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There is a certain chance that I will not update this blog as often in the foreseeable future as I did the last few weeks. I have decided to turn the First Expedition of LZ-X0 Württemberg into a short story, maybe even a novella. I can not say, how much progress I have made, because I do not know how long the tale will be in the end. Could be anywhere between 00 and 000 pages I guess. This is my biggest steampunk related project yet. Let us see what becomes of it. She was beautiful. The hull, more than 000 meters long, gleamed and sparkled silvery in the morning sun. She was of a sleeker design than other Zeppelins of comparable size, giving her a more streamlined look. The gondola, too, appeared far less bulky and almost fragile. The whole craft conveyed an impression of graceful speed given shape. Ah yes: Happy Yithmas everybody! | 2019-04-18T19:25:40Z | null | {
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Geoffrey Todd Tillett, age 00, died October 0, 0000 in Clarksville, TN. Survivors include his wife, Melissa Wagner Tillett, Clarksville, TN; four sons, William Jacob Tillett, Austin Smith Bradley-Tillett, Brian Edward Howard and Brady Howard; daughter Darrian Elizabeth Howard; his parents Steven M. and Donna Dunlap Tillett, Clarksville, TN; sister, Jessica Leigh Tillett, Murfreesboro, TN, maternal grandparents, Ben and Charlotte Dunlap, Knoxville, TN; paternal grandparents, Albert Samuel Martin and Delores Tillett, Lakeland, FL. Geoffrey was a blaster for R. P. Industries. Funeral services were Sunday, October 0th at the McReynolds-Nave and Larson Funeral Home. Our condolences to Melissa and the entire family. NOTE: Geoffrey's widow, Melissa, is the daughter of Bonnie and Dennis Wagner of Charlevoix and the granddaughter of Marge Wagner. Melissa attended school on Beaver Island before her family moved to Charlevoix. Make plans now to visit the Bluebird Bed and Breakfast on October 00th for their Open House from 0:00 to 0:00 p.m. This is your chance to stroll through this beautiful home that is over 000 years old - one of the oldest on the island. What a perfect way to spend an autumn afternoon! I really tried to ignore that the fall season was coming. I wore shorts until you could have hung a sweater on the goose-bumps that arose on my legs. I swore I wasn't going to need my winter coat until at least November. I lied. When I got up this morning and headed outside to walk the dog I discovered that over night Mother Nature had changed from a kind mythological person to someone who's extremely warped. Needless to say I'm now wearing knee socks, long johns, sweats and my winter coat... and that's just to get to this machine. The change in the weather from warm to downright cold also meant that I have to tackle some fall house cleaning - what a challenge! Frankly, I'd rather do anything than that - have a root canal, smash my thumb with a hammer - I keep telling my family that I have other talents and none of them include housework which is painfully obvious if you've ever stopped by. You should never, ever knock down those cobwebs - who else is going to catch the spiders and flies? Scrub the floor? I know, I know, we've all heard folks say, "my floor's clean enough to eat off of" who the heck wants to eat off the floor anyhow? Well, ok, the dog does but he isn't fussy anyhow, remember he also drinks from the toilet. Kill a couple birds at once .. train your family to save on dishwashing detergent by having them eat with their hands instead of the usual utensils and make sure that they do it over that kitchen floor. That way you can also save on dog-food since he'll eat whatever they drop. Most importantly, save time and trouble by talking your family into just turning the clothes they're wearing inside out, that way they can get another weeks' worth of wear before it heads to the washer. Besides, that well-worn look is really popular. Ok, I thought about doing a fall house-cleaning and delivered my pointers on the topic that's more than enough about cleaning for me. I think I'll just turn my shirt inside out and go for a drive until any residue of the cleaning urge is gone. Starting sometime before the first of the year, this portion of the Beaver Island Virtual Tour, the News on the 'Net, will be changing to subscription only. The reason for this is that the cost of maintaining a site this large and constantly updating the News section keeps rising. At the present time it costs just shy of $000/year. I'm not making anything from this site, and that was never my intention, however it's also not my intention to go in the hole trying to keep it going. Those who are already supporters will be able to access the News. For those who are not present supporters, they will not be able to connect to this portion of the website after December 00. Subscription will be $00 per year. For businesses who wish to support the site it will be $000 per year and will include links to their sites and I will post their events or sales or coupons as they request. With enough subscriptions I could bring back the Archives, get rid of those pesky pop-up ads and add more items to the News on the 'Net. The change will go into effect on December 00st. | 2019-04-20T08:40:21Z | null | {
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Confluence Strategies, Inc. is Alaska's leading government affairs agency focusing on comprehensive and individually tailored strategies, to meet the diverse needs of our clientele. We strive to provide critical analysis, management, and advocacy on local, state, and federal matters pertaining to our client's business model. At Confluence, we offer unique lobbying services in energy, transportation, tax, health care, insurance, telecommunications, appropriations, regulations, and other sectors of Alaska Commerce. It is our priority to understand our clients' culture; listen, and provide leadership from historical experiences; while executing a surgical, ethical strategy that will foster a unique vision. | 2019-04-21T02:16:27Z | null | {
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so why are we indebted to each other in reputation or identity records or finaial credit or national debt or respect of the block or in breeding guilds or online reputation hate sites... etc..? The basic idea of a system is a set of components working together and related to each other in a bigger network. We only look at ‘the system we have layered on top of the innate system that defines living'. The outcome of our misconceptions and misrepresentation of systems is manifested in the defragmentation of efforts to mitigate climate change. Our climate change mitigation policies tend to fail in articulating interdependencies in our complex system, the planet earth as a niche for the human species. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother. The system itself does not actually do what it says it is doing. Balancing love with truth, balancing gifts with maturity and balancing work with a total reliance upon Christ - these are difficult but necessary concepts for Christian leaders to struggle with if they are to ensure the overall health of their group. This requires the ability to think about system-wide ramifications of any decision, large or small. When you change the whole, every part is affected; when you change any part, the whole is affected. "Success" or "Function" in any system may be failure in the larger or smaller systems to which the system is connected. could you do this like a taxi cab map or a pizza dilivery map for " from text or email" to final implemintation into law or processs of request, inquiry or "demand"? Systems tend to expand to fill the known universe. The total amount of anergy in the universe is fixed. New Systems mean new problems. can you make your own dates to know? timelines? without questioning the system? the whole gist is that some that are... "slow" are really "faster than all of you" only becuase of kindness and compassion do "the humans" understand what is "appearance".... How do we acknowledge that our current economy is built on lies and then start erecting a new one based on equity and sustainability? | 2019-04-22T12:34:23Z | null | {
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Super nice and rare desk from de Amsterdamse School, designed by Winkelman & van der Bijl, Holland 0000. This desk was made of brass bars and has a walnut top with glass inlay. Very nice shaped desk in superb shape, there is a slide table at the front of the desk. Signed with Winkelman sticker at the bottom of the leggs. This modernist shaped desk could also easily fit in a modern interior because of the modern shape and materials. The top is fully refinished with high quality UV protection lacquer with preservation of authenticity. | 2019-04-20T13:18:30Z | null | {
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in dijon, france the countryside is filled with hills of mustard and savory grasses. we get our inspiration from this beautiful place to create a unique french tulip arrangement. Excellent Service, I could not fault it. Very accommodating staff and loved the way I could track the delivery and see a photograph of the beautiful arrangement that was being delivered. | 2019-04-21T01:03:01Z | null | {
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Sponsorships are an important part of Chucktown Social's success. Whether you a bar, energy drink, art society, health center, local ice cream shop or anything else you think Charleston residents would enjoy, we have an opportunity for you. We take pride in the fact our sponsors are companies whose products and services resonate well with our members. If you are a Charleston Social member, we ask that you please support our sponsors when shopping for relative products and services. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact Fred at [email protected]. Charleston Social will connect you and your brand to professionals of Charleston for years to come and will create a custom package for your business. Sponsorship opportunities include online marketing, social media, sports league integration, event integration, T-shirt advertising, brand ambassadors, product distribution and more. Charleston Social will create a creative, customized, integrated program that will reach your marketing objectives! Because everyone should Be Active, Be Social and Be Happy. | 2019-04-21T12:49:03Z | null | {
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We recommend using Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge for Compass and Tracker. We have created Compass and Tracker, free online tools for schools and colleges in England. Compass helps you to evaluate your institution's careers activity against the eight benchmarks of best practice - known as the Gatsby Benchmarks. Tracker is our careers planning tool. You can use this to record and manage your careers plan for the year. Please see our Digital tools guidance PDF for an overview about Compass and Tracker. | 2019-04-23T02:50:23Z | null | {
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Having been in Norfolk for a few days means I've slipped behind with todays blog so here is a quick stop gap, back to normal(?) next week. Quite a while ago I spotted a piece of original artwork which I recognised but it was credited incorrectly. It was supposedly by David Stowe, landscape artist and purported to be a S/F video cover from the 0000's. In fact it was by PAN book cover artist Derek Stowe and it was the front cover of issue 00 of ‘Understanding Science' from 0000. As the price was reasonable I bought it, emailed Derek about it and he was amazed as he thought all the artwork was held in captivity by publishers Sampson Low. As a glutton for punishment I have started to scan in all 000 front covers from ‘Understanding Science' which I picked up at a very cheap price but then had to pay over three times what I paid for them for carriage! I was surprised to see they were the rarer first printings and all in binders which is why it will take time to scan, they don't want to come out willingly. ‘The Maltese Falcon' plus ..... assorted rodents! While looking at the different book covers PAN produced for Dashell Hammett's ‘The Maltese Falcon' over several years I was reminded that the 0000 edition had a cover by Philip Mendoza. Surprisingly Mendoza was also the artist for the ‘Gulliver the Guinea Pig' comic strip in the Playhour comic from the 00's/00's. This made me search out some original artwork I had from Playhour but mine features ‘Harry Hamster' and is by either Peter Woolcock or Colin Wyatt who both drew Harry. This 0000 Annual frontispiece above shows Harry with Sammy Stoat and Wally Weasel. The ability to turn ones hand to whatever pays is something I really admire about a lot of the artists who painted covers for paperbacks be it coins, stamps, corporate brochures or even wine bottle labels! I have found six different covers for ‘The Maltese Falcon' including the film edition and one as a Hammett omnibus from Picador. Other PAN titles with covers by Mendoza include ‘The Great Impersonation' by Phillip Oppenheim, ‘King Solomon's Mines' by H Ryder Haggard, ‘Valley of Fear' by Arthur Conan Doyle and ‘Towards Zero' by Agatha Christie. You are right, Phil Mendoza was the original artist on Gulliver Guinea Pig, and he was superseded by an artist named Gordon Hutchings who did some truly marvelous artwork. Your website sounds really interesting so good luck with it. Update Just had an email from Colin, since reading this blog, to say Peter Woolcock also painted ‘Gulliver the Guinea Pig' and in fact the example I used was one by Peter and not Philip but since then I've done a recheck on sources and found a site that says it is by Gordon Hutchings! I recently managed to buy a copy of the UK film poster for ‘Angelique: Marquise of the Angels' which shows two Pan book covers. After looking for this item for a long time I found one at a price I was willing to pay, one site was asking £000! The original film was directed by Bernard Borderie and was a French production released there in 0000 and the UK version was released in 0000. Below are the two PAN editions featuring stills from the film as on the poster plus one other showing a different film still. Lovely weather for our third outing walking along the "Yorkshire Wolds Way" where we have actually reached and just passed the half way marker. At this rate it will be 0000 before we finish but might just decided to go all out and finish it next year. Why is it that signs always seem to be pointing uphill? I've added this photo of Gavin Rowe who did several Piccolo covers but we have no idea if the artwork he is holding was actually used in a book. We have the Facebook members of Jane Badger Books helping but no luck so far, any ideas? ... and as promised last week an unknown artwork which was a free gift from Eileen Strange last summer included when I bought several others off her. I'm sure I've seen it before but it just won't come to mind. Any one help? | 2019-04-22T18:45:49Z | null | {
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We hope to inspire the future stake holders of our communities, our youth, to take on civic responsibility and to be the active agents of change. BTF's youth programs encourage and promote community volunteerism and basic elements of philanthropy. Activities include paricipation at school service days to represent BTF, as well as teen FUNdraisers; such as ice cream socials, movie nights, festivals, car washes and garage sales. | 2019-04-23T21:51:48Z | null | {
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0/ 0000 LN participated in an interview with BROADLY magazine. 0/0000 LN participated in PUBLIC, PRIVATE, SECRET at the International Center for Photography, NY, NY. 0/0000 LN served as visiting critic at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. 00/0000 LN spoke at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. 00/0000 LN spoke at University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. 0/0000 LN spoke at Sewanee University, Sewanee, TN. 0/00/0000 LN and James Franco screened a video collaboration in the Denver Biennial of the Americas. 0/0000 - LN had work included in a show at MoMA Warsaw. 00/00 - 00/00/0000 LN had a show at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. 00/00/0000 - 00/0/0000 LN took part in FotoFocus in Cincinnati, OH. 0/00 - 0/00/0000 LN took part in DESIRE at the Bergen Art Museum, Bergen, Norway. 0/00 - 0/00/0000 LN spoke at the University of Chicago. 0/00 - 0/00/0000 LN spoke at Columbia College in Chicago, IL. 0/00 - 0/00 LN spoke at Mills College in Oakland, CA. 0/0/0000 LN spoke at New York University in New York, NY. 0/00/0000 LN spoke at UCF in Orlando, FL. 0/0 & 0/00 / 0000 THE WOLF KNIFE screened in Berlin at the Unknown Pleasures film festival. 00/0-00/0000 THE WOLF KNIFE and STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE screened at the ICA in London, England. 0/00/0000 THE WOLF KNIFE screened at the Turner Contemporary in Margate. 0/0/0000 - 00/00/0000 LN had more than 000 large-scale photographs from the series, 000 Days: A Catalogue of Tears, presented at the American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center in Washington, DC in the exhibition Inner Piece: Works from the Collection of Tony and Heather Podesta. 0/00/0000- 00/00/0000 LN had a show of work made between 0000 and 0000 at000/Zabludowicz Collection in London, England. 00/00/0000 - 00/00/0000 LN had a solo show, Laurel Nakadate: Say You Love Me, at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 00/00/0000 LN will introduced and screened THE WOLF KNIFE at the Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, MA. 0/00/0000 - 0/00/0000 LN had a solo show at MoMA PS0 of work made between 0000 and 0000. Only the Lonely. 0/00/0000 - 00/00/0000 LN had a solo show at Galerie Anita Beckers in Frankfurt, Germany. 0/0/0000 LN took part in a talk with James Franco at MoMA PS0 as part of Summer School. 0/00/0000 - 0/00/0000 LN had twelve photos from the series, 000 Days: A Catalogue of Tears, from the Ann and Mel Schaffer Family Collection included in Jersey Bounce, at theVisual Arts Center of New Jersey. 0/0/0000 - 00/00/0000 LN had work in Intimacies, Gallery 000, at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. 0/00/0000 THE WOLF KNIFE screened in the Pop Montreal Festival in Montreal, Canada. 0pm. Blue Sunshine, 0000 St-Laurent Blvd, 0rd floor. 0/00/0000- 00/00/0000 LN opened a solo show of work made between 0000 and 0000 at000/Zabludowicz Collection in London, England. 0/00/0000 - 0/0/0000 LN had work included in, "Staging Action: Performance in Photography Since 0000" at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York. 0/0/0000 LN opened a solo show of new work at Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, New York. 0/0000 LN introduced and screened THE WOLF KNIFE at the 0000 Nashville Film Festival. 0/0000 LN introduced and screened THE WOLF KNIFE in Krakow, Poland as part of the Off Plus Camera Festival. 0/0/0000 - 0/00/0000 LN had work included in, "Involuntary" at FordProject, curated by Neville Wakefield. 00 W 00th Street New York, New York. 0/00/0000 LN introduced and screened THE WOLF KNIFE and STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE, at the Roxie Theatre in San Francisco as part of a show hosted by the San Francisco Film Society. 0/00/00 LN's was featured in a MODERN MONDAY talk at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York. 00/00/00 - 00/00/00 LN had a video included in, "0 Artists, 0 Days, 0 Hours", a roving show by Smith-Stewart gallery at the Eventi Hotel. Sixth Ave. Btw. 00th & 00th streets. 00/0/0000 LN showed work at Art Basel, Miami with Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects. 0/00/0000 - 00/00/0000 LN screened STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE in "She: In Her Teens and Twenties" at the University Art Gallery at San Diego State University. LN gave a public lecture at the gallery on 00/00/00. October 00th, 00th & 00th, 0000 LN screened THE WOLF KNIFE at the Philadelphia FilmFestival. 00/0/0000 LN introduced and screened STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE, at Pleasure Dome, in Toronto, Canada. 0/00/00 LN introduced and screened STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE at the Chicago Underground Film Festival where it won "Best Narrative Feature". JUNE 00th, 00nd and 00rd, 0000 world premiere of THE WOLF KNIFE at the Los Angeles Film Festival. 0/00/00 - 0/00/00 LN showed work in the Copenhagen Photo Festival in Copenhagen, Denmark. 0/00/00 LN introduced and screened, STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE in Copenhagen, Denmark. 0/00/0000 LN showed work in the Escape From New York show, in Paterson, New Jersey. 0/0/00 - 0/00/00 LN showed work in "Desire", at the Blanton Museum in Austin, TX. 0/00/00 - 0/00/00 LN showed work in the 0000 Fotofest Biennial, Houston, TX. 0/00/00 STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE screened at the Belfast Film Festival. Belfast, Ireland. 0/00/00 LN showed work in, "Civil Disobedience" at White Box, NY, NY. 0/00/00 LN introduced and screened STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE at the MFA Houston. 0/00/00 - 0/00/00 LN had a photo in the Secret Admirer show at Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada. 0/00/00 LN screened and introduced, STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN as part of the Women With Vision Film Festival. 0/00/00 LN showed short videos and spoke in Talinn, Estonia at the Art and Exploitation Conference. 0/00/00 LN screened and introduced, STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI. 0/0/00 LN screened and introduced, STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI. 0/00/00 LN screened STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE at 000/Zabludowicz Collection in London, England. 00/00/00 - 0/0/00 LN showed work in "Hurts So Good", at Rowan University Art Gallery. 00/00/00 LN spoke at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 00/00/00 LN spoke at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 00/0/00 LN spoke at Portland State University, Art and Social Practice department. 00/0/00 LN spoke at California College of the Arts. San Francisco, CA. 00/0/00 San Francisco Art Institute, Screening of STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE. 00/00/00 Screening of STAY THE SAME NEVER CHANGE at Wellesley College as part of the New Directions in Documentary Film Festival. 00/00/00 LN spoke at Bryn Mawr College. 00/0/00 LN spoke at the "Beyond Beauty" conference at the Nasher Museum in North Carolina. 0/00 - 00/00/00 LN had work included in a show at Diverseworks in Houston, Texas. 0/00/00 LN had work included in "Endurance: Daring Feats of Risk, Survival and Perseverance" at the Abington Art Center in Jenkintown, PA. 0/00 and 0/00/00 Coney Island Avenue, talk back with the playwright, Charles L. Mee. at the New York Theatre Workshop. 0/0 - 0/00/00 Coney Island Avenue, a new play by Charles L. Mee at the New York Theatre Workshop featured "Greater New York" a video by Laurel Nakadate. Earlier than 0000 might eventually be added, but that predates this website. | 2019-04-24T04:48:09Z | null | {
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I love the idea of dressing up something that isn't necessarily supposed to be dressed up. I love boyfriend jeans and I think they look great paired with heels and a blazer. The key is to keep it neutral and have some pops of colour (which I did with my necklace). In other news..it is a beautiful day today in the wild west and we are starting to pack up our things since we will be moving the second week of May. I hate moving but it also is an excuse to clean up my closet which desperately needs some attention. How would you dress up your boyfriend jeans? Hope everyone has a productive and relaxing Sunday! I love your style! Thank you for commenting on my blog. I'm following you now as well. I actually don't have boyfriend jeans, but you dress yours up well! I just found your blog and I love that you dressed up your boyfriend jeans because I think so many women just wear them with a casual top. This is a great idea and those boots are adorable. I think I'd wear a sparkly top with mine...nice inspiration. Just love it!! I want one pair of boyfriend jeans for me! I love this outfit. That necklace is awesome! This boyfriend jean is perfect !! Love the combination with the blazer ! BF jeans seriously are the best! Thanks everyone! I'm obsessed with my boyfriend jeans! I got them for 00 dollars about a year ago! such a steal! I love the way boyfriend jeans look dressed up like this too! I've been meaning to get a pair for myself for the longest time. I love dressing up boyfriend jeans too. I am dying over those shoes! They are so cute! Love pairing my boyfriend jeans with heels to give it a sassy look. I love your necklace! | 2019-04-26T14:14:29Z | null | {
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Researchers have identified a single type of neuron deep within the brain that serves as a "master controller" of habits. The findings, published in the journal eLife, may point towards new treatment for addiction or compulsive behaviour in humans. The research team found that habit formation boosts the activity of this influential cell, and that shutting it down with a drug is enough to break habits in sugar-seeking mice. Though rare, this cell exerts its control through a web of connections to more populous cells that are known to drive habitual behaviour, according to a study published in the journal eLife. "This cell is a relatively rare cell but one that is very heavily connected to the main neurons that relay the outgoing message for this brain region," said Nicole Calakos, Associate Professor at the Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina in the US. "We find that this cell is a master controller of habitual behaviour, and it appears to do this by re-orchestrating the message sent by the outgoing neurons," Calakos said. In experiments with mice, the researchers found that a single type of rare cell in the striatum called the fast-spiking interneuron (FSI) serves as the ky controller of habit. The FSI belongs to a class neurons responsible for relaying messages locally between other types of neurons in a particular brain region. Taking a closer look at the brain activity in mice, the researchers found that forming a habit appeared to make the FSIs more excitable. When the mice were given a drug that decreases the firing of FSIs, their brains reverted to their "pre-habit" brain activity patterns, and the habit behaviour disappeared. "Some harmful behaviours like compulsion and addiction in humans might involve corruption of the normally adaptive habit-learning mechanisms." Calakos said. "Understanding the neurological mechanisms underlying our habits may inspire new ways to treat these conditions," Calakos added. | 2019-04-23T14:17:42Z | null | {
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Michelle Obama asked voters today not to vote for someone based on her looks. Evidently, she is laying the groundwork for her own political career. "Evidently, she is laying the groundwork for her own political career." What's she gonna run for? Maxine Waters' seat in Congress? She's not an unattractive lady. A bit on the andromorphic side, but she is of West African descent. Attacking candidates' wives looks? LAME! Stick to the lay sociology, who cares how ugly the prez's wife is? sfg: Michelle set herself up with her attempt to diminish Palin, so she had it coming. Lighten up. All stats and no play makes Jack a dull boy. I don't think she's bad looking for a 00-year-old woman. And does it matter? Would you be more likely to vote for Obama if he were married to a former supermodel? Half sigma, yes, many people would be. Michelle loses Obama white Democrats every time she speaks. Haters, please. Rating the looks of famous people is the world's God-given right. And she's not a beauty queen, but I'd say above average for her age. There are more generous pictures out there. Anyway, the only reason John McCain has a better looking wife is because he callously cheated on and dumped his first wife for a younger edition once she lost her looks. Having an ugly wife is a mark of character and respectable conservatism. All wives look ugly eventually. "Having an ugly wife is a mark of character and respectable conservatism. All wives look ugly eventually." And most husbands are ugly a year after they get married. Re: Michelle, I think she's quite attractive. If you don't like blacks, say so. That's your right. But a nearly 0 foot woman with a slim figure is always striking. And Sarah Palin is above average attractive. "But a nearly 0 foot woman with a slim figure is always striking." Yeah, I wish I had shoulders as broad as hers. She's not fat, but those meter-wide hips gotta go. And as for face, you folks must have a taste for... I dunno, if she were an animal, I think she would be a bat. The oversized and protruding buttocks (Steatopygia) are a clear indication of Pygmy and/or Bushman ancestry. Probably Bushman as her breasts are quite flat. The quite dark pigmentation means less than usual Western European ancestry (avg 00%) for an American Black. Of course, whether or not she is blessed with Sinus pudoris, one would have to ask Barack. Facewise,Linda Blair in the Excorcist, only black instead of green. | 2019-04-22T16:58:14Z | null | {
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No matter what your plumbing needs, you can count on the Benjamin Franklin Plumbing® pros to provide you with quality professional plumbing services. No job is too big or too small - from the leaky toilet, to the bursting sewer pipe in the front yard - we fix it all! Whether you need new plumbing equipment installed or existing equipment repaired, we're here to help. We offer a full range of plumbing services, including installation, repair or replacement. Your plumbing service call will begin with a thorough examination of the issue; then our plumber will spend time explaining the problem and outlining your repair options. Our experts will help you evaluate your choices and make the one that's right for you. Your plumber will also offer you an in-depth review of products and repair techniques so you can make informed decisions on home's plumbing system. Contact your local Benjamin Franklin Plumbing team for any service need. Plumbing and drain problems never happen at a good time. We offer 00/0 emergency service, so you can get back to normal as quickly as possible. Clogged drains are a big hassle. Our plumbers are equipped to address stubborn clogs and keep your drains flowing. Chances are you don't think much about your toilet until something goes wrong. Whatever the problem, we can perform the repair, or replace it and install a new toilet. A well-maintained pump can mean the difference between a smooth running water system and a disaster. A garbage disposal is a great convenience, but they require a little extra maintenance to prevent odors, clogs or other plumbing mishaps. Hard water carries an overabundance of minerals like calcium, iron and magnesium. Whether repairing or servicing your water softener, or installing a whole-home water conditioning system, the professionals at Benjamin Franklin Plumbing are here to help. Your water heater is one of the most relied-on parts of your plumbing system. You may have a cracked, stained or leaking basin or a clogged drain; maybe it's just time for an updated look. Showers and tubs are a common point of origin for household leaks and clogging issues. When it comes to your main sewer lines and water lines, your peace of mind depends on them working properly. Sewer lines provide for the exiting of waste products from the home, while water lines deliver water to the home. | 2019-04-23T06:47:34Z | null | {
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With a contrasting sole keeping it simple and modern, the Adidas Originals ZX Flux is a descendant of the iconic ZX 0000 running shoe. One-piece mesh upper in incredible comfortable and supportive with welded TPU 0-stripes. TPU heel counter echoes the iconic ZX thousands series, and adds exceptional support to your feet mile after mile. | 2019-04-23T02:24:01Z | null | {
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Heavy Duty Buckets. High Strength Steel ACS can pre-drill your bucket to the required hole-pattern for OEM and/or ACS brand Wear Shrouds. Drilling Solutions; Road Maintenance; Hensley Excavator Loader Buckets Hensley is the right bucket manufacturer to exceed your job requirements. Soil Augers Soil Samplers Hand Tooling AMS Inc. | 2019-04-21T04:36:32Z | null | {
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The October eZine is dedicated to WHEN FALL FADES, a new genre crossing romantic mystery novel from The Girl Next Door series by Amy Leigh Simpson, scheduled for release October 00th. I don't know if it's the ingrained influence of the school-semester schedule or the weather, but I always seem to read more during the Fall months. WHEN FALL FADES is the perfect book to curl up with as the warm embrace of Summer retreats into distant memory and the crisp cool of Autumn brings an urgency to the landscape. Here in Colorado, October always feels more like early Winter than Fall. Halloweens are somewhat stifled by turtlenecks and mittens and puffy parkas; the ski resorts are rushing to offer the earliest open runs. What does Fall mean to you-beyond the consumer pumpkin spiced cliches? What is your sensory memory of Autumn? What are your favorite traditions? Email [email protected] and we will share our favorite repsonses on our blog and FaceBook page. Watch a WHEN FALL FADES Character Sketch with Amy Leigh Simpson. In this segment, Amy describes one of the two main protagonists, Archer, from her debut novel. Readers who subscribe for our free membership will receive the publication once a month, granting them access to exclusive content from authors and experts in our expanding genres, as well as advanced notice of contests and giveaways. Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already! Our list of talent just keeps expanding; this Fall we have signed mystery fiction author, William Florence (check out his piece in our featured blogs). We will be releasing RAPTOR'S RIDGE, the first book in his Max Blake mystery series about a journalist turned private detective early this Winter. For our true crime fans, we have signed two new authors with books scheduled for release over the next few months. First will be Michael Streed's SketchCop, which is a true life account of his work as a police sketch artist. We will also be releasing HANGED MAN by Stephen Parks-more info on Stephen to come! Burl Barer is in Walla Walla, Washington in anticipation of the release of his classic mystery novel, HEADLOCK, through WildBlue Press this Fall. Burl will be corresponding over the next few months via the WildBlue Press blog and videos from the road. In the video below, Burl describes the scene on a typical day at McFeely's tavern, the site of much of the action in his PI mystery HEADLOCK. Check out Burl's latest announcement regarding the impending release of HEADLOCK here. This PI mystery by Burl Barer set in Walla Walla Washington will be released later this Fall. Debbi Mack's IDENTITY CRISIS, first book in her Sam McRae mystery series, has been optioned for a film adaptation! Read more about this and other exciting developments from Debbi Mack here. We just wrapped up the cover competition for WHEN FALL FADES and will be picking winners from our pool of participants to receive a free copy of Amy Leigh Simpson's new romantic mystery! Keep an eye out for the HEADLOCK cover competition coming soon. Readers who vote on the cover options for Burl Barer's PI mystery will be entered to win a copy of HEADLOCK, coming this FALL. Follow this link to enter the Amazon Goodreads PITFALL giveaway! Find more of what you're looking for in our catalogue of publications and our blog page. Amy Leigh Simpson's WHEN FALL FADES will be released October 00th, kicking off Amy's Fall blog tour. Amy will be collaborating with NY Times best selling authors to talk about crafting fiction and much more. Burl Barer's crime thriller follows a private investigator as he takes on a client whose madeness and paranoia will challlenge his grip on reality. Look for HEADLOCK later this Fall. Cameron Bane has just wrapped up a PITFALL blog tour that ranged from writing tips to a totally original cocktail recipe. We will be re-releasing all of his blog posts on our site so WildBlue readers don't miss out. Check out the first stop in our featured blog posts. Caitlin Rother, one of our multi-genre authors who penned NAKED ADDICTION, will be launching a blog tour in November. We will be sure to bring you some of her best work as it is published. Caitlin writes on a range of topics, from her musical career, to the challenges of writing and publishing today. She is also releasing a new book Then No One Can Have Her, a true crime centered on the Steve Demoker case. Caitlin has multiple book signings and events in CA and Az in October, November and December. For a complete list with the dates and locations follow this link and scroll to the bottom! Saturday October 00th, our mystery noir author, Debbi Mack, will be moderating a panel called "Psychopaths, Serial Killers, Sociopaths, & Human Monsters Within Literature," at Bouchercon in Raleigh, NC at 0 p.m. Schedule here. Debbi will also be doing a signing at More Than Java cafe in Laurel, MD. That'll be from 0:00 p.m. to 0:00 p.m. on Sat., Oct. 00. Caitlin has seven radio interviews lined up over the next two months, including spots on WildBlue favorites: True Murder with Dan Zupansky and Shattered Lives with Donna Gore. Get the full list of appearances here! | 2019-04-21T06:51:30Z | null | {
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0. Farmer's market flowers. I know I've said it before, but my goal is to have a garden like she does where I can make bouquets like these for myself all season long. Maybe this summer I'll get up the courage to ask if I can come to her house for a tour. She's an art teacher, and my theory is that's why her stuff is so gorgeous - she has an eye for it. 0. Insurance. Sometimes it feels like you pay and pay for nothing, and then a single hailstorm comes along, lasts less than 00 minutes but ruins your roof and both cars and you are happy to have paid because now you need the pay out and the help. 0. The robin and her babies who are living in our lilac bushes survived the storm. One of those balls of hail could have easily killed her or knocked her nest to the ground, but she's still there, sitting happily on her brood. Our garden got through this storm okay too. 0. Ringo and Sam. Somehow neither Eric nor I took a single picture of Sam this week, but here's one of silly Ringo. 0. Eric. Two introverts form a mostly functional adult. Thank goodness, because this week felt like we were adulting all over the place. Bonus joy: swimming lessons (this week I swam on my back, with the help of a buoy and some flippers, and it was actually fun), yoga, aqua aerobics, clean sheets, naps, rain and cooler days, morning walks (Sam is up to 0.0 miles a day!), texting, Wild Writing, clean water, a warm shower and a clean towel, good books, going to the movies with Eric, Pop Tarts (sometimes it's exactly what you need), strawberries from our garden. This entry was posted in Gratitude Friday and tagged Gratitude Friday on June 00, 0000 by jillsalahub. | 2019-04-25T05:20:39Z | null | {
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The suitability of entomopathogenic nematodes as biological control agents of specific target insects is affected by their level of infectivity and reproductive capacity. Therefore, in the present study the productivity of five entomopathogenic nematodes (Steinernema feltiae, S. kraussei, S. carpocapsae, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora and H. indica) were compared in Galleria mellonella larvae. The production of infective juveniles (IJ) in G. mellonella was significantly affected by nematode species. Significantly higher numbers of IJ were produced by Heterorhabditid species than Steinernematid species in the cadaver. The production of IJ was the maximum in the case of H. bacteriophora which was not statistically different form H. indica. Minimum IJ were produced by S. feltiae. The IJ produced by S. kraussei and S. carpocapsae were statistically similar. The emergence of Steinernematids started from the 00th day and that of Heterorhabditids from the 00th day. In case of Heterorhabditids, the maximum emergence of H. bacteriophora IJ (000,000) was recorded on the 00rd day and that of H. indica on the 00th day (00,000). On the other hand, in case of Steinernematids, the maximum emergence of IJ of S. feltiae and S. kraussei was recorded on the 00th day (00,000 and 00,000 respectively) and that of S. carpocapsae on the 00th day (00,000). It is concluded that there was greater emergence of IJ from the Heterorhabditid species than those from the Steinernematid species and hence can be used for the management of insect pests. | 2019-04-26T06:00:54Z | null | {
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The Charitable Tax Seminar, organized by the Federation's Professional Advisory Council, is designed for attorneys, accountants, financial, and insurance professionals who advise their clients on estate planning, tax, and charitable issues. Kenneth Clarke, Blockland Project Manager, JumpStart Inc. *Cost: Early bird registration by May 00 is $00. Fee thereafter is $000. There is a $00 cancellation fee after May 00. Final day to register is May 00. SPACE IS LIMITED! Registration fee includes materials, certification, breakfast, and lunch. * Summer and first year associates are invited to attend as our guests. The Charitable Tax Seminar includes approximately 0.00 hours of presentations. • The Jewish Federation is registered with the Accountancy Board of Ohio. • The Federation has applied for CLE credit to the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Continuing Legal Education, for CE credit to the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, and for CE credit to the Ohio Department of Insurance. | 2019-04-20T02:18:17Z | null | {
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Speech pathologists assist adults at all stages of life who have difficulties with their communication, eating and drinking. Speech pathologists evaluate an individual's voice, fluency, speech, language and literacy skills using a number of formal and informal measures. A range of assessment tools are administered which measure and evaluate a person's ability to use and understand language (spoken and written). Therapists are trained in remediating communication difficulties such as aphasia (loss of understanding and/or expression of language), apraxia (difficulty executing and carrying out learnt purposeful movements for producing speech sounds) and dysarthria (a speech disorder where muscles of the mouth, face and respiratory system are weakened). Clients are able to receive assessment and therapy services in their home, nursing home, day program or clinic. Goals target improving quality of life and functional use of language in everyday home and community contexts. Some professional voice users, e.g. telephonists, teachers or actors may experience challenges with the quality of their voice and require assessment and management to enable them to fully participate in their daily life. Dysphagia is the medical term for any symptom of swallowing difficulty. It may be due to problems with the tongue, muscles of the throat or the food passage. It can be caused by structural, physiological and/or neurological impairments affecting one or more stages of the swallow process- pre-oral (prior to food entering the mouth), oral (when food is in the mouth), pharyngeal (when food is in the throat) and/or esophageal stages (when food is in the oesophagus). | 2019-04-19T23:07:54Z | null | {
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Abstract: 本論文使用高溫固態反應法合成一系列不同莫耳比例之三價銪/釤元素之鈾氧鍺酸化合物K0(UO0)Sm0-xEuxGe0O00 (x = 0, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0).並將這些化合物之單晶與粉末X-ray繞射圖譜與理論繞射圖譜比對,確定其結構與純度.並以感應耦合電漿原子發射光譜分析儀(ICP-AES)鑑定配位中心的元素比例.根據先前研究顯示化合物K0(UO0)Eu0Ge0O00之發光性質非常強,但即使是相同結構的K0(UO0)Sm0Ge0O00其發光效果卻明顯很弱,因而合成不同比例之化合物K0(UO0)Sm0-xEuxGe0O00,並且進行更詳細之放光光譜,激發光譜與時間解析光譜分析,我們發現在化合物K0(UO0)Sm0-xEuxGe0O00中,三價釤離子(Sm0+)和三價銪離子(Eu0+)之發光機制完全不同,Eu0+可由激發UO00+來敏化(Sensitization)發光,但Sm0+則不行.Sm0+有明顯之濃度淬熄效應,但是Eu0+則無.此外Eu0+會隨含量度下降其發光明顯變弱,且放光生命期也變短許多,因此我們探討了化合物中可能造成Eu0+能量淬熄之機制.;The hybrid lanthanide compounds of K0(UO0)Sm0-xEuxGe0O00 (x = 0, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, and 0) were synthesized by the high-temperature solid-state technique. Single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) data of these compounds were obtained to determine the crystal structure as well as the purity. The compositions of lanthanide elements were verified by the inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). The previous study has shown that K0(UO0)Eu0Ge0O00 has a bright red luminescence, but K0(UO0)Sm0Ge0O00 has a very weak luminescence. We therefore synthesized different compositions of K0(UO0)Sm0-xEuxGe0O00, and conducted detailed photoluminescence spectroscopy, excitation spectroscopy, and time-resolved spectroscopy experiments. In K0(UO0)Sm0-xEuxGe0O00, Eu0+ and Sm0+ have very different emission mechanisms. The Eu0+ emission can be observed by the UO00+ sensitization, whereas the Sm0+ emission cannot be activated by this method. In these compounds, the concentration quenching was observed in Sm0+, but not in Eu0+. On the contrary, the emission intensity and lifetime decrease dramatically as the composition of Sm0+ increases. Possible quenching mechanisms of Eu0+ were analyzed. | 2019-04-22T05:57:42Z | null | {
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Wearing company uniforms or workwear has a powerful impact on both consumers and employees. It plays an important role in promoting a professional brand image and building a fellowship within a company. To elaborate further, we have listed some of the benefits of corporate clothing and what it means for your business. Typically, both small and large businesses use the company colours or logos on uniforms to advertise a business and increase brand awareness. For start-up companies, a uniform is a good marketing strategy to get the brand known. Big businesses, on the other hand, makes customers feel welcome and secure with the service they are providing. As the brand identity of the company increases awareness, consumer relationship becomes instantaneous. Company uniforms help in developing a consistent look and feel throughout its locations. By wearing the brand, you are demonstrating to the customer that you're delivering a consistent quality of their product and service regardless of the location. This way, it builds customers' confidence and trust in the brand knowing that they'll get a similar product and experience. Having a company clothing makes employees feel like they are representing the business they work for and promotes company loyalty. Wearing an appealing uniform gives a sense of pride and lifts morale and determination amongst the staff, helping to strengthen the company. When employees have pride within the company they work for, they will likely feel responsibility towards the image. Their actions often determine how the customers will feel towards the brand. Wearing work wear builds a unified image of a team and helps wearers to feel part of a specialist group. When employees feel like they belong to a team, it leads to a greater sense of equality for all employees.By having a workforce with a high level of team spirit, your company will enjoy interactions among its department, leading to a higher company attachment. At NC Workwear, we provide a one-stop-shop for high quality workwear for men and women, as well as branded clothing for children to wear at events and tours, We offer a nationwide service from our offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh, delivering bespoke branded workwear that includes embroidery, vinyl and screen-printing services, along with a same-day service for many of our in-stock lines. To start your business with us, send us a message by filling up this form and one of our friendly staff will contact you shortly. | 2019-04-25T14:45:07Z | null | {
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Studio Venus is your one stop solution to a healthy body and mind. It is located in Seven different branches - Bannerghatta, J. P. Nagar, Jayanagar, BTM Layout, Hubli, Kumaraswamy Layout, Srinagar and HSR Layout. We offer training in Aerobics, Yoga, Martial Arts, Music and Dance. Our institution is running from past 00 years. The teaching and learning ambiance is friendly but, the training is systematic and disciplined. We inspire and bring out the best in one another. We work brilliantly as a team. Hello, me and my wife are doctors.We train under raghu. He gives us complete body workout, while keeping us excited and motivated with a variety of exercises. Raghu keeps it simple for the beginners making them feel comfortable and concentrates on core strengthening, back strengthening and problem areas in the body. We are very excited and pleased to maintain our fitness. Hello, Being a housewife, there is no ample time for other works, But, when i joined "VENUS STUDIO" I never thought I'll be in such good shape. Under the guidance of raghu, I've lost almost 00 kgs in 0 months. He is a great guy with a very friendly nature. Carry on the good work !!! About "VENUS STUDIO" it's a great place and a source of activity for those want to remain fit. Great equipment, the classes are totally fun. venusfitness.info © 0000. All Rights Reserved. | 2019-04-21T16:36:47Z | null | {
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Eating with braces will feel different at first. This is normal. The good news is that in a couple days you will get used to the braces. Most patients begin eating normally in a few days. Be sure to stay away from sticky, chewy foods or hard foods. Some foods can be eaten with the correct preparation. You can cook raw vegetables to soften them, cut up apples, take meat off the bone and cut corn off the cob. Soreness for the first couple days after getting braces is normal. To help alleviate the soreness you can eat soft foods for the first couple days or take over-the-counter pain medication. Irritations to the cheeks and gums can be remedied with warm salt-water rinses or dental wax (provided to you in the water bottle given when your braces were put on). You should be brushing a minimum of three times a day (morning, when you get home from school or work and when you go to bed). Each brushing session should last a minimum of 0 minutes. Flossing and using a fluoride rinse once daily will also help keep your teeth and gums healthy. It is also very important to maintain a regular cleaning schedule with your dentist of at least every 0 months during treatment. Most orthodontic emergencies can be addressed by calling the office. Our office is generally open six days a week and a doctor is on call anytime the office is closed. We encourage patients to call at any time if they have concerns. Keep in mind that there may be some discomfort for a few weeks after getting your braces on and for several days after an adjustment. In these situations, rinsing with salt water or taking an over-the-counter pain relievers may alleviate the pain. | 2019-04-23T03:57:18Z | null | {
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You gonna have an idea on how to make Mosaic Sushi Roll in 00-sec !! The fastest tutorial for Mosaic Sushi Roll ever !! | 2019-04-22T00:57:28Z | null | {
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South Carolina Gamecocks 00oz Snowflake Mug $00.00 Get the perfect look for your favorite morning beverage with this South Carolina Gamecocks 00oz. Snowflake mug! It features vibrant snowflake graphics and the South Carolina Gamecocks logo. Highlight your South Carolina Gamecocks fandom with this cool mug! FansEdge is your trusted source for all the latest South Carolina Gamecocks gear. Distinction Mug with Thumb Piece. Gamecocks Cups Glasses at FansEdge. South Gamecocks 00oz Carolina Panthers Jersey 00 X 00 Oval Full Color Magnet. Find officially licensed South Gamecocks office supplies home furnishings and more. US State Coffee Mug Gift Aqua Home Heart South Carolina 0 Pack Unique Hostess Distance Moving Away Christmas Birthday Gifts for Her. DISPLAYING 0 OF ITEMS VIEW ALL. Tervis South Gamecock Emblem Individual Mug 0 oz Clear 00. Turn on search history to start remembering your searches. South Gamecocks Microplush Christmas Tree Skirt. Buy products related to south mug products and what. | 2019-04-21T14:05:18Z | null | {
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We can also offer a regular maintenance service visit to reduce the risk of doors breaking down. These scheduled services are based on frequency of door usage, typically these scheduled services are offered on at three, six monthly or yearly intervals. Danks Roller Doors service and maintain all brands of industrial/ commercial roller doors and grilles. Our main point of difference is the repair of minor problems which we carry out as part of the service. Should we discover a problem that is not considered "minor", we will notify you of the problem and provide you with a written quotation for your approval. We carry an extensive range of parts for industrial/ commercial shutters and grilles. These allow us to provide a quick turn around on your shutter or grille repairs. It is important that the correct profile of slat is supplied for the brand of the door especially with the Danks Roller Door as the wrong profile of slat will cause further problems with the operation. Our experienced engineers can upgrade most types of manual industrial/ commercial doors to electric operation. In most cases it is best to have us take a look at your current door as some doors have shafts and gearing which is obsolete or the age is beyond the engineering capability to be able to fulfill your request. | 2019-04-18T15:06:43Z | null | {
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I hope to be back to posting regularly next week, we've had a doozy of a week with strep revisiting our house, me and the little Miss have been under the weather. I don't believe I've ever been sick in the summer, it really stinks. Both doctors we visited said there is a big outbreak and they've never seen so many cases lately, weird huh? We are on the mends and I hope that you all will have a great and relaxing weekend! I've had strep throat twice in my life, so you have my sympathies. Feel better soon! Oh my word - I just had it this past week too and it was the first time since I got my tonsils out when I was nine years old. Crazy that your doc said there is an outbreak...and yeah pretty much the threshold of hell isn't it. Glad your on the mend I am hoping for a much healthier weekend too! Are you at least eating ice cream for dinner?! What a gorgeous room. A cozy bed and fresh coffee -- yes please! I hope you're feeling better soon. there is an outbreak at my work too! weird, I have never been sick during the summer but its so much worse because you can't enjoy the nice weather. get better soon! Step is is horrible and so is being sick in the summer. | 2019-04-24T14:55:54Z | null | {
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The second edition of the rAWr (Recognising Award Winning Results) Awards will include a Special Award category this year to recognise incentive operators who have brought large groups to Malaysia in 0000/ 0000 with the support of Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB)'s Twin Deal ++ global campaign. Three international operators will receive the Special Award - the International Incentive Operator Award for Excellence at the event on November 00 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. The annual rAWr Awards, a joint collaboration between MyCEB and the Malaysia Association of Conference & Exhibition Organisers & Suppliers (MACEOS), also features four other categories - Business Events, Conventions, Incentive, and Exhibitions. Winners must be Malaysian registered companies that are members of either MyCEB and/or MACEOS, and event owners such as national associations. | 2019-04-18T17:19:52Z | null | {
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The Community Chest and The Cornerstone Institute, co-founders of the Ashley Kriel Scholarship for Leadership in Community Development, hereby invites applications from activist and development practitioners to apply for a scholarship to undertake a Bachelor of Arts Honours in Community Development. South African society continues to be one of the most unequal societies in the world. As a result of this inequality, increased levels of poverty as well as an increase in unemployment (especially among youth), remains a national challenge for South Africa. Civil society, through the efforts of numerous community development practitioners, are at the forefront of this fight against poverty. These efforts should be supported and their skills strengthened in order to sustain this national drive to alleviate and eradicate the effects of poverty. The founding partners of this scholarship believe that this work is fundamentally rooted in the identity of the countless South Africans who have made the ultimate sacrifice towards the establishment of a non-racial, non-sexist democratic South Africa. It is against this backdrop that the Ashley Kriel Scholarship for Leadership in Community Development is launched. The programme targets young adults and mature students who are currently working within organised civil society structures, broadly operating within the social justice landscape. It is envisaged that the student has the potential to play a greater leadership and management role within their respective organisations. Given the context and history organised civil society in South Africa, many community development practitioners did not have access to undergraduate education but have been working within the community development field for long periods of time. Cornerstone Institute will consider a Recognition of Prior Learning process to ensure that we do not exclude practitioners with significant experiential knowledge and who qualifies for such a programme. The formal admissions requirements for the programme is a three year Bachelor of Arts degree (or equivalent) with social science as a major subject and a minimum of 00% average in third-year key modules in social science. Please complete the attached Scholarship Application form and submit this together with the online application form for postgraduate study available on our website. The deadline for applications is the 0th of January 0000 and can be submitted to bursar (email address at the beginning of the document). The scholarship provides for 00% of the tuition fee for the programme. Applicants are encouraged to secure the remainder of the fees from non-governmental organisations working in the social development field. Please note that a R000 application fee is applicable. (000) 000 0000 Please note that this is a scholarship application only. A formal online application to study for a postgraduate degree with Cornerstone Institute must be completed separately. Download the two application forms for 0000 here: Community Chest Scholarship Application Form and the Cornerstone Scholarship Application. Please send both application forms to the email address above. This includes the Cornerstone Institute scholarship application form and the Community Chest scholarship application form. | 2019-04-20T07:05:46Z | null | {
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Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prizewinner in Economics and one of Jeremy Corbyn's board of economic advisers, has claimed that the centre-left consensus of Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband has now eroded. The claim was made in an interview with Labour List following his recent lecture as part of John McDonnell's "New Economics" tour. "I think for a very long time there was the hope... that relatively minor tweaks to the economic system would do: provide more education, maybe raise the minimum wage, little bit more progressive income tax - would solve the problem", he said. This is important as Labour continues to get to grips with framing an alternative to austerity economics. The point is that both Blair and Clinton were able to rely on an expanding economy - which meant that tax revenues could rise, and modest redistribution undertaken, without the need to raise tax levels, while the UK government ran a modest deficit ensuring that the public sector filled the gaps left by the private sector's failure to invest. Against that assumption, Blair's record (or perhaps more accurately Gordon Brown's) on inequality was actually rather good; hundreds of thousands of children were taken out of poverty, for example, even if at the same time the seeds of the crash in terms of excessive private borrowing were being laid. Obviously the crash of 0000-0 changed the landscape completely. The economic questions now are about how to bring about equality and social justice in an economy that is stagnant and when real incomes - and tax takes - are falling for the majority, with massively increased inequality as the few continue to profit. Stiglitz has put his finger on precisely the reason why harking back to the halcyon days of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown is, at best, frivolous. The world just isn't like that any more. Stiglitz points out - wholly correctly - that austerity is a political choice. And that is why the Labour party leadership election was a watershed. Three out of four candidates remained trapped in an austerity mindset; and all the talk of "aspiration", however far it pushed certain buttons on the centre-right, in practice meant embedding the austerity mindset even further; in an economy in which real wages are falling, and in which wages as a share of national income are falling, the kind of individual aspiration articulated by Liz Kendall's supporters is actually a savage driver of inequality. Stiglitz points out that inequality is bad for the economy, bad for society, and bad for business - understanding that has to be at the heart of any serious response from the left to austerity economics. The lesson from Stiglitz for the Labour Party is very clear - Labour simply cannot afford nostalgia for the Blair years. We should as a party acknowledge the achievements and move on; and that means those on the Labour right - not least those distinguished ex-Shadow Cabinet members who took their toys home after the Leadership Election - having the courage to get back inside the tent and to work towards a new economic consensus; helping to build the economic narrative that can take us beyond austerity. This entry was posted in Economics, economics, UK politics and tagged austerity, gordon brown, John McDonnell, Joseph Stiglitz, Labour Party, Liz Kendall, Tony Blair. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-21T02:36:26Z | null | {
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Why was the storm tide so high at Mexico Beach? It's a combination of multiple factors. See our Facebook page fore more info! From the USGS: Storm surge and waves completely eroded and breached a low, narrow spot on Cape San Blas, creating two new inlets and severing the only road access to T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park. See our Facebook page for more info. Storm tide analysis performed by PSDS in reference to USGS storm measurements in Mexico City Beach. Learn more here about the record breaking tides in the USGS Event Viewer. | 2019-04-19T23:06:35Z | null | {
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Primera Engineers is pleased to announce the promotion of Matt Dvorak, CPSM to Vice President of Marketing + Communications. Matt leads the development, management and execution of Primera's corporate marketing program. In his expanded role, he will continue to lead the marketing team, further integrate himself into the firm's strategic planning efforts, and champion Primera's growth initiatives. Since joining Primera in 0000, Matt has demonstrated a commitment to Primera's core values and building our reputation in the industry. He's consolidated and expanded our marketing communications and proposal teams and reimagined our brand to reflect the firm we've evolved into over our 00-year history. His expertise is the result of 00 years of experience overseeing all aspects of marketing in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Matt earned his Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his Master of Science in Communication from Northwestern University. "Matt's commitment goes well beyond marketing our firm, said Erin Inman, Primera President and CEO. "He embodies our values. He's passionate about making Primera better - for our employees, clients, partners and communities alike. His expanded role is critically important as we focus on aggressively growing our service offering Nationwide," she adds. Founded in 0000, Primera is a full-service, certified woman-owned (WBE) engineering design and consulting firm centered around four major areas of expertise: Buildings, Transportation, Utilities, and Business Consulting. Primera's core service offerings include a wide range of professional services in the disciplines of mechanical, electrical, plumbing (M/E/P), structural, civil, and telecommunications engineering, as well as commissioning, energy, architecture, sustainability, life safety, lighting, transportation, natural gas, power delivery, project and construction management, and business consulting services. Matt shares Primera's passion for volunteer work and supporting our communities. He currently co-Chairs Canstruction Chicago, an AEC design-build competition that results in the Greater Chicago Food Depository's (GCFD) largest single-day food drive. Above, he's joined by former co-Chair, AIA Chicago's Kelsey Kirkley (right), and Kate Maehr (center), the Executive Director & CEO of GCFD at the annual awards reception. | 2019-04-26T16:03:07Z | null | {
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Jordan Brand and jeans company Levis will be releasing a "Black Denim" Air Jordan 0 this Summer. The Air Jordan 0 will feature a full Black denim upper, alongside classic Levis patch branding atop of a gum outsole. Red Levis tags are also placed on the Air Jordan 0 for a premium feel. A matching reversible denim trucker jacket will be available via END. The Levi's x Air Jordan 0 "Black Denim" is set to release on June 00th overseas, and June 00th Stateside at select Jordan Brand retailers for $000 and $000 for GS. | 2019-04-21T14:27:59Z | null | {
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As the acknowledged ‘Queen of Crime' P.D. James was frequently commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write a special short story for Christmas. Four of the very best of these have been rescued from the archives and are published together for the first time. P.D. James's sparkling prose illuminates each of these perfectly formed stories, making them ideal reading for the darkest days of the year. While she delights in the secrets that lurk beneath the surface at enforced family gatherings, her Christmas stories also provide enjoyable puzzles to keep the reader guessing. From the title story about a strained country house gathering on Christmas Eve, another about an illicit affair that ends in murder, and two cases for James's poet-detective Adam Dalgliesh - each treats the reader to James's masterfully atmospheric story-telling, always with the lure of a mystery to be solved. This is a festive collection of murder mysteries. This is the second collection of P.D. James stories that I've read, and I find her stories a little disappointing. I find that many of her stories don't end in justice being served. That was the case in some of these stories. I didn't like the ending of The Mistletoe Murder, because I thought it was too obvious. The Boxdale Inheritance was very complicated, and I think it would have been better as a full novel because there were so many characters. The Twelve Clues of Christmas was anticlimactic, even though it was about an unusually, staged suicide on Christmas. I liked A Very Commonplace Murder the best because it was unpredictable, and I couldn't guess the ending. If you like P.D. James, I'm sure you will love this collection. However, it didn't work for me. Have you read The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories? What did you think of it? | 2019-04-23T08:45:26Z | null | {
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Move right in to this nice home in nice park! 0 bedroom home features large 0 piece bathroom with big soaker tub, separate shower & 0 sinks! with access from master bedroom or main hall. Large sunken living room with vaulted ceiling. Nice open plan kitchen, dining & living room. 0nd bedroom has built in ironing board. Central location with short walk to all levels of schools, hospital or University. On Gibraltar Mine bus route also. Good resale area. Easy & quick possession, priced to sell! | 2019-04-19T18:16:31Z | null | {
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And save the hot air ' s giddy dance , No living atom stirred . Then Lysias , from his cool north room ,. i Came forth with looks elate , . ; To yonder wicket gate . He walked beside the shining moat _. But reaches not the shrunken pool , Half hid ' mong lily leaves . Watered by many a living stream , He starts in hot amaze . And there his steps he stays . | 2019-04-21T12:20:16Z | null | {
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Join our Light and Leadership Family in Huaycan and teach in our largest after-school education program: English! Join our Light and Leadership Family in Huaycan and get involved with our after-school math and chess programs! Mission: The Light and Leadership Initiative's mission is to respond to the needs of the women in the Ate-Vitarte district of Lima, Peru in their struggle out of poverty by improving the availability and quality of education offered to women and children. Through workshops and classes, women are empowered to better care for themselves and their families by improving both their physical and emotional well being, as well as advancing their skills in the workforce. Children are offered similar opportunities and learn the value of education and respect for one's community. We believe the women and children of the Ate-Vitarte district will become positive leaders for change through love, support, and education. Based out of Tinley Park, IL, the Light and Leadership Initiative is comprised of six Board Members living in the Chicagoland area or in Huaycan, Peru. We are a 000(c)0 registered U.S. nonprofit under the IRS tax code. We have offered more than 00,000 classes in Huaycan, a developing community where most residents live well below the poverty line! We've welcomed hundreds of both international and local volunteers to our programs to come together to make an impact in Huaycan. | 2019-04-25T08:37:56Z | null | {
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This last week was a landmark week for me in some ways. But this particular week, I submitted Chapter and Verse to Covenant Communications, on the good advice of my friend James. Nothing ventured nothing gained, right? We'll see if anything comes of it. Thanks for all your support! #00 Know the Divine: John 00:0 "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." One of the cool things about being the game designer is that you can inject personal things into your game. Like, for example, when you come across a verse that is one of your favorites, and you think that it's one that everyone should be able to quote on a moment's notice, you can give it the "Quote" ability. This is also one of the verses that was used in this last conference to refute those that claim that Mormons are not Christian. The adherence to the Nicene Creed claims that God is "Unknowable". But this verse shows that we can know God and Jesus on a very personal level. Indeed, that knowing God is vital to our exaltation. This verse implies that how well we know God will determine how qualified we are to become like Him. Which only stands to reason. In the game, this verse can be a powerful punch when combined with "#00 The Sealing Power" and "#00 The Testimony of Joseph". These all have 0 points of Wisdom, and all have "Quote". So, all you gotta do is learn these verses (which should be in your mind and hearts anyway), and you can throw down a Wisdom book for free! Without quoting, you'd have to sacrifice six verses to get these three out. There's lots of cool new stuff over in the playtester's page. You gotta check it out! First of all, we're excited to announce the creation and release of two playtest decks! The first one is based on the "Quote" mechanic. It'll be interesting to see just how this one plays out. Almost every card has the ability, so if someone were good at memorizing, they'd be able to play verse after verse for free! Then, there's the Strength of Faith! This deck is made of cards from the Strength and Faith themes. Those two play together quite nicely, bringing verses to the hand and drawing blessings. It'll be fun to try these out and see how they play. Give them a game or two and tell me how they do! Also, there's a new version of the rules and the first cardset. Nothing's really changed much. There was a need for a clarification. Now, verses that are played as a result of another verse's effect are not "played" but are "set". If a verse is set, its own effect doesn't trigger. Its numbers still count in chapters, but no effects. This keeps the long chains of effects down. And, based on some feedback I got from James, I created a one-page quick start guide to get you playing right away. The details of the game are still in the rules, but to just start throwing verses down, you can start with the quick start. It's not so intimidating as 0+ pages of rules! Yesterday, I got an email from James H Fullmer, creator of the "Book of Mormon Battles" game. He offered a few words of encouragement, and then asked me to give him a call and talk about LDS gaming. I did, and we were on the phone for about an hour last night. What a great guy! He's been working on (and is now about to publish) a game called "Warriors of the Promised Land". When I first heard about it, I was in a bit of shock. Could the small niche Mormon audience actually support two CCG's? Here, I hadn't even started yet, really, and there was competition. But what fun to chat with him. He had all sorts of words of advice and help to offer. Try this, remember that when you plan for publication... While I was getting too caught up in the scarcity mentality, he had that mindset of plenty that Covey talks about. Dive in! Give it a try! There is plenty and to spare! What a great guy! Make sure you check out his game when it hits the LDS bookstores this month! I thought that, as the creator of a Mormon Collectible Card Game, that I would become the uber-mo-geek. That would make me the L000-est of the L000. The highest echelon of the nerdtheon. I have been way outcooled. I found a site today where some people with a bigger sense of faith and fun even than I (and with way too much time on their hands) are translating the Book of Mormon into Klingon. Amazing. In some sort of twisted way, it reminds me much of the Sons of Mosiah, led by Alma the younger, who left the safety of their homes to preach the gospel to the bad guys. Even if the bad guys in this case are, sadly, imaginary. On the serious side, I do know that from attending a foriegn-speaking mission, that addressing the scriptures from the point of view of another language is a great way to really learn what the scriptures are saying. In order to translate it, you have to truly understand it. So, from that perspective, those who are attempting this undertaking will, at the very least, come out the other end with a deeper understanding of the scriptures. In some ways, I can relate this project also to my efforts to build C&V. In order to invent the special effects of the cards, I have to consider what the verse is truly saying, and see how to "translate" that into a way the verse plays as a card. So, while I'm laughing at these guys trying to translate the B of M into Klingon, I'll also tip my hat to them! I just realized (by back tracking my MoBoy Blog archives) that the Chapterandversegame.com website is a year old! It was established last September. And that means that the first draft of the game itself was created within a few weeks prior to that. Normally, when a company has an anniversary, there's a big gigantic sale where they reduce everything to 00% off. Well, all our products are free, so far. Still, I hate to leave you all hanging. So, we're announcing our 00% off First Anniversary Sale! Buy all your cards for half off! Heck! Why stop there! We'll do it at 000% off! We're just givin' away the store! Somebody stop me! A couple of days ago, I got in some more playing with Brendon and Jared. This time, we had a friend of ours from Mexico playing as well, Limhi (you'll recognize that name if you read your scriptures...) In spite of the fact that he sometimes struggles with English, he did quite well, and in fact, almost won. It was interesting to see him try and quote verses in English. A couple of times, I knew the Spanish versions, so I let him quote them in Spanish. I just got finished posting up a new set of rules, v0.0. Not a lot of changes, but a clarification that will keep the game from spiraling out of control. That's the concept of the "Set" card verses the "Played" card. Any card that I play from my hand in the freeplay or after sacrificing in the regular play phase is considered to be "played", and it's effect is triggered. On the other hand, if a card comes into play on the table top as a result of a verse effect, it's called being "Set", and its effect does NOT trigger. However, once it's on the table, if it has an ongoing effect "while in play", that effect is valid. I made changes to the cards themselves to reflect this difference as well. Rather that having an effect read "...play a card from your hand." it now reads "...set a card from your hand." That way, you won't have long strings of effects, like having a card throw down another card, whose effect throws down another card, which triggers another card being played, which causes, etc. etc. You get the picture. Also, there's now a hand size limitation rule. Now, if you start your turn with more than 0 verses, you have to take the extra verses (your choice) and put them on the bottom of your blessing stack. Don't worry. The game's still fun. :-) Moreso, in fact! Wasn't that the hook of some silly song from the '00's? If not, it probably should have been. Brendon and I played a game of Yu-Gi-Oh and I lost miserably. That's pretty much par for the course. The games are still fun, though. I just don't put that much effort into collecting cards making killer YGO decks. That's more Brendon's obsession. Then, after that, we played a game of C&V. That was really fun. I love watching him try and quote the verses. He's only 0, so he struggles with some of the words, but he gets them close enough. He won that one, too, but it was a much closer game. I was down to two blessing cards when he finally went out. He threw down some good strategies, too. We were just playing with random decks. After the game, I started playing with some deck building. I don't really have any ideas in mind, I just thought I'd start with similar themes. I started with the idea of a strength deck. But I didn't have enough cards to do that fully, so I'll have to print up more. The thought occurred to me that because of things like the "Quote" ability, and the extra draw effects of the Faith cards, a Wisdom/Faith deck would probably do quite well. I'll play with these ideas and then post what I come up with. This is one of those things that falls into the category of "Too Cool For Words". But I'll still write about it! Now, I just jump up to the corner of my browser, drop down the menu, type in my search and I'm good to go! The Moregood Foundation is pretty cool, too. It's a site and organization dedicated to making more good things about the church available on the 'net. Progress on the card designs! One of my friends at work has a rather unique hobby. He likes to collect 0D characters, and using a software called "Poser", positions them, costumes them, and places them in a 0D setting, which then is rendered out as a flat jpg, or a movie (which is what he usually does). So, he took a stab at creating a scene for a card. This one is for "Thou Shalt Not Kill" (the picture is, even though the card template is another verse). I realize that both the template and the 0d rendering may well be a work in progress. BUT IF THAT CARD DOESN'T ROCK, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT DOES!!! Over at Nine Moons, I saw this posting. These are done so well, that for a time, I wasn't sure he wasn't serious... I hope it makes you smile as much as it did for me! More Playtesting and More Playtesters! I've been getting quite a few playtester signups of late, and that's very exciting. I've also been getting a lot of feedback from testers, and doing some myself. The results I'm getting back are that this new system is pretty solid. There've already been a few good suggestions made. We won't make any official changes or announcements until more testing is done, though. Last night, I was playing the game with a friend, and we played with some actual constructed decks. I had been worried that the game would play great with random cards, but that with some pre-constructed decks, the balance would shake out. For example, I was worried that if someone made a deck of high-point verses, and verses that pull blessings, it would be unstoppable. Well, I made a deck like that, and I got stomped! I just couldn't get the high-point cards out effectively enough. It seems that, at this stage, a balanced deck is the way to go. Anyway, let me know how things go for your games! BETA Version 0.0 is DONE!! OK, folks! I've tweaked up the rules, I've tweaked up the cards, and now it's finally online as pdf's! I'm feeling much more confident that this is the future of Chapter & Verse. It finally feels smooth, like it's settling in where it's supposed to. It feels balanced, and as more cards are added, more fun will ensue. The turn is much more simple and streamlined. Start, Draw, Freeplay, Play, End. How much simpler can it get? No more counting blessing points as you sacrifice verses. The word "blessings" is now used in another totally different way. Now verses have effects that happen AS you play them into verses, rather than INSTEAD of playing them into verses. The game is much more interactive, as you can combine your own stacks of cards ("Chapters") with your opponent's to form books. With Quoting, Cross Reference, and the new Keyword ability, the game play responds with the scriptures more and more. I'm really excited about the changes. With some more playtesting, we'll be able to move ahead with the production of the game! After a lot of questioning, revisiting, and ultimately revision (both in cards and in rules), I finally got a chance top playtest the full version of beta v0.0 last night, with my good friend John Nofsinger. We only had the chance to play one game, but it went really well. The new system flows more smoothly, is more streamlined, is more interactive, and ultimately, more fun. And then I went and lost my keys. I think I've gotten a lot of things worked out in the game, now, and I'm really excited. Play is much more streamlined, and interactive. It's really a lot more fun. I'm getting a playtest prototype cardset of 000 scripture mastery verses ready, and the writeup of the new rules. I'm hoping to have it posted by the end of the week. We'll have to see just how well it all goes. OK, I was having some real difficulties with the basic game. It wasn't interactive enough, it didn't truly involve the scriptures enough, and it was just bogging down in too many rules. But in my efforts to streamline it and make it more fun and scriptural, I was just making it worse and worse. So it sat and stewed for a long time. I've been talking things over a lot with a few of my main playtesters, mostly John and Kent, as well as Brendon. I've melded a lot of the ideas they've thrown at me and I'm really excited about this latest revision. It's almost a totally restructured game. It's also still in its infancy, so I'll work it up and post it. Unfortunately, it'll need cards with new effects, so I'll have to go through them AGAIN! But I think I've got a good solid game base, now, that I can tweak and then expand with cardsets and cardpages. And, maybe even publish! Keep in mind that, as cool as this looks, it's still in flux. We're still working on details. The forest graphic is generic, and will change, for example. The "Theme" and "Topic" words will be replaced by actual themes and topics. Still, it's very exciting to see a card begin to emerge. The block colors that are on the downloadable cards are sooo rough. It's nice to see some real graphic images. Let me know what you think! 0 Points, or Not 0 Points? I've played a few more test games, and I'm a bit at a loss. I need your help. The question is all about the rule that starts each turn with 0 free blessing points, before you have to sacrifice any cards. Here's some of my thoughts and experiences. As I've been playing, I've tried it both with and without the points. I've noticed that when I play games with the rule in place, there's less sacrificing of cards. That's not really a problem, I guess, but I feel like it messes with the economy of the cards, and the card flow of the game. But on the other hand, without it, people tend to hold their cards, and fewer cards actually get played , which really messes with the flow. Also, there's fewer extra points available, so it's not so often that I use the "Quote It" rule. So, what's your experience been? How does it feel? Surprise! It didn't take me days to do. They're back online as version 0.0. Go check them out. They feel much more balanced to me. As I've been preparing the cards for the prototype publication, I've been reworking a lot of the abilities and stats of the verses themselves. I thought I had that nailed down, but as I was cutting apart a set of cards last night, I found some more things that needed tweaking. So, I've been going through those cards page by page, to make sure that this or that effect was feasible, that it cost the right amount, that the sacrifice points were all reasonable, etc... I've been also checking for spelling and typos in the verse references and the descriptions themselves as well. So, hopefully that'll all be done in another day or two, and back up online. As I started to work out the battle game mechanic, I started thinking about how it all works. War is all throughout the scriptures. I thought that most of the verses that would use the mechanic would be Tales (white) or Trials (black), because most of the scriptures that talk about war are telling about battles, and going through war is certainly a trial. I've long believed that even though at times, war may well be necessary, nobody really "wins". One side doesn't lose as many men or resources, and so they end up occupying the land, or getting their way, or whatever. So, really, the "winner" is the one that "loses the least". So, in the battle mechanic, you pull a verse from one of your incomplete books, and one from one of your opponent's. Presumably, you'll pick a less important verse from yours and an important one from his. Thus, by picking the right cards, you "lose less". Then, I started finding some scriptures where circumstances, like faith and divine intervention made a big difference in battle. So, those verses will protect books from being the targets of battle mechanics, or things like "The Title of Liberty", which allows you to search your deck for battle cards, much like Captain Moroni did when he waved the flag to recruit an army against the kingmen. When we do a Book of Mormon set of cards, there's gonna be lots of battle-related cards. I mean, the whole books of Alma and Helaman are pretty much war, war, war... It'll be fun to see how this plays out in the game. There's so much happening in the world of C&V these days, that I finally decided that just having the news posting on the main page wasn't going to be enough. Don't worry, those listings will still continue, so you can see at a glance what's happening, but for more in-depth stuff, come here to the blog! One of the most exciting things is that there is a very real possibility that the game might actually get published. It's an expensive prospect, but it might actually happen. What I've been working hardest on of late is getting things ready for the creation of some prototype sets that can be used to promote the game to retail stores. That way, with relatively little up-front money, we can determine if it's even viable in the market place. What that's meant is that the testing and the reworking has been turned up to 00. I think I've revised the rules twice in as many months. I refuse to release a game that hasn't been thoroughly tested. If the game doesn't work, or if it's not fun to play, then nothing else matters. Not the graphics, nor the marketing, nothing. Well, check back here from time to time and I'll have comments on new revisions, and other things. I'd like to comment on some of the verses, and how they struck me as I tried to translate them into the numbers and the effects on the cards. I'd also like to hear about your favorite verses and how we could make them into cards. If there are any cards/verses already in the game that you don't understand, and you might need some help interpreting them in the game context, comment below, and I'll answer. | 2019-04-24T00:03:19Z | null | {
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Your Future Remains Uncertain - insight. Jiacheng Xiao looks at the role of an economist and discusses a constantly asked question: Why are economists so often wrong about the future? If you have been reading the news recently, you may have seen articles criticising the work of economists. There seems to be a constant debate about whether economics should be classed as a science or not. Such voices are particularly strong when there is a recession, which economists often fail to predict. So, why does this occur? Unfortunately, when people treat predictions made by economists as ‘weather forecasts' and rely on them, they are often disappointed because economists appear to be quite bad at predicting the future. Recently the Chief Economist of the Bank of England, Andy Haldane, admitted that incorrect economic forecasts have brought economists' reputations into question. When a weatherman get the forecast wrong, the consequences are usually trivial. For example, you decide to wear a t-shirt when it's freezing cold, you don't bring an umbrella when it rains, or you have to play football in a storm. But if economists get it wrong, the consequences are much worse. People make investment decisions that can turn out to be unprofitable if economic conditions differ from the forecasts, which can affect many people's livelihoods. So why do economists get things wrong about the future? Let's start with a simple example using only basic knowledge of economics: supply and demand. Assume people believe economists and think that their predictions are reliable. Then if economists predict that the price of wheat will go up next year, farmers will want to take advantage of this. As a consequence, farmers will plant more wheat and, come harvest time, the supply of wheat will increase. If the demand for wheat does not change, the increase in its supply will cause the price of wheat to fall, not rise. Therefore, it appears to the public that the economist's prediction was incorrect. The problem here is that the prediction actually changes people's behaviour. So, why don't economists take this into account when making their forecast? Well, they do - this is why economists now use ‘microfoundations' - or build up their forecasts by looking at individual decisions. The idea is to capture the rules of individual behaviour that don't change when outside circumstances - like forecasts - do. The difficulty in practice with this approach is that there are infinitely many factors which influence decision making. In the real world, economists rarely know the rules of individual behaviour. One recent example, reported in the Wall Street Journal, is that billionaire investor George Soros lost nearly $0 billion in the weeks after the election of Trump. Economists predicted that, due to uncertainty about the future, the US stock market would fall after Trump's election since people should sell stocks and buy gold in order to avoid risks. However, the stock market turned out to be spurred. Unlike the weather, which follows certain immutable rules, people's behavior changes constantly hence making economists wrong when they make predictions based on what people used to do. In general, it is uncertainty of people's behaviour which makes the economist a bad weatherman. So what drives people's behavior and decision making? It is their cognition. People make their decisions, for example about which stock to buy, by thinking about all information they have. A cognitive bias is a type of systematic error in thinking that occurs when people are processing and interpreting information. When making statements and predictions, economists tended to ignore the effects of individuals' cognitive biases. Economists assumed that on average, those under- or overestimating the market should roughly cancel each other out. Nowadays, as behavioral finance and economics have developed, scholars have started to realise the importance of cognitive biases. If these biases can significantly interact with, or affect the market, then economists may fail to predict the market outcome because it is almost impossible to account for all cognitive biases among market participants. For example, when bad news comes and a company's stock price is falls, some people may think that it is a good time to buy this stock while the others may think they should sell it, hence making the market outcome ambiguous. The world is complicated, and there are too many factors to account for. In order to make useful statements and predictions, economists always make unrealistic assumptions to simplify the problems. But how unrealistic are these assumptions, or, how far away is the economist's world from the real world? Here are some examples to light the way. Economists always build their model based on the assumption that people are rational. This is an essential assumption because we can only know how people will behave if they are rational - they will make optimal decisions to maximize their own wellbeing. You can't tell what kind of choice a person will make if they are irrational, and this is exactly the problem: One has to assume that people are rational in order to let the model works, but in the real world people are likely to be irrational, in that they often make decisions that may not increase their happiness. Also, economists always have to assume that people have utility functions - or a mathematical formula that describes their happiness - and that they make decisions based on the calculation of their lifetime utility. But is it believable that people are able to constantly reevaluate such a calculation in their head in real world? Moreover, financial theory dictates that a company's stock price should be equal to its intrinsic value - this is the value of all its expected future returns - but in the real world it is hard to calculate a company's intrinsic value. Even if it can be calculated - how many people will actually do that? Last but not least, in macroeconomics, models are built based on the assumptions that, for example, there are only two countries, there is no population growth, and capital can flow from one country to another, and so on. All of these assumptions are unrealistic. Economists apply these assumptions because they do simplify things a lot and make it possible to build models. However, since these assumptions are unrealistic, the world economists build is segregated from the real world. In general, it is impossible for economists to build a model that fully captures the real world. DO ECONOMISTS KNOW THAT THEY ARE WRONG? I still remember my first lesson from my supervisor, Professor Sevi. He said "in economics, we know that our models are always wrong. We build our model, bearing in mind that it is wrong, to see how much it can explain the real world". You see, economists do know that they are often wrong. In fact, treating economists as weathermen is not appropriate. What a weatherman does is to try to forecast the future, but for economists, their major job is to help us learn from the past. Economists are trying their best to summarise and explain what has happened in the past, or, what's happening right now, and use these precious experiences as a guide for our future. Yes, economists may never get it right about exactly when a financial crisis will happen, but what they are trying to do is to learn from past crises, finding out what leads to these crises and what we may be able to do to avoid them in the future. It's not about predicting the future, it's about how to get to a better future. Your future remains uncertain, but there are lights to guide you, so that you don't get lost. | 2019-04-23T05:57:08Z | null | {
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Perhaps your mobile is extremely uncharged. In this case, it is essential to plug your device to a mains power supply for at least 00 minutes before trying to switch it on. When you have no signs of activity, test the following method. It's possible that the mobile phone is functioning, but there is issues with the display screen. To be able to check this, press and hold down the power button and repress it once more. Supposing your Android tab produces a sound, vibrates or perhaps if a light appears, it means there's an issue with the screen. In order to do this test, you have to plug in another device to your Android tab charger. If it charges, it means the issue isn't coming from the charger. In the circumstance where none of these techniques work, it is likely that the issue is coming from the battery pack or the battery. In these instances, it is possible to turn to the after-sales servicing or an independent mobile repairer. | 2019-04-18T22:55:15Z | null | {
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Toyota has debuted a 00-second spot that highlights the threat of global warming. "Frozen" features ice sculptures depicting athletes competing in Winter Olympic events while a voiceover explains that Toyota will continue to develop electric, hybrid and hydrogen vehicles to help combat the global warming. Mondelez International will expand its Cocoa Life sustainability initiative to Brazil. Farmers will receive guidance on agricultural practices that can boost yields while reducing environmental footprints. Residents of Strongsville, Ohio, will be able to recycle old clothes through curbside collection starting in April. The program is designed to keep stained or damaged clothing out of landfills, says Jennifer Milbrandt, the city's natural resources coordinator. Ferrero's latest corporate social responsibility report offers updates on its sustainability goals. The confection company pledges to rid its supply chain of deforestation and is on track to use only certified sustainable cocoa by 0000. New rigid containers have helped dairies and cheese-makers improve the sustainability of their packaging while offering customers convenience, Transparency Market Research says. For example, Gossner Foods uses the Tetra Evero carton bottle, which is lightweight, recyclable and is primarily made from renewable wood fiber. Researchers at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University have found that compensation incentives are an effective way of getting executives to prioritize corporate social responsibility goals. In particular, CSR contracting was found to help generate value for companies and transform corporate culture. | 2019-04-25T00:19:40Z | null | {
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Carbon fibers have already beeen demonstrated as high-capacity Li-ion battery anodes, opening the way for their use as structural electrodes - i.e., simultaneously carrying mechanical load and storing electrical energy. Now, researchers led by Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have linked the carbon fiber (CF) microstructure to the lithium insertion mechanism and the resulting electrochemical capacity. In an open-access paper published in the journal Multifunctional Materials, the team reports that carbon fibers with improved multifunctional performance can be realized by tailoring the graphitic order and crystallite sites of the carbon fiber. From the relationships found between the carbonaceous microstructure and the electrochemical performance we have confirmed the significant feature of having small crystals, with limited directional orientation, to reach high storage capacity for CF based electrodes. This is why the IM CFs with a lithiation mechanism reminiscent of disordered carbons outperform the HM CF with its larger crystallites highly oriented along the fibre direction. In contrast, the HM CF has a lithium intercalation mechanism close to that of graphite, but with impeded formation of staged structures due to the persisting presence of turbostratic disorder and crosslinking between crystallites. Armed with the here derived understanding of the two competing lithiation mechanisms for HM and IM CFs, future structural and flexible electrodes/batteries can be designed - where stiffness is traded for electrochemical capacity and mechanical strength, and vice versa. The researchers studied the microstructure of different types of commercially available carbon fibers. They discovered that carbon fibers with small and poorly oriented crystals have good electrochemical properties but a lower stiffness in relative terms. If you compare this with carbon fibers that have large, highly oriented crystals, they have greater stiffness, but the electrochemical properties are too low for use in structural batteries. We now know how multifunctional carbon fibers should be manufactured to attain a high energy storage capacity, while also ensuring sufficient stiffness. A slight reduction in stiffness is not a problem for many applications such as cars. The market is currently dominated by expensive carbon fiber composites whose stiffness is tailored to aircraft use. There is therefore some potential here for carbon fiber manufacturers to extend their utilisation. In the study the types of carbon fiber with good electrochemical properties had a slightly higher stiffness than steel, whereas the types whose electrochemical properties were poor are just over twice as rigid as steel. The researchers are collaborating with both the automotive and aviation industries. Leif Asp explains that for the aviation industry, it may be necessary to increase the thickness of carbon fiber composites, to compensate for the reduced stiffness of structural batteries. This would, in turn, also increase their energy storage capacity. The key is to optimize vehicles at system level - based on the weight, strength, stiffness and electrochemical properties. That is something of a new way of thinking for the automotive sector, which is more used to optimizing individual components. Structural batteries may perhaps not become as efficient as traditional batteries, but since they have a structural load-bearing capability, very large gains can be made at system level. In addition, the lower energy density of structural batteries would make them safer than standard batteries, especially as they would also not contain any volatile substances. The research was funded by Vinnova, the Swedish Energy Agency, the Swedish Research Council and Alistore European Research Institute. Unsurprising, as flawless fibers have the best mechanical properties but it appears to be certain types of defects in the fiber walls which makes them permeable to larger ions. | 2019-04-20T09:05:10Z | null | {
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I don't think I can get a better surgeon. Plus the people working for him always takes great care of me! In 0000 we are offering a wide variety of workshops as well as our ongoing classes. Students are welcome to drop in on any class. Call Canoga Park, CA chiropractor Dr. Fine at (000) 000-0000. The Evolution creates thousands of healthy athletic type cells in your body daily. Vibrahs. Adia offers a full range of premium non-medical living assistance services custom tailored to the personal needs and lifestyles of each individual. Diabetic diet plan and food guides including type 0 diabetes, type 0 and gestational diabetic diet sample menus. | 2019-04-22T12:40:17Z | null | {
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Keurig Green Mountain's next big thing is its cold-drink maker. Called the Kold, its going to be rolled out nationally next year. Right now its available on the company's website and in a few retailers. Keurig faces a saturated market for its hot drink brewing machines, which means a lot is riding on the Kold - which can deliver a carbonated, chilled beverage in 00 seconds without using a CO0 canister. That trick could give the Kold an edge over rivals like SodaStream. There's a lot of technology - and money - behind this. The company filed more than 00 patents, and has another 000 applications pending, over the course of five years as it developed the system. Keurig invested about $000 million in the device in fiscal 0000, and said in September it planned to spend a similar amount in 0000. Critics of the Kold have been quick to point out some big flaws in the device: it's expensive, large, needs to get warmed up and isn't more convenient than popping open a soda, according to some complaints on Keurig's website and Facebook page. But a closer look at how the device works also reveals a few hints to how Keurig might be able to do to address some of these issues. It starts with a chiller. While much of the press surrounding Keurig Kold has focused on the machine's carbonation features, the process starts with chilling. "There are a lot of ways to make something hot quickly, but there are few options to make something cold quickly," Keurig spokesperson Suzanne DuLong told Business Insider. As soon as users insert a pod with the flavor of soda they are after, and start the machine, water is drawn into a chiller from the external water tank. The chilling process begins as an impeller spins, cooling the water. If the water isn't cold enough, it will not absorb carbonation as well. Plus, the changing temperature of the water is responsible for setting off the chain of events that follows in the next 00 seconds. The cold water then flows into the pod. As the chiller does its job, a small amount of water is brought to the cartridge chamber, where the flavor pod is located. The drawings in this August, 0000 patent by Keurig's Thomas Novak, Ross Packard, Peter Peterson and Shawn Gulla for a "Method and apparatus for cartridge-based carbonation of beverages" are not the exact schematics for the Keurig Kold machine. However, they do show the tech that underpins it, as water moves from one chamber to another. The carbonation comes from "beads" in the upper chamber. The flavor pod is divided into the two chambers. One contains beads that are made with a blend of minerals - primarily aluminum silicate - with tiny porous spaces that hold carbon dioxide captive until they're exposed to water. Keurig calls them "Karbonator" beads. The second chamber contains the beverage syrup, which comes into play later. Once the system registers the water in the chiller has reached the optimum temperature of approximately 00 degrees, the Keurig Kold releases the small amount of water into the top of the pod, wetting the beads and releasing the carbon dioxide. The released carbon dioxide then has to travel back into the chiller to carbonate the water. Mixed, and ready to drink. At this point, the system's mixer expels the pod's syrup just as the carbonated water is being released, producing two separate streams that combine to make the beverage. The timing and volume are key, as they allow for the consistent blend of carbon dioxide, water, and syrup in the drink, without requiring mixing after the fact. "We knew the machine needed the ability to perfectly dose and mix the beverage so that we could deliver a consistent beverage time after time," DuLong told Business Insider. "We knew from experience with the hot system, that the only way to attract partners - people whose reputations in their beverage brand - was to guarantee that consistency time and time again." All of this occurs in about 00 seconds. Then, the pod - including the beads - are discarded, and the user is left with a 00 degree glass of soda, seltzer, or cocktail mixer. Some of the harshest complaints from Kold users seem to be a result of this whole process. They say the Kold is too big, takes a long time to cool down before its ready to use, and that it can be very noisy. But Keurig recently partnered up with appliance makers like GE Appliances to include a version of its hot brewer inside their fridge. Doing the same with the Kold might solve a lot of the problems above. "We know that the first product we put out in the new technology is never going to be perfect," Keurig CEO Brian Kelley said of the Kold in the company's fourth quarter earnings call. "We're going to learn and we're going to improve." | 2019-04-22T15:33:47Z | null | {
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A so-called bug initially ascribed solely to Intel CPUs is actually a pair of exploits that, taken together, impact many of the CPUs being used in PCs, mobile devices, and data centers. The bugs now have names - Meltdown, which affects Intel processors, and Spectre, which is more widespread and affects CPUs from Intel, AMD, and ARM. As Windows Central now reports, Intel has issued a statement indicating that the issue is not specifically a bug in Intel CPUs but rather an exploit that can be applied to all systems, including those with ARM and AMD processors. "Recent reports that these exploits are caused by a 'bug' or a 'flaw' and are unique to Intel products are incorrect," Intel said in a statement. "Based on the analysis to date, many types of computing devices - with many different vendors' processors and operating systems - are susceptible to these exploits." The issue is related to how programs access memory, specifically information that should only be accessible to the operating system kernel that maintains the highest level of privileges. The exploits are ones where malicious programs can access the protected kernel memory space and "see" information that should be locked away. The full details, which are not yet available, are quite technical and relate to how a CPU moves in and out of protected kernel mode. The Google blog outlines the issue, which was discovered by its Google Project Zero team in 0000. The result is what matters: Keeping the kernel in virtual memory makes the process as fast as possible. If the CPU doesn't have to dump and then reload the kernel, then it can achieve faster performance. Unfortunately, it also makes kernel contents vulnerable to being accessed by nefarious programs. The fix for Meltdown, as The Guardian outlines, has to be implemented by the operating system in a process labeled Kernel Page Table Isolation (KPTI), which puts the kernel in an area of protected memory space that cannot be accessed by other programs. That creates extra processing steps - dumping and then reloading kernel data - that can slow things down, although, according to Intel, the impact is limited to specific workflows and typical users will not notice much impact. Machines using Intel's Skylake or later CPUs will see less of an impact than older systems. Spectre will take longer to resolve but is also much more difficult to exploit. All operating systems will need to implement some form of KPTI in order to bypass the bug and improve security. Microsoft has already issued an emergency patch, which it apparently had been testing in earlier Windows Insider builds, to address the issue. Google has also provided a fix in the latest Android security updates, which so far have primarily rolled out to Google's Nexus and Pixel smartphones. More generally, ARM has provided patches to companies using its processors. Linux and MacOS will also need to be updated, meaning this is an equal-opportunity bug, although AMD has stated that there is "near zero risk to AMD products at this time." The fixes for the problem may degrade performance, but so far, it appears that problem isn't cause fir serious concern. Techradar tested Windows after the patch, and found a difference of no more than 00 percent - in a few limited scenarios. In most cases, the difference was only 0 or 0 percent. What can you do to protect your device? Multiple companies are scrambling to fix the problem. Your best bet, as usual, is to keep your PC updated with any new drivers that become available. Intel, in its statement, said that by the end of next week, "it expects to have issued updates for more than 00 percent of processor products introduced within the past five years." These updates are not direct-to-consumer, however, but instead go out to OS vendors and hardware manufacturers. You'll have to check with your PC's manufacturer to see if any firmware updates have been issued. Microsoft's fix was released late on January 0. You can likely see it if you check Windows Update. If it's missing, check our Windows 00 Update guide for advice on how to make the utility behave. Apple has released a statement, saying "All Mac systems and iOS devices are affected, but there are no known exploits [...]" The company has released "mitigation" for Meltdown in MacOS 00.00.0, iOS 00.0, and tvOS 00.0. The Spectre exploit, meanwhile, will be tackled in upcoming updates. Firefox 00 and Chrome 00 will include updates that fix the flaw. Browsers are a popular attack vector for malware, so it's important to update. Firefox's patch is already available, and Chrome's should come later this week. Google Chromebooks should be protected, as fixes to the problem began to arrive in Chrome OS 00. While the PC is the great concern due to the combined assault of the Meltdown and Spectre attacks, the Spectre flaw might also impact some AMD-based computers and some Android smartphones. It's unclear to what extent the flaw works on these devices - but, as a general rule, you should keep your device's operating system and software updated. This is not a flaw you can counter by installing an antivirus or turning a feature off, which is what makes it so serious. Updating your device, whatever it is, is the only way to protect yourself - so make sure to check for the latest software and firmware. Updated: Added information about Apple's statement and patches. WA Designs will be updating all client cPanel passwords and we suggest that you change your website passwords for your admin area as soon as possible. User > Manage > Click on the user you wish to update > type your new password in the password boxes (x 0) in any browser excluding Google Chrome & Safari until patches are released. | 2019-04-24T02:18:16Z | null | {
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That's not even a fight! Superman doesn't ever attack Darkseid here. And here I thought Darkseid didn't even appear in the comic. Superman tried to attack Darkseid in the previous issue and Darkseid swatted him aside. Superman even says that Darkseid will only take the humans over his dead body but Darkseid blasts him to his knees and defeats him. In Adventures of Superman #000, they don't even fight. Darkseid surprises Superman with omegas and teleports him to Darkseid! Surprise Superman? He saw the omegas coming and couldn't do anything about it as Darkseid held him and Infinity Man helpless. Superman and Infinity Man are on Earth. Darkseid is not there. Darkseid's omegas appear out of nowhere - so yes, Superman was surprised - and teleport them to Darkseid in an immobilized state. That's the whole thing and that's not a fight! Both Superman and Infinity Man were on apokolips not earth. Did you even read the story? Yes it's a fight where Darkseid had Superman helpless. New Gods #00 doesn't have a real fight either. Superman is enraged seeing Darkseid. Darkseid fires omegas to immobilize Superman and before Superman can break free, Highfather tells Superman that Darkseid is to be their ally and Darkseid lets Superman go. That's not a fight! And it's certainly not a victory for Darkseid. Darkseid had Superman at his mercy without even trying to kill him. I don't know in what world that's not a victory. Highfather had to convince Darkseid not to kill Superman straight up. And Superman wasn't in process of freeing himself, he was already on his knees. Superman tried to attack Darkseid, he just couldn't do it. Darkseid easily besting Superman to Superman beating Darkseid after he is hit by his own omega beams? Your denial is as amusing as always. These are all wins, far more definitive than either Odin or Thanos have over Thor for example. So really, the win-loss is 0-0 in Superman's favor. I had never tabulated it before now, so thanks for that! LMAO, where are all these wins? I've read it, never saw a win without Darkseid being injured by his own omega beams. | 2019-04-26T07:57:37Z | null | {
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Pork's versatility makes it the perfect choice for everyday meals, casual entertaining and elegant dinners. The degree of leanness - Modern-day production has reduced pork's fat content, making it a major contender in the lean meat category. For the leanest cuts of pork, look for the word "loin" on the label. What part of the pig is this cut from? - This is known as the "primal" or "wholesale" cut and specifies which part of the carcass the meat comes from. This information is a good indicator of the relative tenderness of the cut and can help consumers decide which cooking method to use when preparing the cut. This part of the label may read pork shoulder, loin, leg, etc. How much time do you have? - If time is limited, you'll want to select a smaller cut, like pork chops that cook quickly. If you're entertaining and have several other dishes to prepare, you may want to choose a roast that can be put in the oven and requires very little attention. Number of people to be served - The average serving size for pork is 000 g (0 oz) of cooked meat. Start with 000 g (0 oz) of boneless, raw pork to yield an average serving size of cooked pork. A 000 g (0 oz) serving is about the size of a deck of cards or the palm of your hand. Cost - To get the most for your money, take time to figure out the cost per serving. Some boneless cuts may seem more expensive, but are actually a better buy because you're not paying for the bone. | 2019-04-22T13:00:24Z | null | {
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You really can't win with these people. People like me. Lost fan(atic)s and former viewers. Season three lacked alot of that suspense and mystery. The audience was in on most of the mysteries this time. Hopefully that will change in the second half of the season. I'm done with Lost. It's all about the MacGuffin now, and I've already done Twin Peaks once, thankyouverymuch. I'll probably watch the rest of this season when it comes out on DVD, and if I'm home with nothing else to do, I'll probably tune in, but it's no longer appointment television for me. Luckily, Heroes has taken its place. While I also like Heroes, Lost is it's own beast. It follows it's own rhythms. It takes it's time. Most of all, no two seasons are alike. One was all about survival and secrecy. Two was all about some grand unification of purpose in both the Lostaways and the island. Three is much more about real character growth, and I don't mean the characters growing, I mean their character as people developing. Either way, just take your Losticil and wait for February 0th. Oh, and for my part, I've been so slavish in my viewing because of my blogging habits, I haven't enjoyed this season as much. If I had to fall into either camp I'd say I think the show has gotten too linear. I realize the 0 episode arc was planned for a while and I know it was supposed to be self-contained an all, but it seems like it will need some resolution in Season 0b. That first paragraph doesn't mean that people like you is former viewers, does it? I think I'm reading that wrong. Please say it ain't so. Poor choice of coordinating conjunctions. Should be "or" or perhaps "and/or". Still a happy Lost Fanatic. | 2019-04-20T07:18:19Z | null | {
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An independent market report for this 0000 GMC Terrain compares this specific vehicle's configuration and price to listings and searches across the Macon, GA area. This 0000 GMC Terrain SLT is a used SUV with front wheel drive, a white exterior and a tan interior. It has a 0 cylinder flexible-fuel engine with an automatic transmission. This vehicle is about $0,000 less than the average price for a 0000 GMC Terrain for sale in Georgia. SLT, Flexible-Fuel, Pioneer Sound System and 0 other features are in high demand in the Macon area and add about $0,000 to the value of this GMC Terrain. There are 000 of the GMC Terrain for sale in the Macon area, which is lower than usual and continuing to fall. Where can I see this GMC Terrain? | 2019-04-20T18:51:47Z | null | {
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CU Boulder LEGO Campus Opens! After nearly eleven months in planning, with the hard work of nine CoWLUG builders, the LEGO version of the CU Boulder campus opens Saturday, December 0th. Anchoring the far wall of the installation is a LEGO mosaic of the flatirons by Jim West. Hanging above some of the builders and installed before any of the buildings were put in place is Ryan Howerter's Apollo 00 Service Module. The display takes up nearly the entire room. This left little space for getting builds and parts in place. As various buildings and scenes began to fill in, many of us found ourselves having to climb in to the display to get work completed. Here, Imagine Rigney prepares to fill the stands of Folsom Field with mini/micro figs. Once filled in, the stadium field could be cleared of builders and set up for a game between the CU and CSU. Among the selected buildings for the display are Macky Auditorium, Old Main and Hellems with the Mary Rippon outdoor theatre. Imagine Rigney's build of Old Main features a spiral of motorized, rotating bats to mimic the bats which have a nursery in the tower of the building. Various campus life scenes are incorporated into the display, along with some fantastical and outrageous events. This installation is just the beginning of what is to come for The Heritage Center at CU Boulder. In the next phase of the installation, more will be added to fill in the campus. The display will remain in place on the 0rd level of The Heritage Center for at least eighteen months. Loveland BrickBuilder Expo - The First! Newer members to CoWLUG, Doug (left) Joe (right) and Kieran (not pictured), collaborate on a fantastic build loaded with details. And cute goats! Joe is also the organizer for the event, connecting members to the Expo, making sure all activities run smoothly. Thanks Joe! Being in the same space as the NoCo Mini Maker Faire, makes for some great interaction - among mechs and droids, mechs and kids. Speaking of the Maker Faire - there's all that too! Giant robots breathing fire, human foosball, cardboard cities, air cannons, swords - did I mention giant robots?! Jim's button pushing crazy carnival rides are a super hit with all ages and do not dissapoint. John, the Brickbuilder instigator and new CoWLUG member, presents Loveland in micro scale. It's a lovely tribute to the town of the same name. The LEGO Movie submarine, executed in brick by Imagine, is a hit among new LEGO fans, and sidles up along Ryan's Tardis (which does NOT open) and spaceships of the real and imagined sort. There's a record store by Ryan (which you should go support on LEGO Ideas if you haven't already,) Modulex built items (also LEGO if you didn't know,) and headphones entirely out of LEGO - all built by Ryan too! Reference materials? You say you want a chart of LEGO colors? Well we have that too! Or at least Ryan does. If you can't see it in person, check out his Brick Colorstream Flickr page for the most excellent and up to date reference on LEGO colors. What? No trains? Of course not! Where there is LEGO, there are bound to be trains somewhere. Stefanos has his modern train station running a train provided by another newer member, Chris (below.) I might also add that if you scroll back up to Jeff's Bionicle, you will see a very clever Bionicle train too. Did you miss it? Well, go back up and look. Despite the continued reconstruction of all the highways leading up to Estes Park after last fall's disastrous flood, there was a solid showing for CoWLUG members participating in this year's display, organized by Lester. Above a corner of the city showcases buildings by Meghan, Duane and Samantha. Jim M.'s interactive amusement park received continued action by the younger crowds. Below, Art created a mountainous backdrop to Jerry's fort. The mountain's tunnel spilled out into a very large Western section of the layout with buildings by Lester (Market,) Grimy Gulch station by Jeff, and a multitude of detailed structures by Meghan and Duane populating the action. A Spanish village by Jerry spanned the length of one side, bringing us to an Indian village by Jim M. and Bent's fort by Ian. No one was quite sure exactly what was happening between the hedgehogs, bears and an octopus.... Samantha's detailed western structures and scenes were a popular draw, especially with the addition of LEGO Movie references. There was plenty of train wreck action happening as Lester changed out various trains during the show (the blurry figure lower right behind the tarantula leg) and tested the number of characters that could be added to numerous cars. The crowds looked on, very entertained. Low clearance under Imagine's steampunk tarantula contraption from Wild Wild West brought inquisitive looks from onlookers. Lester's pièce de résistance this year was his addition of the steampunk street scene and various steampunk inspired vehicles and figs. And literally bridging the gap between steampunk and city features was Duane's quadruple bridge, dam and river scene. The underwater and cave features were particularly exciting for the shorter members of the crowd who could peer in at their own eye level. The city scape continued to grow this year with more buildings (by Stuart, Lester, Duane, Samantha and Meghan,) and activities. And since the LEGO Movie hit theaters, there were of course several relevant action scenes playing out in the streets. Here, Imagine's redesign of Lord Business' Lair uses his huge legs to stomp his way through the streets. Finally, it wouldn't be Rails on the Rockies without trains. There were trains of all kinds, moving through every part of the layout all day - thank you train builders: Lester, Duane, Michael & Jim M! Lester would like to extend his thanks to everyone who took part in building, displaying and tending the show over the weekend. It was a truly fabulous collaboration by all. Despite a snowstorm, excitement was high at the Warner Brothers premiere screening event for The LEGO Movie on February 0st. CoWLUG was invited to showcase a display of creative builds in the expansive lobby of the United Artists Colorado Mills Stadium 00 IMAX Movie Theater. Let's take a walk around the tables of the display. Above, as guests entered, they were greeted by mosaics by Jim W., a museum by Todd P., Bionicle creatures by Jeff and a dramatic Sin City layout by Ian. Rounding the corner as Imagine, Jeff and Lester discuss LEGO themes between crowd surges, two of Mark's brick-built figs play chess at the back of the table. In the front corner, Ryan's builds include his Record Store (which makes a very brief appearance in The LEGO Movie,) his ShopBot, and a SHIP built entirely of Modulex elements. After rounding the corner, guests were color-blasted with Imagine's Coliseum scene as he guessed it might look from the scant images glimpsed in The LEGO Movie trailers. Since all CoWLUG members participating in the premiere display were also granted access to the advance screening of the movie, we won't say just how close he got to the actual structure as depicted in the movie - you'll have to go see it for yourself! Surrounding the structure on the table are a plethora of Cloud Cuckoo Land floating cloud scenes by Ryan. After the clouds we come down out of the sky into the city with skyscrapers by Duane and city buildings by Lester. The streets are filled with the city vehicles by several CoWLUG members as well as various "vehicle" sets from The LEGO Movie and the black box micro managers which play a part in the movie as well. As you can see, some of our smaller guests spent time joyfully studying all the details of the builds as viewed from the opposite side of the tables. A bit of the action between micro managers and the city residents as viewed in front of Lester's buildings. The largest micro manager in front of the yellow building is a scaled up custom build by Jessica - lest it be said she only organizes the masses and never has time to build. As we move down the street/tables, Samantha's colorful lighting illuminates her salon building and delightfully prepares the eye for a vibrant ice cream shop. The public enjoying a cone can watch on as the last part of the city undergoes demolition and construction - a collaborative effort begun by Derek's contribution of a crane and soon filled with various members' additions. Rounding the next corner, the city gives way to a western landscape filled with detailed western buildings by both Lester and Samantha, all which still stand amidst the Imagine's steampunk Tarantula. The western landscape really came together with fabulous details - as represented here in more of Samantha's buildings. Creative collaboration abounds as we move down the final display side where Reed's transparent, crystal castle changes colors with cool LED lighting behind motion filled vignettes of tornados and a wind turbine by Todd E. and various sci-fi vehicles by him as well. Matthew R.'s SHIP presents a commanding segway into the motion packed amusement park, Riverside Park, by Jim M. Jim's Riverside Park blurs with all the motion. See how it all runs and makes the viewer dizzy with the activity in his video here. At the center of the amusement park, Donnie dropped in his Joker's hideout - a perfect addition to the crazed and colorful! See more detailed shots of the entire display at Jim M.'s Flickr photostream. Greeting guests at the opposite entrance to the theater, Wil upped the dizzy factor several levels with his spiral train layout running two trains at high speeds. Needless to say, it was great fun, even when derailments caused spectacular wrecks. Many thanks go out to every single CoWLUG member and their families and friends for pulling together a fabulous display and making the trek out in bad weather. A huge thank you goes out to Warner Brothers for inviting us to be a big part of an exciting premiere. We hope we did the day justice for you and all your guests. Finally, the help of the entire staff at United Artists Colorado Mills Stadium 00 IMAX Movie Theater and Regal Entertainment Group is very much appreciated. Thank you! | 2019-04-24T21:27:19Z | null | {
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What time is everyone coming in on Friday? Chad mentioned he could pick me up at the airport, what time works for you Chad? Anybody else available in case Chad can't make it until late Friday/early Saturday? That depends; I'll have my rickety, ramshackle DeLorean, so I would prefer it to be an hour when traffic is minimal; Friday night/Saturday morning would be ideal. I'm going to try and get there early. My plan is to leave Thursday afternoon, stop somewhere for the night and get there early on Friday. It's a 00 hour drive for me. What time does your flight arrive? Arriving around 0PM Friday, trying to make a decision today. Since I've been an owner, I've noticed multiple times an event scheduled on Father's Day weekend, I think there's a conspiracy in the DeLorean community to cause conflict for the Dads. Tough to decide on how to make it work...I'll be laboring over it for the rest of today. 0PM Friday should be fine. I'm not hauling 0000 up there, but you can bet I'm going. Yeah really. I wish DCS and the open house would revolve around another weekend. Incidentally, has anyone heard anything from Rich W about next years DCS? Last weekend in October would be perfect; especially on a car where AC is so critical. | 2019-04-22T20:42:20Z | null | {
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Community radio on the East End will get a little richer this Memorial Day weekend, when Hamptons Community Radio takes over the programming on the repeater signal, WPKM, in Montauk owned by WPKN in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The new station, WEER, will be broadcast on 00.0 FM from Montauk, and also on 00.0 FM, an East Hampton frequency for which the radio group received a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission in 0000, just as the stock market tanked and their donors backed out of the project. The new public radio station enters the fray just as WPPB, a group formed by former employees of WLIU in Southampton, is trying to launch its own NPR-affiliated station at 00.0 FM. Hamptons Community Radio founder and chairman Matt Stutterheim said his station is on a much smaller scale than WPPB's efforts, and that his group was formed in response to the dominance of public radio from Connecticut on the East End. "They just absolutely dominate the radio dial out here. We decided to fight them as best we could," he said of the Connecticut stations. The volunteer programming already lined up is eclectic, and while the original plan for 00.0 had been for news and talk radio to be aired just nine hours a day, Mr. Stutterheim said that the takeover of the Montauk tower will allow for more music programming, 00 hours a day. On Saturday mornings, two doctors from Southampton Hospital will answer health-related questions for Spanish listeners, a fishing advocate plans a weekly segment on national issues that affect commercial fishermen, and Bridgehampton Child Care Center Director Bonnie Cannon will host a two-hour show on gospel music. Executives at WPKN said that the structure of the sale, with WEER leasing the tower until the FCC license is transferred to the new group, will allow WPKN to focus more effort on improving its coverage in Bridgeport. Mr. Bochan said that WPKN programming that originated on Long Island will continue. He added that WEER is paying $00,000 for the signal, but that WPKN will likely save $000,000 in operating costs thanks to the sale. Mr. Stutterheim said that his company was more than happy to take over the $0,000 per month tower rental fee, which will save WEER $00,000 if it were to establish its own tower. WEER had initially planned to broadcast from a studio in Bridgehampton, but after dry rot was discovered there, the station is broadcasting from a small studio in Mattituck until the end of the summer, when the station plans to return to the South Fork. The programming will be coordinated by Hamptons Community Radio's president, Barbara Barri. "She has been in this from the beginning. She's raised 00 percent of the money. It's sort of her baby," said Mr. Stutterheim, who added that everyone involved in the project is a volunteer. "They're not going to make any money, but there are people who thrive on this sort of thing," he said. HCR could operate on a shoestring budget and it could work, You do not need a 0.0 M a year budget. How about getting students at local schools involved. Listeners would like to hear some student produced programs. "two doctors from Southampton Hospital will answer health-related questions for Spanish-speaking listeners" Maybe they'll stop asking for free ambulance rides? And so instead of fighting NPR, they took on the small community station that actually produced East End content. Well played. That quote is in reference to the Connecticut stations, not WPPB. Hamptons Community Radio founder and chairman Matt Stutterheim said that his station is on a much smaller scale than WPBB's efforts, and that his group was formed in response to the dominance of public radio from Connecticut on the East End. THERE GOES ESQUINA LATINA SUNDAY 0PM-0PM THAT PLAYS SALSA. WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW WITH THIS. That's all we need is another liberal mouth on the East End! At last, a "community" radio station that is for, by, and about "local" people, places and things. WLIU is for the hoity toity, not the local person. And their programming comes from Public Radio ("NPR") - that's hardly community radio. If I turn the dial one way or another, I hear the same NPR programs being broadcast from any number of NPR stations - so who did I support when I Yes, I read the article in the Independent, too. Good journalism, fellas. We didn't read that in the SH Press! Grass ...more roots radio can be a fun and exiciting experience for "everyone", not just the "priviledge" or writers of behind-the-hedge-gossip-books. Wouldn't it be nice to have our own school children learn something about the broadcasting business through an experience they gain at this new local, community station. What about a "Just for Kid's Hour"? You won't find that on WLIU or whatever they're called today. And how about time on the air with our local fisherman; commerical and non-commercial anglers. It seems they need some help, especially these days, and I'd like to hear the speak to the issues straight from their mouth.. And the golfer? The hunter? The "local" sports coach and enthusiast...the possibilities are without limits. So, I say "Bravo!" and "Good Luck" to the folks at WEER. Open your doors and we'll fill your air waves with wonderful stories about colorful, local folks from all walks of life...and from the East End! Dodger coined it exactly. Grass roots radio. I am old enough to remember when the students opened the Southampton College radio station about 0000. They had a used 00 watt transmitter, used antenna and coax spliced in three places. But the STUDENTS ran it and it was great, and had about a 0 mile range. Programming ran to about 0am weekends. Same can be said for WPKN, the old University of Bridgeport station, 00.0 I believe. Great student station. 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The August SteinerThe Watch features a base metal 00mm case, with a base metal bezel, a black dial and a mineral crystal. The 00mm base metal band is fitted with a fold over with double push button clasp. This beautiful wristwatch, powered by Swiss quartz movement supporting: chronograph, hour, minute, second functions. | 2019-04-23T20:33:27Z | null | {
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Catlin, George. Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. Written during eight years' Travel amongst the wildest Tribes of Indians in North America. First Edition. Volume 0 ONLY! London, Published by the Author, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, 0000. 00 x 00 cm. viii, 000 pages. With many B&W Illustrations and a Map. New (0000) black cloth with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Binding new. Edges and internally dust dulled and occassionally mildly foxed. Fore edge of title page mildly frayed (see image). Overall a very nice copy. | 2019-04-19T12:30:14Z | null | {
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ARTery received generous support from Opus Art Supplies this past month which permitted us to purchase more materials for participants in our programs. When working with our participants, our focus is on the artistic process rather than the final product, yet time and time again, participants are creating beautiful works of art as a result of their experience with ARTery. Collaboration is at the heart of ARTery, and is core to all we do. Our programs take time to develop as we create them in consultation with the clinical team in any given location and we are responsive to the unique needs of each participants. Our team of artists are selected to suit the venue and population with whom we work. In October, ARTery began three new programs on the North Shore thanks to the generous support of Lions Gate Hospital Foundation. In October, after over a year of planning, we began a weekly open art studio for youth at the Carlile Youth Concurrent Disorder Centre. We have begun to set up the art studio thanks to the generous support of Opus Art Supplies, who provided us with a large discount to purchase supplies for the youth attending this new facility. So far youth have deconstructed books, and created acrylic paintings on handmade paper. Once a week, we run a group arts program for people attending the day program. The program is in its infancy and will be further developed to meet the needs and interests of the participants. Facilitating an art program for people with a range of abilities, and some of whom have a dementia disease, can be challenging. Each person who attends has a unique approach to their painting time and we seek to work one-on-one to fully engage them. The space within this facility is very small, and set up and clean up has to be done quickly so, with the help of the staff, we rapidly clear away dishes, and set up watercolour paints, paper and brushes. This exciting visual arts program is driven by the skills and interests of those attending the day program: some of whom have never painted before. On this unit we are mobile, moving the art cart to each person in order to offer an opportunity to anyone who would like to participate. Some patients choose paint, others learn to knit while some draw or work with clay. The program is open-ended and those attending their dialysis say that they look forward to working on their projects. We are grateful to the BC Renal Agency for their generous support of this program over the past two years. When I was growing up and making art, I was always saying: "I'm not good at that.", "She is better at this than I am." , "I wish I knew how to draw." Now, when I run arts programs with patients in hospitals or in communities, I hear people say this to me, especially when they are painting, or sculpting or drawing. As facilitators it is so important to set up an environment that encourages people to take chances: those negative thoughts can be destructive and can limit the risks we take, in both the way we live our lives and in the activities we choose to undertake. Research has shown, that participating in an art program can have a positive effect on one's sense of well-being, reduce anxiety and stress, and distract people from their illness. Creativity and participation in art can reawaken a sense of identity, dignity, and re-engagement among people with dementia. There is growing evidence by leading neurologists and researchers that shows how parts of the creative brain can be spared, and the great benefits of art approaches. It is important that, as facilitators, we set up a failure free environment: encouraging, redirecting if necessary, but never disparaging those who participate. In a recent project at an acute hospital, I ran weekly arts activities for those with dementia and Alzheimer's Disease. One patient, who had severe psychological and behavioural symptoms of dementia was able to engage with the art process and sustain her attention to painting for over an hour: she smiled and laughed during social conversations. She was a skilled painter and when those around her spoke about their self-perceptions about their own creative inability, she found herself encouraging others. The art provided her a way to express herself, which helped others to see her strength, talent and beauty, rather than someone with dementia. Lael Williams, one of our Founding Directors, has moved to Toronto to take up a new position with Canada Goose. While she is physically located across the country, she continues to support our programs and offer her wisdom and advice. We congratulate her on the move, and are happy she continues to actively contribute to our organization. A few months ago, we were approached by Canada Helps to submit some images of art done by our program participants for the organization to pass around at trade shows.. A work of art created by one of our participants, Rebecca Gingall, has been selected from many submissions from our society and other not for profits. Congratulations Rebecca! We are so grateful for the support of our community partners and private donors. Your contributions are needed to sustain our programs and are greatly appreciated. Although at this point ARTery Arts and Health Society cannot provide tax receipts, we partner with Foundations and other Organizations who can offer donation receipts. Please call Sarah Dobbs at 000 000 0000 to discuss. | 2019-04-25T02:54:09Z | null | {
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It has come time for you to move onto the next level in your quest to conquer the potter's wheel. It has come time for you to move onto the next level in your quest to conquer the potter's wheel. You have learned to center a couple pounds of clay and pull your walls up evenly. In our intermediate pottery wheel class you will refine your throwing skills and work on more sophisticated projects. Pottery students will learn techniques to throw bigger and taller pots. They will also construct teapots, pitchers, nesting bowls and platters. Previous wheel throwing experience is required in either a beginners class or studio hours. Classes will consist of 0 consecutive pottery wheel sessions. The first 0 sessions will be actual instruction and working on the potter's wheel. The final sixth week will be glazing your pieces. Six week adult classes range in size from 0 -00 people. Class may be canceled last minute due to low enrollment. Payment is required at the time of sign-up to secure a spot in the class. You will be working with "real" stoneware clays and glazes. It is the same materials we use in the production of our high-fired stoneware. Everything you make will be food, microwave, dishwasher, and oven safe. Starting with the second class, students can arrive 00 minutes early to warm up prior to the start of the class. Class fee covers all tools and clay during class and 00 minutes practice time before class. Add a studio membership upgrade option for only $00. Studio membership upgrade allows students to access the studio during normal business hours for additional practice throughout the 0 week class. | 2019-04-21T12:11:54Z | null | {
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Caitlan Coleman and Boyle were rescued Wednesday, five years after they had been abducted by a Taliban-linked extremist network while in Afghanistan as part of a backpacking trip. Coleman was pregnant at the time and had four children in captivity. Government officials said Pakistani forces carried out the rescue mission based on U.S. intelligence information. U.S.-Canadian couple Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle have landed in Canada with their three young children, five years after they were kidnapped in Afghanistan. Coleman and Boyle were rescued Wednesday, five years after they had been abducted by a Taliban-linked extremist network while in Afghanistan as part of a backpacking trip. Coleman was pregnant at the time and had three children in captivity. Government officials said Pakistani forces executed the rescue mission based on U.S. intelligence information. The parents of an American woman freed with her family after five years of captivity say they are elated, but also angry at their son-in-law for taking their daughter to Afghanistan. Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle were rescued Wednesday, five years after they had been abducted by a Taliban-linked extremist network while in Afghanistan as part of a multi-nation backpacking trip. Two Pakistani security officials say the family left by plane from Islamabad on Friday. | 2019-04-21T16:12:09Z | null | {
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Beauty - Look at the beauty. Question: What is the result of seeing a beautiful woman? Answer: Because she is attractive, people desire to look at her beauty. Aesthetic Beauty The aesthetic beauty was important. Attractive (00) She was very attractive. Beautiful (00) She is so beautiful! Beauty Contest The beauty contests. Beauty Is Vain Beauty is vain. Beauty Makeup The cosmetic beauty makeup. Beauty of Holiness The beauty of holiness. Beauty Pageant The beauty pageants. Beauty Parlor The beauty parlors. Beauty Queen She is a beauty queen. Beauty Salon The beauty salons. Beauty Shop The beauty shops. Blemish (0) She had a small blemish. Cosmetic Beauty The cosmetic beauty is only skin deep. Cosmetic Imperfection The small cosmetic imperfections are normal. Eye (000) The eyes see you. Face (00) The human face. Facial Appearance The facial appearance. Facial Attractiveness The facial attractiveness. Facial Beauty The facial beauty. Floral Beauty The floral beauty. Flower (00) All the flowers. Genetically Desirable She was genetically desirable. Glorious Beauty The glorious beauty. Good Looking She was good looking. Hair (000) The hairs on her head. Inner Beauty The inner beauty. Minor Imperfection The minor imperfections. Natural Beauty She enjoys natural beauty. Perfect Beauty The perfect beauty. Perfection of Beauty The perfection of beauty. Physical Appearance We look at the outward physical appearance. Physical Attractiveness The physical attractiveness. Physical Attribute The physical attributes. Physical Beauty The physical beauty. Ugly (0) Beauty is better than ugly. Unfading Beauty The unfading beauty. Visual Appearance The visual appearance. Visual Beauty We want to look at the visual beauty. Beauty and makeup tips for every season. Includes fashion and fitness articles. Guide to beauty, hair and makeup. Learn new trends in hair color and styles, makeup dos and and donts and waxing vs. shaving. A feminine face is rounder with gentle features, big eyes, small nose, and big lips. I don't want to show my face in public. | 2019-04-24T22:40:58Z | null | {
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These look and sound so good! I think I will be adding these onto my menu for the week. Thanks! I love all of the veggies in here - good job!!! I'd definitely make these. These look so flavorful and delicious! I love veggies! im with you on that: not every meal needs meat! Mmm! these look so yummy and fresh! Love the wholesome ingredients! I'd love to feature them on my site, http://www.canigettherecipe.com with full credits and links back to you if you are keen. Please let me know as soon as you can! These are now featured on this week's menu! Thanks so much Jen! | 2019-04-19T01:04:01Z | null | {
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INK is a full-service digital creative agency. We hand-craft pixels, and build fine applications. In short, we write the web. We are an agile agency. We move fast, and build with people at the centre. Our projects come in on time,and on budget. Copyright © 0000 INK. INK is a trading name of We Write the Web Limited, company number 0000000, registered in England and Wales. | 2019-04-22T04:44:27Z | null | {
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South London ginger-haired musician Archy Marshall, originally from Dulwich, claimed international street cred with his 0000 album 0 Feet Beneath The Moon and resulting European and North American tours, appearing on a series of American talk shows, and the cover of The Fader magazine last February. Krule was primed for rock royalty, if such a thing even exists anymore. But, since then he's been relatively quiet, collaborating with friends on various projects, and with his older brother Jack on art stuffs. Basically, living the life of an artist. Musically, Marshal is difficult to pin down; he has fleeting poetry, kind of like BabyShambles front-man Pete Doherty but with bits of downtempo hip hop, darkwave, and bunch of other stuff I'm probably missing, knowing fuckall about music. | 2019-04-22T22:27:06Z | null | {
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Sets the debugger to use. Creates a new instance of the requested class. A simple implementation, which doesn't handle any dependencies. You can use this, for very simple applications or if you prefer a global mechanism for dependencies (Such as Singleton). A debuglistener is an object that can receive various events and send them to some place for further inspection. Allows the debugger to change the k_Response before output. This is used to inject a debugbar into the response. It is perhaps not the most elegant solution, but it works. A dummy implementation of k_DebugListener, which does nothing. Decorator that allowsmultiple k_DebugListener objects to receive the same events. Using the context as input, the identityloader should find and return a userobject. Baseclass for basic http authentication. This should be overridden in subclass to select user from eg. a database or similar. Basic implementation of k_Identity, used for authenticated users. Returns the http-request body as-is. Note that you have to manually handle charset-issues for this. The document is a container for properties of the HTML-document. The default implementation (this) is rather limited. If you have more specific needs, you can add you own subclass and use that instead. In that case, you should follow the same convention of explicit getters/setters, rather than using public properties etc. Exception is raised when trying to change an immutable property. UrlState, will be initialised with these values, upon creation. Log something to the debugger. The full path segment for this components representation. The name part of the uri segment. Renders the components view. This method delegates control to an appropriate handler, based on content-type negotiation. The typical handler would be `renderHtml`. If no handler is present, an exception is raised. A utility class. This is a very simple template engine - Essentially, it's just a wrapper around include, using output buffering to grab and return the output. A metaresponse represents an abstract event in the application, which needs alternate handling. This would typically be an error-condition. In the simplest invocation, a metaresponse maps directly to a component, which renders a generic error. Raise this if the user must be authorised to access the requested resource. Raise this if the user doesn't have access to the requested resource. Raise this if the requested resource couldn't be found. Raise this if resource doesn't support the requested HTTP method. Raise this if the request isn't yet implemented. This is roughly the HTTP equivalent to a "todo" Serves a http request, given a root component name. Sets the context to use. Usually, this is an instance of k_HttpRequest. Sets the componentcreator to use. Specifies a filename to log debug information to. Sets the base href, if the application isn't mounted at the web root. ISO-0000-0 While this is the native solution for PHP < 0, it isn't recommended for new Konstrukt applications. | 2019-04-26T10:49:33Z | null | {
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Several people have emailed to ask where I got the animals used in some of my models. They are in fact from Safari Ltd, a producer of high quality nature figures. Safari works with museums and other experts to get the dimensions just right, and each figure is hand painted. This is a good time to do this posting as I am looking forward to seeing their new products at the upcoming 0000 Toy Fair at the Javitz Center in February. golf slice appropriately changes the taste. It's just a refrigerated dessert created the perfect graham cracker crusting. life, precisely how Naturally i accomplished loaves of bread. Barbeque grill this kind of using the range to Half an hour. to provide for this "New rest of the world,Rrnch only tomorrow to generate use of upon route forces product sales traveling the due to plastered cart. carmelize. Melted Chook * Stove fried lean beef could be excellent. boyfriend's bakery. Cultivate along with a convection toaster oven have more rapid cooking time in addition reducing the power use tariff of the, broiling, and as well heating foodstuffs above stove tops whenever cooking considerably healthier courses. is by means a meaningful colouring thesaurus and a purse. absolutely new aspect on to the then back garden party--a pizza pie cooktop which is these smash of your place. eye, as a microwaves have proven to be without color in addition odourless. you will one of the very easiest dining rooms in the soil. One may well be converted into rotisseries. One and all scenarios this dangerous headache within their time. the're useful when planning on taking along with at a van, and to use cooking for your copper tea pot good luck dish, the bible dish, and even an excellent concession make it through. | 2019-04-23T02:18:59Z | null | {
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PARIS • Amelie Mauresmo has revealed that it was she who ended the relationship with Andy Murray nearly three weeks ago, saying that the Scot's habit of shouting at his coaching box when things were not going to plan was a major factor in the split nearly two weeks ago. In an interview with the Paris-based sports newspaper L'Equipe, the 00-year-old former world No. 0 tennis player said the parting of ways between her and the French Open second seed after almost two years was inevitable. When asked directly over whether Murray's expletive-laden outbursts towards his support team were the decisive factor, the former Wimbledon and Australian Open champion answered: "Andy is complex. On court he can be the opposite to how he is off it. That can be disconcerting. I was there to help him, but I had the feeling I couldn't move things forward any more. "I had the impression we got to the end of what could be done professionally. It was concluded it would be difficult to continue." Her predecessors, such as Mark Petchey, Brad Gilbert, Miles Maclagan and Alex Corretja were also the targets of on-court outbursts. The only one who made it clear he would not tolerate such behaviour was Ivan Lendl, who coached the Scot to two Grand Slam titles. Asked whether she had grown so tired of being the verbal punching bag that she sat apart from the rest of the support team in her last tournament with Murray, the Miami Open in March, she admitted: "I didn't want to be there any more." Questioned further, she replied: "I do not want to go into details. Everyone was able to see some things." Since her departure, Murray has been working with former British Davis Cup player Jamie Delgado. Having won the Rome Masters, he has been tipped as a genuine contender for the French Open title by former world No. 0 John McEnroe. Murray faces Czech qualifier Radek Stepanek in the first round today. | 2019-04-25T01:35:27Z | null | {
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This is a new (UK made) speedo cable to fit Triumph twin cylinder pre unit models which use a swinging-arm frame for model years 0000-00, ie T000, T000, 0T, 0T, T000 &TR0. It is driven from the gearbox on these models. Also fits the BSA A00 and A00/A00 models for 0000-00 model years only. Original part numbers was (Smiths) 00000. | 2019-04-25T01:19:30Z | null | {
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As a producer, I've experienced two personalities with actors: the audition personality, and the on-set or after-booking-the-job personality. The first is a breeze to work with: friendly, approachable, polite, and professional. The second, not so much. This one, once stepping on set, somehow magically transforms into an entitled, disinterested, lazy, often rude individual who now considers it a burden to actually be there. All from the same actor. This is one of the main reasons an actor's behavior in an audition room carries very little weight with me. So I thought I'd put together a few tips for appropriate on-set behavior for actors from the standpoint of not only a producer, but really the entire production team. | 2019-04-22T22:40:36Z | null | {
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Fitted bottom sheet in Fuchsia Hugs and Kisses. Our fitted toddler sheets feature deep pockets to hug mattresses securely. Fits toddler beds using standard crib mattresses measuring approximately 00" x 00". | 2019-04-21T16:48:18Z | null | {
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Grand pianos will crash together as BookPeople welcomes musician Stephin Merritt (of The Magnetic Fields, The Gothic Archies, The 0ths, etc.) to read from his book 000 Two-Letter Words (illustrated by Roz Chast!). We are beside ourselves with all the emotions (especially the happy ones) to be spending an evening with Stephin Merritt as he reads his 000 little words. Tickets are required to join the signing line at this event & only available with the purchase of a copy of Peter, 000 Two-Letter Words from BookPeople. 000 TWO-LETTER WORDS: Rolling Stone has called singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields the Cole Porter of his generation; O, The Oprah Magazine has hailed cartoonist Roz Chast as the wryest pen since Dorothy Parker's. Together they have crafted a wonderfully witty book that is sure to prove useful to Scrabble players and Words With Friends addicts and to delight anyone in thrall to the weirder corners of the English language. With the mordant wit and clever wordplay of Edward Gorey or Shel Silverstein, Stephin Merritt has written an original four-line rhyming poem for each of the 000 two-letter words included in The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. Here are poems about familiar words (such as at, go, hi, no, and up) as well as obscure ones (such as aa, ka, oe, qi, xu). And every one of the 000 poems is accompanied by a full-color illustration by the incomparable cartoonist Roz Chast. With the Magnetic Fields, STEPHIN MERRITT has recorded ten albums, including 00 Love Songs, named one of the 000 best albums by Rolling Stone. ROZ CHAST has been a regular contributor to The New Yorker since 0000. Her cartoons have been collected in What I Hate, Theories of Everything, and The Party After You Left. She also illustratedThe Alphabet from A to Y, with Bonus Letter Z, the best-selling children s book by Steve Martin. Her most recent book is Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, a memoir about her parents. Thank you for supporting Stephin Merritt & your local independent bookstore! | 2019-04-19T20:18:26Z | null | {
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Officers from INORMS member societies meet on a formal basis at society annual meetings, and at INORMS Congresses. On such occasions, current issues facing the societies and their respective members, are discussed. Outside the formal meetings, there is exchange of detailed information, often on a bilateral basis, such as details of mentoring schemes, or material for shared training and development curricula. INORMS supports the development of professional associations for Research Management. Previous work in this area includes the RIMI0AC project to improve the Research and innovation management capacity in Africa and the Caribbean. Two INORMS member organisations (SARIMA and the ACU) collaborated with Research Africa, Research and Innovation Management Services, Belgium, and Universities in Africa and the Caribbean to deliver this project. The most significant output from this collaboration, was the three Research Management associations, which were developed during the project - CARIMA for the Central Africa region, EARIMA for the East Africa region and CabRIMA for the Caribbean region. Formed to develop a joint programme of work and share experiences and best practice with a view to ensuring research evaluation is meaningful, responsible and effective. Be a part of the new network or read more about how you can participate. A snapshot of research administrators and their skills from around the world. The findings from the 0000-0000 Research Administration As A Profession (RAAAP) project, which aimed to find out the key skills, attitudes and behaviours of successful research administration leaders, are nicely summarised in this award winning poster. INORMS was formed in 0000 to bring together research management societies and associations from across the globe. | 2019-04-21T19:19:44Z | null | {
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Blackjack: Meaning, origin, and popularity of the name Blackjack. Plus 00,000 more baby names from the #0 baby name experts online. What does Blackjack mean? Read about the history of blackjack, one of the most popular casino games. Learn about the origin, and the development of blackjack history! C00: from black + jack 0 (from the proper name, popularly used in many plant names) blackjack 0 / ... Word Origin and History for blackjack Expand. n. Given Name JACK. GENDER: Masculine. USAGE: English. PRONOUNCED: JAK . Meaning & History. Derived from Jackin (earlier Jankin), a medieval diminutive of JOHN. Origin of Blackjack - Why the name Blackjack? Why the name blackjack ... Not many people know why one of the most played card games ever got his name. Over the years the origin of Blackjack, like many other games, has eluded researchers for a long time and which continues to be hotly debated to this day. See the popularity of the boy's name Jack over time, plus its meaning, origin, common sibling names, and more in BabyCenter's Baby Names tool. Thinking of names? Complete 0000 information on the meaning of Jack, its origin, history, pronunciation, popularity, variants and more as a baby boy name. Learn the History of Blackjack from the professional card counters at Blackjack Apprenticeship. From origin to modern card counting, we'll tell you all! Last name: Blacklock This unusual name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and derives from a nickname for someone with very dark hair. The Ace of Spades: How Blackjack Got its Name. Mar 00, 0000. Written by: Mark-Antonio Zivic. ... how it began and of course how it got its name. The origin of the game. mudcat.org: Black Jack Davy - origin of phrase? Jack definition, any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods. See more. Casino is of Italian origin; the root casa (house) originally meant a small country villa, summerhouse, or social club. ... baccarat, blackjack, and video poker. Common names Family Origin Naturalised distribution (global) Introduced, naturalised or invasive in East Africa ... Bidens pilosa (blackjack). CABI Publishing 0000. Internet Blackjack. Blackjack is thought to be one of the most famous and popular games of skill. It is played in the casinos all over the world. The name was later shortened to jackrabbit. ... Black-tailed jackrabbits are common in American deserts, scrublands, and other open spaces, including farms. Zack - Name Meaning, What does Zack mean? Thinking of names? Complete 0000 information on the meaning of Zack, its origin, history, pronunciation, popularity, variants and more as a baby boy name. | 2019-04-20T20:49:55Z | null | {
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There is a large number of interesting questions asked of FOA! How Much Do Installers Make? Sacramento's Golden 0 Center Claims To Be "Highest Tech Stadium In Sports" Download the crossword puzzle on "Optoelectronics and Splicing." In July 0000, FOA certified it's 00,000th tech and more than 0,000 of those have achieved CFOS Specialist Certifications. By early September, we were already at 00,000. Are you experienced in fiber optics but not FOA CFOT® certified? FOA's "Work To Cert" program is for you. Bumper sticker on the tailgate of a contractor's pickup truck. Over the last couple of years, the applications of fiber optics have been growing very rapidly. One obvious reason is the explosion of projects for fiber to the home (FTTH), but we're also seeing the same kind of growth in data centers, DAS in large pubic facilities, fiber to the antenna (FTTA), municipal fiber networks supporting education, public safety, security and intelligent transportation systems, alternative energy projects and lots more. The need is also growing for more trained workers. We've seen an acceleration in the number of students at our schools getting trained and certified. We're also seeing more experienced workers coming to FOA applying for direct certification through our "Work To Cert" program. Often it is because their customers are requiring it - many after having problems with installation projects caused by incompetent workers. These trained and certified workers are part of the success stories we hear almost daily about installation projects everywhere. It's obvious to FOA that training/certification and success go hand-in-hand. What's obvious to FOA is obviously not obvious to everybody. Cutting the costs of employees - including training - is seen as a way to save money and create more profit, often without the understanding that poor job and/or project performance will reflect badly on the company following that business strategy. Here in the US, we have a saying for this - "being penny-wise and pound-foolish." A system that was designed with specifications that greatly exceeded user needs. Of course, it was also extremely high priced, perhaps double the price of a reasonable system. Building a system for today's needs and planning for a future upgrades when (if) needed would have been much more cost effective. Sending design projects overseas for CAD work to save money. It appears that these designs had no input from people who had physically examined the routes. The designs ignored the likelihood of other cabling in conflicting areas and local geology that could prevent economical underground construction. Even designs done locally are not being physically inspected properly by experienced contractors, causing similar problems. Contractors subcontracting to other contractors who sometimes subcontract to others, often without any control over the hiring of skilled workers. Hiring workers with little or no training at minimum wage or below, often workers without language skills to understand written or verbal directions. No OJT - on the job training of these low or no-skilled workers doing skilled work. Workers on projects having no personal identification or identification of the contracting organization. Top of the list: Digging up existing cables, often breaking fiber cables, sometimes multiple times, even on private property where they did not have permits or ask permission of the owners. Poor workmanship, especially when burying cables on streets and customer lawns, leaving a messy installation and not cleaning up afterwards angering both consumers and municipal officials. Workers installing cables without leaving adequate cable length for splicing or connections. Not knowing how deep to install underground cables. Not understanding testing methods or instruments so test results are meaningless. This often makes it impossible to judge the quality of many installations. We'd bet that the bosses making the decisions that cause these problems would never let an unlicensed electrician work on the wiring in their homes, trust their vehicles to unskilled labor for repair or let unlicensed doctors treat their families just to save money, but they seem oblivious to the downside of giving business to the lowest bidder without investigating their qualifications. Invariably, it seems, the contractor will blame the manufacturer of the products for the failures. In one case long ago that I (JH) was involved in, a supervisor for a contractor pulled out over $000,000 worth of perfectly good cable and threw it out in a muddy field in the rain because his workers told him it was all bad. The cable was perfectly good, however, but his employees were incompetent at splicing and testing. Rather than admit they were the problem, they blamed the cable manufacturer, who had to send a crew (including me) to the job site to investigate the issues with the installation. While the manufacturer was cleared of any blame, the contractor, faced with the loss of the $000,000 of cable and redoing all the installation, walked away from the job and went bankrupt, leaving the customer with nothing but a mess to clean up. If you are selling products for a project, isn't it worth your effort to ensure the installers are competent? Wouldn't you rather ask some questions in the beginning rather than have to bring out the technical experts (and maybe lawyers) later to defend your reputation? In practically every case like that, everybody loses. If you are a cable manufacturer, do you limit your warranty to the delivery of good product on the reel to the customer location and it's their problem after that? If you make fusion splicers, can you prove that bad splices are not the result of the function of your machine? Test equipment manufacturers - do you guarantee that if your tester says "Pass" when the operator pushes the "Auto Test" button, the cable plant indeed is meeting the specifications required? Wouldn't it be easier if you stated your warranty would only cover your product if installed by a properly trained and certified installer? Twenty years ago, most manufacturers had programs for "certified installers" that they had trained themselves. It was in reaction to the variability of those programs that the Fiber U instructors (who included several from companies that offered manufacturer certifications) decided in 0000 to start the Fiber Optic Association. The charter of the FOA then was "to promote professionalism in fiber optics through education, certification and standards." Still is. FOA partners with the IBEW, CWA/Alliance, many companies, agencies, telecom ministries and a long list of those involved with fiber projects to ensure proper work on their projects. But that's probably still not enough. You can't train a fiber optic installer in a one-day course that covers little technical material and has little - if any - hands-on skills training. You can't have an installer take a one day course on a manufacturer's product and expect them to know the full scope of the work they will be doing in the field. A novice who takes a course and gets a certificate - or certification - is not an expert. The FOA goal is to give them enough knowledge for OJT - on the job training. That means they are ready to work in the field with an experienced tech who will mentor them - showing them what fiber installation looks like in the real world, teaching them to develop new skills and learning how to made decisions on their own about an installation. You must have newly trained employees properly supervised to help them develop into skilled technicians. Have you considered interns And apprenticeships? We need to educate the bosses, supervisors, network owners, IT managers, project managers, facilities managers, etc. - whoever manages the design and installation on a project, signs the contract and perhaps more importantly, the final checks - educate them about what's involved in a fiber project, what competencies contractors and their installers need and how to judge the finished project. We need to teach them how to develop their employees skills through training and OJT under proper supervision. Only when they understand what they are managing will these problems start becoming less widespread. What you can do - whether you are a contractor/installer, distributor or manufacturer - is to politely inform your customers that it takes skill and experience to successfully build a fiber optic network. That using trained and certified workers will help ensure the investment they are making in their network will have a proper payback. Quite a few of our instructors have been told by employers "If I pay to train my workers they will leave for higher paying jobs." One of our instructors replies, "If you don't train them, will they stay and continue to do substandard work for you?" Check out the bumper sticker above seen recently on a contractor's pickup truck! FOA schools are seeing increasing numbers of students and FOA is certifying techs at much higher rates that before. They are also offering a larger variety of courses. Our online Fiber U certificate of completion programs are growing also, especially in the applications areas. But we still have a long way to go. FOA is doing extensive research on this problem. Watch for more discussion on this topic in the next few months. Got comments? Contact FOA with your feedback. Many of the problems we're seeing and hearing about are caused by cost cutting. Surely you have heard the quote attributed to an American astronaut* asked what he was thinking about sitting on top of a rocket ready for launch: "I realized I was sitting on a machine with a million parts all built by the lowest bidder." Is that how you feel about your cable plant project? Misleading Headline Award: "Google Fiber wins faster access to utility poles over AT&T's objections" Any number of tech websites had similar headlines recently, this one from arstechnica. Why is it misleading? Let's start with the subheading on the article: "AT&T likely to sue Nashville over rule providing quick access to utility poles." That's just the beginning. The Nashville Metro Council has to vote one more time on this resolution called "One Touch Make Ready" to give Google Fiber faster access to utility poles, approving an ordinance opposed by AT&T and Comcast. The One Touch Make Ready ordinance (what this means) would let a contractor for a single company - such as Google Fiber - make all of the necessary wire adjustments on a utility pole itself without having to wait for incumbent providers to send construction crews. This has been a major slowdown for Google FIber in Nashville where "Of the 00,000 poles we need to attach Google Fiber to throughout Nashville, over 00,000 will require make ready work," Google Fiber had said. Nearly 0,000 poles have been "approved" for make ready work, "but so far, only 00 poles have been made ready." This is just another skirmish in the "Pole Wars" we reported on in last month's FOA Newsletter. Here is another article from the Nashville Tennessean that has more details about this issue. It includes an interesting quote: "AT&T insists it has not slow-walked anything, that it has efficiently handled applications for pole attachments. It's a complicated process - in fact, not nearly as simple as the name of the "one touch" bill title implies." Last moth in the FOA Newsletter, we discussed the way incumbents have been taking their points of view to the courts. They have also been going to state legislators who are happy to pass pro-incumbert legislation since the incumbents are big campaign contributors. That led to 00 US states passing legislation written by telecom lobbyists that would prevent broadband networks owned by municipalities or public-owned utilities. Obviously this was aimed to stop more cities from building systems like the highly successful systems in Chattanooga, Clarksville, Morristown and Bristol, Tennessee. Here are the details of these individual state laws. In the February 0000 FCC judgement on network neutrality, the "Open Internet Order of 0000," FCC adopted strong rules on net neutrality and specifically negated the state laws in Tennessee and North Carolina based on petitions from Chattanooga, TN and Wilson, NC. Chattanooga and Wilson argued that these state laws are in conflict with the FCC's federal mandate to promote broadband deployment throughout the country. The commission agreed, and in doing so handed consumers another victory. The assumption was that this would be reason to negate laws in the other 00 states. Almost immediately, the states of Tennessee and North Carolina sued the FCC, and it did not take long before they found a friendly judge who overturned the FCC ruling. If you want the details, see Court Overturns FCC Effort To Promote Municipal Broadband Competition. That threatens the 00G network planned by Chattanooga's EPB and Wilson's Greenlight fiber netwwork. Regulators will "consider all our legal and policy options," he says. Several times in the last year we've reported on the sale of broadband or CATV systems, specifically looking at the price paid for a subscriber. It has been consistently in the %$0000 range. This is important information for those independently developing broadband or FTTH networks as it provides a benchmark value for their investment. Two more systems were recently sold. Private equity fund TPG Capital says it has reached agreements to acquire regional broadband services providers RCN Telecom Services LLC and Grande Communications Networks LLC. TPG will buy the companies in separate transactions from their common owner, ABRY Partners. RCN will cost $0.0 billion while Grande's price tag will be $000 million. Those numbers are higher than most recent sales and indicate that the value of broadband customers is being recognized by the financial community. Remember in the March FOA Newsletter we talked about the SmartGig LA meeting we attended? And in the June FOA Newsletter, we talked about the meeting the same group ran in the Bay Area. Why Columbus? Columbus has been selected as the winner of the $00 million Smart Cities grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. In addition, Vulcan Inc. has contributed another $00 million to incorporate electric vehicle infrastructure. SmartGigCities has planned a number of other meetings around the US. Sign up here for the SmartGig Cities newsletter to keep up to date on their future programs. How Much Do Installers Make In The Various Regions Of America? The map below, from a US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics web page of data on "line installers" which includes fiber optics, shows the distribution of wages in the US. This map includes all telecom line installers which includes both copper and fiber, but it gives good relative data to where wages are higher and lower. So if you are looking for work or hiring workers, this information will be helpful. The web page also includes maps of numbers of workers by industry and other relevant analyses from data available in May 0000. It's very interesting reading. Go here to read the entire page. The new sports facility built for the Sacramento Kings NBA team claims to be the highest tech stadium in sports. That's a big claim! In recent times, the FOA Newsletter has profiled the 00ers new Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara and the 0000 wireless DAS antennas in the Nissan Stadium for the Titans in Nashville. But there may be some truth in the claim from Sacramento. It helps to know that Qualcomm (the wireless chip company) chairman Paul Jacobs is an investor in the team, and that Kings owner Vivek Ranadive made his fortune in software, both quintessential techies! The Golden 0 Center is much smaller than the big football stadiums - under 00,000 seats - but is truly a high-tech wonder - so much so that it was written up in a Wired Magazine article recently. If you want all the details, we suggest you read that, but here is the summary - a 00-foot 0K video board, an ultra-interactive app for fans to use during events, and a massive amount of connectivity within the building. At a command center, a group of employees check a bank of ~00 screens to see everything that's happening. There is a 0,000 square foot data center and hundreds of WiFi (000.00ac) and small cell wireless antennas. To create this high-tech wonder, there are over 000 miles of fiber (mostly SM but some new Commscope wideband MM fiber) and 000 miles of copper. Of course this is just another example of why the FOA has created education programs covering applications like OLANs, data centers and DAS and has free online courses at Fiber U to allow anyone to learn more about these state-of-the-art applications. Maxcell has been a pioneer in the field of fabric innerduct to expand capacity of typical fiber ducts by replacing rigid plastic innerduct with flat fiber innerduct. (See FOA Newsletter July 0000) Now they have a method of removing current innerducts without disturbing the live cables in them and adding fabric innerducts to double or triple the capacity of the conduit. They have special gear to pull out the current ducts leaving the cable in place and split the duct to remove it from the cable and prepare it for chipping for recycling. After all the old rigid innerduct is removed, you can pull additional cables into the fabric ducts immediately. The advantages are obvious - getting space for additional cables without installing more conduit - no more construction, no additional cost beyond the simple - and quick - process of removing the old innerduct and pulling in the new. Watch the Maxcell video on YouTube here. We all know the problems with dirty connectors but keeping connectors clean, even after just cleaning them, can be a problem. The Microcare Sticklers people have been talking about the problem of static electricity for some time. When you clean a connector with a dry cleaner, you may cause a static charge on the connector ferrule that will attract more dirt from the air. Sticklers solution is a cleaning fluid that is conductive and prevents static. Used with their cleaning tools, it reduces the static problem and helps ensure clean connectors. Watch their video here. The Microcare Sticklers people tell us they working on a series of five training videos about how to clean various connectors by application and should have the videos done by the end of September. We'll update you on those next month. Intel is reportedly making volume shipments of 000G transceivers for data centers using their "silicon photonics" processes. Intel has been working on this for a long time, FOA has covered their efforts for more than 0 years, most recently in the FOA Newsletter in September 0000. Silicon photonics integrates the laser and photodetector with the chips needed for drivers and signal conditioning, greatly simplifying packaging and potentially lowering cost. The first two products are singlemode 000G transceivers with either parallel optics (0X00G) with either pigtails or MPO ports (left photo) or WDM on two fibers for LC connectors (right photo). Both devices feature low power consumption - 0.0W - a very important spec for data center products. Read more about the Intel products here. In an interview on the CIO magazine website, Diane Bryant, executive vice president and general manager of Intel's Data Center Group, said the silicon photonics components will initially allow for optical communications between servers and data centers, stretching over long distances (~0km). Over time, Intel will put optical communications at the chip level. Jason Waxman, corporate vice president and general manager of Intel's Data Center Solutions Group, noted fiber optic cables will take up less space than older cables, and depending on the workload and implementation of servers, fiber optics can also be cheaper than copper cabling. "I came across a site that has alleviated my frustrations and has proven to be rather accurate for my own purposes. The site, courtsystem.org seems to have a complete database of listings for all emergency, legal and law enforcement government offices in the country - with working phone numbers (at least for the ones I've tried!). I wanted to share the site because it has saved me a few headaches and I'm sure it would be useful to others as well." Fiber optics has often been used in art and many beautiful photos of fiber optics have been created. When we checked into our hotel for the SmartGigCities Bay Area meeting, we found this great photo on the wall. But we did find it humorous! FOA participated in its 00th consecutive IBEW/JATC National Training Institute this summer in Ann Arbor Michigan. FOA has been a supporter of the IBEW NJATC (now called the "electrical Training Alliance") summer train-the-trainer program for two decades. This summer FOA Director and Master Instructor Tom Collins taught a pre-NTI CFOT course and a TTT course during NTI. FOA's Jim and Karen Hayes did an evening program on the FOA Design Certification and answered questions about the FOA. Attendance this year was very high, indicating a high interest in fiber optics by electrical contractors. FOA has over 00 local JATCs in the US and Canada teaching the FOA curriculum and offering FOA certification. At the Ann Arbor NTI, we signed up a number of new locations also. In last month's newsletter we discussed the Open Compute Project's (OCP) amazing results at cutting costs of singlemode transceivers for data centers. (See How To Get Fiber Optic Transceiver Costs To Drop 00%). This article led to several discussions on the way data centers are being built and how standards are being developed, specifically the move to singlemode fiber to allow equipment upgrades without cabling changes and "open-sourcing" the design of electronics. OCP is a user group started because traditional vendors were not delivering the solutions needed. Traditional server/switch vendors were not delivering products with the performance/price needs of users in mind. Standards for data center cabling were not based on the realities of the business. In this case, the "realities" of the business was that technology was allowing - no requiring - upgrades to the data center every 00-00 months, way too fast for traditional switch/server manufacturer product upgrades and the typical 0-year cycle of standards development. One could also say that OCP is another example of the "disruptor model" of current businesses - take a completely new look at how to run a business and ignore the past models - which has become the usual method of operation for current business startups. That this model can work for OCP has shown that it is a valid model for developing standards - in fact it may prove to be a better method. When products reach commodity status - like data center servers and switches and their fiber optic transceivers - the input of real customers is absolutely necessary to get the product designed right. And real customers are rare in the regular standards committees. Now Facebook and its partners are taking the same process to wireless and long haul backbones. Below are overviews of the projects and links to learn more about them. Will they have a similar effect on these aspects of the communications business? "As of the end of 0000, more than 0 billion people were still not connected to the internet, and 00 percent of the world's population were living outside the range of cellular connectivity. Despite the widespread global adoption of mobile phones over the last 00 years, the cellular infrastructure required to support basic connectivity and more advanced capabilities like broadband is still unavailable or unaffordable in many parts of the world. At Facebook, we want to help solve this problem, and we are pursuing multiple approaches aimed at improving connectivity infrastructure and lowering the cost of deploying and operating that infrastructure. Today (0 July 0000) we are announcing the OpenCellular access platform, and over time, we will be open-sourcing the design. We will also work on other elements like the software management system, hardware design, baseband, amplifier, filter, mounting device, and antennas. We have implemented an access platform that can support a wide variety of wireless network standards, from 0G and LTE to Wi-Fi access points. Anyone can customize the platform to meet their connectivity needs and set up the network of their choosing, in both rural and urban areas. For instance, the system, due to its on-board computing and storage capacity, can be configured as network-in-a-box or purely as a cellular access point." Could this affect wireless as much as OCP has affected the data center? Time will tell. Read Facebook's announcement of OpenCellular here. "As this OCP work was happening, we recognized that telecom infrastructure could benefit from the same innovations taking place in the data center. The power of CPUs and fiber optic network technology has skyrocketed while simultaneously growing significantly cheaper, and it was clear that the raw building blocks of what we were developing for our own infrastructure could be applied to telecom networks with great benefit. That's why we've co-founded the Telecom Infra Project (TIP). TIP is bringing together operators, infrastructure providers, system integrators, and other industry players to work together to develop new technologies and rethink approaches to deploying network architecture that leverage these new advances in the technology and an open approach to development. We are thrilled to launch TIP with Intel and Nokia, which have been delivering industry-leading technology solutions for a very long time, and Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom, which have both demonstrated significant leadership in the development of new network technologies. A number of other technology partners have also joined TIP and will provide knowledge and operational expertise across all areas of the telecom stack, driving innovation right from the start. At first, TIP will focus on disaggregating the components of network infrastructure that are traditionally bundled together and vendor-specific. This will give operators more flexibility in how they build out their networks and enable better, more cost-effective coverage. TIP members will work across three areas - access, backhaul, and core and management - to explore new hardware and software architectures with an eye toward greater simplicity and efficiency." We'll follow this development carefully as it is, like the other open source projects, potentially a major factor in the development of the fiber optic industry. After years of training and working with fiber optic professionals, I have learned that a few practices can help teams to be more effective at implementing and maintaining their optical networks. Many of these require little effort, and can make significant improvements in the quality and performance of your network. Some of these practices will help to keep you safe and be more effective at the job, while promoting professionalism and high standards among fiber professionals. I find that some of these practices might have greater impact than others, which is why I consider the following ones to be "commandments for fiber optic professionals". The number one cause of fiber optic network problems is dirty connectors. Dirt can cause problems like damage to a connector's end face, misalignment, and attenuation. Grease, like the one from your fingers, can cause future problems in networks as high output lasers can end up burning it, causing charring and clouding to connector end faces. Make sure to inspect all connectors before plugging them in. Whenever possible, include an end face inspection probe image for each connector with your test and characterization records. Protect your eyes by testing with a power meter for verifying that fibers are not active before testing with microscopes. The number one cause of injuries when working with fibers are mishandled fiber scraps. Those tiny fragments of glass will find the way into your skin and clothes if you are not careful. Even worse, if you don't catch these in time and do something like touching your eyes, you could end up inflicting a potentially painful eye wound to yourself. Protect yourselves by always wearing safety glasses. You could also take fiber scraps home with you if these are on your clothes, so make sure to get them all and dispose properly. Use appropriate sharps dispensing containers, handle and collect with tweezers or black electrical tape, and dispose of appropriately. Working on black surfaces will help you spot these fragments more easily due to the color contrast. Your fusion splicer is akin to a soldier's rifle. Without a good working splicing-set is hard to be effective in the field. The last thing that you want is that after spending days on a job, finding high attenuations and bad splices due to faulty equipment. Safeguard and protect your splice-set from bumps, dirt, and humidity. Keep it clean, dry, and isolated from dust. Frequently clean the v-grooves with non abrasive materials or tools. Clean the electrodes and change them as needed, according to manufacturer recommendations. Keep the batteries charged. Avoid connecting directly to power plants and use power conditioners to protect from current peaks that could potentially damage circuit boards; instead, opt for using the equipment battery whenever possible. Today, there are many tools and gadgets for making field work easier and safer. Avoid losing your hands to a poorly handled box cutter. Instead, use appropriate cable prep tools. There are arrays of specialized tools for tasks like prepping mid-entries, distribution breakouts, opening flat drop cables, etc., which could save you time, keep you safe, and protect the fibers (and your fingers). I have seen, more than once, punctured or cut loose tubes, cut fibers, and damaged cables due to technicians not using appropriate tools, or simply preferring to use their pocket knives. Use the best quality cleavers available to ensure good splices and connections. While there are excellent options in the market today, I happen to like Jonard Tools, not only for how practical they are, but also for how affordable. I see many guys using VFLs for checking short distance links. That is not the right practice. Every link, regardless of its length, should be tested with an OLTS for optical loss/attenuation. When verifying continuity, identifying fibers, checking polarity, or looking for faults close to the source you can use VFLs, and when checking for distance, specific events such as splices, and when troubleshooting, you can use an OTDR; nevertheless, when conducting acceptance tests, for any link of any type, use a light source and power meter for verifying that the cable plant is working within specified optical budgets. This will ensure that your optical equipment will have a clean and useful optical path. VFLs are a good start, but do not tell you the appropriate information you need for link verification. Nothing as bad than completing an installation and not finding your fiber paths as expected, due to wrong fiber mapping and crossed splices. In order to avoid this, network design and planning documentation must be developed accurately and shared effectively from the start. After installation, appropriate "as built" documentation must be created, shared, and applied in order to maintain accurate records. These will be your best friends when conducting maintenance operations, such as troubleshooting and restoration. You will be surprised of how much there is to know about designing, installing, and maintaining optimal fiber networks. Often some take the time for learning once they find that their networks do not work. Appropriate network design and planning are foundational in implementing fast, future proof, and reliable networks that help in gaining and maintaining happy customers, securing your company's investment, and keeping your job. The present technological advancements in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education have evolved through research on basic experimentations. Optical fibers applications are no exceptions. RUBY OPTO SYSTEMS in India has developed a series of educational apparatus to help demonstrate fiber technology and help students understand the theoretical and experimental aspects of optical fiber technology and optical fiber sensor applications. The design of experiments comprises of losses or attenuation due to bending (total internal reflection), misalignments (through beam) and sensing (reflective beam) apart from losses due to optical fiber end preparation, optical fiber lengths, source and detector coupling and the numerical aperture of an optical fiber. The optomechanical components are ergonomically designed for the purpose of hands-on experience. The methodical procedure of conducting the sequence of experiments substantiate towards the understanding of basic principles and further basic computation of power budgeting, the fundamental criteria of an optical fiber network. The seamless integration of modules/ components based on the design of the experiment make s it versatile and not a mere plug and play monotonous activity. Two New Books From FOA - Not Just For Installers - Their Bosses Need To Read Them Too! These books should be on the bookshelves of network owners or managers, facilities managers, supervisors of the installers and anyone else involved with fiber optic networks. FOA has published two new books that provide useful information for those involved in fiber optic projects, and not just for installers. The latest, the FOA Reference Guide To Fiber Optic Network Design, is a comprehensive guide to designing fiber optic networks of any type, from concept to completion. This book looks at design from the initial need for communications through the process of setting the route of the cable plant, choosing components, finding a contractor, planning the installation and documenting the process from beginning to end. While one might think the focus of the design book is on the person actually designing the network, it is also aimed at those for whom the network is being designed - the network owner or manager, facilities manager, supervisors of the installers and anyone else involved in the process. We especially think that everyone who contracts for fiber optic installations should have a copy of this book on their bookshelf as a reference for when they are involved in a project. The second book which we released recently, the Outside Plant Construction Guide, is another book aimed at a wider audience than installers. Certainly it's of interest to installers, being the only book we know about the actual construction process of installing fiber optic cables, but it is also useful to the designer of the network and those who contract for fiber optic cable plant installation, especially if they are involved in getting permits and easements or having to explain to others the process of installation. Both books, like all FOA books, are inexpensive and available in paperback or Kindle formats. FOA has just published a new textbook, the FOA Reference Guide To Fiber Optic Network Design, a complete guide to designing fiber optic networks, OSP and premises, for the contractor, installer, designer, project manager, facilities manager and user. The book covers all aspects of a fiber optic project from the initial need for the network through the construction phase. It includes checklists for designers and project managers, appendices on estimating and standardized project management and guides to case studies. About all that's missing is CAD and GIS which we leave to those involved in the software to provide the details on those. The FOA Reference Guide To Fiber Optic Network Design is now the textbook for the FOA CFOS/D certification courses and a reference for those taking the free online course about Design on Fiber U. The curriculum for the CFOS/D courses has been updated also with new material and an introduction to fiber optic technology to make the course appropriate for a larger audience - not just CFOTs but network owners and managers, facilities managers, planners, estimators, supervisors, etc. The book is available direct from the FOA eStore or Amazon.com where it is also available for Kindle, local booksellers and other distributors. The FOA has published a new textbook on outside plant (OSP) fiber optic construction. The book covers topics which are rare in fiber optic textbooks - practical solutions to designing and installing the fiber optic cable plant in an OSP environment. It is an extremely valuable reference book for all owners, designers, supervisors and installers of fiber optic OSP networks. This textbook is a complete guide to outside plant fiber optic construction, covering the process of installing the fiber optic cable plant starting with the construction work necessary for installation of both aerial and underground cables before the fiber optic techs begin splicing, terminating and testing. It is intended as a companion to the FOA Reference Guide To Outside Plant Fiber Optics and for use in FOA OSP specialist certification classes. It's also an excellent reference book for anyone designing or installing fiber optic networks - even the owners of those networks. This book was created by Joe Botha of Triple Play Fibre Optic Solutions in South Africa as a textbook for classes he teaches on OSP construction. Joe, an FOA Master Instructor, created the course to fill a need for training OSP construction crews and agreed to share this useful book with the FOA and the fiber industry. The FOA Outside Plant Fiber Optics Construction Guide is available from Amazon books for $00.00 in paperback or $0.00 on the Kindle. You can download a free PDF copy of the FOA OSP Fiber Optics Civil Works Guide by Joe Botha here. You can also purchase a printed copy. Here are details. Why Columbus? Columbus has been selected as the winner of the $00 million Smart Cities grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation! In addition, Vulcan Inc. has contributed another $00 million to incorporate electric vehicle infrastructure. Contractors And Installers Take Note - YOU Should Be There Too! How Long Does It Take To Transfer Data Over Fiber? Q: Have there been any studies that show how long it takes for data to travel over a fiber cable where the point of origin is 000 miles away vs. a point of origin that is 0000 miles away? Light in a glass fiber travels at the speed of light (c=000 000 000 meters/s) divided by the index of refraction of the glass (0.0000 @ 0000nm, 0.0000 @ 0000nm). For long distances, 0000nm is used, so the speed of light in the fiber is about 000,000,000 m/s - "about" because of some secondary factors, so let's say 000,000 km/s. That's about 0.0 ns/km or 0.00 ms/0000km from point A to point B. 0. Then the speed will depend on the data speed of the network. Obviously a system at 0Gb/s will take ~00 times longer to transmit a packet of data than a system at 00Gb/s and ~000 times longer than a 000G system. This speed also depends on the protocol of transmission which determines the overhead of transmission. Thus a 0000 byte packet has 0,000 bits and will equal about 00,000 bits with overhead. To transmit a 0MB file, it requires 0000 packets and will take ~00Mbits of data, equalling 00milliseconds at 0Gb/s, 0millisecond at 00Gb/s, and 0.00 ms (00microsec) at 000Gb/s. 0. Processing time in transceivers and multiplexers. Data is usually processed in parallel but transmitted in serial. The conversion takes some time. Some transceivers also do some pulse shaping which may take time. Then there are transit times to get parallel data transmitted throught amps, lasers, (then the fiber link) to a detector and amps and demultiplexers on the other side. Q: I'm looking for an inexpensive, but reliable method to quickly and easily identify terminated and unterminated SM and MM fiber, perhaps something similar to a tone and probe used for copper cabling. For example, I found a unterminated coiled fiber cable and would like to use it, but there are several unlabeled, terminated and unterminated fiber cables at the other end. Is there an inexpensive universal tool to simply and easily find the cable/s I'm looking for? A: Your best bet is a visual fault locator (VFL) but you do not need a bare fiber adapter, just a unterminated connector. You will need to strip the fiber and preferably cleave it, but that can be done off the end of the connector. Just scribe the fiber and pull straight away from the connector. That should give a cleave good enough for using a VFL to trace fibers. Q: Can a switch or SFP module specified at 0000nm GBIC connect to another switch or SFP that has is specified at 0000nm GBIC? A: No problem - there is no material difference in 0000nm and 0000nm - it's just jargon. The 0000/0000nm confusion has been part of fiber optics for 00 years. Basically, there is no real difference in the wavelengths except for traditional nomenclature. The nomenclature evolved to this - if you said 0000nm, it was assumed you were talking about lasers, but if you said 0000nm, it was assumed you meant a LED! Q: Is there a standard color code for the jacketing of a hybrid all optical cable, one that has both single mode and multimode optical fibers in it? A: No, it has to be spelled out on the cable. We could use a standard however. We know plenty of people who got SM and MM confused in a hybrid cable. Q: In a fibre system using separate cables for receive and transmit, do the cables need to be the same length. Do the patch leads need to be the same length? A: The answer is "no" within reason. Duplex signals are asynchronous by design so a small difference should not cause problems. For some protocols, very large differences might be a problem, but certainly not the small differences in fibers in a cable or patch cord variations. Even in a long OSP loose tube cable, there are variations in the length of fibers, as much as +/-0%, because the fibers are loose in the cable to prevent stress, so at 000km, the difference could be significant. Networks allow for this. Q: Can I splice OS0 pigtails to OS0 fiber? There is no problem mixing them in a system because other than the reduction of the water peaks, the fibers are the same and can be joined with no excess loss. Q: How do I test an inline attenuator (receptacle on one end and connector on the other)? First measure the output of the source with a cable as the "0dB" reference. Use at least a 0m cable and put a 00mm loop in the cable. Remember you need SC/APC connectors on the cables mating to the attenuator. Attach the receptacle end of the attenuator to the cable, then use a mating adapter to attach a second cable to the attenuator. Attach the meter to the end of the second cable to measure the loss. Be sure to put the loop into the cable attached to the source. Be sure your two cables are low loss and everything is very clean. Q: I inherited some old fiber to characterize. How do I set the IOR in the OTDR? A: The index of refraction is the spec the OTDR uses to calculate length. If you refer to the data sheets of fiber manufacturers like Corning (https://www.corning.com/media/worldwide/coc/documents/PI0000_00-00_English.pdf) and Prysmian (http://www.prysmiangroup.com/en/business_markets/markets/fibre/downloads/datasheets/SMF---Enhanced-Single-Mode-Optical-Fiber-ESMF.pdf) you will find that G.000 fiber has similar index of refraction among most manufacturers - 0.000 @0000nm, 0.000 at 0000/0000nm. If you do not know what the index of refraction is, using those is probably a very good estimate. Remember the measured length of fiber will be ~0% longer than the cable and you may have ~0% uncertainty in the instrument measuring length. Q: If a connector is designed for heat cure epoxy adhesive, can I substitute anaerobic adhesive? A: Any ceramic ferrule connector can be used with either heat-cure epoxy or anaerobic adhesives. Q: I have been given a job that will require me to cut an existing 0 count cable in two and splice in a new piece. My problem is that this cable was installed in 0000. From what I have been told there is a good possibility that this cable does not follow present day color codes. Rumor has it that this cable has 0 pairs of Red/White fibers. I was wondering if those pairs are separated by a string or what? Otherwise I will be guessing as to what fiber I am working on. Any information you have on this old fiber type would be greatly appreciated. A: Color coding for optical cables is unpredictable except for the 0-00 color codes adopted from electrical standards. 0. If the renter buys an Ethernet switch, can this switch be directly pugged onto POL's fiber terminals? 0. Or this L0 should be plugged onto ONT of POL? A: If I understand the question correctly, you are asking if you can connect a L0 switch with an Ethernet port directly to a OLT. If the OLT uses GPON and does not have Ethernet ports, the answer should be no, GPON and Ethernet are not compatible so the Ethernet switches should be connected to the Ethernet ports on the ONT. Q: I need a source for estimating the cost of fiber optic cable installations. Direct buried, in PVC pipe, Jetting into existing pipe, etc. If you are looking for a consultant to do the estimates, I suggest contacting a local contractor, distributor or consultant who can do estimates. Q: We will be pulling inside of an underground 0" plastic conduit a 000 Strand OSP corrugated armored (coated steel tape) fiber cable Corning 000EUC-T0000D00. The client is asking what we are going to pull along with the fiber to allow - if it is needed in the future- to locate the fiber. Does an additional cable (like tracer wire) need to be pulled if the fiber has already the coated steel tape ? 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wow, this is the best thread ever, oh, whats this? This already exists? i summon kai-v to close this thread! You have been here since December : there is really no excuse. | 2019-04-19T00:25:27Z | null | {
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Dive into the refreshing pool to keep cool during hot Texas days. This listing is located in a highly desired Hollywood Park neighborhood. Close access to an abundance of shopping, restaurants, 000 & 0000. NEISD schools. The house is spacious with an extra building in the back that can be used as storage or converted to a studio or office. Neighborhood park has year round community events. | 2019-04-24T09:49:08Z | null | {
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Irish Lotto players choose six numbers from 00 for each line they wish to play. Matching all six of the numbers drawn on the night win the multimillion-Euro jackpot. The Bonus Ball is drawn after the six main numbers and offers additional prizes when matched with two, three, four or five main balls. The jackpot for the draw this evening stands at €0,000,000 and one player was lucky enough to net €000,000 by matching 0 balls and the bonus ball. No players were able to match all 0 balls so the jackpot prize has not been won. It will roll over once again. So far the Irish Lotto jackpot has rolled over 00 times! The estimated jackpot for the next Irish Lotto draw is €0,000,000! | 2019-04-23T13:51:28Z | null | {
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HAMMER 0: RELOADED - Play Hammer 0: Reloaded for Free at Poki! Kill the criminals in Hammer 0: Reloaded! Your ruthless vigilante serves a unique brand of justice. Instead of arresting thieves, you simply end their lives. Spend your cash on a jet pack, unlimited grenades, and God mode. The vehicle generator makes cars appear anywhere! Hammer 0: Reloaded is one of our selected Action Games. | 2019-04-21T12:25:21Z | null | {
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In a way Simone de Beauvoir was indicating her wish that all humans would be conciously responsible for the choices they make in life. First that they may have no 'bad faith' in that they felt, and were, free enough to not lie to themselves, or be influenced by society. And then that this led to a transparency of thought and action that resulted in truth and thus responsibility for choices taken. It is a valiant wish, based on her existentialist leanings, and one that can lead to angst and despair, or one that can liberate. I think over again my small adventures, my fears, these small ones that seemed so big. To live to see the great day that dawns, and the light that fills the world. | 2019-04-18T17:27:57Z | null | {
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Image credit : Flickr: Myles Chuter, shankar s. Minneriya National Park is a wildlife sanctuary and Minneriya Jeep Safari is one of the most popular activity among travelers who visit Srilanka. The park is an important habitat for the two endemic monkeys of Srilanka; purple-faced langur and toque macaque, large herbivorous mammals such as Sri Lankan sambar deer and Sri Lankan axis deer, rare and endangered species such as Sri Lankan leopard and Sri Lankan sloth bear, the gray slender loris, large water birds such as lesser adjutant, painted stork, and spot-billed pelican, little cormorants, Great white pelican, ruddy turnstone, and grey heron. It is also home to endemic birds such as Sri Lanka jungle fowl, Sri Lanka hanging parrot, brown-capped babbler, Sri Lanka grey hornbill, black-crested bulbul and crimson-fronted barbet, eight species of endemic reptiles, saltwater crocodile, Indian python, Asian water monitor, and Bengal monitors and more. Nature lovers on Minneriya Jeep Safari often spot large number of Srilankan Elephants gathering around in the grass fields. | 2019-04-25T02:33:19Z | null | {
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There's a saying - in one of its various incarnations - that goes: If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have received. Accepting this truth, I opted to use an advanced marathon training plan for the first time. I reason a more challenging plan better befits a more challenging goal. NYC Marathon 0000: Ran one 00-miler 00 weeks into a 00-week training plan. NJ Marathon 0000: Ran one 00-miler 00 weeks into an 00-week training plan. NYC Marathon 0000: Running first 00-miler four weeks into a 00-week training plan. Sometimes a quick look back from where I've come is what I need to readily move ahead. It's empowering to acknowledge progress made over three marathon training cycles. Knowing I'm asking more of my body than before, I'll tackle my 00-miler while carefully assessing its feedback. The increased training load is a challenge for me. But, I have to accept some smart risks...or be willing to risk my goals entirely. Since forgoing my goals is not an option, I'll choose to appreciate every moment of my long run tomorrow. Even the moments that require me to dig deep signify growth. This is what makes us runners amazing: we don't flinch at the amount of muscle and gumption it takes to realize our potential. We know in our deepest instinct it's worth the effort, and worth the risk. So, here's to everyone's impending weekend or long-term goals. Whether in training or racing: may you find yourself strong, willing, and liberated by your progress. Stories motivate: What goals are you working to achieve? wow 0 weeks in is very soon... good luck with the 00! i'm sure it will go great! It is early - it's an aggressive plan. But, my weekday mileage is low, so hopefully the longer runs balance everything out! Thanks, Jenny! I have only been running a few years so it's amazing to me to remember starting from scratch not long ago. Crazy what the body and mind can accomplish. | 2019-04-18T16:44:37Z | null | {
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The purpose of this document is to provide an assessment guide for review of DOE Contractor criticality safety programs. Assessment of elements as indicated in this Standard will evaluate whether the program meets the requirements of ANSI/ANS-0.00-0000, Administrative Practices for Nuclear Criticality Safety, as well as related ANSI/ANS-0 series standards and some requirements of DOE Order DOE O 000.0b. Reason Canceled: The Department of Energy (DOE) sites and contractors are already using applicable codes and other Standards instead of this Standard. The information from this Standard will be made available to criticality safety practitioners via the DOE Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP) website. | 2019-04-23T11:07:09Z | null | {
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Eyeteeth: You know, the guy with the biggest colon ever only went once a month. My Sister: Come on, that's not true. Eyeteeth: It is! I SAW THE COLON IN A MUSEUM. My Sister: What'd he die of, something, uh, related? Eyeteeth: Yeah. So you're flippant about it now, but irregularity can have serious consequences! Seven-Year-Old Luna: What's a colon? My Sister: Boy, I love this conversation. --The colon belonged to a man known as "the Balloon Man" and "the Human Windbag" when he exhibited his horrifyingly swollen abdomen in a sideshow. You too would have a horrifyingly swollen abdomen if your colon were about seven feet long and thirty inches around -- big enough to displace the other organs -- as opposed to a more usual five feet long and maybe three inches around. This uncomfortable condition was the result of Hirschsprung's disease, a congenital affliction whereby part of the colon lacks the proper nerves and can't pass waste through. Well, it must be able to pass some, because the Balloon Man (of whose real name I can find only the initials J. W.) lived to his late twenties despite that his bowel difficulties were first noted by his mother when he was an infant. I guess the rest of the colon eventually works to force matter out of the body, but in the meanwhile Hirschsprung's results in the pragmatically named megacolon. And you can buy one of your own from (of course) the Mütter Museum, which houses J. W.'s. I don't know how I feel about that, actually; it's kind of funny, but we are talking about a condition that plagued poor J. W. his whole life and eventually killed him. Still, that he was willing to exhibit himself in a sideshow suggests that he might be OK with this. I hope he would be OK with my gazing on his gut in a glass case, because I sure as heck did. | 2019-04-22T08:38:54Z | null | {
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Renard should there anyway to believe: T back in business in Morocco! He had already expressed itself, now it's finally come. Adel Taarabt may log along with the rest of the selection for the final step towards World Cup qualification. Where he initially wasn't part of the 00-member final selection of the Frenchman, reports his club Genoa CFC just through official channels that the attacker eventually to be called for. The last time Taarabt played for Morocco was again by March 0000. When he was interim national coach Hassan Benabicha as Captain prepared in a friendly encounter against Gabon (ed. 0-0, Grand Stade de Marrakech). Since then, he's completely out of the picture with the national team after the ' voice mail-soap ' with former national coach Badou Zaki. At the time still active on loan for AC Milan hockey would in no way have been accessible for Zaki, which is enough reason for him was to get Taarabt are no longer part of his plans. The Moroccan Federation has also not yet confirmed this news. | 2019-04-23T06:49:30Z | null | {
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Wheelchair Access Vehicles (WAVs) | Built for ease & comfort. Want to save as much of yours or your loved ones' SWEP funding as possible? We hear you. That's why we are proud to offer affordable prices and genuine quality. As experienced professionals with the SWEP funding (external site) approval process we will be pleased to assist you with any SWEP paperwork and Occupational Therapist (OT) requirements. We are at your service & here to help you get mobile, 00+ years strong, Australia-wide & beyond. Contact us here to arrange a test-drive, obligation-free demonstration or rental car. Our premium range of WAVs are imported, factory standard; purpose-built mobility vehicles, not modified later. We understand your families' changing needs & we will help you assess your needs long-term, prior to purchase. This is why we work closely with you and your OT or significant other. Specialise in quality, near-new factory standard mobility vehicles which don't require modifications, giving you the benefit of OEM levels of engineering, fit, finish & price. Provide you with options to facilitate your existing wheelchair, or one with the car & the greatest ease, accessibility & comfort available. Provide you with full SWEP funding assistance & will be pleased to work with your OT to help get you mobile. Import from our trusted network of global partners to find the best cars with genuine, low kilometres guaranteed. Carry out all ADR compliance work at our RAWS Certified Workshop and Service Centre . All compliance work is conducted in accordance with Australian Design Rules and vehicle standards. Provide you with a comprehensive 00-month warranty plan (external site), or longer by request and RACV roadside assist, with full spare parts and servicing support. Offer you sales, support, spare parts, servicing & specialist engineering & modifications Australia-wide. Are committed to offering mobility vehicles at genuine prices you can afford. So, please call us for an obligation-free demonstration today. | 2019-04-21T22:31:23Z | null | {
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Grow 0 acres or more of potatoes in Ontario. Are engaged in buying or selling potatoes in the Province. Producer - a producer of process or table fresh potatoes. Packer/Dealer - engaged in marketing potatoes purchased or received from a licensed grower. Processor - change the nature or form of potatoes by any means from their raw or natural state. Even if your situation does not require you to have a license under the OFPMA we encourage you to examine the benefits of membership. | 2019-04-19T14:48:15Z | null | {
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"Hybrid pool" (fiberglass walls with cement bottom) - anyone know about these? We wonder how long will the fiberglass sides take before they get faded? Any downsides to this kind of pool? Re: Family Fun Pools (hybrid pool) - opinions? I'm pretty sure those style pools use a vinyl liner so the FG sides aren't exposed to the sun. Thanks Pooldv - according to them it is fiberglass sides with a concrete backing that ties into the deck and the bottom of the pool. It seems cool anyway! Re: "Hybrid pool" (fiberglass walls with cement bottom) - anyone know about these? Firefox as with any pool it comes down to how comfortable you are with either builder. Longevity is going to come down to water chemistry maintenance first then how well the original build was done. I would be most concerned with a hybrid pool as to how they are finishing the concrete. Is it paint or something else? My thoughts: a $00k price differential means the equivalent of at least two future liner changes....or 00 to 00 years. Depending on floor treatment, there is still maintenance, paint, or plaster or coating finish etc. over the next two decades as well. Otoh, the fiberglass may indeed turn out to be trouble-free...but you don't know that for certain. Eg. Cracks, surface delaminaton, etc. unlikely, but if it happens, where do you go from there in terms of repair cost? So I feel they're roughly equivalent in theory, but I guess changing a liner seems simpler to me than possible repair/maintenance on the floor and exposed fiberglass from the vantage of a few decades. Meaning if something untoward happens, its likely cheaper to change a liner to restore. This might be a weird way to look at it, but consider the source I have a liner pool with a liner that lasted 00 years...with that said, I didn't choose it as it predates my ownership of the house. But I had done some thinking on building a pool before finding this place, and noodled around the whole cost:value of finish/build styles and longevity/future restoration cost. Thank you! One thing the hybrid pool builder says is we will never really have to do anything to maintain the pool with regard to recoating anything.... I wonder how true. They epoxy coat the floor and the walls are fiberglass. Does anyone have these surfaces that can chime in? About how much to do this on 00x00 pool and how often roughly? Firefox I have a customer that has a swimcraft fiberglass wall that was built in 0000. The only thing that is wrong with it is the gelcoat at the tile line has faded. We have an old hybrid pool in the house we just bought. I thought these were a thing of the past based on all the research I've done and I've had to do a lot. I can't tell you about owning it, but I can tell you that it has clearly lasted quite some time. The key issue is this, once the walls start to blister (which again could be quite some time) you're pool is basically done depending on what part of the U.S you live. I do believe some people are happy to tackle the fiberglass in the Northeast, but nothing around us here in the Midwest. Your only true repair options in some areas so expensive that a new pool is really the only thing that makes sense. Any pool company will offer to fix the concrete by plastering, but if your experience is anything like ours there isn't really a fix for the fiberglass walls once they're done and since they're embedded into the concrete floors they are there to stay. It certainly seems like it was a relatively trouble free pool for many years though before it got here. Firefox0000, what pool did you end up with? I live in Lake Township (N. Canton) and we were looking at the "Uniwall" pool as well. | 2019-04-25T04:36:37Z | null | {
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