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Home Security in Pico Rivera, CA
Pico Rivera, a city located southeast of downtown Los Angeles, has a rich history that merges both cultural diversity and a sense of community pride. With its blend of residential, commercial, and recreational spaces, the city offers a unique environment that caters to both residents and businesses. However, like many cities, Pico Rivera must navigate the challenges associated with crime and the safety of its inhabitants.
This article provides an in-depth look at crime statistics in Pico Rivera, examines its most vulnerable neighborhoods, and discusses the state of home security within the community.
Crime Landscape in Pico Rivera
Understanding the true security climate of any city requires a deep dive into its crime statistics:
Historically, Pico Rivera has experienced its share of violent crimes, including assaults, robberies, and a few instances of homicide. While the city has seen a decrease in violent crimes over the past decade, it is crucial to monitor and address any arising concerns continuously.
Property crimes, which encompass burglaries, thefts, and auto thefts, are more prevalent in Pico Rivera than violent crimes. The city's proximity to major highways and its mix of residential and commercial zones can make it an attractive target for opportunistic criminals.
Vulnerable Neighborhoods in Pico Rivera
While it would be an oversimplification to label any particular neighborhood as "dangerous," certain areas within Pico Rivera have historically reported higher crime rates:
Areas with a high concentration of businesses, especially those open late into the night, can sometimes become hotspots for thefts, burglaries, and occasional assaults.
Densely Populated Residential Zones:
Some densely populated residential areas in Pico Rivera, especially those with limited community engagement or neighborhood watch initiatives, may witness an uptick in property-related crimes.
Safest Neighborhoods in Pico Rivera
In contrast, some Pico Rivera neighborhoods boast lower crime rates than the city average. These neighborhoods include:
• North Pico Rivera
• West Whittier-Los Nietos
• South Pico Rivera
Let's examine these neighborhoods, exploring their features and factors contributing to their safety.
North Pico Rivera:
The northern part of Pico Rivera is often seen as one of the safer areas in the city. This area includes a mix of residential neighborhoods with single-family homes and apartment complexes. It tends to have a suburban feel and lower crime rates compared to other parts of the city.
West Whittier-Los Nietos:
Although not part of Pico Rivera itself, the adjacent neighborhood of West Whittier-Los Nietos is often considered relatively safe. It's located to the west of Pico Rivera and includes residential areas with a mix of housing options. This neighborhood is known for its suburban atmosphere.
South Pico Rivera:
The southern part of Pico Rivera is another area that has been considered relatively safe. It includes a mix of residential neighborhoods, parks, and schools. This area is often appreciated for its family-friendly environment.
Home Security in Pico Rivera
The state of home security in Pico Rivera reflects both the city's economic dynamics and the residents' perceptions of safety:
• Security System Adoption: Given the advances in technology and increased accessibility to security solutions, it is estimated that about 50% of homes in Pico Rivera are equipped with some form of security system. These systems range from basic alarm setups to more advanced surveillance and monitoring tools.
• Homes Without Security Measures: Despite the available technology, approximately half of the residences in Pico Rivera (around 50%) lack specialized security solutions. This gap can be attributed to several factors: economic constraints, a perceived sense of safety due to strong community ties, or simply a lack of awareness about modern security tools.
Strengthening Community Bonds for Safety
One of Pico Rivera's strengths in ensuring safety lies in the collaborative spirit between its residents and the local law enforcement agencies:
The Pico Rivera Sheriff's Station has consistently emphasized the importance of community policing, aiming to ensure that law enforcement officers are not just seen as enforcers but also as partners in building a safer community.
Neighborhood Watch Programs:
Several neighborhoods within Pico Rivera have initiated and maintained watch programs. Such programs foster a sense of collective responsibility and vigilance among residents and can deter potential criminals.
Pico Rivera, with its unique blend of cultural heritage and modernity, is a city that strives to offer the best to its residents. The challenges associated with urban crime, while present, can be mitigated through continued community engagement, proactive policing, and the adoption of modern home security measures. By focusing on these aspects and fostering a shared sense of responsibility, Pico Rivera can ensure that its streets remain safe and its homes secure, allowing its residents to thrive and prosper in harmony.


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Week 4 – Sth East Queensland
After some lovely days in Noosa, Natalie and Tom continued in their Jucy camper-van down to south east Queensland. They first stopped by Australia Zoo and the Glasshouse Mountains, before continuing down to Brisbane and Gold Coast. Their adventures from this week included; getting up and close with animals, attending the official Travello meetup, abseiling, helicopter tour and much more! Read on to see what else they got up to along around south east Queensland…
Australia Zoo & Glasshouse Mountains
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The week started off with a trip to Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast. The famous Australian zoo is owned by Terri Irwin, the widow of the late “crocodile hunter”, Steve Irwin, and is located on the Sunshine Coast. The Zoo boasts a large collection of animals and shows, which Natalie and Tom got to experience up and close. The day at the zoo was topped off when they were about to leave and ran into none other than Bindi Irwin, the daughter of the late Steve Irwin, who is a famous actress and conservationist. Crikey, what an experience! After their fan moment, Tim, from Shakas Tour, took them to see the famous Glasshouse Mountains, which are an impressive group of 13 hills on the Sunshine Coast. After taking in the amazing sights of the mountains, they continued on to Brisbane.
Brisbane & Travello Meetup
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Natalie and Tom arrived in Brisbane, which is Australia’s third largest city, and checked into the Brisbane City YHA
, where they each got their own room. The hostel is located in the city center of Brisbane, which meant that they had a short walk to the Down Under Bar and Grill, a popular place for backpackers, and where the official Travello meetup was happening. Backpackers from all around the world, along with locals and the Travello team, were at the event. After some quiz games and dancing, Natalie and Tom gave out, on behalf of Travello, some amazing prizes to two lucky Travello users who attended the event. The next day, the founders of Travello, Mark Cantoni and Ryan Hanly, took Natalie and Tom up in a helicopter for a tour over Brisbane city, with V2 Helicopters
. It just so happens that Mark has a helicopter license! After the helicopter tour the adventures continued with Tim, from Shakas Tour, who gave them a guided tour of the city before they went abseiling off the cliffs of Kangaroo Point. Not bad for 2 days in Brisbane!
Gold Coast & Award Ceremony
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After two adventurous days in Brisbane, Natalie and Tom left the city and continued south towards Gold Coast. But, before they reached the city, they stopped by the theme park, Warner Bros. Movie World, which is a popular attraction close to Gold Coast. The park has 26 rides and several studios that are still being used for movies today. They enjoyed the thrills of the roller coasters and the shows in the park before they made their way onward to Gold Coast. They checked into Surfers Paradise YHA, which has a great location on Main Beach. Gold Coast is Queensland’s second largest city, and Surfers Paradise is a popular area for backpackers with its nightlife and beaches that are great for surfing. Paradise jetboating took Natalie and Tom out on a fun ride around the waterways that go around the city, so they could see the city and the amazing houses along the water. Next up it was time for some surf lessons with GetWetSurf, and then some SUP with Go Vertical Sup. Even though their time in the Gold Coast was packed with fun activities, they still had time for some partying with the Travello team, as Travello took home the award for Innovation,at the AU/NZ Adventure Tourism Award Ceremony
The award ceremony with the Travello team was a nice way to end their journey through Queensland, after traveling through the state for 4 weeks. With a brand new Jucy camper-van that they got to test out, it was now time to cross the nearby border and venture into New South Wales for some new adventures…
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Celebrating its eleventh consecutive year of honoring literature in translation, the Best Translated Book Awards is pleased to announce the 2018 longlists for both fiction and poetry (we announced the 2017 and 2016 winners here at the site).
Announced here and at Three Percent, the lists include a diverse range of authors, languages, countries, and publishers. It features an array of notable presses—Ugly Duckling Presse, Black Ocean, Action, White Pines—along with previously nominated translators (Johannes Göransson appears for the second year in a row) and some new names, such as former BTBA judge, Katrine Øgaard Jensen. Combined, the longlists reflect the diversity of international books published last year by featuring authors from twenty-five different countries, writing in eighteen languages, and published by twenty-six different presses. New Directions and Seagull Books are the only presses to have titles on both longlists, with Feminist Press, New Directions, Open Letter, and Ugly Duckling Presse receiving the most nominations, with three longlisted titles each.
Thanks to grant funds from the Amazon Literary Partnership, the winning authors and translators will each receive $5,000 cash prizes. Three Percent at the University of Rochester founded the BTBAs in 2008, and over the past seven years, the Amazon Literary Partnership has contributed more than $140,000 to international authors and their translators through the BTBA.
The finalists for both the fiction and poetry awards will be announced here at The Millions on Tuesday, May 15, and the winners will be announced on Thursday, May 31 as part of the New York Rights Fair, following the 4:30 panel on “Translated Literature Today: A Decade of Growth.”
This year’s fiction jury is made up of: Caitlin Baker (University Book Store, Seattle), Kasia Bartoszyńska (Monmouth College), Tara Cheesman-Olmsted (Reader at Large), Lori Feathers (Interabang Books), Mark Haber (writer, Brazos Bookstore), Adam Hetherington (author), Jeremy Keng (reader, freelance reviewer), Bradley Schmidt (translator), and P.T. Smith (Ebenezer Books, The Scofield). The poetry jury includes: Raluca Albu (BOMB), Jarrod Annis (Greenlight Bookstore), Tess Lewis (writer and translator), Aditi Machado (poet and translator), and Emma Ramadan (translator, Riffraff Bookstore).
For more information, visit the official Best Translated Book Award site and the official BTBA Facebook page, and follow the award on Twitter. Over the next month, leading up to the announcement of the shortlists, Three Percent will be featuring a different title each day as part of the “Why This Book Should Win” series.
Best Translated Book Award 2018: Fiction Longlist
Incest by Christine Angot, translated from the French by Tess Lewis (France, Archipelago)
Suzanne by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, translated from the French by Rhonda Mullins (Canada, Coach House)
Tómas Jónsson, Bestseller by Guðbergur Bergsson, translated from the Icelandic by Lytton Smith (Iceland, Open Letter Books)
Compass by Mathias Énard, translated from the French by Charlotte Mandell (France, New Directions)
Bergeners by Tomas Espedal, translated from the Norwegian by James Anderson (Norway, Seagull Books)
The Invented Part by Rodrigo Fresán, translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden (Argentina, Open Letter Books)
Return to the Dark Valley by Santiago Gamboa, translated from the Spanish by Howard Curtis (Colombia, Europa Editions)
Affections by Rodrigo Hasbún, translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes (Bolivia, Simon and Schuster)a
Old Rendering Plant by Wolfgang Hilbig, translated from the German by Isabel Fargo Cole (Germany, Two Lines Press)
I Am the Brother of XX by Fleur Jaeggy, translated from the Italian by Gini Alhadeff (Switzerland, New Directions)
You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann, translated from the German by Ross Benjamin (Germany, Pantheon)
Chasing the King of Hearts by Hanna Krall, translated from the Polish by Philip Boehm (Poland, Feminist Press)
Beyond the Rice Fields by Naivo, translated from the French by Allison M. Charette (Madagascar, Restless Books)
My Heart Hemmed In by Marie NDiaye, translated from the French by Jordan Stump (France, Two Lines Press)
Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac, translated from the Spanish by Roy Kesey (Argentina, Soho Press)
August by Romina Paula, translated from the Spanish by Jennifer Croft (Argentina, Feminist Press)
The Magician of Vienna by Sergio Pitol, translated from the Spanish by George Henson (Mexico, Deep Vellum)
The Iliac Crest by Cristina Rivera Garza, translated from the Spanish by Sarah Booker (Mexico, Feminist Press)
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell (Argentina, Riverhead)
Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag, translated from the Kannada by Srinath Perur (India, Penguin)
For Isabel: A Mandala by Antonio Tabucchi, translated from the Italian by Elizabeth Harris (Italy, Archipelago)
Ebola ’76 by Amir Tag Elsir, translated from the Arabic by Charis Bredin (Sudan, Darf Publishers)
The Last Bell by Johannes Urzidil, translated from the German by David Burnett (Germany, Pushkin Press)
Radiant Terminus by Antoine Volodine, translated from the French by Jeffery Zuckerman (France, Open Letter Books)
Remains of Life by Wu He, translated from the Chinese by Michael Berry (Taiwan, Columbia University Press)
Best Translated Book Award 2018: Poetry Longlist
Adrenalin by Ghayath Almadhoun, translated from the Arabic by Catherine Cobham (Syria, Action Books)
Hackers by Aase Berg, translated from the Swedish by Johannes Goransson (Sweden, Black Ocean Press)
Paraguayan Sea by Wilson Bueno, translated from the Portunhol and Guarani to Frenglish and Guarani by Erin Moore (Brazil, Nightboat Books)
Things That Happen by Bhaskar Chakrabarti, translated from the Bengali by Arunava Sinha (India, Seagull Books)
I Remember Nightfall by Marosa di Giorgio, translated from the Spanish by Jeannine Marie Pitas (Uruguay, Ugly Duckling Presse)
Astroecology by Johannes Heldén, translated from the Swedish by Kirkwood Adams, Elizabeth Clark Wessel, and Johannes Heldén (Sweden, Argos Books)
Magnetic Point by Ryszard Krynicki translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh (Poland, New Directions)
Third-Millennium Heart by Ursula Andjaer Olsen, translated from the Danish by Katrine Øgaard Jensen (Denmark, Broken Dimanche Press)
Spiral Staircase by Hirato Renkichi, translated from the Japanese by Sho Sugita (Japan, Ugly Duckling Presse)
Directions for Use by Ana Ristovic, translated from the Serbian by Steven Teref and
Maja Teref (Serbia, Zephyr Press)
Before Lyricism by Eleni Vakalo, translated from the Greek by Karen Emmerich (Greece, Ugly Duckling)
Iron Moon by Chinese Migrant Worker Poetry edited by Qin Xiaoyu, translated from the Chinese by Eleanor Goodman (China, White Pine Press)
Over the past few months, bookstores have seen a spike in the sale of dystopian novels. George Orwell’s 1984 reached the top of Amazon’s bestseller list in January, followed soon after by Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Predictably, this news was fox chased by trend piece writers — who then became the target of protesting think piece writers: “Forget Nineteen Eighty-Four. These five dystopias better reflect Trump’s US” shouted one; “Grave New World: Why “Nineteen Eighty-Four” is not the book we need in the Trump era,” claimed another.
Meanwhile, away from the mud and scrum, in the hothouse of independent publishing, French author Antoine Volodine’s eighth book in English translation, Radiant Terminus, was released by Open Letter. Deftly translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman, it’s the first major apocalyptic novel to come out in a year stacked with books in the genre, notably Omar El Akkad’s American War and David Williams’s When the English Fall.
As with most titles without big marketing budgets, Radiant Terminus may struggle to find its way into popular discourse. This is a shame. Not just because it’s the most stylistically courageous, entertaining dystopian novel in recent memory, but because of all possible scenarios leading to our cataclysmic end, the one imagined by Volodine might be among the timeliest. Rather than caused by the direct result of aggression, he envisions the world ruined by a bright idea.
Far in the future — keep following, this shouldn’t take more than a minute — engineers of the Second Soviet Union beat warheads into sizzling fuel rods, transforming their planet into a hive of energy self-sufficient cities, resource extraction centers, and prison camps, each powered by a nuclear reactor. But after generations of implied slack and harmony, the reactors fail, a cascade of nuclear meltdowns follow, and this “project of the century,” born of the purest egalitarian spirit, collapses society. Entire continents become uninhabitable. Dog-headed fascists lunge from their dens. Counter-revolutionary armies raze oblast after irradiated oblast.
It’s here that Radiant Termius begins. And where the fun begins.
Narrowly escaping the fall of the last fortified city, comrade-soldier Kronauer flees into the Siberian taiga. In scenes evoking visions of present-day Chernobyl — birch roots wedging cracks in irradiated concrete, atomic heaps steaming under evergreen canopies — he seeks help from a settlement believed to be across the steppe, within a dark wood.
As if stumbling into a folk tale dreamt by Strugatsky Brothers, the crippled kolkhoz that Kronauer enters is nuclear-powered yet primordial, existing in a fabulist realm between dreams and reality. This community of “Radiant Terminus,” whence the book gets its title, is led by the monstrous Solovyei, “a gigantic muzhik in his Sunday best, with a beard and a wreath of hair sticking out here and there as if run through by an electrical current.” Unfortunately for Kronauer and all those who meet him, Solovyei is a jealous giant, a twisted psychic tyrant. In the words of one victim:
Nobody was permitted to exist in the kolkhoz unless he’d gotten control over them in the heart of their dreams. No one was allowed to struggle in his or her own future unless he was part of it and directing it as he wished.
Rather than fell Kronauer with his axe, Solovyei makes him a prisoner of the communal farm. Expected to work on pain of being cast as a drain on socialist society, Kronauer meets Radiant Terminus’ residents: Solovyei’s three grown daughters, all prey to their father’s incestuous, oneiric violations; a handful of shambling proles; and Gramma Ugdul, the witchy keeper of a radioactive well, two kilometers deep, at the bottom of which lies a reactor in eternal meltdown. Together they join in the endless labor of gathering and “liquidating” irradiated items by hurling them down Ugdul’s abyss.
The book’s heroic narrative progresses with dreamlike logic, leading, as most would expect, to an almost unbearably tense confrontation between Kronauer and Solovyei. What results isn’t an end. Instead, it precipitates a pivot in the narrative — or, better described: a concussive break of the central narrative, cracking the skull of the story, opening a consciousness unable to differentiate between nightmares and waking life, declamations and ramblings, physics and shamanism, she and they, he or I.
If this all seems odd, it is — in the best sense. Part of the joy of the book is the playful seriousness with which Volodine goes about his world building; another is spotting his influences. Samuel Beckett is clearly one. So are the aforementioned Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, perhaps best known for their 1971 sci-fi novel Roadside Picnic, adapted into the feature film Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky. The nightmarish, irradiated atmosphere of that world — a world in which the most terrifying perils lie unseen, often imperceptible — is reflected in Volodine’s. So too are other fantastic elements, including Solovyei’s psychic projections.
In Radiant Terminus, what Volodine brings to the French — and now, through Zuckerman, to the English — is perspective on a genre that’s refreshingly distinct from the two or three upsetting novels America read in high school. Unlike 1984 or Brave New World, he evokes a post-urban dystopia — a communal, agrarian dystopia, slowly receding into an apocalypse of open steppes and endless woodland. This may seem unprecedented, but not within the Russian tradition.
After witnessing the Terror Famine of 1932 and 1933, Andrey Platonov wrote The Foundation Pit, a brilliant short novel brought to English by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler and Olga Meerson in 2009. Unpublished in the Soviet Union until the 1980s, it follows a team of rural workers tasked with excavating the foundation of an unimaginably brilliant edifice, a “future building for the proletariat.” With little prospect of seeing the project realized, they spade deeper into the clay, oblivious to the pit’s semblance to a mass grave. Meanwhile, in the village where the workers are barracked, an activist hurries along the process of total collectivization — culminating with the gathering and liquidation of the region’s kulaks.
The satiric atmosphere of The Foundation Pit is so toxic with jargon and slogans that the prose itself mutates; description becomes sooty with language from official mouthpieces: “Most likely the rooks felt like departing ahead of time,” the narrator muses as a worker scans the sky, “in order to survive the organization collective-farm autumn in some sunny region and return later to a universal institutionalized calm.” In Radiant Terminus, Solovyei’s psychic intrusion into his subjects’ minds, his joy at “walking supreme throughout [their dreams]” seems only a fantastic reframing of what Platonov’s diggers experience when they return to their barracks, “furnished with a radio … so that during the time of rest each of them might acquire meaning of mass life”:
This oppressed despair of soul from the radio was sometimes more than Zhachev could endure, and, amid the noise of consciousness pouring from the loudspeaker, he would shout out: “Stop that sound! Let me reply to it!”
Adopting his graceful gait, Safronov would immediately advance forward.
“Comrade Zhachev, that’s more than enough…It’s time to subordinate yourself entirely to the directive work of the leadership.”
This same imperative hits Kronauer when he first steps into the boundary of Radiant Terminus, halting at the sound of a piercing whistle. Hands over his ears, he looks to his guide, one of Solovyei’s subordinated daughters.
Her eyes were obstinately focused on the tips of her boots, as if she didn’t want to watch what was happening.
—It’s nothing, she said finally. We’re in one of Solovyei’s dreams. He’s not happy that you’re here with me.
Kronauer walked up to Samiya Schmidt and looked at her, aghast. He kept his ears covered and he found it necessary to talk loudly to make himself heard.
Within the communities of both novels, truth is subservient to the barreling pace of activity: neither Solovyei nor the unseen spirit of Stalin would pause to consider the objection to a posited statement: in company, with frenetic movement and reprisals, they act as their will dictates; in seclusion, behind doors barred to dissent, they recuse themselves from question. Unlike the urban 1984 and Brave New World, where rigid control is needed to maintain the hard science fiction of the state, the rural setting of these two microcosmic dystopias can tolerate facts that counter its leaders. They’re simply ignored or dismissed, brushed away by hapless followers. Existing within a cycle of work and days, the power of these tyrants becomes as intemperate and natural to them as the weather — even, to some, as entertaining.
All considered, it wouldn’t be wrong to view the kolkhoz of Radiant Terminus as reconstruction of the village of The Foundation Pit. Stolen from the Russian, charged with psychosis, radiation, and incest, Volodine rebuilt it slat by slat, hut by hut, within a darker world.
In his foreword to the novel, Brian Evanson reminds us that Radiant Terminus is just one book in a forty-nine volume set that, when complete, will form Volodine’s ambitious, interconnected “post-exoticist” project. “One of the key features of [his] work,” Evanson explains, “comes in the echoes that operate both within individual books and between books.” Certainly, within the book’s last quarter, these echoes rebound — becoming as taxing on the reader as they are to Volodine’s characters:
—It’s just repetition, Noumak Ashariyev insisted. It’s hell.
—It’s not just hell, Matthias Boyol corrected. It’s more that we’re within a dream that we can’t understand the mechanisms of. We’re inside, and we don’t have any way of getting out.
Long after the point is taken, the book persists, nearly to the point of page-flipping exhaustion — the same exhaustion that meets every reader of Bouvard and Pécuchet — but it would be cruel to dismiss Radiant Terminus on this charge.
In truth, to be fair — what other conclusion could we expect? “Death occurs,” John Berger wrote, “when life has no scrap to defend.”
At the end of 1984 and The Handmaid’s Tale, as either implied by or explicitly stated in their respective appendices, future academics discover the texts or recordings that form the books’ core narratives. But in Radiant Terminus, in a future irreversibly collapsed from the start, there are no academics — only snow, steppes, a shamble of survivors, “existences wasted and millennia gone for nothing.” Without the ability to rebuild civilization, the novel, its world, and its world’s inhabitants lose common language and temporality: overcast months become years, years become decades, decades become “one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six years or more.” As humanity atomizes and recedes, surrounded by Platonov’s “universal enduring existence,” its narrative deltas into a frozen sea.
As Ben Ehrenreich wrote in his exploration of Volodine’s “post-exoticist” project for The Nation, “this, you’ll remember, is literature of defeat”; Radiant Terminus offers nothing in the way of hope. But perhaps an injection of French pessimism is warranted — overdue for those who still assume the spirit of humanism to be indomitable. Volodine reminds us of a truth we can easily forget, distracted, as we often are, by the luxuries of technology and moral outrage: namely, that the civilization we’ve inherited is an heirloom so terribly precious, at risk of shattering into one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six irreparable pieces, yet in constant motion — passed and plundered from generation to generation, hand to shaking hand. At the height of the Cold War, in his speech to the Swedish Academy, Solzhenitsyn claimed that the massive upheaval of Western society is “approaching that point beyond which the system becomes metastable and must fall.” Over the decades that followed, most considered his prediction delusional. Today, to many, it seems less so.
Future scholars may agree or disagree, but only in the chance they exist. As Radiant Terminus demonstrates, Kafka’s axe — the axe of a book that can split the frozen sea — is useless without the knowledge to wield it as a tool. Present circumstances considered, the thought alone makes Orwell and Atwood seem cheery.

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Your Favourite Photoshop Tutorials in One Place
Create a Fabulous Scene of Soul for an Image
Under Photo Effect, Photoshop Tutorial
This time, the tutorial will present to make a fabulous soul for an image. Sometimes, when you would like to create some powerful or extraordinary scene, it is always good to add some of souls behind your presented images.
In this tutorial, you will experience how to create a futuristic looking photo manipulation using some special tools, such as the Background Eraser Tool and how to blend pictures properly using Match Color Adjustments and Lighting Effects.
If you want to take some nice shots for nature, you do not have to go for traveling or outdoor. You can create some perfect scenes in-house, using photoshop. You can mix two or more backgrounds easily based on this idea plus the skills from this tutorial.
In this tutorial, it will show you the processes of creating this lightening power digital Art in Photoshop. We will start from a simple city image, and combine it with cloud, model and several other objects to form this surreal effect.
This tutorial is going to present you to create a dramatic fire and smoky scene on a human face. Through photo combination effects, you can combine different natural scenes into a single scene. These combination techniques could be applied to many areas such as fire scene.
To bring yourself to legend, you can use photoshop manipulation to do. You need to prepare something which does not exist in present, so dragon image may be good for your scene. After combining all the images, you need to mix the images into one scene with color adjustment.


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What are some treatments for troubling symptoms of menopause?
Estrogen therapy (ET) is available for women to treat symptoms of menopause, although due to some health risks (see below), not all women wish to take estrogen therapy. Estrogen, in pill, patch, trandsdermal spray, or gel form; is the single most effective therapy for troubling symptoms of menopause. Because ET alone can cause uterine cancer (endomketrial cancer), a progestin drug is typically given together with estrogen in women who have a uterus (those who have not undergone a hysterectomy) to eliminate this increased risk. Hormone therapy has been shown to have other risks, including small but still increased risks of stroke and heart disease. Because of these risks, women who have no major menopause symptoms may choose to avoid hormone therapy (HT). Most doctors agree that hormone therapy, when used for symptoms of menopause, should be used in the lowest effective dose and for the shortest time period possible.
Estrogen is also available in cream, ring (vaginal device that secretes estrogen for up to 3 months), or vaginal tablet form for use directly in the vagina. This can help relieve some of the symptoms of vaginal dryness and discomfort. Water-soluble lubricants (such as K-Y jelly, K-Y Silk, liquibeads, etc. ) are also recommended and can be effective for women experiencing symptoms of vaginal dryness. Estrogen given vaginally for dryness is given in very low doses and is not associated with the risks associated with hormone therapy which is given for hot flashes and other menopause symptoms.

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ABOVE: Attorney Nathaniel Green, acting as substitute co-trustee, works with Amir Karshenas after the Ovation property was auctioned on the courthouse steps. // MATT BLOIS
By MATT BLOIS
A man who said he represented a Middle Eastern developer won a foreclosure auction for a large piece of the Ovation property in Cool Springs with a $42 million bid.
Amir Karshenas entered the winning bid on the steps of the Williamson County courthouse on Friday afternoon. However, he said he’s not sure whether the developer he represents will close the deal in time.
According to the terms of the sale, the winner of the auction has to close the deal by the end of the day. If the developer Karshenas represents can’t close the deal then the lenders will become the owners of the land for the next highest bid of $40.5 million.
Karshenas told lawyers conducting the auction he was with American Bonding, a bail bonding company based in Nashville. He told Business Williamson he did research in medicine at Vanderbilt and is involved with international pharmaceuticals.
The property up for auction was a 34-acre piece of land at the intersection of Carothers Parkway and McEwen Drive. The current developer, Ovation Thomas, LLC, still owns a neighboring 42-acre property that remains undeveloped.
The starting bid from the lender was $35 million, which is how much the current owner Ovation Thomas, LLC, a Georgia development company operated by Stan Thomas, owes on the loan. The property went up for auction after the Thomas’ company defaulted on a loan.
Thomas’ company narrowly avoided foreclosure in May 2017 by filing for bankruptcy. The company came out of bankruptcy in August 2017 on the condition that the company pay back a $27 million loan.
According to the Nashville Business Journal, Thomas was able to repay that loan by a November 2 deadline.
Karshenas claimed the investor he represented didn’t know about the deal yet, and even said that he didn’t know about the auction until he walked up to the courthouse at noon.
“Do you think it’s worth that?” he asked a Business Williamson reporter when the lender entered the initial bid of $35 million.
Whether or not Karshenas knew about the auction ahead of time, he entered the highest bid. Several local developers were present at the auction, but only the lender and Karshenas entered bids for the property.
Following the auction, several developers — including a lawyer representing Highwoods Properties which is developing another large chunk of Ovation — talked to Karshenas about working together on the project.
This is a developing story. The sale has yet to close. Check Business Williamson at close of business for an update on the sale.

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Energy Efficiency, GHG Emissions, Industrial - May 23, 2018
ExxonMobil reveals GHG reduction measures
ExxonMobil announced on May 23 a series of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction measures that are expected to lead to significant improvements in emissions performance by 2020, including a 15% decrease in methane emissions and a 25% reduction in flaring. The company also announced its intention to improve its industry-leading energy efficiency in refining and chemical manufacturing facilities.
"We have a longstanding commitment to improve efficiency and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions," said Darren W. Woods, chairman and chief executive officer, in a statement. "Today’s announcement builds on that commitment and will help further drive improvements in our business."
The statement noted that ExxonMobil has spent more than $9 billion on lower-emission energy solutions since 2000, including investments in lower-emission energy solutions such as cogeneration, flare reduction, energy efficiency, biofuels, carbon capture and storage and other technologies.
Further greenhouse-gas emissions reduction efforts will target ExxonMobil’s global refining and chemicals manufacturing network with the goal of improving existing industry-leading energy efficiency performance.
The company is also undertaking several initiatives to significantly reduce methane emissions. XTO Energy’s leak-detection-and-repair efforts and operational improvements at U.S. production and midstream sites have reduced estimated methane emissions across ExxonMobil operations by 2% in the past year. Combined with additional measures outside the U.S. focused on the most significant sources of methane, ExxonMobil expects to achieve a 15% reduction of methane emissions by 2020 from a 2016 baseline.
The company reported that it has achieved a 10% improvement in energy efficiency across its global refining operations following an effort launched in 2000.

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MCU fans, here are some streaming picks to watch while you wait for the next episode of " The Falcon and the Winter Solider. Watch the video. Take a look at your favorite stars from the s and how they've changed in the last three decades. See the full list.
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Mariah Carey - Touch My Body (Official Video) | Music | chongcothairicenoodletx.com
The song's lyrics feature a double message, with the first describing sexual fantasies with her lover, while also jokingly warning him against recording or releasing information regarding their rendezvous. The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, with many highlighting the song's light pop melody and hook ; however, it also garnered some backlash from certain music reviewers, who felt the song did not properly represent the singer's acclaimed 5-octave vocal range. Additionally, it gave Carey her 79th week atop the chart, tying Presley for most weeks at number one. Carey performed "Touch My Body" on several live televised events and programs, debuting it on Saturday Night Live as a two-piece performance. The song's music video was directed by filmmaker Brett Ratner , who had previously worked with Carey on five other music videos.
Touch My Body
Camgirl Webcam Session 213. Camgirl Webcam Session 222. Cute Teen In Webcam - Episode 85. Camgirl Webcam Show 121. Camgirl Webcam Show 171.
Hot Mature Gets It Hard. Getting Slutty For Love And Money. Son Got Morning Wood, Mom Jerk It Off.

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Time To Die… the last ever Dub Step Zone .. with tracks by… DJ Shiro, NiT GriT, Quaro, Speciez, Secret Archives of the Vatican, ZaZeN, Korus, Spankbass, Master Bassers, Block Dodger, MC Nuclear, Snareophobe, Eva Lazarus, Lil’ Rhys, Xenofish, Dubvirus, Digital Nottich, Thousand Yard Prayer, Kappasaur, Digital Tribe, Jean Paul Dub, Savaprod, Liquid Stranger, Glebstar, Sparxy, ID, Krease, ill-Esha, Uri Green meets Adria Canet, Shu, Celt Islam.
Another chance to hear DSZ#50 from June 2012, as a precursor to DSZ#88, the last ever Dub Step Zone…….
Go Mad Mega Mix…WithTracks by… Celt Islam, Dawoud Kringle, 303db, Myrkur, Liquid Stranger, Dawn Tawn Prince, Mimosa, Tafuri, The Secret Lemon Project, Sativa Soul, Victor Niglio, Fleck, Pisu, Wadadda, Secret Archives of the Vatican, Killahurtz, AltaZer, David Eats Rusty Nails, U-Stone, Awolnation, B1t Crunch3r & Adapt, Vampire TNA, Jack Orion, Ras Om, Photophob, wAgAwAgA, Adam Kroll, Zeno, King SlaFF, Blake, Blackleg, DocumentOne Dubstep, Zoom, Nit Grit.
Fractal Dub…with tracks by….EH!DE, Soltan, U-Stone, Dziga, Sugar Crush, Mochipet, Galaxian, Side Project, The Dubbstyle.
Hi folks. As mentioned before, I’m having difficulty sourcing some of the best dubstep on the planet for DSZ. So much of the sound is now going “post-dubstep” with vocal links and “trappy” beats which leave me cold.
I’ve just recorded DSZ#87 with what good stuff I have left, but I’ve decided to go out with a big bang in September. DSZ#88 will be the last podcast.
If you’ve got any favouriter tracks you want me to include in the mix then drop me a line at firstname.lastname@example.org.
I’m not going to be able to put out a Dub Step Zone this week. There are just not enough tracks that I like. So much of the dubstep effort is going into “trap” or “vocal dubstep” these days and I’m just not into that style.
Can anyone recommend some places to look?
Yin Yang Dub…with tracks by…. Dubvirus, Goldrush, Weldroid, Krease, The OriGinALz, Stasis, DPKG, Yin Yang Audio.
Dub Dream…with tracks by…. ill.Gates Remix, Minnesota X G Jones, Krtst, Clozee, David Starfire, Dziga, The OriGinALz, Quaro, Nit Grit, Fireteam.
Dub Bassment…with tracks by…. Quaro, Tactus , Dub Kirtan All Stars, Sacred Breath, Ktopp, SNC, Alphabets Heaven, Ghost Mutt, Fade Runner, Chtin Mara.
Urban Dub…with tracks by…. Kappasaur, Monolow, Nasty Elektrik Fantasiez, Dj Seiss, Digital Goon, Trevor Kelly, EXP, D Smoker.
Parallel Dub…with tracks by…. Jean Paul Dub, Glockwize, Liquid Stranger, Run DMC, ORBiTE, Psymbionic, Misael Gauna, Atomic Reactor, Iphaze, El Hajin.
I’ve been keeping podcast download stats since 2009. The results for 2014 are now in and they show the gradual decline of all podcasts since their height in 2011.
Although it’s sad to see a decline, I know that many podcasters don’t get these numbers, and it’s not the reason that I, or any of the other music podcasters, do what they do. We all do it because it’s a way of promoting and celebrating music that would never get on mainstream radio.
2015 will be the 10th year I’ve been podcasting. It promises to be as full of great music as has previous years. I hope you enjoy listening.
Full download stats are here.
Just to keep you informed…I’m not giving up…..
- PCP#476 will be on 20th December 2014 and will be the best of 2014 show, and then will return on 3rd January 2015 in a format similar to TDZ and DSZ.
- TDZ#153 will be on 9th January 2015.
- DSZ#82 will be on 23rd January 2015.
I’m taking a break from the podcasts for a while. There’s a lot of stuff going on here at Podcasting Towers and I need time to focus on non-podcasting things.
Back soon, OK?
Dubland…with tracks by…. Globular, le Chaudron Magique, Marnyx & Precept, Steinregen Dubsystem, Pepe Ly, Submarine FM, Tara Putra., Dziga, Demon Dubz.
- 00:00 Seeker, by Globular. Bristol, England. [Ectoplazm]
- 07:12 Jacket (dubstep remix), by le Chaudron Magique. Paris, France. [Fresh Poulp]
- 11:18 X-Ray, by Marnyx & Precept. Croydon, England. [Dubtribu Records]
- 14:01 Drinking Song Recycled, by Steinregen Dubsystem. Freiburg Im Breisgau, Germany. [LCL]
- 17:26 Free Birds (featuring Pepe Ly), by Submarine FM. Lyons, France. [Fresh Poulp]
- 23:26 Dubland Mountains (Fingerprint’s No Cowbell Remix), by Tara Putra. Germany. [Ectoplazm]
- 28:43 Cream, by Dziga. Capua, Italy. [Dubtribu Records]
- 34:10 Don’t Stop, by Demon Dubz. [Earth City Recordz]

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already neutered, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
I am already neutered, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Ssshhhhhh. He's sleeping. Look at this cutie. This is little Zazu. He's 3 months old. He's neutered, vaccinated and tested. If your interested in him, go to www.destinyshope.org and fill out an adoption application.
Destiny’s hope Cat rescue was primarily founded by Sabrina Antonelli, who has been rescuing and taking in unwanted cats on her own for years. Destiny’s Hope was named after her daughter, Destiny, who has been born with a love for animals and has been involved in rescuing since she was a small. Sabrina is a veterinary technician who cares for the cats 24/7. Her friend Crystal Cahill helps to foster some of the kittens.
Come Meet Our Pets...
We have two locations. Holbrook and Amityville. Your more than welcome to come see our wonderful kitties for adoption.
Our Adoption Process...
There is a $50 donation requirement. There is a vet reference required before adoption and applicant must fill out an application. All pets are vaccinated, spayed/neutered and tested prior to leaving.
Thank You! Your message has been sent to Destiny's Hope Cat Rescue.
You'll receive a copy, too, at
to help you keep track of which pets you've inquired about, and which shelters and rescues you've emailed.
NOTE: Some shelters have physical locations you can visit; some of these shelters may only have pets for a limited time, so please do not wait for a reply—just go visit the shelter!
Other organizations are rescue groups run by busy volunteers who may take a while to reply. You can find information about the shelter or rescue group caring for this pet, and their adoption procedures,
on the pet's details page on Adopt-a-Pet.com.

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By Collin Reischman
Jefferson City, Mo. — As the historic Republican majority hits the ground running with a conservative legislative agenda, there are fewer groups or individuals working harder to fight back than Progress Missouri, a progressive advocacy organization that seeks to halt the conservative agenda.
Executive Director, Sean Nicholson, is not too popular with the Republican power brokers in the Capitol. Nicholson and his group focus on a media strategy of exposing, filming or recording Republican lawmakers at events and hearings and posting the material online.
“Our feeling is that these are public hearings, in a public building,” Nicholson said. “Don’t the people have a right to know what their lawmakers are saying about Right to Work, or voter ID’s or Medicaid?”
Nicholson’s operation sometimes has an “undercover,” aspect. Progress Missouri secretly recorded a strategy session last week in the Capitol building, where conservative lawmakers were meeting “corporate front groups,” to discuss Right to Work legislation.
The audio recording revealed a discussion of cutting fundraising for Republicans who refused to vote in favor of the campaign. There was also suggestions that “big money,” from unspecified out-of-state sources would be available to finance the Right to Work campaign and the candidates who pushed for its passage.
“The key is the fundraising threat,” Nicholson said. “It’s just wrong, it’s wrong, to threaten your members with cutting off funds if they vote to be pro-worker instead of casting an anti-worker vote with their party.”
Nicholson said his aim isn’t to target specific lawmakers or policies, but rather to disclose to voters the discussions surrounding the issues and inform voters so then they can decide for themselves.
“The extremism and the silliness is allowed to exist largely because the public doesn’t know what is happening,” Nicholson said.
Prior to helping found Progress Missouri, Nicholson worked for Kennedy Communications Inc., as a strategist for a number of Democratic campaigns. When he came back to Missouri, he thought it would be important to advocate for “strong, broad, progressive issues,” by utilizing new media and technology.
“It’s fascinating that so many of these Senators and Representatives describe themselves as freedom loving, but they push-back so hard against public exposure,” Nicholson said. According to him, Senate committee chairmen can exercise discretion in allowing media outlets to video record or photograph public hearings, which he called a “clear violation of Missouri Sunshine law.”
“Simple documentation is a key piece of our strategy,” Nicholson said.
Collin Reischman was the Managing Editor for The Missouri Times, and a graduate of Webster University with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.


text: A digital twin is a set of computer models that serve as a real-time digital counterpart of a physical object or process. The term was coined in the early 2000s in the context of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)(1) to describe a set of computer representations of a product as it evolves through its lifecycle, from design to manufacture, then to operation, and finally to disposal. The digital twin was envisioned as an electronic repository of all aspects of design, such as 3-D CAD drawings and engineering models, in addition to operational descriptions such as bills of process. It is maintained throughout the product lifecycle via a real-time data stream of measurements obtained from the physical object. It is used to monitor and predict the behavior of the product in operation in its physical environment for diagnostic purposes, or in interrogative use cases in which past or future scenarios are analyzed to improve product design or operation.


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We wish these places were all that the travel blogs crack them up to be… but they’re not.
You know Milan as the capital of high-end fashion, so it sounds like there'd be lots to see. But if you can’t afford the Prada flagship, you’re outta luck.
2. The Golden Gate Bridge
It’s foggy up there. And cold from the wind and loud from the cars. The ubiquitous suicide call boxes don’t lighten the mood, either.
3. Loch Ness
If nobody’s told you yet, the monster is not real. We repeat: he is NOT going to emerge from the dreary gray waters of Loch Ness. Save yourself the three-hour drive from Edinburgh.
4. The Empire State Building Observation Deck
You can’t really see Central Park from the top, because that other building called 30 Rock is in the way. You also can’t see New York’s other greatest landmark -- the Empire State Building -- because you’re, well, inside the Empire State Building.
There are four buildings you knew of before you came here, and they’re all nestled on a magical, hilly oasis called the Acropolis. The streets beyond it are notoriously dirty and crowded.
6. The Hollywood Walk of Fame
If you look at the ground, you’ll see the names of a few famous people underneath dirty napkins and crumpled hot dog wrappers. You probably won’t look at the ground, though, considering how many street performers in Elmo costumes there are.
9. Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas
‘Tis quite a shame when hotel people overrun one of the most pristine beaches in the world with dueling 60-foot waterslides.
You can’t even get up close to them-- most of the time, rope barriers make you stay about 10 yards away. They’re also 90 miles from London, right next to a freeway. And they’re also just rocks.
11. The Champs-Elysee
It looks très beautiful from an aerial viewpoint, but unfortunately you’ll be on the ground when you visit. It’s a street of shops… with lots of pickpockets.
12. Niagara Falls
First, you will pay tons of money to sleep in a motel simply because it's within a 10-mile radius of this waterfall. Then, you will navigate a labyrinth of casinos and Hard Rock Cafes and Guinness World Records Museums on your way to the waterfall. Then, after purchasing a souvenir poncho, you will see the waterfall.
The historical sites are astounding. They’re just permanently buried under masses of tourists and trash.
To many Americans, Ireland is traditional bagpipes and rolling green hills and cuddly sheep. Dublin - where the biggest attraction is the Guinness beer museum - is NOT Ireland.
15. Mount Rushmore
It's even tinier than the picture in your history book.
The cobblestoned little streets are cute, but they sit totally empty until the tourist buses arrive each morning. We’re 97% certain that nobody from Belgium actually lives there.
17. The Four Corners Monument
It’s a bronze medallion in a parking lot, people. You won’t feel any different being in “four places at once,” and you won’t find a toilet that flushes. Or cell service.
Nobody really acknowledges that London is kinda the Seattle of Europe-- it’s quite frequently gloomy. And with the dollar-to-pound exchange rate hovering around 1.6, simple afternoon tea becomes a bank-breaking bonanza.
19. The Grand Canyon
Seriously… it is very hard to find the canyon from the parking lot. And once you do, you may only stare at it from the rim. Unless you called 13 months ahead to book a 48-hour mule ride along the cliff path that's about three feet wide.
20. Hong Kong
No. Personal. Space.
22. Memphis, Tennessee
It’s never a good idea when a town’s main tourist attraction is also its only nightlife destination: Beale Street is a mash-up of overpriced rib joints and gimmicky blues bars. Beyond it, all there’s left to see is the muddy Mississippi River.
23. Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
The beaches were beautiful, before they were overflowing with Corona bottles and booty-shaking spring breakers.
25. The Blarney Stone
...more like the Bacteria Stone.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story indicated that smog was common on the Golden Gate Bridge. In fact, it is most often fog.
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#10 Buenos Aires
There are places worth a thousand dollars in airfare. There are even places where eleven, twelve hours of flying is a small price to pay. Then there is Buenos Aires.
#9 Asheville, North Carolina
Packed with urban escapees chasing the past -- driving up prices any higher than they've a right to go, out here in the middle of nowhere -- this traffic-choked mountain town has degenerated into the worst kind of tourist trap: One that won't admit it.
A gangly teen brimming with potential, Germany's big town still has a ways to go before it's ready for its close-up. Unless you're a serious partier / club kid, go see the rest of Europe and come back when you're done.
Spend a little time in the Windy City and you'll come to know a people obsessed with the answer to a question nobody else has ever asked: “Is Chicago a world class city?” (The answer, by the way, is no.)
#6 Costa Rica
If you were looking for an off-brand, more complicated version of Hawaii, look no further.
Give the 38th State some credit -- years of pricey (and effective) public relations campaigning has many people thinking that it is, perhaps, the only place in the West with incredible skiing and scenery. Don't believe the hype.
#4 Vancouver, British Columbia
There are lots of reasons to visit Canada. The waterlogged puzzlement that is modern Vancouver -- which offers little (good or bad) that you cannot find elsewhere -- is not one of them.
#3 The Caribbean
There are great beaches, sure, but there are also great beaches in other places that aren't an overpriced, underwhelming hassle.
#2 San Francisco
The little city with the giant ego, San Francisco isn't even the largest town in the Bay Area -- so why does it believe so fervently in its imaginary position at the center of the universe? There are questions worth pondering -- this is not one of them. Head out to the coast, to wine country, up a mountain -- anywhere but here -- and let San Francisco go back to staring at itself in the mirror.
#1 Austin, Texas
This too-often celebrated hipster mecca is one of those unfortunate places that seems really smashing on paper. Better to not ruin things by actually going.

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The distance between a great idea in your head and a successful product on the market may seem daunting at first. Indeed, it is a challenge that should be taken seriously, allocating the time and resources required for success. The purpose of the following paragraphs is to turn this seemingly daunting endeavor into a series of practical steps that can lead you to success.
Know Your Market
The new product you envision may be truly unique, however it will not stand alone on the shelf – there will always be competition. Learn the competition, read reviews and blogs written by thought leaders in your field. The deeper and more thorough the research you conduct, the better your product will eventually be.
Perfect Your Business Plan
Based on your market research, streamline your business plan. Make sure the product you envision has something unique to offer is comparison with the other products out there. Revisit your initial assumptions and estimates and make sure the resources you have lined up for the project are adequate. As you make progress, invest resources, and gather more data on the challenges you face, make sure to update your business plan so it remains a relavent guide for your future activities.
Test the Waters
Before you embark on full-scale R&D, consider producing a mock-up model of the intended product. Sharing it with prospective customers and experts, may prove to be very worthwhile. As opposed to an abstract concept, a tangible object will produce new and insightful feedback from your potential customers. If possible, try to assemble focus groups of potential customers to discuss your idea. Such guided discussions often yield surprising new directions for exploration and development.
Methodical Product Development
Once you are confident that the product you envision has true market potential, it is time to conduct a methodical R&D process. This includes product definition, conceptual design, detailed design, testing, and preparation of the production instructions. In order to accomplish this elaborate process, with minimum mistakes, it is highly recommended to consult professional Industrial Designers that have the training and experience in leading such processes.
Suppliers and Producers – Key Success Factors
Once the R&D process is complete, it is time to select raw material suppliers and component producers. Several important considerations need to be factored into these important decisions.
Firstly, seek individuals and companies with a proven record of accomplishments. Invest time in gathering references and recommendations from people you trust. Long term business relationships with trustworthy partners are priceless.
Secondly, ensure quality. While recommendations are important, it is as important to work with vendors that comply with the relevant quality standards. Beyond ensuring the quality of your product, working with accredited suppliers and producers will also pave the way for your products to the shelves of leading retailers that require such certification for every product they offer.
Cost is of course a major concern. Cost saving considerations often translate into sourcing manufacturing services and components from regions that traditionally offer low cost materials and labor. When doing so it is even more important to find reputable partners with a proven track-record of reliability and success. Moreover, shipping costs must be considered, based on the location of your target market.
Wrap It Up Properly
Product packaging is an art in and of itself. Packaging must be light-weight and compact to allow cost-effective shipping. It must also be sturdy so the product remains protected throughout its journey from the manufacturing plant up to the customers premises. Your product packaging must also be attractive, in-order-to stand out on the shelf and catch the eye of your potential customers. Professional Industrial Designers will be able to offer you different options and alternatives to best suit the packaging needs of your new product.
After much effort and perseverance your product design is complete. Before commencing mass production, make sure quality control measure are in place. Most producers and suppliers have quality control procedures that are implemented by their own Quality Control teams. However, depending on the sensitivity of your product components, putting in place your own quality control measures may prove to be a wise step. Shipping a whole batch of new products to your distributors, and then discovering at the last moment that they are all flawed, is always heart breaking and sometimes detrimental financially.
You have gone to great lengths to ensure your product design is flawless. Now, achieve the same level of precision and detail with you launch plan. Focus and the times and places where your target audience can be reached most effectively. After launch, analyze your sales performance continuously and respond with the required adjustments to your plan.
Here at Klipy design Ltd. our team of professional Industrial Designers and Marketing Experts will be happy to support you in realizing your vision and turning it into a bestselling product. Our expert team is highly experienced in guiding clients through all stages of design, prototype production, supplier & producer selection and more.
For more information contact us.
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This is a fascinating piece from the i:
Male clownfish – the orange fish … seen in the film Finding Nemo – chnge their sex if their female mate dies, according to new research.
A paper presented at the University of Exeter shows that the fish become female in order to better protect their territory. Female clownfish are more aggressive than their male counterparts, with some even attacking sharks.
Male fish tend to look after the eggs,while their partners scan the area for predators and attack any other fish that encroach. When a male fish’s partner dies, the study found, its gender changes completely to the extent that it will be able to lay eggs.
Dr Mills, co-author of the paper said “The largest individual is the female and if that female gets predated upon or dies, the male – Nemo’s dad – then changes sex and becomes a reproductive female. So when Nemo finally gets back to his anemone at the end of the film, he’s actually meeting his mum.”

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Christ the King pays an active role in the community and, through our youth projects we are in regular contact with around 50 children who come to our weekly groups. The Church feels that engaging and educating youth in a safe environment is key to helping them to develop social skills, life skills and confidence. These groups attract a significant number of non-church youth and there is excellent opportunity here for outreach.
The main groups are:
- Trailblazers: Ages 6-11
- 4Mation: Ages 11-15
Each of these groups is open to any youngster in the community. The clubs have attendance from across Bradley Stoke including a large proportion from the local social housing families.
There is an aim to provide an integrated youth provision across all age groups that is to a consistently high standard and that links all of the groups so that we do not ‘lose’ children as they transfer between groups. This includes the thought that provision needs to extend to “Young Adults” within Bradley Stoke (supporting individuals up to age 25).
Each of the youth groups are run by a large number of volunteers. These volunteers range from 15–18 year olds who help as ‘young leaders’ to retired individuals. In order that the youth provision is co-ordinated and to a high standard the church has the support of the parish funded SWYM trainee / youth worker who is in receipt of focussed training on both the skills required for youth work and exploring and developing faith.
Ages 6 to 11
Meeting every Wednesday during term time from 6.00 – 7.00pm
(cinema evening will be later finishing)
Evenings will include fun, games, challenges, quizes, snacks, cinema evenings, trips, activity nights, guest speakers and visitors.
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Ages 11 to 15
is an exciting new group for 11-14 year olds, meeting Wednesdays 7.15 – 8.30 pm
The Big Why
Ages 14 +
is a teenage group (14+) that meets on Sunday at church during term time from 7.45pm – 9.15pm. Unfortunately Big Why is not operating at the moment although there are hopes of relaunching in the autumn subject to sufficient volunteers or a youth worker.
For more information about any of our groups please contact our Church Administrator

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i’ve been struggling with pocd since may. over time, the thoughts have gotten better but i’m afraid because i’m not reacting to them as bad as I was before. but because i’m not reacting to them as bad, i fear that i have become my thoughts or that the thoughts are true. another was if my intrusive thoughts are even intrusive thoughts which is making me the most upset right now. basically fearing that my OCD is fake and that my intrusive thoughts aren’t intrusive thoughts.
i cannot afford therapy nor do i have a therapist to go to about this, so anything is appreciated. thank you.

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Puma shares dip as Kering sells 5.9% stake
PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) – Shares in Puma <PUMG.DE> fell 3.5% on Tuesday after French luxury group Kering <PRTP.PA> said it had completed the sale of a 5.9% stake in the German sportswear company for approximately 656 million euros ($772 million).
Kering has increasingly focused on its high-margin luxury brands like Gucci, Saint Laurent and Balenciaga in recent years, spinning off 70% of Puma to its shareholders in 2018.
Puma struggled after it was bought by Kering for 5.3 billion euros in 2007, but it has enjoyed a revival in the last few years, helped by sponsorships of top soccer teams and partnerships with celebrities like Rihanna and Selena Gomez.
The sale reduces Kering’s stake in Puma to 9.8% from a previous 15.7%. Kering, which had announced its plan to sell the stake on Tuesday, said the transaction corresponded to a selling price of 74.50 euros per share.
Puma’s shares traded down 3.1% at 75.7 euros at 0728 GMT.
In July, Puma reported second-quarter sales fell a currency-adjusted 30.7% to 831 million euros and earnings before interest and taxes slumped to a loss of 114.8 million euros as coronavirus lockdowns closed most global sports stores.
However, sales have rebounded as stores have reopened and the pandemic has encouraged more people to take up exercising, with rival Nike <NKE.N> posting better-than-expected results in September and giving a strong sales forecast.
The Nike results had helped Puma shares to return to levels last seen before coronavirus hit in March.
Puma’s largest shareholder remains Artemis, the holding company for the Pinault family that founded and controls Kering, which has a stake of just under 29%.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta in Paris and Emma Thomasson in Berlin; editing by Jason Neely and Maria Sheahan)


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The surge in reported cases of Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (Arfid) in the UK has sparked concerns within the healthcare sector, urging NHS authorities to address the alarming increase in individuals seeking support for this lesser-known eating disorder. According to Beat, a leading eating disorders charity, the number of inquiries related to Arfid has risen sevenfold in just five years, indicating a pressing need for improved access to specialized care.
Andrew Radford, the Chief Executive of Beat, expressed worry over the lack of readily available specialist care for Arfid, leading to prolonged delays in individuals accessing essential support. A recent study by Beat revealed that a significant portion of eating disorder service providers in the UK do not clearly specify whether they offer care for Arfid on their websites, highlighting the urgent need for standardized treatment protocols across all regions.
In comparison to more commonly known eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, Arfid presents unique challenges in diagnosis and treatment. Radford emphasized the need for NHS leaders to address the existing postcode lottery in care provision for Arfid, stressing the importance of ensuring every region in England has fully trained staff equipped to handle this complex disorder.
Unlike traditional eating disorders fueled by concerns over weight and body image, Arfid is driven by factors such as sensory issues related to food textures or tastes, fear stemming from distressing food experiences, or a general disinterest in eating. The varied symptoms of Arfid make it particularly challenging to diagnose accurately, posing significant risks of physical complications such as malnutrition if left untreated.
Dr. Amy Wicksteed, Chair of the British Psychological Society’s faculty for eating disorders, echoed concerns over the rise in Arfid cases, noting a similar trend reported in the US healthcare system. Wicksteed outlined the key features of Arfid, emphasizing that unlike other eating disorders, it does not stem from negative body image or weight loss motivations.
Amidst a surge in referrals to NHS eating disorders services post-Covid, the healthcare system has been grappling with a 50% increase in individuals seeking help for various eating disorders. The NHS spokesperson reaffirmed the organization’s commitment to enhancing care for individuals with eating disorders, citing ongoing investments, targeted initiatives, and comprehensive training programs aimed at bolstering community eating disorder teams nationwide.
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Sun Country Airlines has told its employees to prepare for a possible shutdown, though company leaders said they believe they will be able to keep the low-cost carrier aloft.
The Mendota Heights-based airline, a favorite of leisure travelers on a budget, has seen its future clouded by problems at its parent company at a time when airlines already are struggling because of high fuel prices and a weak economy.
In a notice to employees Wednesday, Sun Country said, “there are obviously risks that no solution will be found (to the company’s financial troubles). This is to notify you that should Sun Country not be able to obtain additional financing or obtain relief from our major creditors in the near future there is a distinct possibility that the airline will be shut down and/or you will be furloughed.”
The letter tells employees to prepare for that possibility as early as Dec. 1.
The upheaval at Sun Country is tied to an ongoing federal investigation at the airline’s parent company, Minnetonka-based Petters Group Worldwide. A former Petters employee was charged this week with mail fraud and money laundering in a scheme that allegedly helped the company raise billions of dollars over more than a decade. Tom Petters, Petters Group Worldwide’s founder and CEO, resigned Monday.
Sun Country Airlines, which Petters bought with other investors in 2006, has not been implicated in the investigation.
Sun Country currently has 850 employees, 1,100 in peak season.
This week, Sun Country CEO Stan Gadek said that during these current slow months for the airline, it typically would rely on Petters for a short-term loan. That would carry it until early 2009, when Sun Country’s business would pick up with winter getaway travelers.
But once the legal problems surfaced at the parent company, the possibility of a loan disappeared.
Sun Country emphasized it was sending its notice to employees because the Worker’s Adjustment and Retraining Act requires 60 days advance notice to employees of mass layoffs.
“While Sun Country has no plans to shut down or institute a major layoff, we wanted to be sure we are in compliance with federal law,” Wendy Williams Blackshaw, a Sun Country spokeswoman, said Thursday.
She assured Sun Country customers holding tickets on the airline that they would be protected. Credit card banks retain funds until the passengers fly, and only then does the airline receive cash, she said. The credit card companies “would refund those funds if for some reason any flights were canceled,” she said.
In the same statement, Williams Blackshaw said “over the past week, we have made progress in negotiating with vendors and identifying additional sources of revenue.”
Sun Country has been a distant second to Northwest Airlines in the Twin Cities market. Sun Country, which flies out of the smaller Humphrey Terminal at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, had about 14,000 takeoffs and landings in 2007, or 5 percent of airport operations, compared with just fewer than 200,000 flights for Northwest, which accounted for 75 percent of operations.
On Thursday, Sun Country also disclosed changes on its board of directors. Petters, who had been chairman, resigned along with David Baer, another director.
Gadek, Sun Country’s CEO, was appointed chairman. John Fredericksen, the airline’s vice president and general counsel, also was named to the board.
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When third-party liability insurance acts in bad faith, does IFCA apply? The Insurance Fair Conduct Act (IFCA) was established by Washington State voters in 2007. It was created as a level of protection for consumers that levies penalties against insurance companies for misconduct. More importantly, consumers will not shoulder the financial burden of holding insurance companies accountable, and they can receive payment for treble damages and expert witnesses, too.
IFCA’s language is very specific, and it only applies to a first party claimant for an insurance policy when the consumer is unreasonably denied for a claim of coverage or payment. However, under RCW 48.30.015, there is little to no inclusion of third party claims and liability insurance.
What is a First Party Claimant?
A first-party claimant is a person who is insured and filing a claim for automobile benefits, such as repairing a vehicle after an accident, or through homeowner’s insurance for damages in a fire. These claims do not have a third party who is arguing that the insured is also liable for the third party’s damages; instead, they are straightforward claims initiated by the insured to the insurer.
However, the language in the IFCA makes it clear that only a first party claim is protected, while third party claims are not.
In 2015, there was an IFCA claim that the courts dismissed against the insurer Continental Casualty Company. The judge overseeing the case ruled that IFCA did not apply, because the issue was resulting from a third-party claim (see Cox v. Cont’l Cas. Co., 2014).
The case arose out of a medical malpractice claim against a retired dentist. In the malpractice case, a group of former patients had secured a judgment against the dentist for their claims. Then, the patients sued the insurer, Continental Casualty Company, alleging that the insurer acted in bad faith and violated IFCA, because they did not seek global settlement after issuing a professional liability insurance policy to the dentist.
The judge explained to the plaintiffs that the IFCA claim only arises from a first party claimant toward an insurance policy. While the plaintiffs had a case against the dentist, they were a third party in the matter against the insurance company. Therefore, the IFCA protections did not apply.
The federal court has issued similar judgments, such as the case of Trinity Universal Insurance of Kansas against Ohio Casualty Insurance. In that case, it was established that third party liability claims do not apply to IFCA protections, and the protection is only extended to the first party when filing a claim against the insurer for unreasonable denial of benefits.
Is Your Insurer Denying Your Claims or Operating in Bad Faith? You May Qualify for an IFCA Claim
While IFCA protects first party claims only, this does not mean that you are without options. If your own insurance company is unreasonably denying your claim, you are considered a first party claimant; therefore, you can file an IFCA action against that insurer.
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- based on RASPBIAN STRETCH 9.1 2017-08-16 (support rpi3 rpi2 rpi1)
- support BPI-M2 Ultra & BPI-M2 Berry kernel 3.10.107
- username & password: pi/bananapi , root/bananapi
- support LCD 7"
- support LCD 5"
- support HDMI 1080P & 480P & 720P (default)
- support GMAC
- support WIFI
- support BT (with bluetoothctl can setup)
- support SATA
- support UART (default set 2 pin mode for /dev/ttyS2)
- support I2C
- support SPI
- support eMMC (support boot from eMMC)
- support Battery (BPI-M2 Ultra only)
- support IR (getevent can test, BPI-M2 Ultra only)
- support touch screen (can control desktop or getevent to test)
- support power key (getevent can test)
- support OTG (BPI-M2 Ultra only)
- support CAMERA ov5640 (guvcview / cap / ffmpeg-3.2.1 support video H.264 hw encode)
- support uEnv.txt to fatload uImage
- support bpi-bootsel to set LCD7" / LCD5" / HDMI (720P & 1080P & 480P)
- support bpi-copy to write SD/eMMC with img.zip file
- support video play 1080p with vdpau (vlc)
- support chromium 60.0.3112.89
- support scratch 1.4
- support scratch 2
- support wiringpi 2.44 (https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-WiringPi2, thanks to http://wiringpi.com/ & https://github.com/WiringPi/WiringPi)
- support rpi.gpio 0.6.3 for python (https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/RPi.GPIO, thanks to https://sourceforge.net/projects/raspberry-gpio-python/)
- thanks for raspberry.org’s work (https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian)
- Thanks for linux-sunxi community (http://linux-sunxi.org/)
- Special thanks for Daniel Andersen with BPI-M2U-bsp (https://github.com/dan-and)
- Special thanks for Alex support with camera functions (https://github.com/avafinger)
- ref. https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-M2U-bsp
- ref. https://bananapi.gitbooks.io/bpi-m2-ultra-open-source-single-board-computer/content/
FILESIZE: 1919429092 (~1830MB)
UNPACK: 7456MB (eMMC size)
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This is running for me on my M2-Berry. Much better than the latest Ubuntu image.
A few notes:
- HDMI audio won’t enable, though it is selectable as a device for VLC playback
- Video acceleration working out of the box with VLC at least (1080p runs fine)
- Chromium works quite smoothly, though Youtube video won’t play even 720p without frame drop
- Kodi package in apt appears broken (kodi won’t start, core dumps)
Questions to bpi/devs:
- How can I enable HDMI audio as default device?
- How can I enable 1080p accelerated video in Chromium/HTML5?
Kodi will not work with m2u. It’s required system patches. Old kernel, like 3.4 version - best wariant for mediacenter
Thanks @Oleksandr_Kuzmenko, I didn’t get the notification for your reply.
I didn’t realise there were so many hardware dependencies with Kodi - I am now attempting to patch as you suggested using instructions at https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=254202.
I’m wondering what kernel to build against though.
I’m following the instructions at https://bananapi.gitbooks.io/bpi-m2-ultra-open-source-single-board-computer/content/bpi-m2ultrasourcecodeongithub/bpi-berrybpi-ultra-how-to-alter-ubootkernel-from-github.html but the kernel there is at 3.10.107, which I’m guessing won’t receive patches for a 3.4 kernel. How can I use the above procedure to build for a different kernel version? I’m new to this BPI toolstack.
No luck with this image. Seems to have a kernel crash immediately on startup .Just keeps restarting before I can get to the shell. Downloading Raspbian Jessie image now.
So the Jessie build worked, but I had some issues compiling some code, so went back to my trusty image. This had the same problem / boot loop as this build. Then I decided to wait 30 mins before powering up again and it worked fine. Not sure why this was the case.
For HDMI sound try hub ouput hdmi mode in sound adjust.
I installed in in the BPI zero, works
- I want to create a login for the Octoprint but it does not ask me to do one when I first log in into it via Web browser, there is already a log in?
- Anyone knows where to find a cable compatible with the pi camera?


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One of the fun outcomes of this “little joys” project is that I’ve had to keep adding other ideas to my list as I’ve gone along. I don’t think I’ll be able to cover all of them during advent. Perhaps I’ll have to keep at it until I exhaust my list.
Hopefully, I will never exhaust my list.
This is the bookshelf above my desk. Besides books (another little joy to come), most of my shelf hosts photos and mementos. These three photos are from my dad’s side of the family.
You can tell any story you want from old photos, but the true magic of these frozen moments are the facts and memories of the lives that animated those images. I like surrounding my office with these black and whites. They had their own stories to tell, their own ambitions and regrets, obligations and dreams, some of them realized and others never revealed to anyone else. The secrets each heart keeps could fill volumes.
Two of these photos showcase my grandma and grandpa when they were young, before they had children. The third is of them when they were older, but probably not much older than we are now. In a way, they are before and after shots of those ambitions and dreams, dreams that manifested in the form of descendants to outnumber the stars, in place of a Nashville stage.
Tonight, our advent activity is to go through our annual family albums, to travel into nostalgia, to remember when. Someday, these three photos will just be two dimensional glimpses of a grandchild’s ancestry—a distinct nose, a knowing smile, the certain shape of an eye—with no stories attached to explain the young man and his band, the tall girl in the cowgirl hat standing by him in a crowd, the cluster of children surrounding them. Someday, even the thousands and thousands of photos I’ve collected in photo albums will become mysteries to a descendant.
But for now, I still hold their stories. For now, they are still as real as they ever were to me when they were living and breathing beings. I can almost hear the two of them singing.