-called "soft robotics" and help reveal how planets start to form.
Rice University scientists have created a rubbery, shape-shifting material that morphs from one sophisticated form to another on demand.
A research team of Seoul National University has developed a skin-like electronic system that is soft, thin, lightweight and can wirelessly activate soft robots through a simple lamination process.

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I was a tad worried that my reading would go really slow and I would have the same answers to these questions as last week. Lucky for us I have a whole new set.
At the moment, I’m making my way through American Panda by Gloria Chao. I hope to finish it tonight and make it my final read of January!
Before writing this post, I finished the last 5 minutes of Anna Kendrick’s book, Scrappy Little Nobody. I love listening to the author’s read their own works of nonfiction because it feels so much more personal and means more than if they had just hired a random narrator.
By the Book by Julia Sonneborn is next on my list! This novel is a modern retelling of Jane Austen’s classic, Persuasion. I’ve never read the classic, but the plot of this book has a lot of promise.
QOTD: What is your current read?
Thanks for checking out the latest installment of WWW Wednesday. Write to you all soon.
P.S. I’ll be starting a new photo challenge on my bookstagram account! The bookstagram challenge I will be participating in is the #iamsweetFebruary challenge which is run by @iam.caryn and @sweetmarie_83. If you are interested in following me during the challenge you can check my Instagram here.
I’m so excited for American Panda to come out, it looks so good!
I’m loving it so far! Not too long of wait till publication day!

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This 8 week course is designed as private lessons for either non-music or music majors. The student's proficiency level will be asessed by the voice instructor and an individual program will be developed. This course may also be repeated with new material introduced each course session. Students will develop the technique of good singing and learn a variety of vocal literature in the styles of pop, musical theater, contemporary Christian, and/or classical music. Students may choose their own vocal selections as well as perform suggested songs by the teacher. Part of the lesson will be spent on vocal technique exercises with the balance of the lesson on songs accompanied by the teacher or with CD accompaniment. The development of skill and perception will enable students to perform with greater confidence and pleasure, and/or listen to all music with sensitivity.
Performance opportunities may be offered but are not mandatory for vocal success.


text: Adele has certainly broke the internet this week with the release of her new single 'Hello'. Tonight on Graham Norton we will be able to see her perform the single live for the frst time. BBC have given us a preview clip of the performance and it's giving us goosebumps alerady. It's been three years since the 27-year old has performed so this is kind of a big deal.

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Finals week will take place Jan. 23-25. This year, finals week is three weeks after winter break, when it is usually one week before.
On past winter breaks, senior Sarah Traenkle could be seen covered in snow from long days of snowboarding in Mammoth. This year, however, she will also be studying for her AP Calculus exam.
At the end of each semester, students in select Archer classes take finals exams to test students’ overall knowledge of each course. Finals usually lead into winter break, but this year, finals will take place Jan. 23-25, 2019.
Upper School Director Gretchen Warner said that the later start to school was what prompted the change.
However, Traenkle said she wished finals had remained before break.
The different schedule is a result of a longer summer, so the semester had to be pushed back. However, students are receiving three weeks after winter break to prepare for their exams.
However, students like senior Dominque Cadenas see the different finals schedule as ‘beneficial’ for their grades.
Correction Statement (Dec. 10, 2018, 6:40 p.m.): This post was updated with comment from Upper School Director Gretchen Warner.
As members of Archer’s active and engaged community, the Oracle welcomes reader comments and debate. We encourage community members to take ownership of their opinions by using their names when commenting. However, in order to ensure a diverse range of opinions, we do allow anonymous comments as long as they are respectful, relevant, and abide by Archer’s Responsible Use Policy. Comments are moderated, but not edited, and will appear once approved.


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Modern Rentals, located in Ripon, Wisconsin announced the launch of their newly redesigned website this week.
The new website incorporates a new design built around i.t.Interactive's content management tools. The staff at Modern Rentals now has full control over their website content.
You can visit their new website at www.ModernRentals.com.

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We’ve teamed-up with talented jewellery designer Martina at Isla Clay for our latest style competition! Her ceramic jewellery is totally unique and will finish off any outfit. We’re big fans of statement accessories at Style Doctors and you can win one of her amazing statement necklaces by entering below.
A beautiful ceramic statement necklace with carved geometric pattern in lime green. Made of earthenware clay and fired twice around 1000°C. The geometric pattern was carved while leather-hard and inlaid with black underglaze. The necklace is coated with non-toxic glazes. The black satin ribbon end with a silver plated toggle clasp. The necklace is light and comfortable to wear. The back where the necklace was touching the kiln was left unglazed.
Ribbon length including the clasp: 35cm, width 7mm. The ceramic piece is app. 9.5cm long, 5cm high and 4mm thick.
Visit the Style Doctors website and enter here.

industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


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'Fruits of the Vine’ at http://www.nlsa.ac.za/vine/ is the first online exhibition by The National Library of South Africa. It is a work in progress but already there is a wealth of information on the history of wine in South Africa.
Wine is an appropriate subject for the Library as it was founded in 1818 on the proceeds of a wine sales tax.
At time of writing, four of ten planned sections were on-line. ‘Cultivating in Good Hope’ tells the story of wine in South Africa from its first mention in 1595, when Cornelis Houtman’s east bound expedition traded Spanish wine for meat with Khoi herders at Mossel Bay, up to 2003’s Wine Industry Plan. Among the text are contemporary documents and engravings.
‘The Mystic Harvest’ examines cultural and religious attitudes to wine. The part wine plays in major religions is examined, including why Islam moved complete abstinence. ‘Lie of the Land’ tells how early vineyards were planted too densely for animals to till and thus triggered the importation of slaves to work the land. It took many years for vineyard workers conditions to improve and the exhibition doesn’t shrink from examining the effect of the DOP system and alcohol abuse.
‘Vineyard Vignettes’ contains some of the huge collection that did not easily fit elsewhere and some deemed simply ‘too enjoyable to exclude’. We see the modern concern about high alcohol levels is not new. The exhibition relates how at the 1873 Vienna International Exhibition wines from South Africa were ‘so charged with alcohol as to shock continental palates’.

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There was a gap of a month or two in the middle, and some of the planned embellishments got abandoned along the way… it was a first project using my light table/box, but the Copic marker rendering and then the Photoshop rendering went by the wayside.
Trixen started as a parody of all those late 90’s bad girl comics, and ended up more of a homage – oops. Finding a pair of magical breast implants (I was quite young at the time!) granted our mild-mannered heroine some demonic horns, tail, an extra pair of arms, and a little armour.
Then some variations on a theme over the years. Like junk food, or z-grade movies, not much redeeming value but a fun diversion. After most of this blog, probably sorely needed!
amazing work, man. You gotta find a market for this, or better still–create one.
A friend of mine asked why Trixen is always armed ( literally! ) with weapons…my retort was “That it looks COOL!” Long live Trixen!


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This important Jaguar is one of just three XJR-11 World Sportscar Prototype Championship cars and the most successful example.
Despite dominating the 1988 World Championship and winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans, it was becoming clear that the normally aspirated V12-engined TWR Jaguars were gradually losing competitiveness, especially in view of the shorter sprint events that FISA were introducing. Cars powered by the latest turbocharged engines, which were lighter and more compact, were gaining the upper hand and in response TWR JaguarSport (a collaboration of Walkinshaw's TWR and Jaguar) started the development of a purpose-built V6 engine for the 1989 season. The design allowed for two variants; a 3-litre engine for the American IMSA series and a 3.5 litre Group C specification for the World Championship. To accommodate the more compact dimensions of the new V6, JaguarSport's Tony Southgate also designed an all-new chassis, which would be known as the XJR-10 for the IMSA series and the XJR11 for the Group C entries.
The new engine was a thoroughly modern V6 with twin overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder. Of all-aluminium construction it weighed just 143 kg and was fitted with two Garrett turbochargers, which boosted the power to around 750 bhp in the 3.5 Litre Group C specification engines. The engine was mated to a five-speed gearbox that served as a fully stressed structural member and helped stiffen the new chassis, which was essentially an evolution of the successful XJR-6/8/9 carbon fibre monocoque. Suspension was by double wishbones with the front springs and dampers actuated by pushrods and the rears mounted outboard. This unconventional setup freed up more space for the ground-effect tunnels, which significantly improved downforce and handling. Indeed such was the improvement that many racing drivers have subsequently commented that a Group C Jaguar offers an unparalleled driving experience.
While the XJR-10 debuted at Lime Rock in May of 1989, the Group C specification XJR-11 had its first race at Brands Hatch in July and expectations were high when the car of Jan Lammers and Patrick Tambay qualified in pole position. However, like its IMSA counterpart, the XJR-11s faced stiff competition from the Sauber-Mercedes team with their hugely powerful V8-engined 'Silver Arrows' and could do no better than 5th. Sadly this disappointment was to be a recurring theme during the 89 season as the team was dogged by misfortune for most of the year.
In spite of considerable improvements undertaken by TWR and Jaguar, the 1990 season started no better with a disappointing result at Suzuka. The next race on 29th April was held at Monza and saw the debut of the third and last XJR-11, chassis 490, which was driven by Martin Brundle and Alain Ferte who managed to secure a highly creditable 3rd place against the formidable Mercedes C11s. This performance encouraged Walkinshaw, who was confident that the XJR-11’s superior handling would have greater impact on other lower-speed circuits, such as Silverstone, the location for the next round of the Championship. For this race Chassis 490 had its wide-track nose fitted and it appears that Walkinshaw’s earlier confidence was well-placed with Brundle and Ferte taking 1st place in chassis 490 and TWR JaguarSport securing a one-two victory in front of a jubilant home crowd. The success of Silverstone was unfortunately not to be repeated at Spa, but Brundle and Ferte had manged a 3rd in qualifying before their race was curtailed by an electrical fire. The next appearance for chassis 490 was at Dijon, where Brundle, fresh from his Le Mans victory, qualified 2nd and finished 5th. In August the car was re-numbered and raced at the Nurburgring as chassis 1190. This entry brought another 3rd place, a result which Brundle and Ferte appeared to have repeated at Donington until they were frustratingly disqualified for a refuelling error. The last two races of the 1990 season at Montreal and Mexico City were similarly plagued by misfortune but the car fielded strong performances in qualifying with a grid position of 3rd at Montreal and a pole position at Mexico City. In spite of the disappointments over the year, TWR JaguarSport still finished as runners up in the team championship, which was due in large part to the successes achieved by Brundle and Ferte in chassis 490 / 1190. Indeed, if a small number of unforeseen events had gone Jaguars way, it is conceivable that they would have finished the season as overall champions.
Following rule changes for the 1991 season, which prohibited turbocharged engines, the XJR-11s were replaced by the F1-inspired, V8-engined XJR-14s, and Chassis 1190 subsequently moved to the All Japanese Sportscar Prototype Championship where it reverted to its old chassis number 490 and raced with the livery of its sponsor Suntec. Over the course of the 91 season the car was entered into six races, three of which were at Fuji and two at Suzuka and Sugo where it secured 6th and 7th places against strong competition.
After the 1991 season chassis 490 was restored by TWR and sold to a private collection where it was carefully maintained before re-entering Historic Group C racing in the 2000s where it competed with much success. The car was retired in 2010 and has subsequently received a full JD Classics rebuild and restoration from the monocoque up, which is currently nearing completion. It now provides a wonderful opportunity to acquire a correct and historically important TWR Jaguar that secured its type’s only win and was driven by the top Sportscar drivers of its time. Offered in fantastic condition, this race-ready car would be an excellent contender for Patrick Peter’s Historic Group C Series in 2017 and would be sure to be a strong front runner.
Re-numbered 1190 for the remainder of the season.

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


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You can win this awesome chair and help fight back against cancer!
I am thrilled to be teaming up with the Parrotheads of the Blue Ridge Charities for Roanoke’s Relay For Life on June 14 at Riverside Complex. Come find us at tent site #226 to buy your raffle tickets for a chance to win the chair. And know that you are helping make a difference in the lives of those fighting cancer.
You can also make a secure-online-donation to my efforts be clicking on the link below.
Whatever or however you help, I thank you. I continue to hope and pray for all of those battling for their lives.
In memory of mama and daddy, bless you.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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On the Week 4 edition of the Subway Friday Fresh Take, we’ll recap some of the state’s top games featuring ranked opponents and highlight a few other notes from Friday’s action.
Bishop Miege took advantage of several St. Thomas Aquinas mistakes in scoring 27 points in the second quarter en route to a 41-21 win.
The Stags, ranked No. 1 in Class 4A-I, welcomed the return of all-state running back Dawson Downing on Friday night. Downing missed last week’s 42-35 loss to Blue Valley after being injured in Week 2. He scored the Stags’ first three touchdowns in this game to give Miege a 21-7 lead.
The momentum further grew in Miege’s favor when Joe Watskey picked up a blocked Aquinas punt and returned it for a touchdown with 1:02 remaining in the half to extend the Stag lead to 27-7.
On the ensuing possession, Aquinas quarterback Karter Odermann was intercepted by Dylan Downing setting up Miege with approximately 25 seconds remaining in the half.
Quarterback Carter Putz then hit Jafar Armstrong on a touchdown pass with 12 seconds in the half to put Miege up 34-7.
The Stags got the ball to open the third quarter and Putz connected with Armstrong again to lead 41-7.
Aquinas continued to grind out yardage on the ground behind a strong game from James Cosentino who finished with 191 rushing yards on 23 attempts. Touchdown runs from Oderamann and Sam Raemakers pulled Aquinas to within 41-21 early in the fourth quarter, but Miege would hold on for the 20-point win.
Putz completed 18 of 26 passes for 276 yards and two scores. Downing rushed for 112 yards and had three receptions for 56 yards. Danny Murphy led Miege with five catches for 97 yards, while tight end Nolan Gray caught five for 79.
Shawnee Mission East scored 21 points in the second quarter to build a lead and then pulled away from Shawnee Mission West, 42-21.
Lancer quarterback Luke Kaiser hit Zach Yeo on a touchdown pass to start the scoring, and then rushed for a third quarter score to build the lead to 21 points.
Wyatt Edmisten added a pair of touchdown runs for SM East, and the defense got in on the act as Luke Heisdorffer (6-4, 248) returned a fumble 24 yards for a score.
Shawnee Mission West was led by Zach Witters who rushed for a touchdown and threw two touchdown passes.
One week after losing a hard-fought 27-20 showdown at 5A No. 1 Mill Valley, Derby responded with a 49-14 blowout victory over 6A No. 4 Hutchinson.
The game didn’t necessarily start out in ideal fashion for Derby. Panther quarterback Brady Rust broke a 70-yard touchdown run on the first play from penalty only to see it negated by a penalty. Shortly after, Hutchinson’s Marcus Tafolla intercepted a Rust pass and returned it 80 yards for a touchdown and a 6-0 Salthawk lead.
Rust was then sacked on Derby’s next possession and the Panthers were forced to punt.
But the senior quarterback would respond late in the first quarter when he hit Kai Lemons on a 28-yard touchdown pass to give the Panthers a 7-6 lead. They would never look back.
Rust hit Kenyon Taber on a 32-yard touchdown and Garrett Xanders would score on a 12-yard run to put the Panthers up 21-6 at halftime.
Xanders and Rust each would break long touchdown runs in the third quarter to put Derby up 35-6. Rust would add a score in the fourth quarter for a 42-14 lead.
Rust rushed for 160 yards in the game, while Xanders added 145 on the ground.
Scott City took advantage of three Holcomb turnovers to edge the Longhorns 15-7 in a battle of ranked Greater Western Activities Conference members. The Beavers, ranked second in Class 3A, beat the 4A-II No. 3 Longhorns for the eighth consecutive time.
A controversial Holcomb pass from Trey Teeter to Braden Showalter was ruled a lateral with Scott City returning the ball to the Longhorn 30 yard line. Cooper Griffith scored shortly after to put Scott City up 6-0 late in the second quarter.
Later, a Drake McRae interception of Teeter gave Scott City the ball in good field position. Griffith found the end zone again to put the Beavers up 12-0 in the third quarter.
Teeter pulled his team within 12-7 on a touchdown pass to Conner VanCleave with one minute remaining in the third quarter.
Scott City would add a 37-yard field goal by Tre Stewart with 10:15 remaining to lead 15-7. The Beaver defense held off Holcomb the rest of the way to secure the win.
Griffith rushed for 105 yards on 19 carries to go with his two scoring runs.
In the fan’s choice for Kpreps Game of the Week, 4A-I No. 2 Buhler pulled away from previously unbeaten Augusta, 47-21.
Dillon Engelland rushed for 173 yards and four touchdowns in the first half as the Crusaders built a 28-14 lead at the break. His 74-yard touchdown run with: 06 seconds remaining in the first half provided the Crusaders the momentum at the half.
Augusta pulled to within in a score in the third quarter as Luke Dockers broke a 64-yard touchdown run.
With Engelland out in the third quarter due to illness, Buhler’s Dalton Brown scored on a 1-yard run to put the Crusader lead back at 14, 35-21.
Augusta was then turned away on downs in Buhler territory on the next possession. After a Buhler punt, Jack Goertzen picked off an Augusta pass and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown and a 41-21 Buhler lead.
Paola beat Frontier League rival Louisburg for the fifth consecutive time on Friday night, rallying from a halftime deficit for an 11-10 win.
Louisburg entered the game unbeaten at 3-0 and took a 7-3 lead into halftime after Austin Terry hit Cole Kramer on a 62-yard touchdown pass.
After a Paola fumble, the Wildcats extended their lead to 10-3 on an Alex Dunn field goal on the final play of the third quarter.
Mid-way through the fourth quarter, Paola quarterback Ryan Gleghorn scored on a two-yard run to pull the Panthers within 10-9. Paola Coach Mike Dumpert decided to go for the two-point conversion and the lead.
The Panthers got the conversion and grabbed an 11-10 lead with 5:15 remaining.
Louisburg mounted one final threat driving into Paola territory with 2:30 remaining, but the Wildcats were unable to convert on a fourth-and-4 at the Paola 44 yard line.
The outcome of this rivalry was decided by less than ten points for the fourth consecutive season. Paola won 20-14 last season, 23-17 in two overtimes in 2013, and 14-7 in 2012.
Class 2-1A’s second-ranked Smith Center Redmen used a big first half and held off Mid Continent League rival Norton, 27-14.
Chase Ryan rushed for all four touchdowns for Smith Center including three in the first half as the Redmen built a 21-2 lead. Norton’s first half points came when Smith Center snapped the ball over the quarterback’s head and through the end zone for a safety.
Norton pulled to within 21-14 in the third quarter after touchdown runs from Tevin Petrie and Jordan Dole, but Bluejay quarterback Jace Ruder was intercepted twice in the fourth quarter to thwart any comeback attempt.
The win by Smith Center at home marks the seventh consecutive win by the home team in this series.
Ashland outscored Ingalls 22-0 in the third quarter to turn a 26-22 halftime deficit into a 44-26 lead heading into the final period. The Blue Jays then answered a pair of Ingalls touchdowns in the fourth quarter to complete a 56-42 upset of the Bulldogs, ranked No. 4 in 8-Man II.
Kole Konrade rushed for 133 yards and three touchdowns and added 127 receiving yards and another score to pace Ashland. Konrade’s 70-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter increased his team’s lead to two scores after Ingalls had pulled to within 50-42.
Branson Sandoval rushed for 125 yards and three touchdowns for Ingalls.
Wallace County used a big first half from senior quarterback Eric Gfeller to build a 38-12 lead in winning at Hoxie, 48-18. The Wildcats picked up a key win in District 8 of Eight-Man, Division II.
Gfeller passed for 172 yards and three touchdowns in the first half, including 162 yards and two scores to Spencer Medina. Gfeller also finished with 171 yards rushing and three more touchdowns.
Friday’s win was the fifth straight for the Wildcats over the Indians.
Osawatomie senior running back Riley England carried 18 times for 487 yards and six touchdowns as the Trojans beat Iola 47-19.
With Friday’s performance, England pushed his season rushing total to 1,044 yards and 10 touchdowns on 86 carries.
For his career, England has 4,894 rushing yards and 52 touchdowns.
Dodge City quarterback Caden Walters scored by rushed for four touchdowns and passed for four more in a 69-0 shutout of Liberal.
Walters rushed for three touchdowns in the first half as the Red Demons built a 41-0 lead. After halftime, Walters tossed two touchdown passes and rushed for another.
He tossed touchdown passes to four different receives.
Maize South knocked 4A-I No. 4 Andover Central from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 51-41 shootout victory.
With a lot of rain falling in North Central Kansas, Marysville upset 4A-II No. 5 Clay Center 6-3 in overtime.
In Eight-Man, Division II, Pike Valley beat No. 5 Beloit St. John’s-Tipton 30-18. Pike Valley sat just outside the Kpreps 8-Man II poll last week.

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Gamma Knife and CyberKnife are similar in that they are both clinically proven systems for delivering high dose radiation to tumors with sub-millimeter precision. However, that’s where the similarities end. CyberKnife has evolved from the conventional technology of the Gamma Knife to improve patient comfort during and after treatment and expand the parts of the body that can be treated. CyberKnife can perform dedicated stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), just as Gamma Knife does, but it is also capable of delivering stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), also called stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR), which enables it to perform treatments throughout the body – not just the brain and cervical spine.
SRS is used by both systems to treat brain tumors, vascular lesions and functional disorders such as acoustic neuroma, trigeminal neuralgia, and arteriovenous malformations (AVM). SRS is typically used as a primary treatment of operable, inoperable, or recurrent brain tumors. But it also can be used in combination with surgery, chemotherapy, and other treatments. Despite the fact that Gamma Knife and CyberKnife can both deliver SRS, there are key differences.
First used in U.S. in 2001. First used in U.S. in 1979.
Another difference between the two systems is the method of radiation delivery. Gamma Knife is limited in the number of angles it can approach the tumor, while CyberKnife can deliver radiation from thousands of angles, limiting the impact of radiation on healthy tissue or organs surrounding the tumor.
While both Gamma Knife and CyberKnife can treat cancerous and non-cancerous tumors with extreme precision, CyberKnife offers unique advantages, particularly its ability to treat tumors throughout the entire body. With advanced robotics, intelligent tumor tracking, and real-time imaging capabilities, CyberKnife can treat tumors in the body that move as a result of breathing with the same precision as treatments to the brain, without requiring uncomfortable motion-restricting devices.
CyberKnife’s revolutionary advancements enable treatment of tumors in the brain, head and neck, spine, lung, prostate, liver, pancreas, kidney and more. CyberKnife’s precision and freedom from invasive head and body frames have opened the realm of treatments to recurrent tumors that were once thought untreatable after previous radiation or surgery.


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In Sheffield United colours this knitted doll belonged to one of the first English women priests. When she died I was given a lot of her liturgical materials and this cute wee lassie.
What a little treasure this was that came to be yours! Suits you, I'd say...and a nice portrait you did of her as well!
Are you now obliged to support the team as well?
Sheffield United...no; apparently red and white are the Ulster Rugby Team colours.....so maybe the Woolly Priest could be a rugby supporter?


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SFBook.com is a non-profit website and makes no profit from advertising or affiliate schemes. We treat all our visitors with the greatest of respect and do not pass on any information to third parties or collect information other than anonymous user data.
We do however use Google Analytics which gathers this anonymous information and stores a small Cookie on the visitors machine.
We use these traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website and tailor it to our visitors needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

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Edna was buried at the Memorial Park Cemetery.
[S761] Clan Munro files - Mason, Rachael C., Rachael C. Mason, Ahnentafel of Rachel Lee Cooper "Rachael" (Reliability: 3).
[S761] Clan Munro files - Mason, Rachael C., Rachael C. Mason, Mambership application for Rachael Cooper Mason - 9 Aug 2010 (Reliability: 3).

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Leonard Nimoy passed away this morning. I loved Star Trek as a kid, especially Mr. Spock, and watched the reruns on Channel 13 in Los Angeles. My dad introduced me to the series and he owned a few of the wonderful Fotonovels, which were pseudo-graphic-novels featuring stills from an episode with captions and text superimposed over them. Since this was before our home had a Betamax or VHS, it was my only way of enjoying Star Trek On Demand.
I’m sad as I read all of the tributes and remembrances of Mr. Nimoy on social media, but I’m happy that he lived long and prospered: he seemed to be well-loved by all.
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Much has been said about the power of open source software for ICT4D, but there’s seemingly little on how to navigate the decisions around how to use, build, or grow open source from a technical perspective. To understand the ins and outs of what makes open source work (or not), we return to those who first started the open source movement more than 30 years ago: software developers.
I turned to the software developers and product strategists around me at Caktus Group to write this article. Over the years, we’ve seen many ICT4D open source implementations in different circumstances. Using that experience, here is a distillation of key points to remember when approaching open source.
For organizations that can find a commercial product with all the features they need, at the right price for today’s and tomorrow’s usage, a proprietary product is really an ideal solution. Open source does not make sense in every context, but it’s a factor worth considering in every scenario. Amongst our clients, the most common reasons to consider an open source solution is that they have outgrown their existing software or it is a grant requirement.
One of our clients had built a prototype SMS system that assisted HIV-positive users with medication adherence and education. The prototype was built upon a proprietary system designed for the pilot. Expanding adoption of the proprietary system would’ve entailed not only more usage costs, but also the cost of custom feature development with no (low cost) flexibility for future growth.
As a result, building a new version of their system using UNICEF’s open source RapidSMS became a viable solution. They could innovate upon existing technology, control their own system, and build new tools for themselves and others. But had they not wanted to expand usage and maintain the same feature sets, sticking with their original proprietary system would have made sense.
Open source means the code is freely available, but it’ll always take the efforts of developers to transform that code into a solution for your needs. Whether the developers are internal or external, staffing a technology project is not the same as having to build software from scratch. Open source software provides a foundation of features and functionality out-of-the-box that can be further enhanced.
As a result, organizations can have novel solutions that feel highly custom, but under the hood, it represents the best of global collaboration. The cost savings of not having to reinvent the wheel is substantial not only for the organization, but other organizations with similar needs. The greatest everyday benefit is to users who save time with a system that can reflect their workflows instead of having to adapt to the software.
Open sourcing is most effective (read: fastest and cheapest) when it is planned for from the start, including navigating the complex license type determinations. The end goal of open source is innovation and that can only be done through the collaboration with others.
On a purely practical level for an organization, this ideally means more developers working on the project after it’s initial completion at no additional cost. A healthy open source community around a project will identify and fix bugs and build new features that capture their interest.
Laying the groundwork for an open source developer community takes effort which, at minimum, includes creating a welcoming space: clean code and clear documentation. The more effective approach also includes having contribution guidelines for other developers and avenues for new developers to communicate with those experienced in the project.
The code in and of itself is not enough to enable innovation. Like any community-building effort, communication is critical to unifying people and process around ideas. The resources made available and tone set by the founding development team directly influences how others feel about contributing to the project.
Security-minded system architecture. Planning for open sourcing from the start also changes how developers approach security. Knowing that components will be made public ensures that the team, in constructing the foundations of the system, separate out potential security risks so that it can be readily stripped during open sourcing. Otherwise the cost to retroactively do this can be cost prohibitive.
Documentation. Providing robust documentation for future contributors is easier as the software is being created. The documentation of IRC’s Commodity Tracking System is an example of best practice. It contains precise deployment guidelines and explanations of each component of the system and how it fits into the overall system architecture.
Open source system testing. All systems undergo testing, but a new open source project has to undergo a different kind of testing—how replicable is it? Developers unfamiliar with the project attempt to follow the documentation and deploy the project. The process highlights challenges future developers will have in deploying the project so the team can correct issues before they make the code public.
In the Principles for Digital Development, there’s a principle for open source software and also a principle for addressing privacy and security concerns. Some have taken this to contradict the idea of open source and open data, but they must go hand-in-hand.
Many of the most impactful open source ICT4D projects also must manage highly sensitive data. UNICEF’s seminal Project Mwana, for example, is an open source project that sends HIV status information to clinics. Libya’s SMS voter registration project, now open sourced by Caktus as SmartElect, similarly managed highly sensitive data. Assessing security and privacy risks is essential prior to open sourcing.
One method for organizations to approach open source software security is to use threat modeling, a process detailed by Rehal Dette in this excellent ICTWorks article: What’s your ICT4D Threat Model. Done in conjunction with developers, threat modeling helps identify weaknesses and raises appropriate responses. In open sourcing SmartElect, for example, knowing that those who would want to attack the system were technologically sophisticated, the developers on the team recommended a third-party security firm to attempt hacks on the system.
Technological security and privacy, however, is just one component of overall security. In our experience, especially when working in-country, it’s the process of data collection and data dissemination before and after it enters the system that often opens up security compromises. The way information is stored, especially in remote locations that may rely on paper processes, depend heavily upon how individuals approach securing data.
Once you have laid the groundwork for a community around an open source project, you begin the real work of open sourcing: maintaining your project and managing external contributions from other developers. It should be noted that open source contributions reflect the interests of volunteers, not necessarily the needs of the organization like security updates or new features.
Ongoing project maintenance and support of this nature often can stretch internal teams and put organizations in a difficult spot— their mission is to serve stakeholders, not to be a software firm. Technology consulting firms can provide this service, creating a best of both world’s scenarios: open source software with commercial support.
Open source, at the end of the day, is one tool of many in increasing impact for stakeholders. Its popularity across all industries and governments is tied to its ability to build faster, smarter technologies. However, building open source in a sustainable way requires approaching it from a developer’s perspective, especially in building a healthy community around any project.
The growth in open source since the beginning of the movement (nearly 65% of corporations use it!) is encouraging and we can’t wait to see more ICT4D projects being made available for all.
Great article, thanks. One of the classic mistakes people make is to assume that anything built using (for example) Microsoft tools or on a Microsoft platform (.Net) is the antithesis of Open Source since the tools cost money and you may require a Windows server to host it. Open Source does not mean Linux, although Linux itself is an Open Source operating system. Similarly, Windows does not automatically mean ‘proprietary’.
Open source refers to the code base of the product you develop. Whether you use proprietary tools or not to build the system. In addition, Microsoft have come to the party in a big way of late with .Net core and Visual Studio community edition (as well as Visual Studio code) – free and powerful tools for the right environment – and ability to host .Net code on Linux servers. Sometimes using such tools are preferable to alternate free tools simply because the skill set of the majority of university and school leavers in certain parts of the world includes these skills, enhancing overall sustainability and lowering cost. Every situation requires a specific tailored response, and even though you may be re-using, you’re always treating each opportunity as unique right off the bat.
Take home? Microsoft solutions do not mean proprietary or more expensive in the long run… there are many open source systems built using proprietary tools. If the end result is open source, then it’s open source.


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Here are some businesses that received funding recently.
Aye Finance: Gurugram based online lending start-up raised $21.7Mn in Series C funding with by CapitalG, Google’s Venture Capital Company investing $11.9Mn. Aye finance will use the funding to build its technology platforms and increase its loan book which stands at $77Mn (INR 525 Cr).
Paytm Mall: Received $225Mn funding from previous investors Alibaba and Softbank. Now Alibaba holds 46% stake in Paytm Mall and Softbank holds 21%. The start-up will use the funding to increase its offline presence.
Pixr8: Ghaziabad based online business media platform raised $37K in seed funding. They intend to use the funding to boost market reach, acquire readership and expand its customer base.
Network Intelligence: Bengaluru based cybersecurity services start-up has raised $4.87Mn (INR 33Cr) from Helix Investments, a private equity firm. They plan to utilize the funds to expand to the US and UK markets and enhance product development initiatives. Its revenues come from BFSI sector and oil, gas and IT.
HomeLane: Bengaluru based online-home furnishing start-up raised $3.54Mn (INR 24 Cr), Brand Capital, BCCL’s strategic investment arm.
What’s Up Life: Gurugram based online lifestyle media platform raised an undisclosed amount from actor and television personality Rannvijay Singh. They plan to utilize the funds to expand to more cities. The start-up has exciting events lined up.
Theranosis Life Sciences: Hyderabad based medical diagnostic start-up raised an undisclosed amount from Mumbai Angels Network. They plan to use the funds to explore non-invasive diagnostics for cancer patients and innovations in cancer treatment.
CredAble: Mumbai based supply chain financing start-up has raised $14.8Mn (INR 100 Cr), from Mumbai based Financial Advisor Alpha Capital, in a round of Series A funding.
DailyNinja: Bengaluru- based subscription based delivery start-up raised $3Mn from Saama Capital and Sequoia Capital. They intend to use the funds to upgrade their customer experience by adding more offerings.
Nivesh.com: Noida based mass market investment company raised $440K in seed fund from Lets Venture. Basab Pradhan (former Infosys Global Sales Head) and Ranjan Anandan (Google India MD) are among its major angel investors.
Nirog Street: Ayurveda platform technology led start-up raised $300K from Spiral Ventures the Japanese venture fund, Samir Kumar (Director of Derivatives, Deutsche Bank, Singapore) and Subho Ray (President, IAMAI).
Wow! Momo: Kolkata based quick service restaurant chain has raised an undisclosed amount, estimated at INR 3-4Cr from Willaim Bissell (MD, Fabindia).
eShakti: Chennai based women’s fashion brand raised $11Mn (INR 75Cr) from Mumbai based Paragon Partners. eShakti specializes in size and style customization with presence in Australia and Canada.
Everyday Gourmet Kitchen: Mumbai based start-up raised $300K in pre-seed funding from Pradyumna Kokil (belonging to a family of CA’s from Nasik).
Chillr: Indian payments app was acquired by Stockholm based Truecaller for an undisclosed amount. Truecaller plans on strengthening the company’s payment business in India.
NITI Aayog: 3,000 additional schools have been approved to set-up ATAL Tinkering Labs under its ATAL Innovation Mission (AIM). Over the next 5 years, a grant of INR 20 lakh will be awarded to each of these schools for fostering innovation among secondary school children across India.
Axilor Ventures: Has launched Axilor Technology Fund, a $30Mn seed fund that will make investments of up to $450-500K in seed funding and pre-seed funding stage start-ups.
Cisco: Will invest $200Mn in start-ups globally, including India.
National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC): has signed an MoU, with e-Government Leadership Centre (eGL), Singapore to skill India’s workforce across emerging technology areas like Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics.
YES Bank: Launched YES SCALE, a multi-sector programme to support start-ups working in the areas of EduTech, Agritech, CleanTech and Lifesciences Tech and Smart City.
Fosun International: Shanghai based Chinese investment company that initially invested only in established companies like MakeMyTrip, Delhivery and Ixigo is planning to invest in early stage start-ups in India.
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): A panel has been setup to make listings attractive for start-ups.
Unicorn India Ventures: Mumbai based early VC firm has partnered with British Ascension Ventures to launch a cross-border evergreen fund, Unicorn Ascension EIS Fund to support UK start-ups entering the Indian market and aims to raise upto $6.6Mn (INR 45Cr).

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Apex International Recruitment is a specialist Healthcare Recruitment Agency based in Kent. Apex has over 14 years’ experience of working with NHS and independent healthcare organisations across the UK, delivering high quality healthcare personnel for temporary and permanent positions and currently provides staff to NHS Hospitals, Private Hospitals & HM Prisons, throughout the UK.
Within the Nursing division, our candidates have experience across a range of disciplines which include (but are not limited to): General, Medical, A&E, Intensive Care, Mental Health, Neurology, Neonatal, Oncology, Paediatrics, Theatre & Wards.


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This Sussex Garden Design was a building site when we first saw it.
Historically this garden had a major problem with drainage. When we first viewed it builders had resolved these problems but left a very flat area covered with pea shingle. The client wanted a contemporary feel with paving, grass, and mediterranean style scree planting. There were also some issues around privacy and many mismatching boundary fences from the neighbours gardens.
The garden design used three interlocking circles for the lawn which created nicely shaped borders for the planting. The paving was finished with sawn mint sandstone giving a light and airy feel. The sides of the garden were finished with long lengths of slatted screen panels giving a stunning effect.


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This is a fantastic start! Hopefully it'll be enough.
Well that will do but why there's no buff for quests for exemple ?
A number of my guildies will be very pleased!
It's a start, but still waiting for them to speed up the experience gain. Their nerfs on Dungeon completion, heirlooms, etc.. Too much.
The biggest issue is the lack of exp gain through the 60-80 bracket - essentially the travel time and slightly lesser quest experience just ramps up how long it takes.
It's not strange though. Finding the actual solution was taking much longer than they expected, so they're doing this until they can find the actual problems.
Hopefully this will make unlearning those bad habits gained in dungeons in the last few expacs more forgiving.
This was to be expected. Keep in mind there were some pretty big issues last time a squish happened and they required numerous tuning passes to make the experience tolerable again. In this case, the situation was likely exacerbated by Blizzard trying to tune leveling in 7.3.5.
There's something to be said about more infrequent squishes by designing to protect against the need to, which in turn helps towards preventing this issue It's too early to know if lessons were learned from WoD and Legion in that regard though.
Now reduce 60-80 xp and we're good to go.
This current group won\u2019t ever change all that. Subs will have to hemorrhage and they \u201cmove on\u201d before we get any meaningful improvements. It\u2019ll happen, but not before a lot of damage is done to the game and player rapport.
They didn't want to slap a bandaid on fix, but felt they had to do it anyway.
There's nothing on hotfixes that says they have done so. There was a blue post saying they realized it was slow during that range but nothing was implemented yet from what I've read.
Do they not have at least ONE person to handle leveling? It's really not rocket science to tell if the numbers are too low or too high. I remember when they added the scaling in 7.3.5, i went on PTR and on live at the same time and on the same copied character (a lvl 33 or so feral druid) i fought the same level mobs in Duskwood and made a comparison video. The health differences were really noticeable.But they wanted to slow down killing stuff so i guess they got what they wanted. Anyway i have no reason to ever level another character, so at least that's the one advantage to having played for as long as some people have.
Might as well be an advertisement for a character boosts.

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CELLO FEST on Thursday, Oct. 6th was awesome! 20 cello students participated - we had to move to a larger room to accommodate them and all the parents and students from other grades. I and a cello friend, Dorothy Wright, played the first 2 movements of the Vivaldi Cello Concerto for 2 cellos (the Duelling cellos I tell my students!) In spite of the logisitical difficulties of getting students from different grades (although the teachers were very supportive and gave me their students for rehearsals when they could) they pulled together and played very well, and had lots of fun playing 3-4-5 part pieces by Schubert (Lullaby), Brahms (Slumber Song), Dona Nobis Pacem, Bingo, This Old Man. It was a wonderful afternoon celebrating my 20 years at the school.
EWS String students'concert in honor of the Mount Kenya Academy Strings. The schools have a penpal program set up for the string students to correspond with each other.
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“Our Little Soldier” – Twelve song cycle about the futility, agony and ubiquity of war. I hope to record this as an album at some time and also do a couple of performances of it with a few friends.
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I simply love Walt Disney World in December! There isn't a more beautiful time to visit the Disney theme parks and resorts.
Many people have discovered how magical Walt Disney World is in December. That means you will find fairly large crowds throughout the month. (An independent website, www.touringplans.com, makes predictions about crowd levels in the Disney theme parks. Several of my friends use this site to help them decide when they will visit each park.) However, it sounds like you'll be departing just in time to miss the biggest crowds. It is not at all uncommon for the theme parks to stop admitting additional guests mid-day because they have reached capacity on the days between Christmas and New Year's Day.
The crowds will be much more reasonable while you are there. Nonetheless, I encourage you to take advantage of Extra Magic Hours if you are a Disney resort guest. These are special times when only guests staying at a Disney-owned resort can access the parks. Lines to attractions are typically much shorter during Extra Magic Hours.
Also, I recommend that you make advance dining reservations for any table service restaurants you'd like to explore during your trip. You should call (407) WDW-DINE 180 days in advance of your vacation to book these reservations. Disney's most popular restaurants book up quickly so call as soon as your reservation window opens. Let us know if you need recommendations for places to dine. We love Disney dining questions here at the Moms Panel.
Wishing you and your family a truly magical first visit to Walt Disney World!
PS. Promise me you'll visit Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Disney's Wilderness Lodge at least briefly during your stay. The decorations in the lobbies of these resorts are simply breath-taking in December!

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If you create a medical program for a single commodity, you may lose sunspots, which some of us will appreciate. The spherical exhibition of the calendar of the year is frying the skin. There is not this simple cream day-to-day option. One caution: this hypersensitive epidermis, "The team of Dr. Burns of Dermatology." Cultivated allergies, formaldehyde, a personal investigation can improve flexibility to quickly relieve wrinkles. Report! In which dermatologists Some people.
At the moment, you need to know how important it is to protect your skin from the sun's rays, whatever the weather. Our Science Laboratory at the Good Cleaning Institute recommends that you wear sunscreen every day of course, even if it's cloudy. Indeed, the main protection against aging and the sun can consist of a solid sunscreen with Look Instantly Refreshed, broad spectrum, intended to protect dangerous ultraviolet rays Cream sunscreen at sunscreenguide of the sun. But it's hard to consider using sunscreen on days and nights when you're not just lounging by the pool or walking your way. We now have the solution: every day, a moisturizer with a SPF prepared directly in. Formulated with sunscreen, these products provide the best possible worlds: liquids and defense. In addition, if you are currently using a moisturizer daily, you will not notice a change in your program, but you will also notice a change in the well-being of your skin. Before we start buying, we will answer some of your main concerns in order to find the moisturizing SPF care that is suitable for the epidermis: Will a moisturizer with SPF give me exactly the same moisturizing benefits as not having an SPF? Less than. "Our testimonials have learned that evening lotions with SPF normally have lower hydration than night lotions," says Danusia Wnek, a chemist at GH Elegance Science. These diurnal formulas probably forget some moisturizing elements to create an area of SPF. Are pores and skin very dry? Use a night cream or even immediate coverage: they are the most important fluid intake in diagnostic tests! Can I use sunscreen as opposed to my moisturizer? Of course, during the hottest months.
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Bike shipping / Lesson learned?
After much research and effort it appeared the best and cheapest way to get my two bikes from Florida to San Francisco for my west coast tour was FedEx. LBS gave me two boxes curiously one much smaller than the other. My wife's bike fit in the larger of the two boxes with only removing ft. Wheel, handlebars and peddles. What a dream. My bike in the smaller if the two boxes required both wheels removed, Rear rack, derailluer, handlebars and of course peddles. It was a difficult and tight fit. Took the boxes to FedEx and send them standarrd 5 day ground delivery. Now came the Shock. Small box total weight 35.8 lbs. shipping cost $85.17 larger box total weight 33.8 lbs. shipping cost 157.43. ALMOST DOUBLE!!! Total cost to get tha bikes toCalifornia. 242.60. Info has it that the some of the so called rip-off airlines are too pricey. While I'm not complaining about FedEx their pricing seems a bit high, or is it that everybody ships in small boxes and my mistake was the larger box?
If anyone will send me a free set of southern tier maps (I spent my last dime on shipping) I may consider riding home!
Re: Bike shipping / Lesson learned?
FedEx and UPS both offer on-line rate calculators. You can do what-if games with sizes and weights to see where the break points are. It's also a good way to see what extras you find worth paying for and which ones you don't (e.g., insurance, home pickup, home delivery). When I shipped my bike, I played around with those rate calculators quite a bit. With FedEx, size seems to matter much more than weight. If you get too big or heavy, you slip from "ground" to "freight" class and the rates quadruple, so you want to make sure you don't do that.
Be careful with the box sizes for FedX or UPS it makes a big difference once you go bigger than a particular size. Personally my preference is to fly with the bike on one of the bike friendly airlines. SouthWest, AirTran, or Frontier are the way to go if doing that. On Southwest my only baggage fee is for the bike and that runs $50. AirTran was recently acquired by Southwest and now apparently are the same.
Frontier charges for both bags if you go economy class, but nothing extra for the bike if it is one of the bags. I think that comes out to $40 or so.
On the way home I sometimes don't want to bother boxing my bike in a strange city and just drop it off at a bike shop for them to ship. Between their packing fee and the shipping it usually runs about $100 ($40-60 for the bike shop and $40-60 for UPS). They seem to get a better rate than I do and it is nice to have them pack it and deal with the shipping.
Info has it that the some of the so called rip-off airlines are too pricey. While I'm not complaining about FedEx their pricing seems a bit high, or is it that everybody ships in small boxes and my mistake was the larger box?
Out of curriousity, which airline will you be flying, and what is there bike charge? You may have saved money. U.S. Air, for example, charges $200 per bike. I believe Delta is $175.
As noted, size can matter. Last year we shipped two bikes UPS in two separate boxes from Philly to Missoula. MY GF's bike is 42cm so it can go in a relatively small box. I used my pretty large CrateWorks plastic box because my bike is 60cm and has correspondingly larger things like bars and stem. Also has 700c wheels vs. her 26". Shipped via a LBS. While the shipping bill was not itemized, it was their belief that my bike was more because of the larger box.
Looking forward to flying Southwest to Cycle Oregon in September.
In one month, I'm flying Frontier domestically within the U.S. with my bike. I paid $25 extra for a "Classic" fare. Both my bike and my checked duffle bag will fly along for free.
As yopu found out, Fed Ex and UPS charge based on distance, weight AND package size. Bigger boxes that weigh less are often cost significantly more. As noted above, both companies have a shipping cost calculators on their web sites. You enter the origin and destination zip codes, the package weight and it's dimensions. They then give you a shipping cost. Two smaller boxes would have saved a bunch.
Sounds like a good deal. Cheaper than the economy class ticket.
As a first time flyer with bikes I apparently did not do my homework. My wife booked with United and I believe their bike fee was $100 per bike. Plus I was concerned with airport hassles. I did check the FedEx on-line calculator before I picked up my boxes from the LBS. Being my first time, I assumed bike boxes were pretty standard and a few inches here and there would make a small difference. In the FedEx on-line calculator I used the measurement that popped up in the "road bike" field and the weight of my bike price was around 70.00. As previously stated by you guys little changes in measurements make a big difference in price. I will be more careful on my return and may even take staehpj1 suggestion and have a LBS handle it all. My intent with sharing my experience was so I an others could learn from my mistake. Thanks again for the feedback.
Here's another twist in the box size equation. Fedex will not cover the bike against shipping damages unless there is a couple inches clearance between the bike and the box.
I've always had good luck with Fed Ex. Usually go to the local bike shop, pick up a bike box for nothing, (they use them for trash after they pull the new bike out). Just shipped a Cannondale T2 to Vegas from Nothern Michigan for $72 with $1100 insurance on it.
I just rec'd a bike from Nashbar that I ordered last week. I assume that they know more about shipping bikes than we do. This bike had free shipping, but a couple of years ago when I ordered a similar bike they charged about US $40 for S&H.
On the outside of the box that my bike came is written, " This carton qualifies for" in small print and in large print, "UPS OS-2 130 inch L & G Limits".
I don't know what "UPS OS-2 130 inch L & G" is, but I'm guessing that's the key to shipping the bike inexpensively via UPS. You may want to check into it and get a box that qualifies for "UPS OS-2 130 inch L & G".
The "130-inch L&G" means the box measures no more than 130" "Length and Girth" or 130" is the total of the length plus the distance around the width and height. A box 50" long by 26" high by 10" deep would have an L&G total of 50+(2*26)+(2*10) = 122" and would be less than the 130" limit.
I found bikeflights.com to be most helpful. They offer several shipping options. I chose FedEx ground and it was ~40% less than FedEx.com!
Be aware that shippers may not measure your box as optimistically as you do, so don't get too close to the limit. Pay special attention if your box bulges, as the shipper will measure along the fattest part of the bulge.
I shipped Fed Ex via BikeFlight today..NY to OR and the "road-bike" box calculator was $69 but I had a LBS free box that is laid on it's side to be packed and therefore larger in some dimensions and it came to $89 for 50 lbs. Five day ground.

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This form should be completed prior to your initial appointment. Please complete this form for the person who will be receiving services and bring with you to your first appointment. For children, please have the parent or guardian complete this form on his/her behalf. For couples or families, the person who will be identified as the client for billing purposes will need to complete this form.
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Caffeine: I love caffeine! It’s the best drug on planet Earth. In a recent study using a double-blind placebo-controlled design, 15 well-trained and 15 recreational runners completed two randomized 5-km time-trials, after ingestion of either 5mg caffeine per kg body weight of caffeine or a placebo. Caffeine ingestion significantly improved 5-km running performance in both the well-trained and recreational runners.(4) If you don’t want to perform better, then don’t take caffeine.
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2. Campbell B, Roberts M, Kerksick C, et al. Pharmacokinetics, safety, and effects on exercise performance of l-arginine alpha-ketoglutarate in trained adult men. Nutrition 2006;22:872-81.
3. Stout JR, Cramer JT, Zoeller RF, et al. Effects of beta-alanine supplementation on the onset of neuromuscular fatigue and ventilatory threshold in women. Amino Acids 2007;32:381-6.
5. Bendahan D, Mattei JP, Ghattas B, Confort-Gouny S, Le Guern ME, Cozzone PJ. Citrulline/malate promotes aerobic energy production in human exercising muscle. Br J Sports Med 2002;36:282-9.
6. Bird SP, Tarpenning KM, Marino FE. Independent and combined effects of liquid carbohydrate/essential amino acid ingestion on hormonal and muscular adaptations following resistance training in untrained men. Eur J Appl Physiol 2006.
7. Buford BN, Koch AJ. Glycine-arginine-alpha-ketoisocaproic acid improves performance of repeated cycling sprints. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2004;36:583-7. 8. Cynober L. Ornithine alpha-ketoglutarate as a potent precursor of arginine and nitric oxide: a new job for an old friend. J Nutr 2004;134:2858S-2862S; discussion 2895S.
9. Manders RJ, Koopman R, Sluijsmans WE, et al. Co-Ingestion of a Protein Hydrolysate with or without Additional Leucine Effectively Reduces Postprandial Blood Glucose Excursions in Type 2 Diabetic Men. J Nutr 2006;136:1294-9.

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Is it art? Is it crime? A little bit of both? Whatever it is, it’s part of your morning commute.
Joe Sullivan displays a picture of city-sanctioned public art – something he wishes graffiti artists did instead.
Joe said he sees the artistic talent on display in some graffiti. But he also thinks it’s distracting to drivers, and a bad look for the city.
“It sort of gives the impression that we’re not taking care of things,” he said.
So Joe asked Curious Louisville, who’s cleaning that up? WFPL’s Ryan Van Velzer set out to find out. And the answer takes us on a commute of our own, through both sides of the art/vandalism debate.


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I am glad to see that Jonathan Bright's photo of Nessie has gone live on the mainstream media. The major papers are running it now as you can see below.
My original article on Jonathan's picture was top google hit for this picture, but that won't last long as people visit these sites for the latest evidence of Nessie. Well done, Jonathan, on raising Nessie awareness. And, no, I do not think it is a wave.
P.S. We have had innumerable comments by sceptics that this is a wave. More than enough in fact, so let this picture bask in its temporary glory ... so no comments for this article.
An effigy of the Scottish First Minster, Alex Salmond, will be burned at the traditional Lewes Guy Fawkes bonfire tonight. All I can say is, what has poor Nessie done to deserve this?
It was off to Stirling this Friday as I made the short trip from Edinburgh for a day of paranormal lectures with Nessie surfacing somewhere along the line. The event was into its second of four days at the Albert Halls just outside the town centre.
I bought a whole day pass which gained me entrance to the day's five lectures, starting with our very own cryptid at 10am. The speaker was Jonathan Bright, who will be familiar to regulars here as the taker of an alleged photograph of Nessie back in 2011. I say alleged because not all agree on the identity of the object in the picture. This blog takes the view that it is Nessie, others interpret it as a wave.
Jonathan gave some background on his own general, paranormal investigations at home (in Greece) and beyond. But his photo took pride of place in the presentation as Jonathan discussed how he saw a horse like head in the picture which followed in the tradition of the good old water horse of old. He then went through the various ways in which the Loch Ness Monster could be interpreted as a paranormal phenomenon. I'll develop that more as I describe the day.
The second talk by Jonathan Downes on the Chupacabra was cancelled. I don't know why and I was disappointed not to hear and meet Jon for the first time. As a result of this gap, the Q&A session for the Loch Ness Monster talked was extended.
After this, the third scheduled talk was by the "Paranormal Contractor", Stephen Mera. This concerned his various call outs to investigate strange goings on across Britain.There was no theory here but a series of tales of his adventures as he came across phenomena which were explicable and inexplicable. Swinging lights were explained by a kid with a yo-yo, but water which was observed to travel across a ceiling like a snake and drop down like rain was beyond his powers of deduction.
Equally, if not more compelling was the talk by Nick Kyle of the Scottish Society for Psychical Research. Ironically, he was a replacement for another call-off, Hayley Stevens, who is a ghost-hunting sceptic. I say ironic because Nck is the opposite of Hayley in his conclusions. Some fascinating tales, pictures and audios made for an interesting case for phenomena which require an explanation beyond what the sceptics normally offer. Then again, I have not read their explanations for these events and so will say no more.
The final talk of the day was by Peter McCue and entitled "Orchestrations of the Trickster". This took me back to the musings of Charles Fort, from whom we derive the word "Fortean". Fort speculated on whether the odd stories he had compiled over the years were evidence of a Cosmic Trickster playing tricks on mankind.
How much Fort believed this I don't know, but Peter McCue brought it up to date by suggesting phenomena such as UFOs, Bigfoot and Poltergeist activity had the same origin in a higher intelligence. By implication, this would extend to other cryptids. This is not a new theory, but it still baffles me as to the motives of such a "Trickster" who persists in this apparently puerile behaviour for millenia. Suggestions are welcome.
So ended an interesting day, but how applicable was all this to the Loch Ness Monster? Firstly, I would say that Nessie hunters of the past such as Tim Dinsdale and Ted Holiday would have been quite at home with these proceedings and would happily have taken their seats here. Indeed, seeing one or both of them presenting a talk would not have been out of the question.
There are a plurality of readers of this blog who subscribe to a paranormal Loch Ness Monster. Again, they would have no problem turning up at such a conference. But quite how this all hangs together is vague (to me at least).
I, myself, believe in paranormal phenomena and have even subscribed to a paranormal Nessie in the past. From what I discerned this Friday past, it is not clear whether that theory has developed much. To take a paranormal position will get rid of supposed problems such as food supply and the lack of a carcass. However, to say Nessie is a solidified thought form looks as easy to say as the sceptics saying Greta Finlay only saw a deer. Easy to say, but how do you convince those outside your "camp" of this?
Perhaps a more solid theory explaining this will be forthcoming, in which case I will pay more attention. In the meantime, you are free to post your musings and theories.
On a final note, I talked to Malcolm Robinson, who has written various books on strange phenomena. He tells me that he hopes to publish a new book on the Loch Ness Monster entitled "The Monsters of Loch Ness" by the end of the year. I look forward to that, though note this is the same title as the late Roy Mackal's book. Can you do that?
And to finally bring this article back to the blog's position, Malcolm agrees with me that Nessie is a water breathing animal!


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Bring your preschooler to the Centre for a morning of fun! Parents and preschoolers are invited to join our Educators on Tuesday mornings at 10:30am for special ocean-themed stories, crafts and activities. This week's theme is "Antarctic Adventure".
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When we say we are worried about something, we might mean that we are concerned about it. But worrying as an anxiety disorder is something more complicated, it is the circular process of invasive or obsessive thoughts that can't be controlled. So I might say I am worrying about my exam results, which might mean I am concerned, or if I really am worrying about them then I cannot think about anything else and am imagining all the catastrophes that are coming – I'm going to fail, I'll be thrown out of school, I'll never get a job, my life will be one long mess.
For some people, worry starts out as being a form of planning for every eventuality. Everything must be considered and anything that could go wrong needs to have a solution. Unfortunately, the sufferer experiences the anxiety that goes with the situation as if it were real. If either this could happen or that could happen, the worrier experiences the negative emotion (usually anxiety) from both of them, each and every time they think about them. Compulsive planners might be reluctant to give up their planning.
Worrying is often accompanied by insomnia.
Worrying is very treatable; you can learn techniques for not engaging with the anxiety-provoking thoughts.
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Mellow Monk's Green Tea Blog: Matsuzaka's gyroball: myth or reality?
The Red Sox have paid a lot of money for pitching sensation Daisuke Matsuzaka. What they're hoping to get is his "ghost pitch," also known as the gyroball, supposedly the first new pitch in the major leagues since the split-fingered fastball, adopted about 30 years ago.
But a lot of pundits are wondering if the gyroball is even real.


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Tiger Woods took part in an amazing publicity stunt ahead of the Turkish Airlines Open by hitting golf balls from Europe into Asia.
The feat was performed on Istanbul’s iconic Bosphorus Bridge, which spans across the two continents and stretches for one-and-a-half kilometers.
Traffic was closed on one side of the bridge for twenty minutes while Tiger took his shots, causing mayhem at one of the busiest times of the day, including huge tailbacks.
Woods has been asked to partake in many tasks over the years when promoting a tournament, some of which bordering the unusual, but he said this experience was like nothing he ever thought he’d do.
A smiling and bemused Woods said at Wednesday's press conference:"I've hit balls down runways at airports before but never down a bridge.
"And the scary part was, yeah, just flew in from 12 hour journey, hop off a plane and have to hit driver down the narrowest fairway I've ever seen."
And Tiger’s challenge was intensified by strong winds which threatened to cause problems.
He said: "The wind was coming off the left a little bit and all these cars were driving on the right, so if I lose any balls to the right, there's an international incident right there! So that was a little nerve-wracking."
"Trust me, every ball drew. But it was pretty cool. I think somebody was telling me I hit one 550 metres (601 yards) or something like that so not bad," he added.