![]() Monthly charges are calculated based on the number of days you’re billed for during your 30-day billing cycle. Your first statement will include partial charges for the current month as well as charges for the following month because Verizon bills one month in advance. Purchases made on-demand or pay-per-view. Why is my Verizon phone bill so high?īecause of one-time charges or activities, your bill can go up. You can also pay your bills online or set up automatic payments. You can receive bills via email or through your free online account if you go paperless. Paperless billing saves you time and money while also benefiting the environment. What exactly does paperless billing entail? ![]() The My Fios app can also be used to view and pay your bill from your tablet or mobile phone. For all of your Verizon wireline services, Verizon will digitally bill you. You are also agreeing to the Paper Free Billing Terms by purchasing Fios Internet service. You will not receive a paper bill as a Fios Internet customer.
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![]() But behind the sparkling blue visual effects that light up every magic arrow, and beyond the cute bright eyes of each newly-discovered Rot (the name for Kena’s ever-growing band of pint-sized forest followers), there’s an underlying, Zelda-like focus on reshaping your environment by first figuring it out…and delving deep into your magic tool kit to change it for the better. No one’s going to mistake Kena for its old-school gaming inspiration - in part because its cinematic moments look more like a present-day playable story from DreamWorks or Pixar than a blocky, 64-bit game from 1996. But the key thread that runs directly from the greats of the N64 and PS2 era straight to Kena: Bridge of Spirits is that they’re all - how do we say this? - downright delightful. It’s tough to describe how Kena is both similar and yet distinct from the classic games that inspired it (think The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Okami). ![]() Early reviewers are falling all over themselves praising Ember Lab’s first video game outing - and after spending some pre-release time hands-on with Kena ourselves, we know why. But thanks to amazing visuals and a mystical forest setting that beckoned old-school, Zelda-like adventure, it moved to the top of fans’ wish lists almost as soon as that first trailer had played.įast forward to today, as Kena finally finds its way into players’ hands as a console-exclusive new release for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 (as well as PC, via the Epic Games Store). Hailing from tiny VFX studio Ember Lab, Kena: Bridge of Spirits met the world back then as a never-before-seen indie game. Lurking amid all the blowout announcements that Sony made when it first showed off its next batch of PlayStation games last year was a beautiful little adventure game that no one had ever heard of. ![]() ![]() What is it about Apple that some people just really hate? Maybe it would be a patent for a rectangle with rounded corners. Austin Powers learns the internet on an Apple. Apple users are like – the people you see in movies using computers. To be fair, I do know a couple of people who are highly technical who own Apple stuff, but these guys are exceptions. Apple is mainly about technology for people who hate technology. The way Siri is portrayed in ads is I think a little pathetic. I use Vlingo, an Android based voice interface that doesn’t do the useless gimmicky conversational tricks that Siri does, but it activates commands, apps, searches, reads and writes text messages and emails, and other useful stuff. I might make fun of it, but it’s not all bad. I don’t think the intention was to help pathetic loners find tomato soup on rainy days, but just to dumb down the search interface. You might be tempted to confuse Siri with “power”, because it was developed into an early consumer-level AI system. Which in the end, is also something you could probably say about SolidWorks. ![]() It’s as if Apple wants to create a “worry free” product that does about 80% of what is available. “Power” and “capability” are not words that I associate with Apple products. So that you are buying sturdy stuff, but stuff that isn’t really cutting edge. The main thrust of Apple products seems to be good quality hardware, but “dumb it down, market it back up” so it doesn’t do much, but you make it look magical. Is it the software? Software that’s locked down and limited isn’t appealing to everyone. Is it the industrial design? I find Apple designs to be actually rather boring, inhuman, sparse, and cold. But the CAD market has “matured” in a way – there are few companies that just sell CAD any more, and to some extent, they sell less and less directly or solely to engineers, so appealing to engineers seems to make less marketing sense than it used to.įor Apple, the transition from being an odd-ball laughingstock to defining tech-as-fashion is one that’s hard to quantify in some sort of formula. Engineers want to buy from engineers, we distrust MBAs, salesmen and marketing types. “By engineers For engineers” was more than just a motto. Part of what made SolidWorks so attractive was that Hirschtick was an engineer. Early SolidWorks would occasionally admit a mistake. The product has always been fairly priced for what it did. Those are the most positive aspects that SolidWorks and Apple seemed to share, but the original SolidWorks had other positive traits that Apple didn’t have: They really did at one point listen to their customers. They had cult-like loyalty, a CEO that customers could relate to, and an 80/20 product that was somewhat dumbed down in favor of usability, and that product could replace more complex stuff in some situations. The original SolidWorks - lets just define that as the SolidWorks under Hirschtick - was in some respects already more Apple-like than most companies. Apple’s success has been legendary, whether deserved or not. You can’t really blame a company for wanting to do that. As a part of the cultural shift we have all noticed at SolidWorks, one of the things I have heard from time to time is that SolidWorks is trying to emulate the success that Apple has had. ![]() They also saw improvements in performance through better economy of motion, which can be attributed to neuromuscular adaptations. Similarly, a literature review by Laursen, Chiswell and Callaghan (2005) showed that resistance training contributed to a 12 percent increase in lactate threshold without a change in VO 2max in endurance-trained athletes. They also made substantial gains in maximal strength, force production and neuromuscular function. So why resistance training? We all know that resistance training has positive health benefits for the general population, but why is it important for endurance athletes? According to a study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science (Aagaard and Andersen, 2010), endurance-trained athletes who added strength training to their programs improved their endurance capacity by increasing type 2 fibers. Let’s take a look at the science behind the benefits of resistance training and how you can use this information to help your clients. This includes general fitness clients who actually enjoy doing their cardiovascular activity on a stationary bike, treadmill, stair climber, or rowing machine and are moving linearly but going nowhere. ![]() But what if someone isn’t training for a specific event? If a client regularly participates in repetitive linear cardiovascular training, they will also benefit from this information. Triathletes training for a sprint all the way up to an Ironman distance event also fall in this group. And, more often than not, that means helping your clients implement a safe and effective resistance-training program to complement their endurance training.Īnyone who participates in events such as the local 5K, half-marathon or marathon can be considered an endurance athlete. Whatever the case, we need to know how to help our clients lower their risk of injury while also improving performance in their chosen events. More and more of our clients are participating in endurance events like marathons and triathlons and, although a few may be competitive in their age group or are working with an outside endurance coach, most are weekend warriors looking for the next challenge. USA Triathlon membership grew to more than half a million in 2012 and, according to the Sports and Fitness Industry Association, almost 2 million people competed in at least one triathlon in 2011. marathons with more than 1,000 finishers increased from 45 in 1999 to 94 in 2012. You might be surprised to learn, for example, that a staggering 518,000 people finished marathons in 2011, an all-time high for marathon finishers in the U.S. ![]() Over the past several years, an area of fitness has experienced radical growth, one that might be under the radar of many fitness professionals: endurance sports. Strands can also be added in perpendicular formation.īy crossing the stitch, box can be made into a helical arrangement, often referred to as barrel or spiral, and the formed stitching becomes cylindrical as single barrel, but can take on quite interesting patterns when the stitch is a larger one, such as double, triple, or quadruple barrel. An endless variety of stitching can be made in this way, incorporating multiple rows, adding rows in the middle of the stitch, forming windows, switching to barrel, etc. Thus, one can have double, triple, quadruple and more, with the number of boxes being n-1, with n being the number of strands used (because one of the strands is used as the cross stitch). More complex stitches can be made by using more strands and incorporating them adjacent to one another while sharing the same cross strand. To finish, the last end is woven over the first strand and under the second strand. The square stitch is made by taking the end and crossing opposite ends, then taking one of the other ends and going over the first string and going under the second string. This particular example starts in box, switches to barrel, and then returns to box.Īlso known as a box stitch, the square stitch is the most common knot used in making keychains. Knots Square stitch Single square stitch light and dark blue. Most of the knots used in scoubidou were already used in bast fibre, while the creations possible with scoubidou are similar to traditional corn dollies and macrame. Key chains, friendship bands and other trinkets are most commonly woven, although more complicated shapes and figures can also be created. On account of their elasticity and hollow cross-section - which enables them to collapse and deform when pulled - they form tight and stable knots. They are sold in various colors, sizes, and types, and are used to make items by binding them together with knots. Another kind of scoubidou thread is supple, round, and hollow plasticized PVC tubes usually about 80 centimetres in length. The most common kind of thread used for the craft is flat and comes in many colors, sometimes called "lanyard" or "gimp thread," often depending on region. Thread Stitching the thin thread requires concentration. It uses commercially supplied plastic strips or tubes. Scoubidou returned to fashion in various countries, including United Kingdom countries, in 20. It is named after the 1958 song of the same name by the French singer Sacha Distel. It originated in France, where it became a fad in the late 1950s and has remained popular. Scoubidou ( Craftlace, scoobies, lanyard, or gimp) is material used in knotting craft. After 11 stitches, the two independent barrels rejoin for another 13 stitches until the end (right). Beginning at the left, it begins with quadruple box for 5 stitches, and then splits into single barrel (top) and double barrel (bottom) thus incorporating a window. ![]() ![]() A fairly complex box stitch is shown here. For other uses, see Scoubidou (disambiguation). ![]() Still, the Moon does make some edgier links, so it’s wise not to cut corners or skip anything important, as it could possibly affect your street cred, Capricorn. Whether they’re planned or impromptu, you’ll really enjoy yourself. You’re on a roll socially, and this is amplified by Venus’s tie-in with uplifting Jupiter, making this an excellent time for celebrations and get-togethers. Head here for everything you need to know about being a Sagittarius Capricorn It might be an encounter or an event that you won’t forget in a hurry. Something you’re involved with could have an impact, changing your perspective. Whatever you set your mind to, can be an intense experience and you’ll be ready to plumb the depths and squeeze out every ounce of enjoyment. You mean business today Archer, even if what you’re doing is fun. Head here for everything you need to know about being a Scorpio Sagittarius Today is not the best time to make a commitment, especially if you feel under pressure, Scorpio On another note, a discussion could seem to be going backwards rather than forwards. A creative project or a romance looks promising, and you may be very hopeful of a good outcome. Good things come your way, as Venus in your sign forges a positive angle with generous Jupiter. Head here for everything you need to know about being a Libra Scorpio September 24 to October 23 More: Trending Head here for everything you need to know about being a Virgo Libra ![]() And if you do feel like socialising, so much good could come from it.Ī positive Venus/Jupiter link might highlight an encounter that’s uplifting and even joyful, and that leads to further contact. Making a good impression is key to getting ahead, and you’ll certainly hit the right note from today as a delightful focus can be a call to use charm to help discussions go smoothly. Head here for everything you need to know about being a Leo Virgo And it looks like you will be very much in demand, Leo. You’ll need to work hard to make it happen, but just realising the potential of what is possible could be very cheering. A sunny blend of energies involving bountiful Jupiter, could coincide with an idea that might increase your fortunes and those of others. If you want a chance to prove yourself, then this may be it. Head here for everything you need to know about being a Cancer Leo With Venus in transformative Scorpio, letting go of an old issue or even an unworkable romance can pave the way for exciting new adventures. An encounter or perhaps a trip could engage your curiosity, and you might find something you’ll want to explore. Seeking new experiences? A sizzling Venus/Jupiter tie may coincide with events that introduce you to new people and places. Head here for everything you need to know about being a Gemini Cancer Mind, if you’re attracted to someone, you’ll pull out all the stops to get near them. The only thing that might get you moving is some leisurely retail therapy or pampering. And if you have a choice, you’ll almost certainly opt for the path of least resistance. A delightful aspect involving Venus encourages you to go with activities you enjoy. Head here for everything you need to know about being a Taurus Gemini It won’t last long, and you’ll quickly make up, but for a little while you and another may not see eye to eye. Kindness and cooperation rule, so the more obliging you can be, the better.Įven so, at one point in the day you could get involved in a spat. ![]() Today’s Venus/Jupiter face-off brings new opportunities for spending quality time with your partner, friends or other close ones. Head here for everything you need to know about being an Aries Taurus ![]() Would be rather slow to do any big amounts though. Have used ours to clean a few things, last stuff I ran through was some winter rye seed I tried to save back, amazing what it will clean out if you pick the right screens, fan even blows out a lot of the thin kernels as well. Cleaning Machine & Deep Carpet Extractor w/ 16 Dual Counter-Rotating Brushes. Larger screens are thin gauge sheet metal with the holes punched in on a wooden frame. Seems to have a very large set of screens but some of the small grass seed and clover seed screens need to be replaced as they have holes or nearly rusted apart. Betting they were very common, many farms used those to clean grain and especially seed they intended on planting. Got ours sitting on a kind of dolly cart we built for it, sits high enough to stick a trimmed down auger basket under it. Older Clipper Seed Cleaner, Super 298, With Electric Motor, New Electric Motor Comes With, Trailer Is Shop Built With Dual Tandem Axel, Tires are 8.5-16. Relying on periodic deep cleans will quickly degrade your clippers. Using them will ensure that your finances and your blades stay intact. Keep reading for our 3 essential tips for cleaning your hair clippers. ![]() 99 (1. This means cleaning your clippers properly and regularly. Won't let me click and enlarge picture but looks very similar to one we got, dad got it at an auction a few years back and it works, but going to have to change pulleys for the fan or make a new flat belt, old one somehow fell apart sitting in the shed. This item: 6 Pieces Barber Blade Cleaning Brush Clipper Cleaning Nylon Brush Clipper Cleaner Brush Cleaning Clipper Styling Brush Tool for Men( Red/Black) 7.99 7. ![]() *For full citations to the many ancient sources and modern references, see Image credits Their brief meeting was captured in a famous bas-relief sculpture by Pierre Puget from ca. Legend has it that Diogenes and Alexander died on the same day in 323 BCE, one having conquered the world and thereby extended the reach of Greek civilization, the other having subverted the norms of civilized society altogether. A well-known 1848 painting by Edwin Landseer even portrayed Diogenes and Alexander as dogs (reportedly* the inspiration for Walt Disney’s The Lady and the Tramp). Naturally it has been assumed to come from Diogenes’ animalistic manner of living, but more likely it came from the location of the philosophic school in the Cynosarges area of Athens. The reason for the name Cynics is uncertain. The name of the school comes from the Greek adjective κυνικός ( kunikos), meaning “dog-like,” after the Greek noun for dog κύων ( kuōn, genitive kunos). Along with his teacher Antisthenes, he was the founder of an influential school of philosophy known as the Cynics. In spite of his antisocial behavior, Diogenes’ influence in ancient philosophy was enormous. Leaving, he is said to have remarked, “If I were not Alexander, I would want to be Diogenes.” Diogenes, who was enjoying the warmth of the autumn sun, answered, “Stand aside to stop blocking the sun.” This abrupt response, showing his utter contempt for the power and prestige that Alexander craved, spawned the large number of artistic renderings that followed.Īlthough Alexander’s attendants took umbrage at Diogenes’ rudeness to their king, Alexander himself was not displeased. In the most famous exchange of the meeting, Alexander asked Diogenes whether there was anything he could do for him. Alexander, who was an enthusiastic reader of the Iliad, is said to have quoted a line (2.24) spoken by the divine Dream to Agamemnon: “To sleep the whole night through ill befits a man of counsel.” Diogenes, awakening, countered by quoting the very next line while still half-asleep, “Who has people to watch over and a multitude of cares.”Īccording to Diogenes Laertius in his life of Diogenes (at 6.60), Alexander stood over the philosopher and said, “I am Alexander the great king.” To which Diogenes responded, “I am Diogenes the dog.” When Alexander asked what he had done to be called a dog, he said, “I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.” I spy on your absence of wisdom and common sense, which is the only thing forcing you to go and gamble your kingdom and your life in a single moment.”Īccording to Epictetus in his Discourses (at 3.22.92), at the time of the encounter in Corinth, Diogenes was asleep when Alexander approached. According to Plutarch (at Moralia 70d), upon being asked by Philip whether he was a spy, Diogenes had said, “I most certainly am a spy, Philip. The philosopher had supposedly been taken captive by his father King Philip II during an earlier campaign against the Greeks. Most likely Alexander was well aware of who Diogenes was. Different versions of the story of the meeting are found in various ancient sources,* most notably in Plutarch’s Life of Alexander (at 14) and Diogenes Laertius’ Lives of the Eminent Philosophers (at 6.38). Alexander would have been twenty at the time, and Diogenes would have been around seventy. The only occasion on which Alexander visited Corinth was soon after the death of his father in 336 BCE. The brief encounter of the two is generally said to have taken place in Corinth, where Diogenes lived in his later years. Caricatures of him in later times often included a lighted lamp that he is said to have carried even in the daytime, as he went in futile search for an honest man. It was widely known that he urinated, defecated, and masturbated in public, to show his contempt for the conventions of society. He is usually portrayed as almost naked and unkempt, with long hair and a beard. He can be assumed to have been dressed at the time of the meeting in regal attire befitting his status and to have been accompanied by a retinue of attendants.ĭiogenes was the antisocial, ascetic philosopher who lived in a barrel and rejected all of the norms of civilized behavior. ![]() ![]() Alexander was the brash young king of Macedonia, who had conquered Greece and was on his way to conquering the world. It is hard to imagine a more unlikely pair. Wikimedia Commons includes more than fifty artistic renderings of an apocryphal meeting of the young Alexander of Macedonia (later to be known as “the Great”) and the much older Diogenes of Sinope (later to be known as “the Cynic”). For centuries of European art, it was one of the most frequently portrayed moments from classical antiquity. If you need to reconnect to the shares just press the app and it will connect or reconnect.įor additional folders you must create the destination folder like - mkdir ~/o2homeĪfter it is working you can add a shortcut into your dock by navigating to /Users/Shared/ on your Mac open /Users/Shared and then dragging the sshfs_nfs.app into your dock. sshfs_mounts then edit in textedit.app.Īn example REMOTE_FOLDER LOCAL_FOLDER | empty local folder must exist /nfs/userdocs /Users/oconnor/userdocs /home/myfolder /Users/oconnor/o2homeĪfter it is working you can add a shortcut into your dock by navigating to your home folder on your Mac open ~ and then dragging the sshfs_nfs.app into your dock. You can add or change any number of mounts that sshfs-helper.sh. The script will create a file in your home folder called. If the mounts become stuck just rerun to reattach shares. The app is simply a wrapper for sshfs-helper.sh and assumes the script exists in your home folder. We created a 'helper' script available that can be used with sshfs_nfs.app for mac to automount at login. On occasion the mount may become stuck or unresponsive you can force unmount via -ĭiskutil umount force /Users/oconnor/userdocs Using helper script If you are using an key-based-ssh you would add it's path to the IdentityFile paramater - adding ,IdentityFile=$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa to the end of the line. We give the volume a name volname=userdocs (shows mount point on your desktop), add some additional options for server connections, etc. ![]() You should mount one complete filesystem from the remote site, so this would be anything listed in /nfs for example. usr/local/bin/sshfs /Users/oconnor/userdocs -o volname =userdocs,reconnect,ServerAliveInterval =15,ServerAliveCountMax =3,idmap =user,auto_xattr,dev,suid,defer_permissions,noappledouble,noapplexattr OS X (Mac) helpful hintsĪs of OSX 10.15 Catilina we are not recommending to create mounts in the root path or / of the file system.Īn example of mounting from OSX on your local system is as follows - mkdir ~/userdocs Just remember to specify the PATH to the directory. You should mount sshfs via a directory in your home directory. Schl15 as a host to access the directory /nfs/userdocs/ps/meyer (in other Create a folder to access the remote filesystems (aka a mount point): mkdir /sshfs/įor example, sshfs ~/userdocs/home would use.Prior to installing, you should make sure that you can SSH with keys Installation requires administrative privileges. ![]() Thanks guys for the suggestions and help.Sshfs Setting up sshfs on OS X (Mac) systems Now I can start working on this bloody SD cardreader (don't really need it either, I have other means) working and scanning over a network and this baby will be up-to-snuff for all my work requirements. My co-workers are still looking at me funny since I exclaimed "I finally mounted my ipod". Now I can ***edited to keep things PC***. It's working in banshee too, even though I don't really need it to, it's nice to know that it's there. Didn't have to mess with ck-start-session, the config files are all back to normal, and udiskie is the only thing that was modified from the original system in that regard (I think). ![]() There were 3 that looked useful but were not installed on my system, just maybe needed a restart to get them working? I think I tried logging off and back in during that process somewhere, but when I rebooted my machine, then it just started automounting. I think it was the gvfs files that I installed. ![]() “What we do have control over is to stay on the path that AP has always been on and ensure that AP reflects the core concepts required for college credit in each discipline. “We as an organization have no control if current politicians want to take away or proceed to take away parental choice, or parental rights, or local control over whether or not a student enrolls in a particular elective AP course,” Packer said. Packer said that all topics required for AP courses were deemed so because they are fundamental or foundational to equivalent college courses that students could skip if they score high enough on their AP exams. Within the past year, the College Board’s AP African American Studies course and AP Psychology course have appeared in headlines after Florida state officials banned the former and requested edits to the latter because of relatively new state legislation limiting how teachers can talk about race and gender in K-12 schools. Of these 13,328 students, 51 achieved a perfect score of all 120 of 120 points possible on this year’s exam. He also hopes that the new AP African American Studies course will incentivize more Black students to take AP classes early on and continue to take them throughout their high school career in the same way some states have used AP Spanish as an incentive for Hispanic students. The following data reflect all 13,328 students worldwide who took the AP Chinese Language and Culture Exam this year on any exam date prior to June 12. Every high school in the country will receive an evaluation as to whether their AP classrooms look like the demographics of their school, Packer said. This fall, the nonprofit is expected to unveil a new school recognition program. AP English Language and Composition: 2021 Results 3 Min Read. The second is addressing why Black students aren’t being enrolled at proportionate rates in AP classes. AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism Exam: 2021 Results. College credit is usually available if you score in that range. The first is onboarding a team with expertise in Native education to address a major disparity: Native American students are 20 percent less likely to have AP classes in their school than all other peers. A score of 3 or higher on the AP® English Language and Composition exam will put you in good company. ![]() Diverse representationĪs the College Board looks to diversify the students taking AP classes, Packer shared two particular initiatives. The nonprofit is working to offer free teacher training for districts who commit to offering more sections of AP classes to ensure more students have the option to enroll. In his interview with Education Week, Packer elaborated on that, sharing that College Board research has found one or two AP classes at most per year of high school is enough to prepare students for college. In July, at the AP annual conference in Seattle, Packer shared with AP teachers and school administrators in attendance a two-fold concern for the College Board: that a small percentage of American students were piling up AP classes on their schedules while a majority of their peers barely had access to limited AP seats. To catch up on what he said, here are four major takeaways from Packer’s conversation with EdWeek. |
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