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A Copper or PEX Repipe is a process where the existing piping in your house or a building are upgraded with new ones. All water line fittings, stop valves and supply lines are changed out. this usually ends up in a lot better water pressure and more suitable water quality.
Should We Repipe our home in Duarte?
There are many reasons why you might need to replace the pipes of your house.
Galvanized water pipes are located in homes constructed through the 70s. A galvanized pipe is an iron water pipe which is coated with zinc for corrosion protection. Unfortunately the zinc coating eventually corrodes over time exposing the iron material, together with oxidation build-up.
Reduced Water Pressure – The reason why could be the reduction of the water flow due to rust and corrosion buildup within the galvanized pipe.
Rusty Water – Corrosion generally finds it’s way to the water fixtures. This suggests a highly developed stage of rust in your plumbing.
Leaky Pipes – Leaks are most commonly brought on by corrosion of the galvanized iron pipes. Undetected leaking can develop within the walls, inside of the attic and under the house, creating the possibility of major damage to the house.
This sort of plastic water line was widely used from the mid 70’s to early 90’s. At the time it was regarded as the next great plumbing advance for water lines and fittings. Polybutylene piping systems had already been installed in millions of places of residence prior to being judged as highly substandard. Basically 50% of all homes constructed in this timeframe is still equipped with this type of water pipe in the home.
Polybutylene water pipes have an exceptionally small lifespan, considering that compounds in typical city-provided water makes it harden and turn into brittle. The fittings generally burst open first, and then the water pipe itself.
Polybutylene plumbing systems consist of flexible plastic piping, grey when for indoor use and black or blue outside. Many fittings are made with both metal and plastic. Insert fittings are then used to join up pieces of polybutylene pipe.
Your water meter displays your water is running even when the water is off.
No burnt skin from the shower if somebody turns on the faucet or flushes.
A lot more confidence when your piping system is protected.
When you hire a plumbing company or other organization to perform the job, it’s perhaps going to cost more over time if you consider that you will have to employ a drywall repair provider to replacement patch over the various repair points. As soon as you seek the services of a repipe company with a master patcher on staff such as Repipe Specialists, you’ll never be required to pay out additional money or valuable time getting your house back to normal. From beginning to end, the PEX and Copper repipe operation takes only a few days. | 2019-04-23T01:09:19Z | https://repipespecialists.com/location/repipe-and-slab-leak-repair-cost-in-duarte/ |
The National Airports Safeguarding Framework provides guidance on planning requirements for development that affects aviation operations. This includes building activity around airports that might penetrate operational airspace and/or affect navigational procedures for aircraft.
The Framework was developed by the National Airports Safeguarding Advisory Group, which includes representatives from: Commonwealth Infrastructure and Defence departments and aviation agencies; state and territory planning and transport departments; and the Australian Local Government Association.
The Australian Government recognises that responsibility for land use planning rests primarily with state, territory and local governments, but that a national approach can assist in improving planning outcomes on and near airports and under flight paths.
The Framework applies at all airports in Australia and affects planning and development around airports, including development activity that might penetrate operational airspace and/or affect navigational procedures for aircraft.
The Framework is intended to provide guidance to state, local and territory governments that can in turn be used to guide assessment and approvals for land use and development on and around identified airports.
The Principles for a National Airports Safeguarding Framework acknowledge the importance of airports and aviation facilities to national, state, territory and local economies, transport networks and social capital.
Over the long term, inappropriate development around airports can result in unnecessary constraints on airport operations and negative impacts on community amenity due to the effects of aircraft noise.
Guideline A provides advice on the use of a supplementary suite of noise metrics, including the Australian Noise Exposure Forecast system and frequency-based noise metrics, to inform strategic planning and provide communities with comprehensive and understandable information about aircraft noise.
Building-induced windshear and turbulence can be a problem for aviation operations in cases where structures are situated close to airport runways. When a significant obstacle is located in the path of a crosswind to an operational runway, the wind flow will be diverted around and over the building and can cause the crosswind speed to vary along the runway.
Guideline B presents a layered risk approach to the siting and design of buildings near airport runways to assist land use planners and airport operators to reduce the risk of building—generated windshear and turbulence.
Wildlife strikes and/or avoidance can cause major damage to aircraft and/or compromise aircraft safety. Whilst the Civil Aviation Safety Authority has well-established safety requirements for wildlife management plans on-airport, wildlife hazards also occur outside the airport fence.
Guideline C provides advice to help protect against wildlife hazards originating off-airport. Many existing airports are surrounded by areas that are attractive to wildlife, especially birds, but appropriate land use planning decisions and the way in which existing land use is managed in the vicinity of airports can significantly reduce the risk of wildlife hazards.
Wind turbines can constitute a risk to low-flying aviation operations such as agricultural pilots. Additionally, temporary and permanent wind monitoring towers can be erected in anticipation of, or in association with, wind farms and can also be hazardous to aviation, particularly given their low visibility. These structures can also affect the performance of Communications, Navigation and Surveillance equipment operated by Airservices Australia and the Department of Defence. Guideline D provides advice on the location and safety management of these and other similar structures.
Pilots are reliant on the specific patterns of aeronautical ground lights during inclement weather and outside daylight hours. These aeronautical ground lights, such as runway lights and approach lights, play a vital role in enabling pilots to align their aircraft with the runway in use. They also enable the pilot to land the aircraft at the appropriate part of the runway.
It is therefore important that lighting in the vicinity of airports is not configured or is of such a pattern that pilots could either be distracted or mistake such lighting as being ground lighting from the airport. Guideline E provides advice on the risks of lighting distractions and how these can be minimised or avoided.
The operational airspace of airports is the volume of airspace above a set of imaginary surfaces, the design of which is determined by criteria established by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. These surfaces are established with the aim of protecting aircraft from obstacles or activities that could be a threat to safety—in particular, high-rise buildings.
Guideline F provides advice for planners and decision makers about working within and around protected airspace, including OLS and PANS-OPS intrusions, and how these can be better integrated into local planning processes.
Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) facilities are crucial to the safe and efficient operation of aircraft. While such facilities are generally associated with airports, some are offsite and at significant distances from airports. Inappropriate development in the vicinity of these facilities can compromise their effectiveness.
Guideline G is intended to assist land-use planners in their consideration of these facilities when assessing development proposals and rezoning requests and when developing strategic land use plans. It will also guide their interactions with Airservices Australia and the Department of Defence on when to consult on development proposals and in gaining up to date geographical locations for these facilities.
The protection of strategically important helicopter landing sites (HLS) (such as those associated with hospitals) from the adverse impacts of development has become a critical issue in recent years. There have been times where hospital emergency helipads have been closed due to safety concerns arising from the nearby operation of construction cranes. Guideline H seeks to provide a consistent national approach for land use planning in the vicinity of these facilities. State and Territory governments are responsible for identifying HLS that are considered to be of strategic importance, or those that are to be protected in the interest of public safety.
Public Safety Areas (PSAs) are designated areas of land at the end of airport runways within which certain planning restrictions may apply. While air crashes are rare events, the majority occur in the vicinity of airports during take-off and landing. The PSA Guideline was developed to mitigate the risk of on-ground fatalities from an aircraft incident, by informing a consistent approach to land use at the end of Australian airport runways. | 2019-04-24T13:07:34Z | https://infrastructure.gov.au/aviation/environmental/airport_safeguarding/nasf/framework_factsheet.aspx |
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Over 500 Exhibitors can be found at both Vision Expo East and West. Explore more than 5,000 fashion and luxury brands in four pavilions dedicated to eyewear fashions: Eyewear & Accessories, Galleria, Underground and the New Designer Gallery.
Discover cutting edge diagnostic and medical equipment and experience the latest innovations in lens design and low vision solutions in three pavilions dedicated to the science of vision: Lenses & Processing and Medical and Low Vision pavilions. | 2019-04-23T08:32:01Z | https://theeyewearforum.com/event/vision-expo-east/ |
Born Azalea Priscilla Carey May 13, 2005 in Boston Massachusetts. Azalea started dancing at the age of 3 and continues to do so studying many styles of dance. Azaleas love for singing and entertaining has been a motivating force of creating her art and passion. She moved to Los Angeles with her family in 2014 to pursue her dreams of becoming a professional vocalist. Azalea continues to train daily in many forms of voice & dance. She has recently recorded her first debut single title “Extra” which she is excited to soon share with the world. For fun she likes to Vlog on her Youtube channel.
Check out my Instagram profile and follow me for bursts of song and dance inspiration.
Welcome - For everyone who is ready to rise and shine come on in. | 2019-04-18T14:50:44Z | http://azaleacarey.com/about-me-2-2/ |
Twitter should do more to combat antisemitism, expert says. Photo: Wiki/Telecino.
Twitter needs to “step up and deal with the hate speech” that is increasingly sweeping the popular social media platform, an antisemitism expert told The Algemeiner on Thursday.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC), was responding to recent reports from Jewish personalities on Twitter that they have been coming under attack by antisemites and white supremacists.
Twitter’s purported lackadaisical response to antisemitic hate speech in its feeds even prompted prominent New York Times Washington deputy-editor Jon Weisman to shut down his account of 34,000 followers. After providing Twitter with a vast collection of antisemitic tweets sent to him over the last several months, Twitter responded that none of the offenders had violated the site’s rules.
.@twitter response: we see nothing here that violates our rules.
So I will be moving to Facebook where at least people need to use their real names and can’t hide behind fakery to spread their hate.
Weisman became a target of antisemitic trolls — who are able to hide behind a mask of anonymity on Twitter — using the “(((echo))) technique.” Last week, Google pulled an innocuous sounding plugin — the “Coincidence Detector” — used in its Chrome browser by white supremacists to track Jews online. Using a special web construction of three parentheses around the names of targets, white supremacists were able to label Jews who appeared on the web. This allowed users to single out popular Jewish personalities in entertainment, media and politics and harass them online, especially on Twitter.
While the extension had remained relatively unknown, its true use came to light when Twitter user @CyberTrump tweeted to Weisman: “Hello (((Weisman))),” following his posting of an anti-Trump article. When Weisman asked @CyberTrump to explain the symbol, he wrote, “It’s a dog whistle, fool. Belling the cat for my fellow goyim.” With the parentheses, @CyberTrump alerted the world to (((echo))).
According to SWC’s Cooper, Weisman and other Jewish personalities are being “pummeled with antisemitic invective for simply expressing their political views.” The implications of Twitter’s inaction, Cooper said, can prove drastic. | 2019-04-25T08:07:37Z | https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/06/10/antisemitism-expert-twitter-must-step-up-war-against-jew-targeted-hate-speech/ |
What IS Derailed?? We are about to start the next stage of development for our latest show Derailed and we want to share our process with you.
*Please note that there are a few spoiler alerts.
What was your main inspiration for developing “Derailed”?
Patricia: Creativity comes from the most random places. Sometimes you start with an idea, in this case, it was the derailment of the train in Santiago (2013). Then, when you verbalize that idea, you actually realise there might be other things that are more appealing, more attractive and more engaging. Then you ‘derail’ (excuse the pun) into different ideas. That was the starting point, then the better idea comes through which was inspired by that initial idea and so on.
Merce: So in our case the starting point was the accident. And and then we started asking ourselves: who was responsible? Was it just the driver? Was it the government for not putting safety measures in place? And it got us thinking, OK, this isn’t as simple, this has got more to it than we anticipated. It’s about citizens, the government and their relationship. Then conversations about activism arose, about how can we, as individuals, hold our governments accountable. And do WE actually have enough power? What are our tools for doing that? And we started to look at our own lives to share our hopes, desires and feelings about a better world.
Why did you choose to make it autobiographical?
Merce: Because we wanted to talk about a really big topic “changing the world”. And the only way you can really tackle this is by going into detail, by looking around you, thinking how am I, in a world of millions, contributing to making it better? And, can my little actions have such an effect that they will eventually work towards positive change?
Patricia: Also because we like to think of making it engaging, attractive for the audience. And after many hours of talking about it and improvising on it, our final conclusion for this particular process was that actually our own stories were the most exciting to tackle the topic. We can talk of activism better from our own experiences, if not, it becomes too broad, too distant.
Merce: there is someone that at some point becomes big and relevant and people follow them. But the real changes have to be powered by normal people in order to succeed.
Patricia: From the world I would change the lack of equality, the lack of equal opportunities. I’d like a world where it didn’t matter as much WHERE you are born, who are your parents…To be able to give everyone the same terms, to dream or to be whatever they want to be. To be able to think more of US as TOGETHER, rather than me me me me me me!
How do you think the current international events have changed the show?
Patricia: Well one of the key ones has to be Brexit. You can’t escape the fact that we are a theatre company based in England run by two Spaniards who to the day of today don’t know what is going to happen with their company in a few months. And since it is such an autobiographical event we totally have to talk about it. When we previewed the show in April 2016 the vote hadn’t happened yet . And that is massive! We talk a lot about current events.
Merce: Yeah, and it would be like the elephant in the room if we kind of ignored it and say, OK, this is a show about changing the world but which world? It’s the world we live in, and it needs to be about politics, about activism. So yes, it has to be an essential part of it.
What is your favourite part of the show? *SPOILER ALERT!
Merce: That’s got to be the fight, like a proper full on “lucha libre” fight between two characters. That for me is a tribute to my teen years watching Hulk Hogan wrestling with my brother on a Sunday morning.
Patricia: Calling my dad live on skype is my favourite moment.
Could you share with us an anecdote of the show (process, rehearsals, performances)?*SPOILER ALERT!
Patricia: For me it has to be the moment when my dad flirted a bit with a member of the audience live on stage (giggles). Yeah, so we had to tell him off a little bit.
Merce: Yeah, that was really good! (Laughs). Humm don’t know…I think the fact that we met John-Paul Flintoff. We met him an afternoon when we went up north with Patricia’s son. The three of us were in a little café. He has a book called “How to Change the World”, and he basically had no idea why he was there.
How did you come up with the idea of a live band on stage?
Patricia: The idea of the band on stage comes directly from the idea of wanting to make a show that contains a lot of rock And roll, punk, highly energetic music. So it made sense because it wouldn’t be nice to have pre-recorded music, we preferred to play it live and make it a very active storyteller. In fact, we use music in many different ways. We use it to give atmosphere, as a dialogue piece, we use it to talk through the show… And one of the things that interested us the most was linked to the idea that anything is possible. This is directly linked with the fact that nor Merce or I actually play musical instruments and we wanted to, so we threw ourselves into it.
So was it difficult, learning how to play different instruments?
Is this your last tour in the UK?
Patricia: Yes, yes it is. So you have to come to see it because it is going to be historical. | 2019-04-21T14:36:12Z | http://littlesoldierproductions.co.uk/archives/568 |
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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: J Bassett to George Washington, Plan for Translation of Ebeling's Geography and General History of the United States . 1796. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mgw440109/.
(1796) George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: J Bassett to George Washington, Plan for Translation of Ebeling's Geography and General History of the United States . [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mgw440109/.
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We’ve now confirmed that the conference dinner will be held at The Farm restaurant on Dawson St. The cost will be €35 per person for a 3-course meal, including a bottle of wine for each table. You can have a look at the set menu here. As you can see, the food is all organic and there are plenty of veggie and gluten-free options!
To reserve your place at the dinner, email the organisers at greenchildrenslit@gmail.com. | 2019-04-20T12:48:00Z | https://greenmanconference.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/conference-dinner/ |
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Things to do to inspire you this holiday season! It’s not just about shoes….well maybe!
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While everyone is out having holiday drinks after work, shopping in advance for holiday gifts, attending work parties and potlucks, or taking extended vacations, whether it be shoe designers or apparel designers, we are slammed with work. During the holidays, we are rushing to get sketches, trend boards, trade show revisions or tech packs submitted before the new year.
I decided this year, I will do my best to participate in these holiday activities. I am going to re-charge my battery by attending events that will nourish my creativity and inspire me the next day to work, and possibly get some holiday shopping done! Here are some events going on the next few weeks that I hope get my creativity energies going, and maybe you will to. If not these events but others!
Famous still life Spanish painter, Luis Melendez, beautiful paintings from the 1700’s, is at LACMA and will be there until January 3, 2010. The colors, textures, and style is fantastic! Some color palette inspiration possibly??
The MOCA is celebrating it’s First Thirty Years and is exhibiting over 100 works of art dating back from 1940 until now. This exhibit will go until May 3, 2010. Oh yes, and you can’t resist going into the MOCA store to do some holiday shopping!
Giant Robot is hosting an event called the Post it Show. This show will feature 2000 works, (does it mean 2000 Post Its?) at GR2 this Saturday, December 5th, from 6:30 to 10 p.m.
I love seeing what other designers are doing, new ideas, new product launches, and supporting new designers. This weekend Unique L.A. is hosting an event in downtown, where independent designers are able to display and sell their work. It’s a way to get inspired, find new ideas, and also do a little Christmas shopping! Unique L.A. is this weekend, December 5th and 6th.
Flea marketing is one of my hobbies. One of my favorites is the Rose Bowl which is the second Sunday of the month. Next one is December 13th.
Art, Giving, and Holiday cheer. This is the best combination. The Pop Gallery in Culver City is having a Holiday Charity Exhibition on December 11th -January 30th. The exhibit is called, Shameless, Nameless, & Recycled. A hundred international artists, designers, and craftsmen/women, donated their work and one hundred percent of the proceeds will go directly to the charities. You can check out their website at www.thepopstudio.com for more details!
Royal/T Café is also having a colorful exhibition called In Bed Together. It’s curated by Jane Glassman featuring 50 works by 50 different artisits. This will run thru January. They also have a fabulous store and café!
Last but not least is the Naples Christimas Boat Parade in Long Beach sounds like it will keep me in the holiday spirit. I definitely want to check this out. A boat ride, hot chocolate, christmas carols, and nice architecture with lights…what more can I ask for! | 2019-04-23T04:36:44Z | http://blog.naliniarora.com/things-to-do-to-inspire-you-this-holiday-season-its-not-just-about-shoes-well-maybe/ |
Madison Wisconsin Photography | KJay Photography in Madison! Fun and Creative Senior Pictures!
Creative and beautiful senior pictures by K Jay Photos.
Love this gals senior pictures. This gorgeous girl has style and it shows in her senior pictures. Not sure how her mom is going to select which senior pictures to print, she has so many to choose from!
KJay Photos, Waunakee WI Photographer, is now reserving the Class of 2019! To hold a spot, contact KJay Photos today at 850-4850. Don’t forget your smile when we showcase your style!
Madison WI photographer offers fun senior portraits!
K Jay Photos Photographer, a fun Madison WI photographer offering fun senior portraits.
Looking for something different in your senior pictures? Beautiful portraits, gorgeous outdoor settings, fun senior pictures? KJay Photos Photography, serving the Madison, WI area and beyond with senior pictures that customers love and cherish. Call today to reserve your 2017 senior portrait session! 608-850-4850, KJay Photos Photography, your Madison, WI senior portrait specialist.
Madison Wisconsin Photographer offers beautiful senior pictures.
KJay Photos Photography, offers beautiful senior pictures for those wanting something creative or unique.
Fun Madison, WI Photographer serving the Madison, Wisconsin area and surrounding counties with beautiful portraits for high school seniors.
This gorgeous Class of 2017 Portage WI senior was so much fun to photograph. Her hubby personality and beautiful smile shine through in her senior portraits. Now reserving the Class of 2018 seniors and taking appointments for this spring, summer and fall senior picture sessions. Call today to reserve your senior portrait spot! 608-850-4850.
Swim senior pictures – Madison WI photographer.
Every year K Jay Photos Photography is lucky enough to photograph a handful of swimmers. To be efficient with our time, most will request to be photographed in our Madison WI area photography studio. With the help of photoshop, great photography lighting and athletic swimmer subjects, here are a few favorites from last year.
To reserve your senior pictures with K Jay Photos, Madison WI senior portrait photographer, all 608-850-4850 or email kim@kjayphotos.com. Now reserving the Class of 2018.
Who said senior pictures for guys couldn’t be cool?
So many guys having their senior pictures taken wanted something a little more unique then the same average poses that most photographers use. K Jay Photography of Madison WI takes pride in being a photographer that isn’t like every other photographer. Madison Wisconsin seniors and beyond love that we can offer something that is different and unique when it comes to senior pictures.
Guys want cool senior pictures capturing what makes them unique. Do not forget the ball or other props to showcase a favorite sport or hobby and most importantly do not forget your smile. Book your 2018 senior portraits today with K Jay Photos Photography, Madison WI or call 608-850-4850 to schedule your session.
This beautiful Sun Prairie WI high school senior wanted more then just the average senior pictures when searching for a photographer. K Jay Photos Photography, serving the Madison WI area, is always up for the challenge. This senior chose a Deluxe Package, giving us the extra time to capture some pretty artistic beautiful portraits.
On her check list for senior pictures included some graduation photos she could use for her graduation invite. In addition, prom dress senior pictures, water and flowers along with some urban senior portraits with a little sass. There were so many awesome choices, we just do not know how she was going to decide which ones to print. Wishing we could have made a book with her senior pictures for her to treasure for years to come. Here are just a handful of this Sun Prairie WI senior’s beautiful portraits. For more senior picture ideas, visit K Jay Photos Photograph high school senior portrait gallery.
Whether it is softball, baseball or any other sport, bring the ball to your senior portrait session with K Jay Photos Photography, a Madison WI Photographer specializing in fun, creative senior pictures!
Wanting creative senior pictures? Call K Jay Photography serving Madison, WI, Southern Wisconsin and beyond. Our customers rave about their senior pictures and how fun the photographer was during their portrait session. See why K Jay Photography’s customer list is growing each year. We were honored to have seniors travel to our studio last year from Janesville WI, Rio WI, Ithaca WI, Spring Green WI, Fall River WI, Sauk City WI, Portage WI, Grafton WI, McFarland WI, Evansville WI, Stoughton WI, Broadhead WI, Poynette WI, Deerfield WI, Cambria Freisland WI, River Valley WI, Loganville WI, Monona Grove WI, Oregon WI, Verona WI, Sun Prairie WI and of course Madison Wisconsin. What an honor to photograph kids from all over Southern Wisconsin.
K Jay Photography is passionate about portraits and passionate about their customers. Incorporating hobbies, interests and sports into each photography session. Whether it is football, dance, swimming, baseball, paintball or you love your truck, let’s show that in your senior pictures! If you have a favorite place or setting you enjoyed growing up and exploring, let’s explore that as a setting for your senior pictures. Our Madison WI photographer will travel to your nearby Madison, WI locations with our deluxe packages. A few places we have traveled to include Middleton Wisconsin’s Pheasant Branch, DeForest WI Sunfish Pond, Sun Prairie WI parks, Lodi WI farm, Monona and the Monona Grove High School football field, etc. Please note that 99% of what you see in our high school senior portrait gallery was shot in Waunakee WI nearby our photography studio. We have plenty of ideas and perfect settings nearby. So what are you waiting for? Let’s discuss your senior portraits and get your session on our calendar today while we still have openings.
Call K Jay today and book your senior portrait session. Now reserving the Class of 2018!
We are in full swing with high school senior portraits and loving every minute of it and it shows in these unique portraits. K Jay Photos Photography, Madison WI Photographer, senior pictures are our main focus this time of year, serving Wisconsin high school seniors traveling from near and far. Capturing sports, passions and just unique senior portraits. Using great light techniques and making the most of every single shot with the camera. Striving to capture unique senior pictures that you will love and cherish a lifetime.
Call Madison WI Photographer, Kimberly Arneson, at 608-850-4850 or email kim@kjayphotos.com to reserve your session today!
This California boy loves hockey and chose K Jay Photos Photography, Madison WI Photographer specializing in high school senior portraits, for his senior pictures. He has traveled the states and lived in various hockey host homes to get as much competitive hockey as he can get. An athlete with style, dressed up and making great first impressions at such a young age. He also has heart, and brought with the puck that he scored his first goal with in life. I can tell you that this hockey player will be achieving many more goals in years to come. #Impressed. #HockeySeniorPictures #HockeyPictures K Jay Photos Photography, Madison WI Photographer strives to capture what makes you you in your senior portraits. For more information on K Jay Photos Photography, visit www.kjayportraits.com. | 2019-04-19T14:31:49Z | https://seniorphotos.wordpress.com/category/madison-wisconsin-photography/ |
Graham was the match-winner on the day, bagging his 15th of the season and 150th career league goal.
And whilst the goalscorers normally take the plaudits, with Joe Rothwell's stunner in the first half getting Rovers off the mark, Graham admitted it was a real team display at The City Ground.
“It was a lot different to how we performed on Tuesday night," the striker admitted after the game.
"We had two show a lot of grit and determination and defended really well when we had to.
“I just want to keep contributing to the team, whether that's by scoring goals or getting assists. It's nice to score goals, but I've not had any targets. We have four games left so hopefully I can add to the tally.
“The story of our season has seen us get into a comfortable position before letting opponents back into games. We had to dig in and it's now two wins on the bounce, which is very pleasing.
“The centre halves were massive for us. I'm pleased for them and they've probably won us the three points for the effort they've put in.
“Joe's been desperate to play over the last few weeks and it's a great finish, right into the top corner. Hopefully he can take that confidence into the rest of the season and take it into the next campaign."
With four games remaining, Graham's targeting a quartet of victories, and says that continuing the winning run will be beneficial to the team longer term.
“We've beaten quite a few of the big clubs this season, the likes of Stoke, Leeds, Derby, Forest, so we shouldn't fear anyone," the 33-year-old added.
“We just need to find that consistency and that balance and I feel we've shown that over the last couple of weeks. | 2019-04-20T12:13:32Z | https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/april/danny-grit-and-determination-won-us-the-game/ |
Now that we have returned and rested for multiple weeks- I would like to take some time to put closure on our trip in Denmark.
When I first left Vermont I felt as though I was swept away- without the proper amount of time to say goodbye. But such is my experience with much of my life; I ride the waves of happenstance, and work with what I have in front of me. That is not to suggest that being away from my home and from my normal everyday life was without frustration- being away from the world was like holding my breath- an adventure, but one with un-comfortability which exaggerates exponentially. The peak of this torment was in our fifth week in Copenhagen- at which point I felt a deep wish to return back to the safety and familiarity of the Green Mountains. After that the anxiety crept to the back of my mind- and I went on more or less unbeknownst to the lurking presence of my insecurity. But that’s enough of this melodramatic monologue of my personal discomfort- a much more interesting topic for consideration would be what I have learned from my experiences in Scandinavia.
You can find some really good pastries in Copenhagen! Very buttery and delicious!
The United States government does not have anywhere near the consideration of environmental issues that the Danish administration has… Also, bike paths are awesome and I am deeply saddened that you can’t find very many in Vermont.
This is mildly connected to #2, but even so I shall continue. Instead of making huge garbage dumps- the Danish people have it burned in an incinerator in Copenhagen. A practice which would normally pollute the surrounding area horribly- a solution for this has been found though, and the incinerator has an extremely useful filtration system which cleans away all the noxious toxins and other bad stuffs which would normally be pumped into the atmosphere. Meaning that the only emissions from the incinerator are water vapor, and carbon dioxide. When I heard that they were pumping CO2 into the atmosphere I was a little disappointed in the Danish government; shouldn’t there be a way to clean that out too? As it happens- yes, there is a way to filter out (sequester) CO2, but it is so outrageously expensive that it costs over a 100 times more to filter the carbon than it does to buy it in pure form… That’s expensive. All the same though- I feel that as long as they can filter out the poisons, I have no problems with them burning their trash. In my humble opinion- I’d say it beats garbage dumps tenfold… bleh.
In Europe they drink beer instead of soda, in Denmark at least. Or that’s the understanding I gleaned from our visit there. Previously I thought that all alcoholic beverages were evil- and that no one should drink them. Now I have a new understanding; as long as one does not drink alcohol excessively- there is nothing wrong with consuming it. This change of heart came from my realization that soda has many more depilating effects on one’s health than wine, for example. In fact, having a single glass of red wine each day (emphasis on single- as having more than that can be very unhealthy), actually can be beneficial to your health- while drinking a soda everyday would likely be extremely harmful to your physical wellbeing.
They smoke in Denmark. A lot. And yet they live healthier lives than we do (perhaps caused by their willingness to bike and walk daily?)… As I understand it- this is directly connected to their more intense laws on what types of foods can be sold (as well as their preference of beer over soda as I mentioned earlier). My personal belief is that in the United States, the government works for businesses- whereas in Denmark the government works for the people.
As a whole, the trip was wonderful. And I consider myself very fortunate to have gone. It wasn’t the trip I originally imagined when I heard we were going to Europe, and I never did get to see Vincent Van Gogh’s grave- but it was an amazing experience, and I know that sometime soon I’d like to return to the other side of the Atlantic, and I know I will enjoy it when I do. | 2019-04-20T23:19:52Z | http://www.digitalmunchies.com/uncategorized/reflections-on-our-adventures-in-denmark/ |
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The New York Court of Appeals today granted CCL's motion for leave to file an amicus brief on behalf of the American Association for Justice in Daniels v. Beemiller, Inc.
The case involves a lawsuit by the estate of a man killed when he was mistaken for a gang member by a rival gang. The gun had been purchased at an Ohio gun show as part of a lot by an illegal gun dealer. The distributor selling the guns was licensed, but knew the purchaser was not and that the purchaser was taking the lot to New York for resale. The sale violated the 1968 Crime Control Act, which requires sellers to assure that the buyers are not taking the guns across state lines or are otherwise eligible to sell the guns in the destination state. The amicus brief argues that the federal statute supplies the state interest that justifies the exercise of jurisdiction, a requirement described by the U.S. Supreme Court in its most decision on personal jurisdiction, Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court.
The distributor-dealer in the case objected to the AAJ amicus brief, arguing that it added nothing to the case and urging the court to deny leave. The court nonetheless granted leave. The case will be argued in Albany on March 20.
In a case in which CCL prevailed in the Seventh Circuit, Burmaster v. Herman, Brian Burmaster filed a pro se petition for certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court. The petition argues that his case was not frivolous, as the magistrate judge found in the Eastern District of Wisconsin, but ignores the Seventh Circuit's affirmance on the alternative ground that there was no jurisdiction over the case.
Burmaster's petition is one of several he has filed against various people and corporations. He further asserts that he has an international lawyer who is pursuing remedies in international judicial arenas.
By waiving its right to file an immediate brief in opposition to cert, CCL can move the case forward more quickly and reach a final disposition.
In Riggs v. Airbus Helicopter, Inc., a Ninth Circuit brief filed today that CCL worked on with the Robb & Robb law firm in Kansas City, Mo., argues that the U.S. District Court in Nevada correctly ordered remand of a case to state court after Airbus removed it, claiming to qualify as a federal officer.
The case involves the crash of an Airbus helicopter that killed a tourist passenger who was going to see the Grand Canyon. When the helicopter landed hard in an emergency, it burst into flames. The passenger later died from the burns. Airbus removed the case from Nevada state court, claiming that its designation by the Federal Aviation Administration to certify the design and airworthiness of its own aircraft rendered it a federal officer and entitled it to defend itself in federal court. The brief argues that mere certification does not entitle the aircraft manufacturer to federal-officer status, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held. | 2019-04-21T13:11:50Z | http://www.cclfirm.com/blog/category/600/ |
Recently opened Quiubo and Santo Cielo restaurants equipped with multi-zoned distributed systems based on xS-Series loudspeakers and subwoofers.
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The Bien Trucha Group, located in Geneva, Illinois, owns four restaurants located in the western suburbs of Chicago. In keeping with its commitment to quality food and atmosphere, its newest restaurants, Quiubo and Santo Cielo, both opened with d&b audiotechnik-based sound reinforcement systems.
Rodrigo Cano, COO and partner for Bien Trucha Group, played a major role in the decision to install d&b audiotechnik. Cano graduated from college with an audio engineering degree, but ultimately was pulled back into the family restaurant business, which was growing in leaps and bounds. Fortunately for their patrons, his love of audio translated into his desire to install the best sound reinforcement system available.
Quiubo, located in Naperville, Illinois is a compact but airy space. The entrance opens into a lively bar and waiting area with a long dining space to the right. The zoned distributed system is divided into the bar, indoor and outdoor dining areas.
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Shortly thereafter, Cano and his family started working on their next project, a rooftop lounge and restaurant located a few blocks down from Quiubo. Santo Cielo, loosely translated as “Good Heavens,” occupies the top (fifth) floor of the newly built Hotel Indigo, which is now the tallest building in downtown Naperville, Illinois.
Santo Cielo features a 65-seat dining room, a private room for 20-25 that can also handle overflow guests on busy nights, and a bar and lounge space that accommodates another 50 guests. The restaurant is surrounded by three panel windows that can be retracted two-thirds of the way downward, creating an open air dining space bordered by rails when weather permits.
Cano and Simshauser created a five-zone system that keeps patrons immersed in the atmosphere of Santo Cielo. The two zones covering the bar and lounge area are made up of eight wall-mounted d&b 5S loudspeakers, four distributed throughout each zone. Weekend nights feature DJ music and dancing. As a result, a 12S-SUB is tucked away in a corner to provide the driving beat a late-night nightclub environment demands.
The dining area is a rectangular space covered by two zones that run parallel to each other. One zone deploys two wall-mounted 5S loudspeakers, while the other utilizes two corner-mounted 5S loudspeaker reinforced by two more wall-mounted 4S enclosures. Lastly, the private dining area has two 4S loudspeakers – mounted in two corners of the room – delivering a music backdrop to complete the full sensory experience. | 2019-04-25T20:17:17Z | https://www.prosoundweb.com/channels/av/bien-trucha-group-opens-new-chicago-area-restaurants-with-db-audiotechnik/ |
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This is an updated and revised very compact version with focus on the important teachings of the great Sage.
I have divided these essential verses of the Yoga Vasistha into four parts and included the prayer before reading before each of these four parts. These parts are not balanced in length but feel to contain tighter groups of teachings. The fourth part is longer than the other parts.
This offering was not intended to be a book as such. I kept some notes on the main points covered in the video and expanded them a little so there could be a take-home in the form of a pdf handout to be released along with each video. I have received some feedback on culling these handouts into an eBook so with a little tweaking—here it is. I humbly offer this unto all who may feel it useful.
The Yoga Vāsiṣṭha is a very important scripture for sincere seekers of the truth but perhaps not as well-known as some others. This scripture has many stories that are used to point to subtle truths which are generally hard to absorb theoretically—especially today, when political correctness imposes itself on direct communication. Swami Venkatesananda’s translations on the Yoga Vāsiṣṭha are the very best as only excessive descriptions in the story or redundancy is left out but the essentials are brought to light in very simple language.
Here, I have chosen to focus on the important teachings communicated through the stories, without the stories or illustrations. This has its advantages and disadvantages. The reader may not get the background based on which or through which the teachings were communicated and it may also seem repetitive as some stories bring out teachings covered earlier so some overlap and redundancy was unavoidable. The advantage however falls to seekers who have been on the path for a while and are able to grasp the subtle but lofty truths without concern of redundancy.
Vasistha makes it very clear that the problem is confusion of the real with the unreal or changing due to the seeming reality of its appearance. Life is the field where this takes place and life must also be the field where this is corrected. Meditation or practice sharpens the instrument which allows for a life where we deal with things as they are, without the interference of thought. This thins the mind and the mind and this thinned mind is ready for deeper meditation so one’s true nature can be seen.
Life or activity and meditation or practice feed on each other in a cycle of ridding the mind of its impurities so one’s true nature can be seen. This is the task on hand and this mighty scripture is a blazing light on the path.
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Usually, we strive towards something that is apart from ourselves. Here we are, and, there or that is what we would like to attain. What is attempted to attain is different from who we are in being. To put it simply, the ‘what’ which is to be attained is different from the ‘who’ or person who will attain it. ‘I’, will make effort to attain ‘that’ – I am here now and what is sought is not, but by correct and focused effort – its attainment seems possible. In this arrangement or field, all goals are within reach if one is ready to make the required effort. The person as such does not matter as much as the effort needed. What is to be attained, is somehow a result of the effort made towards its attainment. But here in sadhana, the focus is on ourselves – to remove all obstacles so one’s true nature can be seen. The uncompromising and unrelenting effort is on undoing the sense of ‘I’ or self while at the same time, focusing that freed-up sense of ‘I’ on knowing itself.
We have come to equate success with results, giving importance to the result and largely ignoring the process. In spiritual practice, the effort itself blossoms as the sought. What we seek is already here and now, all our efforts are aimed at removing the obstacles we ourselves have constructed and sustain. We are not working towards something for the sense of ‘I’ or ‘me’ but, undoing the sense of ‘I’ or ‘me’.
The difficulty lies in at once mustering and sustaining the level of sincerity needed to realize one’s true nature. Wholehearted practice has to be sustained by the fire of sincere aspiration and kept ablaze through the storms of old habit which gradually weaken by disuse. Existing likes and dislikes must be recycled so all energy is directed towards knowing the self, which at the same time weakens old habits.
Spiritual effort is not towards an attainment of something new or non-existent now. What we seek is to know by direct experience our true nature which though here and now, eludes our vision due to the strong force of habits. This track of habitual ways was created and is sustained by our own selves. We are the makers and sustainers of the ties that bind and we must unmake and dissolve the very ties we have created to realize our true nature.
To realize, means to make real – not conceptually but real so that there is no mistaking again. Towards this end, the great teacher Shankaracharya’s ‘Five Verses on Sadhana’ are most useful. Written in verse form originally, I have laid them out as individual instructions with some thoughts that I hope will inspire a framework for your practice.
This series was intended to be a series of short practical essays on yoga but evolved into a video presentation with the very first one. It was felt that this format may make it easier to learn with the main points in video and audio at the same time. The rest in the series started off the same way with writing the main points to be covered and some detail but the audio recording gave room for expansion of content. I was freer on the audio and so it contained more than the text. Now, we have a fusion between the earlier text and the spoken word, now transcribed. Light editing was necessary to make this a stand-alone work without the video or audio or as a guide.
The first talk has been broken-up into a small introduction on raja yoga, yama and niyama as separate topics to flow better in line with the eight limbs of yoga. Asanas and pranayama have also separate topics in this version. Samadhi has not been dealt with in this series. At the very end, you will find the guided discussion in a user friendly format which will also be available on the website as a separate download.
Yoga, spiritual life or religion is not coffee table discussion stuff but practice—and all of life is the mat of practice, not just the little prayer area or a room in some building. Swami Sivananda writes, “An ounce of practice is worth more than ten tons of theory”.
This is intended as a practical guide, one to read now and practice now as you go along. Theory must give way to practice and practice to experience. Experience shapes understanding and checks habit. The mat of practice involves all of life, not just the sitting area. We must be able to sit inwardly or be steady while we are standing, walking and doing all that we do. This inward sitting is what yoga calls asana, not just an exercise posture.
This inward sitting is something all can and should do as it removes impurities in the mind or habit and paves the way for one’s true nature to unfold. This double-sided single action is the purpose of yoga, religion, spirituality: the removal of impurities so one’s true nature can be seen. When spirituality enters life, life enters spirituality. Practice diligently.
This series has two segments that flow into each other.
The Path: This first segment is on the path ahead and four important markers. We start with sharpening the edge and use the field of life to do what needs to be done without the interference of thought. This weakens and exhausts conditioning and it becomes easier to realize our distinctness from thought in a way that lasts beyond the different practices. The inner center of gravity has now shifted from thought to consciousness and conditions are ripe for self-inquiry.
Some Essentials: The second segment is on some essentials while on the path, first of all being a hunger for change which has to be one born of direct examination of things as they are and not unfavorable conditions. When the danger is clearly seen as within, consciousness or awareness is roused into action and empowered in an act of self-surrender or vigilance that itself keeps thought from interfering in life. A new way of living ensues as this awareness perceives and acts directly, engaging each situation and disregarding our hidden likes and dislikes. Staying the course a little, one experiences significant lightness within as the content of our mind’s burden is thought and it is gradually diffused. Still one knows that danger lurks deeper and now sees clearly that its interference must not happen and one’s resolve to stay the course deepens to the degree of relentless perseverance where one is ready to pay any price along the way.
Vedanta deals with the indivisibility of all things, you and me included. Systemized much later, in the earlier stages it was merely a dialogue or series of dialogues between master and disciple that took intellectual doubts to their logical conclusion and hence, ended learning. This laid the foundation for deep contemplation and direct realization.
Direct realization must happen! – or we are left with concepts, mere words that do not have the power to bring inner clarity. Through the words, you are learning about yourself and therefore, study of vedanta is the study of the self in stages, culminating in direct experience.
Songs have a unique way of driving home points that are diffucult to grasp or elusive, as they are not limited by the rules and structure of language. Songs use language but are not used by language. What the finger is pointing to is more important than the finger itself.
I have discovered this in the Inspiring English Philosophical Songs of Swami Sivananda, and this work is offered in the humble footsteps that follow this inspiration. The tune is simple and the rhythm is set to a four line verse for symmetry. Where it was felt to have five or six lines, I have indented them so it cues you to follow the same tune as the earlier lines so that the next verse may begin afresh.
One does not need any singing ability or talent for these songs – as the message is the music! The first few times you may find yourself concentrating on the words and tune, on the singing. If you continue without becoming mechanical, you will find yourself listening to the words of the song which is being sung. If you continue and stay alert, you will then find yourself contemplating of the meaning of the song which is being sung and heard. If you are determined and ever alert, finally something wonderful happens! – will find yourself meditating on that which the words point to while the song is being sung and listened.
I have found singing Swami Sivananda’s English Philosophical Songs to be the best meditations and have been immeasurably inspired by them. The essence of all teachings is contained in his magnificent songs. Simplicity of mind and heart is needed, together with discipline in regularity of effort till it becomes natural – not the singing, but all that follows as a result.
It is very significant that the Vishnusahasranama was given as an answer to the questions of Yudishtira by the great Bhishma at the end of the Mahabharata war. The only enemies are the ones within—in our own minds and hearts. It is only after the inner war is won that the field is fertile to cultivate the new.
In the Katha Upanishad, the great master Yama instructs the most worthy disciple Nachiketas: “Arise. Awake. Staying awake, go to the master and get instruction, or have your doubts cleared.” Yoga insists on self-control and self-restraint before the other steps of restoration of one’s true nature. In jnana yoga, the fourfold qualifications of a seeker are requisite.
Scriptures are as wide open as the endless skies and one is free to take from the expanse any meaning one feels to. Rather than studying them as events or even as a dialogue from the outside, I have found it most useful to get into the teachings, as true teachings are timeless—they are eternally applicable.
Yudishtira’s six questions boil down to two and then further to one: 1) who or what is the greatest Truth or God?, and 2), what is the highest duty or thing to be done?
Bhishma replies to the questions with the thousand names of the Lord instead of an answer that was specific to Yudishtira’s present situation as a king who won a war. The questions may have been specific, but the grand Bhishma’s answer is universal and eternal. Like the sun, the mighty Bhishma radiates God’s Nature and Glories through the Vishnusahasranama or thousand names of God.
Startling it is somehow to grasp how the life struggles of ancient times as portrayed in the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, in all of the scriptures, and in the writings of the sage Bharatrihari, pertain—in precise detail—to this very moment of our struggles and concerns.
In the hundred poems of Bharatrihari, paying homage to Shiva, the Light of Knowledge, at the very outset, are reiterated the maze of entrapments of earthly life and their consequences—all the while he beckons us towards discrimination, meditation, and ultimately transcendence—that we may take up the glorious way of the wise, like the sage who knows the ‘bliss of self-possession’ and ultimately merges in the Supreme Brahman. | 2019-04-26T05:45:12Z | https://suryadevananda.org/ebooks/ |
There is a dream of every employee who works in a company to finish the job in the office and go home with smiling face. Another dream is a satisfaction after the employee gave a good or positive contribution in the office.
The issue will occur if among employee have different standard to be achieved. What standard? A same mission is needed to achieve the goal, in this case is company goals. When we take actions to achieve the company goals, good attitude, good spirit need to be build-in inside the employee’s heart.
A very simple example to see a bad or good attitude is, when an employee drives a rent or company car compare to when an employee drives with own car. Why does he drive his own car with full attention, careful? Coz of the car values came from his pocket. He does not want the car broken or damage and make another extra money to spend to fix the own car again. This is good attitude.
And now, if that good attitude is implemented in his working place (company he works with), he feels that he is part of the owner of the company, he imagines that every action from the company will impact to the business and his pocket, what do we do then?
The question, can we have that attitude?
Yes, we can have that attitude. We need to transform ourselves to have good attitude.
Again, by learning, learning & learning and having high maturity level need to be put in our heart. Is it enough? To make a perfect final result, we can add creative thinking to find good solution, to find the good way to get optimum result.
Attention to the team member also needed to improve the teamwork’s spirit, leadership behavior, act as role model and improve managerial style will help to faster the transformation phase.
Insya Allah, with those attitudes, we can go home with smiling face all the time. | 2019-04-20T20:48:41Z | https://learntoimprove.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/changing-attitude/ |
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Meadowlands School is is a co-educational Private Christian Institution, consisting of Preschool, Primary and Secondary Schools for children between the ages of 15 months-18 years.
The school was founded in June 2014 by Apostle Goodheart and Bimbo Ekwueme to provide a balanced comprehensive educational curriculum for the full development of children intellectually, spiritually and socially. The first set of children were enrolled for early years and primary school in September 2014.
At Meadowlands School, Christ is the centre of everything we do. He is the centre of our community, lives, and experience. Our school has a loving, nurturing environment.
We reinforce the Christian family values of the home, building wisdom, fostering respect and encouraging good discipline. We take time with each child individually, getting to know them and helping them with their work and as they grow in character.
We believe that education must be God-centred, thoroughly equipping children for their future role and God’s plan for their lives. Our objective is to transmit godly Christian culture to the next generation.
Education must meet the needs of individual children and encourage the development of a child’s talents and abilities. We believe in thorough mastery of concepts and knowledge at a rate that is suited to each child. We know that children need a variety of learning methods – individualized, group work, oral, visual, aural and kinesthetic.
Education goes beyond achieving qualifications. We think excellence is essential, but to educate is to bring knowledge, understanding and wisdom.
The last few years though challenging have also been very rewarding bringing about the need for proper transitions for our children and the birthing of the secondary arm of the school.
I am sure you will be glad to make your children and wards part of what God is doing at Meadowlands School.
Kindly, enroll your child/ward today to be a part of Meadowlands Secondary School, September 2018/2019 academic year. The date for Common Entrance exam and admission requirements are on the flyer attached.
Your child/ward will thoroughly enjoy the experience.
We look forward to your responses and enquiries so that you can be updated!
We also look forward to partnering with you to ensure your children become all God has destined for them to be - a city set upon a hill cannot be hid. | 2019-04-26T10:29:44Z | https://www.naijacynth.com/2018/04/dear-parents-and-guardians-enroll-your.html |
Nikon D800 Autofocus Repair Testing With The 105mm and 24-70mm lenses.
This is the third time I’m posting about the testing of my D800 autofocus system. The first time was not long after I purchased it, just to see if it had the problem. I found that it did have the problem, and I sent it to Nikon for repair. When the camera came back, I tested it again. Initially I thought it may have been fixed, but further testing showed there was still a problem.
I finally received my camera back, and had a chance to test it with two lenses. I tested with the 24-70 and the Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 Micro VR (this lens didn’t go to Nikon). I did not fine tune the camera and lenses before testing, this is how Nikon sent it to me. I used the same test procedures I outlined previously, with a small twist because I now have FocusTune to help me out. The results here are all RAW conversions (the only adjustment I made in Lightroom was to convert to grayscale). I shot in RAW+JPG (L/Fine), I shot a manual focus control shot for each of the five focus test points tested (center, top, bottom, left right – all at the farthest AF points). Between each autofocus test shot, I defocused away from infinity and took five shots for each focus point. I then loaded all of the JPG files into FocusTune and for each focus point I found the SHARPEST result from the five samples, so the results here are the best shots from the group.
It is worthwhile to note that I was not having any problems with my D800 outside of the autofocus system, I’m not sure why they replaced the o-ring and worked on the electrical system. I see no mention of them even looking at the autofocus system.
Apologies that some of these are dark, I didn’t want to make any adjustments so they are presented straight from the camera with no editing. I don’t see any major issues here, the focus system seems to be fairly consistent between all of the points. Here is a closer look at the 105mm left side results.
I would say this is fine, doesn’t quite match the manual focus using live view and 100% zoom but I don’t think phase detect AF is ever going to be as good.
I would say it’s not as bad as the 24mm left side test, however I would not say this is acceptable performance. The lens works fine at the other focus points, here are details of the performance at the center focus point at 24mm.
Both of these are completely acceptable and would not give me any reason for concern. However, the left side AF sensors continue to give me grief. I’m not sure if it’s the lens or the body though, because the 105mm seems to focus fine at the left side. I’ll try to test with my 50mm f/1.8G to see how it performs, and I’ll post the results here when I’m finished.
In general, the whole AF system seems to be a little off. Fine tune won’t fix this as the various AF points don’t correlate to each other in how far out of focus they are. If they were all equally off, fine tune could fix that. Some, such as the center and lower (C, D2) AF point are excellent, others (such as L5) are consistently off. If I fine tune, I’ll be throwing off the good ones. | 2019-04-23T02:06:42Z | https://photokaz.com/blog/2013/04/01/nikon-d800-autofocus-repair-testing-the-sequel/ |
After having a fun afternoon of crafts and snacks yesterday, in honor of today's feast of Our Lady of Altagracia, I didn't have plans for any "extra" activities today. However, since I ended up having leftover Orange Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting (from my Little Flowers Meeting this afternoon), and after seeing Charlotte's beautiful new St. Agnes Coloring Page (whose feast day is also today) pictured in front of an orange tree (how perfect is that?!) I decided to let my children decorate the cupcakes as Lambs (a symbol of St. Agnes), to enjoy after dinner while coloring the picture!
I have to tell you that my 9 yr old boy on seeing the Lamb cupcakes heaved a big sigh and said "mom, we NEED to make those! Remember the ones we made for the Good Shepherd Party?!" :) It made me smile.
The cupcakes reminded me of our Good Shepherd Parties too!! They were so much fun last year!
oh, thanks for all the cool ideas, I just printed up the St. Agnes coloring pages for next year. I hope to make the cupcakes too next year!! | 2019-04-20T11:08:07Z | https://www.showerofrosesblog.com/2011/01/special-treat-for-feasts-of-st-agnes.html |
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German natural cosmetics brand Dr Hauschka will launch its e-store in the UK, the USA and France in the third quarter 2019. The brand, founded in 1967, is growing at a steady pace within an industry, beauty, that is often volatile.
Stability and longevity are imprinted in Dr Hauschka’s DNA, a brand owned by the Wala foundation, which also owns the Wala pharmaceutical laboratories, created in 1937 by Dr Rudolf Hauschka. In France, the brand’s third-largest market behind Germany and the USA, Dr Hauschka is present in 1,500 stores, from natural product shops - the majority of them - to spas, department stores, pharmacies and drugstores. The brand’s French subsidiary was set up in 1989, and since then it has been led by Claudine Reinhard, who is also in charge of the Moroccan subsidiary. In 2018, Dr Hauschka France generated a revenue of €11 million, posting weak growth.
“We started from an unfavourable comparison basis, since in 2017 we grew 20% thanks to the relaunch of our make-up line. A range featuring 83 items which now accounts for 20% of sales, as opposed to 12% before it was reformulated,” said Sophie Roosen, marketing and communication director for Dr Hauschka France.
The brand doesn’t follow a traditional product-launch calendar. In fact, it only introduced one new product in France in 2018. Dr Hauschka’s facial skincare line, notably including the rose day cream, one of its long-established best-sellers (priced approximately €28 for 30 ml), currently accounts for 45% of the brand’s sales.
Dr Hauschka is present in 40 countries worldwide and operates 10 subsidiaries. In 2018, it generated a global revenue of €150 million. Last year, it opened its first e-store on the German market, as well as in the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria. The launch of the e-shop in France, where Dr Hauschka operates its only retail/spa centre worldwide, generating 5% of the brand’s French sales, will take place this year in parallel with the UK and the USA. | 2019-04-26T10:15:41Z | https://us.fashionnetwork.com/news/Dr-Hauschka-to-boost-UK-USA-France-presence-with-e-shop-openings,1089328.html |
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Organic cold pressed seed and nut oils are substantially more expensive than commercial oils. Though they start off infinitely better than commercial oils, more processing must be done to complete the Ayurveda protocols and make the oils fully beneficial and appropriate for human and animal use. Those are the protocols we still follow to this day, at Youthing Strategies beauty product.
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I own a Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 9 motherboard, i9 7900x, titan xp and samsung 950 pro nvme ssd. My ssd is plugged in the m.2 slot right under the cpu socket. After seeing it is underperforming in tests, I noticed it runs at x2 pci-e speed, rather than maximum x4. Having owned ASUS boards before, I thought "oh perhaps it is x2 by default and i just need to set it to x4". Because it really happened to me.
But after a through search in the bios, I came up empty handed. Not only Gigabyte runs my ssd at x2 but doesn't let me change either. Clearly, I have enough PCI-E lanes with 7900x. On this page (Gigabyte x299 configurator) I can see the m.2 slot i'm using is marked as x4 capable.So what's the issue here and why isn't there any detailed options about m.2 slots' link speeds? | 2019-04-23T00:06:44Z | http://forum.gigabyte.us/thread/2410/nvme-link-speed-selection-bios |
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A father in Pennsylvania who told his son and the teen’s friends to lie to police and clean their guns after a robbery turned deadly will spend up to 18 months in prison, prosecutors said.
Stephen Strickland, 51, of Perkasie, in a plea deal on Monday admitted responsibility to misdemeanor counts of hindering apprehension and tampering with evidence in connection with the 2016 shooting death of 19-year-old Iziah Ramon Lewis, the Intelligencer reports.
Strickland decided not to report the attempted robbery and shooting death to police after his son, Noah, 18, and three of his friends – Harrison Moss, Christopher Pavack and Carson Kimnach – approached him and told him about the incident.
The elder Strickland then instructed his son and the other teens to wash their hands and later lie to investigators. He also helped the teens clean their guns, the newspaper reports.
The teens stood trial. Moss fired the shot that killed Lewis, in Kulp Memorial Park in Perkasie on Oct. 29, 2016, while attempting to rob Lewis, who met the teens to sell them marijuana.
Moss is serving six to 12 years in state prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter and related offenses. Kimnach, Pavack and Noah Strickland had their cases referred to juvenile court, admitted to their roles in the shooting and will be incarcerated until age 21.
On Monday a judge sentenced Noah Strickland’s dad Stephen following his guilty plea to serve between six and 18 months in prison. He must also perform 200 hours of community service and serve a year of probation upon release.
Shooter: Harrison Moss, pled guilty lin 2018 to involuntary manslaughter and received a sentence of six to 12 years in state prison.
Strickland’s then 16-year-old son Noah, son and three other teens – Christopher Pavack, also 16; Carson Kimnach, 17 and Harrison Moss, 15, met Lewis in October 2016 at a park in Perkasie under the guise of buying marijuana. Moss then fatally shot Lewis, a former Pennridge High School football player.
Initially all four defendants were set to stand trial as adults and were held charges of felony homicide, conspiracy to commit robbery and inflict serious bodily harm and related firearms offenses against accused shooter Christopher Pavack who turned witness for the prosecution testified that he heard someone yell that Lewis had a gun during the planned drug transaction, which was arranged by the foursome to steal marijuana from two drug dealers to then resell it, the Bucks County Courier Times reported.
But both planned meetings fell apart, prompting the second dealer to put the four teens in touch with Lewis. Pavack also testified that Moss fired one shot at Lewis as he approached the teens and a second as he began to run away.
Bucks County Assistant District Attorney Daniel Sweeney said authorities did not find Lewis in possession of a gun. | 2019-04-20T04:14:09Z | https://konniemoments.com/2019/02/12/father-who-covered-up-fatal-robbery-by-teen-son-and-his-friends-gets-prison-time-stephen-strickland-told-the-teens-to-lie-to-police-helped-clean-their-guns-after-drug-grab-turned-deadly/ |
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There is no sexual dimorphism.
Seems happy in pairs and with other fish of similar size. Will eat invertebrates.
Snails. This fish is a carnivore and needs to eat snails (ramshorn, apple, pond snails, etc.) and will eat blood worm. MTS snails are not generally touched.
Often bought to clear an aquarium of snails. But will require additional snails after a few months in order to keep their beaks in trim and well fed. Bloodworm can be fed weekly as a treat. But they need hard foods.
Heavily planted, well oxygenated aquarium with medium to little water current and non-too bright lighting.
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When stressed (usually at feeding) these fish turn their belly dark and also do the characteristic caudal fin bend with its tail common to most puffers.
Looks very similar to the Figure 8 Puffer (Tetraodon biocellatus) except that the white underbelly has dark circular markings throughout it. When young these markings are very light so can be hard to spot, care is required in inspection. Their belly shape also has a more pronounced bump in it than the Figure 8 Puffer.
This page was last edited on 16 December 2017, at 19:03. | 2019-04-24T02:32:23Z | http://theaquariumwiki.com/wiki/Tetraodon_fluviatilis |
You will have seen that our last blog post, written by Vicky Pridmore, is a thought-provoking piece on the role that reputation plays in a law firm. A law firm is, of course, a business itself – and Vicky’s piece invites us to consider the importance of reputation for businesses.
Vicky’s piece is the first in a series of three reflective pieces which will be available on our blog in the coming weeks. Legal clinics, like the Student Law Office, provide the perfect opportunity to develop reflective practice. Our students are “learning through doing” and that means evaluating what they have done and how they might change that practice in the future. It also includes considering how wider cultural, social and economic factors might impact on their work or the needs of their client.
Our next reflective blog post comes from Matt Boxshall and is entitled “The Legal Hunger Games”. In this piece Matt will look at the competitive nature of law school and how his views have changed during his time working in the Student Law Office.
Juliet Gough’s piece will draw our series of reflective posts to a close. Juliet recently attended a digital training event in London. In her article she shares the insights she learned from that day.
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This post was written by Elaine Campbell. Elaine is a Solicitor Tutor at Northumbria Law School, responsible for the work of the Business & Commercial firms.
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Emily: I’ve wanted to go to Croatia for the last several years. I heard wonderful things about the country and how beautiful (and relatively affordable) it was compared to the rest of Europe. It’s located in Eastern Europe and is just a few hours from Venice, Italy, making it a great side trip.
Last year, my friends and I organized a group trip to visit Rovinj, a small coastal town on the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia. It’s a gorgeous town full of romance. Everything is stunning there, from the streets to the houses. The food is also excellent.
We went for a kizomba dance festival. Later in the trip report series, I will introduce you to kizomba and describe what an incredible dance it is! The dance festival was amazing and Croatia is definitely a place I want to return and spend more time exploring! The trip’s retail cost was ~$17,000 but I paid ~$900.
After the long series of flights, I wanted to pamper myself a bit, so I used Starwood points earned from the AMEX Starwood Preferred Guest card to book a room at the Gritti Palace Hotel in Venice. It was very easy to get to the hotel from the airport. The bus ticket cost 6 euros (~$7). There are several machines to use to buy tickets.
Don’t Forget to Use a Card That Doesn’t Add Foreign Transaction Fees to Buy Your Bus Ticket!
You can choose instructions in English which makes it very simple to understand. I used my Chase Sapphire Preferred card to avoid foreign transaction fees. There are lots of other ways to save money when traveling outside the US.
A lot of my friends took out large amounts of money at the currency exchange stores and used credit cards which charged them currency conversion fees on top of the foreign fees! If they had planned farther in advance, they could have saved a lot of money.
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Don’t forget to validate your ticket before getting on the bus!
We took the bus, and it was a short ~30 minute ride.
We then made our way to the Venice water bus that would take us close to our hotel.
Trying to See How Many Modes of Transportation We Can Cram Into 1 Day!
The water bus is one of the cheapest, and most fun, ways to see Venice! Rick Steves gives an excellent self-guided water bus tour in his Venice guidebook.
We took the bus to the S. Marco stop, and then walked to our hotel.
On the way, we saw many beautiful Venetian buildings.
It was so beautiful. My camera was very happy.
…and the famous Rialto Bridge that is undergoing some maintenance.
Finally, we arrived at our stop, and started walking towards the hotel.
Ready to Relax at the Hotel After a Long Journey!
It was located in a quiet lane in the center of the city.
Getting to the heart of Venice from the airport using public transportation was cheap, easy, and picturesque. Don’t waste money on a private transfer!
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@ doug- Glad you liked the post!
We will be traveling to Venice in July. Your post are helpful. I am also reviewing your previous post about your trip to Italy. We are flying in to Venice. If I understand your post, we will need to catch a bus to a transfere location and then catch a water bus to get over to Venice right?
We tried to get the Stucky, like you did on your last visit, with our weekend certs. but all the rooms were already taken….booooo. Going to go the AirBnB route instead. | 2019-04-24T00:50:40Z | https://millionmilesecrets.com/inspiration/captivating-croatia-part-4-getting-to-venice/ |
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An eccentric orbit in the Moon's distant past might be responsible for the mysterious bulge around its middle, scientists say.
The excess material around the lunar equator has been known since 1799 when French mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace first noticed it. The reason, however, has been a mystery until now.
The Moon's peculiar shape can be explained if the satellite moved in an eccentric oval-shaped orbit 100 million years after its violent formation, when the satellite hadn't yet solidified, the researchers say.
It was like a big ball of molasses and all around the equator it got deformed, study team member Ian Garrick-Bethell of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology told SPACE.com.
Around that time, conditions, such as orbit shape and position, were optimal for this "ball of molasses" to cool down and become the solid moon that we now know.
Today, the Moon's orbit around the Earth is nearly circular.
To predict the Moon's position and orbit millions of years ago, Garrick-Bethel and colleagues extrapolated backwards from ancient records of the timing of historical solar eclipses and of changes in the distance between the Earth and Moon.
This finding will be detailed in the Aug. 4 issue of the journal Science. | 2019-04-22T18:04:44Z | https://www.space.com/2701-moon-strange-bulge-finally-explained.html |
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The new Netwest anthology will have a lovely cover, I'm sure, although it hasn't yet been chosen. Photos are coming each day and I get excited to see what the next envelope will hold.
Work on the book is moving along as CDs have been mailed to Nancy Simpson, Editor. Each story, essay or poem will be proof-read several times before all are combined into one file to go to Katje, Karen Holmes daughter, who will format the book for the printer. It will take many weeks, many hours of reading, and more reading before the manuscript is complete.
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The Human Robot explores the boundary between biological and mechanical intelligence through interviews with sociologists, roboticists, ethicists, and philosophers. Asking "how human is too human?" in regards to robot design, the film focuses primarily on Japanese culture and their positive attitude towards technology in contrast to Western culture's tendency towards fearing intelligent machines.
The filmmakers showcase a wide variety of intelligent robot designs, from the flashy and entertaining automatons of Tokyo's Robot Restaurant and the dog-like Aibo robotic pet, to the hyper-real Geminoid designs that mimic their human counterparts with great accuracy. Androids are shown to already be quite prevalent in Japanese society where they hold positions as receptionists, retail sales clerks, and even news bulletin reporters.
Robot sociologist Naho Kitano explains that the Japanese view technology as a tool for improving life, whereas Westerners tend to view robotics through a lens that is often colored by religion. While the Japanese are less inclined to view robot science as interfering with nature or God, they still assign a level of sentiment to their creations. We learn that Aibo pet robots are given "souls" and when their bodies fail to work properly it is common for a soul removal ceremony, complete with chanting and drums, to take place before any usable parts are repurposed.
Several other experts in artificial intelligence weigh in on the potential for robots to aid in homes, hospitals, museums and transit hubs, as well as early learning classrooms where children can utilize childlike robots to develop both motor and social skills. Hiroshi Ishiguro, the man who created Geminoid "twins" in the likeness of himself and fellow researchers, shows off a model that encourages observers to touch her, reassures them not to fear her, and even asks what it feels like for them to touch her. Although her movements are stiff and her skin noticeably rubber, her inquisitive nature and seeming self-awareness (she self-identifies as a "female android") make it easy to see how social bonds can be established between humans and their robot companions.
Both visually and intellectually stimulating, The Human Robot offers a promising outlook for future artificial intelligence by examining the ethical and philosophical implications of intelligent machines.
Yeah I'm disturbed. When you can do anything you want to a female robot without complaint, I think you might begin to believe that you can do anything to a human female and expect no complaints. Women are already the brunt of enough abuse without the encouragement for more departmentalization as lesser than equal fellow human beings.
I find this documentary very disturbing in so far as it shows at one and the same time man's technical genius at developing "life like" machines which over time will undoubtedly apparently look and behave like humans and yet are anything but! I'm from minuscule tribe that believes in G-d and as such have spent at least two decades researching and living in a world cocooned by spiritual, philosophical and critically analytical concepts. "Human like" machines can in no way approximate to humans in any meaningful way as the human soul is everything. My proof would be to play to the electronic earpieces some of my favourite music and gauge the reaction. I'm thinking of Blue in Green (Kind of Blue) Miles Davis, Cinema Paradiso (Beyond a Missouri Sky) (Pat Metheny/Charlie Hayden) and Soul Sacrifice Woodstock video (Carlos Santana). Would the robot spontaneously jump and and down and start dancing in an expressive way at the sound of rock music and feel like drifting into a state of expanded consciousness from hearing the more serene pieces listed? As for dessert, how about an interview of Erich Fromm by Mike Wallace in 1958. Fromm said at some point in the history of American industrialisation, America became "production crazy and consumption crazy!" Could the robot ever have arrived at that conclusion? In short we are a species that has so lost its' way, believing that pushing the boundaries of scientific knowledge wherever the money for research and money for profit is readily attainable in vast quantities is the way to go; yet the gnawing problems of poverty, hunger, slavery and wars which have plague humanity for so long and which we do have the answers for, go largely ignored. Long, long before we develop humanoids we have to fix our souls first because the way humanity's going all the indications are that we will soon be building super robots in order to engage in man's favourite pastime: war!
interesting to read all of the above comments on Japanese believes, humans always like slaves, world wars as if their countries were innocent of any wrong doing in history!!!! these comments are talking more about themselves than the reality of the future.PEOPLE wake up!!! We hear more about the drive-less car ... what is the difference with the robots seen in this film? this type of car is a robot.... till somebody puts an inflatable dull in it and so will look like a human taxi driver!!! I wonder if there is an update on this artist development and if his development turned up more daily functional!
Since my bank saving in the UK are not giving me any growth... I would not mind to invest in one of this robots to clean, tidy-up and may be cook at home... while I am enjoing doing the work and activities that I love. If this is possible for £5K ... I sell my car! for a "hotel like spotless house" when I came back from my activities of daily living!
Humankind has always desired slaves. Maybe this is the moral equivalent.
@ an International HiTek Conference, in Melbourne Australia, some 15 years ago now, a post-talk question from an audience member, about the "Future of Teledildonics", merely gots shut down, despite the mirth and acceptance from the audience.
It's odd that the Japanese people treat the robots like they have a soul but the creator of the robots do not think of them as such by the way he talks about or treats his creations: a weird chauvinistic attitude, not exactly what you would find in creation stories in the scripture and what not.
1. The Japanese people seems to have the habit to treat things/machines as people and at the same time they have a horrible history of treating human beings as things. An example: during the last worldwar they used very young girls, virgins, as "consolation" for their soldiers. Those girls were days long gangbanged by a barack of soldiers. Those who got a veneral disease from those soldiers were severely beaten for infecting soldiers. Those who became pregnant, were, when their bellies had grown to much, bound to poles and used as target for bajonet exercises by the Japanese soldiers. I do not remember that the Japanese ever appologized for this beheavior. But I do remember that a very important member of the Japanese government stated that "...surely those girls must have enjoyed the attention of the healthy Japanese soldiers.".
2. Humans have exceptional brains, but on bassis of my experiences I can testity that the brain is not the bearer of the personality. The bearer of the personality is our soul, an immaterial being, in my opinion a four dimensional, immortal being. For those who can program computers, you can program a perfect human reaction on burning in a robot. But tell me, how would you define and program sorrow?
"Artificial Intelligence" is an art created & crafted by human and that reflects in this documentary. Daniel Dennett is mentioning about consciousness potentiality could be a surprise phenomenon in this art of Artificial Intelligence down road and not a gimmick. Which is far anticipation at this point of research & development. However the way human imagination is discovering substitute of nature's creation through biological existence of human being may either surprise us in future or endanger existence of our own for sure!
I can see where low wage jobs may be roboticized leaving more people disadvantaged and the "puppeteers" having greater wealth with less effort. Unless some system of socialization of finance is developed and accepted, robots will not be making life better.
Even higher skilled and higher paid jobs may eventually be replaced by multi-functional robot colonies.
Perhaps one day the need for managers and executives would not be needed as there will not be human workers. Just an adaptive artificial intelligence interpreting the commands of one human ideologue.
The marketing photo on the cover of this doc, it such a good example of an image that sells although the doc never talks about sexual robot partner. I can imagine it won't be long before such robots are on the shelf in Las Vegas, haven't seen a robot with a tongue yet.
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I’ve been keeping a little secret from my husband: he’s not the most important man in my life.
The most important man in my life likes things fast, is good with his hands and is a man of few words.
His name is Jeremy Tinline, and he is the head mechanic and owner of Vic’s Auto in Kingston.
When it comes to your mechanic, you want someone you can rely on, who will see you at a moment’s notice, who will take care of your every need and make you feel safe.
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As a small business owner, Jeremy is usually in the shop early in the morning, and can still be there working after 5 when I come in to pick up my car at the end of the day. He is a man of few words, but of much action and integrity.
The day I asked Jeremy if I could take this picture of the two of us, he first looked surprised, then grinned, checked his hair, and posed for several selfies. I got the impression people don’t thank him enough for doing the great job he does every day.
This week’s #HappyAct in honour of Valentine’s Day, is to show your mechanic or a person in your life who helps keep you safe or lightens your load some love.
Don’t miss next week’s blog post for Vaentine’s Day: Ten lessons on love and relationships from The Batchelor. | 2019-04-25T21:57:36Z | https://happyact.ca/tag/jeremy-tinline/ |
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Lauren Cohan’s The Walking Dead future may now be secure but it was her new show Whiskey Cavalier, starring opposite Scott Foley (Scandal) that almost signalled the end of her time on the post-apocalyptic drama.
The hour-long action dramedy comes from writer/executive producer Dave Hemingson and executive producer Bill Lawrence (Scrubs).
Whiskey Cavalier is a high-octane, hour-long action dramedy that follows the adventures of tough but tender FBI super-agent Will Chase (codename: “Whiskey Cavalier”), played by Scott Foley. Following an emotional break-up, Chase is assigned to work with badass CIA operative Francesca “Frankie” Trowbridge (codename: “Fiery Tribune”), played by Lauren Cohan. Together, they lead an inter-agency team of flawed, funny and heroic spies who periodically save the world (and each other) while navigating the rocky roads of friendship, romance and office politics.
Starring alongside Cohan and Foley are Ana Ortiz (Devious Maids) as Susan Sampson, Tyler James Williams (The Walking Dead) as Edgar Standish and Vir Das as Jai Datta.
By the looks of the trailer, Whiskey Cavalier is a cross between Chuck and Mr and Mrs Smith. It marks Foley’s first series lead role since Scandal came to an end earlier this year after seven seasons.
It’ll be interesting to see just how much Cohan appears in the upcoming ninth season of The Walking Dead. Her character Maggie is currently at the centre of a huge plot and it’s going to be difficult for the show to full realise that if she’s only back on a recurring basis.
Whiskey Cavalier will air on ABC in the US and it’s to be confirmed if the series will get a UK home. | 2019-04-19T15:05:49Z | https://www.entertainment-focus.com/tv-section/tv-news/lauren-cohan-and-scott-foley-team-up-for-spy-dramedy-whiskey-cavalier/ |
GRETNA – A local auto repair shop is being sued by a woman who claims her Corvette was wrecked by one of its employees while it was in for repairs.
Carole Hoover filed suit against Sterling & Sterling LLC in the 24th Judicial District Court on Nov. 19.
Hoover asserts she is the owner of a 2006 Chevrolet Corvette which she dropped off at the Sterling & Sterling auto repair business located at 4200 Liberal St. in Metairie in June 2012.
The plaintiff alleges that she dropped off the vehicle for mechanical repairs and that there was no body damage on the car at the time. Hoover claims that when her vehicle was in the care of Sterling & Sterling one of its employees operated the vehicle in a reckless manner and caused substantial body damage to it. The plaintiff asserts that despite numerous requests for the vehicle to be repaired the defendant has not taken any action to make the required repairs.
The defendant is accused of operating the vehicle in a careless manner, operating the vehicle at an excessive rate of speed and failing to maintain control of the vehicle.
An unspecified amount in damages is sought for storage charges, auto rental and mental pain and anguish.
Hoover is represented by attorney Michael A. Britt of Kenner. | 2019-04-19T18:25:32Z | https://louisianarecord.com/stories/510584163-newsinator-auto-repair-shop-sued-after-employee-allegedly-wrecks-customer-s-corvette |
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In an article published by the Guardian's executive editor for audience today, MetaFilter is mentioned in the same breath as Facebook and Twitter as an example of a website which 'provide[s] spaces for different kinds of communities to gather', despite having only a fraction of the membership and the traffic of those two sites. This is just the most recent example of how MetaFilter seems to me to be enjoying a greater public profile as of late. Is this so (or am I just imagining it)? If so, why? Can the staff or other users shed any light?
Is it time to update the "About" section of the Profile pages?
What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.
Is Twitter on profile pages broken?
Is the Twitter section of the personal profiles broken for everyone, or just me? If it's for everyone, maybe the time has come to eliminate it rather than try to keep it working.
Seeing the thread on letterpress, I thought to seek out other MeFites and also let them know how to find me in GameCenter. We have a thread here about this, but I would like to request a pony in the form of adding GameCenter to the Social Apps section of the user profile. Please?
HTML buttons on Edit Profile Page?
Small feature request: Can we have B, I and Link buttons in the Personal Info portion of the Edit Profile Page? It would make it slightly easier to edit that section.
Geneva Uswazi's profile made me crack up.
I'm curious as to when/why the 'I was a backtagging superstar!' was removed from profiles.
We all know Deezil has an awesome profile.. who else?
Searched high and low, and couldn't find it on MeTa or the Wiki: Is there a list of all PRX user profiles linked to MeFi profiles, like there is for recent tweets by MeFites or lists for some of the other social apps?
Wot? My thread got secreted!
deezil has an excellent spyware removal/virus removal guide in his profile. Are there other members with similarly useful content? | 2019-04-23T16:54:32Z | https://metatalk.metafilter.com/tags/profile |
The relationship PBF Australia has with the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) began over 30 years ago, when Tony South (PBF Corporate Partnership Manager) met Greg Hallam (CEO of LGAQ). A partnership between the two developed with LGAQ becoming PBF’s first corporate member in 1997.
“As part of the rationale to join PBF we recognise the enormous physical, emotional, social and financial challenges involved when someone incurs a spinal cord injury resulting in paraplegia or quadriplegia. Also, LGAQ appreciates the significant emotional impact upon work colleagues. Being able to support an employee and their family at such a tragic time in their life is integral to our staff wellbeing and our employment benefit program.” said Greg.
Tony South has played an instrumental role at PBF Australia since 1996, when he took on the challenge of promoting PBF across the Eastern States and developed their corporate membership program. Today PBF Australia is proud to partner with 15 Queensland councils through corporate membership.
From 18-20 October 2016 LGAQ held their annual conference on the Gold Coast where PBF Australia were invited as exhibitors. LGAQ is a not for profit association set up to serve the states 77 councils and their individual needs. Tony met up with his good friend Greg at the conference and they discussed how supportive LGAQ has been to PBF’s mission in reducing the incident of spinal cord injury in Australia.
Click here to find out more about becoming a PBF Corporate Member. | 2019-04-20T14:42:17Z | https://www.pbf.asn.au/relationships-partnerships-friendships/ |
Cream butter; add sugar and beat until fluffy. Add egg and egg yolks, one at a time, beating well. Beat in vanilla and lemon rind. Sift together cornstarch, flour, baking powder and salt. Add to mixture and mix well. Drop batter by small spoonfuls onto well buttered baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Remove immediately.
Easy version: use 1-2 boxes of vanilla wafers.
Sandwich the cookies together with dulce de leche (caramelized sweetened condensed milk). Roll edges in coconut. Dip entire cookie in melted chocolate. Let dry on wax paper.
Store in air-tight container. Best if made the day ahead. If using vanilla wafers, make a day ahead and leave uncovered to allow the wafers to get soft.
crushed red pepperFinely dice the beef. In a medium-size frying pan, melt 2 tbsp vegetable shortening. Dice the onion, bell pepper and add to the pan. Saute over medium heat until the onion starts to turn golden. Add the diced meat. Season to taste with salt, red pepper, and paprika. Saute, stirring occasionally, until the beef turns brown on all sides. Remove the frying pan from the heat. Mix in the egg, the raisins, the olives, and the green onions. Allow to cool until it drops to room temperature.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Lightly flour a baking sheet. Arrange the empanadas on the sheet and until the pastry is golden brown, approx. 10 minutes.
Mayonnaise and Salt to taste.Cook potatoes and carrots separately in boiling water until tender. Allow to cool and cut into cubes. Add peas, mayonnaise and salt to taste. Mix well and refrigerate. Serve cold.
This is a dessert that can be eaten with a cup of coffee in the afternoons, as a snack at any time of the day, late at night, etc. Of Italian origin, this can be done with the filling you choose, it’s usually done with quince paste, or dulce de leche or tomato jam, either way Pasta Frola is delicious, and Argentineans love it. With dulce de leche it is a great dessert!
Put in a bowl the flour, the sugar, baking powder, salt and butter. With your hands work this so that the butter looks like corn grains. Then add the eggs, the water and the vanilla. Separate ¼ of that dough. With the ¾ of the dough, cover a baking dish that has been previously buttered. Once the dough is all covering the dish, fill it with the filling you choose, be it quince jam, dulce de leche or tomato jam. With the ¼ of the dough you had separated, make long strips and cover the whole dish from one side to the other in a crossing pattern, covering partly the jam. You can put grated coconut in the borders of the cake, where the strips join the other part of the dough. Take it to medium warm oven, for some 25 minutes. Serve it cold, delicious with a cup of coffee. | 2019-04-19T16:52:38Z | https://independentbaptistar.com/resources/recipes/ |
When it comes to the removal of a tree, it can be a dangerous task for the average property owner. Not only can you damage the surrounding property, but you can be also be hurt in the process. Let our 20+ years of tree removal experience keep both you and your property safe during tree removal.
When a tree develops problems, it is frequently difficult to decide when to remove the tree. Dying trees that are not in danger of falling on people or structures can be allowed to die in place without human intervention. Old dead trees also serve as places for various species of woodpeckers to find food and a place to nest. If money is no object and the owner wants to keep the tree as long as possible, trees can frequently be maintained for many years by cutting out all dead or diseased portions and watering deeply when needed. Unfortunately, continually removing dead wood is expensive and sometimes neighbors are concerned about the possibility that the tree may fall on their property. Trees provide shade and climate moderation, hold soil in place, help keep air and water clean, increase property value and provide beauty. To decide whether or not to remove a tree, a number of questions need to be asked. The pros and cons need to be weighed.
Is it a desirable species? Undesirable trees include black locust, Siberian elm, box elder, mulberry, poplars, Bradford pear, Norway maple, tree of heaven, mimosa, empress tree and willows. Characteristics that make some trees “undersirable” include: weak wood prone to frequent breakage, frequent dropping of large debris quantities, shallow roots that damage lawns and pavement, frequent infestation of diseases or insects specific to the tree species or being an invasive tree species by prolific reseeding in the landscape.
How healthy is the tree? If 50% of the tree is damaged, it should probably be eliminated. A tree that is in decline can continue to survive for many years but will always have limited or abnormal growth and appearance. Trees that have been damaged by herbicide frequently have misshaped leaves but frequently can recover.
Is there trunk damage? Vertical cracks, seams, dead branch stubs and large, older wounds suggest internal decay. Severe damage to the main trunk often warrants removal of the tree. If the damaged area is less than 25% of the circumference of the trunk, the wound could gradually heal over and no permanent injury should result.
Is the tree hollow? Because the life support tissue, the xylem and phloem, of a tree is on the outer edges of the trunk, many trees will live for years with a hollow trunk. The issue is possible compromised trunk strength, making the tree dangerous. A guide to help in decision making is if one-third of the interior of the tree is hollow or rotten, it should probably be removed.
Are there large dead branches? Large trees that have had their tops broken or have large damaged limbs are a danger to people and property. If less than 25% of branches are damaged, the tree will probably survive. Crossed or rubbing branches should be removed. Narrow branch angles, especially of the main trunk, are particularly prone to splitting and should be corrected. This is best done when the tree is young. If a narrow crotch is too large to remove, the two co-dominant leaders could be cabled to relieve the strain and avoid breakage. This procedure is performed by an arborist.
Are all dead branches on one side of tree? If so, the tree will be lopsided and is potentially hazardous. Dead branches that are all on one side of a tree can be a symptom of root or trunk damage on the affected side. Such trees should be evaluated by an arborist.
Are there sprouts coming from the base of the tree or epicormic shoots (small branches coming from the trunk)? These sprouts are a response to severe stress indicating that there is something wrong with the tree. This is very typical of trees that have endured recent new home construction injury, over-exposure to the sun after thinning a forest or soil compaction. Have such trees evaluated by an arborist. These are an indication that all is not well with the tree.
Is there trunk rot or a large fungus growing near the base of the tree? Not all mushrooms growing under trees are associated with root diseases but fungi growing on the tree are an indication of internal rot and should be evaluated by an arborist.
Has there been excavation near the tree causing root damage? If 50% of the root system is damaged, it should probably be removed.
Is the tree leaning? Leaning trees are more of a hazard than those growing vertically. A sudden lean indicates breakage or weakening of roots and the tree should probably be removed immediately. A tree leaning more than 15% from being vertical probably should be removed.
Is the tree under power lines? Trees under power lines should mature at heights less than twenty five feet. A tree that is growing into power lines will need to be thinned out. During wet weather, electricity can arc as much as ten feet to wet tree foliage and ground out causing a power failure or property damage. Removal of tree limbs anywhere near power lines is never for the homeowner to do themselves. The price of an accidental touching of the power lines or a grounding arc of deadly electrical current to a ladder, pruning tool or a person will be devastating. Always hire a professional for these dangerous jobs.
What is the history of the tree? Some previous pruning jobs can cause problems years later. A situation that follows the old, outdated, practice of “topping” trees is breakage of the regrowth. A change in the soil level over the root system is another cause of a gradual decline of trees. If three inches or more of soil has been piled over the root system of the tree, it will probably die. If caught early before stress symptoms develop, many trees can be saved.
What is the environment in which the tree lives? Another important factor in a tree's possible need for removal is its environment. Trees growing on rock ledges or near a body of water frequently have shallow root systems. The removal of nearby trees is a common problem after new construction. Trees that are suddenly exposed to sunlight are severely stressed by the sudden change in exposure. Unfortunately, trees that are spared from removal during construction often die three-five years later. They succumb to soil compaction, grade changes and the sudden exposure to full sun after being grown in a forest.
How much space is available for tree growth? Trees in the forest grow very well close together; therefore planting shade trees in groves, replicating nature is fine. In such sites they will grow together as in nature to become one large mass. When it comes to your house, it is best not to have trees actually hanging over the roof. Generally large trees should be at least 20 feet from your house. On the other hand small trees, such as a dogwood, may be planted as close as 6 feet from the house. | 2019-04-26T06:17:12Z | https://abc12tree.com/services/tree-removal |
I've seen some great rolins and then I've seen some not so great rolins. Does anyone have any first-hand experience with a rolin? If so how good is the leather and what would you compare it to? and How does it perform?
I have a Rolin, and I'm very happy with it. However, its a shelf queen, not a gamer. So I can't speak to its performance. But the leather feels very nice, and I have no doubt that it would hold up to quite a bit of use. I don't see any flaws on mine. Its worth noting that there are two levels of leather, sort of like Rawling Gold Glove versus HOH, and I have the higher level. I forget their names. I have no experience with the lower level. I might be messing up details, but someone like JC here on the forum can set things straight if he sees this.
To me, the really great thing about Rolin is the customizability. No other company can give you so many options at such a good price. I pretty much told JC exactly what I wanted (many customizations) without even looking at an 'options' list, and they were able to do every single one, spot on.
So in summary, if you are looking for the highest quality leather for the money in a standard gamer...it will come down to preference, and I can't tell you if you will prefer their leather over others or not... But if you want to build a unique glove, they are the company to go with.
Thanks for the input. Really helpful. I recently ordered a Vekoa glove its my first custom and its a great glove. | 2019-04-24T06:04:07Z | http://glove-works.getforum.org/post82183.html |
"The Tourist" was written by Jonny, who, explains Thom, was "in a beautiful square in France on a sunny day, and watching all these American tourists being wheeled around, frantically trying to see everything in 10 minutes." Jonny was shocked at how these people could be in a place so beautiful and so special and not realize it because they weren't taking the time to just stop and look around. Jonny : "Thom didn't play a thing, he just listened. It's quite nervy, with a lot of space. It sounds like the last song on an album." Read more on Last.fm. | 2019-04-20T22:46:32Z | http://playmusic.net/tracks/view/The+Tourist/Radiohead |
PES 2015 has in its cast the biggest stars of the football world, separated by several teams and selections. As football is not only made of star players, the game also brings the less talented players. Check out the list of the worst players of the Konami video game.
Owner of the least desired position of the game, the Arabic Al Sultan is the synthesis of all the defects of a midfield. Slow, inaccurate and physically weak, the player has anything to hurt any team.
Able to work in various midfield positions, Mohammed is proof that less is more. The player shows rare inefficiency in the most basic essentials such as ball control and short passes.
The French center forward has size to command respect within the area, but touches on the very lack of category to become one of the worst athletes around the game.
Born in Qatar, the midfielder is still young, but not the little experience could save him from place among the most disastrous players of the game. The highlight was the complete lack of precision with the left leg.
The Arab defender has difficulties in various imaginable attributes, including the defensive numbers, his supposed expertise. With a defender of these must be difficult to keep the mess away from his area.
Only 18 years old, is acceptable to the attacker River Plate is not among the best. However, his poor attributes finished putting in the least prestigious list.
Despite the respectable physique, midfielder French striker has no special skill that can take him off the end of the list. The player has absolutely ordinary numbers in all attributes, passes the speed.
Al Shamekh and its many other list countrymen are the explanation for the little tradition of Saudi Arabia in football. The defender sins in extremely basic attributes and can ruin a game alone.
The player meets several inadequate characteristics for attackers, since his short stature to the serious difficulty with the left-handed.
To close the list, another player from Saudi Arabia. This time is the right side Al Burayk, demonstrating such intimacy with the ball as his countrymen listed above. | 2019-04-19T17:20:09Z | https://www.dtgre.com/2015/02/pes-2015-ten-worst-players-in-game.html |
Buying your first property is a real achievement. We don’t want to take the shine off this exciting time but a property purchase can also be quite stressful. Not only because there’s so much money involved, but because there are so many things to think about. For those who are considering pursuing the great Australian dream, here’s a heads up.
Personal insurances are a complex but extremely important area of financial planning. In this article Michael Horan, reflects on why the majority of Australians don’t protect their most valuable asset – themselves.
You eat together, play together and live under the same roof – so why not save together? Saving is a life skill and it is never too early to start learning. In this article we discuss some simple saving strategies which will stand your kids in good stead for the future. | 2019-04-21T08:16:34Z | http://www.cafsg.com.au/newsadviserarticles/ |
As we rapidly approach another annual commercial seal hunt within the country of Canada, we at Raise Ur Paw, a Canadian Federally Incorporated Not-For-Profit, along with other countless compassionate individuals, are encouraging and counting upon the immediate support and backing from individuals, organizations, celebs, and political figures of power and influence to join united this March 2018, in calling upon the Canadian Goverment and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to end Canada's Annual Commercial Seal Hunt and to seek out alternatives and solutions in order to save/protect these sentient beings.
During the timeframe of March 20th to the 27th, we encourage the voices and actions of global support as we combat the issues and the commercial seal cull by uniting as one powerful and strong force to #SaveTheSeals --- and that with this unity we will march internationally in raising public awareness and gaining attention from the Government to make this historic step --- an imperative step that finally needs to be taken.
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As we organize and plan for the MARCH FOR SEALS, which is planned within the city of Ottawa, Ontario --- we are hoping to count on the support of others in organizing their own march demonstration within their countries, communities etc to fully extend the reach of our urgent calling to #SaveTheSeals.
IF YOU WISH TO BACK AND SUPPORT the #SAVETHESEALS GLOBAL MOVEMENT & JOIN IN THE UNITY OF VOICES, PLEASE EMAIL US AT raiseurpaw@hotmail.com and let us know where around the globe you will be holding your demonstration to #SaveTheSeals, so we can inform others of a demonstration near them :) FOR ORGANIZATIONS - Add your logo and website along with email so that others can see who is standing along with us in support of MARCH FOR SEALS! Your support and voices are greatly appreciated. | 2019-04-19T06:36:48Z | http://raiseurpawnews.blogspot.com/2018/02/your-voice-backing-needed-join.html |
The Airforce and Army need help holding trainings atm. I don't want people being kicked because they aren't able to go to trainings when officers can't do it with them.
All I want is best for Helghan/GLCL, and if our troops aren't getting trained, then what purpose do they serve?
I mean no dis-respect and I am hoping you can respond asap. | 2019-04-22T16:03:55Z | http://goldcastlemilitary.forumotion.com/t221-joint-trainings |
Biography: Lamb of God (sometimes abbreviated as LoG) is an American groove metal band from Richmond, Virginia. Formed in 1994 (as Burn the Priest), the group consists of vocalist Randy Blythe, guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler, bassist John Campbell, and drummer Chris Adler. The band is considered a significant member of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal movement. | 2019-04-18T12:41:59Z | http://www.musictory.com/music/Lamb+Of+God |
Discussion in 'Guides, Mods, and Upgrades' started by Greg Holloway, Jan 31, 2017.
I have been working on a Bowden IDEX design for a few weeks and am ready to let is loose into the wild. I was never fully happy with the Direct IDEX design due to the loss of build volume and the lack of a dump zone.
This new design is fully compatible with all versions of BigBox. There is a minimal loss in X of around 25mm, but you still retain the use of the dumpzone. There is also no need to modify the frame.
I have included the S3D .FFF File, a precomfiled RC8 .HEX, a control script for OctoPrint to add filament load / unload functions and of course all the .STL files correctly orientated and chamfered for best printings.
2 x NEMA 11 Stepper Motors. (You'll need an extra 1700mm Cable. I have a few in stock, if you are building this upgrade and purchase parts from E3D add a note to the order that you would like a motor cable).
8 x M2.5 8mm Socket Cap Screw.
2 x 20mm M4 Grub Screws.
2 x 8mm M4 Grub Screws.
4 x 45mm M3 Socket Cap Screws.
20 x GT2 belt (2 Meters).
10 x PTFE Tube (1 Meter).
2 x 460mm 8mm Ground & Hardened Shafts (cut down original BigBox 484mm Rods).
1 x Endstop (those are not the correct ones but if you put a note in the order that it is for a BigBox we will make sure you get the correct endstop).
1 x Blow Fan (If you mention it is for the BigBox and ask that they speak to me I'll make sure you get the fan).
1 x Stepper Driver (These are the same A4988 Drivers but in a different design).
If you are upgrading from a Pro BigBox you'll also need a Hotend and PT100 Amplifier board and matching cable (ask for the cable when you order)!
When printing the parts you'll also need this | https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1531536 and an extra X-Carriage belt tensioner.
I am sure there are a few minor things I have overlooked. I will update as required.
Do not refit the rubber o'rings into the X-Carriages, they are not required. Any offset in Z in managed via the M218 command.
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About 17 hours. If the steppers are correctly tuned they will be fine. There is very little mass so I have them turned down low. I am also using TMC2100 based drivers. I am testing them at the moment with a view to stocking them. So far I am very impressed.
Would something like this work with this system as well? With a little tweaking of course.
I know you want to sell the BigBox extruders, but this just looks really interesting.
Yes of course. You'll need to model your own mounting plate for it all to fit, but there's no reason why it won't work.
Sounds good is that the drivers on the Duet? Just received my Duet last night but haven't had a chance to dig in yet.
Similar series, the duet uses TMC2660.
Did you try printing any flexible materials with this?
Bowden usually doesn't handle flexible materials well.
Where is the z sensor? under the platform?
I haven't and this is one of the disadvantages of a bowden system over direct drive.
This is why I want to see if this will fit a Nimble from Zesty. Not sure how much space is needed on the upper part. I just sent the .stp file to the Zesty crew and see if they can modify the mounting points in the upper part of the x-carriage.
Is it 275 for both or just one and something like 250 for both?
275mm for both, it is possible to stretch it to 280 for both but you'll need to be surgical with the wiring.
Test cubes from left and right extruders. I have resorted back to RC6 as RC8 is too buggy for IDEX.
Printed at the same time by any chance?
Nope, I have been fighting with the firmware for the last few days. T0 extruder performed brilliantly, but T1 did not. Both with esxactly the same setttings. I was trying to figure out what it was, RC8 is buggy for IDEX/DUAL, and those were the cubes after I fixed it and swapped back to RC6.
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I got my Prusa Original I3 mk2 so I finally can rebild my bigbox 1.0 dual. Do I need any more parts? I allready have 2 Titan extruders.
Alignment looks great. What's with the nozzle? Looks like a huge amount of it poking out the bottom of the sock? | 2019-04-20T14:12:22Z | https://forum.e3d-online.com/threads/bigbox-dual-x-carriages-bowden.2480/ |
SEO(Search Engine Optimization)- is the name given to the activity that attempts to improve search engine rankings.In search results Google displays links of all pages it considers relevant and authoritative. Authority is mostly measured by analysing the number and quality of links from other web pages.
There are two types of SEO, First one is White-Hat(the 'good' kind) and Second one is Black Hat (the 'not so good' kind). Web Global IT Solution always trust in White-Hat performance. SEO has become new position for employer and employee also.It is the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a web search engine's unsalaried, results, - often referred to as "naturally" , "organic" or "earned"
When you join us it becomes our responsibility that how to provide you good ranking position when Google goes through the SEO procedure.
There is nothing really mystical about it. Basically what it is a mediocre, encore process that is used to send signals to search engines that your pages are worth showing in Google's index.
It is a method or rule, techniques and tactics used to increase the amount of visitors to a website by obtaining a hight ranking placement in the search results page of a search engine (SERP) inclusive Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search engines.
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We'll help you to make transferring your website and domain name faster and easy transfer mode. | 2019-04-18T14:20:23Z | http://www.webglobal.in/SEO-Company-in-patna.aspx |
In this beautiful song of the gopīs, we are taken to Śrī Vṛndāvana, to the bank of the Yamunā, where the gopīs are expressing the deep pain in their hearts in separation from Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The moods of their song would be impossible to understand had our venerable ācāryas not revealed them. In Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja’s commentary, he draws on the meanings they imparted, sprinkling them with the splendid realizations in his own heart, along with well grounded instruction for us all. | 2019-04-18T10:34:52Z | http://www.purebhakti.com/resources/ebooks-magazines/books-for-e-readers/8-gopi-gita |
Santa’s elves are busy making toys, so Santa sent out his feathered friends to spread early Christmas cheer. Grab your coloring tools and help this little messenger to get some color on his feathers before he starts chirping away. This is a nice Christmas card project to work on earlier in the year and get your cards ready before the hustle and bustle of the season are upon you.
Click here to download a copy of the design. Print the adult coloring design onto a sheet of white A4 paper. You can use ordinary printer paper, but if you are planning on using watercolor paint and pencils, like in the example, you might need to use cardstock or paper with a medium weight.
Use the purple, pink and sky blue watercolors from the Staedtler 12-color watercolor set to color the background. While the paint is still wet, add some fine table salt to the wet paint ~ this will cause the colors to flow into one another, creating a softer end result. Wait for the paint to dry and then lightly rub over the salt with your finger to remove the salt.
Use the watercolor pencils to color the mini adult coloring page.
Use the Pilot silver pen to add silver squiggles to the background. Use the Pilot white pen to add highlights to the bird and the tree branch. Use black and blue pencils to add shadows to the bird and branch. Cut out once completed.
Score the 8.2”x 6” light blue marbled cardstock to create a card sized 6” x 4.1”.
With the fold at the left, center and glue the colored design to the front of the card.
Glue a strip of light blue washi tape, followed by a strip of dark blue tape that overlaps with the light blue tape, on the left side of the card. Cut off any protruding edges.
Glue the rhinestones in place.
What a fun card to send to little ones in the family, am I right? I can see little ones opening this card and thinking that this little birdie is the one who is watching from afar to make sure the he or she behaves until Santa visits and brings lots of goodies. | 2019-04-24T18:00:58Z | https://www.allfreechristmascrafts.com/Christmas-Cards/Santas-Little-Messenger-Christmas-Card/ucid/314087/reply |
In today’s competitive world, the corporate leaders strive hard to manage its resources strategically. Business leaders often focus on Money¸ Material, Technology and Process resources that are common to all business. What they fail to understand is that the most important resource and yet poorly managed is the Human Resource!
This millennium is all about people. Fast growing economies like China, India or Brazil have one thing in common: many people.
People often ask me how I achieve 200% growth rate. I think the question should be how I maintain such growth rates. Of course anyone can attain 200% growth rate at a given point, and it take seconds for the business model to be copied by rivals.
But the question is of sustainability!
Anyone can copy my business model, my technology, and my process. What they cannot copy is my human resource.
Since the prehistoric times business leaders focused on the money resources. Who had the money could do the business. Later the focus changed to Material resources during the commodity boom era. With the industrial revolution, focus was on Technology Resource. Twenty years ago we saw strong shift in focus on Process.
In today’s world you cannot have competitive edge with these resources alone. Having large funds or best software or best technology does no longer gives you edge over your competitor. It’s the Human Resource, your strategic resource, that is unique to you which cannot be easily imitated by your competitors. People are the greatest asset a corporation can have.
With that comes the challenge of managing people. It is the most complex resource one can imagine. Humans are very much unpredictable.
It is not that easy to motivate all employees using same technique or methodology. It is not the money that can motive all people all time. You will be surprised to know that these days most employees don’t leave their job or company, but they leave their boss. So the key is good boss. It is the boss who then decides what can motive his people. There is no single formula.
An employee looks at total satisfaction that he derives from his boss. If you treat your employee to be an asset of the firm and give him good working environment, then the output generated is really phenomenal. They work additionally longer and on weekends passionately.
For an employee, it is important to know the cause of his working. Working with cause and an aim is really meaningful than working just for pay. A boss really needs to add meaning in the life of the employee. Another key factor is what an employee gets in return for the services he performs. What is most important to employee is self building. Employees love to love to work with intelligent boss than boss he/she considers less knowledgeable.
When it comes to motivating we have to use both the negative and positive tactics. A boss is like a matured father, who at times of need needs to get hard and at times of need needs to offers softness. At times we have to reward and at times we need penalize. We have to follow a mixed strategy to get the best of our employees….
For a low skilled worker, nothing motivates more than the money. I mean look at the work they are doing. It is really hard and tough. These people come from financially poor background. For them support of large dependant family is the reason of their work. So a company should really meet their needs seriously.
In our firm, we really pay them far better than our rivals to get best of them ….
I founded this business with a vision: to grow really large and I know the key to this is my people. I continuously build the culture that can nurture this vision. For me, I really work hard to improve building my human capital.
I strongly consider that my people add to my success. If you look at Microsoft, it has the most number of millionaires employees in the world. So it is all about sharing the fruits of success….I mean it is a win-win situation.
For this, I really focus on building strong corporate culture. I believe corporate culture is an asset that gets cashed over a period of 5 years. For me this is really important. We recruit people that culturally fit our organization. Things become really easy then.
If my firm focuses on aggressiveness and customer satisfaction, then we really need people of that kind. I cannot have people for this that are not customer friendly by nature Of course I can train them but it would be too artificial and would not last long. | 2019-04-18T22:21:50Z | http://jaihoon.tv/936.htm |
The ao dai is one out of several traditional Vietnamese dresses worn (nowadays) primarily by women. It is the most popular national costume. Ao dai impresses the international friends by its elegant beauty and makes the women’s body shape sexier and more attractive.
The first model of Vietnamese ao dai dating back to the 1700s and were influenced by Chinese garb (qipao). In the Restored Le dynasty, the Kings Le just played the role of symbol to sooth the heart of citizens, actually Vietnam was divided into two parts; the north was under the control of Lords Trinh, and Lords Nguyen ruled the southern part of country. Lords Nguyen wanted to turn the southern part into an independent country that was out of the influence of Kings Le, so he ordered citizens in the south to change the dress which was different from the north. He abandoned southern people wearing skirt and northern fashion style. There, they had to wear a kind of costume that is the ancient version of ao dai today called ao ngu than.
When the Nguyen dynasty was formed, King Minh Mang ordered the northern people to wear ao ngu than as the southern people did. When the French invaded Vietnam, they brought to Vietnam the new sewing technologies, and there were the revolution of ao dai that happened strongly in the big cities of country.
After the victory of Dien Bien Phu and the Geneva Accords, Vietnam was temporarily divided into two different countries. In the north of Vietnam, the patriotism was rising high, and people were eager to work and fight, so ao dai was not suitable anymore, it almost disappeared in the north during this period. In contrast to the north, ao dai gained the period of the most flourishing development during this time with a lot of styles and versions. Most of southern women wore it whenever going outside.
After 1975, the ao dai was rarely seen because many considered it being an excess inappropriate for hard work. However, since the 1990s, the ao dai has seen a resurgence both in Vietnam and overseas.
There is also a male version of the ao dai, which is worn less today, except in ceremonies like weddings, funerals, or other traditional occasions. Men’s ao dai, in contrast to women’s, fit very loosely.
The first style of ao dai tended to be much looser fitting in general, with more flowing, longer and bigger sleeves. Royal patterns and colors were common, and commoners were restricted from wearing them.
Besides the multitudes of fabrics, designs and patterns one can use for the Ao Dai, some versions perhaps also connect to the Northern peasant Vietnamese dress called Ao Tu Than. In this version there is often a flowing outer jacket (with large belled sleeves) as well as two extra flaps (making a 4 flapped dress, as opposed to the typical Ao Dai’s 2 flaps).
The 4 flapped Ao Dai is commonly worn for weddings and is known as Ao Menh Phu or Lady Ao Dai. There are countless varieties of wedding and royal court attire, but the most common similarity they share would be the 4 (or even more) flaps. Wedding attire typically is in brighter colors like red or pink (for women).
The most popular style of the modern ao dai is tight-fitting around the wearer’s upper torso, emphasizing her bust and curves. For this reason, the ao dai, while it covers the whole body, is said to be provocative, especially when it is made of thin or see-through fabric. More adventurous versions of the modern ao dai are even collarless.
At first, the ao dai was just a kind of costume made from five cloths called ao ngu than until 1930, when Cat Tuong – a Vietnamese fashion designer, known to the French as Monsieur Le Mur, modified it. He lengthened the ao dai so that the top reached the floor, made it fit the curves of the body closer and moved the buttons from the front to the shoulder and side seam.
In Saigon during the 1950s, Tran Kim of Thiet Lap Tailors and Dung of Dung Tailors modified the ao dai to a form closest to what is seen today. He produced the gowns with raglan sleeves, creating a diagonal seam that runs from the collar to the underarm.
Ao dai is the uniform for female students in all Vietnamese high schools and some universities. Many companies also require their female staff to be attired in the ao dai.
Nowadays, ao dai becomes a symbol of Vietnamese women’s beauty which is the national costume to show off the international friends. Anyone loving fashion should try on the ao dai when visiting Vietnam. If you have any questions about Vietnamese culture and Vietnam facts, please contact us. Thank you! | 2019-04-19T12:35:29Z | https://www.vietnam-travel.org/lifestyles/ao-dai.html |
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On average, black Americans are sicker and die earlier than white Americans. Uncertain Suffering provides a richly nuanced examination of what this fact means for health care in the United States through the lens of sickle cell anemia, a disease that primarily affects blacks. In a wide ranging analysis that moves from individual patient cases to the compassionate yet distanced professionalism of health care specialists to the level of national policy, Carolyn Moxley Rouse uncovers the cultural assumptions that shape the quality and delivery of care for sickle cell patients. She reveals a clinical world fraught with uncertainties over how to treat black patients given resource limitations and ambivalence. Her book is a compelling look at the ways in which the politics of racism, attitudes toward pain and suffering, and the reliance on charity for healthcare services for the underclass can create disparities in the U.S. Instead of burdening hospitals and clinics with the task of ameliorating these disparities, Rouse argues that resources should be redirected to community-based health programs that reduce daily forms of physical and mental suffering.
Carolyn Moxley Rouse, Associate Professor at Princeton University, is the author of Engaged Surrender: African-American Women and Islam (UC Press). She has produced and directed documentaries including Purification to Prozac: Treating Mental Illness in Bali. | 2019-04-20T22:27:48Z | https://www.ucpress.edu/ebook/9780520945043/uncertain-suffering |
Bluffs Run Derby Captured by I’ll Grantuawish.
Saturday Afternoon Bluffs Run trotted out an evenly matched field to contest for the $60,000 3/8 Mile Derby Final and I’ll Granuawish was able to snag the first place money.
At the break the dogs broke across the field with the one I’ll Grantuawish with a slight edge followed by number two L’s Racin Russ and the morning line favorite post position three O Ya Chug Alug right there in third position. With the exception of the four hound Slatex Porsche who found no running room early the rest of field encountered little or no trouble especially number eight Competitivespirt who raced as we used to call it on the overland route. Competivespirt stayed wide the entire race and finished in striking distance taking home the show money. I’ll Grantuawish stayed on the rail and held the same advantage throughout the race that he gained on the break. L’s Racing Russ pressed the leader the whole way but couldn’t close the gap and finished in second.
This race was one of those cases where the dogs broke and everyone kept their position and while there was no jockeying for the lead it still ended up being a very exciting race as we all watched to see it the leaders could hold on and they did.
Here's a Preview of the Four!
PEOPLE R CRAZY out of (Kelsos Fusileer – Sneeze Attack) racing for the Legg Kennel, owned by Karen Legg and trained by Crystal Reuer. She made the finals as point leader with 55.
O YA CHUG ALUG out of (Dodgem By Design – Jasmines Jewel) racing for the Blake & Black kennel, owned by Gary Reicherts and trained by Linda Willey. She made the finals with 53 points.
KB’S JUMBO JET out of (Coldwater Konow – Kil Kaci) racing for the Keeper – Red Rock kennel, owned by Green Smith and trained by Waymon Varner. She made the finals with 44 points.
I’LL GRANTUAWISH out of (Jimbo Scotty – Unleashed Energy) racing for the Plum Creek Kennel, owned by Mary Robinette and trained by Monte Hoopes. He made the finals with 44 points.
L’S RACIN RUSS out of (Dodgem By Design – Malena) racing for the Boeckenstedt Kennel, owned by Kenneth and Gary LeFebvre, and trained by Chuck Shelton. He made the finals with 43 points.
COMPETITIVESPIRT out of (Be My Bubba – Up N Coming Idol) racing for the Plum Creek kennel, owned by David Robinette and trained by Monte Hoops. He made the finals with 43 points.
BIODIESEL FUELED out of (Kiowa Sweet Trey – Future Bride) racing for the Plum Creek Kennel, owned by Mary Robinette and trained by Monte Hoops. He made the finals with 42 points.
SLATEX PORSCHE out of (Flying Hydrogen – Slatex Station) racing for the Harlan Bros. kennel, owned by G. Kirk Harlan and trained by Lori Fortune. She made the finals with 37 points.
Post Position draw will be televised on Wednesday May 26, in the Clubhouse, during the first 8 races.
Ebro is running their Ebro Marathon on Saturday May 29th.
Last years winner Gil's Juarez was a two time champ also winning in 2008. His winnng time last year was 44.50 and in 2008 44.60. From the information that we could dig up the fastest most recent wintime was by Postal in 2006 with a time of 44.20. As soon as we can get you a lineup and a program link we will post it!
We will post the programs for Monday's finals as soon as we get them!
Dubuque is running their 3/16ths $2000 Memorial Sprint on Monday May 31st.
We love these adrenaline rush 17+ second races! Program link as soon as it is posted!
Over a career consisting of two and a half years, C Ya Tom Collins has been one of Gulf Greyhound Park’s most consistent greyhounds competing against the best that Texas racing has to offer. While remaining in top grade AA for most of that time, C Ya Tom Collins broke a four-week winless streak in fine fashion conquering his rivals twice this week to take the honor as Greyhound of the Week.
On Sunday May 16, the number five proved to be a lucky number for C Ya Tom Collins competing in the fifth race of the matinee performance and drew the #5 post position. After breaking out of the starting box in the middle of the pack, C Ya Tom Collins rushed to the lead taking a slim advantage around the first turn. Heading for home, C Ya Tom Collins would hold off a late charge from Atascocita Rian to win by one length in a time of 30.30 seconds.
The sixth race on Friday evening May 21 would feature a grade AA field in the first half of the mandatory twin-trifecta payout consisting of top grade AA winners C Ya Tom Collins, Soi and last week’s recipient of the Greyhound of the Week award, BOW Big Shot. Once again, C Ya Tom Collins would break even with the field but used his early speed to rush around his rivals clearing second behind race leader, Magnolia Dream. C Ya Tom Collins then carried this momentum to the lead with an impressive move down the backstretch and romped home all alone to a 10-½ victory in 30.39 seconds as the even money betting favorite.
(C Ya Costa Maya – San Tan Cool One) for an outstanding week of racing.
Our video is from 1988 and features He's My Man in a race from Multnomah..
It was a very eventful week here at Gulf Greyhound Park containing both highs and lows. Mother’s Day was a success at the beginning of the week but then Mother Nature unleashed buckets and buckets of rain over the racing surface forcing the cancellation of live racing all day Saturday. During the week, BOW Big Shot shined brightly through it all earning this week’s honor as Greyhound of the Week.
Saturday night at Derby Lane was the site of the running of the Gold Trophy Juvenile Stakes Final and LS Jack Williams grabbed the prize for veteran kennel operators Hans and Elly Limmer by holding on over the hard charging favorite Nicolaus Silver to win the event.
Jack Williams was posted in the eight box and things went well right from the start as Number 5 Backwood Ike jumped out first and sealed off the field to the inside while both the number 6 and 7 greyhounds broke slowly allowing Jack Williams an open lane in which to rush to the lead.
The eighth race Saturday Night at Derby Lane features eight pups that have advanced from achieving their maiden victories right up to winning against the best of the best in grade A competition over the past several months. Usually you can expect to see the unexpected when young pups meet up but this group while young at age has accumulated a fair amount of racing experience already in their short careers.
We have added names to our 2010 All American Team Contenders Survey.
Be sure to log on and click the survery button to enter your vote! After the Night of the Stars on July 2nd we will be posting the survey results for the 1st half of the year!
"I believe Quick Mcrunfast is the fastest greyhound in America. If there is a faster greyhound in the Country i would love to see him/her. This dog is absolutely breathtaking. I don't know how to post lines anymore but if someone can i would appreciate it. This greyhound gets from the end of the toteboard to the finish line faster then any greyhound I have ever seen.
The $30,000 Hollywoodian was run Saturday Night at the Mardi Gras Racetrack and Casino and Crispins Place won convincingly as the public choice at 6-5 odds. The Hollywoodian serves as the Derby for Mardi Gras and is raced over the traditional Derby distance of 660 yards. Each year the eventual winner of the Hollywoodian is looked upon as a potential All-American candidate and much is expected from the champ as the year progresses.
On Friday Evening Southland trotted out eight aspiring pups to compete for the annual Spring Futurity Championship and lightly regarded Tomi’s Inazuma shocked the crowd with a stunning upset of odds on favorite Trogelz. The consensus choice Trogelz was coming into this race sporting an impressive ten race win streak and the crowd expected him to keep that streak intact. However a kennel mate named Tomi’s Inazuma decided he wanted to show he had the stuff to compete on this level. Tomi held on gamely from the strong challenge of Trougelz and lit up the toteboard with a win ticket worth $50.80. The 4-8 quiniela returned a modest payoff of $10.10 and the Robert Thorne Kennel as expected went home with the trophy just not how everyone thought they would.
It is that time of year again, the $50,000 Texas Round Up Sprint Championship begins in one week, and Gulf Greyhound Park’s hottest greyhound, Gable Eddie, is peaking at the right time. The 2010 win leader has won three consecutive races making the statement to the rest of the Texas-bred competitors, `catch me if you can`.
eight-length victory in a time of 29.79 seconds.
D.Q. Williams Kennel has loads of top grade AA greyhounds here at Gulf Greyhound Park and this week It’s A Reality has stepped to the front of the line to earn the Greyhound of the Week award.
I agree that it is hard to watch as our business goes the way of the dinosaur, but I think we need to understand why it is happening.
A long time ago racing, horse and dog, was the only game in town if you wanted to gamble. The take was low, 10-12 percent so good handicappers could make money at the game and even poor handicappers could have a lucky day and make a few bucks every now and then.
We are in the business of promoting live greyhound racing world wide and the great people who are involved with it.
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The Power of Questions (eBook) by Beverly Falk, Megan Blumenreich.
Beverly and Megan make connections between investigating issues related to your practice and designing research curricula for your students, citing examples of real teacher researchers' studies as they provide advice, study questions, and exercises to help you get started.
Teacher research is a tool that can help you continue to learn throughout your career. Pursuing your own questions has the potential to foster genuine understandings of educational methods, re-invigorate your teaching practices, and re-shape your curriculum for the benefit of your students.
make research a regular part of your practice.
Unlike any other book on teacher research, Falk and Blumenreich provide you with analogous research projects for your students that support a classroom environment of inquiry and discovery. For teacher educators, an accompanying online instructor's manual includes rubrics to support and assess teacher professional development.
Whether you are a preservice, inservice or veteran teacher, through the inquiry and reflection of teacher research you can learn about your practice and your students and gain a deeper understanding of the potential that the inquiry process has to support powerful student learning. | 2019-04-25T11:53:32Z | https://www.heinemann.com/products/ebk04779.aspx |
CEIA THS/MN Metal Detector detects ferrous and magnetic metal contaminants accidentally present on industrial products, with levels of sensitivity, immunity to interference and response speeds designed to satisfy the strictest quality control requirements.
This ferrous-in-foil metal detector has been especially designed for the inspection of products in aluminium foil trays and wrappings. THS metal detectors’ wide bandwidth allows maximum-sensitivity operation at both high and low transit speeds.
The THS metal detector electronics unit can either be programmed locally, via a keypad and display of 80 alphanumeric characters, or be controlled from a remote computer via a standard RS-232 serial interface, or be linked into a local computer network through a RS-485 interface. | 2019-04-22T10:12:12Z | https://sfengineering.ie/products/quality-control/metal-detection/metal-detector-heads/thsmn/ |
The licensed Cars jump is a bounce house for hours of fun with the whole gang in Carburetor County. Artwork with Lightning McQueen, Flo, Doc Hudson, and Mater greets young fans of this animated stock car race, as they go for the Piston Cup. The Cars bounce house sports brilliant graphics for a realistic depiction of the antics in Radiator Springs. | 2019-04-24T12:35:44Z | https://www.junglejump.net/rentals/1_bounce-houses---jumps/7_cars-bounce-house |
After the MySpace (Samy Worm) we knew more of these were coming and still think its only the beginning. I've discussed the dangers of these issues in the past many times in my Phishing with Superbait presentation. At WhiteHat Security, we make= it our business to find these types of issues for our customers before the bad guys do.
"It is impossible to know how many of these are nonfunctional, but we have an 85% success rate on usage, so it may be fair to state that 85% of those are valid," one member of Bantown told Security Fix. "However, we have only used approximately five hundred of these cookies so far, so it is impossible to tell whether this sample is statistically valid. Still, a massive number have been compromised."
"Group members said they plan to turn their attention to looking for similar flaws at another large social-networking site. "
"Following in the footsteps of fellow blog provider MySpace, Xanga.com appears to have been infected with some kind of worm that compromises the accounts of blog users and replaces content on the sites in order to replicate." | 2019-04-19T02:53:23Z | https://blog.jeremiahgrossman.com/2006/01/more-social-networking-sites-hit-with.html |
Zara has just opened its biggest store in the U.S., a massive flagship on a prime stretch of Fifth Avenue on 52nd Street -- a space formerly occupied by The NBA Store. This store is the first in the retailer’s global roll-out of a new retail concept emphasizing intimate boutiques within the context of a larger store, as well as features emphasizing sustainability.
This store is expected to consume 30 percent less energy and 70 percent less water than conventional stores, thanks to its unique lighting and heating systems (for example: motion detectors in the store dim the lights by 80 percent in areas where no one is present). "The Fifth Avenue location is fantastic, impressive and unique," Jesus Echeverria, Chief Communications Officer of Zara said at Wednesday’s unveiling.
In person, the store more closely resembles a luxury emporium than a fast fashion chain, replete with everything from seating areas with linen couches to marble floors. The Spain-based retailer, owned by The Inditex Group (which last year generated $12.5 billion in revenue), has 47 stores in the U.S. thanks to an aesthetic based on the idea of runway-inspired looks for less and quick merchandise turnaround. Zara stores place trend orders every three weeks and new merchandise is delivered to stores 36 to 48 hours after an order is placed, making this some seriously fast fashion. New merchandise will arrive in this new Fifth Avenue flagship twice a week. Echeverria emphasized that orders are placed in small batches to ensure that the product mix is right -- if something doesn’t hit with shoppers, it’s gone.
Zara also employs over 1,000 designers, and is constantly monitoring global fashion trends. Those being emphasized in this newly-opened flagship include pastels, peplum skirts and minimalist neutrals. For men, there are double-breasted jackets, creeper shoes and blazers with short pants on display.
Zara is just the latest foreign mass retailer to expand its brand on this prime stretch of Fifth Avenue. Japan-based Uniqlo opened up a 89,000 square foot flagship nearby just last fall. For anyone curious what is going to happen to the old Zara store on Fifth (down the block on 54th), it's going to happen to the former Zara store, down the block on 54th Street, it is being converted into a Massimo Dutti shop -- a higher-priced version of Zara also owned by The Inditex Group. | 2019-04-23T08:49:12Z | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/threadny/THREAD-Now-Open-Zara-Biggest-US-Store-On-Prime-Stretch-of-Fifth-Avenue-142768085.html |
On September 25, 2008, President George W. Bush signed the ADA Amendments Act (the “ADAAA”). These amendments were Congress’s response to a number of Supreme Court decisions—namely Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc. and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams—which limited the rights of people with disabilities. The ADAAA effectively reversed those decisions by relaxing the standard to show that an impairment is a disability. By broadening what constitutes a disability, the ADAAA has protected more people from losing their jobs due to disabilities. In 2017, approximately 26,838 disability claims were brought to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”), a federal agency that administers and enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination.
While more people than ever are protected by the ADA, as our recent blog on mental health shows, the number of people silently struggling with disabilities at work is likely far more. If you believe your employer has discriminated against you because of an actual or perceived disability, contact The Harman Firm, LLP. | 2019-04-21T20:48:09Z | https://www.theharmanfirm.com/blog/the-history-of-the-ada/ |
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Take a look at what previous clients have experienced and how Susanne later helped them sell their home quickly and for top dollar!
The owners of 5252 Taylor Lane Avenue had to move to Northern Ohio to be closer to aging family members.
Knowing that the sellers would not have time to remodel the interior, Susanne recommended to focus on the extensive outdoor living space and new in-ground pool that made the home unique. After some decluttering and hiring a professional photographer, Susanne launched her 4 Day Marketing Blitz.
She promoted the listing on various social media channels, generating 1,000’s of views on Facebook and other real estate websites. At the open house Susanne generated multiple offers!
Timing was critical, as the owners needed to move. Susanne effectively managed the transaction. The sale closed on time without hassles, while the sellers had already moved to their family.
This home sold in less than 2 weeks for $197,500 ($137/sqft) – the highest price ever for a bi-level home in this subdivision.
Marketing a home for sale starts long before the sign goes up in the yard. The house at 7068 Eventrail Drive was listed by another agent a year ago. It did not sell and the listing expired.
The owners were rightfully concerned when they met with Susanne. To ensure a quick sale, Susanne recommended cost effective upgrades to compete with other listings in the neighborhood. After some staging and decluttering, hiring a professional photographer and creating a 3D virtual model of the home, Susanne launched her 4 Day Marketing Blitz.
She promoted the listing on various social media channels, generating 1,000’s of views on Facebook and other real estate websites. At the open house Susanne generated an offer and the house went into contract that day!
Timing was critical, as the owners needed to find another house ASAP. Susanne effectively managed both transactions, allowing the owners to close both, the sale of this home and the purchase of their new home, on the same day.
This home sold in just 5 days for $306,000 – that’s $21,000 more than the list price of the previous unsuccessful listing attempt.
The owners of 5569 Coogan Place had to move to Texas for a new job. They only had 2 months to get their home ready for sale. Susanne met with them several times before the listing went live to recommend cost effective upgrades that would yield the highest return on their investment.
While most agents would simply list the home, and accept the first offer submitted, Susanne’s proven 4 Day Marketing Blitz attracted 25 showings by agents. In addition, 35 visitors came to the Open House! The sellers received multiple offers.
Often times contracts get cancelled when buyers are rushed into making an offer. Keeping the house on the market for 4 days allowed prospective buyers to come back for a 2nd visit.
Susanne advised the owners on the most reliable and best offer. The sellers trusted Susanne’s advice and the sale closed on time without hassles, while the sellers has already moved to their new location in Texas.
This home sold for $276,750 in only 5 days, above list price and with multiple offers!
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When you are trying to find books fit for a fifth grade student and you keep coming up empty handed, you are T-TOTALLY THRILLED when you come across a book such as Greetings From Nowhere by Barbara O'Connor.
I am going to start with the most obvious selling point of this book for me. I absolutely adore the arrangement of chapters with a different character's points of views. Each chapter follows the view of the story through a different character. It is brilliant! I know, it has been done before, but I absolutely love the way it is SPECIFICALLY done in this book. It is seamless. The stories overlap just enough, but nothing is repeated in a way that says, "In case you forgot from last chapter."
Each of the characters adds such a different dynamic to the novel. They all have their own inner struggles, but each has something to endear them to the reader. I hate to pick favorites but Loretta is my favorite character in the book. Of course as I read, I began to love every character for one reason or another. I was rooting for everyone in the end.
The plot of the story follows the fate of a small motel, The Sleepy Time Motel in the Great Smoky Mountains. The hotel is owned by at widow named Aggie. She and her husband originally opened the successful motel years ago and now that he is gone and business is slow, Aggie is finding herself in a position of thinking about selling the motel. As each of the other characters is introduced, the fate of the motel improves.
It is no secret that I wasn't really into the cover of O'Connor's Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia, but I think the cover on this book is delightful! I love the way it looks like a real postcard and is almost cartoon-ish. This one is hit for me.
I guess I didn't address how this is a perfect book for fifth grade? Well, take my word, IT IS! The characters all have stories my students can relate to, the vocabulary is just right, and the story move quickly. I am very excited to recommend the book to my kiddos. I can't wait to see what they think of the chapter arrangements. But what I most want to ask them is, "Who is your favorite character?"
OMG, how could I have forgotten to mention--- on page 188 there is a list of guests and one of the guests is Hattie Norris from DAYTON, OHIO! Love-It!
Okay, I just can't help myself. I was going to stay in the corner and be quiet and just read this review to myself 498 times a day - but I can't resist popping in here to say THANK YOU! I value your opinion so much - who better to review my books than a FIFTH GRADE TEACHER - particularly one who rocks like you!
Love your review! I will be reading the book this week, and posting my review next weekend. I'm sure I'll love it as much as you did. I've noticed over time, we tend to have "like" opinions about books.
My favorite character is Aggie. I've been waiting to hear what the Number One Barbara O'Connor fan would write in her review! Is this your next read aloud? It's mine. Starting tomorrow.
You all make me so happy to do this blog. I was seriously ready to quit because my life is kind of crazy right now. Seeing your kind comments keeps me going!
This is my next read aloud too. Starting at the end of the week. it isn't very often that I choose a read aloud that is this new but this one is PERFECT! I think Kirby was my favorite...I can't decide.
This sounds like my next absolutely have to own it, even though I really, truly am going to stop spending so much money on books. I thought HOW TO STEAL A DOG was pretty darn close to the perfect read aloud! | 2019-04-19T14:24:10Z | http://5thgradereads.blogspot.com/2008/03/greetings-from-nowhere-by-barbara.html |
A book chronicling the inspiring stories of 21 Emirati women achievers has been released at a gala ceremony at Le Meridien Hotel Dubai recently.
A host of VIPs, dignitaries, businessmen and government officials turned up to celebrate their excellence in various domains and for making their country proud, said a statement.
The 184-page coffee-table book in English has been published by Xponent Media, a UAE-based publishing company which has to its credit five critically-acclaimed and commercially successful books.
The publication will be available in selected book stores across the UAE and can be ordered directly from the publishers.
Mirza Al Sayegh, director of the Private Office of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Minister of Finance and Deputy Ruler of Dubai, who released the book, said: “The presence of Emirati women in every business domain and their excellence speak volumes about the encouragement and support that the UAE leadership has been giving to the women in the country.
The Emirati achievers who were featured in the book also attended the ceremony, along with their family members, friends and colleagues.
Al Sayegh presented mementos to achievers as a token of appreciation for their achievements and making it to the list of achievers.
Those featured in the book are Alia Abdulla Al Mazrouei, chief operations officer, Mazrui Holdings; Amal Al Agroobi, film director; Amna Binhendi, chief executive officer, BinHendi Enterprises; Amna Salman Al Haddad, weightlifter; Budreya Faisal, head of Marketing and Sponsorship, Arabian Gulf League and Fashion Designer; and Fatima Khalifa Al Enezi, licensed aircraft engineer, Emirates Airline.
Also featured are Sheikha Dr Hind Bint Abdul Aziz Al Qasimi, chairwoman of BPW Middle East and BPW Emirates Club; Habiba Al Marashi, chairperson, Emirates Environmental Group and president and CEO, Arabia CSR Network; Habiba Al Safar, assistant professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research; Khawla Kabanji, CEO, Zajel; and Maryam Al Hashemi, director, Kimberley Process, Dubai Multi-Commodities Centre.
The others achievers are Dr Mouza Obaid Ghanem Ghubash, general secretary, Sheikha Shamsa Bint Suhail Award for Creative Women; Khawla Al Serkal, Director, Sharjah Ladies Club; Laila Mohammed Suhail, CEO, Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment, Dubai Tourism; Muna Easa Al Gurg, director Retail, Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group and chairwoman Young Arab Leaders; Layla Abdul Aziz Al Redha, endurance rider and trainer; Lamya Abedin, founder, Queen of Spades; Mariam Othman, founder director, Rashid Centre for Disabled; Dr Najat Mohammed Rashid, director of Medical Laboratories and Blood Banks, UAE Ministry of Health; Shaikha Saeed Almesmari, head of Media, Government of Fujairah; and Thoraya Al Awadhi, founder and CEO, Thoraya Al Awadhi Group.
Meraj Rizvi, managing editor, Xponent Media, said Emirati women achievers was a challenging and ambitious project and it took more than six months to bring it to a reality.
“It’s been a big challenge identifying the most amazing and inspiring Emirati women achievers. During this amazing journey, we met some of the most amazing women achievers who have all made a name for themselves and done the country proud,” she said.
“They cover a broad canvas - from politicians, media persons, entrepreneurs and engineers to fashion designers, artists, philanthropists, film makers, scientists and sportswomen. These Emirati women have not only become role models for Emiratis, but they also inspire the expatriate community residing in the UAE,” she added.
Faridah F Ajmal, Patron & Advisor, Emirati Women Achievers, said: “The UAE’s women have made remarkable achievements. The farsightedness of UAE leaders has contributed in a big way in country’s development. | 2019-04-24T14:29:27Z | http://www.tradearabia.com/news/MEDIA_284256.html |
Chicago, IL ─ Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan called on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to immediately recall all fuel gel products in response to alarming reports of consumers in Illinois and across the country who’ve suffered severe burns in accidents involving fuel gel. Madigan also called on the CPSC to immediately ban the sale of fuel gel products and urged consumers to stop using the dangerous items.
Earlier this summer, the Attorney General alerted consumers to the risk of severe and even life-threatening burns when using fuel gel products. The CPSC soon after recalled one fuel gel product made by Napa Home & Garden Inc. The company has since pulled its products from store shelves, but fuel gel products by other manufacturers, including BirdBrain, Inc., Windflame Inc. and Jason Metal Products Inc., continue to sell online and in stores around the country.
Fuel gel is poured into a firepot or similar vessel for use as a decorative flame or outdoor light. Madigan said reports have shown injuries resulted when fuel gel spilled or was poured into a pot in attempt to light or re-light the flame, causing the product to explode into a fireball. When the gel contact’s a person’s skin, it reacts similarly to napalm, making it nearly impossible to extinguish. Victims and witnesses indicate that traditional ways to put out a flame, such as dropping and rolling, don’t work. The flaming gel ignites other materials and does not stop burning.
The Attorney General said her office has received accounts of three fuel gel-related accidents in Illinois, and dozens of other injuries have been reported around the country. In the Chicago suburbs last year, a 3-year-old girl was critically injured when a firepot containing fuel gel manufactured by BirdBrain Inc. spilled, causing severe burns to her head and face. Last month, a Chicago man suffered serious and extensive injuries when fuel gel manufactured by BirdBrain exploded, causing burns to his face and arms. Madigan said a mother of four from downstate Illinois was also reportedly burned when a fuel gel product exploded at a backyard birthday party.
With the three known accidents in Illinois involving the BirdBrain brand, Madigan today subpoenaed the Ypsilanti, Mich.-based company, asking for any incidents reported to the company and for its Illinois sales and distribution information.
Madigan urged Illinoisans to immediately stop using fuel gel products. Any consumer who has suffered an injury in a fuel gel-related incident should immediately contact the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The Attorney General also encouraged consumers to sign up for automatic recall notifications via email through the CPSC at www.cpsc.gov. Consumers seeking more information can also contact Madigan’s Product Recall Hotline at (888) 414-7678, TTY (800) 964-3012 and (866) 310-8398 for Spanish speakers.
 Chicago, IL – United States Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill), Co-Chair of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, released the 2011 Lake Michigan Report Card. The Report Card evaluates six primary concerns important to the health and prosperity of Lake Michigan: beach water quality, sewage pollution, mercury contamination, water levels, cleaning up Superfund polluted sites, and invasive species.
The number of beach advisories and closings on the Lake Michigan shoreline in Illinois has remained above 500 per year over the last 5 years. These closures are a persistent threat to public health and result in millions of dollars lost revenue. In response, Congress should enact the Beach Act to improve contamination warnings and assessment to lower the number of beach closings.
Although sewage pollution has been on the decline, more than 24 billion gallons of raw sewage are still being dumped in to the Great Lakes each year. Sewage dumping contributes to beach closures and threatens the safety of our drinking water. To address this issue, Senator Kirk and Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) have introduced S. 147, the Great Lakes Water Protection Act, which would ban sewage dumping in the Great Lakes by the year 2031.
High levels of mercury have been shown to cause serious nerve disorders, particularly in children. Unfortunately, there is not currently enough scientific data collected from Lake Michigan to accurately grade mercury contamination levels. The EPA must update its mercury tests annually, to report on the trend of mercury contamination in the Great Lakes.
Water levels are of enormous importance to the lake’s ecosystem, boating, navigation, and fishing. Lake Michigan water levels have steadily declined over the past 25 years. Congress should respond by resolving any disputes holding up the Harbor Maintenance Act.
Keeping invasive species, particularly Asian carp, out of the Great Lakes is a top priority. Asian carp has yet to be found in the Great Lakes, but spawning populations are present within 150 miles and eDNA results positive for Asian carp have been found above the barrier. Last month, three consecutive eDNA samples for carp were found in Lake Calumet, above the barrier, which was designed to keep the carp out. The Army Corps of Engineers should take every effort to up the voltage at the three electric dispersal barriers as a further deterrent for carp.
“There have been great strides in the last few years to enhance the restoration of natural habitat, reduce pollution and combat invasive species, but it is clear that we still have along ways to go,†Sen. Kirk said.
Senator Kirk unveiled the Lake Michigan Report Card this morning at the Shedd Aquarium. The Shedd Aquarium has been a long-time local leader in environmental education and beach cleanup efforts and, through the “Keep the Great Lakes” campaign, the Shedd Aquarium has impacted over 25,000 people with public outreach activities.
In July alone, the BBB received 32 complaints filed by consumers which eclipses all other months this year. The BBB has a total of 46 complaints since January 2011 when consumers began contacting the BBB in earnest with their concerns. In 24 of those complaints, consumers allege US Immigration Organization, the business that operates the website www.usaimmigrationsupport.com, misrepresented itself as a government entity. The BBB has turned this information over to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office for their review due to the increasing number of complaints being received.
“Consumers have spent anywhere from $75 to hundreds of dollars on these services, thinking they were receiving official assistance with their passport, visa, and naturalization applications”, Bernas noted. “In return, they received only the applications that are free and easily accessible through the federal government.
“It is very important for people to fully read and understand any website and its disclaimers before doing businesses on it,” the BBB president stated. “This is particularly necessary when a person is seeking assistance involving personal identification or government programs. There are operations whose intent is to deceive people into thinking the business is something it is not, so people send money and the business also gains access to information about their identities.
In the wake of similar activities around the country, the Federal Trade Commission has created multi-lingual educational materials for consumers. These tools can help educate consumers to avoid immigration scams and provide the means to file FTC complaints and report suspected scams or fraud.
Always retain your original documents and only provide photocopies if necessary.
Do not make online payments or send money to someone who is not a licensed attorney.
Make copies of every document you prepare, submit and keep for your own records.
Request a receipt as proof of payment.
Check the Illinois Bar Association for licensed attorneys who provide immigration services.
A Chicago man who broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home on Valentine’s Day and repeatedly stabbed the woman and her daughter with a kitchen knife has been sentenced to 27 years in prison, according to the Office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez.
Derrick Williams, 49, of Chicago, pled guilty to charges of Attempted First Degree Murder and Home Invasion and was sentenced to 27 years in connection with the Feb. 14, 2009 attack.
According to prosecutors, Williams and the victim had been in a brief dating relationship that had ended nearly one year before the attack occurred. The victim was home with her daughter and son when Williams broke into her apartment and entered the bedroom of the victim where he punched her and began to stab her with a kitchen knife. When the victim’s daughter attempted to stop the attack, Williams slashed her in the face, cutting her from the hairline to middle of her cheek.
Williams then dragged the victim and her daughter to the living room area where he continued to stab the victim about the body. The victim’s daughter and son were able to call police during the attack and the defendant fled the apartment on foot. Chicago police on patrol arrested Williams, who was covered in blood from the attack and still carrying the knife in his back poket.
Williams admitted to stabbing the victim and forensic tests later matched the blood found on Williams’clothing and the knife with that of the victim.
Alvarez thanked Assistant State’s Attorney Mary Anna Planey of the State’s Attorney’s Domestic Violence Division for her hard work on the case.
It’s the totally too-good-to-be-true story of one boy’s life in an interracial family in Chicagoland, 1979: part memoir, part editorial, all comedy. Actor/author James Anthony Zoccoli [JAZ] gives a retrospective account of his life growing up as Little Jimmy: a half-Italian, half-Polish kid who wants to be all Black when his White mother gets remarried to an African-American man. Hilarity ensues!
Then, after devoting his youth to crossing racial boundaries and trying to overcome the cultural divide in his personal life, he encounters the irony of all ironies in his adult professional life: having to play a racist character in a major motion picture. More hilarity ensues!
With the election of our first African-American president and the surprising (or revelatory) backlash, the United States has begun a whole new phase of growing pains in its relatively short history. WIGGERLOVER [white boy+black dad=grey areas] is a creative experiment aimed at proving that laughter is the best medicine…even when it comes to social ills.
Wiggerlover starts at 8:30 p.m.
The Game Show Show… & Stuff starts at 11 p.m.
Tickets are $20 for Wiggerlover; $25 for The Game Show Show & Stuff.
For more information including a video preview, visit www.jamesanthonyzoccoli.com.
Seattle, WA (BlackNews.com) — Adult smokers nationwide who want to kick the habit have until Aug. 31 to see if they are eligible to enroll in WebQuit, a free, online smoking-cessation study (www.webquit.org) being conducted by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
The goal of WebQuit, which began in June 2010, is to improve the effectiveness of online smoking-cessation programs. Study director Jonathan Bricker, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist who specializes in smoking-cessation research, says that online smoking-cessation programs are improving but still have a very long way to go.
“Our goal is to try to find what works and what doesn’t; what to include in these programs and how to improve them so they can become more effective,” said Bricker, also a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington. Involvement in the study will entail completing online questionnaires, including one 15-minute follow-up survey. Eligible participants must be at least 18 and not currently participating in other smoking-cessation programs, among other requirements.
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Dawah International, LLC, a multimedia company, is expanding its reach into television and is looking to cast for a docu-style series or documentary to help fight recidivism by helping newly released inmates find resolve with their families. The addition of the new project adds another branch of the company and forges it towards its goal of being established in all forms of media. There is no other form of media that reaches the masses like television. The project is in its earliest stages and is being nurtured for this particular platform by owners, Rufus and Jenny Triplett.
“We are very excited about this opportunity. This comes at a very good time and place in our lives. Sometimes you put your heart and soul into everything and wonder if it’s worth it. Over the past five years we have motivated, educated and inspired thousands of inmates in order to help them better their lives. We have been contacted out of the blue by some very influential people. No, Oprah did not call…but Hollywood did. This can be a great platform and provide lots of healing. Black families are being destroyed by incarceration. Prisons are a business and black men and now even moreso women are the commodity,” says Jenny.
Currently under the multimedia umbrella and sporting the Prisonworld brand is Prisonworld Magazine, an international magazine for inmates, their families, lawyers, activists and organizations alike, Prisonworld Records, a record label that prides itself on collaboration projects that devotes funds to those who have not only been falsely accused but also wrongfully convicted, Prisonworld Radio Hour, a weekly radio show formerly LIVE but now heard in Podcast format in several forums, Prisonworld Blogtalk, an interactive blog that invites you to “free your mind” with varying topics and inmate opinions and Future Entrepreneur Network, a forum that helps educate and empower inmates to start their own businesses.
Recidivism is on the rise and the current state of the economy does not help. The cold hard statistic states that every 2 out of 3 inmates who are released return to prison within three years. The CASTING CALL for Prisonworld is looking for inmates who are about to be released but CANNOT go home – for reasons of family conflict with parents, children, spouses, etc. The inmate can be male or female. The story must be true and serious. Inmates can send his/her story to: Prisonworld, PO Box 380, Powder Springs, GA, 30127. Friends and family can send an email with their story.
Rufus and Jenny Triplett are co-Editors-in-Chief of Prisonworld Magazine, which is published by Dawah International, LLC, a multimedia company. The magazine is printed on a bi-monthly basis and has a yearly readership of 350,000. They are co-hosts and co-producers of the weekly radio show the Prisonworld Radio Hour. Jenny is a requested speaker for correctional facilities, non-profit organizations, schools, radio and TV shows and print magazines. Rufus is a member of the group, Likely Suspect, which provides acapella entertainment for the speaking presentations.
For more information about the magazine, log onto www.prisonworldmagazine.com or contact Jenny Triplett at 678-233-8286 or dawahinternationalllc@gmail.com. | 2019-04-24T06:31:38Z | http://copylinemagazine.com/2011/08/11/ |
Perfect rental income property or Spacious family living in a very convenient location. Just a few blocks from Chico State and downtown! Recently updated and maintained. This home is on a nice corner lot, large fun backyard for entertainment with a back deck and features a large covered front porch, open floor plan, spacious living room with a masonry fireplace and built-in craftsmanship cabinetry that extends over to the dining area. The galley kitchen features real wood cabinets with tile counters, stove top, and built-in oven. Oak hardwood floors in the living areas with oversized bedrooms on the 1st and 2nd floors. The 3rd level bedroom is large enough for a size of 2 bedrooms. Spacious ... Read Morebathrooms with tub/showers. The laundry room is in a large finished basement with sink. Plus, a double size garage which is accessible from the alley and a storage/workshop separate building. Other property features built-in BBQ, a small pond, sandpit, orange trees and more.
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Vilakati, G. D., Hoek, E. M. V., and Mamba, B. B. (2015). "Investigating the usability of alkali lignin as an additive in polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes," BioRes. 10(2), 3079-3096.
The effects of natural and synthetic polymer additives on the properties of ultrafiltration membranes were studied. The use of NaOH to remove the residual additive remaining in the membranes during coagulation was also investigated, as was the effect of NaOH post-treatment relative to membrane performance. To evaluate the residual additives present, ATR-FTIR was used. Contact-angle analysis and water-absorption experiments were used to examine the hydrophilic properties of the prepared membranes. Membranes modified with lignin (Lig) were found to absorb more water (94% water uptake) than other membranes. In general, the contact angles were found to be low for membranes treated with NaOH. Membrane permeability was greatest in lignin_polysulfone (Lig_PSf), followed by polyvinylpyrrolidone_polysulfone (PVP_PSf), and with polyethylene glycol_polysulfone (PEG_PSf) the least permeable, similar to the trend observed in water uptake. A ‘Robeson plot’ analogue showed that Lig_PSf membranes had high separation factors regardless of the size of the solute being rejected. This study indicates the feasibility of using cheap, readily available additives to increase the performance of membranes.
Ultrafiltration membrane technology has been applied to many types of separation techniques, such as the removal of organics from water. Hydrophilicity and pore size play major roles in the performance of such membranes (Yan et al. 2006). However, polysulfone (PSf), a versatile polymer used to fabricate such membranes, is relatively hydrophobic (Zularism et al. 2007). To overcome this problem, polysulfone is usually blended with other, more hydrophilic polymers during the casting process (Yeo et al. 2000; Chakrabarty et al. 2008; Kumar et al. 2013). Much effort has been devoted to membrane modification to improve membrane permeability and antifouling properties.
Unmodified polysulfone membranes perform poorly compared to modified membranes (Lafreniere et al. 1987). Membrane modification techniques vary from the use of hydrophilic polymers or inorganic nanoparticles as additives to changing certain conditions during membrane fabrication. Polyethylene glycol (PEG), tetra-ethylene glycol (TEG), and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) are examples of polymer additives commonly used to increase the viscosity of the dope solution without adversely affecting the polymer concentration (Aroon et al. 2010). These polymers can also be used as pore-forming agents, hydrophilicity inducers, and macrovoid suppressors. Their incorporation often results in increased permeability (Wienk et al. 1995; Machado et al. 1999; Ismail and Hassan 2007; Chakrabarty et al. 2008). Other additives that have been studied include LiCl and organic acids such as acetic acid and propanoic acid (Shi et al. 2008). To determine the effectiveness of an additive, cloud-point determination experiments are typically carried out. These experiments indicate whether or not the additive changes the thermodynamic stability of the dope solution. Some polymer additives increase the viscosity of the casting solution, driving the composition of the solution nearer to the precipitation point (Wang and Teo 1996).
Improving the performance of membranes could lead to lower operating costs because more permeate can be attained using a given membrane. Using relatively cheap, readily available additives to improve membrane flux and reduce fabrication costs has not been studied much in the past. This can be done by substituting well-known additives with the cheaper alternatives. The cost of synthetic additives can be reduced in this way, reducing the overall cost of membrane fabrication. The significance of the cost reduction depends on the overall membrane synthesis process and also depends on the percentage of additive used. Additives have been substituted for up to 20% of the weight of membranes in previous work (Kumar et al. 2013). Natural additives are of interest because they are renewable and are often available in abundance.
Although the ideal solution would be to use only renewable additives and solvents when fabricating polymeric membranes via phase inversion, the use of a single renewable component (i.e., an additive) is a starting point. Biopolymers such as lignin and cellulose have been used as polymer reinforcements and blenders (Canetti et al. 2004; Ciobanu et al. 2004). Lignin is an amorphous, phenolic, relatively inert organic polymer and is the second-most abundant natural polymer on earth (Pucciariello et al. 2010). It is a by-product of the paper and pulp industry. Although lignin has previously been used as a polymer blender, its complex structure can be disintegrated by treatment with alkali via a process called delignification. This process is also used to remove lignin from wood during pulp production.
Lignin derivatives have been used in membrane synthesis because they are readily available and because it is an alternative method of waste removal for the pulp industries. Zhang et al. (2005) incorporated lignosulfonates into polysulfone membranes to induce electrolyte transference, reporting that higher concentrations of lignosulfonates facilitated larger surface pores and decreased macrovoid formation. Recently, Nevarez et al. (2011) used propionated lignin to fabricate cellulose triacetate membranes for water purification. Propionated lignin was used to improve polymer interaction with cellulose triacetate. In another recent study, Hashim et al. (2011) evaluated the use of SiO2 particles as an additive, focusing on the effects of acid (HF) and alkaline (NaOH) treatments on the performance of the PVDF membranes. Both post-treatments improved membrane permeability because they dissolved SiO2particles and washed them out of the membranes.
Polymeric solvent additives (additives that dissolve in the solvent in question) such as PEG tend to adhere to the membrane and leach out over time. Such membranes are not ideal thin-film composite (TFC) membrane supports because leaching removes a considerable amount of the thin film, reducing the half-life of the membrane. The right choice of additive (one that can be easily removed from the membrane) is essential.
Alkali lignin has long been isolated from wood using alkaline treatments (Vilakati et al. 2012). It is a natural polymer commercially available in the form of aggregate powders. It can be dissolved in solvents such as N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP), the same solvent used to dissolve polysulfone, at about 50 °C. One hypothetical lignin structure is shown in Fig.1 and its derivatives have been reported elsewhere (Alder 1977).
Native lignin has not been used as a membrane additive. In the present study, it was used as a novel additive for two reasons. First, it can be removed from the membrane using a modified delignification process and the degree of delignification can be easily confirmed using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Secondly, because of its hydrophilic nature, the surface properties of the membranes can be altered slightly such that good membrane performance and porosity can be achieved with relatively low loadings.
To prepare the polymer solution, polysulfone beads (22 kDa), alkali lignin (28 kDa), and NN-dimethyl formamide (DMF) obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (USA) and NMP obtained from Merck (USA) were used. A commercial fabric was obtained from Hirose Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Japan). Polyethylene glycol with molecular weights of10 and 35kDa and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP, 360 kDa) used in rejection experiments were also acquired from Sigma-Aldrich. PEG 10 kDa was also used to modify the membranes (as additive) while PVP 29 kDa, also purchased from Sigma, was only used as additive.
The membranes were prepared using a phase inversion process detailed in another study (Vilakati et al. 2014). Each additive was dissolved in a mixture of NMP and DMF solvents at 50 °C (a temperature below the flash point of the solvent). After complete dissolution of the additive, small amounts of polysulfone beads (22 kDa) were added, while stirring, to the cold additive-solvent solution in the ratios and amounts shown in Table 1. The solution was then mixed for at least 8 h and allowed to settle overnight. The solutions were cast onto the non-woven which was attached to a clean glass plate with tape. Using a casting knife with the blade height set at 150 µm, the polymer solution was cast to the fabric and glass plate and the cast solution was immediately immersed in deionized (DI) water for 10 min. The membranes were rinsed in DI water three times for 30 min each. The membranes were soaked in a 5 wt.% aqueous NaOH solution at 50 °C for 30 min and then rinsed with DI water at 80 °C for 5 min. All membranes were stored in a refrigerator (4 °C) before performance testing was carried out.
The support membranes were characterised using a JEOL 5000 scanning electron microscope (SEM; Japan) operating at an accelerating voltage of 20 kV. The membranes were gold-coated using a gold sputter coater to make them electrically conductive. The preparation of cross-sectional samples involved soaking the membranes in liquid nitrogen and then quick-freezes fracturing the musing thumb dressing forceps before they were gold-coated.
The surface tension and capability of the membranes to attract water were assessed using a contact-angle goniometer (DataPhysics Optical Contact Angle SCA20, Germany). The contact angles of the membranes were determined using a sessile drop method. The membranes were pre-dried in an oven at 80 °C overnight and were stored in a desiccator for later analysis. To ensure there reproducibility of the reported data, the contact angle measurements were taken from one membrane at different points and the average of three replicate measurements made on different days was reported.
where Mdry and Mwet are the dry and wet weights of the membranes, respectively.
To determine the presence or absence of lignin in the membranes following treatment, a Perkin-Elmer Spectrum 100 FTIR spectrometer (USA) with an attenuated total reflectance (ATR) component was used.
A phase diagram was plotted using data points obtained via titration methods in which the end-point was visually determined according to the formation of a turbid solution. Polysulfone solutions (with concentrations of 1, 2, 4, and 8 wt.%) without additives were titrated with deionized water at 20 °C. These results were compared with those of other similarly concentrated polysulfone solutions containing 0.5 wt.% of each additive. The fractions of coagulant, solvent, and polymer at the end-points of these titrations were used to create a ternary phase diagram.
where Ro is the observed rejection and Cp and Cf are the permeate and feed concentrations, respectively.
The ratio of the concentration of the solute in the permeate to that in the bulk solution is defined as the sieving coefficient, Si. The observed sieving coefficient, So, is given by Cp/Cf and Ro= 1 – So. The actual or intrinsic rejection, Ri, is given by 1 – Cp/Cm = 1 – Sa, where Cm is the concentration at the membrane surface.
where Jv and k are the volumetric flux and mass transfer coefficient, respectively.
Mehta and Zydney (2005) defined the separation factor (α) as the ratio of the sieving coefficient of small solutes to that of large solutes, Ssmall/Slarge. In UF, they observed that small solutes and water (the solvent) passed freely through the membrane, indicating that Ssmall was approximately 1, and that α could be approximated as 1/Slarge. Because small solutes were not rejected, Ssmall was assumed to be equal to that of the solvent.
The onset of the cloud point was determined by titration methods ultimately leading to liquid-liquid demixing. During demixing, the solution becomes thermodynamically unstable and the system separates into two phases. To determine the effect of additives on the phase separation properties, cloud-point experiments were conducted. The system normally consists of a solvent, a polymer, and the non-solvent. In this case, two systems were used: one with 0.5 wt.% additive (lignin, PEG, or PVP) and another without additive. The polymer concentration was increased in both systems to account for the effect of the introduction of an additive to the system. Table 2 shows that more water was needed to reach the cloud point after lignin was incorporated into the system. Riyasudheen and Sujith (2012) reported that for systems where an additive (PVP) was added, less water was needed to reach the cloud point. It has also been reported that PVP reduces the demixing gap of the ternary system, leading to the formation of a denser structure (Mulder 1996). The same results were obtained (Fig. 2) in this study when using PVP or PEG as the additive. When lignin was added, however, the demixing gap increased and the curve shifted toward the polymer-non-solvent axis. Additives with behaviour like that of PVP or PEG are referred to as solvent additives, unlike lignin, a non-solvent additive that does not dissolve in the solvent (NMP) at room temperature. There are two possible reasons for the shift of the curve towards the polymer-nonsolvent axis after the addition of lignin. Either lignin increased the water tolerance of the dope solution, or lignin interacted with the polysulfone. Both would delay solvent outflux. It is expected that the membranes would have spongy morphologies if the thermodynamic effect caused by the solvent was not dominant.
Fig. 2. Phase diagram showing the different concentrations of neat polysulfone and polysulfone with additives (lignin, PEG, PVP) in a 3:1 (NMP:DMF) solvent system. The non-solvent and polymer data have been scaled up five times to enhance visibility.
Although the phase diagram in Fig. 2 indicates that there was delayed liquid-liquid demixing (as the amount of water required to induce precipitation increased after lignin addition), it should be noted that the delayed liquid-liquid demixing was instantaneous at localised points. This means that each water droplet instantly caused precipitation within the polymer solution at the point of contact before dissolving again with vigorous stirring. This was observed following the addition of lignin.
To confirm that lignin dissolved in the prepared membranes, IR spectra were used to determine the presence or absence of the carbonyl peak characteristic to lignin, as shown in Fig. 3. Lignin from wood, grass, and biomass sources has characteristic peaks at around 1600 cm-1 and 1750 cm-1 due to aromatic stretching and the vibration of unsaturated carbonyls (C=O), respectively (Hergert 1960; Lisperguer et al. 2009; Zhou et al. 2011; Vilakati et al. 2012). This peak was not present in the spectra before or after post-treatment with sodium hydroxide. The post-treatment was meant to remove trace lignin remaining in the membrane, as lignin solubility in water could not be established. Previous research has shown that lignin dissolution can be achieved with alkaline treatment without adversely affecting polysulfone, which is known to be resistant to caustic treatment (Vilakati et al. 2012).Furthermore, the broad -OH peak present in the spectra of lignin was absent from the membrane spectra. The aromatic peak at 1604 cm-1 (characteristic of lignin) was present in both the membranes and the neat lignin because both lignin and polysulfone exhibit aromatic stretching. The IR spectroscopy was inconclusive regarding the total dissolution of lignin because ATR-FTIR was used and the penetration depth into the membrane sample was relatively low. The penetration depth into the sample is typically between 0.5 and 2 µm, a function of the wavelength of the incident light (Mirabella 1993). These results, unfortunately, indicate only the removal of lignin from the membrane surface. Membranes modified with PEG and PVP were also characterised by FTIR spectroscopy, as shown in Figs. 4a and 4b. There was no observed difference in the peaks before and after NaOH treatment, except for the appearance of a broad shoulder peak at 1490 cm-1. This peak may be due to the formation of an enolate (an intermediate step in the formation of a methylene group) because of additive derivatives remaining in the membrane.
An additive to a casting polymer solution either promotes pore formation or suppresses macrovoid formation. Figure 5 shows cross-sections of membranes modified with 0.5 wt.% of each tested additive. The membranes had asymmetrical structures, and there was no visible difference between them. It was expected, however, that the membranes modified with lignin would have a spongy structure because they exhibited delayed liquid-liquid demixing. This was not the case because the thermodynamic effect of the use of a relatively viscous solvent was dominant. Also, the shift towards the polymer-nonsolvent was too small (less than 1%), compared to those of the other membranes, to cause a significant change in the physical structure of the membrane. Ismail and Mansourizadeha (2011) investigated the effect of anon-solvent additive on PVDF hollow-fibre membranes and concluded that two processes were responsible for the appearance of oval-shaped microvoids and the observed variation in the width of the sub-layer macrovoids: the thermodynamic demixing effect and the kinetic effect of viscosity. The thermodynamic effect is characterised by rapid demixing induced by the presence of a viscous solvent, NMP, and overrides the kinetic effect of viscosity increases via lignin addition. This is because an inadequate amount of lignin was added to cause a significant change in the overall viscosity (which was not measured) of the polymer solution. Because there was no observed difference in the membrane’s morphology, water absorption experiments were conducted to account for the differences in the performance of the membranes.
Water uptake is dependent upon the hydrophilicity and porosity of the membrane. More hydrophilic membranes will absorb water faster than relatively hydrophobic ones. The contact angles of membranes also depend on membrane porosity, hydrophilicity, and surface roughness. In essence, the contact angle and water uptake provide indications of the hydrophilicity of a membrane. A membrane with high water content and low contact angle is considered hydrophilic (Sadrzadeh and Bhattacharjee 2013). In general (Fig. 6), membranes modified with 0.5 wt.% of each additive had higher water uptake values, with 0.5%_Lig_PSf reaching equilibrium at 94% after 120 min. Most of the membranes attained maximum water uptake after one hour of immersion.
Fig. 6. Water uptake by modified membranes. The standard deviation was between 3 and 7%.
Table 3 shows the contact angles of the membranes before and after NaOH treatment. The purpose of the treatment was to wash away residual additive particles that remained following coagulation. The results did not reveal a relationship between additive content and contact angle before or after treatment. The contact angle decreased following NaOH treatment because the membrane porosity increased as residual additive was removed. Similar results were reported by Simon et al. (2013) after the effect of caustic cleaning on nanofiltration membranes was evaluated, although the decrease in hydrophobicity observed in their study was not substantial. A decrease in PSf contact angle was also observed, unexpectedly, because PSf is resistant to alkali treatment. This could be because the residual NaOH on the membrane surface made the membrane relatively hydrophilic. A similar observation was reported by Li and Elimelech (2004) in a study in which membranes were cleaned with SDS and EDTA. Notably, the contact angles of PEG-PSf and PVP_PSf membranes were lower than that of Lig_PSf. From these results, it would have been expected that the permeability of Lig_PSf be lower. To the contrary, Lig_PSf had high permeate flux. These contact angles were decreased by the addition of each additive. Depending on whether each additive dissolves completely during coagulation, the contact angle will remain low if that additive does not come out completely, as was seen for PEG and PVP additives.
Lig_PSf, lignin_polysulfone; PVP_PSf, polyvinylpyrrolidone_polysulfone; PEG_PSf, polyethylene glycol_ polysulfone; The standard deviation is in parentheses.
Using pore-forming agents in membrane synthesis resulted in increased permeate flux. Han et al. (2012) assert that the membrane flux increases with the glycol content and observed a decline in the rejection of polyethylene glycol in their study (PEG-10 kDa). Figure 7 shows pure water permeability as a function of additive concentration. As shown in the water absorption section, Lig_PSf had the greatest water uptake, followed by PVP_PSf, and finally, PEG_PSf. The water permeability of the membranes was in the same order. This was expected, since pore-forming agent molecules form pores by occupying spaces in the membrane matrix. These spaces remained empty after coagulation because the additives are soluble in water. This phenomenon is demonstrated in Table 4, where a decrease in the membrane’s resistance was observed for membranes modified with PVP and lignin with the latter having a value of 1.37 x 106 µm-1. This is a reduction of about 2 fold.
A state-of-the-art ultrafiltration membrane is one that has both good selectivity and high permeability. In a plot of the separation factor (1/Sa) against the permeability, such membranes will be represented at the top right corner of the plot. This type of plot has been used to compare the selectivity of different commercial membranes for gas separation. In most cases, these membranes come with a given MWCO that does not necessarily give relevant quantitative analysis when a 99 or 99.9% rejection is desired (Mochizuki and Zydney 1993). In this study, membranes made from different additives were compared using this method of analysis.
Plots of the separation factor versus membrane permeability are given forPVP-360 kDa (Fig. 8a) and PEG-35 kDa (Fig. 8b) using the same membranes. One observation from the plot is that the lignin-modified membranes had high selectivity and permeability compared to those of the membranes modified with PEG-10 kDa and PVP-29 kDa additives when PVP-360 kDa was rejected. When PEG-35 kDa was rejected, however, the separation factor was lower, while the permeability remained high. This is because lignin-modified membranes had greater water uptake and porosity characteristics (Fig. 6) than PEG-modified membranes.
When PEG-35 kDa was rejected, the observed rejections were lower for lignin-modified membranes because they had larger pores than the solute rejected, hence the lower separation factors (Mehta and Zydney 2005). This means that the trade-off between selectivity and permeability depends on the size of the molecule being rejected.
Very small molecules exhibit lower rejections if the mechanism of rejection is governed only by size exclusion. The fact that the selectivity of all membranes dropped when rejecting PEG 35-kDa (Fig. 8b) is an indication that the mechanism of rejection is size exclusion.
A desirable membrane is one that has minimal concentration polarisation (CP) effects, although such effects cannot be entirely eliminated. A membrane has minimal CP when the concentration at the membrane surface is almost the same as that of the bulk solution. To determine if the prepared membranes were affected by CP, Cm was calculated based on the relationship Ri = 1 – Cp/Cm = 1 – Sa. Since Sa= Cp/Cm and since Sa can be determined, the concentration at the membrane surface can also be computed, as shown in Table 5. The ratio of Cm and Cb was between 1.3 and 1.2, demonstrating minimal effects of CP. Higher values of this ratio (often called the polarisation index) have been reported in literature. Values obtained by Wijmans et al. (1985) were tenor more. For example, when rejecting Dextran T70, Cm and Cb were found to be 0.123 and 1.420 x 103- g/mL, respectively. This translates to a ratio of 90. There may be lower or higher values in literature, as this parameter depends on the solutes being rejected and the pressure applied.
Molecular weight cut-off has been regarded as the standard method of describing the solute-retention properties of ultrafiltration membranes. This method is used to estimate the membrane’s pore size. It is defined as the molecular weight (dynamic radius) of a solute with which a given membrane has a sieving coefficient (So) less than0.1. Diluted, uncharged solutes of different molecular weights are rejected and a sieving curve plot of retention versus the molar mass or solute radius can be created (Platt et al. 2002; Hilal et al. 2007). As shown in Fig. 9, the MWCO was obtained by rejecting three uncharged solutes of different origins, includingPEG-10 KDa, PEG-35 KDa, and PVP-360 KDa, using different membranes.
Although the rejection of the solutes for the two membranes modified with PEG and PVP was below 90%, the membranes’ molecular weight cut-offs did not differ by a large margin. The molecular weight cut-off of the 0.125%_Lig_PSf membrane was 33 nm. It should be noted that the MWCO estimated here does not reflect the actual value, since the membrane performance analysis indicates the existence of a concentration polarisation layer. This layer could have been caused by the use of high solute concentration, although there is no specific minimum value known that can be used to avoid forming the concentration polarisation layer (Platt et al. 2002).
Fig. 9. Molecular weight cut-offs of different membranes. The retention was plotted against the solute diameter.
Water-soluble additives are used because they leach out of the membrane during phase inversion. Water-soluble additives like PEG dissolve in the coagulation bath, but it should be noted that some additive remains in the polymer and leaches out with time (Han et al. 2012).
Figure 10 shows that there was considerable permeability loss when the lignin content increased. Membranes that were soaked in 5 wt.% NaOH solution experienced appreciable gains in permeability, from 44 to 77 µm/s/bar when 0.5 wt.% lignin was used. Sun et al. (2012) researched the extraction of lignin from bamboo wood using aqueous alkaline ethanol, ethanol, and aqueous alkaline solution at different concentrations. Alkali can effectively reduce the molecular size of lignin such that more pores are created when the lignin trapped in the polymer breaks down.
Similar to PVP and PEG, the addition of lignin during the preparation of a polysulfone membrane increases the membranes’ ability to absorb water.
The FTIR results showed that lignin can be removed from within the membrane. This was also confirmed by an increase in membrane permeability after NaOH post-treatment.
Contact-angle measurements and water-uptake studies showed that lignin increases the membrane’s hydrophilicity.
Performance analysis shows that membranes modified with lignin had both high water flux and high solute rejection and were not prone to concentration polarisation.
Further studies are needed to investigate the interaction of such membranes with different solutes.
The University of South Africa and the DST/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre (NIC) provided funding for this work.
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Article submitted: December 12, 2014; Peer review completed: March 1, 2015; Revised version received: March 26, 2015; Accepted: March 27, 2015; Published: April 2, 2015. | 2019-04-21T02:34:34Z | https://bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu/resources/investigating-the-usability-of-alkali-lignin-as-an-additive-in-polysulfone-ultrafiltration-membranes/ |
What is Poetry and What Is It Good For?
People blog about these allied topics elsewhere, and there seems to be a bloomlet of books answering the same questions. I’ve lived a fairly good number of years, writing, reading, and listening to what I consider poetry, and I can’t say that I’ve thought of this for a long time.
There are inductive and deductive artists: ones who think of, or latch onto, a useful theory, and produce art from it; and those that, if they think of theory at all, derive it from what they have already created. I’m in that later, and I think larger, group.
The concentrated amount of work I’m doing with the Parlando Project means I am working a lot with poetry, and making constant choices. To give me focus in this process I did take on a few principles for Parlando, but having handled this much poetry in the past year means that I can’t help but observe my choices and what those choices say about what I believe about poetry.
Simply, poetry is musical speech. And good poetry not only sings with its words, it sings twice, as its thoughts flow like the logic of music. Do that and I think it’s poetry. Fail to do that (or rather, if I fail to hear that) and it may be a perfectly good something else, but it’s not poetry.
No meter, no rhyme, is that musical speech? To me, yes, it is. I hear this music, as I hear the music in other poems, as a musician, but you could hear it too, even if you are only a listener of music. Music does not need to be a drill team march or four-square polka or sound the bass drum of some dance music that expects regular, repeating beats. The top melodic lines of much music vary in rhythm constantly, and musical speech should have the same freedom, as Pound himself declared in his famous short list of Imagist rules.
They say the best things in life are free, but you can give them to the birds and bees!
I want Monet! Monet! That’s what I want!
I could read other poems, ones that do follow conventional accentuated syllabic meters, and not hear much music in it. If I turn on a metronome or a simple drum machine pattern, I may hear rhythm, but I don’t necessarily hear music.
Yes, this sense of musical speech is subjective, particularly for a poem sitting mute on the page.
And what about the second music that good poetry will also sing, the musical logic of thought? I’m not even sure that “thought” is the right word, as it’s more at apprehension or experience, but as a listener or reader those subjective transferred experiences are felt as thoughts are and engender my own thoughts in response. When Emily Dickinson looks at a bird in her path, or Meng Haoran awakens after a stormy night, or when Ezra Pound comes to the subway stop and sees this throng of urban humanity as a transitory and eternal natural grouping I get to share my understanding of their understanding, if I have the patience and openness to seek to do so.
Music is not how to get from one note to the other as quickly and predictably as possible, rather it is how to pleasantly surprise, or even confound, you in those journeys between related notes.
Any of those experiences could alternatively be a chapter in a memoir, or a scientific observer’s log entry, or a character’s chapter in a novel. Some experience or apprehension of experience is transferred in those ways too—that’s what all art does—but in poetry, the transfer happens in the context of musical expression. This can work, like a meditation chant, a hypnotist’s spell, or any experience where the normal stops and starts of thought are interfered with. And the flow of the order of the data has an internal meaningful structure in good poetry, as a melody or a chord progression has in music, which is not necessarily the flow that works the most efficiently. Music is not how to get from one note to the other as quickly and predictably as possible, rather it is how to pleasantly surprise, or even confound, you in those journeys between related notes.
Consider an image, a set of relationships set out in a poem to be related at once to each other, as chord is in music.
Consider an image, a set of relationships set out in a poem to be related at once to each other, as chord is in music. And the relationship between one image and the next is like a cadence or sequence of chords in a musical composition.
When one thinks of poetry, as I now do, as a musical thing, and not a literary thing, then the presentation of it as we do in the Parlando Project, should make sense to you. Not that it must make sense first, it can simply be experienced.
All this implies some of what is the worth in poetry; and to be honest, some also of what is problematic in poetry, but I’ll leave a further discussion of those things to another post. | 2019-04-21T18:26:56Z | https://frankhudson.org/2017/08/10/what-is-poetry-and-what-is-it-good-for/ |
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Aero-Tech Light Bulb Co. was founded in 1987 by Ray and Kathy Schlosser as a privately held specialty lighting company. We started manufacturing our Long Life Rough Service Bulb line in Mullins, SC. Our focus was to produce the highest quality lamps possible in America by Americans. Not only does Aero-Tech have the experience of lamp manufacturing, but we also have a wealth of knowledge and experience in aluminizing, painting, Teflon and Silicone coating bulbs. Aero-Tech quickly grew to be a respected force in the Lighting Industry.
The Lighting Industry has moved to an Energy Saving Environment, such as Compact Fluorescent’s which came to life in the 90’s. In 2007 Buildings Magazine gave its “Editor’s Choice Top Product Award” along with Elle Magazines May 2007 “Green Award” to us for our Patented CFL bulbs along with the Annual Eco-Event Day in Hollywood Go Green with such celebrities like Cameron Diaz, Leo DiCaprio, to name a few. Ray had an idea and designed the patented CFL to look like a light bulb.
However, in December of 2016 we were forced to close down our manufacturing facility because we could no longer obtain Raw materials in the US for our Long Life Rough Service Bulbs.
TODAY after working for year’s we have a very unique line of CLEAR and Frost LED”s in 30,000 hours, FULL BEAM SPREAD, THE WHOLE BULB LIGHTS UP so it evenly distributes the light for you. It has a Patented Heat Sink that burns 15% cooler than other half-moon LED bulbs. Most other LED bulbs only have light coming out of the top half for only 180 degrees. Aero-Tech’s unique Patented Heat Sink allows us a whole 360 degree bulb to light up and is rated at 30,000 hours. Our LED MR16’s (mini-reflector) is an adjustable 3 in 1 (narrow flood- flood – wide flood), just by turning the dial.
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This is the third story in Season 10.
This can be viewed as a standalone story, although it does lead into the next story in the season.
The Ogrons are apelike creatures who the Daleks used as slave labour in Day of the Daleks .
The Master is a Time Lord and an enemy and rival of the Doctor. In Terror of the Autons he arrived on Earth and allied with the Nestene Consciousness to attempt to conquer Earth. He was stopped by the Doctor and UNIT. He has since come into conflict with the Doctor repeatedly.
The Daleks are a race of evil mutants encased in powerful cyborg bodies whose shape is reminiscent of pepperpots. The Doctor has fought them many times, first encountering them on their home planet of Skaro in The Daleks. The Doctor considers the Daleks his greatest enemy, and they are a serious threat to anyone they encounter. | 2019-04-23T18:40:32Z | http://www.whoniverse.net/newbies/qqq |
Last year more than 100 people healing from cancer were supported by the Stanford Healing Partners Program with Healing Touch treatments. The patients reported that the one-hour sessions they received several times weekly helped them better tolerate the cancer treatments and give them more energy. To read more about Healing Touch in an article by Pam Marino, click here.
Compassion is a word that many healers whom I greatly respect use to describe the state of consciousness they experience in their sessions.
This did not make any sense at all. I have never felt sorrow for my clients, much less think of them as stricken by misfortune. My strong desire to assist their healing process was also shifting and I could not comprehend, much less verbalize, what was happening.
Then I went through a divorce. During this process, I did many breath sessions. I have no idea how I would have made it through that time in my life without Breathwork, yet not every breathe left me feeling better about my life or my situation. Sometimes I would breathe right into the most painful feelings of grief, loss, failure, and shame. There were several sessions in which I felt emotionally overwhelmed – or trashed – after my breathe.
My breathwork practitioner held the most amazing and beautiful space for me during that time. I never once felt that my lack of “getting better” made her feel inadequate as a breathwork practitioner. Her ego was not invested in my healing. I never felt she thought less of me because I was such a mess. I could just focus and surrender to my process, as ugly as it appeared to me at the time.
All I felt from her was support, nonjudgement, and complete compassion. THAT FEELING OF TOTAL COMPASSION WAS SO HEALING. I will never forget what that was like; just being in that compassionate, nonjudgemental space was incredibly validating and grounding. I am tearing up as I write this. She showed me what true compassion really is.
My definition of compassion is unconditional love without an agenda, the ability to hold the abused and the abuser, the light and the dark, the “good” feelings and the “bad.” Compassion is the ability to hold everything in the moment, in the divine presence of All That Is. It is an energetic healing state.
Over the years, the less desire I have to “alleviate suffering” and be present with what is in the moment, the more effective my healing sessions have become for my clients.
I would like to share a comment made by my friend and Healing Touch Practitioner Vivian Drewis about last week’s post: Healing: Befriending All Our Emotions.
I find this incredibly exciting. It may not change my healing sessions in any way, but it just makes sense. I love it when things make sense. I also like the idea that when I can finally relax and create space around my emotions, it increases my life-force energy. | 2019-04-26T11:41:17Z | https://jerilawsonhealingtouch.com/tag/health/ |
The Labour Committee of the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday approved a bill amending and supplementing Law 273/2004 on child adoption to simplify procedures and provide for a leave of absence of at most one year for the adoptee and the foster parents to get to know each other.
The chamber passed an amendment providing for the one-year leave of absence in the case of adoptees 2 years old and over. The leave is granted upon request and the parent qualifies for a benefit of 3.4 times the social reference indicator, which means 1,700 lei a month, which is $600.00 Australian.
For children under 2 years of age the rights provided for under the child rearing legislation will apply.
Attending last week’s debate in the Labour Committee, Chair of the National Children’s Rights Protection and Adoption Authority Gabriela Coman argued that the amendments of the legislation in force are designed to get rid of difficulties in the conduct of adoption procedures for Romanian children in Romania.
The Chamber for Deputies is the decision-making chamber in this case.
http://www.nineoclock.ro/president-iohannis-signs-into-law-bill-simplifying-adoption/- 9th. of April, 2016. | 2019-04-25T06:53:50Z | https://thepromisekept.co/2016/02/15/romania-domestic-adoption-improvements/ |
In this edition of The Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast, Todd uses Thursday’s night’s Steelers blowout of the Panthers as yet another illustration of a new trend. Either you have players capable of enormous games or you are simply not in any conversation for a fantasy championship. Simply piecing together a lineup of guys who you hope will get you 8-10 points just does not work in 2018. Just ask the fantasy owner playing the guy who started Big Ben and McCaffrey and is already down a minimum of 63 points before the Sunday games even start. Todd answers your emails at [email protected]. The Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast is presented by Original Hooters, as well as The Eagles Golf Club.
Click above to listen or download, or at iTunes, Google Play, and via Podbean and more platforms! | 2019-04-26T07:10:35Z | https://www.joebucsfan.com/2018/11/fantasy-football-ceilings-higher-ever/ |
Joseph Skey, M.D., a native of Worcestershire, and a doctor of medicine of Edinburgh of 25th June, 1798 (D.M.I. de Materie Sanguinis Combustibili), was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 22nd December, 1803. He died at Baker-street, Portman-square, 18th September, 1866, aged 93, being physician to the forces and inspector-general of army hospitals. | 2019-04-25T04:59:58Z | http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/4087 |
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