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Monday, May 7, 2012

Weekend Rewind

I'm linking up with Tami this week!

Little Moments Like This

This past weekend wasn't an exceptionally exciting one, but a sweet time with my family. We ended our week feeling exhausted and stretched thin.

Usually we go into a weekend with planned events and a to do list, a mile long, to accomplish between moments of relaxation. This week however, I surprised Ian (and to be truthful, I surprised myself too,) by saying I had nothing on my to do list- just relaxation and a chance to unwind.

Thursday- The start of our weekend begins Thursday after school gets out. On Thursday nights we have our house group fellowship, and this week was our monthly potluck. I was in charge of the main course this month but because of my stressful week, I decided to make chicken salad and egg salad the night before and take that as our main course. Alot simpler and less impressive than some of our dinners, but I felt it was a necessary weight off of my shoulders.

The chicken salad was amazing (recipe to come,) but I didn't feel like tasting the egg salad (eggs are a definite food aversion lately!) I kept saying to myself "I think you are forgetting something." But besides the bacon bits, which I didn't have, I couldn't think of what it was! Five days later and it dawns on me... I forgot the mustard. And the seasoning. And the onion.

Yeah, so it was basically hard boiled eggs and mayo with some diced peppers. Not my best moment. I'll blame it on the pregnancy brain.

Friday- We did nothing on our first full day at home. Seriously, nothing. I got up with Grace and let Ian sleep in and when she went down for her first nap two hours later, I slept too! During her next awake period, we cuddled, read, and played until her second nap time. By that time, I was bored with the TV and since we are 8 hours ahead of the east coast, nothing was going on in the internet/blog world.

I decided to tackle a premoving project. I hadn't wanted to start on it so soon because we still have 1-2 months until we move and I am afraid that once I start purging, cleaning, and packing, I won't want to stop, leaving our home feel like a transition place for several months. Plus, I really want to stay focused on my language learning for the remaining time, so I am trying not to think about the move.

All of this to say, I was so bored that I was able to tackle this project in just an hour or two. I was able to purge and organize all craft and office supplies in our apartment into one packing trunk, organized our packing trunk of holiday supplies, and cleaned up our front room, which had acquired a bunch of trash.

I spent my evening in bed after skyping with my Mom, Grandma, and Aunt, and began reading a new book. I don't think the book is a winner, but I will give it another shot.

Saturday- Grace slept in a little bit and then we both got up. We watched her new dvd of Little Einsteins together but I was bummed when I realized that the copy we bought over here is the British version. Not that I don't love hearing a cute British accent, but Grace could possibly face enough language confusion and delay already because she is being raised in a bilingual environment, I didn't want to introduce another accent and vocabulary set to her. Bummer.

We had run out of milk and diapers so Ian, Grace, and I went on a walk right at noon to a grocery store. Bad idea. It's an Arab summer right now, and our temperatures on Saturday were over 110 degrees. HOT. It's like opening an oven and sticking your head right in it.

It wasn't a long errand though and we came home and laid on the cool tile to try to lower our temperatures. Grace was stripped down to her diaper and drank her juice before going down for a nap.

I tackled another project by going through our desks and bookshelf w/ a drawer. I purged a bunch of old papers, magazines, and outdated cords and discs, made a stack of books to give away, and sorted some important papers.

Sunday- We got up early, took Grace to daycare, and made a trip across the border. Ian had to turn in his visa paperwork and has to stay over the border until it has all been processed. Boo.

I made the drive back by myself, but first made a pit stop at my favorite mall. The maternity store was having a big sale and I bought two new t shirts. I really wanted a swim suit and a pair of capris, but the prices weren't reasonable so I walked away (yay me!) and bought myself a cheeseburger, which I had been craving and crying about for over a week, ha!

I made the long drive back by myself, picked up Grace from daycare, and was told that she had slept the entire day. My afternoon nap plans had to be thrown out the window as she was wired and only took a 30 minute nap. She was really fussy (molars are coming in,) and hard to entertain, so around 5 we headed to the grocery store to get out of the house. My friend, A, called and invited us over for Brinner, so we went straight there. I had a quick skype call with my parents and enjoyed some time with my friends before coming home, talking to Ian on the phone, and putting Grace down for the night.

I watched New Year's Eve from iTunes but wasn't thrilled with it. Lackluster is how I would describe it and I won't be renting it again soon.

It was a longer than normal weekend, since I had to miss school to take Ian over the border, but a good weekend with plenty of family time. I'm looking forward to this coming weekend as we have a getaway planned and it puts us that much closer to the end of the semester!

Lauren said...

that sounds like a fabulous glad you were finally able to satisfy your cheeseburger craving! that actually sounds really good to me as well...and I'm definitely not preggo! ha!

Amanda said...

that sounds like a relaxing weekend! so nice you got several projects done. oh and that you got a cheeseburger! i hope you guys have fun on your getaway!!! :)

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Vanguard Forums: Remember when we were just players?

Splendid post Darthmidget. I think you made an excellent summary of what makes a good MMORPG. Eventually most current WoW players will come to the same conclusion that you have so eloquently made and hopefully seek a more serious game like Vanguard. That said I have some concerns.

As far as the 3rd Generation label I believe it’s just a marketing tool being used to promote Vanguard. Folks the spin stops here. Vanguard will need to be much more ambitious then just having the diplomacy feature as something that qualifies it to be in the so-called next generation of MMORPGs. I for one am very concerned that Brad and Co. are just making a new improved version of DikuMUD/EverQuest and nothing more. That’s fine if that’s the limit of their imaginations and people are willing to accept that.

The question remains: What will Sigil do to push fantasy online gaming into a new paradigm? The answer may be that they don’t want to. The online gaming industry seems to be moving backwards as a whole as easier dumbed-down games that appeal to the masses is the order of the day. Strangely enough, just creating a game that emulates the original EverQuest is seen as a bold and daring move in a world where most companies are scrambling to create the next WoW.

When I first started became involved in MMORPGs I found the concept laden with incredible potential and possibilities, the people seemed different then and we all had the feeling that anything was possible in these worlds. Sadly the promise of the genre has fallen by the wayside as online games have been carved up and disassembled by the powergamers, the hardcore raiders, the uberguilds, the casuals, the crafters, the farmers, PVPers and so on. All of them with their own agendas and demands.

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Remember when we were all just trying to make our way in Norrath and we were not part of a demographic or special interest group as described above? We need an online world that can do that once again. We need an online game that can bring all those warring tribes together and create one nation of online gamers with a common, shared purpose. For a time like the mythical Camelot of King Arthur, EverQuest achieved that sense of unity. That is the magic I want to experience once again.


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Workers at the Douglas Aircraft factory in Long Beach, California check out a completed B-17F Flying Fortress. Note that the censor has blacked out not only the tail number but also the number on the nose of the aircraft. One of 605 built by Douglas in a $12 million facility built for military aircraft production. Boeing coordinated B-17F production with Douglas and Lockheed's Vega subsidiary through the BDV committee, which provided example aircraft and blueprints and tracked all of the various aircraft modifications so the B-17 could be properly serviced in the field. Boeing, Vega and Douglas made 3405 B-17Fs, the second most produced model. While externally the same as the previous B-17E, it had a one-piece plexiglass nose and upgraded Wright R-1820-97 Cyclone engines, which made the B-17F the fastest fortress model. Almost all B-17s were sent to Europe for the 8th Air Force. At modification centers stateside and in England, fortresses were modified, adding additional armor and machine guns. As the German Luftwaffe began to favor frontal attacks to kill the pilots and bombardier, the original .30 caliber (7.62 mm) machine gun in the nose was replaced with a .50 caliber (12.7 mm), and other machine guns were added or moved to fire forward. Eventually these modifications were added to the assembly line. This early model B-17F lacks the additional machine guns that would be later added before combat. Noses of Douglas A-20 Havocs are found lined up on the floor waiting for assembly.
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Home-made gingerbread biscuits... to the rescue!

For most of us this time of year is associated with travel, be it be just across town to spend the day with family or half way around the world to grab some precious sunlight, motion sickness can strike at anytime and make these journeys much harder.

The excellent helper with motion sickness when looking for a natural remedy has to be ginger! It has been used as a treatment for motion sickness for centuries (first used by the ancient Chinese Medicine practitioners), and although it doesn't work for everyone, a lot of people find it very effective.

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is natural, widely available and cheap. What's more, it comes in numerous forms - from raw to capsules, from cookies to tea - so even if you're not a big fan of the taste, there's likely to be something you can try. And it works fast (some people find it has an almost instant effect!), even after you have started to feel nauseous.

Ginger cookies and biscuits

Of course, the easiest way to take ginger is in cookie / biscuit form. Ginger snaps and ginger nuts are widely available. Before you buy, though, do make sure they contain real ginger (and not just an artificial flavoring). We always have a box of home-made cookies on hand when we travel, just in case.

My daughter and I love cooking these Hemsley & Hemsley ones

  • Serves 15 biscuits

  • 2.5 cups of ground almonds

  • 2.5 tbs of ginger powder - or less if you don't like the burn!

  • 3 pinches of sea salt

  • 1 tsp baking soda

  • Zest of one unwaxed lemon

  • 1/3 cup of date syrup or a little less of maple syrup

How To:

  • Combine the ground almonds, ground ginger, sea salt, baking soda and lemon zest thoroughly in a food processor and pulse until well combined.*

  • Mix in the date syrup until well combined – it should be sticky when pressed together and hold it’s shape.

  • Take a tablespoon of the mixture and roll into a ball between your hands. Then press flat between your palms. Place on a baking tray lined with parchment paper (we like If You Care).

  • Repeat with the rest of the mixture – leaving plenty of space between them.

  • When you have finished, use the flat of your hand to flatten each biscuit further (approx 1/2 cm thick) – the baking soda will make them rise a little in the oven, the thinner they are the crunchier they will become.

  • Bake at 180C for 10-12 minutes until browned on the edges.

  • As they cool they will crisp up.

  • Store in an airtight container (glass or tin) to keep them crisp.

*NB: The unique crunchy texture of this biscuit comes from not using any liquids so this cookie mixture only comes together in a food processor. Check out our other baking recipes for cookies and biscuits you can make by hand.


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So a friend saw some of my other pieces, and decided he wanted a pic of Deadpool. I like Deadpool, despite his oversaturation, and some tales where he’s put in the hands of inept comedy writers who boil it down to memes and random catchphrases. Anyway, he said he would give me some ideas of what he wanted later… but… ADD… I got an idea, drew it, coloured it, showed him it, he loved it, he wanted it – job done! Just in time for time for Deadpool 2 too. :)

Masters Of The Universe

Whilst, as a kid, I always wanted Transformers, but my childhood was mainly filled with Masters Of The Universe. Every Xmas and birthday I added a few more figures to my collection thanks to generous donations of a working class family that could barely afford the presents I got in stupendous amounts. Skip to several years later, long after I had left these toys behind, I got a craving to try and recreate my childhood toys in a more adult, darker style. More below….

Siknotes Tour Poster

So every now and again, I get a message from an old friend who starts with “Hey, you can draw, can’t you?” :P Well, I used to hang about with a bunch of guys who used to be in a punk band back in college, and whilst my own musical ventures haven’t come to much, and usually fizzled out after a few gigs (albeit awesome gigs), these guys have kept going and have been decently successful…

So, if you know me, you know I’m all about the ‘bots. Well, mainly those that Transform… and as such, I tend to try and draw my favorites. Shortly after that, people would want me to draw their favorite figures and such… so I started a bit of a collection. I still do these when I can, and obviously I can’t turn down any commissioned pieces, which is how the collection has grown. Check out the framed pics below…. oh, and contact me if you want one doing. :P

DTOX TV – Emotes

EmotepreviewDTox TV approached me to add a few emotes to his channel. In all fairness, I thought this was going to be a challenge due to his already existing artwork being of a high quality. None the less, I like a challenge, and he’d seen my already existing artwork, so knew the levels of what I could do.

ManMouse – Twitch Emotes/Logo

MM02-Logo02I was approached by the ever-friendly ManMouseGames who wanted me to redesign his logo, and come up with a few emotes for him. After a short chat about what sort of style he was looking for, the colours he liked, and the emotes he’d be most likely to use, here’s what came out of it.

CapN Flint Logo and Emotes.

The lovely and charismatic @Capt_Flint was looking to give his Twitch site a nicely polished themed look, and knowing that I can “scribble” gave me a call. After we chatted, he already had an idea of what he wanted, and just needed me to expand and get it done. So I did. Results below;

The Captains Logo!

Unnamed RaketSpel Project

During the final section of the course, I chose to do an internship at Raketspel, a mobile-based games company here in Sweden. Whilst there I was placed within a group of interns and given our own project. The theme was already decided as a carnival based multi-player mini-game collection, but within those boundaries we were allowed a lot of freedom to come up with what we want, prototype and present/pitch them during meetings. We did this all within Unity and scripting in C#. I also did voice acting as the feedback character for the game.

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“Hong Kong On Steps: Tales of Our City” is the latest rendition of PMQ’s stairs art project. Twenty new stories from eleven different artists have been painted across the historic stairs of PMQ. Ten of which are from Hong Kong and one is from South Korea.

This diverse group of artists took inspirations from the city’s tales and their own personal stories, adding their own artistic flair in the mix. Thus, creating a vivid landscape with different themes, one of which is Hong Kong’s local food, some artists were inspired to paint “Wonton Noodles”, “A Delicious Bath” and “Love for food in distance”. Some artists explored Shared Memory of the public, such as “Timeless”, “Candy Vending Machine”, “Pinball Machine” and “Watch Your Step”. An imaginary world is introduced through “A Day-dreaming City”, “Marshmallow Planet”, “Curious Galactic Meow” and “Portrait of Wind & Thunder”. You can learn about the ups and downs of the artists’ journey through their works of “Dash”, “Let Go and Relax”, “Here” and “Lotus”. Last but not least, “Butterflies” by the South Korean artists is also a must-see destination.

Before you leave, make sure to take snapshots of all the paintings and share them with your friends on social media!


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Friday, June 04, 2010

Survivor stories, spin, and parody

A collection of Gaza flotilla massacre survivor statements.

"Detailed Compiled Eyewitness Accounts Confirm Cold-Blooded Murder and Executions by Israeli Military"

Henning Mankell

Kevin Neish

Huwaida Arraf

Huwaida Arraf and Ann Wright

Ambassador Edward Peck (note that the Jews got a second crack at a survivor from the USS Liberty!)

Hassan Ghani

The faked IDF photos (the hasbara explanation is that the IDF was using ancient digital cameras)

"Yahoo and AP Caught Manipulating User Comments" (AP is notoriously Zionist)

"More Spin from Israel"

"Sabotage on the High Sea" (also here) It backfired, for now the Rachel Corrie has a second shot.

"Michael Oren is Lying" Note the technique - the IDF produces a ridiculous lie, retracts it, but the lie lives on as part of Zionist propaganda. We see this over and over again.

"The Hammer of Heaven and the Synagogue of Satan."

From '5 dancing shlomos' in the comments, this gem from Gordon Duff:
"This week “religious commandos” from Israel attacked the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in international waters. Seven Israelis were injured during the attack with one member of the “Israeli Secret Police” thrown overboard by an 81 year old woman. Jerusalem papers report that Israel is holding the woman for attempted sexual assault.

Is it illegal to rape a pirate on the high seas? We are waiting for a ruling from the International Criminal Court at the Hague on this.

One “commando” tripped over a wheel chair in the dark and fell down a flight of stairs. The injured commando, an Obergruppenfuhrer, a rabbinical rank with the IDF, said, “After shooting the man in the chair, I quickly ran over to get his watch. Imagine how I felt, nearly giving my life for a stinking Timex.”

The helicopters and boats used by the “floating and flying rabbis” were paid for by the US as part of a USAID program funding health clinics in Gaza. Israelis working with USAID on the project indicated that they the “Peace Flotilla” was mistaken for a “refugee resettlement cruise.”

“It is our job to care for the Palestinians. We were only there to do medical inspections, picking those that are healthy enough for labor and finding those who are unfit and need “special treatment.” Sixteen were selected for delousing. Relatives of those who received “special treatment” are waiting for a list of names and where to pick up the ashes.

The United States Senate, led by Josef Lieberman, John McCain and Charles “Chuckie” Schumer, voted unanimously to continue their unbroken support for Israeli efforts to provide a decent homeland for Palestinians, “no matter how many of these worthless Muslim bastards have to die in the process.”

Senator McCain was quick to point out, “My father, Admiral McCain helped organize a similar Israeli effort when the USS Liberty became stranded in international waters near the same area. Israel expended four torpedoes, firebombed the ship 3 times using napalm, hit the ship with over 18,000 rounds of cannon fire and even strafed the lifeboats but was unable to save the 34 killed and 174 injured during this rescue attempt.”

USS Liberty survivor Phillip Tourney, when questioned about the incident said, “At least they didn’t try to steal my watch.”"

"Mark Steel: Of course, they were asking for it":
"It's time the Israeli government's PR team made the most of its talents, and became available for hire. Then whenever a nutcase marched into a shopping mall in somewhere like Wisconsin and gunned down a selection of passers-by, they could be on hand to tell the world's press "The gunman regrets the loss of life but did all he could to avoid violence." Then various governments would issue statements saying "All we know is a man went berserk with an AK 47, and next to him there's a pile of corpses, so until we know the facts we can't pass judgement on what took place."

To strengthen their case the Israelis have released a photo of the weapons they found on board, (which amount to some knives and tools and wooden sticks) that the naive might think you'd expect to find on any ship, but the more astute will recognise as exactly what you'd carry if you were planning to defeat the Israeli army."
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Most people dream of owning a boat, but very few understand what is involved to maintain that fresh painted look. In harbors and estuaries the water contains immense numbers of microscopic organisms and plants collectively known as plankton, if given an opportunity they will settle on the Hull and grow.

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Effective antifouling paint is required if you want to ensure that your boat is safe from barnacle build up. All sorts of horrible things live in the sea and may seem harmless to us but to boats and other sea born machinery, it can cause a lot of problems.

Boats that have not been treated with antifoul paints can actually be slower, less responsive and far less fuel efficient which will cost you money.

What types of antifouling paintings are there?

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An economic antifouling offering good performance and protection. Provided a scrubbable surface for seasonal protection.

2 – Protector

A cruiser grade antifouling offering competitive performance, compatibility with other paintings are good.

3. Antifouling D Type

A physically ablative antifouling offering excellent performance and protection. This has a soft film than Tropical Killa but offers superior performance. Contains a mixture of material which forms a complex matrix that wears away at a controlled speed.

4 – Antifouling A Type

Like 'D' Type, this is aically ablative antifouling offering excellent performance and protection with the added benefit of being suitable for direct application to aluminum.

5 – Boot topping

An interface coating for use between the waterline and the deck coatings, providing a hard surface less receptive to marine growth and polish-able to remove grime.

In an ideal world all old antifouling should be removed back to a firm substrate. This is not always practical and more often than not the selected antifouling will be applied directly over many types of products with no problems experienced.

It should be noted that, due to the variety of products now on the market, an application of the new antifouling to a small area first is the only way to test to ensure compatibility. Leave the "Test Area" overnight and examine it carefully the next day. With any sign of reaction (ie blistering, splintering or flaking, color inconsistency etc.) the barrier coat must be applied or all the old antifouling be removed.

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Friday, May 22, 2020

Virtually Maker Faire 2020 Tonight!

We are making Personal Protective Equipment at Home... and our Make story is one of hundreds being shared, virtually around the world. As of last night, with San Diego 3D Printing For a Cause, we have made, and donated 10,336 pieces of PPE, including ear-savers, face shields, and fabric masks, since April 1!

Learn our Make story, and many others at Virtually Maker Faire!

Around the world makers have been rallying, rising up to solve shortages in medical supplies and equipment, turning makerspaces into micro-factories, creating self-organized community networks, and developing clever distribution strategies. For our inaugural Virtually Maker Faire, makers representing 25 countries will share over 350 presentations, demonstrations, and online project exhibits. Programming is curated into five tracks: Community Organizing, Learning & Teaching, Re-Thinking the Future, Design & Production, and Making.

Virtually Maker Faire is a stage for makers to connect, share, and learn with each other and a broader public, and show how the community fostered by Maker Faire has sprung into action, using their skills and talents to solve for human needs.

Plan out your virtual day with the full schedule or meet some of our fantastic makers.

Upcoming Session Highlights
Check session pages or the schedule for updated times.
Making a Global Movement in Crisis: the Story of Open Source Medical Supplies
Gui Cavalcanti, founder of Open Source Medical Supplies, will talk about the role of Open Source in the pandemic and how their group documented the global fabrication of over 7 million units of personal protective equipment, medical and community supplies.
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How Making 3D Printers Widely Available Enabled Covid-19 Solutions: From RepRap to Prusa
Maker Faire Founder Dale Dougherty will talk with RepRap's Adrian Bowyer and Josef Prusa of Prusa Research about the rise of 3D printing and how getting 3D printing in the hands of more people enabled so many of the PPE solutions from the maker community, including developing and testing the Prusa Face Shield and its spread around the world.
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DIY Heroes: Meet the Makers Featured in Make: Vol. 73
The new issue of Make: magazine looks at the maker response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Join Make:’s Executive Editor Mike Senese and the editorial team as they discuss the new issue with the various subjects that are profiled in its pages.
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Pivoting in the Pandemic — Adafruit NYC
Adafruit founder Limor Fried will talk about pivoting production smartly and safely during the pandemic, from making face shields to essential electronic components as their home town of New York City became a hot spot for the virus.
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How to Use Social Media as a Maker Portfolio
Panelists Ana Karen Ramirez, Estefannie Explains It All, Jen Schachter, and Xyla Foxlin will discuss how to leverage social media to showcase your work, create your own maker community, and give a glimpse of the behind the scenes of your processes.
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ArcAttack's Tesla Coil Music
Tesla coil music live-streamed from ArcAttack’s shop as a Grand Finale to Virtually Maker Faire!
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Making Personal Protective Equipment & Plan C

Together with San Diego 3D Print For a Cause, we have been developing, manufacturing, and distributing Personal Protective Equipment to healthcare facilities, since late March. As of May 13, in 42 days, with 28 dedicated volunteers, here is what we have achieved...

Delivered 8,616 PPE articles, including 3,261 face shields.
100+ hospitals and clinics have received PPE, including facilities in California, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, and the Navajo Nation.
Thanks to additional volunteers, 425 sewn masks were made and donated. And! These masks can be ordered at SD Print 4 Cause.

Maker Faire, with Make Magazine, is hosting a global, virtual Maker Faire, on May 23! We love making and sharing, and we are eager to see as many of the entries as possible, in 24 hours! We are particularly interested in Make Magazine's highlight: Plan C From Maker Space: "Comprehensive coverage of the community response to the Covid-19 crisis." And we are going to share our own process and efforts in casting PPE, which includes research, setbacks, prototyping, learning, tinkering, and successes... the usual Make journey, with higher stakes.

Making PPE, at home, while doing all of our usual jobs, like programming, schooling, gardening, chicken wrangling, goat herding, cat grooming, cooking, cleaning... It's a lot! We would like to document all of our work, with tutorials, and we need to create some kind of exhibit-virtual presentation for Maker Faire (yikes). In the meantime, if you'd like an idea of what we have been doing, please look for us at Instagram, @boomNerds, and follow our volunteer friends, where we post on FaceBook as "San Diego 3D Printing for a Cause & Friends."

Please! Our work is urgent and meant to save lives...
if you can, Follow, Like, Share, Donate,
we would be so thankful!
Support helps and we appreciate all of it!
Thank you.

Monday, November 25, 2019

BOoM Emporium

Our Etsy shop is the boomEmporium... The Benevolent Order of Makers are selling their wares, art, and works... for now it's all about our hand carved, original designs and block prints on napkins and tea towels. We look forward to expanding and sharing more of the many articles we create.

This is all new to us. Thank you for your patience and feedback. And thank you for visiting our shop, and telling your friends about it, spreading the word, sharing our name.

Make Shop Opening Today at Noon PST

Today, at noon pst, we will open our Benevolent Order of Makers Shop, at Etsy. That's a long name for a little shop, so we gave it an official name nearly as long, which we will post here when the *doors open!*

This link will show you some of the items that will be available.

We are tweaking, still. And nervous. There were a lot of decisions to make, and questions to address. We are on the fence about international shipping, and... well, more, which we know will eventually sort itself out. For certain, we have a greatly raised respect and awe for all you online makers and shop keepers; you're amazing! Friends, thank you for your support, encouragement, and patience. We hope we manage all of this with grace and efficiency.

Saturday, November 16, 2019

Coming Soon :: Maker Shop

Am I putting the goat before the cart?

You see, I've been designing and carving stamps, and then using them to print on fabric. A nice thing to come of all of this... many friends have asked me to open a shop, make the napkins, aprons, and tea towels available for purchase. I even took a special request to carve a goat!

I've been busy and I've managed to print a good amount, and I would like to make them available before Thanksgiving. Gee, nothing like creating my own holiday rush! So, without a shop, or a shop name, or mailing envelops, before I figure out PayPal, or Venomo or Carrier Chickens... I am about to launch the business end of a little cottage industry. I am hoping that by announcing this now, and sharing some previews, I will push myself into figuring out the bureaucracy and formal aspects of being a working artist. Another hope is that some clever and dear friends may share their tips and suggestions for handling sales, pricing, packing, exfoliating, and reducing fine wrinkles. Just kidding about exfoliating, but I could probably use some ironing tips... 100% cotton is hard to keep pressed!

I am going to share some samples of what I have been making, but I am not taking any orders until I can be certain of how I will take payments, and handle deliveries. So! Before I am OPEN I will announce an official day and time, and accept orders, then.

"Buffet" napkins! They are a generous 20" x 20", 100% cotton. There will be a few sets of 5, and mostly sets of 6.

Alex designed and carved the dragonfly. The patience! He printed them flitting across the napkins, in different directions. They look amazing!

All of these are our own designs, hand carved, and hand printed.

Dish cloth, tea towel, chicken scarf? These would be fun to add embroidery to. They are 27" x 27", 100% cotton, and a very nice weight. Sometimes these are called "flour sack" and can be very thin, and not square... these are well finished, and thick(er).

I am really happy with the weight, structure, and feel of these towels.

Bee and honeycomb on a big, handy tea towel.

These three stamps are inspired by papel picado, the Mexican art of paper cutting.

This bee, with some honeycomb, is printed on a 100% cotton, wrap apron. I love how the wide straps of this can be pull over-head, and cross in the back, so there are no apron strings to tie. Also, it has 2 nice sized pockets in the front.

The apron is a nice weight, and looks and feels like natural linen. I haven't taken it off since modeling it.

Designing, carving, and printing has been a lot of fun, and I appreciate how encouraging friends have been. I will be back with an update as soon as possible!

Monday, June 17, 2019

North County Mini Maker Faire

Paul~ He is a friend and champion of Mechathulu, our frequently evolving robot beast.

Alex~ He brought his newest tent, with the temporary covering that I whipped up for the occasion.

Paul and Maria~ Maker Faire is all about making and sharing, but none is possible without good friends.

Simon, and his family, are here with Junkade.

Besides Mechathulu, we also brought the Infernal Percussion Engine, a glockenspiel that plays, powered with a bicycle pump!

Our robots are favorites with visitors, because we hand over the controls! And maybe you noticed? FIRST 2102 Team Paradox is at their first North County Mini Maker Faire... great outreach, Paradoxians!

Bex is a natural with needle felting, and she only got better! I love her chicken, and when she started a taco-cat, I had to make one, too.

Alex shared his woodworking art, and introduced robots.

William and Geoff have been making a lot of new experiments with resin 3d printing, mold making, developing metal alloys, and casting.

Maria and I had our hands full with our hands-on activity... teaching needle felting at a faire, to all ages and skill levels is a big undertaking! Bex was a quick-study and we soon had her help, too.

Michael, Darlene, Seth, Gary, and David~

Simon and Geoff~

FIRST 2120 Team Paradox's newly elected president of outreach can solder! Great seeing you at Maker Faire, Natalie!

William and I solder our own Makey Makes, too. And we hope these won't be our last... I am too sad to talk about this, just yet.

Gary, David, Michael~

Ido and Matt talk programming and 3d printing programmable robots.

Lucas and those clever little diy robots.

Here is something awesome... Maria's art and design, 3D modeled by William, and then cast in our own alloy of bismuth and tin. That's a Parrot Ox... Paradox!

Mike, Geoff and William talking about casting metal, and our own alloy mix, which we are calling BoomNerdium.

A nice thing about exhibiting a tent at a faire, is having a place where you can duck out for a bit.

And after the faire closes for the day, and we've secured our gear, we can treat ourselves to good eats and great company.

June 16 :: Day 2 at The Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum and Mini Maker Faire, on Father's Day
Before the gates open the makers have a chance to visit and enjoy each others' exhibits, and this morning concert with Bruce Thompson was one of my favorite times of the day. He took requests, and shared back stories about the music. It was beautiful.

Leslie and Bex got an introduction to Geoff and William's casting projects.

James< too, got to see firsthand what we have been up to lately. And we continued our discussion about the future of Maker Faire and our hopes and ideas, going forward.

One of the skills that goes well with needle felting is hand sewing and embroidery, and since it was a quiet morning, I had time and focus for teaching a couple of children how to sew little felt pockets and bags.

Maria has been exhibiting at Maker Faires since 2011, when she taught wet felting in San Mateo. This year she was very happy to exhibit something personal and all her own... her projects she made at home, and at school, in her metals class. The Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum has an awesome blacksmithing barn, and so there were plenty of makers and visitors to appreciate and admire her skills in metal working.

Doctor Artemus Peepers... aka Dean LeCrone (IG @deanlecrone)

Lucas, who we've met at Scratch Day, and Ido, the Junkade master... we're basically just hanging out with our friends, enjoying a nerdy Father's Day.

More samples of William and Geoff's projects with modeling, photogrammetry, resin printing, casting. It's all learning, making, playing, failing, trying again, and sharing!

And making new friends! Sitting across from Sawyer Cigar Box Guitars was lovely, because we were hearing little concerts all day.

Look who's here for some Father's Day fun... Paul and Amira. Another kind of making that's great at this event is definitely the food, like this roasted corn, and the corn bread they made in the wood burning oven from the corn they milled on site. We love all the making!

TACOCAT... thank you, Bex! Thank you AGSEM and San Diego Maker's Guild! Thank you, Maker Faire, for dreaming all of this up in the first place. Thank you, BOoMNerds, and all of our maker friends and family. Good things are better shared, and we love to make, play, and share.


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Dr. William Knudson of Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Hammertoe and Ingrown Toenails

Dr. William Knudson, a long-time podiatrist from Cedar Rapids, Iowa has dedicated his professional life to the health and comfort of people’s feet. Practicing for many years in the greater Cedar Rapids/Waterloo area, Dr. William Knudson recently transitioned his practice to the East Coast. Prior to the move, Dr. William Knudson helped many patients from Cedar Rapids to live healthy, pain-free lives, and in this post Dr. William Knudson provides more expert advice for individuals dealing with painful foot ailments at home.

Dr. William Knudson of Cedar Rapids says that ingrown toenails are an often-overlooked condition – that is, until they start to hurt and interfere with walking. Dr. William Knudson has frequently treated his Cedar Rapids patients for ingrown toenails that developed after a nail was improperly trimmed and then began to grow and pierced the adjacent skin. Dr. William Knudson has advised his Cedar Rapids patients that an easy way to avoid ingrown toenails is to use clippers specifically made for toenails. Trim straight across the toenails, says Cedar Rapids’ Dr. William Knudson, leaving the corner of the toenail visible.

As Dr. William Knudson instructs his Cedar Rapids patients, if the corners of the toenails are trimmed too close, they can become ingrown as they start to grow back. Cedar Rapids’ Dr. William Knudson also reminds patients that large toes are more likely to develop ingrown toenails. Hammertoe is another toe ailment, says Dr. William Knudson of Cedar Rapids, that can require surgery if left unchecked. Dr. William Knudson explains that hammertoe affects the tendons that facilitate toe movement.

In hammertoe, these tendons begin shortening, explains Dr. William Knudson to his Cedar Rapids patients, and they begin to pull the toe back. As the toe joint grows and stiffens, continues Dr. William Knudson of Cedar Rapids, it rubs more and more against the inside of shoes. Over time hammertoe has developed into a very uncomfortable condition for many of Dr. William Knudson’s Cedar Rapids patients, affecting their balance and creating a pressing need for foot surgery.

Foot Care tip from Cedar Rapids’ podiatrist Dr. William Knudson: If an ingrown toenail gets severe, Dr. William Knudson says to visit a doctor to have part of the nail removed.

About William Knudson Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids podiatrist William Knudson grew up near Des Moines, Iowa. Before moving to Cedar Rapids, William Knudson spent his boyhood enjoying the pastimes of small town mid-America, and when it was time to pursue a vocation, Dr. William Knudson of Cedar Rapids chose Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa.

On his way to settling down in Cedar Rapids, Dr. William Knudson pursued medical studies and later graduated from the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. While pursuing a degree there, Dr. William Knudson of Cedar Rapids was awarded the Durlacher Honor Society scholarship, given in recognition of his scholarship and perceived potential for the advancement of podiatric medicine. Cedar Rapids’ Dr. William Knudson also received the Philip Brachman Honor Scholarship (1994-1995) and Knudson graduated Cum Laude with both a Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine on May 12, 1995.

Before the move to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dr. William Knudson was offered a position at Hillcrest Health Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Then in 1996, Cedar Rapids’ Dr. William Knudson was appointed Chief Resident, and he was part of a 24-month program in podiatric medicine and surgery. This opportunity offered Dr. William Knudson extensive training in forefoot, rear foot, ankle, and lower leg reconstruction. Cedar Rapids’ Dr. William Knudson achieved certification in foot and ankle arthroscopy, advanced wound care of the lower extremity and Internal fixation in foot and ankle surgery.

Over the next thirteen years Dr. William Knudson provided care in three well respected practices in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area. In 1997 and 1998, Dr. William practiced at the Northwest Foot and Ankle Associates near Cedar Rapids in Sioux City, Iowa. Dr. William Knudson’s next stop relocated him closer to Cedar Rapids in Waterloo, Iowa where he built a practice at Cedar Valley Podiatry from 1998 through 2006. In 2006, Dr. William Knudson moved to a practice in Cedar Rapids at Iowa Foot and Ankle Clinic.

While practicing at Cedar Rapids’ Iowa Foot and Ankle Clinic, Dr. William Knudson was appointed as Department Chair, Podiatry, at the Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Dr. William Knudson also served on the Faculty of the Cedar Rapids Medical Education Foundation. Dr. William Knudson also served as a Panel physician at the Cedar Rapids, Iowa Wound Healing Center located at Mercy Medical Center.

Dr. William Knudson’s professional accreditations include certification as a Diplomat of the American Board of Podiatric Surgery. Cedar Rapids’ Dr. William Knudson is also appointed as a Fellow of the American Collage of Foot and Ankle Surgeons.

Dr. Knudson currently practices at Podiatric Care of Northern Virginia in Leesburg.  He remains committed to serving his patients by providing the greatest care available for all of their podiatric needs. With expanded office hours, Dr. Knudson and his dedicated staff are available to cater to even the busiest schedule.

For more information about Dr. William Knudson, please visit the Podiatric Care of Northern Virginia website at www.pcnvonline.com

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Nonfiction Monday: Hoop Genius by John Coy

The Nonfiction Monday round-up is right here (see below). If you’d like to be included, share a link in the comments.

Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball
By John Coy
Illustrated by Joe Morse

Carolrhoda Books (Lerner)

ISBN: 9780761366171
Grades 1-4
In Stores March 1, 2013

Find it at:
Schuler Books | Your Library

Often, sports books tend to fall into two categories: up-to-the-second titles about specific teams and players, or greatest of all time-type operations, that cover the records and best players ever. One thing that isn’t very common is a title that shows how a particular sport came to be. With Hoop Genius, that’s what we have. A picture book history of basketball by way of its inventor. It’s a good book to see.

Necessity is the mother of invention, right? Basketball was created not out of a spirit of fun, but one of survival. When young teacher James Naismith took over the rowdiest gym class around, he needed a way to keep the activity high, but with, you know, fewer injuries. Indoor football (not surprisingly) didn’t work. Neither did indoor soccer. Lacrosse? Nope. Naismith recalled the skill games of his youth and decided to invent a sport with no tackling and more accuracy. He got creative. A soccer ball. A peach basket. Before long, basketball was born.

The text is lively and to the point, making the most of the few words on each page. While I sometimes wished for more info (was it a high school or college gym class (it was college)? Where was it located (Springfield, MA)?), it makes for a book that works for even younger readers. While the title suggests it, this isn’t a Naismith biography – the focus is on the sport rather than its inventor.

Cool blues, violets, and greens dominate the illustrations. Morse (Play Ball, Jackie!) toys with proportions, giving the characters a slightly surreal quality. They capture an old-time feel but are crisp and bold, with fine shading.

More personal than a “who, what, when” recap, Hoop Genius puts readers at the birthplace of basketball. Here’s guessing it’s a story that they’ll remember.

Digital review copy from Netgalley.

Be sure to check out these Nonfiction Monday reviews from around the internet:

Laura Salas reviews Colors of Insects and Bug Off!

True Tales & A Cherry on Top reviews Monet Paints a Day

Roving Fiddlehead reviews The Price of Freedom: How One Town Stood Up to Slavery

A Teaching Life reviews Mimi’s Village and Girls Think of Everything

Great Kid Books reviews Hand in Hand

Ms. Yingling reviews Food Dudes and Money Through History

NC Teacher Stuff reviews Martin Luther King Jr.

The Swimmer Writer reviews Suzanne Collins

Readerbuzz lists her top nonfiction books of 2012

The Nonfiction Detectives review The House That George Built

Books 4 Learning reviews Seeing Symmetry

Supratentorial reviews a few Cybils nonfiction finalists

One Word at a Time reviews Monet Paints a Day

Reads for Keeps reviews BOMB

The Fourth Musketeer reviews A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin

Abby (the) Librarian reviews A Strange Place to Call Home

Jean Little Library reviews Little White Duck

Perogies and Gyoza reviews BIG

Booktalking#kidlit reviews Here Come the Girl Scouts!

Geo Librarian reviews Brothers at Bat

All About the Books with Janet Squires reviews Collecting Data in Animal Investigations

Story Snug reviews Dig, Dig, Digging

Sonder Books reviews Balloons Over Broadway

Bookends reviews Noah Webster and His Words

About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

  1. Thanks for hosting! I have a review copy of Hoop Genius in my digital stack to read this month. John is so talented!

    I’m in with a pairing of bug books, my own Colors of Insects and Jane Yolen’s Bug Off, at http://laurasalas.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/bugs/

  2. Thanks for hosting Nonfiction Monday! And I very much enjoyed your review of Hoop Genius — I can’t wait to read it! At True Tales & A Cherry On Top, I’m featuring Monet Paints A Day by Julie Danneberghttp://jeannewalkerharvey.blogspot.com/2013/01/monet-paints-day.html

  3. Thanks for hosting! I’ve got The Price of Freedom: How One Town Stood Up to Slavery at http://rovingfiddlehead.com/kidlit/nonfiction-monday-the-price-of-freedom/

  4. Thanks for hosting today, at A Teaching Life, I’m in with reviews of a book about children’s health clinics in Africa and one about wormen inventors:

  5. Hi Travis! This sounds like a winner for our kids! I love the vision of a soccer ball and a peach basket . This week I’m thinking about our school’s celebrations for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day next week. I’m sharing Andrea Davis Pinkney’s Hand in Hand: http://greatkidbooks.blogspot.com/2013/01/hand-in-hand-ten-black-men-who-changed.html
    I’ve found it inspiring and begging to be read aloud. An excellent example of nonfiction for our older students in elementary school or middle school.

    Thanks so much for hosting!

  6. Have one of the Abdo Food Dudes books reviewed, as well as Money Through History at

  7. Thank you for hosting this week! Great timing for the release of this book. It will be good to share during March Madness. At NC Teacher Stuff, I’m featuring a new biography about Martin Luther King, Jr. from National Geographic Kids:

  8. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz says:

    Thank you for hosting this week! Here are my favorite nonfiction picture books from 2012.

  9. Thanks for hosting Nonfiction Monday. We’re featuring a review of The House That George Built on the Nonfiction Detectives’ blog today.

    Cathy and Louise

  10. Thanks for the chance to link up. This article from the Books 4 Learning blog is about my picture book Seeing Symmetry:

  11. Hoop Genius looks great! I’ll have to keep a look out for it at our library.

    Thanks for hosting Nonfiction Monday. I have reviews of a few Nonfiction Cybils finalists to share.

  12. Thanks for hosting this week! I’m reviewing Monet Paints A Day at One Word at a Time today.

    Thanks, Carmen

  13. Thanks for hosting! I’d like to chime in with Bomb: the Race to Build–and Steal–the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon at http://readsforkeeps.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/review-bomb-the-race-to-build-and-steal-the-worlds-most-dangerous-weapon/

  14. Hi, today I’m reviewing a new picture book biography, A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin, by Jen Bryant. Here’s the link:

  15. Hey, Travis! Thanks for hosting this week! At Abby the Librarian, I’ve got a review of A Strange Place to Call Home: The World’s Most Dangerous Habitats and the Animals That Call Them Home by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by Ed Young: http://www.abbythelibrarian.com/2013/01/a-strange-place-to-call-home.html

    Have a great Monday!

  16. Thanks for hosting. I have a review of a memoir in graphic novel form, Little White Duck by Na Liu. http://jeanlittlelibrary.blogspot.com/2013/01/nonfiction-monday-little-white-duck.html

  17. Thanks for hosting! I always thought basketball was invented in Canada. I feel cheated by the heritage commercials. Ha!

    My contribution is for the younger readers, called BIG, and it’s about citizenship. http://www.perogiesandgyoza.com/2013/01/big.html

  18. Thanks for hosting this week! Girl Scout cookies are on sale now, so I’m in with Here Come the Girl Scouts! The Amazing All-True Story of Juliette ‘Daisy’ Gordon Low and Her Great Adventure by Shana Corey at Booktalking http://asuen.com/blog/?p=910

  19. Thanks for hosting.
    My selection is “Collecting data in animal investigations” by Diana Noonan.

  20. I have a nonfiction picture book recommendation for toddlers on my blog. Dig, Dig, Digging introduces very small people to different types of vehicles in a really fun way.

  21. Thanks for hosting, Travis! I’ll definitely be checking out this book.

    I’m still catching up on posting my 2012 Sonderbooks Stand-outs, so I chose a nonfiction review today, Balloons Over Broadway, by Melissa Sweet: http://sonderbooks.com/blog/?p=12555

  22. Looks great for boys! Pinning it!

  23. I can’t wait to read this book! I live in Lawrence, Kansas home of the University of Kansas were James Naismith coached and help build KU’s basketball program into what it is today. Sending in a request to add this book to our library’s collection right after I type this comment…

    • Rebecca,
      I illustrated Hoop Genius. I gave a Hallmark Symposium lecture at KU a couple of years back, quite an incredible campus. Lawrence was great to visit as well. You will see a nod to the Jayhawks in the final spread.

      • Looking forward to seeing it, Joe! As a KU alumni and Lawrence resident, I can assure you that your book is going to quite popular in my neck of the woods. Especially, around this time of year.


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It's been ten years since Katy Perry's career-launching single, "I Kissed a Girl," first impacted radio, catapulting the Santa Barbara singer to mainstream superstardom.

Released on April 28, 2008, "I Kissed a Girl" became Perry's first No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit—it charted for seven consecutive weeks—and has since been certified multi-Platinum in a number of countries.

On Thursday evening (May 3), the pop star shared a throwback video on Twitter in celebration of the smash single's 10-year anniversary.

"#TBT This weekend marked the 10th anniversary of the release of I Kissed A Girl! Thank you for believing in me then, and growing with me since," she captioned the clip, which shows a then-23 year old Perry excitedly hearing the track on the radio for the first time, as well as performing it in a variety of venues and award shows.

Despite its chart success, "I Kissed a Girl" wasn't without controversy. Over the years, the song has been criticized for commodifying homosexuality, playing into the male gaze and appropriating the experience of gay and bisexual women for the sake of single sales.


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Don't design financial products: design financial behaviour

Kat Matfield

If you look at the Trustpilot reviews for Plum (the UK savings app), one thing stands out. People don’t talk that much about the product; instead, they proudly declare how much they’ve saved.

These users don’t really care about this app. They care about what they can do when they use this app. It’s not about features or UX or anything to do with the product at all: it’s about behaviour.

They’ve gone from being unable to save and feeling all the frustration of their goals always being out of reach, to the kind of people who can steadily work towards achieving the things that matter to them.

There’s loyalty – and then there’s being the catalyst that changes people’s behaviour so profoundly that it changes their lives, and changes how they think about themselves.

Who your customers really are

Behaviour change isn’t a new goal: healthcare providers and advertisers have been trying to shift behaviour for as long as these industries have existed in their modern form.

Then Behavioural Economics added some much-needed rigour to validating and quantifying the effects of behavioural ‘nudges’, and its pioneers were rewarded with a Nobel prize. Along the way, they demolished the previously-commonplace assumption in economics that people were fundamentally rational beings, AKA “homo economicus”.

Yet most of the financial services industry still treats its customers like they're perfectly rational. If they get the right financial education, the right product information, then they’ll make the best choice for their situation (and that choice is obviously our products).

But we all know that people are fuzzy-minded, biased and deeply irrational. They fall victim to the sunk cost fallacy when they throw good money after bad. They’re always more optimistic than experience tells them they should be, especially when they’re making plans for the future. They’re paralysed when confronted with too many options, and logical decision making goes out the window.

Bringing behavioural psychology into FS product design

When you design products that work with users' irrationality rather than against it, you design better, more engaging products. That’s the insight underlying the sky-high engagement metrics of the top social networks and the addictive qualities of slot machines.

And people are more irrational than usual when they’re dealing with money or thinking about the future. Psychologists and lay people have been discovering new ways in which our brains misbehave around numbers and money since some bright spark invented the £0.99 price point.

This is just one of the reasons why it’s so hard for people to do the right thing with their money. For instance, people know they should put money away for retirement, but their brains work against this good intention.

In a series of studies, people who are offered $50 today, or $100 in one year’s time almost always go for the $50 – because our brains have simply evolved to prefer immediate rewards over greater, delayed rewards. Exactly the same thing happens when people weigh up increasing pension contributions or having more disposable income today.

It means there’s a huge opportunity for financial services companies to use these behavioural insights to improve their products and – more impressive – make their customers’ financial behaviours more healthy. When you design your products with your customers’ 'cognitive biases’ (the quirks in how their brains work) in mind, you can actually make it easier for them to do the right thing than the wrong thing.

The Save More Tomorrow programme, co-created by Nobel-prize-winning behavioural economist Richard Thaler is a great example. Knowing people’s tendency to discount future increases in income, the programme asks employees to sign up to a company pension scheme that will increase their contributions every time the employee gets a pay rise. The employee still sees some extra money from the pay rise, so they’re still happy, and they’re contributing more to their pension without feeling like they’re missing out.

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Black Sails - Season 3 Episode 6 - XXIV.

Flint challenges Teach over the future of piracy. Rogers makes an arrest. Rackham finds new purpose. Madi comes to Silver's aid.

Episode: 24/38 eps

Duration: 60 min

Quality: HD

Release: 2014

IMDb: 7.2

Season 4 - Black Sails
"Flint makes a final push to topple England. Silver seals his fate. Rackham confronts Rogers. Nassau is changed forever."
"Silver and his men hunt for Flint on Skeleton Island. Madi receives an offer. Billy casts his lot."
"A rescue plan threatens to divide Flint and Silver. The true price of freedom becomes apparent to Max. Rackham seeks his prey. The Walrus enters uncharted territory."
"Flint urges caution on an angry Silver. Max leads Rackham and Bonny up river. Billy locates a survivor. Rogers learns the truth."
"Nassau is delivered. Silver makes a painful amends. Madi and Flint are separated. Rogers searches for Eleanor."
"Silver takes Flint's life in his hands. Billy drives a wedge. Eleanor risks everything. Rogers makes a stunning appeal."
"Violence engulfs Nassau. Silver demands answers from Billy. Eleanor comes to Max's aid. Bonny and Rackham endure hell."
"Max has a run-in with the law. Rogers reckons with the past. Flint and Madi come to an understanding."
"Flint gives in to Billy's authority. Eleanor has a plan for Rogers. Silver turns to an unlikely source for help. Max is put on notice."
"The invasion of Nassau results in catastrophe, while Teach and Rackham look to avenge the death of Charles Vane and Eleanor gets acclimated to her new role."
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Nathaniel A. Raymond is Director of the Signal Program on Human Security and Technology at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.  He was formerly Director of Operations of the Satellite Sentinel Project at HHI, which was a co-recipient of the 2012 US Geospatial Foundation Industry Intelligence Achievement Award.  Raymond was previously Director of the Campaign Against Torture at Physicians for Human Rights and served in a variety of roles at Oxfam America, including Communications Advisor for Humanitarian Response and Interim Coordinator for Tsunami Communications for Oxfam International.  He has served in the field in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, the Gulf Coast, Jordan, South Sudan, and elsewhere. He served as a consultant on early warning of mass atrocities to the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations in South Sudan in 2015.

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    The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Signal Program’s approach to the use of data in crises and complex development contexts is simple: data is people. And people have human rights. But what does this meaning for my technology project? What sorts of questions should I be asking myself in order to uphold these rights? In this session, Signal's Daniel Scarnecchia and Nathaniel Raymond will walk through some of the obligations technology owners have towards affected populations, and help the audience surface the important questions to ask themselves in order to become responsible custodians of the data of vulnerable people.

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Inflation in the economies of many countries of the world has long become an everyday reality. The rise in the price of gold is proof that fiat currencies are losing their purchasing power. The result of this process can be the complete destruction of cur
Published: 2020.08.06.
American investment bank Goldman Sachs raised its forecast for gold and silver for the next 12 months. According to Reuters, the bank's analysts predict the growth of the yellow precious metal to $ 2,300 per ounce. The previous forecast was at $ 2,000.
Published: 2020.08.04.
Greg Hunter from USA Watchdog interviewed precious metals analyst Bill Holter, in which they discussed the current situation in the gold and silver market.
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The protective asset gold has been demonstrating strengthening of its positions for several weeks in a row. We are not talking about weakening the speech yet. On Monday, the price of gold reached 1,656 euros, which corresponds to just over $ 1940 per ounc
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The gold rate in US dollars has been growing steadily throughout history (see chart below). In Great Britain, the price of an ounce of the precious metal was set at 0.89 pounds sterling in 1257, which corresponds to about 4 US dollars at the time of the a
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The spot gold price closed last week at $ 1,900 an ounce, the first time since 2011. But it was not only the futures market that drove the precious metal, which also traded close to that mark for August delivery. Growth of gold compared to the previous we
Published: 2020.07.28.
Renowned investor and analyst Mark Mobius, founder of Mobius Capital Partners, spoke in an interview with Bloomberg about the situation in the precious metals market and the possible recovery of the global economy.
Published: 2020.07.25.
The United States imported 349 tons of investment gold from Switzerland from March to June this year. In June this figure was 68 tons. On the COMEX Futures Exchange in New York, demand for physical precious metals has surged.
Published: 2020.07.23.
The gold market is experiencing an incredible 2020. The value of the precious metal has risen in almost all currencies of the world. Since the beginning of this year, gold has grown by 20%. The final results of the year will most likely please investors i
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Managing eBooks in the library catalog, as part of a package or on an individual title basis, involves a variety of purchase or subscription models, vendor platforms, and access rules. From the subject selector perspective, it can be challenging to identify when an eBook title is owned, leased, or simply loaded in the catalog awaiting a potential evidence based selection or demand driven acquisition when making collection development decisions. At Randall Library we have added information to certain fields in eBook catalog records in order to aid liaison librarians in selection decisions, but without confusing patrons. This process, which we also apply to streaming video records, helps to distinguish the different access and ownership status, whether it is an evidence based selection, demand driven acquisition, owned, a subscription from our institution, or a subscription from the statewide consortium NC LIVE.

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Nature of five continents gathered in one place, hundreds of unique routes awaiting to be conquered! Your trail running camp will be unforgettable!

Trail running is a running mode performed on uneven terrain, track, uphill, downhill and dirt road. Its degree of difficulty is much greater than that of traditional races. However, any healthy person can practice this off-road racing as long as he respects the stages of progressive increase of volume (distance and time) and intensity (speed). At trail running, people find solidarity, fellowship, ecological awareness and a lot of respect among athletes. The trail runner is driven through mountains or side paths, following the signage, and feels the pleasure of the surprise of every climate change, enjoys the transformations of the route and appreciates the beauty of the fabulous landscapes that never repeat themselves.

A bit of history of trail running in Madeira

The island of Madeira, thanks to its relief, climate and forest, is an authentic paradise for the practice of trail running, a sport that combines the pleasure of running to the exploration of nature. The levadas, which are much sought after by tourists who visit Madeira, are great tracks to run in the island’s beautiful Laurisilva forest. However, as they are generally flat, it is necessary to abandon the most common tracks to discover technical descents, continuous climbs, stairs, different types of floors and a whole range of excellent terrain and courses for training and trail running competitions all over the island. In fact, the permanent coexistence between the ocean and the mountain makes the Madeira trails the most beautiful trails in the world.

Since 2004 a group of members of the Mountain Club of Funchal had the habit of making an annual crossing of the island in less than 24 hours. This group was made up of Paulo Perdigão, Noel Perdigão, Nuno Gonçalves, Vítor Sousa, Marcelo Gaspar, Honório Teixeira, Sérgio Perdigão and Sidónio Freitas, who would give rise to the MIUT® – Madeira Island Ultra Trail event. However, the sports activity known as trail running only began in 2008, with the organization of the first event in the Autonomous Region of Madeira.

In the first edition, in 2008, 141 adventurers faced the challenge of connecting the Ponta do Pargo lighthouse to the city of Machico and, the following year, the place of departure has fallen on Porto Moniz, with 82 participants. However, in 2011, due to the violent fires that had devastated the region in August 2010, when this initiative was not carried out, the format of the course was designed in a circular way, starting and arriving in Porto Moniz, counting with the presence of 128 participants. In 2012, with 303 participants, the crossing was recovered, with an inversion of the direction of the course, that is, departure from Machico and finish in Porto Moniz.

From 2013 onwards, the organizers chose definitely the current course of the event, starting from Porto Moniz and finishing in Machico. The edition of 2013, with 449 participants, also marked the entrance of the race in the National Circuit of Ultra Trail, being also Championship of Portugal of Ultra Trail, thus clearing the national champions to the Championship of the World of Ultra Trail, statute that would come to be repeated in 2015.

In 2014, the event grew again in the number of participants, reaching the 749. The 7th edition (2015) reached the record number of 1,329 participants, from 36 nationalities, and raised the sports event, integrating the restricted circuit of the UTWT – Ultra Trail World Tour, with the status of future race. In 2016, already as an integral part of the UTWT circuit, the event reached a new record of 2,041 participants from 41 countries. Following what has happened in recent years, MIUT® has continued to grow in participation, reaching a record of 2,490 participants from 45 nationalities.

On the island of Madeira there are two major events of trail running: internationally, the Madeira Island Ultra Trail (crossing the island from Porto Moniz to Machico); at national level, the Porto da Cruz Natura Trail, which started to integrate, from 2016, the National Circuits organized by ATRP (Trail Running Portugal Association).

The trail running achieved since 2012 such a scale in Madeira that, day by day, there are more athletes training and the number of entries in the sporting competitions throughout the year has come up to confirm that this mode is the most practiced in this region. Madeira has the first training course authorized and duly marked throughout the country. The training course of Porto da Cruz, in the north of Madeira, is maintained by the Local Parish Council and offers athletes 3 distances: 9 km , 19 km or 35 km. The three routes are well signposted and are designed in a circular way (beginning and end of the route in the Vila do Porto da Cruz).

Currently, there are about 400 runners, mostly male athletes, who regularly attend the various events organized throughout the year, however, there has been an increase in the number of athletes who prepare and participate in the longest races (Ultra Trail). In 2016, Madeira had three athletes recognized by the IPDJ – Portuguese Institute of Sports and Youth – as High-Performance Athletes in the modalities of trail running , namely Leonardo Diogo, Luís Fernandes and Manuel Faria.

Luís Fernandes, a native of the parish of Jardim da Serra, started on trail running in 2012, achieving from the first competition excellent results. He has numerous victories and relevant results even at international level, but the great highlight goes to his victory in the Madeira Island Ultra Trail of 2015, being the first athlete from Madeira to win this race, which is the biggest competition of trail running in Portugal.

Leonardo Diogo is a native of Ribeira Brava and appears on the trail running at the beginning of the development of this sport in the region and in the country. He is the athlete with more international events and a name already known worldwide. He is one of the references of the regional trail running, with its good disposition and magnificent ability to always run among the first.

Manuel Faria has always been linked to athletics and Jardim da Serra and is a famous name of Madeira’s Running Trail. With a calm and rational attitude, he is a candidate for the victory of any event in which he participates, attending national and international competitions.

However, nowadays, female athletes also stand out in the Madeira Running Trail: Luísa Viveiros, who has already won important competitions and has achieved good results in the international competitions in the region; Olívia Sousa, who was called to the National Team; Lúcia Franco, who since 2015 has been the great dominator of the regional Running Trail ; Cristina Nascimento, who since 2014 has been a regular presence on the podiums of all mountain events on the island of Madeira.

In addition to the competition events at the regional level in Madeira Island, there are also some competitions belonging to the National Trail Running Championships organized by the Trail Running Portugal Association. In the season of 2017, these competitions were: Ultra Trail São Vicente Porto Moniz, Long Trail Curral das Freiras, Madeira Island Ultra Trail and Porto da Cruz Natura (in Long Trail and Ultra Trail).

The Funchal Mountain Club will host the 10th edition of MIUT® – Madeira Island Ultra Trail, an event held in Madeira Island from April 25 to 29, 2018, consisting of four events: MIUT, Ultra, Marathon and Mini, all of them in linear format. The routes of the 4 MIUT® races cross areas belonging to the municipalities of Porto Moniz, Calheta, Ponta do Sol, Ribeira Brava, São Vicente, Santana, Câmara de Lobos, Funchal, Santa Cruz and Machico.

For lovers of trail running, it is possible to discover the island in running mode, as they have at their disposal many routes in different municipalities of Madeira island: trails in Calheta, Câmara de Lobos, Funchal, Machico, Ribeira Brava, Santa Cruz, Santana, São Vicente, Ponta do Sol, Porto Moniz, Porto Santo.

Trails in Câmara de Lobos and Curral das Freiras are the place that makes lovers of trail running remember the MIUT (Madeira Island Ultra Trail). This parish, totally surrounded by the highest mountains of the Island, is the ideal challenge for those who love climbs in high mountain. The accesses between the Curral das Freiras and Jardim da Serra are particularly sought after for very hard workouts, either in slope and altitude differences, and there are two main accesses: from Boca dos Namorados and Boca da Corrida.

Another famous trail running event is Ultra SkyMarathon® Madeira, organized by Madeira SkyEvents in partnership with Clube Desportivo Escola Santana and, Federação de Campismo e Montanhismo de Portugal, offers the participants this experience with an event in the heart of the Laurisilva forest and with absolutely breathtaking panoramic landscapes.

On the Trails in Santana, you will find the highest peak in Madeira, the famous Pico Ruivo. This zone presents a diversity of trails that offer the most demanding climbs and descents, but also the best landscapes that the island of Madeira has to discover.

The inhabitants of the island and tourists are increasingly delighted with the potential of the island of Madeira for the practice of this sport, which is inserted in the so-called active tourism and that privileges the contact with nature and the healthy living among participants, being so important the fun like the competition itself. With stunning natural beauty as a backdrop, practitioners view the trail running not only as a race, but as a state of mind, a symbiosis between themselves and the nature that surrounds them and sets their souls free.

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Assessment of bone healing ability of calcium phosphate cements loaded with platelet lysate in rat calvarial defects

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ProjectBIBS :: publications list
TitleAssessment of bone healing ability of calcium phosphate cements loaded with platelet lysate in rat calvarial defects
Publication TypePapers in Scientific Journals
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsBabo P. S., Carvalho P. P., Santo V. E., Faria S., Gomes M. E., and Reis R. L.

Injectable calcium phosphate cements have been used as a valid alternative to autologous bone grafts for bone augmentation with the additional advantage of enabling minimally invasive implantation procedures and for perfectly fitting the tissue defect. Nevertheless, they have low biodegradability and lack adequate biochemical signaling to promote bone healing and remodeling. In previous in vitro studies, we observed that the incorporation of platelet lysate directly into the cement paste or loaded in hyaluronic acid microspheres allowed to modulate the cement degradation and the in vitro expression of osteogenic markers in seeded human adipose derived stem cells. The present study aimed at investigating the possible effect of this system in new bone formation when implanted in calvarial bilateral defects in rats. Different formulations were assessed, namely plain calcium phosphate cements, calcium phosphate cements loaded with human platelet lysate, hybrid injectable formulations composed of the calcium phosphate cement incorporating hyaluronin acid non-loaded microparticles (20% hyaluronin acid) or with particles loaded with platelet lysate. The degradability and new bone regrowth were evaluated in terms of mineral volume in the defect, measured by micro-computed tomography and histomorphometric analysis upon 4, 8 and 12 weeks of implantation. We observed that the incorporation of hyaluronin acid microspheres induced an overly rapid cement degradation, impairing the osteoconductive properties of the cement composites. Moreover, the incorporation of platelet lysate induced higher bone healing than the materials without platelet lysate, up to four weeks after surgery. Nevertheless, this effect was not found to be significant when compared to the one observed in the sham-treated group.

JournalJournal Of Biomaterials Applications
Date Published2016-09-16
Keywordsbone regeneration, CaP cements, Platelet lysate, rat calvarial defect
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Kemp Has No Plans to Shut Down State Again

With COVID-19 numbers rising because of increased testing, Governor Brian Kemp said he has no plans to shut down the economy again.

Last week, Kemp toured plants in Gwinnett County and in Columbus, Georgia.

Speaking in Columbus last week, Kemp said because of the shutdown in March and April, Georgia was at a place where it was mandatory businesses were allowed to re-open for the sake of those workers who had been furloughed and for the survival of small businesses.

Kemp noted the purpose of the shut down was to allow the State to ramp up supplies to medical facilities and nursing homes, not to keep the State shut down until the pandemic was over.

“We asked people to help us buy some time to build up our hospital bed capacity and to get our supply network up of hand sanitizer, PPE, ventilators, and all those things we ordered to make sure we could handle a peak in our state. And that’s what they did,” he said. “It was never about keeping our state shut down until the pandemic was over. And if the virus comes back I don’t see us shutting our economy down anymore. We have to figure out how to live with this virus. There’s some very smart people who are doing that every single day, in government, in the private sector and our school systems, and that’s what we’re doing now.  And that’s where we are now. We’re definitely not at the point where the virus is in the rearview mirror.”

In his weekly COVID-19 update last week, the Governor noted the number of positive COVID-19 cases has dropped in Georgia to 8% from 13% June 1st, but he continued to urge wearing masks and practice social distancing.

In Franklin County, since testing began, 187 people have tested positive for the coronavirus out of a population of 23,329.

In that time, there has been one death – an elderly male with underlying health issues and 14 people have been hospitalized.

According to St. Mary’s Healthcare, 10 of those were hospitalized at St. Mary’s Sacred Heart in Lavonia.

In Hart County, there have been 56 confirmed cases out of a population of just over 26,000, no deaths and five hospitalizations, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.


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#Assurance2020: Chris Brown says he wants to be on my train – Davido

Plans are already in top gear for Davido and Chioma’s wedding coming up in early 2020 and the singer has just revealed that American singer, Chris Brown has indicated interest to be part of the groomsmen .

According to Davido, ‘Chris say he wan Dey my train oooo. Imagine Chris in attire’.

Recall some time last week, the Assurance crooner finally gave his love interest the assurance he had promised her by proposing to her.

David Adeleke also took to his Social media page to announce that Chioma is pregnant and due for a baby very soon.

Nigerians are envisaging a star-studded wedding between Chioma and Davido but not on this level. The type of international recognition we have always prayed for.

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Acast is the latest iPhone app to offer support for Apple’s CarPlay feature through today’s update. Acast is a dedicated podcast network that streams on-demand audio and podcasts including over 1400 shows to more than 56 million listeners.

Acast for CarPlay focuses on four main sections for easy navigation and control while driving:

  • Categories: Quickly select news, sports, business etc. and receive suggestions based on what is popular on Acast.

  • Downloads: In the event of poor internet connectivity, or when driving abroad, Acast users can still listen to any previously downloaded episodes.

  • Feed: Stay up to date and get the latest episodes of the shows users subscribe to.

  • My Shows: A collection of all shows users subscribe to for when they want to stick to their favorites.

Prior to today’s CarPlay support, Acast users could play audio back in the car but on-screen control was limited to the iPhone and not the safer, in-dash display with an optimized layout.

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