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My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Two Chalet School reviews in a row! I imagine you can guess that I am in a mood for comfort reads at the moment; I want fat, luscious, clean reads that I can just sink into and enjoy. Perhaps it is a reaction to finishing a draft of my thesis. I rather suspect it is.
I have enjoyed revisiting these later Chalet School books more than I thought I would. A Leader In The Chalet School is one that is more workmanlike than most of the ones around this point in the series, but somehow it is strangely appealing. There are moments of EBD at her best – “and her French was weird and wonderful” – and there are moments of EBD at her worst – writing a tear-filled confession with copious ‘wa-ahh-ahh’ is never a good idea. Consider that my first and best writing tip. Never write ‘wa-ahh-ahh’. Or else I will glare at you.
So; Jack Lambert’s first term. She’s destined to be Head Girl isn’t she? But fanfics aside, this is the traditional ‘new girl encounters hijinks and ultimately gets all sorted out by the end of it’ formula. It is, as I mentioned, workmanlike, but it works. it really does. It’s briskly told and well told, if a little basically at times (there’s a delicious moment where somebody says something to somebody else off the page as it were, and the text just goes ‘well, whatever she said, clearly worked’. Lol. A thousand times lol.).
What makes A Leader distinct is that I think it’s the first time Len really becomes centred in her own right as an Important Person. She’s left the rampant character assassination of Theodora and the Chalet School (Len’s treatment in this book utterly fascinates and confuses me), and she’s now Somebody. And she’s not hideous. She’s really rather lovely and real. The dynamic between her and Jack is delightful and it’s understandable. And that’s what drives this book; it’s about relationships and identity and selfhood and in a way, it’s not really about a school at all. | <urn:uuid:57fff193-135f-4f84-98be-f4ebf971a35a> | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | https://didyoueverstoptothink.com/2016/07/31/a-leader-in-the-chalet-school-elinor-m-brent-dyer/ | 2020-02-27T10:38:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875146681.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20200227094720-20200227124720-00084.warc.gz | en | 0.95716 | 502 |
Apache Flink® Deployments reference a Deployment Target, which corresponds to different Kubernetes namespaces in the same Kubernetes cluster, that Ververica Platform runs in.
Additionally, the DeploymentTarget resource can provide a patch set that is applied to all Deployment resources that reference it.
Once a DeploymentTarget resource is created, you can reference it in Deployment resources. Note that a created DeploymentTarget are immutable.
Deleting a DeploymentTarget is only possible if it is not referenced by any Deployment.
This is a required attribute that defines which Kubernetes namespace to use for Flink deployments. The
spec.kubernetes.namespace field is an optional String. If not set, Ververica Platform
will use the same Kubernetes namespace it is running in.
kind: DeploymentTarget spec: kubernetes: namespace: staging
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Stengel sets mark as Wake wins
Goal, assist set points record in 2-0 victory against BU
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Katie Stengel scored a goal and assisted on Jackie Logue's game-winning score to set a Wake Forest single-season points record as the top-seeded Demon Deacons downed Boston University 2-0 in the second round of the NCAA tournament at Spry Stadium on Friday.
"BU has a lot of maturity in its team and it showed," said Wake Forest head coach Tony da Luz. "They defended well, and it took us a long time to break them down, but we eventually wore them down and scored two great goals. I thought our attacking play and our pressure was very good, so I'm very happy with the performance and very happy to move on."
Wake Forest (16-3-4) advances to face fourth-seeded Penn State in the third round at 1 p.m. ET Sunday at Spry Stadium. The Nittany Lions topped Marquette 4-1 in the second round.
Stengel's three-point night pushed her season total to 39 points, breaking the previous school record of 37 points that she set as a freshman last year. Her score, Wake Forest's second of the evening, gives her 16 goals on the year, tying the school-best mark that she set in 2010.
"Whatever I can do to help the team get a win," said Stengel. "If [breaking records] happens, then it happens, but I'm more focused on winning an NCAA title."
Nuzzolese assisted on Stengel's goal, her 14th point in the Demon Deacons' last seven games.
Wake Forest controlled the game from the outset, but the Terrier defense held strong, keeping the Deacons off the board for 74 minutes before Logue scored the eventual game-winner, taking a through ball from Stengel on the right side of the box and blasting a shot inside the far post. It was Logue's second goal of the season and the fourth of her career. Two of her four career goals have been game-winners.
"I was making that run a couple times during the game, and Katie found me through," said Logue. "All I remember is that [my shot] ricocheted off the goalie and went in on the other side. (I would say) that it is the biggest goal I've ever scored."
The Deacons outshot the Terriers 22-8 and Aubrey Bledsoe had a comfortable day in net to earn her 13th shutout of the year, making three saves including a stop on a rocketed shot by Kylie Strom in the 87th minute. Wake Forest scored both of its goals before Boston University even managed a shot on frame.
Wake Forest's 16 wins this season tie a school record that was last reached in 2009. The Deacs are already assured of finishing the year with their best winning percentage.
The Demon Deacons brought pressure for most of the first half, but were unable to find the game's opening goal. In the 14th minute, Rachel Nuzzolese made a run before slipping a through ball to Jackie Logue who drove to the end line and then played a low cross. Stengel slid hard to get a tough on the shot and pushed a shot that went just wide of the left post.
Stengel came inches away again in the 25th minute, running onto a through ball from Marisa Park on the left side of the box and placing a shot that curled around the right post.
The Deacons had five corner kicks in the opening period and won a number of balls in the air, but were unable to find the finishing strike.
Wake almost went ahead in the 65th minute. Park came clear of the defense on the right side and played a low cross through the goal mouth that Stengel slid onto but pushed a shot wide left from point-blank range.
Logue notched the game-winner in the 75th minute, sliding past the defense and collecting a through ball from Stengel that she finished inside the far post.
Stengel grabbed an insurance goal in the 83rd minute. Nuzzolese played a long through ball out of the midfield and Stengel dashed past the BU defense that had been pushed high as the Terriers searched for an equalizer. Left one-on-one with the keeper, Stengel took her time before blasting a shot into the back of the net | <urn:uuid:dd071e80-f7ee-4589-b971-0bc851d7cf6e> | CC-MAIN-2015-11 | http://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-women/article/2011-11-18/stengel-sets-mark-wake-wins | 2015-03-05T00:00:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-11/segments/1424936463660.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20150226074103-00052-ip-10-28-5-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97597 | 949 |
Is this the great battle of the plastic-instrument-game end times? In the red corner, Guitar Hero 5. In the blue corner, The Beatles: Rock Band. Released within two days of each other (in the UK, a couple of weeks in the US), which is the best? There’s only one way to find out… FIGHT!
(There’s an idea… Note to EA and Activision: why let hip hop artists have all the fun? With all that effort spent creating a digitised Fab Four, plus Metallica, Aerosmith and assorted other Guitar Heroes, relive the glory years of Marvel vs Capcom with a Rock Band vs Guitar Hero beat ‘em up! RINGO FLYING DRAGON PUNCH! SPINNING LARS JUMP KICK!)
Actually, other than the release dates, the two games aren’t really going head-to-head, there are two battles going on here: Guitar Hero 5 vs Rock Band 2, and The Beatles vs The Awesome Power of Hyperbole. Like the opening paragraph.
Starting with the more straightforward, Guitar Hero 5 is the second full-band Guitar Hero game after World Tour (counting Metallica and Greatest Hits as “expansions” rather than main releases), and with Rock Band eschewing full sequels in favour of downloadable content it goes up against last year’s Rock Band 2 (or, for European Wii owners, next year’s Rock Band 2, not that I’m going to keep harping on about that or anything). Guitar Hero 5 doesn’t do anything too radical, but generally spruces things up from World Tour: there’s a single loading screen to skip rather than having to furiously mash the green button 27 times to actually get to the game, the gig venue lists are clearer, the old favourite characters are back with unlockable outfits (despite “create a rocker” being almost as fully featured as the Champions Online character creator, the console interface is pretty clunky when working through hundreds of possible outfit options). The whole song list is open for quick play from the start, and it’s much easier to jump straight into playing, swap players and difficulties without having to backtrack through assorted menus, and, if you have the peripherals, you can have any combination of four instruments allowing for that four-drummer version of Ring of Fire you’ve always wanted to try.
As well as making things much more accessible, Guitar Hero 5 throws in something for the more achiever-centric in the form of Challenges. While playing in career mode each song has an additional challenge for either one of the instruments or the whole band, such as the guitarist whammying notes for a certain duration, the bassist up-strumming a certain number of notes, or the band maintaining a score multiplier. Challenges have Gold, Platinum and Diamond levels of success, offering a potential extra three stars over the main song performance, and they unlock extras as you go.
Song-wise it’s the most mixed bag yet, there should be something for almost everyone, but by the same token it’d be pretty unusual to find someone who loves everything. I’m finding it good so far, and enjoying being introduced to some interesting new stuff (the strength of a disc full of songs over DLC) as well as playing along to classics. There has been one sour note, though: “Bring the Noise 20XX” isn’t a patch on Public Enemy’s original or the version with Anthrax; Zakk Wylde’s riffing is fine in itself but doesn’t fit around the lyrics at all, most disappointing and puts a right crimp on my Chuck D impressions, but still. GH5 also emulates a welcome feature from Rock Band, the ability to import songs from previous games and DLC compatibility, albeit with a lower percentage of songs being transferable (only 35 songs from World Tour and 21 from Greatest Hits so far, possibly with more to come later). I haven’t been able to test this yet, though, as the European Wii music store hasn’t been available over the launch weekend. Annoyingly the only six songs of World Tour DLC that you can’t use are the Hendrix songs, the biggest chunk of my DLC library, but the Hendrix estate has always been strict on licensing conditions with those songs, and those songs only, always using the Hendrix avatar in World Tour (not present in GH5). Speaking of avatars… I’m sure you’ve heard the fun and games over Kurt Cobain being a playable character, which I can’t say bothers me nearly as much as some other people; John Lydon’s advertising butter, Iggy Pop is flogging insurance after all.
Overall, then, a solid development of the series, well worth picking up for anybody with a set of World Tour instruments unless you really can’t stand the bulk of the song list.
The Beatles: Rock Band is a slightly different kettle of fish. Or the same kettle, but with different fish in it. From the purely pressing-coloured-buttons-in-time-to-music perspective it’s fine; technically I believe the only thing it really adds to the genre is three-part vocal harmonies, but that’s not really the point. The point is it’s The Beatles, in the Beatle-iest game ever made (admittedly there isn’t really much competition there). Where the Guitar Hero Aerosmith and Metallica games had songs from other artists and were generally structured as games, with a loose story following some of the band’s major gigs but the songs themselves arranged by difficulty, The Beatles: Rock Band includes only Beatles songs, 45 of them (with more coming as DLC), arranged chronologically. I previously linked to a New York Times article that goes into the care taken over the production of the game, with clinking-teacup ambience added to fragments of studio chat for the in-game Abbey Road sessions; glorious dreamscapes kick in when playing the later songs, transporting the band out of the studio. It’s all very lovely.
There are slight quibbles, from both a Beatles and Rock Band perspective. From the former, it’s undoubtedly a sanitised version of history with no acrimonious break-up, the band always playing together, Ringo on the drums (even if McCartney played them on the song in question). From the latter, the sanctity of the material means you play the songs as they were, no drum fills, no whammy, and no audible effect when you kick in overdrive/”Beatlemania”. Neither seems a particularly major loss to me, though.
The attention to detail is superb, but it’s generally just a slightly more specific evolution of band-centric games rather than a revolution (number nine) in the genre; for a die-hard Metallica fan the opportunity to play the motion-capped band at Tushino Airfield in Guitar Hero: Metallica is probably as appealing as a die-hard Beatles fan getting the opportunity to play Shea Stadium. A more significant difference is that from the very beginning guitar games have been pitched at hard rock/metal fans, but The Beatles: Rock Band has a different profile and target market, potentially spreading the joy of plastic instruments (Matron) further than ever before. In newspapers and the music press, TB:RB is sneaking out of the “Games” ghetto into the wider “Arts” sections, with predictable results; there’s the usual barrage, occasionally in the reviews themselves, always in online comment sections, of “learn a real instrument” from people labouring under the illusion that players labour under the illusion they’re really in The Beatles. Newsflash, folks: the (vast overwhelming majority) of plastic instrument players no more believe they’re actually playing music than somebody playing a racing game with a steering wheel and pedals believes they’re a Formula 1 driver moving around a track. Enough of that before I get cross.
Veering too far the other way and declaring the game of massive cultural importance also seems wide of the mark; it’s possible TB:RB will introduce new players to gaming who’d never thought about it before, but just as World of Warcraft’s massive subscriber numbers don’t seem to have translated into a a similar upsurge in interest in other MMOGs, and Wii Sports drove sales of the console itself but not so much interest in other Wii games, I’m not sure it’ll have a more lasting effect. Last week’s games charts saw Guitar Hero 5 at number one followed by Colin McRae: Dirt 2 and Batman: Arkham Asylym, with The Beatles: Rock Band in at number four; the hefty cost of a console plus instruments might well be putting a dampener on totally new gamers rushing to pick it up, or it may just be a slow burner.
For myself, at the risk of being branded a Partridge-esque Beatles phillistine (“I’d have to say my favourite Beatles album is… The Best of The Beatles”) my collection doesn’t stretch much past old taped copies of the Red and Blue compilations, which in a way is what the game represents too, so I’ve been really enjoying it. I’ll have to find some non-gaming Beatles fans to see their reaction to it sometime. | <urn:uuid:e495b3a6-d77e-4221-a1d2-2fd5a7817dd8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.kiasa.org/2009/09/15/guitarmageddon/ | 2013-05-22T23:21:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702454815/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110734-00091-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937726 | 2,009 |
There is a community of the spirit.
Join in, and feel the delight
Of walking in the noisy street,
And being the noise.
…..close both eyes,
To see with the other eye.
Open your hands,
If you want to be held.
Sit down in this circle.
Quit acting like a wolf, and feel
The shepherd’s love filling you.
Excerpt: A Community Of The Spirit by Rumi
In the quiet of this morning, my second cup of espresso grows cold as I read a page or two out of a collection of poems by the Sufi poet, Rumi. The words above catch my attention. I haven’t even finished the poem in its entirety!
I get it: I need to get out of my current head space which is bogged down with a million and one worries. Perhaps I should cast all expectations out the window… though that would be damned near impossible at this writing.
I look out at the still-dark sky and reflect on what to do next. I don’t have answers…In fact, I haven’t got a clue. What is certain though is this: This time, I am not alone as I walk through hot coals yet again. This time there is a life-line of sorts. Sis and family won’t let moss grow under these tired bones, no siree!
So, yesterday officially marked sixty years on this planet. The day began with an exuberant hug by a nine-year-old carrying a bouquet of flowers and a musical birthday card. Kool & The Gang’s Celebration made me dance a jig across my kitchen floor. The Poodle jumped up in confused delight to the racket of his human love. Perhaps my nephew thought: What silliness! I’m not sure. I do know that a degree of silliness will be the only way to navigate uncharted territory. What could that be? you might ask.
A thirty-five year old son returning home, indigent. A train wreck of seemingly limited possibilities, at this moment at least.
God doesn’t give you more than you can handle, right?
He needs to sit down in the circle; smack dab in the middle of it I say! He needs to give it all up to a higher power. He needs to quiet his mind long enough to truly feel the love (both tough and gentle) of those who want to help him find a better path in this life. He needs to be open to the heavy task of change in front of him.
Alas, my man-child appears not to be ready for any of this. The reality of this cuts deeply. My heart is heavy and weariness overwhelms. It significantly impairs any excitement that I can muster for entering a new decade.
I mustn’t lose hope. I must not quit. Not yet anyway!
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I haven't done it on the Vulcan, but I had an old Suzuki with similar wheels. The clearcoat had turned yellow (actually brown) and no amount of cleaning would make them look good. I finally took some aircraft remover and stripped off all the clear coat, then polished the aluminum with Simichrome polish. If it is badly corroded, use a scotchbrite pad or SOS pad to remove the corrosion before polishing. Yes, it will leave tiny scratches, but it looks a whole lot better than badly damaged clearcoat. If my bike had less miles, I would go the ultimate route and have the wheels powder coated.
I am a motorcyclist, NOT a biker.
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To help you understand this, here we came up with some real-life examples.
- Have you ever thought about why we still remember nursery rhymes?
- Why does the name Norma Jeane can’t make a more positive impression than her well-known stage name Marilyn Monroe?
- What made the world-famous brand Sony change their former name Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo?
- Why has Google become a universal brand name than their former name BackRub?
These things are not the result of any luck or coincidence, but the psychological power in branding. Each of these created a positive impression in our brains right? That emotional impact is the true reason why we still remember. In other words, why we still can’t forget.
How Emotions Affects Customer Behaviour
According to the studies 90% of decisions people make are based on their emotions. So, if your brand has a powerful name to spark the emotional response in customers, that is the key to trigger engagement. On the other hand, due to ridiculously short attention spans of people, your brand name has to grab the attention, get noticed, and touch their hearts in the very first impression.
So when it comes to nail these tasks, we have got you covered with psychological brand naming solutions to make your brand amazing!
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When choosing a brand name, you might have faced countless challenges, spent a lot on brand name experts, and overpriced domain resellers… But isn’t this the time to make all that a history?
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Idol Round Up: PVs by Afilia Saga, Idol Yokai Kawayushi, Shooting Star Girls, LONDON BLUE, I’S9
Some of the recent videos out by Idol groups that we have posted on our Facebook.
Each group brings a different style to them and is one of the wonderful things about Japanese Idol genre; there are 100s of groups active at this time across the country.
Afilia Saga S-M-L
Idol Yokai Kawayushi♥ the Alice Project group created by their major debut game contest winners
Shooting Star Girls: 流星群少女 チャーリーを探せっ （Dance Version）
LONDON BLUE 抱きしめたい
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For the past five years, we have been working hard on the land and in our community to promote the unique and important wiliwili forest that we all treasure. We know that there is tremendous support for the forest restoration work that we have undertaken and we want you to know that our efforts are paying off.
As you enter the preserve today, it becomes obvious that the ecosystem is transforming; you can see the yellow blossoms of the 'ilima, the showy flowers of the ma'o hau hele and smell the sweet fragrance of the kolomona. It can be difficult work to restore native forest in such challenging environment, but in just a few years the native plants have reclaimed large areas of the forest preserve. These incredibly resilient species have changed the look, the feel, the composition and the color of the landscape. Imagine what the next five years will bring!
With your help, we can ensure a bright (green) future for the forest in Waikoloa. It is our responsibility to make sure that the critically endangered lowland dry forest is here for future generations to learn from and to benefit from.
As we re-grow the forest and our forest-based educational programs, we are also expanding our staff and improving our visitor experiences. This year we are investing in our educational programs, expanding our after-school program and, with generous support from Albert D. Rich we will be breaking ground on our visitor's pavilion early in 2017! This amazing addition to the forest preserve will allow us to better serve our community of students and teachers that visit the Waikoloa Dry Forest Preserve to learn from the unique natural resources and our knowledgeable and enthusiastic staff.
We have also been offered a generous challenge grant from the Will J. Reid Foundation, to help us construct our visitor's center. We want to take full advantage of this $15,000 award but we need your help in rising to the challenge. Make your annual gift today and your donation will help us match this grant which will double the impact of every dollar you donate!
We know that you support our work protecting and restoring native forest and that you see the value in our educational programs. Please help us sustain these programs by making a tax-deductible donation today. You can choose to give at one of the donor levels listed or customize the amount of your gift. If you'd like to support our programs with smaller, monthly donations throughout the year, we invite you to subscribe to our monthly giving program which helps us sustain our programs with reliable, monthly income.
Please make your tax-deductible donation online to help us reach our goal and better serve our community and our 'aina! We also accept checks sent to our office address PO Box 384087 Waikoloa, HI 96738. Mahalo for choosing to support our effort to preserve protect and restore the native dryland forest of Waikoloa.
The Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative is an exempt organization as described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; EIN # 45-2589264 and your donation may be tax deductible.
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Fans!!! The big games are NOT over. Yes, we played well against West
Virginia. Yes, we beat Virginia. And we finish the year with N.C.
State. Those are not the big games.
This week, Defending Conference USA Champion Tulsa brings its 4-1
record into Dowdy Ficklen Stadium and looks to go 2-0 in Conference
USA. The East Carolina coaching staff is looking at Tulsa as a big
game, but I don’t think Pirate fans feel the same way. You won’t hear
me say this very often, but the Pirate Nation is wrong.
I do understand that playing and even beating teams from the A-C-C and
Big East are tremendous accomplishments for a program like East
Carolina. A national TV audience. And the fans showed up and made noise
and stayed until the end of the game. That’s all great, but it
shouldn’t stop there.
It’s no secret the Pirate Nation wants to jump to a bigger conference.
But you have to dance with the date that brought you. We are a member
of Conference USA. The Purple and Gold want to turn the heads of big
wigs in BCS conferences, well, win Conference USA.
Right now, ECU is a small fish in a small pond. But, hey we are
growing. Skip Holtz and his staff are producing better players, better
game plans and producing better results. However, to get to the big
pond, we have to eat all the fish in our small pond first. Okay, I beat
that analogy to death. You get my point.
Tulsa is the first of six straight Conference USA games. If you ask me,
Tulsa is the biggest game East Carolina has to play. A defending
conference champ looking to repeat and move up to a bigger pond.
The Pirate Nation can make a difference. We have seen it in the first
three home games. But the season won’t be judged on our non-conference
schedule. Other conferences want to know how you did in your conference
and what kind of fan support do you have.
Calling All Pirate Fans. Let’s show up in full force Saturday afternoon
against Tulsa and show them Pirate Pride. Show them noise. Show them we
want a piece of the pie they are eating. Let’s show Tulsa, Conference
USA and then the whole country what kind of power the Pirate Nation
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The following article is the first of two interrelated posts, both connected with last Saturday’s presentation of a CAMRA certificate for “Beer of the Festival”, to local brewers Larkin’s. The award was for the brewery’s Green Hop Ale, which emerged as the clear and worthy winner, as voted for by punters at last October’s Spa Valley Railway Beer Festival.
The presentation took place this weekend (21st February), at the unspoilt and National Inventory-listed Queen’s Arms at Cowden Pound. (More about this gem of a pub in the second article). All the volunteers who helped at the festival were invited to the presentation, with a specially chartered mini-coach laid on to transport those volunteers who accepted the invitation to Cowden Pound. The Queen’s Arms was chosen as it is a regular outlet for Larkin’s beers and, given its history and unchanging nature, was considered a fitting place to hold such an event.
The presentation marked a very special day for both Larkin’s and the Queen’s Arms. The latter does not normally open on Saturday lunchtime, but new owner, Jonathan had agreed to do so especially for us. Some of the younger members of the Larkin’s team had been in earlier to get the place ready for us, and had lit the fires in both bars. Most importantly they had racked up several casks of Larkin’s beers to sell alongside the Traditional Ale, which is the pub’s normal tipple.
|Waiting for the pub to open|
Two dozen of us travelled by mini-coach, and we were joined later by several other members plus, of course, representatives from the brewery along with a compliment of the Queen’s Arms’ regulars. We arrived slightly early, and waited outside in eager anticipation for the pub to open. We were not disappointed by what greeted us, for alongside the award winning Larkin’s Green Hop Ale, were Traditional Ale and Porter, plus the brewery’s new 4.2% Pale.
All the beers were in fine form, and for most of us this was the first opportunity to try the new Pale. It is considerably paler than the other beers in the range, with the exception of the seasonal Platinum Blonde of course, but is well hopped with that distinctive Larkin’s taste. It certainly got the thumbs up from all who tired it, as did the Green Hop Ale. The latter was the last cask of this beer, which was originally brewed back in September last year, at the start of the hop harvest. The brewery had kept a cask back especially for this event, and it was interesting to experience how the beer had mellowed over the last five months. Like most “green hop” beers there was still that layer of hop oils as a reminder of the hop gardens, coating one’s tongue. Excellent stuff!
|Award-winning brewers - Chris & Harry|
The pub was pretty full, and we ended up occupying both bars. Along with the excellent selection of Larkin’s beers, the pub had laid on sausage rolls plus cheese and crackers. The presentation of the certificate took place outside. As the beer buyer for last year’s festival, yours truly ended up presenting the certificate to Harry Dockerty and his young helper Chris. My short and off-the-cuff speech praised Larkin’s for their longevity; the brewery will be celebrating its 30th anniversary later this year. I also mentioned their commitment to brew full-bodied and well-hopped ales in the true Kentish style; a stance which continues to be non-compromising in keeping the tradition of Kentish brewing well and truly alive.
Larkin’s founder and, until very recently, head brewer Bob Dockerty missed the actual presentation due to a spot of car trouble, but turned up a bit later to enjoy the beer and a chat with the assembled guests. It was good to see Bob up and about, enjoying a few of his brewery’s beers, particularly as he underwent major surgery earlier last year.
|The award winners with their certificates|
A second presentation also took place that day; this time for the “Cider of the Festival”. This award was won by Oakwood Farm Cider & Perry, of Robertsbridge, East Sussex, and cider-maker Matthew Wilson travelled up specially, along with his family, to be presented with his certificate. Keith Ennis, who was the cider buyer for the festival, did the honours in handing over the certificate.
Our coach party departed around 2.15pm. The pub was getting ready to close, and we were in need of some solid sustenance. This was provided at the Fountain; an excellent Harvey’s pub in nearby Cowden village. Don, our tour organiser, had arranged for the pub to extend its kitchen opening hours in order to accommodate us for a pre-booked lunch, so with our bellies full of beer we departed in search of something to soak it up!
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My early childhood was lived in fearful states of anxiety. When is dad or mom coming home? Why are they leaving? The child sits and waits. Tell me now and I understand that dad is in the army many miles away. Mom has taken a job in the city, housecleaning. It is better for me to be with my loving grandparents. That security is soon taken out from under me. My grandmother Julia dies two days after my third birthday of heart problems. My grandfather overtaken by immense grief and no where near to taking care of a small child, let alone a girl. It was at this time that I was sexually abused by someone near to the family. I was five or perhaps 4. This state of mind terrifies me and more so to be threatened with more abuse if I tell. There is no control in my mind to understand this too. To be in the now and to work it out and move on. How does one move on after being subjected to this…at 5.
At 5 we get to play, to run free, to dream, to wish. This was taken from me. Fear replaced all this. At times my stasis would be of comfort when I was in the responsible hands of my dear aunties. They always had my back, in my mind. As I grew and was old enough for grade school it was decided that I would come to the city to live with my mom. Things changed for me. Now I was in the hands of babysitters as my mother went about her day to make a living. The caretakers were young, some old, girls, boys, women, it was always different people. They came in forms of kindness, playfulness, indifferent attitude. One in particular was a 12 year old girl who took a knife to me and backed me up in a corner. The threat had come back. Another was the night my mother stepped out to have a drink with the girls and left me in the hands of a boy. A boy who decide that I should go to bed. A boy who decided to sexually play with me.
Those times do not affect my now. But they did build up my resiliency. My will to live above all this pain. As I have stated before in this story of mine that as children we have the people in charge of our little souls to make sure we are safe and secure. When left to our devices, where do we turn? How does one deal with it? Where do we run when no one believes in us? When we are called liar again and again. We turn inward and then that manifests into something greater then we can deal with. My teenage years I rebelled and ran away. This is number one of the manifestations. She runs. I drank and pushed those memories down. When I got older and was in a relationship that did not suit me, I broke it off as I felt in control. But essentially, was not.
May I say that this has a happy ending. True my life is no where near that end but even I do not know this. My time could come tomorrow, mayhaps this afternoon but I hope not. My life purpose is now true to me and I look forward with zeal and adventure in my heart. There is so much out there for me after all this little girl healing into a grown woman. A woman who knows that she is finally secure, loved, who stands on her own two feet, resilient (love that word) courageous,strong willed and has faith. Life has made me who I am and so proud of it! | <urn:uuid:afcd5975-5a6f-416c-b125-5e70e2c0d650> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://intuitioncalling.blog/2016/02/21/it-is-what-it-is-i-am-who-i-am/ | 2020-09-27T07:18:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400265461.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20200927054550-20200927084550-00233.warc.gz | en | 0.990659 | 730 |
Milk that contains a certain protein may increase a key human antioxidant and strengthen the body’s disease-fighting properties.
That’s according to a recent study published in Nutrition Journal that examined the results of a clinical trial at Nova Southeast University in Florida looking at the health effects of milk containing the A2 protein.
In the first human clinical trial of its kind, scientists found that milk naturally containing only the A2 type of beta-casein protein — rather than both the A1 and A2 found in most ordinary milk — doubled the concentration of glutathione (GSH) in healthy adults.
GSH is a critical part of the body’s internal defence system which is responsible for protecting a variety of functions. Most notably, it helps the body ward off diseases associated with abnormal cell differentiation, such as those that are neurodegenerative or lead to a condition like pancreatitis or cancer.
“It was quite remarkable to find that consumption of milk containing only the A2 type of beta-casein protein produced measurably higher blood levels of the antioxidant glutathione as compared to conventional milk,” said lead researcher Richard Deth.
Recent studies also show that these two proteins digest quite differently from each other. For some people, the presence of the A1 protein can result in discomfort after drinking milk. Thus, milk containing only the A2 protein may provide a natural way to reduce the symptoms associated with post-dairy digestive discomfort.
Depending on a cow’s genetic makeup, milk contains either A1- or A2-type beta-casein proteins, or a mix of both, and this can be identified with a simple test. | <urn:uuid:d899a2da-075e-428b-9036-c522cf3977f3> | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/news-opinion/news/certain-milk-proteins-may-promote-human-health/ | 2018-06-21T12:50:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864148.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20180621114153-20180621134153-00144.warc.gz | en | 0.940875 | 346 |
The Parent Empowerment Program is a culturally responsive parent-centered approach to increasing parents’ advocacy and expectations for the success of children.
“I Got the Power”-Parents have the power to shape the early development of their children’s lives. The program draws from this notion to engage parents in achieving this goal with their children.
Session 1: The Power of Love. What does affection look like to you?
Session 2: The Power of Follow Through. What does consistency look like to you?
Session 3: The Power of Respect. What does consideration look like to you?
Session 4: The Power of Praise. What does regard look like to you?
Session 5: The Power of Redirection. What does guidance look like to you?
Session 6: The Power of Presence. What does engagement look like to you?
Session 7: The Power of Exposure. What does immersion look like to you?
Session 8: The Power of Healthy Living. What does lifestyle look like to you?
Session 9: The Power of a Positive Outlook, What does a positive attitude look like to you?
Top photo: Dr. Mack Hines
(center) and parent liaisons meet for first time this year. From left, Ms. Shannon Green-Payne, Southeast campus; Ms. Pamella Thomas, Southwest campus and Early Childhood Center; Ms. Anna Medina, Northeast campus and Ms. Leidy Martinez, East campus.
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No one could have predicted the impact or longevity of the Covid-19 pandemic.
For many businesses, the past months have been focused on survival, whether that was switching their staff to homeworking, moving their services online or ensuring they complied with lockdown restrictions. So, to take the time to step back and think long-term is perhaps a luxury some feel they do not readily have in the current climate.
However, it’s crucial for all SMEs to take action now to review their strategies, examine their business models and analyse their financial resilience. Barclays has produced Keep the engine running to help SMEs do just that.
The guide has been designed to highlight some of the key issues and questions for SMEs to consider to build financial resilience – a practical roadmap of the areas they should contemplate as we navigate through the pandemic and into recovery.
While some businesses were already structured to make the most of e-commerce opportunities or to work remotely, for many 2020 has seen strategies and annual forecasts turned upside down or pushed to one side. But as we face living with the virus and subsequent restrictions for the foreseeable future, business planning must now be a focus once more.
While organisations will be dealing with the practical and economic effects every day, formally taking stock of the financial impact of the pandemic on your business is the first step. Review your existing business plan, model and budget and analyse the financial and operational impacts to date as well as considering future risks.
Cashflow is critical and events of the past few months have only reinforced the importance of managing it well, conducting risk assessments and having funding solutions in place for unexpected situations.
If you haven’t already assessed cashflow, now is the time to prepare a detailed forecast so you can evaluate short-term liquidity and start to think about what working capital you will need as you move forward.
As you do this, ensure you have access to all the data you need to have accurate oversight of cash availability across the business. While this may be fairly straightforward for smaller businesses, as they grow data sources can become more complex and disparate. Speak to your bank to see what digital tools you can access to provide greater financial visibility and efficiency.
Effectively managing costs is also key to financial resilience. In line with cashflow, reforecast costs to ensure you are taking into account increased or additional expenses as result of Covid-19.
Take time to review all property leases, rental and other real estate costs and, if you haven’t already done so, consider what scope there is for deferrals, break clauses and reliefs to ease outgoings. Similarly review all other contractual arrangements such as debt finance and covenants, as well as those in place with employees and external suppliers.
Supply chain resilience has been a major issue for some operators during the pandemic so review contract and payment terms including building in appropriate force majeure provisions to ensure you are protected for future events.
Map out your supply chain and tackle any weaknesses or over dependencies that were brought to light by the pandemic. It could be that you need to diversify or broaden your supplier base to reduce risk, for example. Working collaboratively with your existing suppliers will allow you to understand their challenges and determine the best solutions.
Reviewing and shoring up financial resilience now will take time and consideration. It may mean some stark realities being faced and tough decision being made, however, it can also uncover operational efficiencies, invaluable costs savings and new opportunities. And this means surely that it has to be time well spent. | <urn:uuid:38268ec9-3a2d-4111-8726-db81986b01e8> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.insider.co.uk/special-reports/take-time-now-review-your-22873782 | 2021-10-26T15:24:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323587908.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20211026134839-20211026164839-00125.warc.gz | en | 0.966436 | 728 |
2 Corinthians 4:6 and Sunrise Mahoney State Park, Nebraska.
“For God, who said, ‘Light shall shine out of darkness,’ is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.” 2 Corinthians 4:6.
Shine for Christ
Each morning the sunrise breaks the darkness. Darkness cannot exist where there is light. Light overcomes darkness. Christ shines light into the hearts of believers and breaks our darkness that we may shine His light to the world. Let’s shine His light of truth and love to the world that the world may know Him. The world needs Christians to shine now more than ever.
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Roman’s Green Facts and Information
Roman is committed to caring for the environment and as a reflection of this commitment became fully accredited with ISO14001 certification in 2009. In 2018 Roman has been upgraded to the prestigious and rigorous ISO14001:2015.
Roman has three core environmental objectives:
- Reduce energy consumed as a direct proportion of business activity.
- Increase the proportion of recycled waste.
- Reduce and if possible eliminate any harmful emissions, discharges or pollutants generated by the business activity.
All waste is segregated into recyclables and non-recyclables. In order to minimise what would normally be sent to landfill and we endeavour to recycle anything that possibly can be.
- Wooden pallets are collected each week and recycled for a variety of uses.
- Our waste glass is sent to be recycled along with other raw materials and formed into new glass packaging such as wine bottles & sauce jars. (Roman recycles 158 tonnes annually)
- Aluminium is collected and taken to a treatment plant, where it is sorted and cleaned ready for reprocessing. (Roman recycles 72 tonnes annually)
- Our cardboard is recycled and is usually made into new boxes and other packaging but can also be turned into new products such as office paper, newspapers, books and magazines. (Roman recycles 216 tonnes of paper and cardboard annually)
- All brochures and marketing material are created on paper sourced from sustainable forests (FSC)
Due to our proactive approach, 93% of all waste is recycled – landfill has been reduced to 7% of total waste generated.
- All vehicles are Euro 6 compliant with our car fleet having average CO2 emissions of 114 kg/km.
- Overall Roman have reduced the CO2 emissions from business activity by 30% since 2009.
- All company drivers have completed Safe and Fuel Efficient Driving (SAFED) to help them become fuel efficient drivers
Roman has developed a glass protection system, Ultra Care, which is designed to build up a barrier to protect bathroom surfaces from the build-up of grime, limescale and stains. It acts as a gentle cleaner maintaining a protective barrier – meaning water glides off the glass with ease so you can eliminate the use of harsh chemicals in the bathroom.
The Circular Economy may be about to drive the biggest transformation in business since the Industrial Revolution 250 years ago.
Historically major world economies have traded under a linear economy strategy. Political thinking is now driving Industries to trade under a circular economy strategy. In December 2015, the European Commission supported by National Governments including the UK, approved a new strategy and action plan for Circular Economy.
A desire for a Green Economy that will see the introduction of new Industries, providing secondary raw materials, job creation and the manufacturing base moving to incorporating efficiency measures at the design stage, are key components to meet the needs of an ever expanding population, rising standards of living and ensuring the availability of resource for future generations.
Roman is currently working with all suppliers to maximise the use of recycled materials.
Recycling Your Product
As an ISO14001 Registered Company, Roman takes recycling very seriously at all levels. All cardboard is already manufactured from recycled paper, but our packaging itself is designed for recycling. Please ensure that the cardboard packaging is taken to a local cardboard recycling point or to a local recycling depot.
End of Life (EOL)
EOF recycling is taken into account from the initial design stages to ensure all aspects of the Roman products can be recycled for future use. The Aluminium, Brass Alloys, Glass (and Solid Surface Material with Roman Stone Trays) can be easily recycled at your local Licensed Recycling Centre (LRC). If you are unable to access an LRC, then Roman can arrange to coordinate a pick-up of your product for a modest transport charge.
Our Environment Manager is happy to provide any further environment data required, please see contact details below:
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PART ONE: Write a poem worthy of being written on a girl’s mammary glands! Welcome to the poetry contest! Write an original haiku, couplet, or quatrain. All submissions should be in English. Among the couplets and quatrains, rhymed and metered poems are preferred. Poems should be funny and may be offensive. Nothing is off limits, and trolling is allowed at this stage of the contest as long as you’re not spamming the contest with nonsense. Feel free to make as many entries as you deem appropriate.
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Name: Recaro Optiafix
What’s In The Box? x1 Optiafix
What Recaro Say: The Recaro OptiaFix Child Car Seat is a forward facing group 1 seat, suitable for use from 9 – 18 kg (approx. 9 months – 4 years). With a permanently integrated RECARO fix base, installation is made easy as well as providing a safe and secure fit. Optiafix features the innovative HERO headrest system from RECARO; the shoulder padding, belts and headrest form one unit which prevents the harness system from twisting and slipping, this also assists when buckling in too. The group 1 seat features high performance energy absorbers to protect your little one and the seat is cast in one shell which provides additional safety. The sleek curves and smooth lines ensure Optia is stylish and modern.
Recaro OptiaFix Child Car Seat Extra Info:
Five point HERO harness system: The innovative HERO safety system forms one unit of the
shoulder padding, harness straps and headrest
No slipping or twisting of the harness straps
Integrated RECARO fix base ensures re-installation in another vehicle easy and secure
Colour indicators on the RECARO fix base show correct installation at a glance
High performance energy absorbers reduce forces in the event of a side impact
Seat shell cast in one shell for additional safety
Side impact protection
Six position height adjustable headrest
Easy to adjust recline function
Breathable and machine washable fabrics (Up to 30 degrees)
Firstly I was quite surprised how light it was, my only previous experience of isofix seats were a separate base and baby carrier. I felt the whole seat unit was the equivalent weight of the other isofix bases I have used.
On closer inspection of the seat, I thought it looked well designed and of good quality and the seat material and padding appeared both very soft and comfortable.
Fitting the seat
Being a typical man I had to see if I could fit the seat without using the instructions and to my wifes surprise I was able to with ease in under 5 minutes.
To properly test the seat fitting and instructions I removed the seat (again without any issues) and left it to my wife to read the instructions and fit the seat.
After studying the instructions for a few minutes she too was able to fit the seat without issue.
The seat also comes with various indicators that make it very clear whether you have fitted the seat correctly.
One thing I also noted is that the seat is slightly thinner than other seats that we have used, which I think is great as it means that the seat doesn’t impact upon a passenger using the middle seat in the rear as much.
Adjusting the seat and straps.
The seat is exceptionally easy to recline and the recline motion is very smooth so don’t have to deal with any unfortunate jerks that might wake your little one.
Adjusting the straps is exceptionally easy, and the straps glide very easily. I have found however that the button can sometimes not fully click in so the straps cannot be pulled loose.
In addition to the above on occasion the straps twist in the buckle feed which can mean you get an uncomfortable twist against your child. This isn’t that often however, any parent who has tried untwisting a strap with a thrashing child in the seat will agree it is highly irritating.
My main bug bear with the seat is the actual buckle. Most car seat buckles are designed in away that they the two halves fit together well before clicking into place. However, I find the OptiaFix, they fit together easily enough. However, they don’t stay in position very well so as you are trying to click them in the often separate. We have used two other seats aimed at the same age group; one budget and one more expensive and both buckles fit together better.
The seat comes with Recaro’s Hero System, which is basically one unit for the shoulder padding, harness straps and headrest. I do like the system as it does make adjusting the height of the head support and straps exceptionally easy.
Trying to get a sensible answer out of a 2 year old isn’t always the easiest. However, when I asked our son if he liked the new seat he was surprisingly responsive saying “yes, cozy”. To translate our son uses cozy for comfy. So a very positive response.
I also think he appears more settled, comfortable and more likely to fall asleep in the Optiafix.
Feels very soft and our son finds it very comfortable.
Is thinner than over car seats we have had which leaves more space for anyone sitting in the middle.
Very easy to adjust the height of headrest..
Easy to fit and remove.
Occasional twist of straps
Stick strap release button
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Ever hear of SXSW (aka South By South West)? It’s a mega festival for techies, music lovers and more. If you are near the area and want to attend you can get a free guest pass to get basic access to the most popular event.
How to get free guest pass:
- Visit the companies website by clicking “Get This Offer (External Website)”
- Click “Get Your Guest Pass Now” then create an account with SXSW.
- Then confirm your email address then shortly after you’ll get an email titled “Your 2017 SXSW Guest Pass Has Arrived!” and you guessed it, the free passes are there.
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This week’s Fierce Resource was published on Monday in the Glass Hammer blog.
Flex Execs: How to Get Your Teammates on Board with Your Telecommuting explores how to utilize and make the most of telecommuting. Halley Bock, President & CEO of Fierce, Inc., shared tips on how to create stronger communication within a remote team environment.
While some colleagues and managers may continue to worry about creating a cohesive company culture in a remote environment despite your best efforts to prove the contrary, you can find ways to create opportunities for communication and continue to make the effort. “Determine the culture you want and its attributes, and then apply those attributes to conversations,” says Bock.
To read the full article, click here. | <urn:uuid:feaf51eb-b7bb-48fe-a338-13629eb3d302> | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | https://fierceinc.com/blog/flex-execs-how-to-get-your-teammates-on-board-with-your-telecommuting | 2018-09-23T10:03:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267159193.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20180923095108-20180923115508-00097.warc.gz | en | 0.923643 | 160 |
In this video, I show you how I do a quickly defined twist out with two products from Shea Moisture that works on my type 4c hair.
The products are:
1. Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie
2. Shea Moisture Curling Gel Soufflé
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A full-immersion in the region of the GreaterKruger and the Blyde River Canyon, on the path of the worldwide famous Norway in a nutshell. This is an intense itinerary encompassing a variety of excursions and activities for a complete experience in the Lowveld over a short time.
Why Kruger to canyon?
A rich cocktail of different experiences;
safaris in prime private big 5 reserves;
accommodation in bush villa for sole use or in a charming lodge within a wildlife estate in Hoedspruit;
accommodation in bushcamp in the most pristine private reserve open to Kruger NP: the wild Manyeleti!
This journey is particularly recommended to families with kids (ideally older than 6).
Though this is a self-drive itinerary, it is possible on request to have a private guide. It’s highly advisable to book this option well in advance, especially during the high season (July-September, Christmas and New Year’s Eve, Easter).
The supplement for the private guide doesn’t apply to children (up to 2) who travel with both parents.
Activities and excursions included:
boat trip in the Blyde River Canyon;
visit of the famous Kinyongo Reptile Centre in Hoedspruit;
visit of the world star Jessica the Hippo;
2 guided game drives in prime private reserves open to or adjacent to the Kruger NP (Makalali, Timbavati, Klaserie);
4 guided game drives in the Manyeleti Game Reserve.
And last but not least:
welcome braai (bbq) on the day of your arrival in the Big 5 country!
Also included in the supplement for a private guide:
lunch in Kruger NP (Day 4)
4×4 Mananga trail in a wilderness area of Kruger NP closed to the public*
*subject to authorization by park management
In the option with a private guide, even the fourth night will be spent in lodge or bush villa. The entry into the Kruger NP will be by the gate opening time (at dawn), for a full day inside the park. Park fees remain not included. The accommodation in Manyeleti will be at the Ndzaka bushamp, more rustic than Buffelshoek, but also much closer to the main dam. This being the main permanent water source available in the reserve, wildlife is particularly abundant in the area. | <urn:uuid:607df75b-e22b-4850-bc68-fc3e635bc29d> | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | http://www.thewildernessociety.com/tours/kruger-canyon-nutshell/ | 2020-02-19T19:19:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875144167.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20200219184416-20200219214416-00074.warc.gz | en | 0.907788 | 526 |
Happy birthday to the United States of America, the greatest gift England gave the world
How about the Declaration of Independence, ratified this day in 1776 by the Continental Congress, two days after the rebel colonies had declared independence from Great Britain. It has become so successful and universal that no one is even aware how English it was.
Today we live in a world where people assume that the ideals they hold dear are natural, universal human values; we think of human rights or religious tolerance or equality between the sexes as given.
But many of the ideas that were declared universal after the devastation of the Second World War stem from particular American ideals that were themselves a product of English political culture, and no other culture, except perhaps the Netherlands, could have produced it.
At the time of independence, the American colonies were about 80 per cent British by blood (and most of that English). Most if not all of the leading figures would have considered themselves British, including Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson (when not helping to found republican government, Jefferson was also a keen DIY enthusiast, managing to wreck his mansion and ruin himself with his hare-brained schemes – very English). That Jefferson became anti-British in his foreign policy was down to the essential intra-British nature of the fighting, on both sides of the Atlantic. Many loyalists headed to Canada after independence; equally, there was widespread support for the colonists back home in Britain.
It was Jefferson, of course, who wrote the Declaration of Independence, heavily borrowing from if not actually plagiarising John Locke, the 17th-century English father of classical liberalism. The declaration set out a series of English ideas about the role of government, and was also a petition of right, an old English precedent whereby barons, and later parliamentarians, could appeal against unjust rule. After Magna Carta it was used throughout the reigns of Henry III, the three Edwards and Richard II, with the great charter becoming the accepted set of rules by which the sovereign governed. Jefferson also wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which established freedom of religious conscience in his home state. Religious tolerance was not new – most of the multi-ethnic empires of Eurasia practised some form of it – but religious freedom (which means the right to change religion, or even abandon it) was almost unknown. It would have been impossible in any other culture except the expanding English-speaking one.
The United States is the greatest gift that England ever gave the world. The only danger is that the English values that created the United States of America (a phrase coined by an Englishman, Thomas Paine) have become so successful and widespread that people easily forget that they are neither natural nor inevitable, and that others might not always adopt them.
But the tragedy is that the seed of British liberty has flourished far better on that side of the Atlantic than on this one, where government has become outrageously powerful and over-intrusive in recent years, power has been concentrated in fewer hands, and the executive has been able to pass a number of laws that go against everything Locke and Jefferson stood for.
Today is also Jefferson’s anniversary (and that of his predecessor, John Adams). Perhaps now, when too many people suffer from bad government, bad banks and bad religious leaders, it is time to honour this man with a statue in London, as a permanent reminder that government should fear the people, not the other way around. Paid for by voluntary subscription, naturally.
Conservatives – depressing everyone since 500BC
May 16th, 2013 16:22
Why are taxpayers supporting pro-immigration charities?
May 10th, 2013 13:50
Ukip is a reaction to Britain's new class system
May 2nd, 2013 14:04
What's the point of having a Tory party if it refuses to challenge the liberal consensus?
April 30th, 2013 10:59
I'm a Catholic, and I have a confession: I love Richard Dawkins
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Truly an unique gift for your loved ones. We specialize in fully personalized wine bottle engraving.
Send us a picture and tell us what you want to engrave on the wine bottle, we will design and engrave an unique bottle with unique design just for you.
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Connor Henesy is 29 years old. He has lived at Heartbeet Lifesharing in Hardwick for the past 10 years.
Heartbeet is an adult community where people with developmental disabilities live and work side by side with co-workers and volunteers.
Connor is an avid farmer and loves having meaningful work. He takes pride in providing milk and eggs for the people he lives with.
This is Connor’s first year snowboarding with Friends of Stowe Adaptive Sports. We caught up with him to ask a few questions:
Q. Connor, is this your first time snowboarding?
A. No. I have tried a few times with my friend Jonathan but this is the first time I am having lessons.
Q. Will you stick to snowboarding or do you want to try skiing next winter?
A. Snowboarding all the way! It’s so cool! (hang-ten hand gestures)
Q. Who is your adaptive instructor?
A. Eileen. (This is Eileen Sinopoli’s first year as an adaptive coach at Stowe Mountain Resort)
Q. What is the best thing about snowboarding for you?
A. That my instructor Eileen is so awesome!
Q. Do you enjoy any after shredding treats?
A. Hot cocoa, yum!
Kaylin McCarthy, who runs Connor’s house, said: “Connor’s enthusiasm for life knows no bounds. He greets each new day and activity with a refreshing energy that is a blessing to those around him. He hopes to be involved with the Special Olympics snowboarding team next year and wants to win a trophy.”
Friends of Stowe Adaptive Sports is a volunteer-driven nonprofit organization that raises money all year to provide athletic scholarships to any Vermont resident with a physical or developmental disability. Funds are also raised to buy equipment and train instructors. To learn more about the Friends or make a donation: stoweadaptive.com or its Facebook page. | <urn:uuid:de6b4a87-612d-4c6f-89c6-74018bbda62a> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://www.vtcng.com/stowe_reporter/on_snow/catching-up-with-connor-henesy/article_959459fc-e17a-11e5-9850-cf49b6d093d6.html | 2022-01-17T22:45:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320300624.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220117212242-20220118002242-00324.warc.gz | en | 0.944805 | 417 |
The CBC reported that CO Bryce Casavant did not follow orders to kill the two cubs of a female bear who was killed after she continued to raid a freezer full of meat and salmon. Casavant took the cubs to a veterinary hospital, and they were then transferred to a rehabilitation facility which will eventually release them into their natural environment.
“Robin Campbell, the recovery centre's manager, said the conservation officer did the right thing as the cubs are not habituated to humansand can be reintroduced to the wild,” the CBC reported Tuesday. “The conservation service had been called by a homeowner to deal with the cubs' mother after she repeatedly raided the freezer inside a mobile home south of Port Hardy, said Campbell.”
The cubs returned to the area searching for their recently deceased mother and climbed a tree near the mobile home, where they were eventually tranquilized and removed by officials.
Rehabber Campbell noted that the cubs were showing fear of humans, meaning they are ideal candidates for rehabilitation and release.
“In 30 years, this is the first time we've ever had an issue like this," he told the CBC. “There has to be some kind of misunderstanding … hopefully somebody will come to their senses."
Ministry officials nor the conservation officer have commented further on the reasoning for the suspension, though both sides have confirmed it.
A petition has been created asking Environment Minister Mary Polak to reinstate Casavant – a move that we at The Fur-Bearers fully support. A conservation officer choosing a compassionate and actual conservative path for wildlife should never be punished. It should be celebrated.
Work like our growing Living With Wildlife campaign is only possible with the support of monthly donors. Please consider become a monthly donor – for as little as $5 a month – and help us create a Canada that is truly fur-free. | <urn:uuid:1221af96-b435-4520-80a4-d33b7f061527> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://thefurbearers.com/blog/bc-conservation-officer-suspended-for-not-killing-bear-cubs/ | 2024-02-21T17:42:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473524.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221170215-20240221200215-00396.warc.gz | en | 0.983699 | 387 |
___ AD3d ___, 2015 NY Slip Op 04617 [2d Dept., 2015]
In this legal malpractice case, the letter of engagement contained a broad arbitration clause, broad enough to cover the legal malpractice claim itself, as well as a claim for breach of fiduciary duty. The letter of engagement being indisputably a document within the meaning of CPLR 3211 (a)(1), and the arbitration provision clear, Supreme Court granted the motion to dismiss and the Appellate Division affirmed.
All of which sounds reasonable and plausible, until we ask why dismissal was the appropriate remedy.
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How is this still a thing? Ever since launch this has been happening. Unbelievable.
I always see it coming because I load into freeplay and my colors/appearance are not what I set them to, and within 20 seconds I get booted with error loading pilot data.
Fix your game EA/Bioware.
@Serlo_the_Savage Sorry for the delay, next time you load up and notice this is happening can you try swapping your weapon and let me know if you still get disconnected?
I am having this problem as well. So far it has been EVERY time i spawn into a stronghold. I attempted to change my weapons and still getting kicked out. Very frustrating!
I am playing on a Xbox One X. I was able to finally get into a stronghold after spawning into freeplay, then ending it and then queued up for a stronghold. Obviously this isn't ideal to have to do this every time before successfully getting into a stronghold, so any fix to this would be great. Let me know if you need other info from me.
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For me weapon swap is working. Sometimes. Sometimes I spawn without head (yes really) and then weapon swap does not work and game kicks me off. | <urn:uuid:101ccb6c-9f70-46eb-bb98-df52c9a49d1e> | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Error-loading-pilot-data-still/m-p/7864352/highlight/true | 2019-10-16T12:55:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986668569.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20191016113040-20191016140540-00375.warc.gz | en | 0.962918 | 260 |
Coming face to face with a big game hunter
He leaned on my desk as he asked the question.
I went through my files (in my head) carefully, but only come up with the African experience that belongs to the likes of Wilbur Smith and Tony Parks. “No, I don’t think so, but feel free to look around.”
I should have added, “They aren’t the kinds of books we stock.” (The royal ‘we’ assumes there’s a management body made up of more than just myself.)
Pointing him in the direction of world history, I let him go and rummage in peace.
But while he was rummaging in peace, my mind was nearly hysterical.
Could he be a real African game hunter? In my little shop in the Victorian regional boondocks that is Port Fairy? I didn’t think it possible, but yet … he had that look. He looked like he’d be one of those guys who pose over a fresh kill, one leg up on the beast, one big gun pointing skyward, and one big grotesque grin.
In my mind, I stomp up to him, and say, “Do you actually hunt African game?”
In my mind, he responds with a proud, “Why, yes, I do.”
In my mind, I frogmarch him out of my shop, holding tightly to the collar of his RJ Williams shirt. And in my mind, I give him a big old shove off the stairs of the shop, dust my hands, and yell after him, “If I could, I’d turn you into a white rhino. Don’t ever come back!”
But what really happens is after a while he returns with a couple of books.
I don’t even want to know what books they are. If he wants them, I know I don’t want them in my shop. He pays for his books, and whilst the transaction is happening, I drum up the courage to ask, “So do you actually hunt?”
He looks me straight in the eye. “Yes.” He isn’t ashamed, but he isn’t overly proud either. He’s walking a careful, perhaps well-worn, line.
“Oh, yes. Mainly Africa. Mainly around South Africa. I’m off to British Columbia next.”
My curiosity gets the better of me, but perhaps it’s my writer’s heart. Whatever it is, it stops me from frogmarching him out the door. “What animals do you actually hunt?”
“Oh, well, there’s quite a few. Antelope, zebra, rhino, eland, warthog, nyala, springbok, gemsbok, impala …”
As he’s reeling off his list, I’m beginning to feel sick. Perhaps he can read my face, although I’m trying to maintain the interested party veneer, because he then adds that if it wasn’t for hunters these animals would have all died out years ago, that they are aiding the economy, that they help to feed the surrounding villages.
Then I can’t stop myself, I have to ask. “What do you do with these animals? Surely you don’t bring them back with you?”
“Oh no. Every part of the animal is used by the village. It’s quite incredible really. Even the hoofs. I usually bring back the horns and the cape.”
In my head, this man in front of me parades around with a fresh zebra skin over his back like a funky Batman. In my head, I picture his billiard room, his fireplace, his interior ‘decoration’.
I give him his change. He settles down with his new acquisitions on our couches. He’s in no hurry to leave, when all I want to do is push him out the door and spray the place with air-freshener.
He makes me want to hug my kids.
He makes me want to cry.
And he makes me angry.
But I let myself down on all counts. I don’t cry or yell. I leave him at peace. He has the right to live his life. Just because it’s not my choice to live that way, I feel I have no right to accost him in a public place for being who he is.
I wave him goodbye when he finally does leave. And I light a candle, and think of all the magnificent animals on this small planet of ours.
For more of Jo Canham’s Tales from Port Fairy, catch up here.
Enjoy our other Bluestone columnists …
Great food and gardening tips: Kylie Treble and Food for Thought
Great architecture: Clinton Krause on mid-century architecture in the south-west
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A popular OEM fitment on new high-horsepower 4WD and MFWA equipment, the award-winning MICHELIN® YieldBib™ radial is now available in more sizes and as a replacement tire
GREENVILLE, S.C. (Feb. 13, 2013) — Michelin North America Agricultural Tires announced at the 2013 National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky., it is rolling out two new sizes of its AE50 Award-winning MICHELIN® YieldBib™ radial tire and expanding the tire’s availability to the replacement market.
For the first time, farmers now can order all four sizes of the new tire as a replacement for their current tires or as an option on new machines. Honored in January by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers for its technological advancement, the MICHELIN® YieldBib™ radial tire now comes in these sizes for 4WD and MFWA high-horsepower tractors:
- VF380/85 R34
- VF420/85 R34
- VF480/80 R46
- VF480/80 R50
As competitors first begin to expand their offerings in the higher-flexion ag tire category, the new MICHELIN® YieldBib™ radial is the fifth high-flexion tire from Michelin, which was the first to introduce both an Improved-Flexion (IF) radial and a Very-High-Flexion (VF) radial. It introduced the MICHELIN® XeoBib™ for tractors in 2003, and the MICHELIN® AxioBib™ for tractors in 2006, the MICHELIN® SprayBib™ for self-propelled sprayers in 2011 and the MICHELIN® CerexBib™ for harvesters in 2012.
“We’ve identified the needs of the market, and with YieldBib, we’re making sure we meet those needs,” said James Crouch, farm segment marketing manager for Michelin. “Equipment is getting bigger, speed requirements are increasing and so are load ratings. And stubble continues to be an issue tire manufactures need to confront. With YieldBib, that is Michelin’s answer. We are getting in front of the needs of equipment manufacturers and farmers.”
In addition to being a VF classification, all MICHELIN® YieldBib™ tires are protected by the new MICHELIN® Stubble shield™. Michelin tires designated with MICHELIN® Stubble shield™, including the MICHELIN® YieldBib™, leverage proprietary tire compounds developed specifically for longevity in extreme stubble conditions with Michelin’s exclusive lug design to repel stubble. In addition, MICHELIN® Stubble shield™ offers an industry-leading, four-year warranty, which includes free replacement in the event of tire failure due to stubble damage in the first year of use, and pro-rated replacement for the remaining three years.
“Stubble isn’t getting any softer,” Crouch said. “It’s something tire manufacturers have to confront, and help farmers combat. “We’ve developed a tire that we can demonstrate holds up better against stubble while also getting you into the field when you need to be there, giving you the traction you need, and delivering the footprint to carry your load while reducing your soil compaction.”
In fact, the VF-class MICHELIN® YieldBib™ is designed to operate at up to 40 percent less air pressure than standard radials, Crouch said.
“This is the first VF-class standard-size radial,” Crouch said. “Farmers can now get all the advantages of a Very-High Flexion tire plus the stubble-fighting protection of MICHELIN® Stubble Shield™ without having to change rims. And opening the replacement market to the MICHELIN® YieldBib™ is important, because it gives farmers an opportunity to upgrade their tires to improve the performance of their current machines.”
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With summer *my favorite season* fast approaching, I think it’s appropriate for a summer/poolside *don’t I wish* beachy playlist. It’s been close to 2 1/2 years since I went to the beach so I am thinking this weekend maybe time to introduce my favorite beach to Olivia.
Yikes, I look like a giant compared to my tiny Mommy-in-law!!
Shall we begin…?
One of my favorite bands epitomize Rockabilly beach camp, John Waters style from the 60’s with a punk twist. I saw them live at Sunset Junction and they were FANTASTIC!! Even with Lux Interior in his 60’s he still rocked!
“Aloha From Hell” The Cramps
I am not normally a fan of the Beach Boys but this song is so sweet and cheerful, I often play it in Liv’s nursery. I adore the lyrics
…it’s so true God Only Knows what I’d be without Antz & Liv!!
“God Only Knows” The Beach Boys
The next song somehow puts me in a Summery mood, I can’t pinpoint what it is about this song but I love it!
“Goodbye Stranger” Supertramp
This song definitely has a laid-back, drink a margarita, summer sound. We played it at our beach wedding.
Here’s my summer inspired favorite by Björk. She performed this beautiful song at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Opening Ceremony. Her dress folds out to canopy the entire stadium floor and has a map of the world on it. She is so freaking adorable and she sounds incredible!!
Nothing feels more lazy summer day than French music. It was June 2003 when Antz, Aimee and me went to London and Paris to see Björk so when I hear a French song it takes me back to walking throughout Paris in the warm summer sun. I really hope we can take Liv soon. I am still trying to learn this song in French *I am seriously incapable of learning French*
“Garcon Glacon” April March
The most anticipated random song of the week is courtesy of Mr. Wait’s sheer genius. This song doesn’t necessarily evoke a summer feeling in me but it’s so amazing I have to feature it. I adore the way this song sound like he’s telling a story. The old-timey *sorry Antz
* rasp of his voice drives me nuts. There are many versions of this song but this live one from the Glitter & Dome tour and the photos of Tom are soo phenomenal!! I find it surreal that my Mom played with Tom on Romeo is Bleeding
back in 1978 *I already asked her if she can get in touch with him so I could meet him, she told me she’s no longer associated with Hollywood, BOO* I want to see him live sooo dang-diddlely bad!!
“Circus” Tom Waits
This band was a major part of my childhood. I went through a huge phase where they were all I ever listened to. I was completely crushed when my Mom wouldn’t allow me to see them live however I was 12 at the time and they were playing in San Francisco *Just a quick 8 hour drive up north, Mom!* One of these days I’ll drag Liv to see them while failing at showing her how cool and hip her Mom is!
“Dry County” B-52s
The next 2 songs are all-time favorites of mine. No summer playlist would be complete without the fabulous Astrud Gilberto *The queen of Samba/Bossa Nova* I know it’s cliche but I adore this song, it’s just rad!
I LOVE the 60’s!! Soo my favorite time in history. Astrud is just way adorable.
“The Girl from Ipanema” Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz
The next is Astrud’s ex-husband, João’s, daughter, Bebel Gilberto. She is brilliant! I first heard her when I saw Closer
and I immediately went home and downloaded this song. It’s so dreamy.
“Samba Da Bencao” Bebel Gilberto
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by Sheila Dunning | Dec 3, 2021
No previous experience or accreditation it required to be a landscaper in the state of Florida. So when homeowners are searching for service providers, it is important that they question potential companies about their skills. One good measure is completion of voluntary certifications such as the Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association (FNGLA) Certified Horticulture Professional (FCHP). The FCHP program has been the industry’s standard for measuring horticulture and landscape knowledge since 1984. The training is also useful for property managers, homeowner associations, retail garden center employees, or anyone that wants to know more about Florida’s plants and their care.
Plants are complex and variable living things that range from microscopic to the largest of living organisms. With steady population growth in the state of Florida, environmental damage risks created by the use of improper products and practices has continually risen. State and federal natural resource protection agencies have restricted certain horticultural practices including fertilizer and pesticide application. It takes scientific knowledge to properly maintain lawns and landscapes, not just a “green thumb” in order to keep plants healthy while reducing contamination to the soil, air and water that we all need.
The Florida Certified Horticulture Professional training covers 16 areas, including identification, fertilization, irrigation, pest management, safety and business practices. Lecture and hands-on activities are utilized at each session. The 60-hour course will enhance anyone’s knowledge and will provide the basis for professionals to deliver a skilled service to clientele. The course is available in-person or virtually via Zoom.
If you are a green industry worker or a concerned citizen interested in attending a FCHP preparatory course, there is an opportunity coming up in Crestview. Beginning Thursday, January 6, 2022 and continuing for 8 weeks to February 24, 2022, the Okaloosa County Extension office will be providing training for $185, which included the newest hard copy manual and plant identification book. Contact Sheila Dunning, 850-689-5850, firstname.lastname@example.org for more information.
For more details and to register go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/florida-certified-horticulture-professional-fchp-training-tickets-215748017127
by Sheila Dunning | Apr 27, 2020
Turf pros, you have fought for years to try to get enough downtime on your sports turf to really work on making big improvements. Now, with school and city leagues cancelled, is the perfect time. The grass has
greened up and is needing mowing. The soil temperatures are up. We have gotten a decent rain with more predicted. So, plan to make some of those much-needed improvements in May.
If you haven’t submitted soil samples, start with getting that baseline information. All the labs are open and working, including UF. Sampling kits and instructions are available at: https://soilslab.ifas.ufl.edu/ESTL%20Tests.asp.
Get out there and fix all the irrigation system imperfections. Knowing the water output and uniformity can make all the difference in the turf appearance and response to fertilizers, not to mention reducing disease pressure. Make sure you have head-to-head coverage, not the “almost” head-to-head coverage that cheats a few feet here and there. Calibrate each zone to determine how much time it takes to deliver ¾ inch of water. Watch this video for more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_wn-hwLNtg
Take this time to accurately measure the areas that will need fertilizing and calibrate your spreader to you and the product. Set the application schedule for the rest of the year. Accomplishing this now when you’re not so pressed for time will pay off. Remember with rotary spreaders, fertilizer distribution is not uniform. More granules fall in the middle of the pass than along the outer edges. To achieve uniformity, check that the tire is just inside the track from the previous pass and that the granules are reaching the previous track. Additionally, apply in two directions.
How about reducing compaction and improving the overall soil conditions? That’s the one project you’ve been wanting to do for many seasons. Physical penetration of the soil improves air, water, and nutrient movement within the root zone. This is especially important for high traffic areas. A hollow tine, or core, aerator pulls soil cores from a 2-6 -inch depth. Cores can be removed or dried on the surface and reincorporated using a drag mat. If thatch is an issue, consider vertical mowing to cut into the turf runners and loosen the dead tissue layer. Then, rake, rake and rake! The grass will look rough for a while during the recovery but will be much healthier in the long run.
When you get your soil test results back, they will identify nutrient deficiencies and recommend lime and fertilizer for the year. Lime should only be applied in accordance with the recommendations on soil test results. Over-application can take years to correct. Split applications of the annual required rate will allow for more adjustment. Nitrogen influences color and many growth factors. Application rate recommendations are based on research-driven requirements for each grass type. However, nitrogen comes in quick-release and/or slow-release. Quick release products are water soluble and cause a turf response in a week or less but can evaporate or burn. Application should always be followed by ¼ inch of irrigation to get the most benefit. Slow release products are water insoluble and provide a gradual, consistent turf response over a 3-10-week period. They require warm, moist soil with microbes in order to release nitrogen. Most of the available fertilizers will have a combination of both quick and slow release components. That way there is an immediate green up with long lasting color. Bermudagrass needs 0.5-1 pound of soluble N/ 1,000 sq. ft. to get going in the spring.
You’ve been saying, “We need to get some of these big tasks done, but just can’t find the time when no one is on the field.” Here’s your chance.
by Sheila Dunning | Jul 12, 2018
As of January 2015 the labels on fertilizer bags have changed. Florida Rule 5E-1.003 required fertilizer manufacturers to modify their package recommendations and wording.
“Specialty fertilizers” was one of the more significant changes. This included packages that weigh 49 pounds or less and are labeled for home (residential) lawn use. The new labeling requirement for fertilizers labeled for use on urban lawns included that these products must be no phosphate or low phosphate. “No phosphate” fertilizers will be expressed as zero in the guaranteed analysis. “Low phosphate” fertilizers typically have 2% when labeled for residential lawns. Additionally, the recommended application rate must not exceed 0.25 lbs. P2O5 / 1,000 square feet per application and cannot exceed 0.50 lbs. P2O5 / 1,000 square feet per year. The only exception is “starter fertilizers”, which is a fertilizer formulated for a one-time application at planting or near that time to encourage root growth. A starter fertilizer can recommend a one-time application rate of 1.0 lb. of P2O5 / 1,000 square feet.
The Label is the Law
Application rates cannot be exceeded and the site must be on the label. The “site” refers to the specific grass area that the application is intended for. So, for fertilizer packaging under Rule SE-1.003 there a few definitions you need to understand:
- “Urban Turf” or “Lawns” means non-agricultural land planted in closely mowed, managed grasses except golf courses, parks and athletic fields.
- “New Urban Turf” means residential lawns established less than 12 months.
- “Actively Growing Turf” means turf that needs mowing at least once every two weeks to maintain the grass blade height according to the UF/IFAS recommendation.
- “Established Urban Turf” means residential lawns older than 12 months.
In addition to restrictions on phosphate, the Urban Turf Rule restricts the use of nitrogen. The amount that can be applied at once, as well as, annually and the seasonal application timing are defined based on the different regions of Florida. Local ordinances may be even more restrictive than the fertilizer label.
The following language must appear on all fertilizers sold at retail:
- “Apply only to actively growing turf”.
- “Do not apply near water, storm drains or drainage ditches”.
- “Do not apply if heavy rain is expected”.
- Apply this product only to your lawn and sweep any product that lands in the driveway, sidewalk or street back onto your lawn.
Finally, the labeling requirements for fertilizers that come in 50 pound bags or larger include that the directions for use cannot exceed rates recommended in the document entitled “Florida Friendly Best Management Practices for Protection of Water Resources by the Green Industries” (GI-BMP). The GI-BMP restricts nitrogen applications to less than what the label states. If the slow-release component of the overall nitrogen percentages is 30% or greater, the product can be applied at 1.0 lb. of N / 1,000 sq. ft. If it is less than 30%, then the rate is only 0.50 lb. N / 1,000 sq. ft.
The next time you are shopping for fertilizer, take the time to read the bag. Know that you are applying it correctly and legally.
By the way, if you are being compensated for applying fertilizer, FDACS requires a Limited Urban Commercial Fertilizer application certification with a pre-requisite of GI-BMP training.
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Discussion in 'General Software' started by Athlon2K15, Dec 6, 2010.
I review hardware too,at the same time I dont care about who cheats,lol
Yeah, I'm the bad guy for maintaining honesty and integrity.
Really though, I don't care either. So much so that I don't even post scores any more unless it's in a review. It's the bickering over what's OK and what's not that's tiring.
I'm waiting for someone to figure out how to do the same on nVidia, as that's be killer for their scores, too. It's not a small tweak advantage. I think the discovery and letting everyone know about the tweaks is more fun than getting the results, but ya need the results to see if it's worthwhile.
In fairness, the bickering is mostly here... with people who just arent aware of Hwbot, their benchmarks and rules which essentially those in the know are governed by.
I shuld probably post a score before I get the b7 hammer ehh?
there has been someone on hwbot that found a way but it was said to be illegal
and like on hwbot heaven benchmark he scored 3k with a avg oc on a 580 when the wr for a 580 was 2700, so if nvidia added that to there drivers it would really kill AMD
Add me plz :d
Grrrr I want those 12.4 beta to get certified already!!! >_<
for the time being
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Ok, this is some sort of medival witchery : whooshed through Heaven 3.0 for 30 minutes on 1201/1700 ( did two sets of those for two days). Then did 3dmark11 extreme preset -> no issues. Did 3dmark11 performance -> bam froze. Performance max stable at current settings ( defalut mem voltage and 1.225v on core through afterburner or trixx) is 1201/1640. 0_o why ? Why extreme preset work great, but performance preset fails 0_o . Ehh back to drowing board on my oc.
we had our physx fun with vantage, now it's AMD's turn. Seems fair to me.
i just took a quick run with 3DMark11, i didn't bother to find my serial on my email so i just ran it.
but i dunno why my GPU core clock only took 705mhz but i guess that's the new Nvidia thing it does to find out how much performance it needs to run it, i dunno
FM needs to update their capture application for the 680... not because of the card.
Drama over numbers moves on :shadedshu
so u think, my score is fine when u see my system specs?
seems mem oc helps also 1866 vs 2133
Nice DOM! Now lets see the 20K mark! It's Going to be a hard grab bro!
I see our very own MY Dog here in TPU has top spot in the benchmark ticker
this here is version 1.0.2, my first run was with version 1.0.3.
im getting there
but only got one mb right now so no 5.8
What happened to GPUz? LOL
I don't know, the damn thing will not work on this setup.
Where the hell you get an IVB CPU man??? Nice score!
All I can say is it came out of HK.
It's not stripped, at first I thought maybe the intel igpu drivers were the problem but uninstalling them didn't help.
ebay ftw i know a few guys in the uk with them too from the same guy :thumb:
i forgot to screenshot it but with the new drivers its the fastest 460 lol.
would run again but z77 mobo is holding sandybridge cpu back with stupid bios limiting full load watts @130 :facepalm:
And... you don't have lucid virtu MVP witch dramatically increases the score. tested with GTX570SOC, score went from 6800 to 9000
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A quick round-up of my most recent publications:
George Thorogood and the Destroyers: Self-titled and Move It On Over (review, 10/1/13) – PopMatters
George Jones: Amazing Grace (review, 9/17/13) – PopMatters
Vince Gill and Paul Franklin: Bakersfield (review, 8/21/13) – PopMatters
Elvis Costello and the Roots: Wise Up Ghost (review) – Pretty Much Amazing
Neko Case: The Worse Things Get … (review) – Pretty Much Amazing
The Replacements in ’13: A Fan’s Reaction (live review, 10/1/13) – Paste Magazine
Here’s hoping I can get a little better about keeping after this! As always, feel feel to get in touch if you have questions, concerns, thoughts, opinions, what have you. Drop me a line in the comments section, or see my “contact” page for other options.
Been a long time, hasn’t it? What with writing, editing, and starting a new job at Ballotpedia, I just haven’t had the time to keep this thing up-to-date. To make things right, here’s a rundown of my recent publications (dating roughly from July 1 to present).
Elvis Presley: Elvis at Stax (review, 8/16/13) – PopMatters
Charlie Robison: Live at Billy Bob’s, TX (capsule review, 7/29/13) – PopMatters
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup: Sunny Road (capsule review, 7/22/13) – PopMatters
Randall Bramblett: The Bright Spots (review, 7/18/13) – PopMatters
Chris Isaak: 28 July 2013 – Carmel IN (review, 8/16/13) – PopMatters
Blog posts and miscellany:
For Your (Re)consideration: The Rolling Stones in the 1980s (blog post, 7/18/13) – PopMatters
In less than a month, I’ll be heading to Riot Fest (Chicago) to cover the reunion of the Replacements for Paste Magazine. Stay tuned for more!
“Well, the water came in, the water went out. / I saw the Hall of Fame floatin’ about. / Look at me! / Working in Tennessee.”
Man’s got half a lung missing and he’ll still kick your ass up the street and back again. Full of piss and vinegar and swinging like a wrecking ball, Haggard lays down yet another classic (is anyone keeping score?). Why? Because he can and you can’t. Consider yourself privileged.
Easily one of the best albums I’ve heard this year. An excerpt from my review for PopMatters:
“Rock (with or without the roll – usually without) remains to this day a very white, very male, very middle class form, and like most pop music that doesn’t take the lion’s share of its audience from the pre-teen demo, it has its niche market (at present, white collegiates and post-collegiates). But that’s not breaking news – pop music has been fractured for decades. And for as long as this fracturing has been pop’s modus operandi, there have been self-styled revivalist rock ‘n’ rollers excavating the music’s past and iconography, searching for and extending the music’s secrets. Bruce Springsteen has made one hell of a career out of it, as have many others. With American Ride, Willie Nile joins their ranks and proves he can do it just as well as the best of them, sometimes better – Springsteen included.”
Willie Nile: American Ride (review) – PopMatters
I’m a little late posting this one (busy week), but here’s my review of the new Fogerty record, Wrote a Song for Everyone, via PopMatters.
“More than Dylan, or even Springsteen, Fogerty is the great populist songwriter of the rock era. Songs like “Fortunate Son” and “Who’ll Stop the Rain?” (just two of the more prominent examples, each featured here) set the standard for a certain kind of rock ‘n’ roll—socially engaged in subtle, metaphorical ways, and unrelentingly egalitarian in its appeal. When he fronted Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fogerty was spinning off masterpieces of that form at an impossible—and, as it turned out, unsustainable—rate.”
John Fogerty: Wrote a Song for Everyone (review) – PopMatters
Fair warning: the following music video’s a little on the corny side. But John Fogerty can do whatever the hell he wants. Did you ever write something as good as “Green River” ? Didn’t think so.
My first interview, with the very talented and always interesting Jason Isbell, was published this week via PopMatters. Here’s a taste:
“Yeah, commiserating is underrated, I think, in art. People love to be listened to and represented and they love it when they feel like you have some of the same problems that they do. Everybody deals with things like romantic difficulties in relationships and death and cancer and abuse. Like the song “Yvette”, for example. It’s sort of a complement to “Daisy Mae” off the last record. I got to a point, I guess when I was probably 30, or 31 years old, where it occurred to me almost everyone you meet was sexually abused as a kid, almost everybody, by someone. That never happened to me, believe it or not, but the percentages are just staggering, and writing a song about something that’s that depressing, I think it’s good to discuss it. Some people like to discuss those things, maybe they don’t want to start the conversation themselves, but sometimes those things help folks to relate and get those things out of their system a little bit.”
“Commiserating is Underrated in Art”: An Interview with Jason Isbell (interview) – PopMatters
In my second review for Paste Magazine, I cover Jason Isbell’s excellent new release, Southeastern, out today. A snippet of the review:
“By any reasonable aesthetic criteria, Southeastern is a triumph. It’s a vindication for those of us who have charted our lives by his work, carrying songs like “Outfit” around like talismans. It’s the most potent expression to date of Isbell’s talent (including his DBT output) and, hopefully, a harbinger of great things to come.”
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And now you expect to hear an amazing story about how we saved €100.000 in 3 years! Wrong. You are going to get a rant. Disappointed? Too bad, suck it up or leave 😉
How we saved €100.000 in 3 years!
Usually when I read this type of titles I suddenly feel a rash coming up, get spots all over my body and start to get foam in my mouth. Yes, it’s click-bait, yes it sound interesting, yes it draws you in, but it’s all a load of BS.
Did we actually save €100.000 in 3 years? Yes, we did from 2006-2008. We worked out butts off (up to 84 hour work weeks), lived like students and saved a ton of money. But you must have had an amazing income? Yes, of course we did! How on earth are would we have otherwise been able to stash such a ridiculous amount of money? We both have an MSc. degree in fields where you can earn good money. Couple that with working internationally regularly for up to 2 months at a time and “miracles” happen. When working abroad and everything is paid for (even beer!), and you cannot spend money as you are living on a construction site, saving goes fast.
Is that impressive? No, it isn’t! It would have been impressively stupid if we’d spent all that money. Saving large sums of money when you earn lots of money is not something to shout about. It’s something that should be normal. You’d be an idiot if you didn’t.
The same posts that have such “killer” titles as “how we saved €100.000 in 3 years!”, usually come with a list of “amazing” tips how you can too. Well here is a wake up call, most of you can’t. Even in your wildest dreams you are not going to make this, because you simply don’t earn enough. You can save all you want, clip coupons, go to the library, travel hack, buy everything with credit cards for point, etc. But if you (two?) don’t earn at least €50.000 net per year, you will never save that €100.000 in 3 years.
Based on this posts from a while back, to earn about €50.000 net as a household you need to be in the top 5% of all household incomes. Good luck with that!
That being said, should you save as much as you can and invest? Yes, always! Should you stay humble if you also can save €100.000 in 3 years, absolutely! Because you are a lucky son of a (fill in nasty word).
You know what’s impressive, saving a lot when you earn a little. I think one of the best examples in blogging land is that of Jason Fieber. He is a former car salesmen that went from having no money to having more than $370.000 in invested assets in about 6 years, and was able to FIRE on that money! That takes dedication, education, staying humble, staying frugal, drive and passion. Albeit I still hate the title of that book of his, something with lists of tips/steps…. I know, it does sell books, it just gives me rashes.
You know who is awesome? You, for making it to the end of this rant, which is not particularly inspirational or motivational. Sorry about that, but it’s the truth. However, you are indeed awesome, for reading this post. Also because you have found your way to the FIRE community. You probably already know how to save money and invest. That means you are able to create (extra) money and therefore time for you and your family.
It does not matter how much you saved or how long it took to get there. It does not mater how much you earn. It only matters that you took (or should take) action! So stop reading those stupid posts with lists about how to be better, smart, faster & richer. They generally only make you depressed and won’t help you along. So start looking at what really matters. Start with looking at yourself. And it you don’t like what you see, do something about it!
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Leg pain can range from a mild nuisance that comes and goes, to debilitating pain that makes it difficult to sleep, walk, or engage in simple everyday activities. The pain can take many different forms – some patients describe the pain as aching, searing, throbbing, or burning, and it can be accompanied by other symptoms, such as a pins-and-needles sensation, and/or leg or foot numbness or weakness.
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Muscle cramps. This sudden, tight, intense lower leg pain is sometimes called a “charley horse.” Often caused by muscle fatigue, heat, or dehydration, muscle cramps are more common among older people, endurance athletes, or athletes who are not well conditioned. In most cases, you can ease muscle cramps by stopping whatever triggered them. If needed, gently stretch or massage your lower leg muscle. Applying heat to tight muscles or cold to tender muscles may ease some symptoms. Proper conditioning and stretching can help prevent problems in the future.
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Charley's Aunt : Creative Cow Theatre Company
It is 1892 and dashing Oxford undergraduates, Jack and Charley are preparing to propose to Amy and Kitty, but a chaperone is needed or the girls will refuse their lunch invitation.
As luck would have it, Charley’s Aunt is arriving from Brazil (where the nuts come from) and will happily serve the purpose.
However, a telegram declares that her trip is delayed so their plans are in disarray until they hit upon the idea that Lord Fancourt Babberley, their good friend, should put on a frock and assume her identity.
But, madness ensues when Charley’s real aunt from Brazil (where the nuts come from) finally arrives. All is well in the end after a breathtaking chase, a musical interlude and an absurd number of marital engagement.
Creative Cow is a touring repertory theatre company. The aim is to present to wide and diverse audiences the very best in classic and contemporary playwriting with imaginative and accomplished performances. The atmosphere is one of intimacy and informality within a professional framework.
The productions and sets are clever and innovative. Performances are designed to be simple, direct and entertaining and easily transportable to theatres, pubs and private houses. The company takes pride in touring the same show to 900 seat theatres and 40 seat art galleries.
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How To Promote Your Teachers Pay Teachers Site on Social Media
There’s something that almost every top seller on Teachers Pay Teachers has in common.
What is it?
Aside from their killer resources, they all have active social media accounts. Social media is an incredible tool, especially when your business is digital—à la your TpT store.
Social media can help build your brand, boost engagement, and ultimately convert followers into buyers.
It’s a resourceful tool for promoting and driving traffic back to your store. Navigating the world of social media can be daunting unless your a social media guru.
But these 9 tips will teach you the foundation of how to promote your teachers pay teachers store on social media.
Our experts recommend that you focus on Facebook and Pinterest.
In fact, Pinterest is such a huge topic, we wrote up platform specific tips for how to use Pinterest for your TpT store here.
Regardless of which platforms you choose to use to promote your TpT store, the first step to successfully using social media is to sign up for business accounts on each platform.
Business accounts allow you to track your data and use paid ads if you so choose. This will be invaluable to you because your tracked data will help you optimize your posts for optimal reach and engagement.
Aside from tracking, a business account is professional and keeps your TpT store separate from your personal pages.
Create a Social Media Calendar
A social media calendar will help you plan to post consistently, and consistency is a key strategy of successful social media promotion.
It’s hard to build engagement and traffic to your social media pages when they aren’t active.
Your calendar is a weekly or monthly plan of what you’ll post each day. This can be a mixture of different content. Some days can be dedicated to specific posts like “Teacher Tip Tuesdays” where you post a help tip each Tuesday.
Or, you can mix it up and vary the types of content you post each week.
You should be posting every day, so planning out a schedule will help you stay on track so you aren’t shooting in the dark trying to figure out what to post on the day of.
A social media calendar also allows you to plan out when to post. Each platform has times of the day when your target will be most active or engaged.
Posting during these times can help boost your reach.
Post Multiple Times a Day
In terms of how often to post, you should be posting multiple times a day. This goes hand in hand with your schedule and having an active social media presence.
People want to be following users who are constantly pumping out content.
On Facebook, and Twitter if you use it, aim to post at least 1-2 times each day.
Pinterest is more of a numbers-heavy platform since it’s mostly liking and repinning content. Pin, repin, and like between 10-30 pins each day.
This is where your schedule will come in handy. You can create a plan to anticipate your posts and content.
Posting on Facebook multiple times a day and repinning content can be time-consuming. And, as an educator, your days are probably already stretched thin as it is.
Some days are more chaotic than others, so posting every day manually isn’t realistic for everyone.
Whenever you have 2 or 3 hours of free time, use your social media calendar and go ahead and schedule your posts for the following week or month.
Then, your content will be automatically posted so you never miss a post even on your busiest days.
Strike a Balance (Between Biz and Personal)
What should you be posting? The content you share should strike a balance between business and personal.
As a TpT seller, people want to know that you’re a real person, so mixing in personal posts are key to building your brand.
Vary the content you post. You should be posting your TpT resources, but you should also be posting personal content and sharing content that is helpful or interesting that is not yours.
This helps audiences begin to trust your brand.
Your content should be interesting and add value. Post classroom tips, share blog posts (either your own or someone else’s), stories from other teachers, or relatable memes on Facebook. Repin helpful hacks and other TpT sellers’ resources among your own.
The goal is to convert customers so you do need to push your resources. When you do post your own resources or products, don’t solely post your product cover photos. Post shots of your products in action or being used in your classroom. Give people a glimpse at what’s inside your resources.
By balancing your content, you can promote your Teachers Pay Teachers resources effectively without being pushy and over-promotional.
Learn more about the best posts for each platform in our TpT guide.
Hashtags and Keywords
When posting on Instagram and Pinterest, the importance of using appropriate hashtags and keywords cannot be understated.
This is how your target audience will find your content, so using keywords and hashtags strategically is important.
You’ll have trouble converting followers into paying customers if your content isn’t even showing to the right customer demographic, or if those who see your content don’t find it relevant.
Do some keyword research with KW Finder or another keyword tool, or think about what people would search for if they were trying to find your resource or content. Be really specific with your keywords and make sure they’re relevant to each individual pin.
Instagram lets you use up to 20 hashtags per post, so don’t be shy. Use up that space with targeted hashtags that will attract your target audience. Learn more about Instagram hashtags here.
On Pinterest, use keywords in your post title and the description. This will help your content show up where it matters.
It’s called social media for a reason. It isn’t enough just to post. You need to engage with your followers.
Follow other users. Comment on their posts. Try to find ways to make your content engaging.
When you’re posting a TpT resource, a great and easy way to do this is to offer a giveaway or promo.
Get tips from top TpT sellers on how to engage effectively with our TpT guide.
Encourage sharing and engagement in exchange for something small like a discount or prize.
Offer a chance to win a free download of one of your popular resources whenever someone shares your post and uses a particular hashtag.
Host a contest in which you invite teachers who follow you to share their funniest teacher moment. This is a fun way to drum up a conversation and participation on your social media pages.
Engagement is what brings people back to your page over and over again.
Use Paid Traffic
The idea of using social media to promote your TpT store is to convert followers into paying customers.
Super salesy social media can turn off lots of people because it just isn’t the right medium for that.
Whereas your social media pages should be balanced and not overly promotional, paid traffic ads is the perfect choice if you want to actually advertise your resources/store.
Paid traffic means you pay for a promoted advertisement. You can choose the audience you want to target it to in hopes that it will generate sales.
This isn’t strictly necessary, but if you’re looking to boost traffic it could be something beneficial to try. The experts we interviewed for our ultimate Teachers Pay Teachers guide mention that they’ve seen boosts from Pinterest in particular.
This is one of the main reasons you need a business account. Tracking your analytics from each platform will help you optimize your content for better results.
Your data will show you what content people respond best to, and which posts have the highest engagement and click through rates.
This can help you curate more effective posts in the future. It can also emphasize what isn’t working as well so you do more of the former and less of the latter.
Our TpT guide has tons of information on which platforms and types of posts drive the most traffic back to TpT. Get it here.
By integrating your social media with your Teachers Pay Teachers analytics, you’ll also be able to see if a particular platform is driving a lot of traffic back to your store.
Your data is your gold mine of information. It can give you invaluable insight that you can then turn around and use to encourage the results you want to see.
Social media can be an amazing resource for promoting your TpT store, building your brand, and growing engagement.
Hopefully now you have the groundwork to start using social media to drive traffic and generate sales.
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HFP University Series to kick off HFP Racing 2013 season. – We’re just a couple of months away from getting the 2013 season officially underway with HFP’s University Series which features events at Ashland University, Miami University and Ohio University. We get things at the Ashland University Triathlon on Saturday, April 13. The second annual Ashland University Triathlon will feature a 400 meter serpentine swim in the Ashland University Recreation Center pool, followed by an out and back 20k bike and finishing with a 5k run through the campus. All proceeds benefit student scholarship program for mission trips/religious life at AU. [GET REGISTERED]
Next up is the exciting Miami University Student Foundation Triathlon on Saturday, April 20. This annual triathlon tests contestants in three areas of physical skill: swimming, biking, and running. Join us on April 20, 2013 at 7:00am for our 8th annual Triathlon on the campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The race features a distance short enough for that early-season race. Take on the course alone or team up with friends as a 3-person team. A sprint triathlon is perfect for your first triathlon or just another notch on your fuel belt. All proceeds benefit student scholarships at Miami University. [GET REGISTERED]
The final event of the series is the O’Bleness Health System Race for a Reason on Saturday, April 27. The O’Bleness Health System is teaming up with the Ohio University Sports Administration Program and Athletes in Action to host the 2nd annual O’Bleness Health System Race For a Reason on April 27th. With the goal of raising $50,000 for charities and organizations and hosting over 800 participants, the O’Bleness Health System Race for a Reason is becoming the largest charity-based race event Athens has ever seen. [GET REGISTERED]
The O’Bleness Health System Race for a Reason offers four distinct events:
5K Run: A traditional 5K run that will start on the 50-yard line of Peden Stadium and finish at Tailgreat Park. [GET REGISTERED]
Mud Run: A non-traditional run, and the first in Athens, that starts on the 50-yard line of Peden Stadium and heads up to and through the Army ROTC Challenge course at the Ridges, through mud pits and obstacles, before heading down to a slip-n-slide finish line at Tailgreat Park. [GET REGISTERED]
Athletes in Action Triathlon & Duathlon: A short sprint format (500 meter Swim/5k run, 15 mile Bike, 5K Run) that begins at the Ohio University Aquatic Center, heading out of town on a challenging bike course before returning to campus to complete a 5K run and finish at Tailgreat Park. Participants can choose to race alone, or team up with friends, family, or co-workers and enter as a three-person relay. [GET REGISTERED]
Mud Man Triathlon: New for 2012! Participants who want to step up the challenge of the triathlon now have the option race the Mud Man Triathlon. This event features the normal swim and bike courses but finishes with a challenging 5k on the Mud Run course. Participants may sign up for this event by choosing this division when signing up for the triathlon event. [GET REGISTERED]
American Triple-T powered by Southern Ohio Medical Center has just a dozen spots left for this May 17-19 event. Nearly 500 participants from 40+ states are already registered for this 11th annual event and the 2013 field looks like one of the strongest in the history of the event. Don’t miss this opportunity to race in one of the most unique events in the sport of triathlon. 3-days, 4-triathlons, 140+ miles, 1-epic event. The American Triple-T in Ohio has an almost cult like following that continues to attract athletes from more than 40 states and 5 countries each year. Scheduled for the first weekend before Memorial Day each year the American Triple-T is played out in the majestic Shawnee State Park and Forest located in Portsmouth, Ohio, just 1.5 hours by car from the Columbus, Cincinnati and the Tri State areas. The Shawnee State Park and Forest is known for its spectacular beauty, peaceful bliss and a wide variety of challenging terrain as it is nestled in the southeast corner of Ohio. [GET REGISTERED]
At HFP Racing I’ve always chosen our sponsorship partners very carefully and when it comes to industry sponsors it is very important that the products are good and have passed the HFP Man test. I will never sign on an industry sponsor that is not a product or service that I would not use for my personal racing or training. Infinit Nutrition’s new Napalm energy gel is no different. Before its announcement, Michael Folan (the owner) reached out to me [READ MORE]
HFP’s FIT Family Series adds new kidz tri/du series along with events for the entire family. The FIT Family Series one of America’s longest running multisport series — the 22nd Annual FIT Family Series (formally known as the HFP Series). Throughout the summer, the FIT Family Series visits six beautiful venues. Each venue features a Kidz Triathlon & Duathlon on Saturday followed by a Women’s Only Triathlon, a mini, sprint & Olympic distance triathlon and duathlon on Sunday. So whether you’re racing for an overall title or giving multisport racing a try for the first time, the FIT Family Series is for YOU! It’s ALL ABOUT FUN! [GET REGISTERED]
Ohio Club Challenge — New for 2013!
The Ohio Club Challenge will award participation and performance* points for all participants representing an Ohio USA Triathlon club. Along with a yearly traveling Ohio Club Challenge Cup that will be presented to the overall club winner, the top three overall performing clubs will be awarded cash prizes of 1st — $500.00, 2nd — $400.00, & 3rd — $300.00 at the Portage Lakes Series Championship in Akron, Ohio. If your USA Triathlon club is NOT on the dropdown list during the registration process please contact email@example.com to get your club added to this list.
Go Fast Multisport SUPER RIDICULOUS EXTRAVAGANT ANNUAL SALE – Saturday, February 16 Noon to 8:00pm. If you have ANY plans on making a purchase of a bike or other big ticket multisport items (wetsuit, wheels, etc…) then you don’t want to miss this sale. You MUST be in person to get the deals.
Bikes as much as $800 off!!
$2000 for Zipp 808 FC demo wheels!
Wetsuits 30-40% off!
Apparel 20-50% off!
Everything will be on sale…EVERYTHING!
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Giant Eagle Multisport keeps growing and is now 10tv Commit to be Fit Multisport Festival powered by Giant Eagle. The Commit to be Fit Multisport Festival powered by Giant Eagle offers something for the entire family. The festival kicks off Saturday with the Giant Eagle Women’s Only Tri, followed by the new Giant Eagle Kids Splash & Dash. Sunday features the Giant Eagle Triathlon (and now a duathlon option) which offers participants a unique point-to-point Olympic and Sprint distance triathlon, starting from Alum Creek State Park and finishing in downtown Columbus, Ohio in the Arena District. While the triathletes are swimming, hundreds of runners and walkers will be taking on the Giant Eagle 5k/10k Run and the Giant Eagle 2k Fitness Walk in downtown Columbus. [GET REGISTERED]
Join HFP Racing on Wednesday, February 27 at the Endurance Sports Expo at The Athletic Club of Columbus. Join fellow sports enthusiasts in the areas of running, swimming, cycling and triathlons!
When: WEDNESDAY 2/27/13 @ 6:15 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: The Athletic Club of Columbus
The Athletic Club of Columbus: 136 E Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43215
Help for a fellow athlete is needed – HFP recently got a note on our Facebook page from one of customers that just lost everything in a fire and the only thing she wanted from HFP was a replacement t-shirt and medal from the 2011 Great Buckeye Challenge – her first triathlon. If you have either of those items and would not mind parting with them please send Jennifer Kurek an email to firstname.lastname@example.org. Thanks in advance.
Dan Wesley at Triformance is offering HFP Racing customers some great deals. Dan has developed some new programs that will directly benefit you. He has developed a “special” coach’s price to help make training more affordable for HFP Racing athletes.
- Retul Fit
Each bike fitting session is approximately 2-3 hours. All fittings are satisfaction guaranteed if follow up made within 30 days of original session.
Retail: $299 Your Athletes: $249
- Pedal Stroke Clinic
3D Pedal Stroke Analysis with RETUL and computrainer technology.
Retail: $199 Your Athletes: $169
Drive train check up: Retail: $69 Your Athletes: $55
Full Tune Up: Retail: $99 Your Athletes: $85
- Cycle Field Testing
1 test: Retail: $75 Your Athletes: $65
4 tests: Retail: $249 Your Athletes: $225
- Private Cycle Coach Package Includes:
-Cycle Field Test
-Pedal Stroke Clinic
-Communication between primary coach: Bio mechanics, muscle symmetry, field test results and zones, equipment improvement suggestions, flexibility/strength assessment.
-2 one hour private functional strength training sessions
-Post Cycle Field Test 6 weeks post first test
Retail: $469 Your Athletes: $385
- Wheel Rentals: Retail: $250 Your Athletes: $220
- Bike Purchases: Special Promotional sales and discounts throughout the year.
Brands include: GURU, Kestrel, Blue, Argon 18, and FUGI
- Work out Facility rental. Use of 10 bike trainers, TRX, BOSU, resistant bands and mats
Rate: $60/90 min.
- Group Demos and Clinic specifically for your athletes:
-New athletes Bike 101
* Minimum 8 athletes
*Class is FREE
- TRX/Functional Fitness Classes
-Group discounts available
*Classes will incorporate CORE and functional strength. The athletes will increase their fitness, strength and help build a solid foundation to help injury prevention.
- Training goods and Equipment– Special Promotional sales and discounts throughout the year
For example: Zipp wheels, aero helmets, nutritional goods, ect…
Please feel free to contact Dan with any questions: email@example.com or cell 614-332-4336. He looks forward to working with the HFP Racing athletes. | <urn:uuid:ace8577d-76f6-467d-98a2-19f2b00f52c6> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://hfpracingnews.com/2013/02/11/hfp-racing-february-news/ | 2022-10-04T00:22:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337446.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20221003231906-20221004021906-00221.warc.gz | en | 0.90875 | 2,392 |
AQ Grad Takes on Product Management for The North Face
In a dynamic, ever-changing job market, diversity of knowledge and experience are important factors when seeking out employment. After graduation, many students discover their liberal arts education empowers them to be successful in wide-ranging fields. At Aquinas College, student development is a key part of formation, creating effective leaders and inspiring minds to attempt new challenges. Take Laura Zimmerman, Aquinas alumna and product manager for women’s outdoor at The North Face headquarters.
A 2007 graduate of Aquinas College, with majors in English and art, Zimmerman hails from Grand Rapids. Following her graduation, Zimmerman moved to San Francisco, California, and began working retail for The North Face, a company producing outdoor gear, coats, equipment, and more. “I moved to San Francisco because I had a friend from AQ who had moved out for a job at GAP corporate,” Zimmerman said. “I had an interview with the GAP that fell through, and ended up working in The North Face retail store downtown.”
While working at the retail store, Zimmerman quickly made an impression on those around her. In three months’ time, she made connections with employees at The North Face corporate offices, and it was during this period she expressed an interest in the work done at headquarters. Soon, she was transitioning into other work for the company. “I started working in the color department as an assistant, basically entering in information, then I became a color analyst, which means I looked at all fabrics under two light sources to make sure the colors matched outside as well as indoors,” she said. “When a product coordinator position opened up, I applied - and from there I've moved up to product manager.”
What does a product manager do, exactly? “The season starts out by me preparing the briefs for our designers, which give them parameters to design within, for example price points, feature sets, competitor products to get inspiration from,” she said. “Then the designers design their jackets, and I review the designs with a large group to verify if it's commercially viable.” The work is time-consuming and challenging.
Zimmerman’s responsibilities don’t end there. “We go through several design reviews, until we can agree on a seasonal language,” she said. “From there we start to prototype the garments, getting actual samples in the fabric we are going to use. We create a workbook with all relevant information that we're responsible for getting accurate, and we have a large sales meeting where I present the products in a runway show in front of about 400 sales people.” In short, Zimmerman works on with potential products from what she described as “conception to completion.”
While Zimmerman’s life post-graduation has been a success, the outcome wasn’t nearly as obvious to her when she first began planning for the future. When asked if she had once seen herself doing this kind of work as a graduate, she admitted she hadn’t. “I didn't honestly imagine myself doing anything career-wise in school or when I graduated,” she said. “I really struggled with picking a major and trying to decide my life path. What I ended up doing to finish college and stay on track without getting discouraged was to take classes I really enjoyed, like English and art. I figured as long as I was doing something I was interested in, I would end up in the right place. I believe that really paid off for me.”
At Aquinas, Zimmerman built relationships. Of particular fondness to her are memories of studying abroad. “I knew I wanted to study abroad and hoped to make friends there,” she said. “I went to Ireland, and made some (hopefully) lifelong friends.” In her experiences, Zimmerman developed a passion for the Dominican charism of service. Since graduation, this passion has been maintained and her employer also appreciates its value. “Service, and giving back, is something that's important to me,” she said. “I've volunteered at local museums and parks. The North Face gives its employees three service days, in addition to their vacation; they also sponsor volunteer days to go help clean up a local community or park that I've participated in.”
As for unique challenges as a North Face employee, Zimmerman described learning to coordinate many responsibilities without getting too stressed or feeling overwhelmed. “My job is incredibly fun and interesting on a daily basis, but I'm responsible for a lot of moving parts of the process,” she said. “We are on a tight calendar of deadlines that we have to hit weekly or our product doesn't get into the stores on time. It takes a lot of trusting yourself to make the right choice, and have a team that is understanding when you do make mistakes, because everyone does.”
Having experienced success following graduation, Zimmerman hasn’t forgotten what it felt like to be an undergraduate student: taking classes, thinking about the future and wondering anxiously what it holds. She offered some advice for students on the cusp of graduating. “Don't stress about what you are going to do when you graduate, just get through school; you can always go back,” she said. “Take classes that you are passionate about, and do the best you can in them.” | <urn:uuid:edc94324-632a-4bb8-a917-6eae062c9547> | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | http://www.aquinas.edu/marketing/display.html?id=678 | 2014-03-12T07:54:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1394021512937/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305121152-00073-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981054 | 1,135 |
Spring 2006 Main series
Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 4:00pm
Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 7:00pm
Monday, May 22, 2006 at 7:00pm
Rated PG ·
Written and directed by Academy Award-winner Woody Allen (Annie Hall), Match Point represents a departure for the native New Yorker, the majority of whose films lovingly depict New York and—not always so lovingly—New Yorkers. Crossing the Atlantic for the first time in his film career, Allen set Match Point in London, where it was also filmed.
A one-time tennis pro, Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Titus) was used to falling just short in his life. But when he befriends Tom Hewett (Matthew Goode) and marries his sister, Chloe (Emily Mortimer, Dear Frankie), the doors are opened to the kind of money and success that Chris had once only dreamed of having. Chris should have settled for happiness, but he is torn by his attraction to Tom’s impossibly beautiful and alluring fiancée, Nola (Scarlett Johansson, Lost in Translation). The attraction turns to an obsession that forces Chris to make a critical choice. Now everything in his life hinges on whether or not Chris falls short again—and if his luck runs out.
Match Point is a drama about ambition and obsession, the seduction of wealth, and the often irreconcilable relationship between love and sexual passion. Perhaps most importantly, however, the story reveals the huge part luck plays in the events of our lives, refuting the comforting misconception that more of life is under our control than really is. | <urn:uuid:e14a594c-9fb9-4c42-a1fe-15c8dd3eb2e0> | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | http://fundyfilm.ca/films/main/match-point/ | 2019-09-16T20:19:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514572934.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20190916200355-20190916222355-00323.warc.gz | en | 0.963846 | 342 |
Servogear’s Ecoflow™ effect rudders are shaped like a vane, where each section follows the different angles of the water flow leaving the propeller, allowing minimum drag on the rudder.
The cross-sections of the rudder blade are designed as an aeroplane wing, giving lift in the water flow which helps to produce a forward thrust. The Ecoflow™ effect rudder / propeller cone arrangement is designed to gain some of the loss of rotation energy in the slip stream thereby increasing relative rotation efficiency.
Inclined water flow from the propeller generates a pressure and suction side on the rudder blade. Due to the seal between the rudder and the propeller cone, pressure balance will be forced to work in the opposite direction to the rotating water flow from the propeller, and therefore reduce the loss of rotational energy.
Servogear rudders are made of high tensile stainless steel castings to reduce the blade thickness to the minimum. Finally, Servogear’s effect rudders are designed with progressive strength, the same as the shaft brackets mentioned earlier.
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“These are crazy times” is quickly becoming the go-to cliche every where:). That’s definetely true for things in South Africa.
Because of higher Covid numbers here in South Africa, tighter restrictions have returned. The closing of churches and not being able to sell alcohol are really the only things that have changed. We’re glad about the alcohol but not so much about the churches.
As I write this letter, we are in the middle of our last full day of teen camp. Things have been slammed with us starting camps and with two groups from the US arriving to help. I slipped away so I could let you guys know what’s going on.
Even with the restrictions on religious gatherings, we decided to have both our junior and teen camps. Businesses are allowed to have 50 people indoors and 100 people outdoors. Our plan was to stay under the 50 number for campers, but we haven’t done a perfect job at that. These camps have been a blessing to our churches and we are thrilled to see many young people believe on Jesus.
Prayer Request and Praise
- Pray for all our churches here in South Africa. Churches aren’t allowed to meet until February 15th, at the earliest, because of Covid. We have been holding services at Camp Rhino for the churches that want to be involved. Soon some of the churches will start meeting even though there is a lockdown. It’s hard to find a good reason to stay closed with casinos, theatres, and malls still open.
- We had 22 saved during Junior Week at Camp Rhino to start off this year! 🙂
- Our smaller camp ideas didn’t exactly work out for Teen Week:) We ended up having 78 campers and hit 106 with staff and counselors. Too many wanted to come, and we couldn’t turn them away.
- Katie Dilfer, a single missionary to South Africa with BIMI, came for three weeks to help out with camps. Pray for her as she returns to the States next week to continue raising monthly support to come and work here full time.
- Pray for Noah & Tristan Wilkerson as they are here for a 2-month internship with the OG Training Center. If you are interested in helping with their expenses during their time here please let me know.
- We praise God for the offerings that came in the last 2 months. Those gifts enabled us to finish our boys’ dorms, install the electricity for our auditorium/activity center, and cover the cost of both teen and junior camps this year.
- Our next building projects for Camp Rhino will probably be our couples’ cabins and main lodge. We have really been amazed at how far we’ve come in such a short time with all your prayer and support. We can’t thank you enough. | <urn:uuid:09a715e8-b20f-445c-815e-b61d6ec07f0a> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | http://www.projectsouthafrica.com/coffey-family-january-2021/ | 2021-03-08T21:40:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178385529.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20210308205020-20210308235020-00013.warc.gz | en | 0.96853 | 601 |
DiamondsWe assist, educate and inform our customers on all levels of diamond purchases so that they may choose the perfect piece of diamond jewelry.
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Direct Jewelry Outlet brings FACTORY DISCOUNTS on fine Gold, Diamonds and Gems directly to the public. Located in the Gentry Center, 2658 Niles-Cortland Rd. SE at Route 46 and 422, the dynamic mother and daughter team of Lisa Valentini and Laura Blasko are becoming known for their unbelievably low prices, personalized service and unique and customized styles. | <urn:uuid:40e059bc-3222-48c8-9bba-f3ea07e4d1ed> | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | https://www.directjewelryniles.com/ | 2021-01-21T00:59:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703522150.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20210121004224-20210121034224-00343.warc.gz | en | 0.901326 | 213 |
Sweet ginger tisane
6 cups water
1/4 cup peeled and chopped fresh ginger
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup firmly packed fresh mint leaves
6 tablespoons dark honey
1 lemon, cut into 6 wedges
In a large saucepan over high heat, combine the water, ginger and lemon juice. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the mint, and let steep for 5 minutes.
Pass the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve, placed over a pitcher, pressing down lightly on the ginger and mint. Discard the mint and ginger.
Stir the honey into the tisane. Serve hot or iced, garnished with a lemon wedge.Nutritional Analysis (per serving) | <urn:uuid:fcc6108c-b5ec-4cff-a8cb-9576f9cff0cb> | CC-MAIN-2014-49 | http://healthletter.mayoclinic.com/recipe/recipe.cfm/i/300/t/Sweet%20ginger%20tisane/ | 2014-11-23T04:12:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-49/segments/1416400379083.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20141119123259-00097-ip-10-235-23-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.805357 | 168 |
New white paper focuses on managing allées
February 15, 2012
Historic New England's guidelines for managing allées (PDF) are newly available online. An allée is a path or driveway lined with trees or shrubs that create a formal design. Over time, the individual trees in an allée decline. As they are removed, it becomes challenging to preserve the overall intent and form of the allée. Historic New England has several allées at sites such as Barrett House and Cogswell's Grant, and our study of allée management has informed the new guidelines.
Visit the white paper section to learn more about tree care and other topics. We are constantly reviewing, refining, and updating our approach, both through preservation projects and documentation available online. Share your thoughts on allée management or any of our white papers in the comments section below. | <urn:uuid:f2e79af4-e14b-4d1f-b4e0-381578e42a50> | CC-MAIN-2015-22 | http://www.historicnewengland.org/about-us/whats-new/allee-management-white-paper-updated | 2015-05-24T17:10:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-22/segments/1432207928030.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20150521113208-00164-ip-10-180-206-219.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93451 | 177 |
Brand: Rube Goldberg
- Rube Goldberg is the world of hilarious inventions where you build a wacky chain reaction of contraptions to complete a challenge!
- This Rocket Challenge is an interactive STEM kit that challenges kids to apply their knowledge of science, technology, engineering and math as they explore how gravity and air pressure work.
- Collect and connect all the Rube Goldberg kits to form an even more inventive and hysterical chain reaction!
- Rube Goldberg The Rocket Challenge is made for kids aged 8+.
- Includes: 1 astronaut Rube with satellite, 1 Rocket, 1 Mars base, 2 flag, 2 long poles, 2 short poles, 2 satellite tracks, 1 space arm, 1 space arm bracket, 1 Earth base, 1 North Pole asteroid, 1 helping hand UFO, 1 moon, 1 moon ramp, 1 black hole (3 pieces) 1 launch pad, 2 balls, 1 instruction guide
Publisher: Spin Master
Release Date: 2017-01-01
Warranty: No Warranty
Details: Build your own rocket launching contraption with Rube Goldberg’s Rocket Challenge! This playset from Wonderology is inspired by the famous American cartoonist and inventor, best known for his hilarious and complex contraptions devised to perform simple tasks. The Rube Goldberg Rocket Challenge playset lets kids discover and learn about STEM-based principles of gravity and air pressure to launch the rocket! Build the contraption in just the right way, test it, and complete the challenge to trigger an amazing and hilarious chain reaction! For hilarious and inventive fun, bring home The Rocket Challenge. Collect and connect all of the Rube Goldberg playsets to create bigger, funnier, and more complex inventions!
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I was pleasantly surprised to find some time to craft this holiday season. I went from thinking I would barely have time to send cards, to spending a week straight crafting ornaments and gifts.
Here are 3 handmade gift ideas for this holiday season!
1. Get ready for holiday parties! Dress up a bottle of champagne or wine in holiday spirit by crocheting a santa hat and scarf.
2. Mini Christmas sweater ornaments.
3. Ice Skate Ornaments. These could also double as invites for an ice skating party!
For a friend’s birthday at work we did a bear theme for her desk decorations. I was in charge of making the beehives and bees. After two days of paper mache and a failed attempt, I realized it was much much much easier to use paper lanterns.
Supplies needed: Yellow or orange lanterns, light orange streamers, craft glue, yellow craft pom poms, black pipe cleaners, and small googly eyes.
Follow the ridges of the lantern to glue the streamers. I found it easier to cut the streamers into pieces beforehand.
To assemble the bees use the black pipe cleaner to create stripes, and glue on the googly eyes. I glued the bees to the streamers, and used pins to hold the bees while the glue dried.
And there you have it, a beary cool beehive!
And..the birthday is not complete without a giant bear.
- How I made Mr. Teddy Bear Cake (muchamunch.com)
Celebrate the luck o’ the Irish with these fun treats! Perfect for a celebration get together or to share some green love with friends and family.
Green everything! Candy and shamrock beads.
Green and cold coins.
Plastic glasses –> comes in handy for green drinks later 🙂
The finished glasses! Since making these the color green has really grown on me 🙂
Happy St. Patty’s Day!
One of my favorite things to do is make cards- whether it’s for holidays, birthdays, thank yous or just because. Over time my scrapbook supplies have taken over my craft room, but you can never have too much! Once I found coordinating stickers, the rest of the card was made from miscellaneous colorful paper scraps.
Martha Stewart Stickers.
Recollections Pearl Stickers
Small, medium & large circles. For the smaller circles I used a paper punch.
Double up the circles, then glue to the cardstock. Arrange all the circles on the card before adding the stickers.
Don’t forget about the inside of the card! Subtle color coordinating to brighten up the note 🙂
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Bead Head Beads Assortment
The hottest innovation in nymph fishing in years in the sizes and colors needed to create exciting new patterns and produce fish. Straight-through holes with a larger tapered countersunk hole for easy hook insertion. Highly machined. In silver, brass, copper, black. Assortment in black, brass, copper. Assortment sizes are 3/32"(2.4mm), 1/8"(3.25mm), 5/32"(3.8mm), 3/16"(4.7mm); assortment comes with 25 of each size. | <urn:uuid:ab4e9aef-aadf-4fd8-bcad-dbc5d523c8ad> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.murraysflyshop.com/products/brass-bead-assortment | 2020-09-27T04:34:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400250241.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20200927023329-20200927053329-00141.warc.gz | en | 0.898415 | 120 |
In a video released one day after his debate with Bill Nye, young earth creationist Ken Ham compared his opponent to Satan offering Eve the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge — bringing about the fall of man.
“Here is the difference,” Ham said. “We are saying that we start with the word of God who knows everything and has always been there, and so he gives us the key information we need to have the ability to build a correct world view, to approach the understanding of reality in the right way.”
“Whereas Bill Nye is saying, ‘No, it’s autonomous human reasoning, it’s autonomous man, there is no God. I’m the reasonable man, and so I’m going to come up with these explanations because I decide – you know, trust me, I’m the authority. You don’t trust God. God’s not the authority. I am. Man is the authority,’” he continued.
Ham then went on to suggest that Nye was operating like Satan did towards Eve in the biblical creation myth.
“Trust God, or you become like God,” Ham explained. “There has been a battle since Genesis 3 between God’s word and man’s word. It’s always been a battle over authority. Who is the authority? God or man?
Ham explained that Satan is using Nye – just as he did Eve – to turn man away from God and to trust in his own rationale to understand the world.
“And what is the method [Satan] used on Eve?” Ham asked, insinuating that Nye played the role of the tempter during the debate, offering the fruit of knowledge to people who subscribe to a young, 6,000 year-old earth.
“That was the battle that played out here on this stage.”
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"Every picture has its shadows, and it has some source of light." - Joni Mitchell
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Exploiting Tina Louise
I was looking at my Google referrals yesterday - it's amazing how many hits I get from searches for Tina Louise. All because of just one post! I think I'm going to mention Tina Louise every day, just to increase my blog traffic.
For some reason, when I woke up this morning, this jingle popped into my head. And now I can't stop singing it. Sometimes I'm scared of what lives in my brain. | <urn:uuid:68efd102-abcc-4304-89ae-992b62861e4f> | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2008/04/exploiting-tina-louise.html | 2023-01-29T08:46:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499710.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20230129080341-20230129110341-00450.warc.gz | en | 0.969265 | 122 |
An ultra light water-base hydrator provides instant refreshment and hydration to the skin. Ginseng, Ginkgo, Rosemary and Glycoproteins revitalizes while Aloe Vera, Chamomile and Lavender soothes the skin. Contains Vitamin A, C and E for free radical defense. Suitable for all skin types.
For all skin types, especially oily and acne-prone skin.
Vitamin A, C & E
Antioxidants that provide free radical defence.
Tones and rejuvenates.
Free radical scavenger; protects and brightens.
Aloe Vera Gel
Refreshing, soothing, natural water-binding agent, antioxidant properties.
Soothes and calms the skin.
Apply a thin layer on entire face immediately after cleansing. Use twice daily or as prescribed by your physician
Nourish & Hydrate
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Welcome to Week 2 of our Six Weeks of Self Love photo theme challenge.
“I am enough. I am full of sparkle and of compassion. I genuinely want to make the world a better place. I love hard. I practice kindness. I am not afraid of the truth. I am loyal, adventurous, supporting, and surprising. I am enough. I make mistakes, but I own them and I learn from them. And sometimes I make a lot of mistakes…but I am enough.” ~ Molly Mahar ⠀⠀ | <urn:uuid:f2e7b8c1-e9e2-423f-92bf-6ffb67c0fb9e> | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | https://dailylife1974.blog/2018/02/13/%F0%9F%92%84six-weeks-of-self-love-i-am-enough%F0%9F%92%84%E2%A0%80/ | 2019-03-20T19:09:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202450.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20190320190324-20190320212324-00087.warc.gz | en | 0.919794 | 113 |
| Expanding access to science and technology |
|Session 2b: The technological experience: information resources and networks|
ISDN is a fully digitized communication network that is expected gradually to take over the telephone network. ISDN was standardized in detail by the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT), and thus the world-wide connection of ISDN should be easy.
In Japan, ISDN was made available commercially by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) in 1988. Since then, ISDN has been growing and is now available almost all over the country. Multimedia computing is a popular topic among people involved with personal computers and workstations. Multimedia computers are believed to take full advantage of ISDN. In other words, ISDN will promote multimedia communication.
ISDN is based on synchronous transfer mode (STM) technology. To improve multimedia communication features, novel technology, called the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), is being developed in many countries. CCITT has been standardizing the broad-band ISDN (B-ISDN) on the basis of ATM. One of the most important parts of B-ISDN is the "fibre-to-the-home" (FTTH) concept.
In FITH, optical fibre cables are extended to customer premises; specifically, optical fibres will replace the metallic twisted pairs now being used for subscriber loops. B-ISDN is expected to push telecommunications strongly toward multimedia services, covering up to high-definition TV (HDTV).
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Queen Elizabeth and her heirs will meet Prince Harry on Monday to thrash out a plan for Harry and Meghan after the couple triggered a royal crisis by announcing they would be stepping back from their duties and spending more time in North America.
Prince Charles, heir to the British throne and Harry’s father, and Prince William, Harry’s elder brother, will attend the meeting at the queen’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk, eastern England.
Harry and Meghan’s shock announcement that they would step away from royal duties and spend part of their time in North America has tipped the Windsor family into crisis by exposing divisions among senior royals and triggering a discussion about just what it means to be a royal in the 21st Century.
The couple consulted neither the queen nor Charles on the announcement, made on Instagram and their own website, a step seen as impertinent and premature by a family which traces its roots back through a thousand years of European history.
Harry and Meghan said they wanted to carve out a progressive new role for themselves and work to become “financially independent.”
But it was unclear how the couple will become what royal biographers said was akin to being a “half royal” – and who will pay for their transatlantic lifestyles. Meghan has returned to Canada to be with their son Archie after the couple spent six weeks in the country in late 2019.
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I have sent numerous fibers to my local mill to be processed into rovings and felt. I rarely have anything done that hasnít been blended for any number of reasons. Angora with merino will make a yarn with a halo and luxurious softness without being so expensive that no one can afford it. Alpaca blended with Shetland is one of my top selling combinations because the two varieties have a very similar lock length and the wool adds loft to the alpaca. But how do you decide what fibers to put together, and what proportions work best? It is through trial and error for the most part, but to reduce the error side of the equation, it certainly helps to audition your blends.
Begin by washing any grease wool that you plan to include in the blend. You do not need to wash the entire fleece, just a few locks to give an accurate representation of the color and texture of the wool. Any raw mohair will also require a few pre-washed locks to determine the blend. Camelid fibers and angora do not have grease, so just be sure they are relatively clean before you begin.
The next step is to dye any of the fiber that you plan to dye for color blending. This is a whole different subject, but a word to the wise, double check any dyed fiber that you intend to send to the mill to be sure the dye is set properly. Nobody wants to be the one to hold up production at the fiber mill.
Start the audition by laying locks out with the fibers parallel. Weigh each fiber type and write the weight on an index card before adding it to the blend. The fibers can be blended by fluffing them open with your flick card or on a lap board and layering them together. Grasp the resulting bundle of fiber at both ends and tug it apart until you have about half in each hand. Lay the two halves back together and repeat the process until the blend is uniform.
Continue testing the blend by spinning it either with a wheel, spindle, or by simply twisting it between your fingers. Once it is spun into a single thickness, draw it off of the bobbin or spindle and allow it to double back upon itself. This will give you a good idea of what the finished yarn will look like. From there, if you are pleased with the results, you can tape your yarn sample to the index card and send it along with the fiber to the mill. If the blend is not what you hoped for, you are in luck! You can try again with a different proportion of fibers, or change fleeces without incurring a mill bill for something that is not quite what you hoped for. | <urn:uuid:3a9d8a73-2287-40da-b7e5-39f2457f3a37> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.bellaonline.com/ArticlesP/art28402.asp | 2017-01-19T17:54:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280723.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00130-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955932 | 551 |
Friday, November 13, 2009
ALERT! SELF-LOATHING BLACK CONSERVATIVES ON BECK!
Why oh why didn't they get in line like so many other Americans of African descent and vote for slavery over freedom? Must hate themselves. Or maybe....I dunno....they think for themselves and believe that people should be judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin, like that famous self-loathing black man, Martin Luther King said. Or is it that they don't want to be treated as slaves by the party that abandoned the KKK as their armed wing, in favor of playing the benevolent master, to keep them in their place? Don't they know that they are nothing but BLACK, as defined by the democratic party, with individual ideas and personality taking a back seat? You know, sorta like what the klan thinks?
Another Black Conservative went to check it. Conservative Black Woman participated.
These people are HEROES. The differences and the history are very, very different, but I have an inkling of what it takes to stand up to an enforced sub-culture that sees you as a traitor if you dare to question their sick, self-destructive ideology. Its not easy for me, being a guy/guy kinda guy. But its 100 times harder for them. But they don't give a damn and they stand up for the truth in the best tradition of this country.
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LinkedIn Corporation’s (NYSE/LNKD) stock price surged 11.7% in after hours trading on Thursday July 30th, before plunging 6.7%. Why? The company just released its earnings. (Source: LinkedIn, July 30, 2015.)
Both top and bottom line improved tremendously for the business social media giant. In the first quarter of fiscal 2015, revenue increased 35% year-over-year to $638 million. Adjusted net income grew a more impressive 55.3% to $73.0 million. This translated to adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.57, a significant improvement from the $0.38 in the previous year’s period.
Investors liked the earnings report at first. Immediately after the news release, shares of LinkedIn were trading 11.7% higher at $26.61 apiece. But the enthusiasm did not last long, LinkedIn’s stock price started to drop at around 5:00 p.m. E.T. In early trading on Friday, the company’s shares were trading 6.7% down at $227.15.
“Q1 was a solid quarter in which we made meaningful progress against our multi-year strategic roadmap,” said LinkedIn’s CEO Jeff Weiner. “During the quarter, we maintained steady growth in member engagement while achieving strong financial results.”
All three segments of LinkedIn’s revenue showed significant growth. Talent Solutions revenue, which made up 62% of the company’s total revenue in the reporting quarter, came in at $396 million—a 36% increase year-over-year. Revenue from Marketing Solutions products surged 38% to $119 million. Revenue from Premium Subscriptions products increased 28% to $122 million.
Region-wise, every territory showed strong growth. Net revenue in the U.S. increased 37% year-over-year, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) surged 33%, Asia-Pacific jumped up 40%, while the other Americas improved by 19%.
Note that most of the revenue was generated from field sales. In the reporting quarter, field sales accounted for 62% of total revenue, with online sales bringing in the remaining 38%.
For the second quarter of fiscal 2015, LinkedIn expects revenue to be between $670 and $675 million. Adjusted EPS for the quarter is expected to be around $0.28. For the entire fiscal year, revenue is projected to be approximately $2.90 billion, with adjusted earnings of $1.90 per share. | <urn:uuid:26251c67-be43-458b-9780-db4e652eedf7> | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | https://www.profitconfidential.com/stock/linkedin-stock-plunged-6-7-percent-today/ | 2018-02-18T22:07:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891812259.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20180218212626-20180218232626-00195.warc.gz | en | 0.959046 | 531 |
Sarah came out and stayed with us Monday while school was out for the holiday. I asked her what she knew about Martin Luther King. Her distant response made it sound like the poor guy has already been reduced to the corner of history where Abraham Lincoln and George Washington live. A hero, for sure, but a distant hero.
That’s such a sad waste of memories. We are at the time in history right now when the first-hand witnesses to the Civil Rights movement of the 60’s are aging. The grandparents and great grandparents who marched are the ones who can best tell the story. But the sixties happened fifty years ago. Today’s young parents did not witness the struggle. It will do Sarah no good to hear stories from them. They are too young.
It won’t do any good to hear stories from books, they are too dry. It will not do too much good to hear the stories from me. I’m too white.
We’re losing an opportunity. We have limited time for the civil rights veterans to visit elementary schools to tell their stories. And their first-hand stories are so important if we are to understand the full meaning of why we have this holiday.
When our girls were little we lived next to a black couple in a progressively integrating neighborhood. When Beaven tried to worry about this I pointed out our new neighbors were both better educated than us, with two or three graduate degrees between them, including Harvard Law. For a year or two, Carla Ranger and I were stay at home young mothers and found we had a lot in common. Emily was born about a month before her son Marc and we sometimes babysat for each other. We were getting close to being relaxed enough with each other to discuss race when they moved away for better jobs. We made jokes about her leaving the neighborhood instead of my family.
Carla told me of “sitting in” at a restaurant in the sixties. She and a young black man went with a white couple and sat down in a restaurant. That’s all they did. They sat down at a table. Their only crime was to try to buy a meal and eat it in the same room with whites. The owner came to their table and held a gun to Carla’s head and told them to leave his restaurant or he would shoot her.
This story happened. I know the person it happened to. And that’s the closest I ever got to the civil rights movement.
My only brush with the shifting of attitudes was when I was in high school. I went to a weekly Creative Writing class held at the downtown Dallas Public library. The woman who taught the class insisted that it be integrated even though the schools were still segregated at the time. So there were one or two kids in the class who were black. After class one evening I stood at the bus stop talking with Rodney Phillips, a black friend who was part of the class.
We talked while we waited for his bus to take him to “his” part of town and a totally different bus going in a totally different direction to take me to “my” part of town. A white man walked up to us and asked me if that boy was bothering me. I told him no. Years later now, I wish I had had the presence of mind to add that he was a friend. It was my only opportunity to help adjust the mind-set of the sixties and I blew it.
I never marched. I never sang “We Shall Overcome.” I was a witness but not a participant. I risked nothing. I do not get the t-shirt that others earned.
My grandchildren’s attitude toward race is so astonishingly different that I could say they don’t really have an attitude. They don’t have a viewpoint. They have been raised beside children of every race, including bi-racial friends. To them differences in race just don’t exist. I’m not even sure they grasp the concept of race. To them skin color has been relegated to mere identification markers on the level with hair color and height.
My grandmother kept a journal that dates back to the 40’s. It’s a running commentary of what she cooked, how much chicken cost, what the weather was like, what my grandfather planted and other miscellaneous details of their lives. Now, my grandmother was an extremely gracious and genteel woman. She would tell you in a heartbeat that she had never “painted”, which meant used makeup on her face. And that “spirits” had never touched her lips. Ladies did not do those things in her day. But this woman also sprinkled the N word throughout her journal in such a casual way that it’s clear she had no idea that it would be considered hard-core profanity to the little girls who would follow four generations later.
To Grandmother, the word was just a word, while skin color created an un-crossable barrier. To Sarah, skin color is just a color while a certain racial epithet her great-great- grandmother used now announces poor character. Why, you might just as well rouge your cheeks or swill moonshine.
I live within the hinge. Where one solid plank of an old reality meets a totally different plank of the new reality. I have seen both realities, and hold them together and apart at the same time.
In the meantime we still haven’t decided which food best celebrates MLK Day. Thanksgiving has turkey. Easter has ham. Independence Day has hot dogs.
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2017 Ad Updates! Snapchat, Instagram, And Facebook
Ah, digital ads. The landscape of digital marketing evolves faster than you can mutter “PPC!” under your breath.
Previous years brought rapid advancements to digital advertising with the shift towards native ads, more structured PPC efforts + spend, and advertisements integrated into our favourite social media platforms:
Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat.
More channels than ever possess unique advertising possibilities; it’s important to know the ins-and-outs of each platform to ensure your brand maximizes their digital footprint with each move on each channel; conveying the right messaging towards your customers; resulting in better conversions, brand engage
- 150 million people used Snapchat daily in 2016
- 41% of adults ages 18-34 use Snapchat daily
- $41 billion will be spent on advertising in 2017
- January 11th saw Facebook announce that brands will be able to advertise
withinthe Instagram Stories section. Some companies that are already taking advantage of this news include Nike, Airbnb, Capital One, Nike and many more.
- Instagram introduced its Stories feature in August 2016. After just two months, BuzzFeed News reported that Instagram Stories were experiencing 100 million daily active viewers — this represents
two thirdsof Snapchat’s total user base, period.
- Facebook is the behemoth when it comes to social media ad revenues, bringing in more than $7 billion last year — 80% of which came from mobile ads.
- Instagram, on the other hand, is doubling down on
ecommercewith the introduction of Shoppable Instagram, a feature that lets users buy products directly by clicking on a CTA in the app.
2017 is no exception to these rising trends! This year marks the beginning of unique updates to each social platform, opening up new possibilities for brand engagement and growth, including Snapchat’s deep-linking, Facebook Stories, mid-roll videos, and more.
Read onwards to get the jump on the ad updates planned for Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook in 2017!
Snapchat’s Ad Updates:Deep-Linking+Auto-Fill
To say the least, it’s been an interesting year for Snapchat–especially with Instagram’s recent Story feature introduced in August 2016 that has been dominating social.
In January, Snapchat tested two features within their Snap Ads to help advertisers meet their targets and engage with users: deep-linking and web auto-fill.
Deep-linking allows advertisers to take users out of the app and into others; it’s similar to what Instagram does with it’s “Swipe Up!” request on stories to migrate to another platform and similar to what Snapchat already does with it’s Uber integration. If users don’t have the app requested, they’re redirected to the requisite download page.
Auto-fill takes advantage of user-signup information; leveraging that info to auto-complete forms for other ads that pull info from Snapchat: names, phone numbers, addresses, etc., to increase the likelihood of users engaging with ads that have their info pre-populated.
As a side note, Snapchat is following in the footsteps of Facebook with these ad features, since Facebook has already achieved massive success with them.
What’s The Story On Facebook Stories?
With the huge success of Instagram stories in a few short months, it’s a no-brainer that Facebook–now the owner of Instagram–would try to replicate their success in the form of Facebook Stories.
In fact, Facebook began testing their own Beta version of the stories feature in Ireland soon after Instagram launched their version in August 2016.
With brands preparing to advertise within the 24-hour Instagram story on a cost-per-thousand impression model, Facebook is likely to implement a similar model once Facebook Stories are made accessible worldwide.
Again, Facebook’s ownership of Instagram begs a number of questions: Will the two be integrated? Will there be a one-button feature to share your story to both platforms? How will Facebook’s success with the story feature compare to Instagram’s?
Facebook Mid-Roll Videos
If you haven’t been convinced already, let us reiterate: video within content marketing is dominating. Hard. Video right now–and for the coming years–is like the version of Kobe where he scores 81 points.
The word-on-the-digital-street is that Facebook will introduce mid-roll video ads to compete with YouTube and maximize their video advertising revenue; the idea is that advertisers will have their ads appearing in the middle of content after users have engaged for a minimum of 20 seconds. There are a few requirements to be met for mid-roll ad implementation, though:
- Publisher’s video content needs to be 90 seconds in length minimum
- Video ads need to be 15 seconds in length
- No 30-second ads for mid-roll!
Some see it as a potential boon, while some see it as a shrewd move; publishers have 55% of sales–similar to the YouTube model–but some sources are concerned that mid-roll videos might be intrusive and reduce overall engagement.
In any case, time and data will tell how mid-roll ads perform.
Shop Till’ You Drop With Instagram
For advertisers, one of the biggest issues with Instagram was the initial difficulty the platform presented for users to engage in ecommerce efforts without multiple, cumbersome steps.
With their announcement of Shoppable Instagram, they’re taking the massive engagement rates they have among all platforms (58x more likely to engage with branded content on Instagram compared to Facebook and 120x more likely compared to Twitter) and marrying it with eCommerce.
Pair that with Instagram’s mobile-first approach, and you’re looking at a serious Kobe-scoring-81-points type of domination within the digital space for 2017.
Take for example Michael Kors first Instagram ad series, garnering them almost 40’000 new followers due to very specific targeting. With advertisers like Nike, Apple, and Adidas beginning to advertise in the story section, the future for Instagram’s ad updates looks bright.
What are your thoughts on 2017’s ad updates? Anything you’ve had your eye on as the next big ad update to make a wave in the digital pond? Let us know!
As we close the doors on 2017, we don't need to throw away the key entirely: here are the top digital insights we made last year you can use to succeed in the 2018 digital landscape – whatever your role or company might be. Editor's Note: Positivity reigns supreme,...
With a single day's worth of #ad posts on Instagram containing up to 50% fake engagements and over 97,065 of those comments being made by bot followers, it's safe to say that influencer fraud for sponsored posts are a real thing that heavily skews engagement...
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Discussion in 'New Talent & Track Reviews' started by kuthoerrr89, Apr 1, 2011.
Have a good weekend and enjoy!
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good artist name though, 'bekt lekker'.
Good stuff man
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Keep up the good work!
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Is It OK To Commemorate One Of Iraq's Bloodiest Battles In A Video Game?
A video game changed Peter Tamte's life. And forever altered his view of military service.
In the early 2000s the U.S. Marine Corps recruited the developer to help design video training programs. Tamte, who had never served, befriended a bunch of the grunts who were testing his product. Then came the second battle of Fallujah in Iraq, the heaviest urban fighting for U.S. troops since Vietnam.
"I got an email from a U.S. Marine who had just been medivaced out," Tamte says. "He started telling me all these stories from the battle that I had not heard. I was blown away by the things that he had said."
This was 2004, and the war in Iraq had transformed from "mission accomplished," to a quagmire with a daily death toll and no end date. Tamte had been watching it on the news, but, in talking to the convalescing Marine, he realized the story was much more complex.
"It was that conversation where he said, 'You know, Peter, our generation plays video games. We don't read books or even watch movies so much, we play video games.' And I was like, 'Yeah, I know.' And he said, 'Would you be interested in creating a video game to tell the stories of the battle for Fallujah?'"
Tamte said yes. Seventeen years later, he's still trying to keep that commitment.
He named the video game "Six Days in Fallujah," based on six battle scenarios the Marines told him about. In between play are documentary style interviews with Americans, but also Iraqis. While most of the civilians had left Fallujah by the time of the battle, there were still thousands stuck in the city. It's estimated that hundreds of them died in the U.S.-led assault.
Tamte says the Marines he interviewed had no illusions about what they did taking that city.
"One of the Marines articulated it," says Tamte, "He said, 'What happened to the people of Fallujah is tragic, is tragic. And it wasn't their fault. At the same time, not my fault either.'"
By 2009, one of the world's largest video game makers, Konami, had partnered with Tamte's company, and was poised to release the game. But the Iraq war was still raging, with around 140,000 U.S. troops occupying the country. Tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians had died. Fallujah was still a combat zone. A first-person shooter video game about Iraq stirred controversy, including from a group of Gold Star mothers.
"This war is going on. And it's not a game," says Keren Meredith, whose son Ken Ballard died in Iraq.
"Ken never got the chance to put another quarter in it and play another game." she says, "I just didn't think that it was right — the armchair warriors, the keyboard warriors who were so, you know, 'Let's play a game. Oops. I got killed. Okay. Let's start over.'"
After outraged Gold Star mothers went on cable news, the big corporate sponsor, Konami, dumped the game.
Peter Tamte says he'd been consumed by the project, and suddenly no one would touch it. He wasn't sure if it was because the Iraq war was unpopular, or that video games weren't considered a serious form of storytelling.
"Honestly, I was crushed," he says.
Tamte put all the interviews and footage filmed in Iraq on hard drives, and he left the video game businesses.
Since that time, several games have tried to take a meaningful look at war.
Destiny's Sword seems like another multiplayer shootout, but the game makes players go through a difficult healing process, including psychological wounds.
Another combat game, Spec Ops: The Line, puts players through a Heart of Darkness set in Dubai, where the cost of winning is moral transgression. Other "serious" video games have looked at issues from genocide to global warming to mental health.
The sheer popularity of video games has pushed the U.S. military to take them seriously. America's Army was designed by the Army in 2002 for recruitment, but also vetting of potential soldiers. Just last year, the Army stirred controversy with its live-streamed video gaming on Twitch, where it was accused of using misleading ads that linked to a recruiting site and trying to censor anti-war speech on the platform.
Then this year, Peter Tampte announced that he will be releasing "Six Days in Fallujah" after a decade-long hiatus.
"People had trusted me to tell their stories," Tamte says "and I kept getting encouragement from people off and on through those years."
Reaction to the announcement has been just as passionate as last time. Not only Gold Star parents, but critics of the Iraq war have condemned the game, and even called it Islamophobic.
"It's simply irredeemable," says Scott Simpson, with the group Muslim Advocates. "There is no way to release a game that glorifies the killing that happened."
"Is it enough to have an interview of a soldier beforehand justifying their actions? Simpson adds. "I don't think so."
Simpson says he thinks the game could even promote anti-Arab and anti-Muslim violence.
Peter Tamte says none of that is his intention, that he only wants to reach an audience that won't otherwise know anything about Fallujah.
"I worry that if media collectively or games specifically don't deal with the topic of the Iraq war, that millions of people will forget its cost," Tamte says. "War is a very abstract thing to most of us. And the longer we get distanced from it, the more we're likely to forget the sacrifice that comes with war, but that's a really important thing for a democracy to understand."
"Six Days in Fallujah" is scheduled for release by the end of this year.
Rough Translation's Home/Front is telling stories like this one across the civilian-military divide. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, including NPR One, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Spotify, and RSS.
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The Lasting Power of Attorney has arrived
PUBLISHED: 14:24 14 January 2010 | UPDATED: 14:54 20 February 2013
Victoria Wells from SA Law in St Albans looks at the legal ramifications as the Enduring Power of Attorney is replaced
WHEN the Mental Capacity Act 2005 finally came into full force on October 1, 2007, the Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA), so beloved of solicitors and clients alike, was replaced by the dreaded Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA).
Apart from the new name, what has actually changed? The short answer... rather a lot.
The MAIN differences are:
n An LPA must contain a certificate completed by an independent person (the Certificate Provider) to confirm that the Donor of the Power understands the purpose and scope of the LPA, and that no undue pressure or fraud is involved. There was no such safeguard for EPAs;
n An LPA can contain the names of anyone whom the Donor wants to be notified of an application to register the LPA. EPAs only require that specified relatives be notified, and if there are no such relatives, then no one need be told;
n The Attorney cannot act under an LPA unless it is registered at the Office of the Public Guardian;
n The Attorney under an LPA has a statutory duty to act in the Donor's best interests. Under an EPA, it was only a common law duty.
Perhaps the most important difference is you can make an LPA which enables your Attorneys to make decisions about your personal welfare, including where you live, your day-to-day care, giving or refusing consent to treatment, and the provision of care services.
The Attorney will only be able to make such decisions if the Donor loses the capacity to do this for themselves, and they can only make decisions regarding life sustaining treatment if the LPA expressly allows this.
The forms for LPAs are considerably longer than those for EPAs, 25 pages instead of four or five. There are more issues for the Donor to consider, and more choices to make. The Certificate Provider must discuss the contents with the Donor, and the Attorney must fully understand their duties. The document has to be completed and executed in a specified order. Needless to say, all of this will increase the cost of making an LPA, and there is then the fee of 150 for the registration of the LPA, without which it cannot be used.
However, there is no doubt that the LPA provides more protection from the dishonest Attorney, who may obtain the power by unscrupulous means, or who may use the power for their own benefit. The nature of the old EPAs made it easy for such people to control a vulnerable person's assets, and the improper making of gifts was, in particular, widespread.
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The folks at Lexham Press have kindly sent along a pre-release copy of Michael Heiser’s new book, Supernatural. Heiser holds a PhD in Hebrew Bible and Semitic Languages from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Supernatural is a follow-up to Heiser’s previous volume Unseen Realm (Lexham, 2015; see Supernatural, 9). Both continue following up on themes Heiser previously explored in his doctoral thesis on “The Divine Council in Late Canonical and Non-Canonical Second Temple Jewish Literature” (2004).
I’ve only just started reading around in the volumes. But, thus far, Heiser’s approach is palpably accessible, and he commendably stresses the importance of doing justice to the biblical text in a way that encourages readers to see and wrestle with what is on the pages in front of them.
I look forward to working through the volumes in more depth. Unseen Realm is already generally available. Supernatural officially releases on November 10, but it’s already available for (pre-)order.
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Rule 68 Interpretation – Thirty Second Rule (RMLL/Major Lacrosse Only)
Question: At what points of the game does the Thirty-Second Shot Clock run, in Major Lacrosse?
Answer: As soon as a team gains possession of the ball, the Thirty Second Shot Clock will run, in all player-strength situations. The Thirty Second Shot Clock will never be held when a team is short handed, as per ALA Regulation 15.19.2
ALA Regulation 15.19.2:
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Sanders is right: America would benefit hugely from modeling her economic and social policies after her Scandinavian sisters. But Sanders should be careful what he wishes for. When he asks for "trade policies that work for the working families of our nation and not just the CEOs of large, multi-national corporations," Social Democrats in Sweden would take this to mean trade liberalization—which would have the benefit of exposing monopolist fat cats to competition—not the protectionism that Sanders favors.In fact, when President Barack Obama visited Sweden in 2013, the three big Swedish trade unions sent him a letter requesting a meeting. Their agenda: a discussion of "how to promote free trade." The chairman of the largest Social Democratic trade union scolded the American president for his insufficient commitment to the free flow of goods.
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
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Posted by: nickie
What is new and fresh? - 03/17/04 01:08 PM
I think you might agree that there are a lot of games that have involved Egypt in their theme. What makes this game new and fresh, and different from the others? Thanks!
Posted by: gatorlaw
Re: What is new and fresh? - 03/18/04 10:45 AM
[quote]Specific game play and story features of TEP are fantastic worlds, the use of magic, inspired from real magic in Ancient Egypt (the player collects spells in a specific inventory and must use them to progress in the adventure), a dreamlike story in which the player travels from realistic places to fantastic worlds, thanks to dreams and trances created with perfumes and incantations | <urn:uuid:66069038-1172-4635-96a3-ca9695d810d0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.gameboomers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/printthread/Board/17/main/8960/type/thread.html | 2013-05-22T02:21:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701153213/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104553-00082-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961093 | 163 |
Boy did I miss a big fat plate of good ol’ fashioned food controversy when I was away. As mentioned previously, Australian chef David Thompson has opened a branch of his Thai restaurant nahm here in Bangkok. Not surprisingly, when one considers how dearly the Thais regard their cuisine, the opening has inspired a generous serving of heated discussion here in Bangkok. Some of this was spurred on by this piece in the New York Times. The article makes for entertaining reading (sample quote: “‘He is slapping the faces of Thai people!’ Mr. Suthon said in an interview.”), but is somewhat sensationalistic in tone and Thompson claims to have been quoted out of context. The controversy is also the topic of this BBC piece.
The local media also has its share of nahm/Thompson defenders and detractors. This rather clumsy restaurant review in The Nation seems to have been impressed with the restaurant, while this letter to the editor in the same paper is a dramatic and not entirely coherent damnation of nahm and its chef. The controversy has inspired a rather soul searching editorial in The Bangkok Post, “Which Way Thai Cuisine“, as well as editorials in the Thai-language media, including the influential paper Matichon. But perhaps the epitome of the media attention was this hilarious spoof in Not The Nation: “Army Overthrows David Thompson In Cuisine Coup” (you know you’re in the limelight when you’re being spoofed).
People have the right to voice their opinions about cuisine and authenticity. But I find it disappointing how rather quite racist and xenophobic some of the Thai reaction to nahm has been; how would the Thais react to vaguely racist French criticism of a Thai landing a high-level cheffing job at Pierre Gagnaire? When it comes down to it, it really depends on the food, and I thought the most resounding sound bite about all this came from a Thai friend, who unlike many of the people writing or talking about the restaurant, has actually eaten there: “All I know is that if Nahm was about a quarter the price it is I’d be a regular. Authentic or not.”
Am home in Oregon for a couple weeks. I’m particularly excited about this visit as my buddy Hock also happens to be in-state, doing a temporary cheffing stint in Portland, and via his numerous visits to Thailand, I’ve become good friends with Andy, chef/owner of Portland restaurants Pok Pok, Whiskey Soda Lounge and Ping.
One of my first meals in at home was at Podnah’s, a Texas-style barbecue joint in NE Portland where Hock was doing his stage:
I grew up in the US, but haven’t really been much of anywhere outside of the west coast, and my understanding of barbecue — like that of many Americans — began and ended at backyard-style grilled meats. Southern- and Texas-style barbecue is a different beast altogether, and involves smoking — not grilling — meats over a low temperature for several hours. It was this unique technique that Hock came to Oregon learn.
The kind folks at Podnah’s put together a something of a sampler platter spanning their best barbecue (pictured at the top of this post): pork ribs, pulled pork and beef brisket. Apparently the pork ribs are a highlight, but I preferred the slight fattiness of the beef brisket. The pulled pork, served on slices of white bread, was also very good, and like all the meats, had a flavour and texture more in common with smoked than grilled food. The meats were accompanied by some tasty in-house made sauces, ranging from a smokey/spicy chili-based sauce to a tart vinegar-based one that I really enjoyed.
I particularly enjoyed the sides, which included a crunchy potato salad, baked beans, excellent savoury cornbread and possibly my favourite dish of the meal, something called Frito chili pie:
a spicy, bean-free chili served over Fritos corn chips and topped with cheese and thin slices of onion.
It was all a bit meat overload for me, but I really enjoyed the meal, particularly the communal serving style, which I thought had much in common with Asian-style dining.
Podnah’s Pit Barbecue
1469 NE Prescott St, Portland, OR
Diners at Portland restaurant Ping can expect fresh chanterelles, picked from the damp forests of Zig Zig, Oregon by the man himself:
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Music City Center
This week Nashville opened its latest venue, a 2.1 million square foot convention center that spans six blocks downtown. I had the chance to visit the open house over the weekend and snap some photos. The trouble was the place was so huge, even at 24mm, I couldn’t fit everything in one frame. However, I did come out with a few nice shots.
Nashville has always been one of my favorite cities, and, as it’s this year’s New York Times “It City,” I may do some more shooting up there. Stay tuned:) | <urn:uuid:0fe2e8d4-b489-443b-aaab-c3d27cd2c3ac> | CC-MAIN-2015-48 | http://adamcstuart.com/2013/05/22/music-city-center-2/ | 2015-11-28T21:58:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-48/segments/1448398454160.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20151124205414-00069-ip-10-71-132-137.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974778 | 129 |
Yoko Whitening Spa Salt brighten the skin under the armpits and bikini area
Yoko Whitening Spa Salt origin from Thailand. This product helps to clean and brighten the skin under the armpits and bikini area, leaving the skin soft and smooth.
- Origin: Made in Thailand by Yoko Co., Ltd
- Packing: Net weight 220 grams / bag
- EXP: 02 years from the manufacture date.
- Note: Product color and packaging may vary slightly with each new arrival
How to use this Spa Salt
Use your hands to rub the product evenly on the dark skin, then rinse with clean water. Use only on darkened skin areas. Please do not use more than 2-3 times per week. The massage process also helps blood vessels circulate evenly and the dead skin layer is removed in the most effective way.
Other related information
- Storage in a cool and dry place, avoid direct sunlight.
- Shipping: Europe: 10-21 days
United States, Canada, America: 15-30 days
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Traders said they had not foreseen such an acute scarcity of onion, which happened mainly because of heavy rain. They said farmers were harvesting pre-mature onion to benefit from present high rates. Though onion prices are at their historic highs, it has barely helped many farmers recover past year's losses and get decent returns this year.
In October, 2.5 million quintal onions arrived in the markets, down from 5.1 million quintals last year.
The quantity of sugar produced per tonne of sugarcane, called sugar recovery, will decline substantially, according to millers.
The survey tried to answer three burning questions in front of the global sugar industry, which include the anticipated Indian sugar production during 2019/ 20, the anticipated exports from country and anticipated sugar production of Thailand.
However, mills in Uttar Pradesh, the top sugar-producing state, are not keen on converting old stocks to ethanol. In Maharashtra, they are undecided about the benefits of the scheme, even though the state’s sugar industry had pushed for permission to convert old sugar into ethanol.
Retail rates of best quality onion have been ruling above Rs 100/kg in most cities of south India and close to Rs 100/kg in north India.
The high temperatures and heat waves of the current year are expected to have a role in reducing the winter chill. "Normally, a year after the El Nino event becomes one of hotter temperatures. The hottest year of 2016 was preceded by one of the strongest El Nino events of 2015," said M Rajeevan.
The highest price of onion, normally fetched by only a few quintal onions, was Rs 82 per kg at Pimpalgaon Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC), India’s largest onion market. The lowest price of the day for good quality onion was Rs 45 per kg while it was Rs 22 per kg for inferior quality, rain damaged onion.
The study resulted in a measurement of the average atomic gas content of star-forming galaxies located 4 billion light years away, when the Universe was about two-thirds of its current age. Remarkably, the authors found that both the star-formation efficiency of galaxies in galaxies appear to have not changed significantly over the last 4 billion years.
"First batch of Emission inventory and Pollution monitoring courses has been completed successfully in 2018 and empowered 24 participants. The course result was 100% which not only reflect the quality of the participants but also their interest towards the training," said IITM. This year courses have been inaugurated on 15th Oct 2019.
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Sometimes when you are just trying to live normally, you’ll pass by or think about a certain place that makes you remember everything, everything that makes you want to stop living. And you try to convince yourself not to give up. Not again.
“There are some things that I’ll never understand. I’ll never understand the goosebumps I get when first stepping into hot water. I’ll never understand the dreams I have with strangers in them, people I’ve never met or seen. I’ll never understand how a person can keep going back to the ones who hurt them. But what I do understand is that once we do understand everything, the world loses its shine. Curiosity killed the cat, but the cat had nine lives.”—
Everyone has a certain part in their lives where they truly wish they could just freeze time. Whether it was three years ago, today, or still to come. Whether it was just a moment, a whole day, or a whole summer. Everyone has a time in their life when they wish everything would just stop. The world would stop turning and people would stop changing because to them, at that time, everything was perfect. | <urn:uuid:3c68515f-7025-4ae7-aa3e-32b65a0f5184> | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | http://emmalinekathryn.tumblr.com/archive/2012/3 | 2013-12-08T13:36:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163065790/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204131745-00062-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97831 | 250 |
Sunday, May 22, 2011
1st comp. tape released by Smurf Punk Tapes out of Belgium. This tape was compiled by Mokka, one of the core members of the Smurfpunx Collective. This tape was released in 1985 and includes diverse HC punk bands from Europe.
I also have the 2nd comp. tape on Smurf Punk Tapes which I need to rip in the near future. Read about a 3rd one called 'Thrashing With Your Parents' but have never seen or heard of this one before.
Bands included are: Maniacs (BRD), SOD (Sweden), Political Asylum (Scotland, UK), Aktive Notwehr (BRD), Enola Gay (Denmark), Savage Circle (Italy), Bedrövlerz (Sweden), Disgust (Netherlands), Post Mortem (UK), Man's Hate (UK) and Dirty Scums (Belgium).
I guess the title of the tape is a pisstake on all those shitty comp. albums released in the 80's with so-called romantic love songs.
24 Love Songs
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Reprobates were a short-lived HC band from Toronto, Canada. They recorded the excellent 'Stress' 7" for No Way Records in 2008 and then disappeared. They also delivered one song for the Stress Domain comp. 7" 'Sick Of Fun'.
Probably some members are doing other bands now but who can follow it all?
Here's the 2007 demo. 5 tracks of which 'Abandoned City' and 'Rat Maze' were re-recorded for the EP.
1. Abandoned City
3. Falling Apart
4. Self Destruct
5. Rat Maze
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Here's an obscure cult band, playing some grindcore/deathcore. They were from the French part of Belgium, actually from Charleroi, one of the most depressing towns in Belgium.
Sean of Damaging Noise posted this one as well a few days ago. Seems that this demo was planned to be released as a split LP with Agathocles but it never came out. Didn't know that.
The initials stand for Mutilations And Death. The band was managed by The Phantom, an older guy who came to some of the Smurfpunx gigs in Aalst in the late 80's. From what I know, he was an obsessed collector of all kinds of underground extreme music. Most notable about him was that he has one arm.
Sean didn't have a sleeve so this one is included as well in the file. Also the backside with the lyrics which are pretty silly. But you need to know that French-speaking people aren't well versed in English.
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Hailed Coffee is now open along a stretch of Gerrard with not a lot of other caffeine sources.
The airy, minimal cafe serves coffee derived from locally roasted high-grade beans, and infuses its drinks with an in-house specialty — the Hailed shot.
The cafe specializes in Arabic coffees and teas. Hail in Arabic is cardamom, and owner Salim Bamakkrama says it's added to the coffee tp create a unique smoothness and aroma.
"Cardamom is an essential ingredient in Arabic coffee, and it is this heavenly pairing that we are drawing on," he says. "In striving for an exciting fusion of cultures and ingredients, we infuse our drinks on request with our Hailed shot, a cardamom syrup prepared in house from fresh fine cardamom pods."
Along with the usual lineup of espresso drinks, Hailed Coffee has various Arabic and Turkish coffee and tea drinks, plus pastries and cheeses.
The cafe also carries a range of dates that pair with its drinks, each with a unique flavour and texture.
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Two People Run Over in Parking Lot After Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan Concert
Be careful in concert parking lots, people! On Thursday (Sept. 6), two concertgoers were run over by an SUV in the parking lot of the PNC Banks Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J. after taking in the Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan gig at the venue.
Police claimed that the parking lot was well illuminated and that two people who were laying down on the pavement were run over. The cops also said that alcohol was a factor in the incident, on the pedestrian's, as opposed to the driver's, part.
"Alcohol was definitely involved on the part of the pedestrians," said State Police spokesman Lt. Stephen Jones. He elected not to provide further or more specific details about the accident.
Four people were inside the SUV that ran over Jessica Hillman, 21. She suffered a broken pelvis, a broken leg and head trauma in the incident and had to be chartered to a local hospital via a MedEvac helicopter. Her condition is serious but stable. The other pedestrian, Charles Wright, 24, refused medical attention and suffered only minor injuries as a result.
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A typical day at our center!
Please note that this schedule is merely a guideline for what a typical day at our center would look like. Actual times and activities may often vary according to the childrens' needs and interests.
Our hours range from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Arrival + Free playtime
Morning circle time - Focused on Mandarin
Small group activities
Nap time story
Afternoon circle time - Focused on English
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The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North
English | 2016 | Thriller & Suspense | 1.3 MB
Listen. All the world forgets me. First my face, then my voice, then the consequences of my deeds. So listen. Remember me.
My name is Hope Arden, and you won’t know who I am. We’ve met before a thousand times. But I am the girl the world forgets. It started when I was sixteen years old. A slow declining, an isolation, one piece at a time.
A father forgetting to drive me to school. A mother setting the table for three, not four. A teacher who forgets to chase my missing homework. A friend who looks straight through me and sees a stranger.
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Coventry City failed to make the play-offs in League One this season and finished in 9th place with Wigan finishing top under new manager and former Newcastle center-back Gary Caldwell.
Burton Albion were second on 84 points, 3 points behind Wigan.
Coventry finished with 66 points and Adam Armstrong had an excellent season on loan with The Sky Blues scoring 19 goals and 5 assists in 39 games.
Adam Armstrong at Coventry last season
Adam also won a trio of awards at Coventry earlier this week bagging the Young Player of the Year, Top Goalscorer and the Goal of the Season awards.
The local lad was also named in the Team of the Season for League One last month – so Adam has had a very good loan spell and will be fighting for his place at Newcastle next season – whatever league we are in.
Adam was interviewed at the Coventry awards ceremony a couple of days ago and he was asked if he expected to do so well:
“Definitely not. I know I have got the talent to be the best I can be and to get 19 goals will hopefully push me on in my career.”
“I’d like to test myself at a higher level, coming to League One I didn’t know what to expect and I am delighted with how well it has gone and now I’m raring to go.”
“I’ll be back at Newcastle and see where that takes me.”
“The staff and manager have been brilliant. Tony Mowbray has been a major influence and helped me out a lot and I have nothing but high praise for him and his staff.”
“I’ll certainly be looking out for Coventry’s results in the future.”
“I have had some nice messages from Newcastle fans and the Coventry fans have been brilliant to me all season.”
“It’s an amazing feeling to be on the pitch and the fans singing your name, and the awards are a perfect way to end my season.”
“Going on loan I didn’t know what to expect so to get three awards has been massive for me, I’d like to thank everyone who stood by me.
“My family who came to every game, my girlfriend and her parents – they have all supported me really well.”
There’s a slim chance that Adam could go out on loan again next season, but we really expect the 19 year-old to be good enough to be fighting for his first team place at Newcastle next season.
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The UK’s low pay recovery
New TUC analysis shows that seventy-seven percent of net job creation since June 2010 has taken place in industries where the average wage is less than £7.95 an hour. Just over one in five net new employee jobs created since June 2010 have been in the highly paid computer programming, consultancy and related services industries, where the average hourly wage is £18.40. In the middle paid industries, which account for nearly three quarters of the UK workforce and where the average is between £7.95 and £17.40 per hour, there has been no net job creation since June 2010.
While there has been much recent discussion on the extent to which demand deficiencies in the labour market are leading to high under-employment and increasing rates of atypical and insecure work, there has been less focus on how jobs growth has varied across different industries. Our analysis focuses on these changes, and shows that the vast majority of jobs growth that we have seen has been in low-paid industries.
The shift towards a labour market which is characterised by increasing levels of low wage jobs is worrying, and risks damaging our economic prospects in the long run. While job creation may be better than unemployment this still leaves households struggling with little money to spend in order to aid the recovery.
The report also looks at change over the longer-term in industries we have defined as low paid, middle paid and high paid since 2005.
Employee jobs in low paid industries Dec 2005 – Dec 2012
Low-paid industries experienced the sharpest jobs decline during the recession. There was a reduction in the net number of low paid industry employee jobs particularly during December 2008 to March 2009; but there was then a jobs recovery with a real sharp increase in employee jobs towards the end of 2011 which has continued to beyond pre-recession levels.
Employee jobs in middle paid industries December 2005 – December 2012
The net number of jobs in middle paid industries fell dramatically from December 2008 to 2009, and has stagnated at around that level ever since. Jobs in middle paid industries have never recovered from the recession and a significant jobs gap of 599,000 remains.
Employee jobs in high paid industries December 2005 – December 2012
In contrast jobs in higher paid industries never really felt the impact of the recession. There was a very small fall in net numbers from December 2008 but employee jobs levels in higher pay industries then continued to grow to above pre- recession levels.
This suggests that a ‘hollowing out’ of the labour market may be happening. While it remains too early to determine the extent to which this shift represents a structural change, without strong economic growth it is likely to characterise our jobs market for at least several years to come.
The trends also demonstrate the importance of securing strong jobs growth in middle paid industries if household incomes are to see a significant rise over the medium term. While it is important that policy debate focuses on mechanisms which will increase rates of pay for workers across low and middle paid industries this analysis demonstrates why it is equally important to focus on measures which will seek to reduce the share of low paid jobs across the UK economy. In the current context it is also clear that tax credits and other benefits will need to continue to play an important role in boosting the household incomes of those who can only find work in low paid sectors. | <urn:uuid:b4f7d851-3aa7-400c-b0e5-b1333a45bb4a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2013/07/the-uks-low-pay-recovery/ | 2017-01-18T03:49:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00035-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975266 | 684 |
This blog is a fledgling blog. I’ve got big plans for it, because I am the kind of person who thinks big thoughts and thinks them best on paper (or screen). But I wanted to say thanks. I’ve barely promoted this blog, as I’m still shaking off some mental restrictions on my ability to say what is truly on my heart and mind. Despite this fact, my stats page shows me there are 700+ readers out there and a lot of you come back more than once. This is in addition to the many people who have contacted me directly with thanks, encouragement and more than the occasional “Wow! I’ve thought about that too. I just hadn’t told anyone.”
It means the world to me. Thank you.
Among the readers I’m privileged to become acquainted with, there are Christians (fundamentalist, progressive and evolving), there are agnostics, atheists, spiritualists, pagans, people described best as “curious.” There are those who have had positive and negative experiences with church, and those who have only ever maintained a curious distance. The idea that you would take pause to read this blog and send me your thoughts is something that both amazes me and buoys me.
I’ve also loved hearing about the common ground we share, whilst simultaneously feeling heavy-hearted for those who have been scared to speak up about what they believe lest they feel the wrath of both Christians and non-Christians alike. We all need to give ourselves permission to grow, change, reflect, and rethink. But I do understand what its like to fear what would happen if one were to put one’s hand up and say “Well actually, my perspective is slightly different.”
Heck. We live in the era of the internet. And we all know the danger of sharing your opinion here! But strangely, here on the internet, a lovely little community is developing. It warms my heart, but its the thank you messages that fuel me with purpose. I realise that its a lot to follow a writer who is yet to tell you much, if any, of their personal story. That will come in time. In the meantime, its a community developing around the idea of an examined faith, and to me that is such a wonderful thing.
Keep your comments coming – whether they are in personal messages or public comments. Heck, keep your questions coming!
Coming blog posts – scheduled but unfinished because they are *hard* topics to write on – shall feature subjects like “Was Jesus actually a progressive” and “whats the deal with ‘literal’ readings of the Bible” and “Is spiritual warfare actually a form of paganism.”
I have to say, some of these topics are confronting for me. But I’ve released myself from the luxury of looking away from things that are too hard. So here we go, people! Stick around!
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CHARLEROI – A Charleroi Area High School student is facing arrest over accusations he took a pipe bomb to the school campus last week.
The school district’s police chief said Tuesday he likely will file charges Monday against Ryan Pfrogner, 18, after investigators seized two small pipe bombs Tuesday from the teenager’s home at 136 River St. in Lower Speers.
“There were no threats made. We are confident he gave us everything,” said school district police Chief Michael Kresich. “We went through the entire house.”
He said the teenager was released into the custody of his parents after being questioned Tuesday at the high school.
Kresich said the Allegheny County Bomb Squad swept the high school Monday night and found nothing after police received an anonymous tip from a parent that a student had taken a pipe bomb to the building in Fallowfield Township.
Pfrogner’s name surfaced, and he confessed to making the bombs out of curiosity with PVC pipe, gunpowder and fuses, police said.
“He’s a very intelligent kid,” Kresich said.
Pfrogner told investigators that he brought a pipe bomb to school Friday by mistake and left it in his car.
Kresich said the teen was remorseful.
He faces adult felony charges, which possibly will be sent via summons, Kresich said.
The charges were expected to include bringing a weapon to school, reckless endangerment and causing or risking a catastrophe. Kresich said he needed to research the crimes code to determine what type of bomb-making charges should be filed in the case.
He said the bomb squad determined the devices seized from Pfrogner’s residence had the potential to cause a death and would have done considerable damage to his house had one of them exploded.
Washington County District Attorney Gene Vittone said Tuesday he had not been briefed on the case.
Charleroi Superintendent Brad Ferko said the district took immediate disciplinary action against the student, without revealing the nature of the punishment.
Ferko said there are a lot of false rumors circulating, including one that the student made the pipe bombs in chemistry class.
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The Gospel according to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle-Earth
Author : Wood, Ralph C.
This work examines biblical and Christian themes that are found in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Follow Ralph Wood as he takes us through the theological depths of Tolkien's literary
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We are running Jira on a box under VMware ESX 4.0 and performance is vaiable to say the least. The physical box has 12 Gig RAM and 4x Xeon 2.26 GHz CPUs. vCentre is telling us the CPUs are not maxed out at any time, RAM is fine too. When we issue a request to the host it sometimes maxes out all 4 vCPUs. Sometimes it's quick, sometimes very very slow. There doesn't seem to be a pattern. | <urn:uuid:5a7d22b1-4413-43d2-9959-a2388b4b1c7f> | CC-MAIN-2016-30 | http://serverfault.com/questions/147473/performance-problems-jira-running-on-ubuntu-over-vmware-esx-4-0-maxing-out-all | 2016-07-29T14:27:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257830091.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071030-00058-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935742 | 103 |
Hugh has an interesting platform for a theoretical election run. I agree with most of it and would vote for Hugh. Couple of notes though.
- replace “je me souviens” as a provincial motto. The motto couldn’t be further from my thoughts, who the heck cares and do you really think it changes anything to anything?? Interesting “urban legend” though about the meaning that’s passed along anglo side according to him. They also discuss it in the comments and I don’t think it’s “looking back” it’s “knowing where you’re from”. But again, who cares?
- official endorsement of net neutrality I’d stretch net neutrality to include more “unbridled” mobile access which I’ve mentioned here before. Would also be a good idea to have something regarding DRM, copyright, public domain, etc.
- education Agreed except for the trilingual thing though. How about more people actually bilingual on the west island and “en région” before thinking trilingual? There are a lot, should be more. I’d be 100% for more flexibility on learning a third language if you don’t need the second language classes. (But I think that’s already pretty open, I’m just still bitter about when I was in school but that’s a long time ago)
- Defense & Security First off, as Boris mentioned in the comments, since when does Québec have an army? :-p Second, no need for a stronger military, what does it help?? The only country to fight is the US and really, even with 100% of the budget on the military we’d still have to “go guerilla” to make a dent.
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The science of sausage-eating satisfaction
Plant-based sausages aren’t the wurst — but they could be better, say physicists from a research institute in Germany. Newly published research into the experience of eating different sorts of sausages has used physics to explain why meat-based sausages have that satisfying meat ‘crack’ and how vegan sausages may be able to adjust their ingredients to produce this experience too.
Scientists from Germany’s Max Planck institute for Polymer Research have conducted research on the topic, relying on tensile experiments, and rheology and tribology in molecular models to examine, test and compare the physical qualities of meat, vegan and vegetarian sausages.
While vegan sausages are often fairly good analogues for their meaty brethren in terms of appearance and taste — they can be fairly close to the real deal in these ways — they are unable to match meat sausages’ texture and distinct feeling of crispness.
The research postulates that this is due to the molecular qualities of the component ingredients, with the blend of animal muscles and fats creating a unique sensation for traditional sausages. The vegan sausages use various proteins and fats to act as a facsimile for those found in animal fibres but they act differently when cooked compared to animal products.
One of the study’s co-authors, Thomas A Vilgis, said that the reason why a vegan sausage has a different mouthfeel and eating experience is down to the molecular qualities of its ingredients.
“We are taking a closer look at the proteins as well as the sequence of amino acids, which we understand as a ‘code’ from which we can read certain properties to better understand the behaviour of the sausages in the mouth when they are consumed. Thus, fundamental differences in the molecular structure and mouthfeel become immediately apparent.”
The paper notes that various ingredients of vegan sausages should be substantially altered in order to create a more satisfying experience, such as using solid fats instead of liquid ones or using proteins that are more fibrous in nature than globular.
Further research into these characteristics may result in the development of vegan sausages that offer the same eating experience as meat ones.
“We’re working directly at the interface between basic science and technological application,” Vilgis said. “With these methods, it is possible to make predictions in how the physical properties of an alternative sausage can be improved — and make targeted developments.”
The study was published in the Physics of Fluids journal.
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