ev #231: Harry Potter Year In Review 2010! By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:00:00 +0000 Join us and reminisce about the many events that occurred this year in Potter. Happy New Year! Episode 231 — Harry Potter Year In Review 2010! Find the latest episode and explore PotterCast interviews, discussions and more at PotterCast.com Visit the-leaky-cauldron.org for the latest and greatest from Harry Potter's Wizard World. Full Article
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ev Even the strays are isolating By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 11:00:00 -0700 Full Article
ev Coronavirus sports markets in everything, multiple simulations edition By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 06:31:55 +0000 For $20, fans of German soccer club Borussia can have a cut-out of themselves placed in the stands at BORUSSIA-PARK. According to the club, over 12,000 cut-outs have been ordered and 4,500 have already been put in place. Here is the tweet and photo. And some sports bettors are betting on simulated sporting events. (Again, […] The post Coronavirus sports markets in everything, multiple simulations edition appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Full Article Games Sports Uncategorized
ev Social research in the 21st Century: what makes for evidence we can trust? By feeds.iriss.org.uk Published On :: Fri, 07 Aug 2015 02:22:29 PDT When: Mon Dec 14, 2015 Where: British Library, British Library Conference Centre, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB Event Status: confirmed Event Description: SRA annual conference bringing together social researchers from all sectors and disciplines to share knowledge and ideas. For further information, please visit the event website Full Article http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event
ev Thinking of the future: Innovations, & developments for social work practice: social media and digital technology for social work practice. By feeds.iriss.org.uk Published On :: Wed, 04 Nov 2015 06:39:17 PST When: Mon Feb 8, 2016 Where: Stirling Court Hotel, University of Stirling Event Status: confirmed Event Description: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thinking-of-the-future-innovations-and-developments-for-social-work-practice-tickets-19249165773 Full Article http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#event
ev Guest Post — Lockdown! An American in China Caught in the Corona Virus Emergency — by Evan Villarrubia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:01:54 +0000 The following is a guest essay by Evan Villarrubia. “I feel stupid! And contagious!” — Nirvana The panic and lockdown state we are just exiting in Dali (southwestern China) has been by far the most intense historical episode I’ve ever experienced. I’ve gone through several deep emotional phase changes throughout this time. If I’d written more » The post Guest Post — Lockdown! An American in China Caught in the Corona Virus Emergency — by Evan Villarrubia appeared first on Kunstler. Full Article Speeches & Guest Articles
ev One year after Pulse Nightclub tragedy, new NFPA standard for preparedness and response to active shooter and/or hostile events being developed By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 12:37:24 PDT As the nation marks the one-year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub massacre in Orlando this week, a group of experts on active shooter/hostile incident response will assemble at National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) headquarters to develop NFPA 3000, Standard for Preparedness and Response to Active Shooter and/or Hostile Events. It is expected that the initial standard will be completed by early 2018; then the public will have the opportunity to offer input for immediate review. Full Article
ev NFPA President Jim Pauley addresses Grenfell Tower fire as evidence of shortfalls in addressing today’s global fire problem By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:37:24 PDT In the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire in London, where 79 people died or are presumed dead and many more were injured, serious concerns and questions around flammability of exterior cladding, the lack of fire sprinklers and the notion of “shelter in place,” among other subjects, have been brought to the forefront by the news media and the public at large. Jim Pauley, president and CEO of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), addressed these troubling fire safety issues in the upcoming edition of NFPA Journal, the association’s membership publication, which will be officially released next month. Full Article
ev NFPA to develop fire risk assessment tool in response to tragic high-rise fires incidents By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 12:37:24 PDT In light of a recent series of fires in high-rise buildings with combustible facades, including the Grenfell tower fire, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has initiated a project to develop a fire risk assessment tool for these types of buildings to assist local authorities globally with fire safety in their communities. Full Article
ev As today’s homes burn faster than ever, this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign presents critical home escape planning and practice messages By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:37:24 PDT Knowing that today’s homes burn faster than ever, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) announced “Every Second Counts: Plan Two Ways Out” as the official theme for this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, October 8-14, 2017. Experts say you may have as little as two minutes (or even less) to safely escape a typical home fire from the time the smoke alarm sounds. Full Article
ev Let Other Studios Race to VOD; Sony Pictures Classics Believes It’s Theaters or Nothing By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 19:13:28 +0000 Full Article Film Cinemark Sony Pictures Classics The Burnt Orange Heresy Theaters
ev Final Fantasy V Review By www.finalfantasywhatever.com Published On :: 2020-01-23T14:37:05-08:00 Комментарии к прохождению:мир 1мир 2мир 3фф5 всегда была такой белой вороной среди финалок: её редко вспоминают из-за того, что она и не особо сюжетная, и на Западе долго не выходила. Единственный повод её упомянуть - это система профессий, которая потом получила развитие в ффт и фф10-2. Перепройдя фф5, я могу лишь признать, что её забвение заслужено.Дальше » Full Article
ev Final Fantasy III Review By www.finalfantasywhatever.com Published On :: 2020-01-29T04:28:58-08:00 Третья финалка была последней из старья, получившей официальную локализацию. Мы мало что теряли без неё: она как фф5, лишь ступенька на пути к чему-то толковому, только ступенька куда более низкая.Комментарии по прохождению (максимально бестолковые):часть 1часть 2Первые пять финалок чередовались: чётные шли с заметным упором на сюжет, нечётные делали ставку на геймплей. В те времена, конечно же, ни хорошего сюжета, ни хорошего геймплея не было нигде - фф5 была к этому достаточно близка, но и только. Если же смотреть её предшественниц по геймплейной ветке, то фф1 - это просто стыдное неработающее недоразумение, а фф3 - зачатки чего-то вменяемого, тоже подавленные ужасными решениями. Собственно, в ней есть система профессий. У каждой свои особенности, экипировка и умения. Их можно менять. Боёвка работает более сносно, чем в фф1. На этом, в общем-то, и всё, список достоинств фф3 заканчивается.Остаются недостатки. Формулы расчёта урона не просто непрозрачные, но и не особо вменяемые. Герои по-прежнему наносят по 100500 ударов... или меньше, как повезёт. Магия может внезапно оказаться бесполезной. Многие профессии не дают игроку больший тактический простор, а просто заменяют собой старые, поскольку они оказываются лучшими во всём. Финальный набор профессий - это как апргрейд класса в фф1: нет ни малейшего резона его не ставить и тем самым не выкидывать на помойку всё то, что у тебя было целую игру до этого.Но стоп, этот кусок про профессии относится к классической версии фф3. Там вообще всё очень смешно придумали: классы можно менять когда угодно, но на это тратятся очки capacity, которые зарабатываются в каждом бою. Иными словами, ограничение смехотворное: учитывая, сколько тут рандомных битв и как часто классы надо менять (спойлер: очень редко), герои просто ходят с максимальными 255 капасити всю игру. Ещё одна неработающая механика из несовских финалок, ничего необычного.Дальше » Full Article
ev Final Fantasy XIV Review | 2020 ver. By www.finalfantasywhatever.com Published On :: 2020-01-29T13:19:30-08:00 У игр-сервисов, помимо очевидных минусов, есть и очень заметный плюс: со временем они (как правило) становятся лишь лучше и богаче на контент. Минусы исправляются, новые плюсы появляются. То, что начиналось как проба пера, может вырасти в магнум опус.Final Fantasy XIV – как раз такой случай.Я написал по ней два обзора: один – в 2013-м, сразу после её выхода, где довольно сильно её раскритиковал. Второй – в 2015-м, после выхода дополнения Heavensward, когда я оказался ей вполне доволен.С тех пор прошло ещё четыре с половиной года, на протяжении которых я писал в бложик очень мало, потому что я играл в фф14. Для меня это главная игра всего десятилетия. Сейчас, в 2020 году, в ней уже столько всего, что я и не знаю, о чем говорить. Почти всё хорошо, если не отлично. На сей раз – и в сценарии тоже.Дальше » Full Article
ev Final Fantasy VII Remake Review By www.finalfantasywhatever.com Published On :: 2020-04-06T03:12:53-07:00 Перво-наперво, если вы сейчас задаётесь вопросом, покупать или нет, ответ простой: покупать.Если вы удивлены этой рекомендацией, начитавшись спойлеров по концовке, то, во-первых, её обсуждение идёт в отдельном посте, а тут мы говорим про остальную игру. А во-вторых, несмотря на то, что последняя глава игры, - полное говно, остальное перевешивает. Я бы сказал, что пропорции хорошего или нормального к плохому в FF7R - примерно 80 к 20. Это очень достойный результат, особенно если вы вспомните, как давно мы видели финалку похожего качества (если не считать фф14, то правильный ответ - Crystal Bearers, десять лет назад).Комментариев по прохождению пока делать не буду, потому что мне не очень понятно, в каком виде их делать и зачем они нужны, кроме как чтобы подмечать каждый момент, когда ремейк или остаётся верным оригиналу, или делает всё лучше. Потому что по большей части он состоит именно из этого - из улучшений. Оригинальная фф7 была полна мелких глупостей и недоразумений, и ремейк от них практически ничего не оставил. Я буквально могу открыть моё прохождение фф7 с десятками доёбок до происходящего и вычеркнуть все.И это охуенно.Дальше » Full Article
ev Final Fantasy Record Keeper Review 2020 By www.finalfantasywhatever.com Published On :: 2020-04-23T17:45:49-07:00 В конце 2015-го я заглянул в Final Fantasy Record Keeper – поглядеть, что это за мобильная финалка такая. Ей тогда было полгода всего, сейчас же – пять лет, и всякая игра-как-сервис за это время растёт. Не стала исключением и Record Keeper – так что пора бы в ней вернуться ещё раз.Во многом я хочу это сделать потому, что с 2015-го я не переставал в неё играть. На то есть целый ряд причин. Во-первых, она (почти) бессюжетная, аутентичная и посвященная знакомым боям из знакомых финалок – она не городит что-то своё, а ремикширует знакомое и хорошее. Во-вторых, она очень мало требует от игрока в плане инвестиций времени/денег: я стабильно каждый день выигрывал там три боя за десять минут, и этого мне хватало, чтобы тащить почти весь актуальный контент и даже не задумываться о том, чтобы занести разработчикам бабла. Я до сих пор не заплатил ни копейки и всем доволен. В-третьих, в ней такие длинные лоадинги, что играть на ночь идеально – за десять минут усыпляет. Ну и в-четвёртых, она продолжала постоянно обновляться. С обновлениями не только появлялись новые испытания, но и расширялись возможности бойцов, и менялась мета.Дальше » Full Article
ev How Trump Stole 2020: A Facebook LIVE Event By www.gregpalast.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 04:00:34 +0000 How Trump Stole 2020: A Facebook LIVE Event — previewing Palast’s new book, which reveals how Trump’s already got the November election in the bag, featuring exclusive reports from the scene of the crime. Hosted by Thom Hartmann and incl. interviews with Barbara Arnwine, Lee Camp, Nomi Prins, David Cay Johnston, Dennis Bernstein, Cary Harrison, Josh Fox & more!The post How Trump Stole 2020: A Facebook LIVE Event appeared first on Greg Palast. Full Article Articles Elections Podcasts Video reports election fraud Election2020 elections Facebook Live How Trump Stole 2020 voter suppression voting
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ev Ah, Well, Nevertheless By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:10:00 +0000 Recovery summer, bitches.(Reuters) - The White House will not consider any further stimulus legislation this month as it eyes the economic impact from reopening U.S. states, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters on Friday, adding that formal talks with Congress have paused— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) May 8, 2020 Full Article
ev EP 167 - Quantum Break Reviewed By www.fragtagradio.com Published On :: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 12:00:00 EST Pradius reviews Quantum Break! Enjoy. Episode 167 - YouTube | Frag Tag Radio Questions or comments? Contact us! Message us mail@fragtagradio.com. Text or voicemail (1-304-TALK-FTR). Full Article
ev 55 Quotes About Achieving Goals To Help You Stay Motivated By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 15:00:24 +0000 Setting and achieving goals is a process with different phases that will require lots of focus, commitment, and hard work. In order not to get distracted or overwhelmed, there is a need to stay constantly motivated on the journey to reaching your goals. Below are collections of quotes about achieving goals to help you sustain [...]Read More... Full Article
ev How To Use Goals and Dreams To Achieve Personal Success By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 13:00:00 +0000 Goals and dreams are two concepts that are often used interchangeably in the quest for success. Although they can be used to complement one another, they do mean different things. This article looks at what goals and dreams are and how they can be used hand-in-hand in order to achieve personal success. What Are Goals? [...]Read More... Full Article
ev Resident Evil 3 @ Target for $35 in-store pickup By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 05:26:00 +0000 As the title states, game is currently $49.99 and finally available for ordering. Add it to your cart plus 2 other $49.99 games, make sure the other 2 are shipped. Either keep them all for around $35 each, or cancel the other 2 games and end up with RE3 on day 1 for $35. https://www.target.com/p/resident-evil-3-xbox-one/-/A-79468974 https://www.target.com/p/resident-evil-3-playstation-4/-/A-79468973 Full Article
ev Persona 5 Royal Phantom Thieves Edition in stock Gamestop - 89.99 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 17:42:55 +0000 Posted this to collector's edition topic, but figured I'd give everyone a heads up: https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/playstation-4/games/products/persona-5-royal-phantom-thieves-edition/11098855.html Full Article
ev Devil May Cry 5 15.99$ Best Buy By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 05:27:07 +0000 Devil May Cry 5 15.99 PS4https://www.bestbuy.com/site/devil-may-cry-5-standard-edition-playstation-4/6255180.p?skuId=6255180 Xbox One 15.99https://www.bestbuy.com/site/devil-may-cry-5-standard-edition-xbox-one/6255207.p?skuId=6255207 Full Article
ev Iffy's Online Store 20% Off Everything, Golden Week Sale, Ends 5/6 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 20:19:06 +0000 "Happy Golden Week! Receive 20% off all items added to your cart until 5/6!! Free shipping on all US orders over $57.99!" https://www.iffysonlinestore.com/ Limited Editions included. A couple Switch recommendations (prices before discount), Moero Chronicle Hyper Standard Edition $29.99 Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force Standard Edition $39.99 Enjoy. Full Article
ev RagingStallion: Logan Stevens and Donnie Argento By feeds.queerclick.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 04:08:43 +0000 Anonymous studs at the bathhouse carry on with their fun. Bearded stud Logan Stevens stumbles on Donnie Argento, face-down-ass-up in his room wearing nothing but a jock. Enticed by Donnie’s hot hole, Logan steps up and dives straight in to eat his furry ass. After eating out Donnie’s hole, Logan spins his new anon friend... View Article The post RagingStallion: Logan Stevens and Donnie Argento appeared first on QueerClick. Full Article Porn Site Updates Donnie Argento Logan Stevens RagingStallion
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ev Nevada: Latest updates on coronavirus By feeds.livescience.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:52:36 +0000 The first COVID-19 death in Nevada was a man in his 60s with an underlying health condition. Full Article
ev There Has Never Been A Greater Time For Romance Than Right Now! By galadarling.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 19:41:56 +0000 When things are tricky — see: global pandemic! — it’s easy to get mired in the muck of it all. And absolutely, it is a hard time for many of us. But where we really move into a place of power is when we shift our perspectives by asking ourselves a simple question. That question […] The post There Has Never Been A Greater Time For Romance Than Right Now! appeared first on Gala Darling. Full Article love
ev ASRock Z490 PG Velocita Motherboard Technical Preview By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:24:58 +0000 Today we will be taking a look at the ASRock Z490 PG Velocita Motherboard. While we are not allowed to tell you about performance of these parts, we are able to give you a technical preview. The post ASRock Z490 PG Velocita Motherboard Technical Preview appeared first on ThinkComputers.org. Full Article Articles Editorials Overview Videos Videos ASRock Intel Z490 Motherboard Technical Preview Video Z490 Motherboard Z490 PG Velocita
ev “Simone de Beauvoir alone would never have gotten me from intellect to action” By www.ourbodiesourselves.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 19:57:42 +0000 Note from OBOS co-founder Judy Norsigian: After publication of my reflections piece in the June 2019 issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), I received this wonderful email from Kay Johnson. Her story reminds us all once again of how ONE life experience (reading a book/having a terrific teacher or mentor/participating in an eye-opening social justice action/etc.) can change the course of our lives and bring us into partnership with others also committed to racial, economic and social justice for all. I am ... More The post “Simone de Beauvoir alone would never have gotten me from intellect to action” appeared first on Our Bodies Ourselves. Full Article Readers' Stories
ev Review: Linguistics: why it matters by Geoffrey Pullum By separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 22:43:00 +0000 It's National Writing Day (for another 48 minutes) and I've reali{s/z}ed that I haven't written anything but emails and tweets today. So a blog post is needed. But a short one. Luckily, I have a very short book to review. The book is the linguistic installation of Polity Press's 'why it matters' series, and it's by the exceptionally clear Geoff Pullum. Here come the full disclosures: I know Geoff and I got this book for free. But I wouldn't say nice things about the book if I didn't mean them. (I'd just save myself the trouble of writing a blog post about it.)So, since it's by the exceptionally clear Geoff Pullum, this is an exceptionally clear book. It's just 120-something pages, divided into five themed chapters on why linguistics matters: for what it tells us about what makes us human, about how sentences work, how meaning, thought and language intertwine, how it uncovers social relations, and how it might help machines understand humans. I particularly admire Geoff's ability to write short sentences about complex topics. (That's lesson 1 in making things exceptionally clear—complex topics aren't helped by grammatically complex sentences!) The real value of the book is in the examples that show how linguistics does matter—for expanding human understanding, for uncovering and undoing prejudices, and in applications that can help people. Here's the bit that I most enthusiastically underlined:[T]o a large extent the importance of linguistics has turned out to lie not so much in the results it has achieved (those evolve over time and are often overturned or contradicted) but in the change in the general view of what's important enough to study. It lies in our moral evolution of our perception of what we should be looking at and what we should value. That leads into a discussion of the shift from thinking of signed languages as gesticulations to their recognition as complex languages that are as languagey as any other human languages. But I think it could have introduced many of the sections. I do believe that linguistics has done a lot of good in the world in the past 50 or so years, and a lot of that is about valuing people and their languages. Though the book is only long enough for a few examples of that, they're great examples. The ideal audience for this book? I think it would make an excellent present from any students studying (or planning to study) linguistics to their parents. When your parents' friends ask them "What's your kid up to?" and they say "Studying Linguistics", the conversation usually DIES. Give them the gift of knowing how to talk up your fascinating studies! It'd also be great for anyone considering studying linguistics, or who just thinks: "That sounds like an interesting subject, but I don't quite know what it's for." (It's mostly not about translation or language teaching, by the way.) Geoff blogged about writing the book, which you can read here.Here's a link to the publisher's site. It's only giving me the UK buying links, but I hope that if you approach it from another country you'll get the appropriate page! Full Article books
ev Book Week 2019: David Shariatmadari's Don't Believe a Word By separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 00:05:00 +0000 Welcome to the third review post of Book Week 2019. In the intro to Book Week 2019, I explain what I'm doing this week. In the end, there will be four posts. I thought there would be five, but one of the books has (orig. BrE) gone missing. Having had a day off yesterday, I will also have a day off tomorrow, so the final review will appear during the weekend. Probably.Anyhow, today's book is: Don't believe a wordthe surprising truth about languageby David ShariatmadariNorton, 2019 (N America)W&N, 2019 (UK/RoW)David Shariatmadari writes for the Guardian, often about language, and is one of the sensible journalists on the topic. The number of sensible journalists writing about language has really shot up in the past decade, and judging from reading their books, this is in part because of increasingly clear, public-facing work by academic linguists. (Yay, academic linguists!) But in Shariatmadari's case, the journalist is a linguist: he has a BA and MA in the subject. And it shows—in the best possible way. The book is a familiar genre: busting widely held language myths. If you've read books in this genre before, you probably don't need these myths busted. You probably know that linguistic change is natural, that the border between language and dialect is unfindable, that apes haven't really learned sign languages, and that no form of language is inherently superior to another. Nevertheless, you may learn something new, since Shariatmadari's tastes for linguistic research and theories is not always on the same wavelength as some other books directed at such a general audience. Once again, I'm reviewing with a partial view of the book (this is the practical law of Book Week 2019). In this case, I've read chapters 1, 5, and 9 and skimmed through other bits. The introductory chapter gives us a bit of insight into Shariatmadari's conversion to full-blown linguist, as a reluctant student of Arabic who was quickly converted to admiration for the language and to the study of language as an insight into humanity. "It's not hyperbole to say that linguistics is the universal social science", he writes. "It intrudes into almost every area of knowledge."UK coverI chose to read chapter 5 because I'd had the pleasure of hearing him talk about its topic at a student conference recently: the popularity of "untranslatable word" lists. Goodness knows, I've contributed to them. What I liked about the talk was his detective work on the words themselves—some of the words and definitions presented in lists of 'untranslatables' are practically fictional. And yet, those of us who don't speak the language in question often eat up these lists because of our ethnocentric need to exotici{s/z}e others. This leads inevitably to discussion of linguistic relativism—the notion that the language you speak affects the way you think—and the bad, old (so-called) evidence for it and the newer evidence for something much subtler. The chapter then goes in a direction I wasn't expecting: introducing Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM), an interesting (but far from universally taught) approach to meaning that uses about 65 semantic building blocks to represent and compare meanings across languages. NSM adherents make the case that few, if any, words are truly equivalent across languages. But while any word in one language may have no single-word equivalent in another language, that doesn't mean those words are untranslatable. It just means that translating them can be a delicate and complicated thing. US coverThe final chapter (9) takes the opposite view to David Adger's Language Unlimited (in my last review), and argues that the hierarchical (and human-specific) nature of linguistic structure need not be the product of an innate Universal Grammar, but instead could arise from the complexity of the system involved and humans' advanced social cognition. While Adger had a whole book for his argument, Shariatmadari has 30-odd pages, and so it's not really fair to compare them in terms of the depth of their argumentation, but still worth reading the latter to get a sense of how linguists and psychologists are arguing about these things.Shariatmadari is a clear and engaging writer, and includes a good range of references and a glossary of linguistic terminology. If you know someone who still believes some language myths, this might be a good present for them. (Though in my experience, people don't actually like getting presents that threaten their worldview. I still do it, because I care more about myth-busting writers earning royalties than I care about linguistic chauvinists getting presents they want.) It would also make an excellent gift for A-level English and language students (and teachers) and others who might be future linguists. After they read it, send them my way. I love having myth-busted students. Full Article books grammar linguistic relativity
ev Research Foundation Set to Study the Economic and Emotional Impact of Active Shooter/Hostile Events By community.nfpa.org Published On :: 2019-10-16T19:14:39Z The Fire Protection Research Foundation, the research affiliate of NFPA is overseeing a two-year project on the Economic and Emotional Impact of an Active Shooter/Hostile Event – thanks to Fire Prevention and Safety Grant money from FEMA. Full Article fire service fire protection research foundation codes and standards research active shooter law enforcement nfpa 3000 policymakers hostile events asher emergency medical services
ev Research Foundation to Host FREE Webinar: “Review of Audible Alarm Signal Waking Effectiveness” - Wednesday, February 5, 12:30-2pm EST By community.nfpa.org Published On :: 2020-01-16T18:26:00Z At-risk populations such as the elderly, school-age children, those who are hard of hearing or alcohol-impaired do not fully benefit from conventional smoke alarm alerts, particularly during sleeping hours. Research has been conducted to develop Full Article research fire protection research foundation; smoke alarms smoke alarm audibility
ev A Rocky Mountain forever home passively offsets heating costs By inhabitat.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 14:30:39 +0000 When Ed and Leigh approached Colorado-based architecture firm F9 Productions to design their custom Rocky Mountain home, the couple wanted a residence that could last well into the future. This meant that the forever home not only had to be engineered with ADA-compliant features, but it also needed to be robust enough to weather the region’s extreme winter conditions for years to come. As a result, the architects crafted the Eastwatch House, a highly durable home that also takes advantage of passive solar conditions to reduce energy demands.[...] Full Article Homes colorado passive heating passive solar thermal mass Rocky Mountains fireproof ADA brick walls F9 Productions concrete slab forever home hydronic in-floor heating Eastwatch House handrails
ev Elevated, green-roofed cabin minimizes impact on mountain in Norway By inhabitat.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:30:00 +0000 Designed by San Francisco- and Oslo-based firm Mork-Ulnes Architects, the Skigard Hytte Cabin in Norway features various openings on each side that allow the architects, who designed the cabin for themselves, to immerse themselves in the incredible, mountainous surroundings. The 1,500-square-foot cabin is resilient to the extreme weather and is elevated off the landscape to reduce its impact. To top it all off, the cabin is crowned with a lush green roof.[...] Full Article Homes Green Roof cabin cabins Mork Ulnes Architects wooden cabins CLT
ev Healthcare skyscraper wins 2020 eVolo Skyscraper Competition By inhabitat.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:30:00 +0000 After receiving nearly 500 submissions from around the world, eVolo Magazine has announced the winners of the 2020 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual award recognizes visionary vertical architecture ideas that push the limits of design and technology. First place was awarded to a Chinese team that designed Epidemic Babel, a rapid-deployment healthcare skyscraper concept for mitigating epidemic outbreaks.[...] Full Article Architecture "eVolo" Prefab modular Climate Change prefab architecture evolo skyscraper competition skyscraper rising sea levels coronavirus vertical greenery
ev Unpatchable 'Starbleed' Bug in FPGA Chips Exposes Critical Devices to Hackers By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 02:55:42 PDT A newly discovered unpatchable hardware vulnerability in Xilinx programmable logic products could allow an attacker to break bitstream encryption, and clone intellectual property, change the functionality, and even implant hardware Trojans. The details of the attacks against Xilinx 7-Series and Virtex-6 Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) have been covered in a paper titled "The Full Article
ev Researchers Uncover Novel Way to De-anonymize Device IDs to Users' Biometrics By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 05:03:47 PDT Researchers have uncovered a potential means to profile and track online users using a novel approach that combines device identifiers with their biometric information. The details come from a newly published research titled "Nowhere to Hide: Cross-modal Identity Leakage between Biometrics and Devices" by a group of academics from the University of Liverpool, New York University, The Chinese Full Article
ev Cato SDP: Cloud-Scale and Global Remote Access Solution Review By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 03:59:37 PDT The Scouts acknowledged the necessity to "Be Prepared" over 100 years (!) ago; the industry should have, as well. Yet COVID-19 took businesses – more like the entire world – by surprise. Very few were prepared for the explosion of remote access, and the challenge of instantly shifting an entire organization to work from anywhere. Cato Networks shared its increase in remote access usage post Full Article
ev New Malware Jumps Air-Gapped Devices by Turning Power-Supplies into Speakers By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 07:57:58 PDT Cybersecurity researcher Mordechai Guri from Israel's Ben Gurion University of the Negev recently demonstrated a new kind of malware that could be used to covertly steal highly sensitive data from air-gapped and audio-gapped systems using a novel acoustic quirk in power supply units that come with modern computing devices. Dubbed 'POWER-SUPPLaY,' the latest research builds on a series of Full Article
ev Our mystery guest + le cafoutche = The "everything room" in France By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:51:30 +0200 Up till now, the best part of our cafoutche was the view. More about a few sweet and savory projects in today's missive. Thank you for reading and sharing this post with a friend! Today's Word: cafoutche : storage room, cupboard AUDIO FILE: click here to listen to the following quote in French Cafoutche: De l’occitan cafoucho synonyme de cahute. A Marseille il désigne un petit placard où l’on met de tout et de rien. Peut désigner la cave, aussi bien qu’une petite pièce fermée ou un débarras. Cafoutche: from Occitan cafoucho synonymous with hut. In Marseille this designates a small closet where you put everything and nothing. May refer to the cellar, as well as a small closed room or storage room. --www.lasardineduport.fr A DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE by Kristi Espinasse Not only is our guest on the mend, she is mending! Helping, that is, to fix everything from a punctual petit creux to our unruly store room--insisting all the while, ça fait du bien de travailler. What a positive way to look at work--as something that makes us feel better! I know this is true with my writing which I often put off to a later date,... Full Article
ev 9/11 First Responders Got Screwed Over. Today's Frontline Workers Will Get Screwed Even Worse By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 00:00:00 PDT By Dan Duddy Published: May 06th, 2020 Full Article
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ev Everyday Stuff America Sucks At (Compared To Everybody Else) By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 PDT By Cedric Voets Published: May 08th, 2020 Full Article
