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Almonds, which are lower in saturated fat than many other nuts, also contain fiber, vitamin E and protein. It is important to harvest your almonds at the right time. If you harvest too early, they will not be ripe enough. If you harvest too late, birds may steal the nuts and insects may infest them. After harvesting, you must hull the almonds and dry them completely for storage. Dried almonds will keep for up to eight months at room temperature, according to the University of California.
Harvest your almonds when most of the hulls have split open slightly. According to the University of California Cooperative Extension, almonds will first ripen at the crown of the tree and then progress downward. The beginning of August to the end of September is the peak harvesting time.
Spread a clean tarp underneath the almond tree.
Knock the branches with a long, sturdy pole. It may be easier to firmly shake lower branches with your hands.
Collect the fallen nuts into a basket as soon as you have dislodged them. Gathering them up quickly helps prevent damage from ants.
Insert your fingers into the split in the hulls and remove them.
Spread the hulled almonds on trays and cover them with a screen to prevent birds from carrying them off. Place the trays outdoors to allow the almonds to dry.
Check the almonds for dryness every day. Select several different almonds from various trays and crack open the shells.
Remove the kernels and break them. If the kernels are brittle when broken, the almonds are dry. If the kernels feel rubbery, the almonds need more drying time.
Store the almonds in airtight containers. The University of California recommends storing them away from pungent items like garlic and onions, as they can absorb odors. You may shell them before storage if you wish, but this is not necessary.
If it begins to rain, move the almond trays indoors.
The University of California recommends that you wear safety goggles and protective head gear, such as a hard hat, when shaking almonds off of trees. They may strike you.


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Paleo vs Gluten-Free: What's the difference?
Simply put, Paleo is a 100% Gluten-Free diet. However, not everything Gluten-Free is Paleo. When I cheat on the Paleo diet, I do my best, though it doesn't always happen, to make sure these cheats are still gluten-free. One of the best ways to describe this kind of eating is that it is anti-inflammatory. It essentially eliminates foods that cause unhealthy inflammation in our bodies, which is why there has been so much success with this diet for people with auto-immune disorders.
To me, this is not a fad diet. This is a lifestyle change. It took a few months for me to change my shopping and cooking habits. It was hard at first, but now it is the norm and the health of my body reflects these changes.

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Gli is used in the plural form when a word begins with a vowel, z or even ps, sc, sb, etc. i.e. 2 consonants. All words that use lo instead of il in the singular form. E.g. lo zio- gli zii, l'uomo- gli uomini, l'alberi- gli alberi, lo scolaro- gli scolari, lo stato- gli stati, etc.
Sounded like "i" not "gli". Reported.
Well whoops. I've recently learned the pronunciation, and this actually sounds about right. Though, you could have explained that rather than downvoting my comment.
Well as I soon discovered after writing that first comment (which was over a year ago I think), "gli" is pronounced "lyee". So, while this pronunciation is not obvious, it's also understandable to an Italian as "gli" I'm sure.
So "gli insetti" should be pronounced like "Lyeen-set-tee".
Could this also not simply mean "insects" (in a general sense)? Does the translation actually need the article ("the")?
What's the singular form of "insetti"? "Insetto"?
why does duo have an obsession with animals?
is it 'gli' for insetti (and not i) because insetti ends with an i and insetti is masculine plural?
I think it's because insetti begins with a vowel (see also: gli animali).
"tu sei corretta" sounds like translationese :P Sì, hai ragione is the best option here.
She says i not gli!!!
I typed only "insects" to see what would happen and it was wrong... but aren't there a lot of cases in Italian where something with a definitive pronoun doesn't have one in English?
I heard "gli". It would be better if you repeat the pronunciations more than once before reporting. If this has been done, then report it. No need to be rude about who voted for who. I may be new here, but there are reasons why we say things and vote for people to be in charge.

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text: Identity remains one of the most fascinating and fundamental use cases that many people, including me, believe to be ideal for blockchain technology. A blockchain does two things very well. It creates a network that people can use to conduct transactions or interactions using a set of rules enforced by the network rather than a third party. We know this already with regard to Bitcoin, the original blockchain application. But blockchain technology's potential extends well beyond that.

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Workshoppar, presentationer, open source, dans och samtal.
In this talk Choreographer Arkadi Zaides will discuss two of his recent works. Both focus on borders as spaces that generate movement and provoke ethics. With the use of documentary materials, a specific choreography is identified in the proximity of borders. As a performer Arkadi embodies the ones who are in power. In Archive (2014) he embodies the gestures of Israeli settlers in the West Bank and in TALOS (2017) he becomes a spokesman of an EU funded project that aims to replace human border guards with robots. Questions of participation and responsibility arise as the stage mirrors the practices and the power relations which constitute the border.
Arkadi Zaides was both in 1979 inּ Belorussia, former USSR, and immigrated to Israel in 1990. He currently lives and works between Brussels (BE) and Lyon (FR). Zaides’ work examines the ways in which political and social contexts effect the physical body and constitute choreography. He holds a Master’s degree from the Amsterdam Master Of Choreography program at the Theater School (NL). He has been awarded the Emelie Zola Price for performing Arts (2013) and the Kurt Jooss Award (2010). Besides his artistic practice Zaides continuously develops platforms to promote contemporary discourse of performance making, such as “Violence of Inscriptions” with dramaturge and researcher Sandra Noeth, “Moves Without Bordes” in close collaboration with Goethe Institut Israel and “New Dance Project” in Jerusalem with choreographer Anat Danieli. Besides his own choreographic work is also continuously involved in the process of many colleagues and artists. During 1999–2004 Zaides was part of the Batsheva Ensemble and the Batsheva Dance Company, both led by artistic director Ohad Naharin.
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Chrysa Parkinson is a dancer living in Stockholm. She has been performing and teaching internationally since 1985. Her artistic research is focused on the performer’s experiential authorship. Chrysa’s writing, films and interviews have been published and distributed internationally. She is a Professor of Dance and the Director of the New Performative Practices MFA program at DOCH/Uniarts in Stockholm.

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Mobile gaming is lucrative and has become the biggest sector of the gaming industry. A number of recent reports detail how well the industry is doing.
Newzoo reports mobile gaming generated $50 billion in revenue in 2017, more than any other gaming sector. To put this in context, the film industry’s global box office was $39.9 billion in 2017.
Mobile accounted for 43% of total game industry spending followed by console (29%) and PC (28%), VentureBeat notes.
Consumers are spending more on mobile games than any other segment. According to a report by App Annie and IDC, consumers spent 3.6 times more on mobile games than on home game consoles, and 2.3 times more than on PC or Mac games.
Tech Crunch highlights a report from Sensor Tower stating that 82% of all consumer spending for both the iOS and Google Play app stores came from mobile games. Total spending is estimated at $48.3 billion and represented a 30 percent year-over-year increase in 2017.
The future for mobile looks strong. DigiCapital states the sector could rocket to close to $100 billion by 2022. GamesIndustry.biz reports that mobile will continue to be the top sector by 2022.


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Jennifer Gay "Google Translate, Skype conferencing, and the future of my career!"
Jennifer has been behind the scenes - or rather tucked away in a booth - at Lift for the past 4 years. Listening to and interpreting speakers talking about how technology is changing - and will continue to change - how we work. Will it change how Jennifer works? And in the mean time, can some of the speakers get a clue about how complicated it is to follow them? A brief history of conference interpreting, the fun of the present, and how things might change for interpreters!


text: The American Embassy in Israel has called for an IDF investigation into how Emily Honochowicz, 21, lost her eye after being hit by a tear gas canister at a protest last week at the Qalandia checkpoint in the West Bank. Honochowicz is an American art student studying abroad in Jerusalem. She was injured last Monday when she attended a protest in response to Israel’s raid on the Freedom Flotilla. Israeli Border Police attempted to disperse the protest by deploying tear gas danisters, one of which his Henochowicz in the face and later caused her to lose an eye.

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p03.exe error message constantly displays on your PC? Have no idea to avoid this annoying notification and fix the error well? It might be a common issue for many computer users who unluckily encountered the associated problem on system. So now, let's see what happen and how can figure it out.
p03.exe is a normal program file that required by the related program to running properly, normally this file is located in one of the following locations: "C:\Windows"\, C:\Program Files\, C:\Program Files\Common Files\, C:\WINDOWS\system32". Though this file is quite an ordinary file, when it become corrupted or damaged, it is responsible for the common error that could happen in most of the Windows-base computer.
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In most case, registry problem is the reason to blame for this error. Registry is the most critical component of Windows that stores every data and configuration of your computer, every hardware/software needs to connect to registry to function properly. However, the everyday regular use of computer will keep creating wasted/invalid/obsolete that could dilate the registry and cause registry malfunction eventually, this could lead to system slowness and various system error including the p03.exe error.
You will be presented a list of restore points that you created before, select one of them which you believe is previous to the happen of p03.exe error.
If you found p03.exe is not missing, but located in a strange place other than the above mentioned location, or you found multiple of this file in your computer, that may indicates your system is suffering from spyware infection, and that is one of the possible causes of this dll error.
What is spyware? Spyware is a kind of malicious software which can be installed on user's computer in many ways. It is able to hide themselves in the Windows system and run automatically on the background to collect user information without their knowledge. Spyware can also disguise themselves as system file which makes your computer vulnerable to be attacked by other threats and bring you dll/exe errors such as the p03.exe error. If you suspect this error is caused by spyware issue, you need to use antispyware to help you scan and remove the spyware in your computer.
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Outdated system files or drive can caused compatibility problems which would lead to p03.exe errors including many other computer problems, this also create system loophole to allow threats like virus and malware sneaking into easily. So, the most important thing is to keep your computer components like operating system, applications, device driver up-to-date by installing the latest Windows update, patches and drivers, etc.
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There's been a ten percent increase in participation in Wisconsin's food stamp program in the past year, and a state lawmaker says it's not just the slumping economy that's to blame. State Senator Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) says the state has dropped a work requirement for recipients, and that's making us a "welfare magnet."
Grothman says there's no problem with keeping people fed, but not requiring recipients to work means some unwanted elements enter the state. He says many people who have no interest in working can cause other problems in the places where they settle.
Wisconsin and South Carolina are the only states without a food stamp work requirement.


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By this point, everyone knows how good tofu is for us. A staple in Asia for 2,000 years, tofu is known for its extraordinary nutritional benefits, as well as its versatility. Tofu, also known as soya curd, is a soft cheese-like food made by curdling soya milk with a coagulant. Tofu is a rather bland tasting product that easily absorbs the flavours of the other ingredients. Tofu is rich in both high quality protein, B-vitamins and calcium, lowers cholesterol and is easy to digest. Furthermore, tofu is rich in isoflavones which helps prevent osteoporosis and has shown to reduce likelihood of certain types of cancer. A wonderfood!
Then why aren’t more people gobbling it down? Tofu tastes like crap. Well that’s not exactly true, it actually tastes like absolutely nothing at all. And the texture is weird. If you meet someone who tells you that they like tofu as is, do not trust them. They are trying to impress you and they are liars.
However, not all is lost. Tofu is extremely versatile and capable of taking on the taste or whatever is it marinading in. And when baked, the texture changes. Hope for it yet.
Slice tofu about 1/3-inch thick lengthwise (or into triangles if serving as an appetizer/snack) Mix the rest of the ingredients in a plastic container with tight lid in which you can soak all of the tofu slices in this marinade sauce. Marinade the tofu slices for 24 hours in refrigerator.
Bake drained marinated tofu slices on an oiled cookie sheets for 10- 12 minutes in 400 F oven. Flip and bake the other side about another 10-12 minutes.
Let them cool before using if using for sushi. Otherwise enjoy! Good to eat hot or cold.

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Is the Canon Powershot A620 a good camera? Is it worth the money?
It's the camera I'm going to buy when I (finally) save up enough money. I've gotten a lot of positive reviews from friends.
It's a pretty decent price right now on Amazon, but I'm so cheap I don't know if I really want to sink the money into it. I just got a cool camera as a gift last year and have used the heck out of it, so I don't really NEED a new camera.
And I know a new camera won't make my pictures any better, but by lusting after this one I can pretend that it would.
I bought my camera (an HP PhotoSmart 850) refurbished a couple of years ago, and it's had a hard life -- someone dropped it at some point and broke the battery compartment, so I have to duct tape it closed, and there are several cracks in the casing.
It's always had a hard time with certain colors (red, mostly), but over the past 6 months or so, it's gotten to the point that I get maybe one properly exposed shot out of every 3 or 4 I take. The rest are either very dark or very washed out, I'm guessing because the shutter and the flash don't cooperate.
I've taken over 8000 pictures with it, so I can't complain too much that it's dying. I use it a ton, mostly for my eBay inventory.
The big draw for me with the A620 (and the others in that line) is the vari-angle LCD. I can't express how great it would be to be able to point the camera down at the floor to take a picture of the clothing I've laid out without having to stand on my toes and lean over at a bizarre angle so I can see what I'm taking a picture of.
Yeah, so...I'm just waiting for the selling price on eBay (for the a620 or the a610, which I'd settle for) to go down under $150. Which might never happen, but I can hope it'll happen before my camera stops working altogether.
Thanks, that was a big help - even if I only understood about half of it!
If it's any help, I just bought the A700 for my wife before our Europe trip. She took over 1000 photos. The camera was great.
Was that on one set of batteries? Did you use the screen, or just the viewfinder?
I may have bought the camera, but she's the shutterbug. :) She didn't want the rechargeable batteries this time, too much hassle keeping them plugged in, especially with European power supply. The camera took 2 batteries and she usually carried 2 more and used the screen half the time. Each pair of batteries lasted well over 100 pictures.


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If your total credit is is $15,000 and your debt is $1000, closing a card with a limit of $5000 won't do much damage to your available credit. Think of it this way: you want to have 30% available to you in total across your cards and for each card. Assuming your debt is on one card with a limit of $10,000, you are only utilizing 10%. Your credit score will be fine as long as you don't charge more than $3000 on that card.
It may significantly help your credit score to close the account if your other card is significantly older. For example, if your $10,000 limit card is 10 years old and you just opened the new card, the average age of credit is about 5 years. Raising that to 10 years by closing the account would imrprove your score.
The hard inquiry will still be there either way, but another reason for closing the account is for better deals from that bank. When you call to close, they may try to make some offers to keep your business. And after you close, they may try harder to win you back.
However, if you keep the account, you could just lock the card and let it sit. Eventually you may see an offer for a balance transfer deal or 0% on purchases for a period of time. Or you could just get a new card if you need it. If you only have two accounts, you may want to consider applying for more credit because more accounts improves your credit. Consider cards that have excellent rewards, such as Barclays Uber and American Express Preferred Blue.
Good question. Hope this helps!
Up to you. If you do close it, you hurt your available credit. However, you will improve your AAOA (average age of accounts). And, I am sure you still have a hard hit on inquiries, because I bet they had to pull a report to grant you that line of credit (Just a guess).
AAoA includes closed accounts, so closing an account has zero impact on AAoA.
Closing your newest account will impact the overall age of your credit history the least. But - closing any credit card account will reduce the overall available credit as seen on your credit report, which momentarily drop your score. I would rather take a small, temporary hit to my credit than keep another credit card around - especially if that card has an annual fee. No annual fee? Just don't use it and preserve your available credit level. If you go long enough without using it the credit card company will close it due to inactivity anyway.
How can I get out of debt if I owe more then 10,000? What would be the best way to get out from under my credit cards?
If you can get a good interest rate on a bill consolidation loan you could try that - any loan interest rate will be less than any credit card interest rate, plus you'll have a concrete payoff date - with credit cards (if you make only the minimum payment each month) you'll never get those things paid off! Just BE CAREFUL - if you take out a consolidation loan to pay those credit cards off, CANCEL THEM! The LAST thing you need is to take out a loan and pay them off only to rack them up again - now you have credit card AND loan debt! Use credit WISELY and don't dig yourself a hole so deep you can't get out! Good luck.
I will be reiting very soon, and have a nest egg I have built over 25 years averaging 150,000. My total debt, credit cards, kids student loans etc. I want to pay off all balances and close most of the cards. When I did the karma simulator based on the above my score would not change. What is the best thing to do so it will not hurt my score. I dont want any debt.
Don't close all your accounts, that is not a good idea. You don't know what the future holds and you may just need a credit card one day. 150K is not that much money (though I wish I had that) to retire on. If you close all your cards, nothing will be reported and your scores will drop drastically. Your score will not stay the same. Pay off the balances like you want to and put the cards away, don't use them so this way you will maintain your good score.
Why would you close it? Is there a reason why you are asking this?


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MOST expert sales people know the best sales messages don’t come from them – but other satisfied customers. Whether we like it or not, a business is almost always going to be ‘the pushy salesman’, a potential customer may not always take your word carte blanche on your product or service. They’ll want to see real people talk about your product or service in a testimonial.
I was at an electronic store recently in the market for a new laptop, getting expert service from an experienced, technologically savvy salesperson but still had that annoying feeling of “Of course they’re saying everything positive about this computer – they want to sell it!.” I was then approached by another shopper who said they had purchased the same computer a month ago, from the same salesperson and love it. Telling me they purchased it for their partner who works away a lot. Suddenly, my hesitation was gone and my trust in the salesperson was increased heavily, he even managed to throw in a few more items because I trusted his professional opinion. What made me change my mind so quickly? Having a satisfied customer happy with not only the product, but the service they received – solidified my trust in the business and the product itself.
Can you see how easy it is to change a potential buyers’ opinion of your product or service after hearing other satisfied customers? Now, a text testimonial is all well and good for some consumers – however these can be easily forged by anyone with a computer! As often and as frequently as possible, it’s important to get VIDEO testimonials of customers who are happy to talk about your product/service and what they liked about it.
Consumers prefer video over text – not just consumers! 59% of executives would rather watch a video than read text on the same topic. When it comes to products themselves, statistics are even more incredible! Four times as many customers would prefer watching a video about a product than read about it (the same study showed 56% of respondents found customer testimonials helpful, too).
See below we have a video of Gary Olsen – Director of Argo ATV and a longtime client of Argonyx Marketing.
It isn’t as simple as pointing a camera and shouting action to your referee – there are secret values to video testimonials that will evoke certain emotions and behaviours in your watchers.
We are literally wired in the brain for stories, we think in terms of narrative stories, it’s how we relate with the world and construct our identities. So far in this blog you’ve heard two stories, scientists have discovered that when you’re engrossed in a story, it’s all consuming! No distractions or daydreaming. Let them tell their story – the more emotion and human your testimony appears, the more it will resonate with watchers because they will empathise with them.
Video is the way of the future, becoming the primary media by which people are receiving their information. Studies confirm people prefer to watch video over reading or just listening to audio. Video has a 95% retention rate, while people only remember a small 12% of textual information.
We also love hearing numbers! If your testimonial can speak in terms of positive statistics and numbers, it will appeal more to prospects. Our brains consistently think in terms of ‘how long will this take me’ or ‘will this last long for me’ – if it’s a short time period? Success!
The best testimonials make your customers the hero character in the story, not your business. This means, it’s not only about how YOUR business helped them, but how THEIR LIVES were changed or made easier with you as a guide or mentor. It’s a good idea to frame the video in a way that showcases a story of how they were before your business, what attracted them to your product or service and how their lives changed thanks to your business.
Testimonials aren’t just opportunities to sell your product/service, they are an opportunity to connect with your audience on an emotional level. There are numerous studies that confirm people rely on emotions – not logic – to make decisions. Brands that position themselves on an emotional level to prospects are better positioned to persuade prospects to buy.
When real people are showing real emotion combined with music and expressive imagery, they’re far more likely to buy from you. Think back to any sad movie or TV commercial – bet there was accompanying music that made the video 10x sadder!
Body language, tone and other physical cues don’t translate to text at all. The more comfortable and relaxed your testimonial is, the more credible and trustworthy it appears to prospective buyers.
Text testimonials take more effort and a greater time investment to read as a consumer, whereas videos require very little effort to watch – some starting automatically when arriving on your website.
You can give numerous customers different perspectives who fit into different customer segments. Because video customer testimonials are usually short, visitors will watch more than one – allowing you to appeal to multiple customer segments!
Many of your competitors in the industry wouldn’t take the time to put testimonials up, let alone video testimonials. Good for you, Bad for them. Take every chance you get to distinguish yourself as the better business from your competitors.
Having excellent video testimonials can increase a person’s interest in your business, so much so that they share it with others on social media. People are more inclined to share videos than text-based content.
This can be a negative for some people, what goes on the internet stays on the internet. Unlike expensive radio and TV spots that you buy repeatedly, your customers’ success remains until you delete the video. Generally, there are no costs associated with keeping your videos available for as long as you want them to!
If you’re the business owner, ask your clients to give an additional testimonial about your team. You look honorable to your client and it’s also a great way to show your appreciation for your hard-working team!
Always offer your own testimonials for any business that may require it. The more testimonials you give the more people will be more inclined to give you one back.
Display your referee in a clear, un-blurry picture.
Prepare your questions in advance, know exactly what you want to get out of your testimonial video.
Don’t have your testimonial be distracted – film with plenty of time!
Make sure it’s their words! Never coerce your testimonials into saying exactly what you want them to say – this can come across rehearsed and dishonest. Speaking naturally resonates with people, they’ll express your unique selling proposition and distinctive value in everyday language.
Let them speak for as long as they like, you can always edit this later.
Film in an environment with relatively low background noise.
Make sure your referee looks good with the right lighting. With the wrong lighting, you can cast odd shadows and give the video a cheap feel.
Play light, uplifting music in the background – not loud enough to cancel out the person speaking.
Keep the video relatively short, this can increase the possibility of multiple testimonial video viewings.
Testimonials are a relatively easy, low cost strategy that will improve your business in many ways. Implement them into different parts of your online presence; showcasing them on your website and sharing them on your social media.
A great tip that many businesses don’t take advantage of, ask the client who provided the testimony to share it on their social media profiles. This gives you a fantastic opportunity for new market opportunities that you may not have covered already.
What are you waiting for? Grab your camera and get filming!
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Just bought a Si2636 and had for about three hours. Went through the Vista installation and partitioned the harddrive to let Ubuntu be on the other one. Installed Ubuntu successfully and went on installing other programs in Vista such Visual Studio 2008 etc. Restarted and then it would not start none of the OS. Went into BIOS and wanted to change the priority list so that SATA was first. It said "use + or - to change the priority list" - nothing happens. Assumed that pressing "1" when marked SATA would move this to top. Anxious about this I happen to press it (1) two fast times making both cd rom and SATA disappear! Now I cannot retrieve them to the list. I can see them in the system description in BIOS but not in the priority list! When starting it says "Operating system not found".. It also seems as the only way to make it work somehow is to use LAN boot but I have never experienced this. What shall I do? I am devastated!
remove power pack and main battery and press the power button for 15 seconds.
If this doesn't help remove the HDD, boot, wait for the error message, switch the notebook off, reinstall the HDD and try again.


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When Wheeler publicly praised the insertion of poison into industrial alcohol on the theory that those who drank it were committing deliberate suicide, he did not persuade others of the humanitarian aims of the League.
Andrew Sinclair, Prohibition: The Era of Excess, p. 336. Poison is still added to some industrial alcohol, of course.
A brewery has launched a low alcohol beer called Nanny State after being branded irresponsible for creating the UK’s “strongest beer”.
BrewDog founder James Watt explained on his blog: “Anyone who knows BrewDog, knows beer, or anyone has more common sense than a common (or garden) gnome will know that the scathing and unrelenting criticism we faced was pretty unjustified.
“If logic serves the same people who witch-hunted and publicly slated us should now offer us heartfelt support and public congratulations.
Jack Law, chief executive of Alcohol Focus Scotland, said of the new Nanny State beer: “This is a positive move which proves that low strength doesn’t compromise quality.
BrewDog’s blog post is here. They don’t seem to ship outside the UK, but Brits can buy Tokyo* here and Nanny State here.
Also, I hereby double dare The Epic Brewing Company to make an 18.2% or stronger beer. I will consume some without imposing external costs on others. You will be labelled irresponsible and get some free publicity. Geoffrey Palmer will be filled with righteous anger. Everybody wins.
The title of this press release from Living Streets Aotearoa – “Helping Kiwis Choose to Walk More Often” – nicely illustrates how seriously most public health advocates, environmentalists, and other do-gooders take the concept of choice.
If you want to help someone make a choice, you could give them information or point out any flaws you find in their reasoning; but when you’ve decided in advance what the right choice is, you are not taking their capacity as a person capable of agency seriously. You know what the right choice is and want to manipulate people or alter the incentives people face in order for them to do what you want. What the press release really means is “Making Kiwis Walk More Often Without Using Force.” That’s not a goal I find particularly objectionable, but it has nothing to do with helping anyone choose anything.
At least in this case nobody seems to be using coercive means such as sin taxes to “empower” smokers or fatties to make the right choices.
Readers of this blog are no doubt aware that I’m no fan of paternalist public health policies and the unquestioned assumption that the regulator knows the utility function of a person they’ve never met better than that person knows it themself. There’s one academic paper, however, which since I read it around a year ago has pissed me off more than almost anything else I’ve ever read. It is Katz, J.E. 2005. ‘Individual Rights Advocacy in Tobacco Control Policies: An Assessment and Recommendation.’ Tobacco Control 14: ii31–ii37.
Failing to stop tobacco use in public places is a violation of the rights of non-smokers, as may be seen by the definition of rights referring to the obligation to act to help others have their rights. Hence tobacco control is a justified way to protect the individual rights of the non-smoker. Indeed, the theories of Robert Nozick, an influential Libertarian philosopher, can be readily used to justify restrictions on smoking in public places.
Katz obviously isn’t very familiar with moral philosophy. I can’t really be bothered arguing against this nonsense. Suffice it to say that harm != rights violation. It’s not this confused and/or obscurantist characterization of rights which offends me most, however.
Still greater emphasis on individual rights of non-smokers should help maintain or even accelerate progress towards smoke-free air in all public and shared private places.
So individual rights are not something tobacco control advocates need to seriously consider, but rather something to be cynically manipulated to achieve their goals of stopping me from smoking as I walk along the road. I guess I should be happy that in Katz’s utopian society I’ll be permitted – if appropriately informed, of course – to smoke in private. That’s more than some influential people at home and abroad would grant me.

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CPRE responded to the Government consultation on permitted development for shale gas exploration. Classifying shale gas exploration as 'permtited development' would remove the need for full planning permission, effectively removing local council's decision-making powers. Permitted development is intended for developments that can guarantee no unreasonable impact on the locality - like erecting a conservatory, not drilling for shale gas.
We argued strongly that this proposal would reduce local decision-making and communities' involvement in these decisions, and represents a distortion of the planning system.
The consultation response outlines why we think local authorities should retain decision-making powers on exploratory fracking.
We also supported the response to the consultation from Wildlife and Countryside Link.

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text: ClimGen is a project that focuses on the identification and use of ‘omics technology for building livestock resilience to climate change. Bringing together previous and ongoing national, EU and global efforts to understand livestock adaptation to climatic extremes, the project will seek to identify genomic tools and biomarkers that can be used to predict adaptation in livestock populations to thermal and related challenges. Alongside scientific investigation, ClimGen will also develop and assess the efficacy of modified breeding strategies that use ‘omics information to rapidly equip livestock populations with the resilience that will be required to withstand the predicted negative effects of climate change in the short, medium and long-term. ClimGen will also act as a source of relevant information for Stakeholders, who will both participate in and influence the development of the project. ClimGen’s activities can be divided into three. First we will carry out a data-mining and gap filling exercise for identifying genomic targets of selection in cattle, sheep and goat populations that occur in challenging climates throughout Europe and in northern and central Africa. Replicated climate contrast data will be analysed from across Europe, including new samples in the Carpathian region, data for cattle and sheep in the extreme north and data for sheep and goats in the extreme south (Morocco). In this way ClimGen will make maximum use of data that have already been generated but not analysed to detect adaptation across climates and will only concentrate on producing data in hotspot regions where it is most needed. Second, we will carry out three case study experiments to find biomarkers of climate adaptation within the transcriptome and epigenome. These studies will analyse contrasting systems and seek to detect profile changes in 1) sheep and goats in contrasting thermal environments, 2) in pigs under thermal stress with controlled temperature environments and 3) in red-legged partridges under immune and thermal stress. Biomarker responses will be compared among these diverse systems and compared with the selection targets identified in the first activity. Finally, these data will be used in an assessment of new strategies for breeding climate resilience into livestock populations using state-of-the-art simulations, assuming different approaches such as admixture and genomic selection, which will be compared with more traditional breeding methods in terms of their comparative efficiency over short, medium and longer timescales.


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If you want to stop spending money, the first step is to make a plan for where your money should go. That’s called a budget. Lots of people cower in fear at the word budget. It sounds restrictive. It sounds boring. It sounds difficult.
It doesn’t have to be any of those things. A budget actually gives you freedom because you’ll start telling your money you’re the one in charge. And budgeting doesn’t have to be boring or hard. With the EveryDollar app, you can start budgeting in minutes and keep up with your spending on the go.
So you want to stop spending money. You’ve got your budget set. But there’s one more thing we have to mention before moving on: Throughout the month, you’ll need to track your spending. This shows you where your money is actually going.
For example, let’s say you budgeted $400 for groceries, but as you track all those grocery store receipts, you find out you actually spent $600. Either you’ve got to cut back or you’ve got to face the truth that $600 is what your family needs each month for this budget line. Either way, watching where and how you spend your money is how you start spending it well!
Notice how all these first tips are about your mindset. To get your mind in the space of not overspending, you need to set money goals. These start you on the path of prioritizing your spending now so you can get where you want to be later. Spending money isn’t bad when it’s planned for. And money goals help us put all those plans into a bigger perspective.
When you have goals for the future, you’re going to think twice about spending money in the present.
4. Don’t use credit cards.
Credit cards give you a false sense of what you can afford. They encourage overspending because you’re making today’s purchase tomorrow’s problem. Stop using credit cards. Start paying with cash or debit, which uses money you actually have in your bank account.
You’ll be more mindful of your spending when you can actually see your bank account or cash stack shrink.
5. Give every dollar a job.
Don’t leave money sitting around without anything to do. An unbudgeted dollar gets frittered away. And we don’t have time for frittered-away dollars because we’re on a mission to get things done with our money. We’re saving more and spending less. We’re making progress on our money goals because we mean business. Business. Job. All these words are intentional. If you want your money to work for you, you’ve got to give every single dollar a job.
Why does meal planning keep you from spending dough? It’s because making an intentional plan for food helps you avoid all those, “Oh no, what’s for dinner?” trips to the drive-thru.
Set up a weekly plan for each meal. This doesn’t mean you’re cooking all day every day. It means you’ll have stuff on hand for morning, noon, snacktime, and night—the last (most likely) being the most elaborate plan you’ll make.
Just like a budget tells your money what to do, meal plans tell your food what to do. When you make a meal plan, you know what you’ll be eating, so you know what to buy, so you waste less. It’s a different kind of food chain.
As you’re planning, begin creating a grocery list. Write out all the stuff you need to bring those meal plans to fruition. Look through your pantry, fridge, and freezer as you do. This keeps you from spending money on something you already have. Then—and this is key—don’t buy things that aren’t on your list. This isn’t improv class. Stick to the script.
Once you make a meal, don’t let what’s left after dinner die a slow and moldy death in a Tupperware coffin in your fridge. That wastes food and money. Put that tasty goodness to use. Enjoy it for lunch the next day or put a “Leftovers Night” on the meal plan calendar for the week. This keeps you from buying new meals every mealtime.
Speaking of lunches—stop your daily restaurant routine. Stop giving your dollars to the vending machine or office snack shop throughout the day. Remember how we said you should meal plan for snacks too? Keep some midday munchies at your desk and bring your lunch to work most days of the week. It’s okay to eat out some—if it’s in the budget. But bringing in leftovers or brown-bagging a sandwich, fruit, and pretzels like your middle school days is a wonderful way to stop spending so much money eating out.
5. Order your groceries online.
When you order your groceries online, you can track the total cost as you go, and then if you’re over budget, you can delete items from your virtual cart before you check out. You don’t have to walk through the grocery story with a calculator in hand to make sure you aren’t shocked at the register. You’ll know exactly what you’ll be paying before you complete the order, and you’re far less likely to impulse buy the sharing-size bag of sour gummy worms on the grocery aisle’s end cap.
When was the last time you went on a shopping spree—in your own closet? You’ve got great pieces in there gathering dust in a drawer or on a hanger, wishing they could live their best life on your body. But they can’t. Because they’re forgotten.
Remember them. And when you do, you’ll realize you have more outfit possibilities than you ever knew—literally within your reach.
Do some internet searching or Pinterest investigation work to see how you can use what you already have to make your wardrobe work even harder for you.
2. Only buy pieces that extend your wardrobe.
If you do buy something new (or used!), get a piece that helps you make a new outfit out of things you already own. Don’t buy something that needs even more to make it useful.
For example, a denim jacket can be used in multiple ways with things you probably already have. Put it over a dress. Pair it with your favorite graphic tee. This is a piece that makes new outfits out of old ones. That’s better spending.
3. Purchase clothing you need. Avoid the pieces you just want.
If your socks are falling apart, by all means—get new socks. When you need certain clothing items, purchase those. But if you want to stop overspending on clothes, show some restraint and don’t buy stuff you don’t need.
4. Go for quality clothing items that will last.
When you buy clothes, think long term. Clothing that lasts longer may be better on your budget overall, and it can help cut down on the clothing waste that’s become common in our get-it-then-ditch-it society. Sometimes cheaper isn’t cheaper in the long run. Stop spending money on cheap quantity. Invest in quality.
5. Set a monthly spending limit for clothes shopping.
The best way put the kibosh on your spending here is to create a budget line for clothes. Set a spending limit. And don’t go over it. That’s real adulting: giving yourself fashion freedom within a financial framework. You can spend money on clothing—if you’ve put it in your money plan, aka budget.
1. Switch to reusable containers.
Instead of spending money on all those plastic baggies that go from the pantry to the lunch box to the garbage, get some reusable containers. Yes, this is an initial investment, as a couple of these suggestions are. But, in the end, you won’t have to keep spending money on all that plastic pre-trash. Oh yeah.
2. Use washable towels over paper towels.
You probably already have hand towels tucked in a drawer or cabinet somewhere. If not, ask your mom to buy or crochet you some for Christmas. Or hit up your local dollar store. These things aren’t expensive, and using them instead of a new paper towel sheet every time means fewer trips to the store and to the dumpster.
Wait. How does buying more make you spend less? Well, first of all, buying in bulk doesn’t always save you money. But it often does. Check out those price-per-ounce figures. If buying that giant box of cheese crackers or toilet paper is cheaper by the unit, then you’ll spend less not only on the product but also on trips to the store (saving gas and the possibility of splurging on one of those shareable-size bags of sour gummy worms).
Batteries. Can’t game without them.
But really—those gaming controllers are always dying. Buy rechargeable batteries, enough so you always have backups when the others need charging. Then you don’t have to miss a single minute of racing your kids around the mushroom-themed track with your Italian plumber driver.
5. Make your own things around the house.
Don’t spend money on things you can make yourself. This is the day of the DIY. Pinterest, YouTube, and social media are teaming with tutorials on how to make your own slime, soaps, drapes, household cleaners, mouthwash, dog food, laundry detergent, ant killer, face scrubs—the list is longer than this blog. For a small investment in ingredients, you can save big in the long run and stop spending money on a lot of the daily essentials.
1. Discover your spending triggers.
When you figure out your spending triggers, you can work to stop them. Maybe delete a couple of those apps off your phone. Find a healthier go-to for stress, like yoga, a good book, or a conversation with a friend.
And if you feel the need to keep up with others, remember that they’re probably looking at you and wishing they had something you own—like that bag of sour gummy worms or your awesome attitude or your money skills.
2. Avoid temptation: Don’t go shopping.
The best way to stop spending is to stay away from situations that make you want to spend—like the stores that carry your favorite things to buy. Spend less time in stores. Don’t go shopping without a reason. Stick to your list when you’re getting groceries. These tips are golden and will stop nonessential spending it its tracks.
3. Go on a short-term spending freeze.
Spending freezes aren’t for everyone, but they’re a great way to literally stop spending money for a while. They can also help you become more mindful of how easy it is to spend so you’re more aware of your spending tendencies and more thankful for the stuff you already have.
4. Make your own coffee.
If you stop by the local coffee shop every morning for your cuppa joe, you’re spending a whole lot of money on your caffeine fix. We won’t suggest you stop drinking coffee. We wouldn’t wish that on anyone. But we do suggest you become your own barista. Making your own coffee means less time in the drive-thru and more time counting all the money you’ll save.
5. Focus on being content rather than trying to impress others.
Again—if you want to stop spending money on nonessentials, the place to start is in your heart. Spend time this week working on being more content—thinking more about what you have and less about what you don’t.
Remember: You don’t have anyone to impress but yourself. And what better way to impress yourself than by proving you can show restraint in your spending and get closer, every day, to your money goals—to the huge future dreams that mean a lot more than the little impressions you might make on social media to a bunch of people you may not even know.
You’re better than that. You’re bolder than that. And your dreams are bigger than that.
As you can see, we aren’t saying you should stop spending completely. But if you want to get your spending under control and save more money each month, then you will need to make some changes.
The biggest and best change to make is to start budgeting. It not only reveals all those spending patterns—and helps you get those patterns to line up with your goals—it also gives you permission to spend!
How? When you’ve budgeted to spend set amounts on different purchases, bills, and items, you’re saying it’s okay to spend your money.
Create a free budget with EveryDollar today. It takes just 10 minutes to make your first budget.


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An Early Spring Doesn't Mean You Can Neglect Your Furnace!
Well Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow, so hopefully we won’t have many weeks of winter left in Harford County. But while you start to daydream about barbecues and gardening, it’s important to keep maintaining your HVAC system to make sure your furnace stays working efficiently for many winters to come.
We always recommend having a tune-up before cold weather sets in, but it’s never too late to have your furnace inspected if you haven’t already called us. Regular maintenance allows for a more efficient HVAC system, lower energy bills, and a longer life for your furnace.
Safety – We’ll make sure there aren’t any concerns that could lead to fires or carbon monoxide leaks?
Age – If your furnace is over ten years old, it could be close to the end of its life depending on how well it’s been maintained.
Repair record– A furnace that has had frequent repairs that are adding up, we’ll help you decide if it makes more sense to buy a new one.
Energy efficiency – If you are experiencing higher than average energy bills, we will let you know how much you can save with a more efficient model.
Comfort – When you have some rooms that are never warm and some that are too hot, it’s a sign there’s a problem. We’ll check to see if it’s an issue with your furnace or if you could have holes in your ductwork.
Believe us, we want spring to be here just as soon as you do. But groundhogs have been known to be wrong, and cold weather in Bel Air has been known to last well into spring months. Make sure your furnace keeps your whole family cozy by calling us to check our your system. Take advantage of our $49 tune-up now!


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The Walking Dead is a work of art, it is an achievement in interactive storytelling, a clever amalgamation of emotional investment and the illusion of choice, and a terrific social commentary on human capacity for good and evil if pushed to the limit. It deserves the praise heaped upon it, and accepts the generous helping of flaws it possesses. In the end it is an unapologetic title, one that surges forth on the blood of its many protagonists, fueled by their grief, propelled by their quests.
Unfortunately, it also seems oddly incomplete and unsatisfying.
There is a strange trend in video games these days. Irrespective of the genre, the setting, or the mechanics, it seems the investment in the engine, the team and the intellectual capital is too great to allow games to be self-contained. In other words, every title seems hell-bent on twisting the narrative at the last second to ensure that there is, inevitably, a sequel. The Walking Dead is no different, where the ending seems forced, twisted, and leaves us with more questions than answers. But the one thing it leaves us completely sure of is that there will be a sequel.
The fifth episode picks up exactly where the last one left off, with Lee responding on the radio with the choice that you made at the end of episode four. The undead threat is more palpable than ever as Savannah has been invaded by a mobile herd that followed Lee's train. Clementine's inexplicable disappearance, Lee's pending mortality, and the conflicts between the members of the group add pressure to an already desperate situation. Things are spinning out of control, the decisions are tougher, and the very first one involves an enormous personal sacrifice.
A few days prior, developer Telltale Games released the statistics for episode four, establishing that most players were "good guys" as the empirical data suggested that people were making positive decisions. I think that may have some measure of truth to it, but it is not the whole story. Lee and Clementine are fully-fleshed characters, protagonists that seem closer to us than some actual people we may know in real life. Their lives matter, their story matters, their suffering matters. In my review for episode four, I mentioned that I was beginning to make decisions that would largely benefit Clementine and Lee, and not what I thought would be pragmatic, rational choices as a potentially neutral observer. The very first choice was a tough call; I actually had to pause the game to artificially stretch the amount of time I had to make the decision.
The amount of tension is ramped up in this episode, and while the actual game mechanics remain elementary at best, they are often used to incredible result. There is a section where Lee has to cross a makeshift bridge over a chasm filled with the undead and the bridge is constructed with rotten, creaking planks and crumbling sections of plywood all held together by, ostensibly, duct tape. The camera shifts as you inch Lee forward, expecting the plank shattering underfoot to make its predictable appearance. It builds tension, but manages to surprise you in the end without having to resort to cheap tricks.
The voice acting remains incredible, with the highlight for me being a screaming match between two characters who have been at odds for a while. Lee's gradual mental deterioration is very ably reflected in the tone of his voice, the desperation of his actions and his commitment to protect the little girl he now considers family. It all reaches a literal deafening crescendo, a desperate romp through zombie-infested Savannah to get to Clementine. Then it takes a diametrically opposing narrative structure, culminating in a quiet room, a look into the eyes of insanity masquerading as a rational conversation. But the inherent rescuer-victim relationship between Lee and Clementine is not nearly as black and white as we have come to expect from many forms of narrative. Clementine is Lee's salvation, his lifeline, his purpose in a wretched life filled with grief, failed friendships and fallen friends.
Episode five is not without its problems. There are serious plot holes that make no sense. Zombies ignore characters using zombie guts as camouflage, but attack seconds later simply because it helps build a better sequence. Lee is maimed fairly brutally in the beginning, but somehow manages to accomplish incredible feats of strength as if nothing had changed. The puzzles in this episode have clearly taken a turn for the worse: ill-conceived, ill-designed and badly implemented. If a puzzler involves picking up object A to unlock object B, and those two are the only objects in the room, something went wrong in the development cycle.
All things said and done, the collective experience that is The Walking Dead: Season One is a thing of beauty. It defies convention, transcends genres, and begs us to categorize entirely new genres. I just wish they had stuck to the formula that made the first few episodes so incredible and given us some measure of closure at the end. For a game that breathed so much new life into the undead genre, I really wish they had not burdened the finale with flat puzzles, illogical plot elements and an obligatory sequel setup.
Story is strong, the choices are brutal, the world darker and more unforgiving than ever.
Uninspiring puzzles, some not so believable plot points, left more questions than it provided answers.


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Michael Reichenbach (born 1955) began his musical career as a guitar player in a local mandolin orchestra. He studied physics and at the same time continued his musical education with private lessons and seminars. For many years he was a member of the Badisches Zupforchester, one of the leading mandolin orchestras in Germany, where he learned to know the original works for mandolin orchestra by the important composers like Wölki, Schwaen, Ambrosius and others. He was educated as a conductor for mandolin orchestras and guitar ensembles and has conducted several mandolin orchestras.
He became more and more interested in the mandolin and its music and playing techniques. He studied the mandolin music of the old masters, but also the fascinating music of mandolin players in Bluegrass, Blues, Jazz, Choro or other musical styles. For several years he studied musicology at the university of Freiburg and worked as a teacher for guitar, mandolin and music theory, before he finally decided for computer science as his main profession. In his pieces Michael Reichenbach uses the technical possibilities of the mandolin to create interesting and full sounding music for the mandolin. This is typically achieved by chords, double stops or special picking techniques.


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Forage Restaurant and Palaver musicians are teaming up to bring you an evening of music, food, and wine to celebrate spring!
$85/person including food, music, and wine pairings.
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For a century and a half, the Metropolitan Museum has been building a world-class collection of art and artifacts from around the world, across time. Seventeen curatorial departments study, exhibit, and care for the objects in the Museum's collection.
One of the world's largest art museums, includes American art and decorative arts, European, African, Asian, Ancient Egyptian, Roman and Greek art, Byzantine and Islamic art, and modern art. The Museum's comprehensive collection of medieval and Byzantine art is displayed in both the Main Building and in the northern Manhattan satellite location, The Cloisters museum and gardens.
The Museum mounts dozens of special, temporary exhibitions. It was the Met that invented the "blockbuster" exhibition.
For those wishing to experience the Met’s unparalleled collection or to study masterpieces of painting from throughout history, an important new guide to the masterworks of the museum -- published September, 2016 -- is sure to become a classic.
Whether you go or not, The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Masterpiece Paintings (2016) is the first publication to celebrate the greatest and most iconic paintings of one of the largest, most important, and most beloved museums in the world. This impressive volume’s broad sweep of material, all from a single museum, makes it at once a universal history of painting and the ideal introduction to the iconic masterworks of the Metropolitan Museum.
Lavish color illustrations and details of 500 masterpieces, created over 5,000 years in cultures across the globe, are presented chronologically from the dawn of civilization to the present. These works represent a grand tour of painting from ancient Egypt and classical antiquity and prized Byzantine and medieval altarpieces, to paintings from Asia, India, Africa, and the Americas and the greatest European and North American masters. This unprecedented book includes an introduction and illuminating texts about each artwork written by Kathryn Calley Galitz, whose experience as both a curator and educator at the Met makes her uniquely qualified. European and American artists include Duccio, El Greco, Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, Bronzino, Caravaggio, Turner, Velázquez, Goya, Rubens, Rembrandt, Brueghel, Vermeer, David, Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, Degas, Sargent, Homer, Matisse, Picasso, Pollock, and Warhol.
Depictions of pigs created by Chinese artists spanning 2,000 years.
Major exhibition explores the relationship between rock & roll musicians and their instruments.


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text: 360art content production studio once again took the visitors to Jagannath Astaka Show off their feet with its astounding immersive animations. Astaka refers to the number 8, and Jagannath means “Lord of the Universe”. This stunning fulldome cartoon glorifying Lord Chaitanya is a mind-blowing psychedelic immersive media product that proved a tremendous success with the audience exposing them to the unique world of psychedelic art.


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Yin Yoga is a type of practice by individuals who would like to target deep tissues like the tendons, ligaments and joints. Yin Yoga sequence involves limited movements where a person stays in one position with an extended or extended period, usually between three and a few minutes.
The Yin Yoga positions work well suited for connective tissues in the body including thighs, pelvis, spine and sides among others. Yin Yoga for torso is principally practised when lounging or sitting on the floor. It’s, therefore, crucial that you placed on comfortable clothing.
By practising Yin Yoga, you can bolster your joints and connective tissues. So by practising Yin Yoga, you can create muscle tissue more effective, and they’re going to be performing their functions better. This cuts down on the cases of injuries.
Yin Yoga enhances energy flow using the various body channels that assist to enhance the functions of numerous organs. The Yin Yoga poses also help to enhance your body’s immunity and slowing some warning signs of ageing like wrinkles.
Yin yoga allows you to gently stretch the limitations of body tissues for instance tendons and joint ligaments and so allows you to improve versatility in areas for instance knee, spine, and ankles.
Due to our current lifestyle, many of us live a demanding existence which affects our performance additionally to feelings. This leads to health issues like hypertension and heart ailments among others. But by practising Yin Yoga, you’ll be able to reduce stress since the deep exercises are acknowledged to calm your mind.
Poor blood stream circulation within your body can result in tingling and numbness in many parts for instance hands and toes among others. So by holding a couple of from the Yin Yoga poses can help you improve blood stream circulation in body organs such as the spine and glands in addition to help have better blood stream flow along with other body areas.
Start the pose to stay in the comfortable position. Close how well you see and inhale and out and continue to observe and learn how a breath flows within your body. Then move your focus for that heart and feel into space. Make use of breath and continue to possess the heartbeat. To find the best results, carry out the opening meditation for five-ten minutes.


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Automated Medication Dispensing Report by Material, Application, and Geography – Global Forecast to 2021 is a professional and in-depth research report on the world's major regional market conditions, focusing on the main regions (North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific) and the main countries (United States, Germany, united Kingdom, Japan, South Korea and China).
The report firstly introduced the Automated Medication Dispensing basics: definitions, classifications, applications and market overview; product specifications; manufacturing processes; cost structures, raw materials and so on. Then it analyzed the world's main region market conditions, including the product price, profit, capacity, production, supply, demand and market growth rate and forecast etc. In the end, the report introduced new project SWOT analysis, investment feasibility analysis, and investment return analysis.

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We urgently require an experienced, dynamic teacher with a TEFL / TESOL or equivalent to take on a part-time teaching programme. This could also quickly become a full-time timetable. We offer part-time and full-time hours to EFL professionals both within the schools and externally in businesses all year round. Our students are both adults and young learners. If you're in Rome and looking for work, do contact us at the e-mail address given on the job heading to arrange an interview.
A lot of useful information was given in this unit. It was nice to see a full lesson plan with examples. I am sure I will use the blank form as well as it differs a little bit from the plans I used before. A lot of teachers do not like to use a lesson plan but I feel like you always need to have some sort of a guideline on how to conduct your lesson. All in all I liked this unit a lot and found it very useful.This unit was very helpful with covering some of the most common problem situations that teachers might face in the classroom, it was also extremely helpful that unit also suggested ways of dealing with these problem situations, since a teacher never really knows what kind of situation there might appear in the classroom, which makes it difficult to prepare yourself to deal with them the right way on the spot.


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This journey is definitely a voyage of discovery–of self, of the world around me, of my place in this world. I want to take all of you on this adventure but I must warn you, adventure generally isn’t fun when it’s actually happening. But I promise you this: that we will have as much fun together as we can. I want to learn about you as much as I want to learn about myself.
Glad to find you. Your love of translating life and thoughts into word form can be traced from our Grandmother Boan. Our opinions and outlook might not be from the same view, but I am willing to see the world through your eyes. Love you, Cuz!
Cousin, thanks for reading and commenting! Love you to pieces!


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The campaign was launched in Delhi today by the Hon Jason Clare, Australia’s Shadow Minister for Trade and Investment and Shadow Minister for Resources and Norther Australia, in the presence of IVI CEO Vinod Daniel and Australian Labor Party (ALP) members Aisha Amjad and Harish Velji. It will expand IVI’s ‘Eye See and I Learn’ and ‘Eye See and I Work’ programs across the country.
“Uncorrected refractive error remains a major cause of avoidable vision impairment and the second most common cause of blindness in India. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately 39.3 million, including 1.6 million children in India, are blind or visually impaired due to uncorrected refractive error. Nearly 3/4th of a typical school day consists of reading and writing; the comprehension and performance of this is affected adversely by vision impairment. As with adults, wearing reading glasses was found to increase their productivity by 34% and income by 20%,” Mr Daniel added.
IVI has so far conducted 422 vision screening programs in and around Chennai and other cities in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Pondicherry, West Bengal, New Delhi, Haryana and Mizoram. Over 1, 76,376 individuals from the underprivileged communities (including over 1, 28,549 children) were screened and free spectacles were distributed to 22,813 individuals (including 11,984 children).
India Vision Institute (IVI) is an independent, not-for-profit registered trust established in 2012. It is focused on supporting and promoting eye health awareness, research, education and technological development in Indian Optometry to advance capacity in vision correction, and prevention of eye disease and blindness. (www.indiavisioninstitute.org).


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Your little one will feel like a valiant space warrior as you get him or her this blaster gun from Exclusive Lines from Brands. It is battery operated and it comes with inbuilt sound and light that will make it his or her instant favourite in no time. Crafted from a premium quality material, it is also quite safe to play with.
This blaster gun will bring out the gallant space warrior in your little one. It comes with inbuilt sparkling light and music that will make his or her playtime all the more enjoyable.


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There's lots of schematics and guides online that show how to make your own optical heart rate monitor from scratch. With the rise in popularity and accessibility of powerful microcontrollers like Arduino, hackers and designers and DIY enthusiasts are looking for ways to incorporate Bio-sensing and Bio-feedback into their projects, and the optical heart-rate monitor is one direction many folks go toward. Some of the online tutorials are long and complicated, some of them specify exotic parts or require mad soldering skills, all of them are big and clunky and hard to implement in real world conditions where a user is being active, and there are changes in ambient lighting conditions. We want to publish the current state-of-the-DIY-art for getting optically derived heartbeat data into Arduino, and tell you why our Pulse Sensor is such a great improvement. As an example I've put together a very small breadboarded heart rate monitor using parts I have lying around. If you've ever tried to build out an idea for a cool project that incorporates live heartbeats, some of this may be familiar to you.
First, a description of how optical heart rate sensors work. Most kids have shined a flashlight through their fingers, or cheek, and seen the light glow through their flesh. It's a spooky-cool thing to do even as an adult. What it shows is that we are semi transparent. Most of the light is absorbed or reflected by our organs and tissues (skin, bone, muscle, blood), but some light will pass through our tissues if they are thin enough. When blood is pumped through your body, it gets squeezed into the capillary tissues, and the volume of those tissues increases very slightly. Then, between heart beats, the volume decreases. The change in volume effects the amount of light that will transmit through. This fluctuation is very small, but we can sense it with electronics. Here's how it's done.
We start with a light source and a light detector. I'm using an Infrared LED, and a photodiode sensor. It's important that the two devices are matched well, so that the light wavelength output from the LED is detected strongly by the photodiode (see below for part numbers). The photodiode is essentially a teeny tiny solar cell, just like the panels on rooftops, but really small. It will generate a small voltage and current when it is blasted with photons. The Infrared LED is what we will use for our photon blaster.
The next thing we need is a way to amplify the tiny signal coming off of the photodiode. Happily enough, the configuration of this circuit is well-known in analog electronics circles as a 'Current to Voltage Converter' and it is a classic.
I'm specifying a SA5230 Op Amp from ON Semi. I've also had success with Texas Instrument OPA177.
Vertical height of the red line represents voltage. Horizontal axis is Time. The waveform here is usable, but as you can see, the pulse signal is distorted by even small movements. Also any misalignment or movement of the IR LED will muddy up the signal. It's hard enough to get this clear of a signal, even if you don't know anything about Low Pass filters and Op Amps. Once you get this far, having to overcome the challenge of building the circuit into an ergonomic and robust form pulls designers further away from getting to the fun part of building their cool project. Designers and hackers who want to use heartbeats end up spending too much time building sketchy work-arounds for the problems with this bulky hardware. Most of the time this will kill the project before it gets very far, and finished projects are clunky, hard to set up, not really repeatable, and look more like science demonstrations than anything else.
We wanted to make a Pulse Sensor that is small enough to be worn comfortably in many configurations, and immune to signal noise generated by moving around, or changes in ambient lighting conditions. In our search for the right components, we found a super small integrated circuit that has an on-board photodiode and op amp circuit combined. The super smallness means that we can maintain close, steady contact with the skin. This shields the sensor from changes in ambient light and makes noise from moving around minimal at most. Here is an example of our Pulse Sensor in action.
We made our Pulse Sensor small and easy to connect to Arduino so that you don't have to spend all your time tweaking hardware and can get down to the fun part of building your project. If you like our Pulse Sensor, please support it and become a backer at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1342192419/pulse-sensor-an-open-source-heart-rate-sensor-that today!