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Telesurgical Robotics and a Kinematic Perspective

Telesurgical Robotics and a Kinematic Perspective

Sajid Nisar (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan) and Osman Hasan (National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan)
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Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has revolutionized the world of surgery. On one hand, it offered many revolutionary advantages; on the other hand, it proved to be a tedious and sophisticated technique for surgeons. Telesurgical robotics came forward to assist surgeons and made surgeries even further innovative, safer, and efficacious. Kinematic—a fundamental and foremost design step—acts as the lynchpin of performance of a surgical robot. It plays a decisive role and defines the capabilities and viability of a robot vis-à-vis its application. This chapter tries to understand the kinematic design approaches in practice so far and discusses their features and potential shortcomings. Some of the notable kinematic structures are explained in detail, and an all-inclusive consideration to the kinematic aspects of the existing designs has been given. Based on the key challenges identified, possible solutions are suggested, which is followed by future research directions and conclusion.
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Most of the existing surgical robotic systems are telesurgical in nature, where the surgeon operates robotic tools remotely (Nisar, 2015). This remote location could be the same room as that of the patient or anywhere outside. Given the extensive focus on telesurgical systems, the terms ‘surgical robotics’ and ‘telesurgical robotics’ are sometimes implied in the latter’s sense despite of a certain distinction between the two.

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On_Line (2002)

R | | Drama | January 2002 (USA)
A computer whiz and his roommate get caught up in an adult chat site they create, and computer fiction blends with reality. A 2002 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection.

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Cast overview:
Josh Hamilton ... John Roth
Harold Perrineau ... Moe Curley
Isabel Gillies ... Moira Ingalls
John Fleck ... Al Fleming
Vanessa Ferlito ... Jordan Nash
Eric Millegan ... Ed Simone
Liz Owens Liz Owens ... Angel
James Badge Dale ... Ed's Roommate (as Badge Dale)
Ali Reza ... Butterscotch Guy (as Ali Farahnakian)
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Helen Pickett Helen Pickett
Ari Gold ... Final Exit Chatter 'So Do It'

John, a computer whiz on the rebound from a disastrous break-up, starts an adult Internet site with his roommate, Moe. They are soon caught up in the erotic nature of the chat sessions they host, changing both their lives. Written by Anonymous

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Very Original Romance I Liked a Lot
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In New York, John Roth (Josh Hamilton) and Lawrence "Moe" Curley (Harold Perrineau) are friends, roommates and partners in a pornographic adult site called Intercon-X, where the fantasies of costumers may be satisfied, being necessary only a computer and a credit card. John is very lonely and has difficulties to deal with real people, and Moe is a "walking penis", only interested in having sex with women. John peeps Angel (Liz Owens) and the delicious Jordan Nash (Vanessa Ferlito), and one day he makes contact with Jordan and they date. Meanwhile, the depressed owner of a thematic bar, Moira Ingalls (Isabell Gillies), meets Moe and she falls in love for him, stops using pills and leaves her suicidal chartroom, keeping only touch with the twenty years old gay virtual friend Ed Simone (Eric Millegan), who is also lonely and likes Al Fleming (John Fleck) from Intercon-X. The reaction of each person outside virtual world meeting the other one is very different, but in the end, there is a message of hope.

"On_Line" is a very original and updated romance and I liked a lot. The creative screenplay is about a very modern theme that is explored in "Thomas est Amoureux" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262826/usercomments-13) in a different approach, taking place in a near future. But in "On-Line", the story about lonely people that have difficulties to establish a relationship with real people is much more believable. In the present days, it is amazing the quantity of personal information transmitted through Internet and the number of persons we only know virtually. In IMDb, for example, I have contact with many persons, few of them are my friends in real world, but most of them I know just through the site and probably I will never have the chance to meet them. But IMDb is a site about movies, and not problematic as Intercon-X or the suicidal chat room. The cast is great and is difficult to highlight one individual performance, although I liked a lot the acting of Isabell Gillies in the role of the sweet and hurt Moira Ingalls; the direction is excellent, with a great work of edition. My vote is seven.

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Six Anderson-area girls soccer teams won first-round playoff games Monday night to advance to the second round of the South Carolina High School League playoffs on Wednesday.

In Class AAAAA, T.L. Hanna (11-7) went to a shootout, where the Yellow Jackets topped Wade Hampton 3-1. They travel to Fort Mill (18-4) Wednesday.

In Class AAAA, two area teams advanced. Wren (17-4) came out of the gates hot and netted six first-half goals to go on and beat Lancaster 9-2. The Hurricanes next host Airport (14-6).

Daniel (12-3) went to overtime to top Richland Northeast 2-1. The Lions travel to South Aiken (14-3) next.

Belton-Honea Path (4-11) saw its season come to an end, losing 6-0 to York.

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Powdersville (13-3) edged West-Oak 1-0 and next hosts Camden (16-5).

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A three point effort by Marcus Joughin powered the West Kelowna Warriors to a 4-2 win over the Vernon Vipers.

Playing their second afternoon game in as many days the West Kelowna Warriors were greeted by a rested Vernon Vipers team. The Vipers opened the scoring on a goal from Tyler Carpendale. Carpendale would enter the zone on his own in the midst of a Warriors’ line change. He was able to skate to the top of the faceoff circle uncontested and his wrist shot eluded goaltender Zach Bennett. The Warriors’ answer came in the final stages of the opening frame. Marcus Joughin’s second of the pod season, a wrister from the high slot, evened the score sending the teams into the first intermission locked 1-1.

In the second, The Warriors took their first lead of the afternoon. Tyler Cristall converted off a rebound generated after Joughin’s shot was mishandled by Vipers’ starter Roan Clarke. The Warriors’ lead was erased after Carpendale netted his 2nd of the game. He skated onto a loose puck, drove wide, then drove to the net sending the puck into the top corner. The back-and-forth period continued as the Warriors cashed in on the powerplay. Tyson Jugnauth received the puck up high and made his way between the face off circles before wristing home the go ahead goal. Jugnauth’s 1st of the BCHL pod season gave the Warriors their 1st lead after forty minutes of play.

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West Kelowna resumes their abbreviated season on Sunday, April 11th. A 4:00pm start against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. In the two previous meetings between the two teams, West Kelowna holds a 1-0-1 record. Tune into the action on BCHLTV (formally HockeyTV)


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African Asylum at a Crossroads

Activism, Expert Testimony, and Refugee Rights

Iris Berger (Editor), Tricia Redeker Hepner (Editor), Benjamin N. Lawrance (Editor), Joanna T. Tague (Editor), Meredith Terretta (Editor), Tricia Redeker Hepner (Editor)

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African Asylum at a Crossroads: Activism, Expert Testimony, and Refugee Rights examines the emerging trend of requests for expert opinions in asylum hearings or refugee status determinations. This is the first book to explore the role of court-based expertise in relation to African asylum cases and the first to establish a rigorous analytical framework for interpreting the effects of this new reliance on expert testimony.

Over the past two decades, courts in Western countries and beyond have begun demanding expert reports tailored to the experience of the individual claimant. As courts increasingly draw upon such testimony in their deliberations, expertise in matters of asylum and refugee status is emerging as an academic area with its own standards, protocols, and guidelines. This deeply thoughtful book explores these developments and their effects on both asylum seekers and the experts whose influence may determine their fate.

Contributors: Iris Berger, Carol Bohmer, John Campbell, Katherine Luongo, E. Ann McDougall, Karen Musalo, Tricia Redeker Hepner, Amy Shuman, Joanna T. Tague, Meredith Terretta, and Charlotte Walker-Said.

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“This is a first-rate collection of original essays focused on asylum jurisprudence involving African refugees…. These essays are provocative, well documented, and eloquent. The authors examine a subject that has been largely overlooked: the extraordinarily significant role of experts in legal processes…. The impressive contributors are anthropologists, historians, and legal scholars who offer provocative remarks about cases including many in which they served as expert witnesses.”—Alison Dundes Renteln, professor of political science and anthropology at the School of Policy, Planning, and Development and Law, University of Southern California

Ohio University Press, 9780821421383, 280pp.

Publication Date: May 15, 2015

About the Author

Iris Berger, is Vincent O’Leary Professor of History at the University at Albany, State University of New York. She is the author of South Africa in World History.

Tricia Redeker Hepner is associate professor of anthropology and director of the Disasters, Displacement, and Human Rights Program at the University of Tennessee. She is the author of Soldiers, Martyrs, Traitors, and Exiles: Political Conflict in Eritrea and the Diaspora.

Benjamin N. Lawrance is a professor of African history at the University of Arizona and author of Amistad’s Orphans: An Atlantic Story of Children, Slavery, and Smuggling.

Joanna T. Tague is assistant professor of African history at Denison University in Granville, Ohio.

Meredith Terretta is an associate professor of history at the University of Ottawa and the author of Petitioning for Our Rights, Fighting for Our Nation: The History of the Democratic Union of Cameroonian Women, 1949–1960.


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This Is How You Lose Her

Junot Daiaz, Junot D. Az

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“Please believe me when I say that Diaz is one of our greatest living writers, and that This Is How You Lose Her is, in a word, stunning. In this, his second book of short stories, Diaz explores love in many of its manifestations and the ways in which we are prone to sabotaging ourselves. His prose is clear and compelling, his insight acute, and when I reached the last page I wanted to start all over again.”
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Why choose Umbraco: The best open source CMS (2018)

If you are looking for a fully-featured, open source Content Management System loved by thousands then this is an article for you. Be prepared for the multitude of information that will occupy your brain in the next 15 minutes. Let’s dive into it!

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There is an easier way to accomplish small to medium back-end development task that Umbraco gives designers. Back-end developers can focus on more complex development issues because this frees up developers project hours that are used to be dedicated to building a custom CMS.

If you want a cheaper version then your friend is Umbraco Express, but we’ll mention it later.

The content is organized in a tree-like structure that gives you a hierarchy and makes it easy to find your content where some content management systems just give you an area with all your pages and you have to hunt for them with no visual cues of their hierarchy or properties – Wordpress, we’re watching you..

Flexible CMS

With Umbraco you get a framework that doesn’t get in the way of whatever you need it to do – that means no fuzz, no limitations. Because it is so flexible it is perfect CMS for both low and high complexity projects – whatever you imagine can be made, it is scalable and makes it easy for a company to grow and add features on the go.

Umbraco Express

There is also an Umbraco Express where you can focus on building a beautiful website and produce some quality content. Simply, value for money. This means that we skip design and everything that comes with it and we can set up an Umbraco Express website with your visual characters. We can help you with producing content (videos, images) if you want and you are a free soul, not tied down to functionality, design or us.

If you want to see how it looks and learn more about it be free to visit this link and if you are interested be free to contact us.

Any page, any content can be rendered in a mobile browser exactly the same as on your computer – same page, same content, same Umbraco site. No changes.

Umbraco uses the Open source MIT License and you can read more about the license here. Umbraco is completely free with this condition. Umbraco is a framework (empty shell), that means we can tailor Umbraco to match our clients needs.

The Umbraco HQ has built some official add-ons to Umbraco, that you need to buy a license to use on your live environment. And just to be clear: the MIT license allows you to do absolutely anything you like with the product, always for free. One of the add-ons is Umbraco Forms, and the second one is a product called Courier. And not forgetting the Umbraco TV.

Easy to use

The biggest advantage of Umbraco is that managing the content is super easy. It is arranged in a simple format and you can also use MS Word to publish your blog posts and pages, you can schedule your content (that gives you more control over your publishing) and you can set content to be approved before it is published.

Umbraco saves versions of the content that you have made so you can revert back if you need to and compare previous versions. There is also the media library that is an excellent feature that makes it simple to manage your media – photos and documents and it contains many useful features (if you update one image, the same image will update everywhere on the site).

Search engine friendly

SEO is fundamental to success; it isn’t just about building search engine-friendly websites. It is about making your site better for people too. However, you want to ensure that your site is ready to get the most of your marketing and Umbraco websites ensure that this is the case. The coding is optimized so that you can start improving your SEO as soon as it has been launched.

The best information comes from the first hand, so I asked some of our developers what they like about Umbraco. Our software developer Semin says that he likes Umbraco mostly because developers can set-up a multi-language site. Why is Umbraco perfect when you want to set up a multilingual website? There are two different scenarios:

  1. One installation – multiple sites

This makes sense when the websites have a similar structure (templates, document types etc.). Each site has a unique root node, but all are constructed a similar structure.

  1. One installation – multiple languages

The case when you wish to have translated versions of the same site. If the range of websites are coherent in content, style and structure and the language is the only difference between them then you should use this method – use package called Vorto.

Goran Hrustić – our frontend developer and designer, was also asked what he likes about Umbraco the most. He said that he likes Umbracos flexibility and specially the newest version of it.

“Umbraco is great because you don’t need to have some great knowledge about databases or SQL, connection strings, you have everything served in Umbraco, it is really easy to use. That’s what helped me a lot. Of course, in the beginning you will have to sit and learn some stuff about it, just so you can use and that’s it.”

He also said that Umbraco has a lot of design/layout flexibility and that it provides a lot of control for customization, it is really easy to learn and use. You have so many choices and everything is up to you.

Umbraco is a CMS that has wide support and the possibilities are limitless, and if we try to describe Umbraco completely this article would be very long so we’ll stop right here. If you would like to extend you knowledge about this CMS, you can visit some of the websites and YouTube channels listed down below.

  • Skrift – the Umbraco Community Newsletter
  • Twitter – explore Umbraco
  • Our Umbraco – The Umbraco Hub for Forums, Documentation and Projects
  • Paul Seal – Paul has his own YouTube Channel where he brings his own blend of Umbraco tutorials (really helpful!)
  • Kevin Giszewski – Kevin also has a YouTube Channel and many helpful Umbraco and general development tutorials
  • Umbraco Slack Chat – an active Slack community of Umbracians

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Weaning is defined as the point at which calves transfer from a liquid to solid diet. Weaning is successful when the rumen has developed sufficiently to support the fermentation and digestion of solid feed.

How A Rumen Develops

A dairy cow has four parts to the stomach. They are: rumen, reticulum, omasum and the abomasums (as shown in Figure 1 below). When a calf is born, the rumen is not fully developed and hence the calf only has the ability to digest milk through its abomasum. Hence, it is vital that the rumen of the calf is developed early so that the animal is able to utilise feed more efficiently. Another benefit of developing the rumen early is so that the occurrence of rumen health issues will be minimised later in the animal's life.

Development stages of a rumen

At birth, the abomasum accounts for approximately 70% of the volume of the entire stomach of the calf. However, as the calf ages, she will be encouraged to eat grain and the rumen will start to function and the size of rumen will gradually increased while the size of abomasum decreases. By the time the animal reaches maturity, abomasum accounts for less than 10% of the total volume while the rumen, reticulum and omasum will make up the remainder.

Cross section of the rumen consists of three main layers:

  • a mucosal layer, which is the layer on the inside (as shown below).

  • a muscle layer, which helps to churn the contents of the rumen. This is vital as it keeps food particles in suspension, to expel gasses produced during digestion and to move digested material into the abomasum.

  • a tough, fibrous exterior layer to protect the whole organ.

Changing the rumen from a small inactive organ to an organ that functions efficiently enough in order to supply the calf sufficient nutrients for maintenance and growth requires many changes. Firstly, the rumen must be enlarged. The walls must thicken and the papillae which are tiny finger-like projections which become part of the mucosal layer, must also develop and elongate.

Research shows that the stimulus for these changes is the presence of butyric acid, which is an end product of the digestion of grain by micro-organisms in the rumen. Butryic acid is not produced by the digestion of forages such as hay which are commonly fed to calves as farmers believe that they will help stimulate the development of rumen. A good rumen development will turn the inside of the rumen from a smooth pale surface to a covulated, dark coloured surface with greatly increased surface area (papillae) and rich blood supply. This will help increase the ability of the rumen to absorb nutrients.

Development of rumen in response to different diet

Development Of Rumen In Response To Different Diet

The figure above showed that forages - hay or straw, are not helpful in terms of rumen development in the early stages. In the pre-weaning phase, grain alone is sufficient to initiate the development process. After weaning, the forage becomes necessary for the musculature development of rumen when the calf is able to digest enough grain to survive and grow on.

Calves requires high energy to function relative to their ability to consume dry food. Hence, if a calf consumes too much hay, this will affect the intake of grain or pallets, which will slow down the growth and rumen development of the calf.

Water is crucial for the development of rumen. As seen from the figure above, milk does not help rumen development as it usually does not even enter the rumen.

Calves should have sufficient supply of clean and fresh water at all times. Take a 90kg heifer for example, she will need around 12 - 15 litres of water on a 25°C day. The requirement for water will increase as the temperature of environment increases. Without sufficient water, the rumen cannot function properly.


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NBA Rumors: Four Teams Interested In Signing Rodney Hood In NBA Free Agency

Rodney Hood is heading into an interesting offseason after a disappointing finish to the 2017-18 NBA season with the Cleveland Cavaliers. After being traded ahead of the trade deadline by the Utah Jazz, Hood never found his comfort zone with the Cavaliers. In the playoffs, things began to unravel for the talented wing player.

Cleveland removed Hood from the rotation after struggling in the early stages of the playoffs. Hood also refused to play late in one of the games, which forced him even further out of the rotation.

Despite the fact that Hood struggled with the Cavaliers, he is headed into free agency this offseason. His value may not be as high as it would have been if he had stayed in Utah, but Hood is still a player that quite a few teams are going to check in on.

According to a report from Jordan Schultz of Yahoo! Sports, the Cavaliers, Indiana Pacers, Chicago Bulls, and New Orleans Pelicans are all interested in signing Hood this offseason. All four teams make sense for him, as they could all use more perimeter shooting and scoring. Hood also isn't a terrible defender.

During the 2017-18 season in 39 games and 12 starts with the Jazz, Hood averaged 16.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game. In the 21 games and 11 starts that he played with the Cavaliers, Hood averaged 10.8 points per game to go along with 2.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists.

At 25-years-old, Hood will need to find a perfect fit in free agency to get his career back on track. He is without question one of the most talented free agents this offseason, but there are many question marks about his attitude and whether he will reach his full potential or not.

Cleveland re-signing Hood wouldn't make a whole lot of sense. Hood was already upset with the way he was used in the rotation and the Cavaliers are not in a position to spend much money on supporting cast players while they're trying to bring in a star.

Indiana, on the other hand, would make a lot of sense for Hood. He could come in immediately and compete with Bojan Bogdanovic for the starting small forward spot. The Pacers are one of the best young teams in the NBA and adding Hood would make their roster even deeper than it was last season.

Chicago simply doesn't seem like the kind of fit that Hood needs to get back on track. They are a young team that is a few steps away from competing. Hood may not be interested in joining a rebuilding team at this point in his career.

Finally, the Pelicans are one of the most intriguing teams to watch this season. DeMarcus Cousins may be on his way out of town, but adding Hood would give them more scoring and perimeter shooting. New Orleans needs more wing support and Hood would fit in perfectly and potentially earn a starting job.

Expect to hear quite a few rumors surrounding Hood this offseason. He is not an "elite" name, but he is one that is capable of making a major impact for a contender.


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Gwen Stefani, Gwyneth Paltrow and Bradley Cooper all know where to head for chic, neon home accessories: Alexandra von Fürstenberg. The eponymous brand, famous for its splashy acrylic pieces, has accumulated an A-list roster of admirers—and now an illustrious new flagship store in Los Angeles.

The latest addition to AVF's collection of chic boutiques sits in West Hollywood's Design District, not far from the designer's first retail shop on Melrose Avenue, which debuted in 2008. "Since launching eight years ago, we are now more substantial and established, so we required a space that referenced our roots while looking ahead to the next phase in the brand's evolution," says von Fürstenberg (pictured above with Jeremiah Brent and Nake Berkus).

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For the new location, the brand hired DAX Design (headed by von Fürstenberg's husband Dax Miller) to turn a 1,500-square-foot space into a sleek showroom that allows the products to be the center of attention. White lacquered shelves display colorful trays, bowls, vases, and frames while an eye-catching custom lighting installation and glossy floors create the ideal glow around the modern furniture. "My husband designed the new store to truly capture the reflective qualities my pieces have," von Fürstenberg says. "It showcases the furniture and home accessories like gems."

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Along with the new store, von Fürstenberg is also rolling out two new desks, a console table, a side table, and a limited-edition line of rose accessories, her newest color story, that has us tickled pink (and dying to shop right now).

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We hosted a Twitterview with the lovely (and funny!) Katie Couric today, and it was such a success! Quick on her social media feet, the superstar journalist was able to answer 16 of your questions—the most answered in our Twitterview history—covering a broad range of topics from her best dating advice to words of wisdom for aspiring journalists to beauty and style, she covered it all, and she even included a TwitPic. If you weren’t able to tune in, don’t worry! We embedded the entire conversation so you can read her all of her answers from start to finish. Scroll down to get started!


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Why You Should Think About Smart Meter Installation

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Smart meter installation is something many people are asking about. These are high tech tools used to manage and record electricity, and performance of electronic devices, in a home or building. As a new way to collect highly accurate and relevant information about power usage, these offer far more insight into consumption than their more traditional counterparts. What makes the unit “smart” is the ability to feed back detailed analytics on usage in real-time or when requested, all without a qualified professional having to be present at the site. But is it worth the change?

The Potential

A smart meter installation can help you increase the value of quick, accurate measurements and help to eliminate the hassle of monthly estimates and meter-reading home visits. As it allows for this data heavy approach, it ensures the most efficient way to manage your power at home or in your building. It is best to rely on professional advice from a capable team to ensure you understand all elements of the installation. Speak to our team directly to find out all you need to know about these information systems and where the data goes, as well as whether it is worth converting from your existing system.

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As with any new age advance in an already existing technology, there are new challenges that come along with  the new designs. From concerns over expensive, energy-intensive data storage and the privacy fears that come with any online information pathways, the biggest issue currently is the information available. If consumers are not familiar with managing and reading these systems on their own, they may not see the benefits of replacing their existing model. This means most are less likely to even notice the energy-saving potential of these smart devices. As a way to get long term savings and efficiency on your power consumption, these devices offer a range of benefits. The hesitance around technology, as well as the availability of technologies, also offers challenges that will slow down the rate of adoption for these new units. Especially in rural and presently off-grid areas.

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Tear gas used at Montreal anti-lockdown protest

Thousands of Quebecois took to the Montreal streets on Saturday in protest of Premier Legault's lockdown measures. These measures are strict and include a 8PM curfew for everyone. Exclusive reporting from the Westphalian Times depicts Service de police de la Ville de Montréal pushing and teargassing protestors.

Westphalian Times editor Marie Oakes estimates around 3,000 - 5,000 attendees at the protest showed up initially, followed by thousands more. Footage shows massive crowds marching down St. Denis in Montreal.

The police were out in full force and used megaphones, warning attendees to socially distance or face fines in the thousands. Eventually, back up arrived and the SPVM began shoving protestors. According to Oakes, one protestor yelled over the intercom, "this is a peaceful protest, you don’t have to do this. People are peaceful here, you’re the violent ones. There’s a woman lying on the ground."


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This luxurious bird resort puts regular birdhouses to shame

Matt Thompson of Thompson Wood Art makes “ridiculous and unnecessary things.” Although some may argue a few of his wooden creations like a hot-dog grilling picnic table and a beer-serving Adirondack chair are pretty useful. Thompson’s bird resort is another product to add to that list.

Unlike other birdhouses, this one truly is a resort. It has a crystal blue pool with surrounding lounge chairs and a small cabana filled with birdseed. At night, the pool and side panels are illuminated by rows of small lightbulbs. How luxurious!

The resort, of course, has the signature Thompson comedic flair as well. There’s a small wooden chore wheel with options: poop on cars, work on nest, dig for worms and eat for free. Best of all, it’s functional, Thompson has already welcomed in a few flying friends.

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“This guy has become a regular and I’ve become a bird watcher,” Thompson said in the caption of one video

A red cardinal struts around the resort in the clip. It pecks at the seed behind the glass before giving up and flying away. Although the bird resort is currently unavailable for purchase, Thompson said he has plans to sell them. Perhaps, it’s because much of the 6,300 comments were begging to buy it.

“Where can I find this to buy??? Someone could be making a killing if they’d answer all these comments asking to take their money already, lol,” a Facebook user commented

“I would love to purchase one of these when you get set up, I’m sure you will have a ton of customers, beautiful work!” one person wrote

“Definitely would buy this, it’s insanely cute,” another added.

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Monday, 1 September 2014

hybrid hotness | balloon mobile

I have a little niece due in just a few weeks, and I wanted to make something for her arrival.
It ended up being the cutest thing I think I have made. It was a good deal of work; cutting and gluing paper, but it was so well worth it.

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So the thing is a mobile with 3D balloons and clouds. I created it with digital papers from the Happy Life Mini Kit by Robyn Meierotto at Pixels and Company, some string, and an embroidery hoop.

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Making the mobile is technically easy, but takes a good deal of time, energy, and patience. This is especially true if you don't have a cutting machine like Silhouette. I don't have one and it took me about 10-12 hours to make it from start to finish.

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The steps to making the mobile include:
- Creating the shapes in Photoshop
- Printing 5 balloon baskets (one on each strand),10 mini clouds (making five 2D clouds, one on each strand), 40 balloons (making five 3D balloons, one on each strand), and 40 large clouds (making five 3D clouds, one on each strand)
- Folding all balloons and large clouds in half
- Assembling the 3D balloons and clouds with doublesided tape (a lot of it)
- Creating the baskets
- Assembling each strand of the mobile on an emroidery hoop with a glue gun
- Finishing up with ribbon and rings for hanging

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I am very happy with the finished results. I hope the little girl will enjoy it for many years to come!

The supplies I used, in addition to the digital papers:Epson Archival Matte Paper, A3 sizeScrapbook Adhesives Crafty Power double sided tape
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Large emroidery hoop

Thursday, 27 June 2013

40 before forty | slowly making progress

So do you remember our resolution to do forty things gefore we turn forty? It's been so long since I posted anything about it that one might think we had completely given up on the idea. Well, not really, but I have to be honest and say that we haven't really gone out of our way to get things crossed off on that list either.

There are four things that have been completed since my last post, and another five are in progress.Not too shoddy considering how busy we've been so far this year.

Out of the four that have been completed, I have scrapped about two that I would like to share with you today.

The husband loves Slash (formerly of Guns n' Roses). I think it was a secret wish to become like him that made the husband want to take up the guitar. For the longest time he has been wanting to see Slash live but have missed out on the few gigs that he has played in Sweden. But in February he got the chance when Slash came to Denmark. He brought my cousin, who shares his love of rock music, and was able to mark one of his items on the list as complete.

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In keeping with the rock theme, we recently redid our office into a man cave for the husband. His growing guitar collection was driving me crazy in the small room they were placed in. That and the fact that the husband doesn't really share my obsession with being tidy. So we decided to get rid of the office furniture, that was never used for anything else but storing a bunch of papers, and make a nice and comfortable room for the husband to hang out in and play his music. We finished about a month ago, and I really like the outcome. I will do a proper post about it at some point.

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As you can see, I am staying with the same papers and elements as I used on my other layouts. I am also trying to keep to the same kind of style with all the layouts. Hopefully it will give a cohesive album once we finish.

Thursday, 31 January 2013

40 before forty | rome album

One really huge project for me during the autumn and winter has been to create the photo album about our trip to Rome. If you have been following along this blog you have seen the layouts come up in bursts. It really was a big thing for me to finish, and important enought that I felt like it had to be on the 40 before forty list so that I could have one more incentive to actually make time to work on it.

It took me three months, but in the end it was finally ready to be uploaded and ordered for print. I decided to give Blurb a try after many years with Shutterfly. I am so glad I did; the shipping was incredibly fast and the quality of the colours in the book is so much better than any of the books I already own from Shutterfly.
If you haven't had enough of my album, you can see a preview of it here.

So now that I have the book, it was finally time to check one more thing off the list and create a page about it.

(Supplies: Crate Paper Sleigh Ride at, For the Record Documented by Echo Park)

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I set a small goal for myself to blog every weekday for the whole month of January. With this post I have met that goal. Go me!

Wednesday, 2 January 2013

40 before forty

I had this idea shortly before the husband’s 38th birthday that it would be cool to make a list of things we would like to do before our 40th birthday in two years.
 I had a similar project last year where I did one new thing every week, ranging from large to small. It was difficult to come up with 52 new things and I ended up skipping a few weeks.

But the idea this time was that we should share the list of things, and that we had roughly two years to complete them, going by the husband’s birthday rather than mine as I am a few months older than him thus giving us a little more time.

It took longer than expected to find 40 good things to put on the list. That was mostly because I initially thought we should have as much of an equal balance on the list of who it was to complete the thing. It turned out that I had a significantly larger bucket list than the husband. Seems, judging by that, that he is a more complete person than I am needing much less evolving, LOL! So in the end I had to give up that thought, stop pestering the husband to come up with stuff, and just get that list ready.

So how do I plan to follow up on this? Well, first of all I don’t want to put pressure on myself to post about it every week, mostly because stuff might not happen for long periods. Also, because some of the things don’t work well as a photo op and therefore won’t be all that entertaining to read about. But I do think I want to make an album about it. Obviously it will be ongoing for quite some time but that doesn’t bother me much as long as I can finish it at the end of the (a little less than) two years. I did realize that we might not actually get through all of them – life does throw you for some loops at times after all – but that doesn’t bother me either. And that thing about lack of photo op; even if there isn’t a photo for every item on the list, I can still document it with words and perhaps other images and elements.

I contemplated for a while to try the Project Life format for this book. It would be easy to keep one page for each item, and the execution of each page would be super easy. In addition to that there would be guaranteed journaling space for each completed thing. The only problem? I really don’t feel like the Project Life format fits my style of scrapbooking. First of all, I despise plastic page protectors. Am I outing myself here? And even if I do it digitally, I want layers, I want stacked, I want white space. So no, the format itself is discarded. I love the idea of using journaling cards though, and thankfully there is no lack of those products out there on the Interwebs. I am quite sure I want to stick to one single theme and colour scheme for all the 40 things. It’s too much for my OCD tendencies to be free flowing when it comes to a contained project like this.

I decided to do an opening page with some thoughts about the project and the full list.

So, what type of things are we talking about then? Well, I am not going to post the whole list here in a blog post, but they range from things like going to a chocolate tasting at a small local chocolate factory to me taking my driver’s license, to learning In Design, to both of us getting new tattoos, to changing out the photo wall in the hall way. Told you it ranges from large to small! I’m happy to say that a few things have been planned – like seeing Robbie Williams in concert (OH MY GOOOD, I am so excited).  A few have been started, like eating at eight new (to us) restaurants, and one has been finished. Which one, you might ask? This one:

The thing was, as you might have guessed from the layout, to join a new creative team. I am so proud to be able to say that I will be working with the beautiful products of Liv.e Designs and AC Digitals in 2013.

So with that, I have officially started a new long project for myself. In the light of my recent feelings towards Project 52 I am dreading it at the same time as I am excited! I will be back every now and then with updates on how we're getting on.


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Small businesses see training in sales and marketing as critical for their growth, latest survey figures from the Federation of Small Businesses show.

In its "Voice of Small Business" survey panel of 1700 small businesses, almost half (46%) said that sales, marketing and PR training for themselves would help their business to develop or grow. Just over a third (34%) said similar training for their employees would also have the same positive impact on the growth of their business.

Another third (32%) said they saw customer services and one fifth (20%) saw basic communication skills as integral to business growth.

At a time when small firms are really driving the economy forward into recovery, they need to be able to promote their businesses in new and foreign markets and use social media and new technology to advertise their services and products.

In a new report: "Raising the standards: an FSB skills survey", the FSB argues that to be competitive, businesses need these skills to take advantage of new and emerging markets and, as a result, they need training to be made available and accessible so they can make the most of it.

Small businesses are more likely to take on low-skilled individuals than large businesses - previous research shows that 10% of the employees in micro businesses have no qualifications, compared to 5.6% in the largest organisations.

The research shows that small businesses are more satisfied with in-house, informal training that develops and gives staff the business skills they need to do the job, rather than recognised courses and qualifications.

The FSB is calling on the Government to help incentivise small businesses to take on more apprentices and graduate interns by co-funding harder to reach businesses, rather than bigger firms that have greater training budgets at their disposal.

The FSB is also urging the Government to assess the Qualifications and Credit Framework - a system to recognise skills and training in the workplace - to formally acknowledge the informal training that takes place in small businesses.

John Walker, National Chairman, Federation of Small Businesses, said: "The Government's reliance on the private sector to create jobs to pick up the shortfall in employment from the public sector is well-placed: small businesses will play a crucial role in the country's growth. But for small firms to grow, they need to train staff in the skills that will impact on their bottom line. The Government has to step up and support small firms in leading the economy back into steady growth.

"It is vital not to lose a generation of young people to unemployment and a lack of skills training, so the Government must provide incentives for small businesses to take on apprentices and graduate interns which will provide businesses with key skills to sell their services and products in new and emerging markets - especially for exports overseas."

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Financial analysis template: Using Excel to edit a financial analysis form

Many entrepreneurs have their tax consultants prepare their financial analysis, for them. However, those who have a small company usually try to do as much as possible themselves in order to save on expenses. A financial analysis template as an Excel file can help you create a financial analysis yourself every month. We offer you a financial analysis template for Excel and explain how you can fill it out and adapt it for your company.

What do you need a financial analysis for?

Financial analysis is a tool for keeping track of the economic situation of a company throughout the year. For this reason, the report is usually created on a monthly basis and contains information that also appears in the profit and loss account. The turnover is compared with the costs and thus a preliminary result is reached in several intermediate steps. In addition, there are often comparative values, for example from previous months or the previous year, which can be used to describe a development. In addition, many managing directors also add quotas to the financial analysis. This allows the percentage composition of profit or loss to be displayed.

The financial analysis is not a report required by law, unlike the balance sheets. You need to be drawing up. Therefore, there are no specific requirements for a financial analysis. However, since investors and credit institutions also often want the evaluation, you should pay attention to the clarity and comprehensibility of the financial analysis.

You would like to learn more about what financial analysis actually are? In our simple article on financial analysis we’ll explain what the report is needed for and how it is structured. In this article we go over how to structure one.

Financial analysis template: What belongs in the financial analysis?

There is no fixed format for a financial analysis. In principle, you can set up the evaluation as you see fit. However, in order for the report to be as meaningful as possible, it should contain certain key figures. The structure should also make sense. When creating the financial analysis, it is a good idea to use the structure of a profit and loss account as a guideline. First, list the positive items, the sales revenues, clean them up in the next step to eliminate the inventory changes and the material usage, and then add the other revenues. This determines the gross profit.

All costs are listed below this, and then totaled. If you subtract this amount from the gross operating profit, you receive the final operating result: the result before deduction of interest and taxes. These two items are now taken into account in the next step and you receive the preliminary result – this month’s profit.

This will give you a good overview of the economic situation of your company. However, in order for you to be able to gain further information, it is worth making additional entries: it is interesting to see how the values develop. Have costs and sales increased or decreased compared to the previous month? To do this, add values from previous months or years to the financial analysis. In addition, ratios provide information on how profits or costs are made up, e.g. what proportion of the total performance you had to spend on personnel costs. If you also visualize the previous year’s figures and quotas using diagrams, you can obtain the most important information at a glance.

In our financial analysis template, which is available to download, all the essentials are already included. Enter your values and the stored functions will calculate the results automatically.

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Our Excel template contains several functions that simplify the work on the financial analysis. Totals, subtractions, divisions, and diagrams are filled in automatically. However, this also means that you must ensure that you do not accidentally delete or change the functions when adjusting the template. Therefore, you should know which automatisms we have included in the Excel file.

  • Totals: Intermediate results are calculated using the totals formula. Values in a selected range above the result cell are added.
  • Subtractions: In the financial analysis, specific subtotals are subtracted from other results. This is done in the Excel template by simply subtracting two cells.
  • Divisions: A simple division is used to calculate the quotients. The corresponding cell is divided by another specific source (for example, the content of the total power). In addition, the cell must be formatted as a percentage.
  • Diagrams: The given diagrams also refer to the information in the cells. If these are changed, the diagrams also adapt.

You can easily enter the costs and revenues yourself. But what if you have to enter additional items or what if certain information is not relevant for you?

Insert and remove rows

If you want to add additional items, you must insert complete rows. This is done by right-clicking on the row numbering and then on “insert cell.” An empty cell will then be inserted above the row you selected. Remember that this also adjusts the cell specifications in the formulas. Since the functions refer to specific cells, they must change accordingly. Therefore, check whether all results are still displayed correctly. If the financial analysis template contains items that you do not need, remove them by deleting the entire row. This also changes both absolute and relative references.

It is not easy to remove results that are important for further calculations. If you want to adjust your financial analysis so that the subtotals “operating result” and “profit before tax” are not included, you must also adjust the formula behind the preliminary result. This cell extracts your data from the two fields mentioned. If you delete these two, the #REF error will pop up.

Hide rows and columns

You don’t necessarily have to remove rows – or even columns – completely. If you want to keep your financial analysis slim, you can simply hide the corresponding areas. To do this, select the column or row (again right-click on the row numbering at the edge) and select “hide.” The area is no longer visible, but the corresponding values and functions still exist. Excel leaves a small column in the border area, where the hidden area is located. If you click the right mouse button again at this point, you can show the area again.

Add columns

Let’s say you want to add more months to your financial analysis. So that you do not have to re-enter all functions and formatting, you can transfer this information. To do this, select all the columns that affect the month on the far right, left click the red square in the lower right corner, and fill in the next columns. Excel has now transferred everything to the new area and adapted the cell references as well.

If you use this function to fill empty cells, you must be careful not to transfer absolute references. These will remain after filling and would have to be adjusted afterwards.

Alternatively, you can select, copy, and paste the filled area into the empty cells. The result is the same. Now, of course, the wrong values are still in the cells. As usual, you exchange them and the Excel table takes over the calculation again.

Adjust diagrams

Two graphs in particular are of interest in the context of a financial analysis: a line diagram showing the development over time and a pie chart comparing revenues and costs. You can customize both diagrams according to your needs. In addition to purely cosmetic changes, you should be particularly interested in which data is displayed. You can determine this using the diagram filter. If you click on the chart in Excel, three symbols appear: The funnel-shaped icon represents the diagram filter. By activating and deactivating the check boxes you can add or remove further data.

If, for example, you want to display each cost item individually instead of the total value, activate these boxes and uncheck the box for total costs. In this way, you can display your evaluation in the way that makes most sense for your company.

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Global installed base of wireless IoT devices in industrial automation topped 21.3mn in 2018

Fredrik Stålbrand of Berg Insight

According to a new research report from the M2M/IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, annual shipments of wireless devices for industrial automation applications reached 4.6 million units worldwide in 2018. This accounts for approximately 6% of all new connected nodes.

Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.3%, annual shipments are expected to reach 9.9 million in 2023. The installed base of wireless IoT devices in industrial automation reached at the same time 21.3 million in 2018.

While wired networking solutions are still predominantly used for industrial communications between sensors, controllers and systems, wireless solutions have gained a strong foothold in a number of applications. Wireless solutions are used for wire replacement in parts of the plant that are hard to reach or uneconomical to connect through wired installations. In factory automation, wireless solutions are widely used to control cranes and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in material handling applications.

In process automation, wireless technologies are increasingly used to connect instruments, enabling plant operators to monitor and optimise processes in hazardous areas, while also ensuring worker safety. Major providers of wired industrial network equipment also offer wireless solutions to enable customers to monitor and control devices wirelessly in parts of the plant that are normally not connected to the control room due to accessibility or wiring costs.

These include Siemens, Cisco, Belden, Moxa and Phoenix Contact, which all offer comprehensive portfolios of industrial wireless devices such as routers, gateways and wireless access points along their wired solutions. Industrial wireless solutions are also offered by many mid and small-sized companies, which often specialise in specific product categories.

Examples include Acksys, Advantech, Beijer Electronics Group, FreeWave Technologies, GE’s industrial communications group GE MDS, HMS Networks, Red Lion Controls and Sierra Wireless. Wireless I/O and field devices are provided by many major industrial automation vendors including Emerson, Yokogawa, Honeywell, ABB, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Endress+Hauser and Pepperl+Fuchs.

“Robust connectivity is critical to support industrial IoT use cases surrounding predictive maintenance and digital twins,” says Fredrik Stålbrand, IoT Analyst, Berg Insight. He adds that installation and maintenance of wireless solutions are more flexible and economical compared to wired technologies, enabling reconfigurable manufacturing system design.

Although reliability and security remain a challenge, Wi-Fi has emerged as the most widely used wireless technology in industrial environments largely due to the wide availability of compatible hardware. There is also a growing trend among large industrial companies to deploy private 4G LTE networks instead of using Wi-Fi and even wired solutions.

“The introduction of 5G cellular technologies broadens the addressable market for wireless communications even further as it allows for deployments in situations where requirements related to bandwidth, latency and capacity cannot be fulfilled today,” concludes Mr. Stålbrand.

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