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The man tased and arrested Tuesday morning after the Cañon City Police Department responded to a call of shots fired at 508 Fairview Ave. is being held on multiple charges, including possession of drugs.
According to a news release, Galen Larson, 30, is being charged with possession of a controlled substance on two counts (one as a felony and one as misdemeanor), possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to leave property upon request of a peace officer, child abuse, reckless endangerment and prohibited use of a weapon. Authorities said additional charges are pending.
Officers responded to the residence at 4:55 a.m. Tuesday after neighbors reported hearing "dogs barking and a male verbally expressing anger when they heard the shots fired."
At the scene, officers observed an adult male and female and three small children barricaded inside of the home.
The female was identified as Jessica Fisher, 32.
Fisher said on the phone Tuesday that what the CCPD is claiming happened is completely wrong.
She said Larson had shot off a pellet gun into the attic because they had heard someone in their attic twice now.
"We've heard someone in the attic about three or four days ago and then again late Monday night," Fisher said, explaining that she was asleep in the living room this morning when Larsen heard someone in the attic again.
Fisher said when she woke up police were surrounding her house, knocking on windows and trying to open doors and the garage.
"They had no warrant and no cause to be there," Fisher said.
Fisher also said that they've called the police before about someone being in their attic, but that officers never specifically searched the attic at the time.
She said they also have come home to their locked door being wide open.
According to authorities, neither Larson nor Fisher would come outside to speak with officers and that Larson could be seen pacing back and forth in the house.
"Officers observed a handgun and shotgun in a back bedroom in plain view," the news release said.
A Cañon City Crisis Negotiation Unit Team Officer established verbal contact with Fisher inside of the home by phone who then came outside at about 6:27 a.m.
Larsen, according to the release, still refused to exit the home.
CCPD then used a Taser on Larsen to gain entry into the home, and he was placed under custody after 6:53 a.m.
"The children were medically evaluated," the news release said, adding that the Colorado Department of Human Services was on scene.
The names of the children are being kept private. Two are males and one female and all are younger than 6 years old.
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[email protected] has infected my computer system. It has locked all my system files and demanding ransom to unlock them. I don't know how and when it has infected my computer. My anti-virus is unable to delete [email protected] from my system. I don't want to lose my files. I have tried all but unable to find out any method to delete this dubious threat. Is there any way to unlock my files without paying the fine? Please help me to delete [email protected] from my PC completely. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank You in advance.
[email protected] is a nasty ransomware virus that can enter your computer easily without permission. This malign threat is also known as file encrypting virus. It is a dangerous PC virus that can easily infect all versions of Windows computer and leads to severe destruction. This nasty threat can easily get into your computer without permission and lock down your entire system files. You will be unable to access any of your documents. [email protected] can infect all kind of files such as videos, audios, images, PDF, doc, PPT files and many more. This nasty threat will demand the ransom to unlock your files but in real it is not going to do this. This nasty threat has been mainly created by scammers to lure innocent users and trick their money.
[email protected] can enter your computer through spam emails, suspicious websites, free third party programs and applications, peer to peer file sharing etc. Once installed on your computer, this dubious threat will scan your system for files and encrypt your entire system data. Whenever you will try to access your files, it will show a ransom message and ask you to pay the fine within fixed time or your files will get deleted for ever. [email protected] uses scaring technique to trap the user and extort their money. It is a scam and you must not comply on this nasty threat. It will thug your money and won't decrypt your files. It can also steal your personal information and send to remote hackers. So it is suggested to take immediate steps to completely remove [email protected] from your computer.
Remove [email protected] From Your PC
Step 1: Remove [email protected] in Safe Mode with Command Prompt
- First of all disconnect your PC with network connection.
- Click restart button and keep pressing F8 key regularly while system restart.
- You will see “Windows Advanced Options Menu” on your computer screen.
- Select “Safe Mode with Command Prompt” and press Enter key.
- You must login your computer with Administrator account for full privilege.
- Once the Command Prompt appears then type rstrui.exe and press Enter
- Now follow the prompts on your screen to complete system restore.
Step 2: Remove [email protected] using MSConfig in Safe Mode:
- Power off your computer and restart again.
- While booting press the “F8 key” continuously to open “Windows Advanced Options Menu”.
- Use the arrow keys to select “Safe Mode” option and press Enter key.
- Once system get started go to Start menu. Type “msconfig” in the search box and launch the application.
- Go to the Startup tab and look for files from %AppData% or %Temp% folders using rundll32.exe. See an example below:
- Disable all the malicious entries and save the changes.
- Now restart your computer normally.
Step 3 : Kill Malicious Process Related To [email protected]
- Press Alt+Ctrl+Del buttons together.
- It will open the Task manager on your screen.
- Go to Process Tab and find [email protected] related process.
- Click the End Process Now button to stop the running process.
Step 4 : Remove [email protected] Virus From Registry Entry
- Press “Windows + R” key together to open Run Box.
- Type “regedit” and click OK button.
- Find and remove [email protected] related entries.
Now hopefully you have completely removed the [email protected] virus from your computer. If you are still get ransom message from the threat or unable to access your files, then it means that virus still remain into your computer. In such situation you don’t have any other option except removing this virus using any powerful malware removal tool.
Whereas if you have any backup of your infected or encrypted files, then you can also reinstall your Windows OS. This will erase all your files and data as along with the [email protected] infection. You will get a completely empty computer system with no files. Now you can use your backup to get your files. If you don’t have any backup then using malware removal tool is a better option for you.
If you have any query or question regarding your computer, then you can easily ask your problem to our experts. Go to the Ask Any Question page and get the answer for your query directly from out experts. | <urn:uuid:526bc54b-b345-4ac5-9434-a1c9591b5f32> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.removemalwarevirus.com/remove-file2openmailbox-org-easily-from-your-pc | 2017-05-24T11:43:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607813.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20170524112717-20170524132717-00056.warc.gz | en | 0.825858 | 1,038 | [
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"Inspire me...and we will create something beautiful!"
Whether you just got engaged (Congratulations!) or you have been planning for months, we want to help you make the right decision when it comes to photography. Quality time should be spent getting to know the art and personality of those who are creating the lasting images for your perfect day. I believe that since every wedding and bride is different, it is very important to have candid discussions outlining the aspirations of the couple for their special day. With a style that focuses on artistic beauty and grand scale, my team and I work hard to ensure that all of your treasured moments are captured in the best way possible.
For more insight into what we do, check out our Wedding Portfolio, watch our about me video, visit our Blog, and check our FAQ's page!
For Packages and Booking info please submit the form below.
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We want to work hard to give you an exciting and genuine portrait session. We pour creativity and passion into getting you beautiful high quality pictures!
Portrait sessions are $450 and include
- Up to 1 1/2 hours of photography
- Groups of up to 8 people ($50 will be added to groups of 9 or more)
- Someone to help with people, or lighting, or entertainment (assistant)
- High-Res, Edited Digital Images
- A gallery where you can view, download, or purchase your images
- Print release (you know, for printing elsewhere)
Engagement sessions are $500 and include
The same as portrait sessions, but with up to 2 1/2 hours of shooting. This is to allow for multiple locations and wardrobe changes. If you prefer a shorter, simpler shoot, we will use the regular portrait pricing.
Engagement Sessions are fun, and casual portrait sessions. This is where you can throw ideas back and forth with us as far as themes, wardrobe, and locations. But basically, we get to go out with some ideas in mind and then just have fun letting personality and creativity rule the session.
For more information, or to ask about availability, please fill out the form below and we will respond as soon as possible! You can also visit us on: | <urn:uuid:dc8ef82f-553d-4b00-b4aa-b2d872395db1> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.adamcottonphotography.com/pricing | 2017-05-25T10:26:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608058.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20170525102240-20170525122240-00388.warc.gz | en | 0.940085 | 462 | [
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Prince Edward County is quickly becoming the new food-lover destination. The Globe and Mail has boasted that PEC provides, “wine from a cadre of excellent wineries while being attentive to its past traditions—superb cheeses and heritage vegetables, lake caught fish and that great County beverage, apple cider.” Only 217km North-East of Toronto, this not-too-far-away hot spot has been gaining the recognition it deserves. A wonderful landscape of vineyards and restaurants complements the local community’s drive for truly living local: the 100-mile diet would be no problem here. Chefs are also happily partaking in all that PEC has to offer: Jamie Kennedy’s farm is tucked away near Picton so I am sure that I cannot be too far away from all the fresh, local food my palate desires.
Prince Edward County provides a detailed brochure of 23 of the best places to eat and drink. Compiled of a varied selection, some of the 23 hot spots include the Milford Bistro, a romantic restaurant in a 19th century building; Buddha Dog, supplying what Toronto Life claims to be “the best hot dog in Canada”; and the County Cider Company, complete with a tasting room and wood-fired oven for lunches infused in every way with delicious apple cider. Number 11 on the list is the Waring House. The Barley Room is an important part of The Waring House and offers all-day casual dining and live entertainment Wednesday through Saturday evenings. Executive Chef Luis Sousa did not let the greasy reputation of pubs deter him from creating a fabulously simple and local lunch menu. Knowing the regular pub crowd doesn’t like fussy food, Sousa has created a menu that brings together local ingredients (so local some ingredients are from farms right down the street!) and creativity to form a inexpensive but unforgettable lunch. You must start with the Prince Edward County Apple Cider & Old Cheese Soup ($6): Light and not too thick, this vegetarian soup features local apple cider vinegar which cuts the smooth and slightly sharp (and also local) Black River cheddar perfectly. The pan-seared calve’s liver changed my feelings of liver altogether: Served with a Madeira wine demi-glace and smothered in mushrooms, the velvet texture of the liver was pleasantly surprising ($13). The Shepherd’s Pie, although not made the traditional way with lamb, was saucy and cutely encased in a half moon of puff pastry. The vegetables at its side were not only cooked properly, but were cut in juliennes so perfectly that they would make any culinary student blush ($12). The Barley Days Brewery Battered Fish & Chips were fabulous: not greasy in the slightest and best of all, the fresh haddock had been battered and fried so perfectly that when my fork cut off the first corner of fish the noise alone made my mouth water and my eyes widen. The menu also features daily specials of homemade soups, main course selections, pastas, hot pots as well as homemade- of which I had none, but definitely will next time. The Barley Room has the comfort of a pub and the respect and support of the locals and I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone who happens to be in the area, following the Taste Trail.
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Thursday, March 06, 2008
1984: RETRO ARCADE IN SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
Lately, I’ve been in a classic video game kick and it started a couple of weeks ago when some of my buddies and I traveled to Springfield, Missouri to visit 1984. No, we didn’t have a time machine, nor am I talking about the year, but instead about a retro arcade appropriately named 1984.
You’ll think you just stepped out of a time machine when you enter 1984. Just like those golden age video arcades from the past, 1984 is packed with some of the greatest video games ever created.
The cool thing, is that you don’t need a pocket of quarters to play. Just five bucks to pay at the door for all you can play games for one day! Now you don’t have to spend a fortune trying to master Donkey Kong or Zaxxon.
If you beat one of the high scores on the Hall of Fame board, you’ll win a free play card that lets you in free during your next visit.
The story behind 1984 is that a group of classic gamers decided to store their games in a warehouse to simulate a vintage arcade just for their own amusement. Thankfully, they instead decided to share their collection with the public and open an actual arcade with the same feel as the arcades they enjoyed from the 80's. They’ve done an excellent job with the atmosphere giving you a feeling that you just walked into a much better version of the Café 80's from Back to the Future II, just without the Max (Reagan) Headroom waiter. You can even watch 80's music videos while drinking coffee from the Sinistarbucks bar.
I was impressed that most of the decorations and props were handmade or pieced together from something else. If you visit, be sure you go to the bathroom as you’ll feel as if you just took a. . . well, washed your hands in the world of Tron!
Both times I’ve been there, the arcade has been packed with gamers. This place is highly recommended and is a perfect place for kids to adults. The 1984 staff is helpful and friendly and especially enjoy chatting about classic arcade games.
For a person who spent most of his youth in arcades, 1984 feels like home. I can’t wait to go back so I can finally get that ranking of Space Avenger on Gorf!
Checkout their website 1984arcade.com and also watch this episode of Hak5 featuring this arcade.
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Of course, it does sting a little bit knowing that Miami should not have lost to Buffalo the week before, and if they hadn't, the Dolphins would be leading the AFC East right now. Oh well, they made their bed and now they have to sleep in it - which likely means winning out if they want to make the playoffs.
But let's get back to Sunday's excellent win over the Pats:
- I, for one, thought the game was over once New England went ahead 14-0 like it was nothing. Kudos to this team for not giving up. Because for a moment there it looked like they might have just been throwing the towel in on the season.
- Chad Henne has made a lot of strides since he took over the reigns of this offense, but the one that may be most noticeable has only started to happen over the last three weeks or so, and that is his awareness in the pocket and his avoidance of sacks. This offense can't afford negative plays, so limiting the number of sacks he takes has really helped.
- That being said, he needs to work on his accuracy and touch. His sub-60% completion rate is not good enough. And missing those wide open throws to Fasano and Polite could have been killer. He also needs to do a better job of finding throwing lanes to avoid having his passes batted at the line rather than hoping a lane will emerge for him.
- See everyone, good things will happen when you feature the pass in your offense. Hopefully we see more of this strategy moving forward.
- Channing Crowder finally made an impact play. Of course, it was about the easiest interception he could have had, but still, at this point no one is complaining. Also, Cameron Wake's first step on that play was ridiculous. That boy has some burst.
- Jake Long is realllllyyy lucky the refs didn't call his false start on the fourth down play that Miami converted near the end of the fourth quarter.
- Sean Smith is really struggling. I've pointed out his embarrassing lack of physicality seemingly every week, and it was on display again, as he whiffed on several tackles, including one on Welker that almost resulted in a first down if not for some help defenders coming to save the day. And of course, the 81-yard TD to Sam Aiken was just horrible. Not only didn't he get his head around to spot the ball, choosing instead to just blindly hold up an arm (while possible jumping negative inches) but then he put no effort into bringing Aiken down once he had the ball. Smith was supposed to have such good ball skills, but he seems unable to get his head turned around to make a play on the ball, so he usually just keeps running downfield and puts a hand up. And for a 6'4 guy to get outjumped is pretty bad, but Smith doesn't seem to want to leave the ground to make a play. He really needs to step his game up - I know he has it in him.
- Bess, Camarillo, and Hartline ran some excellent routes in this game. And Hartline is becoming something of a redzone technician - the type of guy Patrick Turner is supposed to be.
- If the team is going to keep trotting Pat White out there, let him throw the damn ball!
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Fans are still kind of sore with Hideki Kamiya and Platinum Games about Bayonetta 2 coming exclusively to the Wii U. The developers have made it clear in the past and Kamiya recently clarified that without Nintendo, Bayonetta 2 would not exist.
Fielding fan questions via Twitter, Kamiya was asked whose idea it was to make Bayonetta 2 a Wii U exclusive. To which the developer responded “Idea? There was no way other than that.” While Bayonetta broke ground on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2010, there wasn’t a publisher ready to pick up the game for a sequel. Without that funding, Platinum couldn’t have made the game at all.
Obviously Nintendo sees something special in the franchise which was beloved by critics upon release, but without them, it’s not likely we’d see the game on any platforms. Bayonetta 2 is scheduled for a release exclusively on the Wii U in 2013.
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Mother: Mary Bessie MATTHEWS b: 1894 in Wisconsin
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Armored Core cheats & more for PlayStation (PSX)
Get the latest Armored Core cheats, codes, unlockables, hints, Easter eggs, glitches, tips, tricks, hacks, downloads, hints, guides, FAQs, walkthroughs, and more for PlayStation (PSX). CheatCodes.com has all you need to win every game you play!
Use the above links or scroll down see all to the PlayStation cheats we have available for Armored Core.
More Weapon Locations
There is a laser sword in the "defeat struggle leader". In that level there is a booby trap that makes you fall really far. At the end of the tunnel, there is a laser sword. It's stronger then any of the other ones. There is a generator in the "destroy plus escapee" mission. As your coming up the elevator,there are ledges to the left, and to the right. Jump on to the one on the right. Jump down to the ledge below it. There it is.
-When you can choose from the first two levels choose the one that is $13000 jump behind the tanks that are behind you. There should be a rocket launcer (without the lock on function) -At the "Destroy the fuel depot" mission, at the very end, there is a place where there are a lot of fuel tanks. When you destroy them at the right corner there is the kawasaki gun (a very valuable, strong and good gun with 50 shot that doesn't cost you a buck) -At the "Guard Fright Train" mission there are a lot of crates( shouldn't be hard to find). In one of the crates is a head. (the same that nine-ball uses) -In the "Retake air cleaner" look in the hallways that are located in the ceiling. There are gates blocking you but you can destroy those gates with one shot. At the end of one of those hallways you'll find a dual missle shooter. (it has a ammo count of 60 but shoots 6 at one time but is still pretty good) -At the mission where you have to guard the radar. When it starts turn backwards (180 degrees). Shoot open the door and you'll have a radar( decent radar but it will abort the mission)
An easy way to defeat Nine-ball is to wait. When you make it to the hole in the floor run up to it and when Nine-ball says his lines move back and wait. It takes awhile but he'll show. He is easier to defeat this way than to just run out like a moron and fight him.
Here is an description of two ac I really like. No 1 Overall a good ac except when there are a lot of (little) enemies. But good speed and manouverability and good against strong enemies like ravens and other ac's. HD-ONE A HEAD XCL-01 A CORE AN-25 THE ARMS LNKS-1BW6J THE LEGS GBG-XR THE GENERATOR QX-9009 FCS B-V-VR-33 BOOSTER XCS-9900 BACK WEAPONS LS-99-MOONLIGHT LEFT ARM WEAPON WG-1-KARASAWA RIGHT ARM WEAPON No 2 Also an overall ac but also for a lot of enemies but sometimes difficult against really strong enemies like ravens or other ac. Because of it's lack of manouverability. HD-ONE A HEAD XCL-01 A CORE AN-25 THE ARMS LC-MOS4545 THE LEGS GBG-XR THE GENERATOR QX-9009 FCS WC-CN35(BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT)BACK WEAPON(S) LS-99-MOONLIGHT LEFT ARM WEAPON WG-B2180 RIGHT ARM WEAPON
Intentionally die with less than -50,000 credits. Then, the game will restart from the first level with all items gained in the previous game. If done correctly, your pilot name will change to "Rebel" followed by three random numbers. The first time this is done, the radar will become a grid system and will detect incoming missiles. The fourth time this is done, the rear weapon may be fired while in motion. The sixth time that this is done, available energy will be doubled. Additionally, a ball may be fired from the laserblade by firing the blade, then pressing Jump.
No Limit Bonus
Complete over 100 sorties with a greater than 90% win record and an over all rating of 98% or more. Then, unlimited leg weight points, core weight points, and generator output points will be allowed. Note: Ignore the overweight warning.
Return To Default View
To return to the default view, pause the game, then press Start to resume the game. For the Japanese version of the game, press Select instead of Start.
After You Win
After you beat the game you will be asked to save. Do this but if you didn't defeat nine-ball twice you'd better not overwrite your prevous game or you will never become raven number one. When you load the game again you will have acces to all the levels in the game. The last ac battle is a real money maker if you use the kawasaki gun.
When you are at the mission screen press L1,R2,L2,R1(4),L1(2), and R2(3). Then go to a mission should you should have said on the on the damage count say invincibility.
Change Pilot Name
Enter the garage and highlight the "Change AC Name" option. Now hold L2 + R2 + Right, then hold X and quickly hold Square.
Alternate Emblem Backgrounds
Highlight an emblem and enter the edit screen. Then, hold L1 + L2 + R1 + R2 and press Select.
Fixed Camera View
While playing a game, hold Circle + X + Start. The game will pause. Press Start to resume the game with the camera fixed at the pre-location. For the Japanese version of the game, hold Circle + X + Select.
First Person View
While playing a game, hold Triangle + Square + Start. The game will pause. Press Start to resume the game with the new camera view. For the Japanese version of the game, hold Triangle + Square + Select.
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Recounting the chaotic events that occurred in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, Parkland weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary individuals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances: the young doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital; Dallas' chief of the Secret Service; an unwitting cameraman who captured what became the most watched and examined film in history; the FBI agents who nearly had the gunman within their grasp; the brother of Lee Harvey Oswald, left to deal with his shattered family; and JFK's security team, witnesses to both the president's death and Vice President Lyndon Johnson's rise to power over a nation whose innocence was forever altered. Written by
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Dr. Charles "Jim" Carrico, the resident on duty when John F. Kennedy arrives at the already hectic emergency room, is an overachieving young surgeon just two years out of medical school. Zac Efron's breakout performance in Lee Daniel's The Paperboy (2012) convinced writer-director Peter Landesman that he was right for this role. "I knew Zac could do anything after I saw that film," the director said. "He has no idea how good an actor he is. He's incredible looking and he has been playing to a different demographic in projects like High School Musical (2006). But he is a professional and he came to work. He listened to direction and he gained strength from the amazing performers around him." Carrico was a relative newcomer to Parkland and still learning the ways of the hospital, said Efron. "He starts out pretty cocky and then his day takes a shocking turn. I was able to work with some fantastic surgeons who took me through every step of what happened in the trauma room, so I had great technical guidance." The actor is proud to be a part of the telling of what he sees as an important story. "I really admire and respect this cast so I'm honored to share the screen with them," he said. "And Peter is a great leader, very direct and confident. We didn't film this movie in a typical fashion in any way. He was capturing the action as if he were a fly on the wall. I've never worked this way. You never knew when you were on camera, so you always needed to be prepared. It became a whole different animal, especially in the trauma room." See more »
The O'Neal's ambulance in the ambulance entrance is a 1964 Rambler Classic 770 wagon. The actual vehicle, which was also used when Lee Oswald was shot two days later, was a 1962 Ford Galaxie wagon. See more »
On November 22, 1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, made a political trip to Dallas, Texas with his wife, Jacqueline, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Less than an hour after landing in Dallas, Kennedy was assassinated.
This story is based on the true events that took place on that day, and the three that followed.
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Although based on a true story and depicting real-life people the end credits state: "All characters in this film are fictional and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental." See more »
If you think you have seen enough on screen about the assassination, this movie doesn't go into territory covered by previous movies like "JFK". No conspiracy theories or reconstruction of the shooting. Instead its provides you with a detailed fascinating view of the events and people that you don't figure centrally on screen before. What happened at the hospital from the point of view of doctors and nurses - harrowing. Removing the body after death to Air Force One by the secret service. Lee Harvey Oswald's brother and mother and their reaction. Zapruder's filming of the event and the way the film was developed and first viewed. The FBI's first reaction to the shootings and Oswald.
The movie is very well directed. It gives a feel of being in the thick of things. Authentic. The acting is good with a mostly well chosen cast. Zac Efron as the doctor who first attended to JFK. Paul Giamatti as Zapruder. Tom Welling and Billy Bon Thornton as a Secret Service agents. The actor playing Oswald looks like him. A couple of not so good choices. The actress playing Jackie didn't look too much like her. Colin Hanks didn't look like a chief resident doctor.
Overall very interesting. Worth a watch.
11 of 17 people found this review helpful.
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Life Magazines from the 1990's
In the 1990s, Life Magazine itself became an indicator of changing times. While it ran stories about advancements in communication technology, LIFE Magazine began fading in the face of the World Wide Web. In May of 2000, LIFE published its final issue.
LIFE Magazines during the 1990s covered an impressive range of topics. A growing concern about health combined with quickly advancing technology meant there were always medical marvels to write about. One of the most remarkable stories LIFE Magazine ever ran appears on the cover of the April 1996 issue. The story of the Hensel twins: sisters born using the same limbs and torso controlled by two fully-functional and completely individual personalities. From world-changing struggles like Desert Storm to pop culture events like the end of Cheers, LIFE Magazine continued its tradition of telling the American story from every angle.
LIFE Magazine mirrored the society in which it existed, a society finally ready to confront deep, philosophical issues that still challenge us today. Stories about the origin of life, the existence and nature of God, and the mysteries of nature reflect America’s interest in science and the unknown, an America much different than that of LIFE’s first issue in 1936.
The editors, photographers, and writers of LIFE Magazine through the years built and sustained a masterpiece of photojournalism and culture-watching unrivaled by any publication before or since. They captured the glamour, struggle, innovation, and victory of America and the world for decades, and the archive of knowledge captured in the issues we offer are a valuable treasure. We’re proud to offer them. You’ll be proud to own them. | <urn:uuid:8a065d76-d788-42cd-b9e0-a97afe01464b> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.oldlifemagazines.com/the-1990s/l/price:20-.html | 2017-05-27T17:38:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608984.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20170527171852-20170527191852-00397.warc.gz | en | 0.950563 | 341 | [
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Other ways to show you don’t care: submitting right at the deadline (or even late), accidentally naming the wrong school in your essay (i.e. telling Lehigh you’ve always wanted to go to Penn). It used to be that not listing the school first on your FAFSA signaled lesser interest but the FAFSA reporting form was recently changed so it no longer sends your complete list of schools to each school. Thank goodness.
Whether you decide to stay on the waitlist is up to you. If Penn is your first choice, I wouldn’t bother with the others. Even for students who are waitlisted at their first choice, I counsel them to find the best fit college that accepted them and move on. Sitting on the waitlist just drags out the process even longer (often through the summer) and very few students get off the list anyway. Here are some ideas for what you can do if you decide to stay on the waitlist.
Lessa Scherrer is an college admissions consultant who has worked with college-bound students for many years. She is a member of NACAC and WACAC and also teaches ACT Prep, speed-reading, college study skills and college-level writing.
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234 Pages Posted: 27 Sep 2004
Date Written: September 25, 2004
This paper provides an evaluation of the substantive corporate governance mandates of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that is informed by the relevant empirical accounting and finance literature and the political dynamics that produced the mandates. The empirical literature provides a metric for evaluating the mandates' effectiveness, by facilitating identification of whether specific provisions can be most accurately characterized as efficacious reforms or as quack corporate governance. The learning of the literature, which was available when Congress was legislating, is that SOX's corporate governance provisions were ill-conceived. The political environment explains why Congress would enact legislation with such mismatched means and ends. SOX was enacted as emergency legislation amidst a free-falling stock market and media frenzy over corporate scandals shortly before the midterm congressional elections. The governance provisions, included toward the end of the legislative process in the Senate, were not a focus of any considered attention. Their inclusion stemmed from the interaction between election year politics and the Senate banking committee chairman's response to suggestions of policy entrepreneurs. The scholarly literature at odds with those individuals' recommendations was ignored, while the interest groups whose position was more consistent with the literature - the business community and accounting profession - had lost their credibility and become politically radioactive. The paper's conclusion is that SOX's corporate governance provisions should be stripped of their mandatory force and rendered optional. Other nations, such as the members of the European Union who have been revising their corporation codes, would be well advised to avoid Congress' policy blunder.
Keywords: corporate governance, corporate law, securities regulation, Sarbanes-Oxley Act
JEL Classification: K22, G34
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Romano, Roberta, The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Making of Quack Corporate Governance (September 25, 2004). NYU, Law and Econ Research Paper 04-032; Yale Law & Econ Research Paper 297; Yale ICF Working Paper 04-37; ECGI - Finance Working Paper 52/2004. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=596101 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.596101 | <urn:uuid:96776c30-6524-49dd-b6f7-2734127779c6> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=596101&rec=1&srcabs=808244&alg=1&pos=10 | 2017-05-27T18:30:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608984.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20170527171852-20170527191852-00397.warc.gz | en | 0.945959 | 460 | [
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Popped out to get some cat food this morning and what do I see on the newspapers ? "Lion sighted in Essex" and "Police hunt Essex Lion" -I turned away. I got home and said "guess what?" the response was "A lion in Essex -the newspaper just called."
Now the TV, newspapers and radio all want my time for free. Wonderful. I've not looked this case up but there is a BBC TV item:
Not watched this as I'm 'retired' but I'm guessing the witness saw a large cat some distance off and used binoculars but can only describe a "very large" tan or sandy coloured cat with a light underbelly? I'm guessing the photos one reporter mentioned to me will show bugger all. I'll guess the police went to see the couple then went back to base and at some point an official, heavily armed search of the area took place finding...nothing.
'Lion' hunts, especially in Essex are not new. I'll say puma. Why? because that's the cat most people see and think looks like a lioness. I tried to adevise Essex police a few years ago not to bother with a full scale hunt or a 'hunter' as it would be wasting money. The guy in charge later told me: "We should have taken your advice!"
By the time the patrol car got to the witness(es) home the cat was probably miles away. By the time a search took place -in the next county!
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This work represents a new departure for me by using ceramics as a true artistic medium. New for me since, I have been making functional earthenware for some twenty years. Using photos, either ones that I have taken or family photos of images that I have looked at for all my life. I have combined my ceramics skills to make a purely emotional interpretation of clay and glazes by making these wall pieces.
The images are transferred to the clay tile ”boxes” using a rudimentary method of photo transfer (carbon paper). This affords me the chance to develop my brushwork and each tile is a painting.
Combining this with working the image on the computer to create large-scale versions of the photo. I have expanded the work to become wall mosaics.
When using the family photos and reinterpreting these images, I feel I have revealed the mystery and emotion in the photos. Although they are images, which are intensely personal to me, I feel they make the same emotional connection for the viewer. It seems that they are universal images that everyone can connect with from either the individual Polaroid portraits or the blown up family photos. There is a bit of nostalgia, which I bring to their interpretation. Giving them a sepia tone view of ones past but relishing in the spontaneity and mystery on ones memories. | <urn:uuid:c97fee7d-a42a-4ae0-8a39-67fb0ab71a5e> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.mayware.com/wall-art/ | 2017-05-29T00:17:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463612003.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20170528235437-20170529015437-00205.warc.gz | en | 0.951233 | 277 | [
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Although, it was a transition from Andrew and I to acquire the company. I come from a long history of technology. I have been in the wireless world for at least 8 years. Franchising an accessory stand, Cellairis. Where you buy and sell accessories wholesale in this very town of Ames, at North Grand Mall. Also, I've opened and Managed the Boost Mobile store that still resides in this town as well. I've worked at Spring Mobile (AT&T). Gained a lot of experience throughout the years, my professionalism has always been at it's peak no matter which pursuit I was at. Also, I am very friendly and love being on a one on one level with people and making sure they are happy, because at the end of the day in a business without them there is no business. That's part of my foundation and ethic of my business model. I am proud to say I am a business owner in Ames, Iowa. Can't wait to have more locations and show them how it's done! Furthermore, there's nothing more satisfying than making someone happy personally. I get some type of joy or satisfaction out of that. To be able to help people, It's like being a Superhero. Actually, I do call myself Superman. Saving one person at a time, and making a difference in some ones life. It can be quite rewarding. I had a woman come into my store mad as can be and sad at the same time. I believe her name was Macy. By the end, of the 15 minutes it took for her phone to get repaired, after good conversation, she left happy and satisfied and she considered us to be friends. That type of situation to me, are what makes the day for someone! -- If you ever read this, Thank you for giving me the pleasure to resolve your issue! | <urn:uuid:2eddd911-ac79-41be-a66a-e5b358328a87> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://amesiphonerepair.com/aboutUs.html | 2017-05-30T07:09:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463614615.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170530070611-20170530090611-00013.warc.gz | en | 0.983862 | 372 | [
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School Hours 2014-2015
Office 722-5539 | Cafeteria 633-1257 | Childcare 633-1258 | Clinic 633-1259
- The waiting area/bike rack opens at 7:30 a.m.
- School begins at 8:00 am
- Dismissal begins at 2:30 p.m for car riders and day care vans.
- All others are dismissed at 2:30 p.m
- There is no supervision available on campus prior to 7:30 a.m. or after 2:45 p.m. For the safety of all students we ask that students not be on campus at those times. Students who arrive before 7:30 a.m. or remain after 2:45 p.m. will be escorted to Meadowlane Intermediate Elementary Child Care.
- The director of Meadowlane Intermediate Elementary Child Care will charge of fee of $10.00 per day for this service.
The Brevard County School Board Attendance Policy can be found by clicking on the following hyperlink. When the page opens, click on Section 5000 - Students and then on 5200 for the Attendance Policy. All Brevard County Public School Bylaws and Policies can be viewed from this hyperlink.
Meadowlane School Age Child Care
This program provides a safe and happy place beyond the school day for children of families in our school. Our program offers a curriculum that encourages children to explore and choose from a variety of activities. Participants are accepted on a first come, first served basis.
LeToris Lee - Child Care Coordinator
Registration Information and Immunization Requirements
Proof of residence for the Meadowlane Intermediate Attendance Area is required to begin the
registration process. Please call 722-5539 and speak with Mrs. Straus if you have
any questions about the appropriate proof of residence (as listed below) or attendance boundaries.
To register please bring the following information with you:
· 2 Proofs of Residency – A utility bill that shows the “service address” and parent/guardian’s name
· Student's Social Security Card
· Student's Birth Certificate
· Student's State Health Form (physical)
· Student's Immunization Record
· Student's Last Report Card
Any student who does not have the immunizations or a proper exemption on the basis of medical or religious grounds will not be enrolled in school until full compliance. Forms for these health requirements are available at the Brevard County Health Department and at most doctors’ offices. | <urn:uuid:b11b6c6e-07e5-4a35-9356-37fde7bd7279> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.edline.net/pages/Meadowlane_Intermediate/About_Us/FAQ | 2017-05-30T07:22:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463614615.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170530070611-20170530090611-00013.warc.gz | en | 0.89012 | 528 | [
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2017.5.14 (Sun)－5.16 (Tue)
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Expo Plaza, Xiandai Avenue, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou Jiangsu Province, China Map
Center of Strait Economy & Science-Tech Coop.
Taiwan Printed Circuit Association (TPCA)
Chan Chao International Co., Ltd.
TPCA (Eastern China office)
TPCA (Southern China office)
TPCA Technology Consulting (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Strait Advertising Co., Ltd.
Paper Communication Exhibition Service
Eastern China PCB Friendship Association
Southern China PCB Friendship Association
- Rigid PCB, IC Substrate, Multi-layer PCB, FPC, Rigid Flex etc.
- PCB Intelligent & Automatic Processing Equipment
- Wet/Dry Processing Equipment, PCB Test Equipment
- PCB Advanced Material Technology
- Raw Materials & Chemicals
- Peripheral Equipment & Components
SMT & Electronic Assembly
- Processing Equipment, Materials & Chemicals
- Parts Attachment Equipment for Assembly
- Testing & Quality Control Equipment
- Peripheral Equipment, Electronic Circuit Packaging Equipment, Materials & EMS
- Intelligent Automation Equipment, Components & Materials
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(each booth=9 sqm)
|Non-TPCA Member||TPCA Member|
|Standard Booth||RMB 11,700||RMB 9,725|
|Raw Space||RMB 11,000||RMB 9,025|
- Membership Application:
- Taiwan- Ms. Akina Wu, Tel: 886-3-3815659#205
- China- Ms. Jenny Yan, Tel: 86-512-68074151#712
- Mr. Paul Tseng, Tel: 86-755-27669617#804
- If pay by USD, please refer to the exchange rate of the payment request date.
- Standard Booth is equipped with:
3 x Partitions, Carpet, Company Fascia, 2 x Spot Lights, 1 x Information desk, 2 x Chairs, 1 x 13Amp Single phase socket (with 500W non-lighting electrical supply).
- Raw Space does not include above equipment.
- Down payment or full payment must be made before the booth selection process.
- The booth selection will be carried out in two stages: Stage I for over 10 booths; Stage II for under 10 booths.
- Exhibitors shall select booth location according to the below priority:
Booth Size > Application Date > Priority Point > Booth Rental Payment Date
※ Priority Point is the sum of booth rented in CTEX 2017, 2016 and 2015, TPCA SHOW 2016 and 2015.
- Companies are allowed to join the exhibition together only when their products are correlative and connected.
- Joint exhibitors possess the right of the independent advertisement.
- Each booth will be imposed extra 5% advertisement fee.
- Exhibitor who applies for joint exhibition must submit the application separately and shall be accepted after judging and examining by the organizer.
- 50% of payment is required within 30 days after application. To entitle the first stage of booth selection. (Executer will give notice to pay, either in cheque or by T/T.)
- If pay by cheque, deposit date should be made out to the same month as application date (sight bill).
- If pay by T/T, remittance should be made in the same month as application date, applicant should be responsible for all bank charges, and provide the payment receipt to the operator (states the applicant’s company name)
- The 50% remaining should be paid within 20 days after confirming the booth location (Operator will give notice to pay, either in cheque or by T/T)
- If pay by cheque, the balance must be paid before Mar. 31, 2017(sight bill).
- If pay by T/T, balance must be paid before Jan. 31, 2017 Applicant should be responsible for all bank charges, and provide the payment receipt to the executer (states the applicant’s company name)
- The full payment is required for applications after Jan. 1, 2017
- No refund if the down payment has been paid.
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My first Yoga Class
Wednesday, October 02, 2013
I have wanted to take a real yoga class for a long time. I have kind of played around with moves that I have found in magazine articles, but I know it is not the same thing. Age, Crossfit, and sitting a lot for work have played havoc with making my muscles and tendons tight so I really wanted to do this in an effort to help my flexibility and mobility.
My husband works for a small private training gym, and they were hosting a free yoga class as a test to see if they had enough clients interested enough to take it on a regular basis. My husband, bless his heart!, signed me up, so I went on Tuesday night to check it out.
The woman leading the class was a therapeutic yoga instructor. She was perfect for it! Very calming and a great instructor. There were ten of us. The class was 45 minutes and went through some basic, simple movements. By the end, I felt very relaxed, but boy could I tell just how tight some of my muscles are! There were quite a number of movements I had to modify as my body would just not quite move into the right position.
Hopefully, they will decide to continue the classes, and I did let them know that I would definitely participate if it were to become a regular thing. Keeping my fingers crossed...... | <urn:uuid:226df821-7dfe-47c8-8c22-11d927d749ad> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=5502933 | 2017-05-23T16:24:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607647.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20170523143045-20170523163045-00085.warc.gz | en | 0.992554 | 280 | [
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Путешествие по ту сторону Солнца или Двойник
Вернуться к категории [ Фильмы - Научная фантастика ]
Научно-фантастический фильм: "Путешествие по ту сторону Солнца или Двойник"
Научная фантастика: "Journey To The Far Side of The Sun aka Doppelgaenger"
Год выпуска: 1969
Продолжительность: 98 минут
Режиссер: Роберт Пэрриш / Robert Parrish
В ролях: Рой Тиннес,Иэн Хендри,Патрик Уаймарк,Линн Лоринг,Джоанна Фон Фридл,Франко Де Роза,Джордж Сьюэлл
Описание: Беспилотный исследовательский зонд по изучению Солнца обнаружил новую планету в Солнечной системе, на той же самой орбите что и Земля, но на противоположной стороне Солнца. Европейский Центр Исследования космоса совместно с NASA предлагает пилотируемый полет на новую планету.
Описание на английском: On a journey through the Solar System in 2069, the unmanned Sun Probe of the EUROpean Space Exploration Council (EUROSEC) locates a planet inside the orbital path of Earth that is positioned behind the Sun. The traitorous Dr Hassler (Herbert Lom) has been transmitting Sun Probe flight data to a rival power in the East, but is detected and shot dead at the hands of Security Chief Mark Neuman (George Sewell). In the aftermath of the intelligence leak, EUROSEC director Jason Webb (Patrick Wymark) convinces NASA representative David Poulson (Ed Bishop) that the West must launch a mission to investigate the unknown planet before Hassler’s associates. With no financial support from EUROSEC member states France and Germany, Webb obtains majority funding from NASA and British astrophysicist Dr John Kane (Ian Hendry), head of the Sun Probe project, and American astronaut Colonel Glenn Ross (Roy Thinnes) are assigned to the mission.
Launched from the EUROSEC Space Centre in Portugal, Kane and Ross are connected to "Heart Lung Kidney" machines that maintain them in stasis for a six-week round trip onboard their Phoenix spacecraft. Revived after three weeks in the orbit of the unknown planet, the astronauts decide to land after surface scans fail to provide proof of extraterrestrial life. Descending through the atmosphere, an electrical storm damages their Dove lander shuttle, which crashes in the Ulan Bator region of Mongolia. When an air-sea rescue unit returns Ross and Kane, the latter fighting critical injuries, to the Space Centre in Portugal, it seems clear that the Phoenix mission has been terminated after less than a month and that the astronauts have returned to Earth.
Neuman and EUROSEC official Lise Hartman (Loni von Friedl) interrogate Ross, but he denies that he aborted the mission. Soon after, Kane dies from the injuries that he sustained in the crash. Eventually, Ross puts together a number of clues that lead him to the disturbing conclusion that he is not home, but indeed on the unknown planet — a "Counter-Earth" that is a mirror image of his. Colleagues at EUROSEC, and his partner, Sharon (Lynn Loring), are perplexed at his claims that print on signs and labels, lanes on roads and the plan of his apartment are all reversed. However, Webb is convinced of the truth when Ross reads text as reflections in a mirror and X-rays from a post-mortem examination on Kane reveal that the arrangement of his internal organs opposes the normal human biological structure for this planet.
Ross suggests that the two Earths are subject to the same events, meaning that his parallel image is living through identical experiences on the other side of the Sun. Webb agrees that he should return to Phoenix and then his home planet. All the components of the replacement shuttle are manufactured to be compatible with the reversed technologies of the orbiting Phoenix. Included in the modifications is the inverse-polarisation of the electric circuits, although it is not known for certain that the divergences between the Earths extend to the direction of electric current. The shuttle is named Doppelganger, meaning a duplicate of a person or object in the original German.
Lifting off, Ross attempts to dock with Phoenix to retrieve its flight recorder. However, the shuttle hardware malfunctions, indicating that current is constant on both Earths after all. The communications link to EUROSEC is lost as Doppelganger detaches from Phoenix, hurtling through the atmosphere towards the Space Centre with Ross unable to disengage automatic landing control. A remote disablement command comes too late, and Doppelganger crashes into a second mission rocket. Ross is incinerated in the collision, which triggers a chain reaction that in turn obliterates the Space Centre, most of the EUROSEC personnel, and all records of Ross’s presence on the parallel Earth.
Decades later, a bitter Webb, long since dismissed from EUROSEC, has been admitted to a nursing home. In his dementia, the aged man sees his reflection in a mirror mounted in front of a window. Attempting to touch his parallel self, he crashes into the mirror, dying instantly from his injuries.
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My guy friend is adorable, handsome and sweet, but I think his proposal idea is kind of a disaster! He wanted me to ask you guys...
Here's his idea: My friend is taking his girlfriend on a romantic trip to Mexico. Originally, he was planning to pop the question on a white sandy beach, under the twinkling stars, but then he suddenly got the idea that it might be funny (funny!) to propose on the airplane instead. "She'll never expect it," he said, "And after I propose, we'll be sitting together for a few hours and we can talk about the wedding...we'll kick off the trip in style!"
Uhhh, I love my friend, but I think his idea is a recipe for disaster! Everyone feels gross on planes--your feet are swollen, your face is dry, you're usually in comfy clothes--and what if they have a third person sitting next to them? How awkward to have a stranger witnessing this incredibly intimate moment...and then peeking over at you guys for the rest of the flight.
__What do you guys think? Would the airplane proposal be awesome, funny and unique? Or should my friend wait until they can hear the ocean waves lapping before he gets down on one knee? I'd love to hear your thoughts--and so would he!!!!! __
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Missy and I had been sitting on the couch when we heard the jingle.
“Shhh,” I said. “I think she reappeared.”
I set my tablet down, looked behind the furniture. Sure enough, a pair of small eyes gleamed back. After a long day of invisibility, Cupid had deigned to show herself again.
Well, sort of. You can’t rush a lady.
Cupid is the visiting cat of a visiting relative. A grand-and-tiny feline of 13, she’s also a new adoptee, greeting her changed environment with a mixture of curiosity and uncertainty. That especially includes our muscular English Labrador Blake, who has greeted the new arrival with a mix of enthusiasm (“Hey! New friends!”) and jealousy (“Hey! This is MY house!”). She in return has greeted him with a mixture of concealment (“I’m not here …”) and ferocity (“…. but my claws are, buddy, so don’t come any closer, OK?”).
Note to self: When a 95-pound dog tries to mix it up with a tiny puff of fur, don’t bet against the puff of fur.
This is familiar ground, though it’s been quite a while. When I was a kid, my sister Leslie introduced Twinkle Lumas Rochat to our home, named for the blaze of orange between her eyes that matched a mark on her mother, Starface. Twinkle remained in the house as an uncrowned queen for 17 years, learning the arcane secrets of paper bag, bits of ribbon, and Christmas tree tinsel.
And, of course, Max.
Max was the newer arrival, a bearded collie who loved the world. It was a match made in … well, somewhere. Like most beardies, Max had never heard of personal space; like most cats, Twinkle believed the entire house was hers.
On the first day Max came home, Twinkle disappeared into my sister Carey’s closet and refused to leave.
The script started out as Upstairs, Downstairs – as in, Max hadn’t yet mastered staircases, so upstairs and downstairs were the perfect places for Twinkle to hide. When he made the breakthrough, it became the biggest shock in Twinkle’s life and the start of a new episode, straight out of the old Road Runner show: one bark, one yowl, and two furry bodies streaking up or down the steps in hot pursuit. (Anvil not included.)
It took a long time, but things eventually reached a detente. And then some. It wasn’t uncommon for someone quietly entering a room to notice a certain pup and a certain kitty sleeping within paw’s length of each other. Once they realized they’d been seen, of course, official relations resumed, beginning with a high-speed chase, but we all knew the truth.
Each had made their peace, without compromising who they were. And they’d made something better doing it.
That’s not an easy thing to do for anybody, furry or not.
We live in a world of changes. Not all of those changes are comfortable. Some we welcome, some we fight, some we try to accommodate if we can.
But the one thing we can’t do is ignore them and pretend they’re not there. Oh, it’s tempting. And there can be a bit of helpful respite in pulling back to reassess, recover, and figure out what to do next. But as Twinkle discovered, hiding out only works for so long before the change finds you anyway. Then you have to figure out what to do next.
That doesn’t mean surrender. But it does mean understanding what’s happened, and then working out what the next step needs to be.
Meanwhile, we’ve got a guest to attend to.
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is expected to mark her first overseas trip by showing symbolic support for the very people whom President Donald Trump has spent so much time trying to ban indefinitely from entering the United States.
Haley plans to spend time in Turkey and Jordan, May 19 through 25, to see “how refugees are coping, day in and day out,” she wrote Wednesday in a Wall Street Journal op-ed titled “‘What About the Refugees?’ The U.S. Is Doing More Than Anyone.”
“No country has invested more in protecting, housing, feeding and caring for Syrian refugees than the U.S.,” she wrote. “We have provided nearly $6.5 billion in emergency assistance for Syria since the start of the crisis. Syria, some four million people benefit from U.S. assistance for essentials like food and shelter every month.”
All of that is true ― yet it doesn’t negate the ill will that Trump has displayed toward refugees, particularly Syrians.
As president, he has twice attempted to legally halt the U.S. refugee resettlement program for 120 days in a series of executive orders that were subsequently blocked in federal court. He twice attempted to ban the entry of all Syrians into the U.S. indefinitely.
There was also his vow to deport thousands of Syrian refugees living in the U.S. during his presidential campaign.
He also retweeted this:
And tweeted this:
Haley said she plans to visit some of the other humanitarian assistance projects that the U.S. funds as well, like efforts in support of food and education.
“The U.S. and the U.N. will continue to do a great deal of heavy lifting for these desperate people,” she wrote.
This is puzzling, since Trump not long ago threatened to slash billions in U.S. funding for the U.N., the primary international body that cares for refugees.
But he hasn’t minced words in his desire to fight the militant group that calls itself the Islamic State, and Turkey and Jordan are both strategic U.S. allies in the region. Trump met with Turkish President Reccep Tayyip Erdogan this week at the White House. Both leaders renewed their commitment to fighting terrorism.
Turkey and Jordan together are the recipients of over $1 billion in U.S. foreign aid annually, funds intended to help offset the costs of housing refugees and to fight groups like the Islamic State.
Haley’s trip also overlaps with Trump’s own first overseas trip as president. He begins a whirlwind tour of Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Vatican and Belgium on Friday.
It’s unusual that Trump chose the Middle East as his first international destination. Previous presidents have tended to travel to Mexico or Canada first, Elliot Abrams, senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, said on a call Monday.
“It is striking that the president during his campaign made it pretty clear that he’d like to get out of these wars in the broader Middle East and pay attention to nation-building at home, while his first stop is the Middle East,” Abrams said.
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~2014 Debuts I'm Most Excited For~
1. Must Love Dukes by Elizabeth Michels
Straight-laced, self-proclaimed spinster Lily Phillips is forced to become a liar, seductress and thief to retrieve her family’s lost property. Her secret is safe until her brothers order her from a quiet life to an arranged marriage in London—a move that threatens to reveal her past when she encounters the man with whom her crime spree began.
Devon Grey, Duke of Thornwood, known to all of London as the Mad Duke, is an explorer chained to a city he hates by the title he never wanted. After he’s coerced by his friend into an evening out, Devon makes his greatest discovery yet. There, in a London ballroom stands the prim miss he’s been in search of for a year. After all, how could he forget the night Lily stole from him and vanished while he slept?
Determined to have his revenge, Devon blackmails Lily into participating in various escapades to torment her would-be suitors and scandalize London society. At the risk of having her secret revealed, Lily bends to Devon’s will. Forced to participate in such terrible activities as setting hunting dogs upon a skirt chaser’s crotch in the middle of a ballroom, or knocking a pompous equestrian from his much revered high horse; she eventually begins to enjoy the stunts. Lily remembers why she let her guard down with Devon a year ago. In turn, Devon watches this mysterious Lily begin to bloom into the woman of his desires.
When Lily’s brothers force an unwanted betrothal upon her, will Devon choose to burn his dreams of scientific exploration and truly forgive her before it’s too late?
2. The Shadow Prince by Bree Despain
Haden Lord, the disgraced prince of the Underrealm, has been sent to the mortal world to entice a girl into returning with him to the land of the dead. Posing as a student at Olympus Hills High—a haven for children of the rich and famous—Haden must single out the one girl rumored to be able to restore immortality to his race.
Daphne Raines has dreams much bigger than her tiny southern Utah town, so when her rock star dad suddenly reappears, offering her full tuition to Olympus Hills High’s prestigious music program, she sees an opportunity to catch the break she needs to make it as a singer. But upon moving into her estranged father’s mansion in California, and attending her glamorous new school, Daphne soon realizes she isn’t the only student in Olympus who doesn’t quite belong.
Haden and Daphne—destined for each other—know nothing of the true stakes their fated courtship entails. As war between the gods brews, the teenagers’ lives collide. But Daphne won’t be wooed easily and when it seems their prophesied link could happen, Haden realizes something he never intended—he’s fallen in love. Now to save themselves, Haden and Daphne must rewrite their destinies. But as their destinies change, so do the fates of both their worlds.
3. Alienated by Melissa Landers
(YA science fiction)
Two years ago, the aliens made contact. Now Cara Sweeney is going to be sharing a bathroom with one of them. Handpicked to host the first-ever L’eihr exchange student, Cara thinks her future is set. Not only does she get a free ride to her dream college, she’ll have inside information about the mysterious L’eihrs that every journalist would kill for. Cara’s blog following is about to skyrocket.
Still, Cara isn’t sure what to think when she meets Aelyx. Humans and L’eihrs have nearly identical DNA, but cold, infuriatingly brilliant Aelyx couldn’t seem more alien. She’s certain about one thing, though: no human boy is this good-looking. But when Cara's classmates get swept up by anti-L'eihr paranoia, Midtown High School suddenly isn't safe anymore. Threatening notes appear in Cara's locker, and a police officer has to escort her and Aelyx to class.
Cara finds support in the last person she expected. She realizes that Aelyx isn’t just her only friend; she's fallen hard for him. But Aelyx has been hiding the truth about the purpose of his exchange, and its potentially deadly consequences. Soon Cara will be in for the fight of her life—not just for herself and the boy she loves, but for the future of her planet.
4. A Mad Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller
Welcome to the world of the fabulously wealthy in London, 1909, where dresses and houses are overwhelmingly opulent, social class means everything, and women are taught to be nothing more than wives and mothers. Into this world comes seventeen-year-old Victoria Darling, who wants only to be an artist—a nearly impossible dream for a girl.
After Vicky poses nude for her illicit art class, she is expelled from her French finishing school. Shamed and scandalized, her parents try to marry her off to the wealthy Edmund Carrick-Humphrey. But Vicky has other things on her mind: her clandestine application to the Royal College of Art; her participation in the suffragette movement; and her growing attraction to a working-class boy who may be her muse—or may be the love of her life. As the world of debutante balls, corsets, and high society obligations closes in around her, Vicky must figure out: just how much is she willing to sacrifice to pursue her dreams?
5. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him. With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she's ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, destroy his enchanted castle, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people.
But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle-a shifting maze of magical rooms-enthralls her. As Nyx searches for a way to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex's secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. Even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, how can she refuse her duty to kill him? With time running out, Nyx must decide what is more important: the future of her kingdom, or the man she was never supposed to love.
6. First to Burn by Anna Richland
A soldier with secrets...Immortal Viking Wulf Wardsen once battled alongside Beowulf, and now serves in Afghanistan. He's trusted the mortal men on his elite special operations team to protect his secret, until an explosion lands Wulf in a place more dangerous to him than a battlefield: a medevac helicopter.
A doctor with questions...Army captain Theresa Chiesa follows the rules and expects the same from others, even special forces hotshots like Sergeant Wardsen. She's determined to discover the secret behind his supernaturally fast healing, and she won't allow his sexy smile to distract her.
An enemy with nothing to lose...Even as Theresa's investigation threatens to expose him, Wulf is stirred by her passion. Dreaming of love and a normal life, he wants nothing more than to build a future with her. But the lost Viking relic needed to reverse his immortality is being hunted by another—an ancient enemy who won't hesitate to hurt Theresa to strike back at Wulf.
7. Nil by Lynne Matson
On the mysterious island of Nil, the rules are set. You have one year. Exactly 365 days--to escape, or you die. Seventeen-year-old Charley doesn’t know the rules. She doesn’t even know where she is. The last thing she remembers is blacking out, and when she wakes up, she’s lying naked in an empty rock field.
Lost and alone, Charley finds no sign of other people until she meets Thad, the gorgeous leader of a clan of teenage refugees. Soon Charley learns that leaving the island is harder than she thought . . . and so is falling in love. With Thad’s time running out, Charley realizes that to save their future, Charley must first save him. And on an island rife with dangers, their greatest threat is time.
8. Cold Iron by D.L. McDermott (paranormal romance)
The Fae, the Good Neighbors, the Fair Folk, the Aes Sídhe, creatures of preternatural beauty and seduction. Archaeologist Beth Carter doesn’t believe in them. She’s always credited her extraordinary ability to identify ancient Celtic sites to hard work and intuition—until she discovers a tomb filled with ancient treasure but missing a body. Her ex-husband, the scholar who stifled her career to advance his own, is unconcerned. Corpses don’t fetch much on the antiquities market. Gold does. Beth knows from past experience that if she isn’t vigilant, Frank will make off with the hoard.
So when a man—tall, broad shouldered, and impossibly handsome—turns up in her bedroom claiming to be the tomb’s inhabitant, one of mythic god-kings of old Ireland, Beth believes it is a ploy cooked up by her ex-husband to scare her away from the excavation.
But Conn is all too real. Ancient, alien, irresistible, the Fae are the stuff of dreams and nightmares, their attentions so addictive their abandoned human lovers wither and die. And this one has fixed his supernatural desire on Beth.
9. A Duke's Wicked Kiss by Kathleen Bittner Roth
Miss Suri Thurston, illegitimate daughter of a duke and high-caste Indian royal, travels to India to confront a malevolent grandmother, and encounters a man who, ten years prior, left an indelible imprint on her soul.
As covert head of the Queen’s Foreign Service, the Duke of Ravenswood’s duty is to prevent a mutiny, but when Suri appears in a Delhi ballroom on a mission that wreaks havoc, he is forced to intervene, only to find his heart forever bound to hers.
While their love can rise above the scandal of marriage, will deceit and treachery tear their world apart?
10. Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
On her nineteenth birthday, Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, raised in exile, sets out on a perilous journey back to the castle of her birth to ascend her rightful throne. Plain and serious, a girl who loves books and learning, Kelsea bears little resemblance to her mother, the vain and frivolous Queen Elyssa. But though she may be inexperienced and sheltered, Kelsea is not defenseless: Around her neck hangs the Tearling sapphire, a jewel of immense magical power; and accompanying her is the Queen’s Guard, a cadre of brave knights led by the enigmatic and dedicated Lazarus. Kelsea will need them all to survive a cabal of enemies who will use every weapon—from crimson-caped assassins to the darkest blood magic—to prevent her from wearing the crown.
Despite her royal blood, Kelsea feels like nothing so much as an insecure girl, a child called upon to lead a people and a kingdom about which she knows almost nothing. But what she discovers in the capital will change everything, confronting her with horrors she never imagined. An act of singular daring will throw Kelsea’s kingdom into tumult, unleashing the vengeance of the tyrannical ruler of neighboring Mortmesne: the Red Queen, a sorceress possessed of the darkest magic. Now Kelsea will begin to discover whom among the servants, aristocracy, and her own guard she can trust.
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2003 Saturn L200 from North America
An excellent asset to any family on a budget
The alignment is an issue with this car, although, with the right tires and a close eye on the tire wear, it is an issue that can be corrected. The factory tires were not great, in fact, they were down-right bad. We replaced them, under warranty, with newer, better rated tires and have since had NO problems. Another issue I had was with some creaking through the front axle when I would make a turn onto a road or driveway with a significant incline or up a hill. The creaking became noticeable to pedestrians, and I knew it was time to take it in. When I did, a minor adjustment to a too-tight axle fixed the problem completely.
The ride of this car is heavy and solid, much like the foreign vehicles I've previously owned. The handling is great and the responsiveness has literally saved my life and the lives of my children. The wide grip on the road allows for excellent cornering and even my V4 is quick and throaty. Not real comfortable for long rides, but I don't spend much time traveling long distances. I truly love this car.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
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Startup Umbel Empowers Publishers with Audience Intelligence that Creates New Leverage in Advertising and Sponsor Negotiations
Austin, Texas - Umbel, which aims to set the standard for digital audience measurement, today announced that Knight Foundation participated in the company’s $3.7 million Series A round of venture financing through its Knight Foundation Enterprise Fund, a new, early-stage venture fund dedicated to advancing media innovation. The amount of the strategic investment was not disclosed.
Umbel marries traditional research and big data analysis of social sources to give publishers real-time intelligence about the audiences that engage with them. With this information in hand, Umbel empowers publishers to convey their audience’s true value and brand preferences more effectively to advertisers and sponsors. The recently-raised funds will be used to support new hires and aggressively execute on the product roadmap.
“By enabling news providers to become more data driven, Umbel makes original, online news content much more valuable,” said Michael Maness, vice president for journalism and media innovation at Knight Foundation. “At a time when newspapers are losing $7 to $10 in print revenue for every $1 gained in digital revenue, being able to significantly boost the digital side will dramatically strengthen the ability of media organizations to inform and engage their communities.”
“Knight Foundation was a clear choice of investor for us. Our missions align and we have immense respect for all the foundation has accomplished so far. Their endorsement is great validation of Umbel’s technology, vision and purpose and through their large network of media, educational and nonprofit partners, we will deliver a new standard for measuring digital audiences,” said Paul Krasinski, Umbel’s CEO. “We're tackling a huge problem holding back almost all media companies, brands and non-profits today. The data to solve the problem absolutely exists. We will bring forth the technology that transforms that data into insights and puts publishers back in control over the the value of their hard-earned audiences.”
Knight Foundation is the nation’s leading funder of journalism and media innovation. The foundation has invested more than $100 million in media innovation since 2007, mainly through grants to non-profits. The Knight Enterprise Fund, which was launched in 2010, invests funds from the foundation’s endowment in for-profit start-ups aligned with Knight’s mission, which is to promote informed and engaged communities. This helps Knight Foundation stay abreast of the field of media innovation and enables the for- and nonprofit sectors to inform, complement and improve each other.
Umbel announced its $3.7 Million Series A round of venture funding, led by Austin Ventures, in April 2012. In addition to Knight Foundation and Austin Ventures, several notable angels contributed to Umbel’s Series A funding round. These investors include Herbert Simon, Chairman and Director of the Simon Property group, the largest publicly traded real estate investment trust in the United States and owner of the Indiana Pacers, and Gordon Paddison, CEO Stradella Road, and former EVP New Media Marketing at Newline Cinema.
Umbel is currently in private beta and expected to bring its first product to market in Q3 of 2012. For more info about Umbel, visit umbel.com.
Full press materials, including detailed company information, product screenshots and company logos can be found at umbel.com/about/press.
About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts. The foundation believes that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged. For more, visit KnightFoundation.org.
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By Chris Player
May 26, 2017
The ACCC said the aggregate price payable will vary by retail service provider (RSP) depending on the average amount of aggregation capacity that a RSP purchases per port.
Telstra's fibre network prices for 2017-18 are $16.03 per port per month (Zone 1) and $21.10 per port per month (Zone 2) and $29.27 per Mbps per month for aggregation.
An RSP will also have to purchase Telstra's wholesale line rental service, which is an additional $20.69 per month.
"We expect that these price changes will help deliver better service performance for customers of non-NBN networks as they will allow retailers to provide faster services at a lower average price," Sims said.
The ACCC added that the very small providers of some high-speed internet services, supplying less than 12,000 customers, will not be regulated under this decision on the basis that it would apply an unreasonable burden to them with little benefit to customers.
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This post contains some light spoilers for Coco. I suggest you stop reading if you haven’t watched it, so that you don’t spoil the movie experience for yourself.
I watched Coco on my birthday yesterday, and what a fantastic present it was to myself: Easily one of the best animated films I’ve seen, and an undisputed choice for Best Animated Film of 2017. There are lots of great themes in the movie: The importance of family; the concept of death and memories; and of course, music. If you’ve been reading some of my blog posts for the past few months, I started learning the violin last year and I’m aspiring to reach a competent, solo-playing level. Coco is a very inspiring film for all beginner musicians and performers everywhere.
There’s a very important scene early in the movie, where the protagonist Miguel is having a conversation with another street musician. The musician encourages Miguel to have the courage to play his music openly, instead of just doing it in secret. Miguel returns to his “hideout” later on, and makes a declaration to himself: I cannot continue to play in secret for the rest of my life. What good is the point of playing and practicing music for yourself only?
Later on, in the Land of the Dead, Miguel takes part in a music competition. His partner Hector, is stunned that Miguel has never played in public before, and volunteers to take his place. Miguel refuses, saying that he has to overcome his fear eventually.
Watching Coco reminded me of a great support conversation in Fire Emblem Fates between two characters, Azura (a singer) and Laslow (a dancer):
Azura: Music and dance never lie. I don’t mean to offend you, but sometimes, I don’t think you’re entirely truthful.
Laslow: What?! You’re calling me a liar?
Azura: Yes, but let me explain! I’ve seen you dance in front of the others before… You have great technique, but your dancing lacked the passion I saw the other night. Now that I’ve seen you dance in private, I know you’ve been holding back.
Laslow: I thought you would understand. I get nervous dancing in front of other people.
Azura: This may sound harsh, but dancing like that is unfair to your audience! Practice in secret all you want, but when you step on stage, you’re there for them! You must dance with confidence so they can carry your strength into battle.
Azura: I didn’t tell you this, but I used to get stage fright. My mother was so talented… I knew I’d never measure up! I always worried people would make fun of me.
Laslow: Really? I had no idea.
Azura: One day, Queen Mikoto pulled me aside. She told me my voice was beautiful. I could either learn to sing with confidence, or I could waste my talent being afraid. That was a turning point for me. I decided to be brave every time I stepped on stage.
Even I get nervous when practicisng in front of my violin teacher, out of fear for making mistakes. I once performed in a mini-concert organised by my teacher featuring all of her beginner students. Of course I was a nervous wreck and I actually played a couple of wrong notes. But again, to quote Azura: You could either learn to perform with confidence, or waste your talent being afraid.
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Background and purpose
This website is about hacking video game consoles with specific focus on hardware, typically anything that would void your warranty and involve a soldering iron. There are lots of software hacks as well, tools, emulators, patches, design dumps and homebrew. All available for free in our famous download section.
We started the EurAsia website back in 2002 when Xbox, PS2, GameCube and GBA were the "current" consoles, and it has slowly grown into a big community over the years offering downloads, member forum, news coverage, wiki and more.
Our main sponsor is the EurAsia Online Shop which provides hacking related hardware, operated by us, and ironically this has made it possible to stay relatively neutral and independent compared to websites funded only by ads/banners. Plain simple truth is what we stand for and believe in.
We have also been promoting free speech with almost no restrictions since the start, this is unfortunately something really unique on internet these days, check our BERZERK concept for more info. In short this means you can post pretty much anything you like while still being responsible for your own actions, treated as an adult, without silly moderators ruining the fun.
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Alex Sayz Releases “Pulse: 128-130” Album
Alex Sayz came out today with Pulse: 128-130, his new album packed through with club-ready house hits, on his own TopDJ Records. As he wrote on his website, “I’ve been waiting so long for this day. The day has come and I have to say I’m really proud. Got so many nice messages from people in the biz that I look up to. I hope you’ll enjoy it too. Whenever I get time I will write the stories behind the tracks.” The album is packed with talent, featuring Hype Jones, Starkillers, Nadia Ali, and Mario Vasquez.
The marquee track is undoubtedly Falling, featuring the sexy, sexy vocals of Christina Skaar. It’s been a big year for Alex Sayz, who also put out an extended mix of Nadia Ali’s Fine Print and United As One featuring Sibel. The only thing sexier than his vocalists are his absolutely massive drops. Check them out in the featured tracks after the break, and you’ll hop straight over to Beatport like we did.
Alex Sayz f. Christina Skaar – Falling
Alex Sayz f. Nadia Ali – Free To Go
Alex Sayz, Mario Vasquez, & Hype Jones – Never Give Up
Bonus: If you don’t have enough time to listen to each track, check out the teaser video he put up on YouTube
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CAE Preparation Course
Receive your Certification of Advanced English and the doors of opportunity will open before you!
The CAE Preparation Course is a proven course created by professionals of the Certificate in Advanced English. You will be taught by your own tutor one-on-one in order to maximize your learning potential through tailored lessons that focus on preparing you for what you want and need to know. Your tutor will make sure that your reading, writing, listening, speaking, and usage of the English language skills are at the highest level they should be in order to achieve the result you want on this exam. Receiving a Certificate in Advance English will prove to be very beneficial to your academic and career goals. Because there is such a high demand in the world for certified advanced users of the English language, this preparation course is a must!
A Certificate in Advanced English received from the University of Cambridge is recognized by over 3,000 businesses, government departments and educational departments as a proof of your proficiency in the English language. The course is made up of five parts: reading, writing, use of English, listening, and speaking.
The Reading portion of the exam is seventy five minutes in length and has thirty-four questions. The questions are divided into four categories. The first part contains three short passages with multiple choice answers, the second part is fill in the blank for paragraphs where words and sentences are missing, the third section is a long passage with multiple choice questions, and the final part is fill in the blank style requiring you to answer questions about short passages.
The Writing section of this exam requires you to finish two to three tasks in one hundred and twenty minutes. The two parts you will encounter are the task of writing about a certain situation and writing either an article, report, or letter.
In the section of Use of English, you will have sixty minutes to complete fifty tasks. This part is made up of five different question formats: multiple choices, word formation, key word transformation, and fill in the blanks, and sentence completion.
The Listening portion requires you to finish thirty questions within a time limit of forty minutes. The format of the questions you will encounter during this section are sentence completion, matching, multiple choice about a conversation you will listen to, and multiple choice questions about short monologues.
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Donald Trump tells lies.
Don’t take my word for it: The Pulitzer Prize-winning news organization PolitiFact rates half of Trump’s disputed public statements to be completely false, as of this writing, with most of the rest assessed as “mostly false” or “half true.” PolitiFact deems only four percent to be simply “true.” By contrast, they have rated as false a mere 14 percent of President Obama’s claims since 2007.
“Trump tells more untruths than any previous president,” says George Edwards, a Texas A&M political scientist who edits the Presidential Studies Quarterly. “There is no one that is a close second.”
But Trump’s political path presents a paradox. Far from slowing his momentum, his deceit seemed only to strengthen his support through the primary and national election. Now, every time a new lie is exposed, his approval rating doesn’t seem to waver very much.
How does the former reality-TV star get away with it? How can he tell so many lies and still win support from millions of Americans?
Journalists and researchers have suggested many answers, from simple ignorance to an aging electorate addicted to fear-mongering cable news. But there is another explanation that no one seems to have entertained: It is that Trump is telling “blue” lies—a psychologist’s term for falsehoods, told on behalf of a group, that can actually strengthen the bonds among the members of that group.
As University of Toronto psychologist Kang Lee explains, blue lies fall in between generous “white” lies and selfish “black” ones. “You can tell a blue lie against another group,” he says, which makes it simultaneously selfless and self-serving. “For example, you can lie about your team’s cheating in a game, which is antisocial, but helps your team.”
From this perspective, lying is a feature, not a bug, of Trump’s campaign and presidency. It serves to bind his supporters together and strengthen his political base—even as it infuriates and confuses most everyone else. In the process, he is revealing some complicated truths about the psychology of our very social species.
Turning lies into weapons
Children start to tell selfish lies at about age three, as they discover adults cannot read their minds. I didn’t steal that toy. Daddy said I could. He hit me first. At around age seven, they begin to tell white lies motivated by feelings of empathy and compassion. That’s a good drawing. I love socks for Christmas. You’re funny.
Blue lies are a different category altogether, simultaneously selfish and beneficial to others—but only to those who belong to your group.
In a 2008 study of seven, nine, and 11-year-old children—the first of its kind—Kang Lee and colleagues found that children become more likely to endorse and tell blue lies as they grow older. For example, given an opportunity to lie to an interviewer about rule-breaking in the selection process of a school chess team, many were quite willing to do so, older kids more than younger ones. The children telling these lies didn’t stand to selfishly benefit; they were doing it on behalf of their school.
This line of research suggests that while black lies drive people apart and white lies draw them together, blue lies do both: They help bring some people together by deceiving those in another group. For instance, if a student lies to a teacher so her entire class can avoid punishment, her standing with classmates might actually increase.
And around the world, children grow up hearing stories of heroes who engage in deception and violence on behalf of their in-groups. In Star Wars, for example, Princess Leia lies about the location of the “secret rebel base.” In the Harry Potter novels (spoiler alert!), the entire life of double-agent Severus Snape is a lie, albeit a “blue” one, in the service of something bigger than himself.
That explains why most Americans seem to accept that our intelligence agencies lie in the interests of national security, and we laud our spies as heroes. From this perspective, blue lies are weapons in intergroup conflict. As Swedish philosopher Sissela Bok once wrote, “Deceit and violence—these are the two forms of deliberate assault on human beings.” Lying and bloodshed are often framed as crimes when committed inside a group—but as virtues in a state of war.
This research—and those stories—highlight a difficult truth about our species: We are intensely social creatures, but we’re prone to divide ourselves into competitive groups, largely for the purpose of allocating resources. People can be “prosocial”—compassionate, empathic, generous, honest—in their groups, and aggressively antisocial toward outside groups. This process opens the door to competition, dehumanization, violence—and socially sanctioned deceit.
“People condone lying against enemy nations, and since many people now see those on the other side of American politics as enemies, they may feel that lies, when they recognize them, are appropriate means of warfare,” says George Edwards, one of the country’s leading scholars of the presidency.
If we see Trump’s lies not as failures of character but rather as weapons of war, then we can come to understand why his supporters might see him as an effective leader. To them, Trump isn’t Hitler (or Darth Vader, or Voldemort), as some liberals claim—he’s President Roosevelt, who repeatedly lied to the public and the world on the path to victory in World War II.
Why blue lies are proliferating now
Lies aren’t new on the American political scene.
Some politicians seemed to get away with antisocial lying, as with Bill Clinton’s deceit about his sexual infidelities; other careers were destroyed by deception, as happened with Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner, among others. But historians and political scientists like Edwards seem to agree: The scale, frequency, impact, and brazenness of Trump’s lies are unprecedented.
So what has changed?
Most scholars point to political and cultural polarization as the biggest cause. Research by Alexander George Theodoridis, a political scientist at the University of California, Merced, shows that “partisanship for many Americans today takes the form of a visceral, even subconscious, attachment to a party group.” According to his studies, Democrats and Republicans have become not merely political parties but tribes, whose affiliations shape the language, dress, hairstyles, purchasing decisions, friendships, and even love lives of their members.
“Trump tells more untruths than any previous president. There is no one that is a close second.”
“Our party becomes a part of our self-concept in deep and meaningful ways,” he writes. This self-concept includes racial identity. Several studies have shown that reminding white conservatives of President Obama’s race made them much more likely to believe that, for example, he is a Muslim born in Kenya. If they do not feel Obama is one of them, this work suggests, then they are more receptive to unfounded claims that dramatize their emotional truth.
Scientists call this kind of reasoning “directionally motivated,” meaning that conclusions are driven by feelings, not facts—and studies find that this is our default mode. As right-wing radio talk host Rush Limbaugh implied in the wake of a lie-riddled presidential press conference, facts don’t matter. What matters is what’s “in your heart.” It takes conscious effort to override directionally motivated reasoning.
That’s why, when the truth threatens our identity, that truth gets dismissed. For millions and millions of Americans, climate change is a hoax, Hillary Clinton ran a sex ring out of a pizza parlor, and immigrants cause crime. Whether they truly believe those falsehoods or not is debatable—and possibly irrelevant. The research to date suggests that they see those lies as useful weapons in a tribal us-against-them competition that pits the “real America” against those who would destroy it.
Indeed, when I told the truth in the first sentence of this piece and said Donald Trump lies, I almost certainly inflamed readers who identify with the president and see him as their champion. The truth may feel like an attack on who they are, as human beings.
How anger fuels lying
Here we come to the role of anger.
Sociologists like Arlie Hochschild and Katherine J. Cramer have found widespread rage and resentment among GOP voters, specifically against educated, urban liberals. Other studies have found extreme hostility for constituencies that are perceived as Democratic, such as women, immigrants, and African-Americans.
This anger is the soil in which lies can grow.
In a series of four experiments described in a 2016 paper, Maurice Schweitzer and Jeremy Yip provoked participants to feel different emotions; they induced anger, for example, by giving insulting feedback on essays written in the lab (calling them “boring” or “stupid”). Then participants could play games for real money—and they were deliberately given opportunities to lie for their own gain.
The predictable result: Participants angered by the feedback were much more likely to lie.
“Angry people focus on their self-interest,” says Schweitzer. “My research shows this.”
Thus he is not surprised by how Trump supporters have responded to the president’s lies. “Many people are angry about how they have been left behind in the current economic climate,” he says. “Trump has tapped into that anger, and he is trusted because he professes to feel angry about the same things.”
Not only has Trump tapped existing anger, but his rhetoric has fueled and amplified it. “Trump has created a siege-like mentality,” says Schweitzer. “Foreign countries are out to get us; the media is out to get him. This is a rallying cry that bonds people together.”
It’s important to note that Democrats have shown themselves to be susceptible to the effects of polarization and anger as well. During the antagonistic Democratic primary, lies proliferated within the party about Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and their supporters. Many Democrats fell for those lies for the same reason people fall for all blue lies: because the questionable or false information helped their cause, providing ammunition for their battle against the other side.
Where does that leave us? In a political landscape shaped by rage, deceit, and tribalism, how can we highlight facts and truth?
How to defy blue lies
It’s in blue lies that the best and worst in humanity can come together. They reveal our loyalty, our ability to cooperate, our capacity to care about the people around us and to trust them. At the same time, blue lies display our predisposition to hate and dehumanize outsiders, and our tendency to delude ourselves.
This hints at the solution, which starts with the idea that we must appeal to the best in each other. While that may sound awfully idealistic, the applications of that insight are very concrete.
In a new paper published by the journal Advances in Political Psychology, D.J. Flynn and Brendan Nyhan, both of Dartmouth College, along with Jason Reifler, summarize everything science knows about “false and unsupported beliefs about politics,” and what we can do to counter them.
They recommend several simple techniques, such as presenting information as imagery or graphics, instead of just text. The best combination appears to be graphics with stories. It’s not enough to negate a false story, as linguist George Lakoff has argued—you need to provide an alternative narrative to get people to pay attention. Simple fact-checking, of the kind that PolitiFact provides, is not effective with partisan audiences all by itself. The facts need to become part of a compelling story, too.
But this runs up against another scientific insight, one that will be frustrating to those who would oppose Trump’s lies: Who tells the story matters. Study after study suggests that people are much more likely to be convinced of a fact when it “originates from ideologically sympathetic sources,” as the paper says—and it helps a lot if those sources look and sound like them.
That suggests it is white conservatives who must call out Trump’s lies if they are to be stopped. But if you’re not part of that group, what can you do in the meantime?
We can start by verifying facts and refusing to promote ones that we can’t, seeking out different and competing news sources, cultivating a diverse social network, sharing information with integrity—and admitting when we fail. In their paper, Flynn, Nyhan, and Reifler describe a series of research-validated steps we can take to encourage ourselves and the people around us to stick to reality:
- Put some critical distance between you and your groups. We feel intense “social pressure to think and act in ways that are consistent with important group identities.” When you feel that compulsion to go along with the herd, remind yourself that you are not the group and the group is not you. We can also encourage others to do the same, honoring non-conformist positions and tendencies.
- Set the intention to be accurate—and state your intention. Psychologist call this “accuracy motivation,” and lab experiments find that reminding people to make accuracy a goal influences their reasoning and behavior. This you can do in daily life by just talking about accuracy as a value, and trying to make the pursuit of truth transparent to the people around you.
- Incentivize accuracy motivation. Part of the reason why so many journalists, scientists, teachers, and librarians have spoken out through their professional groups against the administration’s lies is almost certainly that accuracy is rewarded in their training and in their jobs. In a society where public lying is becoming more commonplace, we need to begin to think about more ways to reward accuracy and punish errors or outright fabrications.
In the end, it’s quite simply up to each one of us, Democrats and Republicans, to decide if we are going to live in truth or embrace lies. That doesn’t mean always getting it right; to err is human. But to apologize, forgive, empathize, acknowledge your own biases, and ask questions—that’s human, too.
Donald Trump lies, yes, but that doesn’t mean the rest of us, his supporters included, need to follow his example.
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Start your semester strong by setting smart goals and creating a plan to achieve them during this workshop! In this session, we'll brainstorm methods of motivation for when obstacles arise as well as how to cultivate personal resiliency when our goals aren't met. We’ll provide notebooks and snacks, as well as tips for staying organized and focused in Spring 2018. Snacks will be served, all undergraduate & graduate students, staff, faculty and administrators are welcome to attend.
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Exclusive: National Guard Trains To Take on US Citizens(VIDEO)
Exclusive footage provided to Infowars from an attendee of the California National Guard's dirty bomb exercise-Role players simulating members of the American public can be seen screaming as guard troops with batons push them back in what appears to be a crowd control scenario.
A second clip shows troops surrounding two men, reportedly victims, as they are escorted off scene.
The exercise, which included ?more than 200 soldiers, airmen, local law enforcement and firefighting personnel
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Last week, MobilizeGreen asked me to walk around Washington DC and Silver Spring speaking to people about what it means to them to be “green.” "Green" has become synonymous with the environment, sustainability, and “eco-friendliness". Since everyone has their own take the word, I asked people the question: what does it mean to be green? Here are a few responses:
A canvasser for an anti-bullying campaign says being green means recycling and properly disposing of trash. A teenager, who preferred not to share his name, said it meant grass.
Jazzy says, “Being green means making the world a more livable place for her nieces and nephews,” showing a more generalized way of thinking about sustainability. Rather than focus on a single task like recycling, she tries to embody a certain mindset that influences the rest of the decisions she makes on a daily basis.
Ayinde, who works at a farmers market by the Brookland/CUA metro stop, says being green means “to protect where you came from,” i.e. the earth. The way he thinks about, we as human beings come from the earth on a molecular level, so it makes sense that if you take care of yourself and your own body, then you should have a responsibility to take care of where you are physically - your environment. If you do those things you'll be a healthy person and you will create a healthy community.
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These days, as an entrepreneur, you have three main tasks. To generate leads, to share awesome content, and of course, to sell.
The reason why webinar marketing rocks, is because webinars can help you to tackle all three of these aforementioned goals that your business absolutely has.
It doesn’t matter if you’re a pastry chef, a musician, or a freelance astronaut; you need leads, you need awesome content, and you also need a sales vehicle.
Webinar Marketing As A Lead Generation Tool
If your business is seeking a new mechanism upon which to generate leads, then webinar marketing can make the ultimate lead magnet.
Simply ask yourself; what is something awesome that you can teach your prospects, that they would desire enough to say “Heck yes, let me in!” to?
If you can answer that simple question, then you’ll never struggle trying to find the perfect topic for your first (or next) webinar.
Webinar Marketing As A Mechanism Upon Which To Share Awesome Content
Sales messages are typically not perceived as valuable to any given marketplace.
And why would they? Sales messages, commercials, and advertisements all totally suck! (At least in the eyes of your prospects).
However, valuable content — that’s something that almost any human on the planet can get behind, and that’s why webinar presentations have the potential to be epically life-changing.
Because your content can educate, introduce, entertain, and of course, provide elephantine quantities of *value* to your audience.
Webinar Marketing As A Sales Vehicle! Yes, This Is Arguably The Best!
It doesn’t matter what you’re selling.
You can be selling gourmet pancakes, gym memberships, online courses, e-books, homes, or even affiliate marketing stuff.
The fact is that, after you give your awesome presentation within your webinar, you can very easily “transition” into an awesome pitch and promote whatever you want.
One cool tip? Make sure to include a ton of awesome bonuses, so you can better endeavor to tickle the buying fancy of your audience!
Never Forget The Beauty Of Webinars.
Within my own marketing calendar, November 2017 is webinar marketing month.
So, I have every intention to create more webinar marketing material, and if you ever have any questions about webinar marketing?
Please never hesitate to ask!
I’ve reviewed just about all of the “major” webinar marketing platforms, and would be happy to give you my honest two cents regarding any prospective webinar platform that you may be considering.
Hit me up if you need me.
Until then, please have an awesome day!
Cordially and humbly yours…
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TORONTO – With two female candidates leading the race to replace Premier Dalton McGuinty, Ontario appears set to become Canada’s sixth province to be governed by a woman.
Political experts, however, warn that even if Sandra Pupatello or Kathleen Wynne win the Ontario Liberal leadership vote this weekend — which was prompted by McGuinty’s surprise resignation in October — the victory may be short-lived.
“Symbolically it’s important for a time — what could be a very short time — that we have gender parity among the premiers,” said Jane Arscott, co-author of the upcoming book, “Stalled: The Representation of Women in Canadian Governments.”
“It would be more significant if the position could be consolidated with an electoral win.”
Women are still under-represented in the country’s legislatures, ranging from 10.5 per cent in the Northwest Territories to 30 per cent in Ontario — with Quebec having the highest representation at nearly 33 per cent.
The wave of female premiers is “marvellous,” but Canada saw this trend in the early 1990s before it dropped off, said Arscott.
One example is Lyn McLeod, who was selected as leader of the Ontario Liberal party in 1992 but failed to win an election three years later.
In recent years, Ontario’s Liberal government has been plagued with scandals, including the costly cancellation of two gas plants, a police probe at its air ambulance service and a nasty fight with public school teachers.
That may be one of the reasons why the Liberals are looking for a fresh start, some analysts say.
There has been a habit among Canadian political parties to turn to a woman as their leader when they’re in trouble or “long in the tooth,” said Cristine de Clercy, a political science professor at Ontario’s Western University.
“Occasionally some members of parties want to repackage and re-present the party to the electorate, and so they try to do something new,” she said.
“That doesn’t mean all female premiers ever have been chosen just to repackage and rebrand a party. But certainly that’s an element in some of the new selections of new leaders and premiers.”
The Social Credit Party and the Liberals in British Columbia could be seen as examples, De Clercy said.
Rita Johnston became the first woman premier in Canada in 1991 when she took over British Columbia’s troubled Social Credit Party from Bill Vander Zalm, but lost an election just six months later.
The embattled federal Progressive Conservatives chose Kim Campbell as prime minister, but she didn’t survive the 1993 election that marked the worst defeat in the party’s history.
Alberta Premier Alison Redford, Quebec’s Pauline Marois and Newfoundland and Labrador’s Kathy Dunderdale have all cemented their positions in a general election. Members of the Nunavut legislature chose Eva Aariak as premier in 2008, currently one of three women in the 19-member house.
Christy Clark, who became B.C. premier in 2011, hasn’t yet faced a general election. Ontario’s new premier — to be chosen on Jan. 26 — will have to undergo the same test.
Regardless of the outcome, women activists say the surge of female premiers in recent years is an “extremely auspicious moment” — the result of decades of work by other trailblazers.
“That doesn’t mean it’s the end of the story — absolutely not,” said Nancy Peckford, executive director of Equal Voice, an organization promoting the election of more women.
“There’s so much more to do and so many women who want to make a contribution.”
Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says having women occupy positions of power shows other women what they can achieve.
“One of the best things about having women premiers elected around the country is that it shows, not only other women but other people in Canada, that women are as capable and are as able and are as willing to take up the mantle when it comes to political office,” she said.
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Lone Star Dinosaurs by Louis Jacobs. Illustrations by Karen Carr.
Dinosaurs make science exciting. They show us how the earth has changed over eons. Our current period of geologic time, the Cenozoic era, has lasted a mere 66 million years—nearly 100 million years shorter than the Mesozoic reign of the dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are as much a part of Texas history as people—possibly more.
Lone Star Dinosaurs tells the history of these gigantic reptiles in Texas and the accounts of people who found their fossilized remains. The story of Texas dinosaurs is made up of a myriad of smaller tales, most of which have not been told, about everyday people who make one-in-a-million discoveries.
Texas dinosaurs, whose remains have been found in the Panhandle, Central Texas, and Big Bend, included representatives from every basic dinosaur group. Dinosaurs covered in Lone Star Dinosaurs include Pleurocoelus, Alamosaurus, Tenontosaurus, Quezalcoatus, which flew like a bird, and last, but never least, Tyrannosaurus rex.
Lone Star Dinosaurs provides a guide to all the dinosaurs that roamed the state, tells of exciting fossil discoveries, relates the similarities of dinosaurs to present-day animals, and looks in depth at the ways dinosaurs likely became extinct.
Engagingly written and beautifully illustrated, Lone Star Dinosaurs will interest people of all ages fascinated by ancient history or natural science. Young and old alike can enter the world of the dinosaurs and the dinosaur hunters.
Texas A&M University Press, 1999. 7" x 9" paperback, 176 pages with 24 color and 15 b&w photos, 5 line drawings.
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|Name: _________________________||Period: ___________________|
This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 54 | Chapter 55.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What interesting custom does Herriot observe in the Cooper's home?
(a) eating a meal on the floor
(b) putting their feet in hot water
(c) not speaking at a meal
(d) eating fresh sausage
2. Who is supposed to answer the phone each morning at the vet's office?
3. What job does Tristan have to do for Dr. Farnon?
(a) clean the house
(b) deliver a calf
(c) work out his hunting mare
(d) lance a sow's ear
4. What is unique about Helen compared to the other characters in the book?
(a) she is from Herriot's home town
(b) she is a young woman about Herriot's age
(c) she is blind
(d) she is married to a very mean man
5. What happens when Tristan drives the Land Rover?
(a) he is sideswiped by another car
(b) he falls asleep and runs off the road
(c) he hits a parked truck
(d) it breaks down in the middle of a rain storm
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Herriot doing when he first meets Dr. Farnon?
2. What kind of dog does Denham have?
3. What is the treatment for the ailing bull in this chapter?
4. How would you characterize the Rudd family at the end of this episode?
5. What does Herriot learn about Mr. Skipton?
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Sebis Bar: The Best Grooves Night – Every Saturday from 8.00pm to late
William Joel Hernandez Abreu – DJ R-Nandez
DJ R-Nandez (William Joel Hernandez Abreu) entertainer and resident DJ at Sebis Bar, Charminister, Bournemouth since 2013, where he plays ‘The Best Grooves Night’ every Saturday night.
Starting in 1999, William began DJing in clubs and festivals in Cuba, firstly focusing solely on Rap and Hip-hop. From 2006 to present William has DJed R&B, Hip-Hop, Soul music, 80-90’s and modern music throughout the UK.
Born in Cuba, influenced by his Afro-Caribbean culture, he brings a unique style to a range of music genres, mixing all thee tunes, to get everyone in the mood for a good night out.
Playing and mixing up RNB, Hip Hop, Deep House, Disco, House Music, Latin Music, Commercial Music and many more. He is also a music designer and produces his own music alongside his DJing.
He has played in international venues in Poland, Spain, Scotland and he regularly plays in Bournemouth, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Isle of Wight and London here in the UK. He has DJed and performed in over 150 venues in the UK last year.
Sebis Bar offers a range of continental Cocktails quality wines and champagnes, so we have got something for everyone. We pride ourselves on offering great value, efficient service, friendship and a warm welcome to all our customers.
From company buffets, special occasions and celebrations to relaxing nights out with your family or friends you can be sure of our best attention, come down and join us on our DJ nights, every Friday and Saturday and dance the night away.
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4. Data Science Publication Commons (July 17, 2014)
The product is a Data Publication Commons for EarthCube, ESIP and RDA. See Data Science for RDA.
The Data Publication Commons will maintain data publications for the websites of EarthCube, ESIP and RDA.
Questions: Anything else? Journals? Proceedings?
Answers: We will look around for the best content examples like I did for CODATA and EarthCube. ESIP did not really have any we could find yet.
The Data Publication Commons will provide tools to search through the commons (MindTouch, Excel, and Spotfire all running on servers in the Amazon Cloud)
Questions and Answers:
Can you maintain this as a volunteer? Initially, then we will need/get support from NSF, NASA, etc.
How many hours per work are involved? 1-2 days after the Fourth Plenary to build the Data Science Data Publication for it and then we will see what is next.
What about servers? See above
End of Questions Answers
The selling point to RDA is a demonstration of a technology and a resource for RDA members to gather and link information from EarthCube, ESIP and RDA.
3. Summary History and Workplan (June 26, 2014):
Our 3 level pyramid architecture now has an "NSF owner": Key Note Speaker: Roger Wakimoto.
Dr. Wakimoto said the NSF Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) Strategic Plan: Geo-Vision 2015-2020 (in process for late summer release) will be a "living document" (might be too big for the Web) with the grand challenge being to integrate across the 4 divisions and their individual projects and results and/or how we would link these investments and what would be the "model" for doing that.
So EarthCube could/should produce Open Research Data products for individual projects and integrate across them for EarthCube success and prominence, respectively. EarthCube needs an organizational structure for the workflow to produce these results like what was suggested in a recent paper (PDF):
- Data Management. EarthCube will provide a shared archive in which data, tools, and services are documented and curated, enabling reuse of data sets for new analyses.
- Resource Discovery. Plug-in components will enable resource discovery and direct data access using scientific software in common use, such as Excel, MATLAB, Python, R, ArcGIS, or ModFlow.
- Data Access, Integration, and Processing Tools. User interfaces tailored for specific communities will simplify data access, visualization, and analysis using software that interoperates with EarthCube data or service providers.
- Data Portal. One or more portals will function as user entry points to support data exploration and access tailored for specific communities. One that has been frequently mentioned is a three-dimensional virtual globe for data discovery and exploration, supporting the ability to spatially integrate and display geoscientific data at varying resolutions. See Big Data Science for CODATA.
We have given an example of workflow and results: See EarthCube Special Interest Group on EarthCube Data Science Publications (this post)
2. Recommendation for EarthCube Priority for 2014 (June 25, 2014):
EarthCube should adopt the Data FAIRport principles so it can begin to produce EarthCube Data Science Publications,
Notes from Birds of a Feather Session on Tuesday, June 24th, 4-5 p.m.: Our BoF Session was well-received and the participants told us this was the future of EarthCube (eventually EarthCube would get to this as products) and suggested some data sources to work with to produce data publications along with the list in our Slide 21. Essentially we are doing what the participants said is leading the way (e.g. biomedical research community) and their new initiative (Data FAIRport) which was formed in the past several months with lite-weight governance, architecture, and implementation and now is focused on multi-biomedical research center hackathons to build data publications that answer important research questions. The Data FAIRport will report at the upcoming RDA Conference because it has attracted significant funding in Europe and attention in other science communities. The Federal Big Data Working Group Meetup is building a Data FAIRport,
1. Welcome to our new Interest Group: EarthCube Data Science Publications (June 18, 2014):
We hope to have a Birds of the Feather Session on Tuesday at 4 p.m., Wednesday at 2 p.m., and/or Thursday at 1:30 p.m.
- The Semantic Community and the Federal Big Data Working Group Meetup have produced a series of Data Science Data Publications for senior government officials and programs to demonstrate Open Research Data.
- Semantic Community, founder of the FBDWG Meetup, has submitted an NSF BIGDATA Grant Proposal to continue this work.
- Semantic Community is piloting EarthCube Data Science Publications in an EarthCube Commons Interest Group and in a Birds of a Feather Session at the All-Hands Meeting.
Please attend (in person or virtual) our Federal Big Data Working Group Meetups, June 30, July 7, and August 4-6, for more workforce education and training in data science, data science publications, etc. See Knowledge Base
Thank you, Brand
Dr. Brand Niemann
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I've shared this quote in class several times over the past couple months, and received feedback that it's really hit home (pun intended) for a lot of students. I'm happy to share it with you here.
No matter how old we get or where we are, each of us at one time or another feels that twinge - that longing for home - the feeling that something is missing or lost. Sometimes we try to fill that emptiness or discomfort with other people, or activities, or food or drink or [insert your thing here].
Is it possible to decide, to choose, to be whole? To rest into and trust that you are lacking nothing in mind, body and spirit. To soften into that wholeness like a sweet, familiar song from long ago. | <urn:uuid:e5d60b0c-1632-4e11-9804-ce40d1720a30> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | https://www.katietuttleyoga.com/inspiration/your-home-is-in-your-wholeness | 2018-05-27T11:36:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794868248.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20180527111631-20180527131631-00433.warc.gz | en | 0.962727 | 158 | [
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Established in 1999.
Nell Counsell, the current owner, acquired the Body Suite in May 2001 when the previous owners moved away from the Monterey Peninsula. The spa continued to build a following of happy clients and relocated after 4 years to a beautiful facility lovingly designed by Nell and architect James ??? overlooking all of Monterey Bay and some of Cannery Row.
After ten years Nell decided to downsize the treatment space and reinvent the spa to enable her and her team to focus on including the therapeutic benefits they each specialize in, incorporating restorative body balancing techniques to their practice in addition to their bodywork and skincare skills.
Nell and the staff are delighted to welcome customers, new and established, to our super-convenient space on the border of Monterey and Seaside. We’re looking forward to working with you!
Meet the Owner, Nell H. Lee-Counsell
After more than two decades leading to a creative career in business administration Nell jumped at an opportunity to switch gears, and graduated with a certification in massage therapy from Monterey Institute of Touch in August of 1999 and she spent the next couple of years building experience through resort, day spa, private and hotel work.
Nell became the owner of The Body Suite in May 2001 and she has enjoyed building an oasis for clients in their quest for well-being, decompression, relaxation, relief from injury, stress and pain management. Nell advocates a wide range of bodywork, aromatherapy, skin care, and other spa services and has recently added palliative massage, energy balancing and intuitive healing therapy to the menu.
Massage techniques from gentle and soothing to melt the stress away, work out the knots and promote relaxation with a therapeutic session, to sports/athletic, clinical or deep tissue massage to tackle serious soft-tissue-issues. Modalities that reconnect the body’s circuits through chakra, meridian, vibration and energy balancing and reminds the body to activate self-healing. In-home palliative massage therapy for severely physically and neurologically disabled children through Coastal Kids Home Care.
If you have any questions about our services or therapists, please give Nell a call! | <urn:uuid:95a8504c-35a2-490d-b31d-1e2ec1b9fc03> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://bodysuite.com/about/ | 2018-05-20T13:50:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794863570.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20180520131723-20180520151723-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.944569 | 458 | [
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My favorite hair product, Argan oil, was spilled all over the floor and left there for me to find. (Might I add it was fairly expensive and a Christmas gift?)
Oliver would rather be naked than wear clothing.
We left Target with Anna screaming crying, allowing for every person in our proximity to stop and look at a mom staring straight ahead, trying to remain calm, eyes on the door. When we got to the car she proceeded to tell me that 'I ruined her life and killed her heart!!!' What five year old says this?
I got pelted this morning in the neck by a rolled up dirty diaper. The thrower shall remain nameless but claims he wasn't trying to hit me but be funny. Hilarious.
Oliver dove all over my couch with newly washed slipcovers with fruit shake, containing berries, all over his mouth.
Oliver bit Anna's side while they were playing on our bed and it needed a bandaid. She proceeded to stay in her room until he apologized while yelling, 'You will never be my brother ever again!!!'
Finger painting ended with Oliver's entire face being blue.
Lots of timeouts, apologies, hugs and forgiveness.
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vSure™ Performance Management provides end-to-end visibility of multi-vendor, multi-technology converged infrastructure enabling you to monitor, manage, analyze and predict network performance from a single platform.
vSure’s advanced analytic engine learns normal values for all metrics and intelligently sets dynamic thresholds that alert on out-of-normal values. vSure’s easy-to-use user interface provides dynamic, real-time views of service, device, and interface performance including “live” modes that help troubleshooting.
With out-of-the box support for virtual and software defined infrastructure such as OpenStack, ONOS, and Open Daylight, vSure fully supports emerging NFV and SDN networks. vSure is also DevOps friendly with 100% REST API coverage and push of normalized data to Hadoop and other big data platforms.
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vSure also includes an advanced mode which allows for reporting on any database including external sources such as trouble ticketing systems. This allows external data to be pulled into vSure easily.
vSure dashboards allow users to create their own customized user interface allowing them to view all the information they need access to on a single page. Most components in vSure including event and alarm lists, performance reports, topology displays can be easily added to a dashboard page. Dashboards are drag-and-drop based and can easily be arranged as desired.
Furthermore, dashboards are fully interactive allowing you to acknowledge alarms or drill into performance issues as you would with any other page in vSure. Dashboards can also be shared with other users and groups.
vSure smart plug-ins contain all metrics needed to fully monitor every type of device, regardless of protocol. With its drag-and-drop delivery and huge library of plug-ins to choose from vSure offers quick time to value with minimal effort.
vSure’s linear scale-out architecture allows on-demand capacity expansion and supports any sized network. With proven scalability to millions of devices it is well suited for even the largest networks.
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Community Mobilization Project: A Strategic Plan for American Indians in the San Francisco Bay Area.
United Indian Nations, Inc., Oakland, CA.
The Community Mobilization Project was a 3-year, grassroots strategic planning process by American Indians in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a result of Bureau of Indian Affairs policies that relocated reservation Indians to the Bay Area in the 1950s-70s, over 40,000 American Indians now live in the 10-county area. However, the Indian population is dispersed and largely invisible to the overall community. During 1993-96, community visioning meetings and newly formed community councils brought together individuals and community-based organizations to plan, develop, and implement culturally relevant strategies to improve the quality of life of Bay Area American Indians. Strategies focused on: (1) health and wellness (preventive care, access to health care, substance abuse prevention); (2) education (proposed charter school, computer training facility, and cultural center); (3) housing and local economic development; and (4) community organizing and public policy advocacy. Sections in this report offer the following: an overview of the project; outline the history of American Indians in the Bay Area; provide a profile of area American Indians (demography, residential patterns, tribal affiliation, age distribution, female-headed households, educational attainment, unemployment rates, occupations, income, poverty rates, housing affordability, health status); describe American Indian community-based organizations; and recommend strategies to address each of the four areas of project focus. Recommendation B (p.21-23) concerns Education and covers the "American Indian Charter School,""UIN-Tech" (for advanced training in computer schools), and the "American Indian Culture and Education Center at Oak Knoll." (Contains 13 references, figures, and photographs.) (SV)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Authoring Institution: United Indian Nations, Inc., Oakland, CA.
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Entries are open for teams wishing to take part in the Great Knaresborough Bed Race 2017.
The biggest event in the town’s annual calendar will take place on Saturday, June 10, 2017.
In a homage to many of the past competitors, the theme for the 2017 race will be Heroes and Villains.
Knaresborough Lion and chairman of the organising team, Richard Hall, said: “As always our aim is to give the teams as broad a canvas as possible on which to create their designs for the bed and exotic costume for themselves.”
Entry forms for the 2017 Bed Race are now available on the event’s website, www.bedrace.com
The organisers of the Bed Race, Knaresborough Lions, have been explaining the thinking behind the choice of the theme for the beds next year.
Knaresborough Lion and chairman of the organising team, Richard Hall, said:
“Bed Race brings out the best in people and we have had many real heroes who have taken part over the years.
“But we have seen some choice villains too: pirates, highwaymen, daleks, punks, dragons and even Mr Gru and his Minions. It all makes for a wonderful spectacle and we are yet to lose any spectator due to the actions of the super villains at Bed Race.
“In any case, they are outnumbered by the heroes who turn up to take part.
“We think ‘Heroes and Villains’ will be a winning formula for the 2017 theme.”
Last year’s event also saw victories for Flow-Mon Bandits (fastest mixed team), 1st Scriven Scouts (fastest misxed junior team), Harrogate Rugby Racers (fastest male junior team), Hiscox (best dressed bed) and The Hairy Fairies (most entertaining team).
The Knaresborough Lions are a volunteer group which draws in hundreds of helpers to prepare the course, marshal the crowds and organise the teams.
Each year, 90 teams of six runners and a passenger take part.
A huge amount is also raised for local charities from proceeds from the bed race
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Friday, 25 July 2008
When we got to Gordy's house Charlotte and Marcel went away into Derek's car leaving just me, Anna and mummy in the blue car.
I cried all the way to Cumbernauld because I didn't believe mum when she said we were all going away together.
Eventually we got to a safari park and the others suddenly appeared again. That made me much happier.
We had a picnic. Mum gave me some nice baguette and ham and after that I even got crisps, an apple and a smarties cookie - lucky me.
Then we saw some scabby camels, some lazy lions, cute baby ostriches and a few sleepy rhinos.
I liked the sandpit best. I don't think Amanda wanted Bits to get sandy because she held her. She'd probably have eaten it anyway.
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The top of Phnom Bakheng hill is the best sunset spot in Siem Reap! Why you ask?
The answer is; BECAUSE IT IS!! After exploring the Angkor complex a for good part of the day, tourists should spend an evening watching the sunset from atop Phnom Bakheng hill. From there you can see an amazing sunset view over rice fields and the West Baray water reservoir which supplies the local rice plantations. If you look to the southeast you can see the five towers of Angkor Wat and to the northeast Phnom Bok, built in the reign of Yasovarman 1 in the 9th and 10th centuries after he moved his capital to Angkor. Inside the western entrance, the equinox and summer and winter solstices were observed. The surrounding views are of green fields, rice fields and the amazing Angkor Archaeological Park. I highly recommend that you visit at least one of these beautiful and ancient sites. | <urn:uuid:877bfd45-0dee-4773-9ff8-0f38f9692a4a> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://angkor.cab/sunset-on-top-of-phnom-bakheng/ | 2018-05-22T13:26:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794864790.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20180522131652-20180522151652-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.928723 | 208 | [
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Kelly Osbourne has branded Lady Gaga a "big hypocrite" after the Poker Face hitmaker penned a controversial open letter to her earlier this year (13).
The reality TV star claimed she had been bullied by Gaga's devoted fans, prompting the Bad Romance singer to write an online note to Osbourne in January (13) criticising her role on Fashion Police.
Gaga called on Osbourne not to make nasty comments about other people's appearances, but the letter sparked a furious response from Kelly's mother Sharon, who called the superstar an "attention seeker" and even blasted the singer on her TV panel show The Talk.
Kelly addressed the drama with a simple post on her Twitter.com page telling fans she didn't care "about any of this bulls**t", but she has now opened up about the feud in a new interview with Cosmopolitan magazine.
She says, "I loved Lady Gaga. I totally believed in everything she stood for, until I realized she's a great big hypocrite. Don't say, 'When you see bullying, intervene,' while letting your fans send me death threats. If my fans did that, I would not stand for it."
"You can say whatever you want with your millions of monsters (fans). I know the truth. (Your) bells and whistles mean nothing to me. You're feeding on the freaks and geeks to further your career? Do you really care about the gay community? Because if you did, you'd stand up for it more than you do." | <urn:uuid:68beb3b7-3c7f-474a-b0ae-5e0061988feb> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://www.younghollywood.com/news/kelly-osbourne-lady-gaga-is-a-big-hypocrite.html | 2018-05-23T14:31:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794865679.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20180523141759-20180523161759-00153.warc.gz | en | 0.959118 | 314 | [
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A bill that would have made it easier to fire a teacher accused of sexually abusing a student died in the California Assembly Education Committee this evening on what one L.A. educator called a "remarkably tragic day for students," after fierce opposition from the California Teachers Association.
The failure of SB1530, sponsored by Democratic state Sen. Alex Padilla of Pacoima, ends all three attempts at similar reform this legislative session introduced after a spate of sexual misconduct cases in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
The bill would have given school boards the last word in firing teachers accused of "serious and egregious misconduct" — defined as offenses involving drugs or sexual conduct or violence toward children.
In these instances, what had been decided by a three-person panel called the Commission on Professional Competence would have become an "advisory" decision by an administrative law judge. Evidence more than four years old could have been used in the investigation and during proceedings for such a case.
LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy said he was "absolutely disgusted" by the bill's death.
"My goodness if we can't get past this it does not bode well, at least for a decent process for teacher quality, in terms of, can you actually teach biology," Deasy said. "...You beat a kid, you smack him in the head, you smoke marijuana with a kid, or you rape a kid, and we can’t seem to fire a teacher expeditiously on that?"
On Wednesday evening, Padilla said he was "dumbfounded" by the outcome.
Only the committee's chair, Democratic state Assemblywoman Julia Brownley of Oak Park, and Republicans voted in favor of the bill. That brought the vote to five in favor of the bill on the 11-member committee — one short of the needed majority.
Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano of San Francisco and Democratic Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan of Sacramento both voted no; all the other Democrats on the committee abstained.
Padilla, who himself was a student at Telfair Elementary School, where a teacher was arrested for sexual misconduct with students earlier this year, said he would try to reintroduce the bill in the next session if there is no way to bring it back sooner.
"I’m not giving this up," Padilla said. "...I find it difficult to understand why anyone would oppose such a measure to protect children in our schools."
The outcome of the more than hour-long afternoon hearing came hours after discussion ended, and final votes were tallied at about 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Deasy has been following the proceedings closely and testified in its favor before. He called the outcome "shameful" and said it was a "remarkably tragic day for students." Deasy said the CTA had been rallying people to kill this bill for weeks.
"Then I guess then the situation is only about adults' rights and not kids' rights," Deasy said. "I don't really know how someone can stand up square and say we actually work for and care about kids, when the idea is we won't even protect them from sexual predators. I don't know how we move from that position to even teacher quality. It's kind of a joke."
The bill was brought to legislators after multiple sexual abuse cases in L.A. Unified earlier this year. In one case that district officials pointed to as a symbol for necessary change, Miramonte Elementary School teacher Mark Berndt, charged with 23 counts of lewd conduct on children, was involved in an appeals process that dragged on for months. LAUSD ultimately paid Berndt $40,000 to settle and end the dismissal process to get him out of the classroom.
“I’ve got so many people asking how can you settle $40,000 with this teacher,” said LAUSD school board President Monica Garcia. “...It is the process that forces the school district to settle in a legal way the dismissal of this person.”
Padilla worked with CTA officials to narrow the bill in the Senate Education Committee so that immediate suspension would only be allowed for "serious and egregious misconduct." And so that teachers would also be given an opportunity to present their written or oral case to the school board before a final determination, among other changes. The bill passed out of committee and received overwhelming bipartisan support on the Senate floor.
"This bill is not about how do you dismiss a teacher if the lesson plan aren’t ready or if they’ve shown up tardy a few too many times," Padilla told lawmakers Wednesday. "This bill has nothing to do with teacher evaluation. This bill is narrow, to sex, drugs, or violence against children."
But Padilla's bill did not receive a warm welcome from many of the Assembly Education Commitee's members.
“I think there are areas of this bill where we’re really being, what I’d say is, intellectually dishonest," Buchanan said. "Because there is nothing in this bill that would have prevented the situation in Miramonte from happening. If we think we’re providing additional protections by passing this bill, we’re not."
Buchanan agreed that changes needed to occur to perhaps speed the process, but only after some more thought. "I don’t think your bill is the right bill," Buchanan said. "I think we need time to sit down and get it right, and I don’t think this is right."
Ammiano, who was surprised and annoyed to find a San Francisco Unified School District representative supporting the bill, said it seemed "an unfinished project." He said he was willing to work toward a better version of the bill.
"I don’t think we have the clarity yet," Ammiano said. "I think we have the intent, I think we have the intelligence and the deliberation."
Republican state Assemblywoman Dr. Linda Halderman of Fresno said she had recently dealt with a situation in the Central Valley in which a child was molested and that the issue for her was ultimately about such children.
"I have a hard time putting anything above the welfare of that child, the damage that’s been done may be irreparable," Halderman said. "...In surgery we have a saying let not perfect be the enemy of good. This isn’t a perfect bill, but I think it’s a good bill, and I hope it moves forward."
Along with administrators from San Francisco Unified and Fresno Unified school districts, Oakley Union Elementary School District Superintendent Rick Rogers testified in support of the change to dismissal proceedings.
"Let’s be clear, this bill is not about removing a poor teacher from a classroom," Rogers said. "This bill is about removing a very creepy person from a classroom and away from our children."
CTA officials and other labor and union officials as well as about a dozen teachers spoke against the bill. They spent the morning knocking on lawmakers' doors to urge them to vote against the bill. They argued that the bill would undermine due process rights for teachers.
United Teachers Los Angeles President Warren Fletcher testified Wednesday and argued that problems at LAUSD were "built on LAUSD failing to discharge its duties under the current scheme of the law."
Fletcher also said that giving the school board the final word on dismissals would politicize the decisions of teacher dismissal instead of leaving it to a "fact-finding panel." He criticized Padilla's bill for removing teachers from the panel deciding a case.
"Removing the teacher representation on a professional competence panel means removing the competence and it also means removing the context,” Fletcher said.
But Deasy disagreed: "This is not about competence whatsoever, this is about criminal behavior. Competence is about whether you can teach algebra, whether someone can multiply binominals, we didn't go anywhere near that. This is about whether you shouldn't rape a child."
L.A. Unified will now have to "treat every single solitary suspicion as grave because we were unable to have a more finer differentiation in terms of misconduct," Deasy said. "And we will stand resolute and absolute in protecting students' rights from any suspicions of sexual abuse, violence or drug use with adults."
School board member Nury Martinez was very frustrated and disappointed by the lack of support for the bill after spending Tuesday and Wednesday in Sacramento trying to gain committee members' support. A mother of a three-year old, Martinez said this was, for her, a "mother's fight." She pointed to the multiple recent cases of sex abuse in the news.
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So many people seem to be looking forward to this one that I almost feel guilty posting that I didn't love it. Nevertheless, it's the truth. I actually read this one before I had the blog so I'm reposting my review from Goodreads.
What if you knew exactly when you would die?
Thanks to modern science, every human being has become a ticking genetic time bomb—males only live to age twenty-five, and females only live to age twenty. In this bleak landscape, young girls are kidnapped and forced into polygamous marriages to keep the population from dying out.
When sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery is taken by the Gatherers to become a bride, she enters a world of wealth and privilege. Despite her husband Linden's genuine love for her, and a tenuous trust among her sister wives, Rhine has one purpose: to escape—to find her twin brother and go home.
But Rhine has more to contend with than losing her freedom. Linden's eccentric father is bent on finding an antidote to the genetic virus that is getting closer to taking his son, even if it means collecting corpses in order to test his experiments. With the help of Gabriel, a servant Rhine is growing dangerously attracted to, Rhine attempts to break free, in the limted time she has left.
I liked the concept here even if it requires a major suspension of disbelief - that in the future boys only live to 25 and females only live to 20- but it wasn't really fleshed out all that much. To be fair, given the POV - a sixteen year old girl - maybe she really doesn't know all that much. Or maybe the author's saving that for future books. The whole premise just felt a bit handwavey, especially when you consider that people go through puberty/menopause, etc. at different times.
The characters themselves were a bit two-dimensional. The 'bad' guy seemed really really awful and the 'good' guy was really naive and sweet. The world just seemed like it could be really complex and in comparison, the characters seemed simple.
The book itself is really readable though; I ended up reading it in one sitting despite the flaws. It's really hard to pinpoint why I didn't love it.I suppose I just wanted it to be a bit more sophisticated. The genetic aspect of it really intrigued me and we really didn't get that many details on that aspect of things.
I've read other good reviews of this one (and other reviews more in line with what I found), so if you're into the dystopian fiction thing, I'd still recommend picking it up and seeing for yourself. (Though if you're looking for dystopian fiction, I'd recommend Delirium by Lauren Oliver over this one).
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One audience member pulled out his phone to capture the moment, which features people laughing and crying out "no!" Filmgoers attending an Atlanta showing of Black Panther initially got less than they bargained for over the weekend. The video had been viewed 135,000 times on Friday. Another took humor to another level when he tweeted that he was able to rush and ran out of the theater when the Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson-film started playing instead of Black Panther , despite ...
A significant part of that history involves Ulysses Klaue . In an interview with Variety , Feige discussed the possibility of getting more Black Panther movies, teasing there are still plenty of stories to tell about Wakanda and its ruler.
He received three Nandi Awards for TV programmes. The veteran actor died at the age of 61. The Tollywood icon suffered from heart and kidney ailments and was already undergoing treatment for the same. "Very sad to hear that Gundu Hanumantharao Garu is no more..." Telugu Movie Artists association has mentioned their condolences to Gundu Hanumantha Rao.
But just before midnight on Sunday the president attacked someone who has already said she's not running against him: Oprah . As a lead-up to the upcoming show, Winfrey was interviewed for " 60 Minutes Overtime " by Ann Silvio and was asked about her take on politics and the undying rumblings of her supposed presidential bid.
He was caught on camera with his low key reaction when Fergie belted the highest note of the song and then smiled after hearing it. O say, can't she sing. Just when you thought you had watched the most awkward thing ever, Fergie rolled in and remixed the National Anthem. It's not a boring version of The National Anthem, at least.
They later Wednesday but also split up. The two worked together on 2012's Wanderlust , in which she starred. After spending the big day with friends , Aniston was reportedly in attendance at Amy Schumer's surprise wedding to chef Chris Fischer in Malibu on Tuesday.
On the red carpet, Kristin Scott Thomas, a supporting actress nominee for " Darkest Hour ", praised the conversation about misconduct that has started in the entertainment industry, but said a tougher task will be "moving it from conversation to action".
Insiders say lending sartorial support against the sexual harassment allegations which have rocked the entertainment industry could be perceived as a breach of protocol, and the Royal Family must remain politically-neutral at all times. The couple, who were spending an evening away from children Prince George and Princess Charlotte , were guests of honour at the awards ceremony, and looked in high spirits as they arrived at the Royal Albert Hall in central London.
Khloe, who is due to have her first child with boyfriend Tristan Thompson in April, didn't shy away from queries about her sex drive throughout her pregnancy. If you see the relationship as long lasting, then 'I don't think waiting a few dates is going to hurt anything, ' but it's more about passion, then 'what are you waiting for? Khloe however noted that 'you just have to improvise and do the best you can'.
The movement comes following the well-publicised sexual assault allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, which was the catalyst for the MeToo movement. "We believe we need to use our power as communicators and connectors to shift the way society sees and treats us", the letter says. This fund will set up a designed framework to provide support to those affected victims.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday said North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies Turkey and the United States would work together in Syria after a spike in tensions over the conflict. On his part, the secretary of state also expressed the US' reaffirmation of the deep and important relations with Turkey. Mattis and other US officials have repeatedly criticized the Turkey's military offensive against Kurdish fighters in the Syrian town of Afrin, saying it shifts focus away ...
Find out this Monday night on Raw . It is expected that Raw this week will also see further announcements for its upcoming pay-per-view, which now only has three confirmed matches, plus Ronda Rousey's contract signing. Elimination Chamber is turning out to be an interesting event as for the first time ever female superstars will step inside the steel structure. It's extremely likely that the person who takes him out of this match will end up being the person who feuds with him for the ...
Haasan said that the meeting was not political but a courtesy call. While Rajinikanth touched upon the point with a veiled reference to their "different styles", Mr Haasan, who is prepping for his first political meet on Wednesday, spelled it out.
She told Harper's Bazaar in its March 218 issue that she's learned to take time for herself, saying, "Anyone who knows me knows I will always start with my health and my well-being". It was previously reported that Justin wanted to "prove" to Selena's family that he has changed. The Canadian heartthrob and the " Bad Liar " hitmaker were spotted having a steamy moment at the Montage Hotel on Wednesday, February 14.
In addition, Primetime Emmy Award victor RuPaul ( RuPaul's Drag Race ) joins the cast as a guest star in season five as Benjamin Le Day, a formidable and quick-witted adversary who faces off with Grace and Frankie . The star of " Friends " played Grace's (Fonda) manicurist, who lived with her for a few months. After 4 season of Grace and Frankie particularly hard - but always hilarious - duo infernal will be back next year .
He said: "The eligibility for registration as a voter in Nigeria is clearly defined in Section 12 (1) of the Electoral Act". Over 5,000 key actors in the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party in what looks like a signal to the 2019 general elections in Bayelsa State.
Total: ₹ 68.15 cr. "India biz." In the first week of its release PadMan had managed a decent business, by earning 10.26 crore on Friday (opening day), 13.68 crore on Saturday, 16.11 crore on Sunday, 5.87 crore on Monday, 6.12 crore on Tuesday, 7.05 crore on Wednesday, 3.78 crore on Thursday, making a grand total of Rs 62.87 crore.
The stock increased 1.10% or $1.32 during the last trading session, reaching $121.01. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $62.30 per share, for a total transaction of $249,200.00. Comerica State Bank owns 0.06% invested in State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT) for 95,144 shares. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 26,854,242 shares of the biopharmaceutical company's stock worth $1,711,689,000 after acquiring an additional 3,735,453 shares during the last quarter.
Luis Suarez opened the scoring after 15 minutes at Ipurua, with the home side coming close to an immediate equaliser when Fabian Orellana hit the crossbar. "But that's football. You have to dominate and you also have to take advantage of your chances". "He's still good; for this type of player age doesn't really matter", Fabregas said.
Sitting down with daughters Kim and Khloe , Scott Disick wants to show the ladies a tribute video he made for the momager. The video shows Kourtney Kardashian's ex-boyfriend interviewing Kris, who reveals that her relationship with their late father, her first husband Robert Kardashian , started as a fling while she was dating her high-school boyfriend.
Its chorus paraphrases a famous Margaret Atwood quote: "Men are afraid that women will laugh at them; women are afraid that men will kill them". Today sees the announcement of Courtney Barnett's second album 'Tell Me How You Really Feel' and the release of a first taste with 'Nameless, Faceless' .
Inside the church, Bauer's wife, Erin, his 13-year-old daughter, Grace, along with his father and sisters greeted the stream of well wishers who filed by the coffin. The Rev. Dan Brandt, a Chicago Police chaplain, described Bauer as a man of faith who attended department Bible study sessions and sat in the front row with his family at Mass.
Now, teams from the Northwestern University/Art Institute of Chicago Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts (NU-ACCESS), the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), and the National Gallery of Art, Washington appear to have proven him right, though they did employ some slightly more sophisticated methods than just standard x-ray scans when deciphering the mysteries of Picasso's 'La Miséreuse accroupie , ' or 'Crouching Woman, ' painted in 1902, during the artist's Blue Period .
The initial conversation last September accurately depicted how hard reaching across the aisle is in our current political climate, but didn't do much to actually bring the two groups together. "I think I heard or read something that said, 'Oh, doing that speech you must've known you were dipping your toe in the water of politics, '" Winfrey exclaimed to Silvio.
New York City's Toy Fair 2018 brought with it the revelation of new Star Wars merchandise, in particular, toys tying into Solo: A Star Wars Story . It's quite the cast, and Favreau should be a great fit for the role, whatever the character ends up doing in the film. After you have discovered Star Wars The Last Jedi last December, we will be entitled to a spin-off centered on the youth of the smuggler, the most famous of the galaxy in a few months .
The law, which would go into effect March 23rd, makes performing abortions exclusively on the basis of Down Syndrome a fourth-degree felony. The legislation makes it a felony for a provider to perform an abortion or try to when there is any "reason to believe that an unborn child has Down syndrome", including a prenatal test.
Earlier, it was reported that it was Aamir Khan himself who recommended Shah Rukh Khan's name for Salute . Many people say that Devdas is Bhansali's career best work and Khan's finest performance of all time, where one hopes that magic shall re unite once again.
But perhaps most interesting was the admission that he once played a game drunk after he was nearly traded to the Los Angeles Lakers . He was still drunk.Here's the full transcript (edited and trimmed for clarity) of his comments on the topic (at the 3:05 mark in the above video):"I get a call from my agent one morning".
Ali won an Oscar for Actor in a Supporting Role for " Moonlight ", while Boseman starred in the Oscar-nominated film "Marshall" and now stars as the title character in " Black Panther ". "Their contributions will make for an unforgettable evening". Dern was Oscar-nominated for Actress in a Supporting Role for "Wild" and Actress in a Leading Role for "Rambling Rose".
Of that, " more than $400,000 was in cash grants, while almost $1.8 million came as in-kind donations ranging from equipment for high school air rifle teams to gun safety programs for younger children ". All three are recent scenes of mass killings of people with high-powered weapons. They do not belong in the hands of civilians. None of the past tragedies, including the attack on small children in CT, moved them .
USC led 32-30 after the first half. The same can't be said for OR (17-10, 7-7) after it was swept at the Los Angeles schools. UCLA won in overtime, 86-78. This one came in overtime after some poor possessions and shooting early in the OT at Pauley Pavilion. "It shows how my shot's progressed to now being able to shoot 3s", Welsh said.
Florida Governor Rick Scott said the shooting was "absolutely pure evil". "This is just unimaginable that I will never see my princess again". Also Friday, mourners gathered for the first funeral for a shooting victim , packing the Star of David chapel to remember 14-year-old Alyssa Alhadeff .
Bournemouth are one of the teams I like to watch the most in the Premier League and they were able to beat them. City's dominance will have confirmed fears held in Madrid, Munich, Paris and Barcelona, that here is a team that could well reach the final in Kiev this May if they keep up this coruscating pace and precision.
At the time of this writing, neither Dane nor Gayheart have publicly commented on their divorce. "I think we all need to, number one, ask for help when we need it, and number two, we need people to give us those second chances so that we can all be our best selves", she said.
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The thirteenth issue of Parma Eldalamberon. The bulk of this issue focuses on the available documents describing the Alphabet of Rúmil, also known as Sarati (p. 5-91). This portion of the text is not yet recorded in Eldamo (and may never be). It is followed by several documents related to the Early Gnomish and Noldorin languages from the 1920s, the precursors to Sindarin (p. 92-165); information from these documents has been included in Eldamo.
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In the City States of Argos, many things are uncertain.
In Furston, a halfling counts his coin, double- and triple-checking the caravan manifest. He needs to know where that shipment of dwarven steel went, and he needs to know if it was lost through incompetence or treachery. More than that, he needs to know if his Cousin knows where it went, and if his Aunt will buy his excuses about delays one more time, or if she’ll finally make good on her threat to take his hands.
On a farm, a man wonders if the sons and daughters who never return ever think of him fondly.
In Dounom, an ex-gladiator bites her tongue. She abhors slavery. If she tore the chains from that merchant’s hands, the monks of the Nameless Hall would have her in irons for disrupting trade and that family would still be sold like cattle. How far does their twisted view of justice reach? One day outside the city? Two? Are the lives of three slaves worth the risk?
In a wet cave, a goblin contemplates the raw, lean shank in front of him. This could be the last meal he remembers. It could be the only thing he remembers. It will need more salt.
In the crumbling bowels of Gilbhak, a dwarf warrior wonders if he’ll ever see his ancestral homeland. He wonders if his gods can even hear his songs, or if too few dwarves are left for their words to reach their ears. Is a life spent in praise to deaf and distant gods truly Worthwhile Work, or could he find joy outside his hold’s mountain walls?
In a distant tower, misty and ephemeral, something beautiful and mad curls its lips like a kitten spying its first mouse.
Under the strange, shifting stars of the Argos sky, in a tavern now called the Drunken Hound, five people have their own stories to tell. Some will be celebrated in drinking halls. Some will be whispered in dark corners. One thing is certain: None will be forgotten. | <urn:uuid:36061304-86cc-43cf-bc94-3578dfd54a64> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://unfamiliarstars.obsidianportal.com/ | 2018-05-26T14:02:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867417.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20180526131802-20180526151802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.974239 | 435 | [
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I didn't mean to disappear again! Annoyingly, I messed up my wrist somehow and spent the entire month of February doing...nothing. No knitting, no dishes, no folding laundry, no vacuuming. I'm not sure how we survived honestly. I am still resting it, and doing just a few dishes at a time, and no knitting yet, but at least I can type! Before my wrist flaked out, I signed up for a blogger craft swap. Oh what fun! I received the sweetest package from Summer, (shown above). I feel totally spoiled! The little coasters are a huge hit here and I love their scrappy, homemade purple style. Nomi loves purple as much as I do, and his favorite shape is the heart, so I keep finding him sneaking these off to his room...I can't say I blame him! She also made me lemon salt that smells like heaven, and a darling little painted rock. She even tucked in some local coffee... This girl has me pegged! I love this whole idea of swapping... taking a bit of time from our busy days to make something just because, for a random person, just to brighten their day. Pretty good stuff.
I had a bit of a tricky time getting my box together one handed (my mostly useless right hand at that) but thankfully sewing is pretty gentle so I don't think the contents suffered too much. I don't want to spill what I sent as my recipient hasn't gotten her box yet! The below peeks will have to do for now. Thank you Amanda for hosting all of us! | <urn:uuid:b0c77539-47b1-4a87-84a5-a6b1fcd82005> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://whilethewaterboils.blogspot.com/2014/03/blogger-craft-swap.html | 2018-05-26T13:22:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867417.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20180526131802-20180526151802-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.98344 | 328 | [
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SCHOOL EVENTS FOR NEW STUDENTS
Q: Are there any events for families with new students to learn more or get to know each other?
Yes, to learn more about your new school and teacher, it’s helpful to attend these events:
Open House, May 17, 2018 (Kinder parent time starts at 5:30pm in the Multi-Use Room; 6-7:00pm for rest of school). Come see our students’ hard work throughout the year!
New Student Welcome event, August 4, 2018, 10:00am-12:00pm. Orient yourself to your new school and meet other families!
Q: When will I find out my child’s TK assignment?
The TK assignment is typically finalized in August. For the 2018-2019 school year, there will be TK classes at Lomita Park and Meadows. Please check the district website for TK information in August for more current information.
PREPARING FOR KINDERGARTEN
First Five of San Mateo County has published a guide to help you prepare your child for kindergarten. Here is a link to the guide http://www.first5sanmateo.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SVCF-KindergartenReadinessGuide-English.pdf
Q: What does my child need to bring each day?
Students should bring a water bottle, a snack, and lunch each day in their backpack. They can also purchase breakfast or lunch using their lunch card (see “Meals/Snacks at School” for more details) at the Multi-Use Room (MUR) where they eat lunch. Label all belongings, including outerwear. Toys, loveys, and blankets should be kept at home.
Q: What school supplies should I buy?
You don’t need to buy any school supplies. Instead, you will receive an email about donating money for school supplies from the PTA around July/ August. Our PTA coordinates the supplies for the entire school, so that supplies are in the classroom ready for your child at the beginning of the school year.
Q: What is the daily schedule for kinders?
A typical day looks like this:
8:15am - Students line up for announcements and say the Pledge of Allegiance behind the school (blacktop). Teachers then lead students to their classrooms.
10:00 - 10:20am - Morning snack is eaten, and students have recess in the kindergarten playground.
11:40 - 12:10pm - Students have lunch in the Multi-Use Room (MUR). Afterwards, they play in the playground.
1:45pm - Dismissal.
1:45 - 2:30pm -Some students will have Extended Day and will be dismissed at 2:30 pm. Extended Day is time that the teacher spends additional time working with a subset of her class who need extra support.
Q: How can I prepare my child for Kindergarten?
Encourage self care and independence such as practice writing his/her own name, packing his/her own backpack, wiping his/her own nose, cleaning up after meals, raising his/her hand to ask for help, asking to go to the bathroom, learning to wipe him/herself and washing hands after using the bathroom. Above all, have your child play and have fun as play-based learning is highly encouraged.
Q: When can my child use the bathroom? Does he go by him/herself?
Your child should go during recess or ask his/her teacher during class. Since bathrooms are located outside of the classroom, teachers may require children to use the buddy system and walk to the bathroom with a classmate during class.
Q: Will there be homework?
Yes, homework is assigned a few weeks into the school year for kindergartners, usually after Labor Day. Kindergarten homework currently consists of:
Monthly worksheet packets are emailed to parents to print out for their child and are due at the end of each week/month, depending on the teacher.
Weekly book bags come with 1-2 books to read and journals to write in; students are encouraged to do all the writing work themselves.
Homework should not be stressful for parent or child and is meant to help kindergarteners become accustomed to doing homework. Please read with your child every day.
Q: What is my child’s teacher like?
We have an amazing set of teachers at Spring Valley, and you will meet your child’s teacher at Back to School Night. This is a great opportunity to learn how your child will be educated, and a lot of information will also be given to you.
SCHOOL DROP-OFF AND PICK-UP
Q: How do I drop my child off at school?
You may drop off your child as early as 8:05am. The blacktop area (behind the school) is supervised from 8:05-8:15am (no unattended students should be there before 8:05am). At 8:15am, students line up by classroom: Ms. Raddavero’s and Ms. Lam’s classes line up on the far right side of the black top when facing the building while Ms. Finn’s class lines up on the far left side, closest to the Multi-Use Room (MUR).
Q: Where do we line up if it is raining?
Go straight to the classroom, and the classroom door should be open at 8:05am.
Q: Where should I pick up my child?
Teachers will dismiss your child to you at the gate of the Kindergarten yard.
BEFORE- AND AFTER-SCHOOL CARE
Q: What before and after school options are available?
The program that runs on Spring Valley’s campus is A Child’s Way (ACW). Before-care runs from 7:00-8:15am, and after-care is 1:45-6:30pm. ACW will walk your students to and from on-campus after-school enrichment classes (e.g. Extended Day, Engineering for Kids, Drama Club, Mad Science, Chess Club, etc.).
There are also many other after-school providers that pick up children at the school and bring the students to their own centers. Please notify your teacher with an email if your child will be attending one of these programs.
Q: What if my child is going to be absent (due to illness, vacation, weddings, funerals, etc.)?
On the day of the absence, call the main Spring Valley phone number (650-697-5681) to report the absence through the answering service. School funding is based on attendance, so it is in everyone’s best interest to keep your child in school as long as s/he is healthy: conversely, the school gets less funding when there are absences, as we are an ADA (Average Daily Attendance) district.
If your child is out for illness or other absences (i.e.: bereavement or weddings) for one to four days, contact the teacher for missed work. If you know your child will be absent for five or more than five days, please request an Independent Study contract from your child’s teacher in advance of the absence. The work is due to your child’s teacher upon his/her return to school. It is highly encouraged to use designated school breaks for family vacations when possible.
MEALS/SNACKS AT SCHOOL
Q: What meals does the school offer?
Breakfast and lunch. The district office posts the menus on the NutriSlice website, and you can you can click on the district’s website Child Nutrition for more information.
Q: How much meals cost? And how does my child pay?
Breakfast costs $1.75, and the reduced fee is $0.30. Lunch costs $3.25, the reduced fee $0.40, and milk costs $0.50. Reduced fee meals require completion of the Application of the Free and Reduced-Price Meals.
Please inform the teacher if your child will be purchasing lunch. Payment can be done with cash or through the lunch card, which is online. To load money on the lunch card, pay online using MySchoolBucks. Request your child's student number from either the school secretary or your teacher. Note that SchoolBucks has a surcharge for each online transaction you make to load money onto your account.
For more information, visit the school district's page on Child Nutrition.
Q: How will my child know where to go to buy these meals?
The teacher will take the class to the cafeteria (aka MUR) and take them to the appropriate place to get food. The first week of school, the kindergarten teachers will train students how to use the Multi-Use Room, how to get their meals, how to clean-up, etc.
Q: Is there time for children to wash hands before snack and before lunch?
Yes. Your child can access the bathroom, or you can put sanitary wipes/ hand sanitizer in his/her lunch.
Q: What if I forget to pack utensils for my child’s lunch?
S/he can get what s/he needs from the cafeteria.
Q: How long do they have for lunch? How much time do they have for recess after lunch?
Students have 30 minutes for lunch; they usually spend 10-15 minutes eating and then go out for supervised play.
Q: What kind of snacks should I pack my child?
Please have a healthy snack prepared. Candy is not allowed at school.
Q: What is the school policy regarding nuts in meals or snacks that are served either by the school or provided by parents in the classrooms?
This is not a nut-free school. The school serves nut-free meals and snacks and hosts nut-free classroom holiday celebrations (Halloween, Christmas, and Valentines). Since there is no policy on what families may bring to school for lunches and snacks, please remind your child not to share someone else's food.
Q: What happens if my child gets sick or hurt at school?
Your child will be sent to the office, and you will be called and asked to pick up your child from the office if needed.
Q: What if my child has pre-existing medical conditions or allergies?
If your child has food allergies or any pre-existing medical conditions that require special care, please let your teacher and the school secretary know. If you need to store epi-pens or any other medications at school, the school secretary will give you a form that will need to be filled out by your doctor.
Q: Where will my child’s emergency medications (e.g. inhaler, epipen, etc.) be stored at school? How will s/he get it if he needs it?
Medications are stored in the school office. The teacher will send someone to the office and only trained personnel will be able to administer it.
Q: Can my child keep any emergency medications in his backpack?
ESL, SPECIAL ED IEPS, & 504s
Q: What if my child doesn’t speak much, or any, English?
Your child will be supported. Information is located in the registration packet.
Q: What if my child has an IEP or a 504?
If your child has an IEP (Individualized Education Program) or a 504 plan, make sure to provide that information to the school upon registration.
Q: What if I think my child needs extra support at school?
If you suspect your child may need services, contact your child’s teacher. The school has a process in place to provide the necessary support for your child.
PARENT INVOLVEMENT (CLASSROOM, PTA, MEF)
Q: How can I become involved in my child’s classroom?
Volunteering in the classroom is an excellent, rewarding way to engage in your child’s education. Here are some ways:
Volunteer to be a Room Parent, someone who serves as the main parent contact for your child’s classroom. You will work with the teacher and other Room Parents to coordinate activities, celebrations, and other parent volunteer opportunities for the class.
Sign up to be a classroom volunteer, and help out however you can. Classes have programs such as Art in Action, celebrations, stations, and field trips that need parent volunteers, and teachers also need preparation help in the classroom. You can sign up during Back to School Night at the start of the school year and throughout the year, on either a recurring or as-available basis.
To volunteer in the classroom or attend field trips, you must obtain volunteer clearance via a fingerprinting process and a TB clearance. It’s most convenient to do this when the district offers fingerprinting onsite at the beginning of the year. The clearance lasts for the entire time that your child is enrolled in the Millbrae School District; however, the TB clearance is only good for four years. If you miss the first opportunity, you can go through the school office, to schedule a new time. When you do come to volunteer in the classroom, make sure you sign in in the office with Denise Coffaro, the school secretary.
Q: Who are PTA and MEF, and why are they asking me for donations?
The Spring Valley PTA (Parent Teacher Association) works to fund school site-specific programs/ supplies such as computers, field trips, assemblies, community-building events, and much more.
The MEF (Millbrae Education Foundation) fundraises to hire teachers for the entire school district such as our music, technology, and band teachers.
Unfortunately, California state funding for education is low compared to other states. Other school districts have supplemented this by asking for donations from parents and the community. We hope that you will participate in the direct donation asks from the PTA and MEF to ensure our students continue to receive a 21st century education. Any amount is appreciated, and every little bit helps.
Q: Is there a Dads’ Club?
Yes, the Dads’ Club meets monthly to organize family bonding events and fundraising opportunities such as an Annual Bowling Night, a family camping trip, and other fun activities! Contact Sam Liu to learn more.
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Mr. Arthur LevittChairmanSecurities and Exchange Commission450 Fifth Street, N.W.Washington, DC 20549
Dear Chairman Levitt:
On behalf of the American Antitrust Institute (AAI), I offer these comments with respect to File No. S7-33-97, which concerns a proposed amendment to Rule 15c3-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Release No. 34-39457). The proposed amendment would define the term "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (NRSRO). Though the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed this amendment on December 17, 1997, the SEC has taken no action since then to transform its proposed rule into a final regulation. The SEC's inaction on this regulation, as well as the content of the proposed rule in its current form, represents a serious impediment to entry by and expanded competition among credit rating firms.
The AAI strongly urges the SEC to remove this impediment by reformulating and reintroducing its proposed rule in the ways suggested below, so as to encourage more entry by and greater competition among credit rating firms.
In addition to the specific comments that I have provided below, I have attached a longer study of the credit rating industry that extends and amplifies many of the points that I make in this letter.
The American Antitrust Institute
The American Antitrust Institute is an independent, non-profit education, research and advocacy organization, whose background and prior work products may be found on the Internet at www.antitrustinstitute.org. Since its founding in 1998, the AAI has regularly testified and presented public comments and commentaries on competition policy issues involving both regulated and unregulated industries. The AAI favors market-oriented policies that will enhance competition through the active use of antitrust approaches.
The Advisory Board of the AAI includes 55 lawyers, economists, and business experts who are consulted on the activities that the AAI undertakes, but who do not vote. The author of this letter is a member of the AAI Advisory Board. I have attached a brief summary of my academic and professional credentials.
Background on the Proposed Rule
The SEC created the NRSRO term in 1975, as part of the Commission's net capital rule for broker-dealers, Rule 15c3-1. That net capital rule allows for smaller discounts ("haircuts") on securities owned by broker-dealers, when calculating their net capital, if the securities are rated as investment grade by at least two credit rating firms. The SEC apparently realized at the time that if it was going to create standards that called for credit ratings, it would have to specify whose credit ratings would qualify. Without such designation, bogus rating firms could be created whose sole purpose was indiscriminately to dispense favorable ratings. Hence the NRSRO category was created.
Since 1975 the use of the NRSRO concept has widened considerably, as the Congress and other regulatory agencies -- as well as the SEC itself -- have expanded the regulatory areas in which credit ratings are used as indicators of safety. But the SEC has never formally defined the term NRSRO. Nevertheless, at the time of the NRSRO concept's inception the SEC "grandfathered" three incumbents as NRSROs and subsequently granted the designation to a few more rating firms.
The criteria that the SEC staff has used in granting these designations -- through "no-action" letters -- would be incorporated into Rule 15c3-1 by the proposed amendment. I will defer further comment on these criteria to the discussion below.
The pattern of these actions is important to note, however. The SEC initially "grandfathered" three NRSROs: Moody's, Standard & Poors, and Fitch. It subsequently designated Duff & Phelps (1982) and McCarthy, Crisanti & Maffei (MCM) (1983) as NRSROs (MCM was absorbed by Duff & Phelps in 1991), and designated IBCA (1991) and Thomson BankWatch (1992) as specialized NRSROs for banks and financial institutions. In November 1997 Fitch merged with IBCA, and the merged entity retained Fitch's general-purpose NRSRO designation. In January 1999 the SEC "upgraded" Thomson BankWatch's status from a specialized NRSRO to a general-purpose NRSRO. (In June 2000 Fitch IBCA bought Duff & Phelps; in December 2000 Thomson BankWatch was absorbed by Fitch IBCA.)
The SEC has not granted the general-purpose NRSRO designation to any new entity since 1983, and it has not granted specialized NRSRO status to any new entity since 1992. With the recent mergers and absorptions just noted, the number of NRSROs stands at only three.
In its decisions concerning NRSRO designations the SEC staff has used a set of criteria that would now be formally embodied in the proposed regulations. It is to those criteria that I now turn.
The SEC's Proposed Criteria
The attributes of a rating firm that the SEC proposes to use as its criteria for designating NRSROs are as follows (the following language is taken directly from the proposed rule):
1) national recognition, which means that the rating organization is recognized as an issuer of credible and reliable ratings by the predominant users of securities ratings in the United States;
2) adequate staffing, financial resources, and organizational structure to ensure that it can issue credible and reliable ratings of the debt of issuers, including the ability to operate independently of economic pressures or control by companies it rates and a sufficient number of staff members qualified in terms of education and expertise to thoroughly and competently evaluate an issuer's credit;
3) use of systematic rating procedures that are designed to ensure credible and accurate ratings;
4) extent of contacts with the management of issuers, including access to senior level management of the issuers; and
5) internal procedures to prevent misuse of non-public information and compliance with these procedures.
A Critique of the Proposed Criteria
The SEC is to be commended for recognizing that, if ratings are going to be used for safety-and-soundness regulatory purposes, someone has to decide whose ratings shall qualify; and it is also to be commended for proposing to replace two decades' of informal NRSRO designation criteria with a set of formal criteria.
Since the need to certify NRSROs rests on the regulators' delegation of safety decisions to the rating firms and on the possibility that bogus rating firms could indiscriminately distribute favorable ratings, the SEC should make judgments about the accuracy/efficacy/competency of a rating firm with respect to the relevant safety issues. Since the rating firms focus on the likelihood of default with respect to specific securities and the safety-and-soundness regulators appear to be satisfied in relying on those judgments, the SEC should assess a rating firm's performance in this regard. Another way of stating this proposition is that the SEC must judge the outputs of the rating firms.
Unfortunately, against this standard, the criteria that the SEC has proposed are seriously deficient. The first criterion ("national recognition") might appear to be an indirect market test of performance: if a rating firm was not performing well, it might cease to retain a national following. But in the current context of only three incumbent NRSROs and a substantial regulation-driven demand for those firms' rating services, a national following for the current incumbents is all but guaranteed; and the task of a new or small rating firm to attract national recognition is made substantially harder than it otherwise would be by its lack of a NRSRO designation while three incumbents have NRSRO designations. If a company executive has to decide which rating firm(s) to spend time telling his/her company's financial "story" to, it seems highly likely that the executive will choose an incumbent NRSRO -- whose favorable rating can qualify the company's securities for favorable regulatory treatment -- over any non-NRSRO.
Further, foreign credit rating firms may have substantial expertise abroad; but their lack of U.S. "national recognition" dooms their prospects for NRSRO designation.
In essence, the "national recognition" criterion creates a "Catch 22" barrier to entry.
The remaining four criteria (adequate resources; systematic procedures; adequate contacts; internal procedures) are measures of inputs, not output. Smaller firms or firms with innovative rating technologies will be at a disadvantage if judged by these criteria.
The immediate consequence of the adoption of the SEC's proposed criteria would be a continuation of the current three-firm NRSRO industry. A "triopoly" that is protected by high regulatory barriers to entry is highly unlikely to exhibit full competitive vigor. This unfortunate conclusion is strengthened by the safety-and-soundness regulatory demands for ratings, which often require that an issuer receive favorable ratings from at least two NRSROs.
Some Superior, Pro-Competitive Alternatives
For the immediate future, the SEC must be prepared to establish formal criteria and certify suitably qualified NRSROs. But, for the reasons explained above, the SEC's proposed criteria are likely simply to perpetuate the anti-competitive status quo.
Instead, the SEC must make a serious effort to specify criteria for the designation of NRSROs in ways that do not create artificial barriers to entry and impediments to competition. As was stated above, the SEC must be prepared to make judgments about the accuracy/efficacy/competency of a rating firm with respect to the relevant safety issues. Since the rating firms focus on the likelihood of default with respect to specific securities and the safety-and-soundness regulators appear to be satisfied in relying on those judgments, the SEC must be prepared to assess a rating firm's performance in this regard. The SEC's criteria must be refocused to these output considerations, rather than focusing on inputs and on already existing national recognition.
In its efforts to ascertain the accuracy/efficacy/competency of a prospective NRSRO, the SEC ought to be able to make use of market judgments to assist its assessment. Since the participants in the financial markets surely care about the accuracy of a rating firm's ratings, if a rating firm has been able to attract a market following, this should certainly be considered as a positive attribute in the SEC's assessment of a candidate for a NRSRO designation. But, again, a requirement that a prospective NRSRO designee already have national market recognition is far too stringent and will ossify the industry in its current three-firm structure.
Further, the SEC should move quickly to refocus and repropose its criteria. Under current circumstances, delay means the continuation of the existing barriers to entry and impediments to competition. As a way of speeding this process, the SEC staff could reformulate the criteria that it uses for its no action letters to incorporate these output/performance considerations.
Over the longer run, the best way for the SEC to extricate itself from the difficulties of designating NRSROs would be for the SEC to eliminate the category. To do this, the SEC and other regulatory agencies would have to be willing to specify directly the safety criteria that they are seeking in securities, rather than delegating that task to rating firms. Though the SEC does not have the power directly to make these decisions for other regulatory agencies, it could take the lead by initiating a rulemaking in which it would propose to specify the safety criteria and simultaneously propose to eliminate the NRSRO category. Such actions might inspire the other safety-and-soundness regulators similarly to specify their safety requirements directly.
Without the NRSRO category and without the rating delegations by other regulators, the participants in the financial markets, on their own, would decide whether and which rating firms provide enough help in piercing the asymmetric information fog of these markets so as to justify the firms' costs and fees. The rating firms' fates -- incumbent and entrant alike -- would be left to the financial markets, where they belong.
The SEC is to be commended for its willingness to specify its criteria for NRSROs formally. But its past pattern of severely limited designations of NRSRO status has created a major barrier to entry into the credit rating industry and has surely impaired competition. The SEC's proposed criteria would codify and fortify that anti-competitive barrier to entry.
I strongly urge the SEC to refocus and repropose its NRSRO criteria along the lines suggested in this letter and similarly to refocus its no-action letter criteria for granting NRSRO status in the interim.
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BSE resets circuit limit of sugar firms to curb volatility
New Delhi, Jun 22 (PTI) To curb excessive volatility, stock exchange BSE today revised the circuit limit for share movement of several firms including four sugar companies.
The limits, effective from tomorrow, will ensure stock prices do not go up or down beyond a level during a session.
Circuit filter mechanism is used by stock exchanges to keep excessive volatility in check. It is the maximum fluctuation that is allowed during trading, which gets suspended if the permissible limit is hit in either direction.
Share price of sugar firms - Uttam Sugar Mills, Ugar Sugar Works, Oudh Sugar Mills, Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals - cannot change by more than 5 per cent in a day, BSE said in a circular.
The scrips of these sugar firms have been declining in the last few trading sessions after government, last week, imposed 20 per cent customs duty on sugar exports to boost domestic supply and check prices which are ruling high at Rs 40/kg.
The exchange has also set an upper limit of 10 per cent for Ashirwad Capital, Future Market Networks and Manaksia Aluminium Company. Besides, it fixed an upper limit of five per cent for Achal Investments and Electrotherm (India).
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Detection of LAIR1 in Human Lymphocytes by Flow Cytometry.
Human lymphocytes were stained with Mouse Anti-Human LAIR1 Fluorescein‑conjugated Monoclonal Antibody (Catalog # FAB2664F, filled histogram) or isotype control antibody (Catalog # IC0041F, open histogram). View our protocol for Staining Membrane-associated Proteins.
Preparation and Storage
The product is shipped with polar packs. Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature recommended below.
Stability & Storage
Protect from light. Do not freeze.
12 months from date of receipt, 2 to 8 °C as supplied.
LAIR1 (Leukocyte-associated Ig Like Receptor 1) is an inhibitory receptor belonging to the Ig superfamily. It is
a 40 kDa type I transmembrane glycoprotein with one extracellular C2-type Ig-like domain
and two cytoplasmic ITIMs. Four LAIR1 splice variants exist. LAIR1b has
a 17 aa deletion outside the Ig loop in the extracellular domain. It
differs from LAIR1c by one aa residue. LAIR1d has a 77 aa truncation in
the cytoplasmic domain. LAIR1 is expressed on NK cells, T cells, B
cells, monocytes, dendritic cells and most thymocytes. Consistent with the presence of ITIM motifs, LAIR1 inhibits IL-2 and IFN-gamma production by CD4+ T cells, and reduces IgG and IgE production by B cells. LAIR1 is known to bind to collagens -I, -II, -III, and XVII. The
extracellular domain of human LAIR1 shares 40% aa identity with that of
the mouse protein.
Have you used Human LAIR1 Fluorescein-conjugated Antibody?
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Ever thought about safety in the office? We’ve found a few examples of the unusual dangers that lurk round the corner. Put it down to acts of God, inventiveness or ineptitude, but these kinds of ‘accidents’ have been happening down the years…
Get indoors! No, no, get outdoors!
We might envy teachers their long holidays, but I doubt any of us would want to swap with Robert Jones, a coach (aka PE teacher) at Walker Elementary school in Northport, Alabama.
Jones was sitting inside his office at 7.15 one morning when he was struck by lightning. Yes, I say that again: he was struck by lightning indoors. Somehow the bolt had hit the building and worked its way to the unsuspecting teacher. Shocking. (Sorry.)
Do Hobbitses get paper cuts?
The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) is a New Zealand body that runs the country’s no-fault accidental injury scheme. In 2013 the ACC received more than 8,000 claims related to office injuries. There were 43 for paper cut incidents, including someone who got one to their eye. Are you wincing? I’m wincing.
Thankfully most paper cuts happen to our fingers – and the ACC didn’t have any claims stating a grumpy co-worker jumped on a colleague’s back and bit his ring-finger off.
*If you don’t get this reference, the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit were filmed in NZ.
Leaves on the line? No, it’s cement this time.
In 2014 Londoners heard a truly bizarre excuse for their delayed tube trains: a signal room on the Victoria Line was flooded with cement. Vital equipment was covered with up to one foot of cement, after it leaked from work being done on an escalator tunnel. Thankfully, quick-thinking staff went and bought bags of sugar to chuck on the ‘crete, since sugar stops it setting. Science!
Which was it, sir, a parrot or a monkey?
Staying on the transport theme, Aviva has a fantastic list of old workplace insurance claims dating back to the 19th century. Two that come to mind are from the railway passenger category.
Amusingly, one is a law stationer – a person who sold stationery for lawyers – who claimed £43-6s in 1878 after being bitten by a parrot. And in 1885, an Inspector in Oundle claimed £21 after being chomped by a monkey. But can anything beat the solicitor that slipped on a turnip? He wanted £20 in 1894. That’s more than £2,000 in modern day money.
(If you’ve been assaulted by a turnip and have two grand to spare, you could buy almost 2,400kg of its relatives to eat in revenge. That’s according to the government’s fruit and vegetable wholesale price list. Yes, that’s a real thing.)
Game of Thrones?
Even our very own Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which sets standards for workplace safety, isn’t immune from accidents. A 2011 Daily Mail story reported that the HSE suffered 53 accidents in the year across its offices.
These included a chap who was hit by a falling toilet roll holder, another who got a groin strain by tripping on a ‘wet floor’ sign (yes, the sign and not the floor) and, most peculiar of all, a man in Glasgow who had a balloon burst in his face. Was he blowing it up, or did it float across the room and attack him incredibly slowly? There’s a reason we should be afraid of them; if you ever see a clown making a balloon animal, run.
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Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Complaints about defamatory material posted on websites
We've talked before about online infringement for linking, which can cause liability for both copyright infringement and defamation (see here).
On the defamation side the Ministry of Justice has published guidance on the application of the website operator defence under section 5 of the Defamation Act 2013:
The purpose of the Defamation Act 2013 is to rebalance the law on defamation to provide more effective protection for freedom of speech while at the same time ensuring that people who have been defamed are able to protect their reputation.
In accordance with this aim, Section 5 of the Act creates a new defence to an action for defamation brought against the operator of a website hosting user-generated content where the action is brought in respect of a statement posted on the website
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Masseria Torre Coccaro, Puglia, Italy
Puglia – the large agricultural region at the heel of Italy’s boot – is still very much a working land, dotted with ancient olive groves, orchards and traditional trulli stone houses. It feels very rustic, rural and unchanged. It’s also home to some seriously great masserias – farmhouses-turned-hotels.
A mile inland from the Adriatic, in the heart of the Apulian countryside, is the five-star Masseria Torre Coccaro – a luxury hotel serving excellent native Apulian cuisine. The Masseria dates back to the 16th century, when its buildings served as a garrison against the marauding Turks, and the hotel is still very much a working farm. Its position between agricultural land and sea ensures ingredients are fresh and plentiful – vegetables are dug straight from the farm’s organic patch, meat comes from the farm’s animals and the masseria makes all its own pasta, cheeses, jams and olive oil.
Dishes are cooked in the traditional way, using a wood-burning oven and clay pots, and in summer, dinner is served in the romantic candlelit courtyard. When we visited, we were treated to some of Natale’s fabulous Martini cocktails, followed by endless tasting dishes of broad bean purée and prawns, orecchiette pasta with broccoli, griddled lamb and potatoes, and homemade cheesecake, all washed down with glasses of local Primitivo and Placeo Chardonnay.
The hotel has its own private beach club and restaurant (accessed by private shuttle – so you don’t need to take the car), so after sunning yourself by the pristine Salento waters and snacking on oysters and sushi at the lunch bar, you can hop on board a private yacht and sail to nearby coves for a dip before being whisked back to the Masseria in time for supper at sunset.
The bedrooms make cool and peaceful havens to come back to – all crisp linens, white-washed walls, antique furniture and views out to sea. Two are even housed in caves. The former watchtower is now an Aveda spa, and budding chefs can try their hand at regional culinary techniques at the hotel’s cookery school. There’s also a riding centre and beach-style outdoor pool in the grounds.
Address: Masseria Torre Coccaro, C. da Coccaro 8, Puglia (00 39 080 482 9310, www.masseriatorrecoccaro.com).
Rates: Doubles from 278 Euros per night, including breakfast.
Foodie diversion: Head into nearby Monopoli for more local fare at Osteria Perricci. Or visit Ostuni – a beautiful little Grecian town with cavernous bars and outdoor restaurants.
Come here for: Mind-blowing wine, good ol’ Italian home cooking, and a culinary education.
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The Cold (Soft) Truth Behind Ralph's Italian Ices
A Staten Island frozen treat legend, Ralph’s Famous, is now open in North White Plains.
photos by John Bruno Turiano
Staten Island doesn't have the cultural attractions or food scene of the other boroughs, but there is at least one chill business from The Forgotten Borough that is sought after — especially during the sultry summer months — throughout the City and beyond its borders.
Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices & Ice Cream started in 1928 with Italian immigrant Ralph Silvestro and his truck making stops all around Staten Island selling water ice. Water ice? For county natives who think I mean Italian ice, well yes and no. Water ice (Philadelphia, Southern Jersey) and Italian ice (North Jersey, Westchester) are the same thing. It’s believed to be a derivation of granita, the Sicilian semi-frozen dessert. And for the record, shaved ice is a different entity from granita and water ice/Italian ice.
For Ralph’s Famous ices, the process is similar to how ice cream is made. However, instead of milk/cream, water is frozen into small ice crystals and mixed with sugar and some flavoring, be it lemon, cherry, peach, watermelon, cantaloupe, cotton candy, or root beer (there’s close to 40 flavors). The texture is smooth and soft but not slushy, and there are no off-putting chunks of ice.
Since opening the first retail store in 1949 on Port Richmond Avenue in Staten Island, the company has franchised out, expanding to the rest of the City, Long Island, New Jersey, and now Westchester. They also do more than just ices, including iced coffee drinks, fruit smoothies, traditional hard-pack ice cream, delicious soft serve that gives King Kone some county competition, and 65-plus varieties of crème ice or sherbert, a hybrid of the latter two. A short list of scrumptious sundaes (the PB Crunch is a winner) are offered, too — don’t pass on the grade-A homemade whipped cream.
Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices & Ice Cream
850 N Broadway, White Plains
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Why are we using nicknames for our blog? Well, at one time I read that it is important not to use real names in a blog, just for your own security. Since I hope to start adding pictures soon I decided the nicknames would be a good idea. I realize this blog is only read by those who are invited, so the security issue is minimal, but the kids thought it would be a fun idea anyway!
Our oldest son didn't really care what we used for his nickname so I came up with "Night Owl". This is the kid that just starts his homework at 10:00. It's exasperating to Dad and I but he's managing to get good grades. Thankfully, homework usually doesn't take too long. He's always been that way though. When he doesn't have homework he reads until late at night.
"Social Butterfly" was my suggestion for our only daughter and she decided that would be a good nickname. This is the child that doesn't know a stranger. We laugh because when she has a lemonade stand in the summer cars literally line up down the street! She knows the neighbors better than we do. We're not sure where she gets it, but we're glad to have such a wonderful ambassador for our famiy.
"Jetter" is the name the 3rd child came up with. It fits! This child rarely walks anywhere. He climbs, somersaults, or "jets" to his destination. The problem I'm having lately is keeping the "jet" fueled. This child doesn't stop eating!
"Builder" is the name the 4th child chose and it fits well. He's quite creative and will use anything to build whatever is on his mind. He also happens to be the one that makes the most messes in the house. I try not to get too rattled about it, but we are currently working on building better habits regarding cleaning up our messes!
"Little Guy" is a name we need to change. We're not sure what nickname to give him yet though. There's "Happy" because of his constant good nature, but I think it sounds too much like one of the Seven Dwarfs. We'll have to wait and see what we come up with. Either way, he's certainly a blessing! | <urn:uuid:3b0eac7d-1b83-47eb-9afa-a29bf64b2364> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://academyofthegoodshepherd.blogspot.com/2008/12/nick-names.html | 2018-05-22T17:49:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794864837.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20180522170703-20180522190703-00193.warc.gz | en | 0.98906 | 471 | [
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Smoky skies persist in foothills and beyond
Fire official: Morning smoke to linger for at least another week
For a fourth straight morning, the smell of smoke and the sight of hazy skies returned to foothill communities along the Interstate 80 corridor.
Smoke from American fire, burning 17 miles from the town of Foresthill, continues to flow downhill during the early-morning hours.
A delta breeze did lessen the impact of that smoke in some areas Thursday morning.
"It's like clockwork. The smoke in the morning and leaves by midday," said Dennis Carey, who works in Loomis.
Tahoe National Forest fire officials are advising residents living in impacted communities to be prepared for a repeat of the early-morning smoke conditions for days to come.
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Top 20 Free Android Apps in Google Play Store
In this article, we will see the top 20 Free Android Apps in Google Play Store. This list is based on Play Store India
1) WhatsApp Messenger
WhatsApp Messenger is a messaging app available for Android and other smartphones. WhatsApp uses your phone’s Internet connection to message and call friends and family. Switch from SMS to WhatsApp to send and receive messages, calls, photos, videos, and Voice Messages.
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ELLE's cultural round-up
So you want bands and beats and bushy beards? Then this is the festival for you, alliteration fans. With the muddy-marvellous feel of a traditional fest, yet still just a Tube-ride home, Field Day is back and packing the finest indie, rock and the cooler end of dance into a single day in Victoria Park. Bands-wise, we have Arab Strap, Run the Jewels and 90s indie heroes Slowdive in prospect, while headliner Aphex Twin, Ame and Dekmantel Soundsystem have beats to spare. As for the beards? The suitably hip crowd are sure to take care of those, don't you worry.
3 June; £64.50
Field Day, Victoria Park, London E3 5TB
Things are just chicer in France, wouldn't you say? For example, a 'small glass' – it's a coupette. A cheese toasty? Well that's a croque monsieur. And as for cocktails, the rule goes double. And here to highlight the gulf between us and Gallic cool is new Bethnal Green bar Coupette, which is setting out to fill its small glasses with some very cool French drinks indeed. We're talking champagne from small-scale growers, vermouth and calvados cocktails, and truffled white negronis (whipped up by the former head bartender of The Savoy's Beaufort Bar, no less). Food-wise there's an ENTIRE MENU devoted to croque monsieur, not to mention special bimonthly tastings at the Calvados Club. Vive la France – en Bethnal Green.
Coupette, 423 Bethnal Green Road, London E2 0AN
Well, we must say, the team at BAO have outdone themselves. Not only have they managed to make their new restaurant's name even shorter (by a whole letter!), they've upped the ante when it comes to the food offering too. Exploring Taiwanese cuisine beyond the (admittedly brilliant) steamed bun, XU's menu runs from snacks like century quail's egg and smoked sausage, to mains including crab with chilli egg drop sauce and – brace yourself – a whole herb-stuffed chicken, with the head still attached. Yup, STILL ATTACHED. You'll be provided with special gloves to tear it apart… At which point you can probably shorten your reaction down to a single letter: O.
Xu, 30 Rupert Street, W1D 1DL
Think the Sundance Film Festival takes place in Utah? Well, you'd be right, obviously. But this weekend, it ALSO takes place in London - which is marvellous news indeed. Filling the Picturehouse Central with four days of films from this year's fest, highlights include Wilson with Woody Harrelson and Laura Dern, and Beatriz at Dinner starring Salma Hayek as you've never seen her before. Bring. On. The. Popcorn.
Picturehouse Central, corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Great Windmill Street, Piccadilly, W1D 7DH
OK, if we were to be pedantic we'd say that Brixton Beach has certain beach inaccuracies – in that, well, it's not by the sea. Or even at sea level – being, as it is, on the roof of Brixton Car Park. But we're not the pedantic type. And besides, we're very much in favour of foodie, boozy pop-ups inspired by Cuban copas, complete with pastel beach huts, leafy palms and copious amounts of sand, not to mention Latin American brass bands, DJs, dancers and cabaret performers. In fact, we'd go so far as to say that we may have 99 problems, but a beach ain't one. Ahem.
Brixton Beach, Brixton Rooftop, Pope's Road, SW9 6JH
Sure, we all know the wave. We all love the wave. But there's so much more to Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai than that single iconic piece, as this new British Museum exhibition demonstrates. From exquisite prints of Mount Fuji to fantastical supernatural creatures, to gorgeously stylised flora and fauna, this journey through the final 30 years of his career serves up one masterpiece after another. Yes, including 'Under the Wave off Kanagawa' itself. Which we can all agree is (pun incoming) pretty swell.
Until 13 August; £12
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Don’t Say It
From the minute I took it out of the box, the word lingered in the air, unspoken. Man-purse. The wife snickered. “It’s not a man-purse” I said, only halfway believing it myself. “I didn’t say a thing” she said. But I knew what that snicker was. We both did.
The Rat Wallet was much bigger than I thought it would be. I thought “cellphone case+” but this thing was almost big enough to be a fanny pack. I vowed never to own one of those. I’m a dude. The stuff in my pocket is supposed to be the stuff in my pocket, not a lifestyle choice.
But the stuff in my pockets was getting to be too much for my pockets. I just wanted a wallet that maybe had a zippered pocket for my Microstream AAA flashlight and Leatherman Squirt PS4 multi-tool. I was gonna put that stuff on my keychain anyway. Ok, if it could hold my Kershaw Chill pocket knife too, that would be nice. I’ve seen people wearing those cellphone pouches. Those didn’t look too bad. Kind of like a tool belt. A tool belt is manly, right?
The Rat Wallet looked perfect for all of this, so I ordered one. What I got was … different than what I expected. Not in a bad way. More like I hadn’t thought it all through and here was something that was trying its best to follow confusing orders.
My review sample was purchased from Amazon.com.
Clearly, this is a well made wallet. The fit and finish on mine is nearly perfect. The stitching is precise and the beefy YKK zippers just give me this great impression of quality and durability. This is my first Maxpedition purchase, and I can honestly say that I want pretty much everything in their catalog. If my Rat Wallet is any indication, I can see why they get such good reviews.
Spacious But Not Roomy
That’s my only real gripe. It’s an issue I saw in a video review and bought it anyway. I didn’t think it would be a deal breaker and it isn’t, though it may be to some. For being that big there should just be more usable space, and it should be laid out better. It’s not horrible. It could just be better.
If I am going to proudly display my man-purse to the world, I would like it to be laid out better.
The Good News
The good news for me is that I still find enough value in it to wear it proudly around town. There’s nothing else like it that I could find. And all snickers aside, I’m getting forgetful in my old age, so it’s nice to have everything I need to be away from the house for a few hours with only one thing to grab.
One thing I really like is that it’s so easy to attach to other bags.
Here’s a bunch of pictures. Notice my knife doesn’t fit inside the wallet, but clipped to the outside. The Microstream clips in a really neat space in the cell phone holder.
— Rat Wallet
— Aluminum Wallet
— Antique Cell Phone
— Streamlight Microstream
— Leatherman Squirt PS4
— Kershaw Chill
— Lexar 8 GB Thumb Drive
— Money Clip With Meager Allowance
|Shown with the Kershaw Chill clipped to it|
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Steve Davis is hoping Chuks Aneke’s winning goal against Crawley Town on Saturday will be the spur for the on-loan Arsenal starlet to recapture his form of last season.
Aneke, who can play in various positions, is now the club’s joint leading scorer with three goals this season, but he has found himself in-and-out of the starting XI during the campaign.
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iPhone photography is a growing medium, akin to Lomography in its cult status and the way it champions light-hearted, lo-fi, everyday shooting and off-beat effects.
Like any good burgeoning artistic movement there are already a bunch of brilliant online resources aimed at iPhone photographers offering great galleries, talent showcases, app reviews, exhibition news and more.
Read on for 10 great sites from around the web that weve bookmarked for iPhone Photographers and photo-lovers alike. Your favorite not on this list? Please share any other great iPhotography sites you like in the comments below.
This site describes itself as a gallery of the most beautiful and ground-breaking iPhone art on the web and home to an ever-increasing number of visionary pioneers in the exploration and development of this nascent and vibrant new medium. With a daily pic to inspire you, easy browsing by category or a tag word cloud, featured artists and exhibition news, iPhotographers will find lots to like on this site.
Run by Edgar Cuevas, an iPhotographer in his own right, iPhoneogenic is a lovely site to visit. Described as a place for highlighting the iPhoneographer, it offers enlightening interviews with iPhotographers from all over the world that sometimes include interesting how-tos on certain techniques. Its always a fascinating read.
EYEEM is about more than just iPhotography its a hub dedicated to mobile photography as a whole, where creative minds from all over the world unite to share their images and create a unique stream of mutual inspiration and creative expression. You can browse through pics, follow photographers you like, search by location and tag words, comment on photos, and share images. You can also jump into the fray by creating your own stream.
Glyn Evans great iPhoneography blog covers iPhone photography and videography with app news and reviews (including great info on app updates), photographer showcases, news from the iPhotography community around the world and more. Theres also a user forum for discussions on the topic where you can post questions and help others with answers.
Chase the-best-camera-is-the-one-thats-with-you Jarvis worldwide hub for mobile photography is the sister site to the app of the same name, with photos from iPhotographers globally uploaded via the app. Viewing a real-time stream of these images is great fun but youll get the most out of this site if you post your own content thanks to the great management and sharing options that are available.
6. Life in LoFi
Life in Lo-Fi is the iPhoneography blog of Marty Yawnick, a freelance graphic designer and iPhotographer. Yawnick offers his readers app news and reviews, links to relevant articles of interest he spots around the web, curated Flickr showcases, some of his personal photography and regular promo code giveaways.
A relative newcomer, iPhoneArts aim is to build a grassroots mobile art community where professionals, beginners, and developers alike can share and discuss all forms of mobile art. Despite being in its early days, user-generated content has helped create a huge gallery of more than 6,000 photos. The site includes a Studio Talk forum, a robust app review section and the option to sign up to create you own online gallery with a unique username-based URL.
Fans of the titular app should definitely look up its sister-site: The Big Hipstamatic Show. The guys behind Hipstamatic run regular contests for best photos under certain titles. The current contest, for example, is Fields. You can view the leaderboard to see the hot contenders or view past entries for a wonderful showcase of iPhotography.
9. iPhone Photo
Gently curated by Caleb Kimbrough, iPhone Photo is a very simple site offering an online showcase of what Caleb considers the best user submitted iPhone photography. Dating back to July 2009, its an eclectic collection with some strong photography.
No, we havent gone mad. We know everyone (and their dog) is well aware of the worlds largest photography site, but besides being a place to upload your own pics, its a really good resource for iPhotography inspiration, artist discovery and app research.
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A few days ago, my world literally turned upside down as I finally did a pose I almost thought I’d never get to do: a headstand. You see, I’m not fond of full inversions. Some people think it’s the best part of yoga, others are neutral but can still do it regardless, and then there’s me–the student who thinks of all the worst case scenarios that can happen to her while upside down, a la Final Destination.
My first encounter with a headstand was back in February 2016, which also happens to be the month I started practicing yoga. It was during my fourth session when my yoga teacher asked us to go against the wall and experience what a headstand feels like. As expected, I panicked and went down with a loud thud–no control, whatsoever. And that wasn’t the only time I did that.
I kept encountering this pose cued during class, and I kept struggling with it as well. There came a point where I could finally balance myself into an egg, legs tucked to my chest and all–but if I don’t get to practice it enough, my body would “forget” learning it in the first place.
Earlier this year, I felt like I came close to achieving a headstand many times. It took a lot of patience from both my end and my teacher though since I lifted very slowly. But I never quite made it, and I suspect it was because I was overthinking it.
I had a long yoga break towards the latter part of April until mid-July because of two trips and moving to a new house. That threw me off balance, and I could really feel the impact on my yoga practice, or lack thereof. Suddenly, the past year’s practice seemed discredited, and I was back to breathing unevenly and sweating so much during class. I felt less strong, and my hamstrings got super tight. It took a while for me to get back to my groove, and I honestly don’t feel like I’m back on track yet, but some days would feel truly exceptional, and I’d open up like I’ve been doing yoga for five years or something.
That’s exactly what happened last Saturday. Funnily enough, at the beginning of that class, my teacher said something along the lines of, “We’ll do a lot of core work today in preparation for a headstand–but don’t worry! We won’t do a headstand. Or, maybe we will.” To which I responded, “Wait. What?” We laughed it off, embraced Power Hatha, and forgot about that moment. Until we had to go down to our dolphin planks, that is.
“You may practice your headstand now, or you may stay in your dolphin plank. If you’re coming up, let me know so I can assist you,” my teacher said. I silently looked up at her, because I was feeling uncharacteristically brave, and she stood behind me to catch me if ever I’d fall. I never lifted so fast! I started to carry myself up and up and up, and I got too excited which made me wobble, but my teacher stabilized me again and left me in the air. I was actually holding the pose. I mean, WHAT. Oh, and the best part was, I went down silently. Yipee!
I let the happiness come and go, as we cooled down for class and had a great savasana. I wanted to see if that was a fluke moment, so I asked my teacher to spot me again after all the other students left and my best friend to take the photo which you can see now.
I’m beyond happy. It took me one year and six months to get here, together with a clear mind, able body, and empowering class. I guess my point for sharing all of this is: Wherever you are with your practice or whatever “impossible” pose you are trying to accomplish, you WILL get there. You hear everyone drop this line, and it’s true, “Practice and all is coming.” | <urn:uuid:9b5a1f70-23e9-4e4c-96e9-385a07965b66> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | https://lunaandsola.com/2017/08/28/the-road-to-sirsasana-headstand/ | 2018-05-22T19:42:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794864872.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20180522190147-20180522210147-00553.warc.gz | en | 0.979466 | 891 | [
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And today in celebrity Twitter feuds, it seems like Lily Allen and Jourdan Dunn have had a bit of a face-off on the social networking site.
The supermodel questioned Lily's lyrics on Insincerely Yours, specifically the mention of "ugly kids" and reference to Jourdan and her friends in the song.
Dunn tweeted: "Errm @lilyallen who's 'ugly kids' was you talking about in this song??"
Then, according to Digital Spy, Allen replied, saying:
"@missjourdandunn it's a reference to something another artist said about my children on twitter.also, only mentioned you cause your name rhymes with 'one' . Sorry." This clearly wasn't the answer Dunn wanted, as she replied with:"@lilyallen Ohhh because my name rhymes with 'One'!!!!! Look at you, you lil lyrical genius!!"
The lyric is most likely to reference a Twitter spat Lily had with Azealia Banks last year, where she called Allen's children "ugly".
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In a world of plug-in personalities and colonized asteroids, daring fugitive Rebel Elizabeth Mudlark seeks refuge on Earth orbiting settlements, where evil, self-interest, and greed flourish in the vacuum of space. Reissue.
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Like most of the genre, Swanwick's cyberpunk novel takes off from '40s crime thrillers and films noir, his basis here being the amnesiac seeking her own past. Eucrasia Walsh had been a persona buma tester of plug-in personalitiesuntil one of the implants accidentally burned itself into her brain, blanking out her own identity and leaving her the sole template of the valuable new persona. Corporate giant Deutsche Nakasone and its graymarket rivals are both after her, but while on the lam she becomes involved in the struggle between Earthnow a single communal mindand the colonies of individuals scattered through the solar system. As with Swanwick's first novel, In the Drift, the story peters out toward the end, but until then it is inventive and playful, poetic and ingratiating. SF Book Club main selection.
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LGA Elections: AYDAN Alerts Nigerians Over Plans To Rig
The attention of the Alimosho Youth Development Association of Nigeria (AYDAN) has been drawn to an act of electoral conspiracy aimed at disenfranchising some eligible candidates and imposed others in the forthcoming Chairmen and Councillors’ elections across the six local council development areas of Alimosho Local Government.
A self-acclaimed political heavyweight of All Progressive Congress, Group of 18, G18, was fingered as orchestrating the conspiracy, and with almost irreversible influence on who emerges or appointed into political offices in the state.
This act is seen as undemocratic, as it clearly violates the nation’s electoral laws and the constitution.
According to LASIEC and the All Progressive Party’s guidelines, candidates for the posts of chairman and councillors were inform to go and prepare for primaries after obtaining and submitting their intention forms and validating their aspirations. And this should be after they have picked their nominations form on May 13 and 20, 2017.
But the G18 disruptively came up with a sudden announcement that all the candidates, especially those within Alimosho LGA, should go and conduct their primaries on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. This is a clear violation of the LASIEC guidelines.
The move, according to our findings, is a deliberate attempt to perfect their hatchet plans, which involves favouring some candidates over the others.
For instance, the G18, headed by Alhaji Abdulahi Enilolobo, a chieftain of All Progressive Congress, has approved the duo of Kunle Sanyaolu and Jelili Sulaimon as Chairmen for Egbe-Idimu and Alimosho LCDAs. Their names, according to our findings, may have been sent to LASIEC for acknowledgement.
While Sanyaolu, a two-time Vice Chairman of Egbe-Idimu LCDA and the immediate past Executive Secretary of the LCDA, has been favoured, his former contender, Mutiu Adebiyi, popularly known as Aso Ibora has been forced to be his Vice.
Ironically, both candidates are from Egbe. There is no representative from Idimu, which clearly violates electoral structure.
At Ikotun-Igando, no candidates has been anointed by the leaders,as at the time of filling this report.
Here is the list of some of the candidates contesting in Ikotun – Igando LCDA,
Hon. Muftau Wale Okedara,
Hon. Shakiru Alabi Balogun,
Hon. Morenike Williams, immediate past Chairman of the LCDA,
Hon. Wale Azeez (Immediate past Executive secretary)
Adewumi Dada among others.
Ipaja – Ayobo LCDA
The contestant, Shakiru Yussuf (Immediate past chairman of the LCDA), is contesting against the anointed candidacy of Hon Bisi Yussuf, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and Hon Agbaje Abiodun (sole administrator of the LCDA).
Alimosho Local Gov’t
Alhaji Enilolobo Abd Rasheed, the State Organizing Secretary Of the ruling party has anointed the immediate past Executive Secretary Jelili Sulaimon against other contestants in the chairmanship race such as Sikiru Esinlokun (Omo OBA Eko), Engineer Abdul Ganiyu Jumah , Gani olatunji Quadri, Akinpelu Johnson and Carlo Tunde Shonupe.
At Agbado Oke-Odo LCDA
The anointed candidate is Famuyiwa Davids. Others shortchanged are Hon Tawakalitu Oyebanji, Afeez Alaran,
Hon abd Wahab Rasheed Ajulo.
In Mosan Okunola LCDA
Olabisi Adebajo, (ABICO) has been anointed as the chairman in Mosan Okunola for the position as against other contestant like Ayo Orimolade and Abiodun Falade,
Councillors favoured in Egbe-idimu
*Rufai Abidemi – Ward A
*Taiwo Dada – Ward B
* Olusode Abedinigo – Ward C
* Lasisi Taiwo – Ward D
* Fatima asiwaju – Ward E
THIS IS A CLEAR CASE OF ELECTORAL FRAUD against the 6 million people of Alimosho. We are, therefore, calling on Nigerians to resist this act of imposition against the will of the people.
In a typical democratic system of government, the power to choose political leaders resides with the populace, not the few self-righteous godfathers.
We therefore call on all progressive minded Nigerians, mostly, the people of Alimosho to raise up against till fraud.
We beckon on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, the National Leader of APC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor of Osun, Mr Rauf Aregbeshola and Otunba Henry Ajomale the Party Chairman and other stakeholders in the state politics to help address this injustice.
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Brent had me proof the advice he’ll give to the bride and groom before the ceremony. Brent’s comments were short and sweet (imagine that!) and centered around direction from the Family Proclamation issued by the First Presidency in 1995.
Quoting from the text, it reads: “...happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.”
As I consider couples whose marriages appear healthy, I can see these principles at work. The principles may sound trite but quite honestly, if put in practice, they’re not just platitudes, they really work.
As a Bishop, Brent is big on giving the Family Proclamation to couples as a recipe for success, with the nine principles (faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work and recreation) working as ingredients.
Sometimes simple advice, while tried and true, is still the best. Most marriages I know that have floundered (or flopped) can often be tied back to these basic (but important) principles. Weddings are a good reminder that no matter how long I’ve been married, there’s always room for improvement and growth. | <urn:uuid:7ba9c9da-adb8-4084-a317-79a5dfe0a9f7> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://k2adnauseam.blogspot.com/2011/04/ | 2018-05-25T20:19:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867217.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525200131-20180525220131-00233.warc.gz | en | 0.946183 | 291 | [
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TSA Global Entry Pre-Check
With airports expected to be epically crowded this season, experts agree that getting TSA Global Entry is absolutely worth the $100 application fee. Certain credit cards will actually reimburse the fee; Citi Prestige, American Express Platinum and Citi/AA Advantage Executive Card are three that currently offer this perk.
Skip: The Airline Club Room
Again, it pays to know your plastic. Some credit cards, such as an American Express Platinum Card, will get you gratis entry to certain airline lounges. But if you’re paying cash, take the $25 to $50 per person cost and use it to buy a cocktail in an upscale airport restaurant. Since so many airports are investing in their dining options beyond loud sports bars and sad coffee stands, it’s easy to find something suitable in the departure terminal, says Cheryl Rosner, travel expert and co-founder of Stayful. And you can stay connected: According to a 2016 survey by wireless software company Devicescape, 90 percent of the 150 biggest airports in the U.S. offer free WiFi.
Get: An Upgrade to First or Business Class
This summer airlines are expected to fly an unprecedented 231 million passengers, according to a forecast from Airlines for America, so upgrades will be extra hard to come by. But that doesn’t mean they’re impossible, says Rosner. The best way to score one: First, make sure to rack up loyalty by using one credit card and airline for travel. Second, be flexible: It’s easier to score two separate seats in first or business class than two seats together.
Skip: Extra legroom
If you can’t spring for first class, you may as well squish, say experts who point out that the premium price placed on extra legroom in economy is rarely worth it for short-haul flights, especially if you’re paying cash (instead of points) for the privilege. On some carriers the “extra†legroom is a measly 4 additional inches larger than standard economy. Best to choose an airline that has spacious economy seats or use SeatGuru or SeatExpert to choose the roomiest seat within your cabin.
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The Package Deal
These all-inclusive packages tend to include add-ons you wouldn’t have chosen in the first place, says Rosner—and the costs are multiplied when you’re staying more than one night. For example, at one major hotel, a romantic retreat package that includes champagne, flowers, cookies and chocolates costs $60 more than a basic room rate per night. If you’re staying three nights, better to take that $180 and buy fancy drinks and snacks from local stores. The only exception: If one of the major reasons for your trip involves an activity like scuba diving or snorkeling, purchasing a package from the hotel that includes gear and lessons will save you time, says Rosner.
Get: The Loyalty Program
Even if you don’t travel frequently, it’s well worth it to sign up for the free hotel loyalty program, says Rosner. Programs often offer perks like minibar credits, upgrades and insider deals. For example, Marriott offers a fifth night free to loyalty members; Kimpton gives new members a $10 minibar credit and a $30 spa service discount. To make sure to keep spam to a minimum, Rosner suggests setting up an email address to be exclusively used for travel. Awardwallet.com is also a good resource to track your programs, points and expiration dates in one place, says Emily Jablon, co-founder of the travel blog Million Mile Secrets.
Skip: In-Room WiFi
Spending up to $12 a day for WiFi access is a waste of money, agree travel experts, especially since most hotels will offer gratis access in the lobby. You can get online for less by joining the loyalty program or using your phone as a hotspot for your devices. If you’re staying for multiple nights, consider upgrading your data plan by $15 or $30 before the trip to avoid overage charges.
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A Private Guide
Sounds pricey, but Rosner says that private guides can be reasonable depending on where you’re traveling, and the access they can give you to must-see attractions is unparalleled. “When we were in Rome, we got a private guide for the Vatican, which allowed us to skip the line,†she says, adding that one benefit alone allowed her and her husband a free afternoon to explore more of the city.ToursByLocals.com is a good place to search for expert tour guides who have knowledge and “ins†at local attractions.
Skip: Rental Car Upgrade
Unless driving a convertible down the Pacific Coast Highway is a specific must-do for your trip, it’s best to pass on the pricey upgrades to a luxurious car. It’s also not hard to get one free, using Jablon’s trick: Reserve a compact car, which tends to be in highest demand and thus, may not be available when you get to the reservation desk. “When this happens, they often offer an upgrade,†says Jablon. | <urn:uuid:08dc66b3-8854-43fe-b355-d39b1cc91f45> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://newsjumbo.com/4-travel-upgrades-that-are-totally-worth-it-and-5-to-avoid/ | 2018-05-25T20:19:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867217.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525200131-20180525220131-00233.warc.gz | en | 0.924487 | 1,144 | [
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Selwyn District's robust growth has attracted many businesses to Izone contributing to the region’s ongoing commercial success.
Rolleston is just 12 minutes’ drive from Christchurch’s closest suburb of Hornby. Due to its location on the Canterbury Plains, residents enjoy spectacular rural views to the Southern Alps.
Township and Housing
In 2016 Rolleston had an estimated population of 13,080 and is projected to grow to almost 20,000 by 2023.
There are numerous existing and new housing options in Rolleston, and we anticipate more than 1000 new residential sections will be consented per year during the next few years.
Historically, homes in Rolleston have been more affordable than in Christchurch. However, prices are firming as a result of increased demand following the Canterbury earthquakes.
Beyond Rolleston's boundaries, Izone’s workforce is spoilt for choice with a wealth of rural lifestyle opportunities throughout the Selwyn District, all within a short commute to Christchurch.
Leisure & community
Rolleston has comprehensive community facilities and services which include an art gallery, library, community centre, two medical centres, regular festivals and weekly markets. The township’s shopping area has grown dramatically in size with construction of the Rolleston Square shopping centre, a new outlet of The Warehouse, two supermarkets and several new coffee shops and restaurants.
Rolleston has a strong network of sporting clubs covering rugby, football, netball and tennis to name a few. The Selwyn Aquatic Centre, which features a 25m swimming pool, opened in 2013. Two new primary schools and a secondary school opened in 2017, bringing the total number of Rolleston schools to six.
About The Selwyn District
Covering 649,000ha at the centre of New Zealand's South Island, Selwyn extends 150km west from the edge of Christchurch City to the snow-capped crests of the Southern Alps and Arthur's Pass National Park. The district is bounded north and south by the mountain-fed Waimakariri and Rakaia rivers, both of which contribute significant supplies of water for the region’s irrigation needs.
Agriculture is Selwyn's main economic driver. Viewed from the air, the flat Canterbury plains are a patchwork of sheep and dairy farms, as well as high value crops including specialist seeds and grain
Fertile alluvial soils combined with an abundance of pristine water further contribute to the region’s sound economic underpinnings. Selwyn’s vast underground water resource is the envy of the rest of New Zealand, delivering some of the purest potable water supplies in the world.
Selwyn is drier and sunnier than most parts of New Zealand. Summers have generally been getting hotter and drier and winters are becoming milder, with fewer frosts and less rain.
The Local Population
2013 Census information confirms Selwyn District is the fastest growing area of New Zealand. In the past four years the region’s population rose 24%, up from 45,000 to 56,000. During this period the average growth for New Zealand as a whole was 5.6%
The township of Rolleston, immediately adjacent to Izone, is known for almost exponential growth. Between 1995 and 2006 its population grew in excess of 250%, had reached 9,615 by the 2013 census and in 2016, Rolleston had an estimated population of 13,080. The town’s population is predicted to grow to 20,000 by 2023.
Izone's proximity to Christchurch also means an estimated 200,000 people reside within a half hour's drive of the industrial park.
The district is highly attractive to new residents thanks to diverse lifestyle opportunities and suitably priced residential properties. In the year to June 2013, Selwyn District Council issued a record number of new dwelling consents –1,084 in total, a 76% increase on the 616 consents issued the previous year. In 2014, the consents jumped to 1,613 - a 48% increase. In 2016, 1,489 consents were issued for new dwellings.
Over the last 10 years, Selwyn’s economy has ranked number one in New Zealand. During 2012, employment in the region increased by 9.5%, compared with the national average of 1%. In 2014 it grew by 3.6%, higher than the overall average of 3.2%. Selwyn’s GDP growth in 2016 was 5.1%, higher than the New Zealand average of 2.5%. Selwyn also continues to outperform the national economy in key indicators such as unemployment. In 2014, 1,200 new jobs were created in Selwyn. In 2016, the percentage of filled jobs in Selwyn rose 4.2%, compared with a national average of 2.7%. | <urn:uuid:e369ff84-5aa6-456e-b0f5-f42a4c52f09f> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | https://www.izone.org.nz/community/the-region-and-workforce/ | 2018-05-25T20:19:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867217.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525200131-20180525220131-00233.warc.gz | en | 0.957534 | 990 | [
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- 1 rack pork ribs
- 1 cup barbecue sauce
Perfect barbeque ribs in minutes and with all the tenderness and flavor
Tales of the Dinner Belle
By Brenda Stanley
My barbeque ribs are one of my go to recipes. I’ve perfected them over the years and can say that they are virtually bomb proof. They are fall apart, fork tender and full of flavor and yet take less than an hour to make. The secret is an old standby. The trendy new kitchen gadget is the instant pot, which is basically a type of pressure cooker. I’ve been using a pressure cooker for decades and it’s my secret for tender and tasty ribs. The difference is my pressure cooker has been doing the job for years and costs a fraction of the fancy pot. I’ve got nothing against new kitchen appliances and tools, but when I have something that works, I stick with it and this recipe is one I have no intentions of altering. My family and friends who enjoy my ribs, I’m sure will agree.
Belle’s Barbecue Ribs
1 rack pork ribs
1 cup barbecue sauce
Cut the rack of ribs into 3 or 4 rib sections. Place the metal rack into the bottom of the pressure cooker and then fill the cooker with about an inch or two of water. Place the ribs, meat side up into the cooker. Secure the lid and place the regulator on top. Set the burner on medium high. When the regulator begins to rock turn the heat to medium low and cook for 20 minutes. When finished. Let the pot sit until the pressure is reduced completely. Remove ribs and place on a foil lined, rimmed baking sheet. Brush ribs with liberally with the barbecue sauce and then bake in a 450 degree oven for about 5 to 10 minutes or until just slightly charred on top.
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Discussion in 'Ammunition Classifieds' started by glockfan, Feb 20, 2016.
Do you have any guns to go with the accessories
Cool can you ship?
no, thank you though.
You can't ship Black Powder unless you jump through some huge hoops.
What diameter are the round balls etc?
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We hate to break it to you, but your kids are going to be driving soon. Maybe not in this upcoming year, but the time for them to take their driving test and get their license will come all too soon! What’s even worse – they’re already paying attention to the way you drive.
Yup, every time you check your cell phone, don’t stop completely at a stop sign, or yell at that person for cutting you off, your kids are taking notice. That’s why it’s important to start leading by example right away! If you want your children to be safe and responsible teenage drivers, start teaching them these good driving habits as soon as possible.
1. Control your road rage.
Whenever you’re driving with your children, don’t let other drivers get to you. You need to remain cool, calm and relaxed, and never give in to the road rage that may be brewing inside you! Cursing, using inappropriate hand gestures or driving dangerously to “make a point” are behaviors that your kids may learn and repeat once they’re behind the wheel. Teach them that these behaviors can be very dangerous, and safety is key when you’re driving.
2. Know the laws.
Don’t rely on your teenager’s drivers ed class to teach them everything. Start showing them the laws of the road from an early age. Police officers aren’t going to be lenient if you break the law while driving just because your son or daughter is a new driver, make sure you equip them with the proper knowledge to help them succeed. A responsible driver obeys the laws!
3. Always keep your eyes on the road.
A new driver has so many things to remember and do at once, there is no room for added distractions! If you wouldn’t want your child checking their cell phone behind the wheel, then don’t let them seeing you do that either. Lead by example, because there will come a time where you’re not in the car with them. It may help to set rules, such as no cell phones while driving, no eating while driving, and no messing with the radio station unless you are safely stopped.
4. Vehicle maintenance is important.
This is something that often gets forgotten. Part of being a responsible driver is maintaining a safe and reliable automobile. Show your children how to check their oil level, tire pressure and tire tread. Show them the car’s owner’s manual and educate them about factory recommended maintenance schedules. You can even bring them to your trusted auto repair shop and have them talk to your mechanic to get an even better idea of the importance of proper vehicle maintenance and car safety.
It can be scary for you when your teenager starts driving, but if you instill these good driving habits early, you’ll be able to rest easier later. Here at Dave’s Ultimate Automotive, we’re always happy to help talk to your new driver and answer any questions that they (or you) may have! | <urn:uuid:0974df1f-2965-4a95-afbc-099bcf6303dd> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://www.davesultimateautomotive.com/4-safe-driving-habits-teach-kids-now/ | 2018-05-27T21:09:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794870470.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20180527205925-20180527225925-00233.warc.gz | en | 0.957941 | 644 | [
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There are many ways to make Paneer Tikka but this is my way of making tikka in the fastest possible way.
I have used a gas barbeque to grill the paneer.
But you can you use any kind of barbeque or grill.
The ingredients however remain the same.
You could grill capsicum, tomatoes or even pineapple chunks along with the paneer.
I made grilled only red onions with paneer since my daughter likes them. We mostly make it as a late evening snack, rather than a meal starter.
Paneer or Cottage cheese - 100 gms
Garam masala - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Amchur or Dry mango powder - 1/2 tsp
Chat masala - 1/2 tsp
Black salt - 1/2 tsp
lemon juice - 1 tsp
Mint leaves - to garnish
Onions, Capsicum, Pineapple, Tomato pieces - to grill along with the cottage cheese
Cut the paneer into big cubes.
Take a bowl, mix all the powders along with lemon juice in it, and apply evenly to all sides of the paneer.
Let it marinate in the fridge for atleast 30 mins.
Now put the paneer and the vegetables alternately on a skewer, as shown.
Now grill for 10 mins maximum.
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You can delete a transition by using the Delete item of its popup menu.
At runtime, each ECC contains exactly one active step. Transitions out of an active step are evaluated in the order in which they are declared in the XML document, subject to the following rules:
To assist in determining the order of transition evaluation, the order in which the transition has been declared is shown in curly brackets
The order in which a selected transition is declared (and hence its priority of evaluation at runtime) can be changed by using the Up/Down buttons on the menu bar.
|For editing an existing transition, you invoke this dialog by double-clicking an existing EC transition or clicking the Edit item of its popup menu. The dialog contains a drop-down list for selecting the event (if any) in the transition condition. An editable drop-down list lets you select a Boolean variable as a guard condition, or to type in a Boolean expression in the IEC 61131-3 ST (Structured Text) language as the guard condition (if any).|
can close the dialog without making any changes to the action by
pressing the Cancel button or the in the upper right corner of the dialog.
If you press the OK button, the requested changes (if any) will
be made and the dialog will close.
The FBEditor does not detect whether the guard condition is a proper Boolean expression; this will only be caught by the compiler when the SaveAs... =>Java option is exercised.
exists when there is a transition from an EC action back to itself. If
there is no event associated with such a transition, there is a
possibility that the process that is executing the ECC may enter an
infinite loop (or, in the case of the FBRT runtime provided with the
FBDK, cause a stack overflow).
Consider the following example, using the test/TEST_GUARDS.fbt file with the initial ECC shown at right as a basis - note the transition priorities in curly brackets
|The transition dialog resulting from connecting a self-cycle at state INIT.|
|The self-cycle diagnosis resulting from trying to save the self-cycle (by pressing the OK button) with an unconditional transition.|
|The self-cycle diagnosis resulting from trying to save the self-cycle with a guard only.|
|A correct self-cycle, gated by an event and possibly also a guard condition.|
|The resulting ECC.
Note that the self-cycle is drawn with a double line.
Note also that this particular transition is irrelevant,
since it is second in priority to an unconditional (
cycle is the general case of a self-cycle, where a
path exists from an EC start, through other EC states and back to
itself through a path consisting of transitions with guard-only
conditions (i.e., transitions not containing an event). This also
poses the possibility that the process that is executing the ECC may
enter an infinite loop or cause a stack overflow in the FBRT.
For instance, if an unconditional transition is attempted from the START to the ADD1 state in the TEST_GUARDS example above, the diagnostic message shown at right results. | <urn:uuid:7c729b75-ea9c-4e81-bca2-74d010dbbf0a> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://www.holobloc.com/doc/fbdk/transition.htm | 2018-05-20T23:25:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794863811.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20180520224904-20180521004904-00273.warc.gz | en | 0.907377 | 677 | [
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R.W., Costa Mesa CA | <urn:uuid:2221f9b7-0da8-4f45-ab6e-c4815d4fac74> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://www.typequarry.com/font.html?sku=TWT006X1 | 2018-05-20T23:11:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794863811.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20180520224904-20180521004904-00273.warc.gz | en | 0.934329 | 242 | [
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Prince William gets a nude-portrait birthday gift from his girlfriend!
London: Though Kate Middleton is having a full-fledged affair with Britain’s Prince William, her dreams of being a part of the royal family may just have turned more distant, after what she did at William’s 24th birthday bash.
Kate has reportedly outraged Queen Elizabeth II by gifting her grandson his nude portrait on his birthday (21June06).
The picture features the happy couple in a naked embrace, with their modesty covered by a strip of red silk.
“Her Majesty hasn’t seen the painting yet. But her advisors have described it to her and she is disgusted,” Femalefirst quoted a royal source, as telling Britain’s Daily Star newspaper.
“One presumes Kate and William have got to know each other in the bedroom but for Kate to blatantly announce it in a raunchy painting goes beyond the bounds of decency in the queen’s eyes,” the source added.
The monarch has apparently advised the young lovers to take their relationship more seriously, warning William that, as the future King, he should be careful to protect his reputation.
But, the prince on the other hand, unaffected by his grandmom’s advice, has appreciated his lover’s romantic gesture and has decided to hang the painting on his bedroom wall.
“It was art that united them in the beginning, so Kate thought it would be appropriate to commemorate their four-year relationship with this romantic painting,” said another source.
Copyright 2006 BANG Media International | <urn:uuid:5900b022-7a0a-43d8-8e14-26a28857872b> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | https://www.jeffrose.ca/2006/06/prince-william-gets-a-nude-portrait-birthday-gift-from-his-girlfriend/ | 2018-05-20T23:00:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794863811.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20180520224904-20180521004904-00273.warc.gz | en | 0.978651 | 333 | [
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