A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.

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epiFlection.epiclectic.com - The Album

 

Twisted graphic enhancements of mostly found life form images captured from the web-based world, courtesy of the epiPhone camera, Photoshop and the warped mind of the epiclectic.

 

Disclaimer - If anyone objects to me reprocessing one of their images, please drop me a flickr mail and I will be more than happy to provide a link to your original image - or remove it from my public photo stream.

 

Call for Images - If you have a photograph you would like to submit for an official epiFlection treatment, send me a flickr mail with a link to your photo. Once posted, you will get credit, a link to your photo, and a great photo for downloading, printing, framing and giving as a wonderful gift to loved ones in your close circle of friends.

Participants in class, learning, taking notes, and asking questions about the new Just-In-Time web based toolkit that helps managers better provide reasonable accommodations and disability inclusiveness at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, in Washington, D.C. The class covered a wide range of topics, from proper verbal labels, and best strategies for various work place scenarios, to applicable laws, to name a few. The class provided knowledge for employees at all levels. The web-based toolkit was made in collaboration with Cornell University. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.

A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.

A stunning sunset over the City of Perth Western Australia

 

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A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.

Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal discusses the Army's Business Transformation and the value of collaborating with industry on best business practices with the Army News Service and Army Broadcasting at the Pentagon, 16 Oct. 2012, Washington, DC. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller)

Offices of the Anti Advertising Agency and www.delocator.net

 

Two exhibitions by the artists' collaboratives the Anti-Advertising Agency and Finishing School will take over the San Francisco Art Institute's Walter and McBean Galleries for the month of April and into May.

 

The Anti-Advertising Agency (AAA) will transform the McBean Project Space into its temporary headquarters replete with a conference table, desks, chairs, dry erase boards, a water cooler, fluorescent lamps, and cubicle walls in order to plan the Agency's counter-advertising projects for 2005–2006. Artist and educator Steve Lambert founded the Anti Advertising Agency. Co-opting the tools and structures used by the advertising and public relations industries, the Agency was established as a response to the pervasiveness of commercial content in public urban space. As the CEO of the Anti Advertising Agency, Lambert will work from start to finish with the artists selected for Agency support to help realize their projects.

 

To date, five artists’ projects have been selected for Agency support. All of these projects will have workstations in the gallery/office where they can begin work and present their ideas to the public.

 

Participating artists include Sara Dierck and Michael Dodge, who will work on engaging the public through sound and radio; Amanda Eicher, who will focus on connecting consumer products with labor; Susan R. Greene, who brings expertise in community-based art making and clinical psychology; Packard Jennings, who will hone the Agency's message through public surveys and target audiences; and Dara Greenwald and Josh MacPhee, who will use street teams to promote business activity that doesn't rely on advertising. As each of these artists projects evolve, the residual Post It ® notes, reference material, paper scraps, diagrams, and scrawled notebooks will be left in the gallery as part of the exhibition.

 

Simultaneously, downstairs in the Walter Gallery, the Southern California based artist group Finishing School will create a café/workshop environment to serve as the physical location for the launch of their newest project, the web-based, www.delocator.net. Finishing School is the collective identity of artists Brian Boyer, Ed Giardina, and xtine. For this project the artists have collaborated with computer programmer Vasna Sdoeung to produce their interactive website www.delocator.net. This online interactive database allows patrons to enter and pull comparative information regarding independently owned café and trans-national coffee emporiums.

 

During the exhibition, Finishing School will transform the gallery into a traditional coffee house environment with the addition of computers and wireless Internet access. Gallery visitors will learn about the delocator project and are invited to add information to a growing online database of independently owned café’s and coffee houses.

 

Finishing School is the second Nimoy Artist Residency to be funded by Susan Bay and Leonard Nimoy, who established the Nimoy Foundation in 2003. The mission of the Nimoy Foundation is to recognize, encourage, and support the work of contemporary visual and performing artists.

 

Exhibitions Director Merry Scully finds the entrepreneurial approach taken by both the AAA and the Finishing School reflective of national and international art making trends. "This kind of artistic practice engages the social and political sphere rather than simply representing or commenting upon it," explains Scully. “It invites a rethinking and exchange from the audience that more didactic work does not."

 

The Walter and McBean Galleries are open Tuesday–Saturday, 11am–6pm. Both exhibitions invite active participation by the audience. The "CEO" of the AAA will be on-site and available to the public Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. The AAA will offer free anti-advertising "consultations" to the public on Wednesdays at 6:30pm, and "focus groups" on Fridays from 4:00pm to 5:00pm. The delocator café/workshop will be open during gallery hours. More information about these projects can be found at www.antiadvertisingagency.com

and www.delocator.net.

Come celebrate with the ONAC community during the ONE PDX launch event and learn more about the Oregon Native Enterprise (ONE) Program at this free event!\nThe ONE Coalition has developed a business development series utilizing the voices of our community and representing our collective wisdom in support of business development and ownership for Native American entrepreneurs across Oregon & SW Washington. We invite you to learn more about this exciting new program and the StartUpOregon Platform as it supports Economic Development opportunities by leveraging web-based technologies to expand your reach.\nONAC is dedicated to working with all members of the community to advance the educational and economic opportunities for Native Americans in Oregon and Southwest Washington. We look forward to having our partners and community advocates come together during this event. Thank you! copyright © 2018 sean dreilinger

You can embed your Flickr photos in blog posts, web pages, and some other web-based tools. The steps outlined in this photo and the next two will show you how. Please note that this method will only work for your own photos. You can download other photos if the creator has assigned a Creative Commons license to his/her work, then use the photo on your page if allowed by the license.

1. Pull up the photo you want to embed and click on the All Sizes link above the photo (circled in this photo).

Agentic is led by founder Phillip Djwa. Phillip is a certified Internet Marketing specialist and strategist with 20 years experience in the high-technology industry. During this time, Phillip has worked on a wide range of technology and web-integrated communications projects for Fortune 500 companies, high-tech start-ups, and not-for-profit organizations. His clients have included the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, VanCity, BC Ministry of Labour and Citizens’ Services, Community Legal Education Ontario (The Law Foundation of Ontario), First Nations Schools Association, Granville Island (Canada Mortgage and Housing), and many others.

 

A career-long social entrepreneur, Phillip has provided support to many worthwhile community initiatives, including the First People’s Heritage Council, Friends of Chamber Music, and the First Nations Technology Council. Phillip has a BA from Simon Fraser University in Fine Arts with a concentration in electronic music, and an MFA in Electronic Arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York. Phillip is the Agentic team member responsible for new business and working with our clients on the strategic planning of their online initiatives; and designing, developing and implementing web-based and web-integrated projects for our clients.

 

Phillip was one of the executives behind the Melting Silos initiative, which is a NFB and Telefilm funded project to match new media companies and filmmakers in an innovative and supportive development process. He also received BC Film grants in 2013 for innovative digital media projects.

 

He is also a board member of OpenMedia.ca and Webofchange.com as well as an advisor to the national ICT Council. He volunteers for many organizations, including the Vancouver Crisis Centre answering the phone and chat. He has been on juries for Emmys, Canada Media Awards, Dept of Canadian Heritage and many others.

 

Lastly, he is an active speaker in both technology, digital media and the future of work.

A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.

A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.

A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.

ANOREXIA TABLEAU

 

Damselfly Chair

Reassembled, carved and wood-burned chair bones; mirror platform

 

Spill

Beaded bracelets created by college students and family members in Kansas, Minnesota, and Illinois

 

Haunted

Headphones; audio recordings and sound compositions: No One Could Make Me Eat, Frightened to Death, Ana Wants

 

A skeletal, distressed, cut up wooden chair personifies the painful emptiness experienced by victims of eating disorders.

 

Spilled on the floor are hundreds of intestine-like, blood red, white and blue beaded bracelets, like those sometimes worn by “Pro-Ana” or “Pro-Mia” members. Fueled by the Internet and social media, this disturbing ‘secret society’ trend presents eating disorders as desirable behavior and simply a “lifestyle choice.” Along with virtual communities, these web-based groups provide effective starvation technique tips and post ‘thinspiration’ images of anorexic celebrities and models. They encourage those battling eating disorders to ‘stick with it,’ and can trigger relapse for those in recovery.

 

Anorexia is the most deadly mental illness. A person with the disease has a dangerously low body weight and thinks about food constantly, but limits the amount eaten to gain a sense of control over their lives. 12% of people who develop anorexia will die from complications. The mortality rate for eating disorders is 12 times higher than that of all other illnesses for females 15-24 years old. 85% of anorexics and bulimics are female, but the incidence in males is growing. Only one in ten people with an eating disorder receives treatment.

A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly..

copperstoneclubbiz.com 813-321-7417 The one guaranteed way to improve the overall efficiency of your communication system is to opt for a virtual phone system. With a virtual phone system, you can avail a host of sophisticated features such as call forwarding, find me follow me, conferencing, music-on-hold, caller Id, speed dial, call blocking, auto- attendant, voicemail to email, fax to email, real-time call history etc.

 

There are four main technologies that make virtual offices work: The Internet, VOIP, Unified Messaging and Cloud Computing Technology. Unless you've been living under a rock, I'm sure at some point in your life you've used or heard of at least one of these forms of technology.

 

The Internet

 

Let's face it; the Internet is one form of technology that most of us cannot live without. It's a part of our everyday lives. It's a resource that 85% or more of small business owners use to run their businesses. The Internet allows us to check our email, host our websites, shop online, pay our bills and most importantly use various tools to provide services to our clients.

 

VOIP - What is it?

 

VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a technology that gives us the ability to use phone services over the Internet. As a matter of fact, traditional phone lines are slowly being phased out as small, medium and large businesses are reaping the benefits of using VOIP systems. The main benefits of using VOIP are the ability to make long distance phone calls, hold conference calls, use caller ID, call forwarding and other features that traditional telephone companies normally you charge for are available for free. Isn't that AWESOME?

 

Unified Messaging Systems

 

Unified Messaging is a technology that works with VOIP systems and is a feature that runs virtual office phone systems. Unified Messaging combines the integration of email, instant messaging, fax, voicemail, video messaging, and text messaging technologies together for storage onto a single system. For example, with traditional communications systems messages are delivered onto several types of storage systems such as Voicemail systems, Fax machines and email servers. Whereas with Unified Messaging Systems all of these different types of messages are stored in one place. This feature simplifies the user experience by giving them one place to check for messages rather than checking multiple places to retrieve messages.

 

Ultimately, the premise behind creating Unified Messaging Systems was to have a place where all of the above technologies can be brought together onto one platform to make communication as seamless as possible.

 

Cloud Computing: The Revolution

 

Cloud Computing Technology is taking the world by storm. You may have heard cloud computing being referred to as "The Cloud". This form of technology allows multiple servers to share resources that run various hardware and software applications over the "Internet" that can be accessed via web browsers. In essence cloud computing features web-based software and hardware applications that run over the Internet. The main benefits of using services in "The Cloud" are:

 

Cloud services and applications are web-based and can be accessed anytime, anywhere, 24/7 as long as you have an Internet connection from a computer, Smartphone, or tablet device

 

Cloud applications work with multiple Operating System platforms such as Windows, Linux and Macintosh computers

 

Cloud applications and services are very inexpensive and allow you to pay as you go to use them

 

In most cases, there is no need for you to install software or purchase hardware to use cloud services

 

The most common types of virtual offices for work are home offices, telecommuting centers, mobile offices and hoteling.

 

A home office can be a room, a portion of a room, a hallway, a garage, or any other space you choose to work in.

 

Home Offices

 

The primary advantage of working at home is that it makes it easier for people to run their lives. Those who have to drop children off at school or take care of a sick parent can juggle their personal and professional responsibilities better if they aren't rushing to the office every day on a fixed schedule. Dropping the daily commute may also free up time for other activities such as time with a spouse or children, exercise, or hobbies.

 

Working at home also means fewer meetings and interruptions. Not surprisingly, this often translates into productivity gains. A study found that 80 percent of work-at-home entrepreneurs say they are more productive at home than they were in a traditional office. An overall increase in control over scheduling can improve your sense of satisfaction and can lead to a higher quality of work. This increased feeling of control over your work and your life cuts down significantly on stress levels.

 

Telecommuting Centers

 

A telecommuting center is a type of virtual offices where employees work, usually part-time, outside of a central corporate office. These virtual offices are either used by employees from one company or shared by employees from several different employers.

 

Telecommuting centers can offer many of the advantages of working in a home office without some of the disadvantages. Centers present fewer distractions than a home office and more opportunity for social and professional interaction. They also can provide access to computer networks, secretarial services, conference rooms, and copiers, which are not always available at home. In addition, some supervisors feel more comfortable with employees working at another office site rather than in the home.

 

The major barrier to widespread use of such virtual offices is their cost. For obvious reasons, home offices are much less expensive.

 

Mobile Offices

 

The term mobile office describes a car, or sometimes even a briefcase, used by people who spend a lot of time on the road. These "road warriors" have all the technology and other tools they need in their mobile office to complete their work without returning to the central office. They complete their work in their mobile office, at a client site, or in a home office, and go to the corporate office only for meetings, to pick up mail, or for support services that are not available elsewhere.

 

Enabling mobile workers to spend more time with their clients through technology is appealing to employers. The same technology that allows mobile workers to keep in touch enables them to improve productivity and spend more time with clients. At the client's location, mobile workers use computers to access inventory information, process orders, and provide quick turnaround for all kinds of services. Employers also save on real estate costs by having mobile workers do the bulk of their desk work outside of the company office.

 

Hoteling

 

Although technically not an office, hoteling is a catch-all term for work arrangements in which corporate employees use desks on an as-needed basis.

 

Employees in hoteling arrangements do not have assigned offices on a long-term basis. Armed with portable computers and other technology, these employees visit clients and perform administrative tasks on the road or from offices at home. They return to the corporate office for meetings or when they need other support services.

 

Here is a list of 7 tools that can be used to help you get started with setting up a virtual office that can help you save money on operating expenses and give your business a professional look inexpensively.

 

1. Online Billing and Invoicing Solution

 

Online invoicing solutions help you in getting your payment on time. With these invoicing tools, you can send invoices to your clients via email which will help you save money on postage.

 

2. Online Backup and Recovery Solution

 

You never know when disaster will strike. When it does, you'll want to be ready for it. Having a backup and recovery system in place is crucial for any business-no matter what size they are. The advantage of using online backup solutions vs. traditional backup services is that you will have access to your important documents and files anytime that you need them. Some companies offer very affordable online disaster recovery solutions that will help get you back up and running again in the event of a catastrophe in your virtual office.

 

3. Online Fax Solutions

 

Tired of tying up your phone line to send or receive faxes? If you are, then an online fax service is the perfect solution for you. Online fax services eliminate the need to purchase an expensive fax machine or run to a local store or copy center when you need to send faxes. These services allow you to send and receive faxes over the Internet as PDF files.

 

4. Online File Sharing and Document Management System

 

Document management systems lets you store, manage and share your documents online anytime you need them via an Internet browser. This system definitely comes in handy for a small business owner needing quick access to documents even when they are away from their personal computer. You can create different folders to store your documents in them, share files with your employees, team members or business colleagues, post comments regarding specific files you uploaded, and set permissions for specific files and folders that you may or may not want to share. Types of files that you can upload are Microsoft office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access), PDF files, and Executable files and programs.

 

5. All-In-One Printer, Copier and Scanner

 

Using an all-in one printer or multifunction device that features a printer, copier and scanner for your business will surely eliminate the need for purchasing other hardware devices separately. The feature I've grown to love most with using an All-in-One printer is the capability of being able to scan documents from the device, download it as a PDF and send it back using an online Fax Service. Isn't this a nice feature for a virtual office?

 

Some additional obvious benefits of using a multi-function printer include:

 

You can have almost everything you need in one device since most multifunctional devices are equipped with copiers, scanners, or fax machines.

 

They are very easy to maintain. Since all-in one printers are standalone devices, there will be less equipment for you to take care of.

 

You can save a lot of work space. Office equipment can tend to be bulky and take up a lot of space. Multifunction devices aid tremendously in this area.

 

You can save money. It is more expensive for you to purchase several pieces of beneficial for your company, especially if you are trying to save on your expenses.

 

6. Online Project Collaboration and Web Conferencing Tools

 

Online collaboration and web conferencing tools allow you to work with your employees and clients in different locations across the world via one virtual location. With these tools, you can conduct live presentations, host online meetings, do sales presentations and conduct training right from your computer by sharing your computer screen with multiple users over the Internet.

 

Most web conferencing and project collaboration tools require you to download a desktop sharing application onto your computer to share your screen or send a special link through email to the participants of the meeting. After the participants have received a link to the meeting and have clicked on it, they will be able to join the web conference.

 

Google Apps is an additional resource that offers free project collaboration and online messaging tools to small business owners. With Google apps, you can use your own customized business email addresses to send and receive email from Google's online email interface, receive 25GB worth of free online email storage, access to mobile email, an online calendar, and instant messaging.

 

7. Online Customer Relationship Management Systems (CRM)

 

I will warn you that Customer Relationship Management systems can be a tad bit complex for beginners. Before choosing a CRM for your business, I urge you to make sure that the software vendor that you select has great customer service or online tutorials and other resources available that will give you a step by step guide on how to setup and use the software program.

 

If you have a business and you are trying to keep expenses at a minimum and you don't want to have to pay someone an hourly wage to do jobs that can be automated, you have likely heart of a virtual office service. The great thing about these services is that you only have to pay for what you use, so there is no hourly wage to pay, as would be the case if you hired a full or even part time employee to do these things for you.

 

Wondering exactly what a virtual office assistant can do for you? Basically they can do all of the things that would be done by someone who was right in the office for you, except that you're not paying them every day that they come to work, you're only paying for when you use their services/

 

Some of the virtual office services that you can take advantage of include but are not limited:

 

- Secretarial support

- Copier and mail services

- Fax services

- Courier and postage services

- Remote reception services

- Automated attendant services

- Unified message that converts voicemail to email

- Live telephone answering service

- Call recording

- Booking ready to use office space

- Providing whiteboards, flip charts, screens and LCD projectors when needed

- Teleconferencing

- Catering arrangements

- Mail and parcel services

- Private locked mailbox services

- Email notification of mail and parcel pick up notices

- Mail and parcel forwarding as needed

 

This is jut a look at what these amazing services can do for you and your business. Of course not all businesses need these services all the time. This is why virtual office services really do make a lot of sense. When you're trying to reduce the operating budget as much as possible this is the way to go because you are only paying for the services that you need, and nothing more. So, instead of having someone on the books that is sitting there waiting for you to do these things, you simply need to contact the virtual office service when you need them and you're done.

 

If you need a few of the different services offered you can always choose a package of virtual services that works for you, or you can choose to customize a package that will give you only the services that you need and nothing more. When you customize the package you will not be paying for anything other than the services that you really want or need and even then you'll find that the savings will be substantial. The nice thing is that you can change your package or custom package at any time, if your needs change in any way, which will allow for you to budget for things in advance.

 

As you can see, working with a virtual office service really is a great option for a wide variety of businesses who don't necessarily need full time services and who want to watch their budget and only pay for what they need. Cracking down and diminishing the budget is always a great idea, and this is a really simple and straight forward way to do it for all different types and sizes of business around the world.

 

One of 4 custom fonts I designed this summer for a web based client. They needed 3 text font (serif, sans, and typewriter) completed from scratch in 2 months time. About the same time another team from the same office commissioned a handwriting font for their web page. Glyphs were flying there for a while!

Pre-show texting warm up at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver where we launched.

 

Mosio's Text a Librarian enables libraries to set up mobile carrier approved text messaging reference services for their patrons. It works using a web-based interface.

 

More: www.textalibrarian.com

A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.

A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.

This project is part of the Ars Electronica Garden Liepāja. Planting a Resort for Mental Ecology is a response to the current overwhelming political, environmental and economic uncertainty of today. Residing in the coastal resort town of Liepāja, the artists and researchers of MPLab are exploring the fragile structure of mental ecology (Guattari 1989) and developing techno-ecological systems and strategies for well-being during the times of change. In the web-based exhibition online visitors will be able to explore physical and virtual gardens planted for self-sustainability, mental exercise and retreat.

 

For more informations please visit:

ars.electronica.art/keplersgardens/en/mental-ecology/

 

Credit: Līga Vēliņa dark

At the Ameresco Biomass Cogeneration Facility, trucks are lifted into the air in order to deposit wood chips that are then turned into steam energy. This helps generate a minimum of 77 million kilowatt hours of green power.

By: Andrew Martin, Training and Technical Integration; Joseph Thomas, Web-Based Training; Anna Griffin, Training and Technical Integration; and Lisa Hartzog, Site Training

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions

I have seen Nefertiti's bust a few times in my life and have made several photos of her. It is impossible to photograph her nowadays since for the moment it is forbidden. Previously it was allowed in the Egyptian museum in Berlin but through glass and not everybody respected the ban of flash. She is very well guarded and treated like the most precious treasure in whole Germany.

 

My curiosity drove me to re-make Nefertiti and make her more life-like, how she may have looked like in real life. Her bust is worn and damaged by time and perhaps also by bad people. I have done my best to re-create and make her look like she was photographed yesterday with the best cameras. I added back her left eye since I think it was lost back in the days. Nobody can say for sure that the artist left her one-eyed with purpose since he put so much effort to make her as perfect as possible otherwise.

 

When seeing the finished result I must say I have seen such beautiful women who resemble Nefertiti on my trips in North-Africa. The shape of Nefertiti's nose, her sensual dark eyes, her lovely perfect lips, her beautiful sun-kissed skin and her fabulous make-up can still be seen on beautiful women all around in the countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt. Nefertiti lives on :-) Enjoy! /A

 

Footnote: A simple web-based photo tool was used, (NOT Photoshop).

copperstoneclubbiz.com 813-321-7417 The one guaranteed way to improve the overall efficiency of your communication system is to opt for a virtual phone system. With a virtual phone system, you can avail a host of sophisticated features such as call forwarding, find me follow me, conferencing, music-on-hold, caller Id, speed dial, call blocking, auto- attendant, voicemail to email, fax to email, real-time call history etc.

 

There are four main technologies that make virtual offices work: The Internet, VOIP, Unified Messaging and Cloud Computing Technology. Unless you've been living under a rock, I'm sure at some point in your life you've used or heard of at least one of these forms of technology.

 

The Internet

 

Let's face it; the Internet is one form of technology that most of us cannot live without. It's a part of our everyday lives. It's a resource that 85% or more of small business owners use to run their businesses. The Internet allows us to check our email, host our websites, shop online, pay our bills and most importantly use various tools to provide services to our clients.

 

VOIP - What is it?

 

VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a technology that gives us the ability to use phone services over the Internet. As a matter of fact, traditional phone lines are slowly being phased out as small, medium and large businesses are reaping the benefits of using VOIP systems. The main benefits of using VOIP are the ability to make long distance phone calls, hold conference calls, use caller ID, call forwarding and other features that traditional telephone companies normally you charge for are available for free. Isn't that AWESOME?

 

Unified Messaging Systems

 

Unified Messaging is a technology that works with VOIP systems and is a feature that runs virtual office phone systems. Unified Messaging combines the integration of email, instant messaging, fax, voicemail, video messaging, and text messaging technologies together for storage onto a single system. For example, with traditional communications systems messages are delivered onto several types of storage systems such as Voicemail systems, Fax machines and email servers. Whereas with Unified Messaging Systems all of these different types of messages are stored in one place. This feature simplifies the user experience by giving them one place to check for messages rather than checking multiple places to retrieve messages.

 

Ultimately, the premise behind creating Unified Messaging Systems was to have a place where all of the above technologies can be brought together onto one platform to make communication as seamless as possible.

 

Cloud Computing: The Revolution

 

Cloud Computing Technology is taking the world by storm. You may have heard cloud computing being referred to as "The Cloud". This form of technology allows multiple servers to share resources that run various hardware and software applications over the "Internet" that can be accessed via web browsers. In essence cloud computing features web-based software and hardware applications that run over the Internet. The main benefits of using services in "The Cloud" are:

 

Cloud services and applications are web-based and can be accessed anytime, anywhere, 24/7 as long as you have an Internet connection from a computer, Smartphone, or tablet device

 

Cloud applications work with multiple Operating System platforms such as Windows, Linux and Macintosh computers

 

Cloud applications and services are very inexpensive and allow you to pay as you go to use them

 

In most cases, there is no need for you to install software or purchase hardware to use cloud services

 

The most common types of virtual offices for work are home offices, telecommuting centers, mobile offices and hoteling.

 

A home office can be a room, a portion of a room, a hallway, a garage, or any other space you choose to work in.

 

Home Offices

 

The primary advantage of working at home is that it makes it easier for people to run their lives. Those who have to drop children off at school or take care of a sick parent can juggle their personal and professional responsibilities better if they aren't rushing to the office every day on a fixed schedule. Dropping the daily commute may also free up time for other activities such as time with a spouse or children, exercise, or hobbies.

 

Working at home also means fewer meetings and interruptions. Not surprisingly, this often translates into productivity gains. A study found that 80 percent of work-at-home entrepreneurs say they are more productive at home than they were in a traditional office. An overall increase in control over scheduling can improve your sense of satisfaction and can lead to a higher quality of work. This increased feeling of control over your work and your life cuts down significantly on stress levels.

 

Telecommuting Centers

 

A telecommuting center is a type of virtual offices where employees work, usually part-time, outside of a central corporate office. These virtual offices are either used by employees from one company or shared by employees from several different employers.

 

Telecommuting centers can offer many of the advantages of working in a home office without some of the disadvantages. Centers present fewer distractions than a home office and more opportunity for social and professional interaction. They also can provide access to computer networks, secretarial services, conference rooms, and copiers, which are not always available at home. In addition, some supervisors feel more comfortable with employees working at another office site rather than in the home.

 

The major barrier to widespread use of such virtual offices is their cost. For obvious reasons, home offices are much less expensive.

 

Mobile Offices

 

The term mobile office describes a car, or sometimes even a briefcase, used by people who spend a lot of time on the road. These "road warriors" have all the technology and other tools they need in their mobile office to complete their work without returning to the central office. They complete their work in their mobile office, at a client site, or in a home office, and go to the corporate office only for meetings, to pick up mail, or for support services that are not available elsewhere.

 

Enabling mobile workers to spend more time with their clients through technology is appealing to employers. The same technology that allows mobile workers to keep in touch enables them to improve productivity and spend more time with clients. At the client's location, mobile workers use computers to access inventory information, process orders, and provide quick turnaround for all kinds of services. Employers also save on real estate costs by having mobile workers do the bulk of their desk work outside of the company office.

 

Hoteling

 

Although technically not an office, hoteling is a catch-all term for work arrangements in which corporate employees use desks on an as-needed basis.

 

Employees in hoteling arrangements do not have assigned offices on a long-term basis. Armed with portable computers and other technology, these employees visit clients and perform administrative tasks on the road or from offices at home. They return to the corporate office for meetings or when they need other support services.

 

Here is a list of 7 tools that can be used to help you get started with setting up a virtual office that can help you save money on operating expenses and give your business a professional look inexpensively.

 

1. Online Billing and Invoicing Solution

 

Online invoicing solutions help you in getting your payment on time. With these invoicing tools, you can send invoices to your clients via email which will help you save money on postage.

 

2. Online Backup and Recovery Solution

 

You never know when disaster will strike. When it does, you'll want to be ready for it. Having a backup and recovery system in place is crucial for any business-no matter what size they are. The advantage of using online backup solutions vs. traditional backup services is that you will have access to your important documents and files anytime that you need them. Some companies offer very affordable online disaster recovery solutions that will help get you back up and running again in the event of a catastrophe in your virtual office.

 

3. Online Fax Solutions

 

Tired of tying up your phone line to send or receive faxes? If you are, then an online fax service is the perfect solution for you. Online fax services eliminate the need to purchase an expensive fax machine or run to a local store or copy center when you need to send faxes. These services allow you to send and receive faxes over the Internet as PDF files.

 

4. Online File Sharing and Document Management System

 

Document management systems lets you store, manage and share your documents online anytime you need them via an Internet browser. This system definitely comes in handy for a small business owner needing quick access to documents even when they are away from their personal computer. You can create different folders to store your documents in them, share files with your employees, team members or business colleagues, post comments regarding specific files you uploaded, and set permissions for specific files and folders that you may or may not want to share. Types of files that you can upload are Microsoft office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access), PDF files, and Executable files and programs.

 

5. All-In-One Printer, Copier and Scanner

 

Using an all-in one printer or multifunction device that features a printer, copier and scanner for your business will surely eliminate the need for purchasing other hardware devices separately. The feature I've grown to love most with using an All-in-One printer is the capability of being able to scan documents from the device, download it as a PDF and send it back using an online Fax Service. Isn't this a nice feature for a virtual office?

 

Some additional obvious benefits of using a multi-function printer include:

 

You can have almost everything you need in one device since most multifunctional devices are equipped with copiers, scanners, or fax machines.

 

They are very easy to maintain. Since all-in one printers are standalone devices, there will be less equipment for you to take care of.

 

You can save a lot of work space. Office equipment can tend to be bulky and take up a lot of space. Multifunction devices aid tremendously in this area.

 

You can save money. It is more expensive for you to purchase several pieces of beneficial for your company, especially if you are trying to save on your expenses.

 

6. Online Project Collaboration and Web Conferencing Tools

 

Online collaboration and web conferencing tools allow you to work with your employees and clients in different locations across the world via one virtual location. With these tools, you can conduct live presentations, host online meetings, do sales presentations and conduct training right from your computer by sharing your computer screen with multiple users over the Internet.

 

Most web conferencing and project collaboration tools require you to download a desktop sharing application onto your computer to share your screen or send a special link through email to the participants of the meeting. After the participants have received a link to the meeting and have clicked on it, they will be able to join the web conference.

 

Google Apps is an additional resource that offers free project collaboration and online messaging tools to small business owners. With Google apps, you can use your own customized business email addresses to send and receive email from Google's online email interface, receive 25GB worth of free online email storage, access to mobile email, an online calendar, and instant messaging.

 

7. Online Customer Relationship Management Systems (CRM)

 

I will warn you that Customer Relationship Management systems can be a tad bit complex for beginners. Before choosing a CRM for your business, I urge you to make sure that the software vendor that you select has great customer service or online tutorials and other resources available that will give you a step by step guide on how to setup and use the software program.

 

If you have a business and you are trying to keep expenses at a minimum and you don't want to have to pay someone an hourly wage to do jobs that can be automated, you have likely heart of a virtual office service. The great thing about these services is that you only have to pay for what you use, so there is no hourly wage to pay, as would be the case if you hired a full or even part time employee to do these things for you.

 

Wondering exactly what a virtual office assistant can do for you? Basically they can do all of the things that would be done by someone who was right in the office for you, except that you're not paying them every day that they come to work, you're only paying for when you use their services/

 

Some of the virtual office services that you can take advantage of include but are not limited:

 

- Secretarial support

- Copier and mail services

- Fax services

- Courier and postage services

- Remote reception services

- Automated attendant services

- Unified message that converts voicemail to email

- Live telephone answering service

- Call recording

- Booking ready to use office space

- Providing whiteboards, flip charts, screens and LCD projectors when needed

- Teleconferencing

- Catering arrangements

- Mail and parcel services

- Private locked mailbox services

- Email notification of mail and parcel pick up notices

- Mail and parcel forwarding as needed

 

This is jut a look at what these amazing services can do for you and your business. Of course not all businesses need these services all the time. This is why virtual office services really do make a lot of sense. When you're trying to reduce the operating budget as much as possible this is the way to go because you are only paying for the services that you need, and nothing more. So, instead of having someone on the books that is sitting there waiting for you to do these things, you simply need to contact the virtual office service when you need them and you're done.

 

If you need a few of the different services offered you can always choose a package of virtual services that works for you, or you can choose to customize a package that will give you only the services that you need and nothing more. When you customize the package you will not be paying for anything other than the services that you really want or need and even then you'll find that the savings will be substantial. The nice thing is that you can change your package or custom package at any time, if your needs change in any way, which will allow for you to budget for things in advance.

 

As you can see, working with a virtual office service really is a great option for a wide variety of businesses who don't necessarily need full time services and who want to watch their budget and only pay for what they need. Cracking down and diminishing the budget is always a great idea, and this is a really simple and straight forward way to do it for all different types and sizes of business around the world.

 

GoWear Fit's mini dash with aggregated data over the past 2.7 days.

 

The good: getting REAL data about my health, exercise, and food consumption, seeing trends, changing my eating behavior

 

The bad: doesn't work in FireFox (Safari only on OS X), no open API to the data/device from BodyMedia, web service UX not lovely (party like it's 1999), dashboard design not blasting the truth... and I'm now an intermediate user and still not SEEING the key data, $12/mon for a web-based service (should be $40 for life or they pay me to make my data public), no local cache of the data

 

The full dash.

 

Maybe it's time for a Juhan redesign.....

ANOREXIA TABLEAU

 

Damselfly Chair

Reassembled, carved and wood-burned chair bones; mirror platform

 

Spill

Beaded bracelets created by college students and family members in Kansas, Minnesota, and Illinois

 

Haunted

Headphones; audio recordings and sound compositions: No One Could Make Me Eat, Frightened to Death, Ana Wants

 

A skeletal, distressed, cut up wooden chair personifies the painful emptiness experienced by victims of eating disorders.

 

Spilled on the floor are hundreds of intestine-like, blood red, white and blue beaded bracelets, like those sometimes worn by “Pro-Ana” or “Pro-Mia” members. Fueled by the Internet and social media, this disturbing ‘secret society’ trend presents eating disorders as desirable behavior and simply a “lifestyle choice.” Along with virtual communities, these web-based groups provide effective starvation technique tips and post ‘thinspiration’ images of anorexic celebrities and models. They encourage those battling eating disorders to ‘stick with it,’ and can trigger relapse for those in recovery.

 

Anorexia is the most deadly mental illness. A person with the disease has a dangerously low body weight and thinks about food constantly, but limits the amount eaten to gain a sense of control over their lives. 12% of people who develop anorexia will die from complications. The mortality rate for eating disorders is 12 times higher than that of all other illnesses for females 15-24 years old. 85% of anorexics and bulimics are female, but the incidence in males is growing. Only one in ten people with an eating disorder receives treatment.

A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.

A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.

A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.

A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.

Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal discusses the Army's Business Transformation and the value of collaborating with industry on best business practices with the Army News Service and Army Broadcasting at the Pentagon, 16 Oct. 2012, Washington, DC. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller)

ANOREXIA TABLEAU

 

Damselfly Chair

Reassembled, carved and wood-burned chair bones; mirror platform

 

Spill

Beaded bracelets created by college students and family members in Kansas, Minnesota, and Illinois

 

Haunted

Headphones; audio recordings and sound compositions: No One Could Make Me Eat, Frightened to Death, Ana Wants

 

A skeletal, distressed, cut up wooden chair personifies the painful emptiness experienced by victims of eating disorders.

 

Spilled on the floor are hundreds of intestine-like, blood red, white and blue beaded bracelets, like those sometimes worn by “Pro-Ana” or “Pro-Mia” members. Fueled by the Internet and social media, this disturbing ‘secret society’ trend presents eating disorders as desirable behavior and simply a “lifestyle choice.” Along with virtual communities, these web-based groups provide effective starvation technique tips and post ‘thinspiration’ images of anorexic celebrities and models. They encourage those battling eating disorders to ‘stick with it,’ and can trigger relapse for those in recovery.

 

Anorexia is the most deadly mental illness. A person with the disease has a dangerously low body weight and thinks about food constantly, but limits the amount eaten to gain a sense of control over their lives. 12% of people who develop anorexia will die from complications. The mortality rate for eating disorders is 12 times higher than that of all other illnesses for females 15-24 years old. 85% of anorexics and bulimics are female, but the incidence in males is growing. Only one in ten people with an eating disorder receives treatment.

A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.

Pic: Tune Hotel klia2 Manager (centre) with guests from Medan, Indonesia (from left) Desi, Rida, Putri and Serly.

  

NEWS RELEASE

 

GUESTS GIVE TUNE HOTEL klia2 THE THUMBS UP

‘Roomer Has It’ social media campaign launched to commemorate new hotel opening

  

SEPANG, 9 May 2014 – Tune Hotel klia2 saw a steady stream of guests checking in on its first day of operations today.

 

Guests met at the hotel today gave the thumbs up for the fresh new look and cool ambience.

 

Tony Head from Perth, Australia who was en route to Padang, Sumatera with his friends for their surfing vacation said: “We have stayed at the old LCCT hotel before but getting into the new Tune Hotel klia2 gives us a totally different kind of impression. The hotel looks sleek and we are sure to have a good rest tonight before catching our flight to Padang tomorrow.”

 

Another guest from Perth, Irene Tiong commended the hotel for its convenience and accessibility to the klia2 terminal. Tune Hotel klia Manager Hairul Maharis was at hand to welcome the guests.

  

Group CEO of Tune Hotels Mark Lankester said: “We’ve really listened to our guests over the last few years and have taken into account collaborative comments made to us in terms of how we can improve what we do. As a result, we have innovatively transformed the guestroom experience into a modern-style accommodation featuring the all-new room design with a sleek writing table, luggage platform and a 32-inch flat screen LED TV, bringing about an improved, sophisticated but cool ambience throughout the property. Business and leisure guests as well as airline passengers on extended waits will enjoy a totally improved experience and most importantly a very comfortable and refreshing stay.”

 

With 400 rooms, the hotel is directly connected to the new Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) terminal via a covered walkway and link bridge, allowing easy and convenient access to check-in counters as well as the Gateway@klia2 shopping mall.

 

To add to the guest experience and comfort, the hotel’s spacious lobby is designed to feature a cool casual seating lounge with free wifi, and an expansive open-air courtyard lounge, overlooked on the ground floor by a 24-hour restaurant and beverage centre. For guests with further transportation needs, the hotel includes a transport counter for overland transport needs and for flights, two AirAsia self check-in kiosks within the lobby for added convenience to hotel guests. For airline passengers the lobby area features flight information displays for up-to-date information on arrivals and departures.

 

Apart from overnight stays, guests on short transits can also opt for ‘Refresher Package’ at the hotel that is available between 9.00 am to 6.00 pm daily and subject to availability of rooms. This option is only available for walk-in guests.

 

Meanwhile, Tune Hotels has launched a social media campaign to commemorate the opening of Tune Hotel klia2. Called ‘Roomer Has It’, the campaign is run via Tune Hotels Facebook page at www.facebook.com/tunehotels.

 

Participants will need to claim the entire hotel by inviting their friends and families to claim a room in the hotel. The Top 10 participants with the most number of hotel rooms claimed are entitles for 10 complimentary rooms which they can share with their respective friends and join in Tune Hotels’ slumber party at Tune Hotel klia2 on 31 May 2014.

 

With an annual capacity of 45 million passengers, the klia2 is the world's largest purpose-built terminal dedicated for low cost carriers (LCCs). The new airport has commenced commercial operations since 2 May 2014, while the AirAsia Group moved its entire operations at LCCT to the klia2 effective today.

 

In terms of transport connectivity, the klia2 terminal boasts not only bus and taxi services but also the Express Rail Link KLIA Express train service that connects to and from Kuala Lumpur Sentral. For guests arriving at or departing from the KLIA Main Terminal, they can make use of the scheduled shuttle service via the Express Rail link that charges just RM2 one way and stroll over to the hotel via its covered link bridge and walkway.

 

For those who drive in, Tune Hotel klia2 has 167 parking bays which are conveniently located just a few steps away from the airport terminal.

 

Tune Hotels is part of Tune Group, a lifestyle business conglomerate co-founded by Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, who are the Group CEO and Executive Chairman respectively of Asia’s largest low cost carrier AirAsia.

 

There are currently 44 Tune Hotels available for booking across Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, England, Scotland, Australia, India and Japan.

 

For real-time updates and promotion alerts, guests can stay connected with Tune Hotels via Facebook at www.facebook.com/tunehotels and on Twitter via www.twitter.com/tunehotels.

 

For booking and further information, visit www.tunehotels.com.

  

-ENDS-

  

About Tune Hotels

Tune Hotels is part of the lifestyle business conglomerate Tune Group that was founded by Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun. Tune Hotels seeks to innovate and revolutionise the way services are made available and has employed efficient web-based technologies to reach and engage its customers, presenting a unique lifestyle opportunity. All Tune Hotels’ properties feature space-efficient, streamlined rooms focusing on high-quality basics: a five-star bed, powerful hot showers and energy-conserving ceiling fans along with housekeeping services, electronic keycard access into rooms, CCTV surveillance, and 24-hour security. The Tune Group companies are Tune Air (a substantial shareholder of AirAsia), Tune Hotels, Tune Money, Tune Insurance, Tune Talk, the AirAsia BIG Loyalty Programme, Tune Box, Tune Studios, Caterham Group, Queens Park Rangers Football Club (QPR) and the Epsom College in Malaysia.

  

Media enquiries:

Cymantha Sothiar

Mobile: +6012 315 3638

Email: cymantha@tunehotels.com

 

Pic: A bunch of bald heads...

 

NEWS RELEASE

 

TUNE HOTEL WATERFRONT KUCHING GOES BALD FOR 5TH ANNIVERSARY

Proceeds to benefit Sarawak Children’s Cancer Society

 

KUCHING, 22 March 2014 – To mark its fifth anniversary, Tune Hotel Waterfront Kuching organised a special charity event for the benefit of children with cancer.

 

Fourteen volunteers went bald at the “Going Bald for Kids with Cancer” at the hotel here on Saturday, as part of the efforts to raise funds for the Sarawak Children’s Cancer Society (SCCS). The event was part of SCCS’s annual ‘Go Bald’ event which is now running into its sixth year. The ‘Go Bald 6.0’ will officially kick off on 4 May 2014 at the CityONE Megamall in Kuching.

 

Tune Hotel Waterfront Kuching led the way with a donation of RM6,300 to SCCS. As a show of support towards children with cancer and their families, 14 staff members of the hotel had their heads shaved, led by Tune Hotels Country Head for Malaysia, Kishore Suppiah.

 

To bump it up, Tune Hotel Waterfront Kuching is also pledging RM5 for each online booking made from 22 March up to 28 March 2014 for immediate stays up until 30 April 2014, in addition to a 20 percent discount. Guests can log on to www.tunehotels.com to book and participate.

 

This is on top of an offline donation drive organised by the hotel staff as well as a donation box placed at the hotel reception. The sums will be tallied and all proceeds will go towards SCCS for the benefit of children with cancer.

 

Kishore Suppiah said: “This is a very meaningful way to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of Tune Hotel Waterfront Kuching. We are very proud to be working with the SCCS and be part of this year’s Go Bald 6.0 to help support the unfortunate children as well as their families and loved ones. We want to tell them to always be strong, keep on fighting and stay positive… that their hair loss is only temporary and part of the recovery process. After all, being bald is cool!”

 

SCCS Manager Jodie Sim said: “We are very pleased to have Tune Hotels coming on board for Go Bald 6.0 this year. We hope our Go Bald tour covering Kuching, Sibu, Bintulu and Miri this year will be the biggest ever. We look forward to more volunteers and donors who will come forward and participate for this noble cause.”

 

After Kuching on 4 May, the Go Bald 6.0 tour will stop at Delta Mall in Sibu on 11 May, followed by Parkcity Mall in Bintulu (18 May) and Miri’s Bintang Megamall (25 May).

 

Go Bald is an awareness cum fundraising event initiated by SCCS in 2009. The funds raised have gone towards providing financial assistance to needy families of a cancer child, accommodation and food for outstation patients, medical consumables, bone marrow transplants and in-ward tuition for the child patients.

 

SCCS also provides, counselling and emotional support to child patients and families, aside from organising fun outing and camps for them as a temporary getaway from their treatment. For more information, visit SCCS website www.sccs.my or Go Bald Facebook page www.facebook.com/GoBald.

 

The 135-room Tune Hotel Waterfront Kuching opened its doors for business on 2 March 2009. It was the third hotel in the network.

 

Situated along the city’s famed riverside, the hotel is a perfect gateway to explore both the old charm and new attractions of Kuching. Technically located within Kuching’s modern commercial sector which offers a myriad of entertainment and shopping experience, the hotel is also just a few minutes’ walk from the Main Bazaar that houses centuries-old shophouses now mainly selling a wide variety of traditional craft and gifts.

 

Tune Hotel Waterfront Kuching has been ranked among the Top 15 Bargain Hotels in Malaysia by TripAdvisor in 2013, the world’s largest travel website. TripAdvisor also awarded it with a Certificate of Excellence for continuous favourable feedback it received from guests.

 

Another Tune Hotel in Sarawak is located in Bintulu.

 

Tune Hotels provides international-class high-quality accommodation at central locations and focuses on key essentials but minus the generally underused facilities found in other hotels such as swimming pools, business centres and gymnasiums. By doing away with these costly and high-maintenance facilities, Tune Hotels is able to pass on savings to its guests.

 

There are currently over 40 Tune Hotels available for booking across Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, the UK, Australia, India and Japan.

 

Tune Hotels is part of Tune Group, a lifestyle business conglomerate co-founded by Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, who are the Group CEO and Executive Chairman respectively of Asia’s largest low cost carrier AirAsia.

 

For real-time updates and promotion alerts, guests can stay connected with Tune Hotels via Facebook at www.facebook.com/tunehotels and on Twitter via www.twitter.com/tunehotels.

 

For booking and further information, visit www.tunehotels.com.

 

-ENDS-

About Tune Hotels

Tune Hotels is part of the lifestyle business conglomerate Tune Group that was founded by Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun. Tune Hotels seeks to innovate and revolutionise the way services are made available and has employed efficient web-based technologies to reach and engage its customers, presenting a unique lifestyle opportunity. All Tune Hotels’ properties feature space-efficient, streamlined rooms focusing on high-quality basics: a five-star bed, powerful hot showers and energy-conserving ceiling fans along with housekeeping services, electronic keycard access into rooms, CCTV surveillance, and 24-hour security. The Tune Group companies are Tune Air (a substantial shareholder of AirAsia), Tune Hotels, Tune Money, Tune Insurance, Tune Talk, the AirAsia BIG Loyalty Programme, Tune Box, Tune Studios, Caterham Group, Queens Park Rangers Football Club (QPR) and the Epsom College in Malaysia.

  

Photos are available from www.flickr.com/tunehotels.

  

Media enquiries:

Cymantha Sothiar

Mobile: 6012 315 3638

Email: cymantha@tunehotels.com

 

A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.

Another 3 image stitch of my series of the beaches of Esperance.

 

Taken in the middle or near abouts of the day with the Lee Big Stopper ...

 

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shutter speed 20 seconds ...

 

Raw FIle Processed Using Capture One Pro 6

 

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A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.

The ASUS Chromebook C202 will be the best education and learning computer system for each college IT manager,student,and teacher.With its classroom ruggedness,the ASUS Chromebook C202 is formulated to fulfill the everyday rigors and powerful use by learners both of those inside and outdoors from the classroom.Over and above its rugged development,the ASUS Chromebook C202 is likewise designed for straightforward upkeep to reduce downtime.The result is really a Chromebook which is created for most usage,producing extra discovering options Lenovo ThinkPad E580 Netzteil for college students.

Design

If the C202 ended up to channel a spirit animal,it would be the tortoise.It might run gradual,but it surely takes a licking and keeps on ticking.Just like the tortoise,the C202's primary line of protection is often a rigid shell: dimpled plastic covers the laptop's lid Lenovo 62z 2117-EKU Netzteil and base.More shielding - thick,midnight blue rubber bumpers - runs together the C202's edges.All this armor won't make for an elegant profile,however it does offer a great diploma of ding,dent and drop resistance.In line with Asus's assessments,the C202 can face up to a 4-foot fall landing flat,as well as a 2.5-foot slide landing on its side.Drops needs to be unusual,nonetheless,as you will find a lot of tough floor to seize: the aforementioned dimpled surface,as well as a rubber leg Lenovo ADP-90DD B Netzteil planted while in the base.The C202 isn't simple to accidentally sweep off a table either.Its rubber leg firmly sticks it to any area.Just beware employing this laptop computer on bare thighs.Rubber may love pores and skin,however the affection will not be reciprocated.This defense-first philosophy continues with the C202's screen,hinge and bezel.The hinge makes it possible for the monitor to tilt one hundred eighty levels,a overall flexibility meant to safeguard the lid and hinge against sudden pulls or tugs.The massive bezel delivers a lot of grabbing room for lid-lifters much too impatient to select up the laptop computer by its base.Despite all these reinforcements,the C202 is much from weighty.In fact,at 2.sixty five lbs,it is really lighter than rugged rivals,like the Dell Chromebook 11 and Acer Chromebook eleven C740.The C202 also options Toshiba PA3507U Ladegerät repair-budget-friendly modular components.Many thanks to the C202's modular style,a broken trackpad indicates just the trackpad will have to become changed,not the whole enter framework.The C202's keyboard is your conventional Chromebook fare: website navigation buttons on prime,typical alphanumeric keys under.That said,the C202's keyboard Sony KDL49WE665 Netzteil is different in a very couple vital areas,particularly spill resistance,crucial travel and font sizing.

The keyboard repels around 2.23 ounces of liquid,and any that leaks in to the interior is usually drained by merely flipping the laptop computer about.It can be good to be aware of the notebook is saveable in the event the espresso goes flying.But,in terms of features,it can be not virtually as extraordinary because the C202's incredibly comfortable usability.With two millimeters of journey,the C202's chiclet-keys descend so deep the Marianas Trench is jealous.And everything vacation isn't really undone by sponginess both: just about every crucial,from your leading of your keyboard to the bottom,swiftly bounces back just after urgent.Even newbie Medion X7820 MD 99085 Netzteil typists will fly all-around this keyboard.The C202's vital font is comically huge,a supposed aid for the new typist who may well have difficulties locating keys.Regretably,the additional gain the enlarged font sizing gives is negated via the keys' blue-green coloration.In minimal light-weight,the blue-green nearly disappears.A bland outdated white important shade would have been far simpler to see.The C202's trackpad is as responsive as its keyboard.Multi-touch gestures are fluid along with the "click" is strain-free and forceful.Best of all,the trackpad is positioned perfectly around the C202's keyboard deck.It in no way will get inside the way.The C202SA is really an Asus Chromebook that comes with Chrome OS set up,so it is really really simple outside of the box.If you're unfamiliar with Chrome OS,the theory is usually that you attain most responsibilities,like e-mail and term processing,by way of the built-in web browser.This satisfies the bare minimal for fundamental productivity jobs,but you'll need to download further software package Apple MacBook Pro MA464 Ladegerät to acquire anything at all else performed.Besides the basics of Chrome OS,the C202SA also has accessibility to your Chrome World-wide-web Retail outlet,and it is capable of running Android apps.Meaning it is possible to download and set up an enormous amount of apps,many of them absolutely free,or with totally free variations,to enhance the performance from the notebook.Compatibility with Android applications just isn't certain,but it is pretty first rate,and Google is often doing work to enhance the cross-pollination concerning its two platforms.With Chrome OS,you furthermore may have the option of twin booting Linux,that is a totally free,full-featured functioning technique.Doing this offers you accessibility to a lot more free of charge program,however it does need a standard of technical know-how that is probable to go around most kids'heads.However,putting in Linux on a Chromebook can be a fun challenge for children who are into computer systems,and Chrome OS would make it straightforward to undo every thing and return the laptop Lenovo ThinkPad E450 Netzteil to its manufacturing facility first point out if some thing receives damaged.

Display

The C202SA has an 11.6-inch display screen that utilizes a local resolution of 1366x768,that's quite typical for Chromebooks of this dimensions.Those who are more utilized to full High definition laptop and desktop resolutions may experience a little cramped,though the impression quality will not put up with noticeably blocky pixels due to how tiny the screen is.Regarding brightness,the monitor Sony KDL-50W805B Netzteil is likewise really substantially while in the center of the highway.It truly is fantastic for most indoor use,but it is really somewhat dim for normal use in direct sunlight,and that just will get even worse when utilizing it outdoors.One good thing in regards to the C202SA monitor is usually that it has a matte finish,which does reduce down on blinding reflections Dell Optiplex 7040M Netzteil when utilizing the notebook in direct sunlight.We discovered it a complete great deal much easier to use the C202SA outdoor in vivid sunlight than the majority of the competitiveness due to its anti-glare screen,despite the fact the display alone isn't really terribly dazzling.That said,hues certainly are a minor muted,plus the viewing angles aren't great.The display screen appears wonderful when viewed head on,but tilting it any way washes the colors out even even more,and significantly dims portions in the screen.The C202SA provides a lay-flat hinge,which means you are able to fold the lid many of the way again until the screen is laying flat.Asus expenses this being a helpful function for college kids Sony KD65XD9305 Ladegerät working in group options,but students utilizing the laptop computer in that vogue could be challenging pressed to determine the screen without the need of placing their heads with each other straight above it.

Performance

The C202S employs Intel's Celeron N3060 chip,a dual-core SoC running at 1.6GHz,with 4GB of LPDDR3 RAM and built-in Intel High definition Graphics 400.This setup could make it by mainstream world-wide-web applications along with a streamed movie awhich is what most people with Chromebooks do abut this isn't the Chromebook for bleeding-edge people tinkering with world-wide-web gaming or other graphics-intensive jobs. We in comparison the C202S with other new N3060-based products and also the Acer Chromebook fourteen,whose N3160 chip is with the exact Braswell era,but with 4 cores as an alternative to two.We also included the Dell Chromebook 13,that has a Celeron 3205U in place of an SoC,so that you can see how a higher-end Chromebook compares.The C202S commenced off nicely with all the Cr-XPRT functionality examination,which actions Chromebook effectiveness Apple MacBook Pro 15.four MB985T A Netzteil in primary efficiency jobs likewise as extra demanding activities,these as watching videos or playing game titles.It can be in the pack along with the other two low-end Chromebooks.Not astonishingly,although,the Dell's a lot more powerful chip smokes absolutely everyone. Basemark Internet 3.0 just lately replaced Browsermark 2.one as Basemark's detailed browser benchmark.The checks deal with web-based systems like WebGL one.0.two and WebGL 2.0 real-time graphics,at the same time as JavaScript.Again,the C202S ran neck-and-neck while using the other 3 Chromebooks by having an N3060 chip.Google's Octane two.0 JavaScript benchmark simulates superior browser-based activities,which includes productiveness programs,online games,and interactive articles.The C202S kept up with its cohort,ingesting the Dell's dust.OortOnline is a quite difficult WebGL check that concentrates on graphics-intensive programs and online games.The Asus C202S stays consistent with its related opponents,as well as the margin closes significantly concerning them as well as Dell Chromebook thirteen.The C202S also has terrific battery daily life.Asus claims the 38Whr battery will last as long as ten hrs,which is previously very great.We make use of the Cr-XPRT-2015 examination,which jobs the full battery everyday living based upon running a simulated use pattern.The C202S posted eleven.fifty three hrs of projected daily life in that check.

The Asus Chromebook C202 is actually a notebook deserving on the honor roll.It offers a long lasting shell,an incredibly at ease and spill-resistant keyboard,extensive battery everyday living,and first rate overall performance.This laptop computer is often a tad heavier than competing equipment,but it really should continue to be in one piece when children inevitably fall it on the ground.For anyone who is a scholar or light-weight person who demands even more than 8 hours of battery daily life Ladegerät Microsoft Floor 3 1645 and don't demand a large amount of durability,you'll want to check out the Lenovo 100S Chromebook,that will last above eleven hrs on the demand.Nonetheless,if you would like a very resilient,inexpensive and usable Chromebook in your child,the Asus Chromebook C202 is your best decision.Chromebooks run Chrome OS,which is mainly browser primarily based.If you've at any time made use of Google Chrome,you will have no problems using a Chromebook.The desktop attributes a menu bar just like whatever you would discover on Home windows,together with pinned applications,a clock and straightforward access to options.Nearly all the things else,including the applications,is opened in Chrome tabs.Like most Chromebooks,the C202 would not appear with much computer software,apart from Google's apps.Asus includes a software to sign-up your new notebook,but that is it.There is no software specifically for schooling,in spite of that currently being the notebook's major goal.Google's preinstalled apps include things like Chrome,Google Docs,Sheets,Slides,Types,Travel and Play Books.The Chrome Net Keep offers many different apps,starting from efficiency packages like Microsoft Outlook to video games like Spelunky.Most apps require you to be connected to the Web,even though some,such as Gmail Offline,perform devoid of Wi-Fi. Students can maintain their neat from the classroom when utilizing the Chromebook C202.After streaming 15 minutes of High definition online video from Hulu,the touchpad stayed frosty,at 77 levels Fahrenheit,as well as middle with the keyboard attained eighty two.5 degrees.The underside hit 95 levels,and that is suitable at our comfort and ease threshold.The C202SA will not have an ethernet port,so you really need to rely upon the built-in Wi-Fi for online connectivity.The Wi-Fi is effective just good,without dropped connections or signal troubles in our testing,but we skilled substantially slower speeds than we did with other very similar Chromebooks.Within our screening,the C202SA managed a meager transfer amount of 70 Mbps down and sixty Mbps up when positioned appropriate beside our router.Through comparison,a more impressive desktop while in the exact location attained 212 Mbps down when related on the very same Wi-Fi network,and four hundred Mbps down when connected via Wi-Fi.Whenever we set a wall involving the C202SA plus the router,attenuating the signal to about 80 percent,we failed to see any reduction in download speeds.Nevertheless,when we moved much ample absent to cut the sign all the way down to 50 p.c,we saw a reduction all the way down to about 40 Mbps.These economical Chromebooks do usually accomplish slower speeds Dell PA-1900-32D5 RT74M Netzteil than additional strong components,but similar Chromebooks notched improved brings about our tests.One example is,we analyzed the Acer R11 Chromebook under the very same ailments,and it absolutely was in a position to attain down load speeds of 335 Mbps.

Battery

Battery daily life is among the C202SA's strongest suits.Involving its somewhat beefy battery,electric power successful CPU,and fanless passive cooling style and design,this is often a laptop computer that a baby could very easily use all day long at college,total their homework right after university,and not have to plug it in to cost until finally bedtime.To test the battery inside the C202SA,we subjected it to PCMark's Perform two.0 battery check.This really is a exam that cycles via quite a few various simulated do the job environments,together with word processing,video clip editing,and image modifying,and that is probable to be much more rigorous than any precise use state of affairs.In the course of that test,it lasted for more than nine hrs beneath continual load,using the monitor set to total brightness.We also subjected the C202SA to basic daily use,which includes duties like phrase processing,internet browsing,and streaming videos,and located that we were being able to have in excess of 11 hours of use from it.Together with the display screen brightness turned down,and putting the laptop computer Dell Latitude 3590 Netzteil to sleep between courses or when not in use,a toddler could conveniently expect this laptop computer to final all day in between expenses.

Conclusion

The toughness,reasonably priced selling price,prolonged battery daily life,and modular structure of the Asus Chromebook C202 allow it to be a superb preference for anyone who is looking for a budget laptop on your own or your young ones and you simply never require Home windows.But its sluggish multiple-tab searching can very seriously frustrate any one trying to operate on critical initiatives or paperwork in Web-based programs.For more,the Asus Chromebook Flip can be a convertible chromebook by using a touch monitor and extraordinary multitasking capabilities.The Acer Chromebook R eleven,while costlier,stays our Editors' Selection for its convertible structure,significant IPS contact monitor,and speedy performance.

Participants in class, learning, taking notes, and asking questions about the new Just-In-Time web based toolkit that helps managers better provide reasonable accommodations and disability inclusiveness at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, in Washington, D.C. The class covered a wide range of topics, from proper verbal labels, and best strategies for various work place scenarios, to applicable laws, to name a few. The class provided knowledge for employees at all levels. The web-based toolkit was made in collaboration with Cornell University. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.

ANOREXIA TABLEAU

 

Damselfly Chair

Reassembled, carved and wood-burned chair bones; mirror platform

 

Spill

Beaded bracelets created by college students and family members in Kansas, Minnesota, and Illinois

 

Haunted

Headphones; audio recordings and sound compositions: No One Could Make Me Eat, Frightened to Death, Ana Wants

 

A skeletal, distressed, cut up wooden chair personifies the painful emptiness experienced by victims of eating disorders.

 

Spilled on the floor are hundreds of intestine-like, blood red, white and blue beaded bracelets, like those sometimes worn by “Pro-Ana” or “Pro-Mia” members. Fueled by the Internet and social media, this disturbing ‘secret society’ trend presents eating disorders as desirable behavior and simply a “lifestyle choice.” Along with virtual communities, these web-based groups provide effective starvation technique tips and post ‘thinspiration’ images of anorexic celebrities and models. They encourage those battling eating disorders to ‘stick with it,’ and can trigger relapse for those in recovery.

 

Anorexia is the most deadly mental illness. A person with the disease has a dangerously low body weight and thinks about food constantly, but limits the amount eaten to gain a sense of control over their lives. 12% of people who develop anorexia will die from complications. The mortality rate for eating disorders is 12 times higher than that of all other illnesses for females 15-24 years old. 85% of anorexics and bulimics are female, but the incidence in males is growing. Only one in ten people with an eating disorder receives treatment.

ANOREXIA TABLEAU

 

Damselfly Chair

Reassembled, carved and wood-burned chair bones; mirror platform

 

Spill

Beaded bracelets created by college students and family members in Kansas, Minnesota, and Illinois

 

Haunted

Headphones; audio recordings and sound compositions: No One Could Make Me Eat, Frightened to Death, Ana Wants

 

A skeletal, distressed, cut up wooden chair personifies the painful emptiness experienced by victims of eating disorders.

 

Spilled on the floor are hundreds of intestine-like, blood red, white and blue beaded bracelets, like those sometimes worn by “Pro-Ana” or “Pro-Mia” members. Fueled by the Internet and social media, this disturbing ‘secret society’ trend presents eating disorders as desirable behavior and simply a “lifestyle choice.” Along with virtual communities, these web-based groups provide effective starvation technique tips and post ‘thinspiration’ images of anorexic celebrities and models. They encourage those battling eating disorders to ‘stick with it,’ and can trigger relapse for those in recovery.

 

Anorexia is the most deadly mental illness. A person with the disease has a dangerously low body weight and thinks about food constantly, but limits the amount eaten to gain a sense of control over their lives. 12% of people who develop anorexia will die from complications. The mortality rate for eating disorders is 12 times higher than that of all other illnesses for females 15-24 years old. 85% of anorexics and bulimics are female, but the incidence in males is growing. Only one in ten people with an eating disorder receives treatment.

 

Threads of Fate on the wall came from "Measuring Time in the Waiting Room", an ambient performance in the gallery presented at the opening reception. Directed and costumed by Sharon L. Sullivan, Washburn University associate theater professor, this modern interpretation of the mythical Greek Fates as they might appear in a contemporary doctor’s office will be performed by Arrissa Utemark, Samantha Heath, and Ashley Vaughan. Written by Marguerite Perret.

ANOREXIA TABLEAU

 

Damselfly Chair

Reassembled, carved and wood-burned chair bones; mirror platform

 

Spill

Beaded bracelets created by college students and family members in Kansas, Minnesota, and Illinois

 

Haunted

Headphones; audio recordings and sound compositions: No One Could Make Me Eat, Frightened to Death, Ana Wants

 

A skeletal, distressed, cut up wooden chair personifies the painful emptiness experienced by victims of eating disorders.

 

Spilled on the floor are hundreds of intestine-like, blood red, white and blue beaded bracelets, like those sometimes worn by “Pro-Ana” or “Pro-Mia” members. Fueled by the Internet and social media, this disturbing ‘secret society’ trend presents eating disorders as desirable behavior and simply a “lifestyle choice.” Along with virtual communities, these web-based groups provide effective starvation technique tips and post ‘thinspiration’ images of anorexic celebrities and models. They encourage those battling eating disorders to ‘stick with it,’ and can trigger relapse for those in recovery.

 

Anorexia is the most deadly mental illness. A person with the disease has a dangerously low body weight and thinks about food constantly, but limits the amount eaten to gain a sense of control over their lives. 12% of people who develop anorexia will die from complications. The mortality rate for eating disorders is 12 times higher than that of all other illnesses for females 15-24 years old. 85% of anorexics and bulimics are female, but the incidence in males is growing. Only one in ten people with an eating disorder receives treatment.

A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.

Then and Now: The HMS Challenger Expedition and the “Mountains in the Sea” Expedition

 

Dr. Tina Bishop, Peter Tuddenham and Melissa Ryan

The College of Exploration

 

Diana Payne, Connecticut Sea Grant

 

Ivar Babb, University of Connecticut’s National Undersea Research Center

 

Scientific ocean exploration began in the 19th century, using wooden sailing ships. At that time, explorers had none of the technological sophistication and tools available today. A comparison of modern-day exploration with the late 19-century journey of the HMS Challenger illustrates the progress that science has made in ocean exploration.

The HMS Challenger Expedition

 

The 1870s voyage of HMS Challenger lasted 1,000 days and covered more than 68,000 nautical miles. Many consider it to be the first true oceanographic expedition because it yielded a wealth of information about the marine environment. Those aboard identified many organisms then new to science, and they gathered data at 362 oceanographic stations on temperature, currents, water chemistry, and ocean floor deposits. The scientific results of the voyage were published in a 50-volume, 29,500-page report that took 23 years to compile. Specialists in numerous scientific disciplines studied the collections and data, and helped produce the reports. Also, the reports written by members of the Challenger expedition provided rich descriptions of the flora, fauna and cultures of the lands visited. Photography—new at the time—was highlighted as well, along with scientific illustration.

HMS Challenger

 

A representation of the HMS Challenger. Although the former warship had a steam engine, its sails were used most often during the expedition to allow for frequent stops. Click image for larger view.

 

The HMS Challenger originally was designed as a British warship—a steam corvette in the Royal Navy—outfitted with 17 guns and an engine capable of over 1,200 horsepower. The 200-foot ship was three-masted, square-rigged, and built of wood.

 

In 1870, Dr. C. Wyville Thomson suggested that the Royal Society of London ask the British government for the use of one of its ships for an extended research cruise. The government agreed, and the HMS Challenger was modified to conduct oceanic research. Ammunition and 15 of the guns were removed from the ship and replaced with laboratories, workrooms, and storage space. The HMS Challenger used sails rather than the steam engine most of the time to allow for frequent stops when collecting data. The steam engine was used only during dredging operations to collect samples from the depths of the ocean floor.

The science and ship crew of the HMS Challenger

 

The science and ship crew of the HMS Challenger in 1874. The original crew of 216 had dwindled to 144 by the end of the long expedition. Click image for larger view.

 

The science and ship crew consisted of six civilian/scientific staff, led by Dr. C. Wyville Thomson. It also included 21 naval officers, including Captain George Nares (replaced by Captain Frank Thomson in 1875), and approximately 216 crew. When the voyage ended in 1876, only 144 crew remained on the ship. Seven people had died, five left when Captain Nares did, 26 were left in hospitals or were unable to continue the journey, and several had deserted at the various ports of call.

HMS Challenger and the “Mountains in the Sea” Expedition

Map of Challenger and Mountains in the Sea sites

 

Map of the North Atlantic showing HMS Challenger sampling sites (red) and the dive sites of the Mountains in the Sea research cruise (yellow). (GIS provided by I. Babb, NURC). Click image for larger view.

 

The Mountains in the Sea Expedition will focus on the biodiversity of the New England seamount chain. The cruise path will cross some of the same area traversed by the HMS Challenger more than 100 years ago. Several of the HMS Challenger sampling sites are in the same area as the seamounts we plan to explore in this expedition—Bear, Kelvin and Manning.

 

Our proposed dive sites are shown in yellow on the figure at the left. Note on the figure that two of the sites (Bear seamount, which is the northwesternmost yellow dot, and the HMS Challenger site explored on May 6, 1873, which is the closest red dot to Bear seamount) are not far apart. The Mountains in the Sea project will use multibeam mapping, dredge sampling, and observation and collection techniques using the Alvin submersible to explore the seamounts. We will compare these techniques and results to methods used by the HMS Challenger.

The Ships: Then and Now

 

Although the overall deck plan, maneuverability and engine power of the vessels are very different, similar challenges remain in conducting oceanographic research. Dive plans and research objectives must change quickly when inclement weather arises. Lost research opportunities, broken gear and seasickness are still a part of modern day research cruises.

Scientific Instruments: Then and Now

 

The HMS Challenger crew faced many challenges when they tried to determine temperature. The most commonly used thermometer on the ship was the Miller-Casella mercury thermometer, which was small, difficult to read and susceptible to the effects of pressure. The Challenger also had a piezo (pressure) thermometer and a resistance thermometer. But both of these instruments were fairly new, and the scientists had little experience with them.

Miller-Casella Deep-sea Thermometer

 

Miller-Casella Deep-sea Thermometer. The difficult-to-use instrument was particularly susceptible to sea conditions. Click image for larger view.

 

Today, we can use an electronic measuring device called a CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth). This torpedo-shaped instrument takes measurements at predetermined depths (e.g., every three meters over a distance of 1,000 meters). The device detects how the conductivity and temperature of the water column changes relative to depth. This information can be used to determine the salinity (the concentration of salt) of the seawater. The CTD may be deployed by itself or with a set of sampling bottles attached (a “rosette” or carousel) to collect water samples. Together, these tools are called a “hydrocast.” The sampling bottles can collect water at different depths of the cast.

Web-based Resources for Education

 

In partnership with educators, scientists, and historians, the College of Exploration has assembled a Challenger Team to link the pioneering HMS Challenger (1872-1876) expedition with the voyages sponsored by NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration. The college hopes to rekindle the spirit of the HMS Challenger. It will review the ship's historic journey, compare current ocean research tools, technologies and techniques with those used on modern voyages, and build awareness of ocean exploration.

 

The Challenger Team will create curricular materials for educators and students, develop a virtual exhibit based on HMS Challenger artifacts, and create a video animation of the HMS Challenger. It will make available selected digitized portions of the original Challenger reports on the Web, conduct an online educator workshop on the history of ocean exploration, and develop geographic information system (GIS) learning materials.

 

Future educational web resources and lesson plans related to the Challenger and to current NOAA expeditions will present more detailed explanations of the specific tools and processes used to collect oceanographic data. They also will include in-depth comparisons of the HMS Challenger to a modern research vessel and a social science component that compares life at sea in the 1800s to today.

 

Notes: Challenger Ship and crew pictures reproduced from original documents in the library holdings of Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. Copyright © 2003 by Dr. David C. Bossard. Other photos courtesy of NOAA Photo Library.

A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.

 

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.

 

The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.

 

Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.

 

Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.

 

The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.

 

Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.

 

In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.

 

In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.

Pic: Manager of Sarawak Children's Cancer Society Jodie Sim (left) receiving a contribution of RM6,300 from Tune Hotel Waterfront Kuching from Tune Hotels Country Head for Malaysia Kishore Suppiah (centre) and Senior Group General Manager Khairul Azizan Alias representing Limar Group.

  

NEWS RELEASE

 

TUNE HOTEL WATERFRONT KUCHING GOES BALD FOR 5TH ANNIVERSARY

Proceeds to benefit Sarawak Children’s Cancer Society

 

KUCHING, 22 March 2014 – To mark its fifth anniversary, Tune Hotel Waterfront Kuching organised a special charity event for the benefit of children with cancer.

 

Fourteen volunteers went bald at the “Going Bald for Kids with Cancer” at the hotel here on Saturday, as part of the efforts to raise funds for the Sarawak Children’s Cancer Society (SCCS). The event was part of SCCS’s annual ‘Go Bald’ event which is now running into its sixth year. The ‘Go Bald 6.0’ will officially kick off on 4 May 2014 at the CityONE Megamall in Kuching.

 

Tune Hotel Waterfront Kuching led the way with a donation of RM6,300 to SCCS. As a show of support towards children with cancer and their families, 14 staff members of the hotel had their heads shaved, led by Tune Hotels Country Head for Malaysia, Kishore Suppiah.

 

To bump it up, Tune Hotel Waterfront Kuching is also pledging RM5 for each online booking made from 22 March up to 28 March 2014 for immediate stays up until 30 April 2014, in addition to a 20 percent discount. Guests can log on to www.tunehotels.com to book and participate.

 

This is on top of an offline donation drive organised by the hotel staff as well as a donation box placed at the hotel reception. The sums will be tallied and all proceeds will go towards SCCS for the benefit of children with cancer.

 

Kishore Suppiah said: “This is a very meaningful way to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of Tune Hotel Waterfront Kuching. We are very proud to be working with the SCCS and be part of this year’s Go Bald 6.0 to help support the unfortunate children as well as their families and loved ones. We want to tell them to always be strong, keep on fighting and stay positive… that their hair loss is only temporary and part of the recovery process. After all, being bald is cool!”

 

SCCS Manager Jodie Sim said: “We are very pleased to have Tune Hotels coming on board for Go Bald 6.0 this year. We hope our Go Bald tour covering Kuching, Sibu, Bintulu and Miri this year will be the biggest ever. We look forward to more volunteers and donors who will come forward and participate for this noble cause.”

 

After Kuching on 4 May, the Go Bald 6.0 tour will stop at Delta Mall in Sibu on 11 May, followed by Parkcity Mall in Bintulu (18 May) and Miri’s Bintang Megamall (25 May).

 

Go Bald is an awareness cum fundraising event initiated by SCCS in 2009. The funds raised have gone towards providing financial assistance to needy families of a cancer child, accommodation and food for outstation patients, medical consumables, bone marrow transplants and in-ward tuition for the child patients.

 

SCCS also provides, counselling and emotional support to child patients and families, aside from organising fun outing and camps for them as a temporary getaway from their treatment. For more information, visit SCCS website www.sccs.my or Go Bald Facebook page www.facebook.com/GoBald.

 

The 135-room Tune Hotel Waterfront Kuching opened its doors for business on 2 March 2009. It was the third hotel in the network.

 

Situated along the city’s famed riverside, the hotel is a perfect gateway to explore both the old charm and new attractions of Kuching. Technically located within Kuching’s modern commercial sector which offers a myriad of entertainment and shopping experience, the hotel is also just a few minutes’ walk from the Main Bazaar that houses centuries-old shophouses now mainly selling a wide variety of traditional craft and gifts.

 

Tune Hotel Waterfront Kuching has been ranked among the Top 15 Bargain Hotels in Malaysia by TripAdvisor in 2013, the world’s largest travel website. TripAdvisor also awarded it with a Certificate of Excellence for continuous favourable feedback it received from guests.

 

Another Tune Hotel in Sarawak is located in Bintulu.

 

Tune Hotels provides international-class high-quality accommodation at central locations and focuses on key essentials but minus the generally underused facilities found in other hotels such as swimming pools, business centres and gymnasiums. By doing away with these costly and high-maintenance facilities, Tune Hotels is able to pass on savings to its guests.

 

There are currently over 40 Tune Hotels available for booking across Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, the UK, Australia, India and Japan.

 

Tune Hotels is part of Tune Group, a lifestyle business conglomerate co-founded by Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, who are the Group CEO and Executive Chairman respectively of Asia’s largest low cost carrier AirAsia.

 

For real-time updates and promotion alerts, guests can stay connected with Tune Hotels via Facebook at www.facebook.com/tunehotels and on Twitter via www.twitter.com/tunehotels.

 

For booking and further information, visit www.tunehotels.com.

 

-ENDS-

About Tune Hotels

Tune Hotels is part of the lifestyle business conglomerate Tune Group that was founded by Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun. Tune Hotels seeks to innovate and revolutionise the way services are made available and has employed efficient web-based technologies to reach and engage its customers, presenting a unique lifestyle opportunity. All Tune Hotels’ properties feature space-efficient, streamlined rooms focusing on high-quality basics: a five-star bed, powerful hot showers and energy-conserving ceiling fans along with housekeeping services, electronic keycard access into rooms, CCTV surveillance, and 24-hour security. The Tune Group companies are Tune Air (a substantial shareholder of AirAsia), Tune Hotels, Tune Money, Tune Insurance, Tune Talk, the AirAsia BIG Loyalty Programme, Tune Box, Tune Studios, Caterham Group, Queens Park Rangers Football Club (QPR) and the Epsom College in Malaysia.

  

Photos are available from www.flickr.com/tunehotels.

  

Media enquiries:

Cymantha Sothiar

Mobile: +6012 315 3638

Email: cymantha@tunehotels.com

 

State-of-the-art technology is to hand for staff and students in the InQbate Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning space. Large moveable walls can be used to display electronic documents, web based material and/or images, they can also be used to display project material, be written on and/or divide/increase the space. Technology includes fully directional data projectors and CCTV cameras, surround sound, webcams and hand-held cameras, large plasma screens and individually controlled LED lighting. A wall mounted touchscreen situated allow staff to switch video content into different spaces. Interlocking rubber tiles provide a soft surface to sit on and self controlled changeable coloured lighting mean this stimulating space is a different sensory experience each visit.