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Wars live events are world-renowned, drawing players in unprecedented numbers who log millions of gameplay hours.
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In 1423, the guild
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The edible meat from any of various large edible marine usually dull-green stalk-eyed crustaceans of the family Homaridae especially of the genus Homarus having large asymmetrical pincers on the first pair of legs one used for crushing and the other for cutting and tearing: the shell turns bright red when cooked.
Mastering the Basics: How to Crack a Lobster
[MUSIC] So I've got a lobster , this is about a pound and a quarter. We let it cook for about ten minutes. Taking it out ..... it. And what you're left with is nice claw meat. And that is how you de-shell a whole lobster .[MUSIC] So I've got a lobster , this is about a pound and a quarter. We let it cook for about ten minutes. Taking it out of its boil.is nice claw meat. And that is how you de-shell a whole lobster .
How to Make Boiled Lobster
day because today we're making boiled lobster . I have 2 very special guest stars with ..... to have the clarified butter to dip the lobster in. And then here I have 8 quartz of ..... about 20 minutes and then you have boiled lobster for dinner. Okay, get ready for therecipe.com. You came on a good day because today we're making boiled lobster . I have 2 very special guest stars with me today. They just don't happen to know they're also dinner. Here's all you need. Of course, you need 2 lobsters. These are 1 to 2 pounds each and then we have some clarified butter. Got to have the clarified butter to dip the lobster in. And then here I have 8 quartz of water with about 2 teaspoons of salt. So, my salted water is boilinglet it simmer for about 20 minutes and then you have boiled lobster for dinner. Okay, get ready for the big reveal. It's gonna be lobster magic. And there you go. Look at the color of that lobster . It went from that dark color to this bright red. And as you know, it's done. Before you can crack open the lobster , you need to let it cool down until it's cool enough to handle. And in that time, you can make some clarified butter. I have some here ready to go. All you need to do is slowly melt about a quarter cup of butter and don't stir it while it's melting. Then once it's completely melted, pour off the top glare which is nice and clear and discard the milky bottom. I can't wait to dip some of this lobster meat into that clarified butter. Let's dive into these lobsters. The first thing you wanna do is cut off these rubber bands.just remove that and discard. So, cut through the tail and that lobster tail is ready to dip in the butter and enjoy. Then I'm gonna twist the claws and remove them from the body. Okay. So using a nut cracker, break open the claws and then you can use a small fork to remove the meat from the claws. So, I've removed all of the meat from one of the lobsters. That's ready to go. I'm gonna do the exact same thing with the second lobster . You can just dip that delicious lobster meat into your clarified butter. It's like a fancy restaurant right at home and that's how you make boiled lobster . Thanks for watching. For more great recipes and savings, visit us at recipe.com.
How to Make Lobster Tails with Chive Butter
sophistication to the grill today by making Lobster Tails with Chive Butter. For your ingredients, of course, we have these gorgeous lobster tails. I have four of them here. They ..... thing you need to do is butterfly your lobster tails. It's really easy with a pairan element of elegance and sophistication to the grill today by making Lobster Tails with Chive Butter. For your ingredients, of course, we have these gorgeous lobster tails. I have four of them here. They're about 5 ounces each and they're already thawed. I have one-third of a cup of butter that I've already melted, then we have 2 tablespoons of snipped fresh chives and 1 teaspoon of grated lemon rind. The first thing you need to do is butterfly your lobster tails. It's really easy with a pair of kitchen shears. Just start at one end and snip through the shell, and thenthe 2 tablespoons you measured out, brush it on top of the lobster . It's that easy. We're ready to put them on the grill. The grill is all ready to go, it's been preheated to about medium. I'm gonna take the lobster tails and put the meat side down on the grill, let them cook for about 6 minutes, flip them over, another 6 to 8 minutes until the meat is opaque. So we're halfway through the cooking time. I'm gonna flip over the lobster tails, and then brush them with more of this delicious chive butter sauce. Let's give these another 6 to 8 minutes until the flesh is opaque. I think these lobster tails need to come off the grill. Looking good. Your lobster tails are done. It's a decadent and elegant meal. I can't wait to dive into this. It's gonna be so good. That's how you make lobster tails with chive butter. Thanks for watching. For more great recipes and savings, visit us at Recipe.com.
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Britain's Got Talent auditions at Huddersfield's Packhorse Centre uncovered a real character in the form of a 'Victorian funk rapper'.
Montague Jacques Fromage - yes, really - turned up for Wednesday's open auditions in an eye-catching steam punk outfit and impressively curled moustache.
The New Jersey man then began his eloquent rap over a backing track — and even busted a few moved in the middle of his audition.
Could Mr Fromage be the next winner of Britain's Got Talent? We'll let you decide - watch the video above then tell us what you think in the comments below!
Wednesday’s auditions were preliminary with producers to view the footage before deciding who to put forward for the televised auditions, featuring judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Wallliams.
Gabriella Colasurdo, a BGT talent spotter, said: “We’ve had a couple of magicians, some singers and a guitarist.
“We film them and the footage is sent back to the show’s producers and they’ll make a decision on whether to take them to the next stage.
“Having local auditions like this means we reach far more people. We understand that it can be expensive and not everyone has the money or time to travel to London to audition.
“It gives more people a chance and it brings more variety to the show.”
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It can be a big project when removing the old popcorn texture and applying new knockdown look, but the end results are well worth it. Knockdown is the modern look these days so it really adds a newer feeling to your home. It also makes the room seem a bit bigger because it has the effect of making the ceiling feel a bit higher. It reflects the natural light coming in through the windows much more effectively as well, showing off its details as the light shines across it. So, although popcorn texture can still look okay, knockdown tends to be more pleasing to the eye these days, and on top of all this, will boost the value of your home!
I've done a lot of repairs, and if there would be any issues with colour or texture matching afterwards I would let you know. If the texture is nice and white and away from the middle of the room where a lot of light shines in, then chances are it can be blended nicely if it's done right.
It is common in a lot of bathrooms with poor ventilation. In this case, the moisture accumulated in the skylight and caused the existing texture to easily fall off in flakes. What I did was scrape most of the skylight (left) where the texture was coming off easily, then sanded most of the surrounding area so that there would be no blending issues. Once it was all nice and smooth, I prepped the area for texture and applied knockdown. (right)
Very minimal to none. I cover everything with a layer of polyethylene plastic, sealing up any gaps and seams, using thorough techniques I've acquired over the years. When it's time to clean up, I do so in a manner that allows any falling mud or dust to be caught by the plastic on the floor, and roll everything up into a bundle once all is said and done. When all the garbage is out, I will go around with a damp cloth to get any minimal overspray. The idea is to always try to leave the job looking like I was never there, with the only difference being a new ceiling. | <urn:uuid:3a8fa835-e166-4660-93ae-098677a52ab4> | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | https://www.skytextexturing.com/blog--faq | 2022-07-01T19:51:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103945490.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220701185955-20220701215955-00771.warc.gz | en | 0.968895 | 432 |
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The rise of the drones
01 Oct 2015 Simon
Wedding photoshoots, searches for missing people, pizza delivery… the use of drones for business and organisational tasks is rising all the time. Businesses in all sectors are rushing to cash in on their potential, while charities and non-profits are keep on using drones to keep costs down.
According to The Guardian, the number of drone permits granted to organisations in the UK rose 80% between January and October 2014. And that’s not taking into account the number being flown by members of the public.
In the US, drone start-ups raised $172 million in equity funding in the first five months of 2015 alone, says CB Insights – more than the previous three years combined.
One start-up is developing autonomous control software for drones. The FreeSkies CoPilot app which launched this week, will allow users to program a flight route.
FreeSkies CEO, Andy Putch, explained to CNBC: “You can have a drone, program a set route, and go and collect data in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost.”
With software like FreeSkies, the potential for drone usage appears to be limited only by imagination (and battery power).
The Superflux Lab has been working on a great research and development project called Drone Aviary that investigates the uses of civilian drones such as Madison, an advertising drone; Newsbreaker, a media drone that streams real-time news; and RouteHawk, a traffic management assistant.
If you need more evidence that drones are this year’s hot topic, then consider the UK Drone Show in December at the NEC in Birmingham: organisers have already had to add an extra date to cope with the demand.
Oliver O’Brien, the show’s project manager, said: “Suddenly more and more businesses are realising the advantages and jumping on the bandwagon. We predict the use of commercial drone technology is going to continue to increase throughout 2016, especially with DJI, the world’s largest consumer drone manufacturer, reportedly being valued at $10 billion.” | <urn:uuid:f2a5654b-ed57-49e1-89b2-c0fe43f0ae57> | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | https://www.moonrockinsurance.com/blog/the-rise-of-the-drones | 2018-09-22T05:25:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267158045.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20180922044853-20180922065253-00115.warc.gz | en | 0.943458 | 445 |
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation - Volume 11, issue 1
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Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation will provide a forum for discussion and dissemination of information about the major areas that constitute vocational rehabilitation.
Periodically, there will be topics that are directed either to specific themes such as long-term care or different disability groups such as those with psychiatric impairment. Often a guest editor who is an expert in the given area will provide leadership on a specific topic issue. However, all articles received directly or submitted for a special issue are welcome for peer review. The emphasis will be on publishing rehabilitation articles that have immediate application for helping rehabilitation counselors, psychologists and other professionals in providing direct services to people with disabilities.
Original research articles, review articles, program descriptions, and case studies will be considered for publication. Ideas for special topical issues are welcomed as well.
Abstract: The involvement of the United States in international rehabilitation efforts has been uneven. This is especially evident in the recent past as the focus of American efforts has been domestic. Yet national boundaries are increasingly becoming dismantled suggesting the need for a more global rehabilitation effort. There are many reasons for the United States to become a leader and a major player including a moral obligation and self-interest as well.
Keywords: International rehabilitation, Global approach
Abstract: Although both geographically isolated and lightly populated, New Zealand provides its citizens with vocational rehabilitation services of internationally quality. Recent restructuring of public agencies have enabled service funders and service providers to be clearly delineated toward more appropriate and effective outcomes for consumers of rehabilitation and disability services. A number of structural and organizational issues arc discussed and a description of some typical services provided. Ongoing consultations and appropriately targeted and funded research are suggested as important future strategies to maintain quality services in New Zealand.
Keywords: Vocational rehabilitation, Disability services, New Zealand
Abstract: This article reviews the social history of vocational rehabilitation in Zimbabwe as developments from the inside or the outside. The reviews take into account indigenous approaches to employment and occupation, missionary and colonial legacies, the post-colonial period, and examples of recent African developments as parts of the complex picture of vocational rehabilitation. Both inside and outside forces are marking the current situation. For consideration for further study and development are the impact of migration, the impact of colonial legacy, and the phenomenon of begging. The article concludes with raising the need of a platform to discuss vocational rehabilitation and disability…issues related to Africa.
Keywords: Zimbabwe, Indigenous development, Missionary and colonial legacies, Independence, International aid, Informal sector, Migration, Begging
Abstract: Community-based rehabilitation in the Philippines using self-employment or income generation projects is an example of rehabilitation practiced in many developing countries. Bacolod is located on the island of Negros a few hundred miles south of Manila. This article utilizes a number of individual examples of persons with disabilities becoming self-employed able to generate their own income through a community-based model of rehabilitation. While seemingly small and trivial by western standards, these descriptions of successful outcome suggest the need to understand the local socioeconomic context of rehabilitation. The end results of this program are individuals with disabilities being productive and valued…for their contributions to society.
Keywords: Community-based rehabilitation, Income generation, Self-employment
Abstract: This article introduces Japanese vocational rehabilitation programs, and discusses the problem about the current service delivery system by the two ministries, the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Health and Welfare. It generally describes the Employment Promotion Law for the Disabled, vocational rehabilitation services by the Ministry of Labor, roles of the Vocational Counselors for the Disabled and that of the social workers across various employment settings. A case illustration and the recent activities in the field are presented. Specifically, the ‘Third Sector Project’ for the employment of persons with severe disability, and the collaboration effort by the ‘Community…Workshops’ and the Vocational Centers for the Disabled, are introduced with examples. Lastly, the article discusses the current issues and suggests some future implications for vocational rehabilitation in Japan.
Keywords: Japan, Vocational rehabilitation, Labor, Health and welfare, Rehabilitation services
Abstract: Researchers from the American Indian Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (AIRRTC) have spent over a decade documenting the needs of American Indians with disabilities on a nationwide basis. In the past 5 years, AIRRTC research has been focused at the local community level, and has included American Indians with disabilities throughout the research via a participatory research process – from involvement in the design of the project, to instrument development, to data collection, to dissemination. Due to a supplemental grant that was awarded to the AIRRTC in 1994, researchers had the opportunity to extend the program of research and to…share successful research strategies with Native Indian people in a country with which the US shares its southern border – Mexico. This international research effort was conducted in collaboration with Acceso Libre (Free Access), a consumer-initiated and consumer-driven organization serving people with disabilities in the state of Oaxaca. It is anticipated that such sharing of resources and information will benefit rehabilitation personnel in the US by highlighting the need for culturally-sensitive rehabilitation intervention with indigenous people.
Keywords: Indigenous people with disabilities, Mexico, Rehabilitation, Participatory research, Cultural sensitivity
Abstract: The professional development of rehabilitation personnel is critical for maximizing the successful vocational rehabilitation of persons with disabilities. Professionalization and credentialing of rehabilitation personnel have been significant issues in Korea. Planning and education of vocational evaluators and rehabilitation counsellors at a national level are necessitated by an increase in the size of rehabilitation facilities and agencies. This paper reviews rehabilitation education programs, curriculum, and current structure and situations of vocational rehabilitation service delivery.
Keywords: Service delivery, Manpower, Quality of services, Credentialing, Employment training
Abstract: A pilot survey was conducted to determine the types of communication factors that contribute to vocational adaptation of the hearing-impaired in Metro Manila. The subjects were 40 hearing-impaired workers (20 males, 20 females; age: 21–46) who had graduated from The Philippine School for the Deaf (PSD) between 1968 and 1992. The score of subjective vocational satisfaction (SSVS) was assessed by the two-point scale method as an indicator of vocational adaptation. As a result, ‘satisfaction of overall communication’, ‘communication modality used by the hearing-impaired’, communication modality used by the hearing co-workers', ‘understanding of messages by the hearing-impaired’, and ‘use of hearing…aids’ were associated with SSVS.
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327 N 19th Street is a $75,000, 1,042 square foot, 2 bedroom, 1.0 bath home located in Kansas City, KS.
Welcome Home! Owner has proudly lived here for 30+ years- CLEAN & VERY well maintained! Some is new & much is original- The 1920's character still shines through with the original, beautiful wood throughout. Nice & spacious formal dining room that brings in natural light, & a wonderful, cozy living room, too. Sit on your front porch or back patio, & enjoy that morning or afternoon beverage. LARGE detached garage in the back, with much NEW in there! HURRY & come make this amazing house your NEXT HOME! LISTED AS-IS.
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PCB may increase Test match fee for players
Posted on: 05:48 PM IST Apr 10, 2013 IST
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board is contemplating increasing the Test match fees to discourage a growing trend of players preferring ODIs and T20 cricket over the longer version of the sport.
A PCB source said that after the South African tour the Board had got feedback from the team management that some players were not interested in playing Test matches.
"The reason for players preferring T20 cricket over Test matches is understandable since the difference between the fees paid out for a Test and a T20 match is not much," a source privy to discussion said.
Pakistan were whitewashed in the three-Test series with none of the Tests going into the fifth and final day. "The reason for this is clear that they think that why put in so much hardwork for five days of cricket when just by playing a three hour T20 game they can earn as much," the insider said.
He said that presently the board pays Rs 350,000 in the top bracket to players for a Test and around 30 to 35 percent less for a T20 match.
"There is a discussion going in the board that the Test match fees should be increased in the new central contracts so that there is a visible difference between the fees for a Test and ODI and T20 matches."
The PCB was expected to give out new central contracts at the start of the year but the process of selecting players has been delayed after noticing players' focus on shorter formats of the game.
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From the moment you step on board, you’ll feel special. We’ve designed our vessel to be spacious and stunningly beautiful, so you have room to relax and take it all in. With expansive top, fore and after decks you’ll experience amazing and uninterrupted 360-degree views of one of the world’s most famous harbours including the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House and Luna Park.
Whilst you cruise around the Harbour, we will serve you an amazing array of seasonal and regionally sourced food and wine. On our lunch cruise we treat you to a delicious two-course all-inclusive menu, including a decadent dessert. If you’re joining us on our dinner cruise, you’ll enjoy a multi-course chef-designed all-inclusive menu featuring the best of New South Wales ingredients, all of which showcase the multicultural influences on the Sydney dining scene. Pair both of these cruise menus with wines from some of New South Wales’ most prestigious wine regions and you’ve got the perfect culinary experience.
Come and experience the stunning Sydney Harbour with us. We concentrate on the little things, and that’s what makes a big difference.
Your experience begins by cruising under the Sydney Harbour Bridge and past the Sydney Opera House – two of Australia’s most iconic attractions. Heading east, pass by the Royal Australian Navy Base located on Garden Island, towards Watson’s Bay. On the return journey, via the north side of the harbour, pass by Clifton Gardens, Bradleys Head, Taronga Zoo, Kirribilli House (home of the Prime Minister) and Luna Park before returning to Darling Harbour.
In a city that revolves around its spectacular waterways, there are few better ways to experience Sydney than on our exclusive 78ft luxury cruiser. The Spirit of Migloo has 2 private areas available for hire or charter the entire vessel for your next event.
Outstanding service, cuisine and fine wines made for an amazing lunch on a beautiful harbour. This is a Sydney must do!
This was a five star experience on Sydney Harbour, to Craig and his superb crew who went out of their way to make this memorable thank you. The meal and service could not be faulted and I would highly recommend this three hour cruise to any one who likes to be spoilt on a boat in one of the most spectacular harbour in the world .
A wonderful lunch cruise experience. Staff were friendly and super attentive. Meal was delicious. Lovely new boat. Highly recommend!
Kylie H, TripAdvisor
Fantastic. I would highly recommend this dinner cruise. Service was outstanding, staff helpful, friendly, and super customer driven . I had the beef cheek for my entree and it was luscious.. my wife had the fish, and very good as well . And the views were phenomenal. I Know they are not responsible for the view, but responsible for getting us there at the right time and place, and that they did superbly..
Bob M, TripAdvisor
Thoroughly enjoyed this cruise! The service was fantastic. Our waitress Tanya was very friendly and made us feel most welcome and all other stuff were very accommodating. The food prepared by Chef Bal was Devine. All over a great night!
Fantastic Sydney Harbour experience - the boat was so comfortable, clean, easy to move around with great sightlines wherever you are.
The lunch menu was delicious, we loved the NSW sourced wines on the menu, even a great barista coffee to finish!
The staff were super friendly and professional - happily recommend the Journey Cruise for locals or overseas visitors.
What an amazing cruise. It was a birthday present for me from my partner. The staff were friendly the food was exceptional. The music played over speakers was beautiful (jazz) very relaxing set the right mood.
We really enjoyed our lunch cruise on Cruise Sydney. The boat is very new with lovely decor and has loads of viewing areas. We especially loved the top deck with its 360 degree uninterrupted views. It feels almost like a private boat especially compared to the other much larger boats doing these types of cruises. The staff were delightful-very welcoming and professional and the food was delicious (2 courses with choice, not buffet) with a good choice of quality wine. | <urn:uuid:5ec0f316-c43c-42d0-9b9d-8ca7f790ce2d> | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | https://journeybeyondcruises.com/ | 2021-09-18T16:32:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780056548.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20210918154248-20210918184248-00093.warc.gz | en | 0.961636 | 1,018 |
Germany?s Bild newspaper said on Wednesday that it has bought two Greek bonds.
Bild revealed that it invested just over 10,000 euros in Greek debt, buying the bonds at less than 50 percent of their face value.
One note matures on March 20, the other on May 20, 2013.
If Greece succeeds in agreeing on a voluntary haircut with its bondholders, then Bild could be among those who hold out and force Athens to pay the full value of the bonds.
This would mean the German daily could more than double its money.
It said that any profits would go to charity. | <urn:uuid:295e9227-3e0b-4406-a5f8-17065e1a6e6e> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://www.ekathimerini.com/138543/article/ekathimerini/news/germanys-bild-tabloid-buys-greek-debt | 2017-10-22T15:41:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825308.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20171022150946-20171022170946-00334.warc.gz | en | 0.976065 | 124 |
We Care 2020
Improving Lives In Our Community One Child at a Time
Giving looks a little different this holiday season. We have had to adapt to many things this year and we knew now more than ever that we wanted to continue our yearly commitment to the Boys and Girls Clubs in our community.
For 24 years, WRG has partnered with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and Herman Miller to spread holiday cheer at our We Care events. In a normal year, these events invite local youth in our communities to gather and create crafts and gifts for family members. While this year looks a little different, we’re still celebrating by making special home-delivered gift bags and hygiene kits for our kids. With the help of our WRG and Herman Miller Family along with community donations we compiled 600+ kits filled with board games, craft supplies, snacks and warm weather gear.
We want to thank our WRG and Herman Miller team along with the Rotary Club of Fort Worth and Acme Brick Company for their generous donations. Thanks to the big hearts of our community, we were able to donate a truck full of items to the Dallas and Tarrant County Boys and Girls Clubs. The donations included:
3,250 Non-Perishable Food Items.
500 Hygiene Kits filled with shampoo, conditioner, soaps, toothbrushes, deodorant and more.
300 We Care Kits filled with Hats, Mittens, Socks, Hand Sanitizers, Chapstick, Crayons and food.
Here at WRG, no matter what comes our way we will continue our efforts to improve people’s lives at work, at home and in our community.
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This afternoon session takes place in Room W176C. Zack Gurard-Levin of SAMDI Tech, will kick off the session with a talk describing the combination of high-density biochip arrays presenting self-assembled monolayers (SAMS) of alkanethiolates on gold with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) MS to create a technique, referred to as SAMDI.
This afternoon session takes place in Room W176C and starts at 1:30. Zack Gurard-Levin of SAMDI Tech, will kick off the session with a talk describing the combination of high-density biochip arrays presenting self-assembled monolayers (SAMS) of alkanethiolates on gold with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) MS to create a technique, referred to as SAMDI. Gurard-Levin will illustrate the use of SAMDI in drug discovery through assay development, hit identification, and lead optimization from proteins to cells.
Next, Xiaofeng Xie of Axcend Corporation will discuss using portable capillary liquid chromatography (LC) for automated on-line process reaction monitoring. By placing a portable capillary LC system next to an organic reaction vessel, minimal sample amount is consumed, and multiple samples can be analyzed in a timely manner-to assist in making critical decisions in a timely manner.
Daniel Steyer of the University of Michigan will speak next, giving a talk titled “Droplet Microfluidics and Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry for Screening Flow Reactions.” The MS-based screening of flow reactions has proven difficult, with demonstrated throughput limited to 45 s/sample. One avenue for expediting efforts in the screening of in-flow reactions is droplet microfluidics, where each individual sample is held separate by an immiscible phase, enabling the rapid manipulation and analysis of numerous reactions.
The next talk will be delivered by Abir Khaled of the University of Waterloo, who will discuss the growing concern about the widespread use of veterinary drugs in food-producing animals. Khaled will present the use of coated blade spray–MS/MS for rapid and high throughput screening and quantitation of 106 veterinary drugs in bovine tissue.
After the recess, the talks will continue with a presentation by Daipayan Roy of the University of Texas at Arlington that will describe a classification scheme for chiral stationary phases that can be used to qualitatively predict the effect of water on superficial fluid chromatography (SFC) separations.
Following Roy’s presentation, Shane Wells of the University of Michigan will discuss high throughput liquid–liquid extractions using nanoliter volumes. In this study, he demonstrates multiple applications of this technique including accurately and rapidly determining octanol-water partition coefficients. This was applied to five different drug molecules in human plasma, synthetic urine, and artificial cerebral spinal fluid and allowed for limits of detection (LODs) down to 7 nM for these drugs in human plasma.
The final talk of the session will be given by Chen Li of Purdue University. The discussion will address the depth-of-field (DoF) of optical imaging systems and how a DoF extension enables more crystals to be detected due to the polarization wavefront shaping via the micro-retarder array. | <urn:uuid:72dce4b0-3cce-47f1-a27e-1a04eb443151> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://www.chromatographyonline.com/view/high-throughput-methods-lc-ms-and-sfc | 2023-12-09T11:06:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100909.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209103523-20231209133523-00198.warc.gz | en | 0.8892 | 690 |
The latest release from the Taiwanese whisky legend
Kavalan Single Malt Whisky, the award-winning distillery located in Taiwan’s Yilan County, has established a reputation for exploring an array of styles and their impact on maturation in Taiwan’s sub-tropical climate.
The Concertmaster is known for being around for many years and allowing the whisky drinker a chance to enter the core range and experience all the hype. Using Ruby Port, Tawny Port and Vintage Port casks from Portugal to finish whiskies that were initially matured in American oak. Bottled at 40% abv and bottled with no added colouring.
Nose: Tropical fruits, vanilla caramel, tobacco leaf, milk chocolate, shortbread and cloves.
Palate: Red fruits, cinnamon, raisins and sultanas, oak and white pepper spice.
Finish: Dried dark fruits, strawberry jam and tobacco leaf.
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Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Blender 2.5x Windowing System
||This page documents Blender version 2.5x, which is still under development.
Information described here is subject to change at any time.
The Blender Workspace
Blender prefers to run full-screen, because it manages its own windowing system. This divides the screen up into rectangular, non-overlapping windows (sometimes called areas). These are marked out with coloured borders in the following screenshot of the default Blender 2.55 workspace layout:
Each window has a header, which always shows an icon at its leftmost end which identifies the contents of the window. This icon has a pair of upward- and downward-pointing triangles next to it. If you click withon this icon, a menu pops up which allows you to change what the window is showing:
The header can be at the top or bottom of the window. If you click withon the header, a menu pops up which lets you move the header (to the top if it’s at the bottom, or vice versa), or maximize the window to fill the entire workspace:
To hide the header completely, move the mouse to the edge of the header furthest from the edge of the window (i.e. the top edge of the header if it is at the bottom of the window, or vice versa); it will change into a vertical double-headed arrow. Now click with . Click this with to bring the header back.and drag towards the window edge, and the header will disappear. In its place, you will see the following symbol appear at the corner of the window:
Any window can be changed to any type. You can have multiple windows of the same type.
The workspace layout is saved along with the document. Anybody subsequently opening the document will see the last-saved layout.
The Active Window
The active window is the one that will respond if you press a key. Exactly one Blender window is active at any given time; this is the one containing the mouse pointer. (When a hotkey fails to work as expected, it's often because the mouse pointer has strayed into a neighboring window.) To change the active window, simply move the mouse pointer into the window you wish to activate.
When a window becomes active, its header gets brighter.
Resizing A Window
When you move the mouse to the boundary between two windows, the pointer changes to a double-headed arrow. The arrows indicate the directions in which you can drag the boundary with, to resize the adjoining windows accordingly.
You will notice that the 3D View window (the largest window in the above screenshot, outlined in yellow) has a bunch of buttons down the left. This rectangular portion is called the Tool Shelf. This is like a window within a window, and you can drag the boundary between it and the main part of the 3D View to resize.
Too Much To Fit
If a window or shelf contains too much information to fit within its display area, scrollbars will appear along the bottom or right edge. You can scroll the contents by dragging these with; alternatively you can drag with directly within the contents.
A window header may also contain more than fits within its displayable area. There is no explicit visual clue for this (except maybe the tell-tale of widgets being cut off at the right edge), but if it happens, you can drag sideways within the header withto scroll its contents.
Wraparound Mouse: If, while scrolling by dragging with, the mouse reaches the edge of the display area, it will “magically” disappear and reappear on the opposite edge. This lets you keep on scrolling without having to let go and reposition.
Within certain windows, you will see occurrences of the following symbols with headings next to them: click on the rightward-pointing one to make the panel appear, whereupon the symbol is replaced with the downward-pointing one; click that to make the panel disappear, and change the symbol back to the rightward-pointing one.
Splitting And Joining Windows
At the top right and bottom left of every window, you will see something like this: . If you move the mouse over this icon, you will see the pointer turn into a cross. At this point, you can do one of the following by clicking and dragging with :
- Split the window into two copies horizontally by dragging horizontally away from the edge.
- Split the window into two copies vertically by dragging vertically away from the edge.
- Join the window to the adjacent one horizontally (getting rid of it and taking over its space) by dragging towards it.
- Join the window to the adjacent one vertically (getting rid of it and taking over its space) by dragging towards it.
Of course, the last two are only possible if there is in fact another window in that direction. Note also that you can only join windows horizontally that are the same height, and windows vertically that are the same width.
The Default Workspace
If you look at the above screenshot of the default workspace, you will see the following window types:
- The menu bar at the top (outlined in purple) is actually a window, called Info. In previous versions of Blender, you could resize this to reveal the User Preferences, but in 2.5x they have been moved to their own window type. Instead, all you can see here if you enlarge the window are some debug messages, which will probably be removed once this version of Blender goes to final release.
- The largest window on the screen (outlined in yellow) is the 3D View. This is where you work on your model.
- The Properties window is outlined in green; this is where most of the functions are located for performing operations on models, materials etc. In previous versions of Blender this was called the Buttons window, and was degenerating into a disorganized grab bag of functionality that made it difficult to find things. This has been cleaned up in a major way in 2.5x. Note also that it defaults to a vertical layout, rather than the horizontal one of previous versions. The new design prefers a vertical layout, which works better on today’s widescreen monitors.
- The Outliner (in blue) gives you an overview of the objects in your document. As your models get more complex, you will start to appreciate the ability to find things quickly here.
- The Timeline (in red) becomes important when you’re doing animations.
Of course, this is just the default layout. For example, if you’re doing a static model or scene, not an animation, you can get rid of the Timeline. If you’re doing heavy script development, you’ll probably want the Console available to hand to try things out. And so on.
Up in that Info window/titlebar, you will see a menu with an icon looking like four little squares. Clicking on it withwill show the following menu:
Selecting from this menu lets you quickly switch between various predefined workspace layouts, tailored to various workflows. Try it and see—you can return to the default layout by selecting “Default” (but note that any changes you make to the layout are immediately associated with the name being displayed here). The menu even has a search box at the bottom: typing some text in here will restrict the menu to only showing items containing that text. Hard to believe it has much use here, but perhaps in complicated projects which need dozens of different layouts, a search function could become very useful indeed!
Note also the “+” and “X” icons to the right of the menu; clicking “+” creates a new entry which is a duplicate of the last-selected entry, while clicking “X” gets rid of the currently-selected entry. You will see these conventions appear consistently in menus elsewhere in Blender’s new, revamped interface. | <urn:uuid:5697ed85-219c-4486-8918-4acece2ab267> | CC-MAIN-2015-48 | https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Blender_Windowing_System_New | 2015-11-25T14:25:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-48/segments/1448398445208.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20151124205405-00331-ip-10-71-132-137.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927972 | 1,665 |
Allavino 32" Wide Vite II Tru-Vino 277 Bottle Single Zone Stainless Steel Left Hinge Wine Refrigerator (YHWR305-1SL20)
The Allavino Vite II YHWR305-1SL20 Wine Refrigerator with Tru-Vino Temperature Control Technology is a stylish freestanding unit that can hold up to 277 bottles. Protect and preserve your wine collection with the latest innovation in wine storage technology by Allavino. Easily set your desired temperature with the easy-to-use digital control panel and trust in Tru-Vino Temperature Control Technology to protect your collection through consistent temperature maintenance. This wine refrigerator features sturdy hardwood shelves that can be easily adjusted to fit the needs of your collection. The smooth gliding shelves allow for convenient access to every bottle without disrupting the delicate wine maturation process.
Single-Zone Digital Temperature Control:
The Allavino YHWR305-1SL20 has a temperature range of 41°F to 72°F, so it can be set low enough to store white wine at serving temperature, or high enough for long term storage of red wine. For your convenience, the temperature is displayed on a lighted digital display that can easily be viewed through the glass without needing to open the door, and user-friendly push button controls make it easy to control the settings or turn on the cool blue LED lighting.
Easy Rolling Hardwood Shelves:
Safely store up to 277 standard sized wine bottles on the YHWR305-1SL20's extra thick hardwood shelves, which each glide-out on ball bearing tracks for easy access. Nine shelves hold up to 28 standard bottles each, while the bottom shelf can hold larger diameter bottles or up to 25 standard bottles. These shelves are adjustable in 1-1/4" increments to accommodate larger bottles, though this may affect your overall bottle storage capacity.
To provide additional cooling and reduce the initial cool down time by 50%, this wine cellar features an internal fan that circulates air throughout the cabinet. This fan helps to prevent large differences in temperature between the upper and lower shelves, and creates a frost-free environment that does not require defrosting.
Blue LED Interior Lights:
Unlike other wine refrigerators, which may use incandescent bulbs that create harmful hot spots that could affect your wine, the YHWR305-1SL20 uses cool blue LED lighting to beautifully and safely illuminate the interior. Because these lights emit much less heat, they can be left on to show off your collection, or be set to turn on only when the door is opened.
Tinted Glass Door with Lock:
Keep harmful light away from your wine while enjoying a spectacular view of every bottle, thanks to a UV-protected glass door that is frost and condensation-free. Worried about teenagers or room mates having easy access to your wine? This door features a built-in key lock with two keys, taking one more worry off your mind.
- Tru-Vino Temperature Control Technology maintains truly consistent temperature and humidity
- Black Cabinet with Black Framed Glass Door and Towel Bar Handle
- Adjustable Glide-Out Shelves - Adjustable in 1 1/4" increments to allow for maximum compatibility with varying bottle sizes
- With the standard racking configuration using bottles no wider than 3", no taller than 8 1/2" at the shoulder and no taller than 11 3/4" overall, you can fit 28 bottles on each sliding shelf along with 25 bottles on the bottom stationary shelf by stacking three rows of bottles toward the back of the rack and placing two more bottles sideways in front of them.
- Low-Heat Blue LED Interior Lights - Beautifully illuminates your wine collection and makes bottle selection easy, can easily be set for continuous display
- Activated Charcoal Air Filter - Helps to prevent unwanted odors from entering the cabinet, which could penetrate the cork into your wine
- Single Temperature Zone - Store either red or white wine
- Fan-Forced Cooling - Reduces the hot and cool spots in the unit, promoting even temperatures, yet is quiet with the door closed
- Temperature Adjustable Between 41°F and 72°F - One of the largest temperature ranges available on the market
- Maximum Ambient Temperature: 90°F
- Minimum Ambient Temperature: The lowest temperature you want to store your wine at. The unit does not have a heater, so if the ambient temperature is lower than the set temperature, the internal temperature will match the external temperature.
- Dimensions: 78.5" x 31.5" x 27.5" (29 1/4" w/ handle)(H x W x D)
- Packaging Dimensions: 87 1/2" x 37 1/2" x 34" (H x W x D)
- Unit Weight: 325 lbs
- Shipping Weight: 383 lbs
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Goodness Gracious me, if there was already an answer on this question..
And i failed to use the search button.
But, i have system menu 4.1e,
and i read this: http://www.wiihacks.com/recommended-...d-any-wii.html
For wich steps do i need wifi, ? because i dont have wifi lol | <urn:uuid:41b39f90-a32a-4d50-a86e-cea363a7d8ab> | CC-MAIN-2014-42 | http://www.wiihacks.com/wiihacks-newbie-discussions-forum/51430-do-you-really-need-wifi-lol-print.html | 2014-10-25T22:14:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1414119650692.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20141024030050-00012-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.739168 | 84 |
The poetic Edda Grímnismál in the first person of Odin tells us “Huginn and Muninn fly each day over the spacious earth. I fear for Huginn, that he come not back, yet more anxious am I for Muninn.” Huginn and Muninn are a pair of ravens that fly all over the world, Midgard, and bring information to Odin. Although they appear as common ravens, Odin has given them magical powers and they are able to travel around Midgard in a day. They also have the ability to understand and speak in the language of men. They are wise and don’t just observe, they give counsel to Odin and even advise him. In battle Huginn and Muninn inform Odin of his enemy’s movements and help him guide and heal his horse, Slepnir.
Huginn in Old Norse means "thought" and Muninn means "memory" or "mind”, both words being associated with wisdom. Ravens are, in fact, one of the smartest animals. For example, they imitate wolves to attract them to carcasses that are difficult to break open. Ravens and wolves have a special relationship. When wolves finish eating, they leave the leftovers for the ravens. Ravens even play with wolves, sometimes mischievously by taunting with food or mocking them. With this in mind, you can understand why the wise God Odin chose both ravens and wolves as companions.
The importance of the Raven to the Norse and Vikings is found in images on golden amulets, helmet plates, and shoulder brooches, dating all the way back to the fifth century. They appear on the Oserberg Tapestry, which was discovered onboard a ninth-century Viking funeral ship. Artefacts of ravens have been discovered all over Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and even England. Huginn and Muninn's role as Odin's messengers is seen on the Norse raven banner and general raven symbolism by the ancient Germanic peoples. Many believe their fylgja or hamingja is a raven. A fylgja is a supernatural being or spirit guide which accompanies a person and may appear in dreams or shamanic like states. A hamingja is similar, but is ever present from birth and at death migrates to a family member.
Other cultures from Tibet to Greece have also seen the raven as a messenger for the gods. Celtic goddesses of warfare (such as the Morrigan) often took the form of ravens during battles. The Chinese believed ravens caused bad weather in the forests to warn people that the gods were going to pass by. And native American tribes worshipped the raven as a deity. The Norse and Vikings sought out Huginn and Muninn for guidance and wearing amulets would be a constant reminder of the importance of these ravens.
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Koch on Moore
It is shocking to me that Americans in a time of war, and we literally are at war with Americans being deliberately killed in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere by Islamic terrorists, will attack their own country, sapping its strength and making its enemies stronger.
I am not a supporter of the xenophobic slogan "My country right or wrong."
But I do believe, when seeking to make it right if it is wrong, that none of us should endanger the country, our military personnel or our fellow citizens.
Disagreeing with America's foreign policy and seeking to change it, responsibly or irresponsibly, is a fundamental right protected by the First Amendment. Shaming those who do it irresponsibly is our only lawful recourse and rightly so.
Senator John Kerry in criticizing United States' foreign policy and the incumbent president is acting responsibly, albeit I disagree with many of his views.
On the other hand, Michael Moore, writer and director of the film "Fahrenheit 9/11," crosses that line regularly. The line is not set forth in the criminal statutes, but it is determined by Americans who know instinctively what actions and statements taken and uttered violate the obligations of responsibility and citizenship they deem applicable in time of war...
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What do you do when given an assessment task? Do you panic or experience a sense of heaviness? Do you wonder “Where do I start?” Is it clear to you what you have to do? How do you know if you are on the right track?
Having been a student myself, at school, at TAFE and at university, and also as a teacher and marker of many different types of assessments, I understand the problem. In fact, many of my students at “You and Me Tutoring” come to me with an assessment task for help to work out exactly what they are expected to do to fulfil the requirements.
Here are 3 steps to take to ensure you are on the right track:
- Read all of the instructions
- Find a quiet place free from distractions where you feel calm and your mind can concentrate. If you can’t cut out noise, play some soft, classical music with no words.
- Read through all the instructions on the task sheet from beginning to end. This may include “Things to Consider”, “Hints”, “Mode of Delivery” and other information. Leave reading through the marking rubric (criteria sheet) until later.
- Re-read the instructions and underline all the command verbs, e.g. choose, select, write, explain, describe, discuss, compare (what is the same), contrast (what is different), present, justify, design, create. If you don’t know exactly what a word on the task sheet means, find out from a dictionary, online or from your teacher (lecturer, tutor).
- Highlight keywords and phrases which tell you specific information you will need to supply, topics and quotations.
- Determine what the final result will look like (text type).
- Are you being asked to write an essay, a report, descriptive paragraph, set of instructions or to deliver a speech? Are you to create a poem, advertisement or multimodal presentation? Do you have to conduct a survey, field report or investigation?
- What is to be your purpose in the assessment? Are you to give instructions, show feelings, convince others, present information, explain ideas, make recommendations, entertain or teach?
- Who will be your audience? Are you writing or presenting to peers, your family, an authority figure, adults or children?
- How long is the assessment to be: one paragraph, 500 words, a 3 minute presentation? You will lose marks if you do too little and even too much on an assessment task because you must have enough content and be able to deliver it effectively.
- Assemble your resources
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Event Me style guide for invitations
Your invitation is the key to the success of your event. The following guidelines
ensure maximum compatibility with email clients and content-based spam
filters, thus ensuring the best delivery rate possible and avoiding the largest problems
that could prevent your invitees from responding to your invitation.
Use a catchy subject line
Be brief: no more than 50 characters, including
- Be descriptive. Less ideal: "Meet your next business
partner." More ideal: "Networking Event for Ad Pros (Feb 12)."
Be nice to your invitees
Summarize the core event info in the very beginning
of the invite (what, when, where, benefits, costs, RSVP instructions).
Write as if the audience has never heard of you
Address your invitees personally (our invites start
with "Dear [first name]") and consider a personal complimentary close.
Include your full contact info (name, phone, email,
Shorten the copy.
- Avoid spam triggers:
YELLING (words or even full lines with UPPERCASE ONLY)
- go easy on "free," "$$$," "Click here," etc.
- Check the spelling.
Use tables and inline styles
Don't use layers/positioning. Some clients don't
display them correctly. Use tables instead to arrange your content. Make sure to use tables with clearly defined borders,
paddings and cell-spacing (often, all settings will be 0 in order to make the table
- We encourage adherence to HTML5 standards and have switched our own content to it. However, style sheets find poor support in many emai clients. Use inline styles instead. If you design your email with a style sheet you can use an inlining tool before sending us your copy.
- Using relative sizes for your fonts (ems, percent, or "smaller" etc.)
- renders your layout at the mercy of the viewers' browser settings, the computer display and it's settings, and even the style sheet of the website if viewed inside a webmail service. This is good for people who need to increase font sizes in order to read them. However, we prefer absolute sizes (in pixels or points) because the intended layout of text and images will look the same next to each other wherever they are displayed.
- If you use standard html tags such as <h1> or
<b> to emphasize parts of your email, these parts will be emphasized by
the default behavior of the client displaying the html email if your styles
are being ignored or if you leave properties unspecified. While <b> and <i> might be fairly safe to use, <em>, <strong>
and more exotic ones like <def> etc. warrant more caution.
- Try to keep your code clean and avoid excessive tag nesting. It inflates your code to text ratio (a spam trigger) and makes edits and bug fixes difficult and might reduce cross-browser consistency.
- We avoid using <p> tags (and use <br> tags for line breaks instead) and can fully define standard text by setting a style to each <td> tag that contains text.
If you define your links' font-weight and font color then you need to be careful
when your (visible) link text actually looks like a link
itself - Gmail will turn it into a plain link from it inside your link and render your inline style obsolete - unless
you set your link to target="_blank".
- You cannot define link behavior using inline styles.
- Nothing shows better how great your events are than pictures of your past events.
If you have any, include a few in the invite and maintain image galleries on your
site to which you should also link from your invitation. If you don't have images
of past events, there might be stock photos that could work in creating positive
expectations in another way than just text.
- Always assume that some subscribers won't see your images. (They might read the email offline, or block images, like many AOL, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, and Outlook users do). That means that all crucial info needs to be included in textual form. If you have one big flyer, you might want to put it to the top and leave the size settings and alt text undefined. (If it loads, great, if not it at least won't create an empty box in its place.) Then have all the info as text underneath. If space occupied by images is crucial for your layout then you need to define height and width (or create and define the correspondingly sized table cell around it). This way, the space won't collapse around a non-loading picture. You then should also offer alt text attributes for readers to understand a minimum of what they cannot see as image. This is extremely important if you are providing an
important link with the
image - without a note "Buy Tickets Here" nobody would ever click on that link.
- If you want to use one or more background images, you need to set it to
a table cell since your body tag will be stripped in many clients. You can
apply a single background image to the entire email by embedding all html inside the single
cell of an enclosing, outer table that has the background image.
- Embed images with absolute links to your webserver,
i.e., don't include them as attachments.
- If you have large images, it is better not to split them
into separate ones. If
you have multiple links on your single image, you should use a link map on your
large image to define the hot zones.
- Fully adhere to industry standards when setting up your html email. Set it up as
mime multi-part email and define a text body part. Add this part to your message
first (with meaningful content because many people will actually see this), then
your html body part. Your html body part has to contain all these tags <!DOCTYPE HTML>(for html5, or whatever doctype you pick)<html><head><title>(your
subject here)</title></head><body>(your content here)</body></html>.
- Check for html errors - an extra or missing </div> or </table> tag could
break the webmail page displaying your email. You can find countless validators for your code online.
- Go easy on large font sizes because this can trigger spam filters.
Use only standard web fonts such as Arial, Verdana, and Times New Roman.
Avoid using fonts that are not commonly used. They may look "cool" but completely mess up your invitation if the email client doesn't support that font
and replaces it with something else.
- Keep the entire invitation in a 600 to 730 pixel wide
table. While computer screens can support much larger widths, email is now mostly being reviewed on portable screens.
- Don't design HTML in MS Word. It creates garbage code that is difficult to clean up.
- Don't use anchors because some email clients don't
cause errors or not work at all for recipients that do get it.
- Set your outermost table's background color to white to prevent it from
defaulting to gray in some browsers. Set your background color in the table tag. Should you use a non-white background, test your email's look with a white background anyway since some email clients remove your background color.
- If you don't understand the html-related terms
discussed above, please don't create an html email invitation yourself. In those
cases select a simple text-only invitation or let us do the design for
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Petbarn Area Manager, Emily Dwyer, says: “We are so excited to be celebrating World Cat Day in- store again this year. Cats make wonderful pets as they’re affectionate yet independent. They are renowned for their companionship, playful nature and self-sufficiency, making a great addition to any family. If you have been thinking about welcoming a new feline friend into your home, World Cat Day is the perfect time to come in-store and meet some of the adorable cats and kittens available for adoption.”
The goal of the day is to find as many purrfect pairings as possible so these rescue cats and kittens can find their forever homes. If you happen to find your new best friend on the day, Petbarn will be able to talk you through the pet adoption process in-store. While an adoption fee will be charged at Petbarn, 100 per cent of the dollar amount will be returned to the charity who have partnered with Petbarn for World Cat Day.
All the cats and kittens available for adoption are vaccinated, microchipped, desexed and health-checked to ensure they’re off to a good start at their new home.
Petbarn pride themselves on being committed to pet welfare and have partnered with, and supported, rescue organisations and pet-related charities since 2012. Some of Petbarn’s adoption partners are the RSPCA, Cat Haven, The Animal Welfare League, Friends of the Pound and Second Chance Animal rescue, plus many more, and they’ve saved more than 30,000 pet animal lives to date, nationally.
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Favorable factors that support China’s recovery continue to accumulate and promote stable progress of the Chinese economy, the Chinese media group stated.
In the comment of that media house, on the occasion of the announcement of the Chinese officials that the results of the national economy were good in August, it is pointed out that thanks to the improvement of the business environment in China, the number of innovative companies is rapidly increasing.
It is added that technological innovations are like constant “engines” that deliver a constant flow of development power to the Chinese economy.
“At the same time, domestic demand continues to strongly support the Chinese economy. On the one hand, despite the impact of factors such as epidemics and floods, Chinese household consumption growth slowed in August, but the employment.supporting employment situation remained broadly stable. “The momentum of the increase in consumption in China has not weakened,” the Chinese media group said.
It was pointed out that, with the improvement of corporate efficiency, the Chinese policy of supporting the development of the real economy has continued to be efficient, and the vitality of investments continues to grow.
According to the Chinese media group, the constant expansion of China’s opening has significantly stimulated the world economy, so in August, China’s total foreign trade reached a record high and the growth of imports and exports far exceeded market expectations, and the country continues to become a hotbed of foreign investment.
BlackRock, one of the world’s largest asset management groups, recently announced in the “Global Investment Outlook for Mid.2021” that, compared to other countries in the world, the Chinese economy has reacted strongly to the impact of the Kovid 19 epidemic and become a driving force. | <urn:uuid:42091f9c-3489-480b-bce3-4837c971bb4d> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://observatorial.com/news/economy/11438/chinese-media-group-china-remains-the-only-pillar-of-global-economic-growth/ | 2021-10-23T10:41:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585671.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20211023095849-20211023125849-00241.warc.gz | en | 0.958525 | 358 |
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Baroness CellarsAddress: 939 Front St., Leavenworth, WA 98826
Cascade Valley Wine CountryDescription: Over 60 wineries and tasting rooms for you to visit in Leavenworth, Lake Chelan and the Wenatchee Valley. World class wineries and undiscovered gems await you.
Address: PO Box 264, Leavenworth, WA 98826
Phone: 509 548 2153
Chateau Faire Le Pont WineryDescription: Chateau Faire le Pont is a state of the art winery producing world class ultra premium wine. Full tasting room with popular varieties. We can accommodate weddings, business meetings, or special occasions Open Year Around: Daily: 11:00-6 PM Thursday-Saturday 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM Firday 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Address: 1 Vineyard Way, Wenatchee, WA 98801
Chelan Estate Vineyards & WineryDescription: The Chelan Estate Winery will be open on Saturday from eleven to six and Sunday from eleven to three for the rest of the summer. For appointments during on week days call 509-682-5454. We have three wines for tasting and purchase, our Estate Pinot Noir, Columbia Valley Merlot, (50% Estate growen grapes and 50% Red Mountain grapes)and Columbia Valley Chardonnay.
Address: P.O. Box 2687, Chelan, WA 98816
Chelangr'La WineryAddress: 3310 Manson Blvd, Manson, WA 98831
Crayelle CellarsDescription: At Crayelle Cellar our passion is hand-crafting Riesling and Syrah wines of superior quality and distinction. Visit our quaint tasting room in historic Cashmere.
Address: 207 Mission Street, Suite A, Cashmere, WA 98815
D'Vinery, Eagle Creek Winery Tasting RoomDescription: Wine maker and owner of Eagle Creek Winery, Ed Rutledge, invites you to stop by the winery and the tasting room in Leavenworth called d'Vinery and sample his delicious wines. d'Vinery Tasting Room is located across from Gustav's at 617 Front St. Open: Mon-Thurs 12pm-7pm Fri & Sat 12pm -8pm Sun - 11am-6pm
Address: 617 Front St., Leavenworth, WA 98826
Phone Alt.: 509-548-7668
Das LoungeJennifer Garcia
Description: A Wine Bar featuring Global Wines, Specialty Beers, Ports and Food&Wine Pairings. Open Evenings.
Address: 1016 Commercial Street, Leavenworth, Wa 98826
Phone Alt.: 509-888-8987
Eagle Creek Winery & D'Vinery Tasting RoomDescription: Open: May-Oct. Fri-Sun 11am to 5pm Sensation of stepping into Tuscany, visit with owner and winemaker Ed Rutledge, giving tours of personal wine cellar. DVinery tasting 617 Front Street, Leavneworth, WA 509-548-7049
Address: 10037 Eagle Creek Rd., Leavenworth, WA 98826
Hacienda WinesAddress: 64A Vanwinkle Road, Orondo, WA 98843
Hard Row to Hoe VineyardsDescription: Visit our small boutique winery on the north shore of Lake Chelan in picturesque Manson, Washington. Our southwest facing vineyard looks out over the lake and the peaks of the North Cascade mountains which provide the clear, glacial water to irrigate our vines.
Address: 300 Ivan Morse Rd, Manson, WA 98831
Horan Estates WineryDescription: Come and join us in our Tuscan themed tasting room in the Mission District of Cashmere, WA and sample our award-winning, handcrafted red and white wines: HVH Red Blend, Cabernet Sauvignon, CWM Syrah, Mike Horan Merlot, Voignier and White Duet. We are open Feb through Dec. Fri and Sat 12-5pm or by appt. Closed in January.
Address: 207 Mission Ave., Suite B, Cashmere, WA 98815
Icicle Ridge Winery LeavenworthDescription: e would be honored by your visit to our beautifully crafted log home for a free wine tasting. This family operated winery provides an unforgettable experience. Come visit with the wine makers and tour our wine cellars. Open 12-5 Year Around-Daily
Address: 8977 North Rd, Peshastin, WA 98847
Its 5 Artisan Craft DistilleryDescription: The first distillery in North Central WA. Its 5 Distillery makes Gin, Grappa, Brandy, Whiskey, and Liqueur. Come and see us at our tasting room Mon-Fri 11:00-5:00 Sat -Sun 1:00-5:00 December-April closed on Sunday.
Address: 207 Mission Ave,, Cashmere, Wa 98815
Jones of Washington VineyardDescription: Jones of Washington is Family owned, Estate Grown and Award winning Wines. Open Year Round: Memorial Day to Labor Day - Fri, Sat, Sun & Mon 11am-6pm Labor Day to Memorial Day - Fri, Sat, Sun 12-5pm
Address: 2101 F St. SW,PO Box 487, Quicy, WA 98848
Kestrel VintnersDescription: Crafting the perfect glass of wine isn’t just our focus, it’s an obsession. Kestrel’s commitment of absolute quality to capture the fullest from the earth, to create our elegent, distinctive wines from our own estate vineyard. We invite you to taste our Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Viognier, and Syrah.
Address: 843 Front St #B1, Leavenworth, WA 98826
Knipprath CellarsDescription: Experience a New Age of Discovery! Knipprath Cellars produces award-winning New World Ports and Wines using Old World craftsmanship. Located in the Spokane Valley adjacent to Felts Field, two blocks north of Trent and Fancher Ave. in the historic Parkwater schoolhouse. Home of the Northwest's original chocolate infused, and vanilla bean aged port-style dessert wines, "Au Chocolat!" and "La V!"
Address: 5634 E. Commerce Ave., Spokane, WA 99212
La Toscana Winery, Bed and BreakfastDescription: La Toscana Winery, located between Leavenworth and Cashmere, features a variety of red and white wines, all handcrafted on the premises in the Old-World tradition. Vintner Warren Moyles began his studies of winemaking while living in Northern Italy and has continued to refine his techniques over the past two decades in North Central Washington. Tastings can be arranged by calling (509) 548-5448. La Toscana's two guestrooms - one, a fully furnished Tuscan-style apartment offers every amenity for overnight visitors. Featuring classic European decor, each offers elegant ambience at affordable rates. Your hostess, Julie Moyles, looks forward to welcoming you! Visit our website: www.latoscanawinery.com Located at : 9020 Foster Rd. Cashmere, WA 98815
Address: 9020 Foster Rd, Cashmere, WA 98815
Lake Chelan Wine Growers AssociationDescription: Members include wineries, growers, and business partners who bring passion, talent and dedication to the cultivation of world-class vineyards, and the production of extraordinary wines.
Address: PO Box 777, Chelan, WA 98816
Lake Chelan WineryDescription: Located in the last privately owned apple packing shed in the valley, Lake Chelan Winery proudly features estate wines, a 3,000 sq ft gift shop, and vineyard and winery tours. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff will guide you through the ultimate winery experience. Relax and enjoy our BBQ ribs and salmon along with a bottle of estate wine. Located 5.5 miles from Chelan on the way to Manson, we are open daily from 11am. BBQ starts at 4pm and ends at 9pm from May through October
Address: 3519 SR 150, Chelan, WA 98816
Le Tours (Leavenworth Enchanted Tours)Description: Limousine services offering Wine Tours and speciality packages including Dinners, Horse Carriage Rides, Sleigh Rides and much more. Rates start at only $55.00 per person. Located inside of Echo Cellars downtown Leavenworth on Front Street
Address: 188 Hwy 2, Wenatchee, WA 98826
Okanogan Estate and Vinyard & Gift ShopDescription: Free wine tasting daily! Gold Digger Cellars Wine and Gift Shop offers award winning Okanogan Valley wines, unique gifts, wooden wine boxes, fresh local fruit and much more!
Address: 1205 Main St /Hwy 97, Oroville, WA 98844
Description: An RV Membership Club for overnight parking at Northwest wineries, farms, historic sites and more. Our goals are to promote agriculture tourism and responsible consumption of alcohol.
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Ryan Patrick Vineyards & Tasting RoomDescription: Winery Tasting Sat/Sun 12/5pm
Address: 407 Aplets Way, Cashmere, WA 98815
Silvara VineyardsDescription: Poised on a gentle hillside surrounded by orchards, vineyards & majestic wooded peaks of the Cascade Mountains, the 5-acre estate offers a magnificent tasting room & entertainment hall built by the founder with broad windows & stone fireplaces warming the great-room, the rear tasting room, & outdoor patio. Hours: 5/1-1/1 – M-SU 11a-5p, 1/1-5/1 - F-M 11a-5p
Address: 77 Stage Rd., Leavenworth, WA 98826
Phone Alt.: 602-292-2444
Snowdrift Cider CoDescription: Hand-crafted premium hard ciders from true cider apples grown in East Wenatchee orchard. Located about 2 miles east of the airport in rural East Wenatchee, at 277 South Ward Ave.
Address: 277 S. Ward Ave, East Wenatchee, WA 98802
Snowgrass WineryDescription: Snowgrass Winery, founded by Alan Moen and Susan Kidd in 2008, is the first premium winery to be established in the Entiat River Valley. It is located on a small farm along the beautiful Entiat River, and winery sheep are used to mow and help prune the vineyard in the spring and fall. Snowgrass specializes in the production of aromatic, dry rose`s and red table wines from classic European varietals. Visitors are welcome for tours and tastings by appointment.
Address: 6701 Entiat River Road, Entiat, WA 98822
Stemilt Creek Winery & Tasting RoomDescription: Stemilt Creek Winery began operations with planting grapes on Stemilt Hill in 2001. A small local winery dedicated to quality in every aspect of wine production. Directions: 110 Wenatchee Ave. Across the street from the Convention Center.
Address: 110 N Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee, WA 98801
Swakane WineryDescription: We are a small family winery handcrafting small lots of white, red and fruit wines. We welcome you to stop by and meet Mike (winemaker) and Donna (winedrinker) at our winery/tasting room and experience how our wines go from the vine to the glass. Open weekends May-Sept. See our webpage for updated hours.
Address: 7980 State Hwy 97a, Wenatchee, WA 98801
Tsillan Cellars Winery and VineyardsDescription: Tsillan Cellars 130-acre estate winery overlooks the beautiful south shore of Lake Chelan. The Italian architecture and landscaping features of this destination winery have been acclaimed in many regional and national magazines. World class food compliments a selection of Gold Medal winning wines. Tsillan Cellars estate white wines are regularly receiving Gold and Double Gold recognition.
Address: 3875 Hwy 97 A, Chelan, WA 98816
Tunnel Hill WineryDescription: Visit a Lake Chelan landmark! Tunnel Hill offers lovely estate wines, extravagant grounds, and a perfect hospitality. We are housed in a historic cottage, built in 1937 of stones from the Knapp’s Hill Tunnel excavation. Summer events include photography and poetry workshops, yoga classes, Wine Tasting 101 workshops, vineyard tours and a Happy Hour Piano Jazz every Thursday 4-6 pm. Come visit. You will enjoy yourself.
Address: 37 Highway 97A, Chelan, WA 98816
Vin Du Lac / Chelan Wine CompanyDescription: Wine Tasting and Bistro. Double Platinum "Top Wine of the Year" Cabernet franc. Double Gold, "Best of Class" Estate Riesling. Double Gold "Unanimous Judges Choice Syrah. Eight Gold medal wines. All served on our wine patio overlooking Lake Chelan along with a dose of good humor, great french bistro food and family friendly ambiance.
Address: 105 Hwy 150, Chelan, WA 98816
Phone Alt.: 509-682-2882
Voila` Winery & LodgeDouglas Snider
Description: Voila` Winery & Lodge is a working winery with vineyards surrounding our winery of the grapes we use in our wines, the lodge is next door available for overnight stays! Voila` Winery & Lodge is one block West of Chelan Co Fairground, next to Mt Cashmere Golf Course. We are located in the greater Leavenworth area of Chelan County.
Address: 6359 Kimber Rd., Cashmere, WA 98815
Phone: 509 679-7559
Wapato Point CellarsDescription: Since 1998 we have taken 20 years of knowldege and experience we gained growing apples and cherries and applied it to porducing hight quality grapes. Small, family owned winery dedicated o making only the finest wines. Our wines are made with a clear focus on quality that begins in our local vineyards. Hand picked, sorted and crafted, the cool climate of our valley lends itself to growing the perfect wines
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Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris have pulled the plug on their impending nuptials.
The couple appeared all set to make it official this Saturday - cakes were made, dresses fitted, and invitations mailed - but suddenly put on the brakes.
Harris' manager, Michael Blakey, relayed the announcement to People. "I heard the sad news today this morning," he said. "The split was a mutual decision and the two remain good friends."
More than 300 people were scheduled to come and help the 25 year-old model and 85 year-old Playboy mogul tie the knot. It would have been the third marriage for Hefner, who divorced first wife Mildred Williams in 1959, and second wife Kimberly Conrad in 2009.
In between his divorce from Conrad and his relationship with Harris, "Hef" famously cavorted with a trio of blond girlfriends - Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson - which was filmed for the reality series "The Girls Next Door."
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This is a very simple outfit… Actually, one of my favorites. I have a lot of different projects going on right now, so anything that I can throw on works for me. As you may have discovered by now, I am also a hat girl! I love a great hat. I found this Fedora at Anthropologie. I love Anthropologie because the store is full of little treasures. Not only do I find great clothing their but I love their home section. Oh yea, and check out my shoes. The Jeffrey Campbell Dulce! I absolutely love these shoes. I have worn them out a few times and I am pleased to report my feet remained in tack. They are surprisingly comfy!
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City of Yakima City Attorney
The City Attorney’s Office is committed to providing the highest quality legal counsel and representation to the City’s elected and appointed officials, the City Manager and the departments, boards and commissions of the City, as well as for managing the legal matters that involve the City government in its day-to-day operations, and for the prosecution of the misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor crimes that occur within the City limits. Among other things, the City Attorney prepares legal documents, including City ordinances, resolutions and contracts; and reviews and prepares amendments to the City Charter and Yakima Municipal Code to maintain consistency with current state and federal laws.
The City Attorney’s Office does not represent the individual citizens of the City in private matters such as criminal defense, landlord/tenant issues, private property issues, recovery of loaned money, divorce issues, recovery of wages from an employer, child custody issues, etc. For matters such as these, citizens should contact and consult with a private attorney, or contact the Washington State Bar Association Lawyer Referral Services at Find Legal Help. | <urn:uuid:7882d7e9-72e9-44d1-8ee6-295c7ad68684> | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | https://www.yakimawa.gov/services/city-attorney/ | 2021-11-28T14:59:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964358560.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20211128134516-20211128164516-00412.warc.gz | en | 0.946636 | 226 |
Port of Rotterdam Authority CEO, Hans Smits, has been appointed to the ‘Beirat’ of the Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL). Smits is one of two non-German members of this advisory board and Rotterdam is the only seaport represented.
The BVL is the biggest and most influential German trade organisation for logistics. In Germany, the logistics sector is viewed as a ‘Wachstumsmotor” for the economy and has consequently gained in political weight over the past few years.
The BVL Beirat consists of 35 members, representing all aspects of logistics: shipping, forwarding, distribution and transport by land, water and air, science and education, politics and administration, and finances. The council is chaired by Dr. Hugo Fiege, chairman of the board at Fiege, one of Germany’s leading freight forwarders.
Other subsidiary positions of Mr. Hans Smits (58), related to transport and logistics are:
-Non-Executive Director of Sohar Industrial Port Company
-Non-Executive Director of KLM Nederland
-Non-Executive Director of Keyrail
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To do first:
- If you are talking to any entity about funding for a project for which you will receive external funding, contact Ying Li, the MSE grant coordinator, first to be sure your budget will cover all expenses and that it will meet OSPA (Office of Sponsored Programs Administration) expectations (eight weeks in advance of submission is best).
- Notify your department chair and grant coordinator as soon as you know you will be submitting a grant proposal.
- Send the Ying the RFP so she can review the sponsor’s guidelines and calendar the due date.
GoldSheets must be submitted with ALL attachments:
- Copy of solicitation
- Budget justification
- Draft or summary of proposal
- If subcontracts are budgeted this must include
- an authorized letter approved by the other institution
- that institution’s budget and budget justification
- statement of their work
Draft proposal (including budget, budget justification, and subcontractor’s information/budget) needs to be input into either FastLane, Cayuse (in lieu of grants.gov), or NSPIRES (NASA) application as applicable with OSPA being granted full access.
OSPA requests that all these things be in their office a full 4 business days before the submission deadline.
- Provide your department chair with a draft of your abstract, budget, and budget justification before submitting a GoldSheet. A draft of the proposal may also be helpful.
- You always need to attach at least a budget, budget justification, abstract, and RFP to the GoldSheet.
- if Indirect Costs (IDC) requested is not the full amount, allowable amount, or if the sponsor does not document all of the allowable amount, attach an approved Request for Indirect Cost Reduction or Waiver before circulating the GoldSheet.
- OSPA (Office of Sponsored Programs Administration) needs the GoldSheet, with budget and budget justification, at least four work days before the submission date.
- Budgets less than $2,000 go to OSPA two weeks before submission date.
- Allow at least one more day if it is a grants.gov submission.
- Plan ahead for times that offices may be closed or staff levels are low due to vacation and university breaks.
- GoldSheets can take longer than one day to route through the PIs (primary investigators), departments, centers, and Resource Responsibility Centers (RRCs). Allow enough time for this.
MSE’s policy for grant submission is a minimum of:
- 10 business days prior to deadline – draft of all information to Sheila for review/help with budget justification (so this can be worked in around other departmental obligations and deadlines)
- 5 business days prior to deadline – gold sheet begins routing
- 4 business days prior to deadline – gold sheet reaches OSPA and information is viewable in applicable software (FastLane, Cayuse, etc.)
- Additional lead time needs to be added to the process if you have numerous Co-PIs, departments, or colleges, and routing may take more than 1 day.
- Additional lead time is needed if proposal includes subcontracts. OSPA recommends starting one month ahead.
If the proposal is in excess of $2M, the lead times shown above DOUBLE.
Please contact Ying Li at email@example.com or 294-6118 for questions related to grant proposals.
- OSPA (Office of Sponsored Programs Administration) is the central point of coordination for research and sponsored programs and the university’s authorized representative for grants, contracts, and other agreements from external sponsors.
- The OSPA homepage right column provides quick links to Cayuse information, logins, and other helpful sites.
- OSPA news page features links to funding opportunities, due dates, and announcements.
- VPR (Office of the Vice President for Research) serves faculty and staff conducting research, encourages student research, and works with industry partners.
- VPR works with faculty to establish collaborative research programs and centers, both at Iowa State and with other research institutions.
- SP@ISU (Strengthening the Professoriate at ISU) helps strengthen the professoriate by enabling professional development in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), while promoting and enhancing a diverse community of scholars and learners.
- The target audience is faculty, postdoctoral research associates, and advanced graduate students in STEM.
Community of Science (COS)
COS site VPRED sponsors Iowa State University’s membership in COS (Community of Science) and encourages all members of the research community to submit a profile to the COS Expertise Database and to tap into the COS resources regularly:
- COS provides an easily searchable database of funding opportunities.
- COS maintains a database of researcher expertise.
Engineering Research Institute (ERI)
- The ERI (Engineering Research Institute) provides grant and contract management support to PIs (Principal Investigators) within the College of Engineering
- Services include pre-award, post-award, and other services such as coordinating seminars, workshops, travel, and conferences/events and facilitating team building activities.
Women’s and Diversity Grants
The Women’s and Diversity Grants Program supports diversity in education, research, and outreach to positively impact and advance faculty, staff, and student minorities and under-represented groups at Iowa State University. Funds also may be requested for seed money to leverage resources for scholarly projects in support of diversity. | <urn:uuid:8ef62082-2607-4d99-b4bb-543c21745e78> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.mse.iastate.edu/faculty-and-staff/research-support/ | 2019-05-20T10:40:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232255943.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20190520101929-20190520123929-00464.warc.gz | en | 0.912534 | 1,151 |
Loftland Remix Contest and Behind the Scenes Video, Watch Here (VIDEO)
Loftland has had a big year and things keep ramping up for the pop/rock band. Having just finished their tour with DREAM act, Jonathan Thulin and Shine Bright Baby on the Dead Come To Life Tour, they are about to join Silverline and Shonlock on the Shine A Light Tour (March 12th).
The group's remix contest has been going strong. With tons of submissions and entries already, it's going to be hard to pick just one winner for the guys. David Thulin, famed producer and remix artist is hosting the contest on his Soundcloud channel. The contest invites everyone to download the vocal stems from the track, "Hold On, Small One" at www.dreamrecords.org/loftlandremixcontest, adding their own flavor to it and re-uploading to the same site.
For more information about their upcoming tour visit: ShineALightTour.com. For more information about the group go to their page on www.DreamRecords.org. To enter the "Hold On, Small One" remix contest and to check out the prizes click here. To order their new album, I Don't Want To Dance click here.
Loftland, the Wisconsin based pop band, fuses honest and uplifting lyrics with inescapably infectious hooks that are sure to stick in your head for days on end. Backed by a frenetic live show, you simply can't help getting caught up in the overwhelming sense of passion and purpose radiating from these four young men. The band is comprised of brothers Dominic and Tanner Gibbs, Ben Pepin, and Joey McGuire and has a median age of just 22 years. The future for this fresh-faced group only looks brighter with each step forward. | <urn:uuid:e135ef81-eb38-4ce4-98cf-bdf2103a08ff> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://www.hallels.com/articles/1246/20140312/loftland-remix-contest-and-behind-the-scenes-video-watch-here-video.htm | 2018-05-20T13:43:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794863570.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20180520131723-20180520151723-00157.warc.gz | en | 0.942844 | 378 |
2015 U.S. News - Best Lawyers Ranks Morris Nichols Among “Best Law Firms” in Delaware
Wilmington, DE (November 3, 2014) - In the 2015 edition of the U.S. News - Best Lawyers® rankings of the “Best Law Firms”, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP was selected for inclusion in a diverse array of bankruptcy, corporate, intellectual property, and trust law practice areas in Delaware. The 16 practice areas include:
Administrative / Regulatory Law
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation - Environmental
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
Litigation - Patent
Litigation - Securities
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Real Estate Law
Trusts & Estates Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
These rankings complement the recognition of 28 Morris Nichols attorneys selected for inclusion in the 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® which was released in August 2014.
About “Best Law Firms”
The U.S. News - Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. To be eligible for a ranking, a law firm must have at least one lawyer listed in 20th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© list for that particular location and practice area.
About Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP
Morris Nichols combines a broad national practice of corporate, intellectual property, business reorganization and restructuring, commercial law and litigation with a general business, tax, estate planning and real estate practice within the State of Delaware. The firm is regularly involved as lead counsel or co-counsel in matters of national and international significance, as well as those affecting its immediate community. Follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter. | <urn:uuid:9894edd9-2292-4156-a62e-9e2084c1c7db> | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | https://www.morrisnichols.com/news-2015-u-s-news-best-lawyers-ranks-morris-nichols-among-best-law-firms-in-delaware | 2022-06-28T04:14:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656103347800.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220628020322-20220628050322-00393.warc.gz | en | 0.91921 | 448 |
I have a question.
Am I the only one that wishes I had a bottle of insect repellent every time I walk inside a department store? I mean really. Is it absolutely necessary for a sales associate to hang around me like a mosquito? What is the politically correct way of telling them to get the hell away from me that doesn’t involve punching and a three-on-one battle with mall security? Seriously, it’s like as soon as I walk into the store I can feel their beaty little eyes counting the change in my pockets with their x-ray vision.
Attention Department Store Sales Associates: “When I’m ready to spend my money, I’ll let you know.”
I shouldn’t walk into a store and feel as if I’ve stumbled into the wrong part of town where hustlers, prostitutes and crackheads throw themselves at me for my money. In fact it makes me hold tighter to my wallet. This is not only a major turn off, but a clear cut case of ‘No Way You’re Not Getting Any Commission Off Of Me, Sucka…I Have Mace!’
Explain to me why you think following me around the store like metal to a magnet and telling me I look good in the ugliest pair of jeans you have on the rack is going to persuade me to extinguish the fire that’s burning a hole in my pocket. If you would only take a minute and think to yourself inside one of these dressing rooms, you’d consider the notion that I worked approximately 70 to 80 hours for 10% of my paycheck and there is no way in hell or any other place that’s equally as hot 3 months out of the year that I’m just gonna hand it over to you, just because you flashed some phony ass smile.
You’re getting paid what…like four bucks an hour? I know you’re making your wages off me. But this is how it’s supposed to go: I walk in. You greet me [cue your phony smile]. I browse around for a while. You keep your hungry vulture-like appetite to yourself until you see that I’m blatantly undecided between two items in my hand. Then you ask me if I need help with anything.
The formula is simple. It’s just like trying to get someone’s number at a party, club, or wherever fate may lead you. Have some game before you make your move. Take your time. Then ease your way in. Otherwise you’ll end up being that weirdo at the party that gets no play!
So I’m gonna keep this one short and sweet. Back up and be patient. I came to shop. You’re here to sell. It’s the rule. It was established, like forever ago.
The hungriest dog doesn’t always get the bone.
Now let’s try this again. It can’t be that hard. After all, 90% of any effort is getting started.
Okay, ready. Set. GO…!
Quote of the Week: “Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a
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Leave message Edit History Instead of replacing good images with good images, try displaying both such as Lightforge Armor. This a Horde inferiority thing? --GRYPHONtc 22:45, 11 July 2007 (UTC) Ok. I noticed that the d3 and d4 sets dont appear on the table. why is that? Chopypopy 22:52, 11 July 2007 (UTC) I am not sure. Might try asking on the Village pump --GRYPHONtc 23:01, 11 July 2007 (UTC) K. Is the Soulforge ok? Chopypopy 23:02, 11 July 2007 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://www.wowwiki.com/User_talk:Chopypopy?oldid=745573" | <urn:uuid:64495089-39cd-490c-a8e1-4c5e708ba73f> | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | http://www.wowwiki.com/User_talk:Chopypopy | 2013-12-07T02:25:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163053003/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204131733-00040-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914907 | 156 |
Review: “Snowpiercer” is revolutionary both in style and substanceJuly 11th, 2014 at 7:52 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
Rated: R for violence, language and drug content
Runtime: 2 hours, 6 minutes
Genre: Action / Thriller /Sci-Fi
My spoiler-free review:
“Snowpiercer” is a great post-apocalyptic thriller with action, drama, memorable visuals plus its claustrophobic setting, crazy characters, and high concept. But in a bleak futuristic setting, it also focuses on what humanity is left in these characters.
It’s an immersive sci-fi actioner and it’s an post-apocalyptic dystopian movie like you’ve never seen before!!! I give it 8.0 out of 10… ”Snowpiercer” restores our faith that action movies can be less about big budgets and computer graphics and more about the story!
Warning to parents: this is not for kids, the movie is rated R for some very violent scenes, although not overtly graphic plus language and drug content but also the emotional impact of life and death situations.
In the not-to-distant future of 2014 scientists are trying to reverse global warming with a chemical sprayed by planes in the upper atmosphere designed to cool the world’s temperatures. Wisely, South Korean writer/director Joon-ho Bong doesn’t spend a lot of time on the science of the backstory, just presents it to us and quickly gets us to the story onboard the train, called “The Snowpiercer” 17 years later in 2031 where the only surviving humans are protected from the bitter cold outside. We start in the back, and like the train itself, the story literally moves forward as the 3rd class passengers make the push from the tail towards the engine.
The train may have many cars, but its passengers are divided into two parts: a few cars at the tail with cramped conditions for more than one hundred 3rd class passengers… and the more spacious 2nd and 1st class accommodations towards the front. While there is clearly a division along class lines, this is more than just who gets the better service on the train and the more spacious living conditions: this is about control. Tilda Swinton’s ‘Mason’ and he boss wants to keep the residents of the tail where they are… in dirty squalor where all they eat are brown gelatinous protein bars. ’Mason’ is a bonkers over-the-top character that preaches order to those crammed in the tail of the train. The wardrobe of her and her ensemble of officials is clean, crisp, and colorful – in stark contrast to the drab and dirty look of the tail residents. She preaches “know your place” to the group, but the message they’ve likely heard many times before is only stirring the pot than calming things down. Swinton’s delivery and mannerisms make her authority questionable… she’s awkward in look and speak with her exaggerated overbite… but as we see, her methods are not … her brand of discipline for defiance is brutal. The security force carrying out her orders are brutal. They rip kids away from parents for clearly fake medical checks, they beat people, and severely punish anyone who questions authority. They are not residents on the train, its like they are prisoners at a concentration camp that those in power are trying to control with fear.
Fortunately, the tail residents have ‘Gilliam’ and ‘Curtis’… John Hurt plays the wise old ‘Gillam’ who became the leader of the group years ago, as we find out later. He makes the plans and dispatches wisdom and compassion to his people. While his personality can certainly stand up to ‘Mason’ and the security thugs, its ‘Curtis’ who will physically lead his people towards the front of the train to takeover and reorganize life on the sophisticated locomotive. ’Curtis’ (Chris Evans) is a different kind of hero, a reluctant hero who’s fighting for humanity and equality on the train, but he also wants to make sure he’s got it all figured out before making a push to front of train… as we learn later it’s because others have tried but failed before. They are supported by Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Luke Pasqualino, Kang-ho Song, and Ah-sung Ko. The cast of main characters are solid and because of the really good performances from them, we get a lot of character development in a short period of time… we know most of their names and who they are quickly: a close friend, a desperate mother, a ruthless protector, a man on a mission, and a daughter with special gifts.
The revolution is coming: In the buildup to the eventual violent action-packed revolt we meet key players, get some backstory, and character development BUT once the action begins, it barely stops to take a breath, only stopping long enough to examine the damage before we move to the next car. During the push forward we get to see what is in the other cars closer to the front and a few looks outside, which is a relief after we’ve been cooped up in the tail for awhile. We also learn that the train’s engineer is more than just the driver: he’s a leader who is deified with his followers practically worshiping him… it’s like his own special cult… everyone taught one way of thinking one way of acting… they are controlled by fear that if that train stops they will all die…. they seem brainwashed with rhetoric referring to those who think different as “old world”.
The movie is full of themes of humanity, morality, warnings about environment, science, government, and control plus ‘Curtis’ dealing with the cost of the revolution. Its an apocalyptic story that puts the human condition under the microscope, showcasing different traits at their very basic level in different characters. The class struggle drama mixed with the feel of a Nazi concentration camp breakout action thriller set in the science fiction genre of an apocalytpic future with as many twists and turns as the train’s circuitous route around the world. ”Snowpiercer” is unpredictable … it goes places you might not expect and dispatches twists to keep you off balance… like recent genre changing movies “The Matrix” and “District 9″ before it, “Snowpiercer” is a revolutionary movie that sci-fi fans have to see… at least once!!!
MORE INFO (possible spoilers):
Cast: Chris Evans, Kang-ho Song, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Ah-sung Ko, Alison Pill, Luke Pasqualino, Vlad Ivanov, Adnan Haskovic, Emma Levie, Steve Park
Director: Joon-ho Bong (“The Host”)
Writer(s): Joon-ho Bong, Kelly Masterson
Based on French graphic novel “Le Transperceneige” (1982) by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, Jean-Marc Rochette
The Plot: In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off all life on the planet except for a lucky few that boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, where a class system evolves.
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Less than 2 years ago, Canon hit the 40 million mark for EF lenses manufactured. Already, Canon is celebrating the 50 million mark, which occurred during the production of the EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens.
Canon has announced it is celebrating a new milestone in the history of SLR photography, as production of the company’s EF lenses – which began in 1987 with the birth of Canon’s EOS SLR system – has now reached 50 million units.
This lens landmark was achieved during the manufacture of the EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens and means that Canon has produced over 10 million EF lenses in less than two years since the 40 million EF lens production landmark was reached.
Canon’s EF lens range dates back to 1987 when the first EF lenses rewrote the SLR rulebook with their large-diameter, fully electronic lens mount, and the incorporation of a drive motor within the lens. The 1987 EF lens range coincided with the arrival of the first camera in the EOS system, the EOS 650, and has seen many groundbreaking advances since. – Canon Europe [link] | <urn:uuid:de6cad1a-f45f-4698-a405-ed284618e382> | CC-MAIN-2014-35 | http://www.photographybay.com/2010/01/29/50-million-canon-lenses/ | 2014-08-20T08:46:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-35/segments/1408500801235.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20140820021321-00227-ip-10-180-136-8.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957375 | 242 |
AsCend Physical Theatre, ‘100’, Regent Centre, Christchurch
11:29am Saturday 5th October 2013 in Reviews
ONE hundred moments to decide which memory you will live for eternity; author Christopher Heimann’s ‘100’ is certainly thought provoking stuff. It’s also a script well translated onto stage by ‘AsCend Physical Theatre’.
Focusing on the body as the main storytelling channel by keeping props and costume to a minimum, this has been a production thoughtfully crafted by directors Jacqueline Avery and Peter John Cooper.
The result is the stuff a good drama tutor’s dreams are made of. With enough abstractness to keep it interesting and enough drama to make it compelling, alongside inventive scene creation, reflective lighting and use of multi-media, this quirky, charming production is a must for anyone studying the arts.
Ellis J Wells’ interpretations are particularly engaging. A unique, honest stage presence lends this actor a certain added depth, believability and freshness of portrayal.
It was also a pleasure to see two Arts University Bournemouth graduates in action, with Maya Aitken and Mainga Mayeya breathing life into their characters with versatile dexterity.
The show runs again at the Mowlem Theatre in Swanage on October 19 and at the Layard Theatre in Wimborne on November 13, catch it if you can, especially those studying drama.
Dorset Echo 100 Dorchester Arts Centre 14 09 13 MARION COXWHEN we die, do we take with us to eternity our entire life’s experiences or just the essence of our personality?
That is the basis of the plot in this short prize-winning play in which four recently dead characters have 100 minutes to choose just one memory each to take with them to the afterlife.
With a minimalist set and only bamboo poles as props, the enjoyable production relies heavily on the actors’ skills to bring to life a thought-provoking concept that is the framework for many of the world’s religions.
With an enigmatic guide to help them to decide which memory to select, a young couple, a successful businesswoman and a rural Third World father talk through their lives as they choose their own magic moment which will take them to paradise.
The newly formed and community based AsCend Physical Theatre, an offshoot of AsOne, presents an intelligent and spirited rendering of a play that asks more questions than it answers as each player wrestles with the past.
Local graduates Maya Aitken and Mainga Mayeya make the most of their somewhat slim characters, Ellis J Wells is a likeable but undecided airhead, while director Jacqueline Avery is the enigmatic guide with artistic director Jane Mckell as the tormented business boss, all five players taking numerous other roles and creating imaginative moving images in the process.
The one hour drama is followed by a stimulating and informative discussion between the cast and the audience as the actors talk about their characters and enlarge upon this small play with a big subject.
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This is a re-publishing (with very slight updates) of an article I wrote for Digital Home Thoughts back in 2008. It’s just as true today as it was eight years ago.
There’s a scene in The Last Samurai where Tom Cruise’s character is learning the art of Japanese sword-fighting, and after getting soundly smacked around by his opponent for several minutes, one of the samurai says to him “Too many minds”. The idea is that he’s focusing on his opponent, his own stance, his sword, and the people watching – and that many “minds” is making him a less effective warrior. When I look at the digital camera industry (and many other consumer electronics categories, such as Synology’s insane product chaos) and the proliferation of same-brand point and shoot cameras, it’s hard not to see the similarities. Rapid release cycles – usually unwarranted in terms of actual improvement in features – coupled with out-of-control model proliferation and confusing model names leads to a “too many minds” scenario – and it’s usually the consumer the ends up losing out.
A perfect example of this problem, and indeed the spark for writing this article, came this morning when I visited the Panasonic Web site to check out their Lumix line of point and shoot digital cameras. I’ve always been intrigued by the Lumix line of cameras, and when I was reading an issue of Popular Photography and was reminded that they have a model with 10x optical zoom and 720p HD video, I figured I’d take a closer look. I’ve been a Canon point and shoot guy for a long time (though I had a brief fling with Casio’s Exilimline), but I’m disappointed at Canon’s inability to get decent optical zoom and 720p into their cameras. But I digress…
I was stunned when, after clicking into Panasonic’s “Lumix Digital Cameras” section, I was presented with a list of 34 cameras arranged in a three-across grid. 34 different Lumix models? 27 of them marked as “NEW”? I thought at first that there were so many listed because they were showing each colour option available, but a quick scan told me that, no, there were really 34 different models numbers. I was only interested in the10x optical zoom models, so I tried sorting by price to see their more “premium” models – after ignoring the first two results (which are their “baby DSLR” models), I was shown the DMC-TZ50S, a 10x optical zoommodel – but it also had WiFi, which for me is a wasted feature. The next model was the DMC-LX2K with 4x zoom. I stumbled around the list of 34 cameras and eventually found that the DMC-TZ5K was likely the model that most closely matched my needs – but it was a frustrating experience trying to get to that point.
Looking at the 34 different model numbers (30 if you remove the DSLR-type cameras) sorted by price, I realized that in fact they really were showing me different models numbers for identical cameras in different colours. The DMC-LS80K, DMC-LS80S, DMC-LS80P? All the same $149 camera – but Panasonic thinks it’s a good idea to display them as if they were different cameras when the only difference is colour. Amongst the 34 cameras that Panasonic offers in their Lumix line, there are 11 distinct price points represented, ten of which are between $149 and $549. Is there really a significant enough difference between the $149 camera the and $179 camera to warrant offering both models? “Too many minds” means a scattered, confusing presentation of Panasonic’s products to consumers. How could the average consumer possibly filter through that many options and arrive at the one they really want?
Let’s imagine another scenario, one where the consumer is put first: Panasonic offers four different small point and shoot models, starting at $149 and going up to $449. Each of the four models would have distinct sensor resolution and feature differences (optical zoom, HD video, etc.), and the $100 price gap between each model creates a fairly distinct “break point” for the consumer in terms of which model has the features they want, and how much they’re willing to spend. Once they’ve selected the model they want, they’d get the choice of a few different colours. Choosing between four different cameras sure seems a lot easier than trying to select from amongst 30, doesn’t it? I think having choice is a great thing, but too much choice becomes paralyzing – I don’t think it’s a coincidence that in comparison Nikon offers nine DSLR models total, and in reality only five of those would be considered current generation hardware. Nikon’s slightly better thanPanasonic when it comes to P&S cameras, offering “only” 18 different cameras, but even that number is pretty ridiculous.
How did we get here? It’s similar to a nuclear arms race: Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Sony, and the others are all in a fierce race to dominate the point and shoot camera market, and each company tries to one-up the other not only in features, but also in product spectrum. Somehow they’re all convinced that the more models they offer, the better they’ll do. I don’t think that’s the case – all of these companies have a bad case of “too many minds” when it comes to their P&S digital camera products, and it shows. Here’s a radical idea: how about fewer product choices, released less often (say, only when there’s really been an improvement in the technology)? What about releasing new cameras that are actually significantly better than previous generations? It’s so crazy, it just might work. | <urn:uuid:dfb8d558-ac5c-4430-9dc4-8d01a8f637ca> | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | http://www.jasondunn.com/too-many-minds-how-consumer-electronics-companies-create-consumer-confusion/?shared=email&msg=fail | 2019-01-23T11:33:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547584331733.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20190123105843-20190123131843-00325.warc.gz | en | 0.973578 | 1,278 |
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Thank you guys so much for following me on yet another journey. I honestly can't believe how quickly Harper's story flew by. [tear]
I have to say, I truly miss the New York Dixie days. Not just the cuteness between Lynn and Jonah, or the drama in Kadie and Sarah's world, but mostly the interaction I had with you all. I think the reason that story went on for so long was because you all encouraged me each week with your love and support. I felt a bond between the regular commenters and even grew to learn the difference between the "anonymous"'s.
Not to be a buzz kill, but I was hoping to get a taste of the old days with the Q&A. Surprisingly optimistic of me, I know. It makes me very very happy to know that you all wanted an epilogue because, well, that means you really did like the story. I think it's a plague amongst writers to never understand the level of their writing/storytelling abilities, lol. Although I truly appreciate everyone wanting to hear more, as the author, it doesn't feel right to me. During New York Dixie I included an epilogue because we had been involved with Lynn since the beginning of her "new life."
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Struggling to stop the smuggling
By CRAIG PITTMAN, Times Staff Writer
MIAMI -- On a steamy July evening, a man who had traveled from Nigeria stepped off a plane at Miami International Airport and collected four bags.
A U.S. Customs inspector called him over for a search. The man brought three suitcases. Somehow the fourth wound up in a corner. The search found nothing improper.
After the traveler left the airport, though, somebody noticed the bag he left behind and peeked inside. That prompted a call to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Inspector Marjory Walker.
From the abandoned suitcase Walker pulled three ivory tusks, three python skins, a crocodile hide, a leopard skin and the skin of a smaller African wildcat called a serval, all illegally smuggled into the country.
Walker did not bat an eye. A Pittsburgh native, she has spent five years working in Miami, the wildlife smuggling capital of the South. Wildlife inspectors in Miami have encountered every creature imaginable, from monkey skulls used in Santeria rituals to boa constrictors stuffed with cocaine.
At the bottom of the abandoned bag, though, was something Walker did not expect: the owner's card.
"He's a fashion designer on Miami Beach," Walker said. Ditching the bag was smart, she said, "but you shouldn't put your business card in the bottom."
Every year, 12,000 legitimate shipments of wildlife or wildlife products come through Miami. Nobody knows the number of illegal shipments.
Miami's federal agents have found marmosets hidden under hats, Cuban parrot chicks tucked in a woman's bra -- one per cup -- and 45 red-footed tortoises stuffed in a man's parachute pants.
"Anything that walks, crawls, flies or swims has a price on its head," said Mike Elkins of the federal wildlife agency's Atlanta regional office.
Interpol has estimated wildlife smuggling rakes in more than $6-billion a year, ranking it just behind drugs and firearms. In South Florida, the lure of easy money has snared doctors, graduate students, even a missionary financing his ministry in Peru by sneaking snakes into Miami.
It's not a foolproof way to make a buck. Ask the woman who hid sedated birds under her skirt as she rode in a wheelchair. The birds woke up and set the skirt to flapping.
Lots of smugglers are amateurs, like the guy who tried sneaking more than 40 Cuban finches into Miami by hiding them inside hair rollers taped to his legs. His pants didn't hang right, tipping off inspectors.
But there are plenty of professionals too -- often people in the legitimate wildlife trade who have slipped across the line.
"Almost all the big reptile dealers have been involved in smuggling in the past," said Teresa Telecky, director of the wildlife trade program at the Humane Society of the United States. "And if you look at the top dealers from five years ago, since then the top three have all been convicted of smuggling."
One notorious smuggler indicted in Florida boasted to an undercover federal agent that he could get any kind of animal a buyer requested.
"It only depends on how much certain people get paid," bragged Keng Liang "Anson" Wong, sentenced last year to nearly six years in prison.
As with diamonds, rarity enhances value. Some collectors will pay top dollar for a species even if they're driving it to extinction.
Four years ago, a cruise ship comedian and a dive instructor tried smuggling in 20 rare White Cay iguanas. Because there are less than 200 left, all living on one rocky island in the Bahamas, the pair figured to sell each for $1,000.
But all 20 died en route, and the smugglers got caught. Prosecutors argued that because they had caused the death of more than 10 percent of the population, their actions may have doomed the species. The comedian got 14 months in prison, the dive instructor two years.
Faced with the deadliest snake in Africa, inspector Harry Spencer reached for his needle-nose pliers.
He stood inside a British Airways warehouse on the edge of the Miami airport. In front of him sat a plastic foam cooler marked with a crude skull and crossbones.
A wildlife inspector for 14 years, Spencer peeled off the strapping tape on the lid, then pulled out a plastic container "like the same thing you go to Publix and get your potato salad in."
Inside the plastic box was a white cotton bag, and inside the bag was a black mamba, notorious for its fast-acting venom and aggressive temperament. Touching the bag with his pliers, Spencer dumped the snake into a clear plastic tube the inspectors use to view dangerous reptiles. The black mamba struck repeatedly at the tube.
"I tell ya," Spencer said in his slow Mississippi drawl, "he's really p----- off."
Spencer and two colleagues worked their way through the rest of the shipment, which included eight snouted cobras. When they were done, Spencer sealed the cooler tighter than he found it.
His wife is a teacher. She never hears about his adventures with black mambas.
"We made the rule when we got married," Spencer said quietly. "We don't talk about work."
Miami is a hot spot for wildlife smuggling because it's such a hot spot. The tropical climate makes it an ideal second home for Third World species. The multiple airline connections help make it attractive for smugglers bound for other parts of the globe.
But the main reason Miami is so popular with wildlife smugglers, said Telecky, is that "it's the easiest port to smuggle animals into."
That's because there are so many wildlife shipments pouring into Miami and so few inspectors to check them out, she said. A 1994 report by the U.S. General Accounting Office found Miami had the lowest rate of inspections in the country.
On their best days, inspectors peek into only three out of every 10 legal shipments. They don't have the staff to stand watch at the airport baggage carousel.
"The Fish and Wildlife Service is chronically underfunded," Telecky said. "Congress never gives them enough money."
The big smugglers, on the other hand, will spend plenty. Take the case of Viktor Tsimbal of North Miami Beach. Tsimbal paid couriers $500 each to slip Beluga caviar into the United States. In 1999 his couriers smuggled in 11,000 pounds -- more than the entire Russian export quota for the year.
Tsimbal provided his caviar couriers with airline tickets, hotel accommodations and prepacked suitcases, according to wildlife agent Jennifer English.
Tsimbal could not avoid detection. Miami wildlife agents nabbed nine couriers at the airport. One was nailed by a U.S. Department of Agriculture beagle trained to sniff out illegal food items in luggage.
Last week, Tsimbal pleaded guilty to wildlife smuggling, obstructing justice and laundering nearly $400,000. He could face 25 years in prison.
Overworked and understaffed, wildlife inspectors and agents have to try to match smugglers with savvy and persistence.
In December 1999, Coast Guard officers boarded a sailboat off the Florida coast. They found boxes of illegal cigars and a cage full of birds. But the smuggler opened the cage and the birds flew the coop.
He didn't escape the law, though. A wildlife agent retrieved 21 feathers from the cage bottom. Wildlife experts identified them as coming from Cuban melodious finches. That was enough evidence to net the smuggler four months behind bars.
No case better exemplifies the battle of wits between smugglers and Miami wildlife agents than U.S. vs. Bernal.
It started a world away with the seizure of six baby orangutans from a smuggler in Bangkok, Thailand. That seizure led to the arrest of a Miami animal dealer who had brokered the illegal shipment.
To avoid prison, the dealer agreed to cooperate with federal agents. When contacted by a Mexican official about buying a gorilla, he helped set up a sting.
Victor Bernal was director of zoos and parks for the state of Mexico. The gorilla at his zoo had died and the state governor wanted a replacement, quick.
Bernal came to Miami to see what the dealer had to offer. The dealer introduced him to an underworld figure named "Senor Blanco" -- actually wildlife agent Jorge Picon. Picon took Bernal to see primates at the Miami MetroZoo, spinning a story about how they were his merchandise and that he had bribed the zoo employees. (Zoo officials were in on the sting.)
Bernal flew home and got approval from Mexican officials to spend $92,000 on the deal. He said he would return to Miami to collect his ape.
So now Picon needed a real gorilla -- or a reasonable facsimile.
"I don't know where Jorge got the suit," said now-retired wildlife agent Terry English of his ultimate undercover assignment. "It was probably one of the cheapest gorilla suits you can imagine.. . . . We were counting on the fact it was going to be dark."
The agents borrowed a DC-3 from Customs and parked it at the Opa-Locka Airport. Inside was the costumed English, in a borrowed MetroZoo cage filled with gorilla dung so he would at least smell authentic.
When Bernal climbed into the plane to check the merchandise "he stood looking through the little front door of the cage," English said. "I felt like he was getting too close. . . . so I took my forearm and I hit the door as hard as I could. . . . He jumped back and made the statement, 'Boy, that's a big one!' "
When the pilot -- also an agent -- told Bernal he was under arrest, English figured he could step out of character.
"I was about to sweat to death," English said. "I was still a heavy smoker and I was dying for a cigarette. So I opened the door of the crate."
Hearing the door creak, Bernal turned around -- then tried to jump out of the plane.
"He thought that gorilla was going to kill him," English said. The two agents grabbed Bernal and handcuffed him. Then English pulled off his mask.
"I have long white hair and a beard as well, and my hair was all matted. He freaked out again."
The Bernal case in 1993 made headlines around the country, many of them involving bad puns. But Bernal got just 70 days in jail.
A day after Walker picked up the fashion designer's bag at the airport, she had the evidence spread out across the office floor to document everything. Then the phone rang.
The guy was back at the airport, looking for his suitcase.
Walker notified Picon, who dashed over to the airport and questioned the designer. The answers he got left him shaking his head and putting together a criminal case.
"He said he knew it was in the bag but he didn't consider it to be wildlife," Picon said. "It goes to show you how people think you're naive and think you believe their stories. I've been around the block. I've spent 32 years in law enforcement."
Picon smiled. "I didn't buy the story."
-- Times researcher Caryn Baird contributed to this report.
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These ISIS-affiliated terrorists in the Sinai peninsula have stepped up attacks against Egypt’s Coptic Christian community in the town of el-Arish in northern Sinai. Local church officials in North Sinai have said the attacks have forced at least 100 families and 200 students to flee due to the attacks.
Christian Post “This terrifying wave of attacks has seen Coptic Christians in North Sinai hunted down and murdered by armed groups. No one should face discrimination — let alone violent and deadly attacks — because of their religious beliefs,” said Najia Bounaim, deputy director for campaigns at the group’s regional office in Tunis.
“The Egyptian authorities have consistently failed to protect Coptic residents of North Sinai from a longstanding pattern of violent attacks, they must not let them down further now. Bounaim said the government must also “end the prevailing impunity” for attacks against Christians elsewhere around the country and “end its reliance on customary reconciliation deals which further fuel a cycle of violence against Christian communities.”
Since 2013, Sinai-based armed groups have kidnapped a number of Christians for ransom, in some cases killing them, Amnesty noted, adding that those displaced, including many children and elderly people, are sheltering in overcrowded church and government buildings, or with host families in Ismailia who opened up their homes to the displaced.
Copts make up only 10 percent of the nation’s 92 million population, and have often been victims of Islamic militants who have vandalized churches, Christian bookshops, orphanages and other buildings.
Faith Freedom According to Open Doors Organization, “President al-Sisi’s authoritarian style of government has to some extent restored the rule of law in Egypt. But in recent years, this has changed, however, causing historical Christian communities to be targeted as well.
There is a small but growing community of Christian converts (Muslim Background Believers, MBBs), who bear the brunt of persecution, most often from family members. Believers are often kicked out of their homes when their Muslim families find out about their faith.”
An Egyptian Christian was burned alive by ISIS in northeastern Sinai, according to an Egyptian security source who specified that the alleged ISIS jihadists used a firearm to kill another Coptic Christian, ANSAmed reports. On 11 December 25 Christians were killed in a deadly attack against St Mark’s Cathedral, the main Coptic Christian church in Egypt.
The worst persecution is going on in the Sinai Peninsula. In this part of Egypt, ISIS has found a fertile soil for its activities. Having declared the Peninsula had become a Province of the Caliphate (ISIS), the Jihadists announced that all Christians must leave. Early in 2017, they began a campaign of murdering Christians in the northern part of Sinai, at El- ‘Arish.
Christian Satellite Station, “Al-Hayat,” reported that members of ISIS had obtained a list of the Christians to be evicted/murdered, and their addresses. Unfortunately, it must have been obtained from some Muslim neighbors. This tragic phenomenon replicated what had happened two years ago, when the Christians of Mosul were ordered to leave or accept Islam. Their homes were marked with the Arabic letter “N” (inverted crescent with one dot in its midst.) Muslims designate a Christian with the Qur’anic name of Nasrani.
It’s a pejorative term, that Arabic-speaking Christians detest, proudly using the word, “Massihi” which is equivalent to “Christian.” It was the Muslim neighbors of Mosul’s Christians who designated the exact addresses of their Christian neighbors!
Unfortunately, the sacred and authoritative Islamic texts, do sanction such horrific acts! Jews and Christians who did not embrace Islam, and refused to pay the humiliating Jizya tax, were subject to death!
“Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.” | <urn:uuid:38cab250-aff9-43ea-abfe-6f09c23f7ae5> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://barenakedislam.com/2017/03/08/egypt-largest-christian-community-in-muslim-world-being-ethnically-cleansed-out-of-sinai-peninsula-by-the-islamic-state/ | 2017-10-23T06:27:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825700.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20171023054654-20171023074654-00787.warc.gz | en | 0.966652 | 936 |
2 2 Table of Contents Overview...4 Getting Started...5 Interface at a Glance...6 Positioning Figures...8 Figure Controls...11 Animation Frame Controls...13 Saving & Opening Animations...16 Playing an Animation...17 Creating Figure Types...18 Edit Mode...20 Keyboard Shortcuts...21 STK Files...22 Onion Skins...23 Multi-figure Selection...25 Joining Figures...27 Backgrounds...29 Sprites...30 Options...31 Exporting an Animation...33 Animated GIF...34 AVI Video...37 Separate Images...39 Language Files...41
3 3 Pivot Animator Help file for Pivot animator version 4.1 The user friendly stick-figure animator for Windows.
4 4 Overview Pivot Animator is designed to be a user friendly way of creating 2D stick-man animations. The basic concept is that stick figures can be easily moved and positioned by dragging handles. An animation is made up of frames added to the time-line, which are shown at the top of the screen. This can require more time to create a smooth animation than it does in flash for example, because Pivot doesn't support frame tweening. This however makes Pivot very easy to use and gives the animator full control over figure movement. New stick figures can be created in the figure builder so that any object can be created and animated. An animation can be exported in a number of common formats for use on web pages or for uploading to YouTube. With enough time and effort, some very advanced animations can be created with Pivot, despite its relative simplicity.
5 5 Getting Started The basics of creating an animation in Pivot Animator.
6 6 Interface at a Glance The main Pivot Animator window showing the default figure in the frame editing area
7 The figure builder window. Open by clicking 'Create Figure Type' in the main windows File menu 7
8 8 Positioning Figures Pose and Movement A stick figure consists of 'segments' (lines, circles or images) connected by pivoting joints. Click and drag the red handle at the end of each segment with the mouse cursor to rotate it around its pivot. Click and drag the orange 'origin' handle to move the whole figure. In this way you can easily adjust the pose of a figure to any position you want while keeping the proportions of the figure constant. When unselected, all figure handles will be displayed in blue. Figures can also be positioned accurately by using the arrow keys to move the selected figure or figures in 1 pixel increments. Drag a red handle to rotate the segment it's at the end of and all segment attached to it
9 9 Drag the orange handle of a figure to move the whole figure Size / Scale & Rotation The size of a figure can be changed in two ways. You can set the scale by using the edit box in the tools panel on the left hand side of the main window (the default will be 100%). You can also change the size of a figure by dragging a red handle while holding down the Alt key on the keyboard, which can be quicker. This can also be used to rotate the whole figure. The figure will rotate and scale around its origin point at its orange handle. Drag a red handle while holding the Alt key to rotate and scale the whole figure
10 10 Segment Stretching In some cases it may be useful to adjust the length of a single figure segment on its own. This can be done by holding down the Ctrl key on the keyboard while dragging a red handle. The segment handle will then follow the cursor position without being constrained to its default length. This can be useful for creating realistic movements for deformable or stretchy objects as well as creating the effect of 3D movements. If Ctrl dragging a segment from a non-default length, then it will snap back to its default length when the cursor is close enough. It won't snap to the default length if the drag is begun from the default length. If the segment is a non-default length and you wish to position the segment close to the default length then it will require two drags of the handle. Firstly drag the handle so that it snaps to the default length, then release the mouse and drag again to the length you require. Drag a red handle while holding the Ctrl key to stretch a segment
11 11 Figure Controls Buttons on the left hand side of the main window can be used to add new figures to the editing area and modify the current selected figure or figures. A figure can be selected by clicking any of its handles. Multiple figures can be selected by holding shift while clicking a figure or by dragging a box around the origin handle of figures. The selected figure can also be changed by holding down the Ctrl key while pressing the left or right arrow keys or by using the mouse wheel. The selected figure will then step through the figures. This can be useful if a figure has been moved outside the screen area and so cannot be clicked. From top to bottom the figure controls include: Add Figure Add a figure to the animation. If there's more than one figure type in the animation then the figure type selector window will appear (see below). Delete Delete the selected figures. Edit Open the selected figure in the figure builder window. Centre Move the selected figures to the centre of the animation area. Flip Flip or mirror the selected figures horizontally. A vertical flip is the same as a horizontal flip followed by a 180 rotation. Raise Move the selected figures in front of all other figures. If the Ctrl key is held then the selected figures will be raised by one layer only. Lower Move the selected figures behind all other figures. If the Ctrl key is held then the selected figures will be lowered by one layer only. Colour Change the colour of the selected figures using the Windows colour selector. Duplicate Create an exact copy of the current figures and add it to the editing area. All properties of the figures are duplicated where possible.
12 12 Join / Unjoin Join the selected figure to another figure. The button is disabled if multiple figures are selected. The origin handle of the selected figure can be joined to any other joint if it doesn't result in a closed loop of joined figures. After clicking the button, click one of the white handles to join the figure. Select the figure again and click the button again to unjoin them. Scale The percentage scale change of the figure from its default size. If multiple figures are selected, then the value shown is that of the first selected figure and all selected figures will be scaled to maintain their relative proportions. Opacity / Transparency The percentage opacity / transparency of the selected figures. Figure Selector The figure selector can be accessed by clicking the 'Add Figure' button when there is more than one figure type in the animation. It displays images of all figure types in the animation that have been created using the figure builder or loaded from STK files. By clicking a figure type image, a figure of that type will be added to the frame editing area. Hover the mouse cursor over an image to read the full name of the figure type. The figure selector window is resizable. Hold the Ctrl key while clicking a figure type to keep the figure selector window open to add more figures. The figure selector window, showing the default figure and sprite (image) figures.
13 13 Animation Frame Controls An animation can be created by creating a series of frames, where each frame differs slightly from the previous. After moving and editing your figures from their previous positions, click the 'Add Frame' button to add it to the time-line. The underlined A means that the 'A' keyboard key can be used as a shortcut/hotkey. The keyboard spacebar can also be used as a shortcut. The time-line, showing a selected frame and the right-click popup menu The time-line shows all the frames in the animation at the top of the main window. The scroll bar underneath the frames can be used to view any part of the animation if the number of frames exceeds the width of the window. The position of the time-line can be moved in one frame increments by clicking the arrows at either end of the time-line or using the keyboard arrow keys when the scroll bar has focus. The area to the left of the time-line frames shows the number of the frame being edited or added and the repeat number. Repeat: The value entered in the Repeat edit box determines how many times the frame should be repeated when played. This can be used to create pauses in the animation without having to create identical consecutive frames. Editing Frames Frames in the time-line can be edited by clicking on them. The main editing area will then show the edited frame. After editing the frame the changes can be stored by clicking the 'Add Frame' button or by selecting another frame in the time-line to edit. If you edit a frame and do not want to keep the changes, then you can discard the changes by clicking the same frame in the time-line that was being edited (this action cannot be undone). The < and > keyboard keys can be used to step the frame being edited left or right from the current frame being edited. This is equivalent to clicking a frame to the left or right of the current frame being edited and can therefore be combined with the Ctrl and Shift keys to select multiple frames, as described below.
14 14 Selected Frame Controls Frames can be selected by clicking on them in the same way as editing a frame. Selected frames are displayed with a blue border. Multiple frames can be selected by using the Ctrl or Shift keys in the same way as selecting multiple files in Windows Explorer. Click a frame while holding the Ctrl key to switch the frame between selected and unselected. Click a frame while holding the Shift key to select all frames between the clicked frame and the previous frame clicked. The background image or frame repeat value can be set for multiple frames by selecting the frames as described above, setting the background or repeat value for the last frame that was clicked and then storing the changes by clicking the 'Add Frame' button or by selecting another frame in the time-line to edit. The three buttons to the left of the time-line frames allow you to delete or copy the selected frames or paste previously copied frames. The delete and copy buttons will only be enabled when at least one frame is selected. Delete Selected Frames Click the delete button to delete all selected frames. This action cannot be undone and so a warning message will appear to ask if you want to delete the selected frames or cancel. Copy Selected Frames Click the copy button to copy the selected frames to the Windows clipboard. The frames can then be pasted to the end of the animation or inserted between frames in the timeline. Paste Copied Frames Click the paste button to paste previously copied frames to the end of the animation. The frames can have been copied from the current animation or from another animation. This button will only be enabled if the Windows clipboard contains Pivot Animator frames. Frames can be pasted from an animation with different dimensions, but if background images are used they will either be cropped or padded out. Backgrounds and figure types from the pasted frames will be merged with those in the existing animation to avoid duplicates where possible.
15 15 Right Click Frame Controls Right clicking any frame in the time-line displays a pop-up menu, which provides operations that will be applied to the clicked frame. Insert Click the insert button to insert a new frame in-front of the frame that was clicked. The new frame will be an exact copy of the frame immediately before the frame that was clicked - unless the first frame was clicked, in which case the new frame will be a copy of the clicked frame. After inserting a frame, the new inserted frame will be selected for editing. Paste Insert Click the paste insert button to paste previously copied frames immediately before the clicked frame. In all other ways, this is the same as the 'Paste Copied Frames' button described above. Delete Click the delete button to delete the clicked frame. This action cannot be undone and so a warning message will appear to ask if you want to delete the frame or cancel.
16 16 Saving & Opening Animations PIV Files Pivot animations can be saved in the native PIV file format. In this format the animation can be opened in Pivot to be played or edited at a later time. All the information required for the animation is contained within the PIV file, and so the file can be ed or uploaded to someone else with Pivot where it can be played or edited by them. PIV files are only supported by Pivot Animator and not by video editors or YouTube. Saving an animation After creating an animation by adding frames to the time-line, the animation can be saved by clicking 'Save Animation As' in the File menu. The save file window will then appear to enable you to choose a name and location for the PIV file. Click 'Save' to finish saving. After making further changes to the animation, the PIV file can be overwritten by clicking 'Save Animation' in the File menu or by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+S. A '*' symbol will be shown in the main window title when the current animation is in an unsaved state. Opening an animation A PIV file animation can be opened by clicking 'Open Animation' in the File menu. The open file window will then appear. Navigate to the file, select it and click 'Open'. If the animation is long or contains many backgrounds images or sprites, then it may take several seconds to open. An alternative method for opening a PIV file is to drag the PIV file icon onto the Pivot Animator program icon in Windows Explorer. This will start the program and open the animation.
17 17 Playing an Animation After adding frames to the time-line, the animation can be played by clicking the Play button in the player controls. Stop the animation by clicking the Stop button to continue editing your animation. If an existing frame is being edited, by clicking on a frame in the time-line, then the animation will begin playing from that frame instead of from the beginning. When an animation is playing, you will see the animation as it will appear when exported. The figures will not have handles and the area outside the dotted box containing the animation area will not display anything. Play the animation from the beginning or from the frame being edited Stop playing the animation and return to the current frame being edited Loop the animation when playing so that it starts playing from the beginning when it reaches the end. If unselected, the player will stop when it reaches the end of the animation and the screen will return to the current frame being edited. When selected, the Stop button must be clicked to stop the player. Set the playing speed of the animation. The value below the scroll bar shows the frame rate in frames per second (fps), which ranges from 7 fps (slow playing) to 33 fps (fast playing). When exporting an animation as an animated Gif or AVI video, this value will be used to set the frame rate of the exported file. The value persists after closing and reopening the program. A good tip for making good animations is to make the movement of figures smooth by making small movement between frames so that you can set the frame rate quite high. The default value is 12 fps since this results in fairly smooth movement without requiring very small movements and a large number of frames.
18 18 Creating Figure Types A new figure can be built using the figure builder window. Click 'Create Figure Type' in the File menu to open the figure builder window or click the Edit Figure button to edit the selected figure. Click 'New' in the figure builder to start a new figure. Figures types are built from lines or circles, called segments. There is a limit of 255 segments per figure. After building a figure type, it can be saved as an STK file to share with others or added to the animation editing area with a specific name - both from the file menu. It can also be added directly to the animation by clicking 'Add To Animation' in the File menu and giving the figure a unique name, which will identify it in the figure selector. While building a figure, actions can be undone using the undo and redo buttons in the edit menu. Information about the selected segment is displayed at the bottom of the window. This includes the total number of segments, the segment type, thickness, length, angle and whether the segment is static or dynamic (see Remove / restore handle below). The controls for building a figure are to the left of the window and are as follows: Add a circle Add a circle segment to the figure type. After clicking the button, click any of the handles to select the joint it should pivot on and then click anywhere to set the length and angle of the segment. Add a line Add a line segment to the figure type. After clicking the button, click any of the handles to select the joint it should pivot on and then click anywhere to set the length and angle of the segment. Change segment kind Toggle the selected segment between a line and a circle. All other segment properties will remain unchanged. Change circle fill Toggle the selected segment between the three types of circle fill. These are; solid white, clear (no fill) and solid. The solid fill will be the same colour as the figure when changed in an animation, but the white fill will always remain white (as it was in Pivot v2). The button is only enabled when the selected segment is a circle. Duplicate Duplicate the selected segment. After clicking the button, click on any of the handles on the figure to select the joint the new segment should pivot on. Change segment thickness Change the line thickness of the selected segment by 1 pixel. Hold down the Ctrl key
19 19 while clicking and the thickness will change by 5 pixels for more rapid adjustment. I line of zero thickness will be invisible when unselected and when used in the animation. Remove / restore handle Make the selected segment 'static' or 'dynamic'. A static segment will not have a handle at its end point when the figure has been added to the animation editing area. All segments are dynamic by default. A static segment will appear grey when not selected and a greyish blue when selected. This is useful when building detailed figures to reduce handle clutter. Set origin joint Set the end-point of the selected segment as the origin joint. The origin joint is the point that all other segments branches attach to and shows the orange handle for moving the figure. Changing the origin joint is particularly useful when repositioning the handles of sprite image figures and for joining figures at a specific point. Split segment Split the selected segment into two segments by adding a new joint at the segment center. The resulting two segments will have the same properties as the original segment but will be half the length. Delete segment Delete the selected segment. If the segment has other segments attached to its endpoint, then those segments will drop down to the pivot-point of the deleted segment. Hold the Ctrl key while clicking to delete the whole branch - the selected segment and all segments connected to it.
20 20 Edit Mode Edit Mode can be enabled and disabled from the Edit menu. A tick will appear next to the Edit Mode menu item when enabled. When Edit Mode is enabled, the figure joints can be repositioned by dragging the handle without effecting the position of any other joint. The length of the segments connected to the moved joint will therefore change. When Edit Mode is disabled, the figure can be moved as a normal figure - this includes the use of the Ctrl key to change the length of a single segment and the Alt key to scale or rotate the entire figure.
21 21 Keyboard Shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts can be used to speed up the process of building a figure. The segment button shortcuts are shown in the button mouse over hint messages and are as follows: C - add a Circle L - add a Line K - change segment Kind F - change circle Fill D - Duplicate Up/Down arrow keys - change segment thickness S - remove / restore handle (Static / dynamic) O - set Origin joint Insert key - split segment (Insert joint) Delete key - Delete segment Shortcuts can also be used with the Ctrl key to Undo / Redo or Save the figure type. These are also shown to the right of their menu items. Ctrl-Z - Undo Ctrl-Y - Redo Ctrl-S - Save figure
22 22 STK Files STK (Stick figure) files are the native Pivot file format for figure types. They can be stored on your computer to be used in animations or shared with others over the internet. An STK file can be created by clicking Save As in the File menu of the figure builder. After making changes to an STK file in the figure builder, the file can be overwritten by clicking 'Save' or by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+S. An STK file can be opened directly into the animation editing area in the main Pivot window by clicking 'Load Figure Type' in the File menu. A preview of the figure will be shown in the Open File window when an STK file is selected. Clicking the magnifying glass icon above the preview will open the preview in a separate resizable window. This window includes the version of Pivot that the STK file was made with. Open STK file window, showing preview
23 23 Onion Skins Onion skins show you the position of the figures in previous or subsequent frames when editing a frame. They are only shown in the frame editor and not when playing or exporting an animation. By being able to see the relative position of figures in neighbouring frames it makes it easy to judge the amount of movement that should be applied to a figure to create realistic and fluid movements. In traditional hand drawn animation, this is often done using tracing paper or light boxes. Background Onion Skin The background onion skin is similar to the onion skins in Pivot v2, except that they are in colour and semi-transparent. They show all the figures from the previous frame only and are displayed behind all the figures in the frame editing area, but in-front of the background image. This is so that they don't have to be redrawn every time a figure is moved and so makes moving figures faster. Selected Figure Onion Skins The selected figure onion skins show onion skins from multiple previous frames for the selected figure only. If multiple figures are selected then they are not shown. These onion skins are shown just behind the selected figure and so can normally be seen even when the editing area is filled with figures. They are shown in colour and are semitransparent with the amount of transparency increasing the further away that frame is from the frame being edited. A selected figure and its onion skins showing its position in 4 previous frames The number of selected figure onion skins can be changed from 0-9 in the options window. There is also a check-box that enables showing onion skins of subsequent frames when editing a frame in the middle of an animation (Show Ahead). Displaying this kind of onion skin can slow down the movement of figures in the frame editing area, so if it becomes to slow try setting the number of onion skins to zero. The number of onion skins is set to zero by default for this reason. The selected figure onion skins work by giving each figure an ID number that associates it with the same figure in other frames. When you add a new figure to the editing area or duplicate a figure, the new figures will be given a new unique ID. When you add frames
24 24 to the time-line, the figures keep their ID's so that the same figure has the same ID across all the frames that it appears in. This means that if you delete and then add a figure then you won't see these onion skins for it since it will then have a new ID. After loading a Pivot v2 or v3 animation, you won't see these onion skins until you start adding new frames, because figures will have a unique ID in all frames. This is because Pivot v2 and v3 didn't support this kind of onion skin and so the PIV file doesn't store the figure IDs.
25 25 Multi-figure Selection Operations can be performed on multiple figures in the frame editing area. This can save a lot of time if you want to move multiple figures by the same amount or apply the same operation to them. Selected figures are displayed with an orange origin handle and red segment handles. Unselected figures are displayed with blue handles. Selecting and Deselecting Selecting figures works in a similar way to selecting files in Windows Explorer, with the main difference being that at least one figure must always be selected if figures exist. Normally when clicking a figure without dragging it, that figure will become selected and all other figures will become unselected. However, there are several ways to select multiple figures. Holding down the Shift key while clicking any handle of a figure will change that figure between being selected and unselected, without effecting other figures. Dragging a rectangle around multiple figures by holding the mouse down anywhere where there isn't a handle will select any figure whose origin point is within the rectangle. This will not effect any figure outside the rectangle. Similarly, figures can be unselected by firstly dragging a rectangle around them and then dragging so that they are no longer inside the rectangle. Finally, all figures in the frame can be selected by clicking 'Select All Figures' in the Edit menu or by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+A. Moving Multiple Figures Once multiple figures have been selected, they can be moved around as if they are a single object. Drag any orange origin handle to move the selected figures or use the arrow keys to move them in 1 pixel increments. Hold down the Alt key on the keyboard and drag any red handle to rotate and scale the selected figures as if they were a single object. The figures will rotate and scale around their common centre.
26 26 Multi-figure rotation and scaling using the Alt key. The green dot indicates the common centre of the selected figures and does not move. Multiple Figure Operations Most of the figure control buttons work with multiple selected figures. The delete, colour and opacity controls work on each selected figure separately. All selected figures will be deleted or set to the chosen colour or opacity. The centre, flip and scale controls treat the selected figures as if they were a single object. The centre button centers the common centre of the selected figures so that they stay in the same position relative to each other. Similarly, the flip button flips the selected figures horizontally about their common centre. The value in the scale control shows only the scale of the first figure that was selected, but when changed all selected figures will change such that their scale's stay fixed relative to each other. The raise and lower buttons send all selected figures behind or in-front of the unselected figures. They will stay in order relative to each other. If Ctrl is held then each figure will be raised or lowered by 1 figure layer. The duplicate button duplicates all figures. The resulting duplicates will have the same position relative to each other and will then be selected. If selected figures are joined using the join tool, then the duplicates will also be joined. If a selected figure is joined to an unselected figure, then its duplicate will be unjoined. The edit and join buttons do not work with multiple selected figures. The join button will be disabled and the edit button will open the figure builder, but only with the first figure that was selected.
27 27 Joining Figures Pivot Animator allows you to join figures together so that figures can be positioned as if they were a single figure. The main difference between joining figures and using multiple figure selection is that rotating a single segment of a figure will also rotate any figures joined to that segment. Joining figures to create a multi-coloured stickman that moves as a single figure The figure joining feature can be used for many different reasons, such as letting a stickman hold an object or for creating a stick-man or other object made up of differently coloured parts, without the need for moving each figure separately and aligning the figures between frames. Figures can be joined together recursively in chains or a tree structure, but not so that they form a loop. Multiple figures can be joined to a single handle. Figures are joined together in a tree structure in a similar way to the segments in a figure. If two unjoined figures are joined, then the one that was selected and joined is above the other in the tree structure. The one it was joined to is not joined but has a figure joined to it and is therefore at the base of the tree. Joining and Unjoining The join button can be found in the figure controls and is enabled only when a single figure is selected. If the figure is not currently joined then the button will display a white handle. To join the figure to another, click the button and all the handles that the figure is allowed to join to will turn white (static segments will also be shown). Click any of the white handles to join the figure such that its origin point joins to the clicked handle. The figure will then move to its joined position and the handle at the join will be white to indicate that it is joined.
28 28 To unjoin a figure, firstly select a joined figure. The join/unjoin button will then show a red and orange pair of handles. Click the button and the figures will no longer be joined and can then be moved independently. Positioning Joined figures Once joined, the segments of joined figures will move as if they were a single figure when rotated. A figure joined to a rotated segment will therefore also rotate and move such that its origin is positioned at the point it's joined to. When using the Alt key to rotate and scale a figure, all figures joined to that figure, that are above it in the tree structure, will also rotate and scale. However, the opposite is not true - if a joined figure is rotated and scaled using the Alt key, then the figure it is joined to, which is below it in the tree, will not be scaled or rotated. If you want to scale and rotate a whole connected group of figures, then make sure you drag a red handle in the figure at the base of the tree structure that all other figures attach to. The scale control in the figure controls will scale only the selected figure or figures and not any figures joined to it. Moving the Figure Origin A join can only be made between the orange origin handle of the figure being joined and a segment or origin handle of another figure. If you wish to join figures at two segment handles (red when selected), then you must create a new figure type by editing one of the figures in the figure builder and using the origin tool to move the origin point to a different handle.
29 29 Backgrounds Backgrounds are images that can be loaded as the background of a frame. Different frames can contain a different background image, which means that you can create different scenes and settings within a single animation. A background image can be created in MS Paint or other graphics software or downloaded from the internet. A background image can be loaded into the animation by clicking 'Load background' in the File menu. Supported image file formats are Bitmap, JPeg, GIF and PNG. Background Selector The background selector is similar to the figure selector and provides a way to set the background to one that has already been loaded into the animation. The background selector is displayed by clicking the 'Background' button in the main window when at least one background has already been loaded.
30 30 Sprites Sprites are images that can be moved around, scaled or rotated in the same way as a figure. A sprite is actually a type of figure segment and so lines and circles can be connected to it by editing it in the figure builder. A sprite image can be created in MS Paint or other graphics application or downloaded from the web. A sprite can be loaded into the frame editing area by clicking 'Load Sprite Image' in the File menu. Image formats that are supported are Bitmap, GIF and PNG. Sprites are displayed with a transparent background. The transparent colour is determined from the colour of the bottom-left pixel of the sprite image. If you don't want any transparency then simply set the bottom left pixel to any colour that doesn't appear in the rest of the sprite image or add a vertical or horizontal line of that colour to the left or bottom of the image. Using large sprite images can cause lag when moving figures. Joining Sprites It is possible to join sprites together using the join feature to create very realistic stick-men or other objects that can be moved in the same way as a figure. This is demonstrated in this video. The first step for doing this is to create your sprite images and load them into the frame editing area. The second step is to reposition the handles so that the sprite joints are at the right places. This can be done by clicking the edit button to open the sprite in the figure builder and adding new lines to the locations of the new joints/handles. You can then set these lines to zero thickness and set all but one to static so that only the two new handles are seen. Then use the origin tool to move the origin point to one of the new handles.
31 31 Options The options window can be accessed by clicking 'Options' in the Edit menu. Any options modified in the options window will be stored so that the values persist after closing and reopening the program. Any values changed will take effect after clicking the 'OK' button. Clicking 'Cancel' will close the window without changing any settings. Click the 'Restore Defaults' button to set all values to the default settings that Pivot had when it was first run. Animation Dimensions Set the width and height to set the dimensions of the animation. This is indicated by the dotted lines in the frame editing area. If you have already added frames to the time-line then you will be prompted to confirm the changes after clicking 'OK'. All frames in the time-line will then change to the new dimensions and any background images will be cropped or padded to the new dimensions. If you intend to export the animation as a video, then it is advisable to set the values to a multiple of 4 to avoid black borders in the resulting video. Onion Skins Set the number of selected figure onion skins from 0 to 9. The default value is zero since this reduces lag when moving figures in the frame editing area. Select 'Show Ahead' to show onion skins ahead of the frame being edited when editing a frame in the middle of the animation time-line.
32 32 Figure Handles Show Unselected Unselect 'Show Unselected' to show only the origin handle of unselected figures. This helps to reduce handle clutter in the frame editing area so that selecting and moving figures is easier. When selected, all handles will be shown as blue in unselected figures. This setting does not apply to joined figures because there would then be no way to select a joined figure. Therefore all handles are shown for unselected joined figures even when the option is unselected. This option can also be changed more quickly from the main animation window by using the Ctrl+H keyboard shortcut. Autosize Choose how the size of handles is determined. When selected, handle sizes will be based on the length of their attaching lines. This means that neighbouring handles that are close together due to short segments will be small to prevent overlap, which can make dragging handles easier. When unselected, handle sizes are large and may overlap when close together. Handles will only reduce in size if the lines they're attached to are both short and thin. This option can be used if you find it difficult to drag small handles. Language Select the language for Pivot captions and messages.
33 33 Exporting an Animation Animations can be exported in a number of formats. These include animated GIF image files for web pages, an AVI video for adding sound or other effects in video editing software or uploading to YouTube, and as separate images in a number of image formats. Export an animation by clicking export in the File menu and selecting a file format from the drop-down list of file types. Exporting an animation can take several minutes depending on the length of the animation, format and options chosen. A progress bar will be displayed while exporting.
34 34 Animated GIF Animated Gif images are often used on web pages. They have a relatively small file size compared to video formats and can be easily embedded into web pages, but don't support sound and may result in poorer quality since they support a maximum of only 256 different colours. This restriction can be partially overcome by choosing appropriate colour reduction and dithering methods, described below. Click 'Export Animation' in the File menu, select 'Gif (*.gif)' from the drop-down list of file types, specify a file name and click 'Save' to display the animated Gif options and save. After setting the options, click 'OK' and wait for the progress bar to reach the end. Make sure that the speed of your animation is correct when playing before Exporting the animation because the same frame rate will be used when exporting the Gif. This can be adjusted using the scroll bar next to the Play and Stop buttons. Resize The Resize option allows you to specify a percentage to resize the dimensions of the animation. 50% is set by default since animated Gifs normally play better when small and have a smaller file size. Change the value to 100% if you want the resulting Gif to have the same dimensions as your animation. Super Sample The Super Sample option effects the quality of the resulting animated Gif by making the
35 35 edges of lines and other objects smoother. The maximum value of 4 will result in the smoothest possible result, while the minimum value of 1 will give no smoothing, and will therefore make the figures appear as they do when playing in Pivot. The higher the value, the longer it will take to export the animation. Super-sampling works by drawing each frame of the animation several times bigger than the resulting animation and then shrinking the image down to the correct size by averaging pixels. The resulting image is therefore anti-aliased and smoother. Advanced Options The advanced options can be accessed by clicking the 'Advanced' button. The advanced options will automatically be set to try to maximise the quality and minimise the file size of the animated Gif. However, you may also like to adjust the advanced options manually, which may require some trial and error to find the best set of options. Colour Reduction The colour reduction option specifies the number of colours and the method for reducing the number of colours in the animated Gif. 'Quantize Optimal' gives the best possible result but also the largest file size. If your animation contains no colour then use 'Grayscale (256 color)' since the result matches the animation perfectly and so no dithering is required. 'Monochrome (2 color)' results in just the colours black and white and produces the smallest file size. Dither Mode The Dither Mode option can be used to improve the appearance of the animation when the animation contains a large number of colours and particularly when the animation contains gradients of gradually changing colours. Dithering is therefore often required when backgrounds or sprite images are used that are derived from photos. The 'Nearest (no dithering)' option will result in no dithering applied to the Gif frames. The other options provide various different algorithms for dithering. 'Stucki' is selected by default if background or sprite images are used since it is a fast algorithm that results in clean and sharp images. Dithering always increases the file size of the resulting Gif. Netscape colour mode with no dither (98KB) Quantize Optimal with Stucki dither (224KB) Grey-scale colour mode with no dither (175KB) Monochrome with Stucki dither (136KB)
36 36 Optimization The optimization options help to further reduce the file size of the animated Gif file. However, they can result in artifacts and a reduction in quality and so they are disabled by default. Merge Frames - Merge pixels with the same colour between frames. Colour Palette - Sort colours by usage and remove unused entries. Crop - Crop transparent areas for each frame. This will currently have no effect since transparency is not supported.
37 37 AVI Video AVI videos provide the best quality output as a single file and can easily be uploaded to YouTube or other any video sharing site. AVI videos can also be edited in video editing software for adding additional effects, captions or audio. AVI is a container format and supports many different video codecs. The AVI options enable you to save as a large uncompressed file for optimum quality, or compress the video using any of the video codecs installed on your computer. Click 'Export Animation' in the File menu, select 'AVI Video (*.avi)' from the drop-down list of file types, specify a file name and click 'Save' to display the AVI Video options and save. After setting the options, click 'OK' and wait for the progress bar to reach the end. Video Speed Make sure that the speed of your animation is correct when playing before Exporting the animation because the same frame rate will be used when exporting the video. This can be adjusted using the scroll bar next to the Play and Stop buttons. Resize The Resize option allows you to specify a percentage to resize the dimensions of the animation. 50% is set by default to reduce the file size. Change the value to 100% if you want the resulting video to have the same dimensions as your animation. Super Sample The Super Sample option effects the quality of the resulting video by making the edges of lines and other objects smoother. The maximum value of 4 will result in the smoothest possible result, while the minimum value of 1 will give no smoothing, and will therefore make the figures appear as they do when playing in Pivot. The higher the value, the longer it will take to export the animation. Super-sampling works by drawing each frame of the animation several times bigger than the resulting animation and then shrinking the image down to the correct size by averaging pixels. The resulting image is therefore anti-aliased and smoother. Compress The compress option allows you to choose to compress the video using one of the video codecs installed on your computer. If you plan to perform further editing using video editing software, then it is suggested to not compress the video so that there is no
38 38 reduction in quality. You can then compress the video afterwards using the video editing software before uploading to YouTube, etc. Alternatively, you could install a lossless video codec such as Lagarith. Lagarith offers the same quality as uncompressed video but with a much smaller file size and faster decompression for playing the video. It can be downloaded and installed from the link below. After installing, it should automatically appear in the Compressor list in the Video Compression options. If you choose to compress the video directly from Pivot, then the following window will appear after clicking 'OK'. The options shown in the Video Compression window are specific to the codec selected. Note: Some video codecs require that the video dimensions be a multiple of 4. If the animation dimensions are not a multiple of 4, the video will therefore be padded out with black borders to the next multiple of 4.
39 39 Separate Images Saving as separate images will save each frame as a separate image file. This can be useful if you want to use individual images on web pages or if you prefer to compile the images into a video or other file format using other software. It is advisable to create a new folder to store the images in before exporting. The Image options allow you to export three popular image formats. The resulting image file names will be given a suffix based on their frame number in the animation. Click 'Export Animation' in the File menu, select 'Separate Images' from the drop-down list of file types, specify a file name and click 'Save' to display the Save as Images options and save. After setting the options, click 'OK' and wait for the progress bar to reach the end. Image Format PNG - A compressed but lossless image format. This is the preferred format as there is no reduction in quality but results in a relatively small file size. JPEG - A compressed and lossy image format normally used for photos. This may be the preferred format if photos are used for backgrounds or sprites and you want to minimise file size. GIF - A compressed and lossy image format normally used for simple graphics, which only supports 256 colours but results in a small file size if the animation contains few colours. Save Repeated Frames If selected, the Save Repeated Frames option saves a frame multiple times as separate files if the frame's repeat value is greater than 1. The repeat value is the value shown in the text edit box to the left of the frame time-line at the top of the main window. Quality The JPEG quality with 100% being best quality and largest file size. This option is only enabled if JPEG is selected as the Image Format. Resize The Resize option allows you to specify a percentage to resize the dimensions of the
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The Kilgour PTA is a volunteer group made up of parents, teachers and interested community members. The group raises funds through the annual Silent Auction, Kilgour Carnival, Entertainment Book sales, and other programs to provide financial support to enhance the students’ education.
The PTA provides funding to help support the Welcome Back to School Picnic, purchase of computer equipment, field trips, financial support to teachers for the purchase of supplies, publishing of the school newsletter, assisting with the upkeep of buildings and grounds, supporting school clubs, assemblies, sixth grade graduation ceremony, etc.
PTA also organizes volunteers to help in a number of different, critical capacities at the school. Kilgour parents and teachers volunteer their time to help support the various fundraising activities as well.
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Paris Saint-Germain fell to their first defeat this season away at Strasbourg, while title challengers Lyon and Monaco both picked up three important points. Elsewhere in France, Lille’s recent lift in form sees them rise out of the relegation zone after a nervy home win over Toulouse, and Marseille’s impressive season continues despite an stalemate at Montpellier.
Read below for all the Ligue action this weekend:
Dijon 3-2 Bordeaux
Dijon triumphed in a mid-table clash in the first fixture this weekend, following a tight 3-2 victory over Bordeaux.
It was the away side who took the lead after 13 minutes. Alexandre Mendy was thwarted on the goal line following a quick break away, but Jonathan Cafu was on hand to bend an effort inside the far post, and hand his side the advantage.
Dijon began to pile on the pressure, and soon got their reward. Xeka whipped in a dangerous corner, that was flicked towards goal by Cedric Yambere. Bordeaux goalkeeper Costil threw out a leg, but was unable to prevent the effort deflecting off him and in.
Just two minutes later, Bordeaux retook the lead, through what is sure to be one of the finest goals of the season. Malcom picked the ball up inside the Dijon half, strode forward and unleashed a scorching shot that flew into the top corner.
A few minutes after the restart, the home side were level. A lofted ball into the channel found Wesley Said, who squared across for Benjamin Jeannot to stab home past Costil. And it was Dijon who would go on to find the winner.
A flowing move on the edge of the box saw Xeka release Said, who span the defender and rifled home into the top corner, to hand his side the three points.
Troyes 0-1 Guingamp
Guingamp edged out Troyes in a tight clash at the lower end of the table, in a game that saw both teams reduced to ten men.
The home side created the best of the early openings, as Saif-Eddine Khaoui drove forward before letting loose a low shot towards goal that was held by Karl-Johan Johnsson. It was Troyes’ goalkeeper to impress next, when Lebogang Phiri’s curling shot looked destined for the top corner, before Samassa got across well to save.
The away side did eventually find the breakthrough. A delivery from a corner bounced through the box before landing at the feet of Jimmy Briand, who lashed home across Samassa.
On the stroke of half time, Francois Bellugou was shown a red card by the referee, after a low lunge on Marcus Thuram.
The away side would also be reduced to ten men, when Ludovic Blas picked up his second yellow card following a rash challenge after losing possession. Guingamp held on for the win, which sees them move three points clear of the relegation zone.
Rennes 2-0 Amiens
Rennes comfortably beat Amiens, to continue their recent impressive form and pick up their fifth win in the last six games.
The home side started off the strongest, and went close to opening the scoring when Benjamin Bourigeaud lashed an effort against the far post. After a strong first half, Rennes came out in the second looking to take an early lead.
Wahbi Khazri’s impressive form this season nearly continued, when Bourigeaud teed him up. The Tunisian international fired an effort into the ground, which bounced up and forced Regis Gurtner into an impressive stop. Khazri did eventually find his goal, after twisting past the Amiens back line and drilling an effort into the bottom right corner.
The home side wrapped up the three points in the 84th minute, when Benjamin Andre nodded home Bourigeaud’s delivery. The result means Rennes sit to sixth, while Amiens’ three straight wins comes to an end.
Nice 3-1 Metz
Nice lifted themselves further clear of the relegation zone, after a 3-1 victory over bottom of the table Metz.
After only ten minutes, Mario Balotelli should have opened the scoring for the home side. Alassane Plea threaded through the Italian, whose shot was well smothered by Eiji Kawashima. But in the 26th minute, Metz’s goalkeeper was beaten when Plea fired home at the back post, after Metz failed to clear their lines.
Just three minutes later, Metz were level. Renaud Cohade delivered an enticing cross, which Nolan Roux thundered home with his head to bring the score level.
In the 64th minute, Mario Balotelli stood poised over a free kick. The former Manchester City strike bent one that looked to be heading into the top corner, before it deflected off the wall and wrong-footed Kawashima.
Allan Saint-Maximim rounded off the scoreline, after rifling home a powerful, dipping effort into the far corner.
Monaco 1-0 Angers
Monaco narrowly beat Angers 1-0, to continue their slim title chances.
The home side took the lead after only two minutes, when Radamel Falcao planted a header past Alexandre Letellier. Adama Diakhaby stooped low to nod an effort narrowly wide of the Angers goal, in a half mostly dominated by Leonardo Jardim’s side.
The away side could have equalised ten minutes after half time, when Karl Toko Ekambi’s low driven shot was well smothered by Danijel Subasic. Angers had efforts through Fulgini and Tahrat that were narrowly missed, and Monaco held on for an important, if unattractive, three points that keeps them in the title hunt behind Paris Saint-Germain.
Lille 1-0 Toulouse
Lille’s recent resurgence continued following a nervy home win over Toulouse, that sees them sit two points above fellow strugglers Toulouse.
The home side had the brighter of the earliest opportunities, when a deep corner had to be palmed clear by Alban Lafont, before the Toulouse goalkeeper was quick to smother the follow-up. Lafont was forced into another impressive stop, when Yassine Benzia drove a low shot towards the bottom corner.
Just after the hour mark, the home side took the lead. Benzia found Nicolas Pepe on the edge of the box, who drove forward before unleashing a scorching effort that flew in off the underside of the crossbar.
Deep into added time, the referee pointed to the penalty spot after Lille’s Fodo Ballo-Toure’s handball in the area. Andy Delort stepped up, but his spot kick was well saved by Maignan, who quickly got across to his right hand side, and sealed an invaluable three points.
Strasbourg 2-1 Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain’s grip on the Ligue 1 top spot loosened slightly, after a surprise defeat away at struggling Strasbourg.
After 13 minutes, the home side took a deserved lead. Dimitri Lienard whipped in a dangerous free kick, which Joia Nuno Da Costa nodded home past Areola.
Soon after, the league leaders could have equalised. Javier Pastore drove in a low cross that found the feet of Kylian Mbappe, whose audacious back heel was well blocked in the six-yard box. Julian Draxler then should have scored, after he drove into the penalty area before narrowly bending a shot wide of the far post.
Unai Emery’s team continued their pressure, and finally found the equaliser. Adrien Rabiot drilled in a low ball, which Mbappe thundered home into the roof of the net three minutes before half time.
In the 65th minute, PSG were pegged back again. Stephane Bahoken latched into a flicked header, before racing through and firing past Areola and into the roof of the net.
The introductions of Edinson Cavani and Marco Verratti wasn’t enough for the league leaders, whose gap at the summit has been narrowed. Strasbourg have now opened up a two point gap above the relegation zone, and sit in 16th.
Montpellier 1-1 Marseille
Marseille’s recent unbeaten form continues, after a scrappy away draw with Montpellier.
The home side carved out the best early opportunity, after Stephane Sessesgnon’s low drive forced a good stop from Steve Mandanda. Marseille’s goalkeeper had to be alert once again shortly after, when Isaac Mbenza curled a shot into his chest.
Montpellier did eventually get their reward, when Giovanni Sio latched onto a ball across the box and fired an effort towards goal, which Mandanda could only palm into the roof of his net.
But on the stroke of half time, Marseille were awarded a penalty when Morgan Sanson’s swivel and shot struck Hilton the arm. Florian Thauvin stepped up and fired his spot kick home, past the despairing dive of Benjamin Lacomte.
Neither side could find a winner in the second half, meaning that Marseille are now level on points with both Lyon and Monaco in the race to catch Paris Saint-Germain.
Caen 1-2 Lyon
Lyon narrowly beat high-flying Caen, to continue their impressive domestic campaign.
The away side took the lead after ten minutes, when Maxwel Cornet tucked home after a scramble in the penalty area. But Lyon were soon on the wrong end of a cross-shot from Adama Mbengue, whose effort struck the base of the far post before being cleared behind.
Ten minutes after the restart, Lyon doubled their lead. Mariano controlled a dropping ball just outside the penalty area, before lashing home on the volley across Remy Vercoutre’s despairing dive.
After Caen struck the post, the home side did eventually half the deficit. Ivan Santini tucked home at Anthony Lopes’ near post, but his team couldn’t find a way through for the equaliser. The victory sees Lyon sit nine points behind the league leaders.
Saint Etienne 1-1 Nantes
Mid-table Saint Etienne were held to a 1-1 draw at home with Claudio Ranieri’s high-flying Nantes.
The home side should have scored after only ten minutes, but Bryan Dabo could only watch on as his strike from inside the penalty area cannoned off the cross bar. Saint Etienne did eventually open the scoring ten minutes before half time, when Vincent Pajo received the ball from Jonathan Bamba before firing an effort into the top left corner.
But just after the hour mark, Nantes were level. A lofted ball into the box wasn’t cleared properly and Emiliano Sala nodded home after a defender’s clearance struck him. Neither side could find a winner, and the result means that Ranieri’s team sit in fifth place, while Saint Etienne’s poor home form continues. | <urn:uuid:71b67ecf-2d4c-4623-a3bc-9f63798fe8aa> | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | http://www.byfarthegreatestteam.com/posts/ligue-1-round-psg-falter-monaco-lyon-pick-wins/ | 2017-12-13T16:55:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948529738.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20171213162804-20171213182804-00350.warc.gz | en | 0.952899 | 2,394 |
'Dancing with the Stars' ABC Season 19, Jonathan Bennet Dance with Partner Allison Holker For Final Time Before Being Eliminated, Watch Here (VIDEO)
"Dancing with the Stars" Season 19 was back on ABC Monday night (Oct 20) and the contestants were putting their best foot forward to advance to next week. Contestant Jonathan Bennett gave his best effort to keep is season alive.
Above you can check out Jonathan's final performance with partner Allison Holker as they dance to "Back in Time" from Pitbull. The dance number was just middle of the pack for the judges. In the end, they received a score of just 32 or 40 for their dance.
This ended up being Jonathan and Allison's final dance as they were unfortunately the couple that was eliminated.
"Dancing With the Stars" Season 19 premiered on September 15th on ABC. Full "Dancing with the Stars" Season 19 contestant list with dancing partner:
- Actor Tommy Chong with Peta Murgatroyd
- Racecar driver Michael Waltrip with Emma Slater
- General Hospital star Antonio Sabato Jr. with Cheryl Burke
- The Fresh Prince of Bel Air's Alfonso Ribeiro with Witney Carson
- YouTuber Bethany Mota with Derek Hough
- PLL's Janel Parrish with Val Chmerkovskiy
- Duck Dynasty's Sadie Robertson with Mark Ballas
- Switched At Birth's Lea Thompson with Artem Chigvintsev
- Mean Girls' Jonathan Bennett with Allison Holker (eliminated)
- Designer Betsey Johnson with Tony Dovolani (eliminated)
- MMC fighter Randy Couture with Karina Smirnoff (eliminated)
- Host Tavis Smiley with Sharna Burgess (eliminated)
- Olympian LoLo Jones with Keo Motsepe (eliminated)
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There is perhaps no other document in the history of American politics that is more hotly contested than the U.S. Constitution. For centuries historians and pundits alike have argued over the Founder’s intent and some have even questioned the Constitution’s validity in modern society.
Each election season candidates on both sides of the political spectrum refer to the Constitution in support of their platforms while the voting public, whose vast majority has never even read the document, are led to believe that it contains a timeless wisdom that is essential to maintaining a functioning democratic republic. Unfortunately, the term ‘dysfunctional’ seems more appropriate when describing American politics today.
Some politicians, mainly those on ‘the right,’ claim that in order for the nation to return to any level of prominence, an unwavering allegiance to the guiding principles of the Constitution is absolutely necessary. The Tea Party movement in particular maintains this stance. Over on ‘the left’ there is a more liberal, progressive portion who does not accept the inherent premise that all of the country’s problems can be remedied by simply returning to political philosophies from 1787. They call for reform in order to meet the ever-changing demands of today’s world. Perhaps the answer lies somewhere in between?
There is a trend among those who have studied both the origins of the U.S. Constitution and the resulting course of American history which proposes that the system put in place by the Founders was never really as ingenious as we were led to believe, nor was it an unquestionable and infallible way of governance. In other words, American politics has been dysfunctional from the drafting of the Constitution. Some critics cite the insincerity of the Founder's pledge for independence, while others contend that the two-party system's failures of today can be traced back to the limitations that were established by our very first government.
In retrospect the Constitution's preamble of "We the People" does seems quite absurd given the time period it was written when women and minorities had no civil rights whatsoever. We tend to forget that America was originally established by wealthy white men, for wealthy white men. They should be rightfully credited for gaining independence for the country, but not for its citizens. Therefore, the liberties and freedoms that we enjoy today came as the result of great struggles and sacrifices that were made by those who came after the Founders.
Progressive historians are not the only ones who have taken a more critical stance on the origins of the U.S. Constitution. There have been some highly-respected political figures who were gutsy enough to acknowledge the Constitution’s flaws and antiquated principles. One of the most noteworthy of these was Thurgood Marshall who gave a highly controversial speech that was critical of the Founding Fathers and the U.S. Constitution. Marshall was one of the few voices pointing out that the original Constitution required numerous amendments and came to a crisis that required a Civil War to solve.
In an era of obedient flag waving and patriotic rhetoric, Marshall’s comments were both disruptive and thought-provoking. They still are today. On May 6, 1987, Marshall presented his bicentennial speech at The Annual Seminar of the San Francisco Patent and Trademark Law Association. (Read entire speech here). Two main points in that speech outlined the popular misconceptions over the document:
Like many anniversary celebrations, the plan for 1987 takes particular events and holds them up as the source of all the very best that has followed. Patriotic feelings will surely swell, prompting proud proclamations of the wisdom, foresight, and sense of justice shared by the Framers and reflected in a written document now yellowed with age. This is unfortunate, not the patriotism itself, but the tendency for the celebration to oversimplify, and overlook the many other events that have been instrumental to our achievements as a nation. The focus of this celebration invites a complacent belief that the vision of those who debated and compromised in Philadelphia yielded the “more perfect Union” it is said we now enjoy.
I cannot accept this invitation, for I do not believe that the meaning of the Constitution was forever “fixed” at the Philadelphia Convention. Nor do I find the wisdom, foresight, and sense of justice exhibited by the Framers particularly profound. To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, a civil war, and momentous social transformation to attain the system of constitutional government, and its respect for the individual freedoms and human rights, we hold as fundamental today. When contemporary Americans cite “The Constitution,” they invoke a concept that is vastly different from what the Framers barely began to construct two centuries ago…
…The men who gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 could not have envisioned these changes. They could not have imagined, nor would they have accepted, that the document they were drafting would one day be construed by a Supreme Court to which had been appointed a woman and the descendent of an African slave. We the People” no longer enslave, but the credit does not belong to the Framers. It belongs to those who refused to acquiesce in outdated notions of “liberty,” “justice,” and “equality,” and who strived to better them.
And so we must be careful, when focusing on the events which took place in Philadelphia two centuries ago, that we not overlook the momentous events which followed, and thereby lose our proper sense of perspective. Otherwise, the odds are that for many Americans the bicentennial celebration will be little more than a blind pilgrimage to the shrine of the original document now stored in a vault in the National Archives. If we seek, instead, a sensitive understanding of the Constitution’s inherent defects, and its promising evolution through 200 years of history, the celebration of the “Miracle at Philadelphia” will, in my view, be a far more meaningful and humbling experience. We will see that the true miracle was not the birth of the Constitution, but its life, a life nurtured through two turbulent centuries of our own making, and a life embodying much good fortune that was not.
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Part of what makes Final Fantasy 12 so special is that it’s the most complicated in the series.
In many ways FF12 resembles a full-blown tactical game more than a traditional RPG – and that makes sense, since it comes from many of the people behind Final Fantasy Tactics. It’s even set in the same universe of Ivalice, albeit in a fairly disconnected and solitary way.
All that means, however, is that FF12 can get very complicated – and many of the changes and additions in the PC and PS4 Remaster Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age actually serve to make the game even more complicated. In our review we explained why that’s really a good thing, but it does also mean you might find yourself a little lost when you first start.
That’s why we’re here, however! After many, many hours exploring Ivalice both in the original PS2 release of FF12 and The Zodiac Age we know a thing or two about the job system, the license board, character strengths and all those other details – so listen up! Here are our top tips for those getting started on their Ivalice adventure…
Pick the best jobs for each of the characters in your party
This is a relatively small detail, but still one worth knowing: Final Fantasy 12’s characters all have natural stats which mean they’ll be good at certain things and less good at others. The job system is completely free-form, however, so when you’re picking a license board and job for your character you can choose whatever you want.
This means that you can make somebody more naturally meant for physical attacking into a mage and so on. The character differences aren’t as pronounced as in other FFs, so don’t let this influence you too much – but here are the important things to know:
- The guys are better with combo-heavy weapons and jobs. Vaan, Balthier and Basch will all be able to combo faster and thus do more overall damage with weapons and jobs that use the game’s combo mechanic. This goes for the weapons used by the Bushi, Uhlan and Shikari classes. This also makes them the natural candidates to be given the super powerful Genji Gloves armor later in the game.
- The natural mages are Ashe and Penelo. These two have the strongest base magic stats, making them a great starting point for the mage classes. Don’t be fooled by Ashe’s use of a sword or higher attack stat, either – she’s truly a mage at heart.
- Vaan and Fran are jack-of-all-trades – but Vaan is better. Both Fran and Vaan don’t particularly excel in any area and are happily able to do a bit of everything. Vaan, however, is generally stronger and better across the board – so keep that in mind. He’s a very useful character.
Understand the twelve job roles and what they can do
FF12 features a job for each sign of the Zodiac (thus the name of the game), and each has its own unique strengths and weaknesses in battle. Before you make a choice on which to use for each character, which we’ll talk about more in the next point, you should make sure you’re approaching each the right way and understand what they all do.
The archer’s license board gives that job access to bows and light armor in gear terms and excel at being mid-range attackers with a range of support abilities that can weaken enemies. It’s ultimately best as an offensive support character.
A classic Final Fantasy class, the black mage has access to the highest forms of offensive magic in FF12 and can attack from range. They use staves and robes, and their license board supports that. Any team should have an offensive magic component.
Bushi, which is basically short for Bushido, is exactly what you’d expect given the name – a samurai class. It can unlock katanas and mystic armor on its license board and can also use genji gear. It’s a high damage job whose damage output is determined by both magic and strength stats combined.
The Foebreaker’s purpose is clear in its name – it breaks foes by reducing their abilities using special ‘break’ attacks that lower enemy stats. They can unlock heavy armor and shields and thus can tank, but they’re also vulnerable and are generally more suited to a support role.
The Knight fits the pretty standard sword-wielding, heavy-armor wearing role that you’d expect, though with some help from an Esper they can alsog ain access to some white magic. They start out as offensive-oriented, but can transition into a support role in the late game.
The master of all machines, the machinist gets access to guns as well as light armor on its license board. The Machinist is better off supporting from a distance, and in the late game gets access to some Time Magic to bolster this.
Another all-time classic Final Fantasy job previously repped by the likes of Yang and Tifa, the Monk uses light armor and is a generally physical attacker who also has access to some magic skills as they progress and grow.
The Red Mage is another classic FF job dating back to the very first game, and here again it’s a physical/magic hybrid. Its license board can unlock maces, shields and mystic armor as well as a smattering of various magic skills.
Shikari job users can unlock swords, shields and light armor and can end the game as one of the best offensive classes, especially when combined with some other roles.
The Time Battlemage is FF12’s version of the classic Time Mage class. It can unlock bowguns and heavy armor and has a high natural speed. The Time Battlemage is all about buffs and debuffs, and is a great support job for either your first or second choice for a character.
The Uhlan is similar to the Knight in many ways, but instead of swords gets spears to go along with its heavy armor. The Uhlan is more comfortable at a greater range than knights, but can get access to some breaks later in the game too.
The White Mage barely needs any introduction and is your dedicated healer. Like the Black Mage this is a dedicated job that is great to begin with but can really come into its own once it combines with another job. They get access to rods and mystic armor, plus a complete range of healing and holy magic attacks.
Once you choose a job and license board there’s no going back or respec, so choose carefully
We can’t exactly attach much actual advice to this one, but it’s an absolutely key thing you should know before you start playing FF12 – there is no way to undo your job or license board pick for each character, and so once you’ve made your choices you’re stuck with them.
RPGs today tend to spoil you with respec options, but FF12 is not so kind – when I asked the devs directly about this they told me the best way to respec was to, er, use the fast-forward to finish the game quickly and start over. Yeah.
This means you should plan ahead. There are multiple directions you should think about this choice from….
Rules for picking the best first job in The Zodiac Age
- Have your general intended party make-up and battle style in mind when picking. Generally parties will want a healer, an attacker and a support who can debuff at least – though some jobs straddle the lines between these categories and can do a bit of both.
- Remember that later in the game you’ll be given the opportunity to pick a secondary job for each of the characters – so think about what sort of hybrid you want to create by mashing together two jobs when picking your first jobs.
- Keep in mind the natural character strengths and weaknesses listed in the above point.
- With the above two points in mind, try to be as forward-thinking as possible.
Rules for picking your second job / job combination in The Zodiac Age
- Remember the points from your first job pic, but chief among those remember to factor overall team shape into your decisions.
- Don’t think you have to use every class. There are twelve classes and six characters, which does make for a neat two each – but you may want to miss some classes entirely depending on the type of team you’re going for.
- When picking a second class try to offset weaknesses rather than increase strengths – for instance mixing a mage and a tank class to make a high HP, hardy mage, or mixing a slow, heavy physical attacker with a speedy ranged one.
- Remember that while there are ‘best’ choices, there is certainly no ‘wrong’ choice – FF12’s mechanics are broad enough that any job combination is viable. Don’t sweat it too much.
Learn the gambit system fully, and change gambits often
Gambits are where FF12 gets really, properly complicated. This system unlocks early on but will absolutely define your experience with the game. Without gambits, you’ll be stuck micromanaging every character manually and trapped pausing combat every few seconds – and this is absolutely not the way FF12 should be played. In fact, it’ll be miserable if you try to play it that way – so don’t.
Gambits are basically programming code that tells your characters what to do in battle. Gambits might tell a character to attack an enemy’s weakness, or focus on the weakest or strongest enemy in a group specifically. Your white mage might have an automated set of gambits so they’re constantly healing and buffing, prioritizing those who use it most.
When used properly, the player should be setting up detailed gambits before major battles and then hopping into the menu every now and then to change the gambits over or switch certain ones on or off depending on the battle conditions, while during the actual battle you’ll be far more hands-off. At first you’ll only have a few gambits, but as you progress through the game you’ll unlock more via your license boards.
The gambit system can seem overwhelming at first and it might put you off, but we can’t stress enough the need to embrace the gambit system early on. It opens up slowly, and if you start early it’ll be a lot less of an intense learning experience. Enjoyment of FF12 is almost entirely rooted in understanding this unique gameplay mechanic.
Libra is the most important skill in the game – grab its license and use it to start every battle
Far more than any other Final Fantasy, FF12 The Zodiac Age is full of enemies that absolutely need their strengths respected and their weaknesses exploited. In order to do this you need to know them, though – and yes, while you could hit up an enemy weakness guide on gamefaqs or something, there is one problem with that – your gambit-using characters can’t read that guide.
You can set gambits so that characters deliberately exploit enemy weaknesses, but to do that you’ll need to actually scan enemies to find those weaknesses out – that’s what Libra is. It also tells you an enemy’s total HP.
Libra is an absolutely vital skill, and casting Libra on new enemies should be the first gambit in battle for at least one of your party. It also makes traps visible on the battlefield. Libra is a Technick skill and only costs 20LP to buy – so you should grab it early.
The Archer, Machinist, Monk and Shikari jobs all have access to this technick naturally. The White Mage and Bushi can also gain access to it via the Cuchulainn Esper license and Belias license respectively.
Steal is almost as important as Libra, so do the same with that
FF12’s steal skill is particularly useful too, so once you have access to a job that can use it you should set it to trigger at the start of the battle, with one or two characters ideally using it on all enemies with 100% HP until another character does some damage – making it an opener. Enemies often carry great stuff that’s well worth having, just don’t forget to turn this off during fruitless, difficult encounters.
Vaan, Balthier and Fran start the game with this technick unlocked already, but if you need it on another character the Machinist, Archer or Red Battlemage classes can all learn the license for it naturally. Black Mage can also earn this license with the Esper Hashmal used to unlock that section of its license board.
Take care using the high speed mode around new enemies
Because of the focus on enemy strengths and weaknesses mentioned above in FF12, you should also be extremely careful using that high-speed mode that’s included as a new addition for The Zodiac Age. That move lets you speed the game up to double speed or quadruple speed with a press of L1, thus allowing you to speed through trash battles.
Be careful, however. Enemies that might look like trash mobs can very quickly turn the tables on you and utterly overrun you unless you’re careful. The way strengths and weaknesses work in FF12 mean that the tables can turn extremely quickly even when you’re focused on the game at regular speed, and you could zip towards a game over in high-speed mode in an instant.
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By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Feb. 17 -- Chesapeake Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, said its fourth quarter 2009 production averaged 2.44 bcfd of natural gas and 29,750 b/d of oil and natural gas liquids.
The company averaged 104 operated and 60 nonoperated rigs in 2009 and drilled 1,148 gross operated and 1,126 gross nonoperated wells.
Chesapeake plans to average 32 rigs in 2010 to drill 175 wells in the Marcellus shale, where it currently runs 24 operated rigs. Land position is 1.6 million net acres in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York for Chesapeake and a further 590,000 net acres for its partner, Statoil ASA.
Chesapeake has drilled and completed 56 operated horizontal Marcellus wells since Jan. 1, 2008, and its net production averaged 45 MMcfd of gas equivalent (MMcfed) in the 2009 fourth quarter. It plans to exit 2010 at 270 MMcfed (515 MMcfed gross operated) and 2011 at 450 MMcfed (855 MMcfed gross operated).
Chesapeake holds 535,000 net acres and its partner Plains Exploration & Production Co. owns a further 110,000 net acres in the Haynesville shale play, where the two have drilled and completed 150 Chesapeake-operated horizontal wells.
Chesapeake’s net Haynesville production is 375 MMcfed. The company operates 38 rigs and expects to average 41 rigs in 2010 to drill 200 net wells. Chesapeake expects to exit 2010 at 640 MMcfed (970 MMcfed gross operated) and 2011 at 810 MMcfed (1.23 bcfd of gas equivalent [bcfed] gross operated).
Chesapeake produces 340 MMcfed net in the Fayetteville shale play and expects to maintain 320 MMcfed (460 MMcfed gross operated) through the end of 2011.
It holds 455,000 net acres in the Fayetteville core area and expects to average 12 operated rigs in 2010 to drill 110 net wells with its partner, BP America Inc.
Chesapeake produces 515 MMcfed net (950 MMcfed gross operated) in the Fort Worth basin Barnett shale play and expects to end 2010 at 590 MMcfed net (1.12 bcfed gross operated) and 2011 at 665 MMcfed (1.26 bcfed gross operated).
Chesapeake plans to operate 28 rigs to drill 300 net Barnett wells in 2010 on its 220,000 net acres with its partner, Total E&P USA Inc.
Chesapeake holds 120,000 net acres and produces 110 MMcfed net (200 MMcfed gross operated) in the Anadarko basin Colony Granite Wash play in Custer and Washita counties, Okla.
It plans to average seven rigs to drill 40 net wells this year and exit 2010 at 190 MMcfed net (350 MMcfed gross operated) and 2011 at 230 MMcfed net (420 MMcfed gross operated). Colony’s high oil and NGL content makes it the company’s second highest rate-of-return play.
The company holds 70,000 net acres in the Anadarko basin Texas Panhandle Granite Wash play in Hemphill, Wheeler, and Roberts counties in Texas. It plans to operate four rigs to drill 30 net wells and exit 2010 at 125 MMcfed net (180 MMcfed gross operated) and 2011 at 130 MMcfed net (185 MMcfed gross operated). This is the company’s highest rate-of-return play due to high oil and NGL content.
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ST. STEPHEN’S CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC STUDIES
The Department of Economics in St. Stephen’s College attracts very talented and highly motivated students. Consistently over the years, many of them have shown both the capabilities and the willingness to range well beyond the confines of the University of Delhi BA Honours in Economics course work. There is, of course, mutual interplay between what the BA Honours course equips them with and the kind of problems beyond the course that they are willing and able to tackle. The Honours course itself has developed over time, and modules such as Econometrics or Game Theory or Economics of Health and Education or Environmental Economics have now been introduced. This has given our students some up-to-date basic training, and consequently a greater confidence in formulating and tackling new problems and issues, the first steps in undertaking real research.
The primary aim of the proposed Centre for Economics Studies is to tap this great potential and to encourage a very bright group of students to be more “research-oriented”, more daring and independent in formulating problems and research questions well outside the formal curricular structure, and more rigorous and careful in formulating hypothesis and testing them.
The full range of activities the Centre might engage in will undoubtedly develop over time and with greater experience. A few immediate focal points are listed here:
- The institution of the Goutham Krishna Research Fellowships in 2014-15 has already resulted this year in three innovative research projects undertaken by different groups of students working as teams (faculty members in the Dept of Economics acted as mentors and guides to the groups). These Fellowships have been made possible by a generous endowment from the family of Goutham Krishna, a former student of the College who died tragically young while working for a higher degree at the University of Bristol. The Fellowship amounts can be supplemented, which will make possible more ambitious research efforts, the empirical side of which is often constrained by shortage of funds; and the number of Fellowships could also be increased so as to involve larger numbers of students in similar projects.
- With funding available, we will be able to invite visiting faculty. A model for this has already been established. Prof Pankaj Tandon of Boston University (an alumnus of the College) was a visitor to the Department of Economics for the full academic year 2011-12 and taught a full course on Microeconomics. Students benefited enormously from this exposure. In his case, the College provided accommodation and board, but the visit was made possible only because he received funding from the Fulbright US Scholar Programme: the College certainly did not have the resources itself. If the proposed Centre can stand on its feet financially, such visits can be facilitated enormously. What we visualise is inviting visitors – and the College has in particular many distinguished alumni to call upon – for varying durations, depending on their commitments and willingness. These could range from short duration visits of a week or fortnight, with intensive interaction with faculty and students, to semester long residencies. For programmes like this to be possible it is imperative that adequate funding be available.
- Regular talks, seminars, short duration workshops for students (which could be of longer duration if over the vacation periods) and possibly an annual conference. Again, the most pressing restriction hampering a more active programme is funding.
- In the current semester a non-curricular, add-on course of lectures on Game Theory has been arranged, open also to students from other Departments. The initiative came from our students themselves, who asked for such a course to be organised. This suggests that similar courses on Behavioural Economics, or research methodology (e.g. on survey questionnaire design or how to design and conduct randomised controlled trials), or Industrial Organisation – areas that do not currently figure in the University syllabus – could be run successfully in subsequent years under the aegis of the Centre. In many cases we would have to invite outside faculty actively engaged in research in such areas to conduct the courses.
- Facilitating research activities by both faculty and students. The limitations on such activities can at present sometimes be absurdly basic: we do not have the funds to purchase statistical software packages! Other initiatives – all of which require substantial funds – include travel grants for consultation of research material in other locations, the conduct of primary surveys of any substantial scope, purchasing data sets (e.g. the CMIE or Prowess databases).
- Students can be encouraged to enlarge the scope of the Economics journal they currently bring out, and there could a nice synergy between encouraging research activity on their part and publication efforts of this kind.
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Veterans have waited for years and years and years for an update to disability compensation rating criteria.
Who would have thought VA would release those new ratings the same day Hurricane Irma, one of the biggest hurricanes in modern history, made landfall in Florida?
How is that for timing?
And like the chaos caused by a real hurricane on human lives, I have no doubt the change to ratings will cause chaos for many veterans affected by the new interpretations.
What I am talking about, for those a little confused, is the VA Schedule for Rating Disability, called VASRD, which has not been updated since 1945. Imagine how much has changed over the past 70 years. Yes, that is also how different I expect the new ratings to be with updated terminology.
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“Where you come from matters less than where you’re going” is the title I gave to the book of my essays that was published in Zimbabwe in 2011. That’s a long title, and there are those in the writing world who think book titles should be short and snappy. I don’t disagree with that generally, but I also believe they should convey a message about the contents, and my lengthy title was intended to do just that.
It also generated a lot of comment, some negative; one critic panned it, saying that I was attempting to rewrite or erase history. That person missed my point entirely. I did not say, nor was it my intent to say, that where you come from doesn’t matter – anyone who reads the title carefully, as well as the essays contained in the book, will see that. I said that your origins matter ‘less’ than your eventual destination. Thomas Wolfe wrote a novel, “You Can’t Go Home Again.” The essential meaning of that phrase is that time is an ever-moving stream, proceeding inexorably into the future. The past is just that, the past, it can be recalled, but never recaptured or relived. We will all get to some point in the future, but the quality of that journey will depend on whether we’ve set our sights in the right direction.
An obsessive preoccupation with the past; using the past as an excuse for present failure; will diminish the quality of the future when it arrives. Where we come from provides the foundation from which the building of our future springs, but we can improve upon that foundation if we deal effectively with the present as we prepare for the future. Whether the past was good or bad, while it can affect us, is not all that relevant. You can’t undo the past, but by letting it anchor you too much, it can undo your future.
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Inkwell had meant to comment on the she’s-off-her-meds comments by Rep. Nancy Pelosi on George Bush.
I did mention the new poll that shows (hold your hats!) that most reporters are liberals and that they don’t think they’re hard enough on President Bush.
Conservative media watcher Brent Bozell cleverly combines both items into one interesting observation:
“[P]erhaps the media bigwigs think they’re wimps because they don’t sound like Nancy Pelosi — yet,” writes Brent Bozell. “The House Minority Leader, the woman aspiring to be the first female Speaker of the House, is so sputtering with Bush hatred that she needs a lobster bib.
“This is what she said last week: ’Not to get personal about it, but the president’s capacity to lead has never been there. In order to lead, you have to have judgment. In order to have judgment, you have to have knowledge and experience. He has none,’ she declared. ’He’s gone,’” Pelosi said of Bush. ‘He’s so gone.’ No, nothing personal there.
“But it grew only harsher. Pelosi also said Bush has American blood on his hands: ’He has on his shoulders the deaths of many more troops, because he would not heed the advice of his own State Department of what to expect after May 1, when he…declared that major combat is over,’” Pelosi charged. “The shallowness that he has brought to the office has not changed since he got there.'”
“So where are the media, that institution so supposedly intolerant of uncivil speech and red-meat partisanship? After all, in 1995, when then-House Majority Leader Dick Armey inadvertently used the words Barney Fag’ to describe gay Congressman Barney Frank, it led the nightly newscast on CBS and had ABC opening the show wondering about Armey’s ’deep prejudice.’” | <urn:uuid:fbaf86ab-4a5a-44eb-9728-e317d3f53b84> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://www.iwf.org/2004/05/26/pelosi-envy/ | 2023-06-05T16:17:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652149.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605153700-20230605183700-00266.warc.gz | en | 0.971821 | 450 |
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Mária Kovács Disenfranchised by Law. The "Numerus Clausus" in Hungary 1920-1945
Adopted in 1920, the ‘Numerus Clausus’ law introduced a mechanism to keep Jews out of universities by screening all applicants as to whether or not they were Jewish, either by religion or by birth. Jewish applicants were listed separately and their admission was only possible up to six percent of all students. The lecture will challenge a number of false historical legends that understate the significance of the ‘Numerus Clausus’ law and, more generally, of state-sanctioned antisemitism in the Horthy regime. It will provide strong evidence to dispel the convenient legend that Hungarian antisemitism was a policy externally imposed by Nazi Germany. It will demonstrate that government-sanctioned antisemitism in Hungary was a story in and of itself, a story whose beginnings had predated the rise of Nazism in Germany by over a decade. It will show how the ‘Numerus Clausus’ law not only legitimised antisemitism as state-policy, but also served as an inspiration all throughout the inter-war years for racist movements to demand further anti-Jewish quotas and legislation. Finally, the paper will address current implications of debates over the law in Hungary’s memory war and demonstrate how apologetic accounts of the numerus clausus still serve to whitewash the Horthy regime from charges of state-sanctioned antisemitism. Mária M. Kovács is Professor of History and Chair of the Nationalism Studies Program at the Central European University in Budapest. Her research interests and publications concern issues of antisemitism, right-wing movements and nationalism. Her latest book entitled Törvénytől sújtva. A numerus clausus Magyarországon, 1919-1945 (Budapest: Napvilág 2012) [=Disenfranchised by Law. The History of the Hungarian Numerus Clausus, 1919-1945], earlier publications include Liberalizmus, radikalizmus, antiszemitizmus. A magyar orvosi, ügyvédi és mérnöki kar politikája 1867 és 1945 között. [=Liberalism, Radicalism, Antisemitism. The Politics of the professional chambers of medical doctors, lawyers and engineers.] (Budapest: Helikon 2001) and Liberal professions and illiberal politics. Hungary from the Habsburgs to the Holocaust. (Washington: Oxford University Press 1994).
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PLEASANTON, Calif. (BCN) - Pleasanton city officials are looking for residents interested in serving on a variety of city commissions and committees.
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DMC Petra No.3 ● 100g/280m ● Colour 5772
3.00mm hook, needle for sewing in ends.
68cm/23in wide. Length as required.
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Leading groups to protect the rights of methadone recipients
Public Foundation “Aman-saulyk” hosted several meetings to launch Leading groups for protecting the rights of those who receive methadone as a substitute therapy. Meetings were held within the USAID project “Good Governance Initiative Fund”.
“Aman-saulyk” team met patients and their relatives in Aktobe, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Semei, Ekibastuz, Pavlodar.
“The aim of my visit is to share with you full information about substitution therapy, to create a leading group that will protect the rights of methadone recipients. The program is realized in 10 cities of Kazakhstan, the number of patients grew up to 290 people. We are aiming not to increase the number of patients but to do our best for their rehabilitation and socialization”, - said Bakhyt Tumenova, the head of “Aman-saulyk”.
She also mentioned that beneficiaries will write their own stories about the importance and benefits of the substitution therapy program. Materials will be further forwarded to the parliament hearings to be held in November.
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A survey by the University Grants Commission's (UGC) pay-review committee (PRC) has revealed that more than 51 per cent
of posts are lying vacant at the university level. Young and talented individuals are not opting for teaching. The PRC as suggested all-out efforts to fill vacant posts through “attractive pay packages and better serving conditions” as a first step for preventing this problem.
The PRC has also recommended 70 to 90 per cent salary hike for college and university teachers. It said their retirement should be raised to 65 and they should be re-employed on selective basis up to 70 years for meeting the shortage of faculty.
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My Chihuahua's puppies are 6 weeks & 2 days old now (as of 6/21/20). She is still producing milk like crazy, but she's not been letting the puppies suckle on her since they were like 5 weeks old. Her boobs are really big and hard as rocks, it looks very uncomfortable.I'm just wondering what I should do? She won't let the puppies feed off her. So do I just leave it alone? Do I need to try to milk her myself? What do I do?
Thanks in advance.
There could be another reason she is not allowing the puppies to feed from her. My dog had puppies and like you I had no idea about any of this because it was my first and last time I did this one. There could be another issue why the mom is not allowing the babies to feed off of her. My female developed an infection and it hurt her so bad to allow the dogs to feed off her.
Your dog may have mastitis. It is a bacterial infection in the teet. It is very painful. Your dog needs to see a Vet to see what bacteria she has and which antibiotic to use to stop it.
She definitely needs to get on an antibiotic. She has what looks like clogged milk ducts which can lead to a nasty infection and extreme discomfort and pain. Please don't hesitate. Most vets accept some form of payment plan like care credit or scratch pay, if money is a problem.
My beautiful Pit Bull had 7 healthy pups 3 weeks ago today. She has been a great new mother. However yesterday one of boobies has started to swell up. She seemed fine. But today I got home from work and it's very large, hard, and she seems in much pain and won't feed the pups.I applied a warm wet cloth to it and got her comfy. But she still won't feed them. She isn't wanting to eat as much, but will eat some and drink water still. Should I start bottle feeding the pups asap?
Call your vet immediately for help for the mother and her babies. If the mother has an infection (most probably), she needs treatment immediately and she will not improve without medical help.
Mastitis is an extremely dangerous condition where the nipple becomes infected. The dog will need antibiotics. You will probably also be required to apply hot compresses to the area.
My Pit mom isn't wanting to feed her pups anymore and I can't afford the replacement milk what can I do?
Are the puppies old enough to eat solid food? If not, you should try to find out if there is a food bank or other group that helps with pet supplies, as the puppies really should receive Esbilac, or a similar brand of puppy milk replacer. Some areas do have food banks that supply pet foods, too. Perhaps a pet rescue group in your area can help. Otherwise, ask a vet for a recipe for a home made formula appropriate for the pups.
My dog won't nurse her almost 4 week old puppies unless I make her and I have to lay down next to her and pet her during the process. This all started about a week ago when my parents came to visit and brought their dog with them. They have been gone now for a few days, but she still won't nurse them without my help and the 2am feedings are getting old. Help please. Can they eat puppy food and water and be fine?
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Imprinting Short-Distance Physics on Long Distance Observables: Can this be consistent?
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Emails, phone calls, web videos targeting Collin Peterson’s (MN-7) district
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota – Americans for Prosperity, the nation’s largest and most effective advocate for economic freedom, today announced the launch of a significant effort that combines grassroots advocacy with paid ads calling on Republican and Democratic House members to oppose the Farm Bill.
The latest effort will include email, social media, phone calls, and two web videos that target a bipartisan list of representatives in 15 House districts, including Representative Collin Peterson.
“The 2013 Farm Bill has become little more than a vehicle for massive welfare spending and taxpayer-funded corporate cronyism,” AFP President Tim Phillips. “Americans deserve better than this kind of government overspending and waste, and we’re going to make sure their voices are heard in Washington.”
AFP Minnesota State Director John Cooney said, “This is a classic example of Washington funneling dollars to special interests while pretending to help out the small farmer. Even worse, some of these funds are actually going to members of Congress and farmers in Brazil. This is offensive to the American tax payer.”
AFP’s newest campaign includes two web videos: Table the Farm Bill shows that Farm Bill subsidies largely go to wealthy individuals or well-connected corporations, rather than small farmers, while Food Stamps demonstrates that 80 percent of Farm Bill spending goes to food stamps, rather than farms of any kind.
In addition to the ads, AFP will be empowering activists across the country to engage their representatives through email, phone calls, and social media, calling on lawmakers to oppose the inefficient and ineffective Farm Bill. AFP has also issued a key vote alert opposing the bill, including it on the organization’s scorecard that ranks members of Congress.
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is a nationwide organization of citizen-leaders committed to advancing every individual’s right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP believes reducing the size and intrusiveness of government is the best way to promote individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. For more information, visit www.americansforprosperity.org
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So... should you go to film school? If you're reading this, then you probably don't need to.
Why? If you're reading this, it means that you're independent, your resourceful, and you're critical, and these are qualities you need if you're going to be successful without the help of a film school.
Now... ask yourself one thing: are you brave?
Are you brave enough to turn up to events by yourself and speak to strangers?
Are you brave enough to apply for jobs that require experience in roles you've never even heard of?
Are you brave enough to risk losing all your money chasing a dream that you're not even sure you want?
If the answer is no, stop reading this and go to film school.
If the answer is yes, keep reading and please look me up when you're rich and famous.
Ask anyone who went to film school, and by film school I mean any degree-level film course, and they'll tell you the most useful thing they gained was the contacts. No, they don't give you a list of phone numbers when you graduate (actually they kind of do, but no one actually uses them).
Your contacts, are each other. NETWORKING, they call it. That's it. That's all film school is good for. Meeting people who like film as much as you do.
As much as we all hate it, networking is very important. You will try, and you will fail at making a film by yourself (trust me).
A 'Me' Film.
Written by Me.
Produced by ME.
A Film by ME IT'S MINEE I DID IT!
You can rope friends into helping you, but it will never flourish into a creative collaboration unless they're all as dedicated to it as you are. That's why we network. To meet people who have skills, qualities and resources that we don't. We pitch our projects to each other, and if people are interested our your ideas, they'll get involved, and it grows and grows into a NETWORK of creatives that are all dedicated to one idea, your idea, until that idea pretty much just makes itself and then you stamp your name all over it if you want.
p.s. please don't do that.
Oh, but here's why film school kind of sucks. While film school effectively finds a good number of filmmakers, houses them within a reasonable distance from each other, and supplies them with all the equipment they could ever possibly need (actually that does sound pretty good), it does have it's limitations.
For the first month of so, this is great if you're proactive and not an idiot. You'll quite quickly hone-in on some likeminded people and make some exciting films. But then you'll blink, and you've graduated, and that's pretty much all you've got.
Universities, like any institution, are very 'clicky'. If you do an impressive piece of work, it'll get recognised and you'll get the chance to maybe work with a cooler click, or do some cool external work, but at the end of the day, you're at school, and you need to do your homework. So you'll most probably just stick to the group that you made that one good film with in week 1, and spend the next 3 years never really bettering it, but having a great time trying.
And here's another thing that nobody talks about. If you go to film school, you're going to immediately lose 90% of your friends and probably your girl/boyfriend. This is for three reasons:
Number 1 - you're going to spend all of your time with your film friends doing film stuff.
Number 2 - you're going to spend all of your time with your film friends doing film stuff.
Number. Film. Stuff.
This can be true for anyone who moves away to university, but even more so for film students. Filmmaking is very demanding and creates this weird social life where film is the only thing that matters. And if you're not really into film, those people are really annoying (or so I'm told).
And another little thing: Money! Most UK film schools are upwards of £9k a year (plus interest and other scams), and god knows how much they are in America.
£9k a year!!!? You could buy a second-hand RED, insure it, and drop it for less than that.
Or don't do that and...
Get a job. Save up some money. Work as a runner/PA where ever you can (for free/expenses, of course).
Go to networking events. Go to film festivals. Read books. Join film communities. Listen to music. Read scripts. Listen to podcasts. Read articles. Listen to people. And repeat. Repeat this until you find out what qualities you have, that other people want, and what you enjoy doing the most.
Cut to: 2 and a half years later...
You should have a pretty decent network, that's nation-wide, perhaps even international, and you probably even have film school contacts (idiots).
Now, with the money you've saved, invest in yourself and get yourself out there.
Buy a microphone if you want to do sound.
Buy a camera if you want to shoot.
Hire some actors if you want to direct.
Hire a writer if you want to produce.
If, unfortunately, you want to be a writer, there's not much you can do other than just write for a while, so I hope you like your part-time job. Make sure you submit your scripts to competitions and feedback services (such as OURS!)
Now look at you! You're working in film (sort of), in a role you enjoy (sort of) and are well suited to, and you aren't in debt (hopefully). Well done you!
But wait, there's a third option!
Some of the best filmmakers I know, in fact, near enough all of them, went to film school, but they didn't finish it. They did their first year, got the kit, the sudden boost of contacts, made some exciting films in about 48 hours, and moved on to better things before they got hit with coursework.
Yes, you'll have to someday pay back a years worth of university fees, but that's a lot better than 3 or 4 - and you'll have a head start in the biz on those suckers!
That's what I would do. But it's too late for me. I'm a regretter.
I didn't really find my feet as a filmmaker until my final year at Ravensbourne (above...), and by then everyone was moving on, including my 'click' who got full-time jobs. The better filmmakers were now well out of my league, and the mediocre filmmakers had settled into a payroll. Left behind, fighting over the scraps, was a group I like to call the regretters.
A regretter doesn't give up on the dream of being a true independent filmmaker, but are still striving for recognition and approval. And now we're working part-time jobs, making no-budget short films, while the same old names are getting into the festivals that we can't even afford to buy the tickets for. - And that's why Sunday Shorts events are free!
The bottom line for regretters is: We know we could've got to where we are without going to film school, but it took going to film school to realise it.
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In the December quarter 2008, the trend estimate for beef production remained steady at 540 thousand tonnes.
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Ruff, the second-longest serving coach in the NHL, becomes the first casualty of the season after the Sabres slumped to the bottom of the Northeast Division.
NHL round-up: Buffalo Sabres end Lindy Ruff's 16-year run as coach
Lindy Ruff's 16-year run in charge of the Buffalo Sabres has come to an end after the long-serving coach was fired last night.
Ron Rolston, coach of the Buffalo's affiliate side Rochester Americans, will serve as interim coach of the NHL team for the rest of the season, starting with Thursday's game against Toronto,
The 53-year-old becomes the first coach to be fired this season, and was the second-longest tenured coach in North American pro sports behind only Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs.
Darcy Regier, Sabres general manager, said allowing Rolston to coach the rest of the season "will provide us and him the opportunity to get to know each other, and if things go well, he'll have the opportunity to become the head coach."
The moves followed a loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday that left the Sabres with a 6-10-1 mark and at the bottom of the North-east Division with 13 points.
Ruff, who also played most of his NHL career in Buffalo, began coaching the Sabres in 1997-98 and was the longest-tenured coach in the league.
"The hockey world knows how I and the entire Buffalo Sabres organisation feel about Lindy Ruff not only as a coach but also as a person," Sabres owner Terry Pegula said in a statement.
"His long tenure with the Sabres has ended. His qualities have made this decision very difficult.
"I personally want Lindy to know that he can consider me a friend always."
Ruff, whose career ties to Buffalo spanned 25 years, had a regular-season record of 571-432-84 along with 78 ties and led the team to the 1999 Stanley Cup finals.
Winner of the Jack Adams trophy as coach of the year in 2006, Ruff was fired by general manager Regier several hours after putting the team through its paces in a practice on Wednesday morning.
Jakub Voracek scored a hat-trick as the Philadelphia Flyers defeated NHL Atlantic Division rivals the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-5.
The sides met in last season's Eastern Conference play-offs and wasted no time getting the scoreboard moving, finishing level at 2-2 after the first period.
Voracek scored his first to give Philadelphia the lead in the second period and won it for his side when he notched his side's sixth goal late in normal time.
The Los Angeles Kings claimed a 3-1 triumph over the Calgary Flames.
It was the Kings' second win in as many days, achieved courtesy of a strong performance from backup goaltender Jonathan Bernier, who made 26 saves.
Jeff Carter, meanwhile, got his eighth goal of the campaign as Los Angeles moved into a positive win-loss record of 7-6 for the season.
The remaining fixture saw the Colorado Avalanche grab a 1-0 overtime win over the St Louis Blues.
David Jones prevented a shoot-out when he struck with only 16 seconds left in the additional period.
Semyon Varlamov kept his second shutout of the season.
Meanwhile Jannik Hansen was suspended for one game without pay by the NHL last night for an aggressive hit on Chicago's Marian Hossa.
The Vancouver Canucks forward delivered a forearm to the back of Hossa's head during the third period of Chicago's 4-3 shoot-out victory that left the Blackhawks winger flat out on the ice before he returned to the locker room for the remainder of the game.
Hansen was assessed a minor penalty for roughing.
The incident was particularly unfortunate for Hossa, who was also knocked out of a playoff series against the Phoenix Coyotes last year after sustaining an illegal hit.
The Blackhawks said that Hossa appeared to be in better condition this time compared to the Phoenix hit, when he suffered a season-ending concussion.
Hansen had claimed that the hit came as a result of him pursuing the puck but after a hearing with the league, the NHL took action.
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Though it would have been absolutely reasonable if Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School senior David Hogg and his fellow survivors had asked for privacy following the Feb. 14 mass shooting that left 17 people dead, instead, they pretty much did the exact opposite. The brave group has since been leading a powerful movement for gun safety legislation, and they haven't backed down despite plenty of harsh, right-wing criticism. On Twitter Wednesday, for example, Fox News host Laura Ingraham mocked Hogg for apparently whining about his college admission rejections and though she later took back the comment due to backlash, David Hogg's response to Laura Ingraham's apology shows that he definitely didn't think she was being sincere.
A day after sending her initial tweet, Ingraham took to Twitter once more and wrote, "I apologize for any upset or hurt my tweet caused [Hogg] or any of the brave victims of Parkland." But when NBC News' Kerry Sanders asked Hogg later that day whether he accepted Ingraham's apology, he said he didn't, adding, "She only cares about her pocketbook, and that's just sad." On Friday, Hogg echoed that sentiment in a separate interview with CNN's Alisyn Camerota, and said, "She's only apologizing after a third of her advertisers pulled out."
Hogg's emergence as a central figure of the push against gun violence in the wake of the Parkland shooting has made him a target for many who want to take issue with the movement. Despite the fact that none of the survivors asked to be put in this position, and despite the fact that they all endured an incredibly traumatic experience less than two months ago, many of their critics have lashed out on social media for what they consider to be the group's attack on their Second Amendment rights. But after Ingraham took her latest swipe at Hogg, she faced some pretty intense consequences.
In her tweet, Ingraham wrote, that Hogg was "rejected by four colleges," and "Dinged by UCLA with a 4.1 GPA." It's not entirely clear what Ingraham's tweet actually had to do with gun violence (perhaps that Hogg's less-than-perfect GPA means he should be disqualified from having an opinion, despite the fact that he's literally the one who lived through a mass school shooting?), but it definitely made waves on Twitter. Instead of defending himself though, Hogg took a different approach, and called for a boycott of the companies currently sponsoring Ingraham's show.
The move worked: according to NBC News, a number of advertisers pulled their ads, including TripAdvisor, Expedia, Hulu, Johnson & Johnson, Wayfair, Nestlé, and Nutrish. And as much as Hogg may not have been impressed with Ingraham's apology, he was pretty happy that the public pressure placed on Ingraham's advertisers worked. He told CNN,
I think it's great that corporate America is standing with me and the rest of my friends. Because when you come against any one of us, whether it be me or anybody else, you're coming against all of us. And I think it's important that we stand together as both corporate and civic America to take action against these people and show them that they cannot push us around, especially when all we're trying to do here is save lives.
Unsurprisingly, a number of Ingraham's supporters still stood by her, and argued that she shouldn't have had to apologize at all. But Shannon Coulter, co-founder of the #GrabYourWallet movement, told The Washington Post that the effectiveness of Hogg's Ingraham boycott proved the powerful impact that public pressure on corporations can have. She explained,
Corporate America has a really positive role to play in preventing that kind of targeted harassment. It’s not just that one tweet. It’s that [Ingraham is] signaling to her large audience that it’s okay to do that. Particularly when minors are concerned, I think there’s a line that corporations can draw that apparently Laura Ingraham’s parents didn’t draw.
As for Hogg's college rejections, he probably doesn't have to worry too much about them. Though he did admit to NBC News that "it hurts to be rejected from college, obviously," Hogg has also already been accepted to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) and Florida Atlantic University — and, in light of his impressive advocacy and leadership, it's also entirely possible that he could appeal his rejections if he wanted to.
As independent college admissions counselor Elizabeth LaScala explained to NBC News, Hogg could always use his activism to show the colleges that rejected him that "he's more proactive, more capable of making important decisions about how he uses his time and how he leads his peers." Because, let's face it, being able to help lead a national movement against gun violence is far more impressive than simply getting good grades.
In any case, it seems pretty safe to say that, right now, Hogg has more important things to concern himself with, and that the contribution he's making is so much more valuable than just being something he can use to get into university. By standing up for what he believes in, he's also helping to show the next generation of voters that it is important to speak up on the issues that affect them. And, if his impact so far is any indication, the work of Hogg and his classmates will likely make a big difference in future election results as well. | <urn:uuid:5e5f383f-abd7-48f3-a667-a9fff8b1e941> | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | https://www.romper.com/p/david-hoggs-response-to-laura-ingrahams-apology-perfectly-explains-why-its-just-not-enough-8651890 | 2019-02-18T09:49:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247484928.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20190218094308-20190218120308-00293.warc.gz | en | 0.983926 | 1,142 |
Spokane, Washington probably isn’t the first place that comes to mind when you think of great vegan food. But with a metro population of nearly half a million, Spokane is the second largest city in the state of Washington. It’s also the largest city between Seattle and Minneapolis. (Yes, some parts of the northwest are still that underpopulated!)
As the number of people living here grows, so does the list of restaurants that offer vegan options. It’s no Portland, but you’ll still find an impressive array of options. There are the national go to spots: Panera, MOD Pizza, Blaze, and Chipotle. But there are also plenty of local eateries with everything from curry, sushi, Mediterranean, and Ethiopian fare, to ice cream, and of course, donuts.
Boots Bakery & Lounge
Although the name of this place implies that it’s just a baked goods shop, it isn’t. From the the exposed brick wall to the blenders as light fixtures, you know this place is cool from the moment you enter. Boots has a great deli case with a changing selection of things like potato salad, pasta and tofu scramble. On weekends they have a special brunch menu that includes biscuits and gravy, cinnamon rolls and “sausage” hash. Everything is vegan and most of it is gluten free. Our favorite thing by far is the sweet potato waffle with chai butter. My mouth is watering just thinking about it! And if you’re feeling indulgent, the boozy brownie is rich and decadent and worth every calorie. Check their calendar for upcoming music events and slam poetry.
Allie’s Vegan Pizzeria & Café
Like Boots, Allie’s is one of the few restaurants that is completely vegan. They make all of their pizza dough and cheeses in house, and omigosh are they good! Where else can a vegan enjoy Thai Peanut Pizza, Chick’n Bac’n Ranch Pizza and cheesecake for dessert? Weekend brunch includes Crabby Benedict and French Toast options, which explains why you might have to wait for a table!
Even though it sounds like an online takeout place, this is actually a sit down restaurant with a nice decor and extensive menu options for every palate. In addition to sushi, you’ll find teriyaki, tempura, ramen, udon, yakisoba and bento boxes with vegetarian and vegan options for all. And don’t skip dessert. Their mochi is yummy!
Saranac Public House
Right across the street from Boots, Saranac Public House has some great vegan options. The appetizer pretzels come with a vegan cheese sauce, the mushroom burger is made in house and the vegan mac and cheese is creamy, tangy and delicious. All available menu items are clearly marked with vegan, vegetarian or gluten free options.
Mizuna Restaurant and Wine Bar
Using local organic vegetables and hormone free meats, Mizuna has been recognized by Bon Apetite and regularly voted one of Spokane’s best restaurants. The Greek Platter appetizer could be a small meal on its own: white bean hummus, roasted eggplant dip, olive tapenade, tomatoes, cucumbers and grilled pita bread. But if you have room for an entree, at lunch time you’ll find great options like the Grilled Chipotle-Lime Wrap with either tofu or mahi mahi, or the Vegan Meatloaf Sandwich. At dinner time you’ll find an extensive vegetarian/vegan menu and some gluten free options as well.
Tucked between a residential neighborhood and a school, The Scoop is easy to miss, but if you do, you’ll be missing out on some delicious house-made ice cream. The flavors rotate pretty regularly, but they always have one or two vegan selections. Coffee and sandwiches are available, too.
Casual Friday Donuts
And for those who need their donut fix, Casual Friday is the place to go. They typically have several vegan donut flavors clearly marked in the case.
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"Google Wallet is all about magical moments that save time and money," said Bedier.
Reisgies echoed NFC's "magical" potential throughout his panel discussion and suggested that NFC could even make standing in line to pay for something "cool" if used properly.
"There is some magic about NFC," he said. "The consumers say, 'Isn't that cool, I just paid with my phone. And the people in the line behind me they may now think I'm cool too.'"
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Last Christmas my daughter turned 1 year old. I remember she used to cry while teething, vaccination etc and there was only Yesterday one solution….Take her to the balcony and point out to a Star lantern hanging in our neighbors house. . . Now she is far bigger (I mean by 6 months) but her love for star lantern has only grown. So, yesterday I decided to hang a star lantern in our balcony. But where do I find a star lantern in this season when the monsoon is ready to kick in and all shops are displaying only raincoats and umbrellas……….An easy solutions I thought…make a star lantern. . . I also involved her in the project (allowed her to color and stick glitter…..
And here it is….
You can download this layout if you like. You will need five of these
You will need card paper (You can experiment with different colors and prints)
The five side cut-outs…. (At this stage you can punch holes, paint etc all before sticking)
You need paper , glue and thread to hang it. As per the layout , the dotted line is where you must fold the paper inwards like a cone. Apply glue on the pink line. Stick the pink flap to the next cone forming a chain. The last one you can keep open if to want to insert a bulb. You can insert a thread at the sticking joint if you want to hang it . And the lantern finally | <urn:uuid:e58365b2-cbb4-4cc9-ba0c-e94df8ccbb70> | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | http://omnimood.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-much-ado-about-star-lantern.html | 2017-12-16T20:34:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948589177.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20171216201436-20171216223436-00687.warc.gz | en | 0.930719 | 298 |
Tennessee's top correction official ordered a top-down investigation of the state's parole system, a day after lawmakers upbraided the parole agency and one of its top administrators resigned, The Tennessean reports. “This is about accountability and our commitment to the public. We want the citizens of Tennessee to have full confidence in our ability to supervise offenders,” Correction Commissioner Derrick Schofield said. “We will continue to work diligently to ensure we will not compromise public safety when it comes to the supervision of felony offenders.”
The call comes after a blistering audit said the Board of Parole was actively supervising at least 82 dead felons, failed to properly supervise live felons, and failed to enact checks and balances while overseeing state convicts. Legislators held a hearing on the audit, criticizing parole officials for not having two employees arrested for falsifying records on the dead felons. Gary Tullock, assistant commissioner for community supervision, bore the brunt of the lawmakers' ire for not being able to explain the failures. Tullock, a 40-year veteran of the parole agency, resigned after the hearing. | <urn:uuid:4032098a-4383-4177-85e1-3d3b19a4ce53> | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | https://thecrimereport.org/2012/10/05/2012-10-tn-parole-overhaul/ | 2017-12-15T14:25:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948572676.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20171215133912-20171215155912-00066.warc.gz | en | 0.927411 | 235 |
Does Formula1 need Michael Schumacher?
Michael Schumacher has quit Formula1, again. And for the second time in his career, he was probably forced to do so. This means that the 2012 Formula1 season will indeed be the last time this German god will blaze the race tracks!
Does Formula1 need Schumacher? This has been one of my most favourite topics to write on so here I go again!
Schumacher’s return to the sport was in 2010. Back then, Formula1 did need a Schumacher to stir up the interest levels in the sport. Don’t quite agree? Here’s my view.
Post his first retirement in 2006 and till 2010, Formula1 barely had any role models or starry drivers to look up to. Vettel and Red Bull Racing were yet to win their first world title. Hamilton was still a new-comer and had won his first and only world title by a really narrow margin. Button had just won the title with Brawn but it was only when he moved to Mclaren did he win fans in the market. As for Alonso, he always had a love-hate relationship with fans after his infamous Singapore episode in 2008 followed by his spat with Mclaren the next year. The Spaniard too had only just moved to Ferrari, his third team in three seasons. And Raikkonen after a championship and a lackluster year with Ferrari was rallying away somewhere! Of course, back then Twitter too had a little role to play to get F1 drivers closer to their fans!
Barrichello, Webber, Massa are good drivers, but not the best names to sway hordes of fans towards the sport. Those seasons, we didn’t even have the DRS wing which has apparently pleased fans by upping the overtaking and hence entertainment quotient!
My point is – back in 2010 the sport needed a star driver to bring the interest levels back. And who better than a 7 times World Champion to make a comeback and fight it out with kids half his age! Great PR stories for all invovled – the sport, Mercedes and Schumacher himself!
However, switch to 2012 and I ask the same question! Does Formula1 in 2012 need a Schumacher?
We now have the ‘Baby Schumi’ out to defend his world title this year and Red Bull Racing is a team delivering consistent performances at the front. Alonso has won more hearts this season than he ever has after his spirited drives in the Ferrari. Hamilton’s pace has been unmatchable this year and Button has been the most personable driver in the Paddock in the last few seasons. And of course, there is more interest in ice creams since Raikkonen’s return to the sport this year.
Also, barring Raikkonen and Vettel, the other World Champions have used Twitter very effectively (much to the shock of their PR machinery) to bridge the gap between themselves and their fans, something that the fans have never experienced before.
And we’ve had new talent like Perez, Di Resta and Hulkenberg come up the ranks and in consideration by the top teams. The point I am making is that Formula1 has found new stars in the last three years and hence it probably doesn’t need the services of the star who singlehandedly drove the fans to and away from the sport in the 2000s.
I am a staunch Schumacher fan and would never like to see him retire, however, I somewhere believe that hanging his boots this year is the right decision. While I do feel that he will join Mercedes in a consultant’s role, could we see him walk away into oblivion and disappear from the sport that once treated him as the lead hero and dropped him twice as a body double?
For me, Schumacher will always be the greatest of them all and the one for all the current and future Formula1 stars to beat.
Read latest posts on my Formula1 blog on Narain Karthikeyan, Indian Grand Prix and my Formula1 Podcasts recorded with RJ Rishi Kapoor.
Also read the most read posts on my blog:
1. Narain Karthikeyan To Drive For WilliamsF1 In 2013
2. TATA Increases Investment In Karthikeyan, TATA Tea To Enter Formula1 With HRT
3. Hamilton To Mercedes, Schumacher To Retire
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Hersheypark reinvents Wildcat roller coaster as Wildcat's Revenge
Hersheypark is bringing back the classic Wildcat rollercoaster but with a twist.
The all-new Wildcat's Revenge is what Hersheypark is calling a "hybrid coaster." Watch the video above to see a computer rendering of what it will look like.
The original version of Wildcat was a wooden roller coaster. Hybrid coasters are made from wood and steel.
"Manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC), Wildcat's Revenge adds an all-new steel track with unique elements to the existing wooden framework for a one-of-a-kind thrilling ride experience found only at Hersheypark. The hybrid coaster features a 140-foot hill, maximum speeds of 62 miles per hour and four inversions, including the World’s Largest Underflip," a statement from Hersheypark says.
Wildcat's Revenge will open in the summer of 2023.
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Instructor: (None) / Dave
Route: 40I, Local
Weather: Low ceilings, overcast, 29 degrees, wind 080 degrees at 8 knots
Given the weather of late, I was more than happy simply to get airborne this afternoon. My friend Mike and I had been hoping to take a cross-country over to Columbus (TZR) or down to Portsmouth (PMH) for a bite to eat like we did last weekend. Checking the TAFs and METARs when I rolled out of bed it was obvious the skies were nowhere close to allowing for any sort of trip today. Nonetheless, I drove down to Stewart figuring I might at least be able to stay in the pattern and keep my skills as fresh as possible. The ceiling was low (between 600 and 800 agl) but high enough to stay out of the clouds while flying circles around the airport. It was actually rather similar to the weather Dave and I encountered during a lesson back in September.
Cubs flying in formation with another one on final
We pushed the plane out of the hangar and I was about to start it up when Emerson (one of the owners of the place) knocked on the window. I had pushed us right over some gravel and he pointed out that could damage the prop if I started it there. He also had to test fly it since they had just done a 100-hour inspection. So that made me feel like a bit of a moron, although he certainly wasn't upset or anything. I wouldn't have known about the test flight part (I got the book so they thought it was ok to fly in the office) but I know better than to start over gravel. Anyway, lesson learned and I'll likely never do that again.
Mike wanted to tag along after his first lesson in the Champ and I figured an extra pair of eyes never hurts. The pattern was surprisingly busy considering the low ceilings. At one point there were 5 planes in the pattern: three Cubs, the Champ, and us in the 150. I just worked on all sorts of takeoffs and landings - short and soft field, normal, engine-out, and even a go around. All were smooth aside from my first engine-out, where I let it get a few knots slow about 20 feet up and cheated by adding power so we came in smooth instead of dropping in hard. No reason to beat up the plane for the sake of practice when there's a perfectly good engine up front. Overall though I felt quite sharp for not having flown in two weeks.
Short final in the 150 (courtesy of Mike)
When I arrived at the airport I saw that one of Dave's students had canceled so I asked if he'd mind sticking me in the slot for an hour in the Champ. If you recall, I did not feel very comfortable flying solo the last time I went an extended period without flying the taildragger. Even though I won't likely be flying the Cubs or Champ much all winter, I want to at least try and maintain a semblance of currency in them. The ceilings were still low (and lowered some more as the lesson went on) but good enough for us to make five or six laps around the pattern. I felt right at home and other than coming in slightly fast (about five knots, which translates to plenty of floating in the Champ) on about half my landings everything was smooth and coordinated. The last landing was pretty much a three-point greaser as we slowed down to around 50 mph in a short field technique.
I'm very, very glad the weather let me get up today as I don't want to go any longer than two weeks between flights if at all possible. Hopefully we have a stretch of nicer days in the weeks ahead so the time I've booked actually turns into some cross-country $100 hamburger runs. I'm even debating taking the 150 up to Michigan overnight in a couple weekends. Since I won't be up again before the holiday, let me send my sincere thanks to everyone who reads this blog and wish you all a wonderful and Merry Christmas!
Today's Flights: 0.7 hours / 0.8 hours
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[dropcap]S[/dropcap]pring and Easter decor at Target is in full effect and I am loving it all! I don’t know about you but I am soooooo ready for Spring. I have been working on a Spring Tour that will be on the blog next week and I cannot wait to share! As I was strolling through the Target aisles this week, I saw so many goodies I wanted but I kept calm, kept walking and decided to just share it all here for this weeks Target Thursday.
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SHOP SPRING + EASTER DECOR
(click on each item or shop below)
Isn’t it all amazing? You all know I’m a neutral loving girl, but I wouldn’t mind a few dashes of green and blue pastels for Easter. 😉 I can’t wait until we can be outside again working on projects and doing a little Spring cleaning.
Ps. If you’re doing some spring cleaning, I have a free printable to help you out!
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Sexting is becoming increasingly common. It is the sharing of sexually explicit or inappropriate images, videos or messages either online or via mobile phones. It can be shared between partners, friends and strangers.
First of all, even if a picture or video is taken and sent with a person’s permission, sexting by people under 18 is illegal. This is because it is essentially creating, sharing and keeping indecent content of a child. This law is, first and foremost, there to protect young people.
The second that inappropriate images, videos or messages leave your phone or are shared online, where they go can not be controlled. They can be saved or copied by others and there is the risk that they can become public.
Sharing content is a long term risk even if they are sent via ‘private’ apps that imply that images and videos ‘self destruct’ after a certain amount of time. Explicit content is easy to save and although you may trust the person you send it to now not to share it further, this may change in future. It could end up in the wrong hands.
There are a number of reasons why sexting can happen. You may:
Sexting can have the opposite effect that many people want it to. What can be seen as impressing someone now may have consequences in future. Don’t ever think that just because someone is pressuring you into sending them explicit content that you have to do so.
The distribution of sexually explicit content can be both distressing and upsetting for those involved, especially if it is shared by someone they trusted. Think about your reputation both now and in the future.
Talk to the person that you sent it to and ask them to delete contents from anywhere that it is saved. This includes on technology and external storages devices (such as iCloud).
If you are worried about content being shared then you can contact ChildLine confidentially by calling 0800 11 11.
If content has been shared then talk to an adult close to you (family member or teacher). By letting them know what has happened they will be able to support you to take control of the situation. In some cases it may be necessary to contact your local police so that they can help to prevent content being shared. It is not OK for them to share your image without your permission and, as explained above, the law is there to protect you.
If you are concerned that you have been groomed or pressured into sending content to someone over 18 then it’s important that you make a report to the National Crime Agency’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre. Their aim is to make sure that you stay safe online and don’t do anything that you don’t feel comfortable with.
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cenews ADMIN November 4, 2010
Congratulations to the winners of our "Your Science Up Close" photo contest! See the results and look for them in the November 1st issue of C&EN. Thank you to all who entered, and stay tuned for future contests! (And a reminder to visitors - feel free to join the pool in order to view all of the entries.)
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Group DescriptionThe "Your Science Up Close" contest is now closed.
Calling all chemistry shutterbugs! C&EN invites you to enter its inaugural photo contest. Show us what the theme, "Your Science Up Close," means to you. To enter one or more images, upload your photo(s) by September 30, 2010, and tag them with CEN-UpClose10. Be sure to include a description stating the imaging technique used, the material being imaged, and any special filters or artistic methods used to create the image. We want to know what we're looking at! Winners will receive cash prizes and have their images printed in the October 18, 2010 issue of C&EN. View the website for complete rules and guidelines.
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Surrender of a Siren (The Wanton Dairymaid Trilogy #2)
by Tessa Dare
To any well-bred lady, Benedict “Gray” Grayson is trouble in snug-fitting boots. A conscienceless scoundrel who sails the seas for pleasure and profit, Gray lives for conquest—until Sophia’s perception and artistry stir his heart. Suddenly, he’ll brave sharks, fire, storm, and sea just to keep her at his side. She’s beautiful, refined, and ripe for seduction. Could this counterfeit governess be a rogue’s redemption? Or will the runaway heiress’s secrets destroy their only chance at love?
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This mess-free watering cup fills automatically by tilting as the weight of the water in the cup decreases. There is no need for your poultry to peck, press or learn new behavior to use this handy little device. I can be used on just about anything you can drill a hole in, and will even fit through 1/2 hardwire cloth making it compatible with our quail cages. We have used them in 5-gallon buckets, cat litter jugs, and in PVC pipes for a slick gravity fed watering system. They do not overfill or leak, and when installed at an optimal level they will not fill with shavings as your poultry scratches around like a traditional waterer.
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A negative energy balance results in weight loss, and this is the ideal type of energy balance for people who are overweight or obese and who want to lose as much weight as possible. Kinobody workouts, however, focus more on adding muscle mass than they do on losing weight, which is why the Kinobody method involves maintaining a neutral energy balance.
On the ketogenic diet, carbohydrates are restricted and so cannot provide for all the metabolic needs of the body. Instead, fatty acids are used as the major source of fuel. These are used through fatty-acid oxidation in the cell's mitochondria (the energy-producing parts of the cell). Humans can convert some amino acids into glucose by a process called gluconeogenesis, but cannot do this by using fatty acids. Since amino acids are needed to make proteins, which are essential for growth and repair of body tissues, these cannot be used only to produce glucose. This could pose a problem for the brain, since it is normally fuelled solely by glucose, and most fatty acids do not cross the blood–brain barrier. However, the liver can use long-chain fatty acids to synthesise the three ketone bodies β-hydroxybutyrate, acetoacetate and acetone. These ketone bodies enter the brain and partially substitute for blood glucose as a source of energy.
A lot of people take their macros as a “set in stone” type of thing. You shouldn’t worry about hitting the mark every single day to the dot. If you’re a few calories over some days, a few calories under on others – it’s fine. Everything will even itself out in the end. It’s all about a long term plan that can work for you, and not the other way around.
You want to keep your cheats to none. Be prepared, make sure you’re eating what you need to be satiated (“full”), and make sure you’re satisfied with what you’re eating. If you have to force yourself to eat something, it will never work out in the end. This is just a guideline on how you can eat on a ketogenic diet, so you’re very welcome to change up what kind of foods you eat!
Still, it can be hard to get enough fat when you first start this diet. Butter, nuts, coconut and olive oils, and fatty cuts of meat are all on the menu. However, don't go overboard with polyunsaturated fats like soybean, corn, or sunflower oil. Keto dieters who increase their intake of those fats often end up with gastrointestinal distress that causes them to jump ship.
Hi I’m new to Keto. I have been reading about it, and understanding what to eat and what not to eat. My problem is I’m not sure if I’m doing it correctly. I’m constantly hungry whereas information reads that I will never be hungry. I use fats as required along with topping up with vegetables in my meals yet this does not fill me up. I haven’t experienced the Keto flu and I’ve even put on weight! I have been doing this for about 3 weeks now. Any ideas where I am going wrong.
Sleep enough – for most people at least seven hours per night on average – and keep stress under control. Sleep deprivation and stress hormones raise blood sugar levels, slowing ketosis and weight loss a bit. Plus they might make it harder to stick to a keto diet, and resist temptations. So while handling sleep and stress will not get you into ketosis on it’s own, it’s still worth thinking about.
A study with an intent-to-treat prospective design was published in 1998 by a team from the Johns Hopkins Hospital and followed-up by a report published in 2001. As with most studies of the ketogenic diet, no control group (patients who did not receive the treatment) was used. The study enrolled 150 children. After three months, 83% of them were still on the diet, 26% had experienced a good reduction in seizures, 31% had had an excellent reduction, and 3% were seizure-free.[Note 7] At 12 months, 55% were still on the diet, 23% had a good response, 20% had an excellent response, and 7% were seizure-free. Those who had discontinued the diet by this stage did so because it was ineffective, too restrictive, or due to illness, and most of those who remained were benefiting from it. The percentage of those still on the diet at two, three, and four years was 39%, 20%, and 12%, respectively. During this period, the most common reason for discontinuing the diet was because the children had become seizure-free or significantly better. At four years, 16% of the original 150 children had a good reduction in seizure frequency, 14% had an excellent reduction, and 13% were seizure-free, though these figures include many who were no longer on the diet. Those remaining on the diet after this duration were typically not seizure-free, but had had an excellent response.
Con: Results can vary depending on how much fluid you drink. By drinking more water, you dilute the concentration of ketones in the urine and thus a lower level of ketones will be detected on the strips. The strips don’t show a precise ketone level. Finally, and most importantly, as you become increasingly keto-adapted and your body reabsorbs ketones from the urine, urine strips may become unreliable, even if you’re in ketosis.
There are theoretically no restrictions on where the ketogenic diet might be used, and it can cost less than modern anticonvulsants. However, fasting and dietary changes are affected by religious and cultural issues. A culture where food is often prepared by grandparents or hired help means more people must be educated about the diet. When families dine together, sharing the same meal, it can be difficult to separate the child's meal. In many countries, food labelling is not mandatory so calculating the proportions of fat, protein and carbohydrate is difficult. In some countries, it may be hard to find sugar-free forms of medicines and supplements, to purchase an accurate electronic scale, or to afford MCT oils.
The ketogenic diet achieved national media exposure in the US in October 1994, when NBC's Dateline television programme reported the case of Charlie Abrahams, son of Hollywood producer Jim Abrahams. The two-year-old suffered from epilepsy that had remained uncontrolled by mainstream and alternative therapies. Abrahams discovered a reference to the ketogenic diet in an epilepsy guide for parents and brought Charlie to John M. Freeman at Johns Hopkins Hospital, which had continued to offer the therapy. Under the diet, Charlie's epilepsy was rapidly controlled and his developmental progress resumed. This inspired Abrahams to create the Charlie Foundation to promote the diet and fund research. A multicentre prospective study began in 1994, the results were presented to the American Epilepsy Society in 1996 and were published in 1998. There followed an explosion of scientific interest in the diet. In 1997, Abrahams produced a TV movie, ...First Do No Harm, starring Meryl Streep, in which a young boy's intractable epilepsy is successfully treated by the ketogenic diet.
We’re going full on fats with breakfast, just like we did last week. This time we’ll double the amount of ketoproof coffee (or tea) we drink, meaning we double the amount of coconut oil, butter, and heavy cream. It should come to quite a lot of calories, and should definitely keep us full all the way to dinner. Remember to continue drinking water like a fiend to make sure you’re staying hydrated. | <urn:uuid:71f24b6b-455b-4edc-ba48-624a3b9c1d0d> | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | https://lowcarbmags.com/low-carb-high-protein-cereal-keto-diet-nutrition.html | 2020-07-04T11:27:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655886121.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20200704104352-20200704134352-00046.warc.gz | en | 0.968636 | 1,617 |
Team Recognition Award
The Team Recognition Award recognizes a group or team of staff and faculty (and possibly students) who exemplify cooperation, collaboration and open communication. The group receiving the award must be comprised of supportive team players who worked in partnership on a project that significantly advanced departmental goals and/or University Mission.
To be considered, the team must meet the following criteria:
- Contribute to a group effort having a significant impact on departmental goals and/or University Mission
- Build effective collaborative relationships across different groups or departments within the organization
- Work to reach agreements while considering multiple perspectives
- Create a team environment that promotes cooperation, communication, trust, and respect for differences
- Develop a partnership that seeks input and involvement of those affected by decisions
- Place team goals above personal goals while achieving a distinctive result or product
- All nominations must be submitted via the on-line nomination form by 5 p.m. Friday, May 25, 2012.
- Nominations may be made by any university faculty or staff member. The team of faculty and/or staff may also include students.
- The President, Provost, and Vice Presidents will review all nominations and make the final selection.
The winning team will be recognized at Opening Convocation on Sept. 20, 2012.
Previous award winners:
Institutional Scholarship and Waiver Streamlining Project
The Institutional Scholarship and Waiver Streamlining Project is composed of a committed team who collaboratively designed, wrote, tested and implemented software to more efficiently provide critical funding, student attribute, awarding and disbursement information to staff members who award and process institutional scholarships and waivers. Thanks to this concerted, cross-departmental undertaking users can now see all this information in one place at a glance, and where student financial awards are in every stage of the delivery process. The end results are not only improved efficiency and ease of use for users, but more timely processing of awards for students, too.
- 2010: Advanced Materials Science & Engineering Center
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