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Distributional conflict and jurisdictional organization
The paper explores the implications for explaining the endogenous formation of jurisdictions of modelling the political process as a costly fight to acquire shares of the GNP pie. It is shown, in particular, that a system of federalism is especially significant in ameliorating distributional competition and conflict. Less resources are spent in aggregate on appropriative activities under a hierarchical system of federalism than in a unified jurisdiction with a single central government. Furthermore, if mobility is costless, then a form of federalism may be preferred by all agents even if it destroys resources.
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2 'rent-tangay' suspects no-show at DOJ hearing
Posted: 2017-Mar-21 14.00.02 UTC+0800
MANILA — The two alleged masterminds behind the so-called "rent-tangay" scam which has victimized car owners from different parts of the country failed to appear at the first preliminary investigation on the complaints against the scheme.
Rafaela Anunciacion failed to appear before the Department of Justice (DOJ) hearing on the complaint filed by Philippine National Police - Highway Patrol Group 4-A several sets of victims of the scam from Bulacan, Laguna, Angeles City, Batangas and Nueva Ecija filed the charges of syndicated estafa under Article 315 of the Revised Penal Code and Presidential Decree 1689.
Anunciacion, who was arrested last March 2 by members of the Regional Highway Patrol Unit 4-A's Special Operations Team on the strength of a warrant for estafa issued by Judge Francisco Pano of the San Pedro, Laguna Regional Trial Court Branch 93.
Aside from Anunciacion, the other respondent Tychicus Historillo Nambio was also a no-show during Monday's hearing.
Nambio, who also in police custody in Laguna for estafa.
Some respondents were present and received the complaint during the hearing preside by the 10-member panel of prosecutors headed by Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Rosanne Balauag.
The other members of the panel are Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Rex Gingoyon, Assistant State Prosecutors Aristotle Reyes, Rodan Parrocha, Bryan Jacinto Cacha Jr., Anna Noreen Devanadera and Jovyanne Escaño-Santamari, and Assistant Prosecution Attorneys Wendell Bendoval, Joan Garcia and Marc Eico Tariga.
To accommodate all complainants and respondents, Balauag said the hearings on the cases will be conducted on a batch-by-batch manner.
She also said that the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is also set to file charges against these perpetrators behind the 'rent-tangay' modus operandi and it will be consolidated the complaint together with PNP.
The DOJ set the next hearing on March 27 and March 31 at 10 a.m.
Under the "rent-tangay" scheme, authorities said the suspects would convince car owners to become business associates in a rent-a-car service and have their cars rented for a hefty profit.
At first, the car owners will get paid but, unknowingly, in the end their vehicles will be pawned to other people and the suspects will disappear, making the victims unable to get their rented vehicles back.
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result is out and the Star Plus show 'Perfect Bride" has got its
winner. It was a tough competition between the jodis-
Priyanka-Rajbeer and Rumpa-Hitesh, but the sizzling chemistry
between Rumpa-Hitesh took away the trophy. Confirming the news our
little birdie from the sets informs, “Yes, the jodi of Rumpa-Hitesh
have won the show 'Perfect Bride" and they have got engaged too. It
has been a time for great celebrations for both the families as
they consented to their jodi. Though there were some reservations
from the Rajbeer family for Priyanka."
Apparently, there was a huge celebration during the mehendi
ceremony. “Rumpa-Hitesh was a sure bet, as they were strong
contenders. They were also caught getting cozy after the ceremony
and looked very much in love," adds the source. “Priyanka and
Rajbeer were disappointed but they took this sportingly and
congratulated the winning jodi. It was a huge night of celebration
on television, which will be aired tonight," concludes the source.
In this grand finale of the show, the judges, as well as Rakhi
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Discussion in 'The Professional Gallery' started by Nell12, Mar 1, 2007.
This is my first post. Would love any feedback.
Hi, Nell. Welcome aboard!
I think you're absolutely on target with the first view. The pose is really good. The angles gives the image some motion. His expression too is good, looking just a bit mischievious.
Good choie to go shirtless and cut-offs to show all the little bumps and scrapes that boys get.
Good color here too. Nice warm skin tones while keeping the background nice and neutral.
The second two, although fun, are not quite as strong as the first. Seems the color balance is shifting too.
I think you've got one for the portfolio with the first one. Very nice!
I really like the first shot as well.
I know what you mean about the colour, I still need to fix them up a bit.
first shot is just charming!!! absolute winner, it would be on my wall!! second shot is ok but too dark around the eyes and The third shot i rather like but the colour is off....i think it would look great cropped and framed square!
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If there’s an academic problem at school, you may feel confident about when to jump in. But what if your child is having a social problem? Do you wonder how involved to get? There’s no set answer to that question. Each situation is different. Here are some basic things to consider.
- How old is your child? Younger kids may not have the experience or maturity to handle social problems on their own. Older kids may be embarrassed to have parents fight their battles for them.
- Is your child in danger? If his emotional or physical well-being is threatened, you need to be actively involved.
- Does your child understand the situation? If he has trouble picking up on body language and facial expressions, he may not understand a situation correctly.
- Have you taught your child the skills to handle this? If you’re sure he knows what to do, let him do it himself.
It’s important for your child to learn coping and problem-solving skills. The more you jump in, the less opportunity he has. The trick is to find a middle ground where he gets the guidance he needs from you while learning how to handle situations himself.
Here are some examples of problem situations and ways you can help.
Situation #1: Your child is emotionally bullied.
With bullying, you need to get involved. If you tell your child some kids are jerks and he should ignore them, he may continue to feel like a victim and think he can’t come to you for help. But if you confront the bully or call his parents, your child may keep things from you because he thinks you’ll overact.
How to help: Brainstorm ways your child can defend himself against the bullying. Inform his teacher, who can monitor the situation. This way, your child gets practice standing up for himself, and knows that you’ll get involved if the bullying continues.
Situation #2: Your child isn’t invited to a birthday party.
You can’t always keep your child from having his feelings hurt. So what do you do when they are? If you tell him that’s just how it goes and not everyone is going to like him, he may feel unlikeable and think his feelings don’t matter. If you call the other child’s parents and demand an invitation, your child may feel embarrassed.
How to help: Tell your child you know this is difficult for him. Then talk about how there are different types of friendships. Ask him what type of friendship he has with the birthday child. Are they close and into the same things, or are they just school friends? This way, your child learns that there are different kinds of friends and he probably can't have the same expectations from all of them. He also knows that you value his feelings.
Situation #3: Your child says the teacher is picking on him.
Is the teacher really singling him out, or is your child misreading the situation? You weren’t there to know. If you tell your child to just work it out with the teacher, he may think you’re not on his side. If you run to confront the teacher, your child may think you’ll jump to his rescue no matter what the situation. And he’ll miss a chance to learn how to self-advocate.
How to help: Ask your child for more information. Talk with him about how he can approach the teacher. (You can always intervene later.) This way, he knows you want to get to the truth and you’re willing to help. But he also gets to be part of the solution.
By knowing when and how to get involved, you give your child the chance to learn how to handle problems himself. You may even be able to troubleshoot some problems by finding out which school social situations might be toughest for him. | <urn:uuid:2d8f6562-2cf6-467b-bb7b-789c5b3e6d47> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | https://www.understood.org/en/friends-feelings/child-social-situations/school-events-and-situations/social-problems-at-school-how-and-when-to-jump-in | 2017-05-29T07:44:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463612036.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20170529072631-20170529092631-00157.warc.gz | en | 0.970544 | 815 | [
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How to Deal With an Accident on Vacation
Posted By David Hernandez || April 1, 2016
The summer is a great time to leave the big city and take a road trip to somewhere more open, maybe the beach or the mountains, or a simple visit with family members in a far off place. Road trips are a fun, and often cheaper, way of taking a vacation.
Although a car accident is probably the last thing on your mind as you set out, and the last thing you want on your mind, the complications of a car accident out of town can quickly ruin a vacation. Not knowing who to call or what repair shop to take your car to can make an already stressful situation unbearable.
Whether you are taking the family car or renting a vehicle for an out-of-town vacation, there is some information you might want to know before you step on the gas.
This article should answer some of the most pressing questions that arise after a car accident on vacation such as whether your insurance will cover out-of-town repairs on your own vehicle and whether rental car repair is covered by insurance.
First, it is vital that you obtain a thorough police report after the accident, especially if another distracted or negligent driver caused the accident. There is a good chance that, if you are far from home, you will not encounter the people at the scene of the accident again.
A detailed report will serve as your reference to the nature of the accident, and could hold evidence vital to proving someone else was at fault. If your or any of your passengers are injured, make sure to also keep a close record of those injuries and how serious they are. This information will be vital to your case if you choose to hold the responsible party liable for the damage done to your car and your life.
Let’s address the issue of getting in an accident with a rental car: all in all, an accident is an accident and the process is similar but, because you do not own the vehicle, there are some unique steps to take and information to be aware of.
With a rental, you will likely need to deal with s bit of additional paperwork. As soon as you can, you should contact the rental company and inform them of what happened. Most rental cars are equipped with a sticker in the glove box that has emergency information on it.
Once you get in touch with the company, ask them about the next steps. Take a close look at your own insurance plan and any insurance that may be provided by the rental company. If you have collision and comprehensive coverage within your policy, it usually protects the any car you rent. Also make sure to inform your insurance company about any additional insurance you purchased at the time of your rental.
When all is said and done, your insurance company has the responsibility of paying the rental company for damage done to the car (if your policy has first-party coverage). The company is entitled to having repairs covered on their vehicle as soon as possible.
The most inconvenient aspect of this situation is what is called “loss of use.” This means that if you don’t have rental coverage on your active insurance policy you will owe rental fees to the company even if you are no longer driving the car. For example, if it takes 3 days to repair damages, you will have to pay the fee for those three days even though you didn’t drive the car anywhere.
To sum it all up: make sure to communicate with your insurance company, the rental company, and read the fine print. Doing all this will keep the paperwork, and ideally the stress, at a minimum.
When it comes to your own car, getting in a serious accident far away from home can make the accident process just that much more difficult, especially when it comes to repairs.
Knowing that your vehicle is being repaired by a body shop or professional you trust is comforting, but when an accident happens away from home it is likely that you’ll have to find a repair shop locally. Most insurance companies won’t pay to have a damaged car towed back to the hometown.
If possible, consider a temporary repair. If your car has relatively serious damage, but a minor repair will get it home to a place you trust, discuss that option with your insurance company.
Trusting a body shop that you’ve never taken your car to, and likely won’t take your car to again, can be difficult. The repairs could turn out to be low quality. There are some options for ensuring your car
is repaired with integrity.
A lot of car insurance carriers have contracts with specific collision repair shops that covers a nationwide warranty. This means that by using one of these contracted shop you can receive a warranty on the repairs, allowing you to bring attention to problems that may pop up regarding repairs to your vehicle.
The cost of any repair adjustments that are made within such a warranty will most likely be transferred back to the shop that originally did the repairs. If you have questions about this, it is best to contact your insurance company or refer to your insurance policy.
A car accident is scary, especially far from home. If injuries occur, it throws an even bigger wrench in to a situation that is already difficult. If you or one of your family members is seriously injured, you’ll have to take care of medical bills on top of all the paperwork and repairs associated with the vehicle.
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The bad news is that the school budget hole is nearly insurmountable this year. I seriously fear for the future of my child’s education in Averill Park, but more on that in another post.
The good news, in my opinion, is that the Sand Lake Day Camp will be operating and has restored the extended hours. Hallelujah!! And they kept the price flat. Double happiness.
Last year, due to school budget woes and the eventual enacted contingency budget, the camp’s future was in limbo thanks to limitations on using Sand Lake School. It did go on but with limited hours from 8-4:30…not exactly helpful for working parents.
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Tuna in Tomato Sauce
Tunnina cu Pumaroru
Tuna fish in tomato sauce is very easy to
prepare, it requires a few ingredients and it has good taste.
4 thin slices of tuna fish 6 oz.
½ cup of olive
1 large onion
1 can 35 oz. peeled Italian tomatoes,
shredded with your hands
¼ cup of mint leaves loosely
½ cup of white
Salt and pepper to
Few sprigs of mint for
In a large skillet (12 ½ inch wide) place the
¼ cup of oil and over a high heat fry the slices of tuna fish cooking it 2 minutes on each side. Fry the tuna in
batches and use a large spatula when turning it; set aside in a large plate and sprinkle with some
Discard frying oil and in the same skillet, over a medium heat place ¼ cup
of olive oil and the onion. When the onions are golden in color, add in the peeled tomatoes whole, the mint,
salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer it for 10 minutes, turning it
Place the tuna fish on top of the sauce and
scoop some of it on the top.
Increase the heat to high. Add the wine and when it evaporates, (1 or 2 minutes), adjust for salt, and lower the
heat to a simmer. Cook until the sauce reaches a good consistency.
Place in a serving dish, scoop some sauce on top, and garnish with mint sprigs.
I suggest using the extra sauce for coupling
the tuna with an uncomplicated pasta dish.
Cook one pound of pasta al dente, and while
the pasta is cooking, prepare a mixture of ½ cup of finely minced basil and ¼ cup of olive
When pasta is cooked, drain the pasta and
reserve a cup of the cooking liquid. Return the pasta to cooking pot, toss it with the basil-oil mixture, add
some cooking water if needed, combine into pasta ½ cup of grated cheese, a young pecorino or Parmigiano and
serve in individual portions topped with some of the tuna sauce.
Add a salad dressed with lemon juice and olive oil to contrast with the sweetness of the main dish.
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The following advice concerns the process of ‘how to self-publish’ with regards to turning a story into both a digital and physical book, available to purchase on the internet. It is based solely upon my experience and research, conducted during the publication of The Boy Who Was Afraid of the World. For the condensed version, scroll down to the bottom of the page.
First, you must plan the story. I highly recommend planning it extensively as I find planning is more difficult than writing. To learn about planning stories, I read several books and online articles about the topic – however, I do not have one source that I would recommend above others. Look around, find what works for you, then write.
To write, use Scrivener. I cannot recommend this programme enough. It is easy to use, allows you to move chapters around and make notes, and lets you compile your finished work into multiple formats. Simply put, anyone who wants to write, should use this. Download a free trial of Scrivener by clicking here.
Once you have written it, edit heavily. Editing is hard and tedious work and you should get multiple people to read and edit the story so that it gets to a finished state. Listen to feedback, accept criticism – it is invaluable. When I first wrote The Boy Who Was Afraid of the World, I asked for feedback, got it, then scrapped every single one of the hundred thousand words and started again. I am very glad I did this.
For Your Digital Book
Using Scrivener, compile the book into ebook format – .ePub for most ereaders or .mobi for kindle. Once you have done this, you may upload your book to the internet for distribution. There are two major ways to do this:
- Selling through your own website
- Selling through ebook distributors
I initially sold my book through my own site. This maximises commission, however, it does not help spread word about the book. People cannot leave reviews and you do not climb book charts which promote further sales. For this reason, I now sell through established ebook distributors. There are two easy ways to reach digital markets that I first used:
KDP allows you to sell through the Amazon store and Smashwords automatically uploads your book to major digital publishers (Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, OverDrive, Scribd, Oyster, Baker & Taylor – operates Blio, a popular e-reading app, and also operates Axis360 which distributes ebooks to public libraries, txtr, mobile phone appvendors – Aldiko on Android; Kobo on all mobile platforms, and other online venues). However, after listing my book through both Amazon and Smashwords for a few months, I had made less than $30 through Smashwords because my book is not big enough to promote itself through multiple platforms. By contrast, I had sold far more through KDP and I chose to experiment with KDP Select.
KDP Select demands that you grant exclusivity to them and in return, allows you to offer free book promotions, books discounts, and lists your book in the Kindle lending libraries. Thus I removed my ebook from Smashwords and offered a free promotion through KDP Select. In two days, my book was downloaded nearly 1,200 times and since the promotion ended, sales have been increased dramatically and the book is also being borrowed through the Kindle lending libraries – not to mention 1,200 people now have my book which they may read and talk about with others. My initial conclusions are that for a small, independent author (such as you or me), your book should be enrolled in KDP Select only. Right now these increased sales have pushed my book up the Amazon charts and generated further sales.
Publishing a Paperback
There are several self-publishing platforms, the leaders of the market being Lulu, CreateSpace, and Lightning Source. I investigated these extensively and eventually chose to publish my book through CreateSpace.
CreateSpace is owned by Amazon and automatically lists your book in the Amazon store. The production quality is good and the royalties are decent, and best of all, it’s completely free to use their service – if you can do the formatting and cover design yourself (which I did).
Write using Scrivener.
Publish digitally through KDP Select.
Publish physically through CreateSpace.
Sit back and watch the sales roll in… lies! Marketing is a whole new ball game and something I am yet to experiment in.
Self-publishing is something I am experimenting with and there is no perfect way to do it, so experiment and see what works with you.
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Over the last week-end I was in a trip to Piatra Neamț, if I recall correctly it was my first time in that city. The trip was planned long before so I went, even if I was too sad for it (being hit by the thing called “life”).
It was not all drinking, I took some photos too, but between the before mentioned sadness and still lacking lenses the results are far from great.
There was a statue of Fane Babanu’:
A plaza with an old air in the city center:
I also saw a poster with one of the scariest foods ever (didn’t dare to try it):
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As part of the New Xbox One Experience, we have added button remapping capability for standard Xbox One controllers through the Xbox Accessories App. This highly-requested feature offers a great alternative to remapping buttons on an individual game basis. Now each user on the console can have their own custom button mapping.
For those who want the ultimate degree of personalization, the Xbox Elite Wireless controller is the best choice for complete control. Here’s how the remapping capabilities compare across the Elite and standard controllers:
Standard controller remapping can be accessed in three ways through the New Xbox One Experience:
- Settings / Kinect & Devices / Devices & Accessories
- Settings / Ease of access / Button mapping
- Launch the Xbox Accessories app directly
For standard controllers, you can now swap button pairs. For example, if you choose to map LB to X, then X is automatically mapped to LB. This maintains that all buttons are always mapped on a standard controller. You can do multiple button swaps in sequence to move button commands to where you want them to be on the controller. When buttons are remapped on a standard controller, the remapping is not transferrable to other consoles. In other words, if you move to another console, you’ll need to go through the remapping process again with that new console. Remapping is available for both first party wireless and third party wired controllers. Remapping for standard controllers is available for Xbox One consoles only, with PC support to be confirmed at a later time.
For the Elite controller, the only required buttons that need to be mapped somewhere on the controller are A and B. Another unique remapping feature for the Elite Controller is that you can have multiple buttons mapped to the same function (e.g. multiple physical buttons or paddles can be mapped to X). Remapped settings are stored directly on Elite controller, so you can bring your custom settings to another console or PC.
On consoles, the Xbox Accessories app notifies users if their controller has an optional or mandatory firmware update. On the PC, the recently updated Xbox Accessories app can now be used to update the firmware on your standard controller, Elite controller, or Chatpad.
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The CHUGGER PUMP® is used for Homebrewing. It is typically used to transfer both hot and cold liquid between brewing vessels. It is important to note that a CHUGGER PUMP® is not a self-priming pump so DO NOT RUN DRY! The pump head must be flooded with liquid prior to turning on the pump. The CHUGGER PUMP® is also magnetically driven which helps you control the flow rate by adding a ball valve on the discharge side of the pump. There are three CHUGGER PUMP® brewing pump styles to choose from: Stainless Steel Center, Stainless Steel Inline & Plastic Inline. All three types are available in 115 & 230 volt.View the manuals
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The CHUGGER MAX Series of TEFC and ODP Models feature Stainless Steel FDA Compliant Materials as well as a Polysulfone option. These pumps have a 1" FPT x 1/2" MPT connection and are capable of transferring 17 GPM at 12 PSI. You can also easily toggle between 115V and 230V on our TEFC models to meet your exact specifications. The Chugger Max ODP models come in your choice of 115V or 230V with a Stainless Steel or Polysulfone Pump Head.18 products
The CHUGGER PUMP Mini MAX Series Home Brew Pumps are TEFC (Totally Enclosed Fan Cooled) motors rated at 1/8 HP (.125 HP) and feature Stainless Steel FDA Compliant Materials as well as a Polysulfone option. Our Inline pumps have 1/2" x 1/2" MPT connections, Center Inlet models have 3/4" x 1/2" MPT connections. These pumps are capable of transferring 7 GPM with a Max Head of 18.6 Feet. Components are UL recognized and you can easily toggle between 115V and 230V to meet your exact specifications. Comes with a 55" cord with plug.4 products
SS Center Inlet
Chugger-SS Center is most commonly used for homebrewing. It is a booster pump that is designed to transfer hot and cold liquids. The Chugger Pump is not a self-priming pump so DO NOT RUN DRY! The Chugger-SS Center Pump is also comparable to the March LC-3CP-MD 3 Series Pump.
Chugger-SS Inline Pump is typically used for homebrewing. It is a booster pump designed to transfer hot and cold liquids. It is not a self-priming pump so DO NOT RUN DRY! The Chugger Pump head must be flooded with liquid prior to turning on the pump. The Chugger-SS Inline is comparable to the March LC-3CP-MD 3 Series Pump.
Chugger-PP Inline Pump is a homebrew pump used to transfer hot and cold liquids to or from the brewing vessel. The Chugger-PP Inline Pump is comparable to the March LC-3CP-MD 3 Series Pump. It is not self-priming so DO NOT RUN DRY!
CPPS-IN-2 (230V) Currently Out of Stock.
Chugger Stainless Steel, Center and Inline Replacement CHUGGER PUMP Heads for 115V and 230V Models & Chugger Max Poly and Stainless Steel Repalcement Heads.
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Stay tuned for releases of new product reviews and videos on our YouTube channel!
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Do you store your leftovers in plastic? If you are microwaving, which is another conversation, definitely no plastics there!
I was surprised to discover that plastic containers were linked to disrupting hormonal balances. Storing foods in plastic has been linked to cancers and low sex hormonal levels, yikes! Before you go any further, check out this primer on some common problems with storing food in plastic containers.
I know it can be tricky to figure out how to stop using plastics we are so trained to have them as our go-to’s..
- Start saving your glass containers here are some things I do with mine:
- store dry beans,
- cooked beans,
- dry grains,
The great thing is no matter what the size they work! My 4 oz empty curry paste jar stored left over dressing. Glass can do what plastics can but better, start storing your glass. Bonus, dishwasher safe, plastics, not intended to be heated to that degree.
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Why did I think of Nixon today on "N" Day? No one has mentioned him in a long time.
But there was a week back in August 1974 when President Richard Nixon was all over the news. We didn't have CNN or cable news back then, but the three major networks had a field day in the name of informing the citizenry.
Political tensions were high during this phase of the Vietnam War. Almost everyone knew someone in their neighborhood who didn't come home. No one knew how to win the war, and no one knew how to get us out of it. It took a long time to get there.
But when it came to getting information they wanted, Nixon's men found a way. They
bent broke the rules...a lot. He knew about it. And then he found himself thoroughly embroiled in the Watergate Scandal. That meant his people, on his watch, had broken into offices in the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. and absconded with facts that did not belong to them. They stole. A President openly breaking the law? Well, yes.
I was really into the whole thing as it unfolded day by day on television. Denials, confessions, trials...all the stuff intrigue is made of. There was even a "Deep Throat"....code-names. Nixon had two daughters, one about my age and I identified with her. How awful for this to happen to her and her family. His wife, Pat, was very sweet; she didn't appear strong like our political women today. She always seemed frail and maybe a little afraid.
And then the day came when our President was going to be fired...so he resigned. He would pack up and leave by "tomorrow at noon". At 24 I was still a very sensitive young woman...still a child really. We all sat glued to the TV and listened intently to his impromptu, rambling, heartfelt speech. It went on and on. I'm sure I cried. He did too. I mean, his girls, his wife....our "first" family? And tomorrow they would walk from the White House, which was their home, board a helicopter, and wave goodbye....their father in total disgrace. So dramatic.
History went on to round things out as it usually does. Nixon was the President who ended the draft, and they found other good things Nixon did and gave him some grace, and eventually a pardon. If social media had been around back then, I can only imagine the venom.
Below is an excerpt of some of his departure speech. You can read the entire speech if you are interested. But this is how it ended.
"Always give your best, never get discouraged, never be petty; always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.
And so, we leave with high hopes, in good spirit, and with deep humility, and with very much gratefulness in our hearts. I can only say to each and every one of you, we come from many faiths, we pray perhaps to different gods -- but really the same God in a sense -- but I want to say for each and every one of you, not only will we always remember you, not only will we always be grateful to you but always you will be in our hearts and you will be in our prayers."
Thank you very much.
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When I read about the Summer Pool Noodle Party, I thought I would give it a try. I didn’t get to hang this little project outside yet, but I can show you how to make this quick and easy pool noodle craft– patio umbrella lights.
I intended to make this as a light for our patio table umbrella, but there are some wasps that need to be dealt with first.
Slice the noodle into about 1/4 to 1/2 inch slices. Mine weren’t very consistent.
Attach it to a set of outdoor Christmas lights. I used a needle to pull thread through the slice, then tied onto the lights, spaced after every 3 lights. It would be a good idea to use fishing line for outdoors so that it doesn’t disintegrate in the sun and rain. Wire would work, too, but might rust, depending on what you use.
Pretend these are attached to an umbrella.
And that some of the lights aren’t burned out. ~sigh~
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Roger Terrill retains county engineer post, topping challenger John Long 20,816 votes to 19,616.
Latecia Wiles wins Wayne's Juvenile/Probate Court judge seat 22,583-16,405 over former Judge William Bailey.
Orrville School District's request for an income tax/levy combination fails 1,772-2,875.
In the state District 1 House race, Ron Amstutz defeats John Maglio.
To bad about Amstutz getting in again. As far as I'm concern He's never done anything for anybody!!
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The site of the cave that supposedly once served the Knights Templar as a secret meeting place is but a short drive from Old College. The instructions provided by the Old Library records were not dreadfully clear – not to mention being several centuries out of date – but I am sure a bit of purposeful wandering will turn up something or other. With any luck, a café or cake shop. Breakfast feels like ages ago.
“The people here are funny-looking,” remarks Professor Duke, rather too loudly. “There’s not a smart hat to be seen, you know—and it’s a bit of a wonder..”
Walking down the High Street, it is clear that we are no longer in The City. But then, it is that awkward time of day where those with anything useful to do are already at it and those lacking direction are still in bed. Small, slow-moving tribes…
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(Let’s) Demo Night!
Directly inspired by the glorious Demescene of the 90ties, a night of Live Demo of the most amazing projects realized by our ever growing community of designers, coders and 3D lovers like you.
The event is going to be a happening, showing projects, at any stage, experimenting with 3D modeling, AR/VR, and adopting WebGL in architecture, product-design gaming and web-development.
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The proposals for best practices are not rated yet, so they are by no means official recommendations by us. We will first collect proposals and discuss them.
- Let people generate accessible content without knowing about it. That means: accessible templates, accessible tables generated from the toolbar’s dialog etc.
- Enforce accessibility. Many people do not care about accessibility unless it’s somehow enforced, either by law, rules, or other kind of agreements. Otherwise they commonly behave like: “Look that article also has blue on blue text, why can’t mine have it so?”
- List common accessibility sins. Name them, and explain why they are sins. Also provide common ways how to fix them. It do is some kind of propaganda. People need to hear and see everywhere that blue on blue is evil.
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Channing Crowder has mostly been a bystander during the Dolphins’ mini-camps and Organized Team Activities, participating in conditioning drills but little else as he recovers from surgery to repair a lisfranc fracture in the middle of his right foot.
But Crowder actually returned to team drills during Tuesday morning’s practice, playing alongside free agent pickup Karlos Dansby at inside linebacker.
Crowder said even he was surprised to be able to participate in the OTA just five months after undergoing surgery to repair the fracture.
“I’m surprised how much I can do now. I’m ahead of schedule,” said Crowder, entering his sixth season with the Dolphins.”This is the (an injury) that’s just day-to-day. Sometimes it’s sore, sometimes it feels great. It felt good today so hopefully it keeps getting better.”
Crowder suffered the injury in a week 16 loss to Houston, and had the surgery right after the season. The lisfranc fracture is “one of those lingering injuries,” Crowder said – teammate Ronnie Brown is about 80 percent healed seven months after undergoing the same surgery – but Crowder said he expects to be 100 percent for the start of training camp at the end of July.
“I’m just trying to jump in a couple drills and trying to see how it feels,” he said. “A little contact, doing something here and there, making sure my foot doesn’t regress. It’s feeling good now so I feel like I’ll be OK.”
Dolphins coach Tony Sparano said Tuesday that he was pleased to see Crowder back in action, but the team will work him back into the rotation slowly.
“We were able to get him involved a little bit more today. That’s always a positive,” Sparano said. “We’ll take it slow. We got five or six more of these (OTAs). Little by little here. We’ll check with him again tomorrow.”
Other notes from Tuesday’s practice:
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|Tiny Toon Adventures|
|The Wheel O' Comedy|
|Season 1, Episode 3|
|Buster and Babs at the Wheel O' Comedy|
|Air date||September 18, 1990|
|Written by||Paul Dini, Tom Minton, Gordon Bressack, Charles M. Howell IV|
|Directed by||Art Vitello|
|Gag credit||Elmyra Fan Club President - Chuck Harvey|
|End tag||Buster: "And that's a wrap!"|
A Quack in the Quarks
The Wheel O' Comedy is the third broadcast episode and 13th production episode of the animated series, Tiny Toon Adventures.
Buster begins the show (dressed as a barbarian against a backdrop of the Dark Ages, complete with fire and brimstone) and tells the viewers that today is Spectacular Day. He enthusiastically speaks of today's show being filled with action, drama, 10,000 charging mongols, tidal waves, and earthquakes, but before he can go on, Babs interrupts him to inform him that that the mongols canceled due to sore throats. He shrugs and continues at tidal waves, but before he can get passed earthquakes again, Babs informs him that the special effects guy that did the scripting quit, so no tidal waves or earthquakes.
A disappointed Buster asks Babs, "So now what are we going to do?," as Plucky and Hamton take away the backdrop. Babs whispers to him that there is always The Wheel O' Comedy, as Buster pleads that anything would be better than that. Babs responds that they have no choice and then hands Buster his shirt. Buster changes and introduces (with a forced smile and fake enthusiasm) The Wheel O' Comedy. For each act, they spin a special wheel to determine the characters that star in each episode segment.
Elmyra captures a squirrel by luring it to her with an acorn (which she call a peanut), but the squirrel escapes (having to sacrifice the acorn in the process) by tickling Elmyra on her nose with its tail, causing her to sneeze. Elmyra sobs, as a shorty distance away a destructive mini-tornado (Dizzy Devil!) is hungry and has his sights set on eating Elmyra. Dizzy spins quickly towards her and opens his mouth wide enough to swallow her whole, but Elmyra confuses him by being ecstatic over a potential new "puppy". He then becomes angered (and still hungry), but just as he is about to eat her, she explains that if he were her puppy, she would feed him juicy steaks, tasty bones and yummy meat bi-products. Delighted by this, Dizzy agrees to go home with Elmyra as her new puppy. Elmyra grabs his arm and takes him home (slamming him back and forth against the ground the entire time).
Back at Elmyra's, Hubie and Bertie are trying to bust out of their cage by using nail filers, but Elmyra makes it home and ruins their slim chances of escaping. Dizzy sees the mice as a snack, and picks up the cage and puts it in his mouth, but as he bites down, Elmyra snatches the cage from him, saving the terrified mice and causing him to bite down on his own arms instead. She then tempts him with a rubber dog toy (which is shaped like a bone), as Dizzy grabs onto one end with Elmyra holding onto the other end. He wants her to let go of it, but she refuses, giggling and wrapping her other arm around her bedpost. Dizzy uses all of his energy to stretch the rubber toy, not only out of the room, but through the chimney to the roof and into the backyard. He ties his end around a post with the laundry on it, as Elmyra approaches with the other end. She gives it to him, as the hungry devil licks his chops and secures his jaws around the toy (which he still thinks is real food), but this propels him back through the house, through the chimney onto the roof (crashing through potted plants, cooking pans, jarred food, and the roof's shingles on the way) and slamming into the laundry post.
Dizzy impatiently awaits his supper (eating his dog bowl labeled "puppy" in the meantime), as Elmyra fiddles through the cabinet looking for something to fix for him. She reaches in the back, but grabs the Acme Nuke-O jalapeno peppers instead of the puppy food. She hands it to him and he quickly scarfs it down (not realizing what he just ate), but black smoke blows from his ears and he sweats profusely. He then realizes what he ate when he looks at the empty can, and promptly blows up on fire, screaming and rushing into the shower, where he turns on the nozzle and drinks the water flowing into his mouth. In a scene parodying Psycho, Elmyra's silhouette is seen on the other side of the curtain with her holding what appears to be a knife. She opens the curtain and it is revealed to be a brush that she is holding.
Elmyra cleans Dizzy with the brush and a large amount of shampoo, causing him to look more puny and shriveled up. She touches his nose and he spins around, now looking fat and bloated, as he floats out of the shower. Elmyra grabs him and sets him on the closed toilet bowl, and shaves his hair to resemble a poodle (including a yellow bow atop his head). Dizzy looks into the mirror and is horrified at his new look, as Elmyra walks towards him with her arms full of more toys. The terrified Dizzy wants nothing else to do with Elmyra and spins passed her (causing a leash to wrap around her), crashing through the front door and down the street. Elmyra, still tangled up in the leash, crawls to the destroyed door and pleads with him to come back. She looks out as Dizzy leaves her sight, and with a sad face, she remarks, "I lose more puppies that way."
In the Testing Department at the 3-D Glasses Factory, two employees are testing out the 3-D effects on the glasses (either passing or failing them) by looking at pictures on the wall. One of them puts on a pair to and looks at the picture of a tiger, but the picture actually comes off the wall and wraps around his face. He pulls it off and looks at his partner, who the glasses cause to also gravitate towards him and slam into his face. He then tries to pull him off, as he quips, "This pair works too well, it actually makes things come closer." They collide into a shelf on a wall with glue containers on it, knocking them free of each other and from the glasses, but an opener container falls over and gets glue on the glasses. They consider the pair of 3-D glasses a reject, as they pick it up with a metal clamp and toss it out the alleyway's window into a trashcan.
Meanwhile, Furrball is digging through a trashcan nearby, searching for something to eat with very little luck other than finding a smelly fish skeleton. He goes to the next trashcan and finds the glasses sitting on top. He sniffs the glasses and smiles, tossing the scraps aside. He puts them on and does a little dance routine, then looks at himself through a broken plate's reflection. The plate rattles and slams him into the face, as Furrball forcefully pulls it off. He stammers off onto the sidewalk, but a mailbox smashes into him. The mailman drives over and opens the mailbox door, as Furrball lets out a "meow" from inside and the mail flows from it into the mailman's bag. He yanks it off of him and tries to get the glasses off as well, but with no avail as the glue proves to be too strong.
Furrball covers over the glasses with his hands, but then pulls them away as they are beginning to be stuck to the glasses as well. He looks down, but his feet are attracted to the glasses and smack him in the face. He pulls his feet from the glasses, and notices a bird chirping from the telephones wires up above. The bird, still sitting on the wire, begins to gravitate to him, as Furrball licks his chops and opens his mouth wide. The bird manages to fly away at the last second, and the unfortunate feline gets a mouth full of electricity as he bites down on the wire.
He walks around the corner, covering his eyes with his hands again, as he goes into the Acme Bird Shop. He peeks around at all the tasty birds in cages, and pulls his hands from his face again, looking directly at one large parrot in particular. The caged bird moves quickly towards him as Furrball opens his mouth and is ready to eat, but the cage ends up in Furrball's mouth instead with the bird flying out and escaping. He then tries his luck at an outside seafood market, eying some fish on ice, but the seafood market employee sets a basket of snapping lobsters next to the fish, causing Furrball to draw them to him. The lobsters attack the hungered cat with their pinchers, and he frustratingly walks off with a few of them still attached to him.
Furrball pulls the glasses away from his face, with the glue still firmly attached, and secures them on the top of a fire hydrant to try to rid himself from them. He walks back away from the hydrant as best he can, with the glue being stretched out from his face and glasses, but his strength gives out and he crashes face-first into the hydrant. He then tries to stretch them out onto the street, and grabs a hold of a fire truck hurrying to an apparent fire. He firmly holds onto the ladder on the side of the truck, but the ladder detaches itself from the truck, sending Furrball slamming back into the hydrant. The top of the hydrant falls off of it, and water gushes from it. The water then curves and splashes Furrball a distance away into the Acme City Dump, but as Furrball recovers and dries himself, a growling large guard dog has his teeth set on the cat. The dog suddenly begins moving towards Furrball, trying to stop himself with no luck, as he lands atop Furrball, halfway devouring him. The dog pulls Furrball out and growls at him, but Furrball goes unwillingly back into his mouth. He pulls him out again as a sink comes flying at them. The dog, holding onto Furrball, avoids it, but they are then hit by a bathtub, then a car, bus, airplane and finally, a large sea vessel.
Furrball emerges from the rubble with a huge sigh of relief, as the 3-D glasses are now successfully gone from his face. The dog then emerges, now with the glasses attached to his face, as he growls at Furrball. The unlucky (and still hungry) cat gravitates into the dog's mouth. The dog begins to close his mouth as Furrball lets out a sad "meow."
Win, Lose, or Kerplowie
Babs, Montana Max and Plucky are part of the participating audience for Win, Lose, or Kerplowie, and are all called out by the announcer to be contestants. All three of them are excited and go up on the stage. The announcer states that only one of them would come out the winner on Win, Lose, or Kerplowie ("Kerplowie" is yelled out by the audience). The word, WIN, appears over Babs' head; the word, LOSE, is added and appears over Monty's head; and finally, OR KERPLOWIE , joins to complete the title (but in doing soon it knocks into Plucky's head and then blows up). Plucky asks if anyone has a band-aid, as his head is burnt, turned upside down and detached from his body.
Now it is down to only two contestants, as the announcer introduces the host, Blink Winkleman (a parody of well-known game show hosts). Blink asks the new contestants who they were and what they do, as Babs responds that she does impressions (demonstrating with a spot-on Katharine Hepburn impression, followed by Monty's response that he "wins" (handing Blink a stack of cash, as the greedy host goes along with what Monty has planned). The show starts, as Babs (holding her hand out to shake Monty's hand and wishing him luck) says, "There's nothing like a fair fight, is there?" Monty holds his hand out, but pulls away and responds, "Yeah, and this is going to be nothing like a fair fight."
Blink drools as he counts the money Monty gave him and stashes it away. He then asks, "Who was the first president?," and Babs is the first to hit the buzzer. She enthusiastically answers, "George Washington," but Blink (seeing Monty thumb through another wad of cash) responds that the answer is wrong, and that she didn't let him finish the answer. He then pauses as he tries to think of the (fake) finish to the question, and comes up with the country of Namibia. Buster looks through a History of Africa book, and finds out that Namibia does not have a president. He feels the game is rigged, as Plucky appears (still burnt and smoking from getting blown up earlier) and sarcastically responds, "Oh, what was your first clue?"
Blink informs Babs that she knows what happens on Win, Lose, or Kerplowie ("Kerplowie" again being yelled out by the audience) when you give a wrong answer, as spaghetti is suddenly dumped over her head. She snidely asks, "What, no meatballs?," and shakes the spaghetti off of her as a bunch of meatballs fall down and hit her in the head, followed by one last humongous meatball. Blink is set to ask the next question, but Monty hits the buzzer (and sticks his tongue out at Babs) before he can do so. Blink responds, "A little quick there, Max. Don't you think?," and goes ahead with the question. He asks, "Name the secretary general of China from 1981 to 1987." Max is puzzled and asks, "Who?," as Blink energetically tells him that he is correct. He says that the answer is General Secretary Yow Chane Who, and an upset Babs retorts that she smells a rotten egg, as a giant rotten egg actually drops down on her. Blink then announces a commercial break, and a Weenie Burger commercial is shown.
Back on the show, Buster is trying to motivate Babs by asking, "Come on, Babs, where's you gumption? Where's your spirit?," then he sniffs her (still reeking from the rotten egg), "Where's your deodorant?" Babs responds that she is not the only think that stinks around here, as Buster reassures her that he has a plan and Monty will end up with egg on HIS face. Buster swipes Blink away with a cane, and Babs (now dressed in a purple wig, makeup, a dress and high heels) introduces the new guest, Fink Winklebunny, which is Buster dressed like Blink (wearing Blink's green suit and his toupee). He thanks Babs (calling her "Vanna Pink") for the welcome, and states that it is time for round 2, where the stakes are higher and the questions are tougher.
Max is ready to play, and Buster asks the question, "In baseball, what does the umpire yell when a runner reaches home without being tagged out?," but before Monty has a chance to respond, Buster puts the top of a serving dish over his head and smacks it multiple times with a hammer. He tells him that his time is up as Monty replies that he was going to say "safe." Buster then hits a buzzer and a large Acme safe falls on Monty. Babs (still as "Vanna Pink") describes the safe in detail on Buster's request and opens it, as a dazed Monty stumbles out and marches straight up to Buster (still believing him to be the host). He demands to know what's going on, as Buster informs him that he is winning and can double his points by answering another question. A large picture of Yosemite Sam is shown with his name beneath him. His name is missing the "E"s and the "I," and Monty has to name the missing letters.
Before Monty can respond properly, Buster pulls on a rope that opens a trapdoor directly underneath Monty, and he falls through the hole, yelling, "Iiiiieeee!" Buster yells back to him that he is correct, as Monty drops down from above and slams against the floor. He tells Monty that he is the big winner, as a stunned Monty asks where he was. Buster zealously answers, "You're on Win, Lose, or...," pausing for the audience to finish the sentence with "Kerplowie." A 16-ton weight suddenly falls down on Monty and crushes him, then it is lifted up again as Monty gets on his hands and knees and pleads with Buster to stop, admitting that he cheated and will never go on another game show.
Buster responds that you can't cheat an honest rabbit and Babs agrees, as they quickly move away from Max, who realizes what is about to happen. The spaghetti, rotten egg, Acme safe and 16-ton weight all fall on him. Blink (bald, tied up with rope and wearing only his undergarments) hops up to Buster and Babs and tells them that it is "HIS" show, and Buster informs him that he is just in time to give the audience an important message. Blink seems excited until a giant weight (similar to the 16-ton weight) drops onto of him, with the words, "THE END," on it.
|Charlie Adler||Buster Bunny, Win Lose or Kerplowie Announcer, Weenie Burgers|
|Tress MacNeille||Babs Bunny|
|Joe Alaskey||Plucky Duck|
|Maurice LaMarche||Dizzy Devil|
|Cree Summer||Elmyra Duff|
|Danny Cooksey||Montana Max|
|Rob Paulsen||Blink Winkleman, 3D Glasses Tester|
- Babs: "Let's give them the magic chant!"
- Buster: "There once was a girl from Nantucket...
- Babs: "Not that chant."
- Elmyra: "This is the way we wash our pets, wash our pets, wash our pets, this is the way we wash our pets because they're filthy and disgusting and yucky!" (while bathing Dizzy Devil)
- Announcer: "Plucky Duck, waddle on down!"
- Plucky: "Who, me? Oh, I've never won anything in my life! This is my lucky day, I just know it!"
- Announcer: "Just come on down."
- Babs: "AAAAH! AAAAH! AAAAH! I'm excited. AAAAH! AAAAH!"
- Babs (after a pile of spaghetti falls on her for getting a "wrong" answer): "What? No meatballs?" (some meatballs fall on her) "I had to ask."
- In the episode segment, Devil Doggie, just before Elmyra begins bathing Dizzy, she is holding a brush and her shadow is behind the shower curtain, parodying the shower scene from the 1960 movie, Psycho (complete with sinister music).
- Elmyra's line, "I lose more puppies that way" is a play on a classic Tweety line, "I wose mowe putty tats dat way."
- The episode's title is based on the game show, Wheel of Fortune. Also in the episode segment, Win, Lose, or Kerplowie, Babs plays Vanna Pink, a parody of Vanna White, the lady who uncovers the letters in Wheel of Fortune.
- The episode segment, Win, Lose, or Kerplowie is based on the game show, Win, Lose, or Draw.
- In the episode segment, Win, Lose, or Kerplowie, a commercial for Weenie Burger is featured. This commercial would later be used again in the Dating, Acme Acres Style episode segment, Dream Date Game.
- The Devil Doggie segment ends with a "Bayohwhoop" sound effect, which is how Looney Tunes director Bob Clampett ended his cartoons. It was Clampett's imitation of the Warner Bros. shield sound effect.
- In the episode segment, Devil Doggie, when a squirrel tickles Elmyra's nose to escape her grasp, she sneezes and her hair flies off her head, implying she is bald (like her mentor, Elmer Fudd) and has to wear a wig. Whether this is really true or just used for cartoon humor is debatable.
- This episode marks the first appearance of Blink Winkleman, a parody of a real-life game show host, Wink Martindale from Debt, the Orbitz commercials, and Tic Tac Dough.
- Namibia has actually been a presidential republic since March 21, 1990. Their first president was Sam Nujoma.
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Sex. Feminism. BDSM. And some very, very naughty words.
Ok, you win.
Wasn't gonna say it, but then I sorta had to...WITHOUT PICTURES THIS POST IS USELESS!:)
How did you manage that without getting arrested?
I think I saw you at a party (the party?) last night. I would have introduced myself, but (1) I didn't want to be creepy-stalkery, and (2) my girlfriend and I were too busy pawing each other.-Jon
Anon - There are pictures, although I haven't seen them, but I don't think I can post them. (I doubt they show anything anyway, since we were both pretty fully clothed.)Perlhaqr - I think it warrants its own post, really...Jon - Aw, you shoulda said hi! I was at a party (at Element) last night. If you saw a very short girl with a Girl Scout uniform and wacky hair, yep, that was me.
So that *was* you, then! Well, you made a fetching Girl Scout.I may make it to tonight's event, at least for a little while, early. Is there any chance you'll be there?-Jon
Aw, thank you. :)Sadly, I'm going to a private party tonight; I'll be at the classes this evening but probably not the party.
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US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA07-017A -- Oracle Releases Patches for Multiple Vulnerabilities
- From: CERT Advisory <cert-advisory@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:01:25 -0500
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National Cyber Alert System
Technical Cyber Security Alert TA07-017A
Oracle Releases Patches for Multiple Vulnerabilities
Original release date: January 17, 2007
Last revised: --
* Oracle Database
* Oracle Application Server
* Oracle HTTP Server (Apache)
* Oracle Identity Management
* Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control
* Oracle E-Business Suite
* Oracle Collaboration Suite
* Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools
* Oracle Life Sciences Applications (formerly Oracle Pharmaceutical
For more detailed information regarding affected product versions,
refer to the Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2007.
Oracle has released patches to address numerous vulnerabilities in
different Oracle products. The impacts of these vulnerabilities
include remote execution of arbitrary code, information disclosure,
and denial of service.
Oracle has released the Critical Patch Update - January 2007.
According to Oracle, this Critical Patch Update (CPU) contains:
* 17 new security fixes for the Oracle Database, one of which is for
Oracle Database client-only installations
* 9 new security fixes for the Oracle HTTP Server
* 12 new security fixes for the Oracle Application Server
* 7 new security fixes for the Oracle E-Business Suite
* 6 new security fixes for the Oracle Enterprise Manager
* 3 new security fixes for the Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise
Many Oracle products include or share code with other vulnerable
Oracle products and components. Therefore, one vulnerability may
affect multiple Oracle products and components. For example, the
January 2007 CPU does not contain any fixes specifically for Oracle
Collaboration Suite. However, Oracle Collaboration Suite is affected
by vulnerabilities in Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server,
so sites running Oracle Collaboration suite should install fixes for
Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server. Refer to the January
2007 CPU for details regarding which vulnerabilities affect specific
Oracle products and components.
For a list of publicly known vulnerabilities addressed in the January
2007 CPU, refer to the Map of Public Vulnerability to Advisory/Alert.
The January 2007 CPU does not associate Vuln# identifiers (e.g., DB01)
with other available information, even in the Map of Public
Vulnerability to Advisory/Alert document. As more details about
vulnerabilities and remediation strategies become available, we will
update the individual vulnerability notes.
The impact of these vulnerabilities varies depending on the product,
component, and configuration of the system. Potential consequences
include remote execution of arbitrary code or commands, sensitive
information disclosure, and denial of service. Vulnerable components
may be available to unauthenticated, remote attackers. An attacker who
compromises an Oracle database may be able to gain access to sensitive
information or take complete control of the host system.
Apply patches from Oracle
Apply the appropriate patches or upgrade as specified in the Critical
Patch Update - January 2007. Note that this Critical Patch Update only
lists newly corrected vulnerabilities.
As noted in the update, some patches are cumulative, others are not:
The Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server, Oracle Enterprise
Manager Grid Control, Oracle Collaboration Suite, JD Edwards
EnterpriseOne, JD Edwards OneWorld Tools, PeopleSoft Enterprise
Portal Applications and PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools patches
in the Updates are cumulative; each Critical Patch Update contains
the fixes from the previous Critical Patch Updates.
Oracle E-Business Suite and Applications patches are not
cumulative, so E-Business Suite and Applications customers should
refer to previous Critical Patch Updates to identify previous fixes
they want to apply.
Vulnerabilities described in the January 2007 CPU may affect Oracle
Database 10g Express Edition (XE). According to Oracle, Oracle
Database XE is based on the Oracle Database 10g Release 2 code.
Known issues with Oracle patches are documented in the
pre-installation notes and patch readme files. Please consult these
documents and test before making changes to production systems.
* US-CERT Vulnerability Notes Related to Critical Patch Update -
January 2007 -
* Critical Patch Update - January 2007 -
* Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts -
* Map of Public Vulnerability to Advisory/Alert -
* Oracle Database Security Checklist (PDF) -
* Critical Patch Update Implementation Best Practices (PDF) -
* Oracle Database 10g Express Edition -
* Details Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2007 -
The most recent version of this document can be found at:
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Last few seconds on land
07 May 2013 | Brewer's Ship Yard, Mystic
Just fueled up and ready to go. It took a while to find a fuel dock that was still standing after Sandy. We had to go almost all the way into Mystic to find one. Chip is on the left, Wayne on the right, and yours truly in the center. It's foggy and cold. Can't wait to get south! | <urn:uuid:43f9e69f-7b76-4a22-8b49-63ffd70209bf> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.sailblogs.com/member/roadlesstraveled/270381 | 2017-05-29T15:24:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463612399.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20170529145935-20170529165935-00109.warc.gz | en | 0.984742 | 87 | [
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I just purchased one of these over the past weekend. I have to say honestly that this is by far the worst mouse I have ever used. I have it with a 24" Alum iMac and this thing is horrible. My main gripe is the right click on it it does not function properly you have to pound on it sometimes to make it work. My wired MM that came with the iMac is 100x better then this thing. I just wanted the wireless so that I could free up an USB port. Anyways what do you guys recommend as a wireless BT mouse. I really like the MM because of the squeeze I really like how that works and I don't want to lose that. I just wish they would work out the bugs with the BT. | <urn:uuid:94e499d4-b21d-4150-a085-8472bd4a5225> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/wireless-mm.420837/ | 2017-05-29T16:40:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463612399.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20170529145935-20170529165935-00109.warc.gz | en | 0.983938 | 155 | [
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Sweden is best, US is 55th (we own you, Saudi Arabia, er...).
Remember, the problem of climate change is not simply the hydro-meteorological phenomena in themselves. It is that some countries are vastly more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than other countries. And, tragically, some of those other countries that will feel lesser effects (e.g., the US) are most responsible for the problem. It's thus not simply a question of national economic interests. It's a question of harm. Historically, that harm may have been unintentional - nobody truly knew that industrial emissions could affect the climate itself. But, today, US intransigence amounts to intentional harm. This is why the Bush administration has constantly pointed to, and fetishized, various remaining scientific uncertainties. They are the only thing that allow the US the self-image of not being a moral pariah on climate change. | <urn:uuid:6261ca04-6ce3-48ad-bc64-91f4c060301e> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://phronesisaical.blogspot.com/2007/12/bad-climate.html | 2017-05-23T01:15:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607245.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20170523005639-20170523025639-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.95526 | 187 | [
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Sunday, December 18, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
We had lots of delicious food, and we
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Saturday night Jan was working on the computer at home and we got the blue screen of death and it sounded as if a C-130 was taking off in our office. Good thing that we have the Blackberry and the work computers. Just can't do any Facebook or fun stuff.
Monday we got home and we had no hot water. I called Applewood plumbing (we had a coupon and had heard good things about them), they came out and dissed my old water heater and said to fix it would be $1100.00 and no warranty, and I should buy their club membership and get their $2200.00 water heater for only $1800.00. Also said I needed a new vent stack and I had a gas leak. Jan felt like we were over a barrell, but I said I am from West Texas and do not like being over a barrell, so I called Coffman plumbing(that we had always used in the past) and they came out and a brand new wh just like the first guys would be installed price of, wait for it.... drum roll please----$895.00. But he felt he could fix it and give it a two year warranty for only $495.00! I liked him better and better the more he talked. He said I had no gas leak and only needed a new vent stack for new construction or a bigger water heater than we already had. He also said that the other guys work on commission, SURPRISE!
Then poor Stuart sent us his weekly email and said that he is running around with a towel around his waist because all his pants are worn out. So Mr Mac is sending us a new suit of clothes for the emperor and also a new pair of shoes! Very reasonable prices and their service is outstanding! I highly recommend them for outfitting missionaries! They are in Utah only.
So I guess that Christmas will come thanks to the 2nd plumber and Mr Mac. We are very grateful for hot water, and will be shopping for a new computer soon!
See you then!
Thursday, November 10, 2011
All of them like to leave the tops in a wood finish and then paint/distress/antique the rest of the pieces. This little chest didn't get distressed because of the red underneath but I did go over the paint with a walnut stain and then wiped it off. The top got a walnut stain and then several coats of polyurethane. I took off the old knobs and bought some cute crystal knobs at Hobby Lobby on half price. I think they make it look a little more feminine. We used the dark walnut stain to match the color of the crib and the changing table. They are both a dark wood color.
I also lined the drawers with fabric using Mod Podge to attach and to coat the fabric. I remember using this stuff to decopage back in Jr. High School.
This is the fabric I used. I bought it at Hobby Lobby, and it was on sale also.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Notice the swamp cooler still in the window. Procrastination prevails around here.
Abby is home now and spent most of the shower time in her car seat sleeping away. We are really concerned about RSV so we asked everyone to wash their hands and not hold the baby! She is growing like crazy, up to 6lbs 4 oz now. We have been very blessed to have her so healthy and well even though premature. Thanks everyone, but mostly Thanks be to God!
Friday, October 28, 2011
This is the road to Mother and Daddy's house.
I had to meet the plumber in town at 8:00 a.m. and this is what it looked like at 9:30 on my way back to the farm. A snowy wonderland and still snowing. It was going sideways.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
End of July we also went down to Texas for my Aunt's 80th birthday party. Coincidentally it was Jan's 40th high school reunion from Borger High School. See if there is anyone that you know in this photo. While we were there, we drove around town and also visited the cemetery where his parents are buried. It was good to revisit the old home.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
She is beautiful and I think she looks alot like Krysten and her sister Sarah. They have the same shape of face. Abigail is already good at giving a really nice pout face. She also likes to stretch alot and throw her arms up over her head while she is sleeping. I got to shampoo her hair after Krysten gave her the first bath last night. It was wonderful.
Krysten was very emotional after the delivery. I can understand that, as she had worked very hard and was very worried. There was nothing finer than seeing Sean come out of the delivery room with the baby with tears in his eyes too. He told me today that watching the delivery was pretty amazing!
I went shopping today and bought a few little cute things for her. They are all too big, but she will grow. Today she is off oxygen, cpap and is on room air and still has her feeding tube and IV. She is in an isolette and under phototherapy for jaundice. Her hair is probably going to be curly and is a light brown.
I guess that we should have been better prepared. We haven't gotten the dresser or rocking chair painted, Sean and Krysten were going to be moving this next week, and we haven't had the baby shower yet. Now we will just have to go into high gear.
We love her already!
Friday, September 23, 2011
Squash grow like a foot overnight, I have a friend who can feed these to her chickens.
My lovely beets! I've grown these before with good success, but this year they were a little slow to grow. But we got one good mess which I oven roasted tonight and dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. They were delicious!
Thursday, September 22, 2011
THIS for a walk.....(I don't know anything about anything, she says!)
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Grant funds septic system
OSCEOLA — The Pratt-Northam Foundation of Lowville has given $5,996 to help pay for a "much needed new septic system and leach field" on the North American Fiddlers Hall of Fame and Museum property at 1121 Comins Road.
The New York State Old Tyme Fiddlers Association had raised about 40 percent of the $9,996 cost quoted by its contractor and Pratt-Northam donated the rest.
Association officials explained that "The available area’s proximity to a protected wetland and trout stream required the installation very costly space-saving Eljen infusers, more than tripling the cost initially budgeted. With only 40 percent of the necessary funds raised and fearing that the project would have to wait yet another year, the fiddlers’ association members were overjoyed and immensely grateful to receive the Pratt-Northam grant, which enabled them to have the installation completed and grass seed planted before the opening day of their free summer concert series."
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SCHETINKA SETTLEMENT (Kursk Region), August 22. /TASS/. Russia’s Economic Development Minister Aleksey Ulyukayev welcomes the initiative of the Agriculture Ministry to slash wheat duty to zero.
"I support it (the initiative). We have very decent chances of becoming the world’s biggest export country (in terms of wheat supplies - TASS). We’ll be able to stably sell more than 30 mln tonnes of grain," he said Monday, adding that he assumes "zeroed export duty would improve the balance."
Russia introduced the new export duty on wheat for one year on July 1, 2015 due to the growing activity of exporters who increased sales of grain on foreign markets and tried to profit from a sharp decline of the ruble. The duty rate was denominated in rubles at the current exchange rate. Currently, the export duty amounts to 50 per cent of the customs value minus 6,500 rubles per tonne, but not less than 10 rubles per tonne.
The Agriculture Ministry has already submitted the proposal on zeroing the wheat export duty by July 1, 2017 to the government.
According to the minister, the Russian government is not viewing privatization of the United Grain Company (UGC) as a priority projec.
"We are not practically working on the UGC. It is in the privatization plan but this is not an asset we are regarding as a priority one," Ulyukayev said.
UGC is not in privatization agenda for this year, Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said earlier.
The Russian Federation holds 50% plus one share in UGC. Since 2009, the United Grain Company acts as an agent to carry out grain procurements to the intervention fund. | <urn:uuid:577d15a6-bfbd-409b-9807-cca55ec78e84> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://tass.com/economy/895301 | 2017-05-23T01:49:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607245.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20170523005639-20170523025639-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.916659 | 602 | [
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Jet Enterprise: Microsoft Dynamics Reporting Tools
Complete Business Intelligence and Reporting tools
Jet Enterprise is a unique system that offers full reporting as well as business intelligence that is fully integrated with Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Data is pulled from your ERP system and other databases into a data warehouse that is specifically tuned for reporting performance. This design was developed to increase the reach of your business intelligence and reporting platform to your entire organization and beyond. As this tool provides predictive analysis to discover hidden patterns, performance monitoring, and statistical results, you can discover trends to capitalize on opportunities, and perhaps more importantly, to avoid expensive mistakes. Best of all, because the reporting and business intelligence comes from a single source, strategic decisions can be made with the same information that is being used to run the organization.
Jet Enterprise includes a pre-defined data warehouse, and set of cubes that can be installed and up and running in about two hours (not days). If you need to expand or customize the predefined warehouse and cubes, the integrated Jet Data Manager will help you.
Jet Data Manager
The Jet Data Manager is a user friendly drag and drop tool that makes customizing the data easy, eliminating the need for writing complicated lines of SQL code. You can decide how your users want to see information, adjust the terminology, and add new information. Features include:
- Six pre-defined OLAP cubes designed specifically for Microsoft Dynamics databases. These cubes include a comprehensive set of dimensions and measures to provide lightning fast and flexible views of a Data Warehouse that is created specifically for reporting performance. Key information is brought together to make it simple to retrieve all the information you need.
- Reports and Dashboards allow you to gain valuable insight into your company immediately.
- Little or No Training Required as the intuitive drag-and-drop interface inside Excel allows you to visually manipulate data to see the information as you desire.
- Immediate Return on Investment as you can implement in hours and gain valuable insight into your business from day one.
Business Intelligence and Reporting in One Tool
Jet Enterprise complements Jet Professional to provide a complete solution to your business information needs:
- Strategic and tactical ad hoc analyses
- Organizational dashboards
- Reports can be automatically distributed on daily, weekly or monthly basis
Jet Enterprise offers:
Signature Power and Capabilities of Jet Essentials
- Complete Business Intelligence and Reporting
- Fully Configurable Security
- Unlimited Database Size
- Highest Level of Performance
Talk to an ArcherPoint representative about how Jet Reports can help your company improve its business intelligence and reporting. | <urn:uuid:b2979e1e-3486-4591-b699-345eebc006e1> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.archerpoint.com/jetenterprise | 2017-05-23T01:24:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607245.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20170523005639-20170523025639-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.921724 | 519 | [
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Erik makes instant Actim impact
Wigan Athletic defender Erik Edman enjoyed a debut to remember after claiming a place in the team of the week in The Actim Index, the official player ratings system of the Barclays Premier League.
Edman was one of the week`s top-scoring defenders with 27 points, also shading team-mates Paul Scharner (24 points) and Wilson Palacios (20) in the 2-0 defeat of rock-bottom Derby.
Emile Heskey top-scored for the Latics, earning 29 points for his performance but Titus Bramble remains Steve Bruce`s top-ranked player in 65th position overall.
Goalkeeper Chris Kirkland is the other Wigan player in the top 100, sitting in 95th place overall, the 13th-ranked goalkeeper in the Actim Index.
Analysis of all Premiership games is taking place throughout the season and the players in the Actim Index Team of the Week are:
Robert Green,West Ham United,Goalkeeper, 25
Joleon Lescott, Everton, Defender, 38
Nicky Shorey, Reading, Defender, 30
Anton Ferdinand, West Ham United, Defender, 29
Erik Edman, Wigan Athletic, Defender, 27
Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United, Midfielder, 40
Morten Gamst Pedersen, Blackburn Rovers, Midfielder, 32
Phil Jagielka, Everton, Midfielder, 31
David Bentley, Blackburn Rovers, Midfielder, 31
Fernando Torres, Liverpool, Striker, 71
Wayne Rooney, Manchester United, Striker, 53
The Actim Index is calculated using a unique mathematical formula that rates each player`s contribution be it goals, shots, passes, dribbles, tackles, crosses, saves, clearances, blocks, interceptions, assists, clean sheets, time on the pitch or number of points gained by the team with marks deducted for red and yellow cards. | <urn:uuid:343d20b2-f436-4391-b4a8-a0a01bd89b45> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.wigan.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=101601 | 2017-05-23T01:21:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607245.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20170523005639-20170523025639-00558.warc.gz | en | 0.89675 | 410 | [
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USDA lowers corn estimate, raises soybeans
USDA has lowered its production outlook for corn, while raising the projection for soybeans.
This year’s corn crop is now estimated at 13.860 billion bushels, down 75 million from June on a lower harvested area estimate, based on the June 30 acreage numbers. The average yield guess was left unchanged and old and new crop ending stocks were both up on the month.
Soybeans are seen at 3.8 billion bushels, 165 million more than a month ago, on a larger harvested area projection. The average yield estimate for soybeans held steady and old and new crop ending stocks figures were both slightly larger than anticipated.
USDA also raised its domestic wheat production estimate, with a bigger spring crop offsetting a smaller winter crop, and the ending stocks guess was well above the average expectation.
Of course, there is still a long way to go until the corn, soybean, and spring wheat crops are made, and the winter wheat harvest is still ongoing. For corn and soybeans, the first survey based production projections are out August 12.
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Are you looking for a new modeling project to get stuck into? Then why not check out our huge selection of model trains? From model steam trains to more modern electric train designs, there are trains from every era of locomotion to tackle at Model space.
In many ways, trains make the ideal subject for modeling. Their size and style present a challenge for most modelers, with intricate construction and paintwork required. With such a big selection of train models to choose from, including some RC models, they’re also great if you’re looking to start a new model collection or add to an existing one.
Take on the challenge of a model steam train, with their large engines, passenger carriages and freight cars. Steam engines conjure up images of a romantic bygone era and modeling is a great way to understand a little bit more about the history and design of these jewels of engineering. Steam train models make great family projects too - so why not get the kids involved and look at our other model options including replica cars, boats and planes? | <urn:uuid:552e88df-6c38-46b4-a1c6-5b8a97d5b024> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.model-space.com/us/model-trains.html | 2017-05-24T02:15:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607731.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20170524020456-20170524040456-00251.warc.gz | en | 0.946656 | 215 | [
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Do you need to have gotten into comics as a kid to really GET it?
This week the Smith men tackle this question, and talk turns to the fashion for geekdom, comic consumer statistics, and the changing perception of the genre.
Along with all that a listener becomes a real-
life hero, small dogs are bashed, and porn should only be found in the woods.
Listen on iTunes here.
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Kicking off his 2016 tour in Biloxi, MS on April 29 and touring almost continually right up to Halloween, in Los Angeles, Alice Cooper brings to his fans an updated show -- “Spend the Night With Alice Cooper” -- and brings his own brand of rock psycho-drama to fans both old and new, enjoying it as much as the audience does. Known as the architect of shock-rock, Cooper (in both the original Alice Cooper band and as a solo artist) has rattled the cages and undermined the authority of generations of guardians of the status quo, continuing to surprise fans and exude danger at every turn, like a great horror movie, even in an era where news can present real life shocking images.
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Emerald Lake Circuit is a relatively flat and easy hike in Yoho National Park, BC.
The 4.6 KM (2⅞ mile) loop trail around Emerald Lake is easy and relatively flat. The 9 KM (5⅝ mile) drive on paved road from the TransCanada Highway to the busy parking area near Emerald Lake Lodge in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.
Emerald Lake circuit can be hiked in either direction but counter-clockwise seems to be contrary to common practice. The light may be better and interaction with other hikers may be reduced. The trail-head elevation is 1,310 M (4,298 ft). The loop trail around Emerald Lake appears to be fairly quiet today.
On a busy week-end, peak summer day, apparently as many as 12,000 people will hike around the small, picturesque lake in a single day. A wide variety of kayaks, canoes and row boats can be rented near the lodge. Fishing is popular.
At the north end of the lake, one of the signed trails leading off the circuit will lead to the Emerald Basin and closer views of the Emerald Glacier wedged between the President 3,138 m (10,295 ft) and the Vice President 3,066 m (10,059 ft). Other trails branch off the the Emerald Lake Loop to create many spectacular hiking opportunities for hikers within a broad range of expertise. A local hiking guide book and comprehensive hiking trail map are powerful tools at any particular location.
Emerald Lake Lodge is a world famous destination to one of the most beautiful and serene places on the planet. At the north end of the lake there is a large alluvial fan and a bridge over streams flowing into the lake from snow melt and glacial feed. The aquamarine color of the lake is created by glacial silt reflecting in the sunlight.
The images following are captured on the hike around Emerald Lake. The first picture is captured from the south end of the lodge, of the view across the lake, then past Peaceful Pond and through the Lodge complex. | <urn:uuid:eb0e8aea-d471-4762-ab89-32523756651d> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://hikingwithbarry.com/2010/07/05/emerald-lake-circuit-%E2%80%93-yoho-national-park-%E2%80%93-hiking-british-columbia | 2017-05-25T01:20:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607960.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170525010046-20170525030046-00583.warc.gz | en | 0.94517 | 430 | [
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Teofilo Patini StadiumEdit profile
Stadio Teofilo Patini is a stadium located in Castel di Sangro, Italy. It is owned by Municipality of Castel di Sangro (Comune di Castel di Sangro), and its primary use is for home games of the A.S.D. Castel di Sangro Calcio. It is also used for pop concerts and other sporting events.History
The stadium was built for the miracle of the local team, Castel di Sangro Calcio, who arrived in the Italian Serie B, the second league in Italy.
The name Teofilo Patini arrive from a painter originary of Castel di Sangro.
Until 1996, first of the built, in the place there was only a small sports ground with central stand. But in about 4 months is born the actual stadium, with four stands and 7,220 places. In December, 1996 the stadium was inaugurated.
On 1998 May, 23 in the Patini played the Marco Tardelli's Italian National Under -21 Football Team in a match against Scotland (4-0 for Italy was the result), and on 2008 September, 5 the Pierluigi Casiraghi's Italian National Under-21 Football Team played against Greece (1-1) for the qualification of the European U-21 of 2009.Related
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Strategies for Electronic Commerce and the Internet
Author: Henry C. Lucas, Jr.
Publisher: Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002
Review Published: April 2003
The intended audience for this book seems to be senior management personnel in large corporations; more specifically, it seems to be written for senior management personnel with pointy hair and no mouse functionality. Unfortunately, the author does not seem to be the Dilbert in this cartoon, or the Tina, or even the Wally. The author is the outside consultant hired by Dogbert Ė the one whose vague, jargon-laden presentation never fails to impress the pointy-haired boss, despite its general lack of useful content.
I feel justified in brutalizing you with these Scott Adams metaphors because my father worked for General Motors for many years and, in a moment of clarity, he once leaned over the breakfast table, pointed at Dilbert in the comics, and said "Itís true. Itís all true." He would know. Having read this book, I get a sense of what he was talking about.
Henry C. Lucasí book claims to offer the reader analysis and models that will help in the development of business strategies. I guess these are supposed to be strategies for using the internet, or something, but nothing specific to the internet ever materializes. Lucas does analyze internet start-ups and traditional companies that are doing things on the internet, but he also analyzes the Port of Singapore Authority and Sabre, the old airline reservations system. He claims to present and defend a "model" for analyzing business strategy, but it is basically a box and arrow diagram in which every box dyad is connected with a bi-headed arrow. The idea seems to be that a business should identify resources that are rare and valuable but inimitable and nonsubstitutable. This gives the business an "advantage." Then it should add more resources, that are also rare, valuable but inimitable, etc., to "sustain and build" that advantage. Then you can maybe get to "critical mass." And then youíre set. It sounds to me like this strategy is: "Go find a highly-demanded good that you can monopolize. Monopolize it, then use the money to monopolize other goods." None of which has anything to do with the internet or e-commerce, by the way. In other words, this strategy advises you to just go do what Andrew Carnegie and J.P Morgan (and Bill Gates) did. And if you accept that this is a sound and helpful model of business strategy, let me offer you two more: "Win the lottery" and "Beat the house in Vegas." The point is, you donít need a book about business strategy to know that having advantages and profitable product lines is good; you need the book to tell you how to find such things. And if the book is about the internet, it should tell you where to find these things using the internet. Lucasí book fails to deliver on both accounts.
Unfortunately, if you happen to be senior management in 2002, you might not grasp how empty this book is because these "models" are presented with just enough jargon to keep things feeling tech-y. Terms like "critical mass," "network effects," and "punctuated equilibrium" are either misused or only vaguely explained. And, even though we are actually still living in the plain old competitive economy we always lived in, Lucas insists that our economy has become "hypercompetitive" Ė apparently just because stuff happens really, really fast now. Oh, and those firms that are on the cutting edge? They are called "virtual firms" now because, letís see . . . well, some of them donít have stores or warehouses. Or is it because the customer can sometimes place orders from a distance? Or maybe itís because the power structure is kind of distributed, or . . . well, I guess itís mostly just because they are cutting edge.
The incoherence of the text extends beyond the authorís analysis; it seems to be poorly edited as well. There are typos throughout the book. And consider the following text: "The Web uses hypertext links produced with the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) to link documents and files. Hypertext is created by placing links on words to reference other sections of text or other documents. Clicking on a highlighted piece of text with a computer mouse results in the retrieval of a new file or document." For a book published in 2002, this text could only be appropriate for upper management types who are truly and completely disconnected from contemporary society. If that really is the audience of a book about internet commerce, this text needs to appear on page 1. But instead we find it only on page 175! The hand of the editor is sorely missed in many other places as well.
In the end, the best use of this book might be for cultural writers trying to unpack the mindset of business just before the dot-com collapse. This book exemplifies that mindset; all that is internet, is good; if you donít hurry up and get on the internet, competition from nappy-haired Gen-X-ers is going to eat you alive; being "virtual" is more important than making money (page 101: "Amazon has been very successful as a Web store, if one discounts the fact that it has yet to make a profit." Argh!). Reading this book helps you understand how so many intelligent business people, scared into being "strategic" in a Lucasian sort of way, poured so much money into unprofitable e-commerce ventures. But if you want to understand how not to do that, I would recommend the work of economists, not management theorists. Carl Shapiro and Hal Varian (Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Networked Economy, Harvard Business School Press, 1998) have done an excellent job of applying economic theory to internet, and I would advise readers to start with that book.
Edward Castronova is an Associate Professor of Economics at Cal State Fullerton. <[email protected]>
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I got less scary
I went to a social gathering the other day. This was with 4 women I did not know, and one I did know. They are all bloggers like me and I was hoping they had read some of my blog, just so they knew what I was doing.
They had not, really. One sitting next to me was very skeptical and kept on saying that it scared her a lot. I told her what I do and how I work. Another one asked great questions because she was curious to know what I did and what I was capable of doing. I loved their different view of my work.
After hours of eating, talking, laughing and having a great time the one besides me, got less scared. I got to heal her back, by putting my hands on it. Dead people had been talking to me all night long, asking me to heal her. They had so many words for her, and I had to tread carefully.
I loved that I got to heal her, and that she got bolder as the night went on. They all had great questions and even though I had passed souls talking to and about each and every one, I managed to not get personal for the most part.
I have had so many times in my life where I have to not say what I am told, because it is not the time nor the place. My girlfriends always joke that I am great at making people cry. Not cry in a bad way but because it is emotional things that are passed on from the other world.
I once had a psychic tell me that it was my own fault because I was simply bad at closing off that world when I did not need them.
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Selena Gomez, Kate Middleton and Sofia Vergara: Hottest Star Sightings of the Day (PHOTOS)
Taking a break from Modern Family, Sofia Vergara was spotted hard at work on the New York set of John Turturro’s new movie, Fading Gigolo. The comedy also stars Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Liev Schreiber, Vanessa Paradis and Turturro himself.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kyle Chandler continued their work on The Wolf of Wall Street. The Martin Scorsese film is due in 2013.
For more of the day’s hottest celebrity sightings, check out the latest edition of Celeb Snaps, above.
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Read this interview excerpt for Beth’s insights into the creation of COURAGE IN PATIENCE and the process of recovery from Childhood Sexual Abuse:
Question: You went through six years of intensive therapy to help you recover from being abused as a child. A lot of people, young adults and adults alike, find starting therapy a very frightening and uncomfortable experience. What advice would you give someone who is thinking about starting therapy for the first time?
Answer: The six years of therapy I went through were with a clinical psychologist whom I clicked with at the same time that circumstances in my life came together in a way that I had a strong support system in my husband and then-teenage daughters.
I had been in and out of therapy many times since my early twenties, but I never had the support system in place to withstand what I had to do in order to get well: face the truth about my stepfather sexually abusing me and my mother not protecting me. This involved breaking with my family of origin completely—basically, when I insisted on no more playing “Let’s Pretend,” it was made clear to me in a variety of ways that I had done something so wrong (in their eyes) that they wanted nothing to do with me anymore. It was very, very difficult because my mother was an amazing grandmother to my kids, and they lost her in the process.
Recovery from childhood sexual abuse is very, very difficult. My therapist compared it to a barefoot walk from Texas to Alaska and back, with all the weather along the way. I would agree with that assessment; in fact, I used that comparison in my Patience books, Courage in Patience and Hope in Patience. I strongly believe that people who have been sexually abused and are seeking to heal from it and reclaim their lives need the guidance of an experienced mental health professional. If the first therapist (or second, or third) does not seem to be helping, keep going until you find one you click with. Don’t give up, because you are worth the fight to reclaim your life.
Outside of the therapist’s office, you need a strong support system of people who are aware of what you are going through, who will be safe for you to be vulnerable, and will give you emotional shelter when you need it.
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860256A 3 - Thermostat Housing
Thermostat Housing Fits MCM GM V-6 & V-8 (305 & 350 cid) engines w/ Alpha drive
Mercury Quicksilver Housing Assembly Thermo 860256a 3 is equivalent to parts:
- 13510 GLM
Mercury Marine produces the Quicksilver line of parts. Quicksilver parts are made for use on Mercury, Mariner, MerCruiser & Force engines. In addition, they cover many applications by the following engine manufacturers: Chris-Craft, Chrysler, Crusader, Evinrude, Johnson, Honda, OMC, PCM, Suzuki, Volvo Penta, & Yamaha.
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Left ventricular hypertrophy and arrhythmia
- Philip J Podrid, MD, FACC
Philip J Podrid, MD, FACC
- Professor of Medicine, Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
- Boston University School of Medicine
- Lecturer, Harvard Medical School
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a common finding in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CVD risk factors, and it can be diagnosed either by electrocardiogram (ECG) or by echocardiography . Echocardiography is generally preferred for confirming the presence of LVH since the sensitivity of the different ECG criteria may be as low as 7 to 35 percent with mild LVH and only 10 to 50 percent with moderate to severe disease . Nevertheless, if echocardiography is unavailable or too expensive, appropriate ECG criteria can be used to detect increased LV mass . (See "Electrocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy".)
LVH has been associated with both ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias . Data, primarily from the Framingham Heart Study, have identified electrocardiographic LVH as a blood pressure-independent risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD) [5,6], acute myocardial infarction , and other cardiovascular morbidity and mortality . (See "Clinical implications and treatment of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertension" and "Electrocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy".)
This topic will review the association between LVH and arrhythmias (both ventricular and supraventricular) as well as sudden cardiac death. The pathogenesis of LVH in hypertension is discussed separately. (See "Definition and pathogenesis of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertension".)
DEFINITION AND ETIOLOGIES OF LVH
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is defined as an increase in the mass of the left ventricle, which can be secondary to an increase in wall thickness, an increase in cavity size, or both. This increase in mass predominantly results from a chronic increase in left ventricular afterload, although there is also a genetic component.
LV mass can be estimated using various imaging techniques, including echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging. The standards for normal and increased LV mass are gender-specific. (See "Definition and pathogenesis of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertension", section on 'Definition' and "Clinical utility of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging".)
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- Novo S, Barbagallo M, Abrignani MG, et al. Increased prevalence of cardiac arrhythmias and transient episodes of myocardial ischemia in hypertensives with left ventricular hypertrophy but without clinical history of coronary heart disease. Am J Hypertens 1997; 10:843.
- Mammarella A, Paradiso M, Basili S, et al. Morphologic left ventricular patterns and prevalence of high-grade ventricular arrhythmias in the normotensive and hypertensive elderly. Adv Ther 2000; 17:222.
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By now, you probably have a pretty solid Friday night workflow figured out. Just shoot the game with a couple of hard drive cameras so you can intercut wide and tight angles on Hudl.com. Upload each angle from a different computer using Hudl Mercury so everything is done in half the time. Then, just assign each coach a couple of data columns to fill in before heading home for the night.
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We introduced Tag a Game for iPhone and iPod last fall, and coaches couldn’t get enough. So, we made the same awesome feature available for iPad.
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TOPEKA – The NHRA Kansas Nationals kick off this weekend at Heartland Park Topeka. One driver who aims to make history at the track is Top Fuel racer Leah Pritchett.
“We’re coming up on our 100th female winner in the NHRA,” Pritchett said. “Right now we’re at 99, so I would love to be the 100th female to win a national event.”
Pritchett, who is in her second season on the Top Fuel circuit, turns 26 on Monday.
“I really enjoy this track and the fans here,” Pritchett said. “I feel like we’re really due for a win this weekend.”
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1. Rodgers Takes Reins at Collierville Chamber
- Wednesday, May 06, 2015
Kanette Keough-Rodgers recently took over as president/CEO of the Collierville Chamber of Commerce after the chamber’s transition team selected her from more than 170 candidates.
In her new role, Rodgers is responsible for retaining and expanding chamber membership by ensuring members receive relevant, responsive and timely services, initiatives, programs and events. She is also responsible for forging and sustaining relationships with community, government and educational institutions.
2. Moving the Pack
- Tuesday, July 30, 2013
RedRover Sales & Marketing is a few months away from starting a new chapter in the firm’s more-than-seven-year existence because of having arrived at what’s arguably a good problem to have.
3. RedRover Relocating to Falls Building
- Saturday, July 20, 2013
RedRover Sales & Marketing’s business has grown considerably in recent years, so the firm has now set its sights on a new “doghouse.”
The firm is relocating from South Main into new space in the Falls Building Downtown, which beat out two other possible Downtown locations. The relocation is expected to be finished this fall – in October – and RedRover’s new home meets the needs of its growth plans in several ways.
4. Jack Daniel's Funds Travel Expenses for Soldiers
- Thursday, November 24, 2011
NASHVILLE (AP) – Tennessee whiskey maker Jack Daniel's is donating more than $100,000 to pay for plane tickets and travel funds for soldiers at Fort Campbell, Ky., to spend the December holiday season with their families all over the country.
5. Architecture Inc.’s Schuermann Receives Chairman Appointment
- Wednesday, September 14, 2011
David M. Schuermann, AIA, NCARB, principal at Architecture Inc., has been named chairman of the Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners.
6. 9 Percent of THP Spending Dedicated to Non-Traffic
- Tuesday, April 12, 2011
NASHVILLE (AP) – The Tennessee Highway Patrol's leadership says it wants to rename the agency the Tennessee State Patrol because its role has evolved beyond traffic enforcement in the years since it was established in 1929.
7. Mabon Joins Leadership Memphis As Marketing Coordinator
- Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Lauren Mabon has joined Leadership Memphis as marketing coordinator.
Prior to joining Leadership Memphis, Mabon served as a marketing executive in the marketing and communications department at Primacy Relocation.
- Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Talk Shoppe will present “Home Financing: How to Get the Best Deal in Today’s Market” today from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South, 3693 Tyndale Drive. For more information, call Jo Garner at 482-0354.
9. FedEx Institute of Technology Names Mandle Executive Director
- Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Shaye R. Mandle has been named executive director of the FedEx Institute of Technology at the University of Memphis. Previously, he worked for the Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), where he led the business activities of SAIC's Reconnaissance and Surveillance Operation. Mandle has worked as a district director for the former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert, and as a legislative liaison to the Illinois Department of Revenue.
10. Local Real Estate Veteran Has Ties to Trump
- Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Memphian Terri Murphy, a 28-year real estate veteran, author and speaker, is one of 100 authors included in Donald Trump's latest book "Trump: The Best Real Estate Advice I Ever Received." Murphy is a staff writer for Broker Agent News, Mortgage Originator Magazine, Realty Times and Memphis Woman Magazine. She also serves as chief information officer for U.S. Learning in Memphis.
11. Archived Article: Newsmakers
- Wednesday, August 18, 2004
VA Medical Center Physician Recognized
Memphis Attorneys Complete Leadership Program
The Tennessee Bar Association announced that the following Memphis attorneys have completed the TBA Leadership Law program: Karen Campbell, Gary K. Smith &...
12. Archived Article: Newsmakers
- Wednesday, August 04, 2004
Tennessee Press Association elects vice president
Pitts Named Principal Owner at Pickering
Robert J. Pitts was named principal owner of Pickering Inc. Pitts is the companys civil engineering team leader. He received a bachelors degree from the...
13. Archived Article: Newsmakers
- Wednesday, June 02, 2004
MEMPHIS FOOD BANK APPOINTS ASST
The Food Bank Appoints Assistant Director
Estella Mayhue-Greer was appointed assistant director of the Memphis Food Bank. Greer has been with The Food Bank for eight years. She previously served as agency relati...
14. Archived Article: Marketplace
- Monday, June 03, 2002
Having a baby Budgeting for baby hits bank account before birth This is the first of a four-part series on the cost of raising children in this area from pre-natal care through college. Next weeks topic is the cost of raising a child without the con...
15. Archived Article: Campbell (lead)
- Wednesday, March 20, 2002
By JENNIFER MURLEY Campbell to add outpatient surgery center By JENNIFER MURLEY The Daily News Construction on a new $5.2 million East Memphis surgery center tied to Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics is nearing completion with plans to open in May. The C...
16. Archived Article: Calendar
- Monday, February 28, 2000
Calendar Feb Calendar Feb. 28 March 5 Feb. 28 The Memphis Songwriters Associations songwriting workshop begins at 7 p.m. at the University of Memphis Music Building, Room 101. Feb. 29 Legislative Day in Nashville for the League of Women Voters of Me...
17. Archived Article: Calendar
- Monday, February 21, 2000
Calendar Feb Calendar Feb. 21-27 Feb. 21 The Memphis Songwriters Association will meet at 7 p.m. in Room 101 of the University of Memphis Music Building. Feb. 22 The Baptist Cancer Institute Life Center, 50 Humphreys Blvd., will conduct a seminar on...
18. Archived Article: Marketplace
- Monday, September 27, 1999
Note from Baptist Hospital inte Beyond the ballpoint By BETH MACK RadioActive Advertising Agency What do health care facilities, financial institutions and not-for-profit organizations have in common? They are the top three buyers of promotional pro...
19. Archived Article: Memos
- Wednesday, June 25, 1997
Joseph Kyles, an assistant professor of education at Shelby State Community College, has been elected to serve as president of the Tennessee Young Democrats Joseph Kyles, an assistant professor of education at Shelby State Community College, has bee...
20. Archived Article: Law Briefs
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Keeping your swimming pool clean is far from an easy task. Between algae, mold, leaves, grass,
dirt and other undesirables, there are many things that can get into your pool water and dirty your pool as a whole. While keeping your pool water clean and sanitary is an essential and vital task to the well being of any swimming pool, you don't have to spend hours a day skimming the surface of your pool water, and digging leaves and pebbles out of your filters. A pool vacuum is an effective, easy way to clean your pool in minutes.
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clean, and ready for use.
Some pool vacuums come with vacuum heads that have bristles attached. These bristles are
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So earlier this week I finally did it: I finished Roommates, the screenplay I’d pledged to finish for the Zero Draft Thirty script challenge.
Even though it took an additional 18 days to do so.
Hey, things happen. Life, death, the day job, laziness, alcohol, sex, procrastination — they all contributed to the delay in the screenplay’s completion. But eventually, I prevailed. I hunkered down, sat in front of my MacBook Air, and banged out those final pages. It’s my eighth completed screenplay. And y’know something?
I think I’ve got a winner.
So what now?
That’s the question many people have asked, and so I’ll share with you what I’ve planned next.
First, protection. Roommates is getting copyrighted and registered with the WGA as you read this. ‘Tis important.
Side note: I stand with the WGA.
Also, I have a few trusted beta readers who are taking a look at the script so that they can provide me with some much needed feedback. I’m too close to it right now, so I need some outside eyes to look for any flaws, plot holes, character issues, et cetera and et cetera.
I’m also working on the logline and pitch. I tried an imperfect pitch on my buddy DJ Les Boogie, and he responded exactly how I’d hope someone would respond upon hearing my pitch — which is a good thing. He kept asking, “What next? What happens next?” If you’re telling people about your script (or novel or play or whatever) and they continually ask what happens next, you’re doing a great job of pitching and you’ve got one hell of a story idea.
And finally, I’m plotting out upcoming projects: I’m refining the outline to my next novel, The Easters, and writing a treatment for my next script idea, Side Chick.
Also: I think I may need a new name for Side Chick.
I’m also researching screenwriting contests to see if there are any I should submit Roommates to. I’m definitely thinking of submitting to the Academy Nicholl Fellowship, Final Draft’s Big Break, and the Sundance Screenwriters Lab.
So we shall see.
And of course I’ll be doing (even more) research on whom to query. Agents, managers, producers — who knows, someone may bite. After all, it’s not like I’m totally new to this. I have gotten attention from Hollywood before.
Maybe I wasn’t ready for my blessing then, but I most certainly believe I’m ready for it now. Leggo! | <urn:uuid:62eb828e-8ca1-44f6-a48b-6c3d4872e5b3> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://jayfingers.com/uncategorized/issa-screenplay-i-finally-finished-my-zd30script/ | 2017-05-23T04:53:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607369.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170523045144-20170523065144-00280.warc.gz | en | 0.936406 | 603 | [
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Bladder Stones & Urinary Tract Infections in Dogs
Bladder Stones in Dogs & Cats
By Jennifer Browning-Stone
Information Specialist University of Illinois College of Veterinary
Urinary tract infections are a very uncomfortable problem for humans and
animals alike. In pets, especially cats, urinary tract infections can
sometimes be accompanied by bladder stones, which can both initiate and
promote infection in the bladder.
Dr. Christine Merle, a veterinarian at the University of Illinois College
of Veterinary Medicine in Urbana, says, "While dogs do get urinary tract
infections, cats are much more susceptible." Female cats are also more
susceptible than male cats. This may be because the urethra (opening from the
bladder to the outside world) is very short in female cats, and it is close to
the rectum, where there is a large amount of bacteria. In addition, cats do
more grooming than dogs, which can spread bacteria.
Dogs are usually housebroken, and because they go outside, there is more
opportunity for an owner to notice when there is a problem.
The owner may notice straining or blood in the urine sooner. Infections
often go unnoticed in cats because the owner may not see the cat using the
litter box. Often, cat owners don't notice there is a problem until their pet
stops using the box. Dr. Merle says, "While some cats stop using the
litter box for behavioral reasons, it is important to rule out a medical
problem before assuming that the cause is behavioral."
Since urinary tract infections can be caused by a multitude of factors, it
is often difficult to discover the cause. The origin of an infection could be
as simple as an overgrowth of bacteria or as complicated as bladder stones.
The formation of a bladder stone is very much like the formation of a pearl
inside an oyster. It often forms from a single irritating particle called a
nidus, which consists of a tiny particle such as small bacteria. Minerals are
deposited on its surface, and over time it grows larger and can become very
irritating to the lining of the bladder.
In female cats, these stones can cause recurrent infections with signs such
as straining and blood in the urine. Infections caused by bladder stones often
respond to antibiotics but return once the antibiotics are discontinued.
In male cats, stones can cause infection and, if a bladder stone becomes
lodged in the urethra, make the cat unable to urinate. Such an obstruction can
result in the accumulation of urine in the bladder, which can cause the
bladder to rupture, a medical emergency that is fatal if untreated.
If bladder stones are suspected, it is a good idea to take X-rays and do an
ultrasound examination. Some stones can be seen on a regular X-ray, while
others require ultrasound in order to see them. Ultrasound can also identify
the presence of sandy residue and thickening of the bladder wall, both of
which are signs of possible bladder stone formation.
Because there are several kinds of bladder stones, it is important to find
out what kind of stone an animal has before starting treatment. Some stones
can be dissolved with medication and others, such as calcium oxalate stones,
The only treatment for some stones is surgical removal. Surgically removed
stones should be analyzed so a plan can be made to avoid the recurrence of
stones in the future.
Prevention may include a change in diet, medication, and prevention of
bacterial infections that can lead to the formation of stones. Chronic
problems with stones and bladder infections that do not respond to standard
treatments may require a consultation with a surgeon or specialist.
If you have any questions regarding urinary tract infections or bladder
stones, please contact your local veterinarian.
What are bladder stones?
Bladder stones, more correctly called uroliths, are rock-like collections
of minerals that form in the urinary bladder. They may occur as a large,
single stone or as dozens of stones the size of large grains of sand or pea
Are these the same as gall stones or kidney stones?
No. Gall stones are in the gall bladder, and kidney stones are in the
kidney. Although the kidneys and urinary bladder are both part of the urinary
system, kidney stones are usually unrelated to bladder stones.
What problems do bladder stones cause?
The two most common signs of bladder stones are hematuria (blood in the
urine) and dysuria (straining to urinate). Hematuria occurs because the stones
irritate the bladder wall, causing bleeding from its surface. Dysuria occurs
when stones obstruct the passage of urine out of the bladder.
Large stones may cause a partial obstruction at the point where the urine
leaves the bladder and enters the urethra; small stones may flow with the
urine into the urethra and cause an obstruction in this area.
When an obstruction occurs, urine cannot pass out of the body and the
abdomen becomes very painful. Your dog may cry in pain, especially if pressure
is applied to the abdominal wall.
When there is no obstruction occurring, hematuria, and dysuria are the most
common signs seen in dogs with bladder stones. However, pain usually also
occurs in the bladder.
This is known because when bladder stones are removed surgically, many owners
tell us how much better their dog feels and how much more active it has
Why do they form?
There are several theories of bladder stone formation. Each is feasible in
some circumstances, but there is probably an interaction of more than one of
them in each dog.
The most commonly accepted theory is called the Precipitation
-Crystallization Theory. This theory states that one or more stone-forming
crystalline compounds is present in elevated levels in the urine. This may be
due to abnormalities in diet or due to some previous disease in the bladder,
especially infection with bacteria.
When the amount of this compound reaches a threshold level, the urine is
said to be supersaturated. This means that the level of the compound is so
great that it cannot all be dissolved in the urine, so it precipitates and
forms tiny crystals. These crystals stick together, usually due to mucus-like
material within the bladder, and stones gradually form. As time passes, the
stones enlarge and increase in number.
How fast do they grow?
Growth will depend on the quantity of crystalline material present and the
degree of infection present. Although it may take months for a large stone to
grow, some sizable stones have been documented to form in as little as two
How are they diagnosed?
Most dogs that have bladder infections do not have bladder stones. These
dogs will often have blood in the urine and will strain to urinate, the same
symptoms as a dog with bladder stones. Therefore, we do not suspect bladder
stones just based on these clinical signs.
Some bladder stones can be palpated (felt with the fingers) through the
abdominal wall. However, failure to palpate them does not rule them out.
Most bladder stones are visible on radiographs (x-rays) or an ultrasound
examination. These procedures are performed if stones are suspected. This
includes dogs that show unusual pain when the bladder is palpated, dogs that
have recurrent hematuria and dysuria, or dogs that have recurrent bacterial
infections in the bladder.
Some bladder stones are not visible on radiographs. They are said to be
radiolucent. This means that their mineral composition is such that they do
not reflect the x-ray beam. These stones may be found with an ultrasound
examination or with special radiographs that are made after placing a special
dye (contrast material) in the bladder.
How are bladder stones treated?
There are two options for treatment. The fastest way is to remove them
surgically. This requires major surgery in which the abdomen and bladder are
opened. Following two to four days of recovery, the dog is relieved of pain
and dysuria. The hematuria will often persist for a few more days, then it
stops. Surgery is not the best option for all patients; however, those with
urethral obstruction and those with bacterial infections associated with the
stones should be operated on unless there are other health conditions that
The second option is to dissolve the stone with a special diet. This avoids
surgery and can be a very good choice for some dogs. However, it has three
- It is not successful for all types of stones. Unless some
sand-sized stones can be collected from the urine and analyzed, it is not
possible to know if the stone is of the composition that is likely to be
- It is slow. It may take several weeks or a few months to
dissolve a large stone so the dog may continue to have hematuria and
dysuria during that time.
- Not all dogs will eat the special diet. The diet is not as
tasty as the foods that many dogs are fed. If it is not consumed
exclusively, it will not work.
Can bladder stones be prevented?
The answer is a qualified "yes." There are at least four types of
bladder stones, based on their chemical composition. If stones are removed
surgically or if some small ones pass in the urine, they should be analyzed
for their chemical composition.
This will permit us to determine if a special diet will be helpful in
preventing recurrence. If a bacterial infection causes stone formation, it is
recommended that periodic urinalyses and urine cultures be performed to
determine when antibiotics should be given.
Why Bladder Stones and Crystals
form in Dogs & Cats
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Why Tippy no longer has Bladder Stones
I know all about bladder stones...OUCH!!!
I got them twice. Thankfully the first time my vet did a good job removing
them surgically. He put me on a special diet that was supposed to prevent them
from happening, but guess what?
Two years later, back to the vets I had to go to get more of them removed.
So much for the Hills SD. Besides, I really didn't like the taste of that
stuff and it had this terrible toxic chemical in it called ethoxyquin.....
Oooooh, it makes my hair shed just thinking about how that stuff made me feel.
Anyway the second time I had them stupid stones, I almost died. I hurt sooooo
bad and couldn't move around and had blood in my urine...I felt awful.
So back to the vets I went...I Hate going to the vets!
He kept me for a long time, then I had to go back and stay cause the stitches
came loose and all my inards fell out on the floor. Dave freaked out
and rushed me back to the vets in the middle of the night.
Finally, finally I came back home for good, but it was a long time before I
got to feeling better.
In the meantime, Dane felt really bad and got to doing some serious
research on what's really in commercial pet food.....What A Shocker!!!
So Dave found this food called Life's Abundance. He bought a bag of it and the
Daily Supplement and the Agility supplement (cause I had beginning arthritis
symptoms) and .......
Let me tell you this...WOOF WOOOF WOOOOOF!
Man oh man did I ever start feeling better, and quick. Now I have more energy
than most dogs half my age and I no longer limp around and I can now easily
jump up into Dave's big truck and I run, yea you got that right...Run up the
I love to chase cows and I can now run faster than any of those funny looking
bovines....they're scared of me and I do a great job at keeping them off the
fences and in the pasture where they belong. They don't dare get out with me
Dave's got this big, I mean really big bull. he weighs about a ton. But I'm
not scared of him. I get right in his face and make him move where I want him
to go! HAH!
Of course, I now expect and Deserve to get the very best food, supplements,
and treats. You know it pal, I want treats, and I want good quality treats
So Dave gets them for me cause he knows now that giving me a high quality
food like the Life's Abundance will help me live the longest life possible and
keep me the healthiest I can be.
Go here and try the Daily Nutritional System for your dog or cat, I know you
will be most pleasantly pleased.
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Cherry trees are widely grown for ornamental purposes, as shade trees, home fruit enjoyment and commercial fruit production. Early cherry tree varieties produce sweet edible fruits; later-season varieties produce tart cherries. A major pest of cherry trees for the home gardener and the commercial industry is birds. Birds enjoy consuming cherries in vast quantities.
Birds can cause the entire loss of a cherry crop in one season or consume the entire cherry fruit of a homeowner. It is estimated that 1 ton of cherries can be easily destroyed by 5,000 starlings in less then 10 days, according to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
Early Fruit Production
Cherry growers enjoy planting early cherry tree varieties for the sweet fruits that appear earlier on the market than other fruits. This offers the commercial grower more financial gains and it gives the home gardener a sweet early season fruit treat to enjoy. Birds also enjoy early cherry trees because they are usually quite hungry after a long winter of very little food to forage. Early cherry trees present a feast for the birds and draw them in large quantities from miles away.
Late Season and Yellow Cherries
Despite the appeal of the early cherry tree fruit production, birds also will stick around for late-season varieties and pose just as a big of a threat to the fruit production. Yellow cherries are normally ignored by birds until they gain a rosy glow and then they are quickly consumed.
Major Bird Pests
Early season cherries are normally attacked by grackles, robins, starlings and gulls. Late-season varieties draw an abundance of blackbirds, gulls, golden finches, starlings, robins, grackles and orioles. Birds tend to establish a feeding territory and only focus on that location, which is often a cherry orchard. The abundance of one bird species feasting will easily draw other species to the area.
Birds enjoy eating and then drinking. Planting cherry trees and orchards away from bodies of water will often lessen the appeal to the birds because they will be forced to fly greater distances to reach water. Birds also enjoy cherry trees that are planted near woodlands because the woodland area offers the birds a sense of protection.
Bird netting is often used to keep birds away from the cherries. The entire tree is covered in netting and a few species will balk at it because they will fear getting their feet stuck in the netting. Bolder birds will simply perch on the netting and feed on the cherries below by pecking them out. Noise deterrents such as propane-powered cannons work for a relatively short time by issuing a loud burst of random noise but the birds quickly become immune and ignore the noise. Metallic streamers and colorful balloons are often attached to the cherry tree to visually deter the birds from the trees. | <urn:uuid:077dba3f-4a09-4eda-a599-0290f394ce36> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.gardenguides.com/105906-cherry-trees-birds.html | 2017-05-24T04:27:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607786.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170524035700-20170524055700-00612.warc.gz | en | 0.951105 | 581 | [
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Domestic cats have learnt to stand tall on their hind legs because they have lived with humans for thousands of years. Of course, humans walk upright on two legs and are much taller. It appears that the domestic cat has copied the human’s upright stance finding that it helps to get noticed when he is taller. Is this leading somewhere? In 1000 years time, are we going to see our domestic cats walking around on two legs all the time, speaking English or French?
Dwarf cats, particularly Munchkins have a reputation for standing/sitting on their hind legs/bottom. This gives them the height they lack especially in the giant world of people.
To Gain Height – Dwarf Cats
Here is a classic dwarf cat sitting on his bottom and using his hind legs and tail as a stabiliser:
There are some extraordinary cats on hind legs pictures. They are all domestic cats. I don’t think I have seen a wild cat in the wild on its hind legs unless the cat is in that position for a fleeting moment and involved in some sort of activity.
Domestic cats go up on their hind legs to (a) see better and (b) to become more impressive and intimidating and (c) to get noticed.
People Become Pets. Cats Own People
The first picture looks absolutely weird, like something from an alien planet:
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The caption for this photo is “How my cats stand every day to watch the birds.” One amusing comment is, “I for one welcome our new bipedal cat overlords”. Another one is too rude to quote here but it basically states that domestic cats have evolved and the tables are going to be turned on the human race. People will become the pets of cats. That amuses me and frankly I like the idea. I won’t be around when it happens. but by God, bring it on… 😉
Persian From Outer Space – Dalek Persian
This is another eye catching cat photo of a stunning and unusual looking Persian cat sitting on his hind legs. He looks like he is on castors ready to be wheeled around.
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The caption is, “Here is Moe (our 8 month old Persian) on his hind legs checking out something behind me.” For the record he looks like a traditional Persian cat as his face is not extreme (flat). His fur is amazing. Lots of maintenance though (from you I mean…!).
A consequence of Having Three Legs
I can’t resist the opportunity of reshowing Charlie in his classic meerkat position. Charlie has learnt to do this because he can. He has developed very strong lower back muscles because as he has three legs he has to use his back muscles to lift his body up to release his single front leg from ground and then lurch forward. When you feel his back muscles they are like iron. He slowly raises himself into this position and holds it for up to about 20 seconds.
Cat At Gym Going Through His Daily Exercises
I can see this little ginger boy (girl?) at my local gym. He’d probably walk in on two legs and use the treadmill first 😉 This is his back stretching exercise.
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I hope you like these cats on hind legs pictures. Cats are amazing. But watch out. In a thousand years time the domestic cat will be our masters and we’ll be on all fours meowing for our daily milk. | <urn:uuid:1b26b1d1-aa20-4fe5-b2d5-06269be14d1c> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://pictures-of-cats.org/Cats-on-Hind-Legs.html | 2017-05-25T05:09:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607998.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170525044605-20170525064605-00305.warc.gz | en | 0.970115 | 725 | [
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In the public speaking/presentation skills class that I teach, we were discussing the comparisons between Olympic athletes and sports performance and its parallels to public speaking. I have always used the metaphor of sports with public speaking anxiety, preparation, and delivery, but it is that much more relevant as we watch world class athletes every day during the sixteen days of the 2016 Olympics.
Where do the similarities begin?
We need to prepare for the big event! This includes setting up a routine for practice. We can’t just show up unrehearsed. Set up a schedule that leads up to your presentation.
We watched Michael Phelps sit in the ready room prior to his 200 meter Butterfly with his game face on, while his competitor, Chad Le Clos, shadow boxed front of him. Watch it here
A gymnast was seen lying down with his jacket over his eyes prior to performing. You need to focus on your routine, the race, or the presentation. Visualize positive outcomes.
Get your muscles ready to perform. For speaking, this can include neck and shoulder stretches, vocal exercises with pitch glides and humming, as well as rapid tongue twisters to wake up your lips, tongue, and jaw.
Know that anxiety is part of the process. Embrace the idea that butterflies and rapid heartbeats are signs of adrenaline pumping through your body in order to help you perform.
Breathing can relax you and allow oxygen to get to the brain and all of the essential body parts. A slow, gentle candle blowing exhalation will decrease your heartrate and calm you down so the anxiety won’t interfere with your performance. Watch how this can be done for public speaking and sports
ESTABLISH A ROUTINE AND FOCUS
Athletes don’t just stand on the starting block and jump in the water, or run over to the starting line of the track without getting ready, or even serve a ball in tennis or volleyball without first focusing. When you get in front of your audience, establish your presence. Stand up…..take a breath…..look at your audience……smile….Then you are ready!
HIRE A COACH
A coach can help you systematically focus on the necessary skills to help you attain your goals. It’s done in sports, why not have it in public speaking?
Remember these performance objectives and you, too, will be on your way to an Olympic performance!
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Hydrogen Generator Types
Hydrogen generator types come in three flavors. A hydrogen generator can be a system that creates hydrogen.
Or, a hydrogen generator may be a system that is powered by H2. In a few cases, both are true.
A hydrogen generator that creates hydrogen comes in many different varieties. First is the hydrogen generator for cars that creates H2 through either the electrolysis of water or reformation or extraction of another hydrogen-rich chemical. There is an advertiser on this website that promotes a hydrogen generator that uses the electrolysis of water to inject hydrogen into a vehicle’s intake manifold that will increase gas mileage and decrease emissions. Many such similar devices are also available elsewhere.
Some vehicles will use a hydrogen-rich chemical compound such as sodium borohydride, ammonia, methanol or even gasoline to generate the hydrogen by reformation or extraction. The resulting hydrogen fuel will then be run through a fuel cell or internal combustion engine to power the vehicle. These hydrogen-on-demand systems generate the H2 gas while leaving behind other chemical compounds that will need to be sequestered and disposed of in one manner or another (or even recycled).
Another type of hydrogen generator is a fueling station for hydrogen cars. Not all fueling stations are generators, however. The ones that are will either reform natural gas such as the Honda Home Energy Station IV or use sunlight or wind-power to electrolyze water to create hydrogen. Besides the large commercial hydrogen fueling stations, another type of station that is being developed is the home hydrogen fueling station. These types of hydrogen generators such as being developed by Honda (previously mentioned), General Motors and perhaps even General Electric are meant to sit in one’s garage and generate fuel for one’s car.
Another kind of hydrogen generator is commonly used in the industrial marketplace. Hydrogen is generated for use for the electronics industry, petroleum refineries, metals processing, glass manufacturing and hydrogenation of food products.
Then there are ultra high purity hydrogen generators common in the medical and research fields. This type of hydrogen generator usually uses distilled or deionized water to create the high purity H2 for gas chromatography or other medical and research applications.
Powered by H2
There are a couple of types of hydrogen generators that use this gas to create electricity. One example of a small, portable hydrogen-powered generator would be the HydroPak that is being manufactured by Millennium and Horizon for emergency use or for remote areas where electricity is not readily available. A larger hydrogen-powered generator such as those produced by the Hydra Fuel Cell Corporation use the gas and a stationary fuel cell to create electricity for a home. A company such as Hydrogenics manufactures large industrial hydrogen fuel cells to provide power to businesses that want to go off-grid or as a backup power system. Computer data centers are primary targets for these kinds of hydrogen generators. In 2005, the Verizon call-switching center in Garden City, New York converted over to a UTC Power fuel cell for its primary source of electricity.
Both Creates and Is Powered by H2
There is another kind of hydrogen generator that both creates hydrogen and uses the gas to create power. An example would be clean coal power plants such as the proposed FutureGen plant or those being built in California or Italy. This type of power plant will use coal gasification to extract the hydrogen while sequestering the CO2. The carbon dioxide is then pumped underwater or underground such as in abandoned oil wells for permanent storage. The hydrogen is then used to run through a large turbine to create clean electricity.
As one can see, a hydrogen generator needs to be defined by its function as well as whether it is powered by hydrogen or creates the gas to generate power or for another use. One thing is for certain, though, is that hydrogen is a versatile element that can provide clean power coming or going. And, this is ultimately what it is all about, now isn’t it? | <urn:uuid:9cac504d-9f17-4faf-8080-2b7a66183d4d> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/index.php/hydrogen-generator-types/ | 2017-05-26T05:32:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608642.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20170526051657-20170526071657-00125.warc.gz | en | 0.942344 | 808 | [
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Bellingham, WA – Bellingham Marine, leading dock designer and marina builder, is pleased to announce the appointment of Rob Rasmussen as General Manager of Bellingham Marine’s Northwest Division, located in Washington State. Mr. Rasmussen will oversee the day to day operations of the Division including manufacturing and general contracting activities.
Mr. Rasmussen was hired by Bellingham Marine as a Project Manager. “Rob has quickly proven to be a tremendous asset to our Northwest team,” said Everett Babbitt, President and CEO of Bellingham Marine. “His strong leadership skills and engineering and project management experience are well suited for ensuring the company’s high standards for product quality, customer satisfaction, and project delivery are met.”
Prior to joining Bellingham Marine, Rob worked for one of the U.S.’s top construction companies, Granite Construction for eight years, after spending ten years with a highly regarded local contractor, Strider Construction.
Following the appointment of Mr. Rasmussen, Jim Engen, 20-year employee of Bellingham Marine was promoted to the position of Manager of Project Development. Mr. Engen has held numerous leadership positions within the company including, most recently, Operations Manager and Senior Estimator.
“We are extremely excited to have Jim in this key position,” said Jesse Ellenz, Vice President of Special Projects and former General Manager of Bellingham’s Northwest Division. “Jim’s level of technical knowledge, dedication, and customer service will strengthen the Company’s ability to provide technical assistance to meet each of our client’s needs.”
In his new role, Mr. Engen will be responsible for sales of marina and other precast products, marina assessment, contract development, engineering management and project coordination.
“The dynamics of this new, multi-talented leadership team will have a tremendous impact on the overall growth and sustainability of the Northwest Division and the Bellingham Marine company as a whole,” said Babbitt. “I am highly confident that these new appointments will allow us to continue to serve our customers with the high quality service and technical expertise that the company is known worldwide for.”
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May 2002 Magazine
Many parrot keepers raise happy, healthy, well-adjusted parrots. What is their secret? How do they create happiness initially in their flocks and then continue to keep their parrots happy? Does parrot happiness lead to more beautiful parrots and to more enjoyable, fulfilling relationships between the parrot and the keeper? I find that they get their parrots involved in their routines and activities. Also, that they plan experiences for their parrots. Their satisfaction with their avian companions is hard to measure, but appears to be immense.
For those who work outside the home, who must leave their parrots several hours a day, this article may serve as a starting point to consider ideas to enrich the time the parrot spends alone and also with the owner.
Well-adjusted parrots are thought to be content, inquisitive, curious, adventurous, alert, loving, confident, playful and sometimes even boisterous. In this article, the use of the term "happy" includes these attributes.
A happy parrot is easy to see in photographs. Their eyes are sparkling and their body language is confident. The photo of my Jenday Conure with his beak open calling to the world is a good example of a happy parrot.
The next photo is of my umbrella Cockatoo. She was not happy. A toy was over her head which she couldn't reach. Her dulled eyes and crouching posture signal she is not happy.
There are 2 things that we can do to make our parrots happier, which translates to being better-adjusted. We can plan interactive activities with our parrots, get them involved in our lives, and we can plan activities to keep our parrots entertained when we can't spend time with them.
Interactive planning involves that I plan a routine, adventures, learning activities, and quality time.
Parrots love routine. They need to know that the sun comes up in the East and sets in the West so to speak. Establish some simple things to start your parrots day everyday. Let one certain parrot help you brush your hair or watch while you dress everyday. With a foundation based in routine, the secure parrot is ready to go further in development.
My parrots crave adventure. Find the degree of adventure that is acceptable to your parrot and try to stimulate them with a little challenging adventure each day. For several of my parrots, leaving the bird room and going to another room in the house is adventurous and stimulating enough. For my more brave parrots, they take daily outside walks on their harness and leash, where new sights and sounds may greet them each time.
Daily chores are made lighter by the company of my parrots. I plan learning activities around my tasks. If I need to look for my red shirt, I take a parrot with me to "help." When I am going to straighten a room, a parrot can watch. Take your parrot around the house with you. Keep an eye on their safety, like never dust or sweep in a room with a parrot as dust could irritate their nasal passages. Never take a parrot into the kitchen when the stove top might be on. This photo is of an Umbrella Cockatoo watching a human put plaster on the ceiling. He is learning and enjoying the experience.
Planning learning activities and spending quality time with your parrots can be linked. I like to play games with my parrots and get them involved with me. Toss the ball off the playtree is the easiest game to start with. You can learn to train your parrots like Clicker Training. I am teaching my GSC2 to come to me when I wiggle my finger "come here." This quality time is a way to show your parrot that you appreciate them. Parrots need to be appreciated.
When I can't spend time with my parrots, I plan activities for them. I hide non-spoiling foods around their cage for them to find while I am gone or busy. Pop up some air-popped corn and leave it in their treat dish for munching pleasure. I leave them a bowl of foot toys to play with. Threading tissue paper through the bars for them to tear up while I am busy elsewhere is a favorite. The radio or television set on a timer is also welcomed by my parrots. A new toy in their cage makes them not notice I am walking out the door as they happily explore its wonders.
Parrots love to watch busy humans. Arrange their cage for them to see a busy street or sidewalk. I put wild bird food in the yard and the wild birds that come to dine provide lots of entertainment for my parrots. I have one parrot that is very afraid of large black birds, so his cage is safely away from the windows where he can feel secure. Know your parrot and consider their fears and interests when arranging their cage placement.
Another cage placement idea is shown in the photo. Parrots may like to watch each other, so plan their arrangement accordingly. I have 2 parrots that enjoy playing footsie with each other. Their cages are close enough that they can play and touch each others feet, but safely apart so one can not bite the others foot.
Toys are wonderful cage stress relievers. Find toys your bird likes to play with. When I worked outside the home, my parrots used many more toys than they do now that I am home with them. Planning activities for my parrots while I am away or busy takes more concentration.
I have read that parrots are not a hobby, they are a way of life. If you can get them more involved in your life, then they will be more fulfilled, and your life more enriched. Enjoy your parrot.
Winged Wisdom Note: Linda gratefully acknowledges [email protected] and [email protected] for their refinement by discussion of the ideas presented here. See her toys specially designed for Cockatoos and her toys for other parrots at http://www.discountbirdtoys.com. Linda has published eight articles in consumer and collegiate journals and enjoys the study of parrots and wild birds.
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MOSCOW, November 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
During their meeting, the Russian minister and Germany's ex-Chancellor shared views on the prospects for future relations and bilateral cooperation in trade and industry between Russia and Germany.
The Russian Minister of Trade and Industry thanked the German ex-Chancellor for a significant contribution to strengthening the cooperation between the two countries. "During your time in office, you laid a very solid foundation for Russian-German relations, the lasting benefits of which are still felt today, particularly in the current challenging environment," Denis Manturov noted.
Talking about furthering the industrial cooperation between Russia and Germany, the minister specifically noted the participation of Russian regional leaders in working meetings scheduled in the programme of his visit to Germany: "I specifically invited representatives of Russian regions to join our meeting for them to establish direct links with German regions."
Responding to the former Chancellor's questions about Russia's life under sanctions, the Russian Minister of Trade and Industry said that Western policy makers were greatly mistaken in believing that Russia heavily relied on Western technologies. "We in Russia have developed very strong basic and applied science. Moreover, in certain areas we are roughly at a par with European countries - I am referring to biotechnology, photonics and robotics. And for us to successfully develop these areas we need collaboration and active cooperation with Germany and other European nations," Denis Manturov noted.
In concluding the meeting, Gerhard Schroeder indicated his support for the approach towards furthering cooperation in trade and industry outlined by the Russian Minister of Trade and Industry and added that the role of German business community and industry associations should not be underestimated. According to the ex-Chancellor, they should make efforts to ensure that Germany's small and medium businesses actively pursue cooperation with Russia as Russia has been and remains Germany's largest partner. | <urn:uuid:db8fd5b1-e584-489e-8f0a-dc4ef58f6e8a> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/denis-manturov-meets-former-german-chancellor-gerhard-schroeder-545987282.html | 2017-05-27T09:57:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608936.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20170527094439-20170527114439-00445.warc.gz | en | 0.967883 | 374 | [
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Side effects, best thought of as undesired effects of a medical therapy occurring along with the desired treatment, often occur following an anesthetic. Distinct from a complication, which implies harm or risk to the patient, side effects after anesthesia produce inconvenience and discomfort but usually not harm.
Nausea and Vomiting
Nausea and vomiting comprise the most well known of the anesthetic side effects. Up to 30 percent of patients experience at least nausea. This number jumps to 70 percent in patients known to be at high risk, according to the article "Consensus Guidelines for Managing Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting," published in the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia in 2003. Patient risk factors include female gender, non-smoking status, a history of motion sickness, and prior nausea or vomiting with anesthesia. Certain types of surgery also carry different risks for nausea. For example, the risk goes up with intra-abdominal surgery as compared to surgery on the limbs. Breast, brain, eye and ear surgery also increase this side effect. Longer surgeries also involve more risk of nausea and vomiting in the postoperative period. Not surprisingly, some types of anesthesia cause more nausea than others. General anesthesia using opioid medications and gas lead to more problems than local anesthesia or nerve blocks.
Most cases of a postoperative sore throat result from the breathing tube placed in the windpipe, between the vocal cords, during a general anesthetic. Although carefully positioned, sore throat may still result due to the sensitive nature of the windpipe. Even without a breathing tube, the oxygen and anesthesia gases produce a drying effect that irritates the mucous membranes of the throat. Lozenges and ice relieve the symptoms of the sore throat which resolves on its own in a few days.
Shivering and shaking bother about 40 percent of patients after an anesthetic, according to "Miller's Anesthesia, 7th edition." Intuitively, loss of heat during the surgery accounts for a great number of these cases. But because patients with normal body temperature also sometimes shiver, other properties of the anesthetic seem to be at play as well. Warming with forced air blankets and warm IV fluids treat those with lowered body temperature. Drugs such as the narcotic meperidine, through a poorly understood mechanism, effectively resolve shivering in non-thermogenic shivering, which is the type not due to low temperature.
Soreness and muscle aches account for another group of side effects after anesthesia. One of the medications used during anesthesia, succinylcholine, causes muscles to contract and then relax, which can result in residual muscle aches. General soreness also results from lying still on the operating table. Unlike natural sleep, the body can’t make adjustments in position during anesthetic unconsciousness. Being in the same position for long periods of time causes muscles and joints to become stiff and sore. In addition, the flat and stiff design of the operating tables caters to surgical access and not comfort, further contributing to general body aching after surgery. | <urn:uuid:4256b911-0c13-41c5-b350-8c876123ffd2> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.livestrong.com/article/226718-post-anesthesia-side-effects/ | 2017-05-29T23:13:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463613135.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20170529223110-20170530003110-00061.warc.gz | en | 0.943466 | 622 | [
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Ridden patiently by John Velazquez, Audacious Chloe tracked the pacesetter Fanlight Fanny and Dreaming of Anna while three wide. She launched her bid at the head of the lane to reach even terms with the 4-5 favorite on her inside, slowly edging away in the final stages. The final time for the 1 1/16-mile turf test for 3-year-old fillies was 1:41 3/5 on firm footing. Both fillies carried 121 pounds.
The loss was the second for Dreaming of Anna this year. She captured Eclipse honors in 2006 when she capped a perfect juvenile campaign with a 1 1/2-length win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I). The Rahyfilly returned to action with a third-place finish in Gulfstream's 6 1/2-furlong Old Hat (gr. III) on Feb. 10.
“It’s never encouraging if you don’t win, but we were just second best today,” trainer Wayne Catalano said.
Dreaming of Anna, ridden by Rene Douglas, held a slim advantage after taking over from the fading Fanlight Fanny, who set fractions of :22 4/5, :48 1/5 and 1:11 4/5. But the champion's lead was short-lived because Audacious Chloe was ready to challenge.
“I was happy when those other two went out (Fanlight Fanny & Dreaming of Anna), because we wanted to cover our filly up and see if she would relax," Velazquez said. "I felt good at the three-eighths pole because I knew they had been going pretty hard, and if I could get my filly going, she’d be able to run them down.”
Communique, piloted by Javier Castellano, closed the best of the rest to take third, 3 1/4 lengths behind the winner.
A daughter of More Than Ready out of the Manila mare Audacious, Audacious Chloe is trained by Todd Pletcher for owners Team Valor Stables and Never Tell Farm. Highclere Inc. bred the $300,000 Fasig-Tipton filly in Kentucky.
Audacious Chloe had a maiden win to show in three starts before Pletcher switched her to the turf to win a one-mile stakes at Monmouth Aug. 20. In her only other start since then, the chestnut nearly went the distance in the 1 1/16-mile Jessamine before losing out by a neck on the Keeneland lawn Oct. 26. Her record stands at three wins and two seconds in six starts with earnings of $148,139.
“She loved the time off – didn’t miss a beat in her training -- and did everything Todd asked her to," said Anthony Sciametta Jr., who saddled Audacious Chloe for Pletcher. "He was adamant to Johnny that he wanted her to rate today.”
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The Perfect Poem
Years upon years of preparation had gone into this
event now unfolding.
The Lonely Poet sat before a blank sheet of paper at his desk, pen in hand,
with lines of concentration across his brow.
He had spent many months purifying his mind with the greatest poets of history:
the most prolific, the most renowned, the most bizarre and the most obscure.
He was ready.
Deep inside himself he knew that his entire life had been building towards this moment –
made for this moment.
He was ready to fulfil the goal that would give his life meaning:
The perfect poem.
Once written his life would be complete.
Beads of sweat now lined his forehead.
A multitude of combinations were flying through his mind.
Everything depended upon the first sentence –
the very first word.
Every aspect of the poem had to be perfect.
Each decision was crucial.
The sweat began to pour off his body as he concentrated ever more furiously.
All night the Lonely Poet sat there till the sun slowly crept into his room.
He could sense the quiet awe of angels hovering overhead
as the pen dropped from his aching hand.
Satisfied, he pushed himself away from his desk and the perfect poem,
and walked outside to embrace his death.
Inside, the angels hovered closer,
whispering together as they marvelled at the majesty of his work.
Later, much later, another poet happened across the lonely room.
Feeling inspired, he picked up the pen and began to scribble
over the top of what was once perfection.
The life's work of the Lonely Poet was lost in that moment of creation.
Who was more foolish?
The fool who left a page unmarked and labelled it perfection,
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4 Simple Ways to Drive Better Ad Campaigns Using Audience Insights
“Brands get their value from how customers perceive them,” says David Reibstein, professor of marketing and branding expert at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. As we continue to witness the rise and fall of some of the world’s leading brands, it’s clear that these perceptions are becoming harder to predict. Today’s fragmented audiences are shaped by continuous change, and brands need to be every bit as agile in the way they communicate.Driving a successful ad campaign in this complex digital landscape has never been more of a challenge, with the rise of the ad-blocker adding more fuel to the fire.But advertising that works with the modern consumer is not impossible, and it begins with some simple steps that can better align your strategy, and make your goals more achievable. Here’s how:
1. Stop Relying on Guesswork
Marketing and advertising professionals often have to rely on educated guesswork and instinct when it comes to strategy, from creating your marketing personas to deciding which channels to invest in. But today’s landscape has evolved dramatically, and this approach no longer works. This is where detailed audience insights come into play, with in-depth data sets representing many thousands of internet users across the world replacing this traditional reliance on intuition or guesswork.
These data-driven insights provide the real answers you need to select the right platforms for a campaign, allowing brands to respond effectively in an increasingly globalized world, and helping them to keep pace with evolving consumer needs. For most brands that have fallen in popularity in recent years, their decline was spelt out in patterns of consumer behavior long before it became a reality, so staying clued into your audience at all times is well worth the investment.
“Don’t find customers for your product. Find products for your customers” – Seth Godin
2. Get to Know Your Audience
Any data set’s breadth is complemented by its depth of analysis – getting beyond the headlines to the more granular detail. This is also true for market research, and the methods you use to find out what makes your audience tick. When tracked over time, this kind of in-depth data helps you to identify clear trends and patterns in consumer behavior, from the adoption or rejection of new technologies, to shifting attitudes and opinions.
Audience-centric marketing means harnessing that data-driven knowledge on your consumers to personalise your messaging in the most effective way. For example, we know that 50% of consumers are now using private browsing windows, which points to the complex attitudes that people have when it comes to privacy and the protection of data. These insights could help a marketing team to communicate the right message, in the right way, helping to successfully change consumer perceptions around data sharing.
“The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well, the product or service fits him and sells itself.” – Peter Drucker
3. Map Your Message the Right Way
Data-driven insights are invaluable when it comes to figuring out where, when and how to communicate with your audience. And in the information age, where the average attention span of every consumer is gradually decreasing, this knowledge is more powerful than ever. Research by InSkin Media suggests an ad needs to be on screen for 14 seconds to have any chance of being noticed, yet only 42% of ads are looked at for even one second.
Detailed insights into exactly where your consumer is at in their decision-making process can ensure that messages are adapted for maximum relevance and impact. This helps you to guide them along the funnel all the way from awareness through to purchase, with their needs, interests and perceptions in mind at every stage.
“Don’t tell me how good you make it; tell me how good it makes me when I use it.” – Leo Burnett
4. Elevate Your Voice Using the Right Channels
It’s not easy to know which channels are the right ones for your audience, especially in this fragmented digital landscape. Audience insights can help marketers to discover new platforms and mediums and to find out what really works for them, gaining considerable advantage over more flat-footed competitors. Understanding these platforms and devices also offers more insight into the messaging and tone of of voice that will work best for each. The audience demographics for services like Snapchat, for example, are synonymous with young users, so the messaging should be adapted accordingly (although our research into Snapchat users suggests this to be evolving fast).
With the market becoming ever-more difficult to predict as digital trends continue to rise and fall, this raises huge opportunities and threats for all businesses. To ensure your organization thrives in this era of constant change, marketers are playing a central role in keeping their brands in tune with existing consumer behaviors and seeking out new target audiences in markets around the world.
“Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people” – William Butler Yeats
For every marketing and advertising professional in this new landscape, understanding your audience can spell the difference between a campaign that fails, and one that succeeds. Audience profiling data based on real insights is helping us to move communications away from the traditional reliance on guesswork to a much more nuanced approach to marketing that works, because if you really know your audience, anything is possible.
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The Pearl was a tall and slender woman with snow-white hair, and a youthful, even teenaged, appearance despite her likely age. Her eyes were aquamarine and slanted. She habitually dressed with a wintry theme, in fine clothes and jewelry.
- The Pearl's appearance and nature may suggest she is in fact as aasimar.
As Hamayarch, the Pearl would have been an arcane magic-user of some kind, and was the highest-ranking wizard in the court. As Hamayarch, she governed and regulated the magic-users of Procampur.
The Pearl apparently had the ability to manipulate fate and grant luck to people.
The Pearl's nature and history were a mystery to many, though some suspected she was a former "red-roof girl", as in Procampur's red-roofed Adventurers' District (that is, an adventurer, or a possibly a prostitute).
However, she became a Hamayarch and served three generations of Thultyrls by the mid-13th century DR. In this position, she strictly regulated Procampur's magic-users, and largely discouraged the practice.
In the Year of Burning Steel, 1246 DR, the current Thultyrl chose to liberate the neighboring city of Tsurlagol from a horde of orcs, goblinoids and other marauders, led by the orc warlord Fottergrim. However, the Pearl believed that the Thultyrl was destined to die young, at the age of 26 and early in his reign, in battle against Fottergrim before the walls of Tsurlagol. Instead, he was wounded on his hunting trip (an event perhaps orchestrated by the Pearl). The Pearl secretly prevented his wounds from healing to keep him away from the frontlines and Fottergrim, believing that he would go on to become a good king and complete the Great Codex of Procampur's laws. Tsurlagol was liberated regardless.
- The date of 1246 DR was not included in the novel Crypt of the Moaning Diamond due to editing error. It was mentioned by author Rosemary Jones, here.
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Weighing in at an impressive 800 episodes, Doctor Who has been entertaining audiences for the past 50 years. Yet, despite this vast backlog of content, I know next to nothing about the actual series. For that reason, I’ve decided to watch this unusual show from the beginning, to discover the source of its unique appeal. Come with me as I tackle this daunting sci-fi phenomena from the very beginning in The Complete Doctor Who.
Warning: the following contains spoilers
Episode 3: The Escape
Last episode we got our first look at the Doctor’s greatest enemies the Daleks. It was heavy on plot, remarkably light on interesting developments, but fear not, because this episode is wall to wall gold.
We begin with our usual recap. Susan reaches the TARDIS where she pockets the anti-radiation drugs, then steps out for a chance meeting with this guy.
That’s right, dude’s straight up chilling outside, doing his best impression of the creepy guy at the back of the bus. Susan is understandably terrified, so the man gives her his name, Alydon, and a backup supply of drugs. So just to review, a crazy looking stalker gives a box of “medicine” to a teenage girl. Yup, I’ve got a feeling this is going to turn out just fine.
He also lends her his cloak, which might be the most insane piece of clothing ever worn by anyone ever.
Susan takes the drugs back to the city, where the rest of the crew enjoy an improbably quick recuperation given that they were dying of radiation only moments ago.
Meanwhile, in their funny little command center, the Dalek’s concoct a plan to lure the Thals into their city.
They also decide to bring food to their prisoners, which they serve to them on a little silver platter.
This is absolutely fantastic and left me with a single burning question; how is this not a theme restaurant? Dalek waiters taking your order in a shrill robotic voice.
“Welcome. to. Daleks. Today’s. specials. are…”
I would practically live at a place like that. Seriously folks, let’s get a kickstarter campaign started to fund this thing toot sweet.
We follow this up with our first group shot of the Thal and folks, it is a thing of true beauty.
Any cosplayers out there looking for their next look, I challenge you to make this happen. Torn leather chaps, open chest V-neck shirt, along with that tortoise shell pattern cloak. The thought of a good half dozen of you descending on Comic Con rocking that look fills me with a special kind of glee.
You might think that’s as good as things get, but folks, we’re just getting warmed up. Next, we get what has got to be one of my top ten favorite things of all time, when the Daleks dictate a letter to Susan. A letter which she writes out in LONGHAND. The future everyone. Incredible.
Meanwhile, back in the cell, the Doctor works out that the Daleks are powered by static electricity, which seems remarkably low tech for a race of beings in possession of a paralysis ray.
The group hatches what may be their weirdest plan yet, staging a really ham-fisted fight during which they tear out the security camera that’s been recording them, then mix water with the jungle remains from the bottom of Susan’s shoes.
A Dalek comes in later with another serving tray, allowing Ian to block the door with the remains of the camera. Barbara smears mud on the Dalek’s scanner and they straight up pull the Dalek by the arms onto Susan’s tortoise cloak, thus severing its power. That’s right, they defeat a Dalek using a combination of mud and a stupid looking cape, leading me to wonder how they ever managed to reach their arch-enemy status. I guess in the world of the good Doctor, mud and capes are hard to come by.
Then they pop the top off the thing like it’s a can of Pringles, pull out the creature inside (which thanks to a blanket we never fully see), then deposit it in the corner of the room.
Ian climbs inside and we get the Stormtrooper disguise scene from Star Wars a full fifteen years early.
After they step out of the room, we get what is actually a pretty cool cliffhanger, in which a clawed hand reaches out from beneath the blanket, revealing there’s more to the Daleks besides their metallic shells.
Episode 4: The Ambush
We pick up right where we left off, with Ian rolling down the hall in his Dalekmobile, herding his friends before him like prisoners. He tries bluffing his way past another Dalek, who decides he really ought to clear things with his boss first. Then we get a true first for this show, when Susan actually does something useful. Not surprising, it involves screaming, which turns out to be a pretty good way of distracting mutant cyborgs. Live and learn kids.
They all pile into the elevator and start their long trip to the surface. And I do mean long, as they take what might be the slowest elevator ride of all time.
Ian gets stuck inside the Dalek, which is kind of amazing and the Doctor pulls his “every man for himself” schtick, leaving him behind.
Meanwhile, the Daleks have figured out what’s happened and are going to work on the elevator door, blasting away with a wicked looking welding torch that’s a damn site more menacing than the fall-down ray they used earlier.
The Doctor reaches the top with Susan and Barbara in tow, while Ian struggles to escape his robot costume, which is a really weird way to build dramatic tension.
The Daleks finally force their way through and straight up annihilate the Dalek inside. The top crumbles away and they realize its empty.
The elevator goes up once again and Ian FINALLY makes it to the top. That’s right folks, we’re halfway through this thing and our heroes have successfully ascended an elevator. Go team.
By this point, the Daleks are themselves coming up the elevator, so Ian destroys it by grabbing an inexplicably placed piece of modern art and pushing it down on top of it. What in God’s name is this doing here? There is literally nothing found anywhere within the halls of a city populated entirely by mutated blobs riding around in roving shop vacs, yet for some reason the top floor has a piece of corporate art?
With that insane business out of the way, our “heroes” look out a window just in time to see a group of Thals headed toward the city and an obvious ambush (like the title, see?).
Naturally, the Doctor feels no inclination whatsoever to help them, so Ian agrees to stay and warn them. I’ve got to wonder why this isn’t called the Ian Chesterton show, since he’s the only character willing to do anything.
Ian proceeds to find the Thal leader, then watches him for a solid three minutes, finally yelling a warning when it can’t do a conceivable bit of good.
The Daleks kill the hell out of the Thal, giving him what is perhaps the most undignified death of all time.
Here’s hoping they build a statue commemorating his sacrifice.
Then the remaining Thals escape the city by doing this.
Again, not really selling me on the whole menace of the Daleks thing.
Ian joins up with the others at the Thal camp and we learn a little bit about their culture. In the years since their great war with the Daleks, the Thals’ culture has done a complete 180, making them opposed to violence of any kind. This poses something of a moral dilemma. Do they convince the Thals to fight, or allow them to embrace what is a very positive break from their violent past?
At least it would be a moral dilemma if it were any other show but this one. Instead, the Doctor decides it’s time to leave, making this the THIRD time he has run away in just this episode alone.
Having witnessed Barbara’s compassion towards Za back in the last serial, one would logically assume she would have some objection to this, but no, she simply grabs Susan and gets ready to leave.
Outnumbered by the others, Ian reluctantly goes along, only to reveal the episode’s final twist. Remember the fuel cell that started this whole mess in the first place? Well, it seems it’s gone missing, taked by the Daleks at some point offscreen. GROAN. Yup, that means it’s back to the city we just spent four episodes escaping from.
I can’t believe how absolutely off the wall this episode is. I get that the Doctor is meant to be unconventional, but all he seems to do is turn tail and run, which is a remarkably strange way to anchor your outer space adventure series. At this point, Ian has become the de facto lead, only by virtue of the fact that he occasionally does something to drive the narrative forward.
It’s also important to note that there are four main characters here. This is a conscious choice on the part of the creators, so why are they given so little to do? It’s a head scratcher to be sure. Oh well, perhaps we’ll get some answers next time when our “heroes” return in The Expedition. | <urn:uuid:ed390906-4f93-4f22-acf8-5c699181ceea> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | https://godsandgalaxies.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/the-complete-doctor-who-serial-2-the-daleks-episodes-3-4/ | 2017-05-23T08:57:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607593.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20170523083809-20170523103809-00002.warc.gz | en | 0.95095 | 2,036 | [
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Swiss debate limit on non-Swiss
BERN, Switzerland -- How many foreigners is enough? That is the question the Swiss must decide at the polls this month.
In Europe's latest political controversy kindled by immigration, voters in this small, rich and landlocked country will be asked, via referendum, whether their constitution should be amended to limit the number of non-Swiss to 18 percent of the population.
"The number of foreigners has exploded in 10 years, without a real policy of integration being discussed,'' complained Philipp Mueller, a member of the Radical Party, who supervised the collection of 100,000 signatures to put the question on the Sept. 24 ballot.
Like Mueller's party, most members of the Swiss political and economic establishment -- including the leaders of the federal government, headquartered in Bern -- have reacted with horror to his proposal.
Milosevic aide rules out election observers
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia -- The Yugoslav government will not allow observers from Western countries considered hostile to President Slobodan Milosevic to monitor elections here, a top official said Saturday.
The rejection, which comes amid fears of possible vote-rigging in the Sept. 24 election, is meant "to protect Yugoslavia's sovereignty and integrity,'' Information Minister Goran Matic said.
He also blasted government critics who had warned of fraud as "delegates of American institutions whose aim is to occupy our society.''
Matic spoke at a news conference at the headquarters of his neo-communist Yugoslav Left party, a powerful group led by the president's wife, Mirjana Markovic, and coalition partner with Milosevic's Socialists.
Milosevic is running for re-election. His main challenger, Vojislav Kostunica, who is representing a group of allied opposition parties, currently leads independent polls by more than 10 percentage points.
Matic accused the foreign media in Yugoslavia of preparing to discredit what would be a certain Milosevic victory.
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2004 Volkswagen Touran 2.0 petrol
Nice to drive, but can become costly to repair
Radio and alarm turns on at random.
Valve body had to be replaced at 70,000km.
We got our Touran brand new, and has had all its services done at our local VW dealer ever since.
The car was spacious, and feels planted and well put together. The 6 speed gearbox and 2.0L engine combination was fuel efficient, and provided adequate power for a car of this size.
But not long into our ownership, we encountered constant little electrical problems, such as the window, stereo and alarm.
And most recently, at around 70,000km, we were experiencing problems with what we thought was the gearbox, as the gear changes have become very harsh. We took it to our local VW dealer, and found that it was the valve body that needed replacing. A job which will cost around $4,500NZ! And as we had full service history with them, they were willing to give us a discount, to $3,200. The gear changes have been fine since the repair.
Although I feel that this is a very good car when it is operating perfectly, the constant problems and cost of repairs for such a low mileage car, will make me think twice before I purchase another VW.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 25th April, 2012
21st Apr 2013, 15:57
I also have a Touran 2005 with the six speed auto, 70,000km, and a valve body problem with harsh changing down while braking. In the shop as we speak; $4000 repair. I took out the warranty as it was secondhand, so only have to pay $200. Shouldn't have to buy the warranty, but I recommend you do. Also had trouble with the central locking, and the air con stepper motor. | <urn:uuid:57131d5e-f4fa-4bdd-9141-fd5af619ad28> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.carsurvey.org/reviews-by-region/australia_and_new_zealand/volkswagen/touran/ | 2017-05-24T08:24:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607806.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20170524074252-20170524094252-00334.warc.gz | en | 0.98445 | 398 | [
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Season two of Welcome to Sweetie Pies is looking pretty appetizing.
In this exclusive sneak peek, Miss Robbie gets the news she's been waiting to receive for over 18 months. Along with her son Tim and the crew, Miss Robbie has encountered several ups and downs in getting Sweetie Pie's Upper Crust opened in St. Louis. But the wait is officially over.
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Sustainability is a growing field, with job opportunities in the sciences, social sciences and the humanities. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “although their specific career paths might differ, sustainability professionals promote environmental protection, social responsibility, and profitability.”
Sustainability professionals may help their employers conserve resources (from energy to water to dollars) and improve efficiency; create new, more environmentally and socially responsible technologies or services; educate stakeholders about environmental and social issues and engage them in planning and programming accordingly and more. Regardless of job title, the work of all sustainability professionals focuses on the intersection of environment, economics and social and cultural issues: what’s referred to in the business world as the “triple bottom line” of people, profits and planet.
According to May 2011 figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the highest median salaries in sustainability are in areas of management and engineering.
Engineers usually have a bachelor’s degree in an engineering field (such as environmental or chemical engineering), and often need to be licensed as professional engineers. Managers can come from a variety of backgrounds, including business administration, environmental sciences, law and more. Higher-level (and higher-paying) jobs in each area require at least a bachelor’s degree (and, many times, also a graduate degree) and years of experience in the field.
- Chief sustainability executives: $166,910
- Natural sciences managers: $114,770
- General and operations managers: $95,150
- Chemical engineers: $92,930
- Atmospheric and space scientists: $89,790
- Industrial production managers: $88,190
- Environmental engineers: $79,050
- Civil engineers: $77,990
- Health and safety engineers (excluding mining safety engineers and inspectors): $75,470
- Industrial engineers: $77,240
Because sustainability is so interdisciplinary, there is no set career path in this field, though sustainability jobs in scientific and engineering fields have certain degree and certification requirements. Those interested in sustainability can pursue careers in clean energy, technology, education, management, political science, business and more. One great source for information on green jobs is the U.S. Department of Labor report, “Why Green Is Your Color: A Woman’s Guide to a Sustainable Career.” This guide is helpful for both men and women, discussing a number of green occupations, their educational requirements and where to find jobs.
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Report NEP-CSE-2007-08-18This is the archive for NEP-CSE, a report on new working papers in the area of Economics of Strategic Management. Joao Jose de Matos Ferreira issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
The following items were announced in this report:
- Marin, Dalia & Verdier, Thierry, 2007. "Competing in Organizations: Firm Heterogeneity and International Trade," Discussion Paper Series of SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems 207, Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn, University of Mannheim, University of Munich.
- Van De Woestyne, M. & Devos,G. & Van den Broeck, H., 2007. "A contingency approach to innovation management: a cross-case competition," Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Working Paper Series 2007-20, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School.
- Item repec:rim:rimwps:08-07 is not listed on IDEAS anymore
- Svein Olav Nås, 2007. "Industrial structure, business demography and innovation," Working Papers on Innovation Studies 20070611, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo.
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Born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, Colourist/Designer Hugo Froes was first inspired to be an artist by both his parents, from as early an age as 5 years old. Having lived through most of the latter years of the apartheid regime in South Africa, he received various artistic influences until his third year of high school, when he was privileged enough to be accepted to the National School of Arts in Johannesburg.
Upon completion, Hugo decided that it would be best going the design route, as it joined his love for technology with his love for art. After completing a very intense year of training at the Damelin Computer College, he decided it was time to move to new horizons, two days after his 20th birthday he moved to Portugal to start his professional career. Now living in Portugal with his beautiful wife Tania, Hugo is hoping to taking the comic world by storm with his coloring techniques!
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Hello, and good morning. How's it going?? Me, I am doing pretty good. I wouldn't have minded sleeping a bit more but whatevs. Yesterday I followed Jan's law from work. If it isn't raining when you leave ride. So I biked to work knowing full well I was going to be riding home in crappy weather. It was raining?? Snowing?? Ice rocks. It hurt your face. :)
It made me feel alive though. Also it was kinda fun. Luckily the wind was an easterly wind so mostly to my back. If it was a westerly wind my blog might titled being dead. :)
Anyways that was kinda fun. I would have taken Hope for a 2nd time, but that shit really did hurt. :)
Today I am skipping coffee, cuz I am not in the mood. I'll be taking Hope to scout out the roads, cuz I wanna bike to work. It doesn't look too bad out there.
Not sure what to do for dinner. I'd like to make something good. I may go through my cook book.
I guess today I will just live another day in my life. I do this shit pretty well, and my secret is my heart. Ha!! I can't make myself like me, and I can't make you like me. I can only show you the way. :)
That is it for today!!! :)
Thanks for reading!!! :)
Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!! :)
Love You All!!! :)
p.s. I'll have to check the weather before I take the Hopester.
Love You All xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Ya'All are the best xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
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Luv ya's. :)
Now for really really cya cya cya :D :D
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It’s not enough to become bilingual. As I achieved fluency, I looked for ways to keep my Spanish in use. Eventually left a suburban congregation to join a Hispanic one in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Through my professional contacts I made a bridge to the majority culture. I made friends, and I advocated for them on immigration issues.
Ten weeks of immersion stoked a desire to return to Mexico, not as a gringo tourist but as a contributing member of a community. I volunteered a couple times but the assignments didn’t involve close, personal relationships. I wanted to be involved with people and engaged in their community. Then I volunteered with Fundación en Vía as an English teacher in Oaxaca. The English classes complement the micro-credit and business training the Fundación gives indigenous women. I already knew effective teaching required rapport if not intimacy.
Oaxaca is a small, vibrant city in southern Mexico that retains its indigenous roots and cultures. I elect to live with an ordinary family near the Fundación and teach in the outlying Zapotec town of San Jeronimo Tlacochahuaya (thirty minutes by bus from the center of Oaxaca). The three other teachers – Nora, Nicola, and Augie are just out of college or grad school – are also volunteers. They teach the children.
It’s midafternoon when the four of us get off the local bus at the município or city hall and set up our ‘classrooms’ beneath the open air arcade or portales fronting the city hall. Each ‘classroom’ consists of a table, a white board with a few markers, and some folding chairs. We write the day’s lesson plan on the white board along with key words or lessons for the evening. Then we bask in the warmth of late afternoon sunlight while we wait for our students to arrive – three classes for children, one for adults.
Tlacochahuaya (Tcla-co-cha-why-a) is an agricultural community nestled in a broad valley bounded by dark, volcanic ridges rising high above fields of maíz, frijol, calabasas (corn, beans, squash), and maguey, an agave that is se source of mescal, the local liquor. This município sits high on a slope facing the fawn-colored parroquia or church across the square or zocalo. From the portales we look across the valley to the dark mountains beyond.
The Fundación’s curriculum is well-designed for children but I don’t think it will work for adults. As an adult language-learner, I know adult students can learn faster and deeper than children, but I also know they have an adult inhibitions and self-censorship that rarely bothers children. With this in mind, I alter the curriculum activities. As a recent adult language student, I know how they feel; at times I still feel inhibited. As their teacher, I’m also something of a student in Spanish. Our immediate goal isn’t the precise mastery of grammar rules but becoming confident in communication.
My small class consists of Manuel, Elizabet, her daughter Monica. Elizabet is in her late forties and I don’t know if she has a job. Monica is a nurse and new mother in her twenties. And Manuel says he’s forty-five and had English classes many years before. He is entering at mid-term and already more advanced. My predecessor taught his last class the week before I arrived and I have no idea how much or how well he taught them. Our first class is something of a blind date.
What a surprise and pleasure to discover they already know more English than the curriculum provides for and eager to push on. Clearly, they aren’t ‘blank slates’ on whom I will lay the curriculum. They are insipient English speakers and I must begin where they are and go forward from there.
Class preparation hinges on several questions: What do adults find hardest to learn at first? What were my barriers to learning? How did teachers help me overcome them? What spurred me to learn? I spend more prep time working on the answers to these questions than on grammar. Our classers quickly become interactive – like‘improv’ theater – in which we react to and incorporate what we bring to class in the way of questions and observations.
Their questions of ‘how do you say …?’ or ‘what’s the Spanish equivalent of …?’ are as integral to learning as a lesson about placing adjectives BEFORE the nouns they modify. English goes bottom up, empirically compiling details (modifiers) with the noun as a kind of summary of all: ‘The tall, green fir TREE.’ Spanish is more top-down, categorically starting with the noun and then adding details (modifiers) as subordinate aspects: ‘El ÁRBOL, alto y verde’ (The tree, tall and green). Is there any inherent logic about where the adjective is placed? Their simple, direct questions cause me to think about English in a way I haven’t thought of it before.
Making out vocabulary cards, I choose words relevant to their lives and contain letter combinations and sounds largely unknown in Spanish: ‘th’, ‘ee’, ‘oo’, ‘lk’,’rn’ and many others. Not only must they recognize the sound when they read them silently, but it is important to train their tongues to make the sounds. Elizabet, Monica, and Manuel practice training their tongues on words like ‘with’, ‘tooth’, ‘geese’, ‘born’, walk, and many others.
I know this is harder than it seems. Even if the brain recognizes the word, the tongue either fails to make the sound in speech or rebels against making it. At one time, I had to learn new letters and sounds, such as trilling the double ‘r’ as in perro (dog) or making a ‘yj’ sound for the double ‘ll’ in llamar (to call). Now they see me struggling to pronounce Tlacochahuaya.
My Spanish is very good they tell me and try, gently, to correct my rendition of the town’s name. The ‘tl’ combination is a common sound in indigenous place names: Tlaxiaco, Tlacolula, Tlaxcala, and Tlatelolco. Mexicans say them easily but most Anglos don’t. ‘Tl’ isn’t a consonant combination we recognize in English – we’re familiar with ‘lt’. The ‘tl’ sound starts with the tongue near the back of the pallet and then rolls forward. I practice Tlacochahuaya almost daily for weeks until, at last, I get reasonably close – close enough that no one misunderstands me but still short of a native’s rendition.
Besides the uncommon sounds of English, we work on the structure of sentences, the syntax, the inherent ‘logic’ of putting together nouns and verbs and modifiers in a way that makes sense, in a way that completes a comprehensible picture of an object, a person, or an action. The more I work on this, the more I understand how the relationships among the parts of speech differ from language to language.
The verb ‘to do’ in English is simpler than hacer, its Spanish counterpart. ‘Do’ is an all-purpose verb covering a variety of actions (doing). Hacer not only means ‘to do’ in a general sense, but also means ‘to make’ as in constructing or creating something. For my students, writing and understanding sentences with the verb ‘to do’ is like working with only half of a verb. They need to learn ‘make’ for the other half. Teaching the verb ‘to be’ is much easier because English has only one form while Spanish has two. Prepositions are also trickier because those similar to English aren’t exact. The preposition en means ‘in’ but also ‘at’ or ‘on’ depending on the context. The preposition ‘por’ means ‘for’ in the English sense but may also mean ‘through’, ‘by’, ‘by means of’, or ‘cause of’. Teaching and learning these is a strugge.
Monica, Elizabet, and Manuel are eager learners, and return each time filled with questions about a phrase, or how to say a Spanish phrase in English. As homework, I ask each to take from their library a child’s book in English and read it aloud to themselves. Reading aloud makes an eye-ear-tongue connection. In one act, they recognize the letters, hear them pronounced as a word, and train their tongue to make the sound. For my last class, I want them to read aloud a passage from their book and explain what it means (in English, of course). Their explanations will tell me how well they understand what they read. Manuel brings a child’s story, Elizabet and Monica share a children’s book about Mexico. The reading goes smoothly, I know they can now read, understand, and explain in English.
As the last hour winds down, I tell them this is my last class, and introduce them to their new teacher, a new volunteer with several years’ experience as a teacher. Although they have had short-term, volunteer teachers before, and although I told them I would be with them for five weeks, they seem shocked.
‘When are you coming back?’ Elizabet asks plaintively.
‘Si Dios quiere, un año’ (God willing, in a year). In my mind, I want to do this again.
And so class ends with the ‘abrazos y besos’ or hugs and kisses that are the customary Mexican gestures of friendship. It’s evening and we wait in the cobbled street to catch the collectivo to Oaxaca.
I loved spending the afternoons with people as beautiful as their valley. Standing beneath the squash-colored portales of the município, I often gazed across the shady park of fig and cedar trees to the dark, hazy mountains beyond the valley. I will miss looking through the small gap where the solitary, palm tree stands shaggy-headed. But I will take away memories of the broad valley lying green-gold in the enchanting amber light that comes just before the puesta del sol. I will miss Tlacochahuaya, whose name defies my attempts to pronounce it correctly. I will continue to practice it until I return to teach again. Adios Tlacochahuaya.
My work in Tlacochahuaya is done and I’m sad to see it end because it is going so well. For a few weeks, we struggled together to produce learning, and in the process, we opened ourselves to each other. That’s the satisfaction of volunteering, it is inherently real work. And work, whether volunteer or paid, is an honorable and integral part of the larger social fabric. As a volunteer, I contribute toward the fabric of Oaxacan society and feel I am something of an oaxaqueño. Volunteering isn’t simply an activity, with a true heart, it may be a form of citizenship. | <urn:uuid:c70b760c-b865-46a8-82e2-52b2052a0c27> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | https://midlifespanish.com/2015/01/15/tlacochahuaya-a-volunteer-citizen-says-adios/ | 2017-05-25T08:36:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608058.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170525083009-20170525103009-00027.warc.gz | en | 0.949307 | 2,484 | [
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Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there – I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television.
If I had an old typewriter, I would use it. I would walk into The Beat, lugging it with me. I would plunk it down, blow the dust off the cover, and whisk it off with a grand flourish, possibly getting a brief nod of acknowlegement from a watery-eyed octogenarian as he glanced up from his iPhone.
Then I would sit down and write, oblivious to the gawking stares of the DTP tech wizards. Eventually, people would grow accustomed to the irregular ding of the carriage and the litany of swearing induced by my typos. I would line up eleven bottles of wite-out and round it out with a fifth of Jack Daniels, an even dozen. Whatever the wite-out couldn’t fix, the Jack would. I would be a rockstar.
Alas, I am confined to my laptop as I sip lukewarm tea at a 24 hour Starbucks, trapped upon a media platform that sucks out my gusto and transforms it into code. Incantations and spells swirl in my head as I muster the materialization of a sledgehammer. Instead, the ghost of Valerie Solanas, the feminist writer best known for shooting Andy Warhol, sits herself down across from me. As she chain-smokes, we commiserate about the state of things. She suggests that writing will soon become just a series of electronic impulses, for the purpose of filling up white space.
Why read when you can scroll? Why do anything? Life is boring. Instead, all things should be engaged through a device. There are less cockroaches that way. And on and on goes our diatribe.
Then I get an uncontrollable urge to check my Twitter.
Valerie vaporizes, and I feel cleansed. My demons and self-doubt exorcised, I plunge myself back into the world of limitless possibilities that lies on the other side of the screen. But before I get back to my writing, I make a quick  purchase off of eBay. A vintage Remington typewriter.
I will type by the light of the moon, and I hope you will too.
Yours all the way there and back again,
– Catherine Treu
From the September Issue of Fashion Feed LV Magazine
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Tube Amps / Music Electronics
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|2/1/2000 2:56 PM|
Okay, so we have the tube sound fuzz (TSF), Stellan's and my mods to it, the Hot Harmonics, the E-H Hot Tubes, and the Insanity Box. CMOS inverter tone seems to be here to stay. On a completely different front, we have the Anderton/PAiA Quadrafuzz, which is intended to reduce intermodulation distortion and make chords come out with a bit more definition.
So, why not marry the two technologies and move towards CMOS distortion that's good with chords, since we have 6 inverter stages to dink around with on a 4049 anyways? Why not use selected series and feedback loop caps to effectively band-distort the signal along 2 or 3 different channels? The input gain stage employed in the IB, HT, and modified TSF's serves as a buffer so you can conveniently split the signal (albeit crudely) along 2 or 3 paths (hi/lo or hi/mid/lo; I'm assuming here that one wants to use two inverters for each distortion path since that would retain signal phase). You could use different feedback resitor values to set the drive for each channel appropriately. Moreover, for tone control and output volume, all you would need would be level controls for each channel feeding a final op-amp mixer stage. Now that I finally got myself a breadboard, I might try this out.
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|2/1/2000 3:31 PM|
Have you tried the Mini-Tubes preamp from AMZ? It has been getting rave reviews on Aron's bbs. http://www.muzique.com/lab/
I am collecting components to try this one myself since it supposed to sound different from any other distortion.
|2/1/2000 6:46 PM|
I have a Minipre up on the Breadboard and it is fun and has potential to be a great device (at least in my semi-capable hands) but Mark is barking up a quite different tree here - the idea of dividing the signal into frequency bands before clipping isn't new but has much upside IMHO.
- The Ape
|2/1/2000 8:22 PM|
but you need a good distortion circuit to start with before dividing it into bands. i've never had much luck with cmos but i admit that i have not tried the Insanity. maybe that should be my next project.
|2/1/2000 8:34 PM|
I have yet to try any cmos devices. The Minitubes has quite the amplike sound and does smack of marshall, whick is fun for me being an ampeg freak and a bass player primarily. The sustain factor of the Mini is great - pretty near endless yet not nearly as weirded out as the big muff, f'rinstance.
Too Many Pedals! Arrrrghh!
|2/2/2000 6:58 PM|
||Band splitting, and the mini-tubes design|
I'm waiting for my J201's to arrive so the jury is out in my town with respect to the mini-tubes preamp.
Actually, what I described is a little different than the divide and clip strategy, since each gain stage also acts as a filter. The upper and lower ends of the pass-band in the standard CMOS inverter are set by input caps, and feedback loop caps. The Tube Screamer applies a similar kind of logic: shape the clipping tone by virtue of the passband being clipped. In this case, two successive stages sharpen the passband, but since the frequency content in the second stage (and concommitant tone shaping) depends on output of the first, the tone shaping needs to be a little different in the second stage. For instance, if one were to use a two-way split (bass/treble channels), the second bass stage ought to use a higher value cap in the feedback loop to keep the high end from snowballing. Etc, etc.
The objective here is to get both "edge" and "definition" with chords. Sometimes, one wants the sonic chaos of ringing open chords with a pedal that erodes note definition, but sometimes note definition in multi-note situations is *exactly* what you want. The multi-band approach is intended to get closer to that.
Still, I'm eager to hear Jack's design. Readers of tube amp schematics will recognize the familiar stage structure of many amps. To this I would add the Bassman 6G6-A. This is a CBS-era Bassman whose Bass pre-amp channel was configured as follows: gain stage, gain stage, bass and volume control, gain stage, gain stage, treble control. This comes very close to the ideal of having pre *and* post gain EQ, with the volume and bass controls providing the "oomph", and the post-gain treble control providing the harmonic tailoring. I always wondered what this amp sounded like, and in truth this promising pre-amp design could have been compromised by any of a number of things like output tube plate voltage, bad speaker compliment, etc. Still, I wonder whether the same logic could be applied to the mini-tubes, which also has 4 gain stages and a Fender tone-stack.
|2/3/2000 12:27 AM|
Let's say we take the Stellan Equalizer Fuzz and split the outputs of the tone controls to 3x (2-stage CD4049) units, then mix the inveter outputs to the output opamp.
A hybrid of this:
and that modified TSF thing.
I assume this is what you mean Mark, to reduce intermodulation distortion. Actually not much more complicated than the MHMTSF to build. Am I close?
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The following step by step tutorial will help you install Windows 10 on Mac using Boot Camp Assistant software by Apple.
Before you begin, make a full backup of your Mac using Time Machine that you can restore to in case anything goes wrong.
All set? Lets begin!
- Up to date version of OS X running on a Mac with at least 2GB RAM.
- A minimum of 30GB of free hard drive space on Mac.
- Genuine Windows 10 product key.
- A minimum of 16GB USB flash drive to install Windows 10 with all the required Boot Camp drivers.
- Windows 10 ISO file. Get it from here: Download Windows 10 Pro ISO File Without Product Key From Microsoft.
How to install Windows 10 on Mac:
Step 1: Launch Boot Camp Assistant. Do a Spotlight Search for it.
Step 2: Check both options under this ‘Select Tasks’ window as shown in the screenshot below.
Step 3: Insert your USB flash drive and select your Windows 10 .iso file, as shown again in the screenshots.
Step 4: Click Continue, you will get a warning saying your flash drive will be formatted. Click on Continue again.
Step 5: Now sit back and wait for Boot Camp Assistant to copy all the required Windows files and Boot Camp drivers to your USB drive. This could take a while depending on the speed of your Internet connection and your computer.
Step 6: Once the USB drive is ready, it will ask you to create a Windows partition. Select at least 30GB for Windows 10 and then click on Install button.
Step 7: Boot Camp will now create the required partition and then it will reboot your Mac.
Step 8. On restart, you will be booted into Windows Setup screen.
Step 9: From here, enter your product key when asked, select your Boot Camp created partition when prompted on where to install Windows. Basically just follow the on-screen prompts to start Windows installation process.
Step 10: Once Windows is installed, your Mac will automatically reboot right into Windows 10.
Step 11: Once you have set up your login account stuff and are in desktop, you will need to install Boot Camp drivers for your Mac. These are the same drivers which were copied by Boot Camp Assistant software to your USB in Step 5 above. Simply navigate to contents of USB flash drive from File Explorer and run setup.exe to install the required drivers for your Mac.
Step: 12: After the drivers are installed and your computer is rebooted, you should now have fully functional Windows 10 running on your Mac.
Dual-boot Windows 10 with OS X:
Now to dual-boot between the two operating systems, that is Windows 10 and OS X Yosemite, during Mac’s startup boot chime, press and hold option/alt key until you are presented with a menu to choose between Windows and Mac partitions, select your desired OS to boot into it.
You may also like to check out:
- Boot Camp 6 For Mac OS X With Windows 10 Support Released
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The lovely Faith Elizabeth Hough tagged me in an Eleven Questions Game and I liked her questions so I went for it.
What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream?
It’s very difficult for me to pick favorites. Particularly when it comes to ice cream. I love the fresh taste of Mint Chocolate Chip. I love a basic Chocolate. But, there is something about a pure, perfect vanilla that makes me happiest.
What book do you wish you were a character in?
I have always wanted to know Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables and be her bosom buddy. I have wanted to live on Prince Edward Island, hang out in Marilla and Matthew’s kitchen, walk with Gilbert and Diana from school. I want to know that entire community.
White, dark, or milk chocolate?
Would you rather be a coal miner or a skyscraper window washer?
Skyscraper window washer. Even though I’m not a huge fan of heights, it would not be as debilitating for me to climb high as it would be for me to end up in a dark, cramped space for an extended period of time. I also love sun.
If you were an American in the late 1700’s, which side would you have taken in the Revolution?
No taxation without representation, yo.
What writing tool would it be hard for you to live without?
This is going to sound crazy but…my hands. I think I would be able to live without a lot of different tools. But I can not, for the life of me, tell a logical story out loud. I would never be able to dictate a story to someone and have it make any sense. (I apologize to any of you who have had to listen to me tell a story at a dinner party.)
What song best describes you or the way you see the world?
Bob Dylan’s ‘I’ll Keep It With Mine’. The lyrics mean everything to me. It doesn’t describe me but it is how I wish I could be. It’s how I think the world can be seen.
What’s your favorite first sentence from a book?
To be honest, I don’t have any memory of exact sentences. I don’t have a favorite sentence at all.
If you could get on a plane for a month long vacation tomorrow, where would you go?
I think Japan. Yes. Or Australia. Or Thailand. Or Peru. Or…
Do you outline your stories?
What’s an outline? 😉
Would you rather live in a palace by the sea or a cottage in the woods?
What an impossible choice. Certainly a cottage over a palace. But I love trees and I love the ocean. A cottage in a wooded area near the sea? Yes.
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From Dec. 2015-Feb. 2016 trying to get this blog up was a mess; a hassle even. Every podcast I listen to promoted Squarespace, so I thought I was set when I purchased my domain in December. Well, the design limitations were too rigid for the functionality that I wanted, so it was time to migrate. In the midst of transitioning to WordPress, I did not realize that I was not receiving emails. I figured all of these makers, experts, and bloggers must be busy. No problem.
Luckily, cosmetic chemist Gavanne Davis sent me a DM on Instagram saying she has been trying to contact me. Literally, weeks before launching, I learned about MX records. For a month I could send emails but not receive them. I thought my reputation was ruined. Here I am, a new blogger and not responsive to people who I am soliciting help from. After contacting people using my personal email, it was evident by the responses that I was overreacting. There was a resounding, “Ok, girl. Let me know if you need anything” and I was relieved. Yeah, I’m that worrier in my friend groups.
One maker who has always been encouraging is Jasmine Kelley from Onya’e Naturals. She has been supportive throughout this entire process and even referred her friend, Amber Lucas, to be featured for Herglow. Between finding new brands, taking weeks to create an Instagram posting schedule (shout out to Later), being inspired, and trying to create structure around my publishing, I am here on this beautiful Saturday morning, hours before meeting with my mentor, to bring you this month’s skin profile with Amber Lucas of A Mused Blog.
Tell us about yourself
I am Amber Lucas and I am 30 years old. I was born in Washington DC, raised in Hawai’i, and I now live in Northern California with my cat Eloise. I am a content creator and a social media marketer. I like to create silly and corny jokes late at night to entertain myself when I can’t sleep.
How has your skin changed over the years?
Growing up, starting around 7th or 8th grade, I developed mild acne and by the time I graduated high school it became severe; so severe that when I was living in Los Angeles, a woman at the makeup counter in Century City mall refused to sell me makeup! It was mortifying. I tried everything: veganism, sleeping in mud masks, the toothpaste trick. All were pretty futile. However, in college I became a raw vegan for two years and went on birth control. It was a miracle. My skin was not only clear but also glowing. I stopped wearing makeup, as I thought that my skin looked better without it! Eventually I stopped my raw food diet (it simply wasn’t sustainable on a college/dorm life budget) and I went off of birth control because I hated how it made me feel. In college my skin went from being oily to normal, which I think it still is today. I have a much healthier relationship with my skin now.
What do you love about your skin & what are your concerns?
I have a small dusting of freckles under my eyes and across my nose. I love them! I also love my skin as a part of my heritage. I am mixed. My mother is Danish and my father is Haitian. It’s a combo that usually keeps people guessing and I love that.
I’m concerned with preventing premature signs of aging. I know that there is beauty with accepting one’s age and aging gracefully, which is something I hope to embrace when the time comes, but I also want to take care of my skin the very best that I can, so I make sure to always keep it moisturized and protected from the sun.
Walk us through your morning and nighttime regimens with your favorite products.
My morning regimen is pretty simple. I keep a small, refillable jar of coconut oil on my counter. I melt a small amount between my hands, rub it on my face, and let it sit while I brush my teeth. Then, I place a warm washcloth over my face, wipe clean, and take an additional small amount of oil and gently rub it across my eyelids and lashes. Lastly, I prep my skin for the day with Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Face Base before starting my makeup routine (my foundation has SPF).
In the evening remove my makeup with Bioderma Micellaire Water, coat my face in coconut oil, and repeat the same process from the morning to make sure all traces of makeup are gone. Then, I pat Rohto Hadalabo Gokujyn Hyaluronic Acid Lotion into my skin. Next, I apply Murad Rapid Age Spot and Pigment Lightening Serum (turns out birth control can cause skin discoloration, even after the hormones are no longer in your system) and then moisturize with Fresh Black Tea Age-Delay Cream and La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5.
I take hyaluronic acid and evening primrose supplements daily, to help promote healthy skin and collagen production.
If you had to pick one product, what can you not live without?
Probably coconut oil. It’s such an amazing product; I use it on my hair and skin, apply it to my eyelashes to encourage growth, use it as makeup remover, skin moisturizer, lip balm, and for oil pulling…the list goes on and on.
What’s your favorite brand and why?
I’m not sure I have a favorite brand. When I have a skincare concern, I will usually start with natural remedies such as coconut oil, apple cider vinegar, or honey. From there I will look into Japanese, Korean, or French skincare for more stable remedies. I have found that they have a very gentle approach to skincare and they put a lot of emphasis on bringing out the natural beauty of the skin.
Are there tips you can share that have changed your skin care practices?
My advice would be to be gentle. There are so many products out there that want to leave you squeaky clean, rip out your blackheads, or scrub away dry skin. Be gentle. Skin is a living, breathing organ that should be handled with care. I have learned that the gentler I am with my skin, the better it responds. Drink a lot of water, meditate, and get enough sleep as possible. Stress, lack of sleep, unhappiness, and alcohol all show up on your skin.
Also, if you use a washcloth, use two in rotation; one for the morning, the other for the evening. This will allow the cloth to fully dry between uses and prevent introducing bacteria to your skin!
How do you avoid a skin crisis?
I try to remain as consistent with my skincare regimen as possible; the fewer changes in my routine, the less surprises (i.e. acne) I will have. I drink plenty of water and green tea, maintain a healthy diet high in fresh fruits and veggies. Olive oil and coconut oil also keep my skin happy and healthy.
How do you pamper yourself?
I love to hike and to be outdoors, so any chance I can get to be outside and feel the fresh wind on my face is a joy for me. I can easily lose track of time, and I often refer to mountaintops as my sanctuary. It puts my mind at ease and helps me to process whatever I may be going through at that time. Also, sheet masks are a simple luxury that I love to indulge in.
Who is your melancrush?
Is it fair to say my family? Just two years ago my extended family found me through Facebook, and they are all so beautiful; a melanin rainbow of light to dark skin with every shade in between. They have big beautiful eyes, and I am captivated by how unique and stunning each one of them is.
Who do you attribute your beauty to?
I attribute my beauty to my mother. She taught me at a young age to take care of my skin, develop a regimen, and that consistency is key. I was always going through her bathroom drawers and experimenting with her skin products. It helped me grow an appreciation for skincare early on.
How do you shop for skin care products and where?
I read lots of reviews before I buy a product. I read blogs, watch video reviews, and ask lots of questions. For shopping, I shop everywhere: Trader Joe’s, Amazon, Sephora, Easy.
What would you like to see in the beauty aisle?
I would love to see more all-natural products and a gentler approach to skincare. I have been able to address all my skincare concerns by simply being gentle and selecting gentle ingredients. I think it is important to work with your skin, not against it.
What would you like to see on Melanglow?
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There are mathematical functions of the form y = f(x) for which the value of y increases (or decreases) continuously with the value of x. For example, as the effort x increases, income y increases, or as a car's accelerator is pressed, the car moves faster. This kind of relationship is ubiquitous and easily understood. In fact, it covers most phenomena, so we might think that this function can represent all relations. That is why people are usually upset when faced with some phenomenon it cannot represent.
Climbing a mountain is an example of a function that does not increase continuously: a person's altitude y does not always increase as the distance from the summit decreases owing to the intervening hills and valleys. I have noticed that, as robots appear more humanlike, our sense of their familiarity increases until we come to a valley. I call this relation the "uncanny valley."
Recently there are many industrial robots, and as we know the robots do not have a face or legs, and just rotate or extend or contract their arms, and they bear no resemblance to human beings. Certainly the policy for designing these kinds of robots is based on functionality. From this standpoint, the robots must perform functions similar to those of human factory workers, but their appearance is not evaluated. If we plot these industrial robots on a graph of familiarity versus appearance, they lie near the origin (see Figure 1). So they bear little resemblance to a human being, and in general people do not find them to be familiar. But if the designer of a toy robot puts importance on a robot's appearance rather than its function, the robot will have a somewhat humanlike appearance with a face, two arms, two legs, and a torso. This design lets children enjoy a sense of familiarity with the humanoid toy. So the toy robot is approaching the top of the first peak.
Fig. 1. [Note: This is a simplified version of the figure appearing in the Energy article. -Trans.]
Of course, human beings themselves lie at the final goal of robotics, which is why we make an effort to build humanlike robots. For example, a robot's arms may be composed of a metal cylinder with many bolts, but to achieve a more humanlike appearance, we paint over the metal in skin tones. These cosmetic efforts cause a resultant increase in our sense of the robot's familiarity. Some readers may have felt sympathy for handicapped people they have seen who attach a prosthetic arm or leg to replace a missing limb. But recently prosthetic hands have improved greatly, and we cannot distinguish them from real hands at a glance. Some prosthetic hands attempt to simulate veins, muscles, tendons, finger nails, and finger prints, and their color resembles human pigmentation. So maybe the prosthetic arm has achieved a degree of human verisimilitude on par with false teeth. But this kind of prosthetic hand is too real and when we notice it is prosthetic, we have a sense of strangeness. So if we shake the hand, we are surprised by the lack of soft tissue and cold temperature. In this case, there is no longer a sense of familiarity. It is uncanny. In mathematical terms, strangeness can be represented by negative familiarity, so the prosthetic hand is at the bottom of the valley. So in this case, the appearance is quite human like, but the familiarity is negative. This is the uncanny valley.
I don't think a bunraku puppet is similar to human beings on close observation. Its realism in terms of size, skin, and so on, does not approach that of a prosthetic hand. But when we enjoy a puppet show in the theater, we are seated far from the puppets. Their absolute size is ignored, and their total appearance including eye and hand movements is close to that of human beings. So although the puppets' body is not humanlike, we can feel that they are humanlike owing to their movement. And from this evidence I think their familiarity is very high.
From the above maybe readers can understand the concept of the uncanny valley. So in the following I consider the relationship between movement and the uncanny valley.
For creatures, including robots, movement is generally a sign of life. As shown in Figure 1, adding movement changes the shape of the uncanny valley by exaggerating the peaks and valley. For the industrial robot, the impact of movement is relatively slight because we see it as just a machine. If it stops moving, it just stops working. But if programmed properly to generate humanlike movements, we can enjoy some sense of familiarity. Humanlike movement requires similarity of velocity and acceleration. Conversely, if we add movement to a prosthetic hand, which is at the bottom of the uncanny valley, our sensation of strangeness grows quite large. Some readers may know that recent technology has enabled prosthetic fingers to move automatically. A commercially available prosthetic hand made with the highest technique was developed in Vienna. To explain how it works, the intention to move the forearm, even if missing, produces current in the arm muscles that can be detected by an electromyogram. So the prosthetic hand detects the current by means of electrodes and amplifies the signal to activates a small motor in the prosthetic arm to move the fingers. This hand can move in a way that causes some healthy people to feel uneasy. If you shook a woman's hand with this hand in a dark place, the woman must be shocked!
Since these effects are apparent for just a prosthetic arm, the strangeness will be magnified if we build an entire robot. You can imagine going to a work place where there are many mannequins: if a mannequin started to move, you might be shocked. This is a kind of horror.
In the World Expo held in Osaka this year, the robots displayed a more elaborate design. For example, one robot has 29 artificial muscles in the face to make humanlike facial expressions. According to the designer, laughing is a kind of sequence of face distortions, and the distortion speed is an important factor. If we cut the speed in half, laughing looks unnatural. This illustrates how slight variations in movement can cause a robot, puppet, or prosthetic hand to tumble down into the uncanny valley.
We hope to design robots or prosthetic hands that will not fall into the uncanny valley. So I recommend designers take the first peak as the goal in building robots rather than the second. Although the second peak is higher, there is a far greater risk of falling into the uncanny valley. We predict that it is possible to produce a safe familiarity by a nonhumanlike design. So designers please consider this point. A good example is glasses. Glasses do not resemble the real eyeball, but this design is adequate and can make the eyes more charming. So we should follow this principle when we design prosthetic eyes. We can create an elegant prosthetic hand ? one that must be fashionable. Artist who makes statues of Buddhas created a model of a human hand that is made from wood. The fingers bend at their joints. The hand has no finger print, and it assumes the natural color of wood. But we feel it is beautiful and there is no sense of the uncanny. Maybe wooden hand can serve as a reference for future design.
of the uncanny
In Figure 1, a healthy person is at the top of the second peak. And when we die, we fall into the trough of the uncanny valley. Our body becomes cold, our color changes, and movement ceases. Therefore, our impression of death can be explained by the movement from the second peak to the uncanny valley as shown by the dashed line in the figure. We might be happy this line is into the still valley of a corpse and that of not the living dead! I think this explains the mystery of the uncanny valley: Why do we humans have such a feeling of strangeness? Is this necessary? I have not yet considered it deeply, but it may be important to our self-preservation.
We must complete the map of the uncanny valley to know what is human or to establish the design methodology for creating familiar devices through robotics research.
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We'll start with the weekly version of the chart of channels I posted last night...
The parallel diagonals are by no means the only way to skin this cat, but they do demonstrate the market's tendency to relate future moves to past and present. Just about all the turns are guided by the red downward-sloping trend lines; most of those that aren't are guided by the purple upward-sloping lines. The handful of turns that don't relate to either all correlate with a Fibonacci level.
There are two rising wedges visible on the chart. The dashed red lines both originate off important lows -- the late 80's/early 90's and the Mar 09 low and come together for an apex around January 2013 at about the 2007 high of 1576. The solid yellow lines originate off the Mar 09 and Oct 11 lows and feature an apex around May of this year at about 1472.
What's particularly interesting to me about these two wedges, besides the bearish implications of rising wedges in general, is how they relate in time and price. Note that the average rising wedge breaks down at about a Fibonacci .618 of the time from its origin to its apex. And, in most cases rising wedges break down at Fibonacci price levels as well. Let's look at our two wedges.
First, the smaller yellow wedge's apex at 1472 comes in right at the .886 Fib level of the Oct '07 - Mar '09 decline -- which is also at about a Fibonacci .886 of the red wedge's rise from Mar 09 to its apex.
Second, the time from inception to apex for the small yellow wedge is 3.1 years. The time from inception to apex for the larger, red wedge is about 5 years. Divide the former by the latter and you find the time relationship between the two is a Fibonacci .618 -- seen in the following graph.
A close up reveals that movements within the small, yellow wedge are nearing some important Fib levels. Prices are very close to the .886 (1418) of the price range. And, Wednesday Mar 21 will mark the .786 of the time range. Again, both of these measurements assume an apex of 1462 on May 7 -- a location which is as close as I can draw it, but a bit of an approximation.
Last, note that the intersection of these to Fibonacci levels occurs at the intersection of two of the channel lines we drew in that first chart above. While channel lines are much more guidelines than absolute rules, a bounce at that four-way intersection would certainly make a lot of sense.
From what I read, the most logical Elliott Wave count is that we're setting up for a wave 4 correction -- unless this is the 5th and final wave up in this monster bear market rally. This would be a very logical place. Note also that there is very noticeable divergence on the daily chart, with the mother of all back tests on the dashed yellow TL that was broken two weeks ago.
One last note on this RSI chart... the drop in RSI from that brief downturn was massive compared to a measly 38-point price drop in SPX. Compare this to the RSI drop in July, for instance, and it's pretty clear that the technical damage done to the market's internals has yet to be reflected in prices. A strong downturn in the next few days could rectify that.
Last, thanks for your patience this week as I rush to finish the new website layout. Lots of moving pieces that I think folks will enjoy, but it's taking time. I'm watching during the day, of course, as things develop (or not.) But, I'll be keep my posts to a minimum unless there's something important to say.
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PRIME Minister David Cameron yesterday rejected explosive new calls to make cannabis legal.
A report from the Commons Home Affairs committee had urged a shake-up in the drug laws, which would even decriminalise heroin.
And in a Sun online poll yesterday, 86 per cent of voters were in favour of legalising cannabis.
But Mr Cameron said: “I don’t support decriminalisation. Drugs use is coming down, the emphasis on treatment is absolutely right — and we need to continue with that to make sure we make a difference.
“Also, we need to do more to keep drugs out of our prison.
“These are the Government’s priorities.”
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It’s time to look at the potential two-start options for the upcoming fantasy week. If I have someone rated as a three, four or five-star option, they are someone I would definitely use. A two-star option is someone who is borderline, but I’d strongly lean against it unless I have no other options. The one-star options are an absolutely not scenario.
So, with that said, let’s take a look at the players available to you this week:
- Javier Vazquez – Atlanta Braves – @ Fla, vs. Cin
- Josh Johnson – Florida Marlins – vs. Atl, @ Was
- Rich Harden – Chicago Cubs – vs. Hou, @ NYM
- A.J. Burnett – New York Yankees – @ Bal, @ Tor
- Cole Hamels – Philadelphia Phillies – vs. SF, @ Hou
- Roy Oswalt – Houston Astros – @ CHC, vs. Phi
- Edwin Jackson – Detroit Tigers – vs. Cle, @ TB
- Gavin Floyd – Chicago White Sox – @ Min, vs. Bos
- John Danks – Chicago White Sox – @ Min, vs. Bos
- James Shields – Tampa Bay Rays – @ Det, vs. Det
- Randy Wolf – Los Angeles Dodgers – vs. Ari, vs. SD
- Joel Pineiro – St. Louis Cardinals – vs. Mil, @ Pit
- Andy Pettitte – New York Yankees – @ Bal, @ To
- Randy Wells – Chicago Cubs – vs. Hou, @ NYM
- Jarrod Washburn – Detroit Tigers – vs. TB, @ TB
- Jonathan Sanchez – San Francisco Giants – @ Phi, @ Mil
- Joe Saunders – Los Angeles Angels – @ Sea, @ KC
- Mike Pelfrey – New York Mets – @ Col, vs. CHC
- Tim Wakefield – Boston Red Sox – @ TB, @ CWS
- Vicente Padilla – Los Angeles Dodgers – vs. Ari, vs. SD
- Derek Holland – Texas Rangers – vs. Tor, @ Bal
- Trevor Cahill – Oakland Athletics – vs. KC, vs. Sea
- Doug Davis – Arizona Diamondbacks – @ LAD, @ Col
- Anibal Sanchez – Florida Marlins – vs. Atl, @ Was
- Gio Gonzalez – Oakland Athletics – vs. KC, vs. Sea
- Paul Maholm – Pittsburgh Pirates – @ Cin, vs. Stl
- Braden Looper – Milwaukee Brewers – @ Stl, vs. SF
- Luke Hochevar – Kansas City Royals – @ Oak, vs. LAA
- Jeremy Guthrie – Baltimore Orioles – vs. NYY, vs. Tex
- Tim Hudson – Atlanta Braves – @ Fla, vs. Cin
- Marc Rzepczynski – Toronto Blue Jays – @ Tex, vs. NYY
- Doug Fister – Seattle Mariners – vs. LAA, @ Oak
- Livan Herandez – Washington Nationals – @ SD, vs. Fla
- Yusmeiro Petit – Arizona Diamondbacks – @ LAD, @ Col
- Luke French – Seattle Mariners – vs. LAA, @ Oak
- Brett Cecil – Toronto Blue Jays – @ Tex, vs. NYY
- Tim Stauffer – San Diego Padres – vs. Was, @ LAD
- David Huff – Cleveland Indians – @ Det, vs. Min
- Josh Fogg – Colorado Rockies – vs. NYM, vs. Ari
- Armando Gabino – Minnesota Twins – vs. CWS, @ Cle
- Kip Wells – Cincinnati Reds – vs. Pit, @ Atl
- Scott Kazmir had been scheduled to be a 2-start option for the Rays, but with his trade to the Angels that’s obviously out. It’s likely that either Wade Davis or Andy Sonannstine step into his rotation spot, but either would be a tough play this week. As for the Angels, we’ll have to see where Kazmir slips in, but I don’t see it affecting Saunders.
- I know how good Jarrod Washburn has been overall this season, but since being acquired by the Tigers he’s gone 1-1 with a 5.74 ERA in 5 starts. He was pitching over his head with the Mariners, having pitched to ERAs of 4.32 or worse each of the past three seasons, so a regression should not have come as a surprise to anyone. While he’s been good against the Rays over the past three seasons, two starts against them in a week does concern me as well.
- I would really like to list Doug Davis as a 2-star option, but a 1.44 WHIP for the season is tough to swallow. How about 12 walks over his last 18.2 innings? He’s too big of a risk, especially with the Dodgers and Rockies on the schedule, for me to recommend using him. If he was facing lesser opponents, say the Mets and Pirates, then it may be a different story.
- Tim Hudson could potentially prove usable down the stretch, but not this week, not in his first starts of the season. Watch closely. Stash him if you want. I just wouldn’t have him active quite yet.
- Is Vicente Padilla really a 2-star option? We all know he was terrible in the AL, but he was solid in his first start for the Dodgers and has a pair of favorable match-ups this week. It wouldn’t be surprising to see him have a successful start to his return to the NL, much like John Smoltz has experienced.
- Derek Holland has been hit-or-miss this season, but I’m not going to let his last start against the Yankees weight too heavily in my thinking. It is the Yankees after all. He was 4-1 in his five prior starts with a 1.85 ERA. He’s definitely worth considering.
- Trevor Cahill is back on a hot streak, giving up 7 earned runs over his last 27 innings (2.33 ERA). This season he has a 3.00 ERA against the Royals and a 1.89 ERA against the Mariners. Due to being a young pitcher and therefore an inconsistent one, he’s by far not a must start, but he could be worth rolling the dice on.
What are your thoughts? Which pitcher are you willing to gamble on? Who are you trying to avoid?
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Virginia’s new fiscal year begins the first of July. Normally, well before now, lawmakers would have already approved a spending plan for that new fiscal year. The plan would help fund public schools and local governments, as well as cover the cost of every single state agency.
But so far this year, because of a bitter stalemate over health coverage for the poor, no agreement has been reached.
So what happens if there is no new state budget by July?
Just one of the questions we will be tossing to our Politics Update Panel.
Chelyen Davis - Former political reporter and Richmond Bureau Chief, and now Assistant Editorial Page Editor for the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star.
Bob Gibson - Executive Director of The Thomas C. Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.
Robert North Roberts, J.D., Ph.D. - Government Policy Specialist. Author of numerous books on American politics and policy. Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, James Madison University.
Steve Landes - Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 25th District, which includes portions of Albemarle, Augusta and Rockingham counties. Vice Chair of the Virginia Medicaid Innovation and Reform Commission. | <urn:uuid:972811c5-9141-4371-8353-380d6095fe06> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://wmra.org/post/virginia-politics-update-9 | 2017-05-30T03:32:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463613780.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20170530031818-20170530051818-00037.warc.gz | en | 0.935957 | 248 | [
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Immediately, I felt too exposed, and changed it back.
But not soon enough.
Electronic waves carried news of the change aloft, though most only saw an automated post of the return to my previous photo.
My current face was washed away into the cyber sea.
I am hiding behind a previous face of me.
What face to show on Facebook?
When I replaced the current photo with the older one, I felt disingenuous.
So here I post the photo of me as I am now, with my dear grand-daughter.
With this post, I send my blessings for healing for all people and our precious planet, for perseverance, for love, and for gratitude for every breath, and delight in life as we unfold.
We all have many faces.
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Funding Arts Broward, Inc. (FAB!) was formed in the summer of 2003, by a group of dynamic women who came together to form Funding Arts Broward (FAB!) in response to a growing concern about significant cuts in government funding to the arts.
Our mission is to enrich the Broward County arts community by funding Broward County based visual and performing arts programs that meet eligibility requirements and present high quality programs to the public.
FAB!’s goal is to create a sustainable, expanding pool of monies to award as grants to eligible non-profit arts organizations. Each individual member contributes $1,000 annually and each corporate member contributes $3,500 annually toward the annual arts support fund. All FAB! programs are carried out by our volunteer members.
To educate the members and the greater community, FAB! hosts quarterly luncheons for members and their guests. Luncheons feature informative panel presentations on a wide spectrum of topics, trends, and issues related to the visual and performing arts. These popular luncheons give members an opportunity to come together, share their knowledge, and stay active in the local arts scene.
All FAB! members share a commitment to support the needs of the local arts community. They share a common belief that art and culture in contemporary society transcend our differences and bring us together in celebration of the human spirit.
To create a sustainable, expanding funding pool to support programming, involvement, and appreciation of the arts. This new funding is essential to offset declining individual, corporate and governmental support of the arts in our community.
To raise funds by engaging individual members to contribute $1,000 annually for grants to the arts.
A competitive annual grant process awards grants to Broward County-based nonprofit, visual, music, and performing arts organizations that present high quality programs and meet the FAB eligibility requirements.
Grant finalists are selected through a rigorous screening process by member volunteer screening teams.
Screening committees are organized according to disciplines of visual, music, and performing art. Our organization provides professional training in grant evaluation to its members.
Grant recipients are determined by a majority vote of the members by written ballot.
Quarterly meetings showcase new trends, issues and developments related to the visual, music, and performing arts.
Funding Arts Broward, Inc. is strongly committed to Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity and does not discriminate on the basis on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation in any of its programs or activities.
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I have some great news for you! Having known Andrew and Christian from the hobbyDB project for over 3 years, I’ve decided to join them.
hobbyDB aims to catalog every model car, every related item (for example catalogs, dioramas or display cases) and relate them to the corresponding real car. Here’s an example:
It’s a very ambitious project and I hope you’ll be as excited about it as I am. Here are a few of the people who are helping make this project a reality:
All the models you have listed on Diecastlovers will be transferred over to hobbyDB over the next week or two. We’ve already re-created your accounts and started the transfer process. A mail will be sent to you with your account to access in hobbyDB.
Here’s what you need to know:
hobbyDB is a catalog AND a collection management system. While we’re merging in the Diecastlovers data, you’ll find some duplicates in the catalog. We’ll be merging the duplicate items on an ongoing basis and ultimately catalog pages will look like this:
Your collection will look something like this:
There are a lot more exciting features coming and with a team of 6 working on the site, we can now do so much more than I ever could on my own (especially as I also have a day job!). All that being said please do let me know, if there were any features you really loved on Diecastlovers that are currently missing from hobbyDB and I’ll make sure they get added!
If you have any other feedback on hobbyDB, ideas for features that we didn’t have or need help, just send an email to [email protected] and one of us will come right back to you. | <urn:uuid:64f6c111-21e9-4f70-8bea-a7c7edffd57e> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.diecastlovers.com/diecastlovers-now-part-hobbydb/ | 2017-05-23T10:51:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607620.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170523103136-20170523123136-00363.warc.gz | en | 0.946449 | 391 | [
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Thursday, 16 February 2012
Preping for LFW... don't get stressed
The day before London Fashion Week most of us are in one of three likely mind sets. 1) chilled out, all organised, not a worry in the world 2)semi organised, bit anxious, got a rough idea of what they are going to wear. Though more than likely it's option 3)stressed, worried about making all the shows you are booked into, not a clue what to wear as you favourite jacket is at the dry cleaner and wondering that you might need a holiday after five days of hectic rushing around!... first of all just breathe!!
As blogging is not my main job and I work for London based PR agency that can be very full on. I took a different route this Fashion Week and took the day before (today) off work so I could make sure I was all prepared, groomed(nails, hair etc, outfit choices ready, business cards ect so taking as much of the stress out of an experience as possible.. as technically this is four of my holiday days being used up! So today is just about taking time out and pulling together outfits for the next few days and having some fun with items that I might not always think to pair together.
I will be blogging my looks as well as on what people are wearing on the streets to fashion week (always the bit I find really intriguing) and of course on shows I have enjoyed, been up close with or even backstage (still working on that!).. but with my trusty camera by my side and a big Starbucks to get me through..I will be fine.
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Students voting unanimously in support of a new Strategic Plan that was introduced in 2014 for Queen Mary Students' Union.The current Strategic Plan runs through until 2017.
The plan, consisting of a new mission, vision and values as well as a set of four aims with objectives was the outcome of an extensive consultation process with students and the University that started in Spring 2013.
After the referendum in March, the Union's Board of Trustees approved the plan setting the Union's direction up until August 2017.
To Improve students' lives.
For all students to feel part of a Queen Mary community where they can develop, are supported and can make changes on issues that affect them.
- Student Led & Democratic
- Diverse & Inclusive
- Open & Accessible
- Progressive & Creative
- Welcoming & Fun
View the full Strategic Plan
Click here to download a full copy of the Union's new strategic plan.
Governance and Documents
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