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FedEx Ground, NEMF to expand Washington County operations
New England Motor Transport's new truck terminal located at 16503 Hunters Green Parkway will be opening soon. (By Yvette May/Staff Photographer / December 8, 2012)
He said the addition itself will be built on the opposite side of Newgate Boulevard, on the lot where the employees park now, outside the already huge distribution center. Also, “in order to expand our building, we have to fill in the (stormwater management) pond that we have” on the distribution center side of the road, he said.
The 210,000-square-foot addition will be attached to the current center, Schussler said. That will enlarge it to the full 590,000-square-foot facility envisioned when FedEx Ground began operations here in 2005, Schussler said.
“The building itself has always been built so it can be modular,” he said. “There has always been a plan for this building to be expanded to full phase, which is what we’re doing.”
The addition will increase the number of bay doors to 462 from the 322 bay doors it has now, spokeswoman Truxal said. Drivers back their tractor-trailers up to the bay doors so packages can be unloaded and others can be loaded on.
The center is among the 32 so-called distribution hubs that FedEx Ground has throughout the nation, according to Sandi Waggoner, senior office administrator at the Hagerstown facility.
FedEx Ground, among several divisions of parent company FedEx Corp., specializes in the shipping of packages weighing up to 150 pounds each, Waggoner said. FedEx Freight, a division that has a large shipping center off Md. 63 west of Hagerstown, handles packages weighing more, she said.
Truxal said she doesn’t know how much the FedEx Ground expansion here will cost. She said construction will begin with a groundbreaking early in 2013, probably in February.
Schussler said plans for the addition already have gone out to area building contractors. He said their bids for the work are due soon.
“I’m getting a lot of visits right now from some of the prime contractors,” he said, adding that the work will “definitely” be a boost to the area’s construction industry. It was hit hard by and still is suffering from the nation’s recent recession.
“We try to use a lot of local” tradespeople, he said.
The expansion is the second at the distribution center since it opened in 2005, Waggoner said.
At that time, it had 330,000 square feet, she said. A 50,000-square-foot addition was completed in 2009, expanding the center to its present 380,000 square feet, she said.
According to stories The Herald-Mail published in those early years, the center was expected to have about 400 employees when it opened. The number of workers grew to about 600 by 2008, when construction of that first addition began, the newspaper’s archives show.
And by 2009, when that addition was completed, the company was planning to hire 250 more employees, the newspaper reported at the time.
Corporate spokewoman Truxal said she doesn’t know whether FedEx will hire more employees when the newest addition is ready.
“Right now, all the current employees will retain employment and we will add as dictates demand. We do not have a specific number,” Truxal said. “We chose to expand this facility because of the growth in the market and we will add the positions necessary to accomodate this growth.”
Waggoner said she doesn’t know either whether more employees will be hired.
She said the center has about 800 dock workers, some of them full time and some part time, plus about 88 other employees in management now.


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Nanjing Ziquan installs second complete hot fill pet line
Nanjing Ziquan, one of China’s leading co-packers, has turned again to to the Switzerland-based company to increase its hot fill production capacity of Mizone, a functional drink brand particularly popular in China and packaged in PET, for which consumption is growing. The new line – running at a speed of 36,000 bottles per hour (bph) – follows positive feedback on a similar complete hot fill PET line installed in 2013. It brings the total number of hot fill lines installed in the Nanjing plant to three. The Chinese co-packer were looking for a solution which was respecting the highest hygienic standards required by its customer, while paying close attention to cost-efficiency so to keep the positive trajectory of its profitability.
Both Sidel lines comprise a Sidel SBO Heat Resistant blower with 20 blowing stations, Sidel Matrix SF700 hot filler, conveyors, labeller and packer. They strengthen the installed base of hot fill complete lines in the Nanjing Ziquan plant and increase production capacity of Mizone in PET bottles.
The Sidel Matrix hotfiller, the SF700 offers the highest standards of hygiene and operational reliability during filling. As such, it meets the production demands of a variety of beverages, such as teas, isotonics and juices, with or without pulps or particles – in formats to match production needs. Its electronic filling valves guarantee precise filling volumes while minimising product waste. To avoid contamination, there is no contact between the filling valve and the bottle neck and all components coming into contact with the product are made from stainless steel 316L. These contactless filling valves, together with the design of the hotfiller, optimise product safety throughout the entire packaging process.


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Peter Laws is an ordained Baptist minister with a taste for the macabre. He regularly speaks and preaches at churches and events. He lives with his family in Bedfordshire.
`An unexpected thrill ride that I would gladly hop on again.... This one is perfect for fans of John Connolly, I should know, I love the Charlie Parker books. I highly recommend that you pick it up, and get stuck in.' Don Jimmy Reviews; `I found the whole concept of this story to be intriguing and fascinating. Peter Laws has wrote characters I find believable and that I care what happens to them, especially Ever and Matt.' Booking Good Read; `My Rating: *****. The details are rich and well done, creepy and very very eerie at times... I struggled to make myself put this down, then struggled even harder to sleep.' MADEUP Book Reviews; `Completely compulsive and I found it hard to stop reading!' Rachel Read it; `A spectacular read' Cheryl M-M's Book Blog; `Severed really gave me the creeps ... a great balance of comic and the macabre... The writing is as tight as a drum, layer upon layer of this compelling and sinister story is peeled back with every sinister secret uncovered.' Feminisia Libros Reviews; `Completely brilliant, creepy as all heck and a huge page turner. Matt Hunter is fast becoming a favourite... an absolutely rocking ride... [a] highly addictive read. As ever I loved it. Dark and delicious with plenty of edge of the seat moments, twisty as you like and beautifully written and plotted. Roll on more Matt Hunter. Highly Recommended.' Liz Loves Books; `Severed holds your attention in a vice-like grip and you will definitely not be able to put it down' On The Shelf Book Blog; `As the chapters spin by, Laws dusts off one of the oldest tricks in the book of narrative devices, but deftly breathes new life into it... The finale of this brilliant thriller is apocalyptic enough to satisfy the most ardent fan of the horror genre, but Laws is smart enough - like Phil Rickman in his Merrily Watkins novels - to give everything (well, almost everything) a natural explanation, and when the emotional roller-coaster finally comes to rest we know that it is human beings, images and clones of ourselves if you will, that are capable of far more dreadful deeds than any supernatural monster conjured up from the bowels of Hell.' Fully Booked; `Severed is dark but it is enthralling and once again demonstrates why Peter Laws is an author to follow. His books are thrilling and action-packed but they're also clever and interesting, with an unusual perspective.' https://forwinternights.wordpress.com/2019/01/15/severed-by-peter-laws/

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The US X Factor judge and Disney star announced details of her inspirational book which is to include her favourite quotes, in a Keek video posted to Twitter yesterday (9 September).
"One of the things that's helped me in my recovery is taking every day one day at a time," she said.
"I am a firm believer in starting out the day right with an inspirational quote and a morning meditation, so I've put together 365 of my favourite quotes and a little morning meditation for everybody.
The 'Heart Attack' singer, who has landed a role in US comedy drama Glee as a love interest for Santana, was admitted to a rehab facility in 2010 to seek treatment for bulimia and self-harm issues.
Demi continued to say that she was "excited" about the release, telling fans that she hopes the book "inspires" them.
Staying Strong, which will be published by Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, will include quotes, personal reflections and goals.
Part of the excerpt reads: "For superstar Demi Lovato, life has been a journey — a time of dazzling achievements and heartbreaking losses. She has faced struggles ranging from addiction to depression, all the while on a search for self-discovery and happiness.
"This is a book for everyone, everywhere, on their own journey who need comfort, inspiration and a reason every day to stay strong."
Demi is returning to screens in the US on 11 September when the new series of The X Factor USA returns. She will be back on the judging panel alongside Simon Cowell, Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio.
Staying Strong will be released worldwide on 19 November.
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Latest disposal leaves Gilbert £4.8m richer
The boss of Aberdeen Asset Management (AAM), Martin Gilbert, has cashed in shares in the firm worth nearly £4.8million just months after he sold stock valued at more than £4million.
Mr Gilbert, AAM’s chief executive, disposed of more than 1million ordinary AAM shares at 444p each in the latest disposal.
It leaves the north-east entrepreneur with only 122,233 ordinary shares, or 0.01% of the business.
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The recently evolving Coronavirus pandemic exposed one core vulnerability: There are no real contingency plans in place by national governments to address an unexpected emergency or catastrophe.
Profit Over People
The global pandemic continues to expose the flaws and vulnerabilities of humanity’s unsustainable systems.
The American government took quick action in an attempt to first save the multinational banks and corporations through quantitative easing with unlimited liquidity (cash printing into infinity). The Federal Reserve was granted permission to print cash endlessly in an attempt to prop up a dying economy. These actions are completely unsustainable and can potentially lead to hyperinflation of the dollar.
The American government responded to the crisis with a business as usual approach by taking action toward economic growth before taking into consideration the people that are truly suffering through these times. These actions confirm the already blatant notion that America is run by corporations for corporations. The global economy is at a stand still, yet multinational corporations continue to benefit as the endlessly growing inequality is exacerbated.
The current economic system is unethical, unsustainable, and only benefits the 1 percent. The fundamental structure of the global economic system is immensely detrimental to the developing and underdeveloped countries contributing to the global trade.
Developing and Underdeveloped Countries
The developing and underdeveloped countries throughout the world are drastically suffering, reeling from the impact of this relatively new, unknown, and dreadful new health concern plus the negative effects of the WTO (World Trade Organization). These poor countries’ annual national budgets throughout the decades can’t by themselves cope with alleviating the standards of living of their citizens.
The said national budgets for the year 2020 had already been allocated for essential services. A large chunk of that, maybe running in the hundreds of millions of US dollars (converted into their respective state currencies) have to be realigned to service the health catastrophe that the coronavirus pandemic has brought upon national economies. At the same time, these malnourished states have to withstand the paralyzing blows of the WTO to their respective economies.
The World Trade Organization was originally supposed to disperse the benefits to all countries contributing to global trade and monoculture but the inverse happened: increased poverty in developing and underdeveloped countries, and increased wealth to multinational corporations.
The GATT’s (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) supposed purpose was to make fair trade among developed and developing nations for products, services, and intellectual property rights. It achieved success for product trade but with a big percentage of leanings towards corporations of industrialized countries for their benefit.
The WTO had hoped to achieve targets of fair trade for all three: products, services, and intellectual property rights, but it was all propaganda and the added wealth was funneled into multinational corporations. Even the supposed “Trickle down effect” on the middle and lower class in the developing countries was never felt. Wage increase was minimal but the cost of essential goods and services multiplied, no thanks to GATT and WTO.
Why We Need A New Economic System
- 71% of the world’s emissions come from a mere 100 companies primarily based in industrialized countries as a result of global trade.
- Only 1% of the world’s population benefit from the current economic system.
- 75% of the world’s capacity to produce multitudes of crops simultaneously (permaculture) has been significantly hindered in the last 10 years.
Globalization vs Localization
The progressing development of globalization has drastically threatened biodiversity as monoculture continually expands throughout the world. The quota imposed by the mentioned trade bodies for specific crops has discouraged developing countries to diversify their agricultural produce.
Take this example of Negros Occidental, a province in the central Philippines, which since the late 19th century has sugarcane as its main crop. Since then, this province has been attempting to diversify its crop selection into other varieties, but because of the quota in sugar production that GATT and WTO have imposed on the Philippines, this province has been forced to abandon its agriculture and aquaculture diversification efforts to focus on sugarcane production which still accounts for 90 percent of the province’s economy today. But depressed sugar prices at present have hindered the pursuit of agricultural diversity in Negros Occidental.
We as individuals can only do so much. We need involvement with well-intentioned policymakers, innovative economists, and idealistic business leaders to evolve an economics system that will promote Localization.
Local Futures is a nonprofit organization dedicated to emboldening local economies to prioritize the welfare of people and the earth first. For more than 40 years, Local Futures has been creating awareness about the catastrophe wrought by the effects of globalization and encourages the promotion of localization as a general solution.
Localization: The Economics of Happiness
Localization is increasing the accessibility and efficiency between producers and consumers by cutting the distance between them. It means to localize or simply make the local community produce as much of the commodities they need within the area.
Localization encourages small businesses to adapt the supply to the demand of the local community in a way that is reciprocal for the small businesses, the consumers, and the environment.
Self-sustainability, the primary objective of localization, reduces the reliance on imports to supply a local community’s needs, and in turn, mitigates unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions.
An extreme example of self-sustainability was Japan from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Japan had a policy of isolation called Sakoku. No citizen could depart the country. When they attempt outside travel, they were punished with death.
The Japanese went on a diet of fish, vegetables, and rice because these were the only foods available. But Japan came out of this isolation a strong country with a proud sense of self-sufficiency.
Going local means repairing our disheveled world – the ecosystem, our societies, and us, the individuals. The pandemic happening today has even reinforced that mentality.
Have you noticed that the global lockdown has lessened the effect of more than a century of climate change?
You hear more birds chirping, the sea is turning bluer, the nearby mountains can be seen more clearly, and the air seems a bit fresher.
What can we do as citizens to insist on localization?
- We can sign petitions or join activist movements to tell governments to stop giving tax breaks to big banks and corporations, and instead install programs and realign the state funds to promote localization and self-sufficiency.
- We can build and link communities together and educate people about the benefits and self-sustaining nature of permaculture.
- We can take the action into our own hands by joining and creating groups to build sustainable environmental and economic systems from the ground up.
Have you seen The Economics of Happiness film?
It is an award-winning documentary produced by Local Futures that delves into the social, ecological, and spiritual sacrifices and compromises that is the result of the present day’s globalization thrust. The film then suggests the best practice benefits of state policy towards localization. It gives examples of individuals and communities taking the first steps into the economics of happiness. Thinkers and activists like Helena Norberg-Hodge, Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, Samdhong Rinpoche, and David Korten are interviewed in this documentary.
This film has been translated into nearly 30 languages.
Watch it at no cost at filmsforaction.org.
Every human being, regardless of borders and class, deserves the experience of The Economics of Happiness. Go local and experience peaceful contentment in self-sustainability with your loved ones.


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Originally published on Philadelphia City Paper on November 10 2006. Written by A.D. Amorosi.
Kicking up Sawdust with avant-garde rockers Chromelodeon.
Philadelphia octet Chromelodeon manipulates its sound as if fiddling with an old-school joystick. It’s a music fraught with twitching and twirling, blipping and barking, theremin-fueled juking and blissing out within glacial cinematic space-capades. There is also, of course, a touch of kitsch in a chaos-driven orchestra named after instrument inventor Harry Partch’s quirky reed organ (hence the Sprite Slowdown offshoot, which dedicates itself to video game soundtracks). Either way Chromelodeon is a group that utilizes violins and accordions with the same ardor as guitars. But this band — best heard live, great on Bloodlink label CDs In the Year 20XX and the new Heart of Sawdust — is cluttered, clustered and hard, with little comparison to much else within avant-garde circles. One of its hairiest synth players (under the guise of anonymity and group expression) sat us down to tell us that the Chromelodeon sound is as hopped-up as he is on Sparks.
City Paper: What’s the biggest difference between 20XX and Sawdust?
Chromelodon: For Sawdust, we had a cohesive agenda. There was a soundtrack we wanted to present that had evolved from months of hard work and two U.S. tours as a trial run of the finished material. 20XX came at an early stage for the band — we had good songs in mind, but they just didn’t connect.
CP:How does the idea of Partch’s chromelodeon suit you guys?
C: A little-known fact is that Harry Partch was a big part-time bum, which applies to most of our group. Of course, he also had his personal take on how music should sound and honest to hell didn’t really care how other people interpreted or adapted his musical inventions.
CP: What’re the three most inspirational film soundtracks to the band’s way of thinking?
C: Cat People, Suspiria and Once Upon a Time in the West. They all have a particular emphasis in them, and are epic enough to stand alone. They tell a full story without words. Same thing with video games like the Ninja Gaiden series, the Megaman series and the Sonic the Hedgehog series. There are many games in each, but they all maintain a continuous feel.
CP: I hear the show on the 11th is a set of exclusively video-game covers. What game are you most into covering live?
C: We’ve had so many ideas for video-game arrangements we kind of had to form a side project for it [Sprite Slowdown]. We do a couple of rare performances per year. It’s very fun. Most of us respect the game Chrono Trigger to the extent we would never even consider covering it! But, the game Tetris is continually a huge focus of arguments and gambling, and additionally is applied in theory to the packing up of our trailer.
CP: When I listen to you, I always feel as if you’re studiously, theatrically trained. What gives?
C: Between the band and our visual collective, there are graphic artists and those involved with film and mass media. In a general sense, we’ve always been actively critical of the media, far more than just your usual level of sarcastic humor. This sort of explains our tongue-in-cheek approach to our sound and image. We think most people get the joke.

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UWAJIMA, Ehime Pref. – The Uwajima City Assembly unanimously passed a resolution here Monday asking the United Nations to help prevent a repeat of an accident like the Feb. 9 collision between a surfacing U.S. Navy submarine and a Japanese fisheries training ship.
The resolution seeks tighter discipline for U.S. military personnel, asks countries with submarines to take safety measures to avoid accidents and calls for a ban on the use of nuclear weapons, assembly members said.
They said copies of the resolution will be sent to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo.
The Ehime prefectural assembly adopted a similar resolution March 16.
The 499-ton Ehime Maru of Uwajima Fisheries High School sank after being struck by the 6,080-ton U.S. sub Greeneville, which was conducting a rapid surfacing demonstration for 16 civilian guests. Nine Japanese were lost at sea.
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Tunisian president seeks more powers in new constitution
Jul 1, 2022, 10:47 AM | Updated: 1:39 pm
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TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian President Kais Saied on Friday unveiled a new draft constitution that would bestow broad powers on the president and curtail the authority of the prime minister and parliament.
A referendum on the constitution is scheduled for July 25, exactly a year after Saied suspended parliament and seized power. He said the move was necessary to “save the country” from political and economic crisis. This prompted strong criticism from the opposition, which accuses him of a slide toward totalitarianism.
Several organizations, including the powerful UGTT central trade union, have deplored the absence of a public dialogue in preparing the new constitution that they have dubbed “the Constitution of Kais Saied.”
The draft text, published late Thursday, would give the president greater executive power than the prime minister and establish a bicameral parliamentary system for the first time.
That would be a shift from the current constitution, which was seen as groundbreaking when it was passed in 2014 after consultations with multiple groups.
The 2014 constitution sought to limit presidential powers after the Arab Spring protests put an end to 23 years of unchallenged reign by former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. He was overthrown in 2011 by a popular revolt which triggered a similar movement in several countries of the region against autocratic leaders.
The new charter would give the president the right to appoint the prime minister and the ministers, and to fire them. It restricts presidents to two five-year terms.
The new draft constitution removes a reference to Islam in Article 1 of the old charter, which read that “Tunisia is a free, independent and sovereign state, Islam is its religion.”
The preamble to the new version says Tunisia is an integral part of the Islamic community and that the state ensures the protection of religious rights — as long as they do not undermine public security.
Saied and some others blamed Islamist party Ennahdha in part for Tunisia’s political crisis last year. Ennahdha, which dominated parliament before it was suspended, is among Saied’s fiercest critics.
Like the previous one, the draft new constitution guarantees freedom of worship and conscience, as well as individual and public freedoms and freedom of opinion and media.
It also guarantees unions’ rights to strike except for the army, police and judges and other magistrates. Saied has been in a showdown for weeks with judicial officials who have been on strike following the dismissal of 57 judges, some of whom are accused of corruption and obstruction of justice.
The new charter would also create a second house of parliament called the “national council of regions and districts” that’s meant to ensure balance between the regions.
If adopted in the July 25 referendum, the new constitution would enter into force as soon as the results of the vote are announced.
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The Sea of Thieves update for October has been on the minds of sailors for quite some time. However, Rare just released a teaser on its Twitter page finally giving us some info about this long-awaited update.
In a slow zoom onto a small island in the Sea, we’re given a look at a skeleton holding a lantern and finally a name, Fate of the Damned. Not to be confused with the Fort or Festival of the Damned, Fate of the Damned will be released on October 28, just in time for Halloween.
While there haven’t been any other hints on what this is all about, we can imagine that there will be some great Halloween cosmetics and a new tall tale. This is the latest update in Sea of Thieves’ continued monthly content packages. While these are normally introduced earlier on, this new seasonal event is welcome.

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We talked in class about how the fears which undergird the race card were legitimate. Given (a) the widespread belief that racism is deeply, gravely wrong, and (b) the lack of widespread agreement on what racism is, being tagged with the charge of "racist" has the twin properties of being potentially career-ending and extremely unpredictable. I analogized it to how the death penalty was described in Furman v. Georgia -- akin to being struck by lightning. It is no wonder that people are very anxious around the subject. "The 'race card' card" is an attempt to defuse this seemingly dangerous power.
On the other hand, the attempt to silence "the race card" via "the 'race card' card" is severely problematic on its own. Most obviously, questions about whether something is racist or supports racial inequality are really important, and it is a discussion that needs to be had. We can't say we're trying to build the best, most just country America can be while effectively exiling a huge area of moral dispute from critical inquiry. And while there are legitimate reasons why people are wary of that conversations (see above), there are also illegitimate ones -- namely, people content with the status quo who would rather not see it challenged, rightly or not. The potency of "the 'race card' cad" allows them the ability to permanently defer and thus suppress that discussion.
One bit of evidence for the latter effect is that "the 'race card' card" is deployed exceptionally broadly, even in situations where nobody is being called a racist, even in situations where the prospect of racial injustice isn't on the table. I thought of this while reading this analysis of President Obama's recent polling. The poll notes that Obama's approval ratings are quite low amongst Whites (36/61), while still being relatively high amongst non-Whites (67/32). The piece doesn't say "thus, Whites are racist." It doesn't even really say anything about racial justice issues at all. The only normative conclusion it draws is that, in a country that has a lot of White people, losing Whites badly is not a good sign for one's re-election prospect.
And yet, what was the first response that got broadcast on CNN?
Well, Jack, it’s nice to see CNN is still a valued member of the president’s re-election campaign. Let’s just further divide an already divided country by trying to make this about race. The president is in over his head and people are beginning to realize this administration has only made a bad economy worse.
In effect, this is accusing CNN of playing the "race card" for Obama, simply by virtue of the article making note of a demographic split. That is less indicative of someone genuinely worried about being "hit by lightning", and more someone who wants to shut down a discussion before it starts.
My own views on this topic are close to those expressed by Professor Hirsch, encouraging a default towards discussion and a presumption of good faith. That cuts both ways -- we should assume that a person advocating a policy we believe to have racially unjust effects does not consciously harbor malicious thoughts towards the group in question, but we should also assume that the person making the accusation of potential racial problems is doing so honestly and because the legitimately believe there is a problem that needs addressing.

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Sure, Colorado makers of outdoor gear—say, sleek road bikes handcrafted from black walnut or a backpacking hammock that weighs less than a lemon—have long been the sweethearts of the movement to buy homegrown goods. But last year, north Denver real estate developer Fiona Arnold debuted a new showcase for local artisans whose wares are a little less rugged. Arnold partnered with friend Alicia Hendricks, a graphic designer and hobbyist furniture refinisher, to open River North Workshop Co. (RNW) in Backyard on Blake, Arnold’s latest commercial development in RiNo. The project brings together co-working spaces, a restaurant, an outdoor courtyard for live music, and retail, including Denver’s newest one-stop shop for all Colorado-made home goods.
The light-filled space feels like a sharply curated Etsy dream come true, where you’ll find kitchen tools, throws, decorative pillows, dish towels, small artworks, and more. “It feels like we’re in the middle of a movement; people want to know the people they are buying from and that [the things they’re buying] are made where they live,” Arnold says of the shop’s appeal. Bonus: Some of the artists who retail in the space teach classes, making that face-to-face connection even more enjoyable. Going local never felt—or looked—so good.
1. Endless Love Pillow, Bright July, starting at $59, made in Denver
2. RNW Ceramic Bowls, Ceramicscapes, $28 each or $95 for a set of four, made in Denver
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With something as important as our teeth, it would be nice to think that cost was no obstacle when it comes to dental health and oral hygiene.
But unfortunately, we know that’s not the case.
The number of Google searches in a single month for “cheap dentists” might shock you, but cheap dentistry is what struggling families are looking for. As more and more connections between oral health and total-body health are discovered, the importance of professional dental cleanings and expert examinations is becoming clearer. However, the issue of “cheap dentistry” is really two separate issues.
First, there’s the upfront cost of care, and to be fair, this can be a difficult hurdle to jump. Parents see the cost of services for their children’s oral care (or their own), and the strength suddenly goes out of their knees. But it’s important to remember that the cost of dental care, especially preventative care, doesn’t begin and end with that single bill. It’s spread out over all the future problems prevented by those services — the fluoride treatment that prevents cavities, the filling that prevents further breakage and loss of teeth, and the braces that reduce the likelihood of major reconstructive surgery down the line.
The second issue is the use of the word “cheap.” It can easily conjure up images of substandard care and unsanitary conditions. The passage of the Affordable Care Act left very obvious holes in dental coverage for adults (though children’s services were deemed “essential”), and many found themselves scrambling to supplement their existing coverage. This led to a spike in searches for “cheap dentistry,” and the accompanying surge of less-than-reputable sources to fill the need.
So what’s the best way to tell the difference between an affordable dentist and a cheap one? When you walk into their office, if you’re not 100% comfortable and confident that your teeth (and the teeth of your whole family) are in good hands, you should walk right back out. A family dentist for kids and adults should put everyone at ease, exude confidence and competency, and leave no doubt whatsoever in your mind that you are getting the best care possible, no matter what the price.
A new survey by Gallup shows that 33% of Americans have not been to the dentist in at least a year. This is troubling news, especially given that the American Dental Association (ADA) recommends an absolute minimum of one visit every 12 months, to prevent complications and the development of potentially serious health conditions. What could happen, and why are so many Americans neglecting critical dental care?
What You Don’t Know…
Many Americans do not realize that forgoing a trip to the dentist can, in rare circumstances, ultimately kill you. “Recent studies have also found an association between poor oral hygiene with cardiovascular disease and stroke, likely due to dislodged oral bacteria entering the bloodstream,” Fox News explains. Both heart attacks and strokes, of course, may be fatal. Finding a dentist, then, ultimately affects overall health as well as the quality and duration of patients’ lives. Poor dental and oral hygiene may also contribute to long-term, non-fatal health conditions, such as diabetes and arthritis.
Americans Still Cannot Afford A Family Dentist
“Individuals who made more than $120,000 a year were twice as likely to have visited the dentist than those who earn less than $12,000 a year,” Fox News reports of Gallup’s recent survey. In other words, a considerable number of Americans are still struggling to secure inexpensive dental care. Finding a cheap dentist — and one who offers relatively reasonable dental cleanings — is more than possible. Discounted dental clinics, emergency dentists, college dental programs, and other dentists in training all offer tooth cleaning and oral care services at lower costs.
Fear of the dentist still tops the list of common phobias. Dentists’ sharp tools — coupled with notoriously painful dental procedures like root canals — scare people away. Experts recommend being upfront about your fears. Dentists will likely be more patient; they can also explain all steps of dental procedures (and the exact function of the tools and equipment involved) to help alleviate fears. For patients who need more reassurance, sedation dentistry is also available.
Too few Americans are getting the dental care they need. Phobias and dental procedure costs deter many patients away from traditional and emergency dentists. A startling number of Americans simply do not understand the important of reliable dental care, or its impact on overall health.

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Weighing Fields in Library Catalog Search, or, The Hillbilly Elegy Problem
In our work on the library’s catalog, we’ve got a habit of naming known issues after an item that exemplifies them particularly well. The “Hillbilly Elegy Problem” is the case where a book appears in search results, including title search results, after one or more books about it. While those books may also be of interest to a patron, or even what they’re actually looking for, we prioritize the extremely common user story of “when I search for a book by its title, I expect to see books with that title first.”1
This post is less groundbreaking than it is view-from-the-ground about what it looks like to work on a catalog’s index. It doesn’t assume that you understand Blacklight, Traject, or Solr but does reference MARC fields without defining them.
Ranking Search Results
We create our catalog’s index using a piece of sofware called Traject. We use Traject to group2 MARC fields into Solr fields that support different kinds of search (keyword, title, subject, author, identifier, series, publisher, etc). So, for example, our subject fields (MARC 650, 600, 651, etc) are all grouped for subject search. Sometimes, we index parts of fields. One can tell traject to output just the 505a and 505t, along with subfields “t” from other fields, into a particular field and then add the resulting field to a title search.
Next, we assign weights to each (group) field. Subjects weigh more than series titles in the keyword index (but we also have a specific series title field in advanced search). Within an author search, the 1xx field weighs slightly more than the 7xx does. Similarly, in title, the 505s weigh significantly less than the 245. Of all the weights, the standalone 245 (title) is the highest.
Records appear in search results based on a combination of:
- what fields the search terms appear in
- if they appear in the same field
- their proximity to each other when they appear in the same field
- how many fields they appear in3
Normally, looking at a search term, a record, and our configuration can give me a good idea of why the record appeared and even why it appeared in relation to the other records. In more confusing cases, actually looking at Solr may provide some insight.
The Hillbilly Elegy Problem
The problem we were experiencing was that Appalachian reckoning : a region responds to Hillbilly Elegy was appearing higher in the title and keyword search results for
hillbilly elegy than the record for Hillbilly Elegy itself. Because we have both items in print and as ebooks, I’m going to compare the print MARC records.6
Where do the words appear in each record and how is that field weighted? (Because the words
hillbilly elegy occur next to each other at least once in each field, one doesn’t also have take proximity into account.) I’ll reproduce MARC below using $a syntax to indicate subfields but am leaving out indicators. I will bold the term where it occurs.
Fields in Appalachian Reckoning
- 245: $a Appalachian reckoning : $b a region responds to Hillbilly Elegy (original weight: 100000)
- 600: $a Vance, J. D. $t Hillbilly elegy. (original weight: 1000)
- 600: $a Vance, James David, $d 1984- $t| Hillbilly elegy. $2 idsbb (original weight: 1000)
- 505: $a Part I. Considering Hillbilly Elegy. Interrogating. Hillbilly elitism / T.R.C. Hutton – Social capital / Jeff Mann – Once upon a time in “Trumpalachia”: Hillbilly Elegy, personal choice, and the blame game / Dwight B. Billings – Stereotypes on the syllabus: exploring Hillbilly Elegy’s use as an instructional text at colleges and universities / Elizabeth Catte – Benham, Kentucky, coal miner / Wise County, Virginia, landscape / Theresa Burriss – Panning for gold: A reflection of life from Appalachia / Ricardo Nazario y Colón – Will the real hillbilly please stand up? Urban Appalachian migration and culture seen through the lens of Hillbilly Elegy / Roger Guy – What Hillbilly Elegy reveals about race in twenty-first-century America / Lisa R. Pruitt – Prisons are not innovation / Lou Murrey – Down and out in Middletown and Jackson: drugs, dependency, and decline in J.D. Vance’s Capitalist Realism / Travis Linnemann and Corina Medley. Responding. Keep your “elegy”: the Appalachia I know is very much alive / Ivy Brashear – HE said/SHE said / Crystal Good – The hillbilly miracle and the fall / Michael E. Maloney – Elegies / Dana Wildsmith – In defense of J.D. Vance / Kelli Hansel Haywood – It’s crazy around here, I don’t know what to do about It, and I’m just a kid / Allen Johnson – “Falling in love, " Balsam Bald, the Blue Ridge Parkway, 1982 / Danielle Dulken – Black hillbillies have no time for elegies / William H. Turner. (original weight: 50)
- 505: $a Part II. Beyond Hillbilly Elegy. Nothing familiar / Jesse Graves – History / Jesse Graves – Tether and plow / Jesse Graves – On and on: Appalachian accent and academic power / Meredith McCarroll – Olivia’s ninth birthday party / Rebecca Kiger – Kentucky, coming and going / Kirstin L. Squint – Resistance, or our most worthy habits / Richard Hague – Notes on a mountain man / Jeremy B. Jones – These stories sustain me: the wyrd-ness of my Appalachia / Edward Karshner – Watch children / Luke Travis – The mower-1933 / Robert Morgan – Consolidate and salvage / Chelsea Jack – How Appalachian I am / Robert Gipe – Aunt Rita along the King Coal Highway, Mingo County, West Virginia / Roger May – Holler / Keith S. Wilson – Loving to fool with things / Rachel Wise – Antebellum cookbook / Kelly Norman Ellis – How to make cornbread, or thoughts on being an Appalachian from Pennsylvania who calls Virginia home but now lives in Georgia / Jim Minick – Tonglen for my Mother / Linda Parsons – Olivia at the intersection / Meg Wilson – Appalachian apophenia, or the psychogeography of home / Jodie Childers – Canary dirge / Dale Marie Prenatt – Poet, priest, and “poor white trash” / Elizabeth Hadaway. (original weight: 50)
- 520: $a “With hundreds of thousands of copies sold, a Ron Howard movie in the works, and the rise of its author as a media personality, J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis has defined Appalachia for much of the nation. What about Hillbilly Elegy accounts for this explosion of interest during this period of political turmoil? Why have its ideas raised so much controversy? And how can debates about the book catalyze new, more inclusive political agendas for the region’s future? Appalachian Reckoning is a retort, at turns rigorous, critical, angry, and hopeful, to the long shadow Hillbilly Elegy has cast over the region and its imagining. But it also moves beyond Hillbilly Elegy to allow Appalachians from varied backgrounds to tell their own diverse and complex stories through an imaginative blend of scholarship, prose, poetry, and photography. The essays and creative work collected in Appalachian Reckoning provide a deeply personal portrait of a place that is at once culturally rich and economically distressed, unique and typically American. Complicating simplistic visions that associate the region almost exclusively with death and decay, Appalachian Reckoning makes clear Appalachia’s intellectual vitality, spiritual richness, and progressive possibilities.”–Back cover. (original weight: 50)
- 520: $a In Hillbilly elegy, J.D. Vance described how his family moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan while navigating the collective demons of the past. The book has come to define Appalachia for much of the nation. This collection of essays is a retort, at turns rigorous, critical, angry, and hopeful, to the long shadow cast over the region and its imagining. But it also moves beyond Vance’s book to allow Appalachians to tell their own diverse and complex stories of a place that is at once culturally rich and economically distressed, unique and typically American. – adapted from back cover (original weight: 50)
So we have one occurrence in a field that weighs 100000, one each in two fields that weigh 1000, and one or more in four in fields that weigh 50.
Fields in Hillbilly Elegy
- 245: $a Hillbilly elegy : $b a memoir of a family and culture in crisis (original weight: 100000)
- 520: $a “Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis–that of poor, white Americans. The disintegration of this group, a process that has been slowly occurring now for more than forty years, has been reported with growing frequency and alarm but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. In Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hanging around your neck.”–Page 4 of cover. (original weight: 50)
So in this, we one match in field which is weighted at 100000 and two matches in a single field weighted at 50.
Even without doing complex math based on proximity and number of matches, etc., it’s pretty clear why Appalachian Reckoning returned first. But as this also demonstrates, the characteristics which cause a book about the book to rank higher are due entirely to a) the book and chapter titling decisions made in the creation of that book, b) the cataloging decisions (e.g. is the table of contents present? what about the abstracts?), and c) our decision to purchase the book. None of which allow us to determine whether this should break one of our top conventions for search results.
What we ended up doing was taking the 245a field, which we were already indexing for other uses, and adding it to our weighting separately from the 245ab. We then weighted it higher, at “150000. What this means is that now Hillbilly Elegy gets the following weights for its title.
- 245a: 150000
- 245ab: 100000 (because it’s also in the 245ab)
So its combined weight jumps to 250000 plus the 50, while Appalachian Reckoning retains its weight of 100000 because Hillbilly Elegy is in the 245ab. Now, a full (245ab) title match and a few subject fields which would otherwise push it ahead (plus misc fields which might also tip a balance) are overshadowed by the 245a, if it exists. We also continue to apply the 245ab weighting, so it gets more than double the weight if it’s in the “a.”
When tested on this book and a few others which have similar title + subject weights outweighing the original, it now shared them in the order expected–the books about the book are still the next-highest ranked, so they’re right there for someone who wasn’t looking for the work whose title they’re searching (and finding the original book first is unlikely to make them think we don’t have books about it–whereas we had at least one report of the inverse occurring).
There will still be outliers, particularly when both have the same title value in the 245a, but this didn’t make those cases any worse.
As I said in the introduction, this isn’t anything particularly groundbreaking. I hope, however, that it’s an interesting example of troubleshooting and the iterative development of a library catalog.
Because I’m a librarian, let me close with some reading suggestions. First, let me suggest that any consideration you give the actual book Hillbilly Elegy be done with an awareness of the kind of person Vance has shown himself to be (even years ago)—give it the same consideration you’d give a book by Marjorie Taylor Greene or Mitch McConnell.7 Scholars of Appalachia from Appalachia roundly criticized him at the time of the book’s publication, when he appeared at the Appalachian Studies Association’s Annual Meeting, and ever since.
If you’re interested in reading more nuanced books about the region/responses to it, consider Elizabeth Catte’s What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia (or interview with her here) and check out Belt Publishing generally. While I haven’t read Appalachian Reckoning, it is written by dozens of regionally, racially, and sexually/gender diverse Appalachian authors, which means you’re going to be getting a lot more stories, ideas, and perspectives than you would from Vance.
One might ask “but shouldn’t a book about a book rank higher if it has all the characteristics which would rank it higher?” I’ll get to that. ↩
There are a few search fields that are standalone vs grouped, but even things like the author search groups multiple 1xx and 7xx fields together. Display fields are indexed separately and much more granularly. ↩
I believe this is particularly the case if these are weighted fields like something appearing in both a 650 and 505t, whereas there’s less impact if they appear several times in fields that just go into the general keyword index (like a 583 and 586). ↩
Stemming would match both “quilt” and “quilting” for “quilts,” and vice-versa, hence the importance of ranking “quilts” slightly higher. ↩
Our current configuration is treating searches of up to 5 words/terms like an AND search, then up to 9 words/phrases as an
AND -1search, so that we also return results if we find 5 words of your 6 word search in a record, 6 of your 7, etc. Beyond that, we return records where 90% or more of your terms were found in the record. This can be overridden with Boolean searching and records containing all words/phrases will always rank higher. (we called some early challenges with this “The Because of Winn-Dixie Problem”) ↩
So was an ebook record for the same book which ranks equal to but sorts above the print in a keyword search, though it ranks below in a title search (because the many 505t fields in the print title boosts it way up). ↩
And don’t give me “but they could never write something so eloquent” — one’s ability to write well is not dependent on one’s worldview. Similarly, one’s choices of words on Twitter, etc., don’t preclude one’s ability to write thoughtfully in other settings. Very few monstrous people are monstrous at all times. ↩

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After reading so many fantastic reviews I purchased the Classic model. Before I write what I think are the negative aspects I'll say that it gives a great workout! That is pretty obvious and I don't think that part is arguable. The disappointment began while unpacking. The wood parts were wrapped fairly well and did not have damage but there were several scratches that I had to sand out and re-oil. It appears that they were there before shipping. Putting it together would have been fast and easy- except 2 of the bolts were bent at about 15 degrees and would not fit. I had to wrap with tape and bend with vice grips. After getting it all together the rower worked well for about a week. I started to notice an annoying kind of popping sound from the left rail as the wheels rolled over on each stroke and recovery. It seems the plastic that the wheels ride on is not flat or adhered well to the rail. It isn't very loud but I can hear it well and it gets my attention, spoiling the nice sound of the water. Really disturbing. Support at WaterRower would like a video of the issue. Seems like an obvious issue and could swap out with a rail that is good instead of me trying to make a video of this small sound while moving the seat back and forth. For a $1500 machine the quality control- or lack of it is disturbing. Having to jump through a bunch of hoops because they are too cheap to just send a part is even more so. Perhaps I am being difficult but it is upsetting to have something touted as so great but put together like a $200 piece of junk. Another complaint would be the lack of any back lighting on the monitor. Really cannot see it if the lights are low. Being able to remove the monitor to attach to a PC wouldn't hurt either. While it gives a good workout the rower really suffers from poor manufacturing.
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Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie: Book Review – BooksPleaseon a ship travelling down the nile, tensions are high and everybody is suspect.: 'This was the first Agatha Christie book I'd ever read, and from page one I was enthralled! opening chapters of the book give you so many details, i found myself going back and rereading them again and again. when jacqueline follows them on their trip down the nile she is the obvious suspect, driven by her jealousy of linnet.
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Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie | Teen Book Review of fictionthoughts on “book review: death on the nile by agatha christie”. i’ve been on a small cruise like the one in the book, but i’ve never been to egypt but would love to go. I was in a used bookstore recently and needed a good airplane book. most mystery writers try to connect every detail to the main plot, but in this book christie introduces all kinds of clues that end up having nothing to do with the murder.
Review: Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie | The Book Stopbook i didn't finish: those who save us by jenna blum. on the nile, surprisingly, often felt like a television drama. this book was written a long time ago, agatha christie is definitely a writer who needs to be remembered and her books still marvel people today. death on the nile is also not exactly what we would call politically correct, and it really is fascinating to see what sort of language, cultural and social attitudes were deemed acceptable in the 1930s.
Death on the Nileplus, i think colonel race has such a sense of style and dash and we see him as a character in more than one of christie’s books. i love almost all her books …recently re-read “lord edgware dies”, and as usual, enjoyed it a lot…! what i mean is that unlike other classic mystery books, for example, sherlock holmes, death on the nile presents each sorrow, joy, and hidden motive of the characters in a way so that you'll get upset at them, pity them, love them, and understand why they did what they did. death on the nile was my first encounter with hercule poirot, i did not know quite what to expect before beginning the book, but what i found was a character who’s very self-assured, self-confident and i’d even say he is quite cocky, but no doubt you would be after solving so many crimes, especially in agatha christie’s world; so many of her characters so far seem blasé about murder!
Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poiroti don’t know if death on the nile is one of christie’s best, but it was a perfect plane read and reminded me why i love her books (and classic mystery novels in general). this was the first agatha christie book i'd ever read, and from page one i was enthralled! book was written in 1937, and at first i found the language a little dated. christie is a fantastic writer and one can recommend almost all her books but some are absolutely fantastic:1 the murder of roger ackroyd.
Death on the Nile (novel) | Agatha Christie Wiki | Fandom poweredmotive in this case seems straightforward, looking at who gains from linnet’s death, but this is a complicated plot (when is one of christie’s books not complicated? favorite genres are literary fiction, historical fiction and mysteries, fantasy, children's and young adult books. :-) planning to re-read “evil under the sun” soon as well …that’s another one of my favourite hercule poirot book …but well, as i said almost all books by agatha christie are my favourites…! thoughts on “review: death on the nile by agatha christie”.
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Book Review – Death on the Nile, by Agatha Christie | a little birdNow I own ten other Poirot books'Death on the nile is a pre-second world war novel, first published in 1937. rest of the book takes place on their honeymoon, a river cruise on the nile (ironically, the same honeymoon that simon and jacqueline were planning). now i own ten other poirot books (poirot was the detective featured in most of christie's murder mysteries) and if you like to read about crime/detective fiction and like really good plots, then death on the nile is perfect. on the nile, however, was much slower than and then there were none and so unfortunately i suspect it will not end up as one of my favourite agatha christie novels.
i unintentionally picked death on the nile to be my fifth classic exactly a year after reading and then there were none, a novel that blew me away.'s Death on the Nile is a mesmerizing murder story about charming, wealthy, and newly-wHighly recommended / historical mystery. i love books set in other times and other worlds; books with smart, strong heroines; and books that make us think and feel. i’m working on her book of short stories the thirteen problems.
’ve also enjoyed a couple of film adaptations of this book. i was in a used bookstore recently and needed a good airplane book. i bought a wonderful 1950s penguin classics edition from skoob books earlier this year because i knew it was one of her most popular novels. online and support teen ink:Christie's death on the nile is a mesmerizing murder story about charming, wealthy, and newly-wed socialite linnet doyle, whose marriage to her best friend jackie's man stands steadfast to the belief that "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned".
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Computers, even those with virus and malware protection, are vulnerable to cyber attacks where personal or business information can be stolen. Hackers and cyber criminals are experts at finding anything of value on a computer.
Even if you do not think there is anything of value to find if hacked, think again. Hackers do not just steal personal information; a cyber attack can also damage the computer’s network and/or system. This would result in needing new equipment, which is costly.
Cyber attacks can target anyone. According to a study conducted by A Clark School at the University of Maryland, a cyber attack occurs every 39 seconds. If a computer is connected to the Internet, it is susceptible to attacks, even with anti-virus software.
Different Types Of Cyber Attacks
There are different types of cyber attacks that can affect a home computer. Understanding the different types can help with detecting issues and enabling the needed security measures to prevent that attacks.
Short for “malicious software,” malware is a general term for any software with an intent to damage or disable a computer and/or computer system. This can include viruses, spyware, trojan horses, and other malicious forms of cyber attacks.
Malware is commonly contracted through email links from unknown sources and sometimes pop-up ads. Malware allows hackers to take control of the computer, monitor every action done on the computer such as keystrokes, and send personal information to the hacker’s computer to exploit.
Professional hackers know that most people will not open up a random email link from a source they do not know and trust. Therefore, many hackers will install malware into an email that is made to resemble a sender the computer user knows. This increases the likelihood of the user clicking on a link and unknowingly adding the malware to their computer.
This type of attack is one that does not occur quickly. The hacker takes advantage of the victim overtime by psychologically manipulating them.
The hacker is able to get the victim to release their personal information or perform a certainaction that allows the hacker access to the computer. This can also be damaging in a workplace setting where the victim becomes liable for lost assets within the company.
Ransomware is one of the most advanced forms of cyber attack. A hacker can encrypt the data in a computer with the use of an infected banner ad, email attachment, or an infected website—rendering the computer unusable.
Personal information is taken, destroy data, and also use the computer to launch new attacks on other victims. The hacker(s) will then demand a sum of money to be paid in order to get control of the computer back with the encryption key.
There is a reason websites tell a user to create a unique password. Most people have multiple logins for a plethora of websites. It is tempting to reuse the same password, something most people do.
Hackers love it when people reuse a password for multiple websites. If just one website gets hacked and the hacker gains a list of usernames and passwords, they can use those passwords to successfully login to other sites where personal information is stored.
Understanding Different Types Malware
Malware is a broad term that covers an array of cyber attacks. According to a study conducted by Zogby Analytics for The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, one in three Americans had been hacked in a span of 12 months (study conducted in 2016).
Understanding how each type works and how it presents itself is the best way to identifying a problem and fixing it. Some common malware types that are a specific threat to home computers include:
Viruses: This is the most well-known malware type that everyone has heard about. However, not everyone actually knows what a computer virus is. A computer virus will attach itself to a clean file which will attack other clean files. This will lead to the computer malfunctioning and files being deleted.
Spyware: Just like it sounds, spyware is malware that is created to spy on a computer. It will take notes on the user’s passwords, banking information, web surfing habits, and more.
Trojans: This is malware that is disguised as genuine software or has been attached to genuine software. It will develop backdoors in the computer that allows other types of malware to bypass security and affect the computer.
The New Latest Type Of Cyber Threat
Hackers have a new way of targeting victims and that is through smartphones. With the number of smartphones users in the billions worldwide, hackers can easily get a user to unknowingly install malware onto their smartphone with the use of the Internet.
Smartphones have limited security when compared to computers. Hackers use this to their advantage. If a smartphone is plugged into a computer for any reason that malware can then infect the computer.
Due to the compact size and portability of smartphones, a more direct approach for hackers is to steal the smartphone from the user. Through this, the hacker can obtain personal information, corporate data, and financial information.
Smartphone users can also be the victim of phishing. A hacker can manipulate a user in downloading malicious content through email, text messages, and even phone calls.
How To Protect Your Computer And Phone
Protecting your computer from a cyber attack is a must in order to keep personal information secure. Along with secured information, no user wants to have to pay for new computer equipment if it was destroyed by a cyber attack.
Many computer users fear that updating security means paying for a costly program, but this is not true. Luckily, there are many simple tips and tricks available that help users understand the risks and how to protect themselves from attacks.
One of the most basic ways of protecting your computer from a cyber attack is by creating difficult passwords. Many websites have guidelines on the screen when creating a password. This is to deter users from using generic passwords that can be guessed by hackers.
Unknown USB Drives
USB drives can carry malware which will transfer over to a computer if plugged in. To reduce the risk, only allow USB drives to be plugged in if you know where it came from and what content is on the drive.
Hackers utilize social media to prey on potential victims. Accepting a request from an unknown person can have consequences. Spotting a potential hacker can be a bit easy with one look at the profile.
Do they have a lot of friends? Do the pictures look authentic? Is the information about themselves vague and generic? All of these factors can help you decide whether or not the person is legitimate. It is always better to be safe and avoid accepting requests from unknown people.
External Hard Drive
Losing data is something no one wants. Data can be lost by error and, more importantly, can be destroyed by a cyber attack. External hard drives backup data so that nothing is truly lost.
There is software available that will back up the data regularly so most, if not all, data will be backed up. This can also help save you money in case of a ransomware attack. Never pay the ransom! Rely on the backup.
Pop-ups for updating the computer can be annoying. However, they are important. Hackers prey on the anolder version of software because it becomes vulnerable. Keeping the computer updated means having more security.
Social media platforms and emails typically have a form of cyber security where they text/email a user alerts about logins from new devices or suspicious activity on an account.
New logins from some sites also require a code to be entered that will be sent. This two-step authentication system is to keep the account from being hacked. Enabling this feature can help you keep on top of things.
Websites that begin with https encrypts the input and output data to keep hackers from tampering or spying on the site. A website that does not begin with https (may just say HTTP) should never be trusted with sensitive information such as credit card info addresses, and other personal information.
Keeping your smartphone safe is another form of cybersecurity. Make sure your phone is password protected in case it is stolen. Using encryption will protect sensitive information stored on the phone as well.
When installing apps, make sure the check the permissions and the maker of the app. Some apps are infected with malware. Also, turn off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when it is not in use.
Although anti-virus software can miss some things, they are still the most important aspect of cybersecurity. It is worth paying for an anti-virus security program with two-factor authentication rather than downloading a free one. They help prevent, detect, and remove most malware threats and protect against cybercriminals.
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Nowadays, when I take a walk through the fynbos, I notice that the West Coast fairies have been very busy decorating their Christmas trees! We normally call this bush the tortoise berry shrub. In spring the strong thorny plants are covered in pretty pink flowers. And then, in December a wonderful berry pops out of each flower. It goes through so many colour changes, starting with light beige, soft green, yellow, followed by the purples until it reaches the final bright red colour. Look at my painting and the photographs and you can see how closely it resembles a beautifully decorated tree in miniature!
I never knew that there were West Coast fairies, but now there is a wonderful book: "Fynbos Fairies" by the poet Antjie Krog and illustrator Fiona Moody, and they have captured our fascinating ethnical community of fairies. The synopsis on loot.co.za reads: "There is a fairy living around each species of Cape Fynbos ----they work and play, they tend the fynbos or make a mess. They laugh, they sleep, they dream - life's busy for your average fynbos fairy in the veld."
The bright red tortoise berries are beloved by fairies, children, tortoises and birds who all love the thirst-quencing astringent tasting little morsels. Mmm, what a neat idea: the baubles on the West Coast fairies' tree are edible! The botanical name of the berry bush: Nylandtia spinosa. The book was published by Umuzi . ISBN 978-1-4152-0022-3

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Are you searching for an enjoyable summer activity? Why not try your hand at drawing a swimming pool! This comprehensive guide will walk you through the process of creating a realistic swimming pool that you can use to cool off on hot days.
Introduction to Drawing a Swimming Pool
A swimming pool is not only a fantastic way to beat the summer heat, but it can also enhance the beauty of your backyard. If you’re considering adding a swimming pool to your home, you might be wondering how to draw one.
Fortunately, drawing a swimming pool is not as complicated as it may appear. With a few simple steps, you can create a lifelike swimming pool that will elevate the appearance of your outdoor space.
Here is a step-by-step guide on how to draw a swimming pool:
- Start by sketching a rectangle. This will serve as the outline of your swimming pool.
- Next, draw a vertical line down the middle of the rectangle. This represents the deep end of the pool.
- Add two perpendicular lines to the first line to form the sides of the pool. These lines should be of equal length.
- Extend a parallel line from the bottom of the rectangle to complete the pool’s structure.
- To create the illusion of water, draw a blue rectangle within the pool.
- Outline the pool deck by drawing a brown rectangle outside the pool.
- Enhance your drawing by adding a ladder or steps at one end of the pool, as well as lounge chairs at the other. Consider including elements like umbrellas or palm trees for a tropical touch.
Now, armed with this guide, you can confidently draw a swimming pool that closely resembles the real thing. Grab your pencil and paper and give it a try today!
Gathering the Necessary Drawing Materials
To execute the step-by-step instructions for drawing a swimming pool, you will need the following materials: a sheet of paper, a pencil, an eraser, and optionally, a ruler to assist with straight lines.
- Start with a clean sheet of paper and draw a rectangle to form the outline of your pool.
- Use your pencil to draw a vertical line within the rectangle to represent the pool’s depth.
- Draw two parallel lines perpendicular to the previous line. These lines should match the length of the first line and will serve as the pool’s sides.
- Connect the endpoints of the side lines to the ends of the depth line to complete the pool’s outline.
- Now, it’s time to add detailed features. Begin by drawing a horizontal line across the middle of the pool to represent the waterline.
- Next, create the appearance of pool tiles by drawing parallel lines along the waterline.
- To complete the pool’s details, draw perpendicular lines intersecting the tile lines to represent the grout.
Congratulations! You have successfully drawn a swimming pool step by step.
Step-by-Step Guide: Sketching the Pool’s Shape
Designing and building a swimming pool may seem like a daunting task, but fear not! In this article, we will guide you through the process of sketching the pool’s shape, making the endeavor less overwhelming.
The first step involves determining the size and shape of your pool, considering factors such as available space, budget, and personal preferences. Once you have a clear idea, follow these steps to sketch the pool’s shape:
- Start by using a ruler or another straight edge to draw the basic shape of the pool.
- Choose the material for your pool, which may include concrete, fiberglass, or vinyl. Research each material’s advantages and disadvantages before making a decision.
- If you opt for concrete, you’ll need to excavate the area where the pool will be constructed. It’s advisable to hire a professional for this task unless you have relevant experience.
- After the excavation, proceed with building the pool. Pour and level the concrete, and then add the desired tile or liner. For fiberglass or vinyl pools, installation is straightforward and follows the manufacturer’s instructions.
- Once the pool is installed, fill it with water. Ensure you use a hose with a backflow preventer to maintain the water’s purity.
- Lastly, consider adding extra features such as a diving board or slides to enhance your pool experience.
Armed with these step-by-step instructions, building your dream swimming pool is no longer a distant goal. Dive in and enjoy your brand-new pool!
Drawing the Pool’s Edges and Border
Looking for a delightful summer activity? This step-by-step guide will teach you how to draw a swimming pool that closely resembles the real thing.
- Begin by sketching the pool’s outline. Use a long, straight edge to draw a rectangle.
- Next, draw a line down the middle of the rectangle. This central line will serve as the pool’s focal point.
- Add the pool’s sides by drawing two perpendicular lines extending from the central line to the edges of the rectangle.
- Complete the pool by drawing a line parallel to the central line to represent the bottom.
- To create a realistic appearance, fill the rectangle with a blue pencil or crayon. Remember to leave a white border along the edges for the reflection effect.
Congratulations! You have successfully drawn a swimming pool that closely resembles the real thing.
Adding Details: Drawing the Pool’s Ladder and Diving Board
Ready to take the plunge and learn how to draw a swimming pool? Follow this step-by-step guide to dive into the deep end in no time!
- Begin with the essentials. To draw a swimming pool, you’ll need a large rectangle for the pool itself and a smaller rectangle for the ladder.
- Add details to your pool by drawing the ladder. Connect it to the pool at one end and include steps leading up to it. Additionally, incorporate a diving board at the opposite end of the pool.
- Bring your drawing to life by adding water. Use blue or green pencils to color the large rectangle, ensuring you leave white space at the top to represent the pool’s surface.
Now that you are equipped with the knowledge of how to draw a swimming pool, take the plunge and try it yourself!
Incorporating Water Effects and Reflections
Ready for a refreshing dip? This tutorial will guide you through drawing a swimming pool step by step, complete with water effects and reflections.
This project is perfect for a scorching summer day or any occasion when you need a cool-down. Grab a sheet of paper, a pencil, and some colored pencils or crayons, and let’s get started!
- Begin by sketching a rectangle as the outline of your pool.
- To create the appearance of water, add lines within the rectangle. You can choose to make them wavy or straight, depending on your preference.
- Use a darker pencil or crayon to draw lines at the bottom of the pool, creating depth.
- For reflections, draw lighter lines extending from objects within the pool. These lines should be lighter in color compared to the objects themselves.
- Color in the pool using different shades of blue and green for a realistic effect.
Voila! You have successfully drawn a swimming pool step by step, complete with water effects and reflections.
Why not try adding additional objects such as a beach ball or a float to your pool? Feel free to get creative and design your own unique swimming pool.
Coloring Techniques for the Pool and Surrounding Area
Ready to take the plunge and add a swimming pool to your home? Learning how to draw a swimming pool is the first step. This guide will not only teach you how to draw a swimming pool step by step but also offer coloring techniques to make your pool and its surrounding area come to life.
Begin by sketching the basic shape of the pool. Use a long, straight edge to draw a rectangle. The dimensions of the rectangle will depend on the size of the pool you desire. Once you have the basic shape, follow these steps to add depth and color:
- Draw the coping, which represents the edge of the pool. The coping can be straight or curved and is typically made of concrete, stone, or tile.
- Add the decking, which is the area surrounding the pool. Decking materials can include concrete, wood, or tile.
- Use a blue pencil or marker to color the pool, creating the appearance of water. For a more realistic effect, use a lighter shade of blue for shallower areas and a darker shade for deeper areas.
- Complete the scene by adding color to the surrounding area. Consider using light tan for the deck, green for the grass, and light blue for the sky.
By following these simple steps, you now know how to draw a swimming pool. Grab your pencil and paper, and start creating your dream pool!
Showcasing Your Drawing of a Swimming Pool
If you’re considering adding a swimming pool to your home, learning how to draw a swimming pool step by step can be a fun and rewarding process. While it may seem daunting, it’s achievable with a few simple steps.
Here’s a straightforward approach to help you get started:
- Begin by sketching the basic shape of the pool using a pencil or pen.
- Add details to your drawing, such as the pool’s outline, including the sides and bottom.
- Color in the pool using a blue or green pen or pencil.
- Finally, add any desired details such as people swimming or sunbathers on the deck.
With these steps, you’ll have an intricate drawing of a swimming pool that you can proudly showcase.
Remember, practice makes perfect! So grab your drawing tools and start creating your masterpiece today.