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Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-175. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 186 p.
Twenty papers on the application of spatial analysis to forest insect and disease problems presented at a workshop on spatial analysis and forest pest management.
Liebhold, Andrew M.; Barrett, Hope R., eds. 1993. Proceedings: Spatial analysis and forest pest management; 1992 April 27-30; Mountain Lakes, VA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-175. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 186 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/NE-GTR-175.
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Do we have a another good one for you tonight - the new Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge goes up against the new HTC One M9. We did a Galaxy S6 comparison with the HTC One M9 the other day, so this one will not be too different, considering the innards of both the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge are identical...only the display and a few extra functions vary.
Both devices are beautiful in their own right - when HTC brought out the One M7, it was the first, real all-metal bodied smartphone and it turned a lot of heads. The HTC One M9 continues this tradition and is one of the main reasons the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge has been totally revamped from plastic to metal and glass.
Even though both devices have about the same size display (5.1-inches vs 5-inches), there are not many similarities between the two devices. They both use a 64-bit Octa-Core processor, they both pack 3GB of RAM, they both offer a 32GB internal storage model and they both have the usual Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, are NFC capable and have a microUSB v2.0 port for charging and data transfer. Both of these smartphones also include an IR Blaster. Both devices will be available on all major US carriers and both will be running the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop.
The new Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge has been redesigned from the ground up - gone is all of the plastic, faux leather and dimples or Band-Aid look and in their place are metal and glass making it a true premium device. The Galaxy S6 Edge is beautiful to look at and a pleasure to hold and operate - it flies through the screens and apps open immediately. The curved edges on the device give it that wow factor and 'phone watchers' will stare at it with envy.
The Galaxy S6 Edge sports a 5.1-inch Quad HD display with a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels and 577 pixels-per-inch (PPI) with a curved edge on both the right and left sides on the display. These can be used for notifications and makes it easier to swipe in from either side. Samsung decided to use its own 64-bit Exynos 7420 octa-core processor with four cores clocked at 1.5GHz and four cores clocked at 2.1GHz...a clear departure from their past models that used a Qualcomm chipset in the US. It is packing 3GB of DDR4 RAM and Samsung's new flash memory with 32GB/64GB/128GB models with no room for expansion - a first for Samsung's Galaxy S series. Both forms of new memory are extremely faster when compared to past models that used DDR3 RAM.
The camera is part carry over from the Galaxy Note 4 and the other part are new improvements - 16MP Sony sensor, autofocus, LED Flash, F1.9 aperture, real-time HDR, ISOCELL technology and OIS. With the Galaxy S6 Edge, Samsung has dramatically increased the speed - taking less than a second to open and be ready to shoot. The front-facing camera (FFC) increased to 5MP with a F1.9 aperture, real-time HDR for excellent low-light selfies and video chatting. The 2600mAh battery is smaller, but it should easily get you through the entire day - the new Samsung non-removable battery can charge up to 4 hours in only 10 minutes and they added built-in wireless charging for the first time.
The Galaxy S6 Edge includes a new fingerprint sensor - no more swiping your finger several times...just press once and you are done, heart rate sensor, an IR Blaster, active noise cancellation with an additional microphone, speaker on the bottom of the device and comes in colors White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum and Blue Topaz. It will be running Android 5.0 Lollipop, and should be released worldwide on April 10. The price is expected to be high, as much as $150 - $200 more than the normal Galaxy S6.
When you look at the new HTC One M9, there will be no mistaking it for any other device...it looks very similar to its predecessor, the One M8, and even the One M7 from 2013. However, there are many subtle changes - but it retains its all-metal body, is well-built, beautiful to look at and a joy to hold. HTC redesigned the body ever so slightly on the sides, leaving a small lip to help hold it better...slipping out of the hand was a problem with the One M8.
It sports a 5-inch Full HD Super LCD3 display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and 441 PPI, not quite up to the QHD display on the Galaxy S6 Edge with 577 PPI. The One M9 uses a 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor with four cores clocked at 1.5GHZ and four cores clocked at 2.0GHz. It is packing 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, although it also has a microSD card for additional storage up to 128GB - something the S6 Edge does not have.
The camera area is completely revamped - gone is the 4MP UltraPixel main camera and now they are using a Sony 20.7MP sensor with autofocus, dual-tone LED flash, but still no OIS. Rather than getting rid of the UltraPixel camera altogether, HTC moved the 4MP UltraPixel camera to the front for great selfies and video chatting. It uses a non-removable 2840mAh battery (S6 Edge uses a 2550mAh) and supports Quick Charge 2.0 thanks to the Qualcomm processor.
This was a tough decision - the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is the more fascinating device with the curved display and has a much better display, faster processor (if we can believe the recent benchmarks), OIS, ISOCELL technology, F1.9 lenses and more advanced camera software. It has a new fingerprint sensor, built-in Samsung Pay, it uses the faster DDR4 RAM, Samsung's new faster Flash Memory, includes a Heart Rate Sensor, built-in wireless charging and Samsung's new battery quick charge...is that enough to call it the winner?
The HTC One M9 is a great device and it does have a microSD card for expandable storage, the camera is definitely upgraded over the HTC One M8, it retains those great dual, front-facing stereo speakers with BoomSound and retains the all-metal body...is that enough to call it the winner?
From a purely specification standpoint, the Galaxy S6 Edge is the winner because of all the items mentioned above. However, if you factor in the pricing, the HTC One M9 could be a couple of hundred dollars cheaper. It still has a FHD display, great specs, great sound and a nice look and feel about it and if you do not need the cutting edge display technology, fingerprint scanner or heart rate monitor and money plays into your decision, then you would certainly be happy with the HTC One M9.
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I will be available for adoption on August 18th. I cannot have any visitors before August 18th. You will need to fill out an online application and receive a phone call back from a staff member that everything is ok with the application prior to August 18th. All family members and any dogs from the household need to be present at the time of the adoption.
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ICAAP is developing a knowledge centre with the help of some key stakeholders. This knowledge centre is a database of agronomic content that offers farmers information and access to content and mechanisms that farmers are using and that have been successful. This knowledge differs from the portal as it will focus more on creating a network and connecting farmers with each other and with key stakeholders. This knowledge centre will support the technological shift that India is seeing as it connects farmers to initiatives such as the ITC e-Choupal Initiative. These initiatives have a nationwide impact and have a trickle down effect that is cost, resource and time effective and accelerate the development of agricultural success.
The e-Choupal is an example of an initiative that is effective, and that offers ample learning opportunities for small hold farmers. It involves the selection of lead farmers who are extensively trained on the system and then provided the necessary resources (i.e. a computer and internet access) to enable them to apply their training and knowledge. The trained farmers then transfer and share their knowledge with neighbours and other farmers. The trained farmers with computers and Internet access teach and share their resources. Information such as local and global prices, crop management techniques, market information and weather forecasts can be obtained and information becomes easily accessible. This information is then further disseminated through meetings at the computer stations or meeting places and decision making is facilitated. The system has further developed to allow and facilitate the purchase and selling of farm equipment and access to services as well.
This initiative started with only 6 computer stations in 2000, and has since grown to link 40 000 villages with 6500 computer centres. The four million farmers using the initiative have made this the largest online agricultural initiative. This initiative parallels and inspires the Knowledge Centre’s mission to connect and create relationships in the farming community and the importance of building a strong and successful network.
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Yesterday, crude closed up $0.34/bbl to $44.21, RBOB closed down $0.0087/gal to $1.3618, and HO finished up $0.0091/gal to $1.4865. Currently, refined products are trading down $0.0350/gal with crude off over $1.00/bbl.
API data released last night showed a build in crude inventories of 6.3 million barrels, including a 2.5 million barrel build at Cushing, OK. Cushing is fast approaching “full” status which will be bearish for prices. There was a draw in gasoline of 3.2 million barrels, and a draw in distillates of 520,000 barrels. DOE statistics will be released Thursday due to the Veteran’s Day holiday today. If the DOE stats match the API data, the bearish market can be expected to continue. The product draws are not enough to offset the crude build.
A recent report from the IEA shows oil prices are set for a slow recovery. The IEA forecasts oil prices to rebalance at $80/bbl in 2020. The forecast for demand is that 900,000 bpd will be added in 2020.
U.S. imports of crude from Iraq will be extremely high in the month of November. Iraq is one of the least expensive places in the world to extract crude. With that being said, Iraq sells its crude at large discounts to global benchmarks. With crude being discounted, U.S. refiners are more likely to buy it. Currently, there are vessels carrying 19 million barrels from Iraq’s Basra Oil Terminal headed to terminals in the Gulf of Mexico and across the U.S.
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Three hundred and eighty members sent two thousand, two hundred and fifty-one birds to the Irish National Flying Club young bird race from Penzance. They were liberated into a light westerly wind. The following is a report on the final race result.
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All popular programming languages, for each one the description and why to choose it. New emerging programming languages are also included in the list.
(C Sharp) Concurrent to java, runs on .NET or compatible platforms (Portable NET, Mono).
More – Code Easier than C++. May share resources with other languages under a common runtime.
C C offers great freedom, and lot of debugging challenge thanks to pointers and memory management.
More – Code Suffering slow programming to make fast programs. For system programming.
C++ C++ is C plus objects, an extended library, templates.
More – Code System programming as C but allow larger project, or applications.
D language C++ like language, more dynamic. Compatible with C.
D Language – Code For teaching or scripting.
Pascal Old language (1970), improved with objects, imposes a strictly structured programming.
More – Code Teaching, or client/server apps with Delphi and Kylix.
ASP This very old language (1964) was improved by Microsoft, with a complete programming environment. Other portages exist.
More – Code Standard language for scripting Microsoft’s applications (Word etc…), and for dynamic web pages (Asp) on Windows servers.
PHP Designed to be embedded inside HTML to build dynamic Web pages or update them from databases.
More – Code Producing HTML pages from data.
The version 5 targets Web services.
Java Was designed to be portable and to replace C++.
More – Code Cross-platform applications. For web services and mobile phone apps under Android.
More – Code For interactivity in web pages and applications.
Used with HTML 5 for Web or local apps on Metro or Node.js or Qt.
Scriptol A simple, object-oriented, universal language with an intuitive and powerful syntax. You can build executables, or embed code into html pages.
XML may be used as data structure.
More – Code Easy and universal for scripting, prototyping, making binary applications, dynamic web pages and XML processing.
For web services by using PHP 5 as back-end.
Python A modern interpreted language with powerful built-in features and a unique indentation feature to shorten coding.
The Jython version compiles in Java bytecode.
More – Code Programming at light speed. Powerful and easy to learn.
Extending Zope for web services.
Only for open source applications (not compiled).
Boo This is a new version of Python with some new features. It runs on .Net and Mono and thus, no compatibility problem.
Boo – Code Similar to Python.
ASP Scripting language, server-side, for dynamic web pages by Microsoft, same syntax as Basic.
ASP – Code Producing HTML pages from data, but under Windows servers only.
Assembler This is near the machine language and the fastest. You should never use it, as older programmers did. Making graphic subroutines, drivers or industrial processing.
Eiffel, Sather Object-oriented, with “programming per contract” and other secure features. Sather is an open source implementation.
More – Code Programming secured applications. Used by hospitals.
Perl A scripting interpreted language. Readabillity and ease of use are not the goal.
Perl – Code Mainly used by networks administrators and for small CGI scripts.
Rebol Interpreted language for network scripting. The language itself may be augmented.
Rebol – Code Processing information on distributed computer systems, with small programs.
Ruby Designed with simplicity in mind. It is interpreted, and has a proprietary but extensible library.
More – Code Writing scripts more easily. Using Ruby on Rails for Web applications.
Tcl A scripting language, easy to learn and available on any platform.
More – Code Scripting of portable programs with GUI, and web programming by CGI.
NetRexx By IBM, has a simplified syntax.
More – Code Extends Java with scripts.
Lua Add-on or standalone language with extensible semantic.
Lua – Code Extending the C language.
Cobol Business language still used on big computers.
Cobol – Code Maintaining old programs on mainframes.
Fortran One of the first languages, always used for mathematical tasks.
Fortran – Code Has huge library for scientific calculations.
Lisp Lisp is a very old language designed for artificial intelligence, processes lists only.
Lisp – Code Artificial intelligence and scripting.
Scheme Scheme is a modernized version of Lisp.
Scheme – Code Artificial intelligence and scripting.
Prolog For logic programming, based on Horn’s clauses.
Prolog – Code Heavy artificial intelligence processing.
Haskell Functional programming. Slow and memory consuming.
SQL Language of data management.
Forth – Code For instrumental commands and legacy libraries re-using.
Smalltalk One of the first object oriented language, programs can’t run outside the IDE.
Smalltalk – Code Absolutely object-oriented processing.
Oberon – Code For nostalgics of the Algol and Pascal time.
Caml, Ocalm Functional languages, Ocalm is object-oriented.
Caml – Code Used by universities. May help to build a compiler.
Scala Procedural, functional and object-oriented programming language.
XML Not really a programming language, but may be used for similar tasks.
XML XML serves to describe precisely data and may include actions on data.
XSL allows to transform documents.
great work. nice article. All are true about this. and i love java and c.
Such a work giving so much inspiration to all….
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Where should I start? Are ICO campaigns suitable for any business? Should I conduct an ICO campaign for my product? How to communicate the project’s goals to the audience? How to protect the investors’ interests? Which factors are important during the actual ICO? and much more questions.
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The pharmaceutical industry is in the midst of a significantly transformative time. The global population is increasing. People are living longer. Personalized medicine is in demand. Pioneering drug developers are bringing forward treatments that will fundamentally change how patients are treated, how drugs are priced and, ultimately, how they are produced.
In this era of innovation, pharmaceutical manufacturers will need to adjust their production models to bring products to market more quickly than today. A cost-controlled approach that is in alignment with consumer pricing is also an increasingly important consideration. Medicine and drug manufacturers, as well as biotech, biopharmaceutical and life sciences applications will give their operations an edge by utilizing a pump that creates daily efficiencies and supports growth.
1. The pump offers single-use options.
As objections to soaring drug prices influence pricing models, single-use pumps help drug manufacturers drive production and get more product to the market more quickly. Disposable pump chambers can be changed in as a little as one minute. This capability streamlines cleaning, sterilization and validation procedures for quicker batch changeovers. Single-use pump chambers also eliminate losses resulting from cross-batch or cross-product contamination.
2. The pump is capable of scaling up.
Pumps that seamlessly transition from the research-and-development stage to large-scale commercial production allow drug manufacturers to retain control of production processes that might otherwise need to be outsourced. A pump that can scale up also may reduce capital expenditures by eliminating the need for additional equipment investments. A pump that can scale to meet changing production needs positions pharmaceutical operations to bring new treatments to the market more quickly than operations that lack a scalable solution.
3. The pump reduces maintenance considerations.
All pumps require some maintenance, but many new pumps are being engineered to be more “maintenance-friendly.” Pumps that are dry-run capable, that do not include mechanical seals that need to be changed, and minimize metal-to-metal contact, are more likely to have lower maintenance costs, less downtime and fewer product losses. In this way, maintenance-friendly pumps reduce the cost of ownership over the lifetime of the equipment.
To learn more about how careful pump selection contributes to efficient pharmaceutical production, please download our Quick Reference Guide – An Overview of Pharmaceutical Pump Types, Capabilities and Differentiators.
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Vertex Libra Vessel 2.5S, 2.5 Liter Dosing Container Short, Stackable.
I puchased these ( 2 ) hoping to gain space on my cabinet countertop in my sump room as well as simplify my dosing.
1). Tight lid, less chance of spillage.
2). Clear-can see in a second how much has been dosed and how much is left.
3). Stackable-definitely a space saver.
4). Indentation in bottom for tube, allows for complete dosing.
1). Tube broke off less than 1/4 inch from top, the first time I opened these to fill!!
2). Both containers, both tubes broke!
5). Packaging is extravagant, so nice I saved the boxes for holiday gifts!
6). In order to stack these, you need to line up "feet" with "indentations" on the lid below, a bit cumbersome when they have weight in them with liquid.
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Thirty Eight students enrolled with the American International Medical University College of Medicine (AIM-U) in September 2014 for the MD (Doctor of Medicine) and Pre-med programs. The thirty two MD students began their journey into the medical profession formally. The event was held at the Royal Rex resort St. Lucia on Friday, July 22, 2016.
A striking feature of the glittering ceremony was the Cloaking of the white coat by the students who were showered with words of inspiration by the various speakers, which included professors of the school, Administrators of the school, Practicing Physician Dr. Andrew Mathew and Former Chief Medical Officer (Ministry of Health- Govt Of St Lucia) Dr. Rambally. Draped in their white coats and stethoscope, the students recited the Hippocratic Oath which spelt out what is expected of them as physicians in training.
Remarks were also made by the best outgoing students of the school who expressed delight in being part of the AIM-U family and vowed to do their best to make the school and their family proud. At the ceremony students were also awarded for their excellent performances in their exams, outstanding leadership and service and also the faculty and staff were felicitated for their hard work and dedication throughout the semester.
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The assistants of Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan each bring a unique attitude to the work in the lab. This covers the first 5 seasons.
This is a quiz about the actors/actresses in 'Bones' season one. I'll name a character, and you tell me what actor/actress plays him/her.
This is a quiz on the main character of the show. I hope you enjoy it.
Dr Temperance ("Bones") Brennan had various assistants at the Jeffersonian Institute, nicknamed "squinterns" for their need to examine the evidence minutely. For truly dedicated fans of "Bones", match the "squintern" to the description on the left.
"Bones" is my favourite thing to watch, so I hope you like this quiz about the actors in it. This covers seasons 2-5.
People usually focus in on Bones and Booth. I decided to do a quiz that focused on Angela and Hodgins.
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A multi-state lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management recently gained a new appendage: Utah. According to Oil and Gas 360, Governor Gary Herbert announced his state’s move to join Colorado, North Dakota and Wyoming in a suit challenging new Bureau’s new regulations on fracking federal lands, which he posited oversteps federal authority and undermines states’ power.
Gov. Herbert’s energy advisor, Cody Stewart, said the laws would duplicate laws that are already in place, adding unnecessary hoops to jump through.
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The regime's forces stepped up their shelling of the so-called "demilitarized" zones, in conjunction with the presence of UN envoy Geir Pedersen in Damascus, and preparations for a new round of Astana meetings.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the forces of the regime carried out rocket attacks on Sunday evening targeting areas in Khan Sheikun, Altmtana, Talmans and Ma'arashmarin in the southern sector of the countryside of Idlib, and al-Zeyara and Zizun and the vicinity of Qustoun in Sahel al-Ghab in the north-western Hama.
While places in the axis of al-Rashideen the suburbs of Western Aleppo were bombarded by the regime forces.
In turn, a military source of the regime told Sputnik: "The Syrian army's monitoring and reconnaissance forces managed, on Sunday evening, to detect hostile movements of armed groups on the southern and south-eastern Idlib countryside."
The source added that "the army units bombed these targets with more than 40 rockets on the axis of the city of Khan Sheikun south of Idlib, where armed groups were bringing military reinforcements and the mobilization of militants on this axis."
The so-called demilitarized zones during the past few hours witnessed a violent escalation by the regime and Russia forces, coinciding with the visit of the UN envoy Pedersen to Damascus and preparations for a new round of meetings scheduled for October 25.
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Holywell is a market town in Flintshire, standing to the west of the estuary of the River Dee.
Holywell is split into four distinct areas: Pen-y-Maes, the Strand, the Holway and the town centre. The Holway, located on the west side of the town, is the largest of the residential areas of Holywell. The nearly contiguous village of Greenfield is to the northeast of the town on the B5121 road.
In 2007, a group of locals proposed a circular walk way, the "St Beuno's Circular Walk", joining all of the historical and religious locations of the town.
Holywell takes its name from the St Winefride's Well, formerly reputed as a holy well, surrounded by a chapel. The well has been known since at least the Roman period, and has been a site of pilgrimage since about 660 when Saint Winefride was beheaded there by Caradog who attempted to attack her.
From the 18th century, the town grew around the lead mining and cotton milling industries.The water supply from the mountains above the town, which flows continually and at a constant temperature supplies the Well and powered many factories in the Greenfield Valley. In addition to lead and cotton, copper production was of great importance. Thomas Williams, a lawyer from Anglesey built factories and smelteries for copper in Greenfield Valley, bringing the copper from Anglesey to St. Helens and then to Greenfield Valley where it was used to make many items for the slave trade. These items included manilas (copper bracelets, neptunes (large flat dishes to evaporate water from seawater to produce salt) and copper sheathing. The copper sheathing was used to cover the hulls of the wooden ships trading in the warmer Caribbean waters, giving rise to the expression 'copper bottomed investment', the sheathing was also applied to Royal Navy ships and was instrumental in Nelson's victories (two of these copper plates from HMS Victory are in Greenfield Valley Heritage Park museum).
The wealth generated from these industries led to the development of the town and the High Street still has many Georgian buildings.
The Greenfield Valley is well known for the abundance of birds and butterflies and many enthusiasts visits to see the array of species. The Valley also has a number of conserved mills and structures from bygone ages and is the only place in Wales to have seven scheduled ancient monuments.
Holywell hosted an unofficial National Eisteddfod event in 1869.
This page was last modified on 1 April 2011, at 15:56.
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MANILA, Philippines—Arellano isn’t giving up its three-peat bid yet after it buckled down to work to turn back University of Perpetual Help, 23-25, 25-9, 25-18, 22-25, 15-12, in Game 2 of the NCAA Season 94 women’s volleyball tournament Friday at Filoil Flying V Center.
Season MVP Necole Ebuen and Princess Bello lit up with 18 points for the Lady Chiefs, who are also in search of their fourth title in five seasons, to extend the series to a winner-take-all game 3.
Carla Donato and Regine Arrocha also had solid performances for Arellano with 13 and 12 points, respectively.
Cindy Embo led the Lady Altas, who won the series opener 21-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-20, with 15 points.
The two teams will play the title decider on Tuesday.
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Mayhew, who has done extensive work in military medicine, gives us an excellent account of the process by British wounded troops got “From Battlefield to Blighty," to use the original, and more appropriate, sub-title from the 2013 British edition.
Rather than a dry, administrative treatment, Mayhew takes the experiences of real men and women to explain both how medical services evolved during the war and the experience of the wounded. She deals with the recovery of wounded men from the battlefield, the preliminary treatment they received at a regimental clearing station, and then their movement to surgical hospital in the rear area. From there, she discusses how wounded troops were moved by ambulance train and steamer, and so on back to Britain, if they survived.
At she recounts each step in this process, Mayhew uses the experiences of four soldiers who were wounded, including John Glubb, later the famous commander of the Arab Legion, as well as those of many stretcher bearers, regimental medical officers, surgeons, nurses, orderlies, chaplains, and volunteers, both men and women, some of whom themselves were wounded or killed, and some of whom earned the highest decorations. Mayhew also gives us a great deal information about the nature of combat and the weapons, and naturally much about wounds and medical procedures, and the evolution of military medicine in the war .
A valuable addition to the literature of the Great War, Wounded is sensitive, very readable, and informative even for the seasoned student of the war.
Note: Wounded is also available in paperback, $26.95, ISBN 978-0-1904-5444-9, and as an e-Pub and audiobook.
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> Seems I spoke too soon. The diff is still messy in parts.
but as you discovered I hadn't.
> Third, you are accumulating quite a large quantity of changes.
"Cygwin Setup" (which I need to bring up for discussion separately).
did. I think it might be a problem with windres, I have to look into it.
> my personal-use setup since you first posted a patch.
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Material: Mouth blow, hand painted glass.
Hang Tag: California's Sierra Nevada mountains contain Yosemite National Park. Millions of people from around the world visit the park to take in its incredible sequoia trees, Bridal Veil Falls, the granite cliffs of El Capitan and Half Dome.
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BBPA is high profile because there's no one else in the pub industry doing anything distract attention from their hanging out at the Houses of Parliament, they've got a relatively big budget to do their hanging out on, and their former CEO is a former MP.
BBPA's most high profile activity recently was the hilarious Mr Pinty and their 'Axe The Tax' campaign which they launched AT LEAST two years' too late to influence political policy and was inspired mainly to deflect attention from the looming threat of Competition Commission noises going on at the time. Axe the Tax achieved NOTHING other than creation of ridicule for BBPA and blowing a load of cash on zilch return.
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The US government and its “Re-directional” middle east policy planners are buying time in Syria. The current softening of US rhetoric is merely a smokescreen to enable the US Government and its autocratic GCC (Gulf Co-Operation Council) allies to shift strategies and proxy allegiances, in their aggressive regime change objectives in Syria and Iran. Currently, US and Gulf proxies are losing ground to the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) nationwide.
In the last month to six weeks the SAA has been on a concerted nationwide offensive, targeting Salafi/Jihaddi inspired militia that have encamped in cities, towns and villages all over the country. These efforts have concentrated on two key objectives: firstly, to enable the Syrian Government and its army to fight on indefinitely, continue receiving supplies, materiel and in some instances personnel from its international allies: Iran, Hezbollah, and Russia. Furthermore, the army has also concentrated on starving, and cutting off “rebel” supply routes and arms corridors, which predominantly run through Northern Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan.
Initially, the US was hoping for a “slam dunk” of regime change in Syria, a la Libya no fly zone (NFZ). Russia and China put an immediate stop to these pernicious attempts of aggression in the UNSC: a major blow to short-term US imperial designs in the region. This left the US with the option of carrying its plan forward covertly, with its regional allies and their proxies, or, attempting a “humanitarian intervention” with its own, or its regional allies conventional forces.
For many an obvious reason, the US administration chose to continue in its pursuit of the former covert strategy, primarily for domestic political appeal, (no boots on the ground!) whilst also subverting the UN to continue its illegal policy unimpeded. The Syrian Army’s success on the ground; alongside its allies unwillingness to bow to US demands in the UN, has meant this covert proxy strategy has come to an almost standstill. The US is unable to overtly arm the current disparate melee of militants: predominantly Islamic extremist’s fighting on the ground in Syria, or gain its coveted no-fly zone. This is where the strategy has become entangled, and why the US State Department is currently changing its public rhetoric and paying lip service to Russia’s defiant stance based on the 2012 Geneva Communique in the UN, calling on all sides to partake in peaceful transition. The last thing the US wants in Syria, is to allow Assad to stand in elections.
The US objective of swift regime change has drastically failed thus far in Syria, the GCC fomented extremist militia acting as shock troops have taken on the leading role in the insurgency, gaining the most in recruits, arms and funding: and ultimately success on the ground. In the long-term, and the more this dynamic is allowed to overtly foment and expand, and gains public exposure, the more counter-productive it becomes for the US. Several other reasons must be taken into consideration with regard to the US changing its overt rhetoric and short-term objectives. First, the administration cannot be seen to be overtly arming and funding militia, whose core leadership comprises of Al Qaeda ideologues and sympathisers.
In addition the Syrian Army and its allies within the “axis of resistance”, have proven a far more capable and determined fighting force than anticipated; Syria’s international allies appear unwilling to roll over and allow the US to steamroll into forming their own revamped Sykes-Picot agreement. In addition, another crucial obstruction is the western public’s refusal to be hoodwinked into another act of aggression under false pretences. As a result of this public dissatisfaction, the US Government itself, is in a state of conflict within the foreign policy and intelligence establishment on how best to implement its imperial designs.
In recent statements US Secretary of State John Kerry, has attempted to give the impression he is leaning towards Russia’s way of thinking, with many added caveats of course: this is simply diplomatic bluster. Much speculation has been afforded to the theory that Russia, still overtly supportive of the Syrian Government, has supplied the SAA with renewed and sophisticated air-defense missile batteries. Russia vaguely deny and claim they are only fulfilling previous contracts (of which the S-300 was included), “anonymous sources” confirm or speculate further, the US harps on about Israeli “security” (post Israeli aggression on Damascus) and no clear picture of Russian military objective is obtained.
Regardless, something has definitely changed in both the US’ overt rhetoric, and the media vehicles that propagate it. Much more attention is being paid to the actual ideologies of the militants fighting the SAA, and the repercussions on the whole region if the Syrian Government and its security infrastructure is overthrown. A recent report suggested the CIA is already looking to target Jahbat al Nusra: the strongest, and indeed, most overtly extreme of the “rebel” militia; the CIA is also looking to use so-called “moderate” rebels to undertake this targeting for them. It beggars belief that the US is seriously considering splitting the “opposition” insurgency against its most effective fighting force, to try to “stabilise” an already critical situation. To some extent, this is exactly what the administrations plans appear to be: the US is attempting to reinvigorate the extremist infested, and corrupt insurgency, to reshape and rebrand those it is supporting and funding to overthrow the Syrian Government.
One fact remains, and is an overall positive one for the US and its allies long-term objectives in the region. Syria is in a total state of crisis and in no position to afford Iran any defense against attack; its whole social fabric is being ripped apart by sectarian hatred, revenge, and outright brutality. This societal division, is the overarching desired outcome for the Neo-Cons and apartheid apologists that hold sway within the US foreign policy elite.
Israel’s recent airstrikes are another key indicator as to the long-term western-establishment goal of constant destabilization. In this war, Israel will, as always, act as a conduit for western foreign Policy, whilst furthering its own genocidal agenda. The US, and by extension Israel, are more than happy to abandon the Gulf fomented extremists that the US, and its Gulf allies so eagerly propagated into war. A “desirable” Henry Kissinger-esque outcome for these parties would be total annihilation of both sides, followed by quick installation of compliant strongman-puppet, and, preferably: some ethnic division, secession, and further weakening of a unified bloc of resistance to western resource/land theft, and imperialism.
The only thing stopping this outcome and its inevitable human suffering and destruction, is resistance.
But resistance of US imperialism comes at a heavy price for such out-gunned nations, and the US, Israel and their entirely undemocratic GCC allies will persist unabated in their long-term objective to overturn the Syrian Government; wipe out Hezbollah; suppress the Lebanese and Palestinian resistance, and dominate Iran.
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Though written by David whose palace sits in Jerusalem, he assumes the perspective of a pilgrim who has come from the farthest distance.
We have arrived! We are here in Jerusalem and the first thing we want to do is pay our respects to God. This first verse is very popular, though seldom properly understood in context. Instead of seeking rest and recovery from the journey, the pilgrims hurry to seek God’s favor. The anticipation that energized them on the journey brings a demand that cannot be denied. Meanwhile, they pause just a moment to celebrate the fact their feet are now inside the gates of the city. You can almost see them bowing down to kiss the stone pavement. This becomes a song to Jerusalem as the capital of the nation and the symbolic home of God’s Presence among His people.
It’s not just any city; Jerusalem is a most winsome place. The word typically translated as “compact” carries the connotation of communion, a place where the whole nation returns to their spiritual home. It signifies the sense of moral fitness, that everything is in its place, and that the whole universe is in proper balance under God’s favor. It’s a primary meaning behind shalom. The sense of unity in the vast nation is a testimony to God’s greatness. Surely we can all share our gratitude to Jehovah. How proper it is that the City is also the seat of government, the City David won for himself from the Jebusites.
So while we are in the House of God, let us pray for the continued shalom of this lovely place. Given what it represents, let the Lord’s favor rest on those who love to be here. Let there be that powerful sense of peace and rest and vivid life that demonstrates God’s promised blessings. And even if David has to write it himself, there is a standing command from God to pray for the welfare of the king.
Meanwhile, lest we imagine that David is tooting his own horn, he explains his true motives here: David is still the shepherd boy serving his Lord. All of this is for the sake of his flock, his tribe, his nation, his brothers and sisters Israel. If there is peace in the City, it’s a whole lot easier to insure that peace rests on the whole kingdom. So it is for the sake of God’s great name on the earth that David seeks the well-being of his whole nation.
Note: Keep in mind that when David wrote this, there was as yet no Temple. The “House of the Lord” would have been the Tent of Meeting standing in the courtyard outside his fortress-palace.
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An Interview with Saralee Stafford and Neal Shirley.
Saralee Stafford and Neal Shirley’s 2015 book Dixie Be Damned asks what autonomy from the state would actually require. Upending the narrative of a uniformly conservative South, Dixie traces histories of violent struggle against the white supremacist state. From the Great Dismal Swamp Maroons’ autonomous communities to more recent prison riots, Stafford and Shirley foreground tactics of decentralized militancy, pushing “radicals” to consider anti-state tactics beyond symbolic strikes or protests.
Against vacant academic knowledge production, Stafford and Shirley’s scholarship responds to and works with movements. Their research doesn’t outrank their identities as anarchists, workers, and friends—it shares a plane. In addition to attending nursing school, Stafford is a “full spectrum doula,” working with people through birth, abortion, grief, and death. Shirley teaches MMA, and is a competitive MMA fighter. They currently live next door to each other in Durham, North Carolina. We recently spoke over the phone and via email about policing, “anarchist historiographies,” and Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography.
HALEY MARKBREITER.— Dixie Be Damned opens with a chapter on the Great Dismal Swamp Maroons, freed or escaped slaves who lived communally in the Virginia and North Carolina marshlands between 1700 and 1860. The Great Dismal Swamp Maroons are variously pilloried or valorized for what some see as autonomy and others deride as escapism, but Dixie reveals that, actually, neither narrative is true—the Maroons had an extensive relationship to plantation society.
NEAL SHIRLEY.— To talk about the Great Dismal Swamp Maroons as escapists misses the point. They played a pivotal role in spreading a culture of resistance among slave plantations and even small-time, racially ambiguous proletarian folks. The Maroons actively attacked plantation economies. And their semi-autonomy enabled them to go back and attack the society that they had escaped from.
SARALEE STAFFORD.— Yeah, the very concept of “separate” or “outside” feels myopic. Just as there is no “outside” capitalism, there was no “outside” southern plantation society. There were fringes and borders that people defended with their lives, but Maroons never lived in some fixed, stable community outside of the plantations. Because of regular fights between slave owners and Maroons, the semi-autonomous camps were even forced to shift location every few years. So the struggle was not to build an “outside,” but to build places of refuge that facilitate attack.
SHIRLEY.— C. L. R. James’s The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution is a great case study of maroonage and its disruption of this outside/inside dichotomy. While James takes L’Ouverture’s centralized leadership of the Haitian revolution as a beginning and an endpoint, if you really get into the book, he shows how decentralized resistance—by mobs and large, armed Maroon bands—was also crucial to the Haitian revolution. And, in fact, Toussaint L’Ouverture sold out to European forces. The revolution’s success was contingent on pressure from decentralized bands that continued to force that struggle forward.
MARKBREITER.— In contrast to the perceived separatism of maroonage, classical Marxism touts the mass movement as the only viable resistance model, whose very real and moving draw is that people of all different races, classes, and genders will unite to struggle against capitalism. But you both take issue with this approach.
SHIRLEY.— My problem with the mass movement model isn’t with the idea that we want lots of people to participate. That’s not up for debate. But there’s this kind of arrogance vanguard parties historically approach revolutions with that involves imposing their own political strategies on communities that may already have their own forms of self-organization that are less legible to the state. I also don’t believe there is the single working class that this “mass” model implies. I don’t believe there has ever been one. At best, we can say there are many working classes, many relationships to economy, race, and gender—all of which form the bases for their own revolutionary struggles. And, as anarchists, we should see this as a good thing. We should never raise one single banner and force everyone behind it. We need to meet people where they’re at.
STAFFORD.— Yeah, the concept of a single, stable working class only makes sense if you ignore unwaged labor and enslaved and colonized people.
MARKBREITER.— How does this pushback against the false necessity of a centralized, statist movement model connect with Dixie Be Damned’s thoughts on violent struggle and the wider leftist conversation about militancy and violence?
SHIRLEY.— Our book follows some historical struggles where the armed contingents were absolutely essential, and others where armed aspects play a negligible role. But a centralized military component is never essential. A statist thinker might say, “well, that’s because none of these were full-on revolutions,” but I think that’s a mistake. Organized violence doesn’t automatically equate to revolution. Radical (and hopefully lasting) shifts in social relation equate to revolution. Did the struggle itself invent or reproduce new ways of being? Can they replace and resist the dominant social relations? That’s what’s important. And that can happen in a number of different ways. But non-centralized militancy is necessary, because, as anarchists, we have to survive in this world even as we recreate it.
STAFFORD.— Arms are just a technology. There are lots and lots of ways to fight. The diversity of revolutionary tactics for survival is actually really inspiring. I think it’s important to remind ourselves that any tool used to survive and fight is just that—a tool.
STAFFORD.— I agree, but, we have to be careful about how we discuss and aestheticize power. Queer anarchists have extensively critiqued the confluence of physical attack and masculinity. But there are leaky channels between the far Left and far Right, and masculinity and power are both points of convergence. When the far Left, like the far Right, fetishizes violence, we need to criticize that, just as we need to criticize victimization narratives weaponized to control crowds or disempower people. I’ve been thinking a lot about how much I admire the campaign that Black women have been waging for Bresha Meadows, who killed her father after he had violently abused her and her family for years. And I think people within that campaign are feeling supported enough to say that, if the Left condemns Bresha Meadows’s actions, they are telling Black women and girls that they don’t deserve a future and that they should be living in terror.
MARKBREITER.— In Dixie Be Damned, you write, “White supremacy’s greatest ally in this country has been democracy, not fascism.” How so?
SHIRLEY.— I am particularly frustrated by the popular front concept, prevalent among many European anarchist and antifascist groups, that white supremacists and Nazis and other related groups originate from fascism. That would mean anti-racism is necessarily a fight against fascism. Not only does this set us up to get stabbed in the back by the Left, it’s just not historically correct. Democracy and bigotry are actually sister concepts here, especially in the South, where organized, paramilitary white supremacist groups—like the Klan—are explicitly pro-democracy. And that makes sense, considering that in the United States, democracy has consistently been used to ensure white propertied political rights. In the Jacksonian era, for instance, small banks expanded slavery by allowing lower-middle-class, propertied whites to own slaves, thereby enabling them to vote and participate politically.
MARKBREITER.— Are you specifically critiquing Western models of centralized democracy, or just any form of majority rules decision-making?
STAFFORD.— I’m uninterested in valorizing the existence of some “original” democracy apart from what was created in Europe and America and then exported around the world. Looking at democracy or democratic decision-making processes in any other light recuperates capital-D Democracy insofar as it positions Western democratic structures as the perversion of some pure idea. In France, democracy was a bourgeois revolution and it was used to overthrow the ruling class. But in the U.S., it was a tactic of colonization and slavery. American democracy laid the foundations for an expansion of capitalism. I just don’t see any historical or philosophical examples of other intentions for democracy.
SHIRLEY.— The problem in contrasting the democracy of a nation state with the democracy of a bunch of people using majority rule, and the reason the two models are the same, is that majority rule always requires physical or economic enforcement. Say we have a 20-person meeting and 17 people vote for one measure. Under majority rule, those 17 willingly implement the measure, but the behavior of the remaining three must be enforced. Without majority rule—without its attendant enforcement mechanisms—those 17 might go implement the measure, while the remaining three are free to do what they want.
STAFFORD.— I’m not into everyone just doing what they want. I’m very not into that. We don’t want individualism or tribalism, where people have no accountability or responsibility to one another. There are ways to create mutual responsibility and accountability outside of democratic enforcement mechanisms.
SHIRLEY.— I’m reading Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography right now, and there’s a lovely moment when he says, “I suddenly sensed that there was a great difference between unfettered personal license and real freedom.” I like that quote! And I think it summarizes what we’re talking about. All that being said, the experience of Occupy firmly demonstrated to me that the navel-gazing, centralized, and procedurally obsessive nature of the democratic General Assemblies pushed us away from autonomy and freedom, and actually discouraged self-organization and an expansion of that struggle.
MARKBREITER.— How do these critiques of democracy play out in relation to the Trump regime?
SHIRLEY.— I’ve been thinking about the rush, in many leftist circles, to label Trump a fascist, to call the Trump administration a fascist regime. Trump’s executive orders, his electoral campaign, his wealth and megalomania—these don’t make him a fascist. He does not have his own military body loyal primarily to him, he does not have his own party. Calling this regime fascist unnecessarily positions us to defend liberalism, democracy, and civil society.
MARKBREITER.— What do you mean by “civil society”?
STAFFORD.— In the framework of civil rights, there is always another constituency yet to be incorporated into the protected social body. The liberal state is constantly running behind, trying to add the excluded other. It’s a never-ending struggle of inclusion. But the Afro-Pessimists, more deeply and intensely than anyone else, ask us to really consider our motivation in promoting the civil subject and civil society. And, for us, that motivation rests on issues of policing, the development of whiteness at the cost of anti-blackness, and the gratuitous violence of Black death.
MARKBREITER.— The police are the frontlines. They enforce the boundaries of the civil body.
SHIRLEY.— Another definition of civil society is the social bodies that form in between capitalist private life and governmental or economic life, often called “public life.” These different bodies might oppose each other in one way or another, but together, they function as a para-state. A paramilitary operates under similar relations to the state. And in moments of social crisis, when state authority is questioned, those forms of social life rise to the fore to help the state to consolidate and repair itself and its image.
STAFFORD.— Civil society is the fictional body we appeal to for metrics, examples, and determinations of legitimacy. In this register, of course, it’s a construct of a white imaginary.
MARKBREITER.— Against historical methods that prioritize regimes of objective truth and hierarchy, Dixie Be Damned was created via an “anarchist historiography.” Could you talk about that?
STAFFORD.— Anarchist historiography prioritizes narratives and mythologies that sustain present-day struggles. And that’s why Walter Benjamin is so central to our work: within his framework, history is not a dead zone, a list of past events. History is a living, recurring threat to the current racist capitalist order.
SHIRLEY.— I was interested in developing an amateur historiography. It is important that we researched the stories in Dixie on our own, and without sacrificing our lives as anarchists, workers, or friends.
STAFFORD.— There will always be a sloppiness to our methodology, and I own that. When Dixie was published, some professionalized academics were horrified at the holes in our bibliography. And I struggled with that. But you have to remember that these pressures—to fill scholarly gaps, to achieve objectivity, to doubt one’s own academic legitimacy—are themselves instruments of control and discipline. But we aren’t writing to fill gaps, to produce professionalized knowledge for its own sake in ways that just buff up a university’s social capital. These histories are part of a struggle for our own freedom. And we have a stake in that. We have a stake in our own freedom, and in this long journey toward a real, joyful potential to live.
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I’m freshly returned from the Wilderness Solo gathering that is the ‘peak’, you could say, of the Four Seasons Journey. All our ceremonies, reflecting, sharing and unpacking together throughout the year lead us to this time of deep communion with the Land, this deep remembering that we are in a constant conversation with Nature, each other and All-That-Is.
After nine days spent outside, some of them alone for those soloing, our interconnection becomes more and more apparent. We affect each other, and are affected by all and everything around us.
This year the dialogue with the more-than-human world was more obvious than ever, and I am grateful for Nymh for her generous sharing of her Way of listening, full-bodied and passionate, for the voice of land, place, weather, wing, tree, sunlight and starlight.
Deepest of bows to all my Wild Sovereign Sisters who journeyed so deeply, bringing back simple, life-changing ‘insights from the edge.’ A Yin medicine undeniable.
What remains present for me are soul questions arising throughout this last cycle, invitations to change, to restructure my life. Perhaps you can hear this call too?
In that liminal space between hemispheres, in the altered state of international travel (returning to Australia for this wilderness solo gathering), I became conscious that I have thrown all of the puzzle pieces of me up into the air, in shifting to a brand new place, and I really don’t know how they’ll land, and whether all of them will land ‘on the table’ or whether some will end up ‘dropped’ on the floor.
And in that spaciousness, in facing potential losses of identity, there has also been room to hear some of my deep longings, those which are waiting within me to be sung up in fullness.
What brings me joy? Where is my joy? How can I nurture it, follow it more with my time and energy?
Why do I let myself feel/get so busy, when busyness clearly and rapidly melts my joy?
If I am deeply nourished by spaciousness, if solitude can bring me to a state of ecstasy and peace in a remarkably short space of time, why on earth don’t I make more ROOM for these things? Why don’t I schedule them in, negotiate with those around me so they can be a more regular part of my life?
Joy, it seems to me, is like Vitamin D for the soul. We bathe in the joy of our heart, tangibly and necessarily nourished and sustained, just as we are tangibly and necessarily nourished and sustained when our bare skin receives the warmth and light of the Sun.
Following our joy isn’t just an ‘option’ or something to do when all the other jobs are done. Without joy we can’t do ANYTHING well!
Joy fuels our action, and is a regular ‘signpost’ when we are on the ‘right track,’ a natural outworking of walking our own path, our Truth. Joy buffers us when we are inevitably knocked and wobbled.
And in the same way, a lack of joy is a signpost of an unsustainable way of living. A pace than can only be carried for a short time. A way of being that can’t go on forever.
I’m not talking about a surface happiness, something that makes no room for our sadness. In my experience, grief and joy are two sides of the same coin. The skillset required to stay present to both is the same. Tears can lead to laughter, just as laughter can lead to tears.
So, this is my New Moon prayer, singing up spaciousness and joy!
And what is your New Moon prayer?
Does your schedule offer you regular doses of joy and joyful activity?
How can you take one little step away from being so busy?
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At PAX South, I was granted an exclusive look at Cabal 2, an upcoming MMORPG from ESTSoft that pulls no punches. When I asked about what makes it interesting – because, let’s face it, we’ve all seen this kind of game before – I was told quite simply that it’s the combat. Hey, at least they’re not trying to pretend they’re totally re-inventing the wheel, right?
For my play session, I got behind the wheel of a warrior and his two-handed implement of death. As you can probably gather by the warrior preview video, it’s not exactly a subtle class. I usually charged into combat, spun my blade around with a healthy dose of single-target and AoE moves, softening up my enemies for the rest of the party to finish off. I’m not usually one to play melee DPS classes, but seeing that cluster of numbers over my enemies’ heads as they melted into oblivion was nice and satisfying.
What makes Cabal 2’s combat stand out? It’s got combos, which might not sound like much, but the speed at which the “combo window” is open is extremely short, usually only a second or so. My first few encounters, I was taken aback at how quickly the window closed and I missed my opportunity for extra damage. Once I got the hang of things, my AoE chain devastated enemies, rupturing the earth in the process – a nice visual effect that contributed to my overall feeling of bad-assery. Yes, it’s a tab-target game, but there’s at least some aspect of the combat that will keep you on your toes.
Cabal 2 also has dungeons, which is to be expected, but what if you don’t like those – or maybe you don’t mind the occasional dungeon, but the thought of grinding them nonstop to get the best gear is wearying? Cabal 2’s open world of Ektensia is dotted with Abysmo Points, which lead to challenging encounters that also drop tokens and loot, and you can buy gear with either Abysmo tokens or dungeon tokens. Having an option for how you gear up for endgame is a nice alternative to the standard gear grind.
Other than PvE content, Cabal 2 will also offer a robust PvP scene with a twist. One of the PvP arenas we saw consisted of a number of platforms that are occasionally closed off by doors, leading to smaller team fights and the occasional unbalanced skirmish. I also wrote “18v18 MOBA-style PvP map” in my notes; I know I didn’t get a chance to look at that, but it sure sounds cool.
One final part of the game that I had described to me, though I didn’t get to see it in action, was gathering and crafting. The gathering part is done automatically, and then your character goes to a special “crafting island” (which I assume has a name, but I just like the sound of “crafting island”) to do his or her thing. If nothing else, it’ll be nice to cut one of the mundane time sinks out of the game so there’s more time to do the fun stuff.
Naturally, the cash shop and microtransaction plan was brought up, with the usual promise that it would be limited to cosmetics and accelerators. To date, only one company has ever told me directly that they sell power, so I would expect nothing less. This doesn’t mean ESTSoft is going to try and pull one over on us, but I knew it had to be asked, for the sake of thoroughness, if nothing else. There’s simply no way to judge a game’s cash shop until it goes live. My brief play time was limited to max-level action, so I didn’t get a chance to see the leveling content, but I’d also expect that to be the usual fare for this type of game.
The western port of Cabal 2 goes into closed beta this spring, and if it sounds and looks good to you, you can sign up on the website. It looks to offer loud, fast-paced, and hard-hitting combat, with a few twists to try and differentiate itself from the crowd.
i agree RIFT is good but not THAT good to overshadow cabal or blade and soul .
The last time I heard news about this MMO was decades ago…I think they’re a bit late.
Its called exaggeration, he still has a point, this was announced a long time ago and doesnt seem it will be better than most of the games that are soon to be released, if anything this game will only attract some fans from the first game.
It might’ve been released 7 years ago but it looked older than that. The visuals for the original cabal were awful bro.
Face it, Cabal 2 missed the boat.
Agreed!, tried Cabal Online, didn’t liked it, never played again. 5 years since its firs announcement as a project is not the big deal y you see the development time for videogames now a day. I don’t like to say if a game ¨missed a boat¨ before I tried it. When they release Open Beta for Cabal 2 I’m gonna install it and try it. I know that chances are it’s gonna be another generic Asian MMO, but I wont say so if there is no way I can know for sure.
It needs work… where is the dual blader class?
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NEW YORK - A Washington consultant, three hedge fund workers and a government employee were blamed Wednesday by federal prosecutors for an insider trading scheme that converted government secrets into hedge fund profits.
Four were arrested on conspiracy, securities fraud and other charges contained in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court while it was revealed that a fifth person has already pleaded guilty and is cooperating.
Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim said the defendants used "highly sensitive and confidential information" from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to enable three hedge fund workers to make over $3.5 million illegally for their company from 2012 through 2014.
Those charged included David Blaszczak, 41, of Isle of Palms, S.C., a consultant at several Washington, D.C.-based firms that in return for a fee provide so-called political intelligence such as analysis about how changes in government reimbursement rates would affect publicly traded health care-related companies, prosecutors said. A lawyer for Blaszczak did not immediately comment.
Before he became a consultant, Blaszczak worked at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, prosecutors said.
Authorities said he remained friends with CMS employee Christopher Worrall, who fed him secrets. Lawyers for Worrall, 39, of Linthicum Heights, Md., declined to comment.
According to court papers, Blaszczak fed government secrets to three hedge fund employees at Deerfield Management Co.
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E - BENFER,J 2; NEALE,D 2; ALTHAUS,B; RODGERS,S; LUCHTERHAN,D. LOB - WESTS 12; RANGERS 12. 2B - MURRAY,J; SHAFFER,W; ALTHAUS,B 2; TARCA,T; McNEICE,S. HR - ARTHY,S; MARSH,K. HBP - ZAMORA,T; MURRAY,J 2; SCHNEIDER,B. SH - BENFER,J; JACQUES,A. SB - ZAMORA,T; MURRAY,J 2; ALTHAUS,B.
Win - NEALE,D. Loss - JONES,M. Save - LUCHTERHAN,D . WP - LUCHTERHAN,D; JONES,M. HBP - by JONES,M (MURRAY,J); by LUCHTERHAN,D (SCHNEIDER,B); by LUCHTERHAN,D (MURRAY,J); by LUCHTERHAN,D (ZAMORA,T). BK - ZAMORA,T.
WESTS BULLDOGS 1st - BENFER,J walked. BENFER,J advanced to second on a wild pitch. ZAMORA,T flied out to lf. JACQUES,A flied out to 1b. MURRAY,J singled to left field; BENFER,J advanced to third. MURRAY,J stole second. ARTHY,S reached on a dropped fly by ss; MURRAY,J scored on the error, unearned; BENFER,J scored on the error, unearned. GALLACHER,C singled to left field; ARTHY,S advanced to second. LAIRD,J grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
TOOWOOMBA RANGERS 1st - ALTHAUS,B walked. ALTHAUS,B stole second. RODGERS,S grounded out to 2b; ALTHAUS,B advanced to third. LOCKE,M singled to center field, RBI; ALTHAUS,B scored. TARCA,T flied out to lf. LUCHTERHAN,D singled to center field; LOCKE,M advanced to second. MARSH,K struck out looking. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
WESTS BULLDOGS 2nd - SCHNEIDER,B grounded out to c, bunt. SHAFFER,W grounded out to 2b. BENFER,J singled to shortstop. ZAMORA,T singled to center field; BENFER,J advanced to second. JACQUES,A walked; ZAMORA,T advanced to second; BENFER,J advanced to third. MURRAY,J hit by pitch, RBI; JACQUES,A advanced to second; ZAMORA,T advanced to third; BENFER,J scored. ARTHY,S flied out to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
TOOWOOMBA RANGERS 2nd - DREWES,N struck out looking. NEILL,I struck out swinging. McNEICE,S walked. ALTHAUS,B doubled to left field; McNEICE,S advanced to third. RODGERS,S fouled out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
WESTS BULLDOGS 3rd - GALLACHER,C grounded out to 1b unassisted. LAIRD,J flied out to 1b. SCHNEIDER,B struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
TOOWOOMBA RANGERS 3rd - LOCKE,M grounded out to p. TARCA,T grounded out to ss. LUCHTERHAN,D reached on a throwing error by p. MARSH,K struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
WESTS BULLDOGS 4th - SHAFFER,W doubled to center field. BENFER,J flied out to rf. ZAMORA,T singled to center field, RBI; SHAFFER,W scored. JACQUES,A grounded out to p, bunt, SAC; ZAMORA,T advanced to second. ZAMORA,T stole third. MURRAY,J doubled to left field, RBI; ZAMORA,T scored. MURRAY,J stole third. ARTHY,S singled to left field, RBI; MURRAY,J scored. GALLACHER,C walked; ARTHY,S advanced to second. LAIRD,J walked; GALLACHER,C advanced to second; ARTHY,S advanced to third. / to p for JONES,M. /. LUCHTERHAN,D to p. JONES,M to lf for NEILL,I. SCHNEIDER,B hit by pitch, RBI; LAIRD,J advanced to second; GALLACHER,C advanced to third; ARTHY,S scored. SHAFFER,W grounded out to p. 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
TOOWOOMBA RANGERS 4th - DREWES,N walked. DREWES,N advanced to second on a throwing error by p, failed pickoff attempt. JONES,M walked. McNEICE,S doubled to center field, 2 RBI; JONES,M scored; DREWES,N scored. ALTHAUS,B reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop, reached on a fielder's choice; McNEICE,S out at second ss to 3b to 2b. RODGERS,S walked. LOCKE,M reached on an error by 2b; RODGERS,S advanced to second; ALTHAUS,B advanced to third. TARCA,T infield fly to 3b. LUCHTERHAN,D struck out looking. 2 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 3 LOB.
WESTS BULLDOGS 5th - BENFER,J walked. ZAMORA,T flied out to cf. BENFER,J out at second p to 1b to ss, picked off. JACQUES,A reached on an error by p, advanced to second on the throw. MURRAY,J hit by pitch. ARTHY,S singled to shortstop, RBI; MURRAY,J advanced to second; JACQUES,A scored, unearned. GALLACHER,C walked; ARTHY,S advanced to second; MURRAY,J advanced to third. LAIRD,J reached on a dropped fly by rf; GALLACHER,C advanced to second on the error; ARTHY,S scored on the error, unearned; MURRAY,J scored on the error, unearned. SCHNEIDER,B struck out looking. 3 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 2 LOB.
TOOWOOMBA RANGERS 5th - / for NEALE,D. ZAMORA,T to p. JACQUES,A to cf. ARTHY,S to 1b. GALLACHER,C to lf. LAIRD,J to 3b. MARSH,K homered to left field, RBI. DREWES,N walked. DREWES,N advanced to second on a balk. JONES,M reached on an error by 2b; DREWES,N advanced to third. McNEICE,S walked; JONES,M advanced to second. ALTHAUS,B doubled to left field, 2 RBI; McNEICE,S advanced to third; JONES,M scored, unearned; DREWES,N scored. RODGERS,S walked. LOCKE,M infield fly to 3b. TARCA,T walked, RBI; RODGERS,S advanced to second; ALTHAUS,B advanced to third; McNEICE,S scored. LUCHTERHAN,D walked, RBI; TARCA,T advanced to second; RODGERS,S advanced to third; ALTHAUS,B scored. ZAMORA,T to rf. MURRAY,J to ss. LUCHTERHAN,D to p for LAIRD,J. SHAFFER,W to 3b. MARSH,K struck out swinging. DREWES,N struck out looking. 5 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
WESTS BULLDOGS 6th - SHAFFER,W singled to center field. BENFER,J grounded out to p, bunt, SAC; SHAFFER,W advanced to second. ZAMORA,T hit by pitch. JACQUES,A reached on a fielder's choice to center field; ZAMORA,T advanced to second; SHAFFER,W out at third cf to 3b. MURRAY,J walked; JACQUES,A advanced to second; ZAMORA,T advanced to third. ARTHY,S homered to left field, 4 RBI; MURRAY,J scored; JACQUES,A scored; ZAMORA,T scored. GALLACHER,C walked. LUCHTERHAN,D grounded out to 3b; GALLACHER,C advanced to second. 4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
TOOWOOMBA RANGERS 6th - JONES,M flied out to rf. McNEICE,S struck out looking. ALTHAUS,B grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
WESTS BULLDOGS 7th - SCHNEIDER,B flied out to 3b. SHAFFER,W walked. SHAFFER,W advanced to second on a wild pitch. BENFER,J grounded out to 2b. ZAMORA,T flied out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
TOOWOOMBA RANGERS 7th - RODGERS,S grounded out to p. LOCKE,M grounded out to 2b. TARCA,T doubled to center field. LUCHTERHAN,D struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
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Cognex Corporation Appoints New President of Japanese Subsidiary Former CEO of Komatsu Electronics to head Cognex K.K.
NATICK, MA, January 17, 2008--Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) announced today that Dr. Makoto Inoue has joined Cognex as President of Cognex K.K., the company’s Japanese subsidiary. Dr. Inoue, who started in the position on January 15, will report to Eric Ceyrolle, Cognex’s Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing.
As President of Cognex K.K., Dr. Inoue will be responsible for the sales, marketing, engineering and technical support of Cognex machine vision products in Japan, and will oversee five offices and more than 100 Cognex employees. He takes over leadership of Cognex K.K. from Hiro Ohgusu, who joined Cognex in 1990, and who will continue to assist Cognex K. K. as a member of its Board of Directors.
Dr. Inoue joins Cognex after a career of more than 30 years with Komatsu, Ltd., a leading worldwide manufacturer of industrial machinery and equipment with combined revenues in excess of $16 billion. Most recently he served as CEO and President of Komatsu Electronics, Inc., a maker of temperature control systems for the semiconductor industry, where he increased revenue from $50 million to a high of $135 million. Prior to that he served as General Manager of Komatsu Ltd.’s Electronics Division, a $238 million equipment and controls business whose product line included machine vision. In 2000, that machine vision business was purchased by Cognex, and Dr. Inoue joined the Board of Directors of Cognex K.K. Dr. Inoue holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in engineering from Tokyo University, and a Ph.D. in engineering from Cambridge University.
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I apologize for my long blogging absence, but I am still trying to get accustomed to classes and all the stuff that comes with them.
Being a Senior is pretty interesting. The freshmen all seem to be trying to prove themselves in class...I guess that's why they keep raising their hands and saying the most obvious things as if they were some profound thought. They just don't get it lol.
I also feel like I'm starting to get some kind of cold. First of all , its all rainy outside and I just came out of a classroom where the a/c was on full blast....WHY?
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Could you please check what is wrong in pagination script. Actually I have set 4 post limit and there around 8 posts in my blog. When click on 2 pagination, it won't move to next page.
here you just need to change on $args array. where you have pas wrong argument.
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•• Never remove the casing of this clock radio.
where they exit from the clock radio.
• Turn on/off the clock radio.
• Tune or scan to an FM radio station.
»» The clock (if set) is displayed.
or underside of the unit.
you have completed all other connections.
•• Use the supplied power adapter only.
»» [12H] or [24H] begins to blink.
Press TIME SET to confirm.
»» The hour digits begin to blink.
Repeat steps 2-3 to set hour and minute.
time from the iPod/iPhone automatically.
docked iPod/iPhone that transmits the time signal.
programming and a multi-function alarm clock.
to install this free HomeStudio app.
Tap [Yes] to accept the installation request.
Insert your iPod/iPhone into the dock.
to select Music library source.
the screen to select FM Radio source.
»» All available stations are stored.
Choose a period of time and tap Start.
• Choose the temperature unit.
• Share the information to Twitter.
Pull the iPod/iPhone out of the dock.
adjust the position of the FM antenna.
3 Repeat step 2 to tune to more stations.
Press SOURCE to select the AUX source.
back of your clock radio.
You can set two alarms to ring at different time.
the iPod/iPhone can be selected as alarm sound.
•• Make sure that you have set the clock correctly.
timer is on and disappears if it is off.
»» The alarm settings are displayed.
»» The minute digits begin to blink.
HomeStudio app as alarm sound.
When alarm sounds, press SNOOZE.
automatically after a preset period.
•• Never remove the casing of this device.
unsolved, go to the Philips Web page (www.
model number and serial number are available.
plug, then turn on the unit again.
•• Fully extend the FM antenna.
•• Set the clock/alarm correctly.
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An inmate died Thursday morning at the Lowndes County Adult Detention Center, pictured in this Dispatch file photo.
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and Lowndes County Sheriff's Office are investigating the death of an inmate at Lowndes County Adult Detention Center.
Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant confirmed the Thursday morning death of Johnny Payne, 56, of 3579 Jess Lyons Road. According to a LCSO press release, Payne was found unresponsive in his cell and taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle where he was pronounced dead. Merchant said Payne died at about 11 a.m.
Deputies called MBI to investigate Payne's death as is standard procedure, the press release said. Merchant said that though he has not made an official ruling, it appears Payne's death was suicide by hanging.
Payne was arrested Sunday for alleged possession of methamphetamine, according to jail records.
Merchant said Payne's family has been notified of his death.
MBI spokesperson Warren Strain did not return a call from The Dispatch by press time.
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Find drink prices, bars, events and people in Leavenworth, Indiana.
No plans in Leavenworth yet. Going out? Go to that bar's page and let everyone know you'll be there.
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OTS Rent-a-Car opened a sales office in Queenstown, New Zealand, on Nov. 21st, becoming the first Japanese rental car company to open business in the country.
Higashi also said that OTS would open a sales office in Christchurch, the second largest city in New Zealand, in March 2018.
OTS Rent-a-Car New Zealand is starting the business with eight cars that is scheduled to increase to 150 in about a year.
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...But he did have some good things to say about VR.
Try holding your hands out like this for ten minutes. That's when you realise why a mouse and keyboard works so well.
Valve writer Chet Faliszek did indeed run a Developer Session at this year’s EGX but no, he did not confirm that Half Life 3 was in development, and that it would not support Virtual Reality. OK, so it was admittedly open to a little interpretation, but there were whiteboard doodles during Half Life 2’s development that yielded more useful information.
So what was actually said? You can actually find the full video over at Eurogamer’s website and it’s definitely worth watching the whole thing, but the exchange that’s being reported elsewhere comes at the end when the floor was opened up for questions.
The guest followed it up with a question on wireless technology, but even he didn’t think he’d gotten any confirmation on the matter. Before surrendering the microphone he added, “You didn’t answer my first question.” The response he got?
Do you want this? Yes. You want this.
Now that that’s out of the way, go and watch the video anyway. Chet Faliszek had some very interesting things to say about the development of Steam’s VR platform and the HTC Vive.
One of the most important points he wanted to make was about space requirements. Although we’ve had confirmation in the past that the Vive would work sitting down, there has been speculation that the difference between Vive and Oculus Rift would be that one would suit a seated experience and one would require a dedicated room. This naturally lead to some concerns over whether people without the floor space would be able to enjoy Valve’s offering or be forced into going with another solution.
The HTC Vive would work in a space up to five by five metres, but that is a maximum limit, not a required minimum. The experience scales down to a stationary and, yes, seated experience. The point was pressed so hard that it’s clear Valve have been listening to people’s concerns on the subject. Unfortunately, having finally experienced the Vive demo, while I may not need a five by five space for VR, you really really want it.
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There’s an emerging perception that Apple isn’t going to focus on their server platforms, and it’s causing organizations to think about migrating from Apple Open Directory. While the validity of the perception about Apple’s stance on its server software is unclear, the need to manage users on Apple Mac platforms remains certain. Apple’s Open Directory solution was created to be an on-prem directory service much like Microsoft’s Active Directory. Open Directory forked the LDAP software and has also integrated a number of other components, including Kerberos. The solution has often worked well for organizations that are exclusively, or at least predominantly, Mac based. As the IT network shifts to the cloud and a heterogeneous platform environment, the question becomes, how should an organization’s identity management infrastructure evolve?
One thing is certain: today’s modern IT infrastructure is more complex than ever. IT admins are smartly leveraging every type of resource they can to build IT solutions that help their users to increase productivity and security. Oftentimes, that starts with a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) culture, and that usually means Macs and Linux machines. Very few organizations are building new data centers or investing in their existing ones. Infrastructure-as-a-Service providers, such as AWS and Google Compute Engine, are making the days of self-managed hardware and network gear a thing of the past. A web-based application probably exists for just about every function within a company. Those SaaS-based applications are the new norm for workers and IT. Some of those solutions, such as Google Apps and Microsoft Office 365, are at the heart of organizations. And, of course, organizations are moving to WiFi networks and mobile devices. So, how can an IT organization tie all of these various IT resources together?
Legacy solutions, such as Active Directory, OpenLDAP, and Open Directory, were not created with this type of complex infrastructure in mind. As a result, IT organizations are shifting their attention to cloud directory services platforms such as Directory-as-a-Service®. The concept is to provide a SaaS-based directory service that connects users to all of their IT resources. Those IT resources include their Mac, Windows, and Linux devices as well as their web and on-prem applications. What are the main differences between the legacy directories and these modern solutions? Well, modern solutions tend to be multi-protocol, location agnostic, highly secure, and cross-platform. Of course, their hosted nature also relieves the burden of implementing and managing a directory service.
If you are thinking about migrating away from Apple Open Directory but still want your Macs to be tightly controlled, take a look at Directory-as-a-Service. It treats all of the platforms as first-class citizens. We’d be happy to show you a demo of how the platform works, or try it yourself and see. Your first 10 users are free forever.
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Since 2006, there have been over 100,000 pelvic mesh lawsuits filed against manufacturers for supplying defective and dangerous products. For many of these big-brand manufactures, this is simply deemed the cost of doing business.
While pelvic mesh litigation began attracting more and more attention, many manufacturers shifted their focus to using the same dangerous materials to design new hernia mesh implants.
The punitive damages awarded in the pelvic mesh lawsuits may not be enough to alter the business practices of manufacturers like Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson who net several billion in income each year. In addition, many of these manufacturers have been successful in limiting the number of lawsuits that actually make it trial each year.
In some cases, judges may opt to reduce the amount of restitution by up to 90 percent, based on the precedent set by previous cases. Paying at damages of less than $10 million to plaintiffs is unlikely to deter some of the larger manufacturers who are still turning a profit from their potentially dangerous business practices. Without any substantial ramifications for defective pelvic implants, many of these manufacturers have been eager to expand into hernia mesh.
On average, more than a million hernia repairs take place in the United States each year. Skilled repair specialists can fix hernias without the mesh, but it’s not nearly as profitable as for manufacturers. That’s why manufacturers came up with a new way for general surgeons to conduct the repair operations using mesh. Laparoscopic procedures made these operations easier for surgeons, but the mesh needs to be placed closer to the internal organs.
Once the mesh contacts the internal organs, it can stick to the cell tissue and cause serious damage or injuries. Many manufacturers apply absorbable coatings in an attempt to prevent complications. Doing so allows them to raise the price for the mesh exponentially as well. Compounded with aggressive expansion, the projected worth of the hernia mesh market is projected to reach $3.7 billion by 2020. Even the general surgeons can profit from opting for the hernia mesh operations.
Most forms of sterilization make the coatings on hernia mesh implants prone to degradation. Several manufacturers have altered their sterilization in an attempt to prevent their hernia meshes from degrading.
The changes in sterilization have caused many of the implanted hernia mesh devices to become contaminated. When the hernia mesh is sterilized improperly, it can contain dormant bacteria known as endospores. After the implant, this bacteria can lay dormant in the body for months or years.
The hernia mesh infection can occur at any time when the bacteria reactivates. Once the implant becomes infected, it will remain infected until it’s removed from the body. The infection eventually turns into biofilm, serving as an ecosystem for bacteria that can cover the whole mesh implant. The only other type of biofilm that exists inside the human body is a dental plaque. Recent research has attributed the sharp increase of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to biofilms.
In order for bacteria to be antibiotic resistant, mutations would’ve had to occur. Once biofilm forms, bacteria begins to mutate up to 60 times faster and survives levels of antibiotics between 100 to 1000 times higher.
Horizontal transfer enables the antibiotic resistance to be shared between different types of bacteria. When explanted, biofilms can contain a number of different kinds of bacteria that are highly antibiotic resistant.
The antibiotic resistance caused by biofilm on hernia mesh implants can leave patients susceptible to develop pneumonia other serious infections. Infected hernia mesh implants actually make patients vulnerable to some of the most antibiotic resistance forms of bacteria. Removing a hernia implant that’s attached to underlying organs could result in a variety of serious consequences, including death.
Aside from the coating, the polypropylene used to construct the mesh poses a number of potential health risks as well. Eroding uncoated mesh devices used for inguinal hernias can cause patients severe and potentially permanent pain as they begin eroding in the body. Some of these patients eventually sustain permanent disabilities because of the polymer used.
Patients all over the world have begun filing lawsuits against device manufactures for the inherent risks and subsequent damages associated with hernia mesh implants.
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An incoherent mess of ideas done badly, Time and Eternity is a train wreck of a role-playing game.
It's undeniable that many games from Japan that make it to our shores--particularly in the role-playing genre--have strong influences from anime. Great role-playing game series like Disgaea, Persona, and Tales feature visual and storytelling elements heavily influenced by the art form. Developer Imageepoch aspired to go one step higher with Time and Eternity, billing the game as "playable anime." Unfortunately, the end product is not only a showcase for nearly every negative stereotype ascribed to anime, but a bad RPG to boot.
I'm not connected to time magic. Can I leave?
Time and Eternity tells the story of Zack and Princess Toki, a couple of lovebirds who live in a secluded fantasy island kingdom. On the day Toki and Zack are set to tie the knot, a group of assassins disrupt the proceedings, and Zack is killed protecting Toki. The incident brings out some of Toki's innermost secrets: not only does she share a body with the soul of another woman, Towa, but her family possesses magical time-manipulating powers. Toki and Towa decide to travel back in time to piece together the how and why and stop the disaster before it happens--though they are unaware that Zack's soul has come along with them, trapped in the body of Toki's pet miniature dragon, Drake.
Even as the plot setup and central cast are being introduced, Time and Eternity seems determined to make you dislike it. Zack, the male hero--and the character whose perspective you follow--seems more interested in off-color thoughts and remarks and being "manly" than he is in Toki and Towa's genuine affection and well-being. Toki and Towa are affectionate toward Zack in a way that feels very uncomfortable at times, given Zack's questionable behavior. Toki's friends are one-note anime archetypes (ditzy wedding planner, shrill rich girl who flaunts her status, and boy-crazy teenager) who offer no real character development and simply exist to set up bad jokes. Non-player characters you meet over the course of the story are similarly irritating, typically featuring a single humorous (read: obnoxious) trait that defines their entire personality. It's hard to be invested in anyone's plight when almost every player in the story is unlikable. Though that's not to imply that the story is good; Time and Eternity features some of the most insipid plot twists you could possibly conceive for the time-travel concept.
But the character development isn't the only thing that falls flat. Time and Eternity's biggest hook is its unique visual style. Rather than being polygon-rendered models or sprites, every action of every character in the game is drawn in high-definition, traditional animation sequences. This approach sounds interesting on paper, but the problems with its execution begin to materialize almost right away. For starters, you immediately notice that most of the animated characters bear only a passing resemblance to the game's illustrations and concept art.
What you're not seeing: incredibly unconvincing "flight" animation.
With its unappealing story and disconcerting visual style, the only thing that could save Time and Eternity would be fantastic gameplay. Alas, that savior is nowhere to be found; the game is riddled with utterly confusing and often aggravating design choices that make it a tedious slog. The adventuring portion of Time and Eternity follows the typical RPG questing formula: get objective, complete objective, learn story bits, get next objective. You frequently have to return home after quests, however, and endure the grating personalities of Toki's buddies over tea as they drop new leads for your next objective, which makes that traditional RPG questing formula especially irritating here. Side quests are plentiful, but they rarely break the mold of "kill X, investigate Y, or find Z," and since they generally involve exploring the same landscapes and fighting more palette-swapped foes, there's little incentive to do them.
This is a face that just screams "punch me, I'm a jerk."
Combat is a bit more interesting…at first. You control a single character--either Toki or Towa--in real time, fighting one-on-one against foes. There are two positions in combat, long range and close range, and the techniques available at each range are different. Ranges offer distinct advantages: it's easier to dodge attacks at long range, while close range allows you to shatter the enemy's defense. You can swap between ranges at will (unless the enemy has you cornered at close range), as well as guard to reduce damage from enemy attacks or sidestep to try to avoid them entirely.
By attacking, you also build SP, which can be used to unleash special attacks you've assigned to the face buttons or use time magic, which is accessed with L2. Since enemies take more damage at particular ranges and have certain weaknesses to elemental affiliations, you can use skill combinations to try to get the upper hand. Later on in the game, you can perform chemistry attacks that use both Toki/Towa and Drake's abilities in tandem.
This sounds like it could work well, but it falls apart in practice. The one-on-one format strips party-synergy strategy from combat, leaving it feeling very shallow. (Drake sometimes performs attacks and recovery skills, though these are out of your control.) The animation of Toki makes the controls feel awkward and disjointed, as though her movements suffer from constant input lag. Trying to attack and dodge with Toki and Towa is something like playing an old LaserDisc game, just with fewer onscreen button prompts. What initially seems like novel combat degenerates into a repetitive series of simple pattern memorization.
Combat in Time and Eternity is, simply put, not good.
Encountering strings of enemies one after the other makes battles even more aggravating--it's frustrating to smack down one palette-swapped bird only to fight another one (and another one) immediately afterward. To top it off, you can't manually change control between Toki and Towa at will. The two characters have somewhat different skill sets, making one more advantageous in certain battles, but they trade off only when a certain item is used or when you level up. This has the effect of suddenly leaving you with a character who doesn't fight as well against the enemies in an area because you made the mistake of gaining a level.
It's hard to find much positive to say about Time and Eternity. Its sole points of excellence are some nice illustrations and its superb soundtrack, featuring songs from Yuzo Koshiro (ActRaiser, Streets of Rage, and Etrian Odyssey), but everything else is an ill-conceived mess executed poorly. If you want to experience a beautiful anime-style role-playing game, you have many other choices, like the recent Ni no Kuni. It's best to leave Time and Eternity on the store shelves forevermore.
2D characters look bizarre in the 3D enviroments.
Time and Eternity is a hand-drawn animation RPG where you will witness your own death at your wedding before traveling back in time with your wife-to-be in order to track down your killer.
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Illustrates how to send messages to a NServiceBus endpoint from a Nancy web application.
Leverages Autofac MVC integration to inject an endpoint instance into MVC Controllers.
Illustrates how to send messages to a NServiceBus endpoint from a ASP.NET Core WebAPI application.
Integrating NServiceBus with ASP.NET MVC web applications to send messages from a website.
Mapping between WCF and messages on the bus via the callbacks API.
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Join Gini von Courter for an in-depth discussion in this video Creating a template based on an XML or schema file, part of InfoPath 2010 Essential Training.
In this course, InfoPath expert Gini Courter shows how to create and publish sophisticated electronic forms using the latest version of Microsoft's form-creation tool. The course introduces the new InfoPath Designer tool and its Ribbon interface and provides in-depth tutorials on designing form templates. The course explains how to create browser forms and publish forms via email, the network, and SharePoint. It also demonstrates advanced aspects of InfoPath, like connecting forms to outside data sources and creating templates from Office documents, databases, or XML files.
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Please enter your ExtremeZ-IP File or Print serial number to access the requested ExtremeZ-IP installer.
** If you own an ExtremeZ-IP File and Print server bundle product, you are only required to enter your File Server serial number here.
© 2019 Acronis International GmbH. All rights reserved.
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The toddler-friendly Philips AVENT straw cup is designed for little ones who are ready to drink independently but not quite ready for a grown-up drinking cup. The silicone straw has a leak-proof valve to prevent spills, even if the cup is tipped over or turned upside down. The twisting lid tucks the straw away, keeping it clean until your child is ready to drink again. The cup is meant for children who are at least 12 months old.
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Our Fall schedule is packed with opportunities for kids and adults! Learn to express your creativity through clay, fibers, painting, belly dance, flow arts, tai chi, poetry, drawing, and more! Many classes allow drop-in participation. Click here for more information!
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We take data protection seriously and you can see our full Privacy Promise here. In order to fulfil requests for Mission Adventure, we pass your data to suppliers so that orders can be fulfilled. They will delete your data once this is complete. Your data will be stored on the servers of the Royal British Legion so that we have a record of orders placed and sums donated.
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This quick and easy recipe for dairy free coconut milk baileys is a real crowd pleaser. If you have time then the coconut chocolate shot glasses are well worth making as they actually work as shot glasses (believe me this is rare in recipes) and taste delicious. Suitable for vegan, plant-based, refined sugar-free and dairy-free diets.
We’re a healthy living website so I don’t often drink alcohol but a small amount now and then is fine in my books. The people that live longest in this world do often seem to consume a small amount of alcohol occasionally. If you don’t drink it all you can just leave out the alcohol. It’s a great drink for drinkers and non-drinkers as you can mix the alcohol in later after blending and make two different versions – an alcoholic and non-alcoholic.
Place all of the baileys ingredients into a small blender and blend until all mixed.
Melt the creamed coconut block in a double boiler.
Mix the sweetener and cocoa powder with the melted creamed coconut.
Spoon the chocolate mixture into shot moulds, make sure it goes right to the bottom and there are no big air pockets. Give it a hard thump on a flat surface and poke with a fork to make sure there are no air pockets.
Place in the freezer for at least an hour. Remove from moulds and serve.
I make this with full-fat coconut milk, you can use low fat if you prefer but it will be less creamy.
The mixed baileys will last about 5 days in the fridge and the shot glasses will last months stored in the freezer.
If you don’t have espresso just replace with strong coffee.
In this recipe I use creamed coconut to make the shot glasses – the kind of coconut that comes in a solid block. It allows you to make a shot glass that will not melt easily. You could use normal chocolate but this will get very messy very quickly. By making your own dairy free chocolate you can make it cocoa rich and firm. It will also be high in flavonoids and you can use your favourite sweetener. They look different to solid chocolate with the flakes of coconut but they taste great and all that coconut fibre helps make them sturdy.
Don’t worry if some of the chocolate mixtures does’nt make it right to the end of the shot glasses you can just even off the top with a knife to make it straight and be able to hold the coconut baileys. I might have had to do this with my first attempt.
Hi. Does Baileys have coffee in it? More to the point, do you have any suggestions for a caffeine-free version, ‘cos I haven’t done that stuff for years?
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Through song analysis, and transcription, students learn to identify intervals, chord qualities, progressions, and rhythmic patterns. Music notation, sight-reading, and harmonization skills will reinforce the essential tools every musician needs. The Musicianship Lab also serves as a space for both students and instructors to exchange playlists and introduce each other to new sounds, genres and artists.
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Valeo showcased a Range Rover equipped with its technology in the driverless car demo at this year's CES 2014.
In the demo, a staff member standing nearby, simply swiped an iPhone app control, and the Range Rover started driving, on the look out for a parking spot. Eventually, when it did find an open spot, it parked as if a pro driver was maneuvering the steering. Surprisingly, it was even able to move forward and correct to ensure that the car was evenly between the cars to either side. The car was acting on its own, with no in-built programmed routes.
The car was loaded with 12 ultrasonic sensors, six at the back and six at its front, a laser scanner mounted on its grill along with four cameras. These features come pre-loaded in the car's factory model.
What Valeo has done over here is that they have added a CPU to analyze the sensor data to determine the best route into the spot along with a control unit for steering, braking and accelerating. For the demo, Valeo had the phone communicate with the car over Wi-Fi.
Valeo also supplies some of its technology to BMW, to enable the i3's automated parking capability, however no car manufacturer has announced the technology yet.
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Newbery Medalist Cynthia Voigt presents this charming middle grade novel about two border collie puppies growing up on a farm—a brother and sister who couldn't be more different from each other...or so they think. "Voigt's touch with dogs is as deft as it is with humans," raved The Horn Book.
Angus and Sadie are siblings, but that doesn't mean they're the same. Angus is black-and-white and bigger. He is a good, brave, and clever dog—and he likes that. Sadie, on the other hand, is red-and-white and small. She isn't as quick to learn—or to obey. Angus thinks she's scared of everything, but Sadie knows that's not true. She's just different.
This heartwarming story of two wonderful border collie siblings growing up on a farm in Maine is perfect for young readers who enjoyed Ann M. Martin’s A Dog’s Life and John Grogan’s Marley books, animal lovers of all ages, and anyone who's ever had—or wondered what it would be like to have—a brother or sister just like themselves, but very, very different.
An homage to border collie mixes. And fun. But also very reflective of the issue presented in Men Explain Things to Me*... Sadie needs *more* smarts & strength just to stand up for herself against Angus' patronizing.
"I don't understand weird, Sadie said.
"It's what's not normal, Angus explained. It's what's different from me."
*Disclosure: I've not read the essay yet, and I expect I'll criticize it, but the meme does refer to an issue that is valid to a lot of people's experiences.
Then Missus bent down to pick up some Snowing, but instead of throwing it to Angus, she threw it at Mister. "You fetch," she said.
"Hey!" he said, and threw some right back at her.
"Hey, yourself!" She laughed. "You shouldn't tease Angus that way. Or any way. Or any dog."
"Okay," Mister said. "You're right. Angus, come! I want to show you something."
Angus came, and Mister gave him the Snowing instead of letting him fetch it, and that wasn't nearly as much fun... It's just water, he told Sadie. No, it's Snowing, she told him. Try eating it, he advised her.
So she did. What happened to the Snowing? It's water! she said.
I shouldn't tease you that way, Angus said.
It's weird to call a deliberately simple book narrated by two dogs elegant, but this IS. And funny!
And the last sentence is really beautiful, and such a perfect ending.
Angus and Sadie the two curious pups, the ones that love adventure, the ones that sometimes get in trouble. Angus the brave and courageous, Sadie the shy and curious. And living together as brother and sister might change the story. Maybe even them.
Cynthia Voigt lives in Maine, USA, and has two grown children. Also she is the author of 20 books, and is a Newbery Medal winner.
The setting in this story takes place on a farm near a big forest by a river and creek. The main characters of this story are Angus and Sadie that are two curious pups (Border Collies). Angus’ characteristics are a tough and brave pup and he tries to be the best and work his hardest every day. He works really hard and likes to be the best. Now Sadie is another story; she is very curious lazy and shy. Also she likes to wander off and explore. Sometimes it is kinda hard for her to stay on task.
The two owners Mister and Missus adopted two Border Collies; and named them Angus and Sadie. Now remember, these two pups have very different characteristics. Now comes the training… Angus, he was great at it; just say the command and he will do it. All it took was first time practice; then he knows it all! Now Sadie, on the other hand, did not like training at all. Lets just say... she was stubborn. After that those pups started to get comfortable with their new home. They knew that their sleeping place was in the barn; and knew places where they could and couldn't be. The pups are starting to get older and bigger now. And starting to get more curious. All I can tell you is that some unexpected things happen.
I love this book because, I love the way the two main characters (Angus and Sadie) have two totally different personalities but are still brother and sister. Another reason I love this book is the adventure part. I love how the author turns the story about two pups with totally different personalities, living together, into an adventure. In my opinion, these pups are on the adventure of life, which I personally love.
One thing about this book that I wished happen, is that there will be a sequel. One thing that I wished happened differently in this book is that the story had a little more backstory about the pups growing up at the adoption center where Mister and Missus adopted them.
Fairly disappointed by this. While there were lovely bits of writing, especially the descriptions of the farm and the puppies' early life, the dog-training bits were just plain wrong. I don't know what time period this was but the men, Mister and Angus were so damn chauvinistic! The narrator made this a better book. She had terrific voices and added energy to an otherwise quiet story.
Well-written and entertaining children's story; a little silly for older kids but an excellent book for younger readers or people who love dog stories and books with Maine settings. The front cover was wonderfully illustrated, too.
Same setting and some of the same characters as this year’s Toaff’s Way. I liked this one even better, because the anthropomorphism was dialed back a little compared to Toaff’s Way, and I thought it more effective.
Smiliar Books of "Angus and Sadie (Davis Farm, #1)"
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As with many types of water saving equipment, many utilities have found that rules or ordinances are effective means of increasing water efficiency standard. This directive approach assures the utility that all new customers are using a certain minimum approach which ensures that water is used effectively. Conservation rules or ordinances for new customers are typically lass expensive to implement than incentive or education programs, but can and often are implemented in concert with incentive or education programs. Some education always needs to be a part of any ordinance process, as the affected parties must be informed about the new rules, the expectations for compliance, and enforcement procedures.
The State of Texas Licensed Irrigator rules give utilities concerned with irrigation system design an excellent starting point in developing a good set of utility service rules or ordinance. At a minimum, irrigation systems in Texas should be designed by a licensed irrigator, and local cities may enforce this by passing ordinances requiring new connections to show a plan sealed by a licensed irrigators, irrigation. This is enforceable at the time that a customer applies for a certificate of occupancy, or a meter connection fee in association with the backflow prevention valve required for irrigation systems by sate health code.
Irrigation system standards which have been passed by rule or ordinance include requirements for installation of rain sensors or soil moisture sensors, use of ET controllers, and/or location of irrigation heads in relationship to hardscapes (distance from curb or walls).
By rule, irrigation standards have also been implemented directly related to the size of median strips and buffers [Denver Water].
Cities may wish to take further steps to require irrigation systems to have certain types of heads based upon total area irrigated, require specific hydrozoning measures, limit the placement of irrigation heads near curbs and other hardscape, require rain sensors, SWAT irrigation controllers, or eliminate water wasting irrigation systems in small medians, buffer zones and entrances altogether. Appendix A.1 includes landscape and irrigation standards, published by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) which have been used as templates for city ordinances and by homeowners associations for deed restrictions and covenants. The State of California designed a model landscaping ordinance structure for use by municipalities.
can help utilities work with city planners to ensure that proper principles of hydrozoning and irrigation design are followed.
Concerns about the ability to enforce irrigation standards on the residential sector, with new construction including everything from single homes to planned unit developments, leads some utilities to focus on commercial customers. Municipalities with ordinance-making powers should consider adopting ordinances that require all new apartment complexes and commercial buildings to install a water conserving landscape. This can often be accomplished by amending an existing commercial landscape ordinance.
The utility should ensure that landscape irrigation system specifications are coordinated with local building codes and zoning ordinances. A careful review of both of these sections of local government code is necessary to determine if preexisting requirements may be inconsistent with desired water conservation elements. Often introducing water-conserving elements into local code by amendment involves removing or revising existing language. If changes are desired to sections of the code involving zoning, it is important to plan for appropriate review and approval by planning or zoning boards and/or commissions. Utility staff must be prepared to present the information about proposed changes and potential water savings to audiences which are not familiar with conservation or water utility issues. Existing zoning and building code also may be organized in a way that requires major changes to a number of different sections of the code. Working with city attorneys, the water utility staff should keep in mind that careful review is necessary to prevent a result which has contradictory or conflicting requirements between different sections of code. Sufficient time and background information should be allowed as part of an ordinance process.
It is a very good idea to present proposals to local construction, landscape, and development representatives so that they can understand the reasons for and the extent of each ordinance proposal. These public involvement and input efforts in developing new rules can both help the utility to make minor modifications which address concerns of the affected parties, and also avoid opposition which may stem from customers who misunderstand the provisions or potential impact of proposed provisions.
(if only ½ or less of customers can water on a given day, the overall peak pumping volume is reduced).
Water conservation staff can be involved in ensuring compliance with ordinances, as they are in a number of Texas cities (Austin, El Paso, and San Antonio). However, for provisions which involve plan reviews the utility may need to work directly with city planners. For provisions which require inspections at the time of construction, the utility may need to work with plumbing or building inspectors.
These are important considerations in choosing ordinance provisions. The availability of staff to ensure compliance with provisions is crucial, as is the education of the staff. Utility conservation staff or outside experts must be available to educate the staff that will be directly responsible for reviewing plans, or performing inspections on irrigation systems. Since backflow prevention devices are required for installation of automatic irrigation systems, backflow device inspectors are potential compliance officers for irrigation system design and installation ordinances - but only if they are properly trained and have the funding for the additional inspection activity.
has used its ordinance powers to ensure that annual checkups of irrigation systems for large turf areas, are required. These can be performed by licensed irrigators, an employee, a volunteer (for schools or other nonprofits) or the owner of the property.
which needs to be publicized if the public is to be aware and use the service. When a call or web alert is received, the utility can issue a work order to its enforcement personnel who can then proceed to the site and issue a warning or NOV as deemed by the situation.
At each stage of an ordinance process, from drafting, through passage and during enforcement, education is necessary. In order to gain public support for the ordinances, the public needs to understand the importance of water conservation, to obtain rules that are enforceable and supported by the affected customers, they must feel they are fair, and that they are able to and understand how to comply. In order to ensure that enforcement of the rules is possible, the general public needs to know how to notify the utility about alleged violations, and the enforcement measures, whether they include warnings, and how large a fine is assessed, need to be perceived as fair.
"Landscape planning and design is essential to water use efficiency..."
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Receive a personalized Johnson County home value report for your residential property in Alvarado, Briaroaks, Burleson, Cleburne, Cresson, Crowley, Coyote Flats, Godley, Grandview, Joshua, Keene, Mansfield, Rio Vista, Cross Timber, Venus, and Pecan Plantation.
Find out how much your current or prospective Johnson County primary residence or investment property is worth in less than 24 business hours. We manually research every subject property, compile the data and then have a professional processor evaluate it. We do not rely upon automated property valuation models that often fail in determining the true market value. Instead, we independently investigate and analyze each property every time using the latest data available from official sources. And the best part is that we are a trusted unbiased source of information that is in no way affiliated with buying or selling real estate.
We also research other areas nearby such as Lillian and Egan.
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This Milestones location is now closed.
Since it was so quiet, I assumed we would be seated promptly, however I was mistaken. We had to wait a few minutes before we were guided to a shoddy table. Looking around, there were tons of booths/tables open.
Our server on the otherhand was very friendly, helpful and attentive. He definitely made up for the hostess’ lack of enthusaism. Oh wells, let’s not let the hostess ruin our dinner!
We went with the Thai Chicken Drummettes to start.
The chicken was well seasoned and the housemade peanut sauce was very tasty! The dipping sauce on the plate wasn’t even needed. Marv loved this dish, if only this was served on wing nights lol!
We also ordered the Steamed Mussels & Fries as a starter.
The coconut red curry with tomato and green onions were well paired with the mussels(I’m not a big seafood fan, so this dish was all Marvs) The only thing that would’ve made this dish better was if it was served hot, rather than lukewarm. The shoestring fries on the otherhand were crispy! I enjoyed this dish with the dipping sauce from the drummettes.
For our entree, can you guess who ordered which dish below?
Above left is the Tomato Basil Brown Rice Spaghettini. This meal felt very healthy. The ingredients tasted very fresh, the sauce was a bit tart. I found the goat cheese to be overly strong.
Above right is the Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad. This was refreshing. The grilled chicken was not dry and very flavourful.
I love their thai drummettes, it’s a ‘go to’ dish every time i go to Milestones. I think Milestones has tried to move a level above the casual dining. In the past, there were lots of great dishes that they no longer offer. One such dish was their mongolian pork chops, it was a huge and tasty dish. We don’t make it out to M’s too often anymore.
Yeah, I agree with you there!
Hmm, I haven’t tried their mussels yet, makes me want to. I can’t believe Marv had never been there!
hehee I know right?? I was surprised he’s never been either! But he’s also never been to the Keg before until I took him lol!
Is it still there??? Can’t find it!!
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Treat your skin to a luxury blend of intensely nourishing pure essential oils to rejuvenate and infuse your skin with moisture and protect against dehydration and damage. With a light and creamy texture, this advanced formula quickly absorbs into your skin, leaving it grease-free and gently perfumed. Give your skin the attention it deserves for a radiant, youthful glow that shines from the inside out!
Apply onto clean skin and gently massage in using circular motions until fully absorbed. Use as often as required. Ideal for daily use on all skin types.
Purified Water, Aloe Vera Gel, Cetearyl Alcohol, Macadamia Oil, Jojoba Oil, Vegetable Glycerine, Stearic Acid, Avocado Oil, Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter, Natural Vitamin E, Phenoxyethanol, Rosehip Oil, Evening Primrose Oil, Vitamin B5, Caprylyl Glycol, Xanthan Gum, PEG-20 Stearate, Ceteareth 20, Almond Oil, Apricot Kernel Oil, Calendula Oil, Rosemary Oil, Eucalyptus Oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Lavender Oil, Jasmine Oil, Sandalwood Oil, D-Panthenol.
Individually handmade in strictest GMP facility by experienced and passionate doctors and Practitioners and not mass produced. We care for your beauty, health and body.
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Your full name or initial and surname. Donation to BCD.
Please email us at project@befriendachild.com after making a donation so we can send you a tax deductible receipt.
We have had many people donating to Befriend a Child in Detention in place of giving birthday presents to friends and loved ones, or asking their friends to donate to Befriend a Child in Detention in lieu of birthday presents. We welcome this idea! Please email us to coordinate this, we can send you an electronic card and a receipt to either you or the recipient.
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According to a September 29, 2010 article in the Legal Intelligencer by Leo Strupczewski entitled "Grand Jury Re-Indicts Ciavarella in Luzerne County Fraud Case," in response to the recent United States Supreme Court decision overruling the honest services fraud statute, a federal grand jury has handed down a superseding indictment against former Luzerne County Common Pleas Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr.
Under the new indictment and with the removal of the honest services charges and certain tax fraud charges, the number of charges against the former Luzerne County judge has been reduced from 48 to 39.
The new indictment still charges Ciavarella with fraud, racketeering, money laundering, and tax violations. The indictment further alleges that Ciavarella received "millions of dollars in illegal payments," along with fellow former Luzerne County Common Pleas Judge Michael T. Conahan.
The indictment seeks forfeiture of more than $2.8 million, which was allegedly the amount of money generated as a result of the judges' criminal activity.
On a related note, although he has previously pled guilty, former Judge Conahan has yet to have his sentencing date set.
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How history is taught, and why that matters!
I recently met a young woman struggling over the decision of whether to go to college. She was enrolled in an excellent program for bright high-schoolers from low-income families, which was intended to give them a leg-up into STEM majors (and then, STEM careers). Any university would be lucky to have her—she is smart, motivated and articulate. She would be a first-generation college attendee. But she was torn.
The prospect of a five-figure loan to finance her education—while her parents struggle to make ends meet—felt risky, even irresponsible. She wondered whether, instead, to take a job right out of high school, particularly since she was unsure whether she even liked the STEM subjects promoted by the program.
STEM has been promoted by programs like this one—not to mention by government programs and presidential initiatives—as the sure path to a lucrative career, despite numerous studies indicating that it is little better than the arts and humanities at providing jobs after graduation. As a result, as college attendance rates have dropped for low-income students, those low-income students who remain have chosen to major in STEM fields far more than the arts and humanities.
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2015-Issue 30—Many companies maintain “top hat” plans to provide supplemental pension benefits to their top-paid employees. A recent brief filed by the Secretary of Labor in pending litigation suggests that sponsors of such plans may want to rethink the population that is allowed to participate in such plans.
A top hat plan is a pension plan that, according to the statutory definition, is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees. Such plans are exempt from many of the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) that are intended to protect the rights of plan participants. For example, top hat plans are not subject to requirements regarding participation, vesting, fiduciary duties or participant disclosures, to name a few. The reason that Congress excluded top hat plans from these requirements is that it deemed top-level management, unlike most employees, to be capable of protecting their own pension expectations.
In a case styled Bond v. Marriott Int’l, Inc., No. 15-1160(L), which is pending in the Fourth Circuit, the Secretary of Labor filed a brief asamicus curiae, taking the position that the plan at issue would not qualify as a top hat plan because it covered participants who were not considered management or highly compensated. The Department of Labor essentially takes the position that a plan cannot be a top hat plan if it includes any participants who are not management or highly compensated.
It has been a subject of some debate as to whether the term “primarily” in the statutory definition of a top hat plan is intended to modify the purpose of the plan (to provide deferred compensation) or the group of eligible participants (select group of management or highly compensated employees). Some companies that sponsor these types of plans have historically taken the approach that so long as the plan primarily covers management or highly compensated employees, it should qualify as a top hat plan. Therefore, those top hat plan sponsors would allow employees who may not actually be management or highly compensated to participate in such plans, with the thought that the “top hat” status of the plan should be intact as long as the number of such employees in the plan is minimal.
In the brief filed by the Secretary of Labor in the Bond case, the DOL takes the position that in the event that any employees who are not “management or highly compensated” are permitted to participate in a top hat plan, the plan will not qualify for the top hat exemption and will be subject to all of the requirements of ERISA. In the Bond case, the plan at issue provides significant stock-based pension benefits to thousands of Marriott employees and former employees. Because of the number of employees covered by the plan who were not management or highly compensated, this is a case with bad facts — which usually makes bad law.
Companies sponsoring top hat plans should be aware of the DOL’s position regarding those who are permitted to participate in such plans. To the extent that the plan includes any participants who might not qualify as “management or highly compensated,” companies should analyze whether the risk of a finding that the plan does not qualify as a top hat plan warrants a change in the plan or its administration to narrow the class of employees allowed to participate. Your Taxand professionals stand ready to assist with this analysis.
In the years since Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code was first implemented, most practitioners have become comfortable with the idea that a document failure may be remedied outside the formal IRS correction programs without resulting in Section 409A tax penalties if the correction is made before the deferred compensation amount vests.
Just before summer, the IRS spoke unofficially about a new audit initiative covering Section 409A compliance for deferred compensation. This appears to be the first organized audit initiative specifically geared at Section 409A compliance since the legislation was enacted nearly a decade ago as a result of several corporate scandals and perceived abuses by executives in the early 2000s.
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Adults are in for a Christmas story with a historical twist when Springfield native Elaine Graham Estes explores the history of Clement Clarke Moore and his 1822 poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, in the Library Station Santa Fe Room.
We know the poem as the holiday favorite “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” and Estes says there’s so much more to know. The retired former director of the Des Moines Public Library will also talk about her collection of 200-plus illustrated editions, parodies and collectibles on display there through February.
All ages can get into Super “Star Wars” Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Library Station. Activities are planned from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. There’s an all-day scavenger hunt, games, “Star Wars” movies and more. Check the program times on thelibrary.org or in Bookends. Costumes are welcome.
If your family missed the Holiday Store for Kids at several branches on Saturday, Dec. 2, no worries — the Holiday Store remains open at the Library Center daily through Sunday, Dec. 10, in meeting rooms A and B. The store features fun and useful gifts priced at 25 cents to $6, so a child can have fun selecting for everyone on their holiday gift list. It’s perfect for children through age 18. Volunteers are available to help young ones, but parents or older siblings are welcome to help, too.
The store is open 2:30-7:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday.
Eager to do some shopping of your own? The Between Friends Gift Shops at the Library Center, Library Station, Schweitzer Brentwood Branch and the Republic Branch kiosk are filled with unique gifts. The Library Center location has a larger inventory, including book-lover items, jewelry, stocking stuffers, handmade items by local artists and educational toys. The store always has like-new books, CDs and DVDs for all ages that make great gifts, too. There’s no tax, and sale proceeds go back to your library district.
Kathleen O’Dell is community relations director of the Springfield Greene County Library District. She can be reached at kathleeno@thelibrary.org.
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Lorenzo Lamas (of Renegade fame) blasts onto the pages of issue 17 as “Soldier Kelly” does battle with notorious drug barons. But is he really sane? That’s a job for Dr Pierce (played by Michele).
When two of Jake’s buddies are shot dead in the middle of the night, he and L.J.McCabe (“the Fatman”) believe it to be the work of a “Drugs for Guns” boss who’s just slipped through their fingers. However, should they be looking closer to home for the real suspect? Michele features as the widow of one of the dead cops who has a secret of her own to hide.
Finally this issue, we take a graphical look at Michele’s first scene in the Star Trek TNG episode In Theory. In this scene Jenna and Data discuss Jenna’s weak will when it comes to her boyfriend as they modify several photon torpedoes for data gathering purposes.
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South Africa’s economy grew by a higher-than-expected 4.8% in the first quarter of 2011, led by greater manufacturing activity and in spite of a shrinkage in agriculture as a result of to floods in January and February.
Seasonally adjusted real GDP at market prices for the first quarter of 2011 improved by an annualised rate of 4.8% in comparison to an increase of 4.5% (revised from an increase of 4.4%) in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA).
The expected first-quarter GDP growth had been around 4.2%.
As reported by Stats SA, contributing factors to the economic activity appeared to be the manufacturing sector, which contributed the most to the economy at 2.2%. This sector has a relative size of 15.1% of the overall economy.
The finance, real estate and business services added one percentage point to growth, and then followed by the wholesale, retail, motor trade and accommodation industry.
“All of us were definitely astonished at the number. It’s actually a really good number as well as good showing by the manufacturing sector,” said Standard Bank senior economist Johan Botha.
Economic activity in agriculture, forestry and fishing industries returned negative growth of 2.6% to some extent as a result of a negative contribution by field crops. This could possibly have been as a result of flooding encountered in January and February, said Stats SA GDP manager Kedibone Mabaso.
“Agriculture has been doing very well, however it is very volatile,” said Botha.
During the first quarter, the seasonally adjusted real annualised value added by the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors recorded gains of 0.5%, 11.1% and 3.7% respectively.
“I believe the economy is gaining traction at this point, and the real question is precisely what the effects will be on interest rates, making it more challenging for the MPC’s [Reserve Bank monetary policy committee’s], for the reason that growth is stronger than what was expected,” said Botha.
The second quarter GDP numbers are expected in August, a month prior to the MPC’s September meeting. Standard Bank is expecting that the MPC will continue to keep rates as is until early January 2012.
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Two county prostate cancer charities have received a £37,000 boost from this year’s Strictly Worcestershire, which wowed a sell-out audience of 750 at the Chateau Impney in Droitwich.
The dance spectacular, hosted by TV and radio presenter Adrian Chiles, was won by Fiona Watson and Jon Bell (pictured above), whose samba and American smooth routines impressed the judging panel made up of Lord Digby Jones, broadcaster Bob Warman, dancer/choreographer Katie Love and choreographer Jennifer Bennett Price.
Sponsored by drp and A1 Recruitment Solutions, the black tie event was held in aid of the £1.6 million Rory the Robot Appeal and the Worcestershire Prostate Cancer Awareness Group.
Eight contestant couples from the Worcestershire business community strutted their stuff in a bid to lift the prestigious glitterball trophy.
Audience vote winners Lauren Baker and Ryan Shemwell were named runners-up following a dance off and Charlotte Page and George Pickard completed the top three.
To open the show, the Supreme Showgirls performed a Vegas-style routine and 2016 champions Ben and Geraldine Mannion reprised their winning tango.
Co-producer Julia Williams said: ‘Everyone associated with the event, including our dedicated dancers, generous sponsors and enthusiastic volunteers who fund-raised on the night, helped to create the most successful Strictly Worcestershire since its debut in 2014.
Judges Jennifer Bennett Price, Bob Warman, Katie Love and Lord Digby Jones with MC Adrian Chiles. All images courtesy of FT Images.
Co-producers Julia Williams and Granville Orange reveal the amount raised for the Rory the Robot Appeal and the Worcestershire Prostate Cancer Awareness Group.
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Due to health reasons, I will be selling both of my Kammbacks. I will follow with pictures soon. Both are in very good condition.
Re: Eagle Kammbacks for sale.
I'm very sorry to hear that. I hope your health improves. I'm sure your Kammbacks will go to good homes.
Not that I need another vehicle (I have 10+ on my property now), but I don't have an Eagle at this time. Not that I can afford a Kammback either, but they are the coolest of all the Eagles, so that is what I would want should I get another one.
So sorry to hear about your health. I passed on the opportunity to buy the Kammback you bought from Paul in Idaho Springs and regret it. Please give us some more details. Post a new thread in the for sale section or post the details on this thread and I'll move it to the proper section.
I'm very interested. I remember you bought the one from Colorado and had it shipped. You had both painted I believe too. Would definitely like more info, but for the right price I would buy and abandon my SX4 project.
Sorry for the lack of pictures on the second kammback, but its still raining here. I took a few yesterday, but they came out too dark to see anything well enough because of the weather. I'll get some as soon as it clears up.
Did you sell the kammbacks? What are you looking for in price?
I know it's been years, but have you sold these?
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As caregivers or children of aging parents, the safety of our elderly loved ones is a top priority. In addition to their health, happiness and emotional wellbeing, we want our parents or grandparents to live in a safe environment free of hazards and injury.
Since seniors typically have medical conditions and their bodies are weaker, seniors are more vulnerable to heat-related illness, heat stroke and heat exhaustion— even death. Ensure that your parents have an adequate and reliable cooling system. Portable AC units can also improve the temperatures of your loved ones’ homes and keep climates controlled. Use one unit to keep one room automatically cooler than another room in the house.
Remodeling bathrooms to be safer and more senior-friendly can prevent shower and bathtub injuries, such as serious slips and falls. Bathroom safety design expert Dave Redmon of NWI.com explains that outdated bathroom designs can be a safety threat. Grab bars, for one, are an essential bathroom modification. Sturdy grab bars can prevent falling and provide dependable support as opposed to gripping onto a slippery sink or leaning against wet tile walls. The National Association of Home Builders recommends installing grab bars onto shower and tub walls, near a shower seat and beside the toilet. Non-slip bathtub and shower installations can also improve a bathroom’s safety. Placing non-skid mats on shower and bathtub floors can be just as effective.
According to Legal Eagle Contractors’ owner Dan Bawden, “having a first-floor bathroom is ‘crucial.'” Outfit a first-floor bathroom with senior-friendly safety installations. The design should be preventative and accommodating. For example, build a doorway that’s “a minimum of 32-inches wide,” suggests Bawden. A wide doorway accommodates a walker and wheelchair.
Entryways and walkways should be convenient and free of barriers. Whether your loved one is entering their home at dusk or carrying bags of groceries, a home’s entryway can be a threatening space. Prevent injuries by eliminating any steps and creating a smooth entrance. To accommodate a wheelchair, install a ramp for no-step entry. Maintain a minimal space on entryways, sidewalks and porches. Decor, plants and obstructive furniture can be hazardous for seniors who can easily lose their balance and footing. Also, ensure that the home’s exterior has sufficient lighting. For optimal safety, program outdoor lighting systems to automatically turn on at dusk. Keep in mind it’s never a bad idea to have a well-lit exterior for security purposes. Inside the house, eliminate tripping hazards and thresholds between rooms as well, recommends AgeInPlace.org.
One Comment on "3 Home Remodeling Essentials for the Elderly"
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Nestled in the heart of Ubud, Pondok Pundi Village Inn is an ideal spot from which to discover Bali. The excitement of the city center is only 1 km away. Also within easy reach are Komaneka Gallery, Monkey Forest Ubud, Ubud Market. The Pondok Pundi Village Inn & Spa provides a range of facilities and services to make your stay both comfortable and memorable. The garden is a peaceful spot to sit and relax.
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Soccer season is here! Chris and Nate are playing with a bunch of buddies from school.
Tons of fun. The first game was a huge success!
3 on 3. Chris gets the ball.
I don't know what Nate is watching, but I do know that I love his grassy knees.
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The Law Office of Michael L. Rich (LOMLR) offers a free, brief initial consultation to new, prospective clients on cases within the areas of concentration listed on the home page. People seeking a consultation, either by phone or email, must provide LOMLR with their full name, postal address, email address, and telephone number, a few essential details about the case, and the full names of all parties to the legal dispute.
Disclaimers: 1) The free, brief initial consultation is not intended to establish an attorney-client relationship. LOMLR does not become your attorney except by expressly entering into a representation agreement. 2) Legal opinions provided on the spur of the moment, with limited background information exchanged, and without specific, fact-based research should not be relied upon for non-trivial legal matters. LOMLR urges you to seek a complete, detailed consultation with Attorney Rich or the attorney(s) to whom he refers you, rather than relying on the general concepts presented and discussed during a brief, initial consultation.
• Often preliminary advice and discussion of next steps.
The charge for the initial office consultation is $150.00 per hour, $75.00 per half hour. That is the lowest rate on LOMLR's sliding scale fee schedule. (See it here: sliding scale fees.) It gives the prospective client valuable attorney time while discounting for the off-the-cuff nature of the information that will be provided. And it averages out the time spent on substantive discussions with the time spent negotiating financial matters.
It has generally been our experience that initial consultations in Children’s and Family Law matters take about one and one-half hours. Therefore, the cost will be approximately $225.00. That fee is to be paid at the time of the initial consultation. In some cases the initial consultation may be conducted over the telephone or by email. The same hourly rate applies and payment must be made in advance for the estimated one and one-half hour consultation.
In most cases it will be worthwhile to have the attorney review documents and become familiar with the issues before the initial consultation. If requested be sure to send the relevant documents to LOMLR in advance of your consultation. You also might find it helpful both in preparation for your initial consultation and in preparation of your case to keep a journal, write a chronology or prepare a summary of the events and contacts with the relevant people involved in your case. If you have done so or can do so in advance of the initial consultation, send those documents as well. Note that time spent reviewing documents in preparation for the initial consultation will be billed at the initial consultation rate. Fees for advance preparation must also be paid at the time of the initial office consultation or in advance of any telephone or email consultations.
Disclaimers: 1) The initial office consultation is not intended to establish an attorney-client relationship. LOMLR does not become your attorney except by expressly entering into a representation agreement. 2) Legal opinions provided on the spur of the moment, with limited background information exchanged, and without specific, fact-based research should not be relied upon for non-trivial legal matters. LOMLR urges you to retain Attorney Rich or the attorney(s) to whom he refers you, so that you may have fully researched and considered legal advice, tailored to your situation, and counsel to carry out the representation.
The initial consultation may result in the signing of a representation agreement, but it is more often followed by a period of investigation and case evaluation. This may be necessary in order for Atty. Rich to determine if or under what conditions he wishes to accept the request for his representation or other legal services. Neither Atty. Rich nor the prospective client is under any obligation to enter into a representation agreement at the initial office consultation. Concluding the initial consultation with a request for representation will obligate the prospective client to compensate LOMLR at the agreed upon rate for the time spent on investigation and case evaluation. Advance payment of the expected amount may be requested and will need to be paid before the investigation and case evaluation will proceed.
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* Incorporating “Transit-oriented-design” (close proximity to public transportation) to encourage use of public transit resulting in lower regional pollution.
These are just some of the many LEED for Homes MidRise directives implemented into UL2. For more information regarding LEED for Homes MidRise, please visit www.greenhomeguide.com.
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Beginning in 2017, the Symposium brings together and networks Berliners working in the fields of consultation and further education and advanced training within the independent performing arts community. It provides a platform for experts to exchange experiences, inform themselves of current developments as well as to explore potentials and challenges regarding the advising and further educating. With the use of various formats, both classic and innovative methods and approaches are discussed, tested and further developed.
Well Advised?! Encouraging Self-Empowered Action!
Working independently means working differently and in a self-determined manner and thus always asking the question of what working, producing and creating could be. How can the consulting and qualification of artists and culture makers support this form of work?
In times of radical transparency, self-optimization and self-marketing, the person of the independent artists is happily used to describe the working methods within the neoliberal market. In this model, the working individual is encouraged to constantly direct themselves, market their own labor and maintain their employability. The difference between neoliberal self-exploitation and self-empowerment seems to be extremely small.
The consultation and qualification of artists and culture makers should strengthen competencies and it possible for the arts to live a life of independent art. At the same time, they should also serve as a navigational tool for awakening and strengthening emancipatory potentials, thus defying the rules of the market. They should work with the solidary and collective idea of independent work to propagate knowledge and allow flat hierarchies.
Which consultation centers and forms are there in Berlin? How are they used?
What forms of consultation have we previously offered? Which consultation centers and qualification formats exist for the independent arts community?
How can we recognize the realities of our consultation landscape and how can we change them?
Which formats of consultation & qualification are congruent with our vision of solidary and self-empowered work?
What do we need in order to realize the vision of independent work without the consultation itself?
How can we provide competencies that will support artists and culture makers to earn a living wage from their art?
With the use of short presentations, work groups and an exchange platform for consultation content and formats, we intend to dedicate ourselves to a shared exchange regarding these questions, provide an overview of the vast consultation landscape in Berlin for the independent arts community and mutually strengthen ourselves.
Dr. Peggy Mädler: "Between Advice and Narrative. Consultation as Communication, Reflection and Exchange of Knowledge and Experiences"
What is characterizes a good consultation? For both things – good advice as well as a good narrative – the following holds true: It is not only important What is narrated, but instead also How this What is communicated or narrated. Dr. Peggy Mädler is an independent writer, dramaturg and mentor in the Performing Arts Program.
Artists from around the world come to Berlin to live and work here – artistic work is often conducted across national borders as well. Alongside the social law, tax and insurance regulation questions, artists originally from countries not in the EU often touch up cultural and sociopolitical topics during consultation sessions. What consultation offers exists for artists from abroad? What barriers do those providing consultation face? What kind of structures and formats would be useful for international consultations? Nina Korolewski works in the office for artist advisement at Kulturwerk des bbk.
Which (qualification) formats can we use to move toward sustainably independent action in the field of art and production?Jana Lüthje from Tanzbüro will present a format with the “tandem model” developed by Tanzbüro and thus initiate a discussion examining new impulses. Jana Lüthje works at Tanzbüro Berlin.
“Advice is theft” is what Marshall B. Rosenberg (the author of Nonviolent Communication, amongst other publications) once said to someone who had asked him for advice. This pointed statement is used here as the starting point for a discussion about a kind of consultation that activates suggestions coming from the advice-seekers themselves through targeted questioning and specific listening. The consultant functions more as an assistant for releasing ideas, potential and energy. What basic requirements does such an approach require? What paradigmatic changes in the style of our communication and use of language are needed for this? Eva Hartmann is a coach, the manager of Gob Squad and a consultant for the Performing Arts Program.
Anka Belz and Sandra Klöss will speak from experiences gained during their professional practice regarding how training and knowledge communication models could be collective structures and those with flat hierarchies in the diverse professional realization of project and production management within the independent art and culture communities. Anka Belz and Sandra Klöss are co-owners of the production management collective ehrliche arbeit - freies Kulturbüro.
Magdalena Ziomek-Frackowiak: "Cooperative Approaches in the Culture Sector. Between Nostalgia for Worker Cooperatives and the Professional Practice of Culture Makers. A Look Into the Future?"
Smart, Société Mutuelle pour artistes, was founded in 1998 in Belgium with the goal of establishing a strong European network. SMart cooperatives are now active in nine European countries and have already been able to provide support to more than 90,000 culture makers in successfully realizing their projects. Magdalena Ziomek-Frackowiak is a cultural producer and the managing director of SMartDe eG.
Harald Redmer: "Free Qualification for Freelance Artists – First Results from a Survery in NRW"
Despite all of the desired and necessary diversity, independent performing arts especially lack a well-founded, collective understanding of the value and significance of their own community. The qualification of the members of the independent performing arts community means, alongside the actual communication of various content, tools and skills, especially focusing on the development of a sense of identity and self-image that extends beyond the artist’s own work. In light of this, it is no surprise that the need for intensive professional exchanges, ensured through funding instruments, if at all possible, stand at the very top of the wish list when one speaks to professional working members of the community. Harald Redmer will report on his current research in NRW on the topic of qualification in the independent performing arts and provide insight into the concept for a new qualification program that is intended to be launched in NRW this year. Harald Redmer is the managing director of NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste and a member of the board of BFDK.
Anne Schneider: "On the Road. An Academy of Bundesverbandes Freie Darstellende Künste (the German Federal Association of the Independent Performing Arts)"
Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste (BFDK) is currently in the process of planning its further education and qualification model On the Road which will provide various modules for the transfer of knowledge to both local members as well as travel groups from around the country beginning in the summer of 2017 in association with larger events within the independent performing arts community. Anne Schneider will present the current state of planning and invite the participants to take part in an open round of feedback afterward. Anne Schneider is the managing director of BFDK.
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"How is it done properly?"
As with most things, it’s harder than it looks, plus there is a right way to seal coat and the wrong way. Unfortunately, with seal coating there are many wrong ways to do it.
The first step is making any needed repairs to the pavement. Cracks and any bad areas should be properly repaired.
The second step is to do any needed edging, trimming of grass or pulling any mulch away from the pavement edge.
The third step is to prepare the pavement surface. Any oil stains should be properly treated with a primer compatible with the sealer being used. All dirt and debris needs to be removed. This may require hand labor with a stiff broom, a power broom, a power washer and/or power blower.
The fourth step is to protect anything that may be damaged or stained from the sealer splattering or overspray, especially important is any masonry / concrete surfaces. Also, barricade the area being sealed from pets, pedestrians and vehicles.
The fifth step is to apply the sealer, per the manufacturer’s specifications! This pertains to temperature, mixing, dilution, using any additives and method of application. Remember, thicker is not better. Sealer is like paint, if put it on too thick it can peel and turn into a major mess. However, if it is too thin it will not adhere properly to the pavement and flake off. Keep in mind too; pavement sealer ruins pretty much everything except for pavement. This includes tools, clothes, concrete, stone, painted surfaces, vinyl, leather, carpeting, flooring, etc.
Be careful with wet sealer on clothes and shoes and where they are going. Also, some sealer can cause chemical burns to skin under certain conditions. If applying the sealer with a brush, it takes some skill and experience to avoid leaving ugly brush marks in the sealer. If applying with a sprayer, be very careful! The overspray can travel a long distance and usually it isn’t realized quick enough to avoid big problems, plus even more skill is needed with this method to apply an even coat.
The final step is to clean up and make sure all people, animals and vehicles stay off of the sealer until it dries. The drying time of sealer is affected by temperature, humidity, sun and wind. Also, sealer additives are available to speed the drying time.
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There isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t hear the shock expressed when I share that today, in Canada, three workers will be killed on the job or die as a result of occupational disease. As reported by the Association of Workers Compensation Boards of Canada, 17,167 workers lost their lives between the years 2000 and 2017 in Canada.
At Threads of Life our vision is to lead and inspire a culture shift, as a result of which work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths are morally, socially and economically unacceptable.
For this culture shift to occur we need to collectively do our parts to, “be the change.” Not only does this include employers, employees, unions, government, compensation boards and safety system organizations, it requires much broader engagement. Individuals, families, the media, our educational institutions and our communities as a whole have critical roles to play to achieve this culture shift.
To lead and inspire a culture shift, as a result of which work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths are morally, socially and economically unacceptable.
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The YouTube Music Awards return today, and YouTube released a handful of exclusive music videos featuring YTMA artists to celebrate.
The video platform decided not to go the live route this year. Instead, it announced the 50 winners earlier this year and then debuted 13 videos, some of them from YTMA winners, as part of the Tyler Oakley-hosted show’s lineup. Cahoots, Action Bronson, Ed Sheeran, Charli XCX, Kygo, FKA Twigs, Martin Garrix, Lindsey Stirling, Max, Migos, Megan Nicole, Shamir, and Nicky Jam represent a wide swath of YouTube fandom, from your parents’ fave Sheeran to boundary-pushers like FKA Twigs and Charli XCX.
Speaking of which, FKA Twigs’s video for “Glass & Patron” looks very different than the one that debuted last fall. She appears pregnant in the first scene. Then she births what appear to be colorful scarves, which gives way to a fashion show, naturally.
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The former French boxing champion who landed punches on French riot police has turned himself in, saying he was defending himself.
A website set up to raise funds for the boxer Christophe Dettinger showed early on Tuesday that it had received pledges of more than 114,000 euros (£102,316) to help him.
As the situation in France escalates, the anti-Emmanuel Macron protesters - aka The Gilets Jaunes (the yellow vests) - plan to make a run on the country's banks.
Seven weeks into a rebellion marked by weekly clashes in Paris and other French cities, Mr Philippe on Monday said the government would introduce a "new law punishing those who do not respect the requirement to declare (protests), those who take part in unauthorised demonstrations and those who arrive at demonstrations wearing face masks".
The SCSI-CFDT police union, for its part, said the funds should be seized to compensate the two officers targeted by Dettinger, who were removed from duty while recovering from their injuries. "I've chose to step away from the national debate because it will be hard to ensure the calm that's needed for the talks", she said.
In response, Dettinger said he had become angry after he, his wife and a friend had been teargassed, though he said he had acted wrongly. "I'm not sure what being interested in the yellow vests has to do with the well-being of the Italians".
The new legislation is set to ban known "troublemakers" from participating in protests, in the same way known football hooligans have been prevented from attending matches in stadiums in the past.
Just like the yellow vest movement, Di Maio's party has heavily relied on the concept of direct democracy since being founded by comedian Beppe Grillo and web strategist Gianroberto Casaleggio in 2009.
Activist Maxime Nicolle called it the "tax collector's referendum".
Recent surveys suggest 75 per cent of the public oppose his government's policies and 60 per cent were unimpressed by his New Year message, in which he said he understood popular anger but remained committed to his reform programme.
Images of a policeman striking several protesters in the southern city of Toulon on Saturday also risk fanning the flames. Moreover, he openly criticised the French government.
It was the latest round of weekly protests since mid-November, with another major demonstration called for Saturday.
While the French government has scrapped its planned hike in diesel taxes, which is what initially sparked the protests, the yellow vests have evolved into a broader movement against government policies and rising living costs.
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UNISON is campaigning to ensure everyone who works in our NHS is valued, whatever role they fill. This campaign aims to promote the message amongst the public, politicians and media of the great work that support staff do every day in the NHS.
UNISON knows that all staff no matter what their role play an important part in delivering quality patient care and as part of our campaign, we want to challenge the artificial divide that is created between NHS staff by using language such as ‘frontline’ and ‘back office’. We will continue to be the main union that represents support staff across the NHS, and will campaign against any attacks against on our members working in NHS support services.
When people think of the NHS, they probably think of doctors, nurses and paramedics. But what about the rest of the NHS workforce who work behind the scenes and carry out hundreds of different roles every day to make sure that patients and their families get the best treatment possible?
We want to promote the message that all NHS staff, whatever their job, play an important role in delivering quality patient care in their own different ways. Without cleaning staff wards wouldn’t be safe for patients and their families, without finance staff the bills wouldn’t get paid and without stores staff, essential healthcare supplies wouldn’t be delivered on time to the right wards.
“You always hear how the clinicians are important to the NHS, but the backbone of the NHS are those who make their jobs easier and keep it running, for example secretarial and admin staff who are the forgotten workforce”.
The NHS couldn’t operate without admin staff who are responsible for booking patient appointments and dealing with patient records, it needs maintenance staff who make sure that hospital buildings are safe and in working order, and managers who work to ensure that everything runs smoothly.
We think it’s unfair that NHS support staff don’t always get the recognition that they deserve, and think it’s high time that people and politicians stood up and took notice of the valuable contribution that these staff make.
UNISON has secured another significant breakthrough in the union’s attempts to eradicate low pay in the public sector after NHS bosses agreed to undertake a review of the roles and responsibilities of staff on Agenda for Change pay Band 1.
Whilst the terms of the agreement are still being worked out, the basic principle is that every Health Board including NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will work with UNISON and other unions locally to review all Band 1 job descriptions and that every opportunity will be taken to expand these to secure a real pay uplift for the lowest paid workers in the NHS.
The agreement which has backing at a political level will ensure that an all band 1 staff who wish to transfer to these extended roles will do so by 1st October, 2016 and will see UNISON members increase from £15,358 to £18,103 after progression and pay uplifts.
Branch Secretary Cathy Miller said, “Once again we’ve shown that UNISON delivers on low pay, but we’ve still got a lot of work to do to ensure that everyone who wants a Band 2 secures the right job description and that for the very small number of people who don’t want a Band 2, that we understand their concerns and protect their position.
UNISON and others are watching to see what happens next with the UK’s biggest private care home provider, Four Seasons after it quietly sold of £20m worth of assets to an American hedge fund late in 2015.
One broadsheet newspaper reported that the company was struggling to meet interest payments and that UK wide the private care home sector is on the verge of collapse as income and profits are squeezed by the NHS and Local Councils.
In response a company spokesperson said that the company was not in immediate difficulty and that there was “sufficient medium term financial flexibility”.
However these announcements and reports come at the end of a year, which as saw the company continue to close or sell of homes which require major investment or are not profitable.
NHS union UNISON has welcomed the decision by NHS bosses to stop anti-abortion campaigners from demonstrating outside the new Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after the union wrote directly to Chief Executive Robert Calderwood.
The vigil or “picket” as it has been described by some is set to run for the entire 6 weeks of lent, with ‘witnesses’ carrying large placards that challenge women to reject their right to choose the best decision for them, their families and the baby.
One UNISON member was so angry she chose to speak to her union and tell her story.
Nurse B, works on the new QEUH campus, she is a mother of two, married and in 2013 she was delighted to learn that she was going to have another baby boy in Feb 2014. She describes herself as being “angry” and “upset” by the demonstration.
Nurse B said, “At 20 weeks, my husband and I were given the worst news we could ever have received. Our baby son’s kidneys and bladder had not formed. We were told that he would not survive after birth and that if I carried to term I might die.
UNISON has again raised concerns with NHS bosses after a report showed that there were still a number of staff working in excess of 48 hours per week. The union is concerned that this practice is bad for staff health, but also that it is being used to mask deep cuts in staffing levels which could affect services and patient care.
UNISON has raised this issue before concerned that bank staff in particular were being used to hide deep staffing cuts in nursing and facilities. In a recent email to the Director of HR, the union advised that "UNISON does not support the use of waivers and that continued breaches of the working time directives 48hr week are in our opinion a symptom of understaffing and poor workforce planning.
UNISON and other unions have compiled a list of complaints around the ‘new’ EMIS Web system for Health Visitors after members raised concerns that the system didn’t work and that personal and professional safety was being compromised.
The EMIS web system was billed as the next big thing and is central to management plans to cut staffing across Health Visiting services because staff would be able to gain access to patient records in real time during the patient contact by using iPads which would automatically connect with the NHS systems.
In reality the programme has been a shambles with many UNISON members reporting that they can’t get connections, that the process is slower than the paper system and that they are having to take notes and complete the process in their cars or at home.
Over 60 senior stewards and regional staff from UNISON met recently in Ayr today to plan the union's future strategy on pay in NHS Scotland.
UNISON Scotland has consistently argued that the Pay Review Body is no longer fit for purpose after a series of 1% pay awards, which mean that, in real terms, NHS pay has reduced in the last five years or more.
Speaking at the annual policy event Tam Waterson, Chairperson of the Scottish Health Committee, said: “UNISON believes in the NHS and UK bargaining on pay and conditions, however our members across the UK have experienced different pay deals, determined simply by which nation they live in, the time is now right for Scottish unions to negotiate with our government on pay."
Pay for NHS workers is determined by an independent pay review body (PRB). In recent years only the Scottish Government has honoured the recommendations, however the union remains critical over the level of pay awards which amount to a real terms cut in NHS workers' wages.
UNISON Scotland’s Health Committee has welcomed the most recent breakthrough in the fight against poverty pay after the Scottish Government agreed to a review of the lowest pay band within Agenda for Change.
This development highlights the benefits of Partnership working which has been the basis of industrial relations in NHS Scotland since 1999 and further enshrines the commitment of successive Scottish Governments and UNISON to eradicating low pay in the NHS.
NHS Scotland already pays the living wage (£7.85per hour). Increasing all staff to band 2 would allow low paid workers the opportunity to earn an extra £420 in the first year with the opportunity to increase earnings via annual increments to £17,803 per year.
Whilst recently published Scottish Govt workforce statistics confirm that there are around 19,000 (headcount) support staff in NHS Scotland the majority of which are domestics, catering assistants and porters. Most of these staff are already on Band 2, due to job redesigns achieved locally.
There are 5,500 that are paid the lowest pay band (1) with 91% of these workers being at the top of their salary scale.
Regional Organiser for NHS Glasgow and Clyde, Matt McLaughlin, said, "Scotland's biggest Health Board worked actively with UNISON to invest in support staff, the result provided a higher salary for low paid workers, but it also ensured that the skills, flexibility, range of duties and of course recruitment and retention were significantly enhanced, providing many benefits for the health board and a direct benefit to patients."
“At a time of pay restraint it is not acceptable for regulators to impose inflation busting fee increases on health and care workers” was the message that UNISON delivered to the Scottish Parliament in an evidence session in June before the Health Committee.
The opportunity arose after the requirement for secondary legislation that increases registration fees for a range of health and care professions UNISON represents. The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) increased fees by 5% last year and indicated that they would not increase them again for two years. However, they have now come back for a further 12.5% increase after a perfunctory consultation while Westminster was in election purdah.
They claim this is because of a levy from the regulatory overview body, the PCA. However, only 30% of the increase relates to that with the balance reflecting new accommodation and IT systems. This looks opportunistic, particularly when there was no detailed costing was provided. The HCPC also generated a big operating surplus last year and is substantially increasing its reserves.
Needless to say health and care workers are not getting a 12.5% pay rise! The HCPC argue that they are the lowest cost regulator, but comparing paramedics, OTs and ODPs to doctors and dentists was, to put it mildly, insensitive. A recent UNISON survey of registrants indicates that many staff do not think they get value for money and that the HCPC could do more to reduce unnecessary hearing costs.
Scottish Labour MSP, Richard Simpson, moved a motion of annulment, a very rare procedure in the Scottish Parliament. He made a very strong case pointing to the absence of an Equality Impact Assessment on what is a predominately female workforce. He also drew attention to the huge increase in the Chief Executive's pay, up by £26,000, more than the annual pay of many registrants. Also that the fee for Scottish social workers, regulated in Scotland, is only a third of the cost of their English counterparts who are regulated by the HCPC.
Predictably, SNP MSPs voted against the annulment as this increase is supported by the Scottish Government.
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Emergency messaging – did you get yours?
We want to ensure DCSD parents receive the emergency alerts most important to them.
What if I didn’t receive the alerts I want?
Log into the Infinite Campus Parent Portal (campus.dcsdk12.org) and click on “Contact Preferences” in the left-hand column. If you see an incorrect phone number or email, please contact the registrar at your child’s school to request an update.
I received everything except a text message. How can I fix this?
What phone number will my caller ID show when I get calls?
If there is an emergency at your child’s school (lockout, lockdown, evacuation, shelter-in-place, etc.) we will send information to all contacts in our system via phone, text and email.
How will you notify me of weather delays/closures?
We will notify you of a weather delay or closure via text and email only unless there is an extenuating circumstance, such as a last-minute change in school status. Weather closure/delay information will also be shared on our website, social media and mobile app, as well as local media outlets.
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Meet my latest dressage pad — a custom Mattes (pronounced Mattus, not Matts, I’m told) pad that I ordered from SmartPak. Many of you may know that the dressage world is expanding its notion of “acceptable show colors” to include more than white, black, and navy. While dressage pads aren’t discussed, I feel that riders in the avant-garde can start to experiment :-). And Riley and I are ready to rock the dressage world with the our new orange-hued pad.
I first saw my Mattes pad dream color, Terra cotta, while at Rolex. Terra is a really nice color — not orange, not pumpkin, not rust, not peach, just a very pleasantly saturated rich apricot. I originally thought about getting aubergine and olive trim but when I used the Smartpak saddle pad customization application I could see aubergine would be a mistake.
It’s high time dressage lightened up (no pun intended). It could be such a great, all-inclusive sport for all breeds of horses and all types of riders.
I’m a big fan of color – always have been, always will be. So when I started riding dressage it was natural for me to transition my colors over into the dressage world as well. Do I ever expect to trot onto the centerline in neon green polos/saddle pad? No. But I have no qualms schooling in every color of the rainbow.
Honestly, I don’t think I’d ever like to see the dressage show world turned out like the eventers, but the idea that something other than black, white and navy could be seen is enticing. I look forward to more “hunter” appropriate colors in the dressage world. Say hello to pastel shirts, etc. We ride because we love the sport and the horses – why not express ourselves as well.
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I can build a computer from scratch, fix IRQ conflicts, prototype electronic devices, rewire your network and program your router, create and deploy your application or website from start to finish. I love everything technology oriented and have an innate ability to understand how things work. I loathe inefficiencies and want to change the world.
I started coding in BASIC around the age of eleven, writing "cool" screensaver procedures, not really serving a purpose other than blowing my young mind. (and my parent’s – according to my mother) There was no Google, so most of the learning I had to do was trial by fire or verbal instruction from a select few individuals. Eventually, I made my way onto BBSes and the internet using SLIP/PPP or shell accounts. Then I got into scripting, interfacing with PROCOMM PLUS for DOS, so that I could have my text-based game played by the computer for me while I was "learning" things at school.
Around the same time I got into text-based games, I started hanging out on Internet Relay Chat, or IRC. I started scripting for Unix based IRC clients like bitchX, as well as writing scripts in TCL for Eggdrop bots. Eventually Windows became a bit more user friendly and I moved to GUI applications, writing code in VB. I also starting writing mIRC scripts, as well as DLL plugins. After a while this picked up and I started writing software and miscellaneous applications in languages like C# and Delphi.
I was doing a small amount of programming for the web, but web technologies were so basic at that time the only way you could create something that looked good was by using a lot of graphics... and tables.... lots of tables. So, I started getting into design. I took a couple classes in middle school for things like CAD, graphic design, and basic electronics. In high school I took four years and three summers of web design classes which introduced me to Adobe Flash along with ActionScript. At this point, I had a decent core group of friends who were all just as curious as I was. We would go to 2600 meetings, and BBS meet ups – anything that could feed our insatiable curiosities.
In what seemed like kismet, I was asked to be the junior network administrator at my high school. This entailed repairing computers, installing networks, and doing maintenance on any and all computers or systems. I had already taken some networking classes, but this is where my Information Technology interests were piqued.
Around the age of twenty, I starting working full-time for a local marketing company. My responsibilities there included tech support, design for web and print, web development and motion graphics. This was my initial foray into the world of advertising. We had a lot of interesting clients – one of which was a new type of forklift wheel which allowed them to move sideways. One of the clients eventually merged with our company to form what would become Freedom4Wireless.
At F4W, I would become the senior software architect and a field network installer and operator. I was certified in Tachyon mobile satellite deployment and Motorola MESH Networking. I would go on to develop a multitude of scripts, applications and tools to help us deploy and monitor networks. Eventually, two of these applications – a peer to peer communications platform and video surveillance system – would end up being patented and thereafter cited by over fifty organizations including Oracle, Cisco Networks, Microsoft, Honeywell and GE. After hurricane Katrina, I was deployed to the New Orleans United States Coast Guard base to install and support an emergency network that consisted of satellite internet, a wide area MESH network, rapid deploy servers and VOIP phones. This deployment, one of many for F4W, lasted over two months. I would continue creating more integrated solutions until eventually moved on to a new position at Monster Media, an out-of-home interactive advertising company.
At Monster Media, I started off by designing and developing interactive OOH content and eventually, revamping their almost non-existent monitoring system, to a full fledged monitoring and control system. This system would poll each remote machine, it's connected projectors or displays and allow us to not only monitor performance but also control projectors and get alerts for hundreds of systems in real time. The components ranged from content delivery via BitTorrent, content scheduling, RS232 programming for communication to display devices, all the way to ARM based computer development.
On top of the monitoring system, I would work closely with clients and our internal team to design and develop cutting edge interactive experiences using an array of technologies including Flash, AIR, and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). These installations included photo kiosks with face detection (pre-snapchat!), conference booth custom interactive solutions, rear-projection interactive displays and custom computer vision solutions. Clients included McDonald’s, Roche Medical, Charmin, Nesquik, TravelZoo, PepsiCo, CBS, Kraft, MTV, Disney and JetBlue. I would eventually move to New York, and continue to work for Monster Media until I took the plunge and went freelance.
I was brand new to the city, but overqualified for nearly every position I was applying for. So, I decided to freelance, get some contract jobs and build a name for myself doing, you know... all the things. This lasted three or four years. One of my main contract jobs was for BARKER Advertising and Interactive. I would eventually sign on full-time as Creative Technologist, where I would help create, deploy and maintain client websites, microsites and interactive solutions as well as SEO, SEM, UX and Information Architecture. After a few years I would end up taking over I.T. for the office. Projects included brands like P&G, ION Television, PDI Healthcare, SlimFast, Isotoner, Miele, Pirch, Roche Bobois, Breil and Burgess. I would go on to become Director of Interactive and a few years later, start a company.
Sometime in 2016, I ended up meeting a fellow native Floridian in New York who turned out not only to be a great friend, but also an ideal business partner. We began having conversations about our ideas (and ideals) and quickly realized we had something worth pushing for. We would soon end up starting our first SaaS web application and eventually a parent company.
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* 1. How did you find out about the NT Legal Aid Commission?
* 2. Which NT Legal Aid Commission service did you use?
* 3. How would you rate our standard of service?
* 4. If you were referred to another service, was that service able to help you?
* 5. Would you recommend our service to others?
* 6. Would you like to comment about your experience with our service?
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“Mobility” nylon unisex backpack from Y-3 by Yohji Yamamoto. The tech-inspired design of the Y-3 “Mobility” acts as a functional and minimalist companion on your travels. Secured with a buckle closure and large flap, the sleek nylon backpack has multiple pockets and a separate padded laptop compartment. Padded laptop compartment with push-button closure. Flap main compartment with buckle closure. Y-3 signature logo on front.
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Well, that's three components. The largest port list has only 5 elements. There's only two levels of hierarchy. The target technology has to have cells called AOI and INV. Suppose the widths of the A, B inputs have to be changed?
What about a 100k gate ASIC? With multiple levels of hierarchy. Suppose it has to be technology independent, too. Creating large designs in this manner is very time-consuming. It is error-prone (it's just too easy to connect the wrong signal to a port). It is awkward to make changes to the design as a whole (change all the busses in a design by 1 bit, for example to add parity). This approach to creating functionality is often referred to as a structural coding style.
Adopting a structural design approach, we first have to decide what we want to do (switch between two inputs) and secondly how to implement it (using components). So, while joining components together has its place, we really ought to move on to a better low-level design approach. Instead of determing the functionality and then implementing it, we're going to describe the functionality and leave it at that. We're not going to worry about implementation. Well, ultimately we will concern ourselves with implementation but from a coding point of view, let's get the functionality or behaviour out of the way first.
At a conceptual level we can specify what we want the design to do using a behavioural coding style. Using the structural approach, we have to describe explicitly how the design is to be implemented. Thus a structural approach implies an extra step in the design process.
So, how do we implement a behavioural coding style? Well, this can be achieved by writing VHDL code as though we were writing software rather than describing hardware. We can take our VHDL coding capabilities closer to VHDL programming, closer to writing software rather than describing hardware. By writing software rather than describing hardware, we can concentrate on what a design does rather than how it does it. We can concern ourselves with functionality rather than implementation. In the same way that mathematicians look to abstract a concept to make a problem easier to solve and provide more flexible solutions, we can abstract our designs from VHDL hardware descriptions to VHDL software functions. However, a software function will still at some point become a hardware description. We can bridge the gap from software function to hardware description using synthesis.
With the behavioural approach to design, we still have to decide what we want to do, but that's it. We can use synthesis tools to decide how to implement the functionality we have (behaviourally) specified. There are still two steps in creating a netlist that meets our design goals, it's just that with a behavioural approach we use design automation to complete the second (implementation) step. Hopefully, this can save us time because we as engineers only have to do one job instead of two. Using a software-oriented design approach we can reduce the number of design steps.
Next, we'll look at how to code up the MUX_2 circuit in a software-oriented manner using VHDL processes.
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This image uploaded by uclachoralmusic.com. Source : kenaiheliski.com.
Outdoor Fire Pits For Your House Pit Sets With Chairs Small Table Making A Round Gas Portable Image is part of Outdoor Fire Pits For Your House's Gallery.
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Wing Chun dummy made of hardwood, similar to traditional Muk Yang Jong. Used for sticking techniques or conditioning. An essential piece of equipment for the serious martial artist. Dimensions: Body: 29-1/2 inches round, 58-1/2 inches long, 9 inches wide Striking Pegs: 11-3/4 inches high, 2 to 3-1/2 inches wide Kicking Peg: 19-3/4 inches high, 3 inches wide, 7-1/3 inches X 16 inches long Front Slats: 70 inches high, 1-1/2 inches long, 2-2/3 inches wide Back Slats: 61 inches high, 1-1/2 inches long, 2-2/3 inches wide Front Cross Beams: 62-1/2 inches long, 2 inches high, 2 inches wide Back Cross Beams: 62-1/2 inches long, 2 inches high, 1-1/2 inches wide. .
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Native American groups have joined a lawsuit filed by attorneys representing Latino and Asian American plaintiffs alleging that the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census was motivated by racial animus and will result in a severe undercount of minorities, according to civil rights attorneys.
The amended complaint filed in federal court on July 9th, also alleges that the citizenship question was the product of a conspiracy by Donald Trump, former White House advisor Steve Bannon, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, and other cabinet members and government officials to violate the civil rights of communities of color. It is the first explicit claim of a conspiracy to deprive immigrants and minorities of their constitutional rights to equal representation and fair allocation of federal funds by adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.
MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice | AAJC) and the Law Office of Robert P. Newman filed the original suit on May 31. The amended complaint filed July 9th adds several new organizational plaintiffs, including the California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus and the California Legislative Black Caucus, along with Native American groups who would suffer an inaccurate count of tribal members who self-identify as citizens of their Tribal Nations and may therefore respond “no” if asked whether they are citizens of the United States. All of the plaintiffs stand to lose access to federal funding and lose representation in Congress, as well as state and local government, according to the lawsuit.
The conspiracy claim in the amended complaint alleges a conspiracy to deny civil rights under 42 USC Section 1985, which was originally part of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 that was enacted to combat attacks on African Americans after the Civil War. The amended complaint notes several exchanges of emails and phone calls about the citizenship question between Ross and Kobach, who was vice chairman of the Trump administration’s now-defunct voter fraud commission. At least one email was sent at the direction of Bannon, the former White House aide who frequently advocated for far-right and anti-immigrant policies before he was ousted last year.
The original lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on behalf of Latino and Asian American social service non-profits, state legislative associations, civil rights groups, voters’ rights organizations, and community partnerships that would be forced to divert resources to combat a potential severe undercount in their respective communities.
The Census Bureau eliminated a question on citizenship from the decennial form after the 1950 Census. It has only appeared since then in questionnaires sent to a small sample of the national population. Late last year, however, the U.S. Department of Justice abruptly requested the addition of a citizenship question to the Census, arguing it was necessary to help it enforce the federal Voting Rights Act, despite no showing that the data is necessary.
The lawsuit names Ross, Jarmin, and their respective agencies as defendants. It was filed in response to an order Ross issued in late March, just days before the statutory April 1 deadline for finalizing the 2020 Census questionnaire. The complaint charges that he added the question without prior assessment of its impact on an accurate count and without adequate explanation of why the question is necessary and how the information will be used.
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You can’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been can’t be attributed to any one person but the phrase is as true today as it has ever been. Risk management review is an essential part of business growth and is best instituted from the outside as to not inject biases.
From small to large projects our team can organize and manage the most demanding of projects on time and in budget enabling the client to manage more efficiently.
Through our exhaustive process we can look at all aspects of an organization that poses a risk or potential risks starting with profit and loss statements and then on to operations. Operation may include manufacturing, and quality assurance.
In many cases the path to organizational optimization and growth is through the facilitation of communications throughout an organization. We tend to talk to each other but not communicate effectively and blur the lines of respecting boundaries.
Executive coaching & interim executive management is often a solution that we can provide.
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Calculate your Seward grade point average (GPA) using our Seward GPA calculator and stay on top of your college grades. Simply enter in the grades you have received for each Seward course you have taken and the respective number of credit hours and the Seward GPA calculator will calculate your cumulative GPA. It takes just a few seconds, so go ahead and calculate your Seward grade point average today!
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The Duluth Trading catalog is one that I’ve had my eye on for some time because of the playful copy that is jam-packed with personality. The best way I can describe the copy is that it feels like a caricature of a Midwesterner. This goes right along with the illustrations that they use on their current website and the television commercials they’re known for. And, it’s a good thing.
Screen capture of their beaver illustrations–because websites change and links break.
Duluth doesn’t shy away from its geography; the company embraces it. The copy speaks directly to people who, yes, actually enjoy winter, or who are at least willing to handle the weather with optimism. Wait! Isn’t that the definition of a Midwesterner?
The opening page of the catalog. This is just a nice piece of copy.
“Frolic” is another charming word, but this headline has a tough attitude with a positive outlook.
But, the copy isn’t all fun fluff. One thing that I took note of was the fabric weight callouts within some of the product descriptions, like the Fire Hose Work Pants.
This copy calls out the “tough yet flexible 8-oz. fabric” and the pocket bags that are “made from 5-oz. cotton so they won’t bust a hole on you.” The use of specific fabric weight of these pants puts a technical slant on the offering. Whether you know the difference between 8-oz. and 5-oz. fabric, it sounds tough and technical.
Now, every fabric has a weight, but you probably won’t see the exact weight listed for the average ready-to-wear piece. The most common callouts are lightweight, mediumweight or heavyweight. So, including the numerical weight of the fabric these pants are made from is a nice touch. As I’ve written, copywriting is often all about including the right details.
Another thing I’m glad to see Duluth Trading continuing is their use of “real life” models. I snapped a pic of this particular woman because she’s from my home state of Alaska! When you see a real user of their products featured in their catalogs, it’s easy to believe that their clothing is tested and trusted. I’ve written about using real people in catalogs before. It’s a nice way to add extra interest to the catalog and make a reader see themselves wearing/using the items because, hey, these women are just like me!
With a strong brand and copy that expresses it, the Duluth Trading catalog is an interesting read–even if you’re not in the market for work clothing or outdoor gear.
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Unfortunately RHEL 5 does not have php.5.2 package, which is required by most of the applications including latest wordpress and drupal.
First thought of compiling php from source, but hard to keep it uptodate. So decided to make the life easier with EPEL/IUS repositories.
incase if the list not working just browse and find the rpm.
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This entry was posted in Diet products & advertising, Supplements and tagged natural supplements, raspberries, raspberry keytones, supplements, weight loss supplements on October 26, 2017 by Charlotte Grainger.
You’ve been working out, eating right. Still, it’s like the scale won’t move in the right direction anymore. When that’s the case, it’s time to try some of the best weight loss supplements on the market.
This entry was posted in Supplements and tagged antioxidant, fish oil, glutamine, natural supplements, probiotics, raspberry keytones, supplements, weight loss supplements on October 12, 2017 by Missy Woodruff.
Health benefits of turmeric: There’s been a lot of talk lately about the unexpected health benefits that come with taking turmeric. Want to know just what the all the hype surrounding this ginger-like root and spice is all about?
This entry was posted in Supplements and tagged antioxidant, Curcumin, digestion, natural supplements, spices, supplements, turmeric, weight loss supplements on October 6, 2017 by Missy Woodruff.
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Haas boss Guenther Steiner says the team is struggling to find an answer for its lack of race pace at the last two races.
The Chinese Grand Prix was the second race in a row Haas had both cars qualify in the top ten but fail to score any points on Sunday. The American team came into the season looking like the strongest team in the midfield but has so far failed to live up to that billing, despite clearly having a quick car over one lap, with just six points to its name from Kevin Magnussen’s drive to sixth in Australia.
“Same as Bahrain, very similar,” Steiner said about Haas’ lack of pace in Shanghai. “You could all see it. We went out on new tires when they had heat in them, and it was fine, then going on… that’s it.
Steiner does not think there is a short-term solution and is readying himself for more of the same at next week’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
The problem revolves around the Haas car and its ability to get heat into its tyres, which is crucial in unlocking peak performance from them. That is especially problematic at circuits with certain characteristics.
“It’s high-speed tracks with long straights and low energy corners where we can’t get the heat into the tires. That’s what it is.
When it was suggested the issue could have been down to poor vehicle dynamics, the term for how a car responds to inputs while in motion, he replied: “It’s a combination.
“It’s not vehicle dynamics, it’s combination of everything. You cannot put down to vehicle dynamics. It’s aero, it’s everything, there is a lot of things going on here. Otherwise it would be too easy.
“You go to the windtunnel, you try to find energy to put into the tires in one way or another – aero-wise, brake cooling or brake heating-wise, or vehicle dynamics-wise – but we don’t have the solution at the moment.
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Published on March 21, 2019. Back Yard Garden Design Plans. Eplans landscape plan water garden landscape from eplans, best 25 landscape plans ideas on pinterest landscape. Garden design with fast small yard simple landscaping. Laythsidiq.
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The Jedi Training Academy is a live show in Disney's Hollywood Studios. It is for children ages 4 to 12 and lasts about 30 minutes. It is held right outside the entrance to Star Tours on a small stage. During the show, the children are trained in how to use a light saber and then they get to fight a famous Star Wars villain such as Darth Vader. It is a lot of fun to participate in and to just watch!
If you want your grandsons to participate, you need to sign them up. I suggest heading over to the sign in area as soon as the park opens to get a spot for later on in the day; each show has a limit on the number of children who can participate. The sign in currently takes place outside the Sounds Dangerous theater right before reaching Star Tours. There will be signs in the morning, so you really can't miss it. When you go to sign up, you have to bring your grandsons with you!
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If you are looking for a luxury apartment to rent near Houston TX, Inland's "The Villas at Shadow Creek Apartments" may be just the place for you. The Villas at Shadow Creek offer apartment rental in Pearland, Texas and an exceptional living experience with an array of custom features designed to support your busy lifestyle and encourage a friendly neighborhood atmosphere. These affordable rental apartments boast spacious floor plans and elaborate amenities and provide you with the opportunity to comfortably relax at home. Join us at the resort style pool or take a walk on the nature trail. For a change of pace, undertake a challenging workout in the fitness facility or a friendly game of billiards. Richly landscaped grounds, superior location and expert craftsmanship make it the place you will be proud to call home. Leasing an affordable apartment in Pearland TX may well be the best decision you will make.
Not your dream place? No problem, we can still be your apartment finder in Pearland for your new digs.
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If you’re looking for a luxurious spa experience, then you’re going to love some of the options available from Swim Spas Plus Madras OR. In particular, one of the best swim spas has to be their 22 foot Galliano swimming pool spa. This incredible item is a full 22 feet long, combined with a width of 7.2ft - making it a true monster in the world swim spas. However, this wonderful creation also comes with an astonishing 41 massage jets, as well as a variety of fantastic LED lighting that makes it a truly delightful experience to have when you’re using the spa in the twilight hours. Of course, this is just one model out of many different options available from this well-respected company – so if you’re looking for something that’s a little on the smaller side, then they can equally serve your needs in this regard as well. So no matter whether you’re looking to purchase something luxurious or economical, you’re going to be thrilled with your new swim spa just as soon as you have it installed into your property.
When you’re trying to find a Madras OR Swim spa manufacturer that will suit your needs, you don’t have to look much further than Swim Spas Plus. This company specializes in the creation and sale of a wide range of Swim Spas that will give you everything you’ve been looking for and a whole lot more. There’s no denying that there’s a wide range of spa manufacturers available right now, but not all of them are up to the task of producing something that will last you for many years and represents good value for money. However, you can rest assured that whenever you shop with Swim Spas Plus you will be purchasing one of the best spas ever produced. Each of their options uses high-quality pumps and well-designed electrical controls which will simply never let you down. Of course, purchasing from a quality manufacturer will give you great peace of mind, and this is just one of the many reasons why shopping with this company is a smart investment.
With an extensive range of spas on the market, it’s not always easy to find precisely what you’re looking for. With this in mind, it’s certainly a good idea to get in contact with Swim Spas Plus, because they will be more than happy to put together a custom spa that will suit each and every requirement you may have. Ultimately, investing in a custom spa is a wise decision, because this is the only way to truly guarantee you will have everything you want in your very own personal spa. It’s worth noting that this particular company is also well respected for the exceptional quality of spas they produce, so whether you’re looking for a totally unique creation, or simply a few minor tweaks to an already existing design, you can rest assured that purchasing a custom spa from this company will be a fantastic decision for a pool spa Madras OR.
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