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How efficient and effective is your business? Introducing new software can oftentimes alleviate inefficiencies and non-effective handling of business. The two most popular types of software for improving these shortcomings are Business Process Management applications and Workflow applications.
Unfortunately, department managers often feel dependent on their I.T. department to put new software systems such as these in place. Although software can often help alleviate these hurdles, being reliant on your I.T. department is no longer required. Let’s explore some alternatives which will allow you to circumvent your IT department. I’m sure they’re full of very nice people, but they’re probably pretty busy, so it’s probably best to not disturb them.
The first step is to determine what your inefficiencies are. These can be any number of things such as communication issues, time spent manually imputing data, project delays, legacy software issues, data storage which is too full or aged, or splintered storage. These drawbacks can cost your organization a huge amount of lost revenue. Once this is determined, then the next step is finding a solution. Let’s explore some software built to increase efficiency and the effectiveness of businesses.
There is software specifically developed to improve inefficiencies, improve process performance and simplify your daily operations. This is called Business Process Management software. A great BPM software system will flawlessly achieve these goals by automating routine (manual entry) based processes, design new process routines, seamlessly integrate with other systems and provide exceptionally useful reports.
Although there is a myriad of off-the-shelf BPM software solutions, these systems may be bloated full of features which your organization will never use or lack specific options and features which your business requires. Moreover, these systems will definitely require your I.T. department’s assistance to set up and deploy. No Thanks! For these reasons, many organizations use custom BPM systems.
Workflow software can be used in many different types of businesses because they can be customized to fit your specific needs. This can be a major drawback when choosing an off-the-shelf Workflow software application, since it will require your I.T. team for setup and deployment. Again, we suggest going with a Custom Workflow Application Developer, such as Inflash.
As a department head, I find myself hesitating to reach out to our I.T. department for help in increasing our efficiency and helping us reach our financial goals. Generally, I.T. departments often have quite a bit already on their plates, so new projects such as installing new software systems are simply to the back of the line. This delay can be months, which most of us simply don’t have.
The fact is, most people within I.T. departments are very helpful and knowledgeable about the general hardware and software systems required for the general upkeep of an organization, however, when expressing the need for a new BPM or Workflow application, one could be met with hesitation, due to a lack of familiarity with such a piece of software.
The beauty of these kinds of systems today is that they can be designed, developed and then deployed into the cloud without ever bothering your I.T. department. How is this?…..
The key word in the phrase above is “cloud”. A software development partner, such as Inflash, can put together a custom application with is designed, developed and deployed to your department’s exact specifications. By deploying your system into a cloud storage solution, we are able to achieve a few pieces of technological marvel…..
In conclusion, introducing new software can breathe new life into an organization or department. Especially software which automates processes and improves communication. Off-the-shelf BPM and Workflow software systems can help, but usually, require an I.T. department to set up and deploy. Today you can avoid relying on I.T. for this. Using a custom software development organization like Inflash will provide a solution tailored to your needs coupled with the ability to circumvent your I.T. department. Call us today for a quote…. 301-710-0667 or click here.
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This spiced butternut squash is nutrient rich and really delicious and while I enjoy a green smoothie on a consistent basis, it’s nice to switch it up once and a while. With fall here and an abundance of squash at the market it seemed only appropriate to make a butternut squash smoothie.
What ingredients are used in this recipe?
Butternut Squash-Because of its rich antioxidant content, this vegetable offers you numerous health benefits, including helping to reduce inflammation. One cup of butternut squash has less than 100 calories and almost zero fat. The fiber is also filling, which can help you feel full longer, which in turn can mean eating less.
Rich in vitamin A, one cup of this vegetable has more than 350 percent of the recommended daily allowance, which is beneficial for eye health. Consuming butternut squash may also help to lower your blood pressure. One cup contains nearly 500 mg. of potassium, which helps to lower blood pressure by balancing the amount of sodium in your diet.
Cucumber-This vegetable belongs in the same family as pumpkin, squash and watermelon. It is also made up of 95% water, making it an excellent option for hydrating your body. Cucumbers also contain polyphenols that can help lower your risk of breast, ovarian, prostate and uterine cancers. The soluble fiber in cucumbers also helps to slow down digestion, which can help you feel full longer.
Cucumber also contain anti-oxidants such as beta carotene and vitamin c, as well as antioxidant flavonoids such as luteolin and quercetin. Quercetin offers numerous benefits such as fighting inflammation, stabilizing blood pressure, blocking mast cell release and reducing histamine.
Zucchini-Is a wonderful low glycemic food that is also low in cholesterol, fat and sodium. They also have potassium which is great for heart health. They are also rich in folate and magnesium which can help your body break down amino acids like homocysteine, which can help to reduce your risk of high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes.
Zucchini’s anti-inflammatory properties make it beneficial for overall health. It’s also a good source of vitamin C and copper. It’s also a wonderful source of phyto nutrients such as beta carotene, which converts to vitamin A, which is essential for eye health.
Coconut Milk-Coconut is an excellent source of lauric acid which has antibacterial and antiviral benefits. Lauric acid is also linked to improved cholesterol levels and heart health. Coconut milk also contains MCT (medium chain triglycerides) that your brain uses for energy. It’s also very filling, which can help prevent over eating or snacking in between meals.
Because coconut milk is rich with electrolytes and healthy fats it is great for gut health and may even help to prevent conditions such as IBS. The MCT’s in coconut milk can also help to lower inflammation. Rather than using canned coconut milk, try making your own with this simple recipe.
Granny Smith Apple-While apples in general are considered healthy, granny smith apples offer some additional benefits. They have a high malic acid content which is helpful for liver cleansing, as well as having low sugar and high fiber content. According to a Washington State University study Granny Smith apples may also be beneficial for those trying to lose weight.
In addition, researchers also found that compared with all other apple varieties, Granny Smith apples appear to have the most beneficial effect on good gut bacteria.
Cinnamon-This is more than just a pantry staple. The bark from the Cinnamomum verum (or Cinnamomum zeylanicum) tree, contains numerous health promoting properties. It is high in antioxidants which can help to reduce free radical damage, reduce inflammation, protect heart health, it can even help to fight infections and viruses.
So with all of these nutrient rich, healthy ingredients lets get blending!
While many recipes used cooked butternut squash, I chose to leave mine raw. If you prefer yours cooked, just peel, chop and cube your squash and boil till tender. This should take 15-20 minutes.
Place all ingredients in a high speed blender and blend till smooth and creamy.
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which is the best operating system? Linux or windows?
I think Windows 10 is amazing.
I prefer Win10 for general desktop use. For development Linux (or MacOSX) is better.
Windows 10 is the best OS that I have used. Go for it.
In my opinion the best is OS.
Better performance and no viruses.
Windows 7, 10 are best OS available.
Linux based OS receive regular Kernel security updates.Linux is hardly penetratable using Malware and Virus.
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He clearly doesn't like what he sees and, by my watch, we have circled the roof of the world for nearly thirty minutes before a change in engine note indicates that he is at last throttling back in preparation for a landing. We drop low, running in over a tongue of open water, Russ staring hard at the ice as ridge walls taller than I'd expected rush up to meet us. Brace myself for impact, but it never comes. At the last minute Russ thrusts the overhead throttle control forward and pulls us up banking steeply away. He checks the fuel gauge and asks Dan, the young co-pilot, to connect up one of the drums for in-flight refuelling. Dan squeezes his way from the cockpit to the back of the plane, where he begins to fiddle around with spanners and tubes until the aircraft is rich with the smell of kerosene. The Pole remains 100 feet below us, tantalizingly elusive, probably in the middle of a black pool of melted water. Russ takes advantage of some marginally increased sunlight to attempt a second landing. Once again hearts rise towards mouths as the engines slow and a blur of ice and snow and pitch-black sea rises towards us, but once again Russ snatches the plane from the ice at the last moment and we soar away, relieved and cheated.
I make a mental note never to complain about a landing ever again. Russ circles and banks the plane for another fifteen minutes, patiently examining the floating ice for yet another attempt.
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The federal government imposes a variety of taxes other than the payroll taxes and income taxes that come straight out of your paycheck, including an estate tax on the money and property people leave behind after death. The assets that someone leaves behind become an estate that is passed on to any heirs, but the government takes a cut if that wealth exceeds certain limits. The estate tax is a politically controversial topic, so people disagree about its merits and drawbacks.
The main benefit of the estate tax is that it provides the federal government with an additional source of revenue it can use to finance its operations. The estate tax does not provide as much revenue as income tax or payroll taxes, but it still generates billions of dollars. According to the Wall Street Journal, the government collected about $29 billion in estate taxes in 2008.
Taxpayers are granted an estate tax exemption known as the unified credit that allows up to $5.25 million in assets to pass on to heirs tax-free. The estate tax exemption means that all but about the wealthiest 1 percent of people typically do not end up paying any estate tax. The estate tax is an example of a progressive tax: one that burdens wealthy people the most. Supporters of progressive taxation favor placing the major tax burden on rich people, since the rich are not as likely to struggle with basic living expenses. Opponents may argue that it is unfair to tax different people at different rates regardless of income.
One of the drawbacks of the estate tax from the perspective of taxpayers is that it can force you to pay taxes on the same money twice: once when you earn it and once when the money passes to your heirs. The taxation of after-tax income is sometimes called "double taxation." Over time, the estate tax can force the payment of taxes on the same money many times as it passes from one generation to the next. Opponents of the estate tax sometimes refer to it as the "death tax."
Is Inheritance Money Taxable in the State of Maine?
The estate tax punishes success in that the more money you earn, the more likely you are to pay it. A common argument against progressive taxes is that they create a disincentive to work, earn income and take risks, which are essential to innovation. Taxing wealth also has the potential to reduce economic activity, because it leaves people with less money to invest in business ventures and purchase goods and services.
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Energetic promoter of the public understanding of science Professor Lawrie Challis, Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Nottingham and one of the UK's leading physicists, is an independent expert in the field of radio frequency radiation, with a particular focus in recent years on the possible links between mobile phones and health.
His involvement in the health effects of non-ionising radiation began in 1999 when he became Vice-Chairman of the Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones and Health.
Since then he has taken a prominent national role as an advocate and facilitator of more research in this area, and at all times steadfastly maintaining an objective and independent stance, repeatedly stressing that his concern is about public health, not the wishes of Government or the profits of industry.
Lawrie Challis was born in the 1933 in the Kent town of Ramsgate. After being evacuated to Somerset during the War, he studied at Chatham House Grammar School in Ramsgate. There he excelled in the sciences and progressed from school to Merton College, Oxford, to study Physics in 1951.
He graduated with a First Class honours degree in 1954 and stayed on as a Senior Scholar and had his first experience of lecturing which he greatly enjoyed. He then spent time researching at the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford, where he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1958.
In 1959, he moved to the University of Nottingham to take up a post as Lecturer in Physics. By 1971, he was appointed to an established chair in Low Temperature Physics, and in 1994, he succeeded to the prestigious Lancashire-Spencer Chair of Physics.
He has published over 230 papers, he has held visiting appointments in Australia, France, New Zealand and the USA, and he has been involved in the organising of international conferences in many countries, including Japan, the USA, Germany, Hungary, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Russia.
Throughout his career, he has been an energetic promoter of the Public Understanding of Science, giving many lectures to schools and university science societies.
Particularly noteworthy has been his campaign for proper recognition of George Green who was born in 1793 in Nottingham. He was a mathematical physicist, well-known to physics students world-wide for Green's function and Green's theorem. He was a windmiller for much of his life and had little formal education before the age of 40, making his academic achievements all the more impressive. Lawrie Challis led the campaign to restore Green's derelict windmill and to establish a hands-on science centre in the mill grounds.
On retirement, Lawrie Challis became Emeritus Professor of Physics, and later a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow, at the University of Nottingham and has remained as busy as ever.
In this role as an expert advisor on mobile phone mast safety, he has acknowledged that transmitters have still not been proven to be safe, and he has successfully campaigned for more funding for research in this area from government and from private industry.
The possible health risks incurred by using mobile phones themselves are of more concern to Prof Challis who says, "I am more worried about having a phone two centimetres from my head than a nearby mast". And he is even more worried by the level of mobile phone use among children, and argues that more needs to done towards educating youngsters about limiting the time they spend on phones.
Although officially retired, Lawrie Challis's work-life balance doesn't seem to have changed that much. He has however relocated to deepest Devon, where any precious spare time is spent sailing and walking with his wife, Jennifer. Professor Challis is a most distinguished academic who has sustained an outstanding contribution to Physics for over 5 decades. He's still going strong and is a most worthy recipient of a Fellowship.
Thus I have pleasure in presenting Professor Lawrie Challis, OBE, this most distinguished person, for admission to our highest honour of Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University.
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Do you think it's a good idea for the company to release a full-fledged version of the service for the iPad Pro?
According to a new report from Bloomberg, Photoshop for iPad will be shown off later this year at Adobe's MAX creative conference in October. Once they mature and are competent of replacing Photoshop on the desktop, Adobe could end-up replacing the full desktop Photoshop app with the modern, cross-platform version.
Mobile versions of Adobe's Creative Cloud - including Premiere, Illustrator, and Photoshop - have been available on the App Store for quite some time, but these are restricted versions of the full experience.
By launching for the iPad, Photoshop could become the single dominant photo editing app on that device as it is for Mac and MacBook users. "We need to bring our products into this cloud-first collaborative era". Belsky said customers in media and entertainment are increasingly working on tablets rather than computers and have asked the company for the ability to "make edits on the fly" while working on such devices. Recently, Adobe previewed Project Rush, now in beta, which is a video editing app that works across all platforms.
A moratorium on commercial whaling was passed in 1982 by the International Whaling Commission , taking effect from 1985 onwards. Two species of blue whale are found in Australian waters, according to Macquarie University researcher Vanessa Pirotta.
In reaction to recent remarks by US President Donald Trump, Velayati said Tehran is not willing to negotiate with Washington. Velayati said it the US -led coalition which has no permission from the Damascus government to act against Daesh.
Much of the tension centres around the stand-off between former PML-N prime minister Nawaz Sharif and the military. The FIA registered a case in Karachi a week ago over money laundering scam worth Rs35 billion.
Adobe already offers a variety of companion apps for Photoshop on the iPhone and iPad, including Photoshop Fix, Photoshop Express, Photoshop Sketch and Photoshop Mix.
Adobe's mission is twofold - to satisfy the professionals who rely on its software for photo editing and illustration, and to capture casual users. In recent years, Adobe has been a fixture at Apple product announcements, continuously being used as an example of software that takes advantage of new Apple devices. Right now, Photoshop proper is only available on Windows tablets like Microsoft Surface, which can run the Windows app in a "tablet-optimized" mode.
Other than the Photoshop for iPad Pro, Adobe will also bring the new version of Illustrator to the iPad.
The one positive sign for South Africa is they also have a fine spinner in Keshav Maharaj to plug away and pick up wickets. If he gets there, he will be the third South African batsman to the landmark.
Approximately one-fourth of IL cases reported eating salads from McDonald's in the days before they became ill. People may also experience nausea, bloating, stomach cramps, headaches and fever, among other symptoms.
After indictment of Russian spies, are Mueller and Rosenstein immune from dismissal? The person responded, "Pretty standard". The investigation also recovered specific internet searches by the Russians and what they looked for on hacked machines.
Paula Kahumba, of WildlifeDirect, called it "a complete disaster" and said officials must explain what went wrong. The rhino population has dwindled in part because of targeting by poachers, who want the animals' horns.
Ryanair customers could face further disruption after thousands of cabin crew published demands for improved pay and conditions. Holidaymakers could be facing travel chaos after Ryanair pilots in Ireland have voted to strike.
May said that was the "only way to avoid a hard border" between the U.K.'s Northern Ireland and European Union member Ireland. The resignations follow those of the better-known foreign secretary Boris Johnson and Brexit secretary David Davis yesterday.
Gaetz said Page responded to questions that Strzok claimed Federal Bureau of Investigation counsel barred him from answering. Both Strzok and Page were booted from Mueller's investigation previous year after he discovered their texts.
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Pennsylvanian strata in southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona range from Morrowan? to Virgilian in age, are disconformable to angularly unconformable above Precambrian to upper Missis-sippian rocks, and are as much as 4,000 feet thick, although in most localities they range from 1,000 to 2,000 feet in thickness. The Pennsylvanian-Permian contact in many areas appears gradational, and the boundary is drawn within a zone of indeterminate age between Virgilian and Wolfcampian fossil-bearing beds. Permian rocks at some localities, as well as Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks in other places, are erosionally unconformable on the Pennsylvanian System, and in the southern Hueco Mountains and the Florida Mountains all the Pennsylvanian beds were removed by erosion during early Permian time.
Pennsylvanian rocks in southeastern Arizona are mapped as the Horquilla formation and lower part of the Earp formation of the Naco group, and in south-central Arizona as the Naco formation and lower part of the Supai red beds. In southwesternmost New Mexico, the upper part of the Horquilla formation is younger than in Arizona and includes Wolfcampian beds. Pennsylvanian strata in central and southwestern New Mexico generally have been referred to the Sandia and Madera formations of the Magdalena group by the U. S. Geological Survey or to the faunal equivalents of the Morrowan, Derryan (Atokan), Desmoinesian, Missourian, and Virgilian Series, which have been subdivided by Thompson (1942) into groups and formations.
Lithic units have been named from outcrops in isolated mountain ranges, such as the Gobbler, Beeman, and Holder formations in the Sacramento Mountains; the Red House, Nakaye, and Bar B formations in the Caballo Mountains; and the Panther Seep formation in the San Andres Mountains.
Clastic sediments were derived chiefly from the Pennsylvanian Pedernal mountains to the east, and locally from the Florida, Joyita, Zuni-Defiance, and Kaibab positive-tending areas, which at times during the Pennsylvanian were emergent, and during other epochs were covered by shallow seas. Five troughs or basins, where thick sections were deposited, stand out on the isopach map (1) the Estancia trough, in which Pennsylvanian sediments approach 4,000 feet in thickness; (2) the Orogrande basin, which contained as much as 3,000 feet of Pennsylvanian rocks, of which more than two-thirds was deposited in late Pennsylvanian time; (3) the Pedregosa basin, in which Pennsylvanian strata are almost 2,500 feet thick; (4) the Lucero basin, with as much as 2,700 feet; and (5) the San Mateo basin, with almost 2,700 feet of Pennsylvanian strata. The Orogrande, San Mateo, and Lucero basins are aligned along a north-south trend that probably marks a channelway northward across the Cabezon sag to the Paradox basin; the Pedregosa and Orogrande basins probably connected eastward, in northern Chihuahua and westernmost Texas, with the Marfa and Delaware basins. Over a large area from Clifton, Arizona, southeastward to the Florida Mountains in New Mexico, Pennsylvanian rocks are absent, and Permian or Cretaceous strata rest upon pre-Pennsylvanian rocks.
The Pennsylvanian sequence is a limestone lithofacies (clastic ratio less than 0.25) throughout most of the southern part of the area. Northward it grades into lime-shale and then into shale-lime lithofacies of interbedded red beds and nodular limestone on the Mogollon Rim, but of interbedded grayish calcareous shale and fossiliferous limestone west of the Pedernal landmass. Deposits in the Pedregosa basin are chiefly of limestone and lime-shale; those in the Orogrande basin are shale-lime at the south and sand-lime lithofacies on the north; whereas the Pennsylvanian beds in the Estancia trough are of shale-lime lithofacies that intertongue eastward toward the Pedernal mountains, with a sand-shale lithofacies. In small areas near the Joyita Hills and Florida Mountains, lime-sand and sand-lime lithofacies dominate; the Joyita Hills are on the east side of the Lucero basin, which shows a westward gradation from sand-lime to lime-sand to lime-shale, and toward the Zuni positive area, to shale-lime. The thick San Mateo sections are of lime-shale lithofacies.
Pennsylvanian strata are potential sources of oil and gas in at least the northern and eastern parts of the region, on the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau, and in the Estancia Valley, Acoma embay-ment, Chupadera Mesa, Jornada del Muerto, and the Tularosa Valley. Even the basin-and-range country and Datil-Mogollon volcanic plateau are underlain by possibly productive Pennsylvanian (and Permian) beds. Large-scale use of the various Pennsylvanian rocks as industrial minerals and rocks is hampered by the long distances to populous areas, the limestones, shale, and gypsum having been used only locally for building stone and crushed rock, in agriculture, and to make bricks, tile, cement, and lime products.
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Is it possible to add a switch to the uninstall command that will remove settings, which will then remove the TeamViewer folders? I am uninstalling TeamViewer via a script with ConnectWise Automate (formerly LabTech).
When I run this command in a script: "%programfiles(x86)%\TeamViewer\uninstall.exe" /S, it successfully removes TeamViewer, but leave the folders behind.
What can I add to my command line there that will remove the settings and folders?
RD /S /Q "C:\Program Files\Teamviewer"
RD /S /Q "C:\Program Files (x86)\TeamViewer"
DEL /s /q /f "%PUBLIC%\Desktop\*TeamViewer*.lnk"
DEL /s /q /f "%USERPROFILE%\*TeamViewer*.lnk"
::Loads TeamViewer specified settings in Registry.
START /wait "Teamviewer Assignment" "C:\Program Files (x86)\TeamViewer\TeamViewer.exe" assign --API-TOKEN 4827941-tk72SUsYIFeF0ThVAUqy --reassign --grant-easy-access --group "RCT Staff Machines" --alias "%BUDDYDISPLAYNAME% (%COMPUTERNAME%)"
::Deletes all old versions of TeamViewer Setup files like TeamViewer Host, Full, etc.
DEL /s /q /f "%USERPROFILE%\*TeamViewer*.exe"
DEL /s /q /f "%USERPROFILE%\*TV_Host*.exe"
DEL /s /q /f "%USERPROFILE%\*TV_Full*.exe"
DEL /s /q /f "%TEMP%\fullname.txt"
DEL /s /q /f "%TEMP%\Create_TVBuddyDisplayName.ps1"
::This Section needs to have a switch to check for if the installer was successful or not?
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Shrek the Third for the Game Boy Advance is a team-oriented adventure game that's hurt by its crummy presentation and overly simplistic puzzles.
When Activision and Vicarious Visions published Shrek 2 for the Game Boy Advance a few years ago, it was easy to overlook the game's weak presentation because the team-oriented gameplay provided a clever twist on the otherwise stale platform-jumper design. Now that they've released Shrek the Third, which is virtually the same as the last game, the flaws are tougher to swallow. The graphics and audio both feel antiquated, and the game is just a bit too kid-friendly for its own good.
Each character can do things the others can't.
Events in the game are loosely based on what happens in the movie. Shrek, Donkey, and Puss set out to find Arthur, the heir to the throne of Far, Far Away, but soon end up stranded on a desert island after Shrek and Artie have a fight. The four then seek out Merlin, who excitedly informs the quartet that he can easily zap them back to Far, Far Away. They just need to bring him some fairies that are hidden on the island first. Your job is to guide the characters through each level and collect the fairies that Merlin needs. Once you've done so, he'll punt the group to a different land and send them out to collect more fairies. Along the way, you'll encounter friendly characters, such as the blind mice and the three little pigs, as well as villains like Captain Hook, Prince Charming, and the Headless Horseman.
Getting through each side-scrolling level involves a fair amount of jumping between platforms and mindlessly pressing the attack button to punch or hack at pirates and monsters. However, in all but a few of the game's 20 levels, you have to guide two or more characters to the level's finish line. That's easier said than done since the characters have different abilities. Shrek can lift heavy objects and crash through some walls, Donkey can push things and glide short distances, Puss can climb up walls and crawl into tight spaces, and Artie can throw his shield like a boomerang and use it to float across rivers. Teamwork is the key to getting through each level. For example, Artie can float across a river and throw his shield at a switch to activate a moving platform that Shrek can then jump onto in order to safely cross the river. You can expect to swap characters dozens of times throughout each level before finally reaching the finish area. Players of all ages will likely find juggling between the different characters and their abilities interesting, but the game is probably best suited to younger players due to its mild difficulty. The solutions to most puzzles are plainly obvious, and the characters have plenty of health to absorb attacks with. You'll meet instant "death" if you fall into a river or pit, but that doesn't happen often. You get unlimited continues anyway.
The graphics and audio were out of date when this game was called Shrek 2 three years earlier.
Vicarious Visions put the game together using the same engine it used to produce Shrek 2 for the GBA in 2004. The graphics and audio get the job done, but they're also way behind the curve. Apart from the enemy characters you'll encounter and the occasional river, there's nothing much moving on screen. The 2D backdrops look crude, and the muddy colors are unattractive. Some enemies are more generic than others, but all of the characters move gracefully. Shrek, Donkey, and all of the other familiar characters resemble their big-screen counterparts at least. As for the audio, the music and sound effects are generic and repetitive. The voice snippets that play when you switch characters, attack, or take damage are nice, but there aren't enough of them.
Shrek the Third for the GBA would have turned out a lot nicer if Vicarious Visions and Activision had done more than simply take the engine from Shrek 2, tweak it, and conjure up a bunch of new levels. The stale presentation and easy difficulty rule out anyone over the age of eight or so getting much enjoyment out of the game.
Shrek returns for a third showing, based on the DreamWorks Animation film of the same name.
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How can I improve my running stamina?
The last 5 marathons I have been to were a failure, in terms of speed and stamina. As a beginner, I always want to improve, do you know how to improve running stamina?
First off, give yourself some credit! Running a marathon is no small feat, and running five marathons is certainly something to tip your hat to! Whether you can jog or run the whole way, or need to stop and walk a bit in order to finish, if you crossed the finish line of a marathon, you still covered 26.2 miles on your feet. That in itself says your stamina is already pretty good!
But we understand the desire to get even better. After all, it truly is a monumental moment and feeling when you can run an entire marathon by actually running. What an accomplishment! And building up your stamina to get to that place is not actually as hard as you might think - it simply takes a well designed training plan and the self discipline to actually stick to it. First, change up your workouts. Do not do all speed work or all distance work. Most people, when training for a marathon, focus entirely on the distance. So week in and week out leading up to the race, they are logging a lot of miles. Which is good, as endurance is needed! But incorporating speed work will ensure you get your heart into great cardiovascular shape, which translates to increased stamina.
And to make sure you do not get bored, switch up your speed interval training. A few times a week (two to three days), do a different speed workout. Some examples would be a pyramid style work out, in which you increasingly get faster and faster for shorter spurts and then gradually work your way back down. If you can't get to a track, the treadmill is an excellent option for speed work. And aim to work in some strength training as well. Lifting heavy weights will work wonders for your heart, which again, leads to rewards in the way of increased stamina.
It is also a good idea to give your running muscles and running brain a break. Try cross training with other forms of cardio. Hop on the bike to switch it up and alternate easily between distance and high intesnity intervals, or throw on your goggles and swim gear and hit the pool for some laps. Changing up the type of cardio you are doing means you changes up the motions your body is used to performing, tricking the brain and shocking the muscles and leading to increased cardio performance. But don't skip on running! Slowly increase your mileage by 10 percent each week, if you are trying to figure out to up your distance to get into proper marathon shape.
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The Virginia City Historic District, located halfway between Reno and Carson City, Nevada, includes the 19th century mining towns of Virginia City, Gold Hill, Silver City, and Dayton, as well as open lands containing cultural sites associated with mining activities. Between 1860 and 1880, these towns were the model for what would become the classic frontier mining boom town in the American West.
In 1859, placer miners and prospectors in the Great Basin, an area covering most of Nevada and portions of western Utah and eastern California, made two remarkable strikes of silver and gold ore near Virginia City, Nevada. This was the first major silver strike in the U.S. and one of the richest in the country's history.
The Comstock Lode, as the discovery was called, stretched from Virginia City to Silver Hill. The discovery was unusual not only for the large presence of silver as well as gold, but also for the spectacular amount of wealth it generated. Almost seven million tons of ore were extracted and milled between 1860 and 1880, with the mines producing what today would equal approximately $700 million in profits. This immense wealth played a large role in the growth of Nevada as well as the city of San Francisco, California, whose residents' investments in the Comstock mines through the Bank of California and the San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board helped fuel rapid growth in the San Francisco Bay area.
Unlike the small Western mining settlements that sprang up during California's Gold Rush in the 1850s, the Comstock District was an urbanized, industrial setting. In 1862 the population of Virginia City and nearby Gold Hill was 4,000, but by 1874 the number had risen to 25,000. In the 1870s, Virginia City was one of the most important cities between Chicago and the West Coast. At its peak, the Virginia City area had 25 theaters, multiple large hotels, several fire companies, fraternal organizations, five police precincts, a red-light district, multiple newspapers, and over 100 saloons. Virginia City also had the first Miner's Union in the U.S. Development stretched in an unbroken line from Virginia City, through Gold Hill, to Silver City four miles to the south.
Virginia City and its larger mining district attracted immigrants from throughout the U.S. and all over the world. Chinese immigrants came to the area in large numbers and worked as, among other things, placer miners, railroad workers, restaurant owners, launderers, doctors, shop owners, and boarding house managers. During the boom years in the 1860s and 1870s, Chinese immigrants became important components of the Comstock District's economic development and social landscape.
In 1855, Chinese workers from San Francisco, California, were hired to dig the Rose Ditch, a canal designed to carry water from the Carson River to mines in Gold Canyon. After completing the ditch many of the Chinese laborers stayed to work abandoned placer deposits. They were soon joined by more Chinese immigrants and their camps at the mouth of Gold Canyon came to be known as "Chinatown," one of the first Chinese settlements in Nevada. After the discovery of the Comstock Lode, many of the Chinese miners moved to Virginia City and in 1861, Chinatown was renamed Dayton. Because of its proximity to the Carson River, the town of Dayton was the location of the processing mills for the ore mined in the Comstock Lode and became the center of freight shipping and commerce for the Comstock District.
By the 1870s, Virginia City had one of the largest concentrations of Chinese immigrants in the West with a large Chinatown located east of the downtown area. This was one of the first urban Chinatowns in Nevada and at one time contained between 1,500 and 2,000 Chinese immigrants. Chinatown covered several blocks and was made up of one and two-story wooden buildings containing lodgings and businesses such as laundries, noodle parlors, herb shops, and small mercantiles. Virginia City's Chinatown burned down in the Great Fire of 1875 and was subsequently rebuilt, but never completely recovered. This was due, in part, to the decline of mining in the Comstock Lode.
Mining areas historically pass through an evolution of boom, dramatic growth, and then decline. By the mid-1870s it had become apparent that the Comstock Lode had been played out. Fewer and fewer large strikes were being made and a series of events including an incorrect estimation of the amount of ore in new veins in two of the large mines, the collapse of the Bank of California and crash of the San Francisco Stock market in 1875, and the Virginia City Great Fire of 1876, all contributed to the decline of the Comstock District. In 1878, a rich lode was discovered in Bodie, California and thousands of people in the District began to leave for better opportunities elsewhere. By 1881, the Comstock Lode had been exhausted and ore production was at its lowest level in 20 years.
Mining continued on a smaller scale in the Comstock District during the 20th century, but never again reached the levels of the boom period of 1860-1880. Virginia City shrank into a town of several hundred people who became the custodians for hundreds of 19th-century buildings, abandoned mine shafts and tunnels and countless documents and photographs pertaining to the Comstock District's boom period. The Comstock Mining District left an indelible imprint on U.S. history and established approaches to mining technology, corporate investment, and community growth that were imitated internationally well in to the middle of the 20th century.
Today, the Virginia City Historic District is a remarkable collection of over 400 buildings – most dating from the 19th-century, abandoned mine shafts and adits (horizontal entrances to mines), and historic roads and streets. The District still retains the look and feel of a 19th and early 20th century western mining town. Virginia City is still an active and vibrant community with restaurants, shops, hotels, and saloons. In addition, the District has multiple museums, annual festivals, railroad rides, mine tours, historic walking tours, stagecoach and carriage tours, trolley rides, hiking, horseback riding, and camping.
Virginia City Historic District, a National Historic Landmark, is located in the State of Nevada and includes the communities of Virginia City, Gold Hill, Silver City, and Dayton, as well as open lands containing historic and archeological features associated with mining activities. Click here for the National Historic Landmark file: text. The site of Virginia City's Chinatown is an open field located between Union and Sutton Streets and roughly bounded by F and H Streets in Virginia City. The site of Old Town Dayton ("Chinatown") is located between Silver Street and Logan Alley and bounded by Shady Lane and Pike Street in Dayton. The Virginia City Historic District includes 400 buildings and covers 14,750 acres. The current highways between Virginia City and Dayton follow the historic roads that connected the four towns. For more information, visit the Virginia City Convention and Tourism Authority website or call 775-847-7500; or visit the Historical Society of Dayton Valley website or call 775-246-6316.
Virginia City Historic District is featured in the National Park Service Travel Itinerary Three Historic Nevada Cities. Many components of the Virginia City Historic District have been documented by the National Park Service's Historic American Buildings Survey, including: Bluestone Manufacturing Company (Dayton), Donovan’s Mill (Silver City), King House (Virginia City), Liberty Fire House (Gold Hill), Mark Twain “Enterprise” Building (Virginia City), Miner’s Union Hall (Gold Hill), Piper’s Opera House (Virginia City), Saint Mary’s in the Mountains (Virginia City), Sutro Tunnel Entrance (Dayton), Virginia City [overview], and Virginia Hotel (Virginia City).
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Can you answer these multiple choice questions about NBA basketball?
1. Why are the Los Angeles Lakers called the Lakers?
They originally came from Minnesota, the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"
2. What is depicted on the logo of the Golden State Warriors?
3. Who was the shortest player to win an MVP?
Allen Iverson was listed at 6'0"
4. What was the "process" of 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie?
5. What is the record for the highest scoring average in a single-season, set by Wilt Chamberlain in 1961-1962?
6. Why did Wilt Chamberlain have his best free throw shooting percentage that season?
7. About what percent of NBA players are black, as of 2015?
8. Who won more championships, Kobe or Shaq?
9. What country is Manu Ginóbili from?
10. What is the record for most regular season wins, set by the Golden State Warriors in 2015-16?
11. When Kevin Durant won the MVP award in 2014, he said someone else was "da real MVP". Who was it?
12. Which of the following is NOT a nickname of Vince Carter?
13. Has Steph Curry ever dunked in a game?
14. What team used to be the Seattle Supersonics?
15. Which of the following was never a teammate of Michael Jordan?
Guessed them all as I know nothing about basketball. Got 8 questions right, among which were the 3 least guessed. On the other hand, missed 2 of the top 3 most guessed.
Question #15 is a bit misleading as Jordan teamed up with Hill in three all-star games. Fun quiz though!
This is a truly artful nitpick. Hats off to you!
Can you ANSWER these multiple choice questions. You're welcome.
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How clonal are human mitochondria?
Phylogenetic trees constructed using human mitochondrial sequences contain a large number of homoplasies. These are due either to repeated mutation or to recombination between mitochondrial lineages. We show that a tree constructed using synonymous variation in the protein coding sequences of 29 largely complete human mitochondrial molecules contains 22 homoplasies at 32 phylogenetically informative sites. This level of homoplasy is very unlikely if inheritance is clonal, even if we take into account base composition bias. There must either be 'hypervariable' sites or recombination between mitochondria. We present evidence which suggests that hypervariable sites do not exist in our data. It therefore seems likely that recombination has occurred between mitochondrial lineages in humans.
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If you've followed my instructions on how to write an introduction, you're probably thinking to yourself: "Self, if I've given away everything in the introduction (which I used to do in the conclusion), then what do I put in the conclusion?" It's a good question to ask yourself given that you're used to writing like you were crafting a mystery novel.
Think of it this way: The introduction is about argument while the conclusion is about narrative (without introducing anything new). The introduction should concentrate on getting the argument and factual information across in somewhat of a pedantic tone whereas you can, and probably should, make the conclusion more "story like." You can put more of yourself as an author into the conclusion--perhaps even editorialize just a tad--and emphasize certain points of argument you made over others in the body of your paper. Just remember not to add any new factual or argumentative information.
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AMHERST, New York (CNN) -- A doctor who performed abortions was shot to death by a sniper in his western New York home Friday night in an attack denounced as "terrorism" by the state's governor.
"It's beyond a tragedy. It's really an act of terrorism and, in my mind, a cold-blooded assassination," Gov. George Pataki said of the murder of Dr. Barnett Slepian.
In Washington, Attorney General Janet Reno issued a statement saying federal law enforcement officials "will do whatever it takes to track down and prosecute whoever is responsible for this murder."
While local police have not discussed a motive, Reno said the Justice Department is "actively investigating the possibility that Dr. Slepian was murdered because of his work providing abortion service."
"The federal government will continue its vigilant defense of constitutionally protected rights to provide and to obtain reproductive health service," Reno said.
Slepian, 51, who has been the target of anti-abortion protesters since the 1980s, was killed by a single bullet fired through his kitchen window at about 10 p.m. EDT, as he and his family returned from synagogue to their home in Amherst, a suburb of Buffalo. His wife and four sons were not injured.
Slepian's killer fired from behind a backyard fence. A helicopter search for the suspect was fruitless, and the shooter remained at large Saturday.
The slaying came just days after authorities warned abortion providers in the area to be on guard for possible violence. Since 1994, there have been four other sniper attacks -- one in Rochester and three across the border in Canada -- that all took place in early autumn.
None of the previous attacks killed anyone. All occurred within weeks of November 11, Veterans Day.
"There's some type of connection on the date. We don't know what it is," said Inspector David Bowen of the Hamilton-Wentworth police department in Ontario.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police officials have said they believe the same people were responsible for all of the earlier attacks. On Tuesday, Canadian and American authorities issued safety tips to abortion providers throughout the region.
"They were told to stay away from windows that weren't covered with curtains or blinds and to be aware of their surroundings and anything suspicious at their clinics," said Frank Olesko, Amherst's assistant police chief.
On Saturday, security was stepped up at Buffalo GYN Women's Services, the clinic where Slepian worked and the only clinic providing abortions in Buffalo.
Slepian "was one of the few physicians with the integrity to stand up for what he believed in," said clinic spokeswoman Susan Ward. "He was a strong supporter of women's right to choose. He had some fearfulness, I'm sure, but he was determined to continue the work he was doing and was not going to let extremists interfere."
Outraged by Slepian's death, abortion rights advocates called on law enforcement officials to step up their protection of doctors and clinics who provide abortions to women.
"We are very upset. We are seeing extremists using bullets and bombs to get their way in our democracy," said Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation. "We believe the authorities must consider this political terrorism and act as if it is."
"No matter where we stand on the issue of abortion, all Americans must stand together in condemning this tragic and brutal act," President Clinton, an abortion-rights supporter, said in a statement from the White House.
"For anyone to take it upon himself to be judge, jury and executioner is nothing but sheer evil," said Karen Swallow Prior, who is running for lieutenant governor of New York on the ticket of the anti-abortion Right-to-Life Party.
The Rev. Flip Benham, national director of Operation Rescue, another anti-abortion group, said his organization did not support Slepian's killing, even though the doctor "murdered countless thousands of innocent children."
"He has been a killer for a long time .... (but) I am sad to learn of his death," Benham said.
Slepian has been the target of anti-abortion protesters since the 1980s. In 1988, as his family opened gifts during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, protesters in front of his home taunted him, calling him a "murderer." An altercation ensued in which one of the protesters claimed Slepian attacked him with a baseball bat.
A misdemeanor assault charge against Slepian was settled in March 1989. The doctor paid about $400 for repairs to a van and for part of the man's medical bills.
In 1992, Slepian closed his Amherst office during a protest by Operation Rescue in the Buffalo area. At the time, he said he closed the office to avoid inconveniencing other doctors in his building, but he vowed to continue providing abortions at his Buffalo clinic.
"He said, 'They're not going to scare me. They're not going to threaten me,'" said Harvey Rogers, Slepian's lawyer.
As police looked for clues Saturday, neighbors lamented the loss of a friendly guy who always built elaborate Halloween displays.
"This is sad, to kill someone to prove a point,' said neighbor Suby Shastry. "He has a family, too. Killing someone doesn't solve a problem."
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I grew up speaking American English (San Diego to be specific). When I hear someone who speaks British English say a word that ends in [ə], like banana, I hear a weak but distinct 'r' sound attached to the end of the word. I have heard this from people from both London and Manchester, and friends of mine from other parts of the US also say they can hear it.
What causes that sound? Which way is the correct way to pronounce it?
"What causes that sound?" - one could just as well ask why the American English speakers -don't- pronounce it. A reasonable response would be that it's not spelled that way, but to counter that, there's all sorts of pronunciations in English that "aren't spelled that way".
But to answer directly, the standard dialect of British English is non-rhotic meaning that they don't pronounce 'r's at the ends of words. Except interestingly you've found where they do pronounce them in places not expected. Since a word-final 'r' is preceded by a vowel, non-rhotic speakers will tend to pronounce vowel final words with a coloring of an 'r' because that's what the 'r' final words sound like (a vowel with 'r'-coloring).
where the 'r' of 'car' -is- pronounced -in this context (but not usually). This is the way the accent says it. If you, as a non-Bostoner, say it without the 'r' after car, you won't be saying it like someone with a Boston accent does in real life.
"Which way is the correct way to pronounce it?" - 'correct' is what people normally use but it's just not appropriate here It's really "What is correct -in the particular language community-?" or even better "Which way do they almost always do it?". People follow rules, but they're not necessarily he ones you do, and which set is considered correct is more about sociological differences.
'What causes that sound?' A different accent. 'Which way is the correct way to pronounce it?' There isn't one.
I'm not certain, but you may be hearing Intrusive R, where R sounds are inserted at the ends of words ending in certain vowels if the following word also starts with a vowel.
Its "correctness" in the context of non-rhotic accents is debatable, but it is certainly not how anyone with a rhotic accent speaks, such as someone from San Diego.
The reason I think is that the British tend to bend/lift their tongue upwards when they say words that end with a short 'A' sound or 'Schwa'.When they say an 'R' they don't actually touch the upper part of the mouth(Alveolar ridge) with their tongue-tip but move close towards it producing the short Schwa sound.So when they have to say something like 'India (r) and China ,they inevitably say an 'r' there.Elsewhere they drop it as in 'rive(r)'.
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The Bengal tiger is named after the Bengal region in southern Asia, an area that overlaps with the tiger's current geographic range. Bengal tigers once roamed throughout the entire Indian subcontinent, but now the largest population is within India, with the second-largest population in Bangladesh.
Historically, Bengal was the river delta formed by the Ganges and Brahmaputra. The region is now divided, with Bangladesh to the east and India to the west. Although Bengal tigers are named after and are most populous in that region, they can also be found in small pockets of Bhutan, Nepal and China. They are considered endangered across their geographic range.
Where Is the Bengal Tiger in the Food Web?
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I support the proposed amendments by the SEC to comply with the JOBS Act. The SEC should amend Rule 506 of Regulation D to provide that the prohibition against general solicitation and advertising contained in Regulation D shall not apply to offers and sales of securities made pursuant to Rule 506, so long as all purchasers of the securities are accredited investors. This will create jobs, provide access to capital for small business and reduce fees, therefore making the cost of capital more affordable. It is also a good idea to allow Broker-Dealers the option to operate under the current 506 rules if they do not wish to advertise. By limiting this to accredited investors only it will limit exposure to unsophisticated investors.
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How do you feel about audiobooks? Do you like them or dislike them? Or have you never tried one before?
I, personally, love audiobooks. They definitely cannot replace the written word, especially physical books, but they are fantastic. Its so nice to go for a walk and listen to a book, or during a car ride, or especially while sitting outside. One thing I love to do while listening is crochet. Im sure most of you are either saying "what is that?" or "How old is she again?" or "FANTASTIC!". Crocheting is like knitting, but not at all lol. That gives you an idea, though, of what I am talking about. But, yes audiobooks are so nice. I used to think they were just for little kids and old people, and that I would easily get too distracted, but actually they draw me in a little more because then I can hear the emotion being told and can multitask while "reading".
I've tried a few - they're not for me. I *hate* text-to-speech on my Kindle more than audiobooks, but that's what I rely on if I need to be hands-free. If I'm in the car, or walking, running, etc., I listen to music only because I'd never listen to it otherwise (busy reading! lol) I just prefer books & my own imagination. Does that say something about me that the voices in my head are better than what I hear outside my head? LOL.
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Where do you go to enjoy winter for a weekend? I took my family to Gravenhurst and it was like stepping into a winter wonderland.
Ontario is a beautiful place in the winter time, and Taboo Resort in the Muskoka area, near Gravenhurst, Ontario, is taking full advantage of that fact after recent renovations, and they are now promoting the destination as a year-round getaway while offering a new winter stay deal, and a holiday-themed package.
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For other uses, see Iago (disambiguation).
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-ey'd monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.
Iago is a fictional character in Shakespeare's Othello (c. 1601–1604). The play's main antagonist, Iago is the 'Ancient' (standard bearer) of General Othello as well as being husband of Emilia, who is in turn the attendant of Othello's wife Desdemona. Iago hates Othello (who is also known as "The Moor") and devises a plan to destroy him by making him believe that his wife is having an affair with his lieutenant, Michael Cassio.
The role is thought to have been first played by Robert Armin, who typically played intelligent clown roles like Touchstone in As You Like It or Feste in Twelfth Night.
The character's source is traced to Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio's tale "Un Capitano Moro" in Gli Hecatommithi (1565). There, the character is simply "the ensign".
While no English translation of Cinthio was available in Shakespeare's lifetime, it is possible Shakespeare knew the Italian original, Gabriel Chappuy's 1584 French translation, or an English translation in manuscript. Cinthio's tale may have been based on an actual incident occurring in Venice about 1508.
While Shakespeare closely followed Cinthio's tale in composing Othello, he departed from it in some details. In Cinthio's tale, for example, the ensign suffers an unrequited lust for the Moor's wife, Desdemona, which then drives his vengeance. Desdemona dies in an entirely different manner in Cinthio's tale; the Moor commissions his ensign to bludgeon her to death with a sand-filled stocking. In gruesome detail, Cinthio follows each blow, and, when she is dead, the Moor and his ensign place her lifeless body upon her bed, smash her skull, and then cause the cracked ceiling above the bed to collapse upon her, giving the impression the falling rafters caused her death.
The two murderers escape detection. The Moor misses his wife greatly, however, and comes to loathe the sight of his ensign. He demotes him, and refuses to have him in his company. The ensign then seeks revenge by disclosing to "the squadron leader" (the tale's Cassio counterpart), the Moor's involvement in Desdemona's death. The two men denounce the Moor to the Venetian Seignory. The Moor is arrested, transported from Cyprus to Venice, and tortured, but refuses to admit his guilt. He is condemned to exile; Desdemona's relatives eventually execute him. The ensign escapes any prosecution in Desdemona's death, but engages in other crimes and dies after being tortured.
Iago is a soldier who has fought beside Othello for several years, and has become his trusted advisor. At the beginning of the play, Iago claims to have been unfairly passed over for promotion to the rank of Othello's lieutenant in favour of Michael Cassio. Iago plots to manipulate Othello into demoting Cassio, and thereafter to bring about the downfall of Othello himself. He has an ally, Roderigo, who assists him in his plans in the mistaken belief that after Othello is gone, Iago will help Roderigo earn the affection of Othello's wife, Desdemona. After Iago engineers a drunken brawl to ensure Cassio’s demotion (in Act 2), he sets to work on his second scheme: leading Othello to believe that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio. This plan occupies the final three acts of the play.
He manipulates his wife Emilia, Desdemona's lady-in-waiting, into taking from Desdemona a handkerchief that Othello had given her; he then tells Othello that he had seen it in Cassio's possession. Once Othello flies into a jealous rage, Iago tells him to hide while he (Iago) talks to Cassio. Iago then leads Othello to believe that a bawdy conversation about Cassio's mistress, Bianca, is in fact about Desdemona. Mad with jealousy, Othello orders Iago to kill Cassio, promising to make him lieutenant in return. Iago then engineers a fight between Cassio and Roderigo in which the latter is killed (by Iago himself, double-crossing his ally), but the former merely wounded.
Iago’s plan appears to succeed when Othello kills Desdemona, who is innocent of Iago's charges. Soon afterwards, however, Emilia brings Iago’s treachery to light, and Iago kills her in a fit of rage before being arrested. He remains famously reticent when pressed for an explanation of his actions before he is arrested: "Demand me nothing. What you know, you know. From this time forth I never will speak word." Following Othello's suicide, Cassio, now in charge, condemns Iago to be imprisoned and tortured as punishment for his crimes.
Iago is one of Shakespeare's most sinister villains, often considered such because of the unique trust that Othello places in him, which he betrays while maintaining his reputation of honesty and dedication. Shakespeare contrasts Iago with Othello's nobility and integrity. With 1,097 lines, Iago has more lines in the play than Othello himself.
Iago is a Machiavellian schemer and manipulator, as he is often referred to as "honest Iago", displaying his skill at deceiving other characters so that not only do they not suspect him, but they count on him as the person most likely to be truthful.
Shakespearean critic A. C. Bradley said that "evil has nowhere else been portrayed with such mastery as in the evil character of Iago", and also states that he "stands supreme among Shakespeare's evil characters because the greatest intensity and subtlety of imagination have gone into his making" The mystery surrounding Iago’s actual motives continues to intrigue readers and fuel scholarly debate.
In discussing The Tragedy of Othello, scholars have long debated Iago’s role—highlighting the complexity of his character. Fred West contends that Shakespeare was not content with simply portraying another “stock” morality figure, and that he, like many dramatists, was particularly interested in the workings of the human mind. Thus, according to West, Iago, who sees nothing wrong with his own behavior, is “an accurate portrait of a psychopath” (27), who is “devoid of conscience, with no remorse” (29). West believes that “Shakespeare had observed that there exist perfectly sane people in whom fellow-feeling of any kind is extremely weak while egoism is virtually absolute, and thus he made Iago” (34).
Bradley writes that Iago "illustrates in the most perfect combination the two facts concerning evil, which seem to have impressed Shakespeare the most", the first being that "the fact that perfectly sane people exist in whom fellow-feeling of any kind is so weak that an almost absolute egoism becomes possible to them", with the second being "that such evil is compatible, and even appears to ally itself easily, with exceptional powers of will and intellect". The same critic also famously said that "to compare Iago with the Satan of Paradise Lost seems almost absurd, so immensely does Shakespeare's man exceed Milton's Fiend in evil", clearly showing the level of evil his reading of the play revealed in Iago.
Weston Babcock, however, would have us see Iago as “an human being, shrewdly intelligent, suffering from and striking against a constant fear of social snobbery” (301). According to Babcock, it is not malice, but fear, that drives Iago. For, “Iago dates his maturity, as he considers it, his ability to understand the world, from the age at which he recognized every remark to be personally pointed. One only who lacks inner assurance and is so constantly on guard against any hint of his inferiority could so confess himself" (299).
John Draper, on the other hand, postulates that Iago is simply “an opportunist who cleverly grasps occasion” (726), spurred on by “the keenest of professional and personal motives” (728). Draper argues that Iago “seized occasions rather than made them" (727). According to his theory, Iago “is the first cause, but events, once under way, pass out of his control“ (727). Following this logic, Draper concludes that Iago “is neither as clever nor as wicked as some would think; and the problem of his character largely resolves itself into the question: was he justified in embarking upon the initial stages of his revenge?” (727).
Laurence Fishburne and Kenneth Branagh as Othello and Iago respectively, in a scene from the 1995 version of Othello.
See also Shakespeare on screen (Othello).
Iago has been described as a "motiveless malignity" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This reading would seem to suggest that Iago, much like Don John in Much Ado About Nothing or Aaron in Titus Andronicus, wreaks havoc on the other characters' lives for no ulterior purpose.
Léone Teyssandier writes that a possible motive for Iago's actions is envy towards Desdemona, Cassio and Othello; Iago sees them as more noble, generous and, in the case of Cassio, more handsome than he is. In particular, he sees the death of Cassio as a necessity, saying of him that "He hath a daily beauty in his life that makes me ugly".
Ultimately, none of these motives is identified as primary, so it is impossible to determine conclusively which applies, if indeed any of them do in isolation, or which is most important among them.
There are a million theories to Iago's motivations, but I believed that Iago was once a good soldier, a great man's man to have around, a bit of a laugh, who feels betrayed, gets jealous of his friend, wants to mess it up for him, enjoys causing him pain, makes a choice to channel all his creative energy into the destruction of this human being, and becomes completely addicted to the power he wields over him. I didn't want to play him as initially malevolent. He's not the Devil. He's you or me feeling jealous and not being able to control our feelings.
Iago only reveals his true nature in his soliloquies, and in occasional asides. Elsewhere, he is charismatic and friendly, and the advice he offers to both Cassio and Othello is superficially sound; as Iago himself remarks: "And what's he then, that says I play the villain, when this advice is free I give, and honest...?"
It is this dramatic irony that drives the play.
Some critics thought Kenneth Branagh portrayed Iago as a homosexual, thus giving a possible motive of sexual desire for Othello, jealousy of Desdemona, and rage at the impossibility of his love for Othello being requited. In an interview, Branagh stated, "Well, you know, a rather distinguished critic said he was annoyed with my performance because I'd clearly played Iago gay. I had no consciousness of doing that at all, but I did play as though he loved Othello. But I don't mean in a sexual sense. I just meant that he absolutely loved him. And frankly, that's the way I am with my male friends: I say 'I love you' when I feel it."
Nicole Galland's novel I, Iago (2012) speculates an elaborate backstory in which Iago invents intricate moral justifications for his ambition and vengeance.
David Snodin's novel Iago (2012) hypothesizes about what may have happened to Iago had he escaped after being imprisoned.
^ Shakespeare, William. Four Tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth. Bantam Books, 1988.
^ Bevington, David and Kate, translators. "Un Capitano Moro" in Four Tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth. Bantam Books, 1988.
^ Bradley, A. C., (1974), Shakesperean Tragedy, Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, p. 169.
^ a b c Bradley, A. C. (1992). Shakespearean tragedy: lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth (3rd ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press.
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What should I look for in lenses for long range and close up animal and natural shots?
I am looking at trying to buy a long range lens for shooting animals and nature. I'm kinda new to photography and am not sure which brand or size I should be looking for. What features are important and what will I get from different price points? I also would like to get a macro lens for really close shots — is that possible with the same lens? I have a nikon d3000.
The general rule of focal length for animals is that too much is never enough. It basically comes down to how much you can afford and are willing to carry. Many nature shots will be in remote places, so lugging the equipment there is a serious consideration. That all said, I'd at least want to go out with a 300 mm lens (relative to a full frame sensor). Even with that, a small bird which is quite close will still look like a small thing in the middle of a big picture.
Macro is a totally different thing from telephoto, so I wouldn't try to get one lens that does both. Even if you can find such a thing, a lens of the size and weight required for distance animals will be unwieldy and difficult to use for macro shots. I've gotten quite passible macro shots with a near-telephoto and extension tubes, although outright macro lenses are easier to handle in the field.
One difference between nature macro photography and other macro photography is that you generally want a little longer macro lens. A common macro subject in nature photography is insects, which tend to buzz off if you try to get too close. Something in the 100-135 mm range helps with that. The downside is that it's tougher to hand-hold without apparent shaking. For things that don't run away, like plants, something around 70 mm is easier to handle.
As a Nikon D3000 shooter, your choices of lenses over 300mm will mostly boil down to either Nikon or Sigma (supposing you have a four-figure budget). If your budget is below $1000, chances are good you can only afford a 70-300mm zoom, and all you have to worry about is whether or not you want to go Nikon or 3rd party. Your main issue, of course, will be finding a lens with AF-S so you'll have autofocus.
Most of these lenses do not let you shoot Macro as well, despite a number of 3rd-party 70-300 lenses being labelled as "macro" lenses. While you can get relatively close, they don't do the true 1:1 magnification of a dedicated macro lens, and if you plan on shooting very small subjects, like bugs or small flowers, chances are good you'll prefer a dedicated macro lens instead.
Focal length. As I stated above, 300mm on a crop body is good for larger or less-shy wildlife. But if you're thinking about small birds that aren't in the backyard, then 400mm or longer is more likely to be what you want. And the cost leap will be considerable. Say, from $600 to $1000 (third-party) or $2000 (OEM).
Image quality. Sharpness, contrast, and distortion will probably be the main concerns. With longer lenses, you typically don't worry much about vignetting or C/A. Zooms may be slightly softer than primes, but not always, if you can afford the four-figure price tags.
Maximum aperture. Wildlife moves fast, and often in low light. But this is going to be the most expensive thing you can go for. f/4 300mm lenses are astronomical. You don't want to see the prices for f/4 at 400mm. Or f/2.8. Think five figures. You may not have a choice of going with f/5.6 or even f/6.3 with third-party lenses for this. But because wildlife tends to be active in the golden hours, and because the longer focal lengths require faster shutter speeds to mitigate camera shake blur, a larger maximum aperture will help widen the possibilities. The 1/focal_length rule of thumb doesn't really restrict you much at 50mm, but at 500mm, it's something completely different.
Autofocus speed. No point in having a great, sharp supertelephoto to shoot flitting birds if it can't autofocus fast enough to grab the shot before the bird flies off. However, given that you have a D3000--you're going to have to get an AF-S lens anyway just to have autofocus. But pay attention to this in reviews.
Stabilization. If you plan to handhold while you stalk critters (once you go past 400mm, chances are good you have to shoot with a monopod or tripod, simply from the weight), stabilization can help a lot with the shutter speed restrictions the longer focal length will impose upon you. VR, for longer lenses, is worth it.
Focus lock. Some of the longer lenses also have a "focus lock" that allows you to tell the lens to ignore a certain portion of the autofocus range in order to speed up focus locking. This can be invaluable if you tend to shoot things that move fast and are always beyond your reach (i.e., birds in flight).
Size/Weight. The longer or faster the lens, the bigger and heavier it gets. Some folks claim they can handhold a Sigma 150-500 OS, some folks cannot. But handholding telephotos and supertelephotos does require a certain amount of technique and care that shorter lenses do not. There are special holds you can use (e.g., the machine gun hold, where you place your left hand on your right shoulder, and rest the lens on your left elbow), as well as a plethora of other ways (beanbags, monopods, tripods, resting on fence rails, your knee), etc. to help with stabilization.
There are a number of guides to selecting lenses on the web -- you should read one or more to familiarize yourself with lens terminology. One you could start with is this one from gizmag.com.
Briefly, like many engineering endeavors, designing a lens (and choosing which to buy) is a matter of tradeoffs. You want to build (or buy) the best product possible, but that means weighing factors like optical quality and light gathering ability against practical matters like cost, size, and weight.
sharpness: How sharp, or focussed, is the image at given focal length?
speed: What is the maximum aperture (i.e. lowest f-number)? Larger apertures allow more light through the lens, which lets you use shorter shutter speeds. That helps minimize blurring due to camera shake or subject movement.
cost: Everyone has a budget to live with.
size/weight: A large, heavy lens can be impractical on a long hike, for example.
Other factors that are also important include chromatic aberration, distortion, build quality, image stabilization, special coatings that help to keep the front and back elements clean or to reduce internal reflections, and whether the lens itself can be mounted to a tripod.
the accuracy and speed of the focussing mechanism.
How quiet the focussing mechanism is.
Most lenses are accurate and focus precisely, but they do it at varying speeds. For example, the Nikon 55-300mm AF-S f/4.5-f/5.6 was a nice lens for portraiture and relatively slow moving objects but not animals because: 1) the focussing mechanism was slow, and 2) at the telephoto end it would sometimes not be able to focus at all until zoomed out.
The Nikon 70-300mm is a bit more money, but is probably better suited to animal photography because the focussing mechanism is both fast and quiet.
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Each marketing technique has benefits and drawbacks so you your job as a webmaster will be to look at the different techniques and choose the best one. There are two questions you can answer that will help you along this road. The first is to figure out which marketing technique will benefit your particular site the most. To do this you will have to see which marketing techniques fit best with your site. For example, if you don't have a lot of content on your site then you won't get much SEO. If you have only static content on your site then e-mail marketing won't help you much because an e-mail newsletter will only work if you have updated content that your visitors will want to read.
The second question will be to figure out which techniques you have the resources for. The main resources I am referring to are time, money, and skills. Pay-per-click, merchandising, and press releases will take money. Word of mouth marketing takes interpersonal skills. YouTube marketing takes technology skills. Viral marketing requires creativity. A good e-book will take time. If you don't have the required resources then those particular techniques may not be available to you.
After you figure out which marketing techniques are possible, you will have to figure out what your planned expenditures, traffic, and profits will be so you can calculate you projected profit and see if the plan should go forward.
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A ROV (Remotely operated vehicle) is a device that can be controlled from a distance. What if there is an application that can make use of this device? Yes, it is possible through the use of remotely operated vehicle: A new means for underwater exploration application. This application can be used to control the movement of the vehicle with great ease. This will be one of the interesting applications that one can work on in real time world. People can rely on this application with great ease and without any difficulty. The user interface will be simple and easy to understand.
Bluetooth: The commands will be received through the use of bluetooth technology with great ease.
Easy access: This application can be accessed anytime and anywhere from the world without any difficulty and with great ease.
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"This shop has apples and oranges."
Translation:Toko ini punya apel dan jeruk.
would 'mempunyai' also be acceptable?
Can you say "tokonya" instead of "toko ini"?
No, not in this sentence.
The English sentence says "This shop".
This shop = Toko ini.
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Email 1 - New Year started. In this letter to my Imaginary Friend I am telling him how I spent my New Years Eve this year and some memories from the years that passed. I am talking about movie I watched and how pity it is that some people do not believe that what happens in the movies can also happen in real life. For me my life is like a movie of which manuscript I am writing. I am talking about my work with the cattle which finally was completed quite successfully and about Penny's visit. She told me story about her brother who was a very romantic and loving man but life did not spare him from it's tough tests. Wishes for the New Year for my Imaginary Friend conclude the email.
Email 2 - The difficulties in my marriage continue to grow and it pushes me sometimes down. Some of the comments my husband does hurt me very badly and I feel more and more... helpless. For my husband everything evolves around money, and for me feelings and friendship are the most important values in life. In this email to my Imaginray Friend I am talking about all these issues, the differences between me and my husband and about my feelings in this area.
Email 3 - In this emails to my Imaginary Friend I am talking about issues with my car and how I was lucky to get a new battery. I am also talking about my husband and how strongly he believes that happiness of individual depends on how rich his or her parents are even though he has been proven wrong so many times (I am giving here some examples why our happiness does not depends on the wealth of our parents or on the wealth at all). I am also telling a children story which has a moral that how we see the world actually shows who we really are.
Email 4 - I got bitten by a red-back. This was quite painful experience. My husband was nicer to me in the last couple of weekends and we even managed to have some open fire grill at the place we used to cook when we first moved in to the property. This barbie brought a lot of memories from the years passed. I was thinking about all this what has happened since we moved in and how the property transformed to the lovely place. My husband... he saw all the jobs which have not been completed yet and analysed the situation of our neighbours. This is the topic of my next letter to my Imaginary Friend.
Email 5 - In the last few weeks my yearning for travels is getting stronger and stronger. I wish to escape from the monotony of everyday life to some adventure. Probably my emotional state at the moment is not the best and I need a break to determine what my next step should be. This emails to my Imaginary Friend talks about my longing for remote places and for travels.
Email 6 - I met a work colleague with whom we had a little bit “interesting” situation last year. I have not seen him for a few weeks and now I was not sure how to behave. In this email my Imaginary Friend incarnated the work colleague and I am telling him how I felt when I saw him at work and how difficult it is for me to show emotions as I am afraid of being... not so much hurt as humiliated. And as usually I am also talking about my everyday life on the farm. I also mention how I overcame my spider-phobia.
Email 7 - I was thinking about my married life and what had happened since I got the ring on my finger. How my husband tried to change and break me and how at the end he, instead of breaking me, he broke the little bit of connection we had. It is said to look how we grew apart... but were we ever close together?... This is the topic of this email to my Imaginary Friend.
Email 8 - I went for a walk on the property and it made me think about the time when we bought the land and also about a camping trip I went on with one of my friends a few years ago. I thought about the little things in life and how I miss somebody with whom I could share it.
Email 9 - With my husband we had discussion about if it is worth doing the right thing by others or it prevents us from being successful in life. Though I personaly believe that it is important to always try to do the right thing, I also know that we cannot do something against our will. I am giving two examples of my husband, who tried to do the right thing, but at the end it was a disaster for everybody involved.
Email 10 - Does doing the right thing mean that you love the person you do it for? I do not think so. This was part of my conversation with my parents. My parents are soul-mates happily married for over 40 years and for them love and family is all what matters in life. They had very hard life, but the strong love which connects them helped them to overcome any difficulties they met on their way. My father again reminded me ont he story how they met, and because I find the story very romantic I am telling the story to my Imaginary Friend.
Email 11 - I met the friend who broke contact with me a few months ago and we had a nice chat and even a breakfast together. I was really pleased and happy to see him. In this email to my Imaginary Friend I am talking how important patience hope and faith are – I was hoping that one day my friend will be talking to me again and it has happened.
Email 12 - "Love as if nobody has hurt you before" - this is a common slogan. Easy to say but not easy to do. I met a person who is able to do it and I am amazed by him. This made me also think of trust, which for me is the basic foundation of any relationship. Without trust everything will fall apart. The best example of trust between two friends I have ever seen was my father and one of his friends. This story is also included in this email to my "Imaginary Friend".
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Article Titles Whitneys visit FSC this week -- Short course in nutrition taught here -- Donor to see organ dedicated -- Dr. Jones speaks on religion -- MacGowan speaks again on March 22 -- "Stunt night" is presented by freshmen -- 3 act comedy is fourth play by dramatists -- Senate makes plans for FSC on war basis -- Jo Berta Bullock elected president of Vagabond Club -- Alpha Sigs buy defense stamps in weekly sales -- Ralph Johnson named president of Alpha Sigma -- FSC Band gives concert Thursday in Winter Haven -- President Spivey to speak twice in Jacksonville -- Russia the unknown -- "War activities" -- One man to another -- Southern Singers begin state tour Sunday afternoon -- McLean recital / By George L. Tenney -- Kappa Gams giving hay ride to lake for dates tonight -- Barnum trio gives recital Thursday in drawing room -- Alpha Chi Omega hold initiation at Womans Club -- ZZZ initiation held Monday at University Club -- Xylophone concert is presented here by Marielta Huron -- Cham Murray wins LCA peanut race -- Alpha Sigs hold initiation service for new members -- K.T.P.'s trounce Alpha Sig B's -- Sig A's take tennis opener, bowling starts Mon. -- Chi Rho's upset LCA tennis team -- Archery and badminton take lead -- F.S.C. co-eds bow in game with Rollins.
Photographs Dr. E. Stanley Jones / Courtesy Lakeland Ledger (p.1) -- Major and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney with President Ludd M. Spivey / Courtesy Lakeland Ledger (p.1) -- Dr. John A. M. Stewart, Director Southern Singers (p.3) -- The Southern Singers / Courtesy Lakeland Ledger (p.4).
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To find 50% of a number, find half of that number.
To find 25% of a number, find one quarter of that number.
To find 10% of a number, divide the number by ten.
You can use the above facts to solve problems involving other percentages.
Q 1: A dress is selling for $100after 20% discount. What is the original selling price?
Q 2: Eric invited 50 friends to his birthday party. 50% of them could not attend the party. How many friends attended the party?
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Why does jQuery swallow exceptions in $.ajax success callbacks?
It looks like jQuery 1.6.4 deliberately swallows exceptions in $.ajax success callbacks.
Does anyone know why jQuery does this?
I'm guessing here, but the reason is probably because you would not be able to catch the error anyway. Since its a callback you would not be able to wrap it in a try/catch. If jQuery didn't catch it, your application would crash, which is most likely not what you want. If you need to check for errors wrap the code in a try/catch inside the callback.
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The same question could be asked to multiple bachelors. The bachelorette would make her choice based solely on the answers to her questions.Occasionally, the contestant was a bachelor who would ask questions to three bachelorettes.Typically, a bachelorette would question three bachelors, who were hidden from her view; at the end of the questioning period, she would choose one to go out with on a date paid for by the show.Occasionally, the roles would be reversed with a man questioning three ladies; other times, a celebrity would question three players for a date for themselves or for a co-worker or a relative of theirs.Instead of asking questions of their potential date, the bachelor/bachelorette was presented with two pun-laden statements, each pertaining to one of the potential dates.
First Run December 20, 1965 – July 6, 1973(ABC Daytime)October 6, 1966 – January 17, 1970(ABC primetime)September 10, 1973 – September 1974(Syndication)Second Run September 4, 1978 – September 1980 (Syndication)Third Run September 15, 1986 – September 8, 1989(Syndication)Fourth Run September 9, 1996 – September 1999 (Syndication) The Dating Game is an ABC television show.
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For many decades the Hornby model railway brand has been the stand out name amongst model train firms. Hornby trains may not necessarily be the most detailed of items, or the best built, but they have survived the test of time, and today the firm is still making their Hornby railways whilst many of their competitors are no more.
Hornby railways has its roots back to the start of the twentieth century when Frank Hornby started producing Meccano, a line that then developed into Dinky Toys as well. In the early years Mecanno was producing construction toys but by 1920 the firm produced its first 0 Gauge model, powered by clockwork and associated springs. Five years later an electric locomotive was produced, a rarity for that time. These trains were still produced under the Meccano brand and are highly sought after by Hornby collectors, even more highly desired though is the range of US Hornby models that were very short lived, being manufactured from 1927 to 1930.
Hornby trains have always been very British in style, and have focused on the classic British locomotives for their toolings. As the Second World War approached Hornby decided to focus on their core area of knowledge but rather than continue with O Gauge, Hornby railways began to focus on OO gauge models, and so in 1938 Hornby Dublo models were born. Still made from tinplate the new gauge though enabled a greater level of detail and accuracy to be manufactured in the Hornby trains.
Following the Second World War though Hornby struggled to regain their popularity and they were overtaken by firms such as Triang, who were making greater use of plastic. Slow on the uptake of new technology, Hornby railways were soon seen to be very old fashioned and out of touch with what was wanted by the market place. Triang were in a dominant position and brought out Hornby although thankfully the Hornby name remained with the creation of Triang Hornby.
Triang itself though was having financial difficulties and in 1971 it went into bankruptcy, although Hornby was saved through its purchase by Dunbee-Combex-Marx, but difficult times were ahead. At this time that Hornby had to increase its quality and complexity to compete although further financial problems were ahead when the new parent company went into receivership in 1980.
From the dark days of the 1980s, Hornby Hobbies, as it became known, survived potential destruction to once again become the major name in model railways in the United Kingdom. To remain competitive though it was forced to move production to China, and although not popular at the time it did see an improvement in the quality of Hornby trains and accessories.
Hornby railways have increased their range in recent years through the acquisition of other model railway firms which has seen elements of Dapol, all of Lima, Jouef, Arnold and Rivarossi brought into the Hornby family.
There is a great deal of choice for the Hornby collector today, many people look to original Hornby Dublo models, or even older Hornby O Gauge models. Many Hornby railways enthusiasts though look to create their own miniature world, and it is something that Hornby caters for. The Hornby range is so widespread that it would be impossible to collect everything that has ever been manufactured by the firm. Today most people like to show off their Hornby railways by creating a layout, and Hornby manufacture the locomotives, carriages and rolling stock to make a working layout. Hornby though also manufacture the details to make the layouts more real. For HO scale layouts there is the Skaledale line that produces vehicles, houses and every other imaginable accessory to make the layout more lifelike. The Lyddle End range does a similar job for N Gauge layouts.
Those interested in just the trains also have been provided with themes to collect, with recent releases including the popular Thomas the Tank Engine range, Harry Potter, and the Railway Children. Traditional locomotives have also been recently enhanced, and detailed British steam locomotives of days gone by are now increasingly popular, and the Hornby Flying Scotsman is a big favourite amongst Hornby collectors.
Hornby today has much in common with the original Meccano firm, and recent acquisitions have seen it bring the Corgi, Airfix, Scalectric and Humbrol brands into the family. No longer is Hornby just about Hornby Dublo and Hornby trains, and now encompasses the collectible car range, the model making range, and the track racing enthusiasts.
The growth in the internet has been a boon to those looking to collect Hornby trains, and now Hornby Dublo model trains on eBay are common place. The internet certainly makes it easy to look at a wide range of models in one place. Many collectors of Hornby railways though much prefer to go to collectors’ fairs and swapmeets where it is possible to see and feel the models before purchasing. Of course the fact that Hornby are still manufacturing model trains, with such models as the Hornby Flying Scotsman, means that new models can be purchased in many stockists on the High Street.
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Many teachers have come to expect change as a routine part of their occupation. Not only do classes change every semester or year, but education requirements are constantly evolving as policymakers try to determine the best way to educate and evaluate the nation’s children. The latest major change to education legislation is the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, which replaces No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
In many ways, the biggest change represents a shift of oversight and power from the federal level to the state (and even local) level. The goal of the program is to allow states to create challenging but attainable goals that match the unique needs of their students.
States will also determine any corrective action and necessary support for low-performing schools, which are defined as the bottom five percent of schools in a state according to the set standards.
It is important to note that ESSA does not eliminate testing. Students will still take part in testing every year from third to eighth grade and again once in high school. However, it does give states more room to choose different kinds of performance assessment to show student proficiency so long as they can prove the validity of their assessment system. In addition, the legislation calls for states to broaden the indicators used to gauge school quality beyond core academics, with measures focused on student success and college / career readiness – all defined at the state level rather than by the federal regulators.
The Every Student Succeeds Act also changes school requirements for students with disabilities. One percent of all students can be excluded from typical performance assessments and will take part in alternate testing. While the percentage of students excluded from the main assessment has gone down due to staffing concerns, states have control of how that one percent is determined in their schools.
NCLB had specific requirements for teacher evaluations, including using student test scores. ESSA turns over much of the decision making regarding teacher assessment to the state and district level, which may allow for more meaningful performance assessment by combining both traditional and non-traditional measures.
Unlike previous education acts, such as NCLB, ESSA is designed to be applied, potentially, very differently from state to state. Therefore, the impact of ESSA on your classroom will largely depend on your state and district. Additionally, your state DOE may introduce revisions to the program in the future that bring about different changes than expected.
A common problem cited under previous implementations of federal education legislation was the rigid approach to education. With ESSA’s efforts to push more local control, it may be easier for teachers to influence the educational standards and assessment styles that will be implemented in their schools.
No one has more experience with the needs of students than educators. If you have ideas or concerns, make sure to pass them on to the decision makers in your district. If you have data you can use, bring it to the attention of your principal and superintendent, and do the same if you have stories and anecdotal evidence. Take advantage of any state Department of Education or regional meetings you are able to attend. Advocate for your students, classroom, and school.
Be prepared for a major potential shift in student assessments, though these changes may come over time as states find new and more effective ways to assess student performance. Your school may experience large changes, or it may take a while for ESSA to have a noticeable impact. While some states and schools may stick to traditional assessment methods, others could try new systems like interim testing throughout the year or performance tasks.
Remember, the switch to ESSA won’t just impact administrators and teachers. ESSA may introduce a lot of changes to students as well, particularly for older students who have grown accustomed to traditional assessment methods and standards.One helpful way to ease students through this transition is by developing quality rubrics that clearly lay out expectations and performance measurements.
With greater flexibility comes an expanded responsibility to report on progress. Expect a greater emphasis on data, as ESSA prioritizes both reporting and transparency. In light of this emphasis, both schools and districts may find it beneficial to begin streamlining data collection and analysis now. When every teacher and/or school uses a different system, it can be difficult to detect trends or compare data across a district or state. A streamlined system can save time and money, both of which are hot commodities in the education world.
Beyond meeting any state requirements for reporting data, administrators and teachers alike may find significant advantages to a fully integrated data collection and analysis system. Instead of relying on differing or siloed systems or documents, administrators and teachers can enter, view and analyze all information within a central system to allow for greater analysis of strengths and weaknesses in individual students, classrooms and schools as well as across the entire district. This information can be used to identify and support struggling students, adjust curricula, and improve teacher effectiveness.
ESSA gives state and local leadership greater power over teacher assessment/evaluation. Take advantage of these changes by encouraging your school, district, and state to diversify and calibrate teacher evaluation techniques and clearly outline measurement techniques and expectations. Objective judgment does not always come naturally, even if evaluators have the best intentions. To help ensure impartial judgment, all observers and evaluators should take part in professional calibration training.
A good evaluation system should rely on multiple sources of performance measurement including student scores/progress, observation and evaluation by peers and superiors, student/parent reviews, etc. A diversified approach paints a larger picture of overall teacher effectiveness – and supports the ultimate objective of professional growth.
Regardless of whether your school experiences major, minor, or no immediate changes, your efforts in the classroom will be what your students remember. No matter whether changes are implemented smoothly or not-so-smoothly, do what you do best—teach and care for the students in your classroom. That will make the greatest impact in their education.
At Performance Matters, we have the tools and experience needed to help schools and districts have the information and power necessary to improve student success. To learn more about our services, contact us today!
Marnie is passionate about “getting it right” for kids. Whether as a high school math teacher, assistant principal, math supervisor, district assessment coordinator or now, as director of client relations at Performance Matters, she firmly believes that a key to maximizing a student’s potential is in knowing the real story behind the real data for real kids.
Learn more about Marnie Stockman, Ed.D.
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It is one of the latest words to be added to the Scrabble lexicon, but it also encapsulates the reaction of some traditionalists to the new list: shoutout.
The word, in fact a public greeting, as in a "shoutout" to friends listening to a radio phone-in, is one of 6,500 new words added to the game's official dictionary, including "lolz" for "laughs out loud" and "shizzle", which is American rap slang.
The list, which will be added to the bible used to judge tournaments along with the existing quarter of a million allowed words, also includes textspeak abbreviations such as "lotsa" for lots of, "newb" for newbie and "obvs" for obviously.
Wuz, a "non-standard spelling of was", is given the green light, as are onomatopoeic interjections such as "grr", "waah" and "yeesh". But some seasoned players have complained that the additions are ridiculous, or "ridic" as the new list would have it.
Sue Bowman, membership secretary of the British Association of Scrabble Players, said the compilation was "an abuse of the English language".
"A lot of tournament players are not particularly happy about the new words that are being included," said the former champion for the South West, who has been playing the game for 60 years.
"They seem very artificial, she said.
"It is mainly youth culture and American influence. Each generation has had its own slang that becomes part of the common parlance. With time, I suppose some of these words will [but] I am not a great fan of textspeak."
The 67-year-old retired NHS administrator said there was no need for a new list, and dismissed it as a "huge marketing ploy" by the publisher of Official Scrabble Words, Collins. She failed to provide The Telegraph with the correct definitions for "bezzy" (best friend) and "dench" (excellent).
Not that her opposition will extend as far as boycotting the new words. In fact, the association is circulating a 20-page "initiation kit" briefing members on the changes before they are officially accepted on 1 September.
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She added: "As a Scrabble player some of the words are going to be very, very useful. You don't have to like them to use them."
Others pointed out that the list merely reflected changes in usage, with the inclusion of "devo", as in the "devo max" option in last year's Scottish referendum.
Gyles Brandreth, the comedian who founded the National Scrabble Championship in 1971, backs the changes and said: "I think it adds to the richness. The truth is that words from India, Africa and the Far East are enriching our language as is urban slang."
Helen Newstead, head of language content at Collins, said social media now provided compilers with more evidence of informal English than ever before.
"Obviously we have added some slang words but we have added lots of other interesting and rare words," she said.
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Demographic macroenvironmental factors such as age affect the clothing industry.
Macroenvironmental factors affecting the clothing industry are those which lie outside small companies and their competitors. Business owners have less control of these external factors, and their impact in changing them is minimal. Instead, small companies must adapt to these macroenvironmental factors, which include consumer characteristics, technology, government influence and the economy. The way small companies adapt to macroenvironmental factors determines both their ability to differentiate themselves from key competitors and overall success.
Consumer microenvironmental factors include cultures, norms, lifestyle, demographics and population changes. These factors affect the clothing industry in different ways. For example, a small clothing manufacturer needs to create styles that appeal to those of different cultures, especially if those cultural groups represent large enough segments of its market. Contrarily, clothing manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers avoid creating too many clothing items that fall outside the norms of society, such as styles worn 100 years ago. An aging population may increase the demand for larger jeans and pants sizes, such as relaxed or looser-fitting styles. Generally, many people become more sedentary when they get into their 40s and 50s. Consumers' waistlines expand so they need larger sizes and more room for comfort. Also, decreases in birth rates in some areas will lower the demand for baby clothes.
Technological microenvironmental factors affecting the clothing industry include availability of resources, demand and production. For example, the scarcity of certain materials, such as leather, may force retail and wholesale clothing companies to sell more faux or substitute leather products. Retailers may increase the prices of cotton clothing if they encounter shortages of this raw material, as they must pay their manufacturers more. The introduction of new clothing styles by a competitor can shift demand away from older fashions. Hence, a small clothing manufacturer may need to discontinue certain clothing lines and produce new ones that meet the needs of consumers. Moreover, clothing companies may add more advanced equipment in their plants like robots, which may force companies to fire some workers.
A number of legal and political macroenvironmental factors affect small businesses in the clothing industry. The industry has repeatedly been affected by issues such as workers' rights and child labor laws. Union workers in clothing manufacturing plants may picket their employers, especially if their wages or medical benefits are less favorable than workers in comparable industries. Workers picketing their clothing employers impacts production. This can cause delays for retailers in getting spring or fall fashions on time. Activists who are not employed by the companies may also picket retailers who purchase clothing from countries known for violating child labor laws. This negative publicity may impact a small clothing retailers' sales and profits. Also, a trade embargo against another company's imports would force clothing wholesalers to find different suppliers.
Economic factors can have both positive and negative impacts on the clothing industry. During economic boom periods, people have more disposable income. Hence, they may buy more clothing, increasing sales for clothing manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. However, recessions have the opposite effect. Sales for these various clothing entities may be significantly lower. Consequently, retailers may be stuck with large amounts of inventory. And they may have to sell the clothing at substantially reduced prices. Clothing manufacturers and retailers may also need to sell lower-priced clothing brands to compete with more generic brands. Consumers often shop for cheaper brands when they have less disposable income.
Suttle, Rick. "The Macroenvironmental Factors Affecting the Clothing Industry." Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/macroenvironmental-factors-affecting-clothing-industry-37254.html. Accessed 18 April 2019.
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TV Review: Game of Thrones - "The Winds of Winter"
“The Winds of Winter” was a fantastic episode that ended Game of Thrones‘s sixth season on a high note. A very eventful, murderous, emotional, violent, and incredibly satisfying high note. Is it too early to call it the best episode of the entire series? Perhaps. But it is, at the very least, a definite contender.
“The Winds of Winter” opened with a masterful 15 minutes, a haunting sequence set to some of Ramin Djawadi’s finest work as the series’ composer. The lighting, editing, framing, and cinematography were pitch-perfect, a sense of foreboding present from the very first frame. The tension only rose as the true horror of Cersei’s plan was gradually and meticulously revealed, until it literally exploded in a green inferno, the wildfire destroying the Great Sept of Baelor and killing everyone inside.
And I mean everyone. The High Sparrow and the Faith Militant, including Lancel, died. Margaery, Loras, and Mace Tyrell died. Kevan Lannister died. Even Maester Pycelle was brutally murdered by Qyburn’s little “birds”. And to cap it off, in another instance of excellent camera work, poor Tommen flung himself from a window, plummeting to his death.
This left a void in the throne room, one that Cersei quickly filled, beating Daenerys to the punch and becoming the queen. Even the death of her son turned into an opportunity to seize power. One has to wonder what Jaime, who only recently professed his eternal devotion to Cersei, thinks about her essentially becoming the Mad Queen.
The conflict in King’s Landing had always been plagued with leisurely pacing and a lack of audience investment. But “The Winds of Winter” made the slow burn worth it, delivering game-changing events with far-reaching consequences well beyond the immediate scope of the storyline itself.
One such consequence was Olenna Tyrell, robbed of so many of her House in one swift stroke, seeking an alliance with other Lannister enemies in Dorne. Before this episode, if you had told me that I would be cheering for something taking place in Dorne, I would have laughed. Yet Game of Thrones miraculously made Ellaria and the Sand Snakes relevant, if not yet interesting, by pairing them with other, far more enjoyable characters in Olenna and Varys, who made a surprise appearance and recruited Ellaria and Olenna to Daenerys’s cause.
And with alliances forged and a fleet ready, Daenerys was finally ready to set sail to Westeros. After saying goodbye to Daario, she shared a very touching scene with Tyrion in which she declared him the Hand of the Queen, after which the cynic-turned-believer knelt before her. And they were off, ending the episode with a beautiful sequence depicting her large fleet setting sail, flanked by the three dragons. Things will definitely get more exciting on that front next year.
The opening sequence may have been Game of Thrones‘s biggest massacre of named characters yet, but “The Winds of Winter” was only just getting started. Arya made a surprise return to action in the fist-pump moment of the week, as she used the skills of the Faceless Men to kill Walder Frey—after feeding him his children in a pie, no less. It was a great and truly satisfying moment; not only was it revenge for the Red Wedding, but it was also a return to form for Arya that finally made use of her time in Braavos. In fact, I wouldn’t mind it if next season featured Arya going through her list like the Terminator going through Sarah Connors in a phone book. It might make the Braavos storyline actually worthwhile, even if it still did take too long to end.
Meanwhile, “The Winds of Winter” explored the fallout of the Battle of the Bastards. The tension between Sansa and Jon seems to have dissipated, but that might only be on the surface. Sansa has more of Littlefinger’s qualities than she would care to admit, and as rousing as the scene where Jon was declared the King in the North was (thanks to the always-fierce Lyanna Mormont), there was a hint of displeasure on Sansa’s face. Considering she was overlooked despite being responsible for the victory, it’s understandable.
Jon rallying the Northern Houses was far from the most interesting thing about him this week, though. Bran made one final appearance this season to continue his Tower of Joy vision, and a historic scene was finally played out as Jon was revealed to not be the son of Ned Stark, but Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen. A beautiful and powerful reveal years if not decades in the making.
Other tidbits this week included an intense confrontation between Davos and Melisandre over Shireen’s death that featured superb acting by both, especially an emotional Liam Cunningham. Jon made the wise choice in sending Melisandre away without killing her, and I’m interested in finding out with whom she crosses paths next. And Sam and Gilly finally arrived at the Citadel in Oldtown, giving us our first look at the beautiful, long-hyped library.
Throughout this season I’ve talked about setups and payoffs, and it’s only fitting that “The Winds of Winter” was the biggest example of that in the show’s history, paying off literal years’ worth of buildup. Arya got retribution for the Red Wedding. Cersei eliminated all of her enemies, from the small council to the High Sparrow to Margaery and the Tyrells, the main reason she pursued the High Sparrow to begin with. The Mad King’s decades-old wildfire plan was used. Sam arrived at Oldtown. Jon Snow’s parentage was revealed. Daenerys finally headed to Westeros. And after years of being told it was coming, winter has finally arrived.
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How far could 1980 Astros pitching staff go with a healthy JR Richard?
Many have heard the legend of RHP JR Richard. He was the dominant pitcher for the Astros in the late 1970s who had his career cut short after suffering a stroke during the 1980 season. Starting in 1976, he put on one of the best runs in the game. He was 20-15, that year, finishing with a 2.75 ERA and 214 strikeouts. He followed that up with a 1977 of 18-12, 2.97, 214 Ks. In 1978, he was 18-11, 3.11, 303 and 1979 was 18-13, 2.71, 313.
The Astros put things together in 1980. Led by manager Bill Verdon, the Astros won the NL West division. For the first half of the season, there was no better player in the game than Richard. He was so dominant there was talk about him having a chance to win the NL MVP in addition to the Cy Young Award that was to be a lock. He was 10-4 with a 1.90 ERA. He had already thrown 4 CG shutouts, striking out 119 batters in 113 2/3 IP.
Sadly, Richard pitched his last MLB game in July of that season. It was his first game after appearing in the All Star Game, and he removed himself complaining of nausea and numbness as well as a sore arm. He was placed on the disabled list and his integrity was questioned by the Astros organization after the tests performed on his arm showed no structural damage. For years, Richard has blamed the Astros organization for the way his injury was treated. While throwing, Richard collapsed to the ground needing an emergency procedure to remove a massive blood clot to save his life. He suffered symptoms such as blurred vision and slow reflexes which kept him from completing his comeback. He pitched in the minor leagues in 1982 and 1983 and his final comeback came in 1984, where he was released at the end of April.
The Astros had a good pitching staff even without Richard. Joe Niekro finished the season 20-12, 3.55 and finished with 11 complete games. Nolan Ryan, despite going just 11-10 (a lot of no decisions), had a 3.35 ERA and 200 Ks. Ken Forsch was 12-13, but had a 3.20 ERA in 32 starts. Verne Ruhle was 12-4, 2.37 in 28 games, 22 starts. Joaquin Andujar, who would later star for the St Louis Cardinals, contributed with a 3.91 ERA in 35 games, 14 starts (mostly taking the turn vacated by Richard).
The Astros gave the Philadelphia Phillies all they could handle in a five game NLCS, won by the Phillies 3 games to 2. No question Richard would have made the Astros better, in my opinion enough to surpass Philadelphia and win the pennant and perhaps enough to defeat the Kansas City Royals in the World Series. Richard pitching games 1 and 4 of the series would allow guys like Niekro and Ryan to slot down accordingly. If he continued to pitch like he did in the first half of the season, he would have been impossible to hit. The Astros would have had a destinct advantage.
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Are you thinking about purchasing a college textbook online? The Internet is a great resource for purchasing both new and used college textbooks at a cheap price. After all, when you turn to the Internet, you get to search through a wide variety of different sellers, with many of them vying to offer the lowest price possible. Before you purchase your college textbooks online, however, there are a few things you should keep in mind in order to make certain your purchase is a good one.
When purchasing college textbooks online, you may be buying for an individual seller who is simply trying to get rid of the books that he or she purchased for classes. Buying from a "regular Joe" is a great way to save money on textbooks, but it is important for you to purchase from someone who is reputable. In order to make certain you are buying from someone who is not a scam artist and who will sell you textbooks that are still in good condition, be sure to read the seller feedback. If you are purchasing from an individual on a site such as eBay, previous customers will have the option to leave feedback on the buyer. Take this feedback seriously and work only with those individuals who have happy customers.
Regardless of whom you buy from, you also need to be cautious of where you purchase your college textbooks. Although there are plenty of safe and secure websites where you can purchase college textbooks, there are also sites that are not quite so reputable. Therefore, before you submit personal information such as your credit card account number, make certain to check on the reputation of the website and to see if it is a secure website. You can tell if a website is secure by looking at its URL, as the URL of a secure website will begin with https rather than just http.
When purchasing a used college textbook, the seller should provide a thorough description of the book that is for sale. Information contained within the description should include whether or not the book has any notes written in it, whether it contains highlighting and how much wear and tear the book has endured. Make certain to read through this description carefully. This way, you won't be disappointed or surprised by what you get when the textbook arrives at your home.
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Much of the appeal of the natural environment in Antigua and Barbuda is the multitude of bird species to be found there. The Frigate Bird Sanctuary on Barbuda, though accessible only by boat, is the largest bird sanctuary in the Caribbean and contains over 170 species; Long Island and Great Bird Island also offer outstanding opportunities for birdwatchers.
There are two golf courses on the Antigua: an 18-hole, 70-par course at the Cedar Valley Golf Club and another at Jolly Harbour. The K-Club on Barbuda also has its own 9-hole course.
One cannot fully grasp the culture of Antigua without considering the island's fierce devotion to cricket. The sport is played everywhere and at any time, though official matches tend to be held on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The cricket season lasts from January to July and is interspersed during most seasons with regional and international matches. The Antigua Recreation Ground, which became in 1980-81 the 52nd international test venue, is one of the most exciting places in the world to observe a match. The local crowd is extremely devoted to the game, and the facilities themselves are outstanding.
Although Antigua's pool of players is small it has proven to be among the world's richest in talent, having produced four of the West Indies' best players. The first was Andy Roberts, who emerged as an international star during the mid-Seventies. Roberts' outstanding career as a fast bowler during the heyday of West Indian cricket in the early 80's was followed by his tenure as the coach of the West Indies team. Another great Antiguan player is Richie Richardson, the former captain of the West Indies, who developed into one of the game's most punishing batsmen in the decade following his 1983 debut.
Another great player is Curtley Ambrose. Starting in 1998, Ambrose soared to bowling supremacy knocking down the most feared batsmen all over the world. Ambrose has to his credit 369 Test Wickets and 221 one day international wickets. This is no mean feat for a career that spans 13 years. In 1992 he was selected at the Wisden Cricketer of the Year. At 36 years old Ambrose still has the ability to make every batsman struggle. Cricket critic, Colin Croft describes him as "easily the 'meanest' fast bowler in the world". Ambrose's utility on the cricket pitch goes beyond his bowling. He is a useful fielder in the deep and has shared partnerships which have led to major victories for the Windies.
The most celebrated of Antigua's sports legends, however, is Viv Richards, who ranks among the very greatest cricketers of all time. Richards' international career lasted from 1974 to 1991, and during the middle years of that career the "Master Blaster" led a West Indian team that dominated world cricket. Richards is deservedly adulated on his home island today: his bat has been placed in the Museum of Antigua and Barbuda, and Richards himself remains involved in the Antiguan, West Indian, and International cricket scene. Spinnakers Beach Bar and Restaurant in Dickenson Bay is the home of the Vivian Richards Cricketeer Club and a good place to catch a glimpse of the man himself.
Both Antigua and Barbuda are almost completely surrounded by well-preserved coral reefs, walls, and shipwrecks. The southern and eastern coasts of Antigua and virtually the entire coast of Barbuda are surrounded by shelfs, providing excellent conditions for spectacular shallow diving and snorkeling.
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Death Cab for Cutie: Death Cab for Cutie has been one of the most popular indie bands of all time, with fans and critics alike becoming hooked on their ethereal style promoted by the tender voice of Ben Gibbard. Despite the number of bands playing tour dates in the wake of the indie music explosion, Death Cab for Cutie has developed an unmistakable style that sets them apart from the pack. With eight hit records and international stadium tour dates, Death Cab for Cutie is going strong after all these years.
Death Cab for Cutie began as a solo project by Benjamin Gibbard in 1997. He released a demo cassette titled You Can Play These Songs with Chords, which, to Gibbard's surprise, became fairly popular. The success prompted him to gather some friends from Western Washington University to form a band. Shortly after forming, the band began recording their debut album, the LP Something About Airplanes, which was released in 1998. The album became a hit on the indie scene and, along with small tour dates, Death Cab for Cutie quickly followed it up with the concept album, We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes in 2000.
Death Cab for Cutie's third full-length album, The Photo Album, was released in 2001, just as the band was garnering positive attention from the indie music scene. Despite the group's low key success, it wasn't until after the release of Transatlanticism that Death Cab for Cutie hit it big. The album's title track along with "The Sound of Settling" were featured on a number of television shows as well as making it into the rotation of many radio stations. With the success of the album commercially and critically, Death Cab for Cutie entered the mainstream and began headlining numerous tour dates. Death Cab for Cutie's first Atlantic Records release was Plans in 2005 and was received with acclaim similar to Transatlanticism. After tour dates that consumed the entirety of 2006, the band began recording an album in 2007 that they knew from the start would be a huge departure from what they were comfortable with. The dicey move paid off as Narrow Stairs became Death Cab for Cutie's first album to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 200, and maintained the group's reputation as a huge draw on tour dates.
2011's Codes and Keys presented the band with a number of firsts. The album featured far less guitar than previous albums; as evidenced in the hit single, "You Are a Tourist". Not only is "You Are a Tourist" the first Death Cab for Cutie single to reach #1 on Billboard's US Alternative Songs chart, but the song's music video is also the first ever to be filmed and broadcast live; in one take, no less.
During the recording of Death Cab's 2015, Kintsugi, guitarist Chris Walla surprised band members and fans alike when he announced he would be leaving the band after 17 years. That didn't stop Walla from becoming a driving force behind the album; including its hit single, "Black Sun", which reached #2 on the BillboardUS Alt. Songs chart. Gibbard has described the album as a return to Death Cab for Cutie's musical roots, saying that it would win back any fans alienated by their previous musical explorations.
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Handling the adversity that develops within a character’s life is something that requires ultimate determination, dedication and thought. However, when the given adverse situation is handled in a violent manner, the following occurrences include downfall and destruction. Throughout William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, he is able to convey the realistic negative consequences that may follow the effects of violence on adversity. From the very genesis of the play, Macbeth is constantly handling adversity, which at times results in various dilemmas as a result of his tragic flaw. The violent acting on adversity or challenges placed before main character Macbeth, causes him to build a “snowball effect” of downfall and dismay throughout the play. Initially, Macbeth begins handling his challenges in different manners and is constantly altering his procedure. From handling situations cautiously to thoughtlessly, or having his own opinions to none of his own at all, and finally from fighting the truth to accepting his fate, regardless of the type of task, his violent handlings of them causes his own domino effect of transformations. By applying a variety of literary techniques such as personification and foreshadowing, William Shakespeare is able to effectively prove that acting violently upon adversity has a strong potential of resulting in pure disaster.
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En inglés se omiten los signos de interrogación y exclamación (o de admiración) al comienzo del enunciado.
El comienzo de las cartas en inglés puede llevar coma o dos puntos y en español sólo dos puntos: Dear Sir, /Muy señor mío:.
En inglés se utilizan los dos puntos para expresar las horas, pero en español se prefiere sólo un punto: At 10:15 / "A las 10.15".
En inglés se usa el guión para formar palabras compuestas, y el español lo evita: anti-freezer / anticongelante.
Las conjunciones copulativas inglesas suelen ir precedidas de coma, pero no así en español: He turned his bed over, and shook it / Revolvió su cama de arriba a abajo y la sacudió.
Los números enteros se separan con coma y los decimales con punto mientras que en español ocurre lo contrario: 1, 340 / 1.340.
En lo referente a los dos puntos, su uso es parecido al español para su uso al introducir una lista de elementos en una frase: These are the main issues: politics, social well-being, climate and the geography of the area. Estos son los temas principales: la política, el bienestar social, el clima, y la geografía de la zona.
This little “point” goes at the end of declarative sentences, other statements and abbreviations. We are leaving now. Madison Ave.
This punctuation mark indicates separations of ideas or elements within the structure of a sentence. It is also used in letter writing after the salutation and closing. Peter wanted the blue, yellow, and black fish. Dear Uncle Tom, We went to the movie, and we went to the pup.
A colon is used after a word introducing a quotation, an explanation, an example, series, after the salutation of a business letter and to separate out the hour and minute: 12:30 p.m. There are two main shopping areas in Nottingham: Broadmarsh Centre and Victoria Centre.
A dash is a symbol used in writing or printing to connect continuing or inclusive numbers or elements of a compound adjective when either of the elements is an open compound: 1885 – 1968. Princeton – New York trains.
Parentheses are curved notations used to contain further thoughts or qualifying remarks. The can be replaced by commas without changing the meaning in most cases. Mary and Jane (who are actually sisters) both have blond hair.
Brackets are the squared off notations used for technical explanations.
Braces are used to contain two or more lines of text or listed items to show that they are considered as a unit. They are not commonplace in most writing, but can be seen in computer programming to show what should be contained within the same lines.
An apostrophe is used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, or the plurals of numbers, letters, and abbreviations. Sara’s dog bites. Sixteen people were born on dates with 7’s in them.
Either of a pair of punctuation marks used primarily to mark the beginning and end of a passage attributed to another and repeated word for word, but also to indicate meanings or glosses and to indicate the unusual or dubious status of a word. Single quotation (‘ ‘) are used most frequently for quotes within quotes.
The ellipses is represented by three periods which should be used in writing to indicate an omission, especially of letters or words. They are frequently used within quotations to jump from one phrase to another, omitting unnecessary words that do not interfere with the meaning.
Used to indicate a direct question when placed at the end of a sentence.
To express a sudden outcry or add emphasis. “Holy cow!” My mother-in-law’s rants make me furious!
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My first prenatal exam is tomorrow and i was just wandering what i should expect?
first appointments are usually pretty uneventful. They will most likely take a urine sample, take some blood and cultures. Your doctor may also give you a pelvic exam. Its also possible for your doctor to schedule an ultrasound if you aren't sure about your dates and he will also prescribe you some prenatal vitamins. Good Luck!!!
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Check the dates on which Mothers Day will be celebrated in Canada.
The festival Mother's Day, also known as Mothers Day, will be celebrated on 8th May in 2011 in Canada.
Mother's Day is celebrated on 8th May and in 2011 Mother's Day will be celebrated on 2nd Sunday of May. Countries like China, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Republic Of Korea, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States and Australia also celebrate Mother's Day with great fervor and refer to it as Mothers Day in Canada.Mother's Day is one of the most popular festivals in United States and is also called Mothering Sunday and National Mother's Day.
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Swine Influenza Virus (SIV) is regarded as one of the major respiratory viruses of pigs. The clinical disease of "swine flu" can be caused by a number of different strains, which can be detected with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, a fast and accurate testing method that in this case analyzes nasal swabs and oral fluid from individual animals as well as pen-based samples.
The variable genetic makeup of the different strains is a result of the ability of the virus to combine elements from different strains into a new strain, by a process called reassortment. The reassortment activity is not limited to pig influenza strains, but also includes elements from avian and human strains. The resulting new virus strains can be antigenically quite different than their origin strains, and animals will not have a pre-existing immune response to them even if they have been infected with SIV before.
Therefore, any newly reassorted strain will have a significant negative impact on the efficiency and profitability of swine production. Even though the mortality in SIV infections is moderate, the morbidity is usually 100% with rapid onset of illness. Additionally, the presence of SIV can significantly increase the effects of other respiratory infectious diseases on the farm. Control by vaccination is difficult due to the ever changing structure and antigenic makeup of SIV strains.
Swine flu symptoms in pigs are similar to flu symptoms in humans. In very rare cases SIV can be zoonotic. General turnaround time is next day testing from receipt.
Can humans be infected by SIV?
Yes, it is possible but it is extremely rare. In the past 50 years there have only been about 50 cases of zoonotic swine influenza. Pigs can also become infected by people. However, SIV is not spread by food, i.e. by eating pork or pork products.
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INTERIOR SECRETARY NORTON HELD IN CONTEMPT Iraq, Iraq, Iraq, Iraq: The American press always loves the sound of beating war drums, and it has helped the White House make the possibility of war with Iraq the #1 topic in the nation. Forced to the sidelines are pressing issues like the miserable economy (stock market at 4-year low, poverty at 8-year high, the first household income decline in 11 years), the lack of prosecution of corporate scoundrels (particularly Enron), and Cheney's unprecedented fight to coverup the details of his energy policy meetings. Say, could the Iraq fuss possibly be a "Wag the Dog" election-year stunt? Shouldn't that question bracket all serious discussion of an attack?
There's another big issue that the White House wants kept off the front page: The contempt of court ruling against a member of the Bush cabinet. On Sept. 17, Interior Secretary Gale Norton was held in contempt by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth for her mishandling of the Indian Trust Fund. It was the climax of a rocky year that has left the Dept. of the Interior torn by petty infighting and distrust.
An 1887 law made the federal government responsible for collecting fees from anyone who uses tribal land, with the money to be held in a trust fund. Billions were paid by mining companies, ranchers, and others over the decades; currently over $300 million is collected annually by the BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs), part of the Interior Dept. The money was supposed to be given to the descendants of the original Indian land owners, but every audit since 1928 has found billions missing from the trust fund. It is certainly the greatest financial scandal in the history of the United States.
In 1996, a class-action suit against the BIA was filed. The feds delayed, often claiming that vital records couldn't be found. It was later discovered that boxes of documents were being destroyed even as lawyers from the government said they were searching for them. In 1999, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, BIA head Kevin Gover, and Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin were cited for contempt of court, and Rubin and Babbitt were fined $625,000 each. In April 2000, the Interior Department moved recordkeeping operations from New Mexico to Virginia, where officials said all information would be entered into a master computer program. Critics accused Washington of more stalling, charging that there was no proof that the computer worked as promised.
To be fair, it must be understood that Norton inherited the worst financial scandal in American history (see sidebar), and no one really expected her to fix the mess, particularly after just a single year in office. But Norton has been charged with something far more serious than dragging her feet: lying under oath. Lamberth wrote in his decision that Norton had "committed a fraud on the court" and that the Interior Dept. "... has now undeniably shown that it can no longer be trusted to state accurately the status of its trust reform efforts. In short, there is no longer any doubt that the Secretary of Interior has been and continues to be an unfit trustee-delegate for the United States."
For the last year, Norton has waged an ugly little war against both whistleblowers inside the department (more on that below) and the court itself. Court-appointed supervisor Joseph S. Kieffer III told the judge as early as August, 2001 that Norton was responsible for a "charade carried out by her attorneys to continue to keep the major management and systems failures from the light of day and this court." Since then, Lamberth has required Norton to sign all reports, an unusual requirement and indication that she might be held personally accountable.
Norton's folly was to bet everything on the success of an untested and custom-written computer database. TAAMS (the Trust Asset and Accounting Management System) was unveiled in 1999 and immediately proved to be a flop. The system couldn't talk to older computers -- some a quarter-century old -- where the records were stored. The system also kept spitting out inaccurate statements because much of the data was bad ("garbage in, garbage out"). And if the tech problems weren't enough, the project was so badly mismanaged that expectations of what the system was really supposed to do kept shifting. While they fumbled about, the problem grew worse as about $900 thousand was added to the Fund daily -- not counting past interest due, of course, or the $40 million pricetag for TAAMS. Yet at the same time, Norton kept telling the court and Congress that everything was fine and the computers would sort it all out. Real Soon Now.
Norton finally pulled the plug on TAAMS development a few months after an independent report conclusively documented the incurable problems in November. But quickly, an even more serious computer problem surfaced. Lamberth had secretly hired another outside company to try to see if they could hack into the system, and the consultants found it easy to access trust fund accounts -- according to Indian Country Today, the access password was a simplistic abbreviation such as, "passwd." Lamberth wrote, "Anyone could have hacked in and created an account...Untold amounts of money could have disappeared from these accounts, and Interior today cannot tell us whether untold amounts of money disappeared or not." Lamberth ordered her to shutdown Internet access to the database. Norton overreacted and shut down all Internet access for all agencies of the Interior Department, including public services such as the system for making reservations at national park campgrounds. For over two months, Interior Dept. workers could not even send or receive e-mail.
The Department's many computer woes set the stage for Norton's grueling 29-day trial before Judge Lamberth, which resulted in the contempt decision that was finally announced this month. But the most damning testimony at Norton's trial didn't come from outside computer experts -- it came from administrators within the Department who told the judge that Norton was dishonest.
BIA Special Trustee Tom Slonaker, who had been in charge of the Trust Fund for three years, told the court that Norton had lied to Congress when she said that it would take $2.5 billion and ten years to clean up the Trust Fund. Slonaker said that those projections were phony -- in truth, the Trust Fund can never completely and accurately balance the books because too many records have been lost or destroyed over the years.
Slonaker continued to be a thorn in her side after the trial as well. In July, he was preparing testimony for a Senate committee while fighting attorneys from both the White House and Justice Department that were pressuring him to tone down his criticism. Before he could testify, Norton abruptly demanded his resignation. "I was given the choice of resigning or being fired," Slonaker told the Associated Press. "Things have not been going well in terms of trust reform, but it's not always the message they want to hear." Court-appointed supervisor Kieffer commented that the actions were "unconscionable and smack of retaliation."
Slonaker is probably glad to be rid of the job. A few days after his forced resignation, an internal Interior Department report painted a picture of a bureaucracy torn by feuding, turf wars, and a "bunker mentality" among workers there. "We are convinced that in a department whose components are blinded by clouded judgment and crippled by distrust, a singular sinister or conspiratorial plan is impossible to construct," wrote inspector general Earl Devaney.
WHILE THE MEDIA SLEPT August is traditionally a sleepy month in newsrooms, the sluggish end of the media's overall summer doldrums. (For a longer rant on this topic, see last month's 404 column.) But news still happens, even if it's not being covered. While editors and reporters were on vacation and our appointed president dawdled away at his Texas ranch, his administration was pushing ahead with its efforts to undermine environmental protections. Thanks to the NRDC, here's a list of what this administration did to our environment in one short month. Most of these stories received little or no media coverage.
August 3: The Environmental Protection Agency failed to meet the pesticides review deadline. The EPA falsely claimed that it had met the deadline for reassessing the safety of pesticides mandated by the Food Quality Protection Act. The EPA was using Enron-like accounting to claim that it has met the law. In truth, many of the pesticides it evaluated were already off the market or rarely used, and it failed to review any of the worst pesticides first.
August 7: The EPA rolled back the Clean Water Act's water cleanup program. By implementing a rule that would allow states to trade pollution "credits" it crippled the the Act's primary program for cleaning up more than 20,000 polluted rivers, lakes, and estuaries. This new rule would make it easier to remove waters from the list of those needed to be cleaned up and make it more difficult to include additional waterways to be added to the list.
August 10: The White House seeks to lift environmental review provisions as they apply to our oceans under U.S. control. In a legal battle against National Resource Defense Council, the administration is arguing that the environmental law doesn't extend beyond U.S. territorial waters three miles beyond the nation's shorelines. If the court agrees, our oceans would be opened to waste dumping, commercial fishing, oil and gas construction, and military maneuvers.
August 12: The Bureau of Land Management decided to allow companies to expand oil and gas exploration beyond the boundaries of their existing leases at one monument in Colorado. Fortunately, a judge halted the project when environmentalist groups filed suits. But with 85 percent of the 164,000 monuments already leased, this is just the start of an attempt to seize our national treasures.
August 13: The EPA cedes Idaho mining cleanup for the polluted Coeur d'Alene Basin to state, local, and tribal officials. The transfer of authority means that a new state commission will take control of a $359-million plan instead of the EPA which has the expertise and experience and would have less influence by local concerns.
August 15: President Bush skipped the UN Earth Summit meeting in Johannesburg (see MONITOR story). Ten years ago the first President Bush attended a World Summit meeting where he agreed to help tackle some of the world's environmental problems. The current President Bush turned his back to the world by refusing to attend, ignoring our need to join other countries in working on solutions.
August 19: A proposal in California to transfer one of the last undeveloped stretches of Southern California's coast as a national seashore is being marred by the Bush Administration.
August 19: By implementing funny Enron-like math, the EPA was hopeful that a new penalty calculations would help assess fines against polluters making the penalties smaller. Fortunately, the General Accounting Office forced the EPA to withdraw the scheme.
August 22: The Interior Department reversed a National Park Service finding that air pollution at Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park was threatened by a proposed coal-fired power plant that would significantly retard visibility. The coal company happens to be one of President Bush's major campaign contributors.
August 22: President Bush's new forest management plan would allow timber companies to increase commercial logging in national forests. By using the threat of fire, he hopes to allow logging across millions of acres of our national forests. If preventing fires was Bush's true agenda, he would focus on thinning underbrush and small trees close to homes, rather than allowing timber companies to take the older, fire resistant trees that are far away from communities.
August 23: Interior Secretary Norton walked away quietly by abandoning her agency's appeal of a court ruling involving a critical component of California's widely supported water plan. The state-federal plan was designed to restore the San Francisco Bay-Delta improving water supply reliability for California.
August 26: A coalition of small business people in Utah sent a letter to President Bush opposing his administration's plans to allow oil drilling on public lands in southern Utah. They were worried that drilling would mar the landscape and cause economic hardship on restaurants, bed and breakfasts, and sightseeing firms. Apparently President Bush only listens to big business.
August 27: Bush chose Allan Fitzsimmons to be the head of the Interior Department's wildfire prevention program. In 1999 Fitzsimmons wrote "that because ecosystems exist only in the human imagination and cannot be delineated, federal policies should not be used to try to manage or restore them." By this appointment, Bush's new program is nothing more than a thinly disguised effort to accelerate logging in national forests.
PRESS REWRITES HISTORY OF IRAQ ARMS INSPECTIONS This item from FAIR (subscribe to their bimonthly magazine, Extra!) adds more details to the story first reported by Norman Solomon is a July column.
Back in 1999, major papers ran front-page investigative stories revealing that the CIA had covertly used UN weapons inspectors to spy on Iraq for the U.S.'s own intelligence purposes. "United States officials said today that American spies had worked undercover on teams of United Nations arms inspectors," the New York Times reported (1/7/99). According to the Washington Post (3/2/99), the U.S. "infiltrated agents and espionage equipment for three years into United Nations arms control teams in Iraq to eavesdrop on the Iraqi military without the knowledge of the UN agency." Undercover U.S. agents "carried out an ambitious spying operation designed to penetrate Iraq's intelligence apparatus and track the movement of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, according to U.S. and UN sources," wrote the Boston Globe (1/6/99).
Each of the three news stories ran on the papers' front pages. At first, U.S. officials tried to deny them, but as more details emerged, "spokesmen for the CIA, Pentagon, White House and State Department declined to repeat any categorical denials" (Washington Post, 3/2/99). By the spring of 1999, the UNSCOM spying reported by the papers was accepted as fact by other outlets, and even defended; "Experts say it is naive to believe that the United States and other governments would not have used the opportunity presented by the UN commission to spy on a country that provoked the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and that has continued to tangle with U.S. and British forces," USA Today reported (3/3/99).
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We live in a world where plastic has seemed to overcome much of what we know. We also live in a world that has excessive pollution, increased cancer risks, and many people live at or below the poverty level. What is one thing you can do to change all of those things? Start using glass instead of plastic!
My husband and I have slowly been converting most of our kitchen from plastic items to glass, wood, cast iron, and metal. Above was when we finally got our gallon glass jugs that we ordered to store our tea in and are getting rid of our old pitchers.
According to TIME magazine, plastic now take up 12% of our trash in comparison to the 1% in 1960; these bottles are taking up space in landfills that could be designated to other waste.
Plastic was meant to last for a long time. While that was thought to be a good idea at the time, it also takes a very long time to decompose. This can lead up to plastic piling up in landfills. Some people recycle their plastic, but sadly most of the plastic that was and is being created isn't recycled or properly reused.
Plastic also poses a risk to health. If you expose your plastic to high levels of heat (or cold) the chemicals that are in the plastic will begin to be exposed to your food, liquids, or other things you have in the plastic containers. Think about it we microwave our food in plastic containers, use plastic utensils when cooking, and drink out of plastic bottles almost on a daily basis. We are exposing ourselves to a lot more plastic than we realize.
While glass products might be more expensive- they last longer and have many benefits. One of the greatest benefits is that glass can be thoroughly cleaned. Glass isn't permeable like plastic is, therefore food will not stain or be absorbed into the glass. While more expensive upfront, they can save you money in the long run. Instead of buying a bunch of plastic water bottles every week, you can buy a Brita pitcher for about $15-$20 and then use the filters that you can change every few months for about $10 each. You can refill your glass bottle over and over again for much cheaper than buying a case of water for $5 a pop.
Another reason to ditch plastic and use glass is that glass is multi-functional. It can be re-purposed much easier than plastic can. You can use it in food prep, food storage, in crafts, serving food, drinking out of, using as rain collections, etc. Some people even claim that things stored in glass taste much better. Have you ever bought cheap wine from the plastic (box wine) and then bought cheap wine that is in a glass bottle? Usually the cheap wine in the glass bottle tastes better! Cigar shops usually store their most expensive cigars in glass tubes!
Okay so what if you switch to glass on most things but you can't switch on everything?
I personally am not able to remove all of the plastic from my product line. But I go out of my way to be as safe as possible. I offer people discounts if they return their old containers. The bigger my business gets and the larger my business gets- I will begin to incorporate more glass as containers for the skin care products!
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I personally started saving all my glass containers to use at another time. Try buying goods that are in glass jars rather than plastic or metal! You will get more use out of your glass jars!
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How do you get to a single digit # from the sum total?
Sadly, the author didn't relay how to get the single digit.
Your birth number is five.
(21 + 9 + 1 + 9 + 7 + 0 = 47 = 6) or like this ( 2 + 1 + 9 + 1 + 9 + 7 + 0 = 29 = 5) also am I working out the 29 by square rooting 29 which give me my gift number of 5.
my magic number is 8. it isn't up there my date of birth is 10/10/77, maybe i;m missing something..
Your number would be 2.
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summary: I havent been hiking in the high country in many years, back in training now and I'm off to The Big Jay.
Its been a number of years since I ventured down to Kosciuszko for a hike and with my increased training, and a long Easter weekend coming up, it was the perfect time to head back there. My plan was to head out over Farm Ridge, take the off trail track up to Jagungal from the North side, then down the other side and up to Ryries Parlour. Lucky my plans were flexible, as I only managed to complete part of these expectations.
I head off early on thursday morning, the weather was looking great at this stage, but I still had 500kms to get to the park! Travel was pretty easy, although I took the Gundagai direction for a change rather than going via Cooma. Not sure if it was any quicker but it was definitely an easier drive - and with the pies at the Gundagai rest stop, definitely the way to go in future! Add the fact that "The Food Factory" in Cooma is currently being renovated, there is no point going that way anymore!
I arrived at the trail head early afternoon and was on my way shortly after 2:00pm. The weather was still looking ok at this stage with a gentle breeze blowing. It didnt take long to get to the Farm Ridge turn off and then down the hill to Round Mountain hut. I did a quick check on the hut, nobody here this time :) So I kept on going down to the Tumut river crossing - which was actually quite low. Deep enough for me to take the boots off, but only just.
Once across the river, the climb up Farm Ridge begins. Its not really steep, but it does keep going on and on for several kilometers. I finally reached a spot to have a rest, and looked down to where my map should be - no map - bugger! I had rigged up some string to hold it to my pack while I walked, and this had obviously come loose and the map fallen to the ground. So I turned around and head back along the track nearly a kilometer before I found it!
Continuing from where I found the map, I made it up to the top of the ridge line by early afternoon. I wasnt under any time pressure this weekend so I decided to start looking for a camp site. I needed something on the Western side of the ridge to take advantage of the sunset tonight, which was looking like it would be a good one. I found a great spot around 5:00pm which also sounded like a good time to stop.
I quickly setup camp next to some old fallen timber to assist in the fire building process. Once camp was setup I started work on my first time lapse photo session of the trip. As well as training my body for Nepal, I'm also trying to improve my camera skills to assist in capturing what will be a visual feast of plenty.
I didnt get up too early, as it was quite cold out and I could also see that the ridge was completely surrounded in cloud. Eventually I got up, and as expected visibility was pretty low! But within a short while, the cloud started to settle and I could see Round Mountain popping out in the distance, as well as the Toolong range on the other side of the valley. It was quite spectacular.
I slowly packed up, waiting for the sun to emerge and start drying out the moisture from my tent. I eventually got things packed up and was on the road by about 9:30am. The plan was to head down to the old ruin of O'Keefes hut and then find the back country track up to Jagungal.
The morning was amazing, and the walk pretty easy over the top of the ridge. Mount Jagungal continued to poke its head out everytime I walked into a clearing. It wasnt long before I started to descend to the bottom of Farm Ridge.
From the base of the ridge, I hit Grey Mare fire trail which I continued to follow over a couple of creeks until I eventually arrived at what I was expecting to be O'Keefes ruin - except it had been rebuilt! And an amazing job they did with it, this hut is almost a work of art!
I spent some time here, not only admiring the new hut, but also contemplating my next move. Since I had been here several years ago, it looks like the undergrowth up to Jagungal had significantly increased. And being a lone hiker, I always think twice about heading off into an area that could put my safety at risk. So I eventually decided that I would continue along Grey Mare fire trail as far as I could. If I managed to get to the standard climb up Jagungal that would be great, otherwise - just enjoy the day.
But I am never one to scoff at a challenge. It may have been optimistic to think I could travel all the way to the top the The Big Jay in one day from where I was, but I would give it a good crack!
To my surprise it only took about an hour to get to the base of Mount Jagungal and the South Western climbing point. I was thinking from here that I may not make it to the summit tonight, but at least getting up on the ridge line would be good. So off I went.
Once again, to my surprise it took only an hour and a half to get to the summit!
The walk hard of course, and with a full pack it certainly took its toll on me, but I got up there with plenty of time to check out the summit before continuing on to the North East a little to setup camp - with another sunset position.
In future it would be a good thing to remember that camping along the Northern ridge line would be much better, there is plenty of fire wood along here and the views would be at least as good as from where I camped.
Another lesson learned today, dont underestimate yourself. And also, not only do you need to turn the tracking on, you also need to have the entire device on for it to work! Tomorrow I will get everything right!
South so I didnt want to get caught up here if things turned bad.
I quickly made my way back over to Jagungal saddle and started to descend to the ridge line. I was stopped suddenly by a large dingo perched on a rock ahead of me. I dont think he saw or heard me, but I could here some other hikers coming up from the South, and he heard them and ran off down into the valley. Shortly after this experience, I bumped into those hikers as they were making their way up to the summit - they would be the first of many I would encounter today!
I continued my way off the mountain as it started to get darker off to the south. I made it to the bottom of the mountain at about 11:30am and decided to head off to the South along Grey Mare fire trail. Earlier in the morning I had contemplated taking the off track trail that leads from the ridge out to Strumbo Hill and back onto Grey Mare further South. I had changed my mind due to the changing weather but also wanted to get out to where the old trail met Grey Mare.
I made it out to the junction just as it started raining. And looking back up Strumbo Hill from the small rock cairn, it appears that this trail is also very over grown and would have been hard work to navigate. After a short lunch break, I heade back to the North to retrace my steps to Round Mountain track and back towards the car.
I am not sure when I finally made the decision, but due to the consistent rain now I decided that I would just continue to push on until I got back to the car tonight. I was a long walk, but I was lucky that once up on the Toolong range, I could pick up the Swans game on the radio which spurred me on!
I arrived back at the car around 6:00pm rather wet and definitely tired!
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Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Rick Perry was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Rick Perry, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Rick Perry was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Rick Perry, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Rick Perry was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Rick Perry, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Rick Perry was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Rick Perry, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Rick Perry was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Rick Perry, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Rick Perry was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Rick Perry, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Tea Party identification is based on the following question, also asked in the survey: "Suppose the Tea Party movement organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your district?" Those who responded "Republican candidate" are considered Republicans (non-Tea Party movement) and those who responded "Tea Party candidate" are considered Tea Party Republicans.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Rick Perry was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Rick Perry, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Race is calculated according to the RACE variable.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Rick Perry was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Rick Perry, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Rick Perry was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Rick Perry, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Location is based on the following question, "Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Rick Perry was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Rick Perry, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Region is calculated according to the METRO variable.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Rick Perry was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Rick Perry, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Democratic Primary election were asked, "If the 2012 Democratic primary election for U.S. Senator were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven't you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized.
Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Democratic Primary election were asked, "If the 2012 Democratic primary election for U.S. Senator were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven't you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Democratic Primary election were asked, "If the 2012 Democratic primary election for U.S. Senator were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven't you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Democratic Primary election were asked, "If the 2012 Democratic primary election for U.S. Senator were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven't you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Democratic Primary election were asked, "If the 2012 Democratic primary election for U.S. Senator were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven't you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Democratic Primary election were asked, "If the 2012 Democratic primary election for U.S. Senator were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven't you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Race is calculated according to the RACE variable.
Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Democratic Primary election were asked, "If the 2012 Democratic primary election for U.S. Senator were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven't you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Democratic Primary election were asked, "If the 2012 Democratic primary election for U.S. Senator were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven't you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Location is based on the following question, "Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Democratic Primary election were asked, "If the 2012 Democratic primary election for U.S. Senator were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven't you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Region is calculated according to the METRO variable.
Respondents who indicated that they will be voting in the Democratic Primary election were asked, "If the 2012 Democratic primary election for U.S. Senator were held today, which of the following possible candidates would you vote for, or haven't you thought about it enough to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Herman Cain was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Herman Cain, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Herman Cain was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Herman Cain, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Herman Cain was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Herman Cain, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Herman Cain was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Herman Cain, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Herman Cain was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Herman Cain, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Herman Cain was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Herman Cain, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Tea Party identification is based on the following question, also asked in the survey: "Suppose the Tea Party movement organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your district?" Those who responded "Republican candidate" are considered Republicans (non-Tea Party movement) and those who responded "Tea Party candidate" are considered Tea Party Republicans.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Herman Cain was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Herman Cain, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Race is calculated according to the RACE variable.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Herman Cain was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Herman Cain, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Herman Cain was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Herman Cain, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Location is based on the following question, "Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Herman Cain was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Herman Cain, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Herman Cain was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Herman Cain, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Region is calculated according to the METRO variable.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Ron Paul was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Ron Paul, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Ron Paul was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Ron Paul, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Ron Paul was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Ron Paul, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Ron Paul was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Ron Paul, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Ron Paul was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Ron Paul, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Ron Paul was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Ron Paul, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Tea Party identification is based on the following question, also asked in the survey: "Suppose the Tea Party movement organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your district?" Those who responded "Republican candidate" are considered Republicans (non-Tea Party movement) and those who responded "Tea Party candidate" are considered Tea Party Republicans.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Ron Paul was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Ron Paul, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Race is calculated according to the RACE variable.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Ron Paul was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Ron Paul, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Ron Paul was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Ron Paul, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Location is based on the following question, "Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Ron Paul was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Ron Paul, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Region is calculated according to the METRO variable.
Respondents were asked, "If the 2012 general election for U.S. president were held today and Ron Paul was the Republican nominee, would you vote for Barack Obama, Ron Paul, someone else, or haven't you thought enough about it to have an opinion?" The order of the response options were randomized. Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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With emotion & skill, our selected and manufactured products make wonderful discoveries for both your home and your loved ones. Tunteella & taidolla valituista ja valmistetuista tuotteistamme teet ihania löytöjä sekä kotiisi että läheisillesi.
We warmly welcome you to explore our varied and personal product range! Lämpimästi tervetuloa tutustumaan vaihtelevaan ja persoonalliseen tuotevalikoimaamme!
Nb! we are currently upgrading product information to English so if you have any questions about a product whose information is in Finnish only, please email us for more information!
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Do you live in Century?
Century is a town in Escambia County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,698 at the 2010 census.It is part of thePensacola–Ferry Pass–Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Motto: Traditional Values. Today's Technology.
Century is located at 30°58′40″N 87°15′41″W (30.977648, -87.261500).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.7 km2), of which 3.2 square miles (8.4 km2) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km2), or 3.69%, is water.
Century is located in the Western Highlands of Florida. This physiographic province of the northern Gulf Coast is made up of sand, silt, and clay hills. These highlands are deeply incised by creeks and rivers. Century is located on the western edge of the Escambia River floodplain. A small portion of the town (the eastern side) is within the floodplain itself. Most of the community, however, is located above the floodplain on level to gently sloping hillsides.
Century's roadway network is highly irregular. It does not conform to the state of Florida's section, township and range survey system, for two reasons. The first is because Spanish land grants were issued along the Escambia River in the 16th and 17th centuries. These boundaries established a unique survey system that contorted east-to-west survey boundaries once Florida became a state and a state survey system was adopted, at which time previously existing survey systems were "grandfathered" in. The second reason for an irregular roadway and property boundary system is due to the community originally being built around the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (now the CSX railway). Automobile highways were eventually constructed, and closely paralleled the railway. A more modern highway (US 29) was constructed and moved many of the commercial operations west of the small original core of the community (now mostly located within the Alger-Sullivan Lumber Company Residential Historic District).
U.S. Route 29 is used by residents of Escambia County to reach points north. Alabama State Route 113 leads north from the state line to Interstate 65 and provides the area with a route to Montgomery, Birmingham and Atlanta. From a southbound perspective, Century is en route between these major cities and the coastal beaches at Pensacola Beach andPerdido Key in Florida.
Century is the western terminus of State Road 4, which leads east to the communities of Jay, Munson, Baker, and Milligan.
Fresh water supplies are abundant, with water being withdrawn as groundwater from the local sand and gravel aquifer.
In 1970, oil was discovered in the nearby community of Jay. Oil was also discovered near the town of Century, especially to its northeast. Oil became important to the local economy during the latter quarter of the 20th century.
Gravel and sand is mined in open pits in and near Century. These natural mineral deposits are essential to supporting the construction industries in nearby Pensacola and Mobile, especially for use as aggregate materials in concrete.
Timber and pulpwood are other valuable natural commodities of the area. Nearby papermills at Cantonment, Florida, and Brewton, Alabama, provide a market for cut pulpwood. Timber processing is conducted by another industry about ten miles south of Century.
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How can I become eligible to label my product "organic" in the European Union?
Organic food products originating from non-EC countries may be imported and marketed in the EC with an organic label if it is accepted that the products are produced and certified according to procedures equivalent to those of the EC. In practice, two options provide authorization to export organic products to the EC: 1) When a third country has established and implemented organic standards, it may apply to the European Commission for inclusion into the EC List of Article 11. Known as the Article 11 list, countries on this list can export products certified by an approved domestic certification body to the EC without the need for additional certification or accreditation. Note that this is valid only if the domestic certification body is specifically registered in the Article 11 list. Each consignment should be accompanied by a document certifying that standards and certification measures are equivalent to those applicable in the EC. 2) If the exporting country is not on the Article 11 list, the exporter should ask its importer in the EC country to apply for an individual permit for import. An individual EC member state may authorize an importer to import products from a country not on the Article 11 list. Under this provision, the importer should apply to the designated authorities in the EC member country for an import permission and the application should be accompanied by documentation on the equivalence of standards and control measures. The producer and the exporter will have to be certified in accordance with EC procedures, which has to be done in co-operation with an accredited certification body. Import permits are issued for a certain amount of specific products from specified countries. They are valid for defined periods. They are granted to specific importers and valid only for those importers for import entry into those importers' country. Once imported into an EC member country, the products may be marketed freely within the EC. In general, the criteria for granting the import permit are shifting away from evaluation at the production level towards approval of the certification arrangements, including the certification bodies. In order to ensure equivalence in the effectiveness of inspection and certification measures, third-country certification bodies must satisfy the requirements of standards EN 45011 or ISO/IEC Guide 65:1996. See the section on standards and regulations on this web page.
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The facts are as follows: 1. Kids love peanut butter. 2. Kids love popcorn. 3. Kids will REALLY love peanut butter popcorn!
Seriously, what’s not to love? Peanut butter popcorn takes very little time to make but makes a huge impact. Imagine the looks on their faces when they come home from school and see a nice bowl of this delicious treat waiting on the counter for them!
This is also a guaranteed hit for the holidays. Whether you have friends come over for a special dinner or you need to bring a treat to the office party, peanut butter popcorn will make a huge impression.
A few ingredients and a little bit of time will have them clamoring for more!
Mix the honey and sugar in a pan and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat and let simmer for a couple minutes. Remove from heat and add the peanut butter. Keep stirring until the peanut butter has melted and then add the vanilla.
While the mixture is still warm, pour it over the popped popcorn and stir to evenly coat the popcorn. Alternatively, you can add the popcorn to a brown paper bag and add the mixture from the pan on into the bag. Shaking the bag to evenly coat the popcorn is a great job for a little one!
To take this peanut butter popcorn over the top, drizzle white and milk chocolate over the mix. Melt your own chocolate over a low heat. If your local stores do not have quality melting chocolates, look at the options from a reputable online retailer.
Not only will this add a colorful design element, it will turn these tasty treats into an exquisite dessert!
Peanut butter and chocolate are delectable together, and adding it to some popcorn is a GREAT way to add some fun to the mix!
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You are given a string $ t $ consisting of $ n $ lowercase Latin letters and an integer number $ k $ .
Let's define a substring of some string $ s $ with indices from $ l $ to $ r $ as $ s[l \dots r] $ .
Your task is to construct such string $ s $ of minimum possible length that there are exactly $ k $ positions $ i $ such that $ s[i \dots i + n - 1] = t $ . In other words, your task is to construct such string $ s $ of minimum possible length that there are exactly $ k $ substrings of $ s $ equal to $ t $ .
It is guaranteed that the answer is always unique.
The first line of the input contains two integers $ n $ and $ k $ ( $ 1 \le n, k \le 50 $ ) — the length of the string $ t $ and the number of substrings.
The second line of the input contains the string $ t $ consisting of exactly $ n $ lowercase Latin letters.
Print such string $ s $ of minimum possible length that there are exactly $ k $ substrings of $ s $ equal to $ t $ .
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These Games are considered as the third largest sporting event in the world after the Olympics and PAN American Games where more than 9,000 athletes from 78 countries participate.
The Maccabiah Games is an international Jewish multi-sport event, held in every four years in Israel. The event is often termed as 'Jewish Olympics'. In 1960, the Maccabiah Games were declared as the 'Regional Sport Event' by the International Olympics Committee (IOC). It was named as 'Maccabiah' in honor of a Jewish leader Judah Maccabee, who defended Israel from King Antiochus IV Epiphanes. The event is systematized by the Maccabi World Union, an international Jewish sports organization. The first edition of Maccabiah Games was held in the year 1932 in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Initially, it was conducted in three years. However, since the 4th edition of the games that took place in 1953, it has been organized after a gap of four years in the year following Olympics. Maccabiah Games are organized into four separate divisions for athletes falling in different categories: Juniors, Masters, Open and Disabled.
Junior Maccabiah Games – The Junior Maccabiah games are open for participation by athletes, aged in between 15–18.
Masters Maccabiah Games – The master's games are meant to accommodate older competitors. These games are divided into various age categories.
Open Maccabiah Games – The Open Games do not prescribe any age restriction for participation.
Paralympic Games – The Paralympic Games are held for athletes, having physical and intellectual disabilities.
A Winter Maccabiah Games were also held in Israel but only twice, the last of which was played in 1936 in Banská Bystrica.
Maccabiah Games are open for Jewish as well as Israeli athletes irrespective of the religion.
The event includes all 28 current Olympic sports and other prominent sports such as chess, cricket, and netball.
Normally athletes are required to compete in various rounds to become winner in each sport.
An official Maccabiah member presents the medals.
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@ari4dn3: it`s a good place to be !
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@electricelizabeth: thanks a lot Elizabeth !
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Why roller derby? Because it is a tough and funny sport.
Likes: Challenging myself to try new things.
Athletic Background: I have played football and done down hill skiing.
Strenghts on the track: I am fearless.
Weaknesses on the track: Elbows, elbows and elbows.
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Bottle size: 5/8 Dram= Approximately 40-50 drops.
Where do we begin on the many benefits of Lavender. Lavender should be in every household.
Some of the most common uses are for relaxation, lowers blood pressure, heals wounds, scars, burns, promotes hair growth, anti-aging for skin, and the list goes on.
This oil can be used directly on the skin, or with a carrier oil such as olive oil, sweet almond oil, or any other oil. Lavender oil can also be diluted in water.
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Good food can be considered many different things. Implement the provided tips as a means to improving your cooking skills.
There are a few things you need to know if you are considering cooking with skewers. If using skewers made of steel or metal, avoid ones with rounded surfaces and try ones with square or beveled designs.
They will soak up a ton of water, just like a sponge. To avoid this problem, use a damp cloth to wipe the mushroom clean.
Garlic, like lots of other foods, has the unfortunate characteristics of absorbing into your hands. To remove the lingering odor after working with these ingredients, thoroughly rub your hands on something made from stainless steel, such as the inside of your sink or the handle of a butter knife. This will cleanse your hands and prevent the smells from transferring to the food you handle next.
Burger patties often stick to the frying pan or grill during cooking and fall apart when you try to flip them. You can use a brush to apply some vegetable oil to the grill and make it to where nothing will stick to it.
You should think big when preparing chicken stock. When you prepare stock, make a large amount, so it can be frozen for later use. Many great recipes including soups, casseroles and stews call for a base of chicken stock. Allow the stock to cool before freezing it in durable, Ziploc bags.
When you are purchasing ingredients to make something read your labels. Unwanted additives are sometimes placed in many cooking staples, and this may be unhealthy. Select ingredients that have little salt or sugar in order to make the healthiest meals possible.
If you want to cook a roast quicker, leave the bone inside of it. The roast will need less time to cook because the bone transmits heat inside it. When done cooking, carve the bone out of the roast and serve.
If a particular wine’s flavor is unknown to you, then you shouldn’t use it as an ingredient in your food. Using a type of wine you find unpalatable will negatively impact the flavor of your food. It is possible to find wines that are meant to be used in cooking.
If it can be hectic getting dinner ready in time, try preparing ingredients the night before. Marinate your meat or cut up the vegetables ahead of time. This will help reduce your stress and lower your cooking time the next day.
Spices don’t last forever; replace them every 6 months. Quite often, spices pass their sell-by-date before you use them up, losing their flavor. When you have to buy certain spices for specific dishes, be sure to give some of the spice away to a family or friend, if you do not plan on using all of it, before it will go bad.
Food is the basis of life, and it is very powerful. Use the information found in this article to become the cook you could always be.
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The Bible is the best-selling book of all time, and could be considered the most influential book in history. Lying at the heart of Christianity and Judaism, this text could be said to lie at the centre of human society, guiding the behaviour of billions. Indeed, the decisions of countless numbers of influential and powerful people - politicians, teachers, celebrities, artists - have emerged from this text. Its teachings are presumed by hundreds of millions to speak with authority, presenting a way of life, a code of ethics, and the moral standard for human life. Countless people have lived by it, and countless others have died defending its words.
The Bible has never been an integral part of my own life. My upbringing was not so much atheistic as a-religious; faith never presented itself as something of value to me. As I grew up, the importance of the Bible in society gradually became more clear to me, and I saw how its teachings came to influence the thoughts and actions of others. My personal interest in gender issues, in particular the social and cultural constructions of gender, began to intersect with these concerns. How, then, does the depiction of women in the Bible influence our society and its views of women?
The Bible has trained us as a culture to think in a certain way. Intentionally or unintentionally, this text is shaped by male interest, and reinforces male power. It would be naïve to expect that the men who wrote the Bible were free of the prejudice that existed within their times. And yet, despite this, women do exist in this text. These women are kind, beautiful, and on occasion powerful. They are also cunning, ambitious, and even murderous. But too frequently, women in the Bible are the pawns in men's games.
The violence and suffering enacted upon these women is often passed over. One might be deprived of a name in order to desensitize the reader to her death, another left to live out her days alone after her brother rapes her. However, women's voices in these stories are muted, but are not silenced. These quiet but resilient characters are the lifeblood of a very different culture, one that is harsh, unforgiving, and a struggle to comprehend for modern audiences. However brutal their lives, these women deserve a voice; their stories need to be isolated and depicted. We must be aware that the most important text of Western society illustrates women in this way. These characters quietly instruct us to look at ourselves, to reflect, and to progress.
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triple j mag story: ‘Music Counts For Something’, September 2010 - Andrew McMillen - A journalist and author based in Brisbane, Australia.
A feature for the September 2010 issue of the recently-renamed triple j mag, which discusses what Australian musicians make from selling music as a proportion of their overall income. The full article text is underneath.
We asked some top independent artists to speak specifics on the art of selling music in the digital age – and to advise up-and-comers on how not to get rorted.
Throughout the history of recorded music, album sales were a strong indicator as to artists’ personal wealth. The equation used to go: gold and platinum record sales + sold out tours = money in the bank. But in 2010, people are less and less likely to pay for recorded music, with the equation continuing to shift away from sales toward touring.
The Presets’ Julian Hamilton is blunt when discussing musical economics, as an ambassador for APRA – the Australasian Performing Right Association – might well be. “These days, if you want to be a working musician can’t just rely on record sales to make money,” he says.
Under the pseudonym Gotye, Wally de Backer put himself $30,000 in debt to fund his ARIA Award-winning album Like Drawing Blood in 2006. That risk paid off: following mainstream interest in his independently released second LP, Wally eventually made over $100,000 in album sales and royalty payments.
Melbourne rock band Eddy Current Suppression Ring’s third album, Rush To Relax, debuted in the ARIA top 20 earlier this year.
Despite their popularity, the band’s guitarist (and manager) Mikey Young is frank about how he and his bandmates treat the project.
Tim Levinson – better known as MC Urthboy, in addition to being a founding member of The Herd and head of Sydney independent label Elefant Traks – reveals that royalties from album sales comprised 14% of his overall income in 2009. The majority of his earnings came from touring and label-related revenue.
Philadelphia Grand Jury’s manager, Martin Novosel, runs us through the economics of a popular, self-released indie band. “Once a quarter, the band will see approximately $8-9,000, minus 25 per cent in distribution, minus pressing costs for the albums (if more needed to be pressed), minus any marketing costs, minus mechanical costs, and finally, minus management commission on profit. In real money terms, this equates to something in the vicinity of a couple of thousand dollars per quarter for the band members.
Martin acknowledges that the indie market is very live-driven; “An act needs to be playing often to keep its currency with media to get that exposure. And an act can really only tour Australia twice or three times in an album cycle before it has overplayed and needs to provide new material”.
Compared with their income from touring, publishing and merchandise, Novosel estimates that the Philly Jays’ music sales comprise only 5-10 per cent of the band’s overall income.
The Butterfly Effect’s bassist, Glenn Esmond, suggests that about 25 per cent of the band’s yearly revenue is from album sales.
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Saint Josephs School è una località di tipo Scuola facente parte della Contea di ( Queens ).
La località abitata più prossima risulta essere quella di Woodside Houses dalla quale dista 0.78 chilometri in linea d'aria.
Essa dista inoltre 2.59 chilometri dall'aeroporto o eliporto più vicino, Astoria Heliport .
Le previsioni meteo più prossime sono quelle disponibili per la località di Woodside , distante 2.06 chilometri da Saint Josephs School .
Il cap relativo a Saint Josephs School è 11377.
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Visualizza la mappa interattiva di Saint Josephs School e ottieni le carte stradali, le mappe satellitari e quelle miste. Le mappe visualizzate fanno riferimento a un'area molto ampia centrata su Saint Josephs School .
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For multiples of 3 print "Fizz"
For multiples of 5 print "Buzz"
For multiples of both 3 and 5 print "FizzBuzz"
What if we used arrays for (almost) everything?
Reduce -- Combine ingredients into something new!
// public $name => string(4) "John"
// public $name => string(5) "Jamie"
// public $name => string(5) "Megan"
echo sayHello('John'); // "Hello John"
echo User::sayHello("John"); // "Hello John"
echo $user->getGreeting(); // "Hello John"
echo $greeting('John'); // "Hello John"
// "Hello John via GET"
echo sayHello('John', $method); // "Hello John via GET"
echo $greeting('John'); // "Hello John via GET"
Be nice to your brain!
How many bacon strips were prepared today?
How many bacon strips were eaten today?
until it is alive in a programmer's head.
echo "ID: " . $user->id . " Name: " . $user->name . "
echo "Group Admin: " . $user->name . "
// "Hello John, Hello Chris, Hello Megan"
echo $result; // "Hello John, Hello Chris, Hello Megan"
$ cat friends.txt | awk 'length($0) < 6' | xargs -L1 echo "Hello"
c/o Samantha Quiñones, "Building Real-Time Metric Pipelines"
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Born: 5 March 1838, Cottbus, Germany.
Died: 12 June 1927, Berlin, Germany.
Gustav T. Fritsch, German anatomist, anthropologist and traveller, studied in the natural sciences and medicine at the universities of Berlin, Breslau and Heidelberg from 1857, graduating as Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 1867. Thereafter he worked as an assistant in the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Berlin to 1874, when he was promoted to professor of comparative anatomy in the institute. Later he served as head of the Histological Division of the university's Institute for Physiology. He became an honorary professor in 1900 and was a leading scientist of his time. Throughout his career he travelled widely to further his scientific studies in anthropology, ethnology, astronomy, and zoology. For example, in 1868 he joined an expedition to Aden where he observed a solar eclipse, and in 1874 was in Esfahan, Iran, to observe the transit of Venus on 8 December that year. During 1881 and 1882 he travelled in Egypt and the Middle East. In 1904-1905 he undertook a trip round the world to collect anthropological data for a study of human races.
For most of his career Fritsch focussed on the study of anthropology, particularly human races and race mixtures. With F. von Luschan* and R. Virchow he played a significant role in establishing the Berliner Gesellschaft fuer Anthropologie in 1900. The publications resulting from his research and travels included Aegyptische volkstypen der Jetztzeit (re-issued in 1904) and Das Haupthaar und seine Bildungstatten bei den rassen des Menschen (1912), with additional obeservations published in 1915. His works in anatomy included Die elektrischen fische in Licht der Descendenzlehre (1883), dealing with electric organs in fishes, and papers on the comparative anatomy of the amphibian brain. Around 1870 he and E. Hitzig studied the localisation of motor functions in the cerebral cortex through electric stimulation of specific areas. His interest in colour photography and colour vision led to a monograph, Beitraege zur Dreifarben-Photographie in 1903, and a paper on "Die Retinalelemente und die Dreifarben-theorie" in 1904. He made some contributions to microphotography as well.
Early in his career, from 1863 to 1866, Fritsch visited South Africa and travelled from Cape Town through the present Free State, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal and Botswana. During this visit he collected shells in Table bay, False Bay and Algoa Bay and discovered Coralliophila fritschi. His shells went to the Berlin Museum and were described by von Martin in 1874. Fritsch described his travels in Drei Jahre in Suedafrika... (1868), which included a description of the Khoisan. His major anthropological work on the people of southern Africa, however, was Die Eingeborenen Sued-Afrika's ethnographisch und anatomisch beschrieben..., which appeared in 1872. It was a pioneering work that made a valuable contribution to the study of the indigenous populations of southern Africa, giving careful attention to their physical make-up and containing remarkable steel engravings of their facial features. In addition he published various papers on the people of southern Africa in the Zeitschrift fuer Ethnologie over the years. These dealt with, among others, the appearance of a Basuto youth (1873); changes in the relations between the native people of the region during historical times (1874); his translation of an article by Rev. C.G. Buttner* on some Bushmen paintings in Damaraland, Namibia (1878); the Zulu people of South Africa (1879); the Bushmen as an original race (1880); the end of the Anglo-Zulu War (1880); the history of the Zulus (1885); and the distribution of the Bushmen in Africa (1887). In an earlier paper in the Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft fuer Allgemeine Erdkunde zu Berlin (1868) he described the climate of South Africa as it affects the health and prosperity of the population, and the next year wrote on the increasing dryness of South Africa in the Zeitschrift der Oesterlische Gesellschaft fuer Meteorologie. Another book by him, Suedafrika bis zum Zambesi; das Land mit seinen pflanzlichen und tierischen Bewohnern, was published in 1885.
Neue Deutsche Biographie. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1953-1997.
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How do I Choose the Best Outsourcing Strategy?
The best outsourcing strategy typically meets short- and long-term business needs, reduces overhead costs, maintains or improves service levels, and requires minimal management intervention. Outsourcing is the process of hiring third-party service firms to complete specific tasks or aspects of a business process. The acceptance level of outsourcing varies widely by industry. In some sectors, it is a common business practice, such as in automotive manufacturing, where suppliers are completely responsible for different aspects of the final product. In other industries, the role of outsourcing is minimized due to concerns about public perception or other political issues.
In order to review the different outsourcing strategies, it can be important to first complete a needs analysis. This process is used to clearly define what aspects of the business are under-performing and if outsourcing is a viable option. Look for peaks in turnaround time, customer complaints, or process bottlenecks. It is important to note that the most efficient way to identify issues is to review performance metrics collected over a period of time.
Using the analysis as a starting point, make a list of the top three to five areas where the implementation of an outsourcing strategy is possible. Calculate the total operating cost of each area, and the total revenue generated for each of the previous five years. This is excellent information you can refer to when comparing different outsourcing solutions. There is no value in outsourcing a process if it results in higher costs.
There are two possible way to implement an outsourcing strategy: complete and managed. Complete outsourcing is the decision to have the entire business process managed and operated by a third party. The effectiveness of this approach varies, depending on the process selected and the internal dependencies. Under this approach, contract negotiations can be critical to ensure that other aspects of the business are not suffering due to the reliance on a third-party supplier.
Partial outsourcing often addresses customer service management. A popular option is to outsource customer service and call centers to third-party suppliers. These firms typically are able to obtain greater efficiency due to their focus on providing customer service for a range of different clients. The primary risks with this strategy include a decrease in service quality and complaint resolution. However, supplementing this service with a small internal team to manage the supplier can be a great way to obtain the benefits of outsourcing while decreasing the risks.
It is important to note that contract negotiations play a huge part in the success or failure of any outsourcing strategy. Usually, it is imperative to select a supplier who has the skills and resources to meet or exceed current quality standards. An incentive-laced contract can be a great way to provide the tools necessary to effectively manage this type of organizational structure for maximum benefit.
What are the Pros and Cons of Offshore Outsourcing?
How do I Choose the Best IT Outsourcing Companies?
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What exactly is a counselor, and what can they do for you?
A counselor is a personal adult advocate to help students personalize their educational experience.
Counselors focus on the individual student and his/her development needs.
Counselors guide students to make progress toward their educational and career goals.
Counselors collaborate with students, parents, and teachers to promote student success.
Counseling teaches students basic life skills.
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I'm interested in being an editor after I graduate college, does anyone know of any resources that would be beneficial in learning more about being an editor or a website to further develop the skills necessary?
Lauren, do you have any specific areas you'd like to edit in? For example, would you like to be an editor at a publishing house, a newspaper, or for a large company that produces large amounts of things like press releases, website articles, etc.? The first thing you want to do is talk to some editors and tell them your interest. You might be surprised by the number of people willing to steer you in the right direction. The second thing you want to do is study writing. Take some technical writing classes at college (if feasible) or peruse the Internet for some free instruction. If you can't afford college, get some books on technical writing, grammar, etc. Read high-quality writing to see what makes it high-quality (such as the Wall Street Journal). Finally, start practicing these skills by becoming a writer where someone edits your work. A good editor can teach you much about your writing and other people's writing as to what is strong and what needs improvement.
Unfortunately, editing is not a skill I'm familiar with as far as having available research goes. However, I do suggest using the Internet to search the terms 'how to become an editor' could help you find what you need. Of course, if you know the specific type of editor you would like to be I would include those words in your search terms as well to get more precise results for what you are looking for.
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If I use batchnorm with global stats and fix the gamma - that should be a reasonable approximation of feature normalization, except for the beta. Is there any way to fix the beta of BatchNorm as well?
Correction: use beta.lr_mult=0 instead of center=False. See next answer for details.
Sure, that’s possible. You need to set center=False and scale=False on the BatchNorm layer if you want to zero-center the data, and scale to unit variance. Overall the effect will be similar to standard data input normalisation, but subtly different. Instead of using the true normalisation statistics of the training data (calculated across the whole dataset), the BatchNorm global stats will updated iteratively (often called the ‘running stats’). So there will certainly be differences at the start of training (since they are randomly initialised), and depending on your momentum parameter, the statistics maybe more skewed to the most recent batches of data (so it might be a good idea to increase this a little).
My mistake! So checking again, it turns out that setting center=False and scale=False on mx.gluon.nn.BatchNorm also disables the initial zero-centering and unit variance scaling (before scaling by gamma and shifting by beta). You get all or nothing: e.g. both initial zero-centering and beta shifting or neither.
My first thought was to set .grad_req to null to avoid gradient calculation of beta and gamma but this once again disables the initial scaling and shifting too. Given this, my recommendation would be to get the learning rate multiplers for beta and gamma to 0 using lr_mult. So the running stats are still calculated but beta and gamma don’t change from 0 and 1 respectively (i.e. no beta shifting or gamma scaling).
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Nirvana was an American grunge band formed in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987. They were formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic, and after moving through a string of drummers came to include drummer Dave Grohl following the release of their first album, Bleach. Moving away from more traditional rock/metal sounds, they came to found a subgenre of alternative rock, grunge. They were playing raw, thick, distorted electric guitars at slower tempos then previously seen in rock or metal, over the top of angst driven, apathetic lyrics. Cobains raspy, unpolished voice sat perfectly embedded in this landscape as he sang of pain, relationships, and life. This was the general layout of Nirvana, and the precedent for an explosion of grunge bands throughout the US in the early and mid nineties. After signing to major label DGC Records, and the release of their second album Nevermind in 1991, Nirvana found unexpected success from their lead single Smells Like Teen Spirit. DGC records were expecting a modest 250,000 album sales from the release but found that the album was selling at 400,000 units per week. Smells like Teen Spirit struck a chord with college students in particular, and started a revolution of grunge music across the country with Cobain finding himself referred as the "spokesman of a generation", a title he was less than comfortable with. In January 1992, the album displaced Michael Jackson's album Dangerous at number one on the Billboard album charts, and also topped the charts in numerous other countries worldwide. The month Nevermind reached number one, Billboard proclaimed, "Nirvana is that rare band that has everything: critical acclaim, industry respect, pop radio appeal, and a rock-solid college/alternative base." Cobain was uncomfortable with the attention and placed his focus on the band's music, and believing the band's message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, the band cut their tour for Nevermind short after touring consistently for over a year. After moving back into recording for their next album, In Utero, Nirvana continued to make headlines partly due to their performance of a timeless acoustic set on MTV Unplugged entitled, MTV Unplugged in New York. With the release of In Utero in 1993 the band made an effort to distance themselves from the mainstream success they had inadvertently stepped into, however despite the album not being quite so well received it was still a great success pleasing both enthusiasts and the mainstream.
They were undoubtedly the biggest band in the world, however as the band toured for their latest release in Italy, 1994, Cobain was found unconscious in their hotel room by wife Courtney Love. He was rushed to the hospital and a later press release stated that he’d had a bad reaction to prescription drug rohypnol. It was soon discovered however ,that Cobain had substance abuse problems with heroin, and within 14 days of the incident he was found dead of a shotgun wound to the head, in an apparent suicide. Nirvana left a legacy behind them like few other bands and continues to be one of the most respected bands in the world for their contribution to music and their undeniable, unfulfilled talent. To date Nirvana have sold over 25 million albums in the US, and over 50 million albums worldwide.
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What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology, tactics, and institutions forged by Darwinian military competition gave Europeans a decisive advantage in war over other civilizations from 1500 onward. In contrast, Empires of the Weak argues that Europeans actually had no general military superiority in the early modern era. J. C. Sharman shows instead that European expansion from the late fifteenth to the late eighteenth centuries is better explained by deference to strong Asian and African polities, disease in the Americas, and maritime supremacy earned by default because local land-oriented polities were largely indifferent to war and trade at sea.
Europeans were overawed by the mighty Eastern empires of the day, which pioneered key military innovations and were the greatest early modern conquerors. Against the view that the Europeans won for all time, Sharman contends that the imperialism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a relatively transient and anomalous development in world politics that concluded with Western losses in various insurgencies. If the twenty-first century is to be dominated by non-Western powers like China, this represents a return to the norm for the modern era.
Bringing a revisionist perspective to the idea that Europe ruled the world due to military dominance, Empires of the Weak demonstrates that the rise of the West was an exception in the prevailing world order.
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Washington State Legislature removes two blocks of Lake Washington shorelands, later termed WSDOT Peninsula, from Washington Park Arboretum for state highway use on March 8, 1959.
On March 8, 1959, Washington State Legislature removes two blocks of Lake Washington shorelands, later known informally as the WSDOT Peninsula, from the Washington Park Arboretum for state highway use. As work progresses on the Seattle Freeway (Interstate 5), the State Highway Department begins planning for a second bridge across Lake Washington and a connection between the freeway and an expressway the city plans to build along the east side of Capitol Hill between Empire Way (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way) and the Meadowbrook neighborhood in northeast Seattle. One interchange for this network of roadways is planned for the marshy area along the north margin of the Washington Park Arboretum. While planning for the expressway named for former city engineer R. H. Thomson (1856-1949), proceeds, the state Highway Department decides, against the city's wishes, to locate a second Lake Washington bridge between Evergreen Point and the Montlake neighborhood. Ramps between the highway and expressway are built across the marsh. When the Seattle City Council cancels the R. H. Thomson Expressway project in 1971, three incomplete ramps are left in place but unconnected to any roadway. Current (2012) plans for the replacement Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge (also known as the State Route 520 bridge and the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge) call for the removal of the ramps over the peninsula.
The northern portion of the Washington Park Arboretum consists of land exposed when the level of Lake Washington dropped 8.8 feet after the Lake Washington Ship canal opened in 1916. The land was not immediately put to use. The Miller Street Dump, a city landfill, occupied a large site in the shoreline area from the late 1910s until 1936. In 1939, the state legislature granted the shorelands adjacent to Washington Park to the University of Washington for use as part of the arboretum it was developing in the park.
The Washington Park Arboretum, designed by the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm in 1936, encompassed most of the existing Washington Park and included land in a canal reserve set aside in 1900 for the Lake Washington Ship Canal, but not used. James Frederick Dawson (1874-1941), the Olmsted Brothers landscape architect who came to Seattle to create a design for the arboretum, planned to shape the north end marshlands into a series of lagoons. The dredge spoils generated by that construction work would be piled on the adjacent land, raising it farther above the water line. Dawson planned to use the space for an expansion of the arboretum's planned alpine collection. The lagoons could be developed into water gardens and views of water would be brought into the arboretum, something the Olmsted Brothers' 1904 preliminary plan for the park had envisioned. The lagoons proved expensive to create and they did not reach very close to the area around the Miller Street Dump. It remained a broad, marshy peninsula extending out into Lake Washington.
Plans for an "Empire Way" expressway along the eastern border of the park were underway as early as 1930, but did not progress very far until the 1950s, when the city engineer began developing plans for the route between the end of Empire Way in south Seattle (today's Martin Luther King Jr. Way South) at Rainier Avenue S and the Meadowbrook neighborhood in northeast Seattle. A 1958 map in the city archives shows the route of the proposed four-lane expressway along the east side of Capitol Hill, roughly following a route between 28th Avenue E (Martin Luther King Jr. Way) and 29th Avenue E south of the ship canal and 24th and 25th avenues north of the canal. A tunnel would carry traffic under the ship canal.
The state envisioned a connection between this planned expressway and the Seattle Freeway, as Interstate 5 was then known. To that end, the highway department planned an interchange in the Roanoke neighborhood to connect with a roadway across the shoulder of Capitol Hill and across a bridge over Portage Bay to the Montlake neighborhood. An interchange on the Arboretum land would carry traffic between this new road and the planned expressway and, potentially, a new bridge across Lake Washington.
The federal government, which was funding a significant portion of the construction costs for the new Seattle Freeway, required that the city build a second Lake Washington bridge. The city wanted the bridge built alongside the existing Lake Washington Floating Bridge that crossed the south end of the lake. The state and federal agencies wanted to build the bridge farther north, and the Montlake neighborhood offered an attractive location for it. Unlike at the southern bridge location, the state would not have to tunnel through a hill to reach the lake from the freeway. Also, just south of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, the canal reserve purchased by King County in the late 1890s but unused, offered a relatively undeveloped strip of land across the Montlake Portage area. The federal government owned part of the reserve and the city and county owned most of the rest.
On March 8, 1959, the state legislature passed legislation removing the two blocks from the Washington Park Arboretum it had given to the University of Washington in 1939. The land included the marshy area that contained the Miller Street Landfill site. The Arboretum lost about 60 acres of land due to the project.
In planning for the construction of the ramps, it became clear that the marshy shore lands would not support the weight of the heavy machinery needed to build the elevated ramps across the arboretum. The existing waterways and lagoons did not extend close enough to the building sites to allow crews to float in machinery and materials. To solve the dilemma, the Highway Department dredged a waterway on either side of the landfill site and dumped the dredge spoils near 26th Avenue E.
This dredging isolated a finger of land extending out into the lake that became known as the WSDOT Peninsula. The Seattle City Council cancelled the R. H. Thomson Expressway project in 1971 and ramp construction was stopped in various stages of development. Two ramps connected to the new bridge across Lake Washington that opened in 1963, but the ones intended for the expressway have remained in place but incomplete and unused for 50 years. Current (2012) plans for the new Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge (also known as the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and the SR 520 bridge) include the removal of the all the ramps across the WSDOT peninsula.
Sources: Ed Guthman, "Arboretum Land Sought for Bridge," The Seattle Times, February 20, 1959, p. 5; Gene Hills, "Second-Lake-Bridge Fight Blocks Federal Approval of Freeway," The Seattle Times, March 17, 1958, p. 14; 1939 Wash Laws Ch. 60; 1959 Wash Laws Ch. 164; "City Won't Help Finance Bridge Link," The Seattle Times, November 15, 1958, p. 9; HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History, "Miller Street Landfill, Montlake" (by John Caldbick), http://www.historylink.org/ (accessed October 2012); "Report of City Engineer on Route of Proposed Empire Way Extension," Comptroller File No. 126326, Seattle Municipal Archives, Seattle, Washington; Seattle City Council Ordinance No. 87315, “An Ordinance authorizing an agreement with the State of Washington for a joint traffic analysis and cost and location study in connection with the extension of Empire Way as an Expressway from Rainier Avenue to Bothell Way, and making an appropriation from the City Street Fund therefor,” approved June 30, 1958; Seattle City Council Ordinance No. 87850, “An Ordinance authorizing a contract with Washington State Highway Commission and Washington State Toll Bridge Authority for city acquisition of right of way for, and construction of, a traffic facility between the City's proposed Montlake interchange and the State's proposed Roanoke interchange on Primary State Highway No. 1, Seattle Freeway and for other obligations of the State and the City in such connection and in connection with the City's Empire Way Expressway route, and for reimbursement to the city if such traffic facility is designed as an approach to a proposed bridge across Lake Washington on the proposed Montlake-Evergreen Point route,” approved January 12, 1959; Seattle City Council Ordinance No. 88825, “An Ordinance submitting to the qualified electors (voters) of The City of Seattle at the special municipal election to be held therein on March 8, 1960 ... and requiring the City Clerk to certify such proposition,” approved December 14, 1959; Seattle City Council Ordinance No. 99662, “An Ordinance authorizing an agreement with the State of Washington relating to the construction of the Bay Freeway and the Connecticut Street Extension, and terminating Agreement GC 541-B, as modified, relating to the R. H. Thomson Expressway,” approved February 8, 1971; "Seattle Voters O.K. Officials, 2 Bond Issues," The Seattle Times, March 9, 1960, p. 1; "Washington Park Arboretum Historic Review, September 2003," prepared by BOLA Architecture + Planning and Karen Kiest / Landscape Architects for Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation, University of Washington Botanic Gardens website accessed October 3, 2012 (http://depts.washington.edu/uwbg/docs/arbhistory.pdf).
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As I sit here and type this, I'm thinking hard about exactly what deer hunting has taught me, not only about animals, wildlife, and as an outdoorsman, but as a human being. When deer hunting is one of the most important things to you in life, you'll inherently spend a lot of time working at it. In turn, deer hunting will actually teach you a lot about life, and it's my baseline on how to be successful. Don't believe me? Well here's five life lessons deer hunting has taught me over the years.
The first and possibly most important life lesson I've learned from hunting mature bucks is hard work is imperative to success, in the deer woods, and in society. I like to think of it in this way. I know a lot of lazy people in life in general. When I think of people that I know that are lazy, most of them are just waiting for something to great to fall into their lap. Sorry, but that's not how it generally works. The same can be said with deer hunting, and hunting mature bucks specifically. You might get lucky once or twice, but overall, a mature buck isn't going to magically appear in front of your stand if you don't put the work in. No matter how smart you are, or how much deer hunting knowledge you possess, if you work your tail off and continually try to improve, good things will happen. The same can be said for everyday life.
I feel as though with everyday that goes by, society increasingly becomes more and more about instant gratitude. I want higher pay now, I want recognition now, I want this and that now, I want to shoot a big buck now. I think you get the point. If you want to be a successful deer hunter, patience is paramount, and to do it with a bow, it becomes even more intensified. But, by learning to be patient when it comes to hunting, it can help translate to life. I know I've become extremely more patient since becoming enthralled with hunting mature bucks. Sitting in a tree for hours upon hours, days upon days, all the way to months or years without sending an arrow, all for that moment of when you do finally clip on that release and pull back your bow is quite unique. It teaches you that in order to experience the greatest moments, you more often than not need to be patient, and realize that these come with time.
A lot of patience is needed to get to this moment. It's a lesson that easily translates to being successful in everyday life.
If you are someone who struggles to pay attention to detail in everyday life and you make the jump from casual deer hunting to hunting mature bucks, watch out, you may be in for a bit of a learning curve. Mature bucks are wildly smart, as they didn't become mature overnight or on accident. To successfully hunt them, you need to have a certain level of attention to detail. This is usually developed over time, and after getting burned once or twice, but once you nail down that attention to detail, your odds of success go way up. The same goes in life. Hunting mature bucks can teach you that it's the minor and what appear to be small details that make the biggest differences. It can help you stand out from others, make your significant other happier, make you more hire-able at a job, and I could go on and on. Attention to detail usually equals greater levels of success in the deer woods, and in life as well.
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So often, in every aspect of life, whether it be in your work life or how you hunt deer, people are so worried about others, and comparing themselves to how others do things. I personally think this is a fundamental flaw, and you'll only hurt yourself by worrying about others. Hunting mature bucks is a great way to teach you this, and it can translate to life in general as well. There are so many different ways to become a successful deer hunter and to consistently knock down mature bucks, and if there's anything I've learned over the years, the biggest teacher is through your own experiences. You can learn from others, and how they hunt, but each situation is unique to itself and by trying to emulate exactly how someone else hunts, it can be a deficient strategy. This is an important overall life lesson as well. Whatever aspect it may be, whether it's work, relationships, money, you name it, everyone has a unique situation, and certain things will work for others, while some things won't work. You can learn from others, but the biggest teacher will be life experiences and figuring out your own way for success.
You can learn from others, but at the end of the day, the experiences you garner in the field and in life can be your biggest teachers.
Through all of the lessons hunting mature bucks can teach you, discipline is the most intriguing to me. It takes a concerted efforts to be disciplined when hunting mature bucks, and the ones that do it best, are the hunters that are most often successful. Because, let's face it. There is so much whitetail hunting information out there, you most likely know what you have to do to be successful, but it's the ones that choose to do those things that are successful. You have to have the mental fortitude to choose to hunt with the right wind, to take the long access way into the stand, etc. If you are doing that while hunting mature bucks, odds are you'll have the discipline in everyday life. Just like with hunting, you most likely know what you have to do on a daily basis to win at life. The question is, will you choose to do them?
Hunting mature bucks is unlike anything else. It takes a lot of work, time, and energy in order to be successful. Along the ride there's a lot to learn, not only to continually improve as a deer hunter, but to be a better person as well.
Are there any other life lessons deer hunting has taught you? Let us know down below in the comments!
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The Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World was the first Disney theme park on the site, located in Lake Buena Vista near Orlando, Florida. It features rides from Disneyland Resort, which are rides that were based off of classic Walt Disney movies and rides. It opened on October 1, 1971. The park is divided into six "themed lands". The Cinderella Castle (which is actually the entrance from Main Street, USA to Fantasyland) is the icon of the park. The lands are Main Street, USA, which is themed in Walt Disney's hometown in the early 20th century, Adventureland, which is themed to be exotic and tropical, Frontierland, which is themed to the wild west, Liberty Square, which is themed to revolutionary and colonial America, Fantasyland, which is themed to represent Walt Disney's classic animated movies and medieval, and Tomorrowland, which is themed to be a glimpse of the future and the great space age.
Main Street U.S.A. Station of Walt Disney World Railroad.
Main Street Vehicles, Travel around Main Street on horse-drawn street cars, a double-decker Omnibus, an antique fire engine, 1903 horseless carriages, and Jitneys.
Main Street Cinema (1971 - 1998), Became retail space for the Emporium.
Swan Boats (May 20, 1973 - August 1983), Relatively short lived boat ride, dock remained standing until the Hub Reconstruction in 2014.
Cinderella's Surprise Celebration (October 1, 2001 - February 26, 2005), a stage show performed in front of the castle.
Cinderellabration (May 5, 2005 - Sept 16, 2006), a stage show performed in front of Cinderella Castle.
VMK Central (June 2005 - September 30, 2007), an indoor store based on the Virtual Magic Kingdom online game.
Tencennial Parade (October 1, 1981 - September 30, 1982): A parade celebrating the 10th anniversary of Walt Disney World. Theme song was "Disney World is Your World".
Disney Share a Dream Come True Parade (October 1, 2001 - August 9, 2006), became "Disney Dreams Come True Parade"
Disney Dreams Come True Parade (August 10, 2006 - January 22, 2009) became "Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade"
Move It! Shake It! Dance & Play It! (October 24, 2014 - present) An updated version of the Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! Street Party.
Main Street Electrical Parade (1977 - 1991, 1999 - 2001, 2010 - ).
SpectroMagic (1992 - 1999, 2001 - 2010).
Mickey's Christmas Cavalcade (? - 1994) an early incarnation of Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Parade ended in 1993. Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Parade reused some of the music and made new float theme. Neither parade used an underliner.
Swiss Family Treehouse (1971 - present), a large tree with steps and walkways leading high up around it. Named for the family in the Disney movie "Swiss Family Robinson".
Jungle Cruise (1971 - present), a boat ride through jungle areas of the world, such as those found near the Amazon River or Asia, featuring Audio-Animatronic animals.
Pirates of the Caribbean (1973 - present), a dark ride on a boat through pirate scenes. Now added Captain Jack Sparrow.
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin, a ride similar to Fantasyland's Dumbo ride, but with flying carpets instead of elephants. Also, in addition to moving up and down vertically, the carpets can also tip forwards and backwards.
Tropical Serenade (AKA The Enchanted Tiki Room) (1971 - 1997, 2011 - Present) was altered and re-opened as The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) in 1998. Returned in 2011 after a small fire in the show building resulted in a refurbishment.
The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) (1998 - 2011), a musical show featuring singing Audio-Animatronic birds. This older attraction has been updated to include The Lion King's Zazu and Aladdin's Iago. Closed after a fire in the show building resulted in a refurbishment.
Shrunken Ned's Junior Jungle Boats, remote-controlled boats in a jungle environment.
Splash Mountain (1992), a log flume, based on the stories of Brer Rabbit and other characters from the Disney movie Song of the South, ending with a steep drop into the Briar Patch.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, a steel roller coaster, designed to look like a runaway mining train.
Tom Sawyer Island, a small island, reachable by raft, on which there are caves and a fort to explore.
Country Bear Jamboree , Animatronic bears sing classic country songs.
Frontierland Shootin' Arcade , Take aim at targets in this old west arcade.
Walt Disney World Railroad - Frontierland Train Station, Ride around The Magic Kingdom on this railroad with stops in Main Street, U.S.A., Frontierland and Mickey's Toontown Fair.
Haunted Mansion, a dark ride through a haunted house.
Liberty Square Riverboat, Travel through the Rivers of America on the Liberty Belle Riverboat.
Peter Pan's Flight, a dark ride in a pirate ship flying over London and through scenes from Peter Pan.
Pinocchio's Daring Journey, a dark ride through scenes from Pinocchio.
Under the Sea - Journey of the Little Mermaid, an omni-mover type dark ride that retells the story of The Little Mermaid. Guests also have the chance to meet Ariel in her grotto here.
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, a roller coaster type ride that takes guests through the mines of the Seven Dwarfs.
Magic Journeys (December 15, 1987 - December 1, 1993), a 3-D film looking at the world through the eyes of children.
Legend of the Lion King (July 8, 1994 - February 23, 2002), live stageshow featuring characters from the movie.
Disneymania (August 1992 - August 2001): Join the Disney Characters and the Kids of the Kingdom in a musical salute to Disney's greatest hits.
Everyday's a Holiday (1990s - August 2001): Mickey, Minnie, and the gang, along with the Kids of the Kingdom, prove there's always something to celebrate at Walt Disney World.
Cinderellabration (May 5, 2005 - August 16, 2006) Princess coronation show that was part of the Happiest Celebration on Earth.
Dream Along with Mickey (September 30, 2006–2016) Stage show featuring the Disney characters who really talk with moving eyes and mouths.
Disney Villains Mix and Mingle (2007 - 2014) - This show is staged as part of Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. It was renamed Disney Villians Mix and Mingle - Live on Stage in 2014 after a small revamp that eliminated the meet and greet part of the show. The show closed in 2014.
The Barnstormer, a small steel roller coaster, designed to look like a plane in the barnstorming era.
Dumbo the Flying Elephant, relocated from Fantasyland in 2012 with a second side, one for Fastpass, one for Standby.
Walt Disney World Railroad - Storybook Circus Station, Ride around The Magic Kingdom on this railroad with stops in Main Street, U.S.A., and Frontierland.
Mickey's Toontown Fair (1996 - 2011) - formerly known as Mickey's Birthdayland (1988 - 1990) and as Mickey's Starland (1990 - 1996).
A Disney Afternoon Avenue : The Disney Afternoon (1990 - 1996) A live stage show where characters, including Scrooge McDuck (Ducktales), Chip & Dale (Rescue Rangers), Baloo (Tale Spin), Darkwing Duck & Launchpad (Darkwing Duck), Goofy & Max (Goof Troop), and Bonkers (Bonkers), all from the Disney afternoon cartoon block performed.
Mickey's Country House, a walk-through attraction, a humorous house and garden for Mickey Mouse, with many items for children to play with.
Minnie's Country House, a walk-through attraction, a humorous house and garden for Minnie Mouse, with many items for children to play with.
Donald's Boat, a children's play area, shaped like a boat for Donald Duck, with many sources of water.
Judge's Tent, Meet Mickey here today!
Toontown Hall Of Fame, Meet classic Disney characters here today!
Tomorrowland Indy Speedway, a simulated racetrack with small gas-powered racecars.
Space Mountain, which includes 2 indoor roller coasters in the dark, themed to look like rockets traveling through space.
Astro Orbiter, a raised Dumbo-style ride in rocketships.
Tomorrowland Transit Authority (originally called the WEDway PeopleMover), a gentle people mover ride over Tomorrowland.
Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress, an audio-animatronic stage show about changing lifestyles, shown in a rotating building, which debuted at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Open seasonally, there is frequent speculation that this attraction is going to be closed and its sections moved to the Futureworld section of Epcot.
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, a dark ride, based on Toy Story, with "laser guns" to shoot targets and score points.
Stitch's Great Escape in which Stitch from Lilo & Stitch escapes from a prisoner teleportation tube and wreaks comical chaos throughout the audience.
Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor, where characters from Disney/Pixar's Monsters, Inc. interact with guests via a video screen, telling jokes to increase Monstropolis's energy supply.
Grand Prix Raceway (October 1, 1971 - 1994), Changed to "Tomorrowland Indy Speedyway"
WEDway PeopleMover (July 1, 1975 - 1994), Changed to "Tomorrowland Transit Authority"
Flight to the Moon (December 24, 1971 - April 15, 1975), Replaced by "Mission to Mars"
Mission to Mars (March 21, 1975 - November 2, 1992), Replaced by "ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter"
ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter (June 20, 1995 - October 12, 2003), Replaced by "Stitch's Great Escape"
Star Jets (November 28, 1974 - 1994), Changed to "Astro Orbiter"
If You Had Wings (June 5, 1972 - June 1, 1987), Changed to "If You Could Fly"
If You Could Fly (June 6, 1987 - January 4, 1989), Replaced by "Delta Dreamflight"
Delta Dreamflight (June 23, 1989 - January 1, 1996), Became "Dreamflight"
Dreamflight (June 23, 1989 - December 31, 1995), Changed to "Take Flight"
Take Flight (January 1, 1996 - January 5, 1998), Replaced by "Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin"
626 Dance Party (2010 - 2013) - A Dance Party with Stitch, Goofy, Pluto, and Chip & Dale.
#INCREDIBLESSuperDanceParty (2013 - Present) - Mr. Incredible, Elastagirl, and Frozone celebrate their latest victory over supervillians with this dance party.
Disneymania! (1996 - 2001): Join the Disney Characters and the Kids of the Kingdom in a musical salute to Disney's greatest hits.
Galaxy Search (1993 - 1998) Interplanetary talent search starring Mickey, Goofy and the gang as well as a special guest performer.
This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original article was at Magic Kingdom. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Disney Parks Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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When was Money invented? The Mesopotamians are generally credited with invention of coins using precious metals as a form of money in 2400 BC.
Who invented Money? The name of a specific person has never been credited with the invention of money. The invention of money is so old that the name of the inventor has been lost over time, although the first use of money is believed to have originated in the Ancient Eastern civilization known as Mesopotamia that was located in the Middle East, now modern day Iraq, and part of Syria and Turkey. .
Definition of Money: Money is defined as a medium of exchange, measure of value, or a means of payment using official banknotes and coins accepted as payment for goods and services.
Fact 1: Who invented Money? Livestock: Prior to the invention of money barter was used as a medium of exchange for property, resources and services. The values of livestock, such as cattle, sheep and camels were reckoned and used as the most common form of barter.
Fact 2: Who invented Money? Barley: The Mesopotamians were the first to use grain as a form of currency. Barley was used as the original medium of weight in Mesopotamia. This early unit of weight was called a shekel, its name derived from the Mesopotamia words 'she' and 'kel' meaning "barley and weighed". The 'shekel' was equal in weight to 180 grains of barley, or around 11 grams.
Fact 3: Who invented Money? Silver Rings: Silver rings were used as currency, money, in both Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt about 2000 years before the first coins were struck. Much later, copper and gold rings were used as currency by Celtic tribes and were often worn on clothing.
Fact 4: Who invented Money? The Mesopotamians: The Mesopotamian invention of coins using precious metals was made 2400 BC as a form of money. Coins were less expensive to produce than silver rings.
Fact 5: Who invented Money? Shekels: The word 'shekels' was then given to the coins invented by the Mesopotamians as a natural progression to their new form of currency following barley. Silver coins were more transportable than barley. Barley was considered cheap money and silver was the more expensive form of money. The shekels were in common use in trade as silver pieces of a definite weight, consisting of shekels, half-shekels, and quarter-shekels.
Fact 6: Who invented Money? As Mesopotamia was part of an extensive trade network the use of the Shekel was adopted by other countries and civilizations. The Shekel were in common use and assumed a major role in the history of the Jewish people.
Fact 7: Who invented Money? Electrum: The Mermnadae dynasty of Lydia, an ancient Iron Age kingdom in western Anatolia, now Turkey (c.700 B.C. to 550 B.C.) is also known to have used coins of pure gold and pure silver. The first Lydian coins were the size of beans and made of a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, with trace amounts of copper and other metals, called electrum or 'green gold'..
Fact 8: Who invented Money? The confusion as to whether the Lydians or the Mesopotamians invented money is due to the Ancient Greek historian Herodotus (c. 484 - c. 425 BC). Herodotus wrote that the Lydians used gold and silver coins in retail shops they had established in permanent locations, however, he was not clear whether these were the first people to use coins as money. Given the long history of Mesopotamia and the numerous Mesopotamian inventions it is likely that the Mesopotamians were the first to invent money but that the use of Lydian 'green gold' was spread around the Mediterranean by the Phoenician pirates and traders.
Fact 10: Who invented Money? Greek Coins: Greek coins consisted of gold, silver, and copper pieces. The gold coins were called staters and the silver coins were called tetradrachms and drachms.
Fact 11: Who invented Money? Roman Coins: Romans used salt as a currency. soldiers, officers, and civil administrators were paid with "salt money". Roman coins consisted of gold, silver, bronze and copper pieces were introduced to the Roman Empire during the third century BC. The imagery on coins had taken an important step when Julius Caesar issued coins bearing his own portrait. From this time Roman coins featured the head of the Emperors and the Roman gods.
Fact 12: Who invented Money? Milled Coins: Disreputable people began to shave off bits of gold and silver from the coins. The shaved coins were still used at their original value although they were worth less because they weighed less. To prevent this practice governments began to require that coins be milled, cut with fine grooves or indentations across the edges. People were then able to identify the less valuable shaved coins and knew that they were getting their "money's worth".
Fact 13: Who invented Money? Shell Money: The invention of Chinese money began with the use of 'shell money'. Cowry shells are believed to have been the earliest form of currency used in China. Other civilizations also used shell money as a form of currency.
Fact 14: Who invented Money? Chinese Money: Other materials such as jade, bronze and gold were then used to make shell-shaped coins to replace Chinese shell money.
Fact 15: Who invented Money? The invention of Paper money was made c. 740 BC during the Tang Dynasty (618AD - 907AD). Chinese paper money was used as a form of as exchange notes or bills of credit.
Fact 16: Who invented Money? Wampum: Wampum, small cylindrical beads made from quahog or whelk shells, were used as a form of shell money by Northeast Woodland tribes and the Native American Indian tribes of the Great Lakes. In 1637 Wampum was declared legal tender in the American Colonies.
Fact 17: Who invented Money? Three types of money were used in the British colonies of colonial America. Commodity money in which articles of trade such as wampum, beaver skins, produce, and tobacco. Gold and silver coins were called Specie and printed paper money used as a substitute for specie.
Fact 18: Who invented Money? Gold Standard: Gold was officially made the standard of value in England in 1816 and guidelines were issued allowing for a non-inflationary production of standard banknotes which represented a certain amount of gold.
Fact 19: Who invented Money? International Monetary Regulation: The gold standards ended in the 1930's and the complexities of international monetary regulation began with internationally agreed rules and supporting institutions, that facilitate international trade, cross border investments and the reallocation of capital between countries.
Fact 20: Who invented Money? Charge Cards: Charge cards were introduced in the United States in the 1920's following the automobile boom and the freedom to travel. Service Stations and hotels began to provide charge cards so that people did not have to travel to their banks to obtain money.
Fact 21: Who invented Money? Credit Cards: Frank McNamara and Ralph Schneider issued the first Diners Club card in 1950 and American Express launched its card in 1958.
Fact 22: Who invented Money? Electronic Money: The Digital Age of the Internet and the World Wide Web has witnessed economic transactions taking place electronically without the exchange of any physical currency. Electronic money only exists in banking computer systems and is not held in any physical form. Just as barter was replaced by trading in shells and rings and coins were replaced by paper money the future is destined to lie in Electronic money.
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Polychromatic light and frequency therapy is an alternative approach to health restoration. It is proven to reverse the negative side effects of one’s environment and return the body to its natural preferred state. Do you experience ongoing health problems or chronic pain? Light and frequency therapy can help to manage your condition through calming the mind and body.
Human cells feed off of light photons and they need to resonate at certain frequencies for healthy cellular metabolism. If our cells are not in a healthy range, we are more prone to disease and sickness. We are inundated with harmful side effects from our environment on a daily basis. During light and frequency therapy, our body and mind absorb healthy vibrations of light and frequency to bring us back to optimal performance. People report feeling completely relaxed and at peace during the procedure.
The InLight Medical system uses light emitting diodes (LED) to deliver red, blue, and near-infrared light to the skin. These three wavelengths stimulate cellular responses that increase circulation, nitric oxide output, ATP (energy) production, lymphatic circulation, collagen production, and angiogenesis (blood vessel formation).
A study by NASA has proven that LEDs are effective in treating injury and maintaining athletic performance. NASA began studying LED light therapy several decades ago and found that it decreases the time needed to heal injured NAVY Seals by 40%. To this day, LED light therapy continues to be a way to speed up injuries and post-surgery recovery.
Neuropathy is damage to nerves causing severe pain, numbness, tingling, and weakness if not treated effectively. It can make physical activity extremely uncomfortable. Light therapy increases blood flow and relieves this discomfort so nerve cells can heal.
Polychromatic light and frequency therapy can help with chronic skin conditions such as acne, psoriasis, eczema, scleraderma, and non-healing wounds and ulcers.. It can have anti-aging effects to reduce blemishes, fine lines, and wrinkles because of the increase in collagen, the crucial building block for skin and connective tissue.
Golden Point Acupuncture is pioneering the InLight Medical System in the Bay Area. Studied extensively over the last decade, the technology is produced in the United States by a team of innovators. It was originally invented in 1970 by a physician studying acupuncture who was interested in exploring the use of electricity to stimulate acupuncture points.
The effects of light and therapy and acupuncture are similar; therefore, when experienced together the results are enhanced. (Link to blog article) People in treatment often say they feel “completely relaxed” during the therapy and sometimes fall into a deep sleep.
The vibrations being used in the system are Nogier frequencies. They are the culmination of the life’s work of Dr. Paul Nogier, a neurologist, acupuncturist, and physician who conducted extensive research to find seven hertz at which certain tissue types ideally resonate.
At Golden Point Acupuncture, Light and frequency therapy is a celebrated alternative treatment to pain and discomfort because it is drug-free, completely painless, and a non-intrusive way to regain a healthier, happier, and symptom-free life.
Join us soon and experience the power of light and frequency therapy for yourself. It is a truly wonderful way to bring the body back to a healthy and balanced state.
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I1: If it rains then the cricket match will not beplayed.
I2: If it rains then the cricket match will not beplayed.
Inference: The cricket match wasplayed.
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How do you compare Wells Fargo vs Us Bank?
I'm very happy with Wells Fargo. I've been banking with them for years and have never had an issue. No comparison with US Bank who have absolutely no integrity.
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Andrew Hozier-Byrne (born 17 March 1990), known mononymously as Hozier, is an Irish musician and singer-songwriter from Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. In 2013 he released his debut EP, featuring the hit single "Take Me to Church", and his second EP "From Eden" in 2014. His debut studio album, "Hozier", was released in Ireland in September 2014 and globally in October 2014.Hozier was born in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, the son of a musician. He began a degree in music at Trinity College, Dublin, but dropped out midway through his first year in order to record demos for Universal Music.
What do you think about Hozier?
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Generate the Hamiltonian of the graph.
d (array of ints) – an array containing integers indicating the nodes where diagonal defects are to be placed (e.g. d=[0,1,4]).
amp (array of floats) – an array containing floats indicating the diagonal defect amplitudes corresponding to each element in d (e.g. amp=[0.5,-1,4.2]).
interaction (float) – the amplitude of interaction between the two walkers when located on the same vertex.
: this creates a Hamiltonian matrix, accessed via the attribute Line3P.H.
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How do you follow one of the most successful films of all time? Copying the basis of the second novel is definitely a good starting point.
As a sequel to Jurassic Park, The Lost World centres on Dr Ian Malcolm returning to the island to save his girlfriend. However, upon finding her they discover there’s more going on than originally thought.
One consistency from the original film is the now lead character, Dr Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum). Having seen what the dinosaurs are capable of, he once again has a pessimistic, sarcastic tone to almost everything he says. “Uh, where you’re going is the only place in the world where the geese chase you.” The film ditches the reserved Dr Grant as a lead for a more outspoken and commanding character. He fills the lead role comfortably, but unfortunately doesn’t add much more engagement than Dr Grant previously did. This is mainly due to his non-approachable arrogance and lack of interest or awe in the genetically recreated creatures from millions of years ago, something that Grant did provide.
As the second book was written two years after the successes of the first film it would have been written with the purpose of turning it into a screenplay, therefore increasing moments of action and attempting to appeal to a younger audience. This is evident with more dinosaur kills, explosions and chases, attempting to create a more thrilling movie but unfortunately this doesn’t pay off as the first film contains more drive and interest throughout.
The film is much stronger on action sequences, creating an exciting situation in the superb coach and cliff scene, however overall these sections lack character depth, humour and the awe surrounding the human-dinosaur relationship seen in the first film. Malcolm’s daughter also feels shoe-horned in as a logical attempt to replace the loveable kids in Jurassic Park but she ends up annoying the viewer, causing more trouble than necessary.
This film does have a more active plot, but it’s not as engaging as the original, repeating a lot of what the first film has already achieved: nervous Raptor scenes and kids causing unnecessary problems. It attempts to build on the first film by boringly adding a second T-Rex, indicating a total lack of imagination. Unfortunately, The Lost World: Jurassic Park makes a pretty weak attempt to fill the huge footsteps created by its predecessor.
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What are some possible solutions to issues that people dealing with homelessness go through?
Although there are some resources available to people dealing with homelessness, they tend to be under-funded and do not guarantee a safe place. It would be highly beneficial for mail boxes or lockers to become available to them in order to ease entry into the job market and store a few belongings instead of constantly having to monitor and transport items.
According to Marx, what does the dialectic capture and how does it relate to human nature?
It is the idea that being turns to nothing which turns to becoming. This idea is not entirely clear and is rooted in idealism. It can be compared to the creation story through which god created what is good, but humans alienated themselves during the Fall and in order to restore balance, the kingdom of god must come when Jesus returns. This also has to do with how humans fundamental nature is to produce. Therefore, humans create, alienate themselves from what they have created, and then are reunited with creations.
Consider the following sentence scenario: Me: It's been a while since I last saw you! You: I know! However, I'm on the way to work, I'll catch you later. Me: Ok, have a good one. What possible meanings are there to the phrases "I'll catch you later" or "Have a good one" be?
The phrases imply that one will try to see the other again soon and to enjoy the rest of their day.
needs and Annalise will reply soon.
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Yukiko Okada, in junior high was on a Japanese TV talent program, Star Tanjō!. She won the show in 1983.
That same year, Okada won Rookie of the Year, and was awarded the 26th Japan Record Awards Grand Prix Best New Artist Award for her third single, Dreaming Girl.
Okada played the leading role in her first television drama Kinjirareta Mariko (The Forbidden Mariko), in 1985. Her 1986 single "Kuchibiru Network", written by Seiko Matsuda and composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto, reached number one on the Oricon weekly singles chart dated February 10, 1986.
Those who were close to her claimed that they were very surprised by her death by suicide. At the time that she died, she left behind notes that indicated that unrequited love contributed to her despair. Yukiko Okada was 18 years old when she died.
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Forgo the Basic Bechamel Sauce for a lighter version of this recipe.
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees, with racks in middle and upper third. Divide eggplant between two rimmed baking sheets. Toss each with 1 tablespoon oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake until tender, 20 minutes, stirring eggplant and rotating sheets halfway through. Let sheets cool on wire racks.
2. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high. Add beef and cook, stirring occasionally, until cooked through, 4 minutes. Add allspice, mint, and oregano, and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until fragrant, 3 minutes. Transfer beef to a medium bowl.
3. Spread 1 cup sauce in an 8-inch square baking dish. Top with 2 noodles. Layer with half the beef, then 1 cup sauce and 1/4 cup Parmesan. Top with 2 more noodles, half the eggplant, 1 cup sauce, and 1/4 cup Parmesan. Repeat layering with remaining ingredients, reserving the last 1/4 cup Parmesan. Cover lasagna loosely with foil and bake on top rack until sauce is bubbling, 35 to 40 minutes. (Place a rimmed baking sheet on middle rack to catch any drippings.) Remove lasagna from oven and heat broiler. Sprinkle with reserved Parmesan and broil until cheese is browned and bubbling, 3 to 5 minutes. Let cool 20 minutes before slicing.
Is it possible to use a tomato sauce instead of the bechamel sauce? Would prefer to make a more traditional version and we eat low-fat meals, so I'm using ground turkey breast too.
I thought the dish was not that tasty especially considering the time it took to make it. The time indicated does not include making the béchamel sauce, which adds another 15 minutes or so. The dish is very white and I made a tomato sauce to put on top of the leftovers. Not a repeat for me.
This was delish! I used one part fat free half and half and one part skim milk in the sauce and it was perfect.
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How do people in the Western Balkans perceive their lives in the aftermaths of the 2008 crisis?
In estimating the prospects for economic recovery after the 2008 global economic crisis understanding how people perceive their lives is necessary in two regards. On the one hand, it is argued that those individuals who report higher well-being are able to recover faster and feel better able to contribute to and support their organizations, communities, or countries. On the other, if the recovery of the economies is sought only in terms of economic growth, we would know nothing on how growth influences people’s lives. In order to overcome the shortcomings of economic indicators, a concept of subjective well-being (SWB) has been introduced. Instead of indirect estimation of the quality of people’s lives, people are directly asked to judge the level of well-being they achieve. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of main tenets of the concept of subjective wellbeing, and to give an insight on the level of subjective well-being of the people in the Western Balkan countries based on the Global Well-Being Index. In this paper, we demonstrate that the people in the Western Balkans are on average experiencing lower well-being than the inhabitants of the OECD countries and the Europe as a whole. Only in the social well-being are people in the Western Balkans reaching European average.
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The City of Montreal hasn't been following the rules whatsoever.
Wherever you go in Montreal you'll definitely notice the fleurdelisé proudly raised outside of shops, government buildings, restaurants, and even homes. People in Quebec aren't afraid to show their love for the province, although many Canadians interpret that pride as disdain for the rest of the country.
TL;DR Montreal has received massive backlash recently due to their lack of provincial flags on government property, which violates provincial law. Quebec businesses and government locations must ensure that the fleurdelisé has precedence over any other flag.
Yes, the Canadian maple leaf flag is typically hung up as well, but it is no where near as ubiquitous. Still, the rules don't seem to be strict enough according to Légis Québec's Laws and Regulations, which is why some new ones are coming to the table to ensure the Quebec provincial flag is always #1.
The provincial law requires that the fleurdelisé be the most prominent flag if there are multiple flags in one area. Since Montreal's City Hall has, apparently, given precedence to Canada's national flag rather than Quebec's provincial flag, they've been seeing major backlash.
There's also been some uproar over the council chamber at city hall and the municipal courthouse, which only displays Montreal's city flag.
In the Légis Québec Act Respecting The Flag And Emblems Of Québec, it's stated that in all cases, the provincial flag holds precedence over any other flag or emblem.
This means officials will either have to get rid of every other flag in the province (super unlikely), make the fleurdelisé bigger than other flags to show its importance, or centre the flag to make it more conspicuous.
The City of Montreal has announced that beginning November 19, they will comply to these rules, and begin hanging the provincial flag on every government building across the city.
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THE READER is a movie that wants you to take it seriously as a profound discussion about complicity and moral obligation. It has a cast that drips with quality, a director with form and a screen-writer famed for his intelligence and eloquence. The source novel by Bernhard Schlick was a critical and commercial success. In short, this movie so drips with earnest good intentions that the nobility of the exercise almost, but not quite, masks stink of desperation in its bid for Oscar glory.
The movie plays, like the novel, in three parts. The first takes place in West Germany in the 1950s. A sixteen-year old school boy (an impressive David Kross) has an affair with a woman twenty years his senior (a mannered performance from Kate Winslet). They enjoy each other physically but both are evasive. He tells her what she wants to hear - that he's not a star pupil. She tells him precisely nothing. She asks him to read aloud to her. He clearly enjoys the performance. And then, one day, she vanishes and he is devastated.
The second act takes place in the 1960s. The boy is a law student, and is taught to carefully separate moral responsibility from a narrow definition of legal guilt. He is nauseated to discover that his old lover is on trial for murdering Jews during the Holocaust and that he has evidence that will mitigate her sentence. He has to reconcile the woman he knew with the unfeeling, narrowly obedient and unrepentant woman he sees in court.
The third act takes place in the 1980s. The teenage boy has developed into a fastidious, emotionally repressed old man (Ralph Fiennes), with a failed marriage and an estranged daughter. For a complex set of reasons he begins to record audio books and send them to his old lover. Maybe he does this out of misplaced vanity, maybe guilt, maybe nostalgia, maybe boredom, maybe a desire to connect with anyone - Ralph Fiennes' opaque performance gives us no help in making his motives out.
In a coda, the man meets with a survivor of the specific horror that his lover perpetrated - a horror for which she has still not explicitly repented. The survivor - superbly played by Lena Olin - asks the questions I had longed to ask throughout the previous hour - the questions I thought this movie would have asked and explored. Is the mitigation - note, not the elimination - of the woman's legal responsibility for murder "an explanation, or an excuse"? With a single line the Holocaust survivor condemns the entire point of this film, which has surreptitiously asked us to empathise with, even symapthise with this concentration camp guard as a victim. It is a slippery moral equivalence to hint at, and if that's what the film-makers were about I feel they should've tackled the question more honestly rather than tucking it into a coda, let alone double-ending the film in an insultingly sentimental manner.
THE READER is on release in the US and UK. It goes on release next week in Greece and will play Berlin 2009. It opens on February 6th in the Czech Republic, Singapore and Brazil. It opens on February 19th in Australia and Iceland, and on February 25th in Belgium and Germany. It opens on March 6th in Norway; on March 23rd in Poland; on April 2nd in the Netherlands and on April 25th in Japan.
just saw the film. i'm still devastated. it is profoundly moving.
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Scott was born on July 19, 1961, in New York City, the son of American actor George C. Scott and Canadian-American actor Colleen Dewhurst. He graduated from John Jay High School with friend Stanley Tucci, , before he graduated from Lawrence University in 1983. His brother is Alexander Scott.[better source needed] He also has one paternal half-sister, actress Devon Scott.
Scott's first role is in 1987 film Five Corners, as a policeman. In 1990, Scott played a lead role in the ground-breaking film Longtime Companion, which chronicles the early years of the AIDS/HIV epidemic and its impact upon a group of American friends. In the following year, he appears briefly in Kenneth Branagh-directed, Dead Again, and co-starred in the movie Dying Young (in which his mother also appeared) alongside Julia Roberts. He also appeared in the 1992 Cameron Crowe movie Singles alongside Bridget Fonda and Kyra Sedgwick, and in 1996, he teamed up with Stanley Tucci to direct the film Big Night. The film met with critical acclaim and was nominated for the "Grand Jury Prize" at the Sundance Film Festival. For their work, Scott and Tucci won both the New York Film Critics Circle Award and the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best New Director.
In 2002, he was awarded the Best Actor prize from the National Board of Review for his notable performance in Roger Dodger. Scott starred in Six Degrees on ABC in 2006.
In 2005-2006, Scott served as the reader for the audiobook versions of Stephen King's bestsellers The Shining and Cell.
In 2007, Scott lent his voice for the narration of a Chevron Corporation television ad, as well as the critically acclaimed Iraq War documentary film, No End in Sight. He also appears in the romantic comedy Music and Lyrics, starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. Next up for Scott was the 2009 drama Handsome Harry. Scott also had a recurring role on the USA drama Royal Pains, as Boris Kuester von Jurgens-Ratenicz.
On August 28, 2009, TVGuide.com confirmed Scott was cast for the third season of Damages. Scott was a series regular, playing Joe Tobin, the son of indicted Bernie Madoff-like Louis Tobin (Len Cariou). The season aired from January to April 2010.
In May 2010, Scott provided the voice-over for a new Häagen-Dazs TV commercial called "Ode to Flavor". The ad was created by Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, directed by Noah Marshall with art direction by Croix Cagnon. He played the role of Richard Parker, the father of Peter Parker, in the 2012 film The Amazing Spider-Man. Scott reprised his role in the 2014 film The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
From December 2015 to March 2016, Scott appeared as Lloyd Dallas in the Broadway revival of Noises Off.
In 2017, he collaborated with Dutch DJ and producer Ferry Corsten on Blueprint, an album combining Trance music and science fiction, in which he can be heard as the story's narrator.
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Originally named Kakarotto (addressed as Kakarot in the English anime and spelled Kakarrot in the English manga), Goku is born a member of a fictional race of extraterrestrials called Saiyans. Shortly following his birth, Goku is sent from his home, a fictional planet named Vegeta, to prepare Earth for sale on the intergalactic market by destroying all its life. Due to an injury to his head that caused him severe amnesia, Goku forgets his purpose, and instead focuses on becoming stronger for little more than the pleasure of it. In the beginning of the series, Goku meets a highly intelligent 16-year-old teenage girl named Bulma, the desert bandit Yamcha, and two shapeshifters named Oolong and Puar. He also encounters one of his closest friends, Krillin, and others during his training. Participating in various martial arts tournaments, Goku also battles foes-turned-allies such as Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu, as well as Piccolo Daimao's offspring of the same name.
During his early adulthood, Goku meets his older brother, Raditz, an encounter that results in his death. Following the wish for his revival from the Dragon Balls, Goku continues to face other enemies linked to his heritage, such as Vegeta and Frieza, whose actions force him to transform into a Super Saiyan. After his encounter with Frieza, the focus on Goku's past is shifted away, as new enemies are introduced as threats to the fictional universe. As the series continues, Goku trains his first child, Gohan, to be his successor. When the androids appear, Goku contracts the heart virus that Future Trunks warns him about earlier. Later on, Goku sacrifices himself during the battle against the evil life form Cell, leaving Gohan to succeed him. Goku returns to Earth from the afterlife seven years later and meets his second child, Son Goten. Shortly after, he participates in the next martial arts tournament, however he is drawn into a battle for the universe against an extraterrestrial named Majin Buu. Goku also battles Vegeta after he is taken under control by Babidi. Later on, Goku kills Buu with his Genki Dama technique. During the martial arts tournament held ten years after Buu's defeat, Goku meets Buu's human reincarnation, Uub, and takes off with him, in the end of the story, intending to train him as another successor.
In the anime Dragon Ball GT, which begins seven years after Goku meets Uub, Goku is transformed back into a child with a wish made by Emperor Pilaf using the Black Star Dragon Balls. Shortly after he, Trunks, and Pan all take a trip around the universe to locate the Black Star Dragon Balls and return them to Earth. Goku later battles the evil Baby, Super Android 17 and the evil shadow dragons. His final challenge is against Omega Shenron, who he eventually kills using the Genki Dama. Goku leaves with the original form of Shenron, only to appear 100 years later at the next martial arts tournament as an adult once more, where he is observing the battle between his descendant (Son Goku Jr.) and Vegeta's descendant. Goku's granddaughter Pan spots him, but he quickly departs.
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Express extreme and/or inappropriate emotional responses.
One of the major social skills affected after a TBI is conversational skills. The frustration and misunderstandings that result from interpersonal conversational problems, such as not reading facial expressions correctly or misinterpreting one’s tone of voice, are some of the reasons many people with TBIs suffer from broken friendships, strained intimate relationships, family conflicts, social isolation, and have trouble maintaining or gaining employment. It is difficult to have a meaningful social interaction with someone who cannot communicate their needs effectively, nor accurately interpret what you are saying/asking. This may impact your ability (or perceived ability) to properly care for this individual. However, it is important to emphasize that this is no one’s fault—it is the result of the trauma the brain experienced during and after the injury.
Another common type of social skill affected in a person with a TBI is the unawareness of social signals they themselves are giving off. This person may unknowingly put out strong social signals for others to “stay away”, which leads to trouble building or keeping friendships, as well as difficulties with coworkers, family members, and caregivers. In a social situation, a person with TBI may be feeling overwhelmed with keeping up with the conversation, and not realize that their facial expression and body language are giving off signals that they are angry. This misinterpretation and unawareness of their own social signals may lead to them being excluded and avoided by people that they know and meet.
Finally, a social skill commonly affected by a TBI is trouble regulating emotions, meaning the person may have emotional reactions that are inappropriate to a given situation, or may detach from emotion completely and display few emotional reactions. Both the inability to control one’s emotional response and lack of any emotion display in someone with a TBI can lead to inabilities to accurately read and interact in social situations, creating an especially heavy caregiver burden.
While these social skill problems have real and serious consequences in the lives of the person with a TBI and those around them, the good news is that many hospitals and rehabilitation centers are now offering social skills rehabilitation groups. In the same way that therapists can work with someone with a TBI to improve cognitive skills like memory or attention, social skills can also be taught, most effectively in a group setting. Treatment groups are usually led by psychotherapists and speech therapists trained in social communication, and the groups are comprised of only people with TBI who have problems with social skills.
Learning social skills takes practice and repetition. Homework and real-world exercises are essential for social skill improvement. Caregivers are necessary in this process, to work on social skills with the individual and help them overcome their isolation (often brought on post-TBI because of social interaction difficulties). Being in a group with others who have TBIs and suffer similar social skill problems can be validating and help them feel less alone and like they have a community where they belong. The goal of such social skills rehabilitation groups is to decrease isolation and increase quality of life through implementing the social skills learned in the group out in the real world. If the person you care for is exhibiting social skill problems like those discussed in this article, ask about a social skills rehabilitation group at your next doctor’s appointment.
Caregiving, especially for someone with a TBI, can be very draining, so while looking for a social skills group for the person you care for, also see if the same hospital/rehabilitation center offers support groups for caregivers. It is important for caregivers to find support too, especially since you are the primary person dealing with the impact of post-TBI social skill problems.
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Back in the 5th grade, I was very quiet, shy, and a bit awkward. I have always been somewhat of a people pleaser and this was certainly the case in 5th grade as well.
I attended a very good public school. My teacher's name was Mr. Card*. He was a great teacher and I thought a lot of him. He was a snappy dresser and my first male teacher. He taught us the Bunny Hop, the Stroll and the Twist, among other dances on Friday afternoons. With music. We all thought this was so cool because of course, it was.
He didn't take nonsense in his classroom. Even with a class as large as thirty-something, he was always in control. Sometimes, to gain that control, he would raise his voice. He had other tactics to keep students in line as well. For example, if someone fell asleep during class or had their head down on their desk, Mr. Card would slide an eraser along the chalk tray to get it full of dust and then thrown it on the desk right in front of the drowsing student, covering them with chalk dust (he had impeccable aim). Today, I'm not so sure how I feel about this tactic. As a (homeschool) teacher now myself, part of me thinks this was ingenious. At the same time, it had to be incredibly humiliating for the poor student who, for whatever reason, was too tried to pay attention. At the time, it was what it was and I don't remember feeling strongly about it one way or another- other than glad it wasn't me getting covered in chalk dust.
I sat in the very front row. The front of my desk was only a foot and a half or so away from the chalkboard because the class was so full of students and desks. One day, as we were asked to pass our papers front, a fellow student started acting up. It wasn't the first time that day that this particular student was having trouble and Mr. Card, who was standing directly in front of my desk, had had it. He was yelling (not screaming, but definitely raising his voice) as I tried to get his attention and hand him the stack of papers that had been passed up to me.
I was doing as I was told. I was being a good little student and wanted to please an upset teacher. I was not expecting what happened next, but shouldn't have been surprised. My timing was poor and my overwhelmed teacher yelled at me.
I can't remember what he said exactly. The gist was that I needed to wait. I started to cry. I had never been yelled at by a teacher before. It broke my heart. I was embarrassed and wished I could disappear under my desk and go home to my mom. My relationship with Mr. Card and how I perceived him had been changed forever.
Is this how my relationship with my children is affected when I raise my voice at them? Granted, we have more of a history than Mr. Card and I had. I knew that my parents loved me when they raised their voices at me, but my memories of those raised-voice exchanges between my parents and I happened mostly when I was a teenager, when I knew I deserved the raised voices.
What I'm thinking about are my young children. They look up to me. They think a lot of me. When I yell at them, do they understand that they "deserve" the raised voice? Or are they just embarrassed, broken-hearted, wishing they could shrink away. Do they sense a change in how they perceive our relationship?
There are (many) occasions when children need re-direction and teaching and reminding. How we do it is up to us as parents. For some reason, several months ago, I began thinking about my altercation with my 5th grade teacher and I began to see some parallels in my parenting. It stopped me in my tracks. Why in the world hadn't I thought of things in this light before? Was it because I was too wrapped up in how frustrated and upset *I* was in the heat of the moment instead of how the little person (half my size or less) on the receiving end experienced the whole exchange?
Man, I can be self-centered.
Repentance was in order. I needed to ask both God and my children for forgiveness. And, like I tell them...when you say you're sorry, you don't just mean you're sorry for what you've done, you're promising to not do it again. You won't always succeed, but that needs to be the goal. And that goal is mine.
I must say, it has changed the way I talk to my kids when I'm angry. I still get angry. My voice still changes, but my goal has as well. I'm trying to drive a point, a lesson home, but I'm also trying to preserve our relationship... and their trust.
I'm reminded of something I read recently on one of my favorite blogs..."Rules without relationship equals rebellion."
It's not just rebellion I'm worried about, though. I'm worried about the relationship. And relationships need at their center love and forgiveness. Can you imagine God coming down here and yelling at us every time we disobey or make a mistake?
I'm not counting on my kids coming to me to ask for forgiveness every time they do something wrong, but what an example we have to follow. Not all of us had good parenting to model after but we all have access to the Best Parent out there. Let's keep His example foremost in our minds and hearts, get over ourselves and our own selfishness and give our kids the kind of instruction they deserve- instruction without fear and humiliation.
Oh, I needed this. Everything you said is so true! I had a hard day a couple days ago, and just lost it, and yelled loud at my 6 year old. It wasn't even him I was annoyed at...just everything that happened to be going on in that minute! Just like you and your teacher, it wasn't even about him...he was only asking me a question at a really bad time. I yelled, and saw him jump, his eyes scared, and back away. Broke my heart and made me feel like a jerk. I scared him!
And you know what else? WE set the tone in the house as mothers. If we constantly raise our voices, how can we expect our children not to yell at each other or solve problems without anger and in a normal way?
I am glad you reminded me of this this morning...because forgiveness isn't enough just like you said...not doing it again is what really counts.
Wow, that is such a good story and you are so right. We as children never felt good about being yelled at. Thank you so much for sharing this.
Thanks for this post. I needed it! We certainly do have the best parenting model, and so often, we don't follow His example.
I enjoy reading your blog :) Thanks!
During a Bible study some time ago, we were learning about the "Love Chapter" and how it isn't meant to be about romantic love but about God's love for us and, hopefully, our love for others. We were told to read it with 'God' in place of the word 'love'. That was powerful and humbling and brought me to my knees when I realized that God was writing this to let me know how He feels about me. Then I re-read it with the word 'Danielle' in place of the word 'love'. I also read it as if it were a series of questions, not statements. Again, humbling but for a different reason. Now, I find bits and pieces of that chapter knocking on my heart- slow to anger, patient, kind- when dealing with my kids. Because I am too quick to get angry, impatient and, as a result of the two, not always kind. Then I think about how God is patient with me and deals kindly with me and is, thankfully, slow to get angry with me. He has provided us with all the example we need as parents but we too often ignore it. You are right- for our children's sake, for our sake, we have to try harder and set a better example. It's the least we can do.
You got my attention at the begininng when you described yourself as a 5th grader. That pretty well summed up me at that point in life too. (I also had my 1st male teacher in 5th grade...and he was very much like the teacher you described.
You really, really got my attention when you started talking about how we affect our children by yelling. Oh, I am a yeller. Not all the time, but more than I should. I don't like it about myself. In some ways, I know I'm modeling the way I was parented (although ours was a loving, Christian home, my mother also yelled when angry or frustrated).
I'm also fully aware I need to take responsibility for the way I choose to react to my children. But, I do want to break the cycle. And, I have seen my children react to each other in ways that have made me cringe...because it was like looking in a mirror.
oh yes, I'm a yeller, and this post is very convicting to me. Thank you for your kind words and gentle advice. I want to do better!
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The 2007 Valero Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2007 in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and nationally televised by ESPN. The game was one of the 2007–08 NCAA football bowl games that concluded the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 15th Alamo Bowl and the first Alamo Bowl sponsored by the Valero Energy Corporation.
The game featured the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Texas A&M Aggies, who were both unranked in the national polls. The two teams had met once in the Alamo Bowl in 1999, when Penn State shutout Texas A&M 24–0. The Aggies were coached by interim head coach Gary Darnell, who had taken over after Dennis Franchione resigned, and the Nittany Lions were coached by Hall of Famer Joe Paterno, who marked the 2007 Alamo Bowl as the 500th game of his head coaching career.
This was the Aggies' 30th bowl appearance, and their third in the Alamo Bowl. In their first Alamo Bowl game in 1995, the 19th-ranked Aggies defeated the 14th-ranked Michigan Wolverines 22–20. In their second appearance in 1999, 13th-ranked Penn State defeated the 18th-ranked Aggies 24–0. Both the 1995 and 1999 games are two of the five in Alamo Bowl history that attracted sellout crowds, with the 1999 game having the second largest crowd.
One day after Texas A&M head coach Dennis Franchione resigned after the Aggies' last regular season matchup against the Texas Longhorns on November 23, 2007, A&M athletic director Bill Byrne announced defensive coordinator Gary Darnell would coach the Aggies' bowl game as the interim head coach. Two days later, Byrne hired Houston Texans offensive coordinator and former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike Sherman.
Texas A&M officially accepted the invitation to play in the Alamo Bowl on December 2, 2007 against the Penn State Nittany Lions, who accepted their invitation two days earlier on November 30.
This was the Nittany Lions' 40th bowl appearance, and their second in the Alamo Bowl. The 2007 Nittany Lions, who finished 8–4 in their regular season, are led by 42nd-year head coach Joe Paterno, a 2007 College Football Hall of Fame inductee. With a 22–10–1 bowl game record, Paterno is the all-time winningest leader in bowl victories and appearances. He also holds the record for the most undefeated FBS seasons than any other coach in college football history. The 2007 Alamo Bowl marked Paterno's 34th bowl game appearance and 500th game as Penn State head coach.
Prior to the game, among 119 Division I-A teams, the Aggies' rushing offense ranked 13th, and their overall offense ranked 54th. Their total defense ranked 83rd, with a rushing defense ranked 57th and a passing defense ranked 104th. On the other hand, the Nittany Lions have an overall offense ranked 56th, with a 44th-ranked scoring offense. Their overall defense ranked 9th in the nation, with a 6th-ranked rushing defense and an 8th-ranked scoring defense. The defense also ranks 2nd in sacks forced.
During the week of the game, Las Vegas casinos predicted Penn State to win by 5.5 points. A Sunday News sports writer of the Lancaster Newspapers predicted Penn State to win 23–13. College Football News predicted a 34–20 victory for Penn State, while WhatIfSports.com simulated the game 1,001 times and predicted Penn State to win 29–17.
On December 27, 2007, two nights before the game, a Texas A&M yell leader made a controversial joke about Joe Paterno at a joint pep rally on the River Walk. The yell leader screamed "Joe Paterno's on his death bed! And someone needs to find him a casket!" on a microphone to an audience consisting of both Penn State and Texas A&M fans. Penn State fans became stunned at his remark and subsequently booed him. A&M officials apologized to Penn State officials and sent the yell leader home. Paterno responded by saying: "I think everybody has to take things with a grain of salt. ... Some young guy went up there, trying to be funny. Maybe he's accurate, I don't know." Paterno also expressed his indifference toward the comments, adding "Sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you."
Though the game attracted the largest audience in both stadium and bowl history, it only averaged a 2.7 television rating, the lowest for the bowl since the first game in 1993 and a 55 percent drop from the 2006 Alamo Bowl's record-breaking rating of 6.0. The last regular season matchup between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants — which was broadcast around the same time as the 2007 Alamo Bowl — explains this anomaly, as the NFL game was broadcast on two television networks and attracted a total of 34.5 million viewers, the most for a regular season NFL game in more than 12 years.
Penn State won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. The Aggies dominated the first quarter. After a quick three and out in their first possession, they scored a touchdown on their second possession. Penn State converted on fourth-and-short to keep their drive temporarily alive, but they were forced to attempt a field goal, which went wide right. Penn State muffed a kick-return to give the Aggies possession inside the Penn State 20-yard line. A&M lined up in an unbalanced look and scored another touchdown on a run up the middle. Both touchdowns were scored by Mike Goodson, equaling his total for the rest of the 2007 season. A&M gained 96 yards of total offense in the first quarter compared to 89 for Penn State.
The Nittany Lions roared back in the second quarter. Their second quarter resurgence was not new as the Lions outscored their opponents 131-21 in the second quarter alone. With just over eleven minutes left in the half, Penn State faced fourth-and-three at the Texas A&M 30-yard line. Anthony Morelli threw a pass to Deon Butler for a touchdown. The play was reviewed for more than six minutes and allowed to stand as called on the field. An Aggie fumble led to a second Penn State touchdown which tied the score at 14–14. On that score, Daryll Clark dove towards the end zone and lost possession of the ball, but the on-field official ruled that he still had the ball when he crossed the plane of the goal line. The play was not reviewed. Penn State drove inside the A&M 10-yard line but settled for a Kevin Kelly field goal with 19 seconds remaining in the half. The half-time score was 17–14 Penn State. The Nittany Lions outgained the Aggies 155 yards to 32 in the second quarter.
In the third quarter, A&M made a field goal and Penn State answered with a touchdown, extending their lead to 24–17.
In the fourth quarter, with Penn State still leading 24–17, the Aggies were facing fourth-and-inches close to the Penn State one-yard line. Instead of giving the ball to Jorvorskie Lane, who is typically very effective in short-yardage situations, the Aggie coaching staff elected to run an option play to the right side. The Penn State defense was ready for it and quarterback Stephen McGee went down for a loss. Lane was visibly upset that he was not used on the play; he walked away from his teammates and was seen on the sidelines with tears running down his face. Penn State took over on downs but the Aggies forced a punt. A&M got the ball back near their 40-yard line with less than three minutes to play in the game. The drive led the Aggies to punt on fourth-and-twenty with 2:09 remaining. The ball went into the end zone for a touchback so Penn State took over on their 20-yard line. Penn State ran out the clock to preserve the win at 24–17.
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From Peter Blauner, the writer Dennis Lehane calls "one of the most consistently bracing and interesting voices in American crime literature" comes a new thriller about a lone young cop on the trail of a powerful killer determined not just to stop her, but to make her pay In the summer of Star Wars and Son of Sam, a Long Island schoolgirl is found gruesomely murdered. A loc From Peter Blauner, the writer Dennis Lehane calls "one of the most consistently bracing and interesting voices in American crime literature" comes a new thriller about a lone young cop on the trail of a powerful killer determined not just to stop her, but to make her pay In the summer of Star Wars and Son of Sam, a Long Island schoolgirl is found gruesomely murdered. A local prosecutor turns a troubled teenager known as JT from a suspect to a star witness in the case, putting away a high school football star who claimed to be innocent. Forty years later, JT has risen to chief of police, but there's a trail of a dozen dead women that reaches from Brooklyn across Long Island, along the Sunrise Highway, and it's possible that his actions actually enabled a killer. That's when Lourdes Robles, a relentless young Latina detective for the NYPD, steps in to track the serial killer. She discovers a deep and sinister web of connections between the victims and some of the most powerful political figures in the region, including JT himself. Now Lourdes not only has to catch a killer, but maybe dismantle an entire system that's protected him, possibly at the cost of her own life.
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Will David Ortiz Make the Hall Of Fame?
This question has divided so many people in the Boston area. It has destroyed friendships. Ruined Marriages. Made people quit their jobs.
But I will try to tackle the subject and be as unbiased (thats a joke) as possible.
David Ortiz will go down as the best designated hitter in the history of baseball. That is not up for debate. Unfortunately, designated hitters aren't exactly known for making the Hall of Fame.
However, David Ortiz should be the exception.
Before I dive into this subject further, just think of it like this: David Ortiz is the only player to hit 500 home runs and win 3 World Series in any uniform other than Yankee pinstripes.
500 home runs isn't what it used to be. It seems now that almost every season a new player is approaching 500 home runs. However, Ortiz's accolades outside of his power is what matters to me.
David Ortiz is one of, if not the, best hitter in playoff history. In 82 postseason games, Ortiz is hitting .295 with 17 home runs and 60 RBIs. We can all remember his heroic performances in the 2007 and 2013 World Series, where he batted over .600.
His ability to deliver in the clutch was the reason he is now called "Señor October" in the Boston area. If it wasn't for David, the Red Sox would not have come back from their 3-0 deficit against the New York Yankees in the 2004 ALCS and we wouldn't have the lasting image of Tori Hunter hurling over the right field wall, trying to catch Ortiz's game-tying grand slam, in the 2013 ALCS.
The report of him reportedly failing a drug test in 2003 will always weigh in the minds of the HOF voters, but David Ortiz may be the most influential Red Sox player ever. He is everything that a fan and ownership would want in a super star. He loves the city, the fans and being a Red Sox.
When the time comes, whether that be 7 or 12 years, I hope he gets in.
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Do you need the services of a dentist in Birmingham? Is so, there are many dentists you can see. Some of the problems that the dentists can help you with include bleeding gums, sore mouth, browned teeth and bad breathe. Specialized services such as installation of braces and cosmetic surgery services are also offered by most dentist. You need to research well to find a good dentist to visit. You can find the right Birmingham dentists by following the tips below.
The best way to find a reputable dentists in birmingham al is to ask for referrals from people you trust. For example, you can ask your neighbors or friends which dentists they see when they need oral care services. People will usually refer you to dentists that they trust. At the same time, you can learn about dentists that have a bad reputation in Birmingham.
When you are being referred to a dentist, write his or her name down to come up with a list of professionals that you can research further. To determine the right dentist to choose, you will need to carry out a background check on the dentists you have been referred to.
Check the reviews of the dentists you have been referred to. An easy way of knowing the reputation of a dentist is to search for his or her practice on the internet. Check whether any reviews have been posted about the specific dentists you would like to visit. Also, ask in local business forums whether any users have experience with the dentists you want to see.
Make sure the dentist you choose is well-reputed in Birmingham. Look for a dentist that has been in the city for some time and is highly rated. Know more about dentist in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentist .
Check the cost you will pay for the dental procedure you need. Contact different dentists and ask them for quotes for the procedure you need. Most dentist indicate their fees for common procedures.
However, if a procedure is complex, you may need to undergo diagnostics and an oral exam before a quote can be made.
Consider your budget before choosing dentists in birmingham al . Find out whether the procedure you want will be catered for by your insurance company. You should also find out whether the dentist you want to go to is enrolled in your health plan's provider network.
You should also do a background check on the dentists you want to see. You should confirm both the educational and professional qualifications of the dentists. Another thing to confirm is whether the dentists have worked on cases likes yours in the past.
The tips above will help you when searching for a dentist in Birmingham.
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Installation blocked on "Check again"
I've been trying to install what seems a great CMS of yours.
Unfortunatelly, when I try to install it, it gets stucked on step one telling to "check again".
Everything is checked ok, except "IonCube Loader", but that one is optional, and the "Make sure to turn off Magic Quotes".
Do you have a solution for that problem?
For disabling Magic quotes try to put the same php.ini on 'install' folder.
Yes, I tried to put the .ini file in the "install" folder, but it doesn't work anyway.
Also can you send a link to your website?
Can you put on folder 'install' phpinfo .
It seems like configuration from your php.ini file not applied.
Put in php.ini or php5.ini file depending of your hosting.
This website is on a shared hosting service named 1hebergement, but the php.ini file should be applied anyway.
It seems like specific of this hosting. You need to contact with support of this hosting.
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Ciao a tutti sto installando ubuntu e mi compare questo come faccio? Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS ubuntu tty1 Ubuntu login:mio nome Password: Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.2.0-27-generic i686 Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/ The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software; The exactdistribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc//copiright. Ubuntu comes with ABSULUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the exent permitted by applicable law. /usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-updates-available: 39: /usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-updates-available: cannot create /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available: Read-only file sistem cat: var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available: No such file or directory run-parts: /etc/update-motd.d/90-updates-available exited with return code 1 /usr/lib/ubuntu-relase-upgrader/release-upgrade-motd: 39: /usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/relaese-upgrade-motd: cannot create /var/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/release-upgrade-available: Read-only file sistem /usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-fsck-at-reboot: 33: /usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-fsck-at-reboot: cannot create /var/lib/update-notifierr/fsck-at-reboot: Read-only file sistem cat: /var/lib/update-notifier/fsck-at-reboot: No such file or directory run-parts: /etc/update-motd.d/98-fsck-at-reboot exited with return code 1 The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software; The exactdistribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copiright. Ubuntu comes with ABSULUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the exent permitted by applicable law. Mionome@ubuntu:~$ _ Cosa digito?
Ti compare quando esattamente? Dopo che hai installato?
Per favore poi usa il markdown per il codice, che così è illeggibile, e un titolo adeguato (il titolo lo modifico io).
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