Location: Hilton Hotel, Charlemont Place, Dublin 2
18:00 Tea, Coffee and Networking
DART Expansion Presentation Overview
The DART Expansion presentation will outline the background to the DART Expansion Programme and its current status. It will also focus on the societal benefits of an expanded heavy rail network in achieving the national objective of decarbonisation of the transport sector.
Summary of the DART Expansion Programme
The DART Expansion programme represents Iarnród Éireann’s plan for improvement and expansion of the heavy rail network across the Greater Dublin Area. It will provide a step change in train services offered to passengers across the GDA. It will be the single most important public transport investment scheme in the State in enabling modal shift from private car to public transport.
The DART Expansion programme includes a number of constituent elements, including:
When complete the programme will provide two grade-separated high-capacity and high-frequency lines across Dublin extending from (1) Maynooth to Greystones (65km) and (2) Drogheda to Hazelhatch (Celbridge), via an underground rail tunnel beneath Dublin City Centre from the North Docklands to Heuston/Inchicore (77km). Passenger interchange between the two lines will be facilitated at Pearse Station. It is designed to integrate with existing and proposed light rail and Dublin bus services, to provide an integrated transport network.
Electrification of the heavy rail services within the expanded terrain will also promote the transition from private car journey onto public transport for journeys into the city centre, thus assisting in reducing emissions from the transport sector and improving the city centre environment. This will positively contribute to the national objective of decarbonisation of the Irish economy and set Ireland towards a sustainable public transport system.
Mark Conroy – Environmental Manager-Infrastructure, Iarnród Éireann
Mark is a Chartered Engineer and Member of Engineers Ireland and a Professional Geologist with the Institution of Geologists of Ireland. He joined Iarnród Éireann is 2009 as Environmental Manager for the DART Underground, responsible for ensuring completeness of the environmental appraisals of the project. He was also responsible for the management of the Railway Order application process through An Bord Pleanála and the High Court Judicial review. Since 2012 he has been responsible for environmental compliance and promotion of environmentally sustainable measures with the Office of the Director of Infrastructure Management. Prior to joining Iarnród Éireann, Mark worked as a consultant hydrogeologist in Ireland on projects ranging from transportation, energy supply, waste management and water supply.
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The price drop of the latest iteration of retina MacBook Pros means the MacBook Airs have new competitors abutting their top-tier models. The original MacBook Pro has faded into the background, and now the base MacBook Air and base 13-inch MacBook Pro are separated by $200 and a pretty good number of spec differences. What’s the better value proposition?
|Specs||13-inch 2013 MacBook Air||13-inch 2013 retina MacBook Pro|
|Screen||1440×900 at 13.3" (128 PPI)||2560×1600 13.3" (227PPI)|
|OS||OS X 10.9 "Mavericks"||OS X 10.9 "Mavericks"|
|CPU||1.7GHz Intel Core i7-4650U (Turbo up to 3.3GHz)||2.4GHz Intel Core i5-4258U (Turbo up to 2.9GHz)|
|RAM||8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 (non-upgradeable)||16GB|
|GPU||Intel HD Graphics 5000 (integrated)||Intel Iris Graphics (integrated)|
|HDD||128GB solid-state drive||256GB solid-state drive|
|Networking||802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.0||802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.0|
|Ports||2x USB 3.0, Thunderbolt, card reader, headphones||2x USB 3.0, 2x Thunderbolt, card reader, HDMI, headphones|
|Size||12.8" × 8.94" × 0.68" (325 × 227 × 17 mm)||12.35" × 8.62" × 0.71" (314 × 219 × 18 mm)|
|Weight||2.96 lbs (1.35 kg)||3.46 lbs (1.57 kg)|
|Battery||7150 mAh||6591 mAh|
|Warranty||1 year||1 year|
|Price as reviewed||$1,549.99||$1,699.99|
|Other perks||Webcam, backlit keyboard, dual integrated mics||Webcam, backlit keyboard, dual integrated mics|
I come at this review as someone who has not upgraded her computer in almost exactly three and a half years. My laptop before this was a “mid-2010” 15-inch MacBook Pro that recently took as many as 10 precious seconds opening the System Preferences menu while having fainting spells over simple GIFs. I nearly pulled the trigger on the MacBook Air refresh earlier this year, but the possibility of a Haswell processor, even better battery life, and a retina screen in the next generation of MacBook Pros stayed my hand.
I ended up selecting the mid-range 13-inch retina MacBook Pro, as the top-tier option comes with an unavoidable $300 bump to a 512GB drive (and an improved processor). For that amount of money, I decided it would be better to beef up my home storage situation and try to carry less material around on the computer itself. In this review, I’m holding the Pro up against a 2013 MacBook Air with an i7 processor at nearly the same price point.
The only upgrade I took for my Pro was for the RAM—to 16GB from the stock 8GB, because a healthy portion of my job involves photo and video editing. These tasks are already fiddly and moderately enraging enough without a beach ball cropping up for a few seconds after every action.
Hardware: distinct, but not so different
The retina MacBook Pro weighs 3.46 pounds, and the 13-inch MacBook Air weighs 2.96 pounds—a difference of exactly half a pound. I expected this weight difference to be barely noticeable when spread over the whole body of a computer, but the relative heft is easy to feel in the retina MacBook Pro.
The slightness of the MacBook Air’s design and uneven weight distribution may affect this perception a little. But stacked on top of each other and standing side by side, the Macbook Pro is actually more compact in length and width while sitting lower to the ground than the Air is.
Like its larger 15-inch brother, the retina MacBook Pro has a full-size HDMI port, two USB 3.0 ports, an SD card reader, two Thunderbolt ports, a headphone jack, and a port for the power cable.
The retina screen on the retina MacBook Pro is pin-sharp and beautiful. I will cop to being someone who is less affected by this feature, or at least, I don’t melt into a wailing puddle when I meet a 1366x768 screen. But the screen does make visual tasks more of a pleasure. During photo editing, it’s now extremely evident which of my pictures are really, really sharp and which are just slightly, maddeningly blurry.
Most of the keyboards Apple now makes are near-identical in design, but I do notice that key travel on the MacBook Air is a little shallower than on the retina MacBook Pro. Both are noticeably shallower than my old MacBook Pro. I never liked this march of key wells toward being almost nonexistent, and I don’t really like the flat tactile feel of the MacBook Air keyboard. The Pro’s isn’t a ton better, but it’s something.
This isn't a point of comparison but something that seems worth noting: almost as soon as I brought the Air and Pro into the same house, they began a power struggle over the Wi-Fi connection. Eventually the Air established dominance and blocked the Pro entirely, unless I put the Air to sleep. This was despite other computers peacefully co-existing using the same router. Maybe the Air sensed the competition, but more than likely, this is a router problem. If you happen to be using my same Netgear router, this is an apparent incompatibility worth looking out for.
One of the reasons I originally made the jump from the original MacBook to the MacBook Pro line was the speakers. There's more power, and videos and music sounded less like they were taking place in an Altoids tin. The disparity in volume and quality between consumer and pro Apple laptops is less than it once was. While the Air can get decently loud, it was slightly cracklier and tinnier at the highest volume levels.


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City leaders look to avert bankruptcy
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, December 14, 2005
“We’ll be out of money by Feb. 28. By Feb. 28, we’ll be bankrupt.”
That was the message from Ironton Finance Director Cindy Anderson during Thursday night’s meeting of the Ironton Finance Committee. During that meeting, the committee — and other members of the city council — began the difficult task of figuring out where the city would have to trim its finances to keep Ironton’s head above water.
The city will be going into 2006 with a meager $88,000 in the bank, and — if no changes are made — the city would enter into 2007 in the red $373,000.
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Council member and finance chairman Bob Cleary was the first to make some suggestions as to the city’s course of action.
“We have a real problem coming up here real quick,” Cleary said. “We’ve been two years getting here, but now we’ve got some real decisions to make as to how we’ll eliminate the problem of the negative cash balance.”
Several options were put forth by Cleary. The first would resuscitate the recently defeated $10 fee to be charged Ironton residents. Only Cleary is now referring to it as a “safety fee” that would be directed into the police department, generating around $600,000 per year to help offset the departments nearly million dollar budget.
That would leave the city $226,000 in the black by 2007, but Anderson and the council agreed that would only be a temporary fix. There was some question as to how long the fee would be applied. Anderson wanted three years; Cleary said he would prefer a year-long fee with an option to renew it.
Of course, cuts were also considered. In the short term, Cleary said he thought $116,000 could be cut from the engineering department, $27,500 could be cut from mayor’s office, and that $44,000 could be saved by eliminating the city parking department. As almost all of these cuts would have to come from labor, they would also generate $62,000 in new unemployment costs.
A combination of the two would leave the city at a much more comfortable $353,000 in the black heading into 2007.
Looking at longer-term options, Cleary suggested eliminating the city health department and dispatching services and allowing these to be serviced by the county. Although there was little outcry about these cuts, Cleary’s option of eliminating reciprocity to generate money was less popular.
Other ideas were also put forth. Council chairman Chuck O’Leary proposed that the city focus more on collecting income tax revenue from independent contractors working in the city. O’Leary also said that he’d like to look at the feasibility of increasing parking meter costs before eliminating the department completely.
O’Leary emphasized the need for trimming the budget before a fee of any kind were imposed.
“You’ll hardly ever hear me say this, but I’m not for a $10 fee until the cuts are in place,” O’Leary said.
The finance committee will first turn itself to the immediate future, settling on a temporary budget for January during their next meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday.

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Infinity Kitchen is a fully transparent kitchen designed by MVRDV that can be admired the next six months in Venice (Universita IUAV di Venezia Ca'tron). This kitchen is a kitchen-home concept as an initiative of Weng Ling (Beijing Centre For the Arts) in cooperation with architect Kengo Kuma and media performer Au Yeung Ying Chai.
The initiative takers hope that, with the transparency of the infinity kitchen, they can realise a new kitchen development where the processes in the kitchen are in the centre: de choice of food, the care of the kitchen, but also the waste that is visible in the kitchen.

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Lewis Hamilton has won the Formula One Drivers’ Championship for the fourth time after a dogged performance at the Mexico Grand Prix.
Hamilton clinched the title after Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel failed to finish first or second in Mexico City and keep the competition alive going into the last two races of the season.
The overall win in the 2017 series makes Hamilton Britain’s most successful Formula One driver, lifting him above Sir Jackie Stewart who won three titles.
After the race, Hamilton said: “Viva Mexico. Wow. I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who came out, hopefully we gave them a good race. The Mexican fans are the best around the world and you guys create this atmosphere.”
Niki Lauda, a three-time world champion and Mercedes’ non-executive director said: “Lewis won it, he deserves it and it has been the best driving than he has ever done before.”
Going into the race, Hamilton was aiming to get up to ninth which would mean that anything less than a win would see the Briton win the title.
Meanwhile Vettel needed an absolute minimum of a top two finish to extend the race.
Hamilton and Vettel, the two points leaders, were third and first on grid for the start of the race, but the drivers nearly took each other out of the race after colliding at the first corner.
The collision saw Hamilton fall to the back of the pack, but the 32-year-old Briton climbed his way back to finish ninth and win the title before the Brazilian Grand Prix next weekend.
Speaking after the race about the collision, Hamilton said: “I had a good a start, I don’t know what happened on turn three I gave him (Sebastian Vettel) plenty of room. A big thank you to my family, my team, Mercedes have been incredible for these last five years.”
He added: “It doesn’t feel real. It is not the kind of race I wanted, 40 seconds behind, but I never gave up. That is what is important and in my heart. I am grateful for today.”
When asked about the collision between Hamilton and Vettel, Lauda said: “I don’t know why Sebastian drove so aggressively to destroy his race and Lewis. Lewis was in front and he (Vettel) hit him with his front wing, I just don’t understand it.
“I’m more proud than the other three world championships we won together because this year was very competitive and today you saw the outstanding win of Max Verstappen.”
Meanwhile Vettel fell to 19th place after colliding with Hamilton and managed to pull himself back up to fourth place.
Following the collision, Hamilton asked his team ‘did he hit me deliberately’ over the radio, to which they replied ‘not sure’.
With 15 laps to go and climbing up the rankings, Hamilton asked his Mercedes team what position he needed, where he was told Vettel needed to be second.
Hamilton asked ‘is that possible?’ to which his team replied ‘negative’.
When Vettel managed to push himself into fourth place, he asked how far ahead team mate Kimi Raikkonen was. When told 26 seconds, he consigned himself to defeat, replying: “Mamma mia. I think that’s a bit too much.”
Lewis Hamilton has moved level on Drivers’ Championship wins with Vettel and Alain Prost on four world titles. He is now only behind Michael Schumacher, who holds the all-time record with on seven, and Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio’s who has won five.
Prior to Sunday’s race, Hamilton said that he wanted to win the championship the right way by securing victory at the Mexico Grand Prix.
He said: “I want to show what I’m capable of in every race.
“I have no desire to finish fifth and win the championship while someone else stands on the top step.”
He added: “The dream would be to stand on the top step having won the championship.”
The race was won by Dutchman Max Verstappen, with Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Räikkönen making up the rest of the podium positions.
British Formula One winners
• Lewis Hamilton: Four (2008, 2014, 2015, 2017)
• Sir Jackie Stewart: Three (1969, 1971, 1973)
• Jim Clark: Two (1963, 1965)
• Graham Hill: Two (1962, 1968)
• Mike Thornhill: One (1958)
• John Surtees: One (1964)
• James Hunt: One (1976)
• Nigel Mansell: One (1992)
• Damon Hill: One (1996)
• Jenson Button: One (2009)

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During this global pandemic, professionals working in healthcare, courts, jails, with refugees or in other settings are encountering additional stress triggers related to COVID-19. This is in addition to the high levels of stress that they already experience during the course of their everyday work. These triggers have been identified as affecting the performance and well-being of professionals, such as interpreters, by their experiencing stress and fear, or internalizing someone else’s trauma. Participants will dive into the tools that can help mitigate the effects of stress and vicarious trauma. Participants will also garner strategies to better manage difficult situations during and after the encounter, including several guided exercises.

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Three Ukrainian servicemen were killed and nine were wounded in action yesterday. “Ukrainian Armed Forces incurred largest losses in Maryinka where two troops died, five were wounded and one serviceman sustained injuries. All casualties were taken to the hospital. Law enforcement agencies are investigating the incident,” informed Ukrainian Ministry of Defense spokesman on ATO Colonel Andriy Lysenko at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center. One Ukrainian serviceman was killed in militants’ attack near Vodiane. Three other troops were wounded in militants’ attacks at Kriakivka, Novooleksandrivka, and Shyrokyne.
In Donetsk sector militants actively used mortars in Kamianka-Avdiivka-Shakhta Butovka frontline between 19:00 and 23:00. The situation was the most restless near Avdiivka. “Russia-backed militants were actively using mortars, grenade launchers, and small arms. The enemy fired 85 mortar rounds of various caliber at Ukrainian troops’ positions near the town,” said Col. Lysenko. A similar situation took place in Kamianka and Shakhta Butovka position, where militants fired around 40 mortar rounds. Ukrainian troops responded with fire. “In addition, militants conducted a brief attack with APC mounted weapons at Luhanske,” added the spokesman.
In Luhansk sector, most attacks took place in Troitske-Novotoshkivske frontline. “Militants started shooting with grenade launchers and mortars at Novozvanivka just after midnight. Following this, the ceasefire held in the entire contact line till 15:00, when the enemy started mortaring Troitske,” elaborated Col. Lysenko. Militants’ fire was the most intense between 21:00 and 00:00 when militants conducted two mortar attacks in Novotoshkivske and Novozvanivka. They also actively used APC mounted weapons at Zolote and Novooleksandrivka, and grenade launchers in Shchastia.
In Mariupol sector, militants started shelling Ukrainian position near Maryinka about 04:00. “Operations command made an on-the-spot decision to return fire,” said Col. Lysenko. One unit of Ukrainian weapons misfired and exploded. As a result, Ukrainian troops incurred losses. The investigation regarding the incident was launched immediately. “Militants resumed attacks at Ukrainian positions in the afternoon. The enemy conducted three brief mortar attacks in Krasnohorivka, Talakivka and Shyrokyne,” informed the spokesman. Moreover, Russian proxies opened fire from APC weapons at Chermalyk three times. Militants also attacked other Ukrainian positions in Pavlopil-Shyrokyne frontline with light weapons.


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Holes remain in to do list
Never fails. No matter how many times I watch “The Bucket List” starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, it’s difficult to keep a dry eye.
Started me thinking. As a sports writer, what would my “Bucket List” consist of?
Visited the clubhouse of a major league baseball team. Walked past a future Hall of Famer in Chipper Jones, but forgot to say hello.
Interviewed a World Champion in Kent Tekulve. He wasn’t quite as thin as he was in 1979 when the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Baltimore Orioles for the title.
Chatted one-on-one with the likes of professional soccer player Zak Boggs and LPGA Tour professional Brittany Lincicome. Swimmer Tim Phillips still is considered an amateur, but I rank the Parkersburg High School graduate elite in his field.
By being in the newspaper business for 25 years, I’ve had the opportunity to accomplish several personal highlights. Wrote a first-person account of cycling up one of the more grueling and historic alleys in Burlington, Iowa, as part of the Snake Alley Criterium.
In Galesburg, Ill., owned the first-round lead of the net division at the All-City Golf Tournament. Needless to say, bowed down to the pressure over the course of the next three days.
So where’s that leave things? Is the “Bucket List” near completion? Far from it. Like candles on a birthday cake, many wishes remain.
For starters, never officially flipped the coin at midfield for a football game at any level. Never thrown out the first pitch at a major league baseball game.
If I want to dream even bigger, I begin with next year’s Hall of Fame Baseball Induction Ceremony. Possibly (notice I didn’t make any guarantees), three members from the Atlanta Braves could be enshrined -manager Bobby Cox, and pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux. A chance to interview any one of the three would be an honor.
On the subject of baseball, imagine the feeling sitting next to legendary broadcaster Vin Scully and announcing one game. Teams don’t matter. Neither does the venue. I would even settle for a little league game.
Same goes for NFL announcer Cris Collinsworth, who I believe is a craftsman at breaking down a football game.
Remember the book entitled, “A Good Walk Spoiled” written years ago by John Feinstein? I would enjoy playing a round of 18 holes with Jack Nicklaus and – bite my tongue – Tiger Woods.
My interest in golf didn’t develop until after the glory days of Nicklaus and I would want to hear about his battles with Arnold Palmer. As for Woods, I would want to know what makes him tick. Has he learned from his mistakes, and why does he stay so guarded in the public eye?
On a more sensible note, I’m still searching for that perfect bracket during March Madness. And I wouldn’t begin my selections by taking a No. 16 seed over a No. 1 seed.
So there it is. No skydiving. No Egyptian pyramids. No tattoos. Just a sports writer daring to dream.
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Although “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” doesn’t hit theaters until November 20, casting for the third Twilight movie, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” is well underway. And today we learned that Kirsten Prout has been cast to play the vampire Lucy and will join Edward, Bella and gang in Eclipse.
Prout is best known for her role as Amanda in ABC’s “Kyle XY,” but Prout has also appeared in guest roles in other shows such as “Stargate SG:1” and “The Dead Zone.”
Eclipse will follow Bella Swan as she nears graduation while trying to navigate the dangers of the ongoing vampire-werewolf struggle. Mysterious killings turn up around Seattle and a malicious vampire looks for revenge.
“hard Candy and “30 Days of Night” Director, David Slade is set to direct. Fans of the Twilight series can expect the third installment to hit theaters next year on June 30, 2010.

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The Buncombe County Commissioners agreed to a $27 million tax abatement agreement with Pratt & Whitney after about 30 citizens complained they did not want local government enabling a multimillion multinational manufacturer of tools of war.
The Buncombe County Commissioners heard an earful in a strange plot twist in the practice of awarding economic development incentives. At their meeting two weeks prior, they announced their intention to award up to $27,000,000 over a 14-year term to Pratt & Whitney (P&W). Payment would be in exchange for P&W deciding to locate a one-million square-foot facility in the area with an investment of $650,000,000 and the creation of 800 jobs with an average salary of $68,000, for which P&W would work with A-B Tech to train local talent. P&W was described as a Fortune 500 company with 40,000 employees and annual revenue of $42,000,000,000 in 2019.
It is standard operating procedure for exercises like this to pass without a blink, only pausing for elected officials and corporate executives to drone, “This is exciting.” This time, however, almost thirty people managed to navigate the commissioners’ new rules for public comment to voice opposition. While the comments proceeded like an organized protest, no coordinating entity was named. Remarks did, however largely echo a narrative disseminated by The Asheville Blade.
Talking points from the hit piece/exposé stemmed not so much from the obvious concern that, as small businesses–the backbone of the economy–are being forced to close under the weight of the COVID-19 crisis, the commissioners are providing tax relief to a multimillion multinational. Incentives will not be paid until the company meets targets for capital investment and employment stated in the contract. Policy analysts have long maintained political calculations of returns on tax abatement programs ignore utilization of tax-funded services like public safety and education, along with wear and tear on public infrastructure resulting from new business operations and employees. Some speakers did, however, express interest in splitting the millions among local small business owners on the brink instead.
But that was not the point of the protest. The concern was that P&W is a division of Raytheon and that the Asheville plant will likely be producing engines for F-35 fighter jets. From there, callers protested that Raytheon was selling these carriers of deadly weapons to Saudi Arabia, which, in turn, was using them to bomb innocent civilians in Yemen, per graphic news stories. Many spoke eloquently with colorful language; many also gave only their first names, leaving open the possibility that they were seminar callers working a broader territory.
As a small sampling of the earful, Gerry Werhan, president of the local chapter of Veterans for Peace, said Raytheon was doing everything his organization was organized to oppose. Aaron characterized P&W as manufacturing “the most sophisticated instruments of human misery for profit …. for the US imperial war machine” and the corporatists as having a “hollow void and desire for profit where their moral compass should be.” She further asked why the commissioners were investing in such a depressed industry whose only course to revitalization might be “more global unrest to justify spending.” Susan said the commissioners were being controlled by corporations, and subsidizing this “leading merchant of death … making a killing off of killing … was extremely nauseating to me.”
Cynthia asked what had been done by way of environmental impact analyses and how P&W would clean up when they left here for greener pastures, as they had left Connecticut to come here. Rachael Bliss urged, “Let Raytheon pay its own way, like our artists.” And David Putnam asked WWJD and answered he would “not be collaborating with arms dealers and dealing with murder. He’d be chasing the people who are doing that out of the temple.”
Following the string of accusations that they would have blood on their hands, the commissioners appeared unmoved. Chair Brownie Newman took the heat, reading remarks prepared ahead of time in anticipation of the backlash. He, like the other commissioners, said he shared constituents’ concerns, and passed the buck. Calling attention to the flaws of entangling alliances and the military-industrial complex, Newman argued that, as commissioners, it was their responsibility to bring high-paying jobs to the area. It was the federal government’s job, should a relocating employer happen to manufacture tools of war, to shape policy in ways that protect innocent lives. Newman added it wasn’t like the county had a long list of high-wage-paying industrialists lined up to set up operations on that spot.
Commissioner Joe Belcher reflected comments Newman made a couple decades ago. “I don’t like incentives, I never liked doing them, I wish we didn’t do them across the country at all,” said Belcher. He didn’t bother to finish with the worn-out rejoinder about needing to stay competitive with other jurisdictions, but said he thought smaller companies would be starting up in the area as induced economic multipliers.
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See this blog post that documents all of the methods to manipulate the view.
See this blog post that documents all of the methods to manipulate the view.
Most options about your forum profile can be changes using theEdit Profile page within the forums. However, your name and e-mail address actually come from your SOLIDWORKS ID which is defined in and used by the SOLIDWORKS Customer Portal and must be changed there. To change your name or e-mail address do the following:
Of course if you have a backup try opening it. If you don't then try opening the file with a different method. I typically open files by selecting them from Windows Explorer, but when getting that error I can usually open the file by going to File > Open and browsing to and selecting the file that way. You might also try just clicking on the file in Windows Explorer and dragging it into the SolidWorks window.
If none of that works, right-click on the file in Windows Explorer and choose "SOLIDWORKS > Pack and Go..." (assuming you have SolidWorks Explorer installed). That will open up the Pack and Go dialog box. Save the file to a different location and try to open this new one. If it opens okay you can save it over the original, or just continue working with it in the new location.
If this still doesn't work, you may have to send it to your VAR to see if they can help, or you could try posting it on the forum in a new Discussion (please don't do it here) to see if someone else can open it, save it, and send it back.
As a disclaimer, I don't pretend to be any kind of hardware expert, so the information I give here will be mostly a compilation of stuff I've picked up reading posts on the forum. Now that I have that out of the way, the answer to what kind of computer you need will depend on your specific use. If you do a lot of rendering I understand that can affect the answer. For most operations SW uses a single core, although I believe that might not be the case for simulation (see the Reply from Nick Birkett-Smith at New Computer for Solidworks question: 1 Processor with 12 Core or 2 processors with 4 core each), so if you're just doing basic modeling and Drawings you won't get much benefit from multiple cores. What IS the Best CPU for SOLIDWORKS? and https://www.javelin-tech.com/blog/2019/10/solidworks-2020-hardware-recommendations/ are other sites you might want to check out.
Don't get a gaming video card. While some people use them without major problems, many aren't that lucky, and I seem to see a lot of posts from people who were using one and an automatic driver update made them completely unusable for Solidworks. Get a video card (and driver for it) that's recommended by Solidworks.
When you get a preliminary selection, go to this site to evaluate it, and then I'd encourage you to contact your VAR (Value Added Reseller; the company you bought Solidworks from) and get their input. Be sure to tell them what kind of work you'll be doing. I'm pretty sure they'd rather help you select a machine that works well now instead of getting calls asking for help when you get a bad one.
If you're a student, or off subscription, and therefore can't ask a VAR, the site I posted above should help, or do a search in the Discussion section of this forum (Boxx Apexx OR Dell Precision? posted by Rob Edwards would be a good place to start, or Buying New CAD Workstations or Computer for Solidworks 2018, or do a search for posts by Charles Culp, who has given some excellent advice to many people, including me, although he hasn't been around the forum much lately). If a search doesn't help feel free to post your specs there in a new Discussion. I'm sure someone will be glad to give you some input.
I'm not going to recommend any specific brands, but while I've always used Dell, and have had good luck with them, I've heard many good things about Boxx (Custom Workstations for Your High Performance Computing Needs | BOXX) and SolidBox (https://www.mysolidbox.com/). It's my understanding that they will optimize a computer for use with Solidworks. If I was buying my own instead of my employer providing it I'd probably look into getting one from one of those companies.
If you're thinking about a Mac I'd encourage you to reconsider. If you really want one (or already have one), and only need SolidWorks for a class or occasional use, see 2019-20 Student Edition on a Mac, and maybe the post from Anna Wood at what is the best way to run SW on a Mac laptop?.
I'm attaching the specs for my computer. Again, I'm not advocating for any brand, but this one works well for me (and I did have the helpful people at GoEngineer review the specs for me before getting it). I work with Parts, Assemblies, and Drawings, but I don't do any Simulation or Rendering, so I can't promise a similar machine will work well for you. (2020-04-19 edit: I'm attaching the specs for my new computer, but I'll leave the previous one. So far the new one is working well also.)
Edit: I saw the information below posted by Mathieu Myrand-Bolduc in a Reply on the Discussion section of this forum, and he graciously agreed to let me quote it here. There's some good stuff in it.
"The place I work at does a lot of things through the API, some of it takes a lot of time, up to several hours actually, so we looked into a lot into the performance question, plus like @Jeff Mowry I like to game, so we went for what amounts to a high power gaming rig with a Quadro/Firepro video card. But in the process, we learned a lot about how Solidworks uses the hardware. The following is a resume of what we discovered. It was evaluated on SW 2016 and we mostly evaluated Intel/NVIDIA hardware. The conclusions "should" hold true for AMD hardware. Please note that we are running 3K components + sheet metal assemblies, so this should be a rather high end machine.
Assembly/rebuilds/Part creation: Uses a single core. If what you mostly do is Part and assembly creation, go for a High clock speed cpu. Note that more recent are usually a bit more powerful (a few % points). We went for a intel I-7 6700K. Theoretically you could go for a I-5 if you wanted to save some money, since the major difference is the hyper-threading and you have other cores that are free, so it shouldn't slow you down too much. Xeon were not evaluated, since the cost for high speed cpu was ridiculous and we didn't feel their differences added anything to us. Besides we had enough of our 2 core 2.5 ghz machines .....
Drawings: This is a bit different, since the view regeneration uses multiple cores. If you don't have to rebuild the assemblies, then go for a bigger core count. You want a high clock speed too for the odd time when you must rebuild. We didn't test this specifically, but that's what came up on several resources .
Rendering, FEA: We didn't test, but unless Solidworks did something weird these operations should be able to use multiple cores, so my guess would be a high core count. I would guess the new I-9 would shine there.
All operations: As much as needed. If you are working with small to medium assemblies and not opening anything ram heavy, then 16 gb should be enough. We went for 32 gb thought and I personally saw solidworks eat 22 gb on a single assembly (yes I opened it in resolved mode ....). Most recent high end cpu can go up to 64 gb, maybe 128 gb (probably an overkill). I have seen a benchmark suggesting that ram speed does not matter much on gaming performance, so I wouldn't worry about that too much.
Get a pro card, Quadro/Firepro. You can use a gaming card, but you loose a lot of performance and get weird results. I tested this at home (I have a Geforce 970) and It was a lot slower and less stable than what I had at work. I will admit that I didn't test without the registry key hack to enable real view and the other advanced options. I noted that the shaded with edge option was particularly slow on my machine. I suspect that there is special hardware in the Quadro/Firepro gpus. We have mid range Quadros and it works fine for medium/big assemblies. It is used mostly when you play with the views (rotation, move, display state changes , etc...).
As fast as possible. This affects everything, from boot time to opening Solidworks to opening and saving of files (on the hard disk of course). I would recommend the new M.2 hard disks, check the benchmarks, some are truly better. We have Samsung EVO 850, but the new ones are a lot faster.
Final notes on overclocking the CPU. CPU clock speed and performance are just about linear, so double the speed and you should just about cut the time in half. However, unless you spend a LOT of time in an intensive CPU operation, the gains in a day won't be that impressive for a user. Especially since you won't do more than a 30% clock speed increase (we did 15% I think). If you buy an OC box, sure, they tested it and are giving you a warranty on it, but if you want to do it yourself, unless it's for fun, I would leave it stock (or maybe boost all cores to turbo speed), or be ready to spend some time testing stability. We did it, because we are doing CPU intensive stuff, but you have to be careful, Solidworks can become unstable even if your system looks rock steady."
In the simple example shown below, I'll edit the green part to add a hole that will be linked to the hole in the red part.
First I'll click on the green part (either in the graphics area, or in the tree), and choose the "Edit Part" icon. You could also choose "Edit Component" from the Assembly tab of the Command Manager.
The text for the selected Part will turn blue instead of black in the Feature Manager tree. You are now free to edit the Part within the Assembly just like you would in the Part file, and you can reference features from other Parts just like you would if they belonged to the Part being edited. Select the "Edit Component" icon in the Command Manager to exit the "Edit Part" function when you're done.
Now the green part references the red part, and any edits to the red part will be reflected in the green one.
As you can see, the hole was near the top of the blocks but is at the center in the last screenshot. I edited the hole in the red part, and the hole in the green part updated without any input from me.
Insert the drawing view and insert the Bill of Materials (BOM), like usual, but after inserting the BOM you can delete the drawing view. After it's inserted in the drawing the BOM is linked to the assembly file itself, not the drawing view, and will still update if the assembly is edited, even if the drawing view has been deleted. If you don't want to delete the view for some reason, you can move it off the sheet, or Hide it.
Because of this behavior, if you have inserted a drawing view of an assembly and a BOM, and then change the drawing view to show a different configuration, the BOM will not automatically update to reflect this configuration. You can go to the BOM's Property Manager and change which assembly configuration it's referencing. In the example shown below the Assembly only had one configuration, but if you have more you can choose which one you want the BOM to reference.
If you want to keep the drawing view visible and in it's present location, but the BOM won't fit on the same sheet, you can move it to another sheet. Go to your tree, find the BOM, click on it, and drag and drop it on the sheet name of the sheet you want it moved to. You may need to rebuild for the move to take effect.
With the parent file open, go to File > Pack and Go.
This will allow you to copy the file and all of its dependent files (Parts, sub-assemblies, etc.) to another location. Most of the options are self-explanatory, but I'll touch on a couple of them. If you use Toolbox there's a box near the top left you can de-select to avoid copying them. There's also an option near the bottom left to send the files to a Zip file, which is handy if you need to send them to someone (or post them in a forum).
Changing the names of the new files is a good policy to make sure you don't get unintended changes to your original files. There are three ways to do this:
1. Double-click on the file name in the "Save to Name" column. That will allow you to assign a new name to individual files. This works fine if there aren't too many files, but for those with quite a few use 2 or 3.
2. There are checkboxes near the bottom right corner where you can add a suffix or prefix to the new file names.
3. Use the "Select / Replace" button (near the center, just below the list of files) to replace text in file names (such as project numbers) with new text. This function can also be used to exclude some components (such as library parts) by selecting "In Folder" from the Search drop-down, entering a key word, and then selecting "Uncheck item(s)".
When you've finished and clicked "Save", be sure to close your original file, then open the new files to make your changes (I learned this the hard way).
There's more information at 2019 SOLIDWORKS Help - Pack and Go Overview
Understanding the difference between sheet formats and drawing templates confuses many new users. I know it took me a while to get straight. Sheet formats (slddrt files) and drawing templates (.drwdot files) are two completely different file types. Sheet formats control sheet size, sheet orientation (landscape or portrait), border lines, table anchor points, and title block notes. These title block notes are typically driven by model properties or Drawing properties, which can be accessed by going to File > Properties in the Drawing. You can edit a sheet format by clicking on a blank part of the sheet, the sheet tab, or the sheet name in the tree, and choosing "Edit sheet format" from the drop-down. (By the way, any existing drawing views and annotations that don't belong to the sheet format will disappear when you go into "Edit sheet format" mode. Don't worry. They'll come back.)
When you're finished with your edits you can click on the icon in the upper right corner...
...or right-click again and choose "Edit sheet" from the drop-down to exit the sheet format editing function and return to normal operation.
You can save your sheet format by going to File and selecting "Save sheet format" from the drop-down. This will only save notes, lines, etc that belong to the sheet format (stuff that was inserted or edited when in "Edit sheet format" mode). Drawing views and other notes existing when the sheet format is saved will not be saved with the sheet format.
You can change to a different sheet format by expanding the Scale drop-down in the status bar at the bottom right corner of your monitor and choosing "Sheet Properties..." (This drop-down hasn't always been available, so if you're using an older version you can right-click again to get the same menu shown in the first screenshot above, but this time choose “Properties…” instead of "Edit sheet format".)
This will take you to the Sheet Properties dialog box (screenshot below), where you can set the sheet scale, change or Reload the sheet format, name the sheet, etc. When inserting a new sheet, it will use the same sheet format as the active sheet by default. (If you don't want it to use the same as the active sheet and instead want to choose the sheet format when adding sheets, go to Tools > Options > System Options > Drawings and check the box for “Show sheet format dialog when adding new sheet”.) If you don't see your saved sheet format listed here, and it's saved at the location you're pointing to at Tools > Options > System Options > File Locations > Sheet Formats, then un-check the box below for "Only show standard format".
Speaking of switching to a different sheet format, starting with SW2017 we can change the format for multiple sheets with one operation. Choose the new sheet format, then click on the button shown below.
That will bring up the "Sheet Selection" box. The active sheet will be selected by default, but you can add sheets as needed, or select "Sheet" at the top to select all sheets.
By the way, you might have noticed above in the Sheet Properties dialog box that First or Third projection angle is set there. I've never understood why. I'd think that option should be at Tools > Options > Document Properties where it could be set in the drawing template.
Layers are also saved in sheet formats, which I learned by accident. I had added some Layers to one Drawing that I only needed for that specific project, but after that they'd show up after I'd worked on a new Drawing for a while. I finally figured out that I had apparently edited and saved my sheet format after creating these Layers, so these Layers would show up when I'd add a new sheet. I deleted the Layers and re-saved the sheet format. That fixed it.
As I said above, the title block information is typically driven by custom properties, so if you're constantly opening the sheet format to edit notes I'd strongly suggest you spend some time learning more about custom properties. In my opinion it's one of the most powerful tools the software has to offer, and will save you a tremendous amount of time, especially if you have Drawings with multiple sheets, since you can enter or edit the information once and it will populate all sheets. You should only be editing the sheet format to modify other things, such as updating logos, company address, or just the general layout of the title block. I go months without touching mine.
See the screenshot below. It's from a newly opened Drawing using my standard template. I enter the information in the Value / Text Expression column and the notes in the title block are automatically filled out for all sheets. In the "Sheet 1 of 1" note, both numerals are linked to properties and will update as sheets are added. The "Draw3" note in the bottom corner is linked to the file location and file name, and will fill in accordingly when the drawing is saved, and the "Scale" note is of course linked to the sheet scale. As I said above, while I don't, many people also have notes in their title blocks that are linked to properties in the model, and those will update when a drawing view is inserted.
If you aren't familiar with linking Notes to properties, it's as simple as clicking on the "Link to Property" icon in the Note property manager when the Note text box is active, selecting either "Current document" (for Drawing properties) or "Model found here" (for model properties), and then choosing the property from the drop-downs (see below). If you're trying to link to a model property and don't see the property in the drop-down then insert a drawing view for the note to reference. You can delete the drawing view later if you want. (You can link to a property without going to the "Link to Property" icon, in which case I don't believe you'd need a drawing view inserted, but to be honest I've never bothered learning the proper syntax to type in.)
Now for Drawing Templates. They contain a tremendous number of settings that are controlled at Tools > Options > Document Properties, and can contain a sheet format. If your drawing template contains a sheet format, but you'd rather have the option to select a sheet format when starting a new drawing, open a new drawing using an existing template, right-click on the sheet format in the tree, and choose "Delete".
Save as "Drawing Template," and in the future when starting a new drawing with this drawing template you'll be immediately prompted to choose a sheet format.
Of course the reverse is also true. If your drawing template doesn't contain a sheet format and you want it to, you can open a new drawing, choose the appropriate sheet format, and save as drawing template. Drawing templates are saved by going to “File > Save as” and selecting "Drawing Template" from the drop-down for file type.
Printer settings are also saved in the Drawing Template, so if you have a template that uses a portrait sheet format, but when printing it prints in landscape, open a new drawing with this template, change the printer settings to portrait, and save the drawing template.
Here's a part that throws a lot of people off. When you start a new drawing it will use the sheet format as it existed when the drawing template was last saved. The drawing template does not maintain a link to the sheet format file, so if the sheet format is edited in another document it will not automatically update in drawing templates. If you want your drawing template to reflect changes to a sheet format you can start a new drawing, go to Sheet Properties, and click on the Reload button to update the active sheet. (I've occasionally run into a situation where the Update button doesn't work. If that happens, change to another sheet format, click on the "Apply Changes" button, then go back and choose the original format. That's never failed to work for me.) If you have multiple sheets saved in your drawing template don't forget to do this for each sheet. Then re-save the drawing template. This is why the Layers I talked about above weren't there when I'd start a new Drawing, but would show up when I added sheets.
The information above about new drawings using sheet formats as they existed at the time the sheet was inserted is of course also true for existing drawings. If you open a drawing that contains a sheet format that has been edited, you will need to Reload the sheet format to update it to the latest saved version. As I said above, if your Drawing contains multiple sheets, and you're using SW2017 or later, you can update all sheets with one operation.
By the way, I strongly recommend saving all custom document templates, sheet formats, weldment profiles, etc. in a location other than the SolidWorks installation folder so you won't lose them when you upgrade to a new version. If you're a single user save them somewhere else on your hard drive (and it wouldn't hurt to back them up somewhere else). If you're in a multi-user environment they should probably be saved on a network so other users can access them, and to help maintain uniformity between users. Be sure to point to the proper location for each file type at Tools > Options > System Options > File Locations.
2019-06-19 edit: Added the part about using the icon to exit "Edit sheet format" function. Thank you Tom Gagnon (Edit sheet format, trapped with no close edit icon ).


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TAKE TWO: Dungy's comments reaffirm Fisher is on right side of history
Given his public opposition to gay marriage, Tony Dungy’s recent comments saying he would not have drafted Michael Sam were not a major surprise.
“I wouldn’t have taken him, not because I don’t believe Michael Sam should have a chance to play, but I wouldn’t want to deal with all of it,” the former NFL coach and current NBC analyst told the Tampa Tribune.
Considering that Sam dropped to the back end of the seventh round before the Rams selected the openly gay former Missouri standout, Dungy’s was not an isolated opinion.
It is a bad opinion, though.
Dungy served as dog-killing Michael Vick’s mentor and image-launderer after prison. The media scrutiny Vick brought to the Philadelphia Eagles was at least as distracting as what Sam is bringing to the Rams, and Dungy was Vick’s advocate. So is the issue really “distractions” or disapproval of Sam’s lifestyle?
But rather than further pile on an otherwise decent man whose conservative religious beliefs have clouded his judgment on gay rights, I would rather reaffirm praise for Rams Coach Jeff Fisher and his bosses.
They realized Sam would be a little more high-maintenance than the average rookie, and they still picked him.
It’s easy to be on the right side of history when it’s no longer a hassle to be right. It takes real courage to do it first.


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HELSINKI, October 1 (Itar-Tass) - Finland must not attempt to influence law proceedings against Greenpeace activists that were started in Russia, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said in an interview with Yle TV company on Tuesday.
He has said laws differ from one country to another, and a prolonged pre-trial detention is impossible in Finland. However, Finland would object to anyone’s interference in its judicial system. Niinisto also said the Russian leadership would not be approached on the matter.
At the same time he promised all possible consular and legal assistance to a Finnish woman who was detained alongside other Greenpeace activists.
On September 18, the Greenpeace icebreaker Arctic Sunrise flying the Netherland’s flag, approached the floating platform Prirazlomnaya and Greenpeace activists tried to go aboard the platform. Their actions were checked by officers of the Border Department of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) for the Murmansk region, and the ship was towed to the port of Murmansk.
Investigators instituted criminal proceedings in connection with sea piracy, but the case may be qualified differently. The activists are now held in several investigation wards in the Murmansk region.


Soybean condition revival offers ‘glimmer of hope’
The condition of US soybeans recovered to its best since late July as rains refreshed drought-hit crops, fuelling thoughts that a key crop report on Wednesday may turn out less downbeat than investors have forecast.
The proportion of the US soybean crop in “good” or “excellent” condition rose two points to 32% as of Sunday, the US Department of Agriculture said in a weekly report.
The revival – while helped by slight recoveries in crops in Illinois and Iowa, the top soybean producing – states, also included a four-point jump to 24% in the proportion of the Indiana crop rated good or excellent, boosted by rains including those which followed Hurricane Isaac.
USDA officials in Indiana, reporting “rain showers across most of the state”, said that “topsoil moisture has been recharged in many areas”, if noting that “the subsoil remains mostly dry as field tiles are still not running”.


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If you’re interested in diving but don’t have the time to take up a full time course, then Discover Scuba Diving in Gili Meno is the ideal choice for you. In a single day you’ll learn all the basic skills of diving combined with embarking on your first ever scuba dive!
You’ll start with some theory learning followed by learning dive techniques in a swimming pool. Once you’re confident and ready you’ll head out to one of Gili Meno’s gorgeous dive spots and experience your gorgeous scuba dive. Your dive will last for 45 minutes and will enable you to swim as deep as 40 feet into the water. Once you’re under, you’ll bear witness to the rich marine topography that resides here.
NOTE: All prices in this package are subject to fluctuations based on international currency exchange rates at the time of booking.
The smallest of the 3, Gili Meno is a part of the Gili Islands situated near the coast of the northwest Lombok Island in Indonesia. A popular destination for divers from all over the world, these islands are characterized by sandy beaches fringed with palm trees and crystal clear blue waters.
Some of the dive spots surrounding Gili Meno consist of Turtle Heaven, known for their large populations of turtles; Soraya, where you’ll find different types of corals; Meno Wall, home to a large variety of crustaceans; Meno Slope, where you can spot pufferfish and coral bommies; Bounty Wreck for wreck divers and Simon’s Reef for its sandy bottom and pinnacle covered with fish life.
Take your first steps into the diving world through Discover Scuba Diving in Gili Meno. | Feel the thrill of diving as deep as 40 feet into the water. | Learn about different dive sites and techniques. | Spot some exotic fish species. | Dive in some of the world's most popular and fish rich dive destinations.
Today, you'll be picked up from your hotel by 08:00 hrs, and then driven to the dive centre. At the dive centre, begin your Discover Scuba Diving course with some theory sessions. After this, you'll move onto practising dive techniques in the confines of a swimming pool. After adequate parctise, once you're confident, you'll sail out to the pier and board the boat to your dive spot in Gili Meno. Once you reach, you'll embark on one beautiful dive into the water. After experiencing your first ever dive, you'll then sail back to the dive centre to freshen up and change, after which you'll be dropped back to your hotel. Your trip ends here.
For cancellations made 24 hrs prior to the departure of the Discover Scuba Diving in Gili Meno trip: 100% refund.
In case of no show: No refund.
Above and beyond all cancellation fees/charges by the operator and The Great Next, you will be charged international payment transfer fees. Please check with us what these charges will be for this trip.
Consumption of alcohol or any kind of intoxication is not permitted during Discover Scuba Diving in Gili Meno.
No harm or damage should be inflicted on natural habitats while Discover Scuba Diving in Gili Meno.
Participants must adhere to the instructions of the guide at all times during the Discover Scuba Diving in Gili Meno trip.
The equipment should be used with care while Discover Scuba Diving in Gili Meno.

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gargling reduces viral load and may facilitate the flow of coronavirus, said Taiwanese scientists. The study is published in the journal Public Health.
According to scientists, regular gargling with salt solution, saline or even just water may be one of the ways to prevent coronavirus.
As noted, in the first days after the ingestion, the concentration of virus is highest in the throat. If at this time to reduce its quantity in the body, it can positively affect the course of the disease.
Doctors advise to use this method together with the wearing of masks, social distancing and regular hand washing.
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You can return the product without providing a reason within 14 days.
This product is available in our stores
The truck and tractor kit will definitely be useful in many garage.
A truck with semi-trailer for carrying heavy tractors, will provide creative play.
The car is equipped with sound effects, so the fun will be even more realistic.
- a car and a tractor driven by the Friction power mechanism, which is accelerated by swinging the toy on a smooth surface
- light on the roof of the tira
- When you press the button on the roof you can hear the sound of the vehicle firing, the engine running, the reverse, the horn
- The toy is made entirely of plastic
- truck: about 28 x 13 x 15 cm
- tractor ok; 16 x 8.5 x 11 cm
The toy is powered by batteries (3x AG13) - attached to the toy.
Vehicles allow you to develop skills such as driving, concentration, manual skills, speed of thinking, agility and cunning. Vehicles are a great way to have fun together. With such children, they can spend more time with their parents or peers. Whole packed in aesthetic box. The car will be an indispensable toy for every small driver who cares about road safety.
The vehicles in this series reflect in original details the original vehicles.
34 cm x 13 cm x 17 cm
We provide a 12-month warranty for the toys from the date of purchase. The warranty does not cover damage caused mechanically, through errors in use and natural wear and tear of the product.


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As I opened the pages, memories rushed back to me. It started with June 25, 2009, I had written:
[Beginning of Journal Entry]
“Jambo! (Hello) After traveling for over 32 hours, we finally made it. As we came in late last night (around midnight) you could not see a thing. The only thing I really remember is the peace I had when I arrived. We woke up this morning or I should probably say afternoon around 12:30PM, and then quickly went to lunch. And I was shocked at what I saw. The darkness that we had driven through last night and all of it was finally lit up. We were right on the Indian Ocean! It was beautiful and the weather is so nice with the warmth of the sun on my face and the cool breeze coming off the ocean. I feel so spoiled amongst this beauty. God used this picture to remind me of how blessed I am.
Psalm 42:11, “put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.”
Coming onto this trip, I viewed it as just another ‘trip’. A trip with responsibilities attached and then we were flying here I realized how wrong I was.
I am here for the Lord, to serve the Lord and to live through the Lord. This is what I am here to do. This is what I am made to do. Am I ready? Of course not, but I am willing to throw my heart on the line and serve the Lord. I am in Mombasa, Kenya to leave a mark on the people. And if I at least make a change in one person’s life or in no ones at least I know I have planted a seed for the Lord to become fruitful within each one of them.
Philemon 1:4-7 ‘I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, because I hear about your love for all his holy people and your faith in the Lord Jesus. I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ. Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the Lord’s people.’”
[End of Journal Entry]
It has now almost been five years since my first step on Kenya soil and as I look back, I am in complete shock of everything the Lord has done in my life and in the life of the people I serve in Kenya. God is good, all the time.
My eighteen-year-old self taught me a valuable lesson the other day. She taught me that in midst of where I am or what I am doing that I am always a servant for Christ. She reminded me to give it all to the Lord, to put my heart on the line for the Lord and to serve. Serve with all my might. She reminded me that the Lord is not just in scripture, but He is in the beauty of the sun, He is in the people we pass by, He is Here, right now. Our God is our Father, our Savior and our best friend.
When was the last time you said hello to Him?
He is there, waiting for you, waiting for us to engage in His presence.
Let Him set a fire in your soul that you cannot contain or control.
And as you give Him your everything, let Him fill you up with all of Him.
Radiating HIS love Everyday,

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Talk presented at #NotYoga2020 Symposium Dec 2020.
I have a question for us. What do you think is our greatest asset in this pandemic?
What is the most important asset that we need to protect during this pandemic? If you’re in leadership positions, you may consider that the team or the institution as something you need to guard. Today you will hear many brilliant ways of engaging the whole system for change. But for you personally, you probably know that the greatest asset in this pandemic is yourself.
Of course, your experience of this pandemic is dependent on where you are, when you are and probably even more importantly, who you’re with. We’re all experiencing different phases of the pandemic. How Melbourne feels right now is different to how Brisbane, London, New York or Warrnambool is feeling. How Melbourne feels right now is different to how Melbourne feels back in August when we were in lockdown. Perhaps most importantly, your team, your leaders, and your institutional authorities determine how you are feeling at this moment. You’ve heard it before: we’re in the same storm, but we’re in different boats, different waves and we’ve got different boat crew members.
In this day of big talks, we are not going to gloss over the little big people, or big little people. This is a private talk. We process this pandemic differently. My experience of this pandemic is very unique to me. I work in several institutions and teams. In one hospital I feel completely protected and appreciated. In another I feel lonely & lost. In one hospital, name tag lanyards are ok, surgical cloth caps are not. In another, surgical cloth caps are ok, but name tag lanyards are not. It’s wild. No wonder it’s been a roller coaster of emotions. I still remember the betrayal & anger I felt when I needed to justify a request for N95 mask for my aerosol generating ENT procedure. We experience & process this pandemic differently on a personal level.
A recent study published last month looking at “Psychological distress, coping behaviours, and preferences for support among 650 plus New York healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic” reported that 57% screened positive for acute stress, 48% for depressive, and 33% for anxiety symptoms. And what were their biggest concerns? Lack of control, lack of testing and PPE, and transmitting COVID to family.
How are you feeling at the moment? You might well be feeling burned out, because this pandemic is a chronic occupational stress causing us to feel emotionally exhausted, depersonalised and less efficient. You could be feeling a sense of compassion fatigue: an emotional and physical exhaustion leading to a diminished ability to empathize or feel compassion for others, the negative cost of caring. Or perhaps it’s moral injury, moral distress, moral anguish, or moral conflict. In 1984, the term moral distress was first conceptualized by Andrew Jameton in his book on Nursing Practice, to describe the psychological conflict nurses experienced during, “ethical dilemmas.” He wrote that “moral distress arises when one knows the right thing to do, but institutional constraints make it nearly impossible to pursue the right course of action.” I bet many of us here know that feeling.
You may not be able to accurately delineate where burnout, compassion fatigue and moral distress overlap, but I’m sure that you can recognise the primary emotions underneath. Those definitions are scientific, while our emotions are raw and real. Our emotional responses to this pandemic are native and inherent to who we are as human beings and health care workers. May I help you define some of those things you’re feeling right now? Can I confess that I have felt mad, bad, sad and scared?
I have felt mad. I was angry at the state we found ourselves in. I was mad at certain protocols. I was angry at some decisions made by our leaders. I have written emails I should not have, and tweeted thoughts I should not have. Has anyone else done this? Or is it just me?
Because of that and a few other things I also have felt bad. A sense of shame that I wasn’t good enough. A feeling of guilt that I did not do more for that patient who died or that colleague who got infected. I felt bad I did not advocate more.
Of course, I have felt sad. I’m sad that I see worldwide carnage from this virus and yet many who still deny its existence. I am sad that I have not seen some of my colleagues’ smiles for a long time or hug some of my patients and my family members. This sadness can explain some of the days when I just wake up feeling blue. When will this marathon end? When will this pandemic be over? When can I hug my patients again?
Perhaps the one emotion that has driven a lot of actions during this pandemic is fear. We are scared. The uncertainty of the future makes us feel scared. The words “toilet paper” has triggered some primitive emotions and actions. When I’m doing rigid bronchoscopies on my tracheostomy patients, I feel close to danger and I’m scared. When I’m holding the face of my patients and examining their noses and throats, I’m scared & anxious. It only takes one breath for the patient to pass on their covid to me when we are that intimate in an ENT examination. That’s why my psychological safety is strongly linked to my physical safety.
I’m not so good at writing cards. So you know when you look for a greeting card in the shops, you are looking for one that encapsulates how you feel about the recipient. Perhaps the emotional confusion you feel can be defined by one of these words? Am I feeling mad, bad, sad or scared? This is not an attempt to belittle these emotions or its impact on the individual. This is my way of simplifying and clarifying how I feel. I need simplicity to help my simple surgeon brain to comprehend my complex emotions.
Here’s the thing: are these emotions negative, positive or neutral? None of the above. These emotions are not negative, positive, or neutral. These emotions are human. These are human emotions in a pandemic. Feeling mad, bad, sad or scared is human in this unprecedented year we are experiencing together. The challenge is how we navigate and manage these fundamental emotions for positive impact. My anger is a trigger that something does not sit right me. I need to find a solution. My shame or guilt is a mirror to remind me to be humble and to accept that I am good enough where I am. My disappointment is a reminder that I do not have everything under my control. I should focus on things I can influence. My fear is a reminder that I need to redirect my excitement for advocacy work. Use these basic emotions to reorient your thinking and response.
When I look back carefully at the last 11 months, I admit that beside feeling mad, bad, sad or scared, I have also felt glad. I have changed. I learned new ways of doing things. I learned stuff I wouldn’t have learned. Listen to the speakers before me and the speakers after me. I am glad I get to learn from them. I have been impressed by many leaders. I have been touched by the resilience of many of my patients. I have seen the faithfulness of my colleagues. I have seen ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Librarians calling up the elderly in their membership books. Restaurants feeding frontline workers and the marginalised. Airline crew working in aged care facilities. The pandemic has shone a light on social inequities and broken systems, but that light that broke through the cracks mean that we can start fixing things. Like a mosaic art, light will shine through the cracks, and all those colourful pieces can be put together for a better vision.
This pandemic has decluttered my life and reorganised my values. I am learning the art of tidying my life. I have decluttered my possession, my profession and even threw out some friends in the bin. I am learning to focus on things that spark joy. You know, I basically Marie Kondo’ed my way through the pandemic. Marie Kondo says you need to touch every item in your life and keep it if it sparks joy, bin it if it doesn’t. The first thing my dear wife did after reading her book: she laid her hands on me. She said, “I’m just checking if you still spark joy.” For many of us, this pandemic year is a year of re-setting. Pandemic decluttering is good for you.
Feeling mad, bad, sad, scared or glad is not wrong. It is simply being human in this pandemic. Reorienting those emotions for positive effect is what we should strive for. Decluttering our lives, reducing the noise and focusing on things that matter will help us significantly.
One more thing. So by now you know how to don and doff your physical PPE. What’s your emotional and mental PPE? Your mental PPE will look different to mine. It could be exercise, books, meditation, art, spirituality or yoga. My personal PPE include humility, heart (empathy) and hope. To my surprise, one of the greatest emotional PPE I’ve discovered through this pandemic is other people. My colleagues help me debrief. My family helps me see purpose. My team mates make me realise that I’m not alone. We get through this pandemic together.
So perhaps my opening statement is incorrect, or at least, incomplete. Perhaps the greatest asset we have in this pandemic is actually each other. Jump into each other’s boats.
Stay safe. Stay connected. Take care.


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The Irish star gave a charming performance with the UK singer.
Niall Horan and Anne-Marie gave the live performance debut of their new single 'Our Song' on US TV last night.
Joined by a classic sports car in studio, in line with the music video for the song, the pair belted out a powerful and emotional performance of their new single.
Released a couple of weeks ago, 'Our Song' is currently number 9 on the Irish singles chart, having debuted at number 10.
Speaking about the new release with RTÉ's 2FM recently, the pair admitted that they wrote and recorded the song in under two hours. When asked it if was the quickest song he's written, Niall said: "I’ve written songs in like 10 minutes but that's because I knew exactly what I wanted to say.
"We were very lucky though that Anne-Marie had that concept, it was very relatable."
Anne-Marie's concept for the song revolves around the ending of a relationship, and how a song you once associated with that person can make you wish you'd never heard it.
Here is the full performance from 'The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon'. 'Our Song' is out now.
Previous to 'Our Song', Niall Horan's latest release came in 2020 with his album 'Heartbreak Weather'. The album went to number one in both the Irish and UK album charts.


Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is about to launch later this yr with the all-new Put on platform. This a lot was confirmed by Samsung throughout the Google I/O 2021 keynote a number of weeks in the past. Google and Samsung introduced that they have been merging WearOS and Tizen to create Put on, which brings one of the best of each platforms. For the reason that announcement, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 has been noticed on the Wi-Fi Alliance web site, which didn’t reveal something about its specs. Now, 91mobiles has found the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 on the SGS Fimko web site, which tells us concerning the smartwatch’s battery and charging assist.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 on SGS Fimko
The SGS Fimko itemizing reveals the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 mannequin numbers SM-R865F and SM-R860, that are the identical mannequin numbers that appeared on the Wi-Fi Alliance itemizing final month. This implies we’re wanting on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and the Fimko itemizing reveals that the smartwatch will pack a 247mAh battery. Moreover, the watch will assist 5W charging.
The 247mAh battery means that the SM-R865F and SM-R860 are the 41mm variant of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4. To recall, the Galaxy Watch 3 41mm variant featured a 240mAh battery, whereas the 45mm mannequin housed an even bigger 340mAh unit. That mentioned, the unique Galaxy Watch packed a a lot larger 472mAh battery and it seems to be just like the upcoming Galaxy Watch 4 received’t supply a battery capability that huge. Nonetheless, with a brand new and optimised Put on OS platform that guarantees good battery life, it appears the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 will do exactly positive on a 247mAh battery.


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Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (MN-07) joined Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (MN-06), Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08), and Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01) in sending a letter to Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon asking how his office plans to investigate claims that DACA recipients and other non-citizens are voting in Minnesota’s elections.
“Voter integrity and voter confidence are key to the future of our elections,” said Rep. Fischbach. “The Secretary of State should be doing everything he can to ensure lawful elections, rather than ignoring, or worse, encouraging, non-citizens voting in American elections. Minnesotans deserve to know what steps the Secretary will be taking to reassure the public that our elections are secure.”
"As we work to restore voter confidence, we must ensure that only eligible Americans are able to cast a ballot," said Chairman Steil. "It is deeply concerning that in Minnesota, non-citizens are proudly touting that they have repeatedly voted in elections -- which is not only against both state and federal law, but ultimately undermines the integrity of our elections. Secretary Simon must identify how this was able to happen and immediately provide a remedy."
"Any ineligible ballot cast in Minnesota should be cause for serious concern,” said Majority Whip Emmer. “If Secretary of State Simon will not appropriately investigate claims of non-citizens illegally voting, we will demand answers. Thank you to Chairman Steil for leading this effort to restore Minnesota voters’ confidence in our elections.”
“Ensuring the integrity of our elections is key to restoring Americans’ faith in our electoral system," said Rep. Stauber. "Secretary Simon owes us clear answers on the very troubling allegations of noncitizens voting in Minnesota and what measures he’s taking to ensure only citizens are voting in our elections. Let me be clear- only legal American citizens should be able to vote in American elections.”
“Minnesota voters deserve to have confidence in their elections, which means assurance from the Secretary of State that ballots are cast only by those who are eligible to vote,” said Rep. Finstad. “Intentional violations of voter eligibility must be taken seriously, which is why I am joining my colleagues in demanding answers from Secretary Simon about the security of future elections in Minnesota.”
Background: In testimony offered at a January 10th hearing by the Minnesota House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient exclaimed, “We are voting. Our people are voting.” In response, instead of launching any investigation of this unlawful activity, the Secretary's office responded, “noncitizen voting is [not] a problem in Minnesota or nationally.”
The full letter can be found here.


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Today I am mid painting on a few projects. I seem to have the same thing that the rest of the crafty community has on their minds; organization. I even was featured on a blog about it. Check this beautiful blog out! http://alovelyescape.blogspot.com/
The picture is the box I made last night. It is pencil box in french. I am thinking cottage furniture will come out of my workshop this weekend so stay close and see what happens. I have to run to the yarn shop for Fridays Sit n Knit. Then back to my own organizing so I can be productive.