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{"text": "The president of the student government at the University of North Alabama has apologized for an antigay Instagram post but has not said he will resign, WAFF News reported. The post said, “Born this way? You must be born again” beside an image of a rainbow.\n“My role as SGA president is to honorably represent all the students of UNA and I have failed at that ideal,” SGA president Jake Statom said. “I ask for your forgiveness and grace as I strive to be a better campus leader and servant for the students.”\nSome students are demanding his impeachment. “Members of the LGBTQ community don’t want him in that position of power, because he doesn’t think that we have the right to exist,” Sarah Arnsparger said.\nSource link"}
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{"text": "Skagit Volleyball Club: FAQ\nWhen was Skagit Volleyball Club started?\nSkagit Volleyball Club was started by Charlie Guildner in 1995. That year, the team had one U14 team, and the Puget Sound Region of USA Volleyball had not yet been formed. Since then, we have had the privelege of coaching and working with some amazing players and people that keep us coming back every year.\nBecause you are based in Mount Vernon, does that mean you only take Mount Vernon students on your teams?\nNO! We welcome any and all players from area schools who want to play club volleyball at an affordable price. In years past, we have had players from Mount Vernon, Conway, Sedro-Woolley, Anacortes, Burlington, Bellingham, Stanwood, LaConner, Arlington, Coupeville, Oak Harbor, and Marysville.\nHow do the age levels work?\nAge levels are determined by birthdate. A player can play UP an age level, but cannot play down an age level. For more thorough information on age group definitions, please visit the 2014-2015 USAV age definitions.\nHow many teams will you have?\nWe will have as many teams as we have players, coaches, and practice space for. This decision will be determined after tryouts. Our plan for the 2015 season is to have 7 teams.\nHow long is the club season?\nOur club season begins with tryouts in November and a few open gyms in December, followed by regular practices and tournaments from January to early May. Some teams may play past May, but that is up to each individual team and coaches. The U12 teams will play from January to March.\nHow much does it cost?\nSkagit Volleyball Club boasts some of the most inexpensive club dues in the region. Our club dues depend on what team your child is playing on. 2014 dues were $550 for U14 and $675 for U16 and U18. Dues for U12s will be determined shortly. These dues will NOT include region registration, as they have in the past. THIS IS NEW. You may pay in full or in monthly installments. Monthly installments have due dates. Failure to pay on time will result in girls being unable to participate until payments are made.\nWhat do the dues cover?\nOur club dues cover: gym rental fees for practice time, tournament entry fees, team uniforms (including jerseys and jackets), and a small coach's stipend. Skagit Volleyball Club is a non-profit organization.\nHow many tournaments will the teams play?\nEach team will play about 7-10 tournaments during the season (2-3 a month), depending on the age level. The younger the team, the fewer tournaments. Schedules usually round out to about two tournaments per month.\nWhere are the tournaments?\nAll of our regularly scheduled tournaments will be in northwest Washington. Sometimes teams may have to travel as far as Olympia for a regular tournament. We like to schedule teams to play as locally as we can, but for teams playing in the region's Power League Series, we do not get to choose the locations. Teams wishing to travel outside of the region for other tournaments will have to discuss that with their coaches, and will result in an increase in dues for that team, as well as travel costs.\nWhen are practices?\nPractices are on weeknights (to be determined by team). Each team will practice two nights a week, and practice days may switch from month to month.\nWhere are practices?\nPractices are held at LaVenture Middle School in Mount Vernon and Cascade Middle School in Sedro-Woolley. Additional facilities may be added as needed.\nWhat if I want to play a school sport at the same time as club volleyball?\nSkagit Volleyball Club encourages multi-sport athletes. We believe that if you are playing a school sport, that sport takes priority over club volleyball. You will not be penalized for missing practices or tournaments due to school sport conflicts as long as you let your coach know ahead of time.\nWhat happens if I miss a practice, or if I want more practice?\nIf you're going to miss practice, let your coach know ahead of time! You can make up practice time by going to another team's practice on another night, as long as you double check with that coach first. You can also go to other teams practices, with the permission of that teams coach, if you just want to get more practice time!\nCan boys play?\nYES! Boys can play on girls teams if they are not yet in high school. The Puget Sound Region is currently making a push for boy's volleyball to become more popular."}
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{"text": "Asian Development Bank and Uzbekistan: Fact Sheet\nUpdated yearly, this ADB Fact Sheet provides social and economic indicators on Uzbekistan as well as concise information on ADB's operations in the country and contact information.\nADB has been supporting Uzbekistan since 1995. As of December 2013, Uzbekistan has received 53 loans totaling $4.06 billion, including two direct private sector loans totaling $225 million, and $54.9 million in technical assistance grants. In 2013, ADB provided $691 million in loans to support solar power, solid waste management, irrigation system rehabilitation, rural housing, water supply and sanitation, and development of small businesses and entrepreneurship."}
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{"text": "Lauren Hemp nets brace as Man City sail past West Ham into Women’s FA Cup final\n- Oops!Something went wrong.Please try again later.\n- Oops!Something went wrong.Please try again later.\n- Oops!Something went wrong.Please try again later.\n- West Ham UnitedLiveTodayTomorrowvs--|\n- Manchester CityLiveTodayTomorrowvs--|\n- Lauren HempEnglish association football player (born 2000)\nEngland international Lauren Hemp scored twice as Manchester City brushed aside West Ham to book their place in the Vitality Women’s FA Cup final.\nHemp’s 67th-minute goal – the 50th of her club career – and a second in stoppage time cemented a 4-1 semi-final win in Dagenham after Ellen White and Chloe Kelly had struck before the break, with Lisa Evans replying for the stubborn hosts.\nThe three-times winners will face either Arsenal or Chelsea at Wembley, with the top two in the Women’s Super League fighting it out for the remaining berth on Sunday afternoon.\nThe visitors took the lead with 21 minutes gone when White reacted first to dive and head home, with keeper Mackenzie Arnold desperately scrambling back across her goal after the impressive Keira Walsh’s 25-yard piledriver had come back off the crossbar.\nWhite saw a second equally impressive effort chalked off after the officials ruled that Lucy Bronze had not kept the ball in play before she crossed, and Hemp, who had been well marshalled until that point, fired over as City started to turn the screw.\nThey got their reward eight minutes before the break when Kelly ran on to Gilly Flaherty’s ill-judged pass across her own penalty area to beat Arnold and make it 2-0.\nHowever, Evans gave the Hammers hope three minutes before the break when, after Alex Greenwood had been dispossessed on halfway, she capitalised on hesitancy in the City defence to round Ellie Roebuck and reduce the deficit.\nFULL TIME | We're off to Wembley in the final of the #WomensFACup 🙌\n⚒️ 1-4 🔵 #ManCity pic.twitter.com/vQsUiYVJD4\n— Man City Women (@ManCityWomen) April 16, 2022\nWhite saw a 52nd-minute header correctly ruled out for offside as the visitors looked to kill off the game, but West Ham defended resolutely to keep themselves in with a chance.\nThey might have been level when Evans slid Tameka Yallop in behind the visitors’ defence, but she stabbed her attempt wide as Roebuck closed her down and their hopes were ended by Hemp when she turned smartly before thumping a shot past Arnold.\nKaterina Svitkova forced a late save from Roebuck, but Arnold had to tip substitute Filippa Angeldahl’s fierce drive on to the crossbar and was beaten for a fourth time at the death as Hemp completed a good afternoon."}
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{"text": " our communities to create safety on our streets.\nA nationally agreed template action plan detailing the progress made by Greater Manchester Police in respect of HMIC Recommendations and the Best Use of Stop and Search Scheme has been produced and is attached at the bottom of this page."}
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{"text": "At a past company I used to debate the merits of various software engineering techniques with my coworkers. (When someone touched a header that was precompiled we had plenty of time to do this - our product could take hours to rebuild under Visual Studio, which I think spoke against at least certain practices, but that’s another post.) We were very focused on shipping product and helping the company’s business, so the question was: does this practice really make money or does it just make engineers happy.\nOne thing we’d debate was whether writing clean looking code was worth anything…certainly the compiler doesn’t care if your code looks like this:\nvoid light_mgr::prep_lighting_state(light_type in_type, float in_coords[3])\n{\nif (settings_mgr::use_slow_lights())\nsetup_textured_lights (in_type );\nelse\nsetup_untextured_lights(in_type );\nset_light_ref (in_coords);\n}\nor this\nvoid light_mgr::PrepLightingState(light_type t,\n//async_mgr* /*fMgr*/,\n// JJ - removed 4/10/02 float coo[3])\n{\n#if USING_NEW_LIGHTS\nif (settings_mgr::use_slow_lights() && USING_NEW_LIGHTS)\nsetup_textured_lights(t);\n#else\nsetup_textured_lights(2);\n#endif\nelse\n/ * Setup_untextured_lights(10);*/\nSetup_untextured_lights(t);\nSetLightRef(NULL); // COORDS);\n}\nAt the time I was at least partly convinced that us software engineers tried to make things cleaner than was needed for the bottom line of the company because it’s more pleasant to work on the top code than the bottom, which gives you that warm moist feeling of wading through a swamp. I still do think as I did then that programmers are able to work in less-than-optimal code environments.\nI’ve been working with Laminar Research for a while now. One thing Austin insists on is scrubbing the code base regularly. He would never leave code like the lower example in the sim. And I think there is a real benefit: ergonomics.\nAs programmers we sit in front of the computer screen and concentrate on code all day. I can’t speak for other programmers, but for me at least I am often bounded by concentration - that is, how long can I keep focused on many small diverse details so that the code I write is correct the first time? The answer is…a pretty long time but not forever.\nTo this end I think there is a benefit from keeping the code clean: I’d rather be spending my mental energy on the work at hand than on the mental translation from the lower to upper code snippet every time I look at it. I find that working on X-Plane is less tiring than other code bases I’ve looked at, and I think that that’s partly because we sweep the cruft out regularly."}
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{"text": "I just hate a cell phone. I recognize they are a necessity in today's world of hustle and bustle, but they seem like such an impossibly arrogant and self-serving tool of rudeness. Yes, I have a cell phone, and it's come in handy many times. I'm not going to begrudge anyone for having a cell phone, but there are certain aspects of it, apart from the obvious good things about them, that rub me wrong.\nI'll start by saying that it's smart to have one. You never know when you may meet an emergency and the phone will come in handy for calling the police, firefighters, an ambulance or someone to help when your car breaks down. I think it's great for kids to have access to them when they are out and about, especially teenagers. People with jobs that involve traveling all the time also benefit from them. So, it's not as though I don't \"get\" what good they can do, it's all the other junk that overwhelms my feelings.\nWalking around with an earpiece and talking loudly is rude. You are out in public, not in your house, turn down your voice please. Others, often times, can't see you have a microchip hanging out of your ear and they answer the phone user with an \"excuse me\" and the phone person gives them that disgusted look and points at their ear. Well, piss off. Stop walking around like you are talking to yourself and maybe you won't get bothered you douche bag.\nThere is also nothing like holding a conversation with someone in person and then a phone rings. Gotta answer it. Serve the master! Don't let it go to voice mail, nooooo.....too damn important for that. Nothing says \"I don't give a shit about what you are saying.\" more than answering a phone call in the middle of a conversation with a person sitting across from you. \"Oh, sorry, I WAS gonna listen, but I'd rather talk to this person. You may sit until I'm finished.\"\nAnd for crying out loud, turn down the friggin' ring tone. Not everyone thinks it's hysterical to hear \"Baby Got Back\" every time someone calls your dumb ass to ask where you are or let you know that Krogers has a buy 1 get 1 free deal on asparagus flavored Ramen noodles.\nI just think the over use of the cell phone has made us less social in situations that imply being social and has shut us off from interaction with others out in public. Sorry, as much as I don't really LIKE people in general, we are social creatures that often times have to deal with one another. Here's an example of what I'm talking about; don't talk on the damn phone when someone is taking your order at a restaurant. It's rude and I hope you get a tumor. Furthermore, how about NOT calling someone when you are ordering. It's all about you, I know, but the person you are talking to and the waiter/waitress/counter person are trying to get on with their lives you inconsiderate pud. I'm not talking out my ass here, I know people who do that and I've been a victim. Call me and then immediately put me on hold or start talking to someone else? I'm hanging up.\nIn closing, I just wanted to bitch. So, there it is. Finally (patting myself on the back), someone is speaking for those of us who are not on the phone 24/7, acting like a prick.\nOh...yes!!!! Found this after writing and Darryl Rhoades nails it! He rips cell phones and then an audience member starts using theirs during the show. Can't make that shit up!\nRight on,Freddy! I cant stand the 'bags who get in line at the store and Totally ignore the person helping them or checking them out. No other action says \"you don't matter\" quite like this. Just one of my pet peeves..."}
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{"text": "Modern apartment in hippest area & very close to center + free parking\n-\nMichiel war sehr freundlich und hat uns tolle Tipps für die Umgebung gegeben, dass wir auch erst spät Abends angekommen sind, war kein Problem. Das Apartment war super gelegen, wir brauchten mit dem Bus nur 2 Busstation zum Zentrum oder zu Fuß 30 Minuten. Die Wohnung ist auf jeden Fall weiterzuempfehlen, groß, hell, sauber. Alles was man braucht.\nMichiel was a great host. He gave us all the information necessary to have a nice stay in Amsterdam. He also arranged for us the bike renting so we could have them already in the apartment when arriving.\nThe apartment had all the basic things and more. Quiet neighbourhood and easy to arrive to the center.\nWe had a very nice time in Michaels apartment, which is as lovely as the pictures show. Also Michael is super cool and flexible because we could check in earlier and check out later. Location is just perfect because it's a quiet area but your still in centre within 8 min by bus and 10 by bike. I can definitely recommend to stay in Michaels apartment!"}
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{"text": "Benefit from Unlimited Mileage with Easirent!\nSome rental companies will give you a special mileage allowance, most hirer’s will exceed this and will therefore have to pay an “excess mileage” charge which can mount up.\nEasirent WILL NOT charge excess miles. This means you can enjoy your campervan holiday without worrying about the mileage costs wracking up!"}
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{"text": "11.13.14\nRevealed: Microsoft is Trying to Corrupt the UK in Order to Eliminate Its OpenDocument Format-Oriented Standards Policy\nSummary: Microsoft interference with Britain’s preference for ODF is now confirmed, thanks to a valuable news report from Computer Weekly; OOXML lock-in is being unleashed by Microsoft on Android users\nNUMEROUS articles in the British press have been pointing out too slow an adoption of ODF in the UK, despite policies that demand it. Now we have a better understanding of potential causes.\nAs a quick recap, here is a partial chronology of this year’s developments:\n- UK Government Seems to Be Serious About Moving to Free Software and OpenDocument Format This Time Around\n- In Another Attempt to Derail British ODF Policy Microsoft Calls Its Systematic Bribery “Internationally Recognised”\n- Response to ODF as Government Standard Proposal\n- Amended Comment Regarding ODF as Document Standard in the UK\n- UK Government Adopts OpenDocument Format (ODF) and Microsoft Already Attacks the Government Over It, Showing Absolutely No Commitment to Open Standards\n- Groklaw Back in the Wake of ODF in the UK?\nSo ODF adoption in the UK is only a matter of time. But we have already known based on limited evidence (or a conspiracy of silence) that Microsoft worked silently to crush this policy. Yes, Microsoft claims that it “loves” FOSS and Linux or “supports” ODF while secretly attacking them all by corrupting the political system in the UK, striving to suppress them and ultimately kill them.\nNow comes new evidence that shows how people at the highest levels at Microsoft are getting involved to block ODF, i.e. anything which merely permits Free software to compete on fair grounds. Computer Weekly has a couple of good articles, the first of which states that “Departments lack common targets for implementing open-document standards” and the second one telling us “the curious case of Microsoft and the minister”. As it turns out, the software monopolist clearly strikes back behind people’s backs. To quote the article: .”\nOne should bear in mind that Britain is perhaps at the forefront of ODF adoption. There is an imminent London-based ODF event, just like those Plugfests from back in the days, and departments of government are expected to move to ODF. However, based on recent reports they are slow to conform or obey these requirements.\nLast week we wrote to Linda from the Cabinet Office, hoping to get her and her colleagues’ attention amid dirty tricks from Microsoft. In a personal E-mail I stated:\nSeveral months ago we had an amicable exchange in which I alerted Cabinet Office, through the comments, that Microsoft would likely oppose its policies in subversive and underhanded/secretive ways.\nTwo new articles from Computer Weekly serve to prove my point now and I hope that you and your colleagues will spare some times to read them, especially the following article:\nThe more transparent the Cabinet Office makes this process, the more the British public will be able to protect the Cabinet Office from such self-serving foreign influence that strives to expand the reach of back doors, surveillance, predatory pricing, and format lock-in.\nTo quote the aforementioned (first) article from Computer Weekly: ODF-friendly UK policy might not survive if the British public does not get involved and helps the politicians or public servants resist brutal lobbying from Microsoft, which knows no boundaries. Here is another new article of.\nI was in Whitehall some days ago, so I passed next to many of these government offices. The place is plagued by greedy businessmen and tourists, so the voice of the British people can hardly be heard. We need to become more loud about it and contact such people without shame or shyness. Microsoft is so desperate to spread OOXML everywhere that it now goes after users of the most widely used operating system (Android/Linux), aided by spin from Microsoft partner and booster Tony Bradley among other spinners who are spreading OOXML lock-in by promoting OOXML for mobile devices (Android does not even handle ODF out of the box, which is a great shame for Google). Microsoft first sought a monopoly on the application (office suite), then it pursued a monopoly on the format (OOXML), and now it is pursuing even a monopoly on the files with its so-called ‘cloud’ (storing all files on Microsoft’s servers). █\nPermalink\nSend this to a friend"}
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We are changing this, one household at a time.\nThe ENGIE standard\nWe are passionately engaged in bringing premium quality and affordable solar energy to millions of people throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.\nWith Africa’s population predicted to double by 2050, including a growing middle class requiring a more energy-intensive lifestyle, we are working hard to reach the last mile.\nOur customer-centric approach and productive use solutions equip remote, off-grid households to break the cycle of energy poverty and build a brighter future.\nOur guiding principles\nOur Mission: Deliver life-changing, affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy solutions with exceptional customer experience.\nOur Purpose: Improve quality of life and economic potential of grid-deficient communities.\nOur Ambition: Be a leading decentralized energy company that impacts 20 million lives by 2025.\nThe journey to transformation\nWe are pioneers in clean energy. 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{"text": "States face mounting difficulties with performing executions after Lundbeck's refusal to sell pentobarbital to prison authorities\nDeclaring that it was \"dedicated to saving lives,\" and that using its products \"to end lives contradicts everything we are in the business to do,\" the company, Lundbeck, which is located in Denmark, said that it will require anyone to whom it sells its anesthetic, pentobarbital, to sign an agreement that it will not be sold on to prison authorities in death penalty states. The drug is also used in treating epilepsy.\nLundbeck's decision comes after months of intense pressure from anti-death penalty activists, led by Reprieve, a London-based human rights organization.\nThe effects of Lundbeck's action will be far-reaching, said Maya Foa, a researcher at Reprieve, who has held several meetings with senior Lundbeck officials. Until today, Lundbeck had said that it could not control what happened to its pentobarbital after it sold it to wholesalers. Now, other pharmaceutical companies will no longer be able to make that argument, she said.\nLundbeck's decision is another monumental victory in a focused campaign by death penalty abolitionists. It is not clear what death penalty states will do now. Until a year ago, the principal anesthetic they used in executions was sodium thiopental. When the American company that made it ceased production, prison authorities went abroad in search of the drug. Reprieve was only one step behind.\nThe organization effectively shut down suppliers in Britain and India by exposing their activities. And it persuaded governments in other countries to impose export bans. Out of sodium thiopental, death penalty states were forced to turn to pentobarbital as the anesthetic, of which Lundbeck is the supplier. So far, pentobarbital has been used in 18 executions in eight states.\nDeath penalty states will now have to switch to another drug, or find other suppliers of pentobarbital, Ms. Foa said. Reprieve is already talking with doctors about what that substitute drug might be, and is working on the EU to impose a ban on the export of any drug that might be used in lethal injections.\nImage Credit: Reuters"}
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{"text": "Dr. Cynthia Miller, director of the Delta STEM Education Center, is project director for the grant-supported STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Leadership Conference for Girls at A-State Saturday and at East Arkansas Community College on April 25. She and faculty members Dr. Jennifer Bouldin, Dr. Anne Grippo, Dr. Susan Hanrahan and Leah Walker will make presentations to the conference attendees, who are grade 10 through the college sophomore year.\nPeggy Wright, instructor in geography and director of Delta Studies, organized and will participate in a panel and discussion on the culture of the Mississippi River and Great River Road for Delta Symposium XXI, which begins today in the Mockingbird Room of the Student Union. Wright's presentation is titled, \"A New Arkansas Delta Civil Rights Movement Geography,\" which is scheduled for 4:15 Thursday. She is one of several faculty and students participating in the four-day symposium.\nThe president of the Arkansas Music Educators Association (ArkMEA) has appointed Dr. Sarah Labovitz, assistant professor of music and associate director of bands, as the group's collegiate chair. In this position, she will be working to plan and arrange professional development activities and clinics throughout the school year for music students in the Collegiate National Association for Music Education chapters throughout Arkansas.\nScott Wright, course builder and faculty developer in the ITTC Faculty Center, is the center's first certified Blackboard Trainer. The certified trainer program is for professionals who are committed to advancing the best practices of online learning for diverse users. Program participants design curriculum using established instructional design principles that engage learners interactively. Wright joins the international community of more than 400 Blackboard training professionals who have successfully completed the program.\nInside A-State is entering its second year, and there are numerous faculty and staff members who have newsworthy achievements that have not been highlighted. Submit ideas and suggestions for articles to the Marketing and Communications Office, news@astate.edu.\nReminder, the annual Faculty Honors Convocation will be Tuesday, April 14, beginning at 2 p.m. in Centennial Hall, Reng Student Union. The Faculty Achievement Awards will be presented, and retirees will be recognized.\nElizabeth Lambert, video coordinator for the Athletics Department, has been named the Sun Belt Conference's \"Video Coordinator of the Year,\" an award given by the Collegiate Sports Video Association. Recipients are selected based on professionalism by their peers at conference member institutions. During the CSVA meeting in Phoenix, Lambert will be one of 15 individuals representing their respective conferences and vying for the Bob Matey National Video Coordinator of the Year award."}
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{"text": "STOCKHOLM, May 9 (Reuters) - Swedish construction firm Skanska posted on Wednesday a bigger-than-expected 65 percent dive in first-quarter operating profit and said it had identified additional project delays in Poland.\nOperating profit at the Nordic region’s biggest builder, and one of the biggest in the United States, shrank to 652 million crowns ($73.8 million) from a year-ago 1.85 billion, against a forecast in a Reuters poll of analysts for a 51 percent fall.\nOrder intake at the Construction division, which books the bulk of sales, fell more than expected to 32.9 billion crowns from 38.2 billion, against a forecast 33.3 billion.\n$1 = 8.8294 Swedish crowns Reporting by Anna Ringstrom"}
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{"text": "If you are interested in finding the best dental clinic to offer dental services that you need, there are certain things you should know prior to making a selection. Maintaining good oral health is as important as picking the ideal clinic.\nThe Various Kinds of the Most Common Dental Services\nFillings – These are among the most frequent dental services. In this kind of process, the dentist may fill out the hole with a white composite material or a silver medal. For this, the cavity will soon be stopped from growing.\nExtractions – Tooth extraction is among the most typical services availed by various people. This is suitable for decayed teeth or tooth if it cannot be repaired using other available treatment or process. This sort of process is more affordable than crowns or a root canal.\nRoot Canals – If your tooth becomes decayed to the root, a root canal procedure is the smartest choice. This sort of procedure demands an X-ray to see any signs of disease and to know if the patient is safe to undergo this kind of service.\nCrowns – Also known as a cap, a crown can be utilized to get a tooth that’s been decayed, broken, or chipped. Crowns can be made from porcelain, metal, or a combo of both. This type of dental process helps enhance the visual appeal and strength of your teeth.\nUseful Tips in Selecting the Best Dental Clinic\n1. The period of Experience Matters – When you want to opt for the best, a clinic that has many years of expertise can assure you of reliable services. You might also rely on”word of mouth” in which you may have the ability to know whether a clinic is dependable or not. When it is widely suggested by various people, it is a fantastic sign that you’re in good hands. Comox Valley Dental Centre\n2. High-Tech Facilities and Amenities – A reliable dental practice must possess X-ray facilities and other amenities that help in supplying reliable dental solutions to everyone. Always choose a clinic that uses complete facilities and conveniences. A practice should also adhere to cleanliness and sanitation policies to make sure every patient is provided superb support.\n3. Wide Alternatives of Dental Services – Dental clinics may change in the types of services they provide. Some clinics only provide the most frequent dental providers. On the flip side, some supply cosmetic dentistry including laser teeth whitening, gum depigmentation, crowns, bonding, and far more.\nLooking for a Dental Clinic Can Be Easy\nNow, you do not need to go outside of your residence or office simply to find the best clinic in your town. Most clinics have their website where you could see their services and cost range, the amenities and facilities they have, in addition to customer feedback. This is a simpler and quicker way of searching for the best clinic.\nIf you already made a choice, do not forget to call the dental practice and ask questions. You need to inquire about the cost and other important things like dentistry certificates and the kinds of dental services they offer prior to making a choice.\nMaintaining good oral health is very important. However, in keeping up a good set of teeth, it has always been crucial to look for the best dental clinic you can find in your area. It must be mentioned that locating the most trustworthy clinic may assure you of top quality and satisfying services. Before you make a choice, there are certain things you want to understand.\nThe Important Facts to Take into Account\n1. A Good Reputation is A Must – You may know that a dental office or clinic has a good standing if various people have advocated the same company or clinic. Word of mouth is very powerful and it is also a great way of understanding if a practice is dependable enough to satisfy your demands and expectations. A reliable dental clinic uses highly-experienced dentists or physicians who understand the importance of superior support.\n2. The Dental Services They Offer – A clinic is not just about tooth cleaning and extraction. While searching for a clinic, consider the dental services it offers. Some dentists or clinics specialize in cosmetic dentistry. Choose a clinic which provides a huge variety of dental services that vary from tooth extraction into laser teeth whitening or dental implants.\n3. Facilities and Amenities are Important – Always keep in mind that a clinic must have the necessary facilities and amenities. Modern facilities can guarantee you of satisfying dental support. Also, a clinic must be rigorous in regards to sanitation and cleanliness all the time.\n4. Quality yet Cost-effective Services – You may find a great deal of clinics in your area. On the other hand, the costs of the services that they offer may vary. With this, always opt for the best choice. When you speak of the best choice, it means quality services at a price you are able to afford.\nFinding the Best Dental Clinic\nYou will discover various dental clinics in your area. But, finding the best option may be daunting task. One of the best things you can do is to visit their workplace and ask questions. If you aren’t that sure, you can ask your relatives or friends if they could recommend a specific clinic for you.\nAnd when you have located a clinic in your area, never be afraid to ask questions concerning the clinic’s certificates of dentistry, practice history, and hygiene criteria. You may even inquire if the clinic is a licensed one. Among those things you’re probably worried about is the price of dental services they provide. You might also include this in your questions.\nOn the flip side, if you are busy to shop around and hunt for a dental clinic in your town. One of the handiest methods for searching is to shop online. These days, it isn’t surprising to see various clinics that run their website. With this, you’ll have the ability to seek out a dental clinic that could answer your requirements. Just keep in mind you have to be wise in making a last option. Always choose the best option."}
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{"text": "DETROIT (WJBK) – Alberta Rice discovered the body of her friend, 59-year-old Leslie Brooks, Friday night. He lived in the basement of her eastside home. She says she had been trying to reach him all day, and then something told her to check the basement.\n“I touched him to shake him, and he was hard. So I touched his face, and it was ice cold,” Alberta said.\nAlberta called 911 and then called Leslie’s family.\n“When your phone rings at 2 or 3 in the morning, you know it’s not something good.”\nWhen police arrived, they discovered that Leslie has been dead for some time. Medics told dispatchers that the man looked like he had died of natural causes. Police found no evidence of foul play, so the medical examiner decided not to see the body.\nWhen Leslie’s body was released to a funeral home, they discovered a gun shot wound on his chest. The funeral home called the medical examiner, and they took the body and performed an autopsy and contacted Detroit Police.\nAlberta says investigators didn’t show up to the house until one entire day later.\n“Nothing was secured, nothing was taped off. I don’t even believe that there could be an investigation now.”\nPolice say there was very little blood at the scene, and Leslie was discovered face down. Medics barely moved the body and didn’t see the gunshot. The chief of Detroit EMS says his medics followed procedure.\nDetroit police said in a statement Tuesday that internal affairs planned to investigate. It says no further comment would be made until the investigation is complete."}
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{"text": "How Do Victoria's Secret Models Train?\nDo Victoria's Secret Models Lift Heavy Weights? Their Trainer's Answer\nWe catch a glimpse here and there of Victoria's Secret models working out. Usually they're boxing or doing yoga, but we wanted to know more about their daily routine. POPSUGAR spoke with celebrity trainer Michael Blauner, who has worked with quite a few VS Angels before, and he shared some behind-the-scenes nuggets of knowledge that we've wanted to know for a very long time.\nStrength training is certainly having a moment in the fitness world. More women than ever are heading to the weight room to build lean muscle mass and get stronger, which will also help you shed excess fat. So we asked Michael whether the VS models he has worked with ever venture into heavy weight lifting.\n\"Heavy weights is a relative term. The short answer is no,\" Michael explained of the models he's trained. \"I consider heavy weight to be a weight that one can't do more than 12 repetitions.\" He went on to say, \"Heavy weights that require maximum exertion or power creates a thicker, fuller look, and lighter weight creates a leaner, toned vibe, which is what most models are striving for.\"\nMichael suggests you think about the figure you want before you decide which kinds of weights to pick up. \"For models, it's important to train with resistance for tone to create long lean muscle. The camera picks up everything and one must train accordingly,\" he told POPSUGAR. \"This usually involves higher repetitions with lighter weights and/or just lots of natural bodyweight exercises.\" He will often combine these two methods when he works out with VS models, and it works like a charm.\nAlso, Michael suggests you never underestimate the power of using your own body to squeeze in a tough workout. \"To me nothing beats a set of push-ups!\" he added.\nThis doesn't mean you should never lift heavy weights, though. Many women have experienced great weight-loss success by giving up cardio in order to strength train. But at the very least, Michael has encouraged us to switch things up every now and then — and get to work on our push-ups!"}
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{"text": "John Hemingway joined the highly prestigious research-intensive Durham University in 2019 with a brief to ‘turn around’ IT provision. In the latest edition of our ‘Transformational Leaders’ interviews, John talks to Berwick Partners’ Alex Richardson, Principal Consultant in our IT & Digital Leadership practice, who placed him into the role, about his first year in post, the response to the COVID crisis and his future plans for IT at Durham.\nWhen we met earlier this year, I told you the purpose of this interview would be to talk at a high level about your time with Durham so far, but now I can’t not ask you about your response to the COVID-19 pandemic. What was your immediate response to the UK-wide lockdown, and what were the short/medium term actions that you took?\nIt’s going ok, we’re obviously busy dealing with the reality of the pandemic. We’ve had a lot of online exams which have actually gone very well. The reaction of the students has been good. So now it’s looking at next year and trying to get some sense of what exactly the situation is going to be, i.e. will any international students turn up? and if so, what’s the model going to be for teaching?\nFrom my point of view, what I have been most pleased about is the way the institution has responded to the challenge of the coronavirus. We have an IT advisory group which is made up primarily of academics, they keep me honest as to the academic agenda and how we are meeting that.\nI recently did a summary presentation about what we have done by way of response to COVID over the last few months. One thing that was good at Durham was that we declared our hand quickly. The institution took a very clear position, we knew what the intention was and could plan against that. I created a small team of about half a dozen and they locked themselves away for two days. At the end of that, they came out with the plan. First, we had some tactical things that we needed to do but they were really just change requests, so we put an emergency change process in place meaning we could get things through quickly. The things left were small pieces of project work so we made sure that we had project managers assigned to each of those to ensure they had a degree of deliverability.\nWhat we also did was go back to the institution stating all the things we needed to pause. Prior to lockdown we had a big ongoing project portfolio of around £20m, so we had to, in effect, carry out a major and rapid re-prioritisation process. We had a priority ranking comprising;\n- P0 projects: Essential to enable the COVID response;\n- P1 projects: Critical to what the University was doing;\n- P2 projects: To be continued but only if resource allowed;\n- P3 projects: To be paused for six months.\nThis re—prioritisation approach enabled us to quickly free up capacity to respond.\nWe also deployed MS Teams in 48 hours; we put a lot of capacity behind helping people get up to speed with it. We also deployed Zoom in two weeks. We decided to use both platforms at Durham as they do slightly different things. MS Teams is a collaboration platform, it allows users to share documents and other things really well. Zoom, however was designed specifically as a video-conferencing platform. It works well for that and particularly for anybody who is having bandwidth issues, it tends to give a better experience. We also did not want to put all our eggs in one ‘cloud basket’ so decided to opt for both.\nWithin MS Teams now we're starting to use the live events functionality to give a more produced and moderated experience, particularly around open days this summer. Teams live events can cope with up to 10,000 people with moderated breakout sessions for specific groups within that.\nWhat about the way teaching is delivered?\nAnything that was going to be delivered as a lecture we encouraged people to use our lecture capture system; Panopto and record it. They can record a lecture on a smartphone at home and upload it there. Students can then access it asynchronously, at a time that suits them. We have been fortunate so far as existing students were pretty familiar with our offering, but in the next academic year we will have a different delivery model coupled with a bunch of new students who will need to work out how to use everything. We've got to think about and how we do that and what extra on-boarding and orientation we might do for students.\nDo you think there will be a fundamental shift in methods such as to flipped classrooms and options such as blended learning etc?\nThe biggest limitation is the physical estate, so if you take our biggest 500 seat lecture theatre and impose social distancing, it is reduced to about 50 people. We also need to think about the practical sessions in the labs and study spaces, in the library and computer rooms etc. We will be adopting a blended approach as we absolutely want each student to have some face-to-face interaction each week. We think that contact time is really important.\nThe biggest challenge for us is, understandably, the international market. We currently have good acceptances internationally, many with deposits paid. If you look at some of the surveys that have been done, only 2% of international students say that COVID is going to stop them travelling abroad. What we're doing in our areas with heavy international numbers is looking to do two intakes next year. We will have an October start and a January start. About 75% of international students say they would prefer a face-to-face start in January to an October start with the first term online.\nSo, COVID aside, take us back 15 months to when you came to Durham as CIO, what was the brief?\nThe first thing this was actually the IT operation itself, to get the reputation and the reliability of the service out of its boots and we have absolutely achieved that. You could talk to any of my key customers and they will talk to you about the difference that they experience now which is down to the raw ability in the team.\nThen we had to tackle the technical debt and make sure the big projects deliver. We are 100% on track so far. HR payroll is done, as are the applicant CRM (RNGS) and phase one of Worktribe. The big-ticket items have come through.\nThe next thing was to work out and develop a strategy. I recently went to Council to talk through the proposed strategy, which went very well, and the draft is being endorsed by the University Council. The University has also brought in some IT industry experience with two new Council members. They have been really helpful and acted as good sounding boards.\nWhat did you find, when you first arrived and started to look under the rocks and stones at Durham? What was the situation?\nThe biggest problem was a real separation between the IT organisation and the business. There was massive mistrust in both directions. People in IT were nervous of putting forward ideas, and of engaging with the business, because they thought they would just get slapped down. I had to establish trust around the senior IT team and then spend my first three months getting out around the institution and talking to key stakeholders to understand their perception.\nThen it was a case of getting hold of the project side of things. Historically, Durham hadn’t been clear with defining who was responsible for a project and it tended to buy standard software but then customise it to high heaven!\nSo not all the building blocks for success were necessarily in place to begin with?\nNo, but what I did see was a team that wanted to do well. There was a lot of ability here and a couple of new key appointments has brought the team together.\nWhat did you do then to give your people the confidence and the ability to start to shine?\nThe most important one was that it was clear that this was an executive level role when I joined. That meant that I was directly accountable to the Vice Chancellor which enabled me to take proposals to the Executive Committee. Having done that, the challenge was to actually deliver them, which we have also done.\nThe second thing was going out talking to stakeholders and to show them that their issues were being addressed, taken forward and resolved. This created a sense of an IT service that was listening; there was an IT-wide drive to develop a bit of humility and to be more listening than telling.\nLastly was consultation. When we were planning to do things, we got out there and spent time in the University to talk to people about it, almost overly reaching out to the organisation.\nIn terms of giving the team confidence, the key has been to give very clear feedback at the point at which something happened. So, if you’re seeing people doing it well, celebrate that straight away. But if you see someone that is not doing it, challenge them and ask them what they could do differently? The other thing we did was very clearly sharing good news stories. When people say person XYZ was fantastic, we set up a whole MS Teams’ channel just to call out people who’ve been complimented. The other thing is empowering people. If you empower people and they do step forward and they get a good result, then they'll do more of it.\nSo where are you at Durham now? If I were a student or a member of University staff what difference have you made for me?\nWell you’d see greater reliability in the services you are consuming, you have got a much richer set of resources available accessible anywhere to do the things you need to do. You have an IT organisation that if there’s something you want to see changed, you’ll get listened to and it will be acted on.\nSo COVID aside, what's next over the next few years?\nThere is still a lot of technical debt which we will be sorting out. We’ve adopted good service management principles, but now want to move on and see how much of DevOps we can bring in but we’ve some work to do on ourselves procedurally before we can do that.\nWe also want the customer experience to be truly digital. At the moment, we work from the service out. The real shift over the next three years is to work from the experience in. Where we start to look at the user journey and then determine how we can deliver that experience. Beyond that I’d like to become commercial, to sow the seeds for generating income. I’ve identified some ways we can do that.\nOne final question, is there anything you’d have done differently?\nI would have bitten the bullet and recruited a Director of Information Systems six months earlier! I’ve brought in somebody from outside the sector and she is already working out very, very well, so that is a lesson. The other thing I could have done was to come more quickly at the strategy. With hindsight I could probably have started off that work a couple of months earlier, because I had somebody who was very capable within the team.\nWell, John thank you very much. This has been a fascinating session I’m really pleased to hear that the University clearly has the CIO it needed, and that we did a good job in finding you!\nFor more information about the Berwick Partners' IT & Digital Leadership Practice, please contact Alex Richardson.\nCategory: IT & Digital Leadership Recruitment"}
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{"text": "September 20,.\nDan Shea here -- I'm filling in for Karl again this week while he enjoys a little post-nuptial R&R. Given that our fearless leader is off jetting around the globe, I thought it would be a good time for another post about travel. This time, airport security is in focus.\nI was browsing Boing Boing the other day and noticed a post on a Shockwave game entitled Airport Security. In the game, you play a security screener who needs to confiscate an arbitrary, ever-changing list of objects in order to build your score. If you miss too many items or confiscate too much then you're in trouble!\nI found the game's lighthearted approach refreshing. Like many people, I've had seemingly innocuous and sometimes valuable items confiscated at airport security gates in the past, and the satirical timbre of the game hit just the right note for me.\nGive it a shot, and see if you can beat my humble personal best of 180 points...\nWhat do you think? Post your comments in the Planet PDF Forum Talkback section."}
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{"text": "Mission Impossible\nmasculus iuventus\nSummary: Hot springs, cock rings and Ancients' graffiti. Can Teal'c and Sam reach the guys in time to stop them turning the clock back?\nI'm worried sick about Jack. He hasn't made love to me in ages. Oh, we've had sex. I've made love to him, he's sucked me off, rubbed me, jerked me off... but not once has he let me bottom since we've got back from the mission with his clone. And to be frank, I'm pissed with him for it. It's been weeks.\nI'm not fragile. I'm not going to break. My ass is better - was in a couple of days. But every time we start, he turns it, makes me do him and not the other way around. I think I need to get him away from Sam and Teal'c. Just me and him, no way out so he has to deal with it.\nSo, this man has a plan. And my intention is to be as sneaky as I can. I've packed Mia with our big tent, some food, and plenty of lube. Jan came up trumps and sent what I asked her for on the last shopping list. I'm sure she must buy this stuff off the Internet because even she would blush if she had to buy it from a shop.\nBefore we went, we gave power of attorney to George and Janet. Every time we want something 'personal' they use our money and get it for us.\nFor example, Jacob went shopping with them, ostensibly for technology which the Tok'ra could use to aid in the transfer of information between the Tok'ra and the SGC. And came here with four new laptops, top of the range with massive hard drives, RAM that would make a flock of sheep weep with happiness and processors that make my one gigahertz one look positively steam driven. We need them. The games that Jack likes to play take up lots of memory.\nTalking of games, it's time to go. I had to get Sam and Teal'c in on the plan - which meant I had to explain the reason behind it to them. And explaining the concept of bottoming to Teal'c, well, let's just say it's not something I want to do again in a hurry.\nHe's got no problem with male/male relationships at all. He's just not really completely there with the concept that the bottom in the relationship can be the guy in control. The Jaffa use sex to dominate their underlings, fucking them into submission.\nHe sees it as a 'bonding' thing. He got fucked by Bratac, he fucked the guys under him, so to speak. It was used to emphasise the position in the hierarchy. He doesn't see being bottom as a problem, or even as being weak, he just doesn't get the fact that I want to be in that position sometimes. He sees it as submitting to a more dominant male (which again, he doesn't have a problem with; it's 'normal' in any militaristic set-up, the concept of dominance anyway). I tried to explain but I think I failed. He thinks I'm better off being the top so that Jack doesn't get carried away with being the boss, as if it equalises our relationship with Jack being the leader in the field.\nI see his point, trouble is he doesn't really see mine. Never mind, he's helping and trying to accept us for what we are.\nNeither Jack nor I are definite tops or bottoms. I guess I'm 55% bottom and Jack is 55% top. Usually. And that suits. If I want it whichever way, I get it. It's not an issue. Unless I'm not getting it, which I'm not, and I'm rambling in my own mind again. As Jack would say, 'Shut up, Daniel'.\n\"Come on, Jack, we're going away. Look, the guys are on the ship and waiting for us. A camping holiday for a couple of days on another island. We could do with the break.\"\nHe's allowing me to lead him, but he's quiet and a bit confused I think. He's going to be a lot more confused by the time I'm finished with him, that's for sure.\nThe door shuts and Teal'c takes off before Jack can say any more. Not that he's said much. He hasn't really spoken much since we returned from that mission.\nWhen Jacob came, I took him to one side and explained as much as I could without going into explicit detail. He's got the message that we're not going on a mission until Jack is over this. It's affecting him badly. Just how am I going to get it into Jack's head that I'm okay with what happened?\nI'm not sure just what Daniel has in mind. Poor Jack hasn't been himself since that last mission. I know he'd rather die than hurt Daniel, but he's not seeing that he's hurting him now. Physical pain is something that Daniel can get over quickly. Jack shutting him out is eating him up from the inside out.\nWe're going to an island a few islands over from ours. It looks nice. The weather is holding out, it's colder now, but the rains seem to have gone. At least for now. We should keep an eye on it. Teal'c and I are going to go and explore the solar system, getting proper measurements and so on. It's keeping the astrophysicist in me happy anyway.\nWe're there. All four of us unload the stuff and Daniel's taking Jack by the hand and leading him away from the ship. While Jack's back is turned, Teal'c and I sneak back onto Mia. We've shut the door, taken off, undoubtedly left Jack in a state of confusion but hey, that's Daniel's problem not mine.\nIn orbit now, and now leaving it, heading for the nearest planet. I start the scanners off so they can take the measurements I want. What the hell?\n\"Samantha? Given what you said about the others' trip on their own, I felt a little experiment of our own would be warranted.\"\nZero gravity, eh? Well, why not? What's sauce for the gander and all.\n\"Daniel? What's going on?\"\n\"Oh, didn't I tell you? The guys are going to go and play in space. It's just you and me for this trip. That's not a problem, is it? I can call them back if you want, but they wanted some time to themselves. If you ask me, I think that Sam wants to try out the zero gravity experience.\"\nOh! Okay, that's okay. I can deal.\n\"No, don't disturb them. We can give them a break. They could probably do with it.\"\nHe's rolling his eyes and now he's grinning.\n\"Come on, let's get the tent up, shall we?\"\nSounds good. We get it up quickly, it's not as if we can't do it in our sleep. Daniel's collecting firewood and getting a fire started. I'm going through the supplies to see what food we've brought.\n\"Um, Daniel? What in heaven's name is this?\"\n\"Ah. I was going to show you that later.\"\n\"Explain. And explain how you got it.\"\n\"It's a cock ring, Jack,\" he says huskily. \"I asked Janet to get it for us. There's a matching one. You know, it'll keep us going a bit longer. Given that it takes us a while to recover these days, I wanted to prolong the enjoyment. Is it a problem?\"\n\"You asked JANET?\"\n\"Well, I wasn't going to ask Jacob or George. Somehow I figured Janet would be cooler with the idea.\"\nYa know, there's something scary about the fact that that makes perfect sense to me.\n\"So, what did you have in mind, Daniel?\"\n\"Sex.\"\n\"Yeah, I'd kind of got that. Any particular sort?\"\n\"Lots of sex.\"\n\"Um, Daniel. Why are you looking at me like that?\"\n\"Like what?\"\n\"Like I'm the last cup of coffee in Starbucks and you've been deprived of the holy bean for a week.\"\n\"Perhaps,\" he says, his voice low and sexy, making his way towards me as if I'm prey and he's a predator, \"that's because you are as desirable as that, Jack. And I want you.\"\n\"Oh. Okay. You want this old ass, you've got it.\"\nHis shoulders drop and he's stopped coming towards me.\n\"Daniel?\"\n\"Jack?\"\n\"What's wrong? One second you were coming on to me like a fucking express train and the next you've started to walk away.\"\n\"Oh, nothing. Just thought I should get some food on. You know, keep up our strength and all.\"\nYeah. I believe that too. Not. I know what's wrong though. But I can't do it. No way. Every time I think of making love to him the way he wants it I fail to, er, rise to the occasion. I can't do it.\nI must agree with Samantha's assessment. Sex in zero gravity is an 'experience'. And fun. We shall do that again at some point soon. She is looking out of the view screen now, watching the planet underneath us as we scan it. She seems to be happy.\n\"Teal'c? Look at this. This planet is perfect for life. It's got everything. An atmosphere, plenty of land, fresh and seawater, a temperate climate. There's more land on this planet than on Remoc. So why was the gate there? Both planets are a similar distance from the sun, this one is a few million miles closer but astronomically that's nothing. They're on the same orbital plane, rotating at virtually the same rate and given that they're a similar size, we're talking much the same day lengths. They're never going to crash into each other or anything, so why not this one? If I were one of the Ancients, I'd have put the gate here.\"\n\"They must have had a reason, Samantha. Perhaps there is, or was, something on Remoc that meant that it was the better planet. They did not colonise it, though.\"\n\"I'm wondering if there was something on Remoc before the water level rose. I think we need to get back to Remoc. I need to have another look at it.\"\n\"Do you wish to disturb the men?\"\n\"No, no, not yet. If I find anything then I will, but until I know what's been going on, we should leave them alone. Daniel needs to get this sorted between them. It's eating Jack alive.\"\n\"I still do not understand Daniel's reasons for wanting this.\"\nShe looks at me and smiles.\n\"It's as much to do with equality of opportunity as anything, Teal'c. Daniel explained to me that some guys prefer to be one or the other, either the top or the bottom, and it has nothing whatsoever to do with who's 'in charge' and everything to do with what they like. With Jack and Daniel, they share everything. It's not just sex, honey. They share their thoughts, their emotions, their whole lives. One can't really exist without the other. And Jack isn't sharing with him and that's hurting Daniel.\n\"Daniel told me he just about prefers to be bottom, but he could have lived without it if Jack had turned out to be a resolute bottom, as some guys are. If that had been Jack's initial preference, then Daniel would have understood it - got a bit frustrated now and then but it wouldn't have been a problem. But they've always shared, taken it in turns if you like. And Jack's taken away Daniel's ability to choose it or ask for it. And that hurts him.\"\nI believe I understand it a bit better now.\n\"Here. Hope the meat is as cooked as it gets with the Tok'ra microwave.\"\nI hand him half a duck and he tucks in. I wish he would talk to me but he's hardly speaking.\n\"It's great. Thanks.\"\nLast of the great conversationalists. Sheesh. Anyway, I have got to get him out of this. It's driving a wedge between us and the gap is widening a bit every day. It's tearing us apart and breaking my heart. I'm going to ambush him tonight, it's the only way. I have a plan and we're not leaving this island till he's fucked me.\nWe've cleared up. The nights are drawing in and I've insisted that we go to bed. He's wondering whether to have a separate sleeping bag or not. No fuckin' way, O'Neill.\nI've taken them and deliberately zipped them together. He gets the message. I am not letting this go. I've lost him before, let him go as he walked from me. I will not do that again.\nI've put a few things on my side of the bed, out of his sight. He's going to get a wake up he won't expect.\nWe're ready and getting into the bag.\n\"You're wearing shorts to bed, Jack?\"\n\"Yeah, well, the cold you know.\"\n\"Oh, I know. But skin on skin is more effective, you know that.\"\nI deliberately remove my clothes in front of him and then get in the bag and surprise the crap out of him by facing away from him.\n\"Um, Daniel?\"\n\"Yes Jack?\"\n\"You're going to sleep?\"\n\"Well, yes Jack. You?\"\n\"Yeah, I guess. Night.\"\n\"Night babe.\"\nHe's on his back and I hear his breathing even out. I wait until he's definitely asleep, then I put my plan into action. First things first. Lube. There is going to be plenty this time out. Trying not to disturb him, I put some on my fingers and then up my ass. God that feels good. Next, I quietly unzip the bag so I'll have room to manoeuvre. Then the ring. He's still asleep, I guess he's gotten used to me fidgeting in my sleep over the years.\nThis is it, the moment of truth.\nI've slipped the ring over him and tightened it. I'm glad he took the hint and dropped his shorts. I was dreading having to try to get them off him. Now a little more lube on my hand and I'm jerking him. He's hard. He's also awake. I'm not going to give him a chance to argue over this. I know he got 'deflated' every time I asked him to do this to me, but the ring is stopping that. He's going to have no choice.\n\"Dannnmmfffllll.\"\nHe can't complain, my tongue is playing tonsil hockey. He's kissing me back. I'm not giving him a moment to think here, he's going to act and act on instinct alone. I've kicked the bag off and I'm straddling him, positioning myself and... ye-ah! At last.\nI've broken the kiss, now I'm sitting up and I must be grinning like an idiot.\n\"Oh yeah, this feels so fucking good, O'Neill. Welcome home, babe.\"\nHe's looking bewildered, but then he often looks like this when we're having sex. I love rendering him insensible.\nI move. Slowly at first, but steadily. He's gotten that look on his face now, the one that says he's losing his control. He never totally loses it, and I guess I know why now, but this is going to be good.\n\"You want me to fuck you?\" he growls.\n\"As hard and as long as you can, babe. I'm not going to break.\"\n\"No, you're not, are you? You want... this?\"\nOh God. He's flipped me onto my back and he's starting to push. That's my baby. Forget it all and just act.\n\"YES! Move it O'Neill!\"\n\"Like this?\" Harder now, he's still holding back though.\n\"MORE DAMMIT!\"\n\"Like this?\" Faster, deeper, I'm moving up to meet him as he comes towards me.\n\"Harder,\" I growl. He has to, he has to know that I can take this. That I want, no need this.\n\"Love you, Jack. Fucking love you.\"\n\"Hurting?\"\n\"Not anymore. You love me.\" A statement, not a question. \"You're showing me.\"\n\"You know it.\"\nNo more talking, just us. Oh shit, should have put a ring on me 'cause I'm gonna... ooh YES!\n\"Daniel, I need to come, babe.\"\n\"Undo it, come for me Jack. Come IN me.\"\nHe's trying to keep fucking me as he loosens the ring.\n\"FUCK!\"\n\"That's the idea, Jack.\"\nHe's giggling. He's fucking me, coming and giggling at the same time. Never let it be said that our sex life is dull.\nOOF. He's flopped on my chest.\n\"Hey,\" I say. Erudite, I know, but I have just been fucked to within an inch of my life.\n\"Hey.\" I get the goofiest grin back at me.\n\"Love you.\"\n\"Love you too, Daniel. I'm sorry. I've been such a fucking idiot.\"\n\"You have. Don't do it again.\"\nI guess my scolding of him would carry more weight if I didn't look as goofy as him and I wasn't running my fingers through his hair.\n\"I won't. Thanks for bringing me here, hun. Thanks for making me do this.\"\nIf anyone was listening into this conversation they'd probably think it was surreal even for us. I pull him up and into my arms, grab some tissue and clean us up. We can sleep now. But this time it's me on my back and him in my arms, his head on my chest. Just where he belongs.\nWe slept - well. Snuggling up with Teal'c is wonderful. He's so cuddly it's unreal. He's a six foot four teddy bear. And he's mine. I am one lucky woman, that's for sure. My babe is big, beautiful, sexy, strong, protective and as soft as a feather bed. About time I had some luck. We're scanning now, from orbit. I love to look at Remoc, it's so blue, like a sapphire against the black of space.\nI'm concentrating on the area around the gate. Why would the gate have been abandoned? We've seen no hint of visits there. There had to be a reason for it being there. And short of the Ancients liking tropical islands to visit, which strikes me as strange for some reason, I can't see it.\n\"There.\"\n\"Where?\"\n\"There, Samantha. Look. On the island where O'Neill and Daniel are. There is a heat signature.\"\n\"It's just a hot spring, Teal'c. We saw that when we flew over the island a few weeks ago.\"\n\"Do you have that 3D image of the seabed here?\"\n\"I do.\"\nI get my laptop and power it up, then pull up the imaging that we did. We've been concentrating on the larger islands a fair way from us. This time I look at the area around the gate. The sea is fairly shallow there, as if it didn't rise that much. Some of the islands are huge, with mountain ranges extending thousands of feet up but our area is fairly flat.\n\"Can you show what the area would look like if the sea dropped away?\"\n\"Sure.\"\nI lower the sea level image and see just what Teal'c is going on about. Our entire area was a huge island or even a continent. It didn't take a large drop in sea level either. A few feet really - okay, about twenty. But still, that's not too much. And the island on which the guys are is connected to the one where the gate is. Perhaps they did have some reason to put the gate there.\nI turn on the scanners and do the most detailed search of the entire area that the computer shows. This is exciting.\n\"Morning.\" Okay. I'm looking and sounding dopey. I don't care. Daniel was right last night, right to push me the way he did. \"You okay? How's your ass?\"\n\"Fine, Jack. Feeling better for having had you there, that's for sure.\"\n\"Yeah, about that...\"\n\"Hush. It's over, Jack. I understood, honestly. But it couldn't go on. It was breaking us up. It's over now, all finished. I love you, you love me, and more to the point, we can have fun again. Sound good to you?\"\n\"Sounds wonderful.\"\n\"Good. Let's get up and get a coffee. I feel like exploring. What do you think?\"\n\"That sounds good too.\" I get up and head out of the tent.\n\"Um, Jack, haven't you forgotten something?\"\n\"Like what?\"\n\"Your shorts?\"\n\"You have a problem seeing me like this?\"\n\"Oh no, not a problem. Though I may want to do things; erotic and exciting things, if you don't cover up. And I want my coffee first.\"\nI get the point. So, I cover up. Pity. I was such a fucking idiot with the way I behaved. I'm so not going to behave like that again. No way.\nDaniel knows why I did what I did on that godforsaken planet. I'd never hurt him on purpose. So why did I hurt him when we got back? Stop it, O'Neill. It's over and done with. I've made love to him, he loved it given the level of happy howling; I got it up - admittedly with help but hey, at my age I take it anyway I can get it. I'm sure that my mental block is over and done with. There is one way to prove it to both of us though.\nCoffee's made, the fire didn't take long to stoke back up thank heavens. I'd take it into him but he's just come out. Naked. Ah well, that just makes my next move that much easier. I go off to one side, take a leak, then head back to the tent and get what I need.\nStalking now, creeping up behind him. He jumps a mile when he feels my breath on his neck. He's also as hard as nails in seconds. He loves this, when NeanderJack takes over. I take his coffee from him and put it down. Now I'm pushing him to face a tree. His hands I place on the trunk, above his head. I've kicked his legs apart.\nI'm not asking, but I don't have to. I know he would stop me if he wanted me to stop. My own shorts are off. I've slicked myself up and now it's my turn to really come home. I can do this. The low, sexy moan that he gave tells me that he wants it.\nOh yeah. Home. Definitely home. I slide in in one go. He's relaxed, welcoming me, wanting me there. I want to be there too. As I start to push, he's pushing back to me, losing control, muttering in many languages. I know what he's saying. Yes. Please. More. Love you. Want you. Need you. I need you too, Daniel. And God only knows I want you and love you. You've got me. It feels so good, so hot, so why the fuck am I thinking?\nHe's coming. I never even touched him and he's coming, yelling and crying out, pushing me over the edge and taking me with him. I pull out gently, shaking as I do. He's in my arms, kissing me, holding me, more frantic than I've ever known him.\nFinally we break for air.\n\"Oh my God,\" he pants. \"That was amazing, Jack. I am so going to keep you.\"\n\"You're sure you don't want a younger man? To keep up with you?\" I tease.\n\"Uh huh. I only need you, Jack. Keep fucking me like that, hun, and you'll have one very happy Daniel on your hands.\"\n\"I'll do my best.\"\n\"You always do, babe. You always do.\"\nSweet.\nThe only thing that we have found of any interest is that hot spring. There are a few caves on a different part of the area but that does not strike us as something that the Ancients would want to visit. However, we are going there first as we do not wish to disturb the men until necessary. So, we are taking the ship back down, this time to the island in-between ours and the one that the men are on.\nTeal'c is in 'explorer' mode and I'm giggling.\n\"Samantha?\"\n\"Oh, nothing. It's just exciting, like the old days. You know, exploring, discovering and so on.\"\n\"I do. I miss that time. Do you?\"\n\"Lots. But I know that what we're doing is important. I think that Daniel misses it the most. He's being turned into a soldier, more so than when he was at the SGC. It's not what he is.\"\n\"Do you think that he is changing?\"\n\"I'm not sure. He's hardening... if that was possible. I mean, he was always tough and ready to do what was necessary. But in the past, he was less inclined to accept the need to kill someone. Now, though...\"\n\"He is prepared to kill. I understand. It is a shame. Would you feel better if he was not with us?\"\n\"No, no! Absolutely not. He shouldn't be here and doing this, but we're better off because he is with us. He keeps us safe, you know, what with his knowledge and so on. I guess I just miss the old Daniel.\"\n\"Do you think that he has changed that much?\"\n\"Yes,\" I sigh. \"I do. Don't you remember the wide-eyed idealist that he was?\"\n\"I do. I do not believe that he has lost his moral grounding though. I still believe that he will prevent us from killing if he thinks it is necessary.\"\n\"You're right. Of course. I'm not sure that we would have even thought to free those slaves first time out, or helped the victims of Petrocus escape. Maybe we would, but without Daniel there, it wouldn't be a given that we'd do it.\"\nTeal'c gives me his Jaffa 'hmm'; agreeing with me and considering my words at the same time. We continue towards the caves more or less in silence.\n\"Jack? Where are we going and why do we have towels?\"\n\"Wait and see, Danny Boy.\"\n\"BOY?\"\nBastard's snickering. I'll give him boy. I brought the lube on this little trip of ours. Heh heh heh. He's smiling now, happier than I've seen him in weeks. Time to have some fun. I love messing with his head.\n\"Jack.\"\n\"Daniel.\"\n\"We've been going for ages. Where are we going?\"\n\"Daniel, we've been walking for half an hour.\"\n\"An hour, and over rough terrain.\"\n\"Shut your yap, there's a good linguist. We're nearly there.\"\n\"If you weren't so good in bed I'd swap you for a blow-up doll. At least that wouldn't drag me around the wilds of the galaxy, OW, getting ATTACKED by mutant plants.\"\n\"You are not getting attacked, Daniel. And that plant's not a mutant. It's a fern. Just a... very... um...\"\n\"Mutant?\"\n\"Big! Big fern. And what sort?\"\n\"Whatd'ya mean, what sort? I'm an archaeologist not a fucking botanist.\"\n\"No, what sort of doll?\"\n\"Mickey the Mailman.\"\nI reply as quickly as I can and the resulting double take is a picture.\n\"Huh? WHY?\"\n\"At least he'd always deliver on time.\"\nHe stops walking, looks at me as if I've grown another head and then cracks.\n\"I'm kinda glad,\" he says when he calms down.\n\"You are? Why?\"\n\"Well, if it had been Colin the Cowboy, well, let's just say too many connections to Hammond.\"\nEw!\n\"Nah, not him,\" I tell him, trying to keep my face straight. \"Tried him out but my spurs kept puncturing him and I ran out of plasters.\"\nWe have arrived at the caves. We see nothing that one would not expect.\n\"Great. We traipse all the way up here and find nothing but bat droppings or the local equivalent.\"\n\"Should we eat?\"\n\"Not in here. I mean, yuck!\"\n\"I meant at the cave mouth.\"\n\"Oh. Yeah, okay. I could do with something to eat.\"\nWe have lit a fire and cooked our food. She is sitting next to me as close as she can. I try something that I have seen on the television. I put my arm around her. It is... unusual. Of course I hold her, as I held my wife, but this is strange, not something that I have done before.\n\"Hmm, this is nice,\" she says quietly. \"All I need now is a widescreen surround sound cinema, the lights to go down, popcorn, anything with Harrison Ford in it and I'm happy.\"\nI will never understand Samantha. This is probably just as well. I fear my brain would explode if it ever unravelled the mysteries that are woman. Perhaps Daniel Jackson knows the answer? Perhaps it would help if I knew what the question was?\n\"I believe that Daniel would agree with you on the choice of film. I seem to remember that he had many of Ford's films on video.\"\nShe's giggling. \"Yeah. And you know? I never even thought as to the reason why. I mean, I just put it down to the archaeologist thing, but now I'm not so sure.\"\n\"I agree. We should ask him if he's attracted to him when we meet up.\"\nShe's laughing louder now. I love that sound.\n\"I must wonder though.\"\n\"What's that, honey?\"\n\"Just why did O'Neill have so many films with Lassie in?\"\n\"Ooh a hot spring. This must be the one we saw when we were flying over.\"\n\"Got it in one, Daniel,\" I tell him as he rushes to the edge. \"Hey, slow down. I don't want you getting hurt.\"\n\"Nah, won't do that, Jack. Don't worry. Shall we... er... take a dip?\"\nGod, I don't believe it. He's looking shy and innocent. How the fuck does he do it? I don't know anyone less innocent than Daniel. But there he is, looking young and inexperienced, making out that he only wants to swim when I know he wants to fuck. I wouldn't mind but it turns me on so much I can't think straight.\n\"Yeah,\" I managed to croak. \"Sounds good.\"\nWhat am I saying? It's the reason I brought him up here! Come on brain, wake up!\nOh shit. He's just pulled his clothes off. Slowly and seductively, still managing to look as if he's never even thought about sex let alone had it in every conceivable position (including a few I had never conceived of. And I'm not exactly virginal, ya know?).\nMy clothes are off. Forget seductive strips, I'm naked as soon as humanly possible. I'm hard. He's not. HOW? I know he wants it. Okay, he's slowly rising to the occasion but hey, I'm saluting. But then he's looking at me and I'm looking at him. I doubt I'd get turned on if I looked at me either.\nCrap. I know that look. He's going to eat me alive. Now he's hardening fast. His breathing is quickening, his eyes are darkening... and I'm in trouble with a capital F. It's my lucky day.\n\"See that rock?\" he says, pointing to a large boulder by the side of the pool.\n\"Not an artefact?\" I tease. He growls. Ooh. Goody.\n\"Put your hands on it. Bend over and give me that ass of yours.\"\nDo I have to say that I am so there already? He's standing behind me, not saying a word, just breathing heavily. He hasn't touched me yet. What's he going to do?\nDEARGODINHEAVEN! He's just surprised the shit out of me and grabbed my dick and he's working me fast. I can feel him, at my entrance, ready to push, but he's not pushing, just holding there as he jerks and jerks and I'm gonna come.\nI am coming and he's just pushed in. I'm contracting around him - I can feel everything. He's grunting, moaning, generally reversing my alpha act ('cause that's all it is really, we all know that Daniel's the real alpha in our group. After Sam, that is). I'm squeezing him, I know it. He's pushing past that, in all the way. I'm panting hard, partly from having my orgasm shocked out of me and partly from having him inside me.\nIt's breathtaking. It should hurt like this. He's not waiting, not letting me adjust, just fucking me harder than I've ever been fucked before. But it's not hurting, it just feels so damned good.\n\"God, Jack, I'm gonna come,\" he's gasping.\n\"Do it!\"\n\"Oh yeah, oh yeah, gonna... OH GOD YES!\"\nDo I have to say that his voice is loud? I don't huh? Good. Basically 'cause I don't think I'm gonna have much left in the way of hearing after that. Pavarotti's got nothing on my baby.\nHe's pulling out slowly and carefully, in direct contrast to how he got in.\n\"You okay? Did I hurt you?\"\n\"'Mfine, babe. Not hurt. Gonna wince when I sit I think, but in a good way.\"\n\"There's a good way to wince?\"\n\"Sure there is.\"\n\"Better to not wince,\" he says carefully.\n\"Better wincing than mincing,\" I tell him.\nHe looks at me as if he's not really with me or my train of thought. Probably just as well, really.\n\"Okay, let's have one last look around these caves then it's time to disturb the guys.\"\n\"You wish to frighten them?\"\n\"Not today. Let's leave that for Hallowe'en. I'm thinking we dress up as ghosts and creep up at midnight, do a 'trick or treat' on them, whatd'yasay?\"\nHe's looking at me as if I've just grown another head.\n\"How old are you, Samantha?\"\n\"Hey, you're never supposed to ask a lady her age!\"\n\"I was not. I was asking you.\"\nJack's right. He spends far too much time with Daniel.\n\"Samantha, look. On the cave walls. I do believe that this is the language of the Ancients.\"\n\"Well, you should know, honey.\"\nThe writing is about twenty feet in and in the dark. No wonder we didn't see it before.\n\"Can you tell what it says?\"\n\"Some of it. There are words that I am not familiar with here. There is something about a woman, called Lucia. I'm not sure exactly what it says but the words 'goes', 'like' and 'comet' I think are there. And there is more. Something about Brutus who hung a horse? No, I am not making much sense here. There is more. 'Come to youth? 'Iuventus' I am sure that means youth. Perhaps it is the Ancients' name for this planet?\"\n\"We need Daniel here, don't we?\"\n\"We do. I am sure that he would translate it quickly. There is something here that is making me uneasy.\"\n\"What's that?\"\n\"Certain words are repeated here. Over and over.\" Hell, he's doing a Daniel. His voice is trailing off as he concentrates on the words.\n\"What words, sweetie?\"\n\"Calida, recreare, aetas, iuvenis. In many versions, with the different endings. But these root words are still here.\"\n\"What do they mean?\"\nSomehow, my stomach is telling me that this isn't good news.\n\"As I said, iuvenis is 'young'. Aetas, that means 'age'. Recreare means to recreate, or revive or refresh.\"\n\"Okay, I get the meaning. What about the other word?\"\n\"Calida? I am not sure. Let me think. It may come to me.\"\n\"Last one in the spring's a rotten egg.\"\n\"First one in the spring will smell like one. It's a bit sulphurous, Daniel.\"\n\"It's a hot spring, Jack. They often do. Anyway, this explains the gate.\"\nHe's gotten that look on his face. The one that says that 'Daniel's off on a tangent again'. I'm not, not really.\n\"Do I gotta ask?\"\n\"Speak properly, Jack.\"\n\"Natch. Well, oh-h-h-OOH God that's hot! Eh hem. As I was saying. Well, oh great genius. Speak. Inform the mere mortal of the amazing leap of intuition you have now made. And how come you're not in the water?\"\n\"Just letting you go in first, make sure it's safe. You always tell me to. What's it like?\"\n\"I haven't felt this relaxed in ages. Come on in, the water's wonderful.\"\nOkey dokey, I'm a'comin'. Ouch! It is hot. But strangely comforting. Hmm, my skin is tingling. That feels good. I'm wading into it now, waist deep. Ooh, my dick is getting a kick-start. Come off it, I only used it a short while back. I'm not getting any younger, for crying out loud.\n\"So? You're going to tell me, right?\"\n\"Oh! Yes, sure. Hot springs. Romans. You know how much they liked their hot baths. They built their bath buildings, the balneae in places like this. There would be the cold bath, the frigidarium, and the hot spring.\"\n\"Yeah, the calidarium.\"\nThat's my baby.\n\"You got it. Oh crap.\"\n\"Daniel? What's up?\"\n\"Me. This is not possible.\"\n\"You're telling me. Mine too.\"\n\"You want to do something about it?\"\n\"Well, seems a shame to waste it, doesn't it?\"\n\"It sure does. How do you want to play this?\"\n\"Um. How about you come here?\"\nWell, duh.\n\"I'm with you.\"\n\"I noticed.\"\nOh boy, Jack can kiss. And kiss. And kiss, actually. How long is that tongue of his? I could drown in him. I am going to drown. He's pulling me down. A quick gasp for breath and we're underwater. It's not so hot now we're in it. It just feels wonderful. This is incredible. Like being in space. The pool is deep, we aren't touching the bottom. I'm really liking Jack's thinking here.\nBack up for a gasp of air and back down. Our mouths are attached to each other, our hands are all over each other. He's... oh God he's jerking me. Our feet are kicking and sending us back up. I'm stroking him. He feels so good in my hand and his hand feels so good on me. My eyes are shut. I'm just feeling my way through this.\nHe's broken the kiss, his spare hand is around my waist and mine is on his shoulder.\n\"Give it up for me, Daniel. I want to see you come. Want to hear you screaming my name as you shoot over my hand.\"\n\"*gasp* You sweet-talker *pant* you. Oh God *ugh* Jack, Oh God I'm, *huh* you want me to scream?\"\n\"Scream, Daniel.\"\nHe asked for it. I am so going to do that. Right... about...\n\"JACK!\"\nHe's pushed my hand away and is now grinding into my hip.\n\"CHRIST Daniel!\"\n\"I'd say that worked,\" I gasp.\nHe's chuckling, holding me close, his face buried in my neck.\n\"Love you, Daniel,\" he whispers.\n\"Love you too, Jack. Come on, let's get out, I need to lie down.\"\nI'm now on my back, lying on a towel, and Jack's crawling up my body, looking predatory and, er, different?\n\"Jack? Your hair is brown.\"\n\"Funny, I was thinking that you were looking blonder.\"\n\"Jack, stand up.\"\nHe's standing up and I'm looking at him. He's looking as good as I've ever known him. Fit. Toned. Not as many scars as I'm used to seeing. Horny. Horny? Come on, he's only just come for fuck's sake. Shit, so am I.\n\"Daniel, you look different. Younger.\"\n\"I was just thinking the same thing about you, Jack.\"\nOh crap.\nWe need to bring Daniel here. I fear that there is something strange about this planet.\n\"Samantha, we need to...\"\n\"I'm already on it. Hell, they're not answering their comms.\"\n\"Perhaps they are otherwise engaged?\"\n\"Could be, could be. Aw hell, we're going to have to go over there. Come on, let's go to Mia and fly over. We're uncloaked so they'll see us coming. Hopefully before we see them.\"\nQuite.\nSamantha is saying little, I feel her mind is elsewhere.\n\"C,\" she says. \"F and C.\"\n\"Samantha?\"\n\"There used to be the symbols, F and C, and I think that it has something to do with our problem. They were commonly used in place of something else. I can't remember for the life of me where though. I just know it's not so common now.\"\n\"Two symbols would suggest two items. Maybe two items that are closely connected. Can you think of the circumstances in which you would see them?\"\n\"Domestically,\" she says. \"I'm sure that it was domestically.\"\n\"So. You need to think of domestic items that have letters on them and come in pairs. There cannot be many things.\"\n\"True. I had mittens with L and R on them when I was little.\"\n\"L and R?\"\n\"Left and right - I had difficulties remembering which was which when I was a toddler.\"\n\"I see. Anything else?\"\n\"Let's see. Kitchen? Um. There were plenty of jars with the names of the contents on them, but no, I can't remember those letters. Living room? Um, no...\"\n\"We are at Mia.\"\n\"Yes, we are. Come on, you drive, I'll think.\"\n\"Very well.\"\n\"Dining room? No. Not there. Bedroom. Maybe there. I had lots of things with words on there. Um... no, can't think.\"\n\"How about the bathroom?\"\n\"Bathroom, bathroom, bathroo-oo-oom GOT IT! The faucets!\"\n\"The faucets?\"\n\"YES! We had an old-fashioned bathroom suite and on the faucets on the bath and the sink were the letters C and F. I remember thinking that it was strange, that it should be H and C. Because the C stood for...\"\n\"Calida. Hot water. I remember now.\"\n\"That's it! Hot water... hot springs... rejuvination? Oh my GOD. Floor it Teal'c! The guys are in trouble if they go there!\"\nWe're back at the camp. I feel strange. Good, but strange. Fitter than I have been in a long time, healthier too. And hornier. This is ridiculous. If Daniel and I so much as look at each other we want it. Daniel looks fucking edible. He's still built, he hasn't gone back to being the skinny thing I first knew. But he looks even cuter than before and if I tell him that I'll never have to worry about feeling horny again. He'll fix that problem for me - permanently.\n\"Jack? What's up?\"\n\"Bad turn of phrase.\"\n\"Tell me about it. Look, the best that I can figure it, I'm about twenty-five again, at least physically. I can remember everything that I have done, know the same that I did before, it's just as if my cells have regained about twelve years. You look a fair bit younger than how you were when we met, so, given that I've 'regained' about a third of my age, you'll have done the same? That makes you about thirty, thirty-one? It's not so bad, is it? Apart from feeling permanently horny, that is.\"\n\"I was never this horny when I was thirty-one, Daniel. At thirty-one your libido tends to die down. Even then it takes about an hour to recover normally. Unless you're YOU in which case thirty-seven equates to seventeen.\"\n\"I'm not that bad, Jack. It takes me a while, usually. Depends on what we're doing, that's all. Perhaps we were supposed to wear underwear in the pool, you know, to protect ourselves.\"\n\"Protect?\"\n\"Our dicks, Jack. The skin there is a bit more sensitive, thinner, loads of nerve endings and all.\"\n\"Yeah, yeah, I get you. Perhaps you're right. We'll never be able to go out on a mission again.\"\n\"Huh?\"\n\"Jeez, Daniel! All I have to do is freaking look at you and I want you.\"\n\"You didn't before? I'm hurt.\"\nI'm going to kill him.\n\"I used to be able to control it, a bit, you know, what with my advanced years and all. But now? Now I'm as horny as a sex-starved rabbit in a field full of does on heat.\"\n\"Does this mean you're going to fuck me again?\"\n\"Every fucking chance I get.\"\n\"I think,\" he says carefully as he comes closer to me. \"I think that I'm going to enjoy this.\"\n\"Daniel. Tell me this is abnormal for you? Please! You weren't constantly needing to do the bunny thing at twenty-five, were you?\"\n\"Jack, at twenty-five I was in a relationship with a guy who was as hot as hell. Trust me, this was normal for me.\"\n\"You haven't changed.\"\n\"What do you expect? I'm now thirty-seven and in a relationship with a guy who's even hotter.\"\nOkay, I'm not going to kill him.\n\"There is one down side to this,\" he says thoughtfully.\n\"What's that?\"\n\"It took me years to turn you grey. I've got to start all over again now.\"\n\"D.D.Daniel? Don't you fucking DARE! I've had enough worry about you to last me TEN lifetimes. Please, Danny, please, don't you start taking risks.\"\nHe's laughing. Oh? It's like that, is it? Well, something he seems to have forgotten is that I am not only fitter and younger, but my knees are fixed and I'm sneaky.\nHe's caught the look in my eye and he's taken off. He's heading to the beach. Gotcha, Daniel. At thirty-one I could run as fast as you.\nThe wind is blowing through his hair as he runs along the sand. It's longer than when we moved here, he hasn't cut it much, and now it's blonder too. He looks like a fucking Adonis. But he's my Adonis, no one else's. Nearly with him, a quick dive and...\n\"OOF! Got you, Daniel.\"\nHe wriggles around till he's on his back, looking into my eyes as I lie on top of him.\n\"Yeah, you do. And I've got you, Jack.\"\n\"Always, Daniel.\"\nHe seemed to like the kissing thing earlier. How about a reprise?\nThe guys are at it again. Just kissing, thank heavens. They are good at that, not coming up for air in ages. Teal'c and I have parked the ship nearby so they know we're here.\n\"Guys, cut that out,\" I call as I move closer to them. \"We've got something to warn you about. You know the hot springs? Well, don't go...\"\nOh shit. Jack's just turned to face me.\n\"Jack?\"\n\"Too late, Carter. We've been there. It's okay, it's us, just younger looking. And feeling, actually.\"\nOh my GOD. Daniel's just stood up. Woof. I mean, the guy was gorgeous before, but now? Sex on legs. Hnnng.\n\"Holy Hannah, what happened?\"\n\"As you guessed, Sam, it was the hot springs.\"\n\"What, you went in there and suddenly became a lot younger?\"\n\"Sort of. We went in there, got completely covered, by the way, I don't know if that makes a difference, and then when we got out we noticed that we were looking, well, fitter and better toned and Jack's hair wasn't grey anymore.\"\n\"We'll need to run some tests on you.\"\n\"Carter! I just knew you were going to say that.\"\nJack's looking pretty annoyed with the thought, but I have to know that they're okay.\n\"Look, Jack, we have some bio-scanning equipment on Mia. Dad said it would be a good idea.\"\nThey're off the floor now and trudging towards me, looking... 'resigned' I think is the best term.\n-\n\"So, Sam,\" Daniel says as he sits and waits for me to finish scanning Jack. \"How did you know about the spring?\"\n\"There's some writing in a cave on one of the other islands. It's graffiti for the most part, we think. Teal'c translated the words and found some were repeating a lot.\"\n\"Indeed,\" Teal'c takes over. \"I realised that the root words, calida, recreare, aetas and iuvenis were constantly there. It took me a while to remember the meaning of calida, and then only with Samantha's help. I am sorry.\"\n\"Why? It's not your fault. We should have tested the waters first. I took us there, if it's anyone's fault, it's mine.\"\nJeez, Jack the Martyr strikes again.\n\"Jack, shut up. There were two adults there, remember? And I'm supposed to be the one that tests stuff. Anyway, it's not a problem, is it? Sam? Is there anything wrong with Jack?\"\n\"Um, not as far as I can see, no. It would appear that his cells are healthy and his DNA is stable. I'll do another check tomorrow to be on the safe side. Daniel, you next.\"\nHe sits in front of me and thinks hard.\n\"You know, this could be to our advantage,\" he says suddenly.\nThere are times that I regret thinking out loud. I've got the guys looking at me as if I've gone mad again.\n\"Look. Very few Goa'uld know we're out here, right?\"\n\"Right.\" Thoughtfully. In triplicate.\n\"And those that do know us as we were, right?\"\n\"Right.\" Heh, heh, I like this.\n\"So, they're expecting me with brown hair, Jack with grey. It will just give us a moment while they puzzle it out - if we're caught, that is. Sometimes, a moment is all you need.\"\n\"Right!\" They're with me now.\n\"And of course, when we find out who was really behind the cloning, we'll have the advantage. Any grey-haired Jack that turns up can't be mistaken for ours.\"\nFive, four, three, two, one...\n\"WHOA!\"\nThat's my baby.\n\"Daniel, what do you mean, the Goa'uld that's really behind the cloning?\"\n\"Well, it couldn't be Hera, could it? To clone, you need genetic material. We'd never heard of her, let alone met her. Someone had to supply it.\"\nI'd make good my escape but Sam's still scanning.\n\"Daniel?\"\n\"Yes, Jack?\"\n\"When did you think of this?\"\n\"Oh, pretty much when Hera turned up and I realised who she was.\"\n\"And you didn't say anything why?\"\n\"I thought you lot would have worked it out.\"\nNah, he's not going to buy that one either. Nope, I was right. Damn, he's getting good at the eyebrow raising.\n\"Jack, my mind was elsewhere at the time, okay? Let's just say I realised it and then filed the information. It's only now come back to me.\"\nCrap and double crap, he's looking guilty again.\n\"Don't, Jack.\"\n\"Don't what, Daniel?\"\n\"Don't you dare start that again.\"\nHe nods, quietly. I'm going to have to beat him up, I think.\n\"You finished, Sam?\"\n\"Yeah, you're done. We'll do it again tomorrow, just to be sure, but as far as I can tell, you guys are fit and healthy.\"\n\"Thanks, hun. Jack - outside. Now!\"\nWithout a word he leaves the ship and we head back to camp.\nI am unsure as to what is going on between O'Neill and Daniel. They seemed happy earlier. However, as Samantha says, it is not our problem. They will sort it out.\n\"Teal'c? I'd like to go and run some tests up at the spring. Want to go for a walk?\"\n\"I shall accompany you. Tell me, Samantha, are you considering entering the pool yourself?\"\n\"I don't know,\" she says carefully. \"I mean, if there are no ill effects, and to be honest, I don't see why there should be any, where's the harm? The Ancients obviously came here time after time if the graffiti was anything to go by.\"\n\"But they were not human, Samantha.\"\n\"Weren't they?\"\n\"I do not understand.\"\n\"How do you know they weren't human? There are many myths of advanced cultures on Earth from thousands of years ago, Teal'c. Just ask Daniel about them. Sure, they think that Crete and the Minoans were probably the basis of the Atlantis myth, but we just don't know.\n\"And think about it. Over the last couple of hundred years, the Tauri have made huge technological leaps. Is it such a stretch of the imagination that they were advanced in the past, in a small area for example. Somewhere that we haven't yet found because it's under many feet of earth. Their language became Latin. The whole Mediterranean area looks little like it did even 5,000 years ago. Pre-flood, it was different again. We may never find where they lived.\n\"I'm not saying they were human, just saying that we can't rule out the possibility.\"\n\"You do have a point,\" I concede. \"My own instinct is to say that it was an alien race, such as the Asgard are.\"\n\"Is that because you want it to be an alien race? Because you don't believe that humans have the ability to evolve so quickly?\"\n\"No, not at all. But there is, as you say, no evidence of them that we can tell. And why would they revert?\"\n\"You mean become technologically backward?\"\n\"I do.\"\n\"Natural disaster,\" she says sticking up one finger and 'counting it off'. \"Man-made disaster either technological or through war, and religion. Any of these reasons is enough.\"\n\"I understand.\"\n-\nIt has taken us a while, but we are now at the hot spring. Samantha has taken out the test tubes from her case and is carefully collecting samples of the water and the local earth. She is wearing gloves to protect her.\n\"I can see why the guys just jumped in,\" she says. \"It looks warm and inviting. I haven't had a bath in ages. Maybe I will take the plunge. What do you think, Teal'c?\"\n\"If you think that it will do no harm to you, then I am in favour. My symbiote keeps me young. You have nothing to do that for you. At the moment, though, you do not need it.\"\nShe kisses my cheek.\n\"You,\" she says, \"are the sweetest man.\"\nI am?\nI have totally pissed Daniel off. I shouldn't have reacted like that when he mentioned Hera. I guess I'm going to have to prove that I'm not reverting to the way I was yesterday. The sun is going down now though, so it's time to eat and then bed, methinks.\n\"Sam? Teal'c?\"\n\"We are here, O'Neill.\"\n\"What are your plans for tonight? It's getting dark.\"\n\"We are currently returning to Mia. We have taken samples from the spring and will analyse them there. We shall stay on the ship, unless you have other plans?\"\n\"No, that's good, Teal'c. Daniel and I will camp out tonight, okay? Call us on the comms if you need us.\"\n\"We shall. Goodnight, O'Neill.\"\n\"Night Teal'c.\"\nGreat. Comms are off, and so are we. Daniel's got the fire going again, it's time to stoke a few more flames though.\n\"Daniel?\"\n\"Jack?\"\n\"I'm sorry. I'm a jerk and I know it. How about I prove to you that I'm so over it?\"\nHis mouth twitches into a smile.\n\"How do you propose to do that?\"\n\"Oh, I'm thinking, that maybe - maybe you know, it's not set in stone or anything - but maybe I'll tie you to that tree over there. After we've eaten, of course.\"\n\"Of course. And if you do this, tying me to a tree that is, what do you think you'll do then?\"\nHe's trying to play it cool, but his breath hitched as I suggested tying him up.\n\"I'm not sure,\" I say slowly. \"Maybe I'll strip you, get a good look at you in your youthful state. Maybe I'll get undressed myself. Maybe I'll fuck you so hard you won't be able to sit for a week. What do you think?\"\nHe's swallowed hard and he's looking at me, his eyes smoky and full of lust. He's trying to control himself though.\n\"After we eat?\"\n\"After, Daniel. I need to keep up my strength.\" I throw his own comment back at him.\nHe nods, says nothing else, but starts to get some food together quickly.\n-\nOkay, for the record, that was the quickest meal either of us have ever had. I've gone through the little box of tricks that Daniel brought and after I stopped blushing at the thought that Janet bought them for us, I've chosen a few items to make tonight go with a bang.\nSnigger.\nI've shown them to Daniel, not saying a word as I did it. He gasped, then gave me the filthiest smile I have ever seen. I take him over to a tree that has a branch a little above his head.\n\"Strip,\" I tell him. And he does. Slowly. Caressing his skin as he exposes it. Eep!\nFinally, he's there. I take out some leather thongs, just thin, long strips really, and I take hold of his right hand, pull it up and tie it to the branch. There's no need to ask him if he wants this, his cock is pointing skyward and I think that if I touch it he's going to come. Now his left hand, pulled as far away from his right one as I can get it without lifting him off his feet. He's got a little bit of space so that he can spread his legs.\nNow the lube. Flavoured. Passion Fruit. The thought makes me want to laugh. He sees me get it out and he lets out a low moan. I shuck my clothes in front of him, taking my time, making sure that he's watching me. He's swallowing, his dick is twitching and his breathing is quickening.\nBehind him now, he's feeling my fingers at his ass, stroking, persuading him to open for me. On my knees, my tongue is taking my fingers' place and he's screaming. Literally screaming. I love to taste him, all of him; it's just for me and I know it. And it's good. I'm pushing my tongue inside him, rhythmically fucking him with it. He's crying out; more, always more. Time to up the stakes. I shuffle round on my knees and swallow him whole. No way is he going to last, especially now my fingers have replaced my tongue.\nHe's coming, just as I thought he would. Hard, fast, never-ending, spilling out of me as I can't swallow fast enough. Finally, he stops. His legs and arms are shaking with the effort of staying up, but he's going to stay up a bit longer. He'd be disappointed if I stopped this now. Back behind him and I slip inside him in one go, no need to stop, he's as open as he'll ever get. I hold onto his hips and I'm slamming into him, building up my speed and increasing my depth till I can do no more.\nNow it's my turn, will it ever stop? Oh God, I'm feeling dehydrated.\nIt's over. I can't talk, can't really breathe, I'm just holding onto him, my arms around his chest, my head on his shoulder, my dick still up his ass. Pity it's got to come out because I could stay here forever.\nI pull out reluctantly, undo his ties. He's frantic, holding me, touching me, kissing me as if he's never going to get the chance again. We're on the ground, rolling around, not stopping for anyone. Finally, exhaustion takes us and we break away, panting hard.\n\"You okay?\" I gasp.\n\"Fine, amazing, stupendous, wonderful.\"\n\"Glad of it,\" I tell him, resting my head on his chest. \"Thanks, babe, that was amazing.\"\n\"Huh? Thank you Jack. You did all the hard work.\"\n\"Yeah,\" I tell him as lightly as I can. \"But I've never had anyone trust me the way you do. No one would have trusted me to tie them up, out here, in the open, whether there was anyone around or not. No one, Daniel. Only you. So, thanks.\"\nHe beams at me, bends his head and kisses me briefly.\n\"That was never in doubt, Jack.\"\nThe guys look fucked. Quite literally. God only knows what they got up to last night but neither can sit without wincing. They're also looking at each other and grinning, a lot. Do they ever think of something else? Probably not by the look of them.\nAnyway, the news. Their DNA appears stable. They still look young, still feel healthy and I see no reason now why they shouldn't stay the same. Before I'm getting 'permission' to go and jump in myself, Daniel wants to look at the graffiti. Okay. He can look. Then I'm going in.\nSo, they've packed up, we've flown over and now we're trekking up to the caves.\n\"Why caves, Daniel?\" I ask. \"Why didn't they build?\"\n\"I have no idea,\" he says. \"Okay, well, I have one, but how likely it is I don't know. I'm guessing that people were only allowed to come here maybe once in a lifetime or once every so many years, to stop abuse of what is, in effect, a 'fountain of youth'. We have no idea whether it can safely be used more than once after all. So, by not settling here, it would have been easier for the ruling powers to control the use. On top of that, it may have been a day-trip thing, or used as a treat instead of a medal for brave or meritorious acts.\"\n\"That makes sense. But why the caves? Why not dip, get young and go home?\"\n\"Ah.\"\n\"Ah?\"\nHe looks at Jack who shrugs in 'tell her' mode.\n\"Well, we noticed a side effect.\"\n\"A side effect?\"\n\"Yeah, one we're hoping will wear off soon. Before something else does.\"\n\"Daniel! Tell me.\"\n\"Oh, okay. Well, Jack and I would appear to be permanently horny.\"\n\"Tell me something I don't know, Daniel.\"\n\"No, I mean, worse than before. And certainly worse than we should be at the ages we've reverted to. It's making things hard.\"\nBwahahahaha! OhmyGod he could have chosen a better phrase.\n\"D.D.Daniel!\"\n\"Ah shut up, Sam,\" he scolds. \"Trust me, it's not easy at the moment. All I want to do is grab Jack and...\"\n\"Daniel, don't you fucking dare!\" Jack yells. \"Not now, give me a day or so, PLEASE!\"\n\"Jack, I only said I wanted to, I didn't say I was going to.\"\nOkay, I've contained myself. \"So, what sets it off?\" I ask in all seriousness.\n\"You really want to know?\" he asks. Well, duh! \"Jack. Just him. He's breathing. That is the be all and end all. He doesn't have to be awake either. Just breathing. As long as I know he's alive, I want to...\"\n\"Okay, I get the message.\" So does Jack, poor dear. He's looking predatory. \"But I still don't get the caves thing.\"\n\"You said there's lots of graffiti in there, didn't you?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"Well then.\"\n\"Huh?\"\n\"Somewhere to 'go', Sam. No other natural cover. If they could walk over here, they'd want somewhere to go. Maybe there were other people around. The Ancients' equivalent of the back rows or the back seat of the car.\"\n\"Ah! But there's bat droppings all over the floor.\"\n\"There wouldn't have been then. Too many people coming and going, if you'll pardon the expression, would have put them off, made them find somewhere else to live.\"\n\"I get it now.\" Finally, it's starting to make sense.\nWe're at the caves and looking at the graffiti by torch light. Teal'c was right. It's graffiti written by horny youths, rejuvenated by the hot springs and basically fucking anyone they got the chance to. There is good news though. According to someone called Sabidius, they used to come here to make the most of the temporary increase in libido granted them. And apparently Quintia was happy to lay on her back for allcomers. Dear God, even the graffiti is full of double entendres.\nSextus also tells us that he's there as a reward for saving the life of a child. So, it looks as if I was right. This place was a treat for them. Nothing yet about how long the effects last though, but as Jack and I are still the same as we were when we came out of the pool and not feeling any ill effects, it should be safe for Sam.\n\"Here, Daniel, look at this. Patrimus loves Marcus. Aw, isn't that sweet? And they... Ohsweetjesus is that position even possible?\"\nLet's see. Wow. Um, not really sure about that. They've kindly included a diagram. Oh my. Is it getting hot in here?\n\"Guys? You found the answers yet?\" Sam hollers.\n\"Yeah, think so, Sam,\" I squeak, getting away from Jack as quickly as I can. Dammit, I can NOT think this way. Not till tomorrow at least. My dick has got friction burns as it is.\nBack outside now. The sun is going down again. Crap.\n\"We have to move, Jack,\" I call. \"It's going to be too dark to get to Mia otherwise.\"\nHe comes out of the cave, Teal'c by his side. We quickly move back towards the ship, none of us are looking at the others as we pick our way through the darkening undergrowth.\nWe're there. On board. Good. I fire her up and we head back to our own island, we'll be there in a minute or two.\n\"So, Teal'c, did you learn anything more in the cave?\" Sam asks.\n\"I did. It was most illuminating.\"\n\"So?\"\n\"So what?\"\n\"What did you learn?\"\nThis is something that I never thought I'd see happen. Teal'c is flustered. If he could, he'd be blushing.\n\"Teal'c? What was it?\" I prompt.\n\"It was, it was...\" Heh, heh, this is fun. \"Some new and previously unknown to me, er...\" Teal'c said 'er'? \"Modi.\"\nModi? Measures, sizes, ways... oh! Methods. Ah. I'm with him.\n\"Also,\" he says, \"I learned that Crastinus had a mentula perexiguus and that Olivia thought that Marcus was an irrumator obesus.\"\nDon't you tell me that Teal'c isn't like other men. Jack's crying with laughter. Okay, I admit it, so am I. Sam's looking at me as if she wants to kill me and there's nothing I can do to stop her.\n\"What?\" she's yelling.\n\"Ask Teal'c,\" Jack pants.\nCoward.\nThe men are most childish. However, I am glad that Samantha did not question me further. Her Latin knowledge is limited to scientific uses only, and she has no knowledge of the Ancients' variety. We are back on our own island, the men have retreated to their cabin, trying to keep their hands off each other. I am looking forward to Samantha visiting the pool.\nWe have eaten and now we are going to bed. It is late. She is still annoyed with me. I must remedy this.\n\"Samantha, I apologise for my behaviour.\"\n\"Humph.\"\n\"I should not have done that and I am sorry.\"\n\"Will you tell me what it said?\"\n\"If I must.\"\n\"You must.\"\n\"Very well. I learned some new methods for...\" I should not find this hard. I make love to the woman almost daily.\n\"Sex?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"Shall we try some of them out?\"\n\"That would be... interesting.\"\n\"What made the boys laugh?\"\n\"You do not want to know.\"\n\"I do. Or you're not going to try out the new methods.\"\n\"Olivia thought that Marcus was a fat bastard.\"\nShe is sniggering. \"And the other one? I know there was something else.\"\n\"Crastinus had a small penis.\"\nShe is now laughing out loud, holding her ribs. I was right, I will never understand her.\nIt's been a week and Daniel and I are still young. Jacob's been and Daniel and Selmac chatted for hours about myths and stuff. They're of the opinion that Remoc is the foundation of the 'fountain of youth' myth. Daniel's in his absolute element.\nWhile he was here, Teal'c announced that he, too, would like a change and asked for his tattoo to be removed. That is a real biggie, but it's the right thing to do, we think. We can always paint one on him, but he can't hide it without his head being covered. That is not always convenient.\nSo, he's gone with Jake to the Tok'ra. They've got someone good with changing people's looks, kind of necessary when your people spend most of their lives undercover.\nDaniel also expressed his thought to Jacob that Hera wasn't the bigwig behind the cloning thing - but only admitting to have recently thought of it. Jake said he'd look into it. He could be right, in which case, we're going to have to be careful.\nSam's cut Daniel's hair for him again, it looks good. He was complaining that he didn't want it to do what it did when he was in his twenties and basically grow like wildfire.\nWe're waiting for Teal'c now, not upstairs but underground. Sam's not here, she 'wanted to be alone' for a while so she went to her cabin, we think. She and Teal'c have made a nice job of it and it's really homely. Daniel's cooking dinner, a stew of sorts because the weather is starting to close in. It's getting quite chilly.\nJacob's promised to run more tests on the waters from the spring. We've run a few of our own, putting whole plants into it and pulling them out then checking them out. They're becoming younger too, as best we can guess, by about a third of their age. We've put them back in after a few days and they haven't changed. We'll do some more tests, but we're hoping it means that we get to go and play in the water again - without the side effects. I look forward to it.\nWhat's that? Oh, the rings.\n\"Hey guys,\" Sam's voice rings out.\n\"Hey,\" we call back. I see Daniel's face drop. Or rather his chin has dropped. His mouth is open and his eyes are wide. I turn and look. Oh my fucking God.\n\"Guys?\"\n\"You went in the hot spring?\" Daniel squeaks.\n\"Yeah, you two seemed to be okay so I didn't see why not. I don't see much difference myself.\"\n\"You don't?\"\nShe may not but we have. She is glowing.\n\"Fuck.\" Okay, I shouldn't say that but hell, she's beautiful.\n\"Jack,\" Daniel's growling. He's looking at me though, not her. This is good.\n\"When's Teal'c coming back?\" she asks.\n\"Soon, I hope,\" I say. Daniel's still growling. He's jealous? Of me? Of her? What?\nAargh! He's slung me over his shoulder and he's running to the rings! Aw fuck. I thought he was over this.\nHere we go again.\nmeteoric impulse"}
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{"text": "Search:\nSeveral trails in the park are temporarily closed. Please check the \"Backcountry Facilities\" section of the Temporary Road and Facilities Closures page for further details.\nMore »\nThe characteristic open fields of Cades Cove.\nNPS photo.\nOne landscape that’s seen a lot of changes is Cades Cove. The Cherokee used the Cove as a hunting ground, but after they were forced off of their lands in the early 1800s, the first settlers of European descent established themselves as small subsistence farmers. The Cove became a patchwork of crops such as corn, beans, squash, tomatoes, and wheat. The farmers also ditched and drained wetlands to create their fields, changing the ecosystem. The Park Service gradually acquired these farms from the landowners starting in the 1920s. By the 1950s, to maintain the cultural landscape of mixed farm fields, Park managers leased portions for cattle grazing and hay production, and planted a hardy European grass called fescue.\nNPS resource managers work to restore streams such as Abrams Creek, which was channelized and has steep, eroding banks.\nThe fields of fescue characterized Cades Cove for many visitors: the green carpet rolled over hills and resembled a huge lawn or urban park. But there were two problems: it did not preserve a cultural farm landscape, which was the original goal and it was a monocrop (single species crop) introduced into the park that did not provide varied habitats or food sources for turkey, coyote, fox, rabbit, deer, bear, ground nesting birds such as quail that the Cove had previously supported. In the late 1990s the cattle and hay leases expired, allowing park managers to experiment with planting native grass seeds and restoring wetlands. By doing so, they would also build a native seed bank that would allow managers to replant sections of disturbed land along the Foothills Parkway and in other areas of construction.\nTo begin the restoration, vegetation managers including Kristine Johnson and Steven Shaper planned a new “farmed” landscape of native, warm-season forbs and grasses. Since 2002 Steven Shaper has been in the field heading up this multi-year project to harvest seeds from remaining small bunches of native plants, grow them in seed production fields, and use that seed to plant mixed batches to ensure a mixed-grass habitat. The production is much like farming, only what they harvest are different grasses and forbs instead of crops to sell.\nEach morning, vegetation managers meet in the pre-dawn at the Vegetation building near the Sugarlands Visitor Center to prioritize projects for that day and divide the work among team members. On the days that managers go to Cades Cove, Steven heads out with a crew of seasonal employees, often college or graduate students interested in vegetation management. They drive to Hyatt Lane or to the fields of Indian Grass that wag their seed-laden heads near the Cades Cove Visitor Center. What the crew does when they arrive varies by the season. The months in the seasons listed below can overlap, because managers plant and harvest according to temperature and precipitation rather than the calendar.\nIn Fall\nIn Winter\nIn Spring\nIn Summer\nRows of planted Little Bluestem native grass seedlings, Cades Cove.\nWhat are the results of all this work? In Cades Cove, just west of Hyatt Lane, 15 planted acres of increase fields (seed production areas) wave with seed-heavy heads in the fall breeze. Last spring managers planted 13,462 live plants of six different species of forbs and grasses. In the fall, they planted a plot of Virginia wild rye, a native “cool season” annual grass that will produce seeds to re-vegetate the Foothills Parkway and other park landscapes. Seed harvests in 2007 yielded 350 pounds of bulk seed, which was lower than in past years due to severe drought. The 2008 harvest was much bigger--1,400 pounds--because of frequent rains in the spring and summer. Cherie and Steven are already planting some of these seeds in the park’s greenhouse, where they will sprout and wait for warmer months. Since 2004, the efforts of these vegetation managers have added 14 acres of mixed native-species meadow habitat to Cades Cove.\nExotic plant management also continues, with success in controlling lespedeza, multiflora rose, honeysuckle and privet in the meadows. Some landscapes will still be mowed so visitors will see the rolling fields to which they have grown accustomed. Other landscapes are burnt, plowed, and harvested in the gradual process to restore most of the Cove to native meadow habitat.\nReturn to Dispatches from the Field: Issue 1 main page.\nAt 480 feet, Fontana Dam, located on the southwestern boundary of the park, is the tallest concrete dam east of the Rocky Mountains. The dam impounds the Little Tennessee River forming Fontana Lake and produces hydroelectric power.\nMore...\nLast Updated: 10/20/2014"}
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{"text": "A Diverse Forages Project Workshop\nThe aim of this workshop was to bring together farmers, industry representatives, and researchers with an interest in the management of multi-species (herbal) leys to discuss best practice for grazing these pastures with cattle and sheep. With over 45 delegates, the day proved to be a great success with lively debate relating to the pros and cons of diverse forages."}
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{"text": "Axis Vanguard 2016 Kiteboard\nThe 2016 Vanguard is a freestyle machine. This board wants to be pushed to the absolute limits. With its explosive pop, incredible tracking and smooth landings the Vanguard will deliver the utmost performance in all conditions and excels as you do.\nDesign details\nSizes: 133x41cm, 135x41.5cm, 137x42cm, 139x43cm, 141x44cm, 148x46cm\nPROGRAM: FREESTYLE some.\nKiteboard comes with:\n- 50mm Fins\n- Board Handle\n- Traction+ Pads & Straps"}
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{"text": "9 Photos\nSwastik Sunrise Villas\nPrice on request\nBuilder price\n3 BHK\nVilla\n1,790 - 2,091 sq ft\nBuiltup area\nProject Location\nJatani, Bhubaneswar\nOverview\n- Jan'16Possession Start Date\n- CompletedStatus\n- 36Total Launched villas\n- Jun'14Launch Date\n- ResaleAvailability\nMore about Swastik Sunrise Villas\nSunrise Villas is a premium housing project launched by Swastik Construction Co in Jatani, Bhubaneswar. These 3 BHK Villa in Bhubaneswar South are available from 1790 sqft to 2091 sqft. Among the many luxurious amenities that the project hosts are Drainage System, Bore Well For Water Supply, 24 X 7 Security, Children's play area, Landscaped Gardens etc.\nSwastik Sunrise Villas Floor Plans\n- 3 BHK\n3 more size(s)less size(s)\nReport Error\nSwastik Sunrise Villas Amenities\n- Children's play area\n- 24 X 7 Security\n- Power Backup\n- Landscaped Gardens\nSwastik Sunrise Villas Specifications\nDoors\nInternal:\nFlush Shutters\nMain:\nDecorative with Wooden Frame\nFlooring\nKitchen:\nVitrified Tiles\nLiving/Dining:\nVitrified Tiles\nMaster Bedroom:\nVitrified Tiles\nOther Bedroom:\nVitrified Tiles\nWalls\nKitchen:\nGlazed Tiles Dado up to 2 Feet Height Above Platform\nToilets:\nGlazed Tiles Dado up to 7 Feet Height Above Platform\nOthers\nWindows:\nPowder Coated Aluminium Sliding\nFrame Structure:\nRCC Frame\nWiring:\nConcealed Copper Wiring\nSwitches:\nModular Switches\nFittings\nKitchen:\nGranite Platform with Stainless Steel Sink\nToilets:\nEuropean WC, Wash Basin\nGallery\nSwastik Sunrise VillasElevation\nSwastik Sunrise Vill Swastik Construction Co\n- 121 Years of Experience\n- 4 Total Projects\n- 0 Ongoing Projects\n- RERA ID.... more\nDiscuss about Swastik Sunrise"}
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{"text": "Clipped From The Hutchinson News\nManager. to » person you on too • • • Mrs. A. W. McCandless gave a very pretty luncheon party nt the Country club yesterday afternoon. Covers were laid for fourteen guests. Miss Mynn CogBWell entertained the Indies with a numbor of violin numbers. Miss Cogswell leaves tomorrow for an extended tour of the Chautauqua nlong the great lakes. Tho out of town guests were Mrs. Belle Johnson of Quincy, III., and Mrs. Elizabeth Cowan of Lyndon. MUM Mra. her from Mr. sister .and home"}
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{"text": "Welcome to the Arlong Park Forums.\nAll new users are suggested to check this forum as it often contains valuable information about the forums and the site!\nFont color compatibility...\nMarch 25th, 2021, 02:58 PM\nApril 10th, 2021, 09:54 AM\nLegendary Arlong Park Threads in Here.\nJuly 12th, 2018, 02:50 PM\nHere you can talk about the One Piece anime.\nApril 9th, 2021, 10:39 PM\nHere you can talk about the Oda's masterpiece manga.\nApril 10th, 2021, 11:30 AM\nHere you can talk about anything else One Piece.\nApril 7th, 2021, 11:22 AM\nApril 10th, 2021, 05:54 AM\nApril 10th, 2021, 11:55 AM\nTalk about movies, video games, tv, etc. here.\nApril 10th, 2021, 08:57 AM\nMarch 22nd, 2021, 06:57 AM"}
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{"text": "Canadian artist Alex Colville’s (1920–2013).\nCasein tempera on hardboard, 41.2 x 54.2 cm, Art Gallery of Hamilton.”\nThis Spotlight is excerpted from Alex Colville: Life & Work by Ray Cronin."}
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{"text": "Diffusion (disambiguation)\nFrom Includipedia, the inclusionist encyclopedia\nLook up diffusion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.\nIn cultural anthropology:\n- Diffusion of innovations within a culture\n- Lexical diffusion within a culture\n- Trans-cultural diffusion of culture items between cultures\nIn other areas:\n- The Diffusion Science Radio Show is a science radio show on 2SER in Sydney and podcast\n- Diffuse \nes:Difusión (desambiguación) fr:Diffusion it:Diffusione sk:Difúzia"}
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{"text": "Look adorable with print scrubs for women with \"Minnie In Stitches\" design by Cherokee. This scoop neck scrub top features soft shirring at center front neck, contrast neck binding and short set-in sleeves. The contrast casing at waist with adjustable drawstring and back elastic gives this top a shapely fit. Two large lower patch pockets are for keeping tools and personal belongings while its side vents are for ease of movement. Center back length is 26.5 inches and the fabric is of 100% cotton.."}
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{"text": "St. Patrick's Day is when I begin to feel like spring is just around the corner! The warm temperatures have me thinking about spring, even if there is a snowstorm expected the middle of next week!\nTo celebrate this coming holiday a little early, I have a set of free writing papers!\nThis is a simple St. Patrick’s Day writing activity. It has 2 different writing grids, plus a blank page for a variety of writing levels. There are three different versions of the different papers, color and gray scale!\nI just added a new activity to my\nWhat a fun way to practice letter matching and beginning sounds with shamrocks! They look really cute completely cut separately, but if you don't have time they can be cut on the box straight lines. Then decide if cutting the shamrocks apart using straight lines or\ndo each one differently to be self-checking!\nThey also come in blackline to save on ink.\nI have included several game ideas to use with these shamrocks. They can be used with large or small groups, plus one on one and in centers!\nMay the luck of the Irish be with you!\nCute activity! I think the kids will love them.\nThank you so much!\nChristine Maxwell Hand to Heart\nNice resource to make learning fun, thanks!\nYou are very welcome!\nChristine Maxwell Hand to Heart\nYou can post this product on my SPRING linky party page tidyteacher.blogspot.com! Looks great! Thanks for sharing!\nThank you, I already did! Great linky too!\nChristine Maxwell Hand to Heart\nLove the shamrock cards. Those will be a big hit with the kiddos.\nThank you! I love creating fun activities to help children learn!\nChristine Maxwell Hand to Heart"}
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{"text": "Data Privacy Day 2022\nTomorrow is Data Privacy Day (28th January 2022), and new research has found that more than half of Brits (57%) are shocked and even angry, that tech giants like Facebook were selling their data on, without their permission.\nAccording to the latest research, almost a third (32%) of people say they wouldn’t agree to privacy policy terms outlined by social media companies. despite already having accepted them when setting up accounts.\nWhat’s more, 57% said they were shocked and angry that tech giants were able to share their data without their permission. Nearly 40% said they were furious brands like Facebook could sell their personal details such as occupation and address.\nThe impact of sharing data\nSurprisingly, 18 – 24-year-olds, the generation many believe to be the most social-media savvy, were the least aware about data-sharing.\nAlmost one in four admitted they were shocked their information was being passed elsewhere without their permission. This is compared to just 16% of those aged between 45-55 who were asked the same question.\nThe reality though is that the data-harvesting goes far deeper than that. Some apps are able to access, and sell everything from a user’s search history to private messages. This totals on average a whopping 52,000 characteristics per user.1\nThe value of personal data\nHowever, it’s not just that we don’t know where our data is going. LetAlone reveals Brits don’t really know how much their personal information is actually worth.\nOn average, a person in the UK said they would want around £250 a year to sell-on all of their private data to a brand. Those in East Anglia and Wales, valued their data more than other regions, with the average person in these areas wanting £332 and £319 respectively.\nKeeping data private\nLetAlone doesn’t want British data to sell or pass on so third parties can build profiles. It wants users to reap the rewards of their own data and take back control. As such, the company believes data should remain with the user and not be allowed to be collected by others.\nJustin Trevan, Co-Founder of Let Alone comments:\n“Across the globe, millions of people cannot view, edit or delete how they are profiled online. They have zero share in the billions of dollars generated from brands selling very personal information.\nSome companies claim to share profits from trading user data, but simply selling user data perpetuates the issue; as soon as you’ve sold it, others own it, and the user is no longer in control.\nAt LetAlone we want to give the power back to the people, providing web users with full visibility, control and ownership of their data, so they can choose how and where access is provided to it, and to whom that access is allowed, but without ever selling the data on to third parties or allowing corporate data hoarding.\nWe want people to join our fight and be the first to access and use the beta platform where you will gain monetary benefits from allowing access to data.”"}
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{"text": "No products\nTecnomar Watertight bag for mobile\nNew product\nNew highly technical float, with a flat design to improve the hydrodynamics and reinforced with an external bladder of high resistance against PVC cutting.\n0 Item Items\nThis product is no longer in stock\nWarning: Last items in stock!\nAvailability date:\nD Stainless steel ring for pulling special cable that is underneath and with the backrest, to avoid sinking the float when it is pulled,\nmaking it slide much better on the surface, especially on windy days.\nInternal waterproof pocket with double velcro on top (totally prevents water from entering inside), to carry small items such as the car key or the spearfishing license, without the risk of losing them. Quick elastic straps on both sides.\nElastic mesh on top, to quickly reach many useful items, such as food or water. A total of 7 D Rings (5 stainless steel + 2 plastic) on the bottom, to fix the fish holders, mesh bags and other accessories. Alpha flagpole with very distant distances 50 cm high, for total visibility in the water"}
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{"text": "Swansea City will begin life in the championship with a new manager after deciding against extending Carlos Carvalhal’s chairman Huw Jenkins said: “We’d like to put on record our thanks to Carlos for his enthusiasm, hard work and commitment since arriving at the club in December.\n“Naturally, we are all disappointed with the club’s relegation from the Premier League, and following discussions with Carlos, we felt it was in the best interests of both parties that we move in a new direction.\n“We will now be looking to appoint a new manager in readiness for the 2018-19 season.\n“While there are already rumours linking us with several managers, it is vital that we identify the right person to take this team forward.â€hal’s team climb off the bottom of the Premier League and out of the relegation places.\nBut the Swans’."}
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{"text": "Beach Ready Legs May 16, 2011 by sandismith, posted in family Evangeline experiencing the cold Pacific water for the first time Saturday afternoon at Huanchaco Beach Advertisements Like this:Like Loading... Related\n2 thoughts on “Beach Ready Legs”\nShe looks a bit uncertain but beautiful!!\nDon’t you just love those back of the leg rolls!"}
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{"text": "UK Hole In One.com hole in one insurance policies have been designed to be gender neutral. This means that our hole in one insurance is rated on the number of players and the distance they are playing from for a stated hole in one prize. The event organiser may wish for ladies and men to play from different teeing areas in accordance with the tradition of golf and the rules defined by ‘The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews’ in which case the premium will rated on the distance of the hole and the number of players at that distance regardless of gender.\nThere is no restriction on the distance between the men’s and ladies’ teeing areas providing that the hole in one hole plays at a minimum distance of 150 yards for men and 135 yards for women. This enables our policy to be more flexible and sympathetic to the layout of many golf courses.\nWe hope this clarifies UK Hole In One’s position on gender neutrality, but if you’d like some clarification on our hole in one event insurance then please call us on 0345 370 2844 or contact us by clicking here. If you’d like to get a quote for a policy then"}
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{"text": "- E'Vonne Gipson\n3..2..1..Action: Meet Dawn Clements Actress Striving To Touch Lives Through Performing Arts\nFrom Alabama, to Louisiana, to New York, with a golden heart filled with passion, Dawn Elizabeth Clements, aspires to positively impact lives through her gained acting skills.\nWith now over 10 years of education and on stage experience under her belt, she has more than what it takes to be a successful actress and performer! She has a well-developed imagination, emotional facility, physical expressivity, vocal projection, clarity of speech, and the ability to interpret drama, oh wait did I tell you she can sing too?!\n“I am extremely excited about my future as an actress and I am looking forward to new adventures that await me on my progressive journey towards change,” Clements said.\nClements has now been a performer most of her life. Her love for acting grew stronger and stronger while attending The Alabama School of Fine Arts. This is a public school for talented 7-12 graders in Birmingham, Alabama. Admission to this school are by audition only in one of six areas of study: dance, creative writing, math/science, music, theatre arts and visual arts.\nShe was able to gain countless opportunities to participate in local school and community productions as an actress, set designer and crew and stage manager. She performed in “The Raisin in the Sun” (as Mama), “The Twelfth Night” (as Ophelia), “The Young and the Fair” (as Boots) and many many more.\nAs she prepares to take the performing arts industry by storm, a few other big names like Ajiona Alexis, a film & television actress in ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’, ‘Breaking In’, ‘Empire’ and ‘Acrimony’. Author of ‘The Hunger Games’, Suzanne Collins also attended ASFA lead by example and show that anything is possible, as they are listed a notable alum.\nAfter graduating from ASFA, she traveled to to Grambling, LA where she decided to attend Grambling State University and study Visual and Performing Arts. She spent many of days and nights at Floyd L. Sandle Theatre, located in the Conrad Hutchinson Performing Arts Center, where she was under the direction of Dr. King Godwin, Mary Fran Crook and Karl Norman.\nSome of the other many productions she has starred in include \"The State of Mississippi and the Face of Emmett Till\" (Mamie Bradley), \"The Bad Seed\" (Rhoda PenMark), “Miss Evers’ Boys” (Miss Evers), “How I Learned to Drive” (Lil’ Bit), \"The New Mrs. Jones\" (Elizabeth McKay), “The Great Gatsby” (Myrtle Wilson), \"Presidential Gala” (Lorraine Hansberry/Ruby Davis/Rosa Parks/Fannie Lou Hamer) \"Romeo and Juliet\" (Juliet) and \"In the Red and Brown Water\" (Mama /Nia/The Woman That Reminds).\nWith one of the largest smiles in the room and sweetest souls, Clements loves to serve. Some summers ago she worked with Alabama's Governor's Office of Volunteer Services. Serving is one of her first loves, but she says when she is not serving its a 95% chance she is acting!\n\"I find performing arts fascinating.\" she saids.\"Whether it is developing a character, creating a different voice, or simply studying how someone else walks. An artist is an explorer and honestly, it is only in theatre that I am able to really live.\"\nIn April of 2013, she was awarded the Grambling State University’s Top Academic Excellence Award for the Visual and Performing Arts Department and the Grambling State University’s Best Actress Award.\n“I remember 1 a.m. rehearsals up practicing lines, but it comes with the job and I am thankful,” Clements said.\nAs a senior at GSU, she directed 'Semblance of Madness', a play about three women who meet for a therapeutic drama session in a psychiatric hospital set for a murder investigation. This was really neat because as a high school student at ASFA, Clements casted in it as Jones, Aggie, Sadie and Ivy Carr.\nWhile at GSU in 2015 Clements created a campaign in order shine a light on the importance of reintegrating music, art, dance, drama (etc.) within the curriculum of public education.\n“My belief has always been that art programs give students the ability to express themselves through creativity, impact academic discipline and teach creative thinking skills necessary for the 21 century,” the Bessemer native said.\nShe believes because the arts has blessed her with innumerable opportunities that it is her duty to be an advocate for successful art programs worldwide.\n\"I believe Mahatma Gandhi said it best, 'be the change you wish to see in the world' and I plan on doing just that,\" she said.\nAccording to Katy I.S.D., studies show that the fine arts reach students that are not normally reached, in way and methods not normally used. This leads to better attendance and lower drop out rates.\nShe is now a 2012 graduate of The Alabama School of Fine Arts, a 2016 graduate of Grambling State University in the Visual and Performing Arts Department and a 2019 graduate of Columbia University, with a Master’s of Fine Arts in Acting\nIn an interview with Columbia University, she says in the near future she definitely see's herself on Broadway!\n\"That’s my dream,\" she explained. \"I've always wanted to do The Color Purple or The Lion King and maybe even more of Tarell’s plays. I have always loved contemporary plays, but I love the classics as well. \"\nShe means business! She's is not stopping until that very dream comes true, still putting in work, earlier this year, the rising actress auditioned for a part in ‘Harry Potter and The Cursed Child’ (as Rose Granger). Take a look!\nWas that enough? We've got more! Check her out here doing as monologue from 'As You Like It' by the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist, William Shakespeare.\nClements says she attempts to always speak positivity to herself and others. She said if she could talk to her younger self she would say, \"You are a good person and grateful and because you're a hard worker, what you do won’t go unnoticed, you’re prepared.\" She is right about that! We believe that she is UP NEXT and we hope to see her name in flashing Broadway lights soon. Be sure to stay tuned!\nFor I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give hope and a future.\" (Jeremiah 29:11)\nCONNECT WITH DAWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA; @iamdawnelizabeth\n"}
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{"text": "The MLB was about three things this last week: people giving each other nicknames, the Tigers getting angry and fighting everybody and alternative facts.\nIt’s hot outside and some of our favorite baseball teams stink like hot garbage. That’s just kind of what happens in the MLB as we turn the page from August to September. Teams that know what they’re doing like the Astros, the Indians and for sure the Dodgers still qualify are getting ready for October, while the Giants, Phillies and White Sox are ready to see some new guys come up that will probably disappoint a little less than their miserable seasons thus far.\nIf you’re team’s good, well, that’s b-e-a-utfiul! If not, it’s football season. Except if you live in Cleveland or New York because you might want it to be baseball season for-e-ver. Let’s just hope you’re not down to your last baseball and Smalls kills you. Bennie and the Jets would not like that at all, especially before he’s trying to steal home for the Boys in Blue.\nSo with James Earl Jones’ pet Hercules getting a new chew toy, you know that legends never die, especially on the baseball diamond. Legends of the Hidden Temple have to rise to the occasion, because the Evil Empire centered around Darth Vader and that dude that shrunk the kids with oversized helmet on his head could might turn the Yankees around.\nTo counterbalance this, we’ve got dudes giving each other nicknames, Tiger fights, alternative fact nights and Judges rising together. Here’s some pictures and things to click on while we try to make baseball fun this week before Labor Day.\nCHICAGO, IL – AUGUST 25: Miguel Cabrera\nWhy would you not want to give yourself a nickname?\nYou know yourself better than anybody else, right? Like you know what you like to be called. Sure, you’ve got that given name and that surname Mom and Pop gave you, but if you prefer to be called Spiderman or Captain Planet or whatever, well, now you can.\nAs long as you are good enough to play major league baseball. Easily the coolest baseball has ever done secretly was Rob Manfred sticking it to Mr. All-Star Game Bud Selig. That Manfred man was blinded by the light of having All-Star Games determine World Series things.\nInstead, he’s like, you know what, we’re gonna let the baseball dudes give themselves nicknames to wear on the back of their jerseys. Were most of the terrible? Of course they were, as how many ball players are students of the LaRoche school of locker room learning. Everything besides baseball is dumb, especially when you can’t take your child to work every single day.\nDETROIT, MI – AUGUST 24: Miguel Cabrera\nTigers and Yankees fight, oh my!\nI mean, if you’re the Tigers, like, yeah, you’d be pretty mad too if they just got rid of a Verlander and two Uptons. No, B.J. Melvin Upton Jr. was NOT part of this dumping dudes philosophy. Justin and Kate are still cool, as they’re going to Houston to hang out with Jose Altuve and help J.J. Watt rebuild the city.\nDid it foreshadow this brawl from last week? Maybe, but baseball fights are the best fights. They are wearing pajama pants, but don’t have the pillows to fight in their friends’ houses like they were 10.\nPeople definitely got suspended in this fight. That’s kind of what happens, especially when you can’t cover your own head while some money dude named Floyd bops you in the nose NINE Times? Nine times in a row without you doing anything about it. At least the Yankees didn’t have to wear a mask to do the Brock Osweiler Lufthansa Heist like Mayweather did to McGregor.\nPORTLAND, ME – AUGUST 3: Portland Sea Dogs SS Mauricio Dubon places the tag on Erie Seawolves baserunner Anthony Gose, attempting to steal second in the third inning of AA Baseball action at Hadlock Field in Portland on Wednesday, August 3, 2016. Gose took off running as Sea Dogs pitcher Jalen Beeks made a pick off attempt. First baseman Cody Decker threw to Dubon to end the inning. (Photo by Carl D. Walsh/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)\nTruths are just Erie alternative facts\nFirst off, what is a seawolf? Do they exist? Should they exist? Or did somebody just make that up? Are we going to speak in questions the entire time? What happens if you hold an alternative facts night at a baseball park? Will Trump tweet about it? Is this something he’ll take to social media over?\nDid this event work? How many people showed up for it? Did you think about showing up for it? Is it eerie that Erie is spelled like Erie and not eerie? Are we sure this is real life? Is Trump the President of the United States? Or is it Bill Walton? Can we ever really be sure? Do we even want to?\nNEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 31: Sonia Sotomayor, left, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, with family and friends in the ‘Judge’s Chambers’ before a game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on August 31, 2017 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)\nSupreme Court Justices in the Judge’s Chambers!\nRule No. 1 in life: Judges know everything. That means Aaron Judge is a genius in life. Who else could strike out all the time, beat the heck out of fish sculptures and still be the second-best athlete in New York not named Odell Beckham Jr.\nThat also means Judges are supported by other judges because that’s just how it works apparently. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor went to the Bronx to cheer on her favorite Yankee from right field and it was amazing.\nIf the world we live in can have boxing/UFC crossovers, why would we not want to see Judge making laws in D.C. or Sotomayor gunning out the slowest base runner from right field? Word on the street is she is deadly accurate from 300 feet away from home plate. No reason for Jeter to Giambi some dude. That ball is laser coming from the long arm of the law in right field, hitting Gary Sanchez right in the chest."}
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{"text": "Inspired by Chef Jason Bangerter's Caesar Salad that I had at Luma last year, I decided to try and reproduce his modern interpretation of the culinary classic. With all of the familiar salty and savoury flavours of a classic Caesar, Chef Bangerter's version was delicious and the presentation, stunning. Tiny boiled quail's eggs, crispy double smoked bacon lardons, homemade croutons, salt cured anchovy fillets and thick curls of shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano were all nestled atop centre-cut medallions of romaine lettuce hearts topped with a tangy Caesar vinaigrette.\nChef Jason Bangerter of Luma\nTwo thick slices of double smoked bacon from Scheffler's\nin Toronto's St. Lawrence Market\nAlthough you could use pancetta, I found this fabulous double smoked bacon at Scheffler's in Toronto's St. Lawrence Market, and had them cut two thick slices for a smokier more flavourful lardon in my Caesar Salad. Julienned into 1/8-inch slices, the bacon is first placed in a cool pan, then brought up to heat with a little olive oil, and sautéed until lightly browned and crispy.\nScheffler’s Deli & Cheese has been in business at the Market since 1955\nand has the largest selection of prosciutto in the city\nThe bacon is julienned into 1/8-inch pieces and placed in a cold skillet\nSautéed gently with a teaspoon of olive oil,\nthe bacon is cooked through until it becomes slightly crispy\nOne of the more charming adornments of Chef Bangerter's Caesar were the soft boiled quail's eggs. Cooking them in gently boiling water for only a few minutes then peeling them while they're still warm, makes the task of peeling the little guys slightly easier. Waiting too long, the membrane sticks tightly to the shell making peeling the eggs much more time consuming.\nThe quail's eggs are cooked briefly in gently boiling water for about 5 minutes,\nthen peeled, halved and used as a lovely garnish on the salad\nHomemade croutons are one of my therapeutic kitchen pastimes. I hate waste and make use of any leftover baguettes, buns or nice bread. Cut into bite size cubes and sautéed over medium-high in a skillet with olive oil and liberally seasoned with herb de provence, salt and fresh ground pepper, the croutons are sautéed until they're golden brown. Any leftovers just get bagged and bunged in the freezer for future use. Easy-peasey.\nPan fried homemade croutons\nMy all-time favourite Caesar Salad dressing is from Alfred Portale's Gotham Grill & Bar Cookbook. Boldly flavoured with lots of garlic and anchovies, Chef Portale's recipe suggests adding grated Parmigiano-Reggiano into the dressing, but in keeping with my vision of Chef Bangerter's Caesar, I waited and added thick curls of Parmigiano on top of the salad as part of the final presentation.\nAlfred Portale's excellent 'Gotham Bar and Grill' cookbook\nChef Alfred Portale\nThe real key to Luma's Caesar Salad is the way Chef Bangerter cuts the romaine lettuce. Rather than tearing it into bite size pieces, he slices romaine hearts cross-wise into 2-inch thick 'medallions' and places them flat on the plate, creating a leafy plateau onto which the symphony of savoury Caesar goodies are mounded.\nCaesar Salad with Double Smoked Bacon & Quail's Eggs\nServes 4\n4 jumbo romaine lettuce hearts\n12 quail's eggs, at room temperature\n12 anchovy fillets\n2 thick slices double smoked bacon\n12 anchovy fillets\n2 thick slices double smoked bacon\nParmigiano-Reggiano\nCroutons:\nCroutons:\n1 small baguette\n1 tsp herbe de provence\n3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil\nKosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.\nFor the homemade croutons: slice the baguette into 1/2-inches pieces, then cut each slice into bite size pieces, about 6 croutons per slice. Place a small skillet over medium-high with some olive oil, and when the oil is shimmering, add the bread. Liberally season with salt, pepper and herbe de provence, tossing to coat and stirring frequently until the bread is golden brown. Drain on paper towel and set aside.\nJulienne the double smoked bacon into 1/8-inch slices and then sauté in a small skillet with a teaspoon of olive oil over medium-high heat until the bacon is crisp and cooked through, about 5-6 minutes. Drain on paper towel and set aside.\nPlace the quail's eggs in a small saucepan of cold water and bring to a gentle boil, allowing the eggs to cook 3-4 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and cool briefly in cold water so the eggs are easier to handle. While they're still warm, peel carefully by first tapping the eggs all over to crack the shells, then holding each egg under a slow trickle of running water, peel the shell off starting at the wide end. The water will flush off any bits of shell that cling on to the eggs. Cover and set aside until needed. (This can all be done ahead up to this point).\nTo compose the salad: start by setting out 4 dinner bowls. On a cutting board, slice each heart of romaine crosswise into 2-inch thick 'medallions,' using just the centre cut and discarding the head and root — you should get about 3 or 4 pieces per head. As you cut each lettuce, place 3 'wheels' tightly together on each plate. Drizzle half of the dressing over the lettuce, then top with the bacon, followed by the croutons then the anchovies. Slice each quail's eggs in half and divide among each salad. Using a vegetable peeler, slice the parmigiano-reggiano into thick curls and garnish over each salad, then finish with a final drizzle of dressing. Season with fresh ground black pepper and a sprinkle of maldon salt."}
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{"text": "[BfA] Mythic Jadefire Masters Healing Guide\nA walkthrough of the Jadefire Masters encounter from Mythic Battle for Dazar'alor from the healer perspective. For more advanced breakdown, and continued updates, check out my wowhead guides! - Follow the stream! Join us on Discord: My UI: Twitter: Copy of our CD Order: Edited by:"}
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{"text": "Beautiful brass ornate coat hook.\nDimensions:\n• Length (max) approximately 5 15/16 inches (15 cm)\n• Width (max) approximately 2 3/16 inches (5.5 cm)\n• Depth (max) approximately 2 9/16 inches (6.5 cm)\nCondition:\n• This hook is in good vintage condition, there are traces of use / signs of wear.\n• Please take a good look at the pictures, so you can see the actual condition of the item.\n"}
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{"text": "Misfit tidbits that are worth a tee hee\nWhere, you may well wonder, did that come from.\nIt's a leftover bit from my \"Active Columns\" computer folder. I've been writing for The News-Times for almost 20 years, and I've covered a lot of topics. But there are invariably things I consider worthwhile yet haven't been able to fit in anywhere.\nSo I've decided to share these random facts with no pretense at context or any particular logic.\n� A plane in Nepal a few years ago had trouble taking off. So they turned off the engines and sacrificed two goats on the runway--and the plane took off with no further issues. (I must remember to pack a goat when we travel.)\n� When we were in Oman last year, a pretty blonde tourist was offered a house, a car, and $1,500 a month to be one of our guide's wives (they can have four). My husband was interested in that. \"What kind of car?\" he said.\n� My mother always claimed green and blue didn't go together. She was wrong.\n� I really miss Tim Russert -- somehow, in my mind at least, he added much needed validity to our political process.\n� Thailand is having a problem with supposedly celibate Buddhist monks misbehaving online. \"Cyberspace can be very useful for monks,\" stated a culture ministry official. \"But it's wrong to use it to pick up girls.\"\n� There are more plastic flamingos in this country than real ones.\n� There are some crazy laws on the books: Berkeley, Calif., bans whistling for lost canaries before 7 a.m.; in Portland Ore., no weddings may be held in skating rinks; in Tremonton, Utah, sex is forbidden in moving ambulances; and in Woodstock, N.Y., it is illegal to walk an unleashed bear on public streets.\n� The worst thing that ever happened to this world was the Biblical Tower of Babel. We'd be much better off with a common language -- or at the very least, a universal alphabet.\n� I was thinking about letting my bangs grow out, but I looked under there and saw a lot of wrinkles; so now, as is usual with my hair, I don't know what to do.\n� In one over-populated district in India, men who volunteer for vasectomies are rewarded with certificates that help them obtain gun permits. An administrator claimed the loss, through vasectomy, of a \"perceived notion of manliness\" would be offset \"with a bigger symbol of manliness.\" Whatever . . .\n� My 3-year-old grandson badly wanted a cookie. \"What's the magic word,\" I prompted him. He thought a moment, and then replied, \"Abracadabra!\"\n� The King of Hearts is the only regulation playing card king without a moustache.\n� Now that my parents-in-law no longer join us for holiday celebrations, I am usually the oldest person in attendance, which I find daunting. I'm not the matriarch type -- not that this family needs a matriarch.\n� Last October the government of Singapore, worried over the city's declining birth rate, introduced school classes on \"How to Flirt.\" The course includes \"love song analysis\" and how to chat online. (They could check with Thai monks.)\n� The Phildelphia Mint produces 26 million pennies a day.\n� New Zealand has such a delightful way with words. They have cafes named things like The Slippery Salmon, and The Grumpy Toad. Their roads get \"slippery when frosty,\" and another road sign reads \"Coffins for sale! Driving drunk? Plan ahead.\" A museum exhibit of town officials' photographs was called \"The Old Gray Mayors.\" And one lady I met indicated her pleasure in life by saying she was \"a box of fluffy ducks.\"\nI'm a box of fluffy ducks myself now that I can clear so much debris out of my Active Columns folder. I leave you with these last vital tidbits:\n� On this date in 1217, The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights.\n� Tomorrow is Elephant Appreciation Day. Please celebrate accordingly."}
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{"text": "Micah Richards has become the first Manchester City player to publicly criticise Carlos Tevez, and says there is a lesson for all their players to learn.\n“Carlos’\n“There’s a lesson for us to learn here. If we want to be a top team then as individuals we have to sacrifice ourselves. I might not be a big name like Carlos Tevez but I am an England international and I thought I should be playing in every game.”\nSee what the expert tipsters at OLBG are tipping on Tottenham v Arsenal"}
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{"text": "On Wednesday, October 28th “Norell: The First American Designer Perfume” will be presented as part of the Smell and Tell series hosted by the Ann Arbor District Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Some of you may know who Norman Norell was (today happens to be the anniversary of the fashion designer’s death) and how Norell’s designs continue to influence fashion. What isn’t typically elaborated in the accounting of Norell’s legacy is his entrepreneurial spirit, which serves as inspiration to anyone who has ever dreamed big and never quit.\nNorell perfume and Norell New York perfume will be smelled at next week’s Smell and Tell, along with key ingredients and classic green floral fragrances that shaped their creation. A sense of reverence and inspiration are inevitable when learning about this entrepreneurial designer as who Norell was in life and fashion will never be repeated again.\nThere is no biography, autobiography, or film about Norman Norell's life that can be told in his voice as the designer was a private person after hours. As a result, this Smell and Tell required vigorous academic inquiry. Research about Norell for this event was conducted at the University of Michigan Library and the Kellen Design Archives online. The inclusion of scent at this Smell and Tell lecture will allow participants to arrive at a more meaningful understanding of Norell’s life and legacy through their senses.\nI have had the good fortune of receiving an anonymous donation from someone in the Ann Arbor education community that allowed me to purchase vintage fragrances created by Josephine Catapano that will be experienced at next week's Norell Smell and Tell. International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) has supplied raw materials used in Norell New York for olfactory demonstration. Karyn Khoury, Senior Vice President, Corporate Fragrance Development at The Estée Lauder Companies provided a bottle of Aliage (a Galbanum-inspired fragrance exemplar which illustrates how this ingredient, which is present in both Norell perfume formulas, can be applied to timeless classic effect). Lastly, Parlux Fragrances Limited is providing samples of Norell New York so there is much to be grateful for as the support will enrich the learning experience for all.\nA reader of Glass Petal Smoke who is also a Smell and Tell fan once asked me how I get ideas for the Smell and Tell series of lectures. Some of the concepts are developed over time based on academic inquiry and presentations I've given at the University of Michigan (where I work). Other ideas come directly from attendees (the Serge Lutens Smell and Tell idea came from Vanessa Sly Thoburn, a talented pastry chef and mother of two, who is currently experimenting with some beautiful salves made with natural essential oils and absolutes). I would be remiss to exclude the element of serendipity. This summer I found a vintage bottle of Norell perfume at a local Salvation Army in Ann Arbor, Michigan when I wasn't even looking for it, which begs the question: did I find the bottle of Norell or did Norell find me?\nThank you, Norman Norell. For everything...\nNotes:\nImage of Norman Norell is an Associated Press photo circa 1948. Rights revert to back to the Associated Press. This image is used for educational purposes only.\nMichael Edwards, creator of the Fragrance Wheel, describes the green family of fragrances thusly: .\""}
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{"text": "China reports uptick in new coronavirus cases though downward trend holds\nBEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Hubei province reported an uptick in new cases of coronavirus on Friday, reversing three days of declines, although the numbers still confirmed a downward trend which the World Health Organization (WHO) has called encouraging. A child wearing a face mask runs past stores of Tiffany & Co and Miu Miu, as […]"}
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{"text": "2002: Perspective - Mom or not, Inkster has character\nOver and over, lame-brain broadcasters and writers kept saying it: “Mother of two, mother of two.” That, of course, would be Juli Inkster, winner of the U.S. Women’s Open.\nI heard it so many times, I figured she had about 200 children by the time the championship was over.\nWhat’s so special about having two children and winning national championships? Nothing. Jack Nicklaus has five children, but I never heard “father of five, father of five.”\nThe thing that was special about Inkster at the Women’s Open was her spirit and determination. If I really wanted to analyze this mother mania, which I don’t, I would say the male-dominated world of golf journalism has a complex and was celebrating the fact that a mother – any mother – won the tournament.\nThis should not detract from the beauty of the U.S. Women’s Open or the magical performance by Inkster. With two zero-putt birdies in a row in the final round, she demonstrated with flair that American golfers, emotional golfers, players who miss greens, players in their 40s, and, yes, mothers (Inkster was all of the above) can be as formidable as any Hogan-like Swede.\nWhat a contrast in temperaments this was, the fiery Inkster facing off with the ice-cold Annika Sorenstam. Each of the three U.S. Golf Association open championships managed to rock our socks off with memorable golf this year. And each filtered down to a battle between two golfers with very different personalities.\nIn the U.S. Open, it was the methodical Tiger Woods over the buoyant Phil Mickelson. In the U.S. Senior Open, it was the impassive Don Pooley over the irrepressible Tom Watson.\nGolf can be magic. For spectators, for players, golf can be the ultimate sporting challenge – like a good joust, without horses. Already it has been a wonderful summer for golf, and the best may be yet to come. There is this guy named Tiger, halfway through his Grand Slam run.\nRather than focus on the chip-ins, putt-ins or par saves that led to Inkster’s second U.S. Women’s Open title, let’s talk about her character. She has always had character; it didn’t just emerge at this major championship.\nA three-time U.S. Women’s Amateur winner, Inkster was a celebrated amateur who figured to take pro golf by storm. So what happened? In her first attempt to qualify for the LPGA Tour 19 years ago, she failed.\nI vividly remember that LPGA Qualifying Tournament. Inkster cried and cried. But not for long. The LPGA, in a bizarre transition from two annual Qualifying Tournaments to one, actually held three Q-Schools in 1983. Inkster was co-medalist at the second one; before the end of the year she had claimed her first LPGA title.\nJust as clearly, I remember Nancy Lopez winning her first LPGA event in 1978. I feel lucky to have seen all these events, but I feel even luckier to be part of the honorable legion of golf fanatics. Professional golf regularly captures our attention, but everyday golf is what really motivates us.\nAt 45, Lopez is hanging it up. At 42, Inkster says she will play one more year and then reassess her career. As lengthy as careers in pro golf may seem, ordinary people in the same age group as Lopez and Inkster often dream of playing more golf and playing it better than ever before.\nThe career of an amateur golfer can last indefinitely. Competition at the club level may not be the U.S. Open, but it often seems and feels like it. Golf has a knack for elevating the pressure and the importance of the smallest of tournaments. This is part of the game’s magic.\nI have one last comment: Women, save your protests over Augusta National. There are some clubs in the United States where a women cannot set foot in the parking lot. At Augusta National, where there never has been a female member, women can and do play golf.\nIf you still need a cause to rally around, how about picketing the USGA for its failure to organize and sponsor a U.S. Senior Women’s Open? It’s high time for such an event.\nSure, it may not be commercially appealing, but women deserve it. Golf fans deserve it. If the minimum age is 45, Lopez deserves it. In three years, Inkster will deserve it. I can hear the golf piper: “More magic, more magic.”"}
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{"text": "Stamford AdvocateBy Monica Potts, Staff Writer Published 07:49 p.m., Sunday, December 13, 2009\nSTAMFORD — A Stamford mother who says her then-13-year-old son was taken to a bus driver’s home instead of being dropped off at his own house has filed a lawsuit in state Superior Court in Stamford.\nThe suit, filed last week, says 29-year-old Antonio Wright, a former driver for a company that contracts to operate with Stamford Public Schools to operate the buses, took the Rippowam Middle School student with him to the bus depot in late April 2009 after he completed the bus route, and then took him on an employee shuttle bus and to Wright’s home.\nAt Wright’s home, the boy and two other children played video games, all without the permission of the boy’s mother, Arva Hylton, the suit says.\nAfterward, Wright and the boy exchanged telephone text messages and had at least one telephone call that lasted 27 minutes, the suit states.\n“I’m pretty sure they were not talking about student grouping or the bus schedule,” said Hylton’s attorney, Mark Sherman. “Parents need to know how this happened and be assured this is never going to happen again.”\nHylton reported Wright to Stamford police in May, and police applied for an arrest warrant but were rejected, police have said.\nThe suit, against the bus company, First Student Inc., the Board of Education and the city, claims those entities are responsible for what it says is Wright’s negligent and careless conduct. It also says they were negligent in their supervision of Wright.\nSherman notified the city about the possible suit in September.\nWright was fired at the end of last school year after an investigation by the company that operates buses for the Stamford school system, a company spokeswoman has said.Staff Writer Monica Potts can be reached at monica.potts@scni.com or 964-2266. Read more:"}
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{"text": "Prepare to be amazed when you enter our large bath and kitchen showrooms in the Rochester area, as you marvel at one of the region's most diverse selections of kitchens, bathrooms, countertops, tile, lighting, flooring and much, much more! Our showrooms are staffed by a team of home remodeling professionals to answer questions or help you find exactly what you're looking for.\nWhether you visit our Henrietta or Fairport locations, be sure to leave yourself plenty of time to see and appreciate our constantly evolving kitchen and bathroom displays."}
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{"text": "Final paint out of the season. Scene near the “Castle” overlooking Asheville. Very cold day and late for the season, with color just starting. Worked for about an hour on location, but then did major rework in studio. My attention was caught by the red of the small tree, the stones and the distant mountain. Did I mention it was cold? About like our first paint out of the season! To see first impression, before I dragged it back to studio, go to Asheville Urban Landscape Painter’s Gallery.\nPastel on pastel paper – 9″ x 12″\nOctober 2018, Asheville, North Carolina"}
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{"text": ".\nSpice Market\nCOLOR: .\nITEM # 10124\nSpice Market is a warp print in a dramatic large scale ikat pattern.\nTangier\nCOLOR: .\nITEM # 10250\nMalay\nCOLOR: .\nITEM # W1030\nThe double sided ikat design of Malay has movement and flexibility, offering subtlely and supreme versatility. This double width fabric is great for drapery weight and light upholstery use...\nSamurai\nCOLOR: .\nITEM # 10145\nInspired by a vintage Kimono pattern, Samurai is woven on a classic Donghia linen ground. Its bold embroidered lines in tonal colors are echoed with thin woven lines creating a balanced and graphic repeat.\nMo."}
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{"text": "We learn something new everyday. Here are a few post production tips we’ve picked up:\n1. This may be old news, but we didn’t know about it and since our recent discovery, it certainly has saved us a LOT of time! There is a map under the standard maps called vray multi sub object texture … you know when you make those wood floor multi sub object materials where all the properties are the same except the diffuse slot – where anytime you wanna change the reflectivity you have to change it a MILLION times? … well … this map allow you to use just one material (no sub objects) and apply multi sub object definitions within just the diffuse slot! Problem solved and TONNES of time saved.\n2. Use actions in photoshop! … I’ve been doing this for a while now and dont know how I would do it otherwise … for repeptitive actions in photoshop, you can record your steps (see tutorial by clicking here) … then after it’s recorded you can switch your action panel to button mode where your recorded action is turned into a button which you can use to repeat the action with one push … this is great for making shadows, saving transforms that need to be repeated later, saving scale factors, custom colour balance changes … you name it … the possibilities are endless!\n3. Masks are good for more than costumes and sex with whips and chains! … I almost never erase anything in photoshop anymore … it’s all about the mask! Masking is a great non destructive way to edit your entourage … there’s nothing more frustrating than having to redo your entourage because of a change in the rendering … (see tutorial by clicking here)\n4. Vray render elements are your best friend! … So this is probably the most important tip in this post … Vray allows you to save out extra channels in addition to your RGB pass … there are a tonne of options but the best ones are Vray ExtraTex, Vray Reflection, and Vray Specular … these are very helpful …\nVrayExtratex is essentialy ambient occlusion (ie it puts shadowy dirt in the corners and creases) … this can lend a lot of extra depth to images that are a bit flat. This is accomplished by adding a vray dirt map to the texture slot (this can be dragged into the material editor to change its properties and get different results – we like to set our radius at about 600mm) … take the image this channel outputs and add it on top of your RGB pass and set its transparency mode to multiply … this way is better than switching in ambient occlusion because you can adjust its intensity in post … an example of the output is below:\nThis is also a cool way to make line drawings if you set the radius low enough!\nVray Reflection and Specular can be added on top and set to colour dodge in order to enhance your reflections and specular highlights … see below for examples:\nVray Reflection\nVray Specular\nThat last tip alone should help you really juice up your renderings.\nAnyways … it’s been a hard week and I’m gonna go enjoy this beautiful spring we’re having in Toronto!\nUntil next time\n– Norm\nPS … for all our Toronto based readers, we will be giving away tickets to the Toronto Underground Market next week … the tickets are sold out and impossible to get … so stay tuned!"}
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{"text": "Bert Ogden ArenaTickets\nThe Bert Ogden Arena Event Tickets\nThe Bert Ogden Arena: Presenting a New Era in Sports and Entertainment in South Texas\nThe city of Edinburg in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas is without doubt a blessed city. Having positioned itself as the leading place in the region, Edinburg is now set to attract some of the biggest names in sports and music to South Texas, thanks to its latest addition: the new Bert Ogden Arena.\nHaving recently welcomed a 2,500-capacity amphitheater and a 17,000-seat soccer stadium, both housed in the HEB Park, the opening of the multimillion-dollar Bert Ogden Arena is turning Edinburg into the go-to entertainment hub in South Texas.\nFILTER EVENTS\nLocation of the Arena\nBuilt right in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley off Interstate 69, the Bert Ogden Arena is not just the largest indoor venue in South Texas, but is also a first-class entertainment venue right on the border of Texas and Mexico. With a population of over 1.2 million, Rio Grande Valley is the largest border community in Texas. This makes it a perfect location for the Arena both for the locals and for those who would want to enjoy great entertainment right in the heart of a predominantly Hispanic community and still feel at home.\nSeating Capacity and Layout\nBuilt at a cost of $82 million, the Bert Ogden Arena is a flexible and dynamic venue with a fixed 7,700 seats, as well as another 1,300 flexible seats. The arena provides a great unobstructed view for the 9,000 fans given that it’s perfectly structured with three levels of seating. To offer much more than a standard design, the seating arrangement is configured in a symmetrical design and horseshoe formation with a modern tiered elevation feel that gives every fan in the arena a better view of the stage, as well as an impeccably comfortable backstage area for performers.\nThe seats are designed with ultimate comfort in mind. Measuring 48 inches from front to back of each other, the seats are extremely spacious, comfortable and designed to offer ample legroom. They measure 22 inches instead of the standard 18 inches, and have a four feet front to back. In essence, this arena is built more like a luxurious film theater than a typical stadium.\nThe arena is undoubtedly built to offer fans a one-of-its-kind experience. That’s why it’s built with 12 private suites, six bunker/club suites and other finer details such as VIP parking, an upgraded audio and video system and a 40by20 foot LED scoreboard, which is the largest in South Texas! To further enhance fan experience, the Bert Ogden Arena offers Concourse TVs, fast-speed Wi-Fi and wrap-around LED Ribbon Board.\nAdditional Amenities\nThe Bert Ogden Arena is built and designed way above competition, especially in the Valley. From special flooring designs that include granite countertops, quartz floors to LED lighting in the parking lot, you’ll love visiting the Bert Ogden Arena. Unlike other arenas, the Bert Ogden Arena has its restrooms made with porcelain as well as stairways made with concrete instead of the common metal.\nThe sweltering heat and high temperatures that is a common fixture in Texas won’t be a problem in the Ogden. That’s because the arena is fixed with modern air conditioning units that are the largest in South Texas.\nWhat to Expect in Terms of Events\nEven though the arena is the official home of the Rio Grande Valley Viper, an NBA G-League team affiliated to the Houston Rockets, it’s set to attract more than just G-League fixtures. As a dynamic venue, the Bert Ogden Arena will also host music concerts, family and comedy shows, live WWE events, local graduations, rodeo events, conferences, corporate events, commencements, as well as political functions. In short, you won’t lack an event to satisfy your entertainment thirsts all year round.\nNearby Restaurants\nIn the management’s belief that food experience is just as significant as the entertainment or sporting experience, the arena has partnered with award-winning Luby’s Culinary Services, to offer five-star food, beverages and other high-quality restaurant concessions, as well as modernized time-honored delicacies. This will offer a unique dining experience through custom and innovative menus.\nThere’s also the availability of a large variety of domestic and imported wines, beers as well as widely favored food specialties such as Sushi delicacies, Edinburg Fiesta, Fuddruckers, Italian Buffet, Hill Country BBQ and snacks such as Spiro papas, Vipers Nachos and many more.\nIf you however, feel the urge to enjoy some delicacies outside of the arena, there are a variety of nearby restaurants that offer a number of delicacies to energize you during and after games and events. Restaurants such as Boka 400, Costa Messa-North, Bob’s Steak & Chop House, Bodega Tavern & Kitchen, Il Forno a Legna, Hacienda San Miguel Restaurant Bar and many more will be in hand to offer you some sumptuous delicacies at affordable prices.\nTicket Pricing - Boletos Bert Ogden Arena\nWith a variety of events on offer, ticket prices will significantly vary depending on the type of event on offer. That said, ticket prices will start from as low as $20 and can go up to $1,600 depending on the seat position and the event on offer.\nAs you can see, the Bert Ogden Arena is much more than just the “proud home of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.” This is a magnificent and modern arena built for $82 million to offer the best of sporting and entertainment events not just for the locals but for the greater Texas and the country in general. As a fan, you’ll never lack an event that will entertain you.\nWhether you’re into basketball, live music, family shows or even WWE, all roads will be leading to the outstanding Bert Ogden Arena. All you have to do is check for the events on offer, choose a suitable event and mark your calendar. From live music concerts to captivating games, the Bert Ogden Arena is the premium home of all kinds of events."}
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{"text": "Dr. Tripty Gandhi, MD\nFamily Physician\nBook an Appointment\nQualifications and Experience\nEducation\n- Medical School - Seth G.S. Medical College, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery\n- University of Massachusetts, Residency in Family Practice\nBoard Certifications\n- American Board of Family Medicine\nProfessional Memberships\n- American Medical Association\n- Santa Clara County Medical Association\n- American Academy of Family Physicians\n- California Academy of Family Physicians\n- American Medical Women’s Association, South Bay\nSpecialties\n- Primary Care Doctor\n- Family Physician\nProfessional Statement\nDr Gandhi is a board certified Family practitioner who provides routine health screenings, well woman exams. Dr. Tripty M. Gandhi graduated from the Seth G S Medical College, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India in 1989. She works in Santa Clara, CA and specializes in Family Medicine. Dr. Gandhi is affiliated with Oconnor Hospital. She sees patients, adults, and children 10 years and up. Dr. Gandhi is a civil surgeon for Green Card exams. We encourage you to CALL if this is your first appointment with us to clarify insurance etc. FLU SHOTS NOW AVAILABLE! AVAILABLE APPOINTMENTS FOR GREEN CARD EXAMINATIONS!\nZocdoc Awards\nVerified Patient Reviews\nExcellent service, adept at walking me through my lab results. Only thing that would have improved the process would've been digital/online check-in / intake forms.\nThe wait to be examined was much longer than I anticipated, and I felt like our conversation about next steps to take was overrun by unnecessary fear mongering about the dangers of lifting.\nWait time 45 min is too long. Temp was very cold in office.Heater was not working.\nDr. Gandhi was kind and understanding. She addressed all of my concerns and was helpful in referring me to a specialist. I would highly recommend and will be making her my regular physician.\nI visited for my annual checkup and for general consultation. It was very quick. The office doesn't accept credit card for payments. The information I filled up in ZocDoc didn't show up for them and I have to do the paper work again.\nDr. Gandhi is very knowledgeable and a competent physician. She is also very committed to her patients and quite accessible!\nTerrible experience, doesn't call back, not confident in the office abilities as a whole.\nStaff quite helpful and accommodating. Dr. Gandhi is very down to earth and professional, with an awesome personality, which is a big plus and she was very thorough, another plus! I would definitely recommend her to future patients.\nVery unorganized staff. No one was confident on where things were or how things worked. It felt like the nurses and medical assistants were students on their first day. I did not feel like I was in capable hands until the doctor saw me.\nAVERAGE\nMy first appointment. Dr Gandhi listen very carefully and understands the situation. Her office staff does not seem to be that capable. Most of the the time she is seen helping her staff to do their job which in fact will keep you waiting a little.\nExtremely helpful. Answered any questions I had. Very informative.\nHaven't met a more rude and arrogant person in my life...Acts and speaks like she's doing a favor seeing you..All this after making you wait for hours... Had gone in for my annual health checkup...When the results arrived she called me up and asked me to schedule another appointment to collect the results...I was not interested in making another appointment after the bad 1st experience and so asked her to send me my results via email (or any other mechanism)..SHE INITIALLY REFUSED TO SEND ME MY RESULTS and said she can't send me my results since SHE HAD NEVER SEEN ME IN PERSON...WTH!! ....I asked her if she was even aware whom she was talking to?..She started arguing with me in a very menacing tone !!! She's solely driven by greed and people like her bring shame to this noble profession....I'm usually very understanding and seldom give bad reviews to anyone...But doctors like this make me feel sad and scared for humanity so had to review her albeit late....Please do yourselves a favor and go elsewhere ...There are plenty of sane doctors in the valley\nShe is kind of nice. Had some issue with my insurance and she is nice enough to guide me how to proceed and even ask me about the problem and suggest that I should see a specialist instead.\nZocdoc did not propagate my information. I had to redo all the paper work. Call the doctor directly and get your appointment.\nDr Tripty's office and stuff lacks professionalism. We are not going back.\nVery personable and caring manner\nShe was professional, polite and personable.\nI timed the amount of facetime I got from the doctor. It was 13 minutes of which 9 minutes was spent diagnosing and the rest were spent outside of the examination room. Not particularly happy with the experience.\nFirst appt, will keep her as primary physician 8)\nI think the two nurses/assistants need to get up to speed with the way Dr. Gandhi wants her office run because it showed a little when she had to tell them every little step at check in.\nAs always, it was quick and painless. Dr. Gandhi is very nice and professional.\nMy first visit was exceptional. With the many challenges I been facing with my health, Dr.Gandhi and her staff gave me hope of resolution. I am excited for a healthy future!\nWe never regret our decision of seeing this doctor. She is straight to the point and very patient too. I would surely recommend for others.\nDr. Gandhi has a wonderful bedside manner and a great personality that instantly puts you at ease. I would recommend both her and her office to anyone who's looking for a new doctor.\nReally nice doctor - I'm very nervous person when it comes to seeing doctors; very friendly and supportive doctor; I didn't feel nervous at all.\nI love her, she's the best!!!\nGreat Doctor\nSatisfactory....She is very friendly.\nVery friendly and knowledgable about my condition.\nShe is Ok but not too extensive in her check-up + somehow she made me wait for more than 30mins. Also, ONLY CASH pls.\nShe's really good and seems concerned of her patients. I had to w8 a lot this time. But she's really nice, but one thing I would say is this that I was getting suffocated in the waiting area as the AC was not on :(\nThe doctor is adept at family primary care.\nShe was very friendly and attentive.\nThe facilities were ok, but there was no more handsoap in the bathroom, which made me nervous regarding the sanitation of the facility.\nGandhi was very nice..\nShe is a very efficient doctor. She moved patients in and out in a timely manner. I did not feel rushed in the appointment. She was able to accomplish everything in a short amount of time, and cover all of my issues. I really liked her, and admired her for being so efficient.\nI am sure that she is one of the best doctors in bay area.\nShe was very thorough and really seemed to want to get to the root of the problem! A+ for sure!\nPretty good. I went in for a physical, I was hoping that it was a bit more thorough than a few questions asked here and there.\n- I was given Flu Shot when I had cough and cold. - Doctor entered wrong code in blood test requisition because of which my insurance agency refused to pay the claim. I had to go many back and forth with insurance company and then I had no option then to play part of it.\nNot the nicest office, not private in waiting room with the questions they ask\nIt was nice and homely visit for consolation.\nVery nice and fast service!\nIt was good!\nbooked appt online and left a comment. She said she dosnt read the comments. And dosnt do anything but berth control pills\nGood : )\nI was taken aback by the staff that worked there, they are not very happy. Felt like I was bothering them. The girl that took my blood pressure and temp was all the girl that did the filing. Patients charts where out in the open for anyone to see. I did feel very rushed with the Dr.\nVery brief visit, she seemed nice though.\nOffice staff was rude.. doctor rushed me along.. made me feel unimportant\nVery smart and sweet. Listened, offered direct help and was pleased to be my new GP.\nFantastic experience, very helpful in trying to diagnose problem. Would recommend her to anyone.\nI visited Tripty Gandhi for a general consultation. She is good. Listens patiently and answers the questions clearly.\nGreat doctor! Highly recommended."}
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{"text": "OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quantum Workplace, a leading provider of comprehensive employee engagement software, announced today the Company was named the winner of four silver Stevie® Awards in The 18th Annual American Business Awards®.\nThe four categories in which Quantum Workplace, its management, employees and solutions were recognized, include:\n- Entrepreneur of the Year - Computer Software - Up to 500 Employees – Founder and CEO Greg Harris\n- Customer Service Team of the Year\n- Achievement in Product Innovation – Smart Conversation Boosters and Nextgen Talent Reviews\n- Human Capital Management Solution – Nextgen Talent Reviews solution\nThe American Business Awards are the U.S.A.’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.\nMore than 3,600 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories.\nNicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word meaning “crowned,” the awards will be virtually presented to winners during a live event on Wednesday, August 5. Tickets for the virtual event are now on sale. The judges noted Quantum Workplace’s performance, growth and solutions advancements as rationale for the placement the Company earned in the competition.\nMore than 230 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year’s Stevie Award winners.\n“We are honored to be recognized across various facets of the Company, including management, our support teams and innovative solutions. 2019 marked a turning point for our Company in many ways, which is among the reasons why these different areas of our business were acknowledged by the Stevie Awards’ judges. We are gratified by the recognition we earned across this prestigious program, and look forward to continuing to positively impact employee engagement, especially in today’s remote work state during COVID-19,” explained Greg Harris, chief executive officer.\n. The Company was named among the most significant employee experience (EX) management platforms by Forrester Research in its Q1 2020 report.."}
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{"text": "Auckland, 28 November 2008 – A2 Corporation Limited (“A2C”) (NZAX:ATM) today announced a Group post-tax consolidated loss for the six months to 30 September 2008 of $1,993,000 compared to a loss of $2,073,000 in the same period ending 30 September 2007. Further details of the results are contained below.\nA2C Chairman, Cliff Cook, stated “We are very pleased with the way the business has progressed over the period. Most pleasing is our Australian business where sales in the six months ending September 2008 increased to A$7.8 million, up from A$3.0 million in the same period last year. This outstanding result is a 260% increase and has seen a2 Milk™ become one of the high achievers of the Australian dairy category. This is clearly a reflection of the success of our joint venture with Freedom Nutritional Products in Australia.”\nCook also added, “In the last few months, the Australian business has become self-sufficient from a cash flow perspective. Any new capital provided to Australia will be used to grow this market.”\nThe recent successful capital raising has allowed the Company to retire outstanding debt but more importantly has provided sufficient remaining cash on hand of $8.9 million (as of 30 September) to support the completion of a business plan which will move the Company into profitability.\nAugust 2008 saw a2 Milk™ launched in South Korea via A2C’s exclusive licensee, Lotte Milk. The product has only been on the market for three months, but to date the retailers’ acceptance is pleasing with plans to introduce other value-added a2 Milk™ products such as yoghurt to the Korean market, before expanding to other parts of Asia.\nENDS\nMr Anthony Lawler, Chief Executive Officer, +64 9 523 4795 +64 21577 384\nJulien Leys, JML Communications, Mobile +64 21 655 598\nAbout A2 Corporation\nA2 Corporation Ltd owns and licenses intellectual property that enables the identification of cattle for the production and subsequent marketing of a2 milk™ which."}
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{"text": "Latest News\nFeb 3, 2017 Press Release\nGranger, Zeldin Introduce Legislation to Prohibit Taxpayer Dollars to the United Nations Until Anti-Israel Resolution is Repealed\nJan 31, 2017 Press Release\nGranger Statement on the Obama Administration's Release of $221 Million to the Palestinian Territories\nJan 24, 2017 Press Release\nGranger Named Chair of Powerful House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee\nJan 10, 2017 Press Release\nNavy Secretary Presents Congresswoman Kay Granger with the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award\nJan 4, 2017 Press Release\nGranger Statement on Administration's Refusal to Veto One-Sided U.N. Resolution Against Israel\nDec 23, 2016 Press Release"}
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{"text": "Gas Savings Blog\nSave Money on Gas and other stuff.\nFrom the category archives:\nby admin on October 13, 2015\nby admin on February 25, 2013\nby admin on April 2, 2010\nGas Savings NewsletterSavings Tips, Advice and More\nGet smart with the Thesis WordPress Theme from DIYthemes.\nWordPress Admin"}
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{"text": "Meeting Test Demands of Automotive LiDAR and RadarFebruary 24, 2020 Duration 57m 53s\nUnderstanding real-world operating environments around the vehicle becomes critical to delivering automotive solutions that enable better and safer decisions. Creating accurate and reliable tests to prove safety under a variety of test conditions is key.\nIn this webinar, we will present:\n• Advanced testing techniques and solutions with a focus on LiDAR sensors to help overcome manufacturing testing issues\n• Accelerate product development with advanced methods for testing radar and LiDAR sensors\n• Enhance quality in all operating conditions by the emulation of real radio environments for interference and stress testing."}
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{"text": "If Rosland Money’s quoted price for a bullion coin was $300 and provided a 5% distribute, Rosland Cash’s Value for that coin could be $285.) The spread on Rosland Funds's IRA (as defined down below) transactions normally ranges concerning 17% and twenty five%. The foregoing spreads are approximations and also the spreads Anytime and for just about any presented transaction could be noticeably distinct. Special Specialty coins designated by Rosland Funds are only sold by Rosland Money from sources and based upon designs exceptional to Rosland Money at selling prices set by Rosland Cash centered on their own high-quality, restricted mintage, precious steel information and branded or unique source, with none reference to any “spread,” which doesn't implement to this classification of coins.\nThey're the real technical info, not a hypothetical desire and need. Future thing We're going to hear is Silver will likely be really worth greater than Gold Per OZ. I like sensible details, not bs.\nDown below you will see the most beneficial gold coins, silver coins, gold bars, and silver bars with live dynamic pricing. Decide on Currency USD\nSome complicate investing in gold, but In point of fact it is actually a comparatively straightforward process. The next guideline is the results of our expertise assisting A large number of buyers make their Preliminary gold financial commitment.\n0311034768 kg). On BullionVault you place orders in kilograms. We change the as-published cost of gold per ounce into a cost of gold per kg and spherical up to the closest Dollar, Euro and Pound. We use a similar gold value for each kg for getting and for promoting without having spread.\nThe situation for other potential purchasers of silver was so dire that on March 26, 1980 the jeweller Tiffany's took out a complete page advert in The Big apple Moments, condemning the Hunt Brothers and stating \"We expect it's unconscionable for any person to hoard various billion, yes billion, dollars' well worth of silver and therefore travel the price up so higher that Other folks ought to pay out artificially high prices for posts made of silver\".[one]\nfourteen.13 No failure or hold off by Rosland Cash in training any of its legal rights, powers, or remedies beneath this Settlement will run as a waiver of that or almost every other right, electricity, or remedy.\nSouth Africa introduced the Krugerrand in 1967 to cater to this market; this was The rationale for its convenient and memorable gold articles — just a single troy ounce. It had been the main modern, reduced-high quality (i.e. priced only slightly earlier mentioned the bullion price of the gold) gold bullion coin. Bullion coins are also created in fractions of an ounce – generally half ounce, quarter ounce, and a person-tenth ounce. Bullion coins sometimes have a encounter benefit as authorized tender. The encounter worth is minted on the coin, and it is done so in an effort to bestow authorized tender status with a coin, which generally causes it to be easier to import or export throughout national borders, in addition to subject matter to guidelines in opposition to counterfeiting.\nThe objective of this web site is to clarify the different types of gold bullion, plus the dissimilarities among Just about every form. Although gold investing may possibly appear to be a pretty uncomplicated strategy, the truth is there are several kinds, models, sizes and versions of Actual physical gold bullion.\nLegitimate, one can not take in gold or silver. But there will always be people today like me that realize weights and measures, and have already got the basics squared absent which will change it into food in a good trade.\nOrder Orders for bullion can't be accepted previous to Rosland’s receipt of good resources, and right after receipt of such money the ultimate conditions of the acquisition Purchase will be confirmed during a recorded confirmation having a Rosland Money Representative.\nBeware that buying low-priced gold coins doesn’t normally imply get more info you’re acquiring excellent value. Be sure to request out perfectly-regarded and trustworthy suppliers who offer insured shipping and delivery and stock gold coins from renowned refiners.\nThe Hunts missing over a billion dollars by this incident, though the loved ones fortunes survived. They pledged most in their belongings, which includes their stake in Placid Oil, as collateral for your rescue mortgage package deal they attained.\nGold Coin Selling price: Gold coins are frequently offered with margins, which is essentially a price that makers cost over and higher than the price of the coin.\nLinks\nVisitors\n- 94 Visitors"}
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{"text": "Colonel Tom Parker film in the works\nA film is to be made chronicling the relationship between Elvis Presley and his manager Colonel Tom Parker. The film will be called The Colonel, and is based on the book by Alanna Nash called, The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story Of Colonel Tom Parker And Elvis Presley.\nThe relationship between the King of Rock and Roll and Parker is a fascinating one, with Parker manging Presley for the whole of his career.\nDavid Permut and Steve Binder are the producers who are developing the film, according to Digital Spy.\nThe partnership between Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley was an intense one. With Parker taking almost total control over Presley's career, without Parker's involvement its highly unlikely that Presley would ever have achieved the success that he did. But Parker's control was a source of irritation as well for Presley, who made less money than Parker did, and was often frustrated by Parker's decisions. He tried to fire him at least once, but couldn't tell Parker to his face and changed his mind. However despite tensions Parker was his manager until Presley's death in 1977. Parker died in 1997 in Las Vegas.\nHaving grown up listening to more than my fair share of Elvis Presley, I've always enjoyed his music. And there would definitely be no shortage of content for a film. For some reason though I can't imagine it as being anything other than a straight to DVD job. It's not like there aren't plenty of Elvis impersonators who would be queuing up for the job, but is there a big name star who could fill those shoes?\nPromotion"}
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{"text": "/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/48049387/GettyImages-500267840.0.jpg)\n[Thanks to Alex for today's game preview -yfbb]\nOver the past week, your Chicago Bulls (13-8) swung from the Eastern Conference's 2-seed all the way down to the 8-seed, then hit the 5-seed, and are now not-so-firmly ensconced at the 3-seed. They've found all kinds of ways to either lose or just barely win games they should have had no problem claiming, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat by the slimmest of margins. They are more like an extreme, warped Thibs-ball variation than anything ISU fans experienced last year: their defense is statistically great (their 99.8 defensive rating is the 2nd best in the league -- though if you actually sit down with the games, you'll be pretty damn frustrated by their European front court members' efforts on that end of things), their offense statistically not-so-great (their 99.2 offensive rankings only puts them ahead of tonight's opponent and the Lakers, a.k.a. the two worst teams in the NBA). Tonight, this wildly erratic squad hosts the Philadelphia 76ers, and we can only hope that the margin of victory will not be nearly as slight as it has been in the past.\nThe Bulls' average point differential (the difference between points scored and points allowed) is +0.6, slotting them into a 4-way tie for 12th best in the league. Their last 5 games have been determined by 6 points or less, and the only two of their last 10 games to featured double-digit scoring differential were both 12-point losses (one to a good team, the Pacers, the other to... the Denver Nuggets). That 13-8 record is good for 3rd in the Eastern Conference, sure -- but they're also a few losses away from being out of the playoff picture entirely (two teams with winning records in the East, Atlanta and Orlando, are on the outside looking in). Chicago is trying to forget an ugly recent 3-game losing streak, but happily will be catching a second consecutive team on the second night of a back-to-back. On Saturday night, we were able to eke out an unconvincing 83-80 victory against an underachieving Pelicans squad who was on the second night of their own back-to-back.\nThe Philadelphia 76ers are in the midst of a fourth consecutive tank-a-pa-looza season. It's gotten so awful that Adam Silver pressured Philly's ownership to hire Jerry Colangelo as chairman of basketball operations, ostensibly a \"consultant\" to GM Sam Hinkie (but, you know, possibly his boss in actual practice), and now there's chatter of Mike D'Antoni being added to Brett Brown's coaching staff (this after Brown's own contract was recently extended). Who can blame them for wanting to disrupt \"The Process,\" Hinkie's shameless strategy to be as bad as possible for as long as possible in an effort to net a transcendent star through the draft? He's whiffed (it appears) in all three of his drafts to this point, but he's had some decent lottery finds (Michael Carer-Williams, Nerlens Noel, Jahlil Okafor) outside of the top 2. How many of those decent finds will start for winning squads (MCW can't even start for a significantly better team in the Milwaukee Bucks; Noel can't shoot beyond three feet; Okafor hates defending and is showing early signs of being a serious head case) remains an open question. And let's not even get started on Joel Embiid, who was drafted two seasons ago and will now be sitting out his second straight NBA season. This is a very bad team, who may be missing their second-best player after a left corneal injury suffered last night (he flew with the team but Brown was non-committal as far as his suiting up). So that might just leave Okafor (turning 20 tomorrow) as Philly's one NBA-level starter, averaging 17.8 points and 8.1 rebounds per contest. I'm not saying Dario Saric, Robert Covington, Jerami Grant, Tony Wroten, and, I guess, TJ McConnell can't be rotation players on a good NBA team (I'm out on Sauce Castillo, sorry), but the only sure-fire starters on that roster are Okafor and Noel.\nThe Sixers have only won a single game in 25 tries. They've dropped the last 6 in a row. Let's not let tonight be that second W, eh? Go... Bulls?\nPrognosis: Bulls win by 6, after being up by 16 at the start of the 4th.\nTip: 7 p.m. CST, broadcasting on Comcast Sports Net, ESPN AM-1000 on the radio.\nFree Throws:\n-I am not alone in saying that Joakim Noah deserves more run. Honestly I think he should be our starter, but that Pau Gasol would not be much of a company man were Hoiberg to move him to the bench. JoNo is our most important front court player, and when he gets a rhythm going he can really make an impact on both ends of the floor, even despite his awful shooting of late. Can we please trade Pau and Snell or McBuckets for some wing and/or off-guard depth? Pau sounds like he's gone after this season. He's openly declared that he'll be opting out of the last year of his current deal with the Bulls, and seems set on getting more money than the Bulls are probably interested in giving him. Trick-or-Treat Tony has been frustrating everybody lately, but the kid can shoot. McDermott's ceiling is probably lower, in that he has zero athleticism and will never be fast enough to be a good defender -- BUT man oh man this kid can shoot, too. It'd be great to find a wing upgrade (Courtney Lee? Kent Bazemore?) or a back-up PG upgrade somewhere (Lou Williams? Jamal Crawford?).\n-Okay, WHAT IN THE SAND HECK IS GOING ON WITH KIRK HINRICH?? He's been.. solid this year! He was the Bulls' second-best back court player when we lost to the Dubs, and he's been shooting and defending pretty well for a back-up. It's quite helpful that he's only playing 17.4 minutes a game, I'm sure that's a big part of it. He's proven to be a much, much more efficient shooter this year than he has in (recent) seasons past. The Captain is also posting his best per-36 scoring numbers since Derrick Rose's rookie season (12.5 points per 36 minutes), shooting 90.9% from the free throw (and in 36 minutes would be getting there 1.9 times a game, more than at any point since the 2009-10 season), 45.5% from the field (which would be his best field goal percentage ever), and... 52.4% from beyond the arc. I KNOW! Granted, he's doing this over a merciful 1.8 3-point attempts per game (translating to 3.7 over 36 minutes). Anyway. I am now OK with Kirk, so long as the Bulls keep him within these reduced minutes restrictions.\n-I don't want to talk about D-Rose. He's a mystery wrapped inside an enigma. I'm just glad he has the old-school haircut back. I also don't want to talk about Aaron Brooks having one good 4th quarter. I DON'T TRUST THE SAMPLE SIZE, THUGS.\n-Look, Jimmy is clearly hurt. He's clearly been playing hurt for a hot minute with that \"heel\" issue. So... maaaaybe we should rest him against a team so bad the NBA had to step in to improve them? Just a thought. Call me crazy."}
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{"text": "Firstly, a happy Tuesday to you all and welcome to a brand new season. I hope you’ve all been behaving yourselves this summer. It’s felt like a long break without the Arsenal – plus ca change – even w... [Read More]\nThis is our FIRST podcast of the season, so jump on board and treat your ears to some wonderful commentary. We talk: Captain material What went wrong for Emery How long do we give him? ENJOY! SPOTIF... [Read More]\nvia @Arsenal Arsenal kicked off the new era in a painfully familiar fashion. A leaky defence, a second-rate performance against a top 6 side, star names under-performing, along with the customary zero... [Read More]\nHere we are folks, the even of the most exciting season to hit these shores in over a decade. New manager, new philosophy, new players, new thinking and new hope for a fanbase that’s had ... [Read More]\nWhy not? Yeah, I hear you, where is the post on the fitness centre? Where’s the inside gossip on Rosicky’s hammy’s? Where is that post? You’ll have to tweet James. He’s h... [Read More]\nChelsea lost their collective minds dropping £70m on a Bilbao keeper of great potential. Lunacy. Is that the going rate for someone who might be good these days? Unreal sums. Arsenal hasn’t done... [Read More]\nArsenal fans picking up their attitude in the background Jurassic Park x Arsenal Summer Collab John Hammond: Dr. Grant, if there’s one person here who could appreciate what I’m trying to do… Dr. Alan ... [Read More]\nSo here we are people, the end of Arsenal football club as we know it. Silent Stan Kroenke, the evilest man to walk a sports arena, has finally won out. He’s part way to driving out the white kn... [Read More]\nWell, it’s less than a week ’til deadline day slams shut almost 20 days earlier than usual, and there are still a number of items to be resolved. What the fu*k are we doing with the back 4... [Read More]\nLunatic So here we are, preseason is done, next week we take on the champions as we kick off the new era of Unai Emery. I’m excited, you are excited, we’re all f**king excited. There’... [Read More]"}
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{"text": "Labour Day\nColossians 3:23-24 – Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.\nAll Christians try to stay on the path that leads to the Lord. We attend church, go to Bible study, spend time with our family, do volunteer work and try to be good friends. But how many of us take Jesus with us into our workplace? The hours spent committed to our jobs grow but our commitment to take our Saviour into the workplace stays the same. How many of your co-workers know that you are a child of the King? How many know your commitment to Christ? They may know the name of the person in the other department who doesn't like to work with you; they may know that you and your boss don't get along; but do they know the Saviour? Do they have a clue that you do? Don't use the excuse that there are laws, policies, memos (blah, blah, blah…) that prohibit you from sharing you message of salvation. Your citizenship in the kingdom should be as plain as the nose on your face. They should see it in your eyes of compassion; they should notice it by your positive attitude; they should recognize it in your enthusiasm to assist someone who is overwhelmed; they should note the lack of gossip going on in your cube/office; they should note the peace of heart that you have even during the worst of days. If they don't, maybe you've forgotten something far more important than your lunch. Maybe you forgot Jesus. I came across the following piece: cube defenceless. If only she had taken me in there with her. When will she learn?\"\nAt the end of the day, I'm pooped, run down, no energy, irritable and frustrated. I leave the building and in His face and I come in here defenceless.\nFrom time to time our jobs overwhelm us and we completely forget to \"take Jesus with us\". We may not go around cursing anyone out or punching anyone in the face (hopefully), but what are our actions saying about us and about who or whose we are? We are the salt of the earth and the light of the world.\nWe should be bringing peace to our jobs not be the cause of confusion. We should be the ones to bring our gifts and talents to the table to help in whatever area God has chosen for us to work in. My hope in sharing this is that this will help someone who may be having a hard time in their workplace.\nA city on a hill can not be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. (Matthew 5:13-15)\nPrayer: I say I know my Saviour lives because you are with me always, but I only invite you with me when convenient. Forgive me. Help me, Father, not to shame myself in front of you, not to bring shame to your name in front of those I spend the most time with, the people at my job. Help them to see you when they see me; help me remember that the glory is yours all the time, even from 9-5. Amen."}
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{"text": "Where you want to become an International Bartender is often very much a choice depending on your preferences. What else do you want to see? What kind of experience are you looking for outside the Bartending classes? The European Bartender School offers a unique variety of experiences, spread out over four continents.\nIf you are looking for a destination that is great in terms of bartending however, Sydney deserves a very close look. There are several reasons that make Australia, and Sydney in particular an attractive option for a bartender from overseas. Read all about why Sydney is an incredible destination to become a bartender:\nHigh income\nYou might have already heard from traveling friends that there is a wide availability of jobs in Australia when you are traveling the country. The ugly truth however, is that most of those jobs are not very well paid. Working on an ostrich farm or a call-centre is a quick fix, yes. But the real money lies in the sectors where you need to be qualified. And Sydney has a world-class nightlife sector:\nSydney’s luxury bars\nSydney’s top-end bars are consistently voted into the world’s top ten bar lists by the bartending industry and leading hospitality magazines. This makes Sydney one of the cocktail capitals, separating beer-tapping bartenders from the professional cocktail bartenders. The work they do is very different, and this is reflected in their salary AND tips. And the best thing is, foreigners don’t pay taxes:\nTax exemption under working holiday visa\nForeigners who come to Australia for the typical “gap-year” apply for the working holiday visa. It’s tailor made for you as it applies to 18 to 30-year olds, and meeting the requirements is easy. Get a tax file number after you arrive, and you are all set for your taxes refund. Maybe you were already planning to save some money, but this procedure definitely helps once you’ve done your twelve months and you fly home with a thick wallet filled with tax refunds.\nAustralia caters to travelers\nLiving the gap-year has been a tradition for some time now, and as a result, an entire infrastructure of hostels, shared apartments, car rentals and other services have evolved, all aimed at making the life of the traveling bartender as easy as possible. With the enormous popularity of the “great Ocean road”, there are countless spots to buy and sell a car to travel up and down the east coast. I’ve even met guys who managed to make a profit once they sold the car they used for their coastal trips (Adriaan, I know you are out there somewhere!).\nLegendary Bondi Beach\nAn incredible continent\nCompleting the International Bartender course in Australia prepares you very well for an extended stay in Sydney and beyond, as you will have time to develop your local contacts over the 4-week period you will spend with EBS, and finding employment in the bars in and around Sydney is no problem at all. It beats picking fruits both in terms of effort and salary by a mile, and who knows what other opportunities you will come across as you meet hundreds of people every week."}
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{"text": "Credits\n- Series Producer\n- Kimberley Littlemore\n- Expert\n- Colin Young\n- Expert\n- James Lewis\n- Presenter\n- Tim Wonnacott\n- Director\n- Tom Payne\nBargain Hunt, Series 29 Episode 27 of 32\nDuration: 43 minutes\nExperts Colin Young and James Lewis guide their teams through the antiques shops of Hungerford in their search for bargains. When the hour is up and the teams have to stop shopping, presenter Tim Wonnacott heads to the depths of Gloucestershire to Snowshill Manor.\nSee all previous episodes from Bargain Hunt."}
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{"text": "L'introversion, l'Intuition, Sentir, Juger\nIt is apparently impossible to remember or maybe just to comprehend: rely on a personal, internal sense of right and wrong rather than external, objective criteria. When making decisions, they often give more weight to feelings and social considerations than to logic.\nJ – Judgment preferred to Perception: INFJs tend to plan their activities and make decisions early. They derive a sense of control through predictability, which to perceptive types may seem limiting.\nBut don't keep any of it in mind, don't use this information to understand or diagnose... ignore it and just hope that 36 years of incubation of a personality will vanish.\n(((03)))"}
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{"text": ".\nSuffering in Silence\nMany people toil alone with deeply personal problems. But God wants these issues to see the light of day! He didn’t design us to get through life alone. Counseling Insights: Personal Issues provides biblical guidance on a number of personal struggles. Learn how to counsel those dealing with eating disorders, debt, addictions, and more.\nThis section includes 20 chapters:\n(Note: Chapters may also be purchased individually.)\ndownloadable document with 20IPER"}
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{"text": "You must fill out fields marked with: *\nYour recommendation has been sent to your librarian.\nWe measured the gain dynamics at the ground-state transition in an electrically pumped InP/AlGaInP quantum-dot optical amplifier at room temperature by femtosecond differential transmission. The gain shows an ultrafast recovery within 200 fs, even faster than in state-of-the-art InAs/GaAs quantum-dot amplifiers. This finding, likely to be due to the less confined and more closely spaced hole levels in InPdots, is promising for optical signal processing at high bit rates. We furthermore measured the pump-induced refractive index changes and deduced a linewidth enhancement factor similar to the one in InAs/GaAs quantum dots.\nThis work was supported by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Grant No. EP/E056385. The sample was processed by Karen Barnett.\nCommenting has been disabled for this content\nData & Media loading...\nArticle metrics loading...\nFull text loading...\nWebsite © 2015 AIP Publishing LLC. Article\nCommenting has been disabled for this content"}
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{"text": "19.07.11 TV One releases 5x5 VGA routing switcher AUTHOR: Inavate SYSTEMS PRODUCTS The TV One 1T-MX-4355 is a 5x5 VGA Matrix Switcher with Audio is designed to allow distribution of five VGA sources (or YPbPr, CV & SV with appropriate cable adapters) to five devices independently or all at the same time. It also provides full support for stereo audio I/O. All video paths are buffered to prevent cross talk and cable distances of 65 meters (210 ft) are supported for resolutions up to and including 1080i. 480i through 1080p HDTV signals and VGA through WUXGA signals are valid inputs and outputs. With the 1T-MX-4355, all inputs are processed at full bandwidth, delivering un-compromised outputs on all paths. Switcher memory is employed to insure last selection recall should power be temporarily lost. SYSTEMS PRODUCTS"}
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{"text": "Communication with the Physician or Other Clinician Managing On-Going Care Post-Fracture for Men and Women Aged 50 Years and Older\nPercentage of adults measure is reported by the physician who treats the fracture and who therefore is held accountable for the communication.\nMeasure Info\nACP does not support MIPS measure ID# 024 (NQF ID# 0045 [no longer endorsed]): “Communication with the Physician or Other Clinician Managing On-Going Care Post-Fracture for Men and Women Aged 50 Years and Older.” While this measure represents an important clinical concept, it is unclear whether the act of documenting communication with the clinician who is managing on-going care will lead to measureable and meaningful improvements in clinical outcomes. Furthermore, performance scores are likely to be entirely dependent on the socio-economic and environmental factors of the patient populations for whom clinicians serve and the clinician’s ability to access health information. For example, implementation could penalize clinicians who practice in rural or underserved areas, while clinicians who practice in large health systems with access to shared electronic health information are likely to score high on this measure. A more meaningful measure for improving care post-fracture for men and women could be “confirmation that that post-fracture care actually occurred.”"}
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{"text": "Ingerland\nSustaining Ring\nMagic ring provides sustenance for the wearer\nCategory:\nring\nDescription:\nPlain copper ring\nThis ring continually provides its wearer with life-sustaining nourishment. The ring also refreshes the body and mind; its wearer needs only sleep 2 hours per day to gain the benefit of 8 hours of sleep.\nThe ring must be worn for a full week before it begins to work. If it is removed, the owner must wear it for another week to reattune to it."}
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{"text": "The Supreme Court has stayed its earlier order that directed the demolition of a multi-level car parking that was being constructed near the Taj Mahal at Agra.\nThe apex court asked the authorities to maintain status quo at the site, which is about a kilometre from the eastern gate of the monument, and firmly said no further construction will be carried out.\n“We do not know how hotels can be built there. The problem is this that all measures seem to have been taken are ad-hoc. It cannot be like this,” a bench comprising Justices MB Lokur and Deepak Gupta said.\nA bench comprising of Justices MB 17th century monument and is aimed at protecting the ancient monument.\nMehta told the bench that the government was committed to protect the Taj Mahal and he will file a comprehensive policy on it before the court. Mehta has also sought protection of the Taj from the ill-effects of polluting gases and deforestation in and around the area.\nThe court then fixed the matter for further hearing on November 15.\nOn October 24, the apex court had ordered the demolition of the multi-level car parking which was under construction.\nThe apex court, which is dealing with a petition filed by environmentalist MC Mehta, has been monitoring development in the area to protect the Taj Mahal.\nThe apex court had earlier passed a slew of directions to protect the monument.\nThe historic monument, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal in 1631.\n(With inputs from PTI)"}
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{"text": "Performance 4 Replies These tiles were fired in January, 2017. Singer on stage, commercial white clay tile base, 6″ x 6″ Musicians on stage, handmade terracotta base, @ 6″ x 6″ Advertisements Like this:Like Loading...\nFantastic. I especially enjoy the red glasses on the guitarist.\nWe saw these people at Musikfest in Bethlehem some years ago and I took pictures, but – the red glasses were my own idea. I sort of thought of what it would be like to look out at an audience wearing them.\nThese people look like they are having fun. I really like these pieces.\nThank you. They were inspired by photos I took at Musikfest in Bethlehem PA. it occurs each August and I think you’d enjoy visiting. It lasts about 10 days and there are free and paid events."}
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{"text": "I wanted to share with you guys an amazing recipe I tried last night. It's a creative turn on a typical, boring grilled cheese & a lot better for you! Scott & I normally don't eat meat (especially red meat) but we will have our occasional chicken & ground turkey. But my goal this last week was to make a dinner every night with no meat, all veggies. And I succeeded and made some awesome dinners, including this one. The green goddess grilled cheese. I have seen this recipe a lot on Pinterest so I decided to try it. I found the recipe here.\nLet's first look at the mess I made...Yes, I am a messy cook.\nThese are the ingredients that you will need: *This is to make one sandwich*\n- 2 slices of bread (preferably a multi grain bread)\n- Pesto (the link I attached has a recipe to make your own pesto. I bought mine)\n- 2 slices of mozzarella cheese\n- Crumbled goat cheese\n- Baby spinach\n- Slices of avocado\nPour a little olive oil in the skillet. Spread the pesto on each slice of bread. Place one piece of mozzarella cheese on the bread, then add the avocado on top. Put some goat cheese on next, then add some spinach and top it off with another slice of mozzarella cheese. Then place the other piece of bread on top and press down. Put the sandwich on the skillet and let it brown, then flip it over and press down and let that side brown. Take it off and cut in half (if you so choose) :)\nYUM! Look at all that green goodness. I didn't know if I would like the goat cheese, but it gives it a creamy taste. So delicious! We ate it with some sweet potato fries!\nSo make this! It was really easy and it was a crowd pleaser in my house. We will make this again, for sure!\nOh. P.S.-The bathroom has been painted and now we are putting everything back. I am hoping to get the photos all taken tomorrow and get it up here so ya'll can see :)\n~Kristine"}
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{"text": "Presentation Skills\n“Never understand the impact of a powerful presentation - it can build your business, win an important contract, or secure you a promotion”\n- Soraya Raju, Founder Migrate Success\nWhat this program is about\nHave you been at a presentation you have been looking forward to and walked away wondering what it was all about, with no takeaways? Don’t be that presenter! Find out how you can develop compelling presentation skills.\n.\nHow is the program delivered?\nWe provide individual or group coaching online or face-to-face. We can also develop a customised learning program.\n.\nWhat you will learn?\nIn this workshop, you will discover:\nWhy good presentation skills are important.\nHow to make your presentation heard and understood.\nHow to convey points across in a succinct manner.\nHow to get the results you want from your presentation.\n.\nWho should attend?\nAnyone who wants to learn how to develop and deliver a vibrant, compelling presentation which achieves results."}
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{"text": "French Country Style Mother’s Day BrunchApril 23, 2012\nThe inspiration for my idea of the Mother’s Day Brunch came when I was in Provence the last week of April.\nLet’s start with our Table Top Design. A light butter cup tone on tone Damask tablecloth will be a perfect backdrop. For your centerpiece let’s use a vintage metal pail with a rustic arrangement of sunflowers, lavender branches and assorted wild flowers.\nYou can use the Main Course Setting for this – see Table Setting Basics for Details.\nLets use all white dishes for a nice clean feel, a lavender white checkered pattern napkin. In fact, I have a perfect napkin ring for you in the Boutique – they are a napkin ring and a place holder in one. For the true Mother’s Day celebration to remember, use your favorite photos of your mom at each setting instead of the name holders.\nTo complete the classic French Country feel, my Toile serving pieces by Sabre are perfect.\nDid you know that in France they celebrate the Mother’s Day on June 7th – Fete les Meres? Why not treat your mom to the surprise Fete les Meres celebration by giving her a framed photo from the Mother’s Day Brunch.\nEnjoy!\nRenee"}
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{"text": "Analytics for Smarter Manufacturing\nWhat is Iconic?\nIconic is an analytics solution built for the manufacturing industry integrating key performing indicators across sales, operations, supply chain, quality, process, and product development.\nWhat business challenge does Iconic address?\nThe manufacturing industry is no stranger to quantitative analysis. Supply chain, quality, process, and inventory management rely on standardized reporting with predefined tolerance levels.\nThe challenge however is to take all this analysis and align it to corporate objectives. e.g. how does a shipping exception decision made by a business unit affect corporate cash objectives? How should it normalize departmental MIS reporting and get all the business units to speak the same KPI language? How should it connect the data dots and provide not just diagnostic insights but also actionable predictions.\nThe Iconic Solution\nIconic is a prepackaged library of KPIs and interconnected dashboards with connectors to popular ERP, CRM, and BPM systems that integrates data across geography, currency, and product into a normalized data model optimized for analytics.\nThe primary audience for Iconic is the C-suite but it also extends to the organizational hierarchy through secure role-based access to data and analytical objects.\nIconic provides balanced scorecards that provide insights across revenue, profitability, customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, quality control, and waste management.\nKey performance indicators and metrics include On-Time Delivery, Missed Revenue, Inventory, Downtime, Capacity Utilization, Defects, Customer Rejects, Missed Shipping Dates, % of Complaints, and many more.\nIconic also tracks new product development and launches to provide perspective on product development processes, success, and causation.\nRequest Demo\nFor a live demo and questions on how Iconic can work for you please drop us a line."}
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