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Category Archives: Uncategorized Bottling love heart-side up spilling and overflowing my empty cup …and now it smells of home everywhere. I breathe in the scented air the noxious toxic euphoric perfume I can’t let go Can’t let go of the pearly sheen infatuated by the swirly smoke -mesmerized by the power it holds Swallow the poison […] Finding another way to wish upon a star again hold another moment flush within my arms Facing another day Sitting down to watch What little time we have slip by… Wandering astray Hoping to find you Lost somewhere waiting for me to catch you and bring you home. Tattered cobweb shawls Spidery hands and a skeletal face Up in the attic, lost in her chest she rotted and withered away Threadbare frayed heart Another empty day Hiding the hidden — (locked away) A washed-out body for a decayed dress For all the reasons that she can’t show Kissed by death […] Children are the light of our world; as they know nothing, yet see everything. Don’t cry because it’s over; smile because it happened. […] Be yourself; everyone else is taken. — Oscar Wilde
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Date of Award Master of Arts Dr. Paul C. Friday Dr. Subhash Sonnad Dr. Lewis Walker Masters Thesis-Open Access A formative evaluation of the Foster Shelter Care Unit was conducted in order to analyze the success/failure of the program during its firs t year of operation. Data on 77 cases were analyzed, and nine Independent variables and one dependent variable were bivariately tested 1n order to provide a theoretical explanation of the success/failure rate. The evaluation was conducted 1n order to supply the Foster Shelter Care Unit with recommendations to enhance its success/ failure rate and to modify its existing policies. The success rate for the unit was 48.1%, and it was found that the only significant association with this rate was the type of offense the youth committed. Thus, delinquent offenders were more likely to succeed in the disposition than status offenders. From this conclusion, it was recommended that the court use the Foster Shelter Care Unit to detain more medium-risk delinquent offenders, as well as status offenders bound for foster care. Underwood, Michael John, "The Kalamazoo County Juvenile Home's Foster Shelter Care Unit: Toward an Evaluation" (1986). Master's Theses. 1341.
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Since Rajon Rondo’s season ended, the Boston Celtics bench has stepped their game and are one of the reasons why they’re contending for a higher seed in the Eastern Conference. At this point, it’s become cliché to say that this playoff run all started when Boston’s star point guard went down with a season ending ACL tear, but no matter what side of the spectrum you’re on the results don’t lie, Boston is winning games. How is this all possible? Well, let’s take a deeper look into this current playoff run by the Celtics, and how the bench has been a major contributor to Boston’s success since January. It all starts with the “we not me” philosophy. The entire team has bought into playing as one, and they know what is required and expected of them. Everyone knows their role, and when their number is called they immediately have an impact on the game. Players like Jordan Crawford, Terrence Williams, DJ White, and even Shavlik Randolph have stepped up in the time they’ve played and have become important pieces off the bench for Boston. These are the same players who have struggled to find a permanent home in the NBA, but somehow they’ve produced numbers that no Celtics fan could have expected them to contribute, considering they joined the team halfway through the season. - Jordan Crawford – 7.0 ppg 2.5 rebounds 1.4 assists in 11 games played - Shavlik Randolph – 3.3 ppg 4.3 rebounds in 3 games played - DJ White- 2.8 ppg 1.5 rebounds in 4 games played - Terrence Williams – 2.6 ppg 1.2 assists in 10 games played Now these numbers aren’t impressive, and certainly not something that ESPN would give an honorable mention to, but these players are producing numbers for the Boston Celtics. Both Randolph and White have had to play, and not in garbage time when they game is over. These guys have been put into games during the second and third quarters. Doc Rivers confidence in these players have had an effect on their own individual games and they’ve made an impact in the limited time they’ve seen on the court. The players who are expected to do well, Jason Terry, Jeff Green, and Chris Wilcox have elevated their games, leading the bench in scoring and setting the tone for the rest of the bench. In the month of March alone, here is what they’re averaging for points scored in the last eight games. - Jeff Green – 13.6 ppg - Jason Terry -10.7 ppg - Chris Wilcox – 4.8 ppg With that type of offense coming off the bench, Boston has become a dangerous team, even when the starters are off the floor. It’s been a good five to six years since the Celtics could boast that they have a deep bench, not just on paper, but on a nightly basis during games. Recently, the Celtics have been able to put away teams without much help from the starters, which has given the veterans much needed rest in the fourth quarter. In 2010, the bench would rarely maintain or extend leads throughout games, but since January, this year’s Celtics team hasn’t had that problem. The bench has been a vital part of Boston’s success without Rondo. They’ve carried the team far during the last few months allowing the starters to take a back seat for a few games and easing the pressure off of their shoulders. The Celtics have positioned themselves to be a dangerous opponent to anyone who faces them in the playoffs. If Boston wants to go far in the postseason, the bench will have to remain consistent. With the veteran leadership this team possesses, and their determination to win, I doubt we’ll see anyone slacking or not producing from here on out. This team is special, and if they continue to trust each other they’ll get past any opponent standing in their way.
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Dennis talks to William Voegeli, a senior editor of The Claremont Review of Books. His new book is The Pity Party: A Mean-Spirited Diatribe Against Liberal Compassion. Prager content and special offers - including Prager's latest column and more. Send this post to a friend: Prager content and special offers - including Prager's latest column and more Here are some other excellent newsletters that you may be interested in: Top stories from around the world From Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonists Insightful commentary, video, cartoons, and news This day in American history Commentary, movie reviews, & more Political insight & newsmaker interviews Popular videos from a Fox News contributor
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Her Excellency Mrs. Samantha K. Jayasuriya Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Thailand on the occasion of UN International Day of Peace 21st September 2020 Embassy of Sri Lanka Bangkok – Thailand (Check against Delivery) Dr. Pornchai Mongkhonvanit, President of Siam University, Distinguished guests & Academic Staff of Siam University, Thank you very much for this honour bestowed upon my country –Sri Lanka, by inviting me to deliver this peace message, as the Siam University hosts the UN International Day of Peace in Thailand for the 10th consecutive time. I am pleased to be among a distinguished gathering this evening, as we share our thoughts on how best we can contribute in ‘Shaping Peace Together’. Each year on 21st September, the UN member States has collectively and at country level been celebrating the International Day of Peace highlighting the importance of non-violence and strengthening the ideals of peace, including urging warring parties to engage in ceasefires. All these years since 1981, when the UN General Assembly endorsed the Day of Peace, our objective is to cease wars with known and visible foes. However, this year is quite peculiar in that sense, the whole world is on a common fight against an invincible threat, a virus that tells us “unless your neighbour is safe, you are not safe”. So, ironically, this common foe has reminded that with all differences, we are equal as well- we are equally vulnerable, fragile and none has super powers. It is only through common efforts and practices, safety measures and perseverance in finding a permanent solution that we will be able to control and defeat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that threatens our health, economy and the most basic way of life. Hence, it has become more crucial than ever, to set aside all our differences and work in unison to win this new, but very real fight. When we consider Peace, the attention obviously goes to peace among nations, peace among disputed parties, and on how to promote non-violence. In that scence, ‘Right to Peace’ is considered one of the fundamental human rights. Forging global partnership for peace, beseeching parties in conflict to choose peaceful paths for resolution of international conflicts, and to avoid any devastating wars in future were the underlying reasons for the formation of the United Nations. Although it has managed to prevent another world war, despite serious efforts, conflicts around the world continues-within countries and among countries, perishing valuable human lives and brining enormous destruction to material and natural wealth. Although the year 2020 marks 75 years since the end of the WWII, there is still more than 40 active armed conflicts around us – and over the years, the warfare has got more sophisticated and indiscriminate in terms of the damage and destruction they have brought in. Hence, the need for peace and non-violence has become ever more imperative. How do we begin to search for peace? Do we have a solution? Ladies and Gentlemen, The Preamble to the Constitution of UNESCO declares that “since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.” So, we need to decide whether it is easier to Hate? Or Love? Why do we hate someone in the first place? The most simple answer could be that he or she does not agree with me. Have we ever asked the question why the other person should necessarily agree with me? Isn’t the problem being my inability to tolerate differences, or accept an alternative view point? If I wished to be loved, why don’t I begin to spread love? Message of peace and love towards others is at the heart of all the major world religions. The principle that you should treat others as you would like to be treated yourself, is found in one form or another in every major religion in the world. Most religions prize forgiveness as a strength, and discourage people from taking revenge on those who have wronged them. • the golden biblical concept for achieving peace, be it with your family, neighbor, community or the entire humanity says it “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. • Turn to the holy Quaran- Islam itself means ‘peace’ or the greetings “Assalam Alaikum” means ‘may peace be upon you’. • This eternal truth in Buddhism, which is closely cherished by both Thailand and my own Sri Lanka and as it says in ‘Dhammapada’, with no uncertain terms; Sabbe tasanti dandassa sabbesam jivitam piyam attanam upaman katva na haneyya na ghataye. (All are afraid of the stick, all hold their lives dear. Putting oneself in another’s place, one should not beat or kill others. • Coming to more contemporary terms- We all have the sacrosanct responsibility to assure that no one is subjected to ‘cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment’. This is a fundamental right enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), and in the national Constitutions of many of our countries. At the heart of building a culture of peace lies learning to tolerate, accepting the strength in diversity. On this Day of International Peace, and beyond, we need to pledge to ourselves individually and collectively that making or breaking peace is with us. Our responsibility should be building bridges between states and peoples and facilitating intercultural dialogue. International academic centers like Siam University are in a unique position to reinforce a system of collective security and to make the world a safer place. So, dear friends at Siam University, you deserve our appreciation for raising this awareness. As a country that has gone through an agonizing 26 years of internal armed conflict, Sri Lanka will join readily all efforts to prevent wars and build peace. In fact, way back in 1951, at the historical San Francisco Conference following the WW II, Sri Lanka pioneered in sharing the message of peace in support of Japan and reconciling differences between the Parties to the Conference. It was on the proposal of Sri Lanka that the Indian Ocean Peace Zone has been declared by UN in 1971. It is the policy of the Government of President Gotabhaya Rajapakse to assure a policy that helps build safe navigation, peace and prosperity in the Indian Ocean countries, given Sri Lanka’s strategic location in the region. Our soldiers are part of UN Blue Helmets, serving in many troubled-spots around the world risking their lives and supporting UN Security Council mandates. The overriding principle in our path to peace must be the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is very much a narrative of all the core principles taught in our religions and naturally practiced in our cultures. Promoting peace will be impossible without social justice, and addressing inequalities. In this regard, we note the efforts being made in promoting sustainable economic and social development, reducing inequalities and contributing to poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. The United Nations has established universally agreed instruments to protect the rights of all, but especially the most vulnerable, aiming at eliminating discrimination, inequality between women and men, and advancing the values of tolerance and solidarity, particularly by promoting the ‘Declaration of Right to Development’ and the 2030 Agenda on ‘Sustainable Development Goals’. The young people in a society, if engaged and mobilized properly, can be active agents in peace building in every country. With their youthful energy and capabilities, and ability for adaptation to new environments and technological trends, youths could act as mediators, community mobilizes, humanitarian workers and peace brokers. This is what the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security adopted in December 2015 recognized for the first time. Bringing the celebration of International Day of Peace to Siam University, and continuing it for 10 consecutive years, as we see, is a ray of hope in this regard. As we celebrate the UN International Day of Peace today, let us pledge to work hand in hand, both young and old, to build a culture of peace in our respective societies. A culture which embraces far more than absence of violence. A culture which encompasses tolerance, equality, disarmament, sustainable economic and social development and more importantly a way of life build on empathy, love and loving kindness. May you all be well and happy!
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Ten years after his lover, Cole, was turned into a vampire, Detective Brady Lindstrom is shocked to find the man on his doorstep, bleeding and in need of a place to hide and heal. At first Brady is suspicious that Cole had something to do with the horrible murders he's investigating, but finally he lets his ex come in. Heís determined not to care about the monster his former lover Cole Singer knows going to his exís apartment to heal is a bad idea, but he canít help himself. Even when Brady is cold to him, Cole can't seem to leave. Knowing Brady is determined to bring down the murderous vamps Cole's hiding from, Cole tries to protect him. Will working together to stop the bad vampires bring them closer together, or be the death of them both? Bridge Over Troubled Water is an enjoyable paranormal tale. Brady is an obsessive, hard man, made that way by the loss of Cole. All he has left is duty. When Cole returns, Brady remembers how Cole was when he was first turned and is afraid to trust him. Despite being a vampire and being distrusted by his ex-lover, Cole still loves Brady. I liked his protectiveness. Brady's reluctance to trust was understandable. Their quest to stop the evil vampires is interesting, and the conflict between what Brady wants and what he believes to be the truth is compelling. As a second-chance story with a paranormal twist, Bridge Over Troubled Water is quite entertaining. I especially liked the ending. Vivien Dean did a good job of making it satisfying without being too sappy.
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The established tourist attraction and leisure opportunity, in East Ogwell just outside Newton Abbot, Devon has been placed on the market by Commercial Property Agents, Charles Darrow. Established in 1980, the farm swiftly became well known as the home of the Hedgehog Rescue Centre, however, years on, there have been several additions to this well-known tourist destination It has been placed on the market for £1,275,000. A spokesman for Charles Darrow, who are handling the sale, said: “Alongside its prickly residents, the farm is home to a range of animals including alpacas, donkeys, ponies, goats, pigs and sheep. Visitors can meet, pet and feed the animals as well as enjoying the additional attractions which include a café, soft play area and games barn alongside function and picnic areas. “The farm benefits from breath-taking views over the countryside and across to Dartmoor. The spacious owner’s accommodation complete with private courtyard is situated at the lower end of the property. In addition, there are a range of outbuildings, barns, utility blocks, animal enclosures and stores. Adding further value and endless potential to the offering is Moorland Views; a collection of brand new, bespoke lodges allowing for holiday letting throughout the year. “There is ample opportunity for further development with a number of remaining lodge bases already completed. Each lodge can be individually designed according to personal requirements. The lodges are constructed to the highest standard and beautifully designed with vaulted ceilings, open plan living, luxurious bathrooms, kitchens and private decking. The lodges can be one, two or three bed designs and have two parking spaces.” Prickly Ball Farm is primarily a hedgehog hospital, rescue and rehabilitation centre. To support the hospital the farm also houses various animals from alpacas to guinea pigs which visitors can handle.
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Kato, Kazuto PI Lab (Science Communication Group) |Kano, Kei||Associate Professor| |Joh, Ayami||Research Associate| |Mizumachi, Eri||Research Associate| |Baba, Mieko||Research Support Staff| Science's rapid development and ever growing influence on society make it imperative that researchers recognize the social impact and meaning of their research, as well as actively engage with the general public. Since the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March, 2011, the influence of science communities on society has received attention, on the contrary, the influence of society on science communities has been growing. Our group has been developing and evaluating three kinds of science communication activities, which we call the 3Cs (see figure). Through these, we aim to develop a teaching program for researchers to enhance science communication skills in a bid to build stronger mutual relations among researchers in different fields and between scientific communities and public, and policy makers. We also work in research and development on "Science of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy" 3C activities Cafés: As in "science cafés". Young iCeMS researchers within engage in conversations with the public over tea and coffee in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. The science cafés are designed to improve young researchers in dialogue skills Crosstalks: "How to challenge a new field?" "How should we collaborate with researchers in different fields or policy makers?" A young researcher of the iCeMS speaks with experts in various disciplines on their thoughts about research and science. Classrooms: iCeMS researchers provide cutting-edge educational programs. These hands-on research seminars include both laboratory work as well as extensive group discussions. - Mizumachi, E., Matsuda, K., Kano, K., Kawakami, M., and Kato, K. Scientists' attitudes toward a dialogue with the public: a study using "science cafes", J. Science Communication 10, A02 (2011). - Kato, K., Kano, K. and Shirai, T. Science Communication: Significance for Genome-Based Personalized Medicine - A View from the Asia-Pacific. Curr. Pharmacogenomics Pers. Med. 8, 92-96 (2010). - Zarzeczny, A., Scott, C., Hyun, I., Bennett, J., Chandler, J., Chargé, S., Heine, H., Isasi, R., Kato, K., Lovell-Badge, R., McNagny, K., Pei, D., Rossant, J., Surani, A., Taylor, P. L., Ogbogu, U. and Caulfield, T. iPS Cells: Mapping the Policy Issues. Cell 139, 1032-1037 (2009). |Website||Science Communication Group Webpage Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Biomedical Ethics and Public Policy (Kato Lab)
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Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday instructed officials to expedite the construction of the new $47.8 billion railway project connecting the country’s southwest Sichuan province to Linzhi in Tibet close to the Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh, saying it would play a key role in safeguarding stability in the border areas. The Sichuan-Tibet Railway will be the second railway line into Tibet after the Qinghai-Tibet Railway project. It will go through the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, one of the world’s most geologically active areas, according to the Chinese official media. The Sichuan-Tibet Railway starts from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province and travels through Ya’an and enters Tibet via Qamdo, shortening the journey from Chengdu to Lhasa from 48 hours to 13 hours. Linzhi, also known as Nyingchi, is located close to Arunachal Pradesh border. The India-China border dispute covers the 3,488-km-long Line of Actual Control, the de-facto border between the two countries. China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of south Tibet which is firmly rejected by India. Linzhi also has an airport which is one of the five airports built by China in the Himalayan region. The Ya’an-Linzhi section runs 1,011 km with 26 stations. Trains are expected to run at speeds between 120 and 200 kms per hour. The total cost of the entire Sichuan-Tibet Railway project is around 319.8 billion yuan (USD 47.8 billion), according to a recent report by the state-run Global Times. In a video conference, ahead of the commencement of the construction of the project, Xi identified it as a major measure in facilitating the ruling Communist Party’s general plan for governing Tibet in the new era, and stressed the project’s important role in safeguarding national unity, promoting ethnic solidarity and consolidating stability in border areas. He made the instruction ahead of the beginning of the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway’s Ya’an-Nyingchi section on Sunday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The Sichuan-Tibet Railway will not only accelerate and enhance the overall economic development of the Tibet region, but will play an important role in safeguarding border stability, the Global Times said. The project would significantly contribute to the economic and social development of the western region, especially in Sichuan province and Tibet Autonomous Region, Xi said. Underlining the complex geological and climatic conditions, as well as fragile ecological environment along the project line, he called for leveraging China’s advantage of concentrating resources to get things done to accomplish this historic task, which is arduous but glorious. The construction should be carried out in a scientific, safe and eco-friendly way, Xi said, apparently referring to the fragility of the area as it is one of the world’s most active seismic regions. Speaking at the meeting, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang emphasised prioritising the safety, reliability and quality of the project, and called for coordinated efforts in promoting construction, epidemic prevention and people’s well-being. The 1,011-km section between Ya’an in Sichuan and NyingChi in Tibet is the third part of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, which will be carried out by the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. The project’s Chengdu-Ya’an section became operational in December 2018, and the construction of the Lhasa-Nyingchi section started in June 2015, the Xinhua report added.
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The Four Wheel Drive Recovery Gear That Every Off-Roader Should Have Traveling through all kinds of terrain with the elements against you is best done in a four-wheel-drive vehicle. However, even the most powerful off-roader isn’t invincible. It takes a lot to stop these mean machines but once that happens, getting them out of a muddy terrain can be quite the hassle if you don’t have the necessary equipment. Of course, you can always improvise but it’s always better to have everything at hand so that you can continue with your adventure through the Australian outback. Here are some of the pieces of recovery gear that will make getting out of a sticky situation easier. This is a piece of elasticated webbing strictly used to pull out a vehicle using another vehicle. The snatch strap usually lays on the ground between the two vehicles as the recovery vehicle is driving at a reasonable speed in order to prevent the strap from snapping. This is a very useful piece of four wheel drive recovery gear, however, be very careful when using it as a broken strap travels very fast and can cause serious injuries. This type of four wheel drive recovery gear may look similar to the former but it certainly isn’t the same because it isn’t elastic. A winch extension is used for simple straight pulling and it shouldn’t be used to pull out your mate’s 4×4 from the mud. You shouldn’t use a snatch strap for straight pulling either because it will lose its elasticity. Since off-roading is done on all kinds of terrain and you are bound to come across different terrains during your ride across the Australian outback, it is important to adjust the pressure of your tyres. Different terrains require different pressure levels and you should adjust it as soon as you come across a different ground. Of course, this needs to be done very accurately, which is why you’ll need a tyre gauge which will make this much easier for you. Bow shackles are best used when connecting a winch or a strap to a recovery point, otherwise, they should be avoided. This is because if something were to break, you’d rather it be the winch extension than a shackle. In this case, you’ll need to use 4.75 rated bow shackles. If you happen to have hooks, I’d suggest you use them instead – using bow shackles should always be your last resort. Yep, a good old shovel can be a good ally in times of need. Make sure it is a big one as the small folding ones aren’t as effective in muddy terrain and will take you much longer to dig. Using a shovel to form a narrow gutter will save you a lot of time later on as the recovery (extraction) will be a lot easier this way.
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On July 27, 2016, the Charlotte Latin Mass Community (CLMC) hosted it’s 2nd Latin Mass class series with Stefano Monaco, a native of Italy, and one of St. Ann’s choir members who has extensive experience with Sacred Music and Gregorian Chant. Mr. Monaco’s vibrant, informative and practical talk, entitled A Treasure an Inestimable Value: The Sacred Music of the Catholic Church helps the faithful better understand the role of Sacred Music in the liturgy, and to help the faithful understand what the Church actually believes regarding Sacred Music. The Sacred Music of the Catholic Church (90 minutes) Sacred Music Quick Facts (Handout) Sacred Music Lecture – Abbreviated Presentation (abbreviated)
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Mohanthal is a sweet prepared with Besan/ Gram flour often during Janmastami as it is known to be Lord Krishna’s favorite sweet. The name itself is derived from Lord Krishna’s name “Mohan”. You can prepare this sweet for offering during any festival or can simply treat your guests. Preparation Time : 30 minutes Serves : 8-12 persons Besan / Gram flour : 1/2 kg Khoya / Mawa : 100 grams Milk : 7 tablespoons Sugar : 400 grams Cardamom / Elaichi powder : 1 teaspoon Ghee : 400 grams Almonds : 2 tablespoons chopped Pistachios : 2 tablespoons chopped In a pan add 1 cup water and the sugar and let it come to a boil till the sugar dissolves in the water and a thick sugar syrup is formed. Add 1 tablespoon Milk and let it come to a boil. You will notice that the dirt in the sugar syrup will accumulate on top. Strain and keep aside. In a bowl add the Gram flour, 6 tablespoons milk and 100 grams ghee and make a crumble with hand. In another pan, cook the khoya over low flame while stirring constantly till the khoya begins to crumble. In another pan, heat the rest ghee and add the gram flour mixture and saute till a light brown. You will get a fragrance of roasted Besan and you will know that you have sautéed enough. Add the cardamom powder and mix well. Turn off the flame. Now add the sugar syrup and stir gently to mix well. Transfer the mixture into a to greased flat mould and level with a spatula. Garnish with almonds and pistachios. Let the mixture cool, cut into your desired shape and serve.
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Simon Green aka Barakas aka Mr. Blue aka Bonobo. This talented individual may have many names but his talent shines through each and every one of them. The British artist, producer, and DJ has been part of the music industry since 2000. That year he released 4 EPs and his debut album Animal Magic while signed to Tru Thoughts, which got him recognized as a pioneer of downtempo music. Today, he is one of the biggest names in dance music. After his first album, Bonobo signed with Ninja Tune and that’s where the magic began and has shined to this day. By blending the very real sounds of instruments that flow through the air with electronic cut-and-paste beats, he encompasses everything that Ninja Tune wants to put out as the label’s sound. His second and third albums Dial “M” for Monkey (2003) and Days to Come (2006) increased his appearance in media-related fields. Black Sands (2010) portrayed his further musical expansion into the attuned sounds of instruments and started to bring forth his recognition in the dance genre. The North Borders (2013) was the major turning point that made him a must-see live act as the album’s 18-month tour put him in front of a collective audience of 2 million people. Early this year he released his sixth album Migration, which won Album of the Year at the Electronic Music Awards on Sept. 21. The album got plenty of praise and is perhaps his greatest collection. It is filled with lovely melodies that harmonize especially well with the dance quality of the tracks that don’t quite follow the regular metronomic beat of the genre. Since 2010 Green has been touring with a full band in order to liven up his performances with a wider range of musical execution, which allows room for improv and instrumental solos on the studio materials. Between albums, he still enjoys touring as a solo DJ so if you keep an eye out, you could catch Mr. Blue. This year, Bonobo has been touring for his latest album, playing at festivals like Life is Beautiful, North Coast Music Festival and Rifflandia and soon will be stopping by ACL on both Fridays during the October 6-8 and 13-15 weekends. To catch him there, buy your tickets here.
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a = b = 1 just syntactic sugar? mcherm at mcherm.com Mon Jun 9 15:40:03 CEST 2003 Ed Avis writes: [... discussion of the statement/expression divide in Python ...] > I don't know about perfect - 'print' seems rather an anomaly, and > assignment to list and dictionary elements is beginning to look like a > strange special case - but I agree that most of the time it works > fairly well. For what it's worth, I agree. sys.out.write() should be used instead of the print statement... the only argument for having a separate statement is convenience in writing tiny scripts. Of course, that's a useful thing, but it in no way justifies wierd things like the soft space, the addition of newlines based on a trailing comma, or the ugly ">>". And assignment to list and dictionary elements is, indeed, a wierd case. It makes sense as a statement, but ALSO having a mutation method makes sense. The fact that some mutable containers lack sensible mutation methods (eg, dict.set()) feels to me more like an annoying oversight than a useful distinction. > Lambda is the only real area where it starts to produce > 'surprising' results, and that only because lambda is synactically > restricted to contain only expressions. But I like lambdas as they are, and it seems natural to me. Hmm... guess everyone comes along with slightly different expectations. -- Michael Chermside More information about the Python-list
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This is a fine little tea recipe for crisp Autumn mornings or chilly Winter evenings. It’s simple and delicious, as the best things in life are. 1 Tsp dried Blueberries 1 Tbs dried Elderberries 5 dried Wintergreen leaves 1 1/2 Cups just boiled water Pour water over plants, cover and let steep for five or so minutes. Strain, or drink with a bombilla. A teaspoon of honey is a lovely addition.
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Anchored by Jake Tapper, The Lead airs at 4 p.m. ET on CNN. We've moved! Come join us at our new show page. Boca Raton, Florida (CNN) - Chris Christie - a self-styled truth teller with a penchant for political combat - was notably cautious Wednesday when pressed on President Barack Obama's plan to issue immigration executive orders. At the annual meeting of the Republican Governors Association here, the New Jersey governor and potential 2016 presidential contender repeatedly avoided weighing on the Obama plan that could defer deportation for almost four million undocumented immigrants.
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By Anne Trubek Publish yr note: First released October 4th 2010 There are many ways to teach our devotion to an writer along with studying his or her works. Graves make for well known pilgrimage websites, yet way more renowned are writers' residence museums. what's it we are hoping to complete via hiking to the house of a useless writer? We may match looking for the purpose of concept, wanting to stand at the very spot the place our favourite literary characters first got here to life--and locate ourselves as an alternative in the home the place the writer himself used to be conceived, or the place she drew her final breath. probably it's a position in which our author handed basically in brief, or even it quite was once an established home--now completely remade as a decorator's show-house. In A Skeptic's advisor to Writers' Houses Anne Trubek takes a vexed, usually humorous, and regularly considerate journey of a goodly variety of condo museums around the kingdom. In Key West she visits the shamelessly ersatz shrine to a hard-living Ernest Hemingway, whereas meditating on his misplaced Cuban farm and the sterile Idaho apartment within which he devoted suicide. In Hannibal, Missouri, she walks the bushy line among truth and fiction, as she visits the house of the younger Samuel Clemens--and the purported haunts of Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher, and Injun' Joe. She hits literary pay-dirt in harmony, Massachusetts, the nineteenth-century mecca that gave domestic to Hawthorne, Emerson, and Thoreau--and but couldn't accommodate an incredibly advanced Louisa might Alcott. She takes us alongside the path of flats that Edgar Allan Poe left at the back of within the wake of his many disasters and to the burned-out shell of a California condominium with which Jack London staked his declare on posterity. In Dayton, Ohio, a charismatic consultant brings Paul Laurence Dunbar to driving existence for these few viewers prepared to hear; in Cleveland, Trubek reveals a relocating remembrance of Charles Chesnutt in a home that not stands. Why is it that we stopover at writers' homes? Although admittedly skeptical in regards to the tales those constructions let us know approximately their former population, Anne Trubek consists of us alongside as she falls not less than a bit in love with every one cease on her itinerary and reveals in each one a few fact approximately literature, background, and modern America. "Ms. Trubek is a bewitching and witty shuttle associate. " -- Wall highway Journal "a slender, shrewdpermanent little bit of literary feedback masquerading as clever trip writing" -- Chicago Tribune "amusing and paradoxical" -- Boston Globe "a restlessly witty book" -- Salon.com "A blazingly clever romp, choked with humor and hard-won wisdom...[Trubek] crisscrosses the rustic looking for epiphanies at the doorsteps of a few of our extra very important writers." -- Minneapolis big name Tribune Named one of many seven top small-press books of the last decade in a column within the Huffington Post "Why do humans stopover at writer's houses? What are they trying to find and what do they desire to remove that isn't offered within the reward store? This memoir-travelogue takes you from Thoreau's harmony to Hemingway's Key West, exploring the tracks authors and their enthusiasts have laid down through the years. Trubek is a sharp-eyed observer, and you'll want you've gotten been her shuttle companion."— Lev Raphael, Huffington Post "A outstanding e-book: half travelogue, half rant, half memoir, half literary research and concrete heritage, it truly is like not anything else I've ever learn. In brooding about why we glance to writers' homes for idea once we may be trying to the writers' paintings, Trubek has—with humor, with self-deprecation, regardless of occasional anger and sadness—reminded us why we'd like literature within the first place."— Brock Clarke, writer of An Arsonist's advisor to Writers' houses in New England "An antic and clever antitravel consultant, A Skeptic's consultant to Writer's homes explores locations that experience served as pilgrimage websites, tokens of neighborhood delight and colour, and zones that confound the canons of literary and ancient interpretation. With a gimlet eye and indefatigable interest, Anne Trubek friends throughout the veil of household veneration that surrounds canonized authors and ignored masters alike. during her skeptical odyssey, she discerns the curious ways that we flip authors into family gods."— Matthew Battles, writer of Library: An Unquiet History Read Online or Download A Skeptic's Guide to Writers' Houses PDF Best literary criticism books A scientific creation into the mimetic conception of the French-American literary theorist and philosophical anthropologist René Girard, this crucial textual content explains its 3 major pillars (mimetic hope, the scapegoat mechanism, and the Biblical “difference”) with the aid of examples from literature and philosophy. Filenote: retail epub. Flagged non-retail as guide removing of private details is needed from PalgraveConnect. By analyzing T. S. Eliot actually and laterally, and getting to his intra-textuality, G. Douglas Atkins demanding situations the general proposal of Eliot as bent on escaping this global for the non secular. This examine culminates within the worthy, yet doubtless most unlikely, union of studying and writing, literature and remark. The main the world over acclaimed eastern writer of the 20 th century, Yukio Mishima (1925–70) used to be a primary candidate for the Nobel Prize. however the prolific writer surprised the realm in 1970 while he tried a coup d’état that led to his suicide by means of ritual disembowelment. during this appreciably new research of Mishima’s outstanding lifestyles, Damian Flanagan deviates from the stereotypical depiction of a right-wing nationalist and aesthete, proposing the writer as an alternative as a guy in thrall to the fashionable international whereas additionally stricken by hidden neuroses and early life trauma that driven him towards his explosive ultimate act. Décrivant son projet pour Fragments d’un discours amoureux, Barthes précise que « tout est parti du principe qu'il fallait faire entendre los angeles voix de l'amoureux ». Ici, pas de théorisation de ce discours amoureux, mais sa seule expression. « C'est un portrait qui est proposé, mais ce portrait n'est pas psychologique » ; il se fait l’écho de « quelqu'un qui parle en lui-même, amoureusement, face à l'autre - l'objet aimé -, qui ne parle pas ». - Acceptable Words: Essays on the Poetry of Geoffrey Hill - Books That Changed the World: The 50 Most Influential Books in Human History - The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams - Conversations with William Maxwell Extra info for A Skeptic's Guide to Writers' Houses In our own analysis, we shall in fact look for it nowhere else. It was current during Lewis Carroll's lifetime, driving the author in a note appended to the preface of his Symbolic Logic (1896) to deny "such an absolute fiction/' See Roger [xlvi] INTRODUCTION Lancelyn Green's revision of The Lewis Carroll Handbook, by Sidney Herbert Williams and Falconer Madan; further revised by Denis Crutch (Folkestone, England: Dawson, 1979). P- 182. 2. All have been published by the University of Texas Press, Austin and London. The first was The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays by M. Readers may now enter into dialogue with Bakhtin (even to dispute him) at the higher level of a second consciousness, that is, with "the consciousness of the person who understands and responds: herein lies a potential infinity of responses,, languages, codes. "42 Notes i. The story is unfortunately apocryphal. It was current during Lewis Carroll's lifetime, driving the author in a note appended to the preface of his Symbolic Logic (1896) to deny "such an absolute fiction/' See Roger [xlvi] INTRODUCTION Lancelyn Green's revision of The Lewis Carroll Handbook, by Sidney Herbert Williams and Falconer Madan; further revised by Denis Crutch (Folkestone, England: Dawson, 1979). A Skeptic's Guide to Writers' Houses by Anne Trubek
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You and your Super Nintendo were inseparable. You were a "gamer" before that officially became a thing, and playing Super Mario Bros. was your jam. Which was your favorite character? Yoshi, of course! Who didn't want a green dinosaur companion and trusty steed? It seems only right to honor the cutest character by strapping on the Super Mario Bros: Yoshi Costume Kit for Adults. Whether you envision yourself as the fleet-footed character who helps Mario or Luigi navigate "Dinosaur Land," or the protector of Baby Mario from enemies, this Yoshi costume brings out the best in you. Noble, loyal, and completely adorable, adults will delight in seeing a blast from their past recreated, and kids will be excited to see one of their favorites come to life. Dino-power seems like a difficult thing to recreate, but the lovable Yoshi can be brought to life quickly and easily with this costume. Just inflate the shell, slip the straps over your shoulders, and pop on the Yoshi hood. For a full Yoshi effect, add a green t-shirt (sold separately) for the body, and you'll be ready to ride off into the sunset (or at least ready to party). While still presenting a complete character, this costume makes it easy for you to enjoy Halloween festivities without being hampered by heavy or awkward pieces that might come between you and the trick-or-treats. Recommended for Ages 14 and up.Read More You Save %0 OFF Orders placed by 2pm CT usually ship same day.
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By Lonnie Cruse Fourth of July. I think back to watching the fireworks at Cashman Field in Las Vegas, NV when I was a little girl. I hated the loud ones that go boom with no sparkles. All noise and no beauty. Still hate them. But I love the newer ones that spread out like a bow tie. Or those that go off, and off, and off, and . . . . Wow! Fourth of July. Most times it's too hot and muggy, now and then it's rainy, and once in a blue moon, it's downright cold. Picnics, pot lucks, too much food, too many people, legal fireworks the city sets off over the river or illegal fireworks somebody's cousin slipped off to Sikeston, MO to buy and set off. Skeeter bugs, bug spray, candles, paper plates, and the neighbor's dog, hoping to score some dropped food. Sparklers swung in circles, lighting up the night. Red, white, and blue. Uncle Sam. Patriotism. Fourth of July. However you celebrate the anniversary of our free country, and hopefully give thanks to those who died to keep it that way, may you have way too much fun and too much food and too many people in your life. And too many fireworks. Do, please, be careful. Those sparklers get hot.
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Sengstock backs Bullet’s NBL title credentials AUSTRALIAN basketball legend Larry Sengstock says if Brisbane can find some consistency to go with their character, they can give the NBL title a shake. And the former Bullets captain knows what he is talking about. The Maryborough-born Sengstock won five NBL championships in his stellar career that included four Olympics and four world championship appearances with the Boomers. He led Brisbane to the 1985 and 1987 NBL crowns after being an integral part of St Kilda's back-to-back championships in 1979 and 1980. He also captured a title with North Melbourne in 1994. The NBL's MVP medal for the grand final is named after Sengstock, who 12 months ago preached patience with the Bullets who were about to collect consecutive wooden spoons. A year on, Brisbane is gearing up for the best-of-three semi-final series against Perth starting Thursday in Perth. Game 2 is at Boondall on Saturday, March 2. Sengstock said if Brisbane bring their best basketball and hang tough against the Wildcats, they could deliver an upset. "They have been a bit up and down with their results over the season but it certainly looks like they've got great character within the group. The guys in the team are committed,'' he said. "It's hard to know how they will go because they have been a little inconsistent but they have beaten Perth this year so they should be confident they can do it.'' Sengstock said Bullets veteran and fellow five-time NBL champion Mika Vukona would be a crucial piece in the playoff puzzle for Brisbane. Like Sengstock in his playing career, Vukona is a highly respected, tough and undersized power forward who has enjoyed great success because he does whatever is required, whenever it is required for his team with statistics not always showing his true value. "Guys like Mika step-up in the big games. They change the game when they step on court so it's a big bonus for Brisbane to get him across from New Zealand this season,'' he said. "It seems like he has been around for a long, long time but he is still going very well. He's done a great job for Brisbane and they need him to keep doing that stuff that doesn't get on the stat sheet but changes the course of the game. "He's important for them.'' Sengstock always had faith that Brisbane would come good after two tough campaigns following their reintroduction to the NBL. "It's an indictment on the league if a new team can step straight in and win. The Bullets did their apprenticeship, they tinkered with the team and got better,'' he said. "If they win it this year, great. If they don't, they've made a significant step forward. You have to be patient and keep looking to make yourself better. They are on the right track.'' Bullets head coach Andrej Lemanis will return home early from his Boomers commitments to start preparing for Brisbane's semi-final series. After Friday's win over Kazakhstan, Lemanis will miss Australia's final FIBA World Cup qualifier against Iran with Boomers assistant Adam Caporn taking the reins of the national side who have already qualified for this year's World Cup in China.
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One Water innovation for water independence SAN DIEGO, CA “I’m passionate about leveraging branding and design to communicate complex water issues – building awareness and support for our clients’ most important causes.” OFF THE CLOCK Sarah’s focus is on the value of effective communication as it relates to clear branding and messaging for clean water programs, projects, agencies/organizations and initiatives. She has led many winning initiatives, overseeing an array of marketing projects ranging from strategic branding, print collateral, websites, social media, videos, proposals and presentations. She is highly skilled at ensuring that design components strengthen the readability and impact of everything she touches. Sarah also has experience in leading brainstorming and mind-mapping sessions and works with a wide range of clients including C-suite executives and subject matter experts. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been driven to create unique and effective communications (ask me about a report I presented in the 4th grade where I built a time-machine out of a refrigerator box so I could keep the audience engaged!). Design thinking has an important role to play in improving water issues at home and across the globe. I’m passionate about creating successful outcomes for our clients by creating clear visuals and engaging designs that educate and inspire. I am a Midwest native, and a California transplant. You might spot me thrift shopping, playing music, or making TikToks with my son. If you’re in downtown San Diego and see a lady walking a dog with a pink mohawk, say hi!
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How to Build a Brick Bench A brick bench in your garden can be a great way to add seating while still keeping the aesthetic of the space. If you already have brick accents on your patio or in your yard, the brick will blend right in and look perfectly natural. The greatest thing about brick is that the design can be as creative or as simple as you like. Try to pick a design that fits your space and style. Start with a simple bench with a tile top and easily expand on those techniques and get really creative. Draw a detailed sketch of your bench. In general, a bench should be about 16 to 24 inches high and 16 to 18 inches deep. A typical brick is 4 inches wide and 8 inches long. You'll need four rows of brick to make a bench 16 inches deep. Make the bench any length you like, depending on how many people you would like to seat. Consider whether you will want to put a cushion on top of it and plan your dimension accordingly. Dig a trench for the foundation. The foundation should be about 12 inches deep to accommodate 6 inches of concrete and two courses of brick underground. Dig about 2 inches wider than the bench dimensions. Pour the concrete. Use a trowel to smooth the concrete, pressing firmly to remove air pockets. Allow the foundation to set completely. Set the first row of the first course of brick according to the dimension of your bench. Apply ½ inch of mortar to the foundation and set the brick firmly into the foundation. Check your bricks with a level. Use a bolster hammer to tap bricks into place and remove mortar if the bricks are not level. Set half bricks at the end of the second row of the first course of bricks. To cut the brick, set it in the grass. Use a chisel to score the brick. Set the chisel point at the scored line and tap on the chisel with a bolster hammer to cut the brick. Set rows of brick until you have set enough to match the depth of your drawing. Repeat this process to set the remaining courses of brick until you get the bench to the correct height based on your design. Smooth mortar across the top of the bench. Set the tiles into place in the mortar. Choose a tile that is the same width as your bench to avoid having to cut tiles. Allow the mortar to set overnight.
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Because it makes no sense to do so. Even if someone uncovered the exact ingredient of Coca Cola or even if you made a Coca Cola recipe that tastes better than real Coca Cola, they wouldn't able to match the existing brand power of Coca Cola, nor the consumer's brand recognition and history with the general public. Coca Cola had poured billions and decades into making one of the most recognisable brand in the world, their brand is ingrained very deeply into the public's minds. A new competitor wouldn't able to replicate that overnight. Of those companies that do may have the brand power to match Coca Cola and enough R&D budget to match, say PepsiCo, they wouldn't want to be seen dead advertising that they had made an exact clone of their competitors. It works better if they make and market themselves as a better drink than as a clone of a competitor. It's very likely that PepsiCo and Coca Cola knows pretty well their competitor's recipes, but they have absolutely no incentive to advertise that. Also, even if you manage to uncover the exact composition and manufacturing process of the product, the public still won't believe it unless The Coca Cola company itself admitted that a given recipe is 100% truthful. A large percentage of the populace would always remain skeptical. Noone would give you research grant to reverse engineer Coca Cola. Tasting isn't an objective experience, the way you experience a drink is affected by what's in your head just as much as what the chemistry of the drink. Even water from the same exact garden hose tastes different depending on how you are presented it with. For the same reason, even if you put an actual Coca Cola into a supermarket brand Cola bottle, a lot of people would still think that that bottle of Cola tastes worse than actual Coca Cola. Finally, consumers won't buy fake products when the real products cost something like \$1-\$2 a can. If you drink a can of fake cola in public, that says something about your character, probably not in a way most people want themselves to be perceived as.
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SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT Johnny Bush climbs a mountain to overcome a rare voice disorder On Feb. 20, 1962, Johnny Bush looked up into the Texas sky and wished a safe journey for John Glenn, who was about to become the first American to orbit the earth. Forty years later, on March 14, 2002, Johnny was onstage in Washington, D.C., as the former astronaut sat in the audience and his wife, Annie, presented a special award to the country singer - the Annie Glenn Award for exemplifying her invincible spirit in coping with stuttering. It was a proud moment for Johnny, who himself struggled for years to overcome a rare speaking disorder, spasmodic dysphonia, that struck as he was on the verge of stardom in 1972. It left the singer, who scored hits with "Whiskey River," "You Gave Me A Mountain" and other classics, unable to speak above a whisper. Ironically, Johnny could still sing, but the man once dubbed "The Country Caruso" lost much of the higher register that earned him his nickname. "It was a great honor," says Johnny of the presentation. "My family came to see me get the award, and they sat with Senator Glenn. He took another trip into space when he was 75! You talk about cojones - he's got 'em!" The same could be said of Johnny, whose battle to speak again is truly inspiring. "When it happened, my voice choked off with no warning," says Johnny. "One moment you're OK, the next you have it. My doctor said, 'There's nothing wrong with your larynx, but I see some spasms.' "Doctors could only suggest that it might be fatigue-related. But time off didn't help. So they gave me Valium, and I got hooked on them. Coming off those things was pretty scary." Years later, Johnny thought he'd never speak again. "I'd given up," he recalls. "I wouldn't do interviews. I'd lost my record label. I couldn't go to parties or to any kind of family gatherings. I just couldn't talk." But in 1978, Johnny received a glimmer of hope. An operatic vocal coach in Austin had a hunch about how to treat Johnny's condition through therapy. "He asked me one question," recounts Johnny. "He said, 'When you yawn, can you talk?' I said yes. And he said, 'Well, I can help.' " But it wasn't easy. "Each therapy lesson took 45 minutes," explains Johnny. "It was very, very strenuous to hold your breath and your jaw in the proper position, and to sing the vowels like he was telling me to do." But the ongoing effort is paying off. Johnny's new album, Green Snakes, includes a re-recorded version of the title track, a cult favorite from 1972. And he's back working 10 to 20 dates a month. "I recently worked the Midnight Jamboree in Nashville," he declares, "And they say we had the largest crowd ever at the Troubadour Theater. They said we had more people at our show than the second show at the Opry, right across the street. I was real proud of that." -- David Scarlett
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Our comprehensive approach affords our clients the opportunity to 'influence viewers, amplify branding + enhance connectivity'.™ We create and redesign websites based upon a minimal aesthetic which serves to clarify content and sustain viewer interest while maintaining a strong visual identity across all associated digital platforms to drive engagement. Our targeted techniques allow you to 'generate interest, exchange concepts and transfer perceptions'.™ We focus on ensuring that your brand maintains a consistent, visually distinct and recognizable profile across multiple channels, including relevant social media platforms, as well as providing solutions which leverage social media connectivity in order to elevate engagement and increase search engine relevance. Site Consulting, Design + Execution Custom Design + WordPress/Squarespace Social Media Consulting Social Media Site Integration Page + Channel Setup / Branding Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Social Media Optimization (SMO) Google + Bing Analytics / Tracking iBooks Design + Delivery HTML Email Design + Management Site Hosting + Domain Name Registration Email Account Management Audio / Video Editing Image Editing / Retouching Branding + Packaging Design 3D Rendering / Visualization Our diverse background enables us to engage in an array of creative initiatives including web design, social media, email design / delivery, 3d rendering / visualization, packaging design, brand identity, and business collateral with a disparate clientele comprised of individuals and global brands. We share the belief that only through a genuine understanding of our clients aspirations, along with our own intuition, can we achieve results which are both impactful and enduring. nat king cole generation hope, inc. blukid helped ensure the Cole family legacy of providing music education to children with the greatest need + fewest resources by executing a site revolving around fundraising events + support opportunities. chef ken oringer blukid worked closely with James Beard Award winning Chef Ken Oringer on his personal site linking together all six of his Boston/NYC area concepts. il mulino cucina italiana blukid redesigned a site for an euduring Fort Lauderdale favorite, Il Mulino Cucina Italiana, with an emphasis on their large selection of classic Italian lunch + dinner favorites along with images of their newly modernized interior. blukid provided a minimal, adaptive layout to emphasize Gregory Eltringham's playfully provocative work featuring architectural structures, + private sexual encounters. alphabet city brewing company blukid built a new site for New York based craft brewers Alphabet City Brewing Company to showcase their beer selection + provide some background on the team behind the brand. associates in oral + facial surgery blukid designed a clean, professional, mobile friendly site with social media connectivity for Associates in Oral + Facial Surgery to promote business + engage clients. our premiere partners create high quality product renders which provide flexible/scalable content suitable for a wide range of applications including traditional advertising, packaging, outdoor, online + merchandising. blukid built a fully responsive, mobile first site for artist Kristen Thiele, whose recent paintings are derived from the films of Hollywood's Golden Age. bridge red studios blukid devised a site for Bridge Red Studios to help further their mission of providing documentation, exhibition space, + exposure for local artists. we work with our premiere partners to develop + craft compelling packaging to define your brand. blukid created an easy to use Google Map based site to monitor Sushi + Sake destinations in + around Manhattan. ibook / gregory eltringham blukid crafted an iBook showcasing the work of artist Gregory Eltringham which is available directly from the iTunes Store. chefs cook for japan blukid donated a site to promote a very special event @ The Harvard Club, hosted by Masaharu Morimoto, to benefit the Japan Society's Earthquake Relief Fund. ai weiwei: never sorry blukid collaborated with director/producer Alison Klayman on the site for her award winning documentary, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry. blukid produced a site for Currant Cafe, a new restaurant/cafe located in Bushwick, Brooklyn from the owners of Lit Lounge, Trash Bar, + Rafik Video. florida film institute blukid recently completed a full site redesign for the Florida Film Institute which provides a nurturing environment to teach the art, business + science of filmmaking. © 1997 - 2016 blukid.com. All Rights Reserved. v17 All materials appearing anywhere on blukid.com's internet site are the sole property of blukid.com. None of the materials may be copied, reproduced, modified, published, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any form or by any means other than as described by blukid.com or with blukid.com's prior written permission. This includes the extraction and / or storage in a retrieval system or including an image or portion of any image in another computer program or work. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Any unauthorized use of the materials appearing on blukid.com's internet site may violate copyright, trademark and other applicable laws and could result in criminal or civil penalties. Thank You! Intro photos @ The Nevele Hotel & Country Club, Ellenville, NY 1958.
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Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. external link Learn more Image provided by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL Newspaper Page Text DAILY DOINGS OF THE DUFFS TbM. Havl DoVrf IFOl) HAP V THAT WoUtD BE A MOPEST WAV to AoyeJcnsE rr fM MAD AT VoU.-v - think the. was; W r Vol) VE 6OT ONE. OF THOSE IteAOAcHEf HECTOR, with THAT-f E- BAHD5 Tbo . PO IKiwwi V ?U ; " Jixaj , 1 I com. ooT-hecibR with "that -stri kg . I x u j & Mamma was taking daughter to "I don't like the way you and Jack hang over the front gate every even ing," she demonstrated. "Well, as to that, there's a great deal to be said on both sides," replied AN UNEXPECTED REPLY An old lady found DoHy crying bit terly. " You mustn't cry like that, child. Crying makes little girls ugly." Dolly stopped crying long enough to look at her. "Gee!" she said, "you must have cried a lot when you were little." - - . - ...-.y .. . . . v. . W-.- .
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Judicial and court statistics (annual) They also cover the work of some associated offices including the Office of the Public Guardian and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Statistics relating to Northern Ireland courts are available separately from the Northern Ireland Court Service. Judicial and court statistics 2009 Directory of tables In addition to Ministry of Justice professional and production staff, pre-release access to the provisional court statistics of up to 24 hours is granted to the following postholders: Ministry of Justice: Secretary of State; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State; Permanent Secretary; Director General, Access to Justice; Director of Finance and Resources, Access to Justice; Director, Access to Justice Policy; Head of Business Information Division; Director of Operations and Performance; Head of Access to Justice Change; Performance Analyst, Criminal Courts Performance Analysis Team; Head of Civil Law and Justice Division; Head of Debt and Housing Branch; Head of Criminal Courts Performance Analysis Team; Head of Court Business Division; Senior Policy Manager, Matrimonial and Children's Proceedings; Senior Policy Manager, Domestic Violence, International and Religious Family Issues; special advisers; the relevant press officer. Her Majesty's Courts Service: Chief Executive; Director of Finance; Director of Court Improvement; Director of Enforcement; Head of Innovation and Development; the relevant press officer. Sign up for latest publications updates
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Step 1: Does Your Project Need a Permit? The most important thing to remember when navigating the permitting process, is to start early and ask often! Of course, one of the first questions is whether you need a permit at all. Which Projects Require Permits? A permit is required for most new residential and commercial construction in Thurston County. Please click here for guidance. If you are purchasing land, ask the seller if the county has already issued permits for sewage disposal, drinking water supply, site access etc. If you have the tax parcel number for the property, a Permit Assistance Center Employee can check the status of prior approvals for you. Commonly requested (but not all) information is also available online through our "Search Permit Archives" database. If you do not know the tax parcel number, call the Thurston County Assessor's Office at (360) 786-5410 or look up the number on the Assessor's Parcel Search website. Important: When using parcel search, use the street address and the street name only. Do not use directions or words such as "Way" or "Avenue" or "Blvd." For example, for Thurston County Building 4, you'd type in 929 and then Lakeridge -- not 929 Lakeridge Drive S.W. Please click here for contact information. This page last updated:
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As promised in last post, I made another knit top from Simplicity's 1916, just in a different print. This was a remnant piece of fabric with a large hole in the middle of the yard and a flaw in the fabric. I got this from Fabric Mart last year. It was in Julie's Picks. I was able to cut out the top minus the 3/4 length sleeves. I turned it into a sleeveless top. Looks great! For those of you that don't know, I work at Fabric Mart and help select many of the fabrics you see on our website. I'm Julie, from Julie's Picks, and also select all the fabrics for each mailer. Most of my time is spent selling our fabrics wholesale to designers, small manufacturers and independent fabric stores. To learn more at Fabric Mart and Julie's Picks see our website: www.fabricmartfabrics.com.
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Lake & mountain view property located in the city limits of Guntersville. Ideal for custom home or mini subdivision. Convenient to town, schools, and Lake Guntersville. Minimum 2000SF restriction for home. Properties marked with the NALMLS icon are provided courtesy of the North Alabama Multiple Listing Service, Inc. (NALMLS) IDX Database. All information provided is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified. Copyright NALMLS, Inc. Listing information last updated on February 22nd, 2020 at 9:26pm CST.
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U.K. online grocer Ocado is growing—but it's struggling to stay profitable. The company said this week that its sales were up 15.5 percent for the first half of 2013, but it lost £3.8 million ($5.8 million), down from a year-ago profit of £200,000 ($305,000). The biggest difference was a big deal: Morrisons, the fourth-largest grocery chain in the U.K., agreed to a 25-year deal to have Ocado handle its online orders and deliveries. Ocado said the costs of completing that deal, along with costs of building distribution centers that haven't opened yet, were the main reasons for the loss. The Morrisons deal means that chain will be able to jump into the burgeoning U.K. online grocery business almost immediately, without a long ramp-up to build facilities and make first-timer mistakes. Its larger rivals Tesco, Walmart-owned Asda and Sainsbury's are all already in the game, while number-six U.K. grocer Waitrose supplies groceries for Ocado's own online-grocery business. Compared with the U.S., where Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) online grocery business is still trying to get its footing and even Walmart (NYSE:WMT) hasn't tried to import the delivery expertise of its U.K. subsidiary, this U.K. landscape looks thoroughly alien. It's roughly the equivalent of Walmart, Kroger (NYSE:KR), Costco (NASDAQ:COST) and Safeway (NYSE:SWY) all doing online grocery delivery. Instead, those giants are all waiting for the proverbial right moment, while smaller players like Ahold's Peapod subsidiary and FreshDirect are slowly expanding their businesses. The irony is that part of what may be scaring the big U.S. grocery chains are the operational statistics that have come from Ocado as it straddles the line between profit and loss. Ocado says it handles 139,000 orders per week for 360,000 active customers, with 158 orders per delivery truck per week and an average order size of £114.90 ($175). That's what it takes in the less-spread-out U.K., where customers already largely accept online grocery delivery, to hover at break-even. A significant profit? No numbers for that yet, sorry. That means short of a more imminent threat from AmazonFresh, U.S. grocers may leave it to the little guys for quite a while longer. Amazon Reportedly Expanding AmazonFresh Grocery Service to Los Angeles And San Francisco What Year Is This Again? Online Grocer Ready To Miss Domain Name Registration Again In 2022 Peapod's QR Train Station Grocery Trial Shows Mobile Bias
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We’ve had a bit of a summer hiatus due to travel and various events. It’s been a while, so I just wanted to send out official notice that our regular Monday night Systema class 6:45-8pm has resumed, and will be continuing uninterrupted for the foreseeable future. I hope you all had a great summer and have been exploring the training and principles on your own. And I hope to see you at class soon. September 18, 2017
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Datingsite 30 plus Has your online date encouraged you to obtain one of these passes by directing you to a specific website offering these? Is your online Date saying something along the lines of: “Ok babe listen .. Shop Factory has been a leader in e Commerce development since 1995. Whether you want to create an amazing online store, want to add 'Buy Now buttons' to an existing website or need a real multi-channel sales solution. “I’ve had sex, therefore I’m not asexual, because I wouldn’t have been able to if I were asexual.” “I masturbate, therefore I’m not asexual, because I wouldn’t do that if I were asexual.” “I like having my penis touched by someone else, therefore I’m not asexual, because I wouldn’t like it if I were asexual.” They’ll take events like those, join them to even the faintest glimmers of aesthetic or romantic attraction and use that as evidence to prove that they’re straight or gay or bi or pan or whatever, when in reality, all they’re experiencing is a physical reaction to stimulation. A wide range of bespoke solutions can be deployed to meet these requirements. Men aren’t supposed to admit their feelings, especially when those feelings aren’t shared by others.
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thats the Hybrid Civic Its off a Honda Civic Hybrid FD3! thats a civic hybrid hybrid!not availible here! I love how one question has to be answered not once, not twice but five times just to get the point across. Lmao. A little correction,Hybrid Civics are available here in Pakistan. Guru_Gwhere Hybrid Civics are available here in Pakistan. i saw a pearl white in karachi. If its a hybrid its a damn useless one then... for 55MPG (see the picture) that is 23KM/LTR... Civic hybrid's are available in Pakistan, I saw one one sale here on PW a few months back, white color. *Edit: Here you go; Honda Civic Hybrid for sale! Sir there are many Civic hybirds available, at least in Karachi, also seen some in LHR. Even seen the 7g hybirds. 23km/l is a very good average, it is a Civic, not a Prius.
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Oval D Shaped Shower Curtain Rail Shower Curtain Rails 1200mm x 730mm Oval D shaped shower curtain rail from Cherished Radiators: Finishes available in Gold, Chrome and Nickel plated, or Coloured powder coat to suit. This elegant and problem solving curtain rail is hand built in the UK and is fixed to the wall with two supports, allowing it to be fitted in bathrooms with any height ceiling, making it ideal for sloped walls/roofs and will even fit snuggly on the most uneven of surfaces. Shower Curtain Rail Projects 830mm from the wall. Cherished Radiators Guarantee This Oval Shaped Shower Curtain Rail is the best you will find in the UK Price includes delivery and VAT. For any enquires or bespoke requests feel free to call for further information. - Height1200mm / 47.24" - Width730mm / 28.74" - Overall Projection830mm / 32.68" - Tube Size25mm / 0.98" Want to save more money? Click here to open your trade account Want to save more money? Click below to open a trade account Click here to order our latest catalogue full of our products and offers Cherished Radiators will deliver anywhere in the world. Contact us
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RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (NOVEMBER 6, 2017) (SAUDI TV) – From the moment former Lebanese prime minister Saad al-Hariri’s plane touched down in Saudi Arabia on Friday (November 3), he was in for a surprise. There was no line-up of Saudi princes or ministry officials, as would typically greet a prime minister on an official visit to King Salman, senior sources close to Hariri and top Lebanese political and security officials said. His phone was confiscated, and the next day he was forced to resign as prime minister in a statement broadcast by a Saudi-owned TV channel. Continue reading RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (NOVEMBER 5, 2017) (REUTERS) – Saudi Arabian citizens reacted positively to the reports of 11 princes, four current ministers and dozens of former ministers being detained by authorities on Saturday (November 4) Continue reading Speaking at the United Nations, Abdallah al-Mouallimi, the Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the UN, says a decree by the Saudi king allowing women to drive is ‘historic’. Continue reading Saudi Arabia said it had severed ties with Iran over the storming of the Saudi embassy in Tehran, in a worsening diplomatic crisis between the regional rivals following the kingdom’s execution of a prominent Shi’ite cleric. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Saudi Arabian politicians will face divine retribution for the death of Shi’ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr. Iranian protesters set fire to the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, as Shi’ite Muslim Iran react with fury to Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shi’ite cleric. A Houthi official in Yemen says that the execution of prominent Saudi cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nirm will lead to boiling anger among Muslims. Shi’ites around the world are condemning the execution of Shi’ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia. Nathan Frandino reports. Continue reading Protesters gathers outside Saudi embassy in London to condemn execution of leading Saudi cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, the most vocal critic of the ruling Al Saud among the Shi’ite minority. Continue reading Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal calls Donald Trump a disgrace to the United States following his call for a ban on Muslims entering the country.
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Posthaste Sep.1: After playing second fiddle to the S&P 500 for much of the year, the TSX seems poised for a 10% rally TSX could hit 18,200 by the end of the year, analyst predicts Canada’s main index notched up its fifth straight month of gains in August, but remains overshadowed by the U.S. S&P 500’s searing performance lately. The S&P TSX Composite Index stands at 16,514 points, still down 3.3 per cent for the year, compared to the S&P500 index which is now up 9.74 per cent for the year. While selected TSX stocks have been on a tear, the market is dragged down by the financial services and energy sectors, which account for just around 29 per cent and 13 per cent of the main index, respectively. In March, the Toronto stock market plunged to its lowest level in more than eight years at 11,172.73, but has staged a smart recovery since then. Brian Belski, veteran analyst at BMO Capital Markets, now believes the TSX is poised for a breakthrough. “With the strong momentum and wherewithal exhibited by stocks, companies and investors since the market lows, we believe these more challenged sectors, particularly Financials, are likely to gain momentum and add fuel to the TSX price performance over the next 12 months,” Belski said in a note to clients last week. “Indeed, we expect financials will eventually participate in the recovery with much higher conviction than is currently priced in, and when it does,the TSX is likely to see strong outperformance and hit new all-time highs.” The analyst raised his 2020 year-end target for the S&P/TSX to 18,200 — a 10.2 per cent jump from current levels. From its March low, that will be a 62.9 per cent rebound. In contrast, the red-hot S&P 500 would cool down from here to 3,650 by the end of the year, a 2.8 per cent increase from its current levels, Belski forecast. It would be a near-identical 63.14 per cent surge from its March low of 2,237.4 points. The analyst expect the TSX momentum to continue into 2021 and has adjusted his 12-month forecast to 18,700. “No doubt the uncertainty and chaos that COVID-19 impressed upon the world has shifted investor preferences, but as the market continues to pivot from the chaos to coexist we believe Canadian stocks will ultimately participate,” Belski said. Belski may be more bullish than most, but he is not alone in expecting the TSX to rally from these levels. A new survey by Reuters of 27 portfolio managers and strategists shows a median forecast for the S&P/TSX Composite index to rise to 17,000 by the end of 2020. The main gauge is expected to climb further to 18,000 by the end of 2021, exceeding the record high it notched in February at 17,970.51. “The TSX remains heavily geared towards financials and energy,” Dominique Lapointe, a senior economist at Laurentian Bank Securities, told Reuters, adding that for both sectors “the worst seems to be over and therefore we can only see a somewhat more constructive outlook in the coming months.” - Markit Manufacturing purchasing managers index for August for Canada and the United States - Canadian and U.S. auto sales data - Jonathan Wilkinson, federal environment and climate change minister, George Hayman, provincial environment and climate change minister, and Mayor Kennedy Stewart make an infrastructure announcement - Notable Earnings: Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. - How would an O’Toole-led Conservative government handle the COVID-19 recovery? - The great rethink: Why Canada’s three-decade-old approach to economic management needs an overhaul - One nation under two per cent: Is it time for a shake-up of the Canadian economy’s most important number? - Retail apocalypse now?: A day of reckoning may be approaching for two of Brookfield’s property entities - Liberals spending millions on home-grown industry to shore up Canada’s PPE supply - Pandemic drives down rent, boosts incentives in Toronto and Vancouver - Warren Buffett’s $6-billion bet on Japan’s trading firms paves way for country as global value trade - U.S. expats can’t renounce their citizenship fast enough - Huge state aid is dragging Canada out of worst-ever slump - REIT Investors get hit despite Canada’s surging property market - U.S. S&P futures climb for eighth straight day as Apple and Tesla stocks split - Elon Musk unveils brain computer implanted in pigs A good credit score can open a lot of financial doors, by bringing you lower interest rates and better odds that any loan you need will be approved. One major component of your credit score is your credit limit: the maximum possible amount you can borrow using each of your credit cards and other credit accounts. It could be time to ask for higher limits on your credit cards to push your overall credit limit higher — and your credit score will thank you. Just be sure you have the right reasons for pursuing this course, and that you understand the pluses and minuses, according to our business partner MoneyWise.
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I am devastated this week after hearing of the sudden and unexpected death of a dear friend. The initial shock is fading, but I am still having difficulty believing that she is gone from my life. Although she started out as a client in my gardening business, …..we quickly became friends this past season. Her husband had passed away a few years ago so she needed someone to help with her landscaping. She was a kind, caring, compassionate, gracious, witty, funny, loyal woman and great fun to be around. Although this link is not about her, she was definitely one of the inspirational clients I have had the pleasure of connecting with through my business. I stopped by her place at least once a week during the gardening season to work on her garden or sometimes just for a cup of tea and a chat at the end of my work day. She discovered and nurtured my love of Indian food; every time I was at her home she would offer a new “treat” with my tea. If I did not call her or stop in for 3 or 4 days, she would call me to say she missed me. We had lots of plans for 2017. We had started to spend more time together when my gardening jobs were over for the season. Together we attended meetings of clubs she belonged to and went out to lunch often. She wanted to introduce me to the “best Indian food in Ottawa” for our next lunch date and I had promised to take her to the restaurant that my eldest son is getting married at this coming June. I was helping her sort through items in her basement and showed her how to sell them on Kijiji. She gave me some beautiful silk her husband had purchased in India; I was planning to make blouses or dresses for her granddaughters with the silk. She often mentioned that she believed in destiny and fate. She was certain her late husband “found me” by advising her to reach out to our local horticultural society, which in turn referred her to my gardening business. I could tell by the extensive array of gardening tools and the conditions of her gardens that he was a garden lover like me. She often told me that he would be so grateful and happy that she had found me. She missed her husband dearly and was certain they would be reunited someday. As I was power washing her front sidewalk one day, she wanted me to show her how to use the power washer so she could continue when I left. I cautioned her about the dangerous combination of water and electricity, advising her not to let the machine or her feet stand in puddled water as she worked. She simply smiled serenely and said “I believe my fate has been predetermined” I visited her the day before she left for her trip to help her finish packing and wrap some presents. As usual, when I left her she thanked me for my help and support. I have thought of her often these past few weeks, believing she was enjoying her time in BC with her son and his family. I looked forward to hearing all about the trip this week. I feel awful that I did not somehow feel her passing and that I missed her memorial and funeral services. I have no idea how she died; I pray that she did not suffer and hope she was surrounded by her beloved family. Although she called me her “daughter by another mother” I am selfishly feeling more like a mistress in an affair. I only know her family from the stories she told, and have never met them. I have no idea how much they know about me either. Although my husband and sons have heard me talk about this friend and sympathize with the grief I feel, they never met her. I guess this post is my tribute to her and our relationship. Rest in peace my dear friend, I will always remember you fondly. Say hi to Dave (her husband) for me, but tell him I wish he had shared you with me longer…
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“Success is a learnable skill.” – T. Harv Ekker Did you know that research has shown that 85% of job success comes from soft skills, and only 15% from hard skills? This explains that technical skills and knowledge can only go so far in helping you climb the ladder to success. To stand out in today’s competitive job market, you need soft skills training to enhance your: - Leadership Skills - Team-Work Skills - Problem-Solving Skills, and much more. Such skills are closely linked to Emotional Intelligence, and are required by each organization seeking to maximize the use of its technical skills. Is your workforce lacking soft skills? Watch out for the following: - Unhappy Clients - Huge Staff Turnover - Lack of Leadership It’s time to take action if you notice such occurrences. When it comes to organizational success, soft skills are more important than ever, so much so that they’ve become the new hard skills of today. There’s a common misconception that soft skills come naturally to everyone – which is not true. Building and maintaining relationships with people is at the core of such skills. Here is a list of the top 51 soft skills, especially compiled by us for those who desire workplace success: - Dependability – Focus on building a reliable image for yourself. - Verbal/Physical/Visual Communication – Be clear and articulate about your speech and body language. - Motivation – You should be able to drive yourself as well as others. - Commitment – Your level of dedication shows how devoted you are to your company and job. - Problem Solving – You’re bound to face new problems from time to time, and your boss wants to know that you’ll do what you can to fix it. - Flexibility – Your job requirements will keep changing periodically, so make sure that you’re able to adjust to it at a quick pace. - Teamwork – Working together as part of a team is essential to every job. It’s important to be a team player every step of the way. - Time Management – Manage your time wisely – in as well as out of the workplace. Set your priorities and balance out your workload. - Humor – This is a professional skill which can help you reap dividends, if used during the right situation. - Writing – Can you craft a well-written business email/proposal/report? Honing such skills will ensure a great first impression. - Listening – Most people don’t bother to listen. You can learn a lot from listening carefully when others speak. - Presentation Skills – Statistics show that 75% of people have a fear of public speaking. Great presentations, however, can influence decision makers. - Interviewing – Hiring the wrong candidate is bad for your company as well as the new hire. Use the right hiring tools to select wisely. - Team Building – This is required to boost social relations and define roles within teams. - Strategic Planning – This is how an organization defines its strategy, and decides how to allocate resources for the same. - Mentoring – Be willing to share skills, knowledge and expertise, and become an enthusiastic role model. - Dispute Resolution – Learn to find a peaceful solution to a personal/business/emotional/political disagreement. - Diplomacy – Diplomatic techniques and strategy can be used for everyday business negotiations. - Feedback – Be it positive or negative, feedback is important. Alternatives can be offered for the latter to make people act on the advice. - Decision Making – Business and professional decisions should always be made by following a process. - Performance Management – A systematic process through which an agency involves employees to accomplish goals. - Management – This is dependent on core skills such as leadership, innovation and strategy. - Crisis Management – This is how an organization handles major events that are threatening to it, its stakeholders and the general public. - Selling – Can you sell ideas/services? This is what distinguishes influencers from non-influencers. - Negotiation – Develop a negotiation style around your strengths to be successful. - Persuasion – This involves reasoned argument for putting across your points concisely – with complete understanding of others’ concerns. - Collaborating – This enables you to work effectively with others on a common task, while respecting their needs and contributions. - Networking – This improves your business in many ways – by increasing contacts, boosting direct learning, etc. - Personal Branding – Everything has a reputation, and your brand is your name. - Office Politics – You need to develop strategies to deal with political behavior. - Interpersonal Relationships – We use life skills on a daily basis to communicate with others. - Stress Management – Manage the sources of your stress efficiently with a positive attitude and stress-relieving tips. - Assertiveness – Stand up for your own and others’ rights without being aggressive, or passively accepting what’s wrong. - Enthusiasm – Having an upbeat and cooperative attitude makes all the difference. - Taking Criticism – Constructive criticism can help you improve, so learn to recognize and appreciate it. - Innovation – This includes forming ideas and applying innovative techniques to each aspect of work. - Critical Thinking – This involves observation, analysis, interpretation, reflection, evaluation, inference and explanation. - Technologically-Savvy – As trends emerge and technologies advance, it’s important to stay abreast. Keep your skills sharp and up to date. - Research – This will help provide in-depth information and advice on a given topic – as many jobs involve research skills. - Business Etiquette – Unprofessional behavior could lose you important deals. Follow vital business rules to win. - Training – Customized training can help improve job performance in an organizational setting. - Intercultural Competence – This is the ability to communicate efficiently and appropriately with people from other cultures. - Train the Trainer – This is a style of learning where the students become the teachers themselves. - Knowledge Management – It’s necessary to grow, sustain, communicate and use knowledge to your advantage. - Process Improvement – This helps identify, analyze and improve existing business processes for bettering quality standards. - Customer Service – A friendly and helpful attitude toward customers can help set your business apart from the rest. - Entrepreneurial Thinking – An entrepreneurial mindset comes with different perspectives and values, which make a successful business owner. - Disability Awareness – Educate people about disabilities and give them the knowledge to carry out tasks – separating good practice from poor. - Business Trend Awareness – Businesses develop in ever-changing ways and understanding business trends can lead to faster growth. - Empathy – Once you understand others’ perspective and reality, you’ll be able to react to their concerns and needs appropriately. - Self-Assessment – This will help you understand how well developed your interpersonal skills are, and identify areas for improvement. When you listen, present ideas, resolve issues, and work at creating an open work environment – you’re using interpersonal skills which improve team performance and encourage people to contribute to the organization’s vision. Learn more about soft skills training today.
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Cell / Module / System United Renewable Energy (URE) solar products feature high quality, outstanding performance and reliability. Our solar modules get many world wide certificates such as IEC(Europe), UL(U.S.A), MCS(England), VPC(Taiwan), and provide 0~4.99Wp positive power tolerance. The characteristics are low temperature coefficient and high shunt resistance, which can bring extremely stable and abundant power output. It's the solution for high cost performance ratio.
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The Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Computer Aided Drafting prepares students for entry-level positions in firms that require drafting services. The program reflects the current needs of the drafting industry. The following is a suggested course sequence by term for the pathway. Students should keep in mind the items below that affect their success in completing the pathway as listed: Students must earn a grade of "C" or better for all courses within the program. |RC||DFT110||Technical Drafting I||3| |RC||DFT252AA||Computer Aided Drafting I: Autocad||DFT110, OR DFT121, OR Permission of Department or Division||3| |RC||CIS105||Survey of Computer Information Systems||3| |RC||DFT111||Technical Drafting II||DFT/MET105AA, OR DFT110, OR equivalent||3| |RC||DFT254AA||Computer Aided Drafting II: Autocad||DFT105AA, OR DFT252AA, OR equivalent, or permission of Department of Division||3| |RC||DFT256AA||Computer Aided Drafting III: Autocad||DFT254AA OR equivalent||3| Follow one of the options below to get started on your personal career pathway. Click here for MCC's easy-to-use Enrollment Steps. Learn more about and find contact information for the Drafting program. Ask general questions over the phone at 480-461-7400 or via online chat. All information is administered by the Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation at Maricopa County Community College District and published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available. View MCCCD's program website for the Certificate of Completion in Computer Aided Drafting (https://aztransmac2.asu.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/acres.woa/wa/freeForm?id=23698). mesacc.edu | 480-461-7000 | © 2016 Mesa Community College | A Maricopa Community College The Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) is an EEO/AA institution and an equal opportunity employer of protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
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Pilates has been found to be most effective in helping with low back problems, by strengthening the core muscles. Marta received her Pilates training through The Pilates Foundation in London and is a qualified Garuda Matwork and Apparatus instructor, Physiotherapist and ex-ballet dancer. Her work focuses on increasing strength, flexibility, co-ordination and endurance, with a greater sense of ease and well-being. The result is a stronger, leaner body, improved posture and true ease of movement and mind. To arrange an appointment or speak to a member of the team, call now on 020 7488 4924 or email email@example.com . (Should you require a chaperone please ask when making the appointment).
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If I only do a little every day, the quilts will still get made. Sitting at the machine is equally as painful as standing to cut, so progress is slow but progress is still being made. We have decided that this quilt will be for the Punk because she sacrificed her denim quilt for Daddy to use in his truck. She took a very keen interest in colour choice when she found that out that it will be hers. She stands right next to me while I cut, approving each choice.
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Welcome to the Volunteer Nation podcast, bringing you practical tips and advice on how to build, grow, and scale volunteer talent. I’m your host, Tobi Johnson, and if you rely on volunteers to fuel your charity cause or movement, stay tuned. I made this podcast just for you. Well, hello my friends, and welcome to another episode of Volunteer Nation. I am so excited you’re here today, because we’re going to talk about a huge topic that is on folk’s mind most of the time. If you engage volunteers, you are almost always wondering how to recruit volunteers, how to find volunteers, how to attract volunteers. And today we’re going to talk about how to recruit volunteers by building a following first, because hey, people don’t have a “buy” button in their brain. They don’t just flip a switch and say, “Hey, I’m committing my life to doing this type of service in my community.” Usually, people are mulling things over for a while, and we don’t want to lose them in that process. I like to say commitment is a process, not a destination. People are continually making up their minds, not only to join you at the beginning, but also to continue working with you and your organization. So, I want to talk a little bit today about how we can build a following of volunteers that are still in the process maybe of making that commitment, and I want to start off with a little story. Back in 2016, I started my journey as a Knox County master gardener, and it took me about a year to get involved with this kind of volunteering because the training for master gardener volunteers, in our county anyway, only happens once a year. So, I had to do research. I had to figure out when the training was going to happen. It happened during the weekday, and I’m a pretty busy entrepreneur. And so, I had to set aside time in my schedule so that I could take time off work and come to our trainings. So it was a bit of a, you know, a process to engage with the master gardeners, but also how to sort of integrate it into my life. So, commitment really was a process, not a destination for me. Once I was able to do that, you know, I’ve been a master gardener now for four years and it’s been fantastic, and I don’t plan to stop anytime soon. I’m having a great time being a volunteer and working with my fellow master gardener volunteers, and just helping our community learn more about gardening. It’s a joy to do it, and you’ll probably hear on my podcasts many times me talk about my experience as a volunteer. But for purposes of today, it took me a while to get involved. And so, I want you to think about how many volunteers or prospective volunteers you might be losing if you’re not having a continual conversation with them before they actually start their active service. So that’s what today is all about. You want to take time to cultivate interest and commitment by building a contact list of supporters that you communicate with on a regular basis. Now, I’m pretty sure not 100% of those supporters are necessarily going to become volunteers, but when you are ready and your call to action goes out for new volunteers, there is going to be a place and a community of followers that you can go to, to ask first and ask for help. They will be primed for action because at this point, because they’ve been following you and you’ve been communicating with them, they’re already going to know a lot about your organization and how they might help. So, it is a fantastic sort of pre-recruitment activity that really generates fantastic return, I should say, on that investment of time. And I want to give you some specific steps you can take to make this happen. You know, well, most people think social media is the biggest asset when it comes to communicating with current and future volunteers. It’s actually email that packs the most punch. Your own email list is your biggest asset. Now with social media, the algorithms change all the time, and you don’t really own that list of followers. How many people see your posts in social media? It has been dwindling over the past several years. You know, people, social media platforms would rather have you pay for traffic and pay to get attention in their platforms. And so, email really is king when it comes to, or queen when it comes to attracting and communicating with potential volunteers. Think about these stats. I went on the internet and did a little bit of research on what are our current engagement rates on social media and email. The average email open rate right now in 2022 is about 21.5% across all industries, 26.6% for nonprofits. So, if you’re sending out email to a general audience, then you’re going to get a little bit better open rate. This is up 3.5% from 2020. So, things are actually getting better when it comes to email open rates. I think people are doing less spam, and people are seeing more value in the email so they’re more often opening them. The average clickthrough rate…so how many people not only open but click on links in your email content is about 2 to 5%. So, for every hundred people you send an email to, if you have a call to action, two to five of those people are going to click on that link. For nonprofits, it’s about 2.7%. So again, you’re doing a little bit better. Active social media – let’s talk about social media for a minute. Well, there are many social millions. In fact, billions. There’s 4.55 billion users of social media platforms, with Facebook capturing about 2.9 billion in active monthly users. So, there’s a lot of people on social media. I’ll give it that, but listen to this and listen carefully. The average organic reach of a Facebook post is estimated to be about 2.2% of your followers. Seriously, when you post, let’s say you had a thousand followers, a thousand followers, and you posted something this morning. Only 22 of them, 22 of them would see your post. That’s not very good ROI, is it? Now, I’m not saying social media can’t be helpful. We use it every day at VolunteerPro and at Tobi Johnson and Associates. So we use it, but is this the best way to communicate with potential supporters or should it be your only way? Now, if you have a really engaged following, this may not be true, but in general, not very many people are opening those posts. In LinkedIn, it’s 5.3%. So, it’s a little bit higher in LinkedIn if your followers use LinkedIn. Here’s the other thing. It’s a pretty sad stat for social media. The average post engagement across all types of posts is 0.07% on Facebook. 0.07%. Now post engagement is likes, shares, comments, et cetera, right? 0.07%. That’s less than one person in a hundred who see, who actually see your posts. So, while social media can be a tool to help you build your following and even your email list, it’s hard to do so without paying for space. You know, paying for ads. Plus, even if you have followers on social media, they might not see your posts anyway. So, I hope this has convinced you a little bit more that email and building a following on email might be the best route for you. With email, you fully own your list. It’s yours forever. You have a direct line to each person on your list and if you regularly provide value to your followers, they’re going to want to open your emails every time. I have talked to VolunteerPro members in our premium VolunteerPro membership community who are getting 40%, 50%, 60% open rates sometimes on their emails because their volunteers know that there’s value inside. So, in my book, email is a clear winner in terms of consistency and as an asset. So, we’ve kind of gone through the differences between social media and email in terms of performance and building a following. So, when we’re talking about building a following, we’re talking about building a following on email. So how do you build an email list? How does it work? What do you do? I’m going to talk about that in this podcast. First off, some tools you need, tools you need. I want to start with this: tools you need. You need an email service provider. You can’t do this with just your Outlook. It doesn’t work that way. You need an email service provider. There’s many out there, all kinds of different email service providers, but you need one that can do a few different things for you that can save you time and build relationships while you sleep. So, you need an email service provider that you can use to build an opt-in form, what’s called an opt-in form, that can tag, that can add a tag to a new contact and can segment your contacts. And if they add a tag, it will be able to segment your contacts. And a final thing you want your email service provider to do is to send automated emails. It can’t be up to you to always individually respond to each person. Now, there are times to do that, but when we’re building a list, you’ve got to be, again, building relationships while you sleep. For that email service provider, it needs to be able to build an opt-in form, tag and segment your contacts, and be set to send automated emails. Okay? Those are the things you’re looking for when you’re shopping for an email service provider. The good news is there are plenty out there. They’re not that expensive. In fact, in the show notes, we’ll link to a few. They’re not that expensive, especially if you have a smaller list. Prices go up in sophistication of the email service provider, but also in how big your list is. But hey, it’s going to be worth it in the end to have that list. But they’re in general not super expensive and totally worth it. And then the second thing you need in addition to an email service provider is a freebie. Something you’re giving away, also called a lead magnet in some digital marketing spaces, a lead magnet that your website visitors are willing to trade their name and email for. So, we don’t need to capture a lot of information, but we need people to share their first name and their email with us and then they get a freebie to download. If you go to our website on TobiJohnson.com, on our homepage we have an essential guide to managing volunteers that has an opt-in form, and it’s a freebie on that website. On our VolunteerPro website, VolPro.net, we also have plenty of freebies there as well. So, we use this strategy to build our audience. And if you’ve been following us, you’ve probably downloaded one of our freebies from time to time. I’ll give also in the show notes some links to a few of our freebie pages so you can see what those look like. Once you have the tools you need to build this list of followers that you can engage with, and that you are having conversations about your needs, what you’re up to…what comes next? Stay with me and I’ll share your next steps after the break. So, we’re going to get into this in more detail. Stick with me. We’re going to talk about building freebie ideas and also some ideas for content that helps make the transition from observer to doer. We’re going to do that right after the break. So, we’ll catch you in a few. If you enjoy this week’s episode of Volunteer Nation, we invite you to check out the VolunteerPro Premium Membership. This community is the most comprehensive resource for attracting, engaging and supporting dedicated, high-impact volunteer talent for your good cause. VolunteerPro Premium Membership helps you build or renovate an effective, what’s-working-now volunteer program with less stress and more joy, so you can ditch the overwhelm and confidently carry your vision forward. It is the only implementation program of its kind and helps your organization build maturity across five phases of our proprietary system, the Volunteer Strategy Success PathTM. If you’re interested in learning more, visit Volpro.net/join. All right, welcome back. We’ve been talking about how to recruit volunteers by building a following. First, I talked before the break about the differences between social media and email and why email takes the cake every time, and the types of tools you’ll need, your email service provider as well as a freebie. And I want to get into more detail about what that freebie might look like for you. You know, as potential volunteers continue their journey to commitment, you want to help them bust myths. You’re going to want to reduce doubts. You’re going to want to build confidence in their ability to support you. You’ll also want to entertain and inspire your followers, so they keep opening your emails. Lots to do! You can almost think about educating, you know, as mini trainings. Each email can be micro content that you can help your followers grow in their understanding of your cause. There’s tons to do there. Lots of fun and interesting ways you can communicate. But first you need to build your list by creating what’s called a lead magnet or a freebie. We like to call them freebies. So I want to give you some list-building freebie ideas. In general, newsletter subscriptions. If your organization has a newsletter, that could be your freebie. So, if you have an existing newsletter, then that could be the way you’re building a list around volunteerism or the potential for joining your organization as a volunteer. Now, that means that in your newsletter, you’re going to need to talk about volunteers and volunteerism. So, your newsletter could be your freebie. You could do a “guide to volunteering” at your nonprofit. That could be a freebie. And you know that the people who are downloading that freebie are interested in some way. They’re exploring, “How, what would it be like to volunteer? What’s required?” Another freebie might be something like, people love quizzes and self-assessments and checklists. What about a volunteer self-assessment? So, checklist: What are your favorite things to do? You know, what are the things that interest you most? Where can you put out or put in your greatest talents to work? So, you could do something around a volunteer interests self-assessment. I love this one a lot. I came up with this idea a few years ago, and I love it. What kind of volunteer are you? A quiz! So, let’s say your organization has some episodic, one-time one-off volunteering opportunities. You also have ongoing volunteer opportunities. You might have a few internships. You might have some skilled volunteer or pro bono volunteer opportunities. Maybe you want volunteers to think about what kind of volunteer they are. So that’s a quiz you can do. I saw once an animal welfare organization ask, what kind of dog are you? And they did a quiz around that. So, it was all about engaging their audience in some fun. So, lots of fun ways to do this. It does not have to be serious. Your freebie could be a new volunteer info session webinar. So, it could be an event or, you know, any type of event that you’re doing online could be a freebie. Or as I said, checklists work well: “10 ways You Can Make a Difference” in whatever your cause is or your cause area, impact area. So “10 Ways You Can Make a Difference” checklist, tons of ways to create these lists, building freebies or lead magnets. So, you want to create that, and create that opt-in form so you can start gathering people’s first names and emails. Now, the more information you put in your opt-in form, the fewer people will opt in, so I always recommend just first name and email. Now, why do I ask for first name? Because we like to personalize. Sometimes we’ll personalize our emails. We’ll add their first name to the subject line in an email or embed in the email body itself. So, I would like to have people’s first names so I can speak with them on a personal level. So, once you’ve figured out your freebie and you start thinking about communicating with folks, you’re going to have to consider how and what will you communicate with your followers once they signed up. We recommend, we do communication with our followers once a week at least. But if you want, maybe every other week. I would not only communicate with your followers once a month, because people will forget who you are and then they’ll unsubscribe. They’ll be like, you know what? I don’t even remember signing up for this. So at least every other week, you want to send something, whether it’s a newsletter, an email with some inspiration or information. We’re going to talk a little bit more about what might go in those emails. So, every other week I recommend at the least, but not more than once a week. You don’t want to overwhelm people either. So, you might share with people your newsletter, blog posts, podcast episodes if you do a podcast, email updates, or other freebies. We do in our newsletter signup on our VolPro.net website, I think in the third or fourth email of our welcome sequence, which is a series of emails that we welcome people with once they join our list, we send out a free eBook “The First 90 Days” for the volunteer coordinators. And I hear back from people about that. “First 90 Days”, I wrote that “First 90 Days” book years ago, and I still get emails about how helpful people find it. So sometimes we surprise people with freebies. You also want to help your audience make the transition from observer to doer. And I’m going to talk about three different kinds of content you might send. One is a myth buster, and the myth you’re busting are myths about your cause, or, you know, related to your cause or impact. So, misunderstandings about your cause, misperceptions about volunteering with your cause, misinformation that impacts what you do. So, you know, it might be something “Five Things You Didn’t Know” about whatever work you’re doing. That kind of thing is a myth buster. Second area, second type of content to think through: mindset shifters. So, calling out limiting beliefs that might be existing in your volunteers or potential volunteers. Widening or narrowing the lens…so, we want to show people the big picture view of what we do, or we want to show a day in the life view of what we do or how our work impacts a single person. Future pacing, I love! So, telling a story about, what if, what if we all came together to do XYZ? I love the future pacing idea. So, example might be how improving XYZ helps our entire community. So maybe it’s something that volunteers are doing to improve in the community and how that might help everybody, not just individuals or not just your cause. So, you’re widening the lens on how that type of benefit can ripple all the way out. And then the third area is a confidence booster, instilling new beliefs about volunteer capabilities, reassuring about available support you’ll have for volunteers. Sharing hero’s journeys stories, either of volunteers or the people they’ve served. So, an example might be a day in the life of XYZ nonprofit volunteer. These again might be a newsletter article or blog post, but they might just be a story or sharing in an email just saying, “hey, we’re sharing a story this week” so that people are opening your emails and feel like they’re getting to know you better. Remember commitment is a process, not a destination. And so, you’re really getting to know people. We talked about the difference in this episode, we talked about the differences between social media and email and why email wins every time. We’ve talked about the tools you need: an email service provider, a freebie or lead magnet. We’ve talked about communicating and cultivating a list of followers and really educating them and helping remove any barriers they might have to volunteering and helping reassure them that what they may end up doing with you is absolutely possible. Now, again, you’re not always necessarily posting calls to action in your emails. You’re just having a conversation. And then once in a while, when you have a new training coming up, or when you have, you’re doing a recruitment for a particular event, or you have a need for more volunteers, et cetera, then you also can send calls to action. You can either put them in, embed them in your current emails or send new email series or emails. So, if you’re not sure what might be valuable to volunteers, why not ask? Send them surveys and pay attention to what they click and open. Start to get to know what kind of content your audience really resonates with, and then double down on that type of content. To recap everything that we’ve talked about, this has been a pretty intense episode, but I want to go into a little just to remind you that social media is not the end- all, be-all when it comes to recruiting volunteers. In fact, email is your best friend, or can be your best friend if it’s approached properly. It performs better, but it also requires some time and planning to get off the ground. But once you commit to a regular editorial calendar, as we like to call it here at VolunteerPro and Tobi Johnson and Associates, we have an editorial calendar where we’re sharing valuable content on a regular basis. You start to build a sort of universe or solar system of people who are in your orbit. They’re traveling around your sun and sooner or later they’re going to want to get involved. So, the next time you’re out ready, thinking about asking people to come join your cause, or participate or contribute time and talent to a specific project you’re working on, or a role that you’re recruiting for, you have a group of people you can communicate with. You’re not starting from scratch. One last thing before we log off, you do need to maintain these lists. People will come, people will drop off. If people haven’t been opening your emails for six months, then remove them from your list because they’re probably not interested anymore. And it will improve your open rates if you have a very tight focused list and your reputation. So you don’t get sent to the spam folder so often. So keep your lists tight. Don’t hang on to people who aren’t interested. You know, again, commitment’s a process, not a destination. The people, the right people that your organization needs are out there, and you need to communicate with them, but don’t hold on to people too tightly, not necessary. Your people will come if you educate them, communicate with them, entertain them, at the right point in their time they’ll step forward and say yes. So, thanks for joining me today to talk about how to recruit volunteers by building a following first. If you found this episode valuable, would you do me a favor and share it with a friend? We want to make sure that as many people as possible can benefit from our podcast. And I look forward to talking to you next time. So, take care and we’ll see you on the next Volunteer Nation podcast. Volunteer Nation is produced by Thick Skin Media. Be sure to rate, review, and follow the show on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. For more tips and notes from the show, check us out at Tobijohnson.com. We hope to see you next week for another episode of Volunteer Nation.
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Lausanne, Switzerland: This coming weekend sees the return of the FIH Hockey Pro League, with the second season getting off to a flying start as inaugural women’s champions the Netherlands begin their title defence with two away games against China. The opening fixtures, which take place at the Wujin Hockey Stadium in Changzhou on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 January, are the first of 144 matches that will be contested between January and June 2020, with the world’s finest men’s and women’s international teams fighting for the chance to win the respective titles. The first edition of this trailblazing competition took place in 2019 and featured some fantastic hockey moments, with home fans embracing the opportunity to witness their national teams testing themselves against the world’s best on home soil. The 2020 edition is set to be equally significant. Twenty venues in 11 countries will host FIH Hockey Pro League matches this year, providing a global spread of world-class hockey across multiple time-zones over the next six months. The fact that 16 of the 18 competing teams will also feature at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 adds even more spice to an event that is, as 2019 proved, rarely short of excitement. All of the competing teams will be acutely aware that a strong showing in the FIH Hockey Pro League would provide a significant boost to confidence levels going into the XXXII Olympiad. Reflecting on last year’s inaugural edition, FIH President Dr Narinder Dhruv Batra said that the event had “allowed the sport of hockey to showcase itself like never before”, as growing stadium, broadcast and live streaming audiences were entertained on a weekly basis by shock results, sensational team performances and extraordinary individual achievements. However, despite being understandably delighted with many aspects of the first edition, Dr Batra believes that the learnings from season one will make for an even better second edition. “It is not in our nature to maintain the status quo by simply standing still”, said the FIH President. “The 2020 edition of the FIH Hockey Pro League sees the introduction of a new match schedule, splitting home and away matches over two consecutive seasons to create a series of ‘double headers’ throughout the competition. This is an important move in terms of player welfare and sustainability, significantly reducing travel fatigue and environmental impact by cutting the number of flights by half, which in turn substantially lowers travel and accommodation costs for the competing teams.” Another change from the inaugural edition is the removal of the end-of-season Grand Final event, with the respective men’s and women’s champions of 2020 being the teams that have accumulated the highest number of points by the end of the competition. The FIH Hockey Pro League welcomes another powerhouse of international hockey to the competition this year, with India men (FIH World Ranking: 5) joining the fold. The eight-times Olympic champions will play their home matches at the iconic Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, the 15,000-capacity venue that so wonderfully staged the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup in 2018. India will be keen to impress in a competition that features the nine highest ranked teams in the world, with Pro League title holders and Oceania champions Australia (WR:1), World and European champions Belgium (2), Olympic champions Argentina (WR:4), the Netherlands (WR:3), Germany (WR: 6), Great Britain (WR:7), Spain (WR:8) and New Zealand (WR:9) all involved. It comes as little surprise that the Netherlands (WR:1), the reigning World, European and FIH Hockey Pro League champions, are seen very much as the team to beat in the women’s competition. However, they are certain to be pushed all the way by the eight other teams who are determined to wrestle the trophy from their grasp. 2019 Pro League silver medallists Australia (WR:2) – the only team to defeat the Netherlands in the inaugural edition – could well be the team most likely, while Pan American Games champions Argentina (WR:3), European silver medallists Germany (WR:4), Olympic champions Great Britain (WR:5), Oceania champions New Zealand (WR:6), China (WR:10), Belgium (WR:12) and USA (WR:13) will all be looking to make their mark. To find out how you can watch the action, please visit our broadcast page by clicking here. In territories where broadcast rights agreements are not in place, fans can watch live match action from the FIH Hockey Pro League via the FIH.live global broadcast platform. To visit FIH.live, click here. To see the confirmed match schedule for the FIH Hockey Pro League, which includes links to ticket sites for each of the matches, please click here. 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Nigeria Islamists Claim Phone Company Fires, Threaten Media Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram on Thursday claimed a set of fires at telecom masts across the north, while threatening journalists with the Voice of America radio network. Roughly two dozen blazes were set at mobile phone towers in cities across the restive region Tuesday and Wednesday, marking a new type of attack from a group that has become notorious for deadly gun and bomb assaults. "We decided to launch attacks on masts of mobile telecom operators as a result of the assistance they offer security agents," said an email from the group's spokesman, Abul Qaqa. This information helps Nigerian security forces "in arresting our brethren," the statement added. Nigeria's police chief on Thursday ordered 24-hour surveillance of telecom installations in response to the spate of fires. The Islamist group -- blamed for more than 1,400 deaths in northern and central Nigeria since 2010 -- also issued a warning to the staff of US government-funded broadcaster Voice of America. Last month, the network quoted a source it claimed was a deputy to Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, who in June was designated a global terrorist by the United States. Citing the deputy, VoA reported that Boko Haram had entered secret peace talks with Nigeria's government, something the radical sect has categorically ruled out. "As a result of the harm we understand Voice of America is inflicting on Islam, we hereby inform all reporters and staff of this radio station that whoever wants to live in peace among them should quit working with this media organisation," the statement said. "We will not spare any reporter or staff wherever we find him, by the grace of God," the Qaqa statement said. Boko Haram has previously threatened VoA as well as Radio France International. In April, the Islamists bombed the Abuja office of This Day, one of Nigeria's leading newspapers. Attacks on the media are rare for the group, which has repeatedly struck Nigeria's security services as well as Christians worshipping in church, among other targets. Scores of Muslims have also been among its victims. Boko Haram has said it wants to create an Islamic state in Nigeria's majority Muslim north, but the group's demands have varied widely as its insurgency has widened. Nigeria is Africa's top oil producer and most populous country, where most residents of the wealthier, southern half are Christian.
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San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail service that had been disrupted on the N-Judah line since Friday night because of a sinkhole near the tracks in the city's Sunset District resumed Sunday morning, according to a Muni spokesman. Service had been disrupted since about 8 p.m. Friday after the sinkhole was discovered near the tracks at the intersection of Judah Street and 29th Avenue, according to spokesman Judson True. Buses continued to shuttle passengers on the N-Judah line Sunday morning while the light rail resumed its regular schedule Crews with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the city's Department of Public Works repaired the sinkhole, according to True. Regular service resumed at about 9:50 a.m.
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This series was born out of a lot of changes in my life last fall and resulted in me taking a solo drive up the west coast through Big Sur and spending a lot of time alone and being quiet, observing the world as an outsider, as if I were in a foreign country. During my trip I noticed actual foreign tourists with their cameras, and I related to their not quite understanding the language and customs happening around them. I watched them document the everyday details that most natives wouldn't take notice of, finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, and taking delight in it. This way of perceiving the world I carried with me back to New York City and into the next 6 months as I created new work, incorporating new portrait shoots and delving into my archive of unseen work. I wanted to create a view of the everyday that feels otherworldly; beautiful and deep but simple and emotional at the same time. I’m a photographer, director and artist, often working in New York City and Los Angeles. My experiences growing up in Flint, Michigan…endlessly drawing as a kid, playing in bands, discovering punk music and cinema, my reckless teenage years, being turned on to great fiction, stumbling into self-taught filmmaking with friends, my growing excitement about the idea of what photography could be as I hit the college years, my interests in psychology and the mystery of childhood experience (with all its attendant wonder and fears)…are just some of the things that formed me. The lives and the landscape of the Midwest at some level still find their way into my work.
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To ensure our nonprofit newsroom has the resources next year to continue our impactful reporting, we need to welcome 700 new donors and raise $225,000 by December 31. We have raised $83,000 from 1,460 donors, including 196 new donors. Mahalo! The City Council is expected to vote Wednesday on making it easier for the Honolulu Board of Water Supply to transfer the Haiku Stairs to another government agency — a key step if the popular but legally off-limits trail atop the Koolaus is to be saved. But first, supporters will need to find a state or city agency willing to take on the job. The historic stairs near Kaneohe served as a means for the U.S. Navy to access a secret radio station during World War II. Now, thanks in part to social media, thousands of hikers every year wake up early and trespass through private property to hike the “Stairway to Heaven,” which is guarded during daylight hours. To hike the stairs legally, the Board of Water Supply requires proof of a $1 million insurance policy, but even that doesn’t guarantee access. Hikers have long called for the stairs to be reopened to the public, but nearby residents complain about cars parking in their neighborhoods, noise, vandalism and trespassing. The city Department of Parks and Recreation, which had planned to take over responsibility for the stairs 12 years ago, is no longer willing to do so, according to a department representative who cited concerns that it doesn’t have the proper facilities, “expertise or ability” to maintain the trail. Last week, the City Council Transportation and Planning Committee approved amendments to Bill 57 — an update of the July 2000 Koolaupoko Sustainable Communities plan — that would clarify that the owner of the Haiku Stairs is the City and County of Honolulu, not the Board of Water Supply. Even though the board is a semi-autonomous city agency that is responsible for maintaining the property, the land owner is still technically the city. For the stairs to reopen to the public, the BWS would have to find a willing government entity to accept responsibility. That would be easier to do if the bill is approved Wednesday, because no further law change would be needed to transfer ownership. The amendments were introduced by Councilman Ikaika Anderson, who said they were requested by the Board of Water Supply. He said the board was interested in the area’s natural water resources when it took over the land, but is no longer interested in maintaining it. In 2014, Anderson convened a task force to try to reopen the stairs by creating a controlled access point. The U.S. Coast Guard formerly used the Omega Station as an access point when it was in control of the stairs and he said he thinks it could be used again. Hikers often trespass through residents’ private property — sometimes waking them and setting off car alarms. No city or state entity has been willing to take over management of the stairs. BWS Manager and Chief Engineer Ernest Lau is only willing to pass them on to a government group — not a nonprofit. The state departments of Hawaiian Homelands, Land and Natural Resources have declined under two administrations, Anderson said, and the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation has been approached under three administrations. Before anything happens, the mayor would have to approve of reopening the stairs, which hasn’t recently happened. Anderson said if he were mayor, he would have found a way to make it work. “I don’t share that position, but again it’s not up to me,” Anderson said. “But this situation of leaving the stairs in limbo just can’t continue.” If an interested government entity still cannot be found by the time the board’s environmental impact state is complete, Anderson said the stairs would have to be removed. Even though the Board of Water Supply is a semi-autonomous agency, the city is still technically the landowner, said Matt Caires, chief of staff for Councilwoman Kymberly Pine. “If anything, (the amended language) might be used later to justify who is the entity that would maybe tear down the stairs or not tear down the stairs,” Caires said, adding the bill puts a “cloud” over which entity has legal authority over the area. The bill “could (make it easier) if the transfer was made to another department within the City and County,” said Barry Usagawa, Board of Water Supply program administrator for water resources. Usagawa worked with the City Council on the amendments and said the bill would not allow a transfer to a private owner. The board released an environmental impact statement preparation notice in April that identified four options under evaluation: tear the stairs down, open them to the public, transfer them to another government entity, or do nothing. Mayor Kirk Caldwell is waiting for the board to complete the EIS before taking a stance on the stairs, said his spokesman, Andrew Pereira. The board’s stated preference in the document is to tear down the stairs because maintaining a recreation site isn’t within its mission of providing water to the public. But Usegawa hesitated to single out any single option as a frontrunner and said all options are being evaluated equally. The board will have no choice but to remove the stairs unless another entity comes forward to take responsibility for them, he said. Department of Parks and Recreation spokesman Nathan Serota said the department is aware of the amendments being considered by the City Council, but said the department doesn’t want to take jurisdiction over the stairs. One key problem for the Board of Water Supply is that the stairs are landlocked and surrounded by private property. Any transfer of the property should solve the issue of illegal access, Usegawa said. “(The board’s) primary goal is to eliminate the Board of Water Supply’s liability,” he said. “… Our mission is to provide drinking water … not to provide a recreational” hiking spot. The board received more than 700 comments from the public on the EIS preparation notice alone, and the next public comment period will open when the EIS is released. Since the 1970s, former Friends of Haiku Stairs President John Goody has been hiking the stairs. He’s raised his kids “in the shadow of the stairs” and once helped maintain them, changing out rusty rails and cutting back foliage, back when the city Parks and Recreation Department kept them open to the public. “We did that for 10 years until the Board of Water Supply realized they had ownership and immediately stopped everything in the way of maintenance and taking care of the stairs,” Goody said. Though there’s no parking lot now, Goody said a parking lot can be built in the Haiku Valley to accommodate traffic and offset concerns from residents who don’t want trespassers on their property. The stairs are still in pretty good shape thanks to an $875,000 repair under former Mayor Jeremy Harris in the early 2000s, Goody said. The city administration announced at that time the stairs would be reopened to the public, but that effort stalled due to conflicts over land ownership and access to the trailhead. The larger goal would be to reopen the stairs as part of a larger public park that educates visitors about Hawaiian culture, Goody said. The stairs could handle 60 to 80 people per day, he said, and visitors could park at a dedicated parking lot, pay a fee of $50 to $100 and hike the stairs. The fees could pay for a 24-hour security guard to keep watch over the trail. The Board of Water Supply spends almost $170,000 annually on security guards to ward off hikers in daytime hours, said spokeswoman Kathleen Elliott-Pahinui, and the department has been coordinating with a special duty policeman who patrols the neighborhood for hikers at random times. Last month, security guards counted about 1,100 hikers on the trail — though the actual number could have been higher because of the hike’s many access points, she said.
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Wincore MediaBar 2iMesh Inc. - Shareware Wincore Mediabar is a type of browser hijacker instaled in Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox browsers and modifies DNS settings in MS Windows hosts file in order to redirect your legitimate search traffic to associated 'parnter' advertising sites. Wincore MediaBar is a Shareware software in the category Miscellaneous developed by iMesh Inc.. It was checked for updates 1,854 times by the users of our client application UpdateStar during the last month. The latest version of Wincore MediaBar is 2, released on 06/05/2013. It was initially added to our database on 05/05/2012. Wincore MediaBar requires any Windows operating system to be running on the computer it will be installed on. Users of Wincore MediaBar gave it a rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Write a review for Wincore MediaBar!
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Product pricing is one of those aspects of the marketing plan that is neglected – in some plans it is completely absent! The reason for this stems from the fact that all other aspects of marketing can be easily identified and quantified whereas pricing is more of an ‘art’ than a science. The product pricing issues that face any company are very complex in nature – due to the numerous variables that have to be considered before understanding pricing parameters. A company may have two objectives in its pricing policy. One may be to increase market share – the other to increase profitability. It is NOT possible to achieve both objectives simultaneously. We will now consider the factors that should be taken into account when trying to resolve the question of whether the business should try to gain market share or increase profitability. These factors are: Objective of the business and the product portfolio; The product life cycle; Costs (own and competitors); Channels of distribution Objectives and the product portfolio Every business should have a series of objectives relating to sales, profits, market share and return on capital. The business objectives might be such that it calls for short term profits. However, the business owner should be conscious that any decision made only for short term profitability will impact the long term survival of the business. This is especially true if pricing decisions are made in an ad-hoc manner it is probable that the goodwill that the company has generated with its customers will be destroyed due to unreasonably high prices. The setting of marketing objectives for any particular product is therefore without doubt the starting point in any consideration of pricing. Product life cycle According to the product life cycle a product passes through 4 stages, they are: Introduction: Product has been just introduced to the market – so the price will typically be at the higher end; Growth: this is the stage in which a products sales increases rapidly – price is set high at the growth phase to skim the Maturity & saturation: Here the product reached optimal sales and plateaus out – price is gradually reduced to maintain market share and meet the threat of competition; Decline: The product ceases to be popular due to a variety of reasons and decline sets in – price cutting is in full swing to make sure that all inventory is exhausted before market demand runs out, a type of harvesting the market. The importance of the product life cycle in pricing cannot be understated. Obviously the pricing strategies at the different stages should differ to ensure that profits are maximized. The term product positioning has already been explained. It is a very important concept in setting the price of the product. It is clearly very foolish to position a product as a high quality exclusive item, and then price it too low. Price is one of the clearest signals that the customer has about the value of the product being offered. So there should always be a sensible relationship between the product and the price. Competition and potential competition Although the product has been well positioned there will always be competitors and it goes without saying that the threat of the competition should be carefully considered. In a situation of high competition it is important to note that competing purely on price is counter productive. The business should consider all elements of the marketing mix and how they interact to create demand and value for the product should be considered in setting the overall competing strategy. Some firms launch new products at high prices only to find that they have made the market attractive to competitors who will launch similar products at much lower prices. A lower launch price might make diffusion in the market quicker and allow for greater experience and the margin for a competitor to enter the market will be reduced. Another key variable in pricing is costing – this is not only the business cost but also the cost to competitors. There are many cost concepts but the two main concepts are marginal cost pricing and full absorption costing. The conventional economists model of product pricing indicates that pricing should be set at the point where marginal cost is equal to marginal revenues i.e. where the additional cost of production is equal to the additional income earned. The theory is undisputed but considers only price as variable. In the real world there are many more variables than only price. In practice the cost of production provides key guidelines to many businesses in setting price. This is called the ‘cost plus method‘ of pricing where a fixed mark up is added to the price. Channels of distribution The standard product pricing theory does not provide insight to what should be one’s policy toward distributor margins. The distributor performs a number of functions on behalf of the supplier which enables which enables the exchange transaction between the producer and the customer. There are a number of devices available for compensating the trade intermediaries, most of which take the form of discounts given on the retail selling price to the ultimate customer. Trade discount – This is the discount made on the list price for services made available by the intermediary. e.g. holding inventory, buying bulk, redistribution etc. Quantity discount – A quantity discount is given to intermediaries who order in large lots Promotional discount – This is a discount given to distributors to encoutage them to share in the promotion of the products Cash discount - In order to encourage prompt payments of accounts, a small cash discount on sales price can be offered. Gaining competitive advantage It is possible to use price as a strategic marketing tool. The aspects of competitiveness have been listed below: Reduce the life cycle/ alter the cost mix – customers are often willing to pay a considerably higher initial price for a product with significantly lower post-purchase cost. Expand value through functional redesign. E.g. a product that increases customers production capacity or throughput, product that improves quality of the customers product, product that enhances end-use Expand incremental value by developing associated intangibles. For example service, financing, prestige factors etc. Preparing the product pricing plan We have considered some of the factors that affect the pricing decision. We now have to amalgamate all these decisions into one framework. It has been demonstrated that as a firm develops expertise in producing a particular product the cumulative cost of producing every additional unit falls. This is demonstrated by the learning curve. The effect of the learning curve should be considered in pricing of new products. There are in principle only two main pricing policies they are price skimming policy and price penetration policy. The factors that should be considered before implementing either policy are given below. The factors that favour a price skimming policy are: Demand is likely to be price inelastic; There are likely to be different price market segments, thereby appealing to those buyers first who have a higher rage of acceptable Little is known about the cost and marketing the product The variables that favour a price penetration policy are: Demand is likely to be price elastic; Competitors are likely to enter the market quickly; There no distinct price-market segments; There is possibility if large savings in production and marketing costs if large sales volumes can be generated. Go back to marketing plan guide Detailed articles and tools on product pricing
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Tissue compensation filters (TCF) aid plain film radiographic examinations by reducing the range of radiographic densities in the film. The composition and shape of the TCF assists in reducing radiographic density ranges that result from large anatomical density differences within the patient. The reduction of large density ranges on a radiographic film allows the clinicians to visualise larger ranges of anatomy. A Compton scatter technique has been used to examine the changes in the x-ray spectra that result from the placement of various TCF materials and thicknesses in the primary x-ray beam. Difficulties in the use of the Compton scatter technique in the examination of TCF under clinical conditions are discussed. Conclusions have been reached that will enable clinicians to optimising the x-ray tube voltage (kVp) so to maximise the effectiveness of each TCF material examined. The term spectral shift has been defined to aid in the evaluation of the TCF's effect on x-ray spectral changes. Maximum spectral shift for each type of TCF material occurs between generator settings of 70 - 80 kVp. TCF spectral shift changes were also examined under typical clinical generator types. Maximum spectral shift occurs when TCF are used with single phase, 100% ripple generators. Dose reduction conclusions from the use of the TCF are also discussed. |Number of pages||6| |Journal||Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine| |Publication status||Published - 1 Jan 2001|
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This month, we asked the Consumer Health Panel how they or someone they care for manage(s) multiple health conditions and multiple prescription medications. The overwhelming majority of our Panel had experience managing both multiple health conditions and medications, with 90% of respondents indicating this. More than 45% of people said they or someone they care for takes five or more prescription medications to manage their health. Most people said that they or someone they care for has two or three ongoing health conditions, with more than half of people indicating this. When asked whether respondents were answering on behalf of themselves or someone else, more than 80% of people were answering for themselves. For those experiencing ongoing health issues, almost 70% of people attended their doctor’s surgery as the first point of reference, followed by: A further 20% of people didn’t access any community services. When we asked the Panel to comment on specific services they use, some of the key responses were: We also asked the Panel how difficult or easy it is to access services they need, on a scale of 1 – 5 (1 being very difficult and 5 being very easy). According to the survey responses, pharmacy is the easiest service to access, with almost 65% of people rating pharmacy as a 5. Disability services are the most difficult to access, with almost 80% of people rating disability services as a 1. 3 in 5 of people report having been hospitalised or visited the Emergency Department in the past 12 months. After being discharged, almost 60% of people felt that it was ‘very easy’ or ‘somewhat easy’ to link into the services they needed. One person commented: “Emergency nurses were wonderful. Community Health were supportive with resources and Peer Support Worker was encouraging and helpful.” Finally, we asked the Panel what they would change about the health system to keep people well and out of hospital. We have summarised the top responses to this question below: Thank you to our Consumer Health Panel members for sharing your thoughts on managing multiple health conditions and medications. Your responses reinforce to us the importance of supporting rural health care providers and the work of local doctors. We will continue our work on linking up the different parts of the health system. This is particularly important for people with multiple health conditions who require multiple medications. In other news, we are about to transition to a new Consumer Health Panel platform, which will help us better engage with you and understand the needs of the community via: In the coming weeks, you will receive an email with a link to finalise your registration in this new platform – stay tuned! Please note: COORDINARE is not a clinical health service and cannot advise individuals about their health care. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health provider regarding any questions or concerns you may have about a particular medical condition. PHN is a trademark of the Australian Government. Use of the PHN trademark and the PHN Identifier by South Eastern NSW PHN is authorised by the Australian Government. Copyright © 2015 - 2020 COORDINARE - South Eastern NSW PHN Site by Internetrix.
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Round two of my Miami engagement sessions were with the gorgeous Cat Deely look-a-like, Lisa, and her super sweet fiance, Tim! Lisa and Tim have known each other since they were kids – so I can’t wait to share their wedding day with them and their families! I know they’re all so excited to be celebrating this amazing union. And I’m obsessed with her red Anthropologie dress :) One of my absolute favorites from our morning together… The South Beach rock jetty is one of my favorite places!
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You’ve probably heard it claimed that WebAssembly is fast. But what exactly does that mean and what is it? In this post, we’ll dive into those questions and also get a glimpse into the future. I think it’s important to start with some clarification: statements made regarding performance are always relative, and in the case of WebAssembly there is a lot of nuance that is often difficult to fully see and so this post doesn’t read as one continued rambling of “well, actually”, not everything is elaborated on. Keep that in mind! Just remember that WebAssembly is exciting, but it’s not a silver bullet. WebAssembly (aka Wasm) is an efficient, safe, low-level bytecode for the Web. That sounds nice, but let’s break this down to truly understand what we mean. When most people talk about WebAssembly, they talk about its potential performance benefits at runtime because it’s compiled to efficient machine code by your browser. However, runtime performance isn’t the only thing it’s efficient at. WebAssembly was designed from the ground up to have a very compact, binary file format, so it can be fast to download, but more importantly it can be compiled to machine code while it’s being downloaded. This is called Streaming Compilation. The Web has enjoyed tremendous success in advancing what a browser can do, while still protecting us from malicious intent. WebAssembly continues that precedent. This is might seem fairly limiting — and it is — but it was very important to start off with a proven, secure foundation. WebAssembly also provides additional safety for languages like C/C++. The most common example is the good old stack smashing/overflow exploit, where a buffer is overrun and executable code is injected. Because of the way WebAssembly works, that exploit isn’t even possible! You can still overrun buffers — this is allowed from the C++ specification — but there is no concept of executable memory so injecting code would be pointless. WebAssembly is intended to be compilation target, not something you’d normally write by hand — but you can. You’ll write code in a human-readable programming language (like C++ or Rust) and compile it down to the machine-readable binary object code aka bytecode. Some C/C++ code compiled to WebAssembly bytecode Bytecode is similar to your native computer’s machine code, except it’s designed for a virtual machine instead of a real one. This makes it very low-level, which enables performance optimizations, but still portable; you don’t have to worry about which CPU (x64, ARM, etc) your users have. Browsers provide a built-in WebAssembly virtual machine, but ironically, WebAssembly isn’t just for the Web — more on this later! You might be familiar with other bytecode formats like the .NET CIL (CLR) or Java bytecode (JVM). It’s natural to wonder why browser vendors didn’t just add support for one of these (or another) instead. The exact reasons are a bit complex and technical, but ultimately other virtual machines had incompatible goals. As one example, WebAssembly files can be verified and compiled by the virtual machine in a single pass, unlike most contenders, allowing streaming compilation. There are numerous other reasons, but even if they had chosen one of the existing bytecode formats, it wouldn’t have allowed you to run existing binaries as-is because they don’t sandbox the operating system enough. For example, the JVM provides unrestricted file system access with APIs like java.io.* which is a big no-no for the Web. Instead, the goal is to use the Web’s existing APIs and sandbox model. WebAssembly v1.0 aka MVP In my opinion, the biggest reason WebAssembly hasn’t taken off like a rocket is that it’s being designed incrementally, so certain features are “missing” for broad appeal. The initial 1.0 version, dubbed the MVP, is best suited for languages like C/C++ and Rust and even with them, not all use cases. This was a wise, intentional choice because standards notoriously take forever to finalize. It also allows the standards body take in feedback and refine their goals incrementally from real-world usage. It’s very hard, usually impossible, to remove something from the Web once it’s shipped, so making the right choices the first time is paramount. Here is where things get a bit awkward. Since WebAssembly is a compilation target, not something you write by hand, how exactly you “get started” depends on the higher-level language you’re going to write and ultimately compile. If you’re into Rust, you’re quite in luck because the Rust core team has really doubled down on WebAssembly. There’s even a dedicated Working Group to improve the experience. You’ll want to check out their Rust+Wasm book. Other languages have early support for WebAssembly too, like Go. Expect these to improve significantly in the coming years. Neither Web nor Assembly Most of this post (and the Web in general) assumes that when we’re talking about WebAssembly, we’re talking about it running it inside of a browser. However, pretty ironically I must say, WebAssembly’s name is a misnomer. It’s not an assembly language, it’s a bytecode — though there is a textual “assembly” language to represent the binary bytecode. More importantly, it’s not just for the Web! The WebAssembly designers knew it was unprecedented for the major tech companies of the world to get together and design a completely free, standardized instruction set. They made a conscious effort to make it generic, not fundamentally tied to browsers. We’re just beginning to see how it’s used outside of the browser, but already there are some exciting projects. Nebulet, operating system microkernel that runs only WebAssembly wasmjit, WebAssembly running in the kernel/ring-0 Wasmer, universal binary platform WebAssembly can be used today in all modern browsers (i.e. not IE11), and in performance critical, fairly algorithmic use cases it’s already providing huge performance benefits for real world use cases. But in particular I’m most excited for the post-MVP future of WebAssembly and what it will mean for not just for the Web, but everywhere. I also highly recommend checking out the Awesome Wasm repo which has links to all things WebAssembly.
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At Maxim's, we want to offer you a delicious nougat made in the respect of the tradition. In your ballotin, you will discover real nougats. Whether they are plain, pistachio or raspberry, they will delight your taste buds! - An assortment of tender nougats with 3 flavours, plain, pistachio or raspberry - Ingredients: Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Almonds, Honey, Edible Paper Wafer, Potato Flour, Water, Sunflower Oil, Pistachio, Egg Albumin , Spirulina Extract, Raspberry And Pistachios Natural Flavour, Coloring (Carmines E120, Curcumin E100 ), Natural Vanilla Flavour Do you really know the origin of nougat? This small sweet made with honey and almonds is delicious. Even if the sweet was born in the Arab countries, it is in Provence that it will then develop. The nougat is typical of the Mediterranean basin where one takes a particular care to manufacture this sweetness. It is also the nougats that we can find during the tradition of the 13 Christmas desserts in Provence. Since 1893, Maxim's de Paris has developed high quality fine food products for the most demanding gourmets. We are deeply involved in the selection of the best ingredients to elaborate our succulent recipes, and call out the best specialists of French gastronomy for our developments. Prestigious craftsmen, chocolate and confectionery experts help us to elaborate our best creations where they can express all their « savoir-faire » and talent.
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Imagine an upscale RV Park away from the congestion of daily life for a fun-filled family experience not to forget. The Harmony is outdoor camping at its best, with fishing boat rentals, dog run, friendly people, full service, and a recreational area for campers and travelers who want plenty to do. 30 new clean, RV sites all pull-thru with Full Hookups including WIFI, TV, 20,30, 50 Amps. The RV sites will accommodate large rigs, open and forested. Traveling with children, pets, or by yourself, this is the park. Invite your non-RV friends to take pleasure in 12 assorted cabins some with glamorous amenities kitchens, linens, silverware, bathrooms w/showers, and two bedrooms.
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+ Add to Calendar 2019-02-25 18:30:002019-02-25 20:00:00America/New_YorkAIANY Interiors Committee MeetingAgenda 2019 Event Planning • Ford Foundation Tour: February Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place New York NY 10012 Feb 25, 2019 2/25/19, 6:30pm - 8pm Center for Architecture 2019 Event Planning • Ford Foundation Tour: February 28th, 5:00pm-6:30pm, SOLD OUT. • Speed Presentations 10 April 9th, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, Häfele American Company Showroom Submit your work in our call for entries by February 22nd. • 2019 Gil Oberfield Memorial Lecture: Annabelle Selldorf May 16th, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, Center for Architecture (Tafel Hall) REGISTER • MoMA PS1 YAP Tour: July or August, details to be discussed. • Residential Review: September, details to be discussed. The committees of AIA New York are the foundations from which the Chapter positions itself in the field of architecture, whether through discussion, advocacy, policy making and development, event and exhibition planning, or other endeavors. Committees meet monthly, usually at the Center for Architecture. AIA members, AIA associate members, and general public are all welcome to participate. If you have questions or are considering attending a meeting for the first time, contact each committee’s co-chairs for more information at aiany.org/committees. Our website has detected that you are using a browser that will prevent you from accessing certain features. An upgrade is recommended to experience. Use the links below to upgrade your exisiting browser.
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DIY marvel drawers made from IKEA RAST pine drawers perfect for a comic book fan or a young boys bedroom Then before we moved into our new place I had an idea to make these RASTs into cute and equally practical bed side tables! DIY Ikea ALEX Vanity - Blushing in Hollywood Love this IKEA Rast hack! Transform a boring dresser into a PRETTY and FUNCTIONAL nightstand with paint, stain and a few pieces of trim! Read on to see the tutorial. mid century mod ikea rast hack dresser, painted furniture Ikea hack Rast – så förvandlar du en vanlig furubyrå med trendiga detaljer Rast with legs (without it's only 27.5" high) AFTER - inspiration files--ikea rast dresser hack from jax does design -- after A step-by-step tutorial on how to turn your Ikea RAST Chest of Drawers into a caned nightstand Love this IKEA RAST hack. All you need are a few supplies to make over this cheap ikea dresser into a sleek modern mid century dresser or night stand. If you are wondering how to turn your RAST dresser into a handsome apothecary cabinet, I have just the hack for you. I think you can just score horizontal lines across the drawer fronts with a saw to create a faux apothecary cabinet style but I wanted more it realistic, with more texture. DIY Mid-Century Modern Dresser IKEA Hack DIY Night Stands Ikea Rast Hack – Grace & Valiant Ikea Rast Hack Plans The Abundant Abode: Sunday in Suburbia: Nailhead & Marble Ikea Rast Hack The Auburn Fox Blog: Ikea Rast Hack. Navy and gold combo Check out this IKEA Rast Hack into a Mid-Century Modern inspired dream nightstand!
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Sutter Health leads groundbreaking clinical studies including those described below. - TAPUR™ study will help improve treatment for patients with advanced cancers — Sutter Health is enrolling patients to the Targeted Agent and Profiling Utilization (TAPUR™) study, a national, prospective, non-randomized clinical trial determining the safety and efficacy of approved, targeted anticancer drugs. “The study enrolls patients with advanced cancer who are not responding to standard treatment and who have genomic alterations in their tumors that can be targeted with a TAPUR™ study drug,” says Stacy D’Andre, MD, Executive Chair of the Sutter Cancer Research Consortium, Medical Director at Sutter Cancer Center, and Principle Investigator for the study at Sutter. “By offering this study through the Sutter Cancer Research Consortium, we are providing our patients with novel therapies that they would otherwise not have access to.” Learn more about the TAPUR™ study at Sutter Health. - STRIVE: Sutter’s largest-enrolling clinical trial to date — Sutter’s largest-enrolling clinical trial to date — Sutter Health sites across Northern California, the Mayo Clinic, and other institutions participated in STRIVE, a study that enrolled over 38,000 Sutter patients at 11 mammography centers in under 20 months. Begun in 2017 and now closed to enrollment, the study is evaluating a new tool for the detection of early-stage breast cancer. The test is being developed by GRAIL, Inc., a healthcare company based in Menlo Park. Given its location in Northern California, one of the most diverse populations worldwide, Sutter Health’s participation in the STRIVE study could help pioneer breakthroughs in early diagnosis that may help improve patients’ experiences throughout the United States and beyond. See how STRIVE is helping improve breast cancer detection at Sutter Health. - Sutter Health one of the top U.S. sites enrolling patients to the PARTNER 3 study of TAVR in low-risk patients — Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive procedure done without open-heart surgery to replace a narrowed aortic valve. The procedure is one of several research breakthroughs and interventional cardiology advances being pioneered at Sutter Health through the research of David Daniels, MD, an interventional cardiologist at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center and CPMC, and collaborators across Sutter. Results from the PARTNER 3 clinical trial were published March 16 in the NEJM with Sutter Health investigators as co-authors. Find out how research is helping lead Sutter Health to a new era in cardiology care.
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Samsung Galaxy S4 will Not Feature Exynos 5 Octa Processor & Amoled Screen The Galaxy S IV will no longer use the Samsung EXYNOS 5 OCTA Processor. According to the latest rumors this processor has overheating issues. Today we can confirm Samsung will use the Snapdragon 600 and it is clocked at 1.9Ghz Processor which is 0.2 Ghz higher than the HTC One & 0.4Ghz higher than Xperia Z. The Galaxy S IV will have 2 GB of RAM and will come in three variants 16, 32 or 64 GB. As the rumor earlier reported Samsung is going to use a Full HD display. The Galaxy S IV uses a 4.99-inch Full-HD SoLux Display we have no information if this is based on LCD3 like the HTC One.
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Reading/spelling pattern (oy, oi) as in boy, (oi) as in oil The diphthongs (oy, oi) have two adjacent vowels in a single syllable, each of which contribute to the sound heard. (boy = boi; boil = boil) Read the words below. Read these sentences, they’re a bit difficult. - The boy is wearing corduroy jeans. - Roy enjoyed dining on oysters. - I have buttons made of oyster shells. - Please do not destroy Floyd’s toy! - Hunters use decoys to attract ducks. - I hope your voyage will be joyful. - Are you employed at the toyshop? - The cowboy ate a boysenberry. - Lloyd is annoying Boyd’s friend. - The cowboy has a loyal sheepdog. - What destroyed our field of soybeans? - Mom says that I’m a tomboy. - Troy enjoys his work as a busboy. - My body is buoyant when I float. Read these words. You may need help. Read these sentences. You may need help. - I enjoyed the broiled oysters. - The employees are noisy. - My turquoise pencil has a sharp point. - Do you avoid making bad choices? - Please join our coin-collecting club. - Does the soil feel moist? - Did you wrap the moist cake in foil? - Where’s the poison ivy ointment? - Does a trapezoid have four points? - I rejoice when I recognize mom’s voice. - The new toilets have a noisy flush. Dictation/Spelling Practice for (oy, oi) words Write one sentence. You must include at least one word that has the spelling pattern (oy) and one word that has the spelling pattern (oi) in your sentence. Your writing should reflect good penmanship, correct usage of upper and lower case letters, and use proper spacing. Remember all sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period (.), question mark (?), or an exclamation ____________________________________________________________________ Use this space at the bottom to make a simple illustration of your sentence, or use the back of the paper for a more elaborate illustration.
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We possess in-depth expertise in manufacturing an array of unmatched brass electrical accessories like brass lamp holder accessories, brass plug pin... [Read More] Brass Sanitary Parts Dharma Brass Industries specialized in the manufacturing of quality Brass Sanitary Parts & plays an important role in supplying a wide range of Brass Sanitary Parts to Electrical & electronic the industries, locally & international market. As per customer design and specification. Brass Sanitary Parts uses in fitting electrical & electronics, Available in natural brass finish & nickel surface plating with Brass Decorative Parts & mild steel. All international thread available.
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One in three with PPI may find it worthlessLoan cover exclusions make it useless for many 28 May 2008 A third of consumers who have taken out payment protection insurance (PPI) in the last five years may never be able to make a claim, Which? warns today. They may fall foul of at least one ‘significant exclusion’ that would prevent them from making a successful claim. PPI is sold alongside loans, credit cards, finance agreements and mortgages to cover repayments if people are off work because of illness or unemployment. But we estimate that as many as 2 million policies have been sold to consumers who may not be eligible for cover, For example, people who are self-employed or on a fixed-term job contract often aren't covered by PPI. Many people aged 65 and over, or people who might claim for absences relating to pre-existing medical conditions also may not be covered. We estimate that around 6 million PPI policies - about a third of the market - were attached to loans at the end of 2006. Which? personal finance campaigner Doug Taylor said: ‘We've always known that people were being mis-sold PPI, but we were still amazed to discover the scale of it. ‘It appears that salespeople are chasing their commissions, their bosses are chasing profits - where's the sense of responsibility to the customer? ‘If you have a loan and think you might have been mis-sold PPI, now's the time to fight back. Compensation could be just a letter away.’ If you are unsure whether you have been mis-sold PPI, follow this simple checklist. If you can answer ‘no’ to one or more of these questions, then you may have been mis-sold: - did the adviser make it clear that the insurance was optional (if this was the case)? - did the adviser tell you about the ‘significant exclusions’ under the policy? For example, the exclusion that states you won’t be covered for any pre-existing medical condition? - if you took out a loan or finance agreement, did the adviser make it clear that you would have to pay for the insurance up front in a single payment? - if you had to pay for the insurance as a single premium, did the adviser make it clear that the insurance cost would be added to the loan and you would be paying interest on it? - if your PPI policy expires before your loan or finance agreement does, you'll be paying interest on insurance that is no longer in force. Did the adviser make this clear? For more information on how to make a complaint and begin the process of claiming back your PPI, visit our payment protection insurance campaign
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After much anticipation, the first Fleets for the Future (F4F) national public-sector procurement window is now open. From October 1-31, 2017, participants will have access to exclusive deals on alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) through two National Joint Powers Alliance® (NJPA)-awarded contract vendors: Zenith Motors and National Auto Fleet Group (NAFG). Zenith Motors is offering F4F participants their complete line of 100% electric step vans, cargo vans, and shuttle vans with the opportunity for a bulk discount in the month of October. Those that place an order through Fleets for the Future can get up to 7% off NJPA’s members-only pricing on these AFVs. The more vehicles that are purchased through F4F, the larger the total discount for participants of the program. The Zenith Motors vehicles will not only help your fleet reduce carbon emissions, but can save your public organization over $100,000 on operational costs over the lifetime of one van. Also in October, NAFG will be holding their pricing on six of their most popular clean energy vehicles specifically for the F4F national procurement. The vehicles available through this initiative include: the 2018 Chevrolet Volt; the 2019 Ford Police Responder Hybrid Sedan; the 2018 Ford Transit Van T-150 (Includes 21GGE compressed natural gas fuel system); and the 2018 Ford F-150 XL 2WD Regular, Supercab, and Supercrew (Includes 21GGE compressed natural gas fuel system). Because NJPA-awarded contracts hold competitive pricing compared to the rest of the market, you may not find these limited-time deals anywhere else. NAFG is also ready to customize your vehicle as needed to fit your fleet’s needs. Want to take advantage of these nationwide opportunities? Follow these five simple steps: - Log on to NJPA’s website; - On the top right-hand side of the home page, press the “Join Now” button; - Press the “Click Here to Join” button and fill out the online application to become a NJPA member. Membership is free and it will only take a few minutes to join. There is no obligation or liability from joining; - Browse NJPA’s awarded vendor contracts and select either Zenith Motors or National Auto Fleet Group; and - Use the contact information provided by NJPA to reach out to the vendor. Tell them you are interested in participating in the Fleets for the Future national procurement through NJPA and they will walk you through the rest of the process! To see all the current national public-sector opportunities available, check out the interactive diagram at the top of F4F’s national initiatives page and be sure to follow us on Twitter @Fleets4Future. If you know of a fleet manager or fleet procurement officer at a public agency that may be interested in these opportunities, feel free to pass this information along. Be sure to keep an eye out for new opportunities and vendors as we continue our efforts through Fleets for the Future.
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Meet the Seaboard Rise: an elegant musical instrument with touch sensitive keys, allowing you to produce beautiful music anywhere. It has a portable design and adjustable sensitivity to accommodate your playing style. You can map sound parameters to gestures to get more out of the device. Seaboard Rise is compatible with Windows and OS X DAWs. This battery-powered, Bluetooth device is less than one inch thick. It comes with a storage case and a special software to get you started. The above video covers what you get.
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Waiting for sunrise on the rooftop, Catching the sunset in my hair. Walking barefoot on morning dewdrops, Riding a bike in the cold evening air. Sitting atop a hill watching the city lights, Collecting pretty fireflies in a jar. Going on long drives through the countryside, Spending the night in the back of a car. Sleeping in the open air under the stars, Solo dancing in the dim moonlight. With a bottle of wine and a tipsy heart And a poem to write, in the dead of night. Embarking on road trips and scaling heights, Camping by the side of a shimmering river. Stopping at random places to admire the sights, Playing mellow songs on my old guitar. Backpacking in the woods, in the vast wilderness. Diving headlong into the deep ocean. Chasing polar lights and bio bays, Dreaming away in a field of dandelions. Building a home in a steep mountain, Overlooking a lake and a valley of pine trees.. A quiet little cottage to grow old in, And breathe my last in absolute peace.
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Old Timer porch sitting Stick Whittling 3.0 in. two blade Gunstock Trapper Knife. High Carbon stainless steel blades with nickel silver bolters brass pins. Brown Saw Cut Old Timer handles with heat treated back springs deep nail grove for easy opening. A traditional Old Timer pocket knife. Lifetime guarantee on materials and workmanship. - 7Cr17 high carbon stainless steel blades - Brown saw cut handle - Nickel silver bolster with brass pins - 2.0 in. blade 2.8 in. closed
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John published two books to help guide leaders in the private and public sectors. Passion for Presenting and Remarkable Presentations reflect his belief that, "We all make presentations every day. Some are professional in nature, propelling our careers forward. Some are community-focused, helping to support cause and projects which we care about. Others are quite informal, more personal in nature, perhaps even one-on-one. What they all have in common is they represent an opportunity for us to represent ourselves and our ideas to someone." John is truly a Renaissance Man. His writing includes a recently released book. Ramblings of a Common Man: Everyday Poetry is a collection of poetry reflecting on life. It was written by a traveler on the path of human existence, observing what came his way. It is offered with gratitude, respect, and honor, with the hope of providing a flicker in the imagination, a spark for the senses and a slight embrace to the heart. John's body of work is aligned to our mission. His books are featured in the Recommended works on this HTN website. He encourages everyone to discover their hidden treasure. He is also an accomplished artist, with displays in several Art Galleries; more about that in a future update. I look forward to posting several of John's short stories in our monthly Trail Tales Column. He has created a new service designed to serve the Senior Savvy newspaper readership. For those trying to preserve family memories, visit John's site at http://senior-stories.com/
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Allison Park, Pennsylvania - 1967 Point Marion, Pennsylvania - 1996 Go ye into ye house by ye maine entrance. Climbe ye staire to ye first balconie. Breake ye locke on ye secont door and enter. Find ye papers lyn'g at ye seventhe corner. If ye wish to preserve ye sanitie of ye Earthe, touche them not, but set ye fire to them, friende. Let them be consum'd and ye house withe them. A proper ende for a buildn'g which has knownt ye unlearnable, and hear'd ye unspeakable. Might great Cathar rot in ye caverne as I will soon rot in ye grave. BURNE THEM! BURNE THEM all and throw their books onto ye pyre! Ye blackness calls them and stands agape for all who woulde stumb'l unknown'g into ye pit. Ye secrets of ye Megazome muste never be tolde. BURNE THEM and run screamn'g from ye house for ye have stood at ye edge of infinitie and throwne clos'd ye door! Ye rumb'l of ye flame will make my mouldern'g bodie laughe in ye tombe. Play ye digeree, do, Blue. And let ye unholy house burne to ye unholy music. BURNE THEM and don't looke backe! Ye have sav'd ye worlde from madness. David Howe stood in the doorway of the outlandish room and blinked. A few of the many walls seemed to shift slightly. He blinked again. Other walls shifted. He felt dizzy. He placed his hand on the left wall for support as much as for a reference point in this crazily shifting reality. He began to take short, careful steps. As he walked he remembered the chain of events that had brought him here. Ammon Cove is an ancient town that sprawls through the depression at the mouth of the mighty Consimcalon River. It consists of two generally accepted halves: the New Town, whose old and dirty warehouses and outdated shops can only be called new at the expense of the other half - the Old Town. The Old Town is unknown to the outside world. They sometimes see it, wedged between the restless sea and the secretive swamp, but no outsider ever goes near the Old Town. Why is hard to say. At one time, generations ago, one could have used the excuse of the unholsome population, a combination of refugees from the witch trials of the surrounding area and the mongrel dredgings of the waterfronts of half the world who jumped the creaking, rat infested ships which used to throng the harbor. Ammon Cove never saw a witch trial itself, possibly because those respectable residents who dared suggest the popular pastime where known to occasionally vanish mysteriously from their beds, never to be heard from again. In other words, Ammon Cove was a haven (or is that the applicable word?) for witches, warlocks and assorted scum and was openly avoided by God-fearing, witch-burning Christians. Today the remains of that once-feared place, now known as the Old Town, are still avoided and, still, no one can say exactly why. Perhaps it is because no outsider has any reason to go there. There are no new buildings. All are survivors of early New England, old and rotting, alowly falling to ruin. The few inhabitants seem nearly as ancient as their crumbling homes, gnarled and stunted recluses who shut themselves behind bolted doors in the daylight and scuttle quietly about nameless errands only after the sun has fallen and the mist has settled. David Howe came to the first corner. It was more than ninety degrees, yet he seemed to have to turn sharply in order to keep sliding his hand along the wall. He remembered the next link in the chain. INSERT MORE BACKGROUND ON AMMON COVE WHICH WILL SIMULTANEOUSLY BE INDIRECT BACKGROUND ON STRAM DROCER'S DIABOLICAL PAST - T.H. The Drocer Institute stands on the banks of the mighty Consimcalon River on the outskirts of Kingsland, Massachusetts. It was founded in the early nineteen fifties by an unusual, and now rarely mentioned person, by the name of Stram Drocer. Stram Drocer was, at that time, recognized by a select group as a genius, albeit an erratic one, of the highest caliber, though eccentric to the same extent. The institute was built by this group at his request and paid for by a previoulsy unknown bank account which he signed over for its construction. For six years he came and went about the place as he pleased, suggesting unheard of projects here, helping in difficult research there. His genius blazed a trail through new vistas of science that were so revolutionary as to be wholly unheard of outside the walls of the Drocer Institute. Yet, during this period, the seeds of his downfall were being sewn. Alternating with his periods of genius were spells of apparent madness when he would rave for hours on subjects that should be unheard of in a modern scientific facility. In these moments he might fervently believe he was a master alchemist, an occult spiritual leader or even a human vampire. It was during one of these spells that he attacked a young employee and inflicted several small wounds about his neck. As a result of the growing public pressure accumulating from this and other criminal offenses, the board of directors he himself had appointed irrevocably banned Stram Drocer from the institution that bore his name. A few of those who knew him best, while agreeing with the ban, were willing to make extreme allowances for his delusions. He occasionally came to them with theories and crude sketches of unimaginable devices which, when properly handled in the laboratories, kept the level of Drocer technology far above that of any other research institution. It was with just such an idea that Stram Drocer came to Dr. Robert Sparks, Drocer's young associate chemist on a moonless night in November of the year 1959. It was shortly after midnight and Sparks was locking the door of the chemistry laboratory when a lean, hunched figure in a jet black cape stepped out of the shadows. Sparks immediately recognized the outlandish costume and wolfish profile of Stram Drocer. "Good evening, my friend." Stram Drocer announced himself in his forced germanic accent. "I was just coming out tonight when I saw the light in your office. This is a very strange coincidence, I thought, because I have a fabulous new invention to show you." "Good evening, Master." Sparks used the mode of address prefered by the maniacal genius. "I trust this damp spell and the mist are to your liking. Tell me, what sort of invention do you have this fine evening?" "That is correct. I like the fog very much. It is so close and concealing. But I have a wonderful invention. Oh, it is fabulous, faboulous! I call it a Megazome. You have never seen anything like it." "Is that right. What does it do?" "I will tell you what it does. Do you see that bright star shining through the fog. If there were somebody living up there, by using my fabulous Megazome, you could talk to them. "Do not laugh! I know what you are thinking, that it is just some big radio or something like that. But it is not, my friend. The Megazome waves have no limitations. They can travel that far and much further in less time than it takes you to hear the sound of my voice. And they do not weaken. You can talk as far as you like. You can even send pictures and all that kind of stuff. It is fabulous! Look. Look at these drawings I have made." He held out a handful of dirty, crumpled pages. Sparks accepted them and glanced over them in the glow of a streetlight. "But Master, these plans call for an underground tunnel over a mile long! I can't afford anything like that." "Oh, I have found such a tunnel. If you will build my megazome, I will show you where it is." "I don't know, Master. This looks like an awful lot of trouble. What can we use it for?" "No, no. It is really very simple. And just think of it, no more fooling around with radio stuff. This radio business is no good! With my Megazome you will be able to talk to anybody, anyplace. Understand?" "I'll see what I can do, Master. Are these all the plans you have?" "Yes, that is all. Except here. Here is where you will find the great underground cavern. If you go to the edge of the swamp down by the cove, you see trees like I have drawn. Right here, where I put this X, there is a great big stone on the ground. You must drag it away and you will find the door to the great cavern. I will come back again, my friend. I'll be seeing you." With this abrupt parting, Stram Drocer suddenly disappeared around the corner of a building and was gone. Sparks was left standing alone with a half dozen sheets of scrawled pictures and a mounting curiosity about the latest discovery of the outcast genius. Howe reached the second corner. It was an obtuse angle, yet he had to turn sharplyto follow the next wall. And still he remembered. The swamp begins at the back stoops of the houses of Ammon Cove and covers several square miles of land farther inland. It is known as The Black Swamp, probably because of its exceptionally dark appearance. Dark minerals from the black ground have been drawn into the vegatation giving it an extremely deep shade of green that contrasts starkly with the surrounding flora. Not much is known about Black Swamp. People shun it as they do Ammon Cove, but, in this case, with very good reason. The murky depths of the swamp, shadowed by the thick underbrush, are treacherous with quicksand, poisonous animals and thorny plantlife. On occasion the swamp has been known to expel poisonous gas which has taken a heavy toll among domestic animals. The farms in the area were abandoned a century ago after the unexplained death of farmer Rudolf Brandt and his family of seven whose, oddly decayed and discolored, bodies were found huddled in a corner of the great farmhouse kitchen after an unusually bad attack of the swamp gas in which the entire barnyard stock of several farms was wiped out. Dr. Sparks and his young assistant David Howe applied the whole of their strength to moving a large slab of stone on the sea side of the Black Swamp. With the aid of pry bars and two-by-fours, they finally succeeded in exposing the hole which it had covered. They saw that the stone had concealed a chimney-like affair which appeared to be the top of a ventilation shaft. It had a diameter of about two feet and extended directly downward for a distance of about twenty feet where it opened into a much larger horizontal tunnel. While Howe went back to the Jeep for ropes and additional lights, Sparks examined the exposed end of the vertical shaft. It was lined with rough blocks of ancient stone, covered with the thick moss of long disuse. It was apparent that when the shaft was built, foot and handholds had been provided for climbing. These were now crumbling and smooth enough to be nearly useless. A match held over the opening was promptly extinquished by the strong rush of air that entered the shaft, indicating the existence of other strategically placed ventilation openings. When the rope was brought, secured to a nearby tree and dropped into the shaft, the scientist began a careful descent as his assistant prepared himself for an extended wait at the surface. Aided by the old footholds, Sparks found the descent easy until the shaft opened into the roof of the transverse tunnel. He slid down the last six feet of rope and studied the strange corridor in which he stood. It extended as far as his light could reach inland while on the sea side it it sloped downward rapidly until it disappeared into a pool of black, stagnant seepage. Shouting his intention to young Howe, he strode swiftly away from the flooded end. He had traveled over two hundred yards before he came to a stop. The walls of this tunnel were lined with the same green-coated stone as the vertical shaft by which he had entered, alternated with places where the tunnel had been cut through the living rock. This rock bore an oddly worn and polished look. The passage still seemed endless, fading into dripping darkness far ahead. A few minutes later he stopped to examine another shaft which led downward at a steep angle from the one he had been following. About a hundred yards away he could make out a vaulted archway opening into a dark room. Cautiouslly noting his directions at the intersection, he started down the side tunnel. While the floor of the other had been oddly worn, this one showed roughly fashioned steps. The moss on the steps made going difficult and a few times he retraced his steps a few yards to make sure he could climb back up the steep slope. He stifled a sharp cry as he entered the room at the bottom of the stair. There before him, silhouetted against a faint flickering light, was the figure of a hunched old man standing with his back to the door. Before the explorer could move, the figure spun around and lunged at him, seizing his arm in a vise-like grip and thrusting its ugly, primitive face close to his. Sparks instantly recognized the canine features, bulging eyes and sharp teeth of the mad genius, Stram Drocer. "Welcome, my friend. Welcome. I knew you would come." Ignoring the shocked appearance of the scientist, and picking up the smoking oil lamp, Stram Drocer dragged him out of the small chamber and back up the slippery incline. "Come. Come this way. I will show you how I have gotten the control chamber ready for you." Stram Drocer's voice displayed a maniacal enthusiasm that was characteristic of his moments of spectacular insight into the workings of the universe. Sparks allowed himself to be led, by the shuffling ancient, through the dank passage that seemed to tunnel endlessly beneath the shunned swamp. The strange pair followed the arrow straight tunnel past countless black openings that led to unknown black chambers, possibly like the one in which Stram Drocer had been waiting. As they passed opening after opening and each faded into the blackness behind them, Sparks began to notice a disquieting change in the rock walls. Instead of the rough hewn appearance, they now appeared to be smoothly polished. Occasionally they passed under yawing apertures in the roof, coated with the foul-smelling moss of centuries, lit by the faint glow of daylight. He guessed these to be ventilating shafts like the one through which he had entered. In spite of those frequent shafts, or perhaps because of them since they must have opened deep within the foul swamp, the air was heavy with the decay of centuries. This was mixed with many unidentifiable, but equally offensive, odors. Without warning, Stram Drocer turned into one of the numberless side tunnels. Sparks followed him down another of the strange, slippery ramps. Instead of opening into a chamber, this ramp made several sharp turns as it wound deeper into the earth. At length the two stepped into another long tunnel, like the one above that had taken them so far beneath the swamp. For another ten minutes they walked in silence past even more side tunnels and under more scattered ventilation shafts that, here, reached upward into blackness. By now Sparks had lost his sense of direction after descennding the twisting ramp between tunnels. He desperately began to hope that Stram Drocer would not take it into his head to suddenly drop out of sight again. Eventually the pair came to a featureless wall that formed the end of the tunnel. Without hesitation, Stram Drocer stepped through a narrow doorway and swiftly descended another steep and roughly hewn stair. As they picked their way farther into to the frightening depths, Stram drocer began talking, as if to himself. "No way to make money. No way to make money. But I won't need money soon. Oh no. I won't ever need money again. The Megazome will see to that!" They abrubtly found themselves in a large chamber, perhaps twenty feet on a side and ten feet high. A modern concrete floor contrasted sharply with the rough hewn walls and support columns. Racks of electronic equipment lined the back wall, gleamimg under brilliant flouescent lights. At the center of the right wall a foot-square door of heavy steel hung open beside a similarly sized hole cut deep into the rock. At the center of the left wall a man-high sliding door bore the inscription Otis. Heavy cables snaked across the floor from the racks into small holes in each of the side walls. Without his realizing it, Spark's mouth hung open as he walked along the racked equipment studying it. He recognized audio and radio frequency oscillators, wideband power amplifiers, instrumentation amplifiers and the occasional green screen of an oscillograph. At the end of the row of racks, a piece of plywood was bolted to the rock wall. On this wood, held crudely with bent, rusty nails, were several large tubes, coils and condensers. Wires dangled from this conglomeration to carbouys on the floor filled with a bubbling, brownish liquid, the vapor from which tickled his nose. Several of the heavy cables terminated there. From the entrance where he still stood, Stram Drocer said, "Do you like it my friend?" Then, in a flash, as Sparks had feared, he disappeared up the slippery stair. Rubbing his smarting eyes, for the flash had blinded him even in the brightly lit room, Sparks nearly rushed after the, now vanished, figure. But, gathering his wits, he opened the sliding door and stepped through. Re-closing the door, he crossed his fingers and pushed a conspicuous button labeled UP. Less than a minute later he stepped out of a rough, tar-papered shack near the road into the swamp. He was just in time to flag down his own Jeep as, the long since panicked, Howe shot past toward the main highway to summon help for his missing superior. He passed the third corner. he tried not to think about the angle formed by the two walls. Instead he thought of the next link in the chain. For the next week Sparks and Howe spent all their waking hours and slept many fitful nights in the secret underground chamber. Stram Drocer was conspicous by his absence. But, gradually, the two traced out the maze of wiring. With difficulty they filled in the gaps in their knowledge from the crumpled pages Sparks had been handed by Stram Drocer. A seemingly endless supply of power was available from the cables that entered near the elevator shaft. Only a tiny percentage of what was available was needed by the elevator itself, the lights and the racks of electronics. judging from the relative size of the cables, the vast bulk of power would be consumed by the, still little understood, apparatus on the plywood. Despite their curiosity, the two never learned from where the power came. The heavy wires exited the small hole in the rock face. No amount of searching, both above and below ground, ever disclosed where they entered. During the laborious course of their investigations, they had powered up the electronics one piece at a time, carefully noting the settings of each. The day finally came when only the apparatus on the plywood remained untested. The 440 volt, three phase power was routed through a giant, two handed knife switch. They knew what entered the strange conglomeration from the racks. But the circuitry made no sense and the function of the carbouys of liquid was totally unknown to them. Finally one day, as they sat in lawnchairs in the middle of the chamber amid the discarded remains of sandwiches and soda pop, Sparks said, "What the hell. You stand by the racks and I'll close the big switch. That's the only way we're ever going to figure out the rest of it!" Okay, let's do it!" replied Howe. "Not quite yet, my friend." They both spun around to see Stram Drocer standing at the inner door. "I will let you know when it is safe." "Master, what does it do?" yelled Sparks, too late, for the caped figure had already sped up the stairs. He slumped down in his chair once more and glared at the glowing pilot lights. "Now what?" he asked the empty air. Howe, who had walked over to stare up the dark stairway, stooped to pick up a piece of paper where Stram Drocer had so briefly stood. He noted that it was crumpled rather than folded and, without knowing why, he slipped it quickly into his pocket before returning to sit glumly next to Sparks. By the time he reached the fourth corner, he was sweating in spite of the cool midnight air. He slid his hand around a sharp angle and walked nearly straight along the next wall. His thoughts turned to: David Howe had researched the name Logar Jones, first at the Drocer library, then the Kingsland public library and finally in the mouldering records at the Ammon Cove Town Hall. Apparently this Jones was a relatively modern figure who had disappeared less that twenty years before. He had been one of the many sailors to leave their ships and take up residence in Ammon Cove. Howe saw no way out of telling the hobbling but curious old town clerk what he was looking for. "Old Jonesy?" croaked the bent old man. "I knew Jonesy. That wasn't his real name, you know. Nobody knew or cared what it was. Lots of hunkies with unpronoucable names took up new ones when they jumped ship. He was just 'Jonesy'. "He kept to himself, he did. Not exactly unfriendly, more like unapproachable. He never hurt nobody, so nobody ever bothered him. Or maybe it was because when he looked at you, his eyes seemed to feel sorry for you. It was like he knew something about you that you didn't know yourself, and this something made him very sad or even scared for you. I know it sounds crazy. But you talk to anyone who knew him. They'll tell you the same thing. How old was he? I don't rightly know. I don't think anybody knew. Sometimes he looked like a young man with an old face, and sometimes like an old man - heh, like me - with a face like you see in them pictures of 'Gyptain mummies. But he knew things. One time I asked him how old he was, he told me... he said, "Bob," he said, "Age ain't always measured in years. Sometimes it's measured in knowledge." And that's one o' them times he seemed as old as them mummies for a few seconds, and looked like he had learn't a new sorrow for every year o' that age. Now what do you think of that? Sometimes I find myself talking like him after all these years. "Why thankee, young sir. A few extra dollars are hard to come by at my age and sometimes it takes a nip or two after work to stop me rememberin' old Jonesy." The fifth corner was bad. He was shaking uncontrolably as his hand momentarily slid off the wall at an angle that seemed to be acute but acted as if it were obtuse. He flailed about for long seconds until he found the wall again and continued in the same direction. And the chain had continued. "Jonesy? Don't like to think about Jonesy." The withered ancient grabbed the wine bottle offered by Howe and shivvered. "No, there weren't nothin' wrong with 'im. 'E were quiet, but decent in 'is way. But 'e 'ad a look about 'im." He shivvered again as he fumbled with the bottle. Howe took it back and unscrewed the cap. "It were that look," mumbled the wino, "That and the one 'e roomed with. Now there was a bad 'un for ye." Howe's head shot up. "And who would that be?" he asked, keeping the bottle away from the outstretched hand. "I dunno. Dunno. Sam I think. Sam something." The claw of his hand waggled in the glow of the sooty streetlight. "It's forty yeers gone. Gimme a break... Sam... Sam Drucker I thinks. Gimme that." Howe's eyes narrowed as he continued to withold the bottle. "Would that be Stram? Maybe Stram Drocer? "Yeah, yeah. That was it. Now why did ya have t' go an remin' me for." He snatched the bottle and drained nearly half of it before lowering it to his lap. Howe looked at the old man with pity. "Where did they room?" he asked quietly. "Island Street. The last house 'n Island Street, next t' the swamp." There were tears in the rheumy old eyes as his head slumped against his breast. "God, why did y' have t' go 'n' remin' me?" In the late morning light, Island street was a deserted, rutted dirt track. It was a short street that petered out at the edge of the swamp. The weed grown lots looked like salvage yards with their heaps of rubble that had once been stately, if not fancy, houses. All but one. The last house was still standing. Leaning askew toward the swamp a bit, but still standing. A lonely remnant of a bygone era, long past it usefulness but without the good sense to fall down like its brothers. Howe stood in the broken gate and stared up at the shuttered windows. The mysterious Logar Jones was in the past, probably dead before Howe was born. But this was now! This made the mystery real! He shuddered as though from cold. And Stram Drocer had lived here in his youth! Howe could not imagine a youthful Stram Drocer. Somehow it seemed right to believe that the evil genius had always been old. Was there some connection between Jones and Stram Drocer. If there was, it was in front of him now, in the form of this unnaturally preserved house. Howe pulled the crumpled paper from his pocket, smoothed it and read it for the hundredth time. Could this be the house refered to in the cryptic message. How could a room have a seventhe corner? Who or what was Great Cathar? And why the repeated exortation to BURNE THEM... BURNE THEM... BURNE THEM...? Howe's heart nearly stopped at the sound of the broken, ancient voice behind him. It took him several seconds to calm himself enough to turn around. It was the old wino who held out a small book in his trembling hand. "Take it!" he croaked. "Take it. And may it curse ye for reminding me of those years when it cursed me!" His voice was weak and his eyes were closed. Howe automatically took the book from the pitiful wreck. As it left his fingers, the wino crumpled into the mud. Slipping the book into his pocket, Howe knelt down crying, "Are you all right?" The wino wasn't all right. He was dead. The sixth corner was the worst. He seemed to be trapped in a dead end. He fell to his knees and pressed his forehead against the wall... and fell forward, barely catching himself on his hands. He struggled to his feet, placed his hand back on the wall and struggled on. The memories flooded back. David Howe stood once again in Island Street and looked about him. It was shortly after midnight and, as he had hoped, no moving figure was to be seen. He moved cautiously through the weed ridden yard toward the looming bulk before him. He thought how strange it was that the ancient house, which had looked so innocent when he first saw it in the daylight, could seem so sinister after dark. He decided it must be the result of the mist making everything hazy and indistinct. And he thought about the little book, thrust upon him by the dying wino, the book that was now safely locked in his laboratory desk. He remembered the clean, airy and brightly lit laboratory had seemed to grow smaller, sinister and oppressive as he read. He finally had to close the windows, turn off all but a small desk lamp, and even drape his coat over his shoulders as he sat hunched over the terrible volume. His head was swimming. So much to learn! So much to know! So much to hide! Taking a small wrecking bar from his coat, he gently applied it to the door. To his surprise, it was not locked. He went inside closing it quietly behind him. Only then did he turn on his flashlight and shine it over the walls. He was standing in a narrow hall from which several doors opened into unseen rooms and an even narrower staircase led upwards, turned at a landing and continued on into darkeness. Everything was sooty with years of dirt. They wouldn't understand. The world wasn't ready. But he could bring them into new knowledge and new wonders, kicking and screaming if need be! What was he thinking? It was all too terrible to bear! It was all to wonderful to bear! David didn't stop to examine the hall. He knew he was trespassing and, though he didn't think the bald, slouching police officer of Ammon Cove ever came through this part of town, or indeed ever left his dismal, yellowing office, he didn't want to take any chances. He headed straight for the stair. He cautiously climbed to the second landing, stopping at the second door to examine it by the subdued glow of his flashlight. It was secured by an ancient, rusted padlock. he applied his wrecking bar to the hasp and gave a sharp jerk. He pulled it free of the door which swung slowly open. Howe stood motionless for a full five minutes, staring at the room revealed by the glow of his flashlight. He had been puzzled by Logar Jones' reference to a "seventhe corner". Now he began to understand. He guessed the longest dimension of the room to be fifteen feet, the shortest twelve. No two walls were parallel, or at least he didn't think so. It was difficult to tell where many of the walls began or ended, or even how many walls there were. It was a funhouse, a bare room, a hall of mirrors, an empty space, a maze, all this and more. And in the seventh corner were THE PAPERS! INSERT FAR MORE BACKGROUND ON THE MEGAZOME AND STRAM DROCER'S PLANS FOR IT AS DERIVED FROM THE BOOK. THE BOOK WAS STRAM DROCER'S NOTES, STOLEN BY LOGAR JONES TO FOIL STRAM'S DIABOLICAL PLOT TO USE THE MEGAZOME TO SUMMON GREAT CATHAR TO THE EARTH. THIS FORCED STRAM TO REPEAT DEACADES OF RESEARCH TO BUILD THE MEGAZOME. THE TUNNELS WERE PREPARED BY STRAM FIFTY YEARS AGO FOR THE ORIGINAL MEGAZOME - T.H. He realized he was crawling, afraid of missing the seventh corner through some trick of this crazily angled space and time. Then his hand fell on something! Papers! A pile of papers! Still tied with the crumbling remains of a string. The papers in the seventh corner! They actually exist! A wild parody of a smile distorted his normally handsome features as he clutched the papers to his chest. The papers! The terrible papers! He was falling. He was floating. He was in mortal fear of dropping the unspeakable papers! He fished with his free hand for one of the matches he had brought. What was he thinking! Here was knowledge. And knowledge was POWER! Here was priceless knowledge! Here was limitless power! Here was fear and madness! He looked at the papers. He looked at the match.
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Contributed by Kong Tze Shiuan (BMUS2, YST) While the music of Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry played on almost every inch of American soil in the 1950s, a relatively unknown young man from the West Coast of America was inserting screws and bolts into pianos, and composing pieces entirely out of silence, and using cactuses as instruments. As one of the leading pioneers of the post-war avantgarde, John Cage’s music was bizarre. As a composer, Cage is often associated with his prepared piano works or experimentation with chance operations. However, he undertook many disparate approaches to composition at different stages of his life. For instance, his earlier works encompassed mathematical approaches to rhythm and sound and disregarded traditional harmony. While Cage experimented widely with unconventional treatment of musical elements, his school of thought transcended the traditional notion of “music” with his utilisation of chance and improvisation, as seen in works such as Music of Changes (1951) and Child of Tree (1975). In the latter, performers are asked to use various plants as instruments, whereby the musical output was determined through the chance of their choices. Often, journals glorify Cage’s induction of chance and improvisation into music, thus eclipsing his (equally revolutionary) pre-aleatoric works which were ground-breaking in the more conventional facets of the musical spectrum. String Quartet in Four Parts and Six Melodies for Violin and Piano (both 1950) encompass one of Cage’s most significant explorations of rhythmic structure and neo-harmonic approaches, as a culmination of his compositional research from 1938-1948. Both pieces are anchored on simplicity and have an almost similar atmosphere to them – Cage even refers to Six Melodies as a “postscript to the Quartet” in one of his letters to Pierre Boulez, at the time an equally revolutionary figure in European music. During the compositional process of Six Melodies, Cage was influenced by Erik Satie, particularly the latter’s Choses vues à droite et à gauche (sans lunettes) for violin and piano. Cage similarly disregards melodic and harmonic aspects of the musical phrases and instead manipulates the phrase lengths, creating a formal structure in the process. Six Melodies was conceived in a micro-macrocosmic form; a term conceived by Cage to describe a structure that self-constructed itself based on a series of rhythmic patterns. Furthermore, Cage employed the gamut technique – a series of chords with a fixed number of sonorities which allowed him to create composite melodies which contributed to more complex textures – all in a similar fashion to Satie’s Rose Croix pieces of 1891-1895. Satie’s use of a “mosaic-like motivic technique” enthralled Cage and spurred him to develop his gamut technique which was similar to Satie’s in its total detachment of musical effect from the atmosphere of the piece to create deliberate monotony. Stripping the music to its raw, minimalist form, Cage enables listeners to fully immerse themselves in the harmonic progression from one gamut to another. The selection of a particular gamut to be used was dependant on whether it contained a note that was part of the melody, while the other notes in the gamut were completely unrelated and did not form any directional harmony. Throughout the piece, the violinist is also instructed to play with minimal weight exerted on the bow, without any form of vibrato – giving the piece a greater simplistic and monotonous feel. Six Melodies can be perceived as an artistic innovation or scrutinised for its radicality with furrowed brows in utter confusion, not knowing what to make of it. Regardless of whether one is interested in his music, or just in the culture and philosophy of the twentieth century, John Cage’s influence on the development of modern music is still omnipresent and relevant up till today.
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|Conservation Priority List| |Breed Comparison Chart| |Breed Clubs and Associations| Pale cream to medium brown with spotting 14 - 23 lbs Highly dependent on selection by breeder, Some select for aggressive, others docile The Buff is a historic variety of the mid-Atlantic region named for the beautiful color of its feathers. Though never widespread, it was accepted by the American Poultry Association in 1874 and used in the development of the Bourbon Red variety in the late 1800s. The Bourbon Red, selected more purposefully for performance and promoted more widely, gained prominence, causing Buff numbers to decline. Even though the breed’s color was advantageous for processing because of the nearly white pinfeathers, the Buff was not extensively selected for other performance qualities and by the early 1900s this variety had become rare. An additional obstacle to the Buff’s success was the difficulty of breeding birds to meet the Buff color standard, which called for even buff coloration throughout with light flight feathers. By 1915, the Buff was removed from the American Poultry Association’s Standard of Perfection and ultimately became extinct. Interest in creating a buff colored turkey returned once again the 1940’s. The New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Millville initiated a program to develop a small to medium size market turkey. This is one of the few instances where a new variety was developed in a methodical manner: the Beltsville Small White and the commercial Large White being other examples. The new buff colored birds, called “Jersey Buffs”, were developed through pedigree breeding and selection from crosses of Black, Bourbon Red and Broad Breasted Bronze varieties. It is interesting that the original Buff was used in developing the Bourbon Red and then in turn the Bourbon Red was used in developing the newer Jersey Buff variety. A single gene for red is the same in both varieties. The Jersey Buff has rich reddish-buff colored body feathers. Tail feathers are white with a light buff bar across them near the end. Primary and secondary wing feathers are white with buff shading. It is difficult to have the Jersey Buff males and females match in color since the females tend to lighten with age, especially after a molt. For both toms and hens, the shanks and toes are bluish-white or flesh colored, the beard is black and the eyes are hazel. Young toms weigh about 21 pounds and mature hens about 12 pounds, both present a clean carcass when dressed. The Jersey Buff has not been recently selected for production attributes, including weight gain and many birds will be smaller than stated. The hens have been known to be good egg producers. Careful selection for good health, ability to mate naturally, and production attributes will help ensure the survival of Jersey Buff turkeys. The Jersey Buff is a calm bird and easy to work with and would be ideal for a small scale or hobby farm. You may be interested in... How to Raise Heritage Turkeys on Pasture Selecting Your Best Turkeys for Breeding - The Livestock Conservancy Storey's Guide to Raising Turkeys - Don Schrider
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Beware Malware: There's Danger Online When it comes to software, most of us know only that software programs—we also call them applications or computer programs—help us to do all of the important things we do on our computers. We couldn't live without our spreadsheets, writing programs and Internet browsers, because that's the software that helps us take care of business and personal matters. But not all software is good for our computers or us. Some of it is dangerous, even malicious...designed to do our computers (and our lives) harm. That software is called malware and it's often behind a variety of bad deeds, such as: - Interrupting and disrupting our operations - Collecting and stealing personal or business information - Taking control of computers to send volumes of spam (or other malware) - Breaking into computer networks to do major damage Nothing about malware is good and it's almost always criminal. People who use malware want to break into our bank accounts or do damage to our email or social media accounts. They're out there to cause trouble. One version might make it possible to take over someone's webcam. Another might disarm your antivirus program; or it could steal passwords, copy emails and documents, and know how to gain access to your private data online. How do our computers get malware? Malware—or more accurately, the individuals or organizations behind it—is constantly looking for those computer users who have their guard down just long enough to get tricked into downloading malware. Attackers can't be too obvious, so they make it tempting for us to open an email attachment, visit a webpage or download an image or file. - They may disguise their harmful "payload" as a link to a website, a document, image, or even a program that claims to be able make your computer more secure! - Even social media isn't safe. You could be targeted though a Twitter "tweet," on Skype or even through a link on your personal Facebook page. How to avoid malware. The best way to deal with malware is to take measures to keep your computers from becoming infected. How far you take that depends on your fear of being hacked and lack of privacy. Some security experts say you should NEVER open a file from someone you don't know or an email message you weren't expecting to receive. That advice may be impossible for most people, but at a minimum we should think twice before we open ANY email with an attachment. (Think of it like this: Do you simply open your front door to anyone who knocks, or do you look out the peephole first?) Computer operating systems (OS) are continually being refined and improved, and you'll usually know when an entire new version of the OS being rolled out. (Windows 10 is Microsoft's latest version.) These operating systems get updated from time to time, often with security patches that better protect your computer from recent well-known attacks. If possible, you should try to have the current operating system for your computer, and you should be sure to look for and download any new security patches. (Just make sure you're not being tricked by a hacker!) Looking for malware. Of course, you should have a reliable and current antivirus program on your computer. Do your homework and read reviews because not all antivirus programs are equal. A program might be good at catching some malware, but not more sophisticated attacks. And a good program would be able to detect any malware hiding in your computer and notify you with an alert. If you're concerned about your computer and security, you may want to upgrade your antivirus program and run a full scan of all parts of your computer. If malware is on your computer. Take quick action if you suspect there is malware on your computer. Stop using it and unplug it from your network and its power supply. If your computer is not accessible to you, it's inaccessible to a hacker too. Take your computer to a trusted IT professional and ask for help. They may want to reinstall your computer's operating system and all of the software you use. They'll also give you advice on the best way to open files on your computer that may still be infected.
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An otherwise ordinary real estate sign outside a suburban Boston home is getting attention for one specific bit of info about the property: supposedly, it’s not occupied by poltergeists. “This just went up around the corner and I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS,” tweeted Margot Bloomstein, who posted a photo online of the real estate sign reading “Not haunted.” Out of respect for her neighbors’ privacy, Bloomstein declined to say exactly where the house is locate, other than west of Boston. The Boston Globe reports that the real-estate agent knew nothing about the part of the sign clarifying the undead are not among the home’s residents. The “Not haunted” addition for the for sale sign is believed to be a prank. Real estate site Curbed writes that some states require Realtors to disclose anything that could devalue a home, which can include the stigma of an ugly crime that occurred there. There’s no indication that’s the situation with the house behind the mysterious sign in Massachusetts, though that didn’t stop one Twitter user from including a photo of a box with the words “Definitely not bees!” unconvincingly scrawled on its surface.
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Turkish generals angered by Kurd militant testimony By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Retired Turkish military commanders have expressed fury that a former top Kurdish rebel has been allowed to testify against them in a coup trial, citing it as proof the proceedings were meant only to intimidate and undermine the armed forces. Semdin Sakik, known as "Fingerless Zeki" when number two in the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), this week waived his anonymity at the 'Ergenekon' conspiracy trial at which hundreds, including military men, academics, businessmen and journalists, are accused of plotting to oust the Islamist-rooted government. Opponents of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan say the trial of the alleged nationalist Ergenekon network and another plot for which hundreds of army officers were convicted in September is designed to silence the secularist opposition. The appearance of Sakik, known as "Fingerless Zeki" since losing a thumb while firing a rocket, was a disturbing revelation for military leaders, who have fought for 28 years against the PKK - designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and European Union. The conflict has killed more than 40,000 people. A joint statement released late on Wednesday by General Ilker Basbug, the former armed forces chief, and three other commanders - who like him are defendants in the Ergenekon trial - said the use of Sakik as a witness was part of a campaign to undermine NATO's second biggest army (the TSK). "Leaving honored members of the TSK face-to-face with the disgusting slander of terrorists who are clearly enemies, once again shows that one of the fundamental aims of this trial is to intimidate, weaken and undermine the Turkish army," they said. Sakik, who testified to the court on Nov 6-7, was an "enemy of the Turkish armed forces, which had suffered thousands of martyrs and tens of thousands of war wounded since 1984." Continued...
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Printed Banner for Silverstep Tabletop Display 3' Graphic Only For Table Top Silver Step Display 36in wide x 36 to 59in High Silver Step retractable table tops are perfect for tradeshows and expos. This retractable tabletop banner stand comes with a fabric leader strip for quick and easy banner graphic changes. Durable and uniquely designed, this aluminum banner stand is the perfect combination of versatility, appeal, and affordability. The graphic prints come in fabric or vinyl options. Both are high quality and beautiful with high DPI resolutions for color rich prints. The vinyl banner makes the most visually appealing sign, like a glossy photograph, very popular at trade show events. The fabric banner presents more as a matted finish for a more conservative appeal, popular as a bank entrance banner or as high-end restaurant banner. *** WARRANTY *** 1 Year on Graphic Features and Benefits: - Great for table and counter marketing displays - Single Sided Graphic - Banners attach to a durable graphic leader strip in the base for easy graphic changes - Holds a fabric or vinyl banner - Clean edge to edge display - Graphic Size: 36''W x 69'' to 92''H (add a 6'' bleed on bottom) Graphic Design Services: Available upon request. Setup Video for the Silverstep Banner Stand Installing Graphics and Reseting Tension |Google Feed Exclude||yes| |google product category||Business & Industrial > Advertising & Marketing > Trade Show Displays| |Google Shipping Rules||standard| |Custom Stock Message||In Stock, Printing 2 - 4 days|
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Photo © John Kaye. Please do not re-post without permission. Western S.M.T. 2155, XS5714, seen in Dumfries was a Guy Arab II with a Northern Counties H30/26R body which had been new in 1946 to Young, Paisley 155. Western acquired it in January 1951 with the Young business and withdrew it later in 1962. Photo taken by the late John Boylett, courtesy of John Kaye, Tuesday 5 June 1962, Whitesands, Dumfries ©1962-2017 John Kaye All Rights Reserved. You're welcome to print these pages for personal use only or to link to them as long as it's not for financial gain. Photos may not be re-posted anywhere (including facebook, flickr and fotopic sites) without permission. See the Site Map for further details.
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With both the Three Day Eventing team and the sole Dressage competitor finishing well outside the medal zone at Rio, Ireland’s full attention will switch to show jumping today, writes Jack Burns. The country’s last hope of claiming an equestrian Olympic medal in 2016 now rests on the shoulders of 30 year-old Greg Broderick from Tipperary, who had a bad start to his Olympic bid on Sunday with an eight-fault opening round that left him in equal 53rd place. However, Broderick and the Irish Sport Horse Going Global have a chance of redeeming themselves if they can finish within the top 45 riders in today’s competition, a difficult but not impossible task. A qualifying score today would then open the gates for the Irish combination to take part in Wednesday’s third round, from which only the top 35 riders will make the cut for Friday’s medal competition, where all combinations start on zero penalties. Ireland’s only previous Olympic show jumping medal was the bronze won by Meath’s Cian O’Connor and Blue Loyd at London in 2012. At Rio this month, the Irish Three Day Eventing team failed to rise further than eighth in the team championship and ninth individually, which was less than Ireland had achieved at the London Olympics. However, although not claiming any medals, Olympic debutante Judy Reynolds lifted Irish spirits yesterday by becoming the first of the country’s dressage riders ever to make it through to a Freestyle To Music Final. The second show jumping qualifying round can be seen from 14:00 today at this link.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011 Remember this? Kiera Knightly perfection in the movie Atonement....I'm inspired not only by her freakishly flat tummy, but by this particular shade of green: Emerald. It's going to be big in fashion this fall, the Middleton sisters are HUGE fans of emerald. I love a splash of leopard with my emerald, thank you very much! (people.com) I'm also noticing this trend of mismatched colors, which I think is really nifty. I keep trying to convince a client I'm working with right now that her blue lamp does not have to be the same exact blue as her drapes....she's not buying it. But mismatchey-ness creates some tension that I quite like, do you agree? (glitterguide.com) Speaking of blue....I am all over the cool end of the rainbow spectrum anymore. I imagine this photo is photoshopped all to pieces, but it's a photo of the Northern Lights, via National Geographic. I want to live in this exact spot, forever. Sigh. How to work it: Keep it simple, with white and God's other favorite color-brown. (porterhousedesign.com) I love that they extended the wall color onto the ceiling. Without all that white, and the ceiling mounted canopty it might be too heavy, but this works! Just add a pop, and pair it with blue for a summery fresh feel. (blog.hgtv.com) Stripe it with other shades of green. There's that toothpaste green again! (I recently painted the shutters on my house toothpaste green. I'm nothing, if not committed!) (designsponge.com) Chinoise' it up! Emerald green is a perfect alternative for predictable red or royal blue, and looks great up against black lacquer... (Lonny Magazine/ Miles Redd) ...or zebra or any other black and white graphic print (bijouandboheme.blogspot.com)
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Faculty Book: Paula Whitlock Paula Whitlock and Malvin H. Kalos Monte Carlo Methods, 2nd edition The revised and expanded edition offers an introduction to Monte Carlo methods with an emphasis on quantum physics. Paula Whitlock is a professor in the computer and information sciences department at Brooklyn College and on the doctoral faculty in computer science at the Graduate Center. Purchase this book Submitted on: NOV 25, 2008 Category: Computer Science | Faculty Books
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We had a fun filled week last week as my SIL and her family came to visit before they move to TZ in August! Dinosaur museums, walking trails, pizza and ice cream making, and staying up after the kids went to sleep to visit, among other things, filled our week. They are such a wonderful blessing to us and I’m thankful for the time we got with them. Even though we were going a lot, we made sure to build in down time each day, and thankfully I was able to avoid any major flares. In my head, I had grand plans of blog posts to get going, projects to start around the house, and business tasks to work on. However, I awoke Tuesday morning to a very sick and sad little one. It was tempting to be a little frustrated because I felt okay, but was not able to work on anything because A wants lots of extra nursing and constant holding. If I’m not flaring, I feel like I need to be as productive as possible. But this is absolutely false. There may be dishes everywhere and my bedroom is overtaken with laundry, but I am doing the task I need to right now, sitting and watching a movie (and both of us taking a short nap earlier because she shared the snots with me. I thought moms weren’t supposed to get sick?!). Sometimes, it’s a flare that wrecks our plans. Sometimes, our tiny humans need us. And sometimes, we just need to rest for us. And that’s okay, friends. The laundry doesn’t have any pressing engagements and I’m pretty sure the dishes can pencil you in later ;). Anyone else having to slow down this week?
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Derek Reinbold // 8/13/17 // A ban on transgender military service is not supported by credible scientific research or facts, explain Ian W. Holloway and Jody L. Herman at Take Care. Two LGBTQ rights groups are suing the Trump Administration over President Trump’s transgender service ban (The Hill). Lambda Legal reacts to reported guidance on the transgender military ban by saying “See you in court, President Trump” (Lambda Legal). Five transgender service members are challenging President Trump’s proposed reversal of the military’s transgender service policy, writes Helen Klein Murillo (Lawfare). The Trump Administration’s rollback of LGBT rights runs afoul of well-established precedent, argues Katie Eyer at ACS Blog. Betsy DeVos declined to answer a question about whether she would intervene if states offered vouchers to private schools that discriminated against LGBTQ students (ACLU).
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How many of you expect to achieve your fitness goals—whether it’s losing fat, gaining muscle, or performance driven—and expect those results in the same time it takes to cram for a test the next day?! Rome wasn’t built in a day. Neither is your body. When you see someone with a great physique (I’m not talking about someone who is thin, but someone who is in shape), they’ve worked hard for those results. It takes figure competitors, body builders, cross-fitters, athletes, or maybe your average Joe at the gym years to build those habits. I think we have a societal misunderstanding of a healthy body image and what it takes to be/look healthy. The hardest thing for people to realize when trying to get healthy and look healthy is the process you have to go through. Results come in slow and steady increments. Many don’t give the process enough chance or time to see the results. Off days (bad eating or skipping some workouts during the week) will happen, but as long as you can push through and stay committed throughout the majority of it, the results will come. You will be impressed over the long haul. It’s not just about getting to the point where you like the way you look, then reverting back to those same bad habits thinking somehow you’ll maintain this new image. It doesn’t happen like that! It’s all about changing bad habits and developing lifelong healthy habits. That’s a hard thing to convert to—especially if your lifestyle has been completely the opposite for many years. The better someone understands that getting results is a process, whether it be losing fat or putting on muscle, the better they will be able to stay strong when it seems no progress is being made throughout the journey. You will be able to look back in a few months or even a year or more and be very impressed with how far you’ve come, and how much your body has changed—not to mention the healthy habits you now have. So how does one know if he or she is headed in the right direction to achieve the goals they’ve set? Here are two simple, yet very effective hints that will help, no matter what goals you have: A: Cheat Meal. If you need a cheat meal, you should limit it to 1 meal per week, not 10 meals packed into 1 meal, or an entire cheat day full of treats. If your cheat meals turn into cheat days or heavy binging, you’re not going to get the results you want. B: Stop mindlessly snacking. Plan out your meals and healthy snacks until it becomes ingrained in you. Most people struggle with this one. Good luck! And remember, I’m just a click away if you need help!
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during a windshield wiper forehand what is the role of the shoulder hinge if anything vs the elbow or forearm? is power derived from the hip rotation or shoulder rotation? Currently every time I drop my racket to get below the ball there's a straining feeling in my shoulder which has made me wonder if I am dropping the racket below the ball wrong? is it possible that bending the knees is the way to get below the ball? Thanks!!!!
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Thursday, October 11, 2007 The Dark Dreamweaver The Dark Dreamweaver. The Remin Chronicles, Book I. Nick Ruth, illustrator Sue Concannon. Copy supplied by publisher, Imaginator Press. David, 11, is having nightmares. But it turns out they are not just bad dreams. There is a place called Remin: "When you dream, the threads of that dream travel through Remin where the imaginary aspects of the dream are given the illusion of reality." David's own nightmares (as well as an increase in bad dreams worldwide) are because something is rotten in Remin. It's up to David to find out and fix it. David is a typical, imaginative, eleven year old. When the caterpillar he's brought home turns out to be a wizard from Remin in disguise, his own years of reading fantasy leave him not only open to the possibility, but excited: "I've always read about other worlds: worlds behind mirrors, worlds where scarecrows are kings, worlds with schools of magic." David takes the plunge and goes into Remin to help the caterpillar/wizard, Houdin. Once there, of course, it's not simple: there are adventures, challenges, skills to learn, puzzles to work out, and, in true fantasy fashion, a group of newly met friends to help. There is humor; not only in the names of things and wordplay (Remin, REM sleep; Houdin/Houdini, Vulcanius mindmeldium) but also in David's own observations: " The spell had worked! He was in Remin! Well, at least, he was somewhere else." I also liked that this is a chapter fantasy book that works for younger readers. There are maps and illustrations; and at just under 250 pages, is one of the shorter works of fantasy out there. Don't be scared by the "Book I" on the cover; David's adventures, and the mystery of Remin, get resolved in this book. Remin Chronicles website Wands and Worlds has a round-up of reviews Jen Robinson's review (I'm not sure why this wasn't at W&W's round up.)
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