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What is an Arduino?

For any novice readers into Electronics, let us first quickly understand what is a Microcontroller and why do you use a Microcontroller based kit?

A microcontroller is basically like a small computer on a single semiconductor chip commonly referred as Integrated Circuit (IC).  It can contain a CPU (may be more CPUS also) along with Random Access Memory (RAM), a Read-Only Memory (ROM) and a few input/output device controllers. These type of chips are good for embedded applications like a mobile, a games controller, a remote control or even a machine controller. Some projects which are already made using this board include robots, thermostats, and motion detectors. You can find freelancers working in Electronics and have combined projects in this space.

Hardware, Company and Project:

The Arduino is a common name used for the Computer Hardware, the Company, and this Project. They design and manufacture the microcontroller based kits which can have numerous applications from education institutes to commercial and research establishments. The products are distributed as open source hardware, so you can play with it the way you want and can create multiple innovative projects on your own.

The commonly referred product Arduino has a simple microcontroller board and a development environment so that you can explore your skills in Electronics, Automation, and Software using this kit. There are some popular platforms for Electronics DIY projects, and this is one of them. You can also check for another platform known as Raspberry Pi, which also produces single board computers for experiments by the UK-based Raspberry Pi Foundation. There are hundreds of such products available in the market, but very few have converted into large community-based projects.

Arduino Design:

Arduino product uses various microprocessors and controllers on their boards. You get analog and digital input/output ports on the boards to connect different devices. You can also connect the main board to other expansion boards (shields) when your project starts growing. Have you heard of serial and parallel interfaces? You get both on these boards including standard USB ports. You can write programs on your desktop/laptop and can feed them to the board through the USB port.

Software for Arduino and the C or C++ Debate:

The most important point related to our discussion here is that you can use both C and C++ to program the microcontrollers. The Arduino project also provides an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) based on the Processing language project. In fact, you can code an Arduino program in any language for a compiler that produces binary machine code for the target processor. When this compatibility is there, there should not be any issues.

The Arduino IDE is a cross-platform program written in Java. It originated from the IDE for the languages Processing and Wiring. It includes a code editor and provides simple one-click mechanisms to compile and upload programs to an Arduino board. It also contains a message area, a text console and a toolbar with buttons.

The program developed using this IDE are known as a sketch. Sketches are saved on the development computer as text files with the file extension ‘in.’ The C and C++ language support are using specific rules of code structuring. Good for freelance web developers to experiment with this with known skills!

Code Execution:

You have access to a code library from the Wiring project, which provides many common input and output procedures. Your code requires only two main functions for starting the sketch and the main program. It is then compiled and linked with a program stub into an executable program. Along with that, the IDE also provides a program known as ‘air dude,’ which converts the executable code to a simple text file in hexadecimal encoding.

As the CPU understands only this binary language, you can load this code to the board’s firmware from where the board will get the instructions. Very different than regular programming, right? But that’s the way it is with all such electronics processor based kits. If you can write directly in the Assembly language, it’s great, but everything at the end needs to be converted to machine code for uploading to the experiment board.

The Community:

The ever-growing Arduino community has everyone from hobbyists and students to designers and engineers across the world. The original Arduino uses its IDE which supports a basic C version with additional support for C++. Arduino applications differ from regular C because of the two methods setup and loop. If you use C, you just have only a main method.

The Wiring and Arduino both use C/C++ as programming languages and Arduino uses a simplified version. Processing used Java as a programming language but served as the basis for Wiring, which was the basis for Arduino. As you can see the community working on these projects will have engineers and developers from C, C++, Java, Assemble and various other programming skills.

More about this Project:

The Arduino project started originally for students at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in Ivrea, Italy. It was started in 2005 with the intention of providing a low-cost and easy way for novices and professionals to create interactive devices. The name Arduino comes from a bar in Ivrea, Italy, where some of the founders of the project used to meet.

Open Source Hardware:

You must have heard about many open source software projects. Similarly, Arduino is an open-source hardware project. The hardware designs are distributed and shared under a free license and are available on the Arduino website. The source code for the IDE development is also available.

With the start of these kits in Italy, the original Arduino hardware was from an Italian company Smart Projects. You can use both C and C++ for developing software for these boards. Some boards were there from the American companies SparkFun Electronics and Adafruit Industries. As of last year, 17 versions of the Arduino hardware were available. Look for freelance tips on this kind of projects to develop niche skills. This project is a great advantage and base for all innovative hardware and software professions.


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Call blockers for people living with Dementia

Nuisance and scam phone calls

We all receive unwanted phone calls. They are a nuisance, but they also put us at risk of being scammed and this risk is even more acute for those who are living with dementia. The National Trading Standards Scam Team (NTS Scams Team) have secured government funding to provide free call blocking technology to protect those in the most vulnerable circumstances from nuisance and scam calls.

What is the call blocking technology being offered?

NTS Scams Team is working alongside trueCall to provide "trueCall Secure" units to people living with dementia. For more information about the unit please visit and watch the short animations.

If you are eligible for a free call blocker a unit will be sent directly to you. You will then receive a call from a qualified engineer to arrange a time for them to set up and install the unit, they also be able to will show you how to manage the units' settings. Once you receive a unit, it will become yours to keep and the NTS Scams Team will not be asking for it to be returned at any point. There is no cost to the user for the unit; however, we recommend that the "caller display" service is activated on the user's phone line for the unit to perform at its best.

One month after installation you will be contacted by a member of the NTS Scams Team and asked to complete a short survey to assess how effective the unit has been at blocking nuisance calls and how you feel about nuisance calls since receiving the unit. The NTS Scams Team will contact you again, three months after installation, to carry out another survey.

How the unit works

When a call arrives, the trueCall box checks the caller's number. If it is a trusted caller then it allows the phone to ring as normal, but if the caller isn't recognised then trueCall acts as a personal assistant by intercepting the call and asking the caller to identify themselves. This process blocks around 95% of unwanted calls without the phone ever ringing. If you want even more protection, the trueCall unit can completely block calls from unrecognised callers with a useful message asking them to hang up and call the carer if their call is important. These devices plug into the existing phone and phone line and work alongside and broadband or lifeline/pendant devices that are already installed.

Call blockers are available for people living with dementia who are receiving unwanted calls.

To find out if you (or someone you know) is eligible for a free call blocker to be fitted, please click HERE to start the survey (stage one of the application). Please note we have a VERY LIMITED number of units and they will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

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Some unexpected duck sightings and a few observations of birds that are normally farther north at this season are the most interesting features of the past week's birding at Presqu'ile Provincial Park.

A pair of RING-NECKED DUCKS in the marsh on July 3 raises the question of whether they might be breeding in the Park, which has not been noted previously. Two male BUFFLEHEADS in the marsh on July 6 and singles earlier in the week are also the first July records at Presqu'ile. One of them has been present periodically in late May and early June. Three RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, one male and two females, were off Sebastopol Island on July 5. An adult COMMON LOON with two chicks appeared on July 3 in the marsh. Three LEAST BITTERNS on July 4 are indicative of a healthy population of a bird that is seldom seen because of its largely inaccessible habitat. A few GREAT EGRETS are still on their High Bluff Island nests, but they are being seen more often now elsewhere in the Park. The possibility exists that one of the southern herons, or even an ibis, having finished breeding on the south side of the Great Lakes, might wander to this side of Lake Ontario in July and show up at Presqu'ile. Both OSPREY and COOPER'S HAWK were seen this week. COMMON MOORHENS are being seen more frequently this week than earlier in the season. The handful of BONAPARTE'S GULLS and the immature GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL have not been seen since July 3.

A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER continues to appear at 83 Bayshore Road. Most of the PURPLE MARTINS have left their houses along Bayshore Road. A CLIFF SWALLOW was seen on July 6. Among the birds that summer at Presqu'ile but are generally found farther north, several have been seen this week. They include BROWN CREEPER and both WINTER WREN and PINE WARBLER with young. Other more "northern" warblers seen this week are NASHVILLE (July 7), NORTHERN PARULA (July 1), CHESTNUT-SIDED, and BLACK-AND-WHITE. Some of them are appearing in places where they have not been seen all summer and may actually be fall migrants. More "southern" birds like BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER and ORCHARD ORIOLE have been present all summer and continue to be seen. A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was seen with young on July 4, another bird that is here every summer but is associated with northern Ontario in many people's minds. A PINE SISKIN at a Bayshore Road feeder, the first since late May, is a species that bred in the Park in 1985 but is normally far north of here in summer. Given that small numbers were at Presqu'ile throughout May, that may have happened again this year.

To reach Presqu'ile Provincial Park, follow the signs from Brighton.

Locations within the Park are shown on a map at the back of a tabloid that is available at the Park gate. Access to the offshore islands is restricted at this time of year to prevent disturbance to the colonial nesting birds there. Birders are encouraged to record their observations on the bird sightings board provided near the campground office by The Friends of Presqu'ile Park and to fill out a rare bird report for species not listed there.

Questions and comments about bird sightings at Presqu'ile may be directed to: FHELLEINER@TRENTU.CA.

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The return of winter conditions to Presqu'ile Provincial Park has limited the amount of day-to-day change in bird life as well as the amount of birder activity.  On the bright side, the return of ice cover to much of Presqu'ile Bay bodes well for the annual Waterfowl Viewing Weekend scheduled for March 25-26, as ducks have so far shown no sign of thinning out as seemed likely only a week or two ago.

No dabbling ducks were reported in the Park once the marsh froze over, but two WOOD DUCKS were able to find a patch of open water just outside the Park on Monday and one was still there on Tuesday, along with a RING-NECKED DUCK.  In addition to the thousands of diving ducks of about eight species that have been present for the past few weeks, one female SURF SCOTER and three WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen on March 11 and 13, respectively.  Three and four HOODED MERGANSERS were also seen on those days.  Other water birds such as loons, grebes, and cormorants will have to wait for the arrival of southerly winds, which are expected on a few of the coming days.

It seems unlikely that most of the AMERICAN WOODCOCKS that arrived in late February will have survived the recent unseasonably cold weather, but one was seen as recently as March 14.  On both Sunday and Monday three BALD EAGLES were seen, but no more were reported until this afternoon, when a single adult flew past the lighthouse.  A BARRED OWL was the only other raptor seen.  Even on the coldest days, the drumming of woodpeckers resounded through the woods.

To reach Presqu'ile Provincial Park, follow the signs from Brighton. Locations within the Park are shown on a map at the back of a tabloid that is available at the Park gate. Access to the offshore islands is restricted at this time of year to prevent disturbance to the colonial nesting birds there.

Birders are encouraged to record their observations on the bird sightings board provided near the campground office by The Friends of Presqu'ile Parkand to fill out a rare bird report for species not listed there.

Questions and comments about bird sightings at Presqu'ile may be directed to: FHELLEINER@TRENTU.CA


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Micky Higham To Play Final Career Game Against Wigan Warriors

Dec 04, 4:22 pm

Leigh Centurions are pleased to confirm they have agreed to play Wigan Warriors in a prestigious Warm Up game on Sunday 21st January 2018 (3pm) at Leigh Sports Village.

The Battle of the Borough will be the Club’s only home game prior to the start of the Championship season in February.

The Leigh Centurions Man of the Match will be awarded the Arthur Thomas Trophy in memory of the former Leigh Centurions Chairman and Owner, who also fulfilled the role as Chairman with Wigan Warriors earlier in his distinguished career.

It will also mark the final game in Leigh Centurions colours of 2017 Club Captain Micky Higham, who has now taken on a dual role working in the Club’s community department and also as a member of the coaching team which will also see him involved in match day activities with the off-field staff.

The Wigan game will be an ideal way for Leigh Centurions and Wigan Warriors supporters to give Micky the swansong he deserves for all he has achieved as a player in the game.

Leigh Centurions Owner Derek Beaumont said: “I would like to thank Ian Lenagan, Kris Radlinski and Shaun Wane for continuing with the Battle of the Borough. It is great that we can have such a good relationship with our neighbours at the same time as our respective sets of fans enjoying some fierce rivalry.

“It is great to test yourself against a side that has always been at the top of the game and it provides a benchmark for the start of the season. I am particularly looking forward to seeing Micky play his last game in a Leigh shirt and having also played for Wigan it’s perhaps a great setting for his finale.

“Micky has been a legend in the game and is a legend of a bloke and a great role model to his own children and those in the rugby community. I hope he gets the fitting send off he deserves.”

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Primun non nocere. This is still the sacred promise of every medical school graduate across the country as he or she accepts the diploma, the title and the rank of healer in our culture. It is the core of the Hippocratic Oath. However, in a world of unreasonable speed, in which new discoveries and new pharmaceuticals are being produced in measures of seconds, not years, it may be more than doctors can promise us anymore.

What Does Do-No-Harm Require?

One, beyond the obvious deliberate misdeeds or malicious negligence being called to "do no harm" requires at the very least a reasonable skepticism. This means that a physician--or any professional providing a treatment, especially a pharmaceutical one--should question whether that treatment has the right stuff to do what it's touted to do. Does it cure what it says it's going to cure? Or do people have one symptom go away only to have another (often more dangerous) one appear? Is there an actual need for the pharmaceutical or is it a drug being sold because of a massive fear campaign? Do the independently financed studies back up what the marketing departments say?

Two, the physician ought to be capable of weighing the risks and balancing the promised benefits against the delivered dangers. Does it reduce the pain of rheumatoid arthritis but give you a statistically significant chance to get cancer? Does it give you a longer-lasting erection but negatively impact your cardiovascular system? Does it give you a shorter menstrual period but lead you towards ovarian cysts?

And finally, the physician MUST ask: Is this safe? Will this product or procedure actually harm my patient?

The Current State of Harm

On July 13th of this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) presented the global media with their recommendations on the H1N1 vaccines. A small part of their "guidance" as George A. Ure called it in his piece,Calm Before the (Cytokine) Storm, were three points that are pertinent to this article:

1. All countries are being called upon to forcibly immunize health care workers as a tier-one strategy to guard the infrastructure should a pandemic materialize.

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Dan Doyle is an experienced financial professional with decades of experience in corporate entities and professional practices. He is an expert in financial reporting and accounting practices, and currently is focused on corporate reporting on sustainability and responsibility thematics.

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Daniel Draz, M.S., CFE is the Principal of Fraud Solutions, an international fraud consulting firm. He has 28 years of successful enterprise fraud risk management, training, audit, regulatory, legal and compliance experience, exclusively in the private sector.

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Nicola Facciorusso is an experienced investment banker in the EU who is Managing Director, Equity Corporate Finance, of ACON Actienbank AG (Munich, Germany).  Nicola is a resource to the G&A Institute team in Europe and the Middle East region.

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Peter C. Fusaro is a best selling author, keynote speaker and thought leader on emerging energy and environmental financial markets.  Peter is Chairman of Global Change Associates, a financial services advisory in New York City, and is the best-selling author of "What Went Wrong at Enron," as well as 15 other books on energy and the environmental financial markets.

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Barbara Brooks Kimmel is the CEO and Cofounder of Trust Across America-Trust Around the World whose mission is to help organizations build trust. Barbara also runs the world's largest global Trust Alliance and is the editor of the award winning TRUST INC. book series. In 2008 Barbara co-developed the FACTS® Framework, a holistic unbiased barometer of corporate integrity in public companies, identifying those whose leadership is going beyond doing what is legal to choosing what is right in meeting all stakeholder needs. She is also a Managing Member at FACTS® Asset Management, a NJ registered investment advisor.

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Mike Krzus is an internationally recognized expert on integrated reporting and the co-author, with Robert G. Eccles, Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School, of the first book on integrated reporting, “One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy.”

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Dr. Wanda Lopuch is Chairwoman of the Board of the Global Sourcing Council, a non-profit organization focused on sustainable, socially responsible sourcing practices.  Dr. Lopuch has a unique combination of entrepreneurial drive, global mindset, multi-language executive skills and corporate responsibility expertise.  As global entrepreneur, she has practice responsible and sustainable business before these terms became fashionable; for Wanda and her team, it was simply “good business.”

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Linda M. Lowson, Esq. is a leading internationally recognized expert on global financial and ESG regulation. She is CEO and Chief Counsel of the Global ESG Regulatory Academy™ and CSR Insight™ LLC.  After founding CSR Insight™ in 2007, she implemented and funded a five-year US$5.5 million Global ESG Regulatory Research Program to establish the content foundation for the Global ESG Regulatory Academy™.

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Kelth V. Mabee is a nationally-recognized leader in corporate communications and investor relations practice with years of corporate and consulting experience. He is currently with Falls Communications as Group President – Corporate Communications & Investor Relations , and was formerly Vice Chairman of Dix & Eaton, one of the largest employee-owned PR and IR firms in the USA

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Continuing Legal Education Regulation

CLE Regulation operates under the Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency and assists attorneys with keeping track of their CLE hours. It is designed to enhance its members' professional competence as lawyers. Active lawyers are required to keep current on the law by attending a minimum of 12 hours of education each year. Of these, at least one must be in ethics, one must be in professionalism, and for trial attorneys three must be in litigation.

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The forms for submission of courses for CLE credit are available as PDF files. Read More

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Answers to frequently asked questions regarding mandatory CLE. Read More

Professionalism CLE Guidelines

The general goal of the Professionalism CLE requirement is to create a forum in which lawyers, judges and legal educators can explore the meaning and aspirations of professionalism in contemporary legal practice and reflect upon the fundamental premises of lawyer professionalism–competence, civility, integrity and commitment to the rule of law, to justice and to the public good. Read More

Continuing Legal Education Rules

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Regulation Fees

CLE providers are required to pay $5 per hour per attendee and $15 per professionalism hour for courses held in Georgia. For seminars held outside of Georgia if the CLE provider elects not to pay the $5 per hour fee and the $15 per professionalism fee, then the attorney receiving credit for the hours will be required to pay the fee.

Important Deadlines and Late Fees

December 31, 2017: 2017 CLE requirement should be complete.

March 31, 2018: Three month extension is provided to complete 2017 CLE requirement with no penalty. $100 late fee will be due if 2017 CLE requirement is not complete by March 31, 2018.

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Robert J. Meredith

2121 Gageville Rd., R.D. 2 Ashtabula, OH 44004

The fifth annual show of the Ashtabula County (Ohio) Antique Engine Club was held July 5th and 6th, 1986 at the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Don Dillon in Wayne Township. Five years may not seem to be much as milestones go, but to the members who formed the club and guided its growth and success over those five years, it was reason enough to make our 1986 show a special occasion.

Another reason for doing something extra was also at hand. 1986 marked the 175th anniversary of the founding of Ashtabula County, Ohio. Celebrations and historical displays were being held throughout the county all summer. During the year Ashtabula County Genealogical Society compiled and published a 650 page updated history of the county. Local newspapers were running historical articles and sketches throughout the year. There was an atmosphere of history and tradition in our county all year long, and we in the Antique Engine Club wanted to be a part of it.

In the months preceding our show dates, committees were formed and members appointed to them. Ideas were presented, discussed and voted on and plans finally took shape. All of these preparations are familiar to those of you who have helped put together an engine show.

The first decision we made was to do something a little different with our brass exhibitor placques. Our plaques have always been attractive, but this year we wanted them to be extra nice. The 1986 plaques were done in a special three-color design and pictured an Aultman & Taylor water wagon.

Because of the heightened interest in things of an historical nature, we expected a large turn-out of people at our show. Since our showgrounds are mostly unshaded, it was further agreed that we would provide an area where people could get out of the sun for a while if they wanted to and rest for a spell. This feature took the form of a large canvas canopy located midway along the display rows. Chairs and a water cooler were also provided in what came to be called the hospitality center. Interesting historical memorabilia were displayed in the hospitality center and space was made available for the genealogical society to sell their county history books. Club members were always on hand there to answer questions or be of other help. This addition to our show was well received by everyone, owing to temperatures in the low nineties on both show days. We hope to make it a regular part of our shows in the future.


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Tracking the Elusive Black Bear

| April/May 2004

Black Bear

One of the rarest oil field engines is the 'Black Bear' sold by the Oil Well Supply Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. Of side shaft design, Black Bear engines are very pleasing to the eye thanks to their many moving parts while in operation.

Black Bear engines were ahead of their time with features such as mechanically actuated intake valves, optional air starting, a water pump and a triple-redundancy ignition system. Engines were built in 25, 35 and 40 HP sizes.

One thing I don't know for sure is whether Oil Well Supply actually manufactured these engines, or if they were sourced from another company. Existing engines are few, but I was fortunate to track down a circa-1920 Oil Well Supply Co. brochure that describes the engines:

Black Bear Gas Engines

'Black Bear gas engines are designed to meet the most severe requirements in the oil country. All parts are made with a view of exceeding the strength actually required.

'The engine is of the four-cycle type with valve mechanism operated by a camshaft driven by spiral gears from the main shaft. Both inlet and exhaust valves are operated by the same cam.

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The Northern Beaches Hospital, Sydney, is Australia's biggest hospital project currently under construction and scheduled to open in 2018. AXIS Plumbing didn't think twice when it came to choosing a roof drainage system. With the outstanding support of Geberit's design team, they were confident to manage and install such a complex project successfully.

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With a 50-space emergency department, 14 operating theatres, and a medical centre onsite, the complexity of this project extended as far as the roof structure. The hospital has many roofs of varying sizes. Using a siphonic drainage system meant fewer downpipes, outlets, and floor penetrations, which resulted in a reduction of material and labour and ultimately costs. The engineers had to consider different prevailing weather and restrictions on where the water could discharge. During the design process, ACOR Consultants sent schematic models of the roof structures to Geberit for clarification and advice about concepts. "The Geberit team was always very accommodating, helpful and easy to reach," says Martyne Preston, Hydraulic Services Engineer at ACOR Consultants.

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Because of the challenges of this project, ACOR Consultants undertook a training course run by Geberit at the beginning of their cooperation. "This course helped us get our head around what we needed to do to design the system," explains Martyne Preston.

From the start of the project, the Geberit sales and technical support teams played a pivotal part in the design process and cooperated closely with the engineers when they designed the siphonic system in 3D. Geberit checked calculations and suggested ways to save space and optimise the economic efficiency of the project.

Accuracy played a major role to ensure that the siphonic system would not clash with other services in the buildings. As the height in the car park was very limited, the engineers appreciated Geberit's input for clarification about sizes of components, required clearances and what they could and could not do with the pipework.

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The winning combination of the quality technical support and the advantages of the Geberit Pluvia siphonic system was vital for the Hydraulic Services Engineers when modelling the roof drainage system for this state-of-the-art building.

The fact that the Geberit service team was always very accommodating, helpful and easy to reach contributed to a smooth and productive process and an optimised design.

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St John the Baptist - Bolas Magna

This cache is one of a series set at or near churches in the lovely surroundings of the Shropshire countryside.

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St John the Baptist is set in our local village of Great Bolas, historically known as Bolas Magna. The term 'Bolas' means a site on a flood-plain and indeed, the village of Great Bolas is at the confluence of the rivers Tern and Meese (see our Meesechievous series for a lovely walk round this area).

There used to be a medieval church on the site of the current church but no trace of it remains. The current church consists of a Georgian west tower and nave from 1726 and an earlier chancel which was built in the late 17th century. The builder of the nave and tower was John Willdigg.

The interior of the church is Georgian, with 18th century box pews and pulpit. There is a gallery overlooking the main pews to the west.

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Collect the clues from the first page of the logbooks to find the Bonus cache at Chapel of the Epiphany - Peplow. You can find the base level caches in any order. The caches in this series are:

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Saturday, January 26, 2013Wisconsin

It was a beautiful day today...Since I had to miss the Janboree last week to attend a wedding, I went caching with my car full after meeting for coffee with the Belle City Coffee Clutch at Wilson's Coffee and Tea in Racine, joining me today was tom k., tooncrazy and Insane plague. This was another one stops for the series for a quick find, we signed the logs: team 3TI for our team of 4 using the first letters of our caching names. Not too busy here during our visit... Thanks for placing this cache, we enjoyed our visit. TFTC.

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Found it tick27 found Ironman Challenge Cache.

Saturday, November 17, 2012Wisconsin

Finally have my 100 days in. Yay! Found the cache. It is pretty wet and the lid has been chewed up pretty bad. Signed log best I could. tftcsl

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Software Development Engineer Interview Seattle, WA

I only remember three of the technical questions I was

  asked, in addition to the usual general questions about my experience, skills, and work: 1. write code to replace spaces in a string with a * character (don't just use .replace functions though, hehe) 2. given an array with values that increase, reach some max, then decrease, find the max in less than O(n) + test cases 3. given a linked list that represents two numbers (e.g., 1234 represented by 1->2->3->4 and 5678 rep by 5->6->7->8), add the numbers. singly-linked list
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1. Iterate over the character array and replace * with ' '
2. Use Binary Search:
    public static int findMax(int array[]) {
        int start = 0;
        int end = array.length -1;
        int val = -1;
        if (array.length == 0) {
            return Integer.MIN_VALUE;
        while (true) {
            int mid = (start + end) / 2;
            if (start >= end) {

                val = array[mid];
            else if (array[mid] > array[start]) {
                start = mid;
            else if (array[mid] > array[end]) {
                end = mid;

        return val;
3. Reverse both of the lists (in place reverse, O(n), no extra memory) and then add.

Amit on Dec 14, 2012

It seems that Amit's answer of problem2 has taken it as a rotated array, but actually not. the second half is a decreasing one, instead of an increasing from the min value.
So when we get the array[mid], we should compare it with its neighbors instead of two ends;
if array[mid] is in the increasing part, then max should be on the right;
and if in the decreasing part, then max should be on the left;

helloslz on Dec 28, 2013

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Default CARFAX please help

is there any one that can help me
i was just looking on the carfax site, and put my VIN in just to see what would come up
the thing is when i got my car two years ago it came with a CARFAX report with fourteen records .
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Well each time you inspect it or register it that will add a new record even getting service for an oil change sometimes. sometimes dups as well. I would not worry about it.
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Monday Superlatives

Technology has completely ruined baseball for me

October 9, 2017
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Jim McIsaac

There's just one superlative this week. It is "Worst Baseball Fan," and it is me.

In 2009, living in Brooklyn, I attended roughly 15 Yankee games, including one in the divisional series (THIS ONE!!) and one in the ALCS. My tactic was to take the 4-train north from my office in midtown, stand on the subway platform at 161st st. in the Bronx, wait for a new train and all its passengers, and shout "College kid here, just need one ticket! Can't pay a lot, don't care where I'm sitting!" The "college kid" part was not strictly true—I was 26—but I had very little shame, and it worked as a sympathy ploy. I rarely paid more than $10 for a ticket, and if the seat was a nosebleed, I'd sneak down into the good second-level tier along the first base line with no trouble. (I'm one of the world's foremost experts on that front.)

I'd stay for the whole game, read a book between innings, maybe get a hot dog and beer. It was glorious. When I wasn't actually at Yankee Stadium, I watched the games on the YES Network. When the Yanks were on the west coast, I put on John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman on WCBS 880 and tried to stay up until the end. Usually, I did. I doubt I missed more than five games that season, and I blogged about the team almost every day. The Yanks won the World Series, too, beating the Phillies in six games, and it felt like a reward for my devotion. It's the absolute highlight of my existence as a sports fan.

Eight years later, I swear to you that I can't watch a game. Not one. I can't do it. My attention span has been so totally decimated by thousands of hours on the Internet that my brain is ruined for baseball.

It didn't happen right away—I moved to North Carolina in 2010, and for the first two years I ordered the MLB package so I could keep watching my favorite team. I never hit 2009 obsession levels, but I was okay. By the end of the second year, though, I was tuned out enough that I couldn't justify buying it for a third year. Plus, the Yankees were the featured team on FOX weekend baseball and ESPN's Sunday night games often enough that I could still catch them a dozen times or more per year. Sometimes I listened to the radio.

Gradually, though, watching the games become more and more intolerable. The things I loved became like chores, and it got to the point where I couldn't even pretend to be having fun. For instance: Where once I had enjoyed a long, important at-bat between a crafty pitcher and a resilient hitter—and even savored it as a riveting duel of almost artistic proportions—now I was just frustrated. Each successive foul ball irritated me more and more, and I longed for a quicker resolution. I kept at it for a while, bound to baseball and the Yankees by a sense of loyalty, but how long can loyalty last without the element of love that inspired it in the first place?

Baseball asks so much of you, and it rewards your patience and interest tenfold, but something had changed in me. Maybe life had become more interesting, and maybe my need to find meaning in the Yankees had diminished. Maybe the obsession of 2009 and earlier was a fever that wore off with age. But I don't think that quite explains it. I think there's something deeper. I think that the thousands of hours I'd spent connected to the Internet, more and more every year, had trained me to expect instant feedback. In the absence of the immediate or semi-immediate dopamine rush I'd come to expect, I became ill-at-ease in a way that verged on anger. And no sport triggers that jittery disquiet—a feeling almost like withdrawal—quite like baseball.

It didn't help to watch baseball in front of a computer, either. In fact, I think baseball is the sport that suffers most from the second-screen experience. I still enjoy watching the majors in golf just as much as before—paradoxically, it would seem, since golf is much slower. But there's a critical difference, which is that golf only asks you to pay attention to one shot at a time, and there's always a resolution to that shot. It's either good, bad, or neutral, and then you can wait for the next shot. In the meantime, you're free to tweet, do a crossword puzzle, read your uncle's insane Facebook political post, whatever. Football, which is so regimented and predictable in format, while still delivering high drama and frequent reward, might be the perfect sport for the Internet age. Soccer and basketball are so free-flowing, mostly, that they can hold your attention, and since the length of games is standardized, there's always a finish line in sight. (Though I have given up college basketball, aside from my alma mater's games, due to the utter failure of referees to institute to break the stalemate of brutish play and institute a more aesthetically pleasing style of game, a la the NBA). Tennis is mostly the same in its flow and rewards, and only becomes aggravating in long deuce games.

With baseball, though, and you can throw expectations out the window. Commit to a game, and you might be there for two hours, or you might be there for four. Each game, each inning, each at-bat is of indeterminate length. There's very little promise of excitement, so if you can't enjoy the minute details, forget about payoff. And if you dip out, even for ten minutes, you lose the flow, and it stops feeling like you're part of the experience. Baseball needs your total focus—you're either all in, or you're all out—and my brain has been so compromised by the Internet that I'm incapable of rising to the challenged. I have been forced into self-exile.

Which is a shame, because I still believe that baseball is our most unique and perhaps our spiritually richest sport. It sounds a little strange to attribute great import to a professional sports team, but the 2009 Yankees were meaningful to me. Even worse—they gave me a sense of purpose during a time of personal stress (flimsy as that sounds for someone who had no connection to the team), and in that way made my life better. I put in so much of myself to that team, so much of my time, that I felt a sense of total ecstasy when they won. I could live to 100, and I don't think sports will ever matter that much to me again.

As for today? The Yankees are in the playoffs, just like in 2009. They're likely on the verge of losing to the Cleveland Indians in the divisional series, and I haven't watched a single game all season. I didn't watch when they played the Red Sox, a rivalry which used to occupy my thoughts for an entire day. I didn't watch their do-or-die Wild Card game over the Twins. I turned on the Friday's playoff game during extra innings, saw a Yankee runner get picked off second, and then got bored and turned it off long before the Indians' walk-off win.

All I can say now is that I'm thankful time is linear, and the 2009 version of myself can't confront the 2017 version. Imagine the disappointment! He'd probably break my computer in half and hustle me away to some re-education camp in Cooperstown. His efforts would be in vain. Now that my attention span has been broken, I'm not sure it's possible to unbreak it. I take steps to maintain some semblance of humanity—I use a flip phone, for instance, so my out-of-house moments are Internet free—but it's hard for me to imagine a future where baseball is an integral part of my life.

We're over, baseball, and I mean this sincerely: It's not you, it's me.


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Undercover Tour Pro: Even the players run afoul of Augusta National

Two guards hold my dad in a small room, cellphone jail, and I have to go get him.

I’ve played in three Masters. I’m comfortable there, but the first time I was definitely on edge. Augusta National is a beautiful place, but, boy, there are some different rules. And you really don’t want to get caught breaking one. If you can keep your name out of the conversation until Sunday, then go out with a bang of birdies and somehow wind up with a green jacket, well, that’s a good way to do it.

Not that I spend that much time considering my decorum. We’re all professionals. We play golf for a living and know how to conduct ourselves in and around a clubhouse. It’s not like we’re out drinking and smoking all year and then clean it up for a week. Still, there are ways we mess up.

My first Masters, I went a couple weeks early to see the course. My regular caddie was allowed to walk along as a local caddie took us around. After, we played the Par-3 Course. It was near dusk, and at one of the far tees I said to my caddie, my longtime friend and fellow golf lunatic, “Here, hit one.”

The local caddie took the wedge from my hand: “If he hits that ball, I lose my job.” Whoa, I thought, that’s excessive. But I believed him.

Obviously, the big thing is the phone. You use it only in the locker room. Every week on the PGA Tour, I conduct full-length phone conversations on the range, so that’s different. Even if you’re waiting on a tee during a practice round, don’t sneak the phone out for a quick text. I’ve seen guys do this, but it’s not worth the potential aggravation.

My coach was once thrown out when he took video of my swing with his BlackBerry. We were at the seventh tee box. A security guard removed him from the golf course. He spent the rest of the day checking out the town.

When my parents came, we had trouble. They flew in when I was playing a practice round, and so my wife and daughter go to pick them up. Because they had the courtesy car, they could drive right down Magnolia Lane, which was a thrill for my folks. As soon as they park, my dad goes straight to the merchandise center. He wanted to be sure he got the best stuff before it sold out.

He gets $400 worth of souvenirs. As he’s going through checkout, his card gets declined because he’s traveling out of state. He steps away from the register and takes out his phone—going through the player entrance, he hadn’t faced security—and begins dialing the number on the back of the card. Before he can press “send,” two guards grab him by the shoulders and usher him out. They don’t even tell him to put the phone away. They hold him in this small room, cellphone jail, and I have to go get him.

My dad’s shaken up and feels terrible. When his captors see I’m a player, there’s no sense of sorry for any misunderstanding. It wasn’t like my dad was out on the course taking photos or calling in to a radio show. The vibe was definitely the other way: We should feel bad, and I could expect to hear more about this incident. (I didn’t.) The whole thing took about an hour.

Because our child is in daycare, the club always gives my wife a beeper. She has never had a problem. Another system that works great is the little card they give players. It’s like your member card. You can eat anywhere, and whatever your family spends, they just send you a bill a few weeks later. It’s fantastic. All in, just about every minute you spend at Augusta National is a life highlight. But you will have a few “learning” experiences.

Tons of players have stories just like mine, I’m sure. Nobody talks about them because life’s easier when those stories don’t get out. —with Max Adler


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21st Birthday Card Program

 21st Birthday Card Program

A 21st birthday should be fun and safe – especially when it comes to alcohol.

High-risk and competitive drinking often happens on college campuses in this country with so many students turning 21.

As parents and family members you’ve engaged your Zag in conversations reinforcing your family values and expectations concerning their health and well-being. Their 21st birthday is an excellent opportunity to continue the dialogue to help them set their own expectations for the celebration.

Your student’s birthday plans may not include alcohol at all. But if you think they might, we have some tips to help you talk to your child about reducing their risk. This isn’t about lectures and scare tactics. It’s about informing and encouraging them to consider protective strategies like these:

  • Plan a safe way home before beginning to drink.
  • Don’t drink on an empty stomach. Eat a solid meal before and snack throughout.
  • Alternate with water or non-alcoholic beverages.
  • Designate a sober friend to help keep everyone safe and intervene if necessary.
  • Have no regrets – when in doubt, call 911.

Send a Birthday Card to your student reminding them to have a fun and safe 21st birthday!

Birthday Card includes message about protective strategies should they choose to celebrate with alcohol,  a coupon for a free Starbucks drink at the Starbucks location on campus, and an opportunity for you to include a personalized message.

Please submit the form below at least 1 week prior to your student’s birthday so we can ensure it gets to them in time!


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Why a PS4 Price Cut Isn’t Likely

Unfortunately for potential buyers waiting to save some money on a new video game console, it doesn’t look as if Sony has any immediate plans for a PS4 price cut.

Sony Chief Financial Officer Kenichiro Yoshida talked at length about the strategies that go into how its consoles are priced. He also talked a bit about how users at home are handling the PS3 to PS4 transition, and the bottom-line seems to be that shoppers shouldn’t expect a cheap PS4 to arrive any time soon.

Dual Shockers is reporting that Yoshida described Sony’s approach to adjusting console prices as “very cautious” during an earnings call held this week. Language like that seemingly rules out any drops in the price of PS4, which has been available at $399 since it launched back in 2013. The price of the PS4 has stayed steady, even as Microsoft has introduced an Xbox One console bundle that matched the cost of the PS4 then undercut the cost of the PS4 by a whopping $50.

Apparently, shoppers owe the lack of a PS4 price cut to their own adoption habits. Yoshida says that the company isn’t seeing the same extended life cycle from the PS3 that it did the PS2. In short, instead of buying Sony’s previous console shoppers are picking up its current console. That might sound normal, but it’s not for Sony’s hardware. The PS1 and PS2 had stable sales for years after their successors were announced.

Making it even less likely that we’ll see a PS4 price cut in the near future are the internals of the PS3 and PS4. The PS2 and PS1 had modest internals for their day, meaning Sony could acquire and build those consoles cheaply over time. Sony was able to boost interest in those old consoles by simply lowering the price to insane levels. For example, the PS2 had a price tag of $99 before Sony stopped making it, and the PS1 cost $49 until it left store shelves. The PS3 has fairly modern and expensive internals, meaning Sony can’t just arbitrarily cut the price of the console to boost sales. As for the PS4, Yoshida said it is, “very difficult to divide the market in terms of price range,” meaning it’s hard for Sony to adjust the price of the PS4 in a specific region without it having a domino effect in other regions.

All of these factors are contributing to that “cautious” outlook on PS4 price cuts. Though it is worth noting that Yoshida didn’t categorically rule out in changes in PS4 pricing, it makes sense that the company wouldn’t bother at this point. Sony announced a huge jump in financial health today. A big part of that jump in profit were sales of its camera sensors and cost-cutting measures. The other big part of that equation was the PS4.

Despite overtaking the PS4 in monthly console sales in the United States last year, the Xbox One remains firmly behind the PS4 in terms of overall console sales. Earlier this month we learned that Americans purchased more PS4s than Xbox Ones in March, despite Xbox One still being available at $349 and including free games like Assassin’s Creed Unity and Halo: The Master Chief Collection. If Sony is able to maintain that momentum with its higher price tag, it has no real reason to cut the PS4 price. In fact, it’d be smarter to leaving pricing alone to help it back to sound financials where profits could be used to finance more exclusive titles for PS4 that’ll boost sales in the future.

The next time we’re likely to hear about future plans for the PS4 is this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo in June.

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Why You Shouldn’t Buy the Nexus 5 Right Now

Google’s Nexus 5 is one of the better smartphones money can buy, and arguably one of the best price to performance Android phones available to date. However, the Nexus 5 is a smartphone that users probably shouldn’t buy right now.

Last year, Google announced the all-new Nexus 5 for 2013 along with a brand new Android 4.4 KitKat release on Halloween. The last day of October. It was released a few weeks later, and was extremely popular. So why does that matter? Because a new Nexus 6 could be coming around the same time this year.

Read: Nexus 6 Rumors Swirl

The Nexus 5 is considered one of the best Android phones for your money, simply because it offers everything you’d want in a powerful flagship smartphone all for a great price. It’s sleek, powerful, and runs the latest version of Google’s Android operating system. The Galaxy S5, LG G3, and a few other phones may have newer hardware and better cameras, but they’re all new. Google’s Nexus 6 will offer something similar, and is a key reason you shouldn’t buy the Nexus 5 right now.

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With the summer coming to an end and fall officially here, many are looking to get ahead on their holiday shopping or getting new phones for kids who are back in school. And while the Nexus 5 for just $349 seems like the perfect option, and it is, there’s something else on the horizon you’ll want to wait for.

Google’s Nexus 5 offers a beautiful 1920 x 1080p full HD display, a powerful quad-core processor and a decent camera on back for shooting photos, but there are multiple areas the smartphone could be improved upon. All of those (and more) are expected to be inside the Nexus 6, including a massive battery.

Read: Nexus 5 Review: One Month with Google’s Flagship

While Nexus smartphones aren’t as popular as the tablets simply because they aren’t in stores, Google still has compelling packages to offer and its latest is one you’ll want to watch for. The Nexus 5 is still a good deal, but I’d hold off until we know more about the Nexus 6.

Moto Nexus 6

The main reason we’d recommend prospective buyers pass on the Nexus 5 right now, today, is because the rumored Motorola-made Nexus 6. Motorola’s been building some excellent hardware lately, ones that are customizable, impressive, and wallet friendly, and all of that should carry over to the Nexus 6. The only problem could be the big screen.

Over the past few months more details have slowly emerged regarding Google’s next Nexus smartphone, and the last week we’ve received tons of details.

Read: Nexus 6 Rumors: What We Know So Far

The Nexus 6 is reportedly a massive smartphone made by Motorola offering a large 5.92-inch quad-HD display, and tons of other exciting new features. This may instantly put some buyers off, due to the large size, but small bezels should help keep the overall size to a minimum. But it will still be a big phone.

Key details surfaced back in September, and lately we’ve seen benchmark results confirming some of the specs, reportedly some FCC filings, and even leaked photos of the new Nexus 6. All that means it could be coming soon, and here’s what rumors are telling us it will include.

Nexus 6 Hardware

The Nexus 5 is still a great phone, don’t get us wrong, but everything can be improved. The camera was lackluster, battery life wasn’t nearly as good as many hoped, and the screen was a little washed out if you ask me. However, all of that and more will change with the new Nexus 6. The information below is based from an array of sources all reporting similar results.

Nexus 6 Specs (Rumored)

  • 5.92-inch 2560 x 1440 Quad-HD Display
  • 2.7 GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 805 processor with 3GB of RAM
  • 32GB internal storage
  • Android 5.0 “L Release” (64-bit support)
  • 13 Megapixel camera with OIS, 2.1 front camera
  • Ring Flash similar to Moto X
  • Front Facing Speaker (bottom, look close)
  • Aluminum frame around device like the new Moto X 2014
  • 3,200 mAh battery
  • more

The biggest thing you’ll notice here aside from the massive screen is the improved quad-core processor, a front facing speaker, excellent 13 megapixel camera with OIS, and of course that 3,200 mAh battery. One of the Nexus 5’s biggest downfalls was the tiny 2.300 mAh battery. As a comparison the Galaxy S5 is 2,800, the LG G3 is 3,000 mAh, and they all last more than a few hours longer. We need bigger batteries in our Nexus phones, and the Nexus 6 will finally deliver. And it will need to if it’s pushing a massive 2k resolution Quad-HD display. Here’s some leaked images and comparisons.

The Nexus 6 should have sleek bezels to keep the size down, making sure that nearly 6-inch screen is still easy to hold and somewhat pocketable. In fact, a few photos have arrived suggesting that while it has a bigger screen than the iPhone 6 Plus and Galaxy Note 4, the size will actually be physically smaller. So that’s good news.

Nexus 6 Release Date

So all of that sounds great, but why should you pass on the Nexus 5 right now? Because the Nexus 6 could be available in less than a month. Delivering a much better experience in all key areas for a similar price tag.

The Nexus 5 was announced on October 31st with the new Android 4.4 KitKat, and released a few weeks later. We’re hearing something similar is en route for the Nexus 6. The actual release date is still a mystery, but multiple sources have it being announced and coming soon. Below is a tweet from a popular Android developer who’s been accurate with leaked information in the past. His anonymous sources confirm the new HTC Nexus 9 tablet will be launched on October 16th, and officially released and available to buy at a later date. Many sources suggest the Nexus 6 is coming at the same time.

To add to this, another report from AndroidAuthority claims October 15th or 16th, as the date isn’t final. Their tipster says both the new Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 tablet will debut with Android L on the 15/16th, as a general announcement, and the release will be on November 1st.

If this information is correct the Motorola Nexus 6 release date could be around November 1st. Last year the phone came months later than the tablet, as their are a lot more hurdles to jump, so we could see the Nexus 9 arrive first, with the Nexus 6 smartphone being available later in November, but we hope that isn’t the case.

Nexus 5 Deals

Last but not least is Nexus 5 deals, and the Nexus 6 price. Last years model is only $349, which is an excellent price for a smartphone, and recently we’ve seen deals offering it for only $315. Naturally, when a new model arrives we can expect more and more Nexus 5 deals to start surfacing. This means that if the N6 is simply too big for your taste and you’re looking to get the Nexus 5 now, wait a few weeks or a month and hopefully better deals surface.

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Secondly, the Nexus 6 could come in around the same price. Given the increase in specs, screen, and an expensive battery though we’re expecting something along the lines of $399 and $449, if not more. We’ll have to wait and see.

Final Thoughts

If you’ve been considering the Nexus 5 and aren’t happy with the current crop of Android smartphones, by all means, it’s a great smartphone. That being said, something better is surely on the horizon. Whether that be the Nexus 9, or a new Galaxy S6 next year. Obviously most don’t want to wait until April of 2015 for a new Galaxy phone, and the Nexus 6 is the logical device worth waiting for.

I’ve said just about everything that needed to be said above. The Nexus 6 will be bigger, better, faster, improved in all key areas, and offer the latest and greatest version of Android all for hopefully a decent price.

Rumor has it an announcement is coming this month with a release quickly following sometime in early November. The phone could take a few weeks longer to arrive, but either way we have an exciting few weeks or months for Android users ahead.

  1. april

    10/11/2014 at 3:28 pm

    Let’s not forget about how the Nexus 5 and the crap pay screen breaking problem. I have owned 3 NY ‘ and on all 3 I have cracked the screen. One dropped out of my pocket as I was sitting down and landed face down & shattered the screen. The 2nd was on my bed under a pillow and my TV remote was under the pillow too. Some how the screen broke. The 3rd… phone was in my purse pocket and it shattered again. My brother also has had 2 N5’s that the screen broke on too. Soo of let’s hope that problem is fixed with the N6!

  2. sheepshaggernz

    11/03/2014 at 9:24 am

    The whole point of this article has been rendered redundant due to that price.

  3. Urooz Virk

    11/11/2014 at 6:00 am

    i dont think its worth waiting if its going to cost much much more.

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Your Reading List About Harassment in the Public Sector

Last month’s GovFem reading list chronicled the prevalence of sexual harassment in workplaces, including the halls of government. A month later, the discussion over harassment is still going strong with more victims coming forward to call out inappropriate behavior from male colleagues. And again, government is no exception. Here’s what we’ve heard in the past month about the prevalence and treatment of sexual harassment in the public sector:

The EPA Is Taking Years to Resolve Discrimination and Harassment Cases According to an investigation, “EPA took an average of 491 days to issue a final decision following a complaint of discrimination or harassment from 2011 through 2016.”

Congress Has a Problem There is apparently a “creep list” on Capitol Hill – one of many signs that sexual harassment and coercion are not only prevalent but even an accepted norm. CNN interviewed more than 50 people for this article, to better understand the culture in Congress. Verdict? Not so good.

We’re Failing Female Veterans This article draws an alarming correlation between two statistics. One in four female service members experiences military sexual trauma. Moreover, while male veterans were 19% more likely to take their own lives than their civilian counterparts. For women, that rate is an astonishing 250% higher. This article examines how to address both of these startling statistics and ultimately better serve female vets.

Sexual Harassment Training is Hard to Find Allegations of sexual harassment in state capitols are also on the rise. More alarming is the fact that while many lawmakers are aware of this fact, fewer are requiring their government workers to attend training to combat it. This article examines the prevalence of harassment, as well as the lack of training.

5 Simple Things Any Executive Can Do to Combat Sexual Harassment at Work A positive article recapped Fortune’s recent Most Powerful Women Next Gen Summit. In it, leaders share tips for how to combat sexual harassment in the workplace. While not government-specific, the ideas are equally applicable to the public sector.

In case you missed them, check out this month’s other GovFem posts:

Every month, GovFem compiles a list of the top articles about women in government from around the web. If you have an article you think should be included in next month’s reading list, email [email protected] with your suggestions.

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Last night I saw a rather interesting commercial promoting the Disney re-release of Bambi. What made it so interesting was the introduction of a technology called Second Screen. As the name implies, your TV is the first screen, and your mobile device (in this case a tablet) the second. In the case of Bambi, your… Read more »


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Pneumonia and Your Child

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What is pneumonia?

Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lungs. When children get pneumonia the breathing tubes that carry air to the lungs get narrow and inflamed.

Causes of pneumonia

The most common causes of pneumonia in children are viral or bacterial infections. Less common causes of pneumonia in children are when the lungs are irritated by chemicals or other things inhaled into the lungs. Irritants may include chemicals (like spray from household cleaners), liquids (like swimming pool water or formula and other beverages), objects (like a small peanut or other food), or allergic triggers (like dust).

Types of pneumonia

Pneumonia from infection is most common during the fall, winter, and early spring and can follow a cold, an ear infection, or a sore throat. The following are different types of pneumonia:

Viral pneumonias do not improve with antibiotics. At home, make sure that your child gets rest, plenty of fluids, and if necessary, medicines to reduce fever.

Bacterial pneumonias can be serious and should be treated with antibiotics right away. At home, make sure that your child gets rest, plenty of fluids, and if necessary, medicines to reduce fever.

Pneumonia from irritants inhaled in the lungs is most common in children with special health care needs. This includes children with neuromuscular problems, like cerebral palsy.

Allergic pneumonias are not common in children. When cases are reported it's often in dusty, rural areas.

Symptoms of pneumonia

The symptoms of pneumonia are different for each child. Your child may have one or more of the following:

  • Fever (may be high grade with chills).

  • Cough (with a lot of mucus).

  • Trouble breathing, often breathing faster and more deeply than usual with occasional widening of the nostrils during deep breathing.

  • Wheezing.

  • Chest pain, especially when coughing or with deep breathing.

  • Stomachaches or vomiting.

  • Eating less or not eating.

  • Headache.

  • Loss of energy.

  • Babies and toddlers may seem pale and limp, and cry more than usual.

When to call the doctor

Call the doctor if your child has any of the following signs:

  • Especially fast or hard breathing (when you can see the chest drawing in and out)

  • Persistent vomiting

  • No energy to play or to keep up with daily routines for more than 2 or 3 days

  • Very pale or bluish lips or fingernails

  • Stiff neck

Care of your child at home

  • Make sure your child drinks plenty of liquids to avoid getting dehydrated.

  • Help your child rest.

  • Give your child the medicine the doctor has recommended. (See "Medicines for your child.")

When is hospital treatment needed?

Your child may need to be treated at the hospital if your child

  • Is younger than 1 year.

  • Cannot swallow the medicine.

  • Is dehydrated and needs fluids through an IV tube.

  • Has severe breathing problems.

  • Has problems fighting infections because his or her immune system doesn't work well.

  • Has had pneumonia before.

  • Has taken oral antibiotics but still has symptoms.

Care of your child at the hospital

In the hospital your child may be treated with

  • An IV (intravenous) tube to give fluids and medicine

  • Extra oxygen given through a face mask or a tube in the nose

Medicines for your child

After an exam, the doctor may order a blood test or an x-ray. These tests can help your doctor decide how to treat your child's infection. If your child needs medicine, be sure you know the right amount, when to give the medicine, and if you should give food with it. If you forget or don't understand the instructions on the medicine label, call the doctor or your pharmacist for help.

The doctor may prescribe an antibiotic if pneumonia is caused by bacteria, or an antiviral medicine if the pneumonia is caused specifically by influenza.

Antibiotics and antivirals can be given in 3 ways.

  • Oral (by mouth). Oral antibiotics can usually be taken at home. It's important that your child continue to take the antibiotic for the number of days prescribed even if your child feels better.

  • Injection. Your doctor may suggest giving an antibiotic shot, especially if your child is having a lot of trouble with vomiting.

  • IV. If your child is being treated in the hospital, the antibiotic may be given by vein through an IV tube.

Fever and pain medicine

Your child's doctor may also recommend medicine to decrease fever and aches. Call the doctor for fever lasting more than 2 or 3 days even after giving antibiotics for bacterial pneumonia. Never give your child aspirin unless prescribed by the doctor. It can be dangerous for children younger than 18 years.

No cough medicine

A cough can last from days to weeks, but do not give your child cough medicine. Cough medicine doesn't work and it may keep your child from coughing up mucus that needs to come out of the lungs.

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For some of the more serious and professional growers out there, even our largest longest-serving lighting contactors aren’t quite big enough for the scale of set up in mind. Cue the introduction of Exolux Timerboards! These well-built units are a combination of timer and contactor that will safely operate many a number of lights if required, with one designed to turn on up to 16 lights and the other an astonishing 28 lights! Exolux Timerboards send power to your ballasts bank-by-bank (4 lights per bank) – so you avoid big surges – and include trip fuses, power failure time delays and a battery reserve for extra protection. Lights also switch on/off individually meaning you don’t need all of them going at once. Hard wiring to the mains circuit is necessary though, use a qualified electrician.

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With its bath and body line, Shalimar celebrates feminine beauty by offering sensual and refined rituals for the senses. An art de vivre becomes an art of the body, an art of beauty. For the first step of the bathing ritual, this soap gently cleanses the skin to leave it supple and delicately perfumed.

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