8/17/2023 0 Comments Daves hot chicken jobs![]() It has invested “more than US$10 million” to grow in the U.S. ![]() The company didn’t give further details about his stake.ĭave’s Hot Chicken has posted a net loss of about US$1.9 million so far in 2021 on revenue of nearly US$9.1 million, the company said in an email. He has 39 million followers on Twitter and 92 million on Instagram.ĭrake will own less than 50 per cent of the company, but will be among the biggest investors alongside Werner and Jackson. in its first week - the biggest opening since Taylor Swift’s “Folklore” last year. His most recent album, released earlier this month, sold the equivalent of 613,000 copies in the U.S. After meeting the founders and hearing their story, I jumped at the opportunity to invest,” Drake said in a statement.ĭrake’s involvement will likely give the chain a celebrity boost. Drake, one of the world’s best-selling musicians, has already posted a picture of himself with chicken tenders, pickles and fries from Dave’s on Instagram. Launched in 2017, the chicken chain now has 22 locations mostly in California and is planning 25 more by the end of the year, with expansion to cities including Chicago and Houston. Jackson.ĭave’s Hot Chicken is following a celebrity-driven playbook that’s similar to that of Blaze Pizza, which shares a leadership team with Dave’s and counts NBA superstar LeBron James as an investor. ![]() Drake, the Canadian hip-hop star, is taking a minority stake in Dave’s Hot Chicken, the fried-chicken chain that’s backed by investors such as Boston Red Sox Chairman Tom Werner and actor Samuel L.
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8/17/2023 0 Comments Nfip flood insurance![]() If you live in a Special Flood Hazard Area and have a federally backed loan on your mortgage, you’re required to have FEMA flood insurance. Am I required to have FEMA flood insurance?.But don’t get too worried about pricing: flood insurance rates are lowest in high-risk states like Florida and Louisiana, and the rate hikes you’ve heard about with Flood Risk 2.0 are generally overblown. The higher your flood risk and more valuable your property, the higher your premium. It now serves five million property owners and renters every year, and that number is climbing.Īs of October 2021, FEMA determines flood insurance premiums with a system called Risk Rating 2.0, which is designed to be fairer than ever. It was established to subsidize flood insurance coverage to guarantee that high-risk households could access affordable flood insurance. Insurance providers can also help you through the flood insurance process, so if you have a strong relationship with your insurance agent, give them a call to talk about flood insurance.Ĭongress created the National Flood Insurance Program in 1968. You can find all the information you need about FEMA flood insurance at. Read on for all the information you need about FEMA ’s National Flood Insurance Program, including how to buy a policy, what it covers, and what to expect for flood insurance premiums. And not to be a downer, but the effects of climate change are making heavy rainfall, and thus flooding, a more frequent and widespread problem. Floods can happen to anyone, and even an inch of water can cause flood damage in the tens of thousands of dollars. ![]() You can learn more about FEMA flood insurance at, then find a local insurance agent or call your insurance company to buy a policy for your property.Īll homeowners should consider buying a flood insurance policy. Instead, private insurance companies in every state and territory sell NFIP policies. NFIP policies are available to everyone, regardless of flood risk.Įven though the federal government sets rates and pays out flood insurance claims, FEMA doesn’t sell insurance. Have you heard that you can get flood insurance through FEMA? It’s true: the Federal Emergency Management Agency subsidizes flood insurance through a program called the National Flood Insurance Program ( NFIP ). Ask your insurance company or go to to learn more. FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is sold by insurance companies across the country. 8/17/2023 0 Comments Impossible polaroid spectra film![]() When it opens up though, it reminds you of a Sun 600 that is partly open. Almost like an SX-70 when folded down, but not as thin. The shape of the camera is very sharp and very much functional. It does still maintain the Polaroid ethic of the time, to ensure it remains easy to use. Aimed at the more advanced user and unlike the 600s and even the 1000 series, it offers quite a few extra controls. The Spectra is more advanced and complicated than the Sun 600 series, and generally produces a better quality result. The Spectra uses the same film formula as the Polaroid 600 cameras but is in a wider format rather than the more well known square. At this point it was actually still ejecting fine, but I grabbed a new (used) battery for my real pack.Square instant photography too limiting? Want a camera that fits nicely on The Love Boat set? You have a preference for the Polaroid integral instant film? There is one camera that fits this bill, it is the Polaroid Spectra! Through testing, I noticed it went down to about 5.5v after a pack or so -with- flash fired each time. I used a pre-used SX-70 battery that was at 6.2v or so when I pulled it out of the old cartridge. So I removed the tape and just shoved the battery underneath then it was fine. The first time around, I tried to tape the battery in even using very little tape this was enough that somehow I triggered whatever mechanism causes the Spectra to run and try to spit out film continuously. Alternately, the spring might be catching on the print ribbing I’ll have to confirm. I might take carefully try and shorten that nub. ![]() I never got the adapter to reliably eject the last exposure even when using an old shot (or two) as a ‘bed,’to keep them from catching on the small nub at the front of the cartridge. Remember, test film and dark slides eventually become worn enough that they don’t work. Test the thing with old/exposed film before using real film mine required adjusting (flattening) the spring before it would reliably eject the film and dark slide. Definitely beats shoving 600 film into an old Spectra cartridge though :) but other than the poor framing and black bar, and without the wide frame, nothing really stands out as ‘Spectra’ that will make me do it too often. But as you can see, it’s pretty much the Polaroid Originals experience it’s nice that the camera can focus to some degree, has a few bells/whistles etc. I’ll probably do it again it’s awesome that these things aren’t total paperweights and that’s important. I wasted three shots total out of the pack of eight two described in detail below, and one my fault (I accidentally exposed the top film of one of the packs, when I tried to pull out the film to re-seat the battery).Īnyway, is it worth the effort of: 3D printing the adapter, cost of batteries/charger (or film if you reuse), time tweaking the setup, transferring (and possibly damaging) film to the new cartridge, and a possibility of still losing whole shots or having black bars or other anomalies, on a used camera that isn’t guaranteed to work in the first place? I’m not sure if the ‘tear’ at the top left is related to my handling and loading the film, or an imbalance of the rollers (since there’s no longer even pressure across them with 600). ![]() It worked! Evident is my lack of memory about compensating the shot framing- black line on the bottom is not my fault though. So I took random household shots, not messing with any of the switches or anything - like some weird, normal person in the late nineties. Sorry for the less than thrilling shots here I was excited to try it quickly, and wasn’t going to go out and do anything ‘important’ with a camera I don’t totally trust. I printed a version of the Spectra/600 adapter that uses SX-70/600 batteries, rather than the (impossible to find for me) 3.2v AAAs - Still waiting for those in the mail, but pretty sure both sellers I bought from flaked at this point. Not sure anyone’s given their full warts and all experience of using a Spectra adapter- so here goes. 8/17/2023 0 Comments Miro 6.0 review![]() Miro was founded in 2011 and currently has more than 1,500 employees in 12 hubs around the world. Collect all individual and team ideas, use post-it notes, wireframes, discuss and share with team members and clients. First of all, Miro is a fantastic platform for team communication that provides a wide range of features to support efficient teamwork. Miro, co-headquartered in San Francisco and Amsterdam, states they currently serve more than 50M users worldwide, including users at 99 of the Fortune 100. New channels arrive daily in the built-in Channel Guide. Download and watch all the best internet TV shows and videos in one powerful application. Miro is an essential tool for those who deals with design thinking and creative concepts. Users rating: (1rating) Miro Publishers Description Miro lets you watch Internet videos like you watch TV. Simple way to organize creative workflow. Save the time avoiding routine emailing and pointless discussion.ĥ. Instead of emails and text chats, Miro allows users to see the big picture of projects and simply zoom in when they need to discover the details. Adrian Searle reviews Chris Ofili: The Seven Deadly Sins. Users can work on the board with almost all the tools required – texts, docs, images, videos, wireframes, post-it notes, and more.Ĥ. Victoria Miro shows the work of established and emerging artists from the USA, Europe and Asia. Easy to start and integrate an online whiteboard into existing workflows and onboard new team members.ģ. The last version (6.0) was released in 2013 and is no longer functioning correctly because of. No learning curve as it is simple as a whiteboard. I beleive for collaborating with Team sharing Knowledge or at the time meeting it is very easy to show the planning as well. The Participatory Culture Foundation no longer develops Miro. With Miro, users can communicate in real time using powerful visual tools, discuss the projects and ideas in board chats, leave tagged comments, use voice and video calls.Ģ. Unfortunately, other than doing regular backups and restoring from a backup and/or duplicating a board, I dont believe there is any way to achieve this. Real-time collaboration for remote teams. In a more strict side by side comparison, this is roughly half that of neighboring/rival hospitals with much higher acuity patient as a Level 1 Trauma center. ![]() For hourly employees this equates to roughly 14 x 8 hour sick/vacation days COMBINED. They boast inhumanely stagnate PTO accrual. There are a lot of daily learning opportunities via "trial by fire." Sadly, Ascension's "culture" stopped progressing in the 80's behind closed doors. Heekin have pointed the finger at patients, accusing them of things like not following instructions or not reporting symptoms to healthcare providers.Ĭopyright 2023 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.Let me start by saying I love what I do, the patients I serve, and most the people I work with. The health system has said in court filings, if anyone was negligent, it was the doctor, while attorneys for Dr. Heekin and the Heekin Clinic, but has not yet received a response. The I-TEAM has reached out to attorneys for the health system, as well as attorneys for Dr. Vincent’s has accepted liability in some of the cases involving Dr. It will be up to a jury to decide whether the defendants are liable for the plaintiffs’ injuries and should have to pay damages.Ĭourt records show St. Vincent’s knew doctor wasn’t fit to operate, but allowed him to perform surgeriesĪ trial date for a handful of the cases has been set for August. The I-TEAM has reached out to the plaintiffs’ attorney to see if that estimate sounds accurate but has not yet received a response. “It’s not out of the realm of possibility that there could be a 10-figure verdict in this case,” Schott said. The court has ruled at least some of the plaintiffs can sue not only for their medical costs, pain, and suffering but also for punitive damages. “He’s doing discovery in what appears to be groups of cases rather than hundreds of cases individually.” “ gives the defendant some due process, where he’s not fighting 500 and something cases at one time,” she said. Schott said that helps them move through the system more quickly. ![]() However, the lawsuits have been consolidated into one case number. “So normally, you don’t see a class action in cases like medical malpractice.” “When it comes to the physical body, it’s hard to put people into a class because every physical body is different,” Schott said. ![]() In court records, the health system denies this.Īttorney Shannon Schott, who is not involved in the litigation, explained why the 522 cases have been filed individually. Heekin’s surgical mistakes because patients he injured would be sent back to him for corrections. MORE: New audio recordings added to lawsuits against doctor accused of botched surgeries The plaintiffs say audio clips demonstrate the doctor slurring his speech immediately after performing surgeries in 2020. The lawsuits claim as the doctor’s condition got worse from 2015 to his retirement in 2020. Plaintiffs allege the surgeon caused devastating injuries including broken femurs, ruptured tendons, severe nerve damage and even death.Īccording to the lawsuits, the doctor’s impairment was obvious yet the hospital didn’t stop him from operating. The suits allege Heekin was allowed to operate on patients for years while he was impaired by a progressive neurological condition that caused him to lose his balance and slur his speech. Vincent’s Riverside Hospital and a former orthopedic surgeon there, Dr. – At least 522 lawsuits have been filed against Ascension St. 8/17/2023 0 Comments Clasificados online en puerto ricoIf PR property taxes go up, real estate values will go down
8/17/2023 0 Comments Milk emulsion vs cheese emulsionIn Cheese: Chemistry, physics and microbiology, major cheese groups. Cheddar cheese and related dry-salted cheese varieties. Effects of spray-drying conditions on the chemical, physical, and sensory properties of cheese powder. Effects of different dairy ingredients on the rheological behaviour and stability of hot cheese emulsions. Kelimu A, da Silva DF, Geng X, Ipsen R, Hougaard AB.Determination of salt content (Mohr method). Determination of total solids content of cheese. Milk determination of fat content-Gerber butyrometers. Emulsifying salt increase stability of cheese emulsions during holding. Hougaard AB, Sijbrandij AG, Varming C, Ardo Y, Ipsen R.Microbiological, biochemical and technological properties of Turkish White cheese 'Beyaz Peynir'. Reducing the level of added disodium phosphate alters the chemical and physical properties of processed cheese. Fox PF, McSweeney PLH, Cogan TM, Guinee TP (ed). In Cheese: Chemistry, physics and microbiology. Pasteurized processed cheese and substitute/imitation cheese products. Processed cheese and substitute/imitation cheese products. Fox PF, Guinee TP, Cogan TM, McSweeney PLH.The effect of concentrate viscosity on the properties of spray dried skim milk powder. Official methods of analysis of AOAC International. Therefore, for preparation of RF cheese emulsion using a variety of white-brined cheese, lower amounts of DM would be suggested in this study to obtain homogenous droplets in the atomizing process of spray drying. In conclusion, fat reduction resulted in higher viscosities of cheese emulsion due to inducing the increment of protein, and the addition amount of ES considered as very important factor to produce stable cheese emulsion without protein precipitation or cream separation. Reduction of fat content caused to get less lightness and more greenness in color, whereas yellowness was significantly decreased by increase in the amount of ES. ![]() Microstructure of emulsions appeared to be related to the fat content, stability and degree of emulsification. Apparent viscosity with pseudoplastic flow behavior significantly increased with the decrease of fat content in stable cheese emulsions. Reduction in the amount of ES resulted in instability of both emulsions. Stable cheese emulsion was obtained at lower DM in RF cheese emulsion than that of FF cheese emulsion. ![]() Reduced-fat (RF) and full-fat (FF) white-brined cheese emulsions were produced with different dry matters (DM 15%-25% excluding ES) and ES concentrations (0%-3% based on cheese weight). This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of fat reduction and emulsifying salt (ES) amount in cheese emulsion systems on the physicochemical characteristics. Cheese emulsion is an intermediate product for the production of cheese powder and needs to be stable, homogeneous and pumpable characteristics to convey to the spray drier. 8/17/2023 0 Comments Best mig flux core welder![]() Gasless Flux core welding using a small 115 volt machine is handy for galvanized fence posts, light fabrication, and quick repairs.īut gasless self shielded flux core welding can also be done using a heavy duty higher amperage welding machine along with larger diameter wires…and is used by ironworkers for heavy structural welding. ![]() Travel speed depends on several factors: thickness of metal, position of weld, etc.įor flat and horizontal welds on the workbench, travel speed will be much faster than vertical uphill welding. Too slow a travel speed can cause an overly convex bead. If travel speed is too fast, you might actually outrun the weld puddle and have areas that are not even welded. How to I know when the travel speed is right? and that’s a good thing because sometimes you just don’t have a choice …but pushing will usually cause more spatter and BBs.ĭo I even need to manipulate the arc or should I just drag?įor single pass weld in flat, horizontal, or overhead, just dragging can work fine. Pulling is recommended but pushing can work too. What is the right angle? Should I push or pull? The right stickout varies with wire diameter but for. What is the right stickout? ( distance from the contact tip to the arc) If your welder has no settings chart, then search google for “mig welding chart” but make sure to use the settings for gasless flux core wire and set polarity to DCEN. To get in the ball park, use the settings listed on the chart inside the door of your mig welder to get you started. Most of these are available online.įor example, here is a spec sheet for the Lincoln wire I used in this video Reputable manufacturers of self shielded flux core provide data sheets with recommend settings. How do you know what settings to use for self shielded flux core? People Also Asked these questions about self shielded flux core welding for beginners Take a minute to make sure you have a secure ground and save yourself some heartburn. When that happens, the wire stubs momentarily and can make you think you need to adjust your settings. If your ground clamp is on an area where there is mill scale, paint, rust, or other coating, you risk losing the connection intermittently. Wire fed processes like bare wire mig and flux core really need a good secure ground connection.more so than other welding processes. Stick out is usually slightly less because it refers to distance to the arc and not the work.Įither way, be careful not to use an excessively long stickout. Lincoln uses a term called CTWD which stands for contact tip to work distance. 035" NR211 flux core wire, the recommend stick out is around 5/8". what is the right stick out for flux core welding?įor. The same settings used for bare wire mig will not always work for gasless flux core. I have found that for flat and horizontal welding, these recommended settings are pretty good to get you started.īut make sure to carefully line up each column and chose the right wire type and diameter etc. Most reputable mig welding machine manufacturers put a settings chart inside of the wire feed door. Voltage and wire feed speed for flux core welding I set tension to the point where I can stop the wire feeding by pinching the wire with medium pressure. I set my tension by pinching the wire as it comes out of the contact tip with my fingers while wearing a glove. Flux core wire has flux inside and can be crushed by using too much drive roller tension. You are going to want less tension on flux core wire. How to set the right drive roller tension Knurled drive rollers work best because of the reduced tension used to feed flux core wire. ![]() Make sure to select the right drive rollers for the size wire you are using. On other machines, you have to undo bolts and switch wires inside the wire feeder cabinet. Some machines have a pigtail on the front that makes it very easy to change polarity. In bare wire mig welding, the electrode is where the mig gun is connected. Polarity in welding refers to whether your electrode is positive or negative. Trying to weld with self shielded flux core on DCEP will make you cuss. Mig welding on reverse polarity dcep works great often inside the machine, its even less apparent. That is because on many mig welding machines, switching the polarity involves switching the electrode connections.Īnd since that connection is. Since a lot of mig welders are set up to run either with bare wire mig with shielding gas…or self shielded flux core, a lot of mig welders are set to DCEP electrode positive aka reverse polarity with no knob or switch to change polarity that is obvious to a beginner. One main thing you need to know about flux core welding is that it requires the polarity to be on DCEN. 8/17/2023 0 Comments Nasa pc gameCritical decisions such as whether to carry a wrench or a welder (apparently, NASA doesn't plan on producing a moon-worthy toolbox by 2025) could be replaced with, say, a simulation of the powerful, spider-like ATHLETE robot's perilous navigation of craters on the dark side of the moon. If the game featured an all-bot lunar mining facility, players would be spared the burden of gradually, tediously fixing a life-support system. Moonbase Alpha, in its own small way, only hurts the case for humans in space. The success of the rovers-and the increasingly tepid public response to shuttle launches or to the astonishing fact that there is a space station orbiting the planet-has called into question the relevance of astronauts. ![]() The rovers uncovered signs of water, and paved the way for the discovery of actual Martian ice by other intrepid bots. The modern-day equivalent of Aldrin and Armstrong are Spirit and Opportunity, robotic vehicles that survived years longer than expected on the surface of Mars. But while manned spaceflight foundered, unmanned exploration thrived. The agency failed to stay on time or on budget throughout the life of the Constellation program, its highest and most expensive priority. The game serves as an epitaph for what appears to be NASA's lost decade. Which makes Moonbase Alpha all the more unfortunate. Even those experts in favor of a lunar outpost saw it as little more than a logistical necessity-a place to mine for fuel and launch missions into deep space. What Obama didn't mention was that Aldrin was one of the most vocal critics of NASA's return trip to the moon, advising instead a robot-only lunar presence for the United States, while concentrating on manned expeditions to Mars and its moons. "There's a lot more of space to explore, and a lot more to learn when we do." Kennedy Center in Florida, referring to Buzz Aldrin, who attended the event. Buzz has been there before," President Obama said during a speech on April 15 at the John F. This past April, after hearing the recommendations of an independent panel on the future of human spaceflight, the Obama administration pulled the plug on a new manned mission to the moon. It's also excruciatingly boring, not to mention ill-timed. ![]() It's a race against the clock-25 minutes, to be precise. After a meteor strike disables the expedition's life-support systems, one or more players set out with tools, robots and rovers to get oxygen flowing again. ![]() Distributed for free online (via the Steam network) and developed in partnership with America's Army, the PC game is set on a lunar outpost in 2025. If only NASA's own astronaut simulator, Moonbase Alpha, was so brutish and short. It's a bizarre and thrilling minute of doomed gameplay. The sequence ends as abruptly as it begins, with the station blown to pieces, and you, the astronaut, sent tumbling into space. While hitched to the outside of the International Space Station, you're asked by mission control to provide visual confirmation of an ICBM arcing through low Earth orbit. There is a scene in last year's first-person shooter, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, that puts you in the pressurized boots of an astronaut. 8/17/2023 0 Comments Wax begonia varieties![]() Cane BegoniasĬane begonias have joints on their stems that resemble bamboo. It does not do great in high heat, so direct sunlight is not the best option for this plant. It will require regular water when the soil is dry to the touch, and it prefers to grow in full shade to partial sun. This is a begonia that has bright red blooms that will attract hummingbirds to your garden. ![]() They prefer to grow in well-drained soil that is rich in nutrients and indirect sunlight for the majority of the day. They have a fuzzy texture and can range in color from pink and purple to yellow and green. This is a plant that has unique leaves that will stand out in every way. They also prefer to grow in well-drained soil. They need sunlight to bloom, but direct sunlight is not best. They will not survive the frost, so make sure that you bring them inside when it begins to get chilly at night. This variety is also cold-sensitive, so it will be seen growing in the warmer areas of the country, which are zones nine and 10. It likes warm and humid air, and it is not a plant that will tolerate cold temperatures, which means that it will go dormant when the temperature begins to drop. They require bright, non-direct sunlight to grow and soil that drains quickly. The rex begonia is a very stunning plant that has colorful leaves that can grow to be six inches in length. It also does best when it is planted in well-drained soil. Once this plant begins to bloom, the flowers can stick around for a period of six months or more. It prefers partial sun and temperatures that are between 60 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit, even at night. This variation will require short days and cool temperatures to bloom. It also will not handle strong winds well. ![]() It likes the heat and the humidity, but it prefers to grow in partial shade so that it is not in the direct sunlight. It blooms from late spring until the fall, and it does best in well-drained, fertile soil. This type of begonia has blooms that are reddish-orange and foliage that has slightly pink edging. The soil needs to be moist but well-draining. It will grow in full sun with temperatures that are at least 60 degrees Fahrenheit and humidity that is above 50%. They grow between six inches and two feet, and they have edible blooms that are red, pink, yellow, and white. The wax begonia variation will thrive in zones 10 and 11 as perennial plants, but you can grow them indoors as well. Let’s take a look at some of the different types of Begonias that will look perfect in your garden. Each variation of begonia is slightly unique, so you will need to care for each one differently. There are well over 1,000 different species of this plant that you can grow in your garden. Most varieties do not need to be planted in direct sunlight to grow, so finding a place that gets shade for part of the day will be ideal. Begonias are a plant that comes in a variety of colors, so you can easily get a begonia to match any décor in your garden. |
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