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NEW DELHI: 'LTE Innovation Summit 2016' an international conference cum exhibition concluded on a successful note at the Lalit hotel in Mumbai.
The summit was organized by Nexgen Conferences, one of India's leading conferences and and Engg. Airtel, Vikram Tiwathia, Dy. Director General, COAI, Radhey Shyam Sarda, Solutions Director - Wireless, Huawei, Anil Tandan, Chief Technology Officer, Idea Cellular,. Gulshan Khurana, Joint President and CTO, Reliance Comms., Aditya Chaudhuri, Sr. MD - Comms. and Telecom, Accenture, Ajit Garg, VP and Head of Network Operations, Telenor India, Siddhartha Roy, CEO, Hungama Mobile.
," said Chief Technology Officer, Idea Cellular, Anil Tandan. and Smart Consumers". This session was chaired by Udit Bajpayi, Regional CTO-North and Sr. Vice President, Reliance Jio.
Addressing the audience, Udit Bajpayi, Regional CTO-North and-'Monet. andK. | https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/time-to-boost-4g-network-across-country-idea-cellular-cto/51809831 | 2018-10-15T17:46:23 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [
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Model Roni Rose shot to internet stardom when she was caught making an obscene gesture to Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry. Last night she was caught staring at Kyrie Irving. She went on Instagram to explain her side of the story. We’re not buying it, she’s all about the winning side.-TO
Let just address this!! I went to 55 games this year 5 of them were away. I'm a die hard fan. So I'll be there next year sitting in the seats right In front of me. I did my part as a fan! I witnessed records break and enjoyed many wins, the most of any team this year actually. I don't regret a single moment!!! Go warriors!!!!! | https://terezowens.com/instagram-thot-caught-switching-sides/ | 2018-10-15T17:26:11 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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Description: Photo of a brass band that was based in Palestine in the mid 1880's. Left to right: - Dillar P.A. Kolstad Prof Armenda John Hunter Lee Wallace P. Burkett Ezell A.O. Lovely Michen Micheaux J.B. McKnight James Swinney - Olsen
Date: 1885~
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We're building a network of cycle routes across London, including Quietways and Mini-Hollands. New routes are created in line with TfL's Strategic Cycling Analysis.
We're working with London boroughs and managing authorities to put Cycle Superhighway routes in place across London.
We currently have eight Cycle Superhighway routes completed and we're creating more. | https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/cycling/cycle-superhighways | 2018-10-15T16:43:20 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
The digital stylus, reimagined. That’s what Scriba did, investing an impressive amount of research and design into building a stylus for creatives that’s not quite like anything else I’ve played with before. It’s definitely innovative, and there’s a lot to like. How does it work? Let me draw you a picture… or two… or three…
What is it?
It’s a Bluetooth-enabled stylus for your mobile devices that’s been features a unique ergonomic design, “squeeze motion” technology instead of buttons, and haptic (vibration) feedback.
Hardware specs
- Stylus weight: 16 grams
- 200 hours of rechargeable battery life
- Charges via micro-USB cable
- Dynamic “squeeze motion” technology for extended app interactions
- Haptic (vibration) app support for tactile feedback
What’s in the box?
- The Scriba stylus
- Micro-USB charging cable
- 3 additional replacement silicone tips
Design and features
About Scriba
I spent some time talking to David Craig, Scriba’s founder, to learn more about the origins of the product. Based in Dublin, Ireland, the Scriba team set out on a mission to rethink the concept of the digital stylus from the ground up. It’s an impressive story that involves rigorous usability testing, industrial design, and the development of 136 different prototypes (136!) that resulted in a product that has since received numerous prestigious design and innovation awards. Check out the full story on their web site, which details their long journey. It’s a good read.
Overview and Walkaround
The Scriba is is based an open-framed, ergonomic layout that’s designed around the shape and movement of your hand. The barrel of the stylus is straight and rests along your thumb line, while the body is contoured to create a natural grip point for your pointer finger. The primary contact points for your thumb and pointer finger are enhanced with a rubberized surface to improve control.
You won’t find any buttons on the Scriba. The body of the stylus is flexible, and responds to squeezing/pinching between your thumb and forefinger. This enables what Scriba refers to as “squeeze motion” pressure-responsive technology, which provides airbrush-like control of stroke widths in drawing/painting apps. The Scriba stylus also utilizes haptic feedback, which uses a vibration in the pen to confirm other squeeze-based actions or alerts in compatible apps.
To charge the Scriba, unscrew the cap on the base of the pen and plugging in the micro-USB cable. You won’t need to do that too often, though: the Scriba stylus can go for an outrageous 200 hours of continuous use between charges and 6 months of standby mode! Considering that the whole device barely tips the scales at a feather-like 16 grams, this is really impressive. The unit can be recharged in about two hours.
The Scriba utilizes standard silicone tips on the business end. The top is secured by a screw-on aluminum cap to keep it tightly in place, which is nice to keep the tip from popping off in the middle of a drawing session.
Apps and Compatibility
It’s important to note that the advanced features of the Scriba are dependent on using Scriba-enabled apps. A list of iOS-compatible creative and productivity apps are listed on their web site (Android and Surface compatibility are in development). Scriba is continuing to partner with app developers to expand their compatibility, so it’s worth watching their site for updates if you’re looking for specific app pairings.
Scriba also produces their own apps that fully leverage the features of the stylus including a paint program, photo app, and slide presentation tool. I’ll touch on these in the performance review below.
Performance
My weapon of choice for drawing is the Apple Pencil, which I consider the gold standard for creative pursuits. It sets a really high bar for control, intuitive use, and natural feel. After a month with the Scriba, I’m impressed with what it has to offer. There’s a lot to like about the Scriba’s innovative design, and a ton of potential in the future.
From an ergonomics perspective, the form factor of the Scriba is marvelous. It sits naturally in your hand, requiring less pressure than typical-pen style designs to maintain constant control while writing or drawing. It also feels great when engaged in free-flowing hand/wrist movements you’ll use for drawing or painting. It’s so light that you are barely conscious of the weight of the device. And boy, is it comfortable… I was really surprised at how comfortable it is for extended drawing sessions.
I took the Scriba for a spin in my favorite drawing package (Procreate), to see how it would work. While pressure sensitive control is not available at this time, the control and precision for general work (sketching, inking, and linear airbrush effects) is excellent. The silicone tips provide the same challenges as other similar styli with respect to ultra-fine detail, but the fine point helps to overcome this issue. Here’s a sample piece I did that I was very happy with:
Taking the Scriba to work with Brushes4Scriba, Scriba’s paint program, shows the potential of the squeeze motion technology. If you’ve ever worked with an airbrush, this will be a natural fit for you. Here’s a sample shot of me playing with stroke weights in the Brushes4Scriba app:
You can set limits on the minimum/maximum brush widths variations and levels of transparency to create variations in stroke types for graphic-style illustration, like so:
You also have a variety of patterns to choose from that you can apply to brush strokes to give texture to your work:
I’m still getting used to the airbrush-style controls… here’s one I did after a bit more practice:
The squeeze motion technology, coupled with the haptic feedback, enable additional extensibility depending on the app you are using. All Scriba-enabled apps pair with the device by squeezing the stylus. Then you can use a “hard squeeze” to enable toggling between functions, moving between slides in a presentation, or as a remote to snap pictures (when using Scriba’s custom apps). Haptic feedback compliments the functions by delivering a vibration when these functions are used.
I also tested the Scriba in ZoomNotes to get a feel for how it works for general writing. Handwriting note apps are very dependent on software, of course, but I found the Scriba to be very comfortable and more than capable of performing general writing functions comfortable and effectively.
Here’s where we get to the greatest area of potential improvement for the Scriba stylus: app compatibility. You can use the Scriba like you would any silicone-tipped stylus in most drawing/writing programs and get all the benefits of the ergonomic form factor. The bluetooth-enabled squeeze-motion technology and haptic feedback, however, are only available in a limited set of apps at this time. I like where Scriba is going with their own apps, especially the Brushes4Scriba app, but they could use some refinement and are not available outside of the iOS yet. In speaking with David, this is the next hurdle for the Scriba team. I’m really looking forward to seeing where they go as their own apps evolve and we get more compatibility in the future. In the meanwhile, you’ll want to check the compatibility against any tools you intend to use.
If there is one other area that I would nitpick, it’s in the silicone tip. Silicone tips can sometimes get a bit dodgy when playing with ultra-fine details, like dotting your “I’s” in a note taking app. I’m also spoiled by my Apple Pencil, however. Compared to other styli I have used that are on the market, however, it’s got great detail control.
And that battery life? 200 hours of continuous use? I haven’t charged it since I got it. Amazing.
What I like
- Wonderful, natural ergonomics.
- Excellent control for free-flowing wrist/hand movements.
- Absurdly light and comfortable for all-day use.
- 200 hour battery life.
- High potential in the squeeze motion technology for airbrush-style painting.
What needs to be improved
- Mainstream app compatibility is limited but in development.
- No support for Android or Surface devices (yet).
- Native Scriba apps could use some refinement.
- Silicone-style tip does have some issues with fine detail (typical for this type of stylus).
Final thoughts
I really like the Scriba Stylus. For creatives and digital note takers, there’s a lot to like in the ergonomics, control, and comfort that this design brings. Battery life is off the charts. There’s also a ton of potential in the squeeze motion technology, especially for those who are familiar with airbrush-style tools. I’m looking forward to seeing where Scriba goes as they evolve their own toolset and extend compatibility with other platforms beyond the iOS and other drawing, painting, and writing apps. It’s going to be fun!
Price: 65 Euros (About $80 US), with 8 Euros for shipping to the US ($90 US in total)
Where to buy: Scriba and WIP Labs
Source: The sample of this product was provided by Scriba.
7 thoughts on “Scriba Stylus review”
Nice work! Nice stylus.
Thanks!
Oh the pain… the typos…
Uh-oh. What did I miss? I’ll have to proofread it again…
1st one…
It’s a Bluetooth-enabled stylus for your mobile devices that’s ***been features a unique***
2nd one…
The Scriba ***is is*** based an open-framed, ergonomic
3rd one…
To charge the Scriba, unscrew the cap on the base of the pen and ***plugging*** in the micro-USB cable.
Look great but hopefully there is Android support soon. 🙂
How is this holding up? I’ve been very happy with the Android/Samsung S-Pen, I saw that my favorite app (ArtFlow) now supports this. But $90 is a bit pricey for a “test”, so see if I like it. | https://the-gadgeteer.com/2018/03/02/scriba-stylus-review/ | 2018-10-15T17:33:16 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [
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While Gerald Ratner can always be presented to disprove the theory there is no such thing as bad publicity, the words of Oscar Wilde appeared apt when Blackburn Rovers were accused of a brand marketing faux pas on the unveiling of its new strip.
If the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about, Rovers’ 2014-15 kit launch certainly had tongues wagging, twitterers tweeting and Facebookers liking – even if dislike may have been the motivation behind much of the social sharing.
Enlisting “superfan” Alan “Birdy” Birkbeck, well-known among Rovers supporters, the club devised a social media inspired theme called #birdysdate to mark the kit launch. We join Birdy preparing for his date to the unmistakable tones of Barry White’s I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby.
To cut a one minute 45 second story short, Birdy’s unexpected date turns out to be at Rovers’ club shop where he changes into the new shirt before addressing the camera in what to the untrained ear sounds like Blackburn brusque insisting “You know you want it”.
No sooner had the video been uploaded to YouTube than it was removed, an act the club insist was stage-managed from the outset. Damage done or mission accomplished? Either way, the vultures had started to circle.
After a terrible few years in which the team was relegated from the Premier League, a succession of dubious if not disastrous managers were appointed, and the erratic behaviour of their new owners – Indian poultry tycoons the Venky family – have turned them into a laughing stock, Rovers fans have learned to develop thick skins of late.
The circus that has enveloped the club has made it an easy target. And it was in this context that #birdysdate was seemingly received by the wider general audience who weren’t in on the joke.
Nonetheless, it caused a stir.
Blackburn-born fashion guru Wayne Hemingway demanded the club put the video back on YouTube, describing it as “comic gold” and “marketing genius”.
Not everybody agreed, however.
The Mail ran a comment piece asking “Is this the strangest kit launch of all time?” The Independent had a more scathing take on the “bizarre” video while the Mirror went a step further enquiring whether the “cringeworthy” campaign was the “worst of all time”. Even the likes of the Belfast Telegraph – “strangely funny” – joined in. The opportunity to attract hits with a trending story not typically on its patch was too good to ignore.
And that brings us back to the crux of the matter.
As sharp intakes of breath were taken by those aghast at Blackburn’s “amateurish” and “embarrassing” attempt to drive publicity, online traffic was careering out of control.
Birdy’s acting debut may not have been everybody’s cup of tea, but then it wasn’t supposed to be.
After attracting a staggering 250,000 views in just 24 hours – videos on Blackburn’s YouTube channel rarely get more than 5,000 views, most are in the hundreds – the club stuck to what it says was always its plan to remove the video, happy that the viral views had vindicated its maverick approach.
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Whatever your thoughts on the campaign, #birdysdate gatecrashed a £750m party that saw adidas and Manchester United tie the knot in what otherwise would have been the only UK kit deal to make national headlines last week.
That in itself is a victory for the Championship club who haven’t rubbed shoulders regularly with esteemed company such as United for two seasons and counting.
Meanwhile, Rovers’ Lancashire rivals Wigan and Burnley’s kit launches went largely unnoticed outside of the parochial press serving each town.
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As Myers alludes, those in the know got it while others missed the point.
Indeed, the club’s announcement that it had recorded its best first day new kit sales for six years would no doubt nullify much of the criticism. It was mission accomplished, regardless of any damage done.
As for Birdy, a follow-up on the club’s website shows the smiling 65-year-old with his arm around his real-life date – his wife Annette.
“Football comes first for both of us, so I wasn’t worried about this ‘new woman’ in his life!” she said. “It’s all just a bit of fun.”
As Blackburn and Birdy have found out, a bit of fun can be serious business. | https://theconversation.com/blackburn-rovers-kit-launch-ruffles-feathers-as-birdysdate-goes-viral-29607 | 2018-10-15T17:19:06 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
So . . . this is interesting.
After the last chapter, which took approximately 30 years to talk about and required backup to be airlifted in via flying owls, Green decided to make the rest of his chapters . . . short. Also really boring.
Huh.
So I’ve read several chapters ahead, and am kinda struggling to figure out how I’ll turn each into a reasonably-long post. There’s just not that much there there.
I mean . . . what am I supposed to do with this?
Why is that its own chapter? Did you have a quota to fill or something, Green? The one before it is a page and like 2 lines; what reason could you possibly have not to combine those?
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England Acts as Salmon Disappear from Rivers
UK -, reported the Telegraph earlier today.
According to the news organisation, the UK Government are so worried about the problem they are currently funding a study using the same technology that was used to study life on Mars and dinosaur remains to look at how climate change is affecting the fish.. | https://thefishsite.com/articles/england-acts-as-salmon-disappear-from-rivers | 2018-10-15T18:21:21 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Indian Fish Festival Inaugurated at Hyderabad
INDIA - Agriculture and Food Minister Shri Sharad Pawar reiterated the Governments high focus on the fisheries sector and said that the Government was exploring all possibilities for integrated development of this sector.
According to a governmental press release, the Minister was speaking after inaugurating the Indian Fish Festival (INFISH), 2009 at Hyderabad. INFISH has been organized jointly by the National Fisheries Development Board and Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Dr. Y. S. Rajashekara Reddy, Union Minster of State for Agriculture & Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Professor K.V. Thomas, and Andhra Minister for Animal Husbandry Dairying & Fisheries Shri Parthasarathi also addressed the gathering.
Shri Pawar informed that such exhibitions would be organized in different places in the country every year so as to reach out to large sections of stakeholders. The Minister also laid the foundation stone of the new NFDB office complex at Hyderabad.
Informing that fisheries sector was being targeted as an important area for national development, Shri Pawar said: ‘With a view to focus exclusively on production, processing and marketing of fish and fishery products and position a national level coordinating body between state governments and various research institutions, we have established the National Fisheries Development Board at Hyderabad as an autonomous body under our Ministry. The annual growth rate of over 4per cent while focusing Minster, Shri Pawar said: ‘Indper cent of the global population to sustain, with only 2.3per cent of land, but about 4.2per cent of water. Providing nutritious food and gainful employment are the foremost challenges in the country today. With increasing pressure on land for various human activities, water resources in different forms are an option and opportunity for enhancing food production through fisheries. | https://thefishsite.com/articles/indian-fish-festival-inaugurated-at-hyderabad | 2018-10-15T18:22:10 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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Question of the WeekWould you go to watch Grimsby in the Checkatrade at Wembley?
Town Draw Shrews in Cup
By: Rob Sedgwick
Date: 09/11/2015
GRIMSBY have drawn Shrewsbury at home in the FA Cup Second Round, giving Paul Hurst a chance to pit his team against Football League opposition. Shrewsbury are currently in the bottom half of League One, but the Town boss has masterminded wins over Port Vale, Scunthorpe and Northampton in the past.
The two clubs met regularly when Grimsby were last in League Two and the Mariners generally came on top at Blundell Park. The match will take place on Saturday, 5 December, 3pm KO. The winner will enter the draw for Round 3 when the big teams come into the FA Cup.
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Designer Jon Ziegler, wearing his signature Mad Hatter hat, showcases his favorite Gecko Ball costume: the 2015 outfit he wore for Gecko Gras. He drew his costume inspiration from Lestat, a character in “Interview with a Vampire” by Anne Rice. The requisite gecko symbol is located on both the white-feathered hat and parasol. Want to know which ball costume won him the first-place custom award he’s holding? Visit the Gulfport Historical Museum’s free Behind the Seams exhibit to find out.
Ziegler’s body unfurls like the sail on a tall ship as the sound of his delight breezes throughout the room touching eardrums at every compass point.
Then he smiles broadly with twinkling eyes. His exuberance coaxes couture to life.
“Beware!” is the one word he uses to describe the costume exhibit Behind the Seams that runs through June 4 at the Gulfport Historical Museum.
Ziegler’s costumes and those made by others since 2009 are showcased in photos or in textile form on mannequins and hangars.
“It’s always fun once you have the annual theme to try to integrate the gecko into the costume,” he said.
Themes have been included since 2010 and include Gecko Night Fever, Gecko Gras and Roaring Geckos.
For the Lizard of Oz year, he knew that Dorothy, lion, scarecrow and tin man costumes were going to be popular choices, so he opted to create a Winkie Guard outfit for himself and a hip-hop version of the cyclone for his ball partner.
For some years, he’s included the symbol of the ball on a vest, while for others the gecko can be found on sleeves, a spear, a hat or parasol.
In 2013, the annual Gecko festivities began to include a queen – either a woman or man – who is willing to be Gulfport’s ambassador for the year, said Ziegler.
“Jon has a creative mind that we all love,” said Brian Liggins, the 2017 and reining Gecko queen. “I marvel at his talents. He’s over-the-top fabulous. He’s a fantastic part of the community.”
Museum admission is free and the retrospective of costumes can be experienced on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. More information can be found on the Gulfport Historical Society’s Facebook page or their website: gulfporthistoricalsociety.org.
Due to space limitations, Behind the Seams is “primarily featuring Jon’s costumes and the five Gecko queens,” said Karean Dorn, events chairperson and museum board member. “Everybody’s costumes are awesome but Jon’s are just exquisite.”
How did he learn his craft?
“It’s almost like an inherited gene,” he said. “My grandmother taught me sewing and I also had home economics classes in middle school. My grandfather was a tailor and then he became a dry cleaner. In the shop, my grandmother did all of the alterations.”
Before moving to Gulfport, in his home state of Illinois, Ziegler was the costumer for both community and high school theater productions, especially musicals.
“The last show I did was ‘Hello, Dolly!’ with 50 cast members and six costume changes each,” he said laughing. “Crazy!”
When he gets an idea or inspiration for costumes to either customize purchased components or make them from scratch, he said, “Some of the construction is not the greatest but so long as it gets the look, hey, it’s fine!”
For instance, his Mad Hatter outfit is his favorite. He bought the pants and cut them off to make them too short.
“Men’s pants are tough to make,” he said.
He also bought the shirt and the hat.
Then he made the vest, jacket and bow tie. Take a look on the inside of the jacket and you’ll see lining that showcases spools of thread.
“There’s nothing wrong with purchasing things so long as it gets the full effect,” he said. “It can also save money.”
He’s also learned not to use heavy fabrics because of Florida’s heat and humidity.
His favorite textile is not a Gecko Ball costume. It is a quilt his grandfather made out of men’s suit fabrics. “It’s a little moth eaten, but I do have it,” he said.
The 2018 ball theme is Gecko Con. For details, visit facebook.com/Geckofest.
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London-based Voyage Youth has won a free fundraising project on The Good Exchange platform, following a prize draw at the NCVO Annual Conference in April 2018.
The organisation’s core mission is to reduce the inequalities and disparities faced by young Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) people in employment, education and community settings.
Voyage is using the fundraising project to raise £47,700 for its flagship Young Leaders for Safer Cities (YLFSC) BTEC accredited course in leadership. The course was created to help young BME people fulfil their potential; it has a preventative focus, encouraging youngsters to stay in mainstream education, and dissuading them from participating in risky behaviours and activities that could be detrimental to their future.
Donate to or Fundraise for the Voyage Youth project here: | https://thegoodexchange.com/resources/press-release-voyage-youth-leadership-btec/ | 2018-10-15T18:04:52 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
For this How To Wear It Wednesday, I got a little fem(feminine) and frugal for you’ll. I embraced dress season, because it is summer, after all, caught the floral wave, and wrapped it all up in a flattering head to toe ensemble.
This season, I’ve been challenging myself to add more color and a variety of dresses to my wardrobe. I’ve always been partial to skirts, skorts, pants than anything. Maybe because I absolutely love to show off my legs. I found this lovely floral print wrap Bobeau dress at Nordstrom Rack. This dress was a steal and came in at just under $20 bucks when I purchased it. I paired the dress with white platform heels by Calvin Klein( which are mad comfortable), and a circular cross-body by Marc Jacobs to create some bright contrast as well.
As I mentioned in a previous post, with style, especially when its personal its all about what is flattering to you as an individual. Knowing what works for one’s body type is a major key. The wrap dress is a top 10 essential piece for every woman to have in her closet. It’s incredibly iconic thanks to Diane Von Furstenberg, and for a good reason. The wrap dress creates a dynamic waist without the use of a belt. For a woman who is a little curvier, the dress defines the waist, for a woman with no curves, it creates more emphasis on the hips, as well as chest because of the lower neckline.
Overall this look was inexpensively flawless. My favorite parts about this dress are not only the fit and how well it flatters my physique but the length. I have moments of conservatism, so I often find myself drawn towards midi and maxi length pieces. This dress gives me the ideal length for my height, while also allowing me some room to be a little flirty, with just a peek of the leg, and maybe some thigh depending on how the wind blows.
Wear this dress to an upcoming summer wedding with some great heels or wedges. The dress is pretty eye-catching on its own so no need to go over the top with too many accessories. Even though the material is very light, the dress can be worn in the early parts of fall as well. Treat it almost like a tunic by pairing it with ripped denim jeans or dark khakis, and ankle length boots. No matter how you wear it, keep it simple in this all purpose dress. It really does speak for itself.
Well, that about wraps it up. Share your thoughts about this look and how you would wear this lovely floral wrap dress in the comment box below!
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Learn All About Amazon Animals with a Hands-on Rain Forest Lesson!
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Elementary Election Unit 2016
The election is quickly approaching and the oldest has shown some interest. While we chat about politics at the dinner table he asks, "What's a debate?" and the next morning says, "So who is the new president?" I can't fail him on this one. This is important stuff.
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. As I have mentioned elsewhere, the U.S. has a long history of its government shafting loyal allies who are without political/military clout. Apache Scouts thrown into prison in 1886 with the same warriors that they helped capture (without even being discharged...) Karens and Kachins in Burma who aided the OSS... the Montagyards in S.E. Asia... the Vietnamese who worked for us that we promised to get out and did not... interpreters in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Kurds would be wise not to trust any promises made by the U.S. government. Our soldiers honest with them... but politicos... not so much. Israel learned long ago not to trust American politicos. At the end of the 1956 war, the U.S. promised Israel that if they pulled out of the Sinai and away from the Canal, that they could use the Suez Canal, and use Eilat on the Red Sea... this latter guaranteed. Canal never flew. Eilat was fine until 1967... Egypt blockaded. LBJ refused to send one destroyer (Egyptians would have backed down) and told Israel to be "patient" while they were forced to be at full mobilization to survive an attack... but going bankrupt in the process... They decided not to conveniently lie down and die and launched preemptive strike. But the Kurds lack the military clout to save themselves if and when the U.S. tosses them to the wolves. The U.S. will likely choose Tehran...uh, er, Baghdad... over the Kurds and will likely choose Turkey over the Kurds. . . -YP-
Great comment - I think what you said is the most important concern. Without our help and support, what else could the Kurds do but turn to Russia or China? That would be an unfortunate turn of events, and I hope we don't allow that to transpire. Thanks, Erebus
It would be a terrible shame if we left them hanging high and dry when the ISIS crisis is over.
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An end-of-year musical treasure I discovered this past weekend is Beware of Young Girls: Kate Dimbleby Sings the Dory Previn Story, now playing at 59E59 Theaters. Created and performed by Kate Dimbleby, written with Amy Rosenthal, and directed by Cal McCrystal, this fascinating musical journey is the story of the woman who has been called, “Queen of the 1970’s confessional songwriters.” While Dory was less well known than her prolific composer husband, Andre Previn, if hers was a contemporary story of our own day, it would undoubtedly be splashed across the tabloids and featured on Entertainment Tonight with all the lurid details of Andre leaving her for the much younger, Mia Farrow. Perhaps that betrayal was an important source for what would become Dory Previn’s own impressive songbook full of heartbreak and longing in tunes that would be picked up by such stars as Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney and Tony Bennett.
Slim and sleek in elegantly sequined dark slacks, matching jacket and soft white blouse, Miss Dimbleby brought warmth and mystery to the unusual opening number, “Mythical Kings and Iguanas,” the title tune from Dory Previn’s most successful album.
With sparkling eyes and a confident air, she was at once a gently compelling storyteller. As she narrates the tale of Miss Previn, her crisp and clear enunciation was reminiscent of Julie Andrews. We learn of Dory’s sometimes-distant father in the song, “My Daddy Says I Ain’t His Child”, but he later encouraged his child star’s efforts in dance and song. We see ambition take hold with the song, “You’re Gonna Hear From Me.” Soon young Dory’s knack for song writing lands her in Hollywood. There’s an early look at her dark side in the black comedy of the song, “Mary C. Brown and the Hollywood Sign.” It was based on the true story of a troubled girl who committed suicide by jumping to her death from the famous landmark. Reflecting on the sign with disillusionment, the song spoofs that Hollywood welcome with a parody of Emma Lazarus’ words on the Statue of Liberty using lyrics like, “ Give me your poor and maladjusted…your black-listed…” etc.
At that point Dory’s husband-to-be, composer Andre Previn, enters her life as we hear the song of her enchantment, “Perfect Man.” But the tune ends, as does the marriage, with Dory’s discovery that he has “…feet of clay.” Those feet soon wander to the arms of actress, Mia Farrow, leaving the schizophrenic Dory with more reasons to be troubled in the title tune, “Beware of Young Girls.” Dory collaborates with her husband on the score for the film, Valley of the Dolls, but her jealousy and resentment of Mia are clear as she thinks to herself, “…she would never have to raise her tone to get what she wanted.” Finally Dory says “yes” to divorce, but “no” to further collaboration with Andre. Her subsequently schizophrenic episodes, like being removed from a commercial airliner, are neatly summarized in the screaming frenzy of the, “Twenty Mile Zone.”
As Act II opens, the star is provocatively gowned in lush emerald green chiffon. We begin to learn of Dory’s childhood mistreatment in school by nuns who forced her to abandon her natural left-handedness. Clearly, that is perceived to be an important source of Dory’s identity confusion. Unsympathetic Catholic priests cause her to leave the faith, and perhaps inspired Dory’s daring song, “Did Jesus Have a Baby Sister?”
Dory later connects with a young producer named Nick, but even he has a tendency to wander toward Hollywood blondes as we learn in the haunting song, “Lemon Haired Ladies.” It must be mentioned that an ever-present highlight of the production is the elegantly delicate, but never intrusive piano accompaniment of Naadia Sheriff. Miss Sheriff also enhances various numbers with gentle vocal support, as when she duets superbly during Dory’s ironic ruminations about men in the tune, “Angels and Devils.”
Throughout the performance, related slide projections appear high on the back wall, and before the show ends there are more songs and biographical details for those lucky enough to attend remaining performances. Dory settles in the Hudson Valley with final husband, artist Joby Baker. But the frantic pace of her life has one last hurrah as the audience finds itself joining the hand-clapping reprise of, “Twenty Mile Zone.” Speed your way to the theater for this fascinating gem.
BEWARE OF YOUNG GIRLS: KATE DIMBLEBY SINGS THE DORY PREVIN STORY continues this limited engagement through January 4, 2015 at the 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Madison and Park Avenues).. Tickets are $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to.
Sounds like a really good show and you must have worked really hard to get it done by midnight!
Great read! I’m so interested in the behind the scenes tales of big names. Wish I could catch this show. Kelli
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Kanye West tweets about 13th Amendment
October 2, 2018
On Sunday, Sept. 30, rapper Kanye West posted a series of tweets commenting on a controversial topic of which many think he has little to no prior knowledge about: the 13th Amendment of the Constitution.
The now deleted tweet said “[T]his represents good and America becoming whole again. We will no longer outsource to other countries. We build factories here in America and create jobs. We will provide jobs for all who are free from prisons as we abolish the 13th Amendment. Message sent with love[.]” Accompanying the tweet, West included a photo of himself wearing a “Make America Great Again” baseball cap. The statement follows West’s appearance on Saturday Night Live’s Season 44 premiere, where he delivered an unaired speech about President Donald Trump.
The 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865 near the end of the Civil War, abolished slavery in the United States. Its original language is as follows: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
In response to West, actor Chris Evans tweeted, “There’s nothing more maddening than debating someone who doesn’t know history, doesn’t read books, and frames their myopia as virtue.”
Singer Lana Del Rey addressed both West’s words and his open support of Trump in an Instagram comment: “Trump becoming our president was a loss for the country but your support of him is a loss for the culture. I can only assume you relate to his personality on some level. Delusions of Grandeur, extreme issues of narcissism – none of which would be a talking point if we weren’t speaking about the man leading our country.”
Trump, on the other hand, praised West’s recent behavior in a tweet, though he has not directly addressed the 13th Amendment ‘no’),
As usual with his ambiguous tweets, West leaves an audience scratching their heads and unsure if he should be taken seriously. Some think these statements are for publicity purposes.
“Kanye West is an internet troll; he understands how to get attention and uses it to advertise himself, even if it means portraying himself in a negative manner,” senior Nathan Huang said.
“Maybe he just tweeted it because he’s Kanye and he thinks he can do whatever he wants and he wants to encourage debate or he wants to incite outrage,” junior Ayesha Khawaja said.
After West’s initial tweet sparked outrage, he later clarified his claim: “the 13th Amendment is slavery in disguise[,] meaning it never ended We are the solution that heals” He then added, “[N]ot abolish but let’s amend the 13th amendment”
However, as pointed out by Meagan Flynn of The Washington Post, the 13th Amendment included an exception clause, allowing for a “convenient sleight of hand” that has resulted in “prison slavery,” where prisoners are “forced to work for meager wages in contemptible conditions.” Amending the 13th Amendment could be the first step in solving this issue.
Following up on Oct. 1, West tweeted “Thank you Washington [P]ost[,]” linking Flynn’s article. Nevertheless, the original intent of West’s tweet is still open to interpretation. A few days later, the tweet was deleted.
“[The Washington Post article] only speculates a clarification of his word,” senior Emmanuel Corporal said. “If he meant trying to change that one flawed clause, he might have well used that terminology instead of saying [to abolish] the 13th Amendment altogether.”
Because of the lack of clarity in his initial tweets, many continue to contemplate West’s motives and thoughts behind the tweets.
UPDATE: This article was updated on October 8, 2018 to include information that Kanye West deleted his tweets.
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We are thrilled to announce our upcoming shows! This is our maiden voyage after many years with other musical projects and boy oh boy are we excited or what!? Feel free to reach out before you come out to confirm time and other specifics!
UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
DALEKO Theater Run Feb 9 MN
FARM School House Concert Feb 11 IA
Iowa City/Muscatine Public Schools Feb 12-13 IA
Wildwood BBQ Valentine’s Day Show Feb 14 IA
Folk Alliance International Feb 15-18 KC, MO
Louis Jay Meyer Camp (part of FAI) Feb 17-18 KC, MO
MidWinter Bluegrass Festival Feb 15-18 CO
Laurel Jubilee Feb 23 TN
Leadership Bluegrass Ed Panel Mar 5-7 TN
Big Grove Brewery Mar 16 IA
SPT Theater Run Mar 30-31 IA
Mountain Fever Bluegrass Camp April 11-15 BC
Colorado Springs Public Schools April 20 CO
Durango Meltdown April 20-22 CO
Host of the SUPER JAM at Durango April 21 CO
Albuquerque Folk Festival June 2 NM
Picking in the Peaks Jam Camp June 4-7 CO
Behind the Barn June 7 TN
Kaufman Kamp (faculty and performer) June 8-23 TN
Virginia Old Time Music Showcase June 24 VA
Red, White and Bluegrass July 3 IA
Iowa City Friday Night Concert Series July 6 IA
The Wildwood Saloon July 7 IA
Vancouver Island Folk Festival July 13-15 CA
Canadian Summer Tour July 15-18 CA
Kalona Bluegrass Festival July 20-22 IA
Iowa City Public Schools String Camp July 22-27 IA
Backbone Bluegrass Festival July 27-29 IA
Boulder County Art Night Out Aug 10 CO
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Throughout the offseason, we’ll be counting down the Top 50 players in the NBA from 50 to 1. Who will just miss the cut? Which names do you expect to see? Regardless, you’ll be able to find them all right here.
Why He’s Great: That’s kind of a trick question. There is no specific skill in which Gordon Hayward is great. He was not one of the NBA’s 25 leading scorers per game. He’s not even a 37 percent three-point shooter. Hell, he’s never made an All-Defensive team. Most point forward types average more than 8.9 combined assists and rebounds per game.
But let’s turn that around. Hayward was the NBA’s 26th leading scorer. He made almost 40 percent of his three-pointers last season. He might have been the best defensive player in the NBA not to get any votes for All Defense. Most regular forwards don’t average 8.9 combined assists and rebounds.
In that sense, nothing by itself makes Hayward great. But he’s very good at nearly everything an NBA player is asked to do. That combined makes him great. He can be whatever his team asks him to be. Few players have the capacity to lead a team in scoring one night, assists the next and rebounds the game after. Fewer can defend an opponent’s best perimeter player in the process. Being really good at a lot of things can make you great.
Why He’s Below No. 19 (Klay Thompson): But it can’t make you greater than someone who’s great at a few things. Thompson is a better shooter and overall scorer than Hayward. And, he’s a better defender as well. Those extra skills Hayward brings to the table matter, but context makes Thompson the better player.
Hayward is not LeBron James. He does everything well, but not to an elite level. He is not someone who can be the best player on a championship team. The totality of his skills does not add up to the sheer greatness of Thompson’s few high-end talents. You can go on the free agent market and find a forward to do a bit of passing here, a bit of defending there and ultimately feel like you’ve got yourself a pretty good role player.
But you can’t just pick Klay Thompsons off of the market because they don’t really exist. Sure, three-and-D is a common archetype of wings right now. But Thompson is the league’s second best player in the a�?three” portion and somewhere in the top 15-20 for the a�?D” segment. The only player better at those two skills combined is Kawhi Leonard.
Put Klay Thompson with the right point guard, or even a nice passing point forward, and you’ll get more out of his skills than you ever would with Hayward. | https://thesportspost.com/nba-top-50-gordon-hayward-20/ | 2018-10-15T17:31:03 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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We haven’t blogged in awhile. Mainly because we parked the boat in St.Augustine a few weeks ago and listed it so we can move to Haiti soon for Part 2 of the Year of Adventure. We are having fun, but life doesn’t seem as exciting on a boat when you are parked instead of sailing. Plus we are in a weird limbo and feel a little bummed. Selling Willy is a bit sad and we really want it done so that we can move on and get pumped for Haiti! Soon….I promise….you’ll get a post filled with pictures and stories of St.Augustusine. Mainly stories about crazy people (Florida is teeming with them) and pictures of historical crap.
But right now, it is 1 a.m. Josh fell asleep hours ago and I am just not tired. Plus, my side of the bed is wet because we left a window open while we went on a dinghy adventure in the rain.
So that leaves me doing a new kind of post. I think I will call these
posts “Late Nights With Allison”. You’re about to get a bullet point list of my late night thoughts. Prepare yourselves….
-One of my greatest regrets on life is that I was never that kid on Reading Rainbow talking about their favorite book. I would have sold Roxaboxen or Teddy’s Cousin Has Come To Visit or Stellaluna like it was my job. I get sad thinking about that. Which leads me to my next thought.
-There should be a tv show for all the grown ups who missed this opportunity. Basically bring Reading Rainbow back but don’t let children do that part anymore…only adults. Children get plenty of attention nowadays. Kids get their pictures made in specially carved out pumpkins goodness sake. Kids today are too pampered….let them find another dream. Reading Rainbow is all mine.
-Speaking of kids being put into pumpkins…when did children’s photos get so out of control? Probably the same time gender reveal parties became a thing. Our fanciest childhood photos consisted of coordinating clothing which was a huge deal because we are not wearing any clothing in at least 80% of all the other pictures. For example…
And a normal picture where none of us are wearing clothing and my grandfather is totally being safe....
No offense if you are partying while revealing genders (that doesn’t sound sketchy) and sticking your baby in a pumpkin. I am amazed you have time, really! I don’t have kids and I barely get showered everyday. My mom was practically super mom and she didn’t bother making us wear clothes most of the time. So, my hat’s off to you.
– I have more thoughts about kids and my super mother. We are about to be in charge of educating four of them (kids not super mothers). Josh and I were having a conversation about important lessons our homeschooling mothers taught us because I want to keep those in mind while I am shaping the young minds of the Salvant kids. I said that learning you can do anything was important, but Josh brought up a good point. Our mothers didn’t get carried away with it. It never came across as, “You can do anything because the world revolves around you.” It was more like, “Dont be an idiot…you can do it.” For instance, Josh and I never really doubted we could finish our basement out ourselves, restore a sailboat, sail for a summer, or move to another country. However, neither of us assumed we could buy brand new cars, rack up credit card bills, and still get to do the things we wanted to do in life. Catch my drift? Now how do you constantly tell a kid they can do anything but keep them grounded? That’s the key to raising a confident kid who isn’t a selfish narcissist. I think. That and not being a selfish narcissist yourself.
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Progressives tend to place a lot of political faith in science. The results of the scientific method tells us that climate change is real, that austerity hurts the poor without boosting economic growth, and that so-called “fetal pain” anti-abortion bills are grounded in nonsense. That scientific research has important political implications is an essential part of the progressive worldview.
But it’d be a grave mistake to assume that because science is politically useful, it can tell us everything we need to know about political life. Can research tell us whether it’s right to tax the rich to feed the poor? What experiment could prove that LGBT Americans deserve equal rights to civil marriage?
Delineating the sorts of questions science can and can’t answer, then, is important to understanding what we do and don’t know about political life. My basic view is that science can powerfully inform and shape, but not resolve, the sorts of moral questions upon which political life crucially depends — a point which the remainder of these comments will attempt to illuminate, though they will not come close to proving it conclusively.
In The New Republic, Steven Pinker has a very interesting essay defending the social and intellectual role of science against charges of “scientism.” Scientism, broadly speaking, is the when scientific arguments tread on intellectual territory — religion or ethics, for instance — on which they don’t belong. Pinker’s defense is to basically deny that scientism in this bad sense exists and argue that science has something important to say about virtually all domains of human life:
[The mindset of science].”
Pinker’s right that, in various different forms, science has useful things to say about all of those things. But he’s wrong to deny that “scientism” is a problem, particularly with respect to politics and ethics. Pinker even mentions one of the worst offenders in passing, Sam Harris, whose 2010 book on morality is an Ozymandian monument to the limits of experimental science. Harris argued that scientific research can prove what’s morally and politically right, because morality must be about maximizing total improvements in “human well-being” and science can quantify what’s good for people. As the deluge of negative reviews at the time pointed out, there’s no scientific way to prove his basic premise — essentially, that utilitarianism is the only conceivably rational ethical system. That’s the domain of philosophy, and Harris’ argument skates over the vast ocean of philosophical reasons to be skeptical of his bold claim.
The Harris case illuminates why Pinker’s dismissal of “scientism” is far too quick. There’s a temptation to assume the tools of science provide an ever-expanding toolbox that can eventually pry open the universe’s secrets. We’ve made a lot of scientific progress! But some moral/political problems (“Is a fetus a person with a right to life? Is the United States obligated to spend money on fighting AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa?”) depend on more concerns questions (“what kinds of life has rights not to be killed? Do national borders define the scope of our moral obligations?”) that cannot be subject to resolution through empirical investigation. But because science’s track record is so good in its own domain, imperialists like Harris will always be there to plant science’s flag in lands it does not rightfully own. That is what scientism is, and denying that it exists as a class of error does neither science nor morality any favors.
In that sense, then, I agree with Ross Douthat’s critique of Pinker’s essay, which pegs scientism as class of thinking that is “empirically overconfident, intellectually unsubtle, and deeply incurious about the ways in which human beings can rationally disagree.” But Douthat’s attack on Pinker’s view of how science informs morality errs too far in the opposite direction. He sarcastically summarizes Pinker as saying: picked some spectacularly terrible examples of scientifically-informed moral thinking to mock. Take “non-species-ist” — by which he means the idea that morality shouldn’t discriminate against non-humans simply because they’re non-humans..” | https://thinkprogress.org/how-science-can-and-cant-fix-politics-e6ec6ad769a8/ | 2018-10-15T17:55:10 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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In 1968, he served in Pleiku, Vietnam in the U.S. Army, and later in Germany attaining the rank of Specialist V.
In 1976, Tom joined staff of the California State Library, where he was promoted to be in charge of the library’s California Section, and its Sutro Branch in San Francisco. In the 1980’s, Tom worked as an Emergency Manager for the California State Office of Emergency Services, and in the 1990’s as a Staff Manager for the California State Board of Equalization.
Tom retired from work in 2005.
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Babies, as beautiful and innocent as they are, crave one thing from the moment they are old enough to notice their environment: play!
Anytime is playtime for little ones, which makes sense after the nine restful months they had in the tummy.
As a parent, nothing gives you more joy than the sound of your little one hooting and screeching in the best baby jumper you got them as you prepared for their birth.
Why Your Baby Need The Best Baby Jumper
Well, because nothing but the best is good enough for them. Besides, a baby jumper plays a significant role in keeping the baby active and distracted.
They love the feeling of their movement so much that they will forget anything (other than their snack time) when they are playing. Even better is the fact you can keep an eye on them all the while.
Depending on the baby jumper you choose, your child could have an entire entertainment center at home. Some music for their eager souls and playthings to keep them occupied for several hours until they collapse with exhaustion.
Play aside; the jumper will help with strengthening their tiny muscles. Although there is no scientific evidence that this plaything tones a child’s muscles, they have been seen to improve their lower body strength.
Babies gain confidence on being on their feet, albeit in the safety of the walker and this speeds the transition from crawling to walking.
Well, technically, a baby jumper is not a walking aid, but it makes them curious about being on their feet. They learn to balance themselves and jump without the fear of falling.
We have crawled the interwebs to bring you five of the best baby jumpers.
5 Best Baby Jumper Reviews 2018
The Fisher-Price Luv will serve your child well until they outgrow it and if you are lucky, you will hand it down to your next or a friend’s.
That will be so if Fisher Price does not come up with a better version. You can set your baby on it after the 5th month.
The body is steel with a few plastic parts. The polyester fabric will hold your child’s weight as they jump their way to healthy growth.
The steel frame is easily foldable for easy transportation. Since the entire package weighs 17lbs, you can carry it with you to grandma’s house or on play dates.
This zoo-themed baby jumper makes fun sounds to keep you baby entertained ad to sharpen their taste for music. It is never too early to start them, right?
To complete the zoo theme, the tiny toys make animal sounds whenever the baby jumps. The jumper lights up too as if to reward the little one for their efforts.
Because every jump is rewarded with massive lighting, the baby will be motivated to jump. It gets more exciting when they figure that a 360-degree spin will give them access to all the toys. Don’t be surprised when you have to get them off their ‘playhouse’ kicking and screaming.
Let’s talk about color.
We know with certainty that fetuses are not exposed to color during their 40-week confinement, and so they curiously respond to the ‘astonishing’ variety when they leave the safety of the womb. The toys on this baby jumper are colorful and mild, raising the little one’s curiosity and keeping them glued in awe.
Things We Liked
- 3 height adjustments.
- Made of a durable frame that is easy to take down and set up.
- The colors and sounds keep the baby busy and intrigued.
- Washable/removable seat cushion.
Things We Didn't Like
- Noises are quite annoying and only have 2 volume settings.
Because one option is never enough Fisher-Price had to go and come with yet another alternative for your little bundle of joy.
As soon as the little one can hold their little head up unassisted, you can comfortably let them play in this jumper. If they are already crawling and walking, they are certainly too smart for this jumperoo.
When they are still in their exploration and discovery stage, babies are fascinated by the sound of music. This jumper will reward their little jumps with sounds of music and lights to encourage them to jump more.
While at it, the fear of falling is eliminated. You can count this as their introduction to music.
The sturdy steel frame is easy to take down to ease your worry of depriving the child of their new obsession when you travel. It is slightly heavy, though. The polyester fabric holds the weight of the baby sufficiently until they are too heavy for it (25lbs).
At the front of this 37 x 32 x 32 inches jumper is a piano that you can activate to play music for up to four minutes. It will need 3 AAA batteries to keep the little one entertained.
Things We Liked
- It turns at 360 degrees to give baby access to all toys.
- The seat is soft and comfy.
- Lights, sounds and music reward baby for jumping.
- Easy to use, move, and store.
Things We Didn't Like
- Takes up quite a bit of space/not easily stored.
- Noises are quite annoying and only have 2 volume settings.
This polyester-made jumper is slightly different from the rest.
It is all fabric with a plastic dome, and it is designed to be hinged to some study support instead of being set on the floor. It accommodates babies as young as three years until when they weigh 25lbs.
One of the things that set this jumper apart the rest is that you strap and hang it to bounce the baby on it. Its soft yet sturdy strap comes with a clamp to prevent it from leaving marks wherever you hang it.
A removable and machine-washable nylon pad covers the comfortable high-back seat. Unlike the Fisher-Price Luv U Zoo Jumperoo, this cheaper baby jumper has few toys and has to be manipulated to bounce.
However, the toy tray is large enough for additional toys you may fancy. You can also adjust the height as the baby grows.
It is easy to bring down for transportation. It will not need any special package for carrying as the high seat folds and fits in any medium-sized bag.
Things We Liked
- Inexpensive price.
- Easy to move from room to room.
- It has a hidden safety cord on the spring to keep the baby safe n matter how high they bounce.
- The fabric seat is washable.
- Strong, sturdy construction.
Things We Didn't Like
- It took a while to figure out how to adjust the height.
Evenflo Baby Jumper is brightly colored to catch baby’s attention and to get them ready to play.
The high seat is framed all round to ensure the safety and comfort of the child as they jump their way to healthy bones. Unlike the baby jumpers that you set on the floor, this kind allows you to adjust the height to suit your baby.
It has a clamp to prevent leaving marks on your door when you hang or any other place. It accommodates young ones from the time their necks are strong enough, and they can sit down without support.
Although the manufacturer says this jumper is limited to 25lbs, some parents say they have exceeded this weight, and it still held well.
When the seat is soiled, you can machine-wash it or wipe it clean with a damp cloth. Set up will require no tools and take down is pretty easy when you want to move it to another room.
Things We Liked
- You can adjust the baby jumper's height up or down to suit your child.
- The seat embraces the child perfectly to prevent them from falling off.
- Inexpensive price.
- Fit quickly and easily over the door frame.
Things We Didn't Like
- The discreet spring that enables it to bounce is too loud.
- It has no toy tray or toys attached.
This frame of this baby jumper is made of thick plastic, and the bright colored pad of the seat is polyester. It is machine-washable, or you could just wipe it with a damp cloth.
The toy tray contains an array of Baby Einstein-inspired toys for entertainment. You have an octopus, a whale, and other select of colorful ocean-themed toys.
They go well with the blue body of the jumper that represents the ocean. The tray has more loops for adding extra toys.
The baby has enough going for them to stay busy. A piano, which is part of the set-up, has volume control and three modes of play for variety. Bounces are rewarded with unique ocean sounds and piano notes.
It is not indicated on the package whether each piece of plastic is BPA-free.
Things We Liked
- Beautifully designed and colored.
- It has unique ocean themes.
- Up to 12 plus activities.
- 3 height settings.
- Seat rotates 360 degree to give baby full access to toys.
Things We Didn't Like
- The plastic base that the baby bounces on can be a little hard on the child’s feet.
Are You Ready To Shop?
Although it is not a baby walker, a baby jumper starts your child off well and gives them the confidence to walk or makes an easy transition to a walker should you choose that. It also exercises their young limbs and strengthens the muscles.
You can also look at it as a way of containing an overly active baby. With the jumper occupying their mind, you can embark on your chores.
We like all the baby jumpers we have reviewed and recommended, but the favorite in the pack is the Fisher-Price Luv U Zoo Jumperoo. The steel-frame is not only durable, but it is also foldable when transporting the jumper. It has a wide variety of zoo-themed toys to ensure that your child does not get bored.
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Peanut Butter Pie
Recipe submitted by: Dani Gurrie
Oh yea... this is where it's at
What's in it
Ingredients
1 5 oz. pkg. Jell−O Instant Vanilla Pudding
2 cups cold skim milk (you could use any milk you like)
1/2 cup whipping cream, whipped
1−1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 pre-baked pie shell of your choice (use a ready made, refrigerated crust, or you can bake your own), lightly browned
1 − 8 Ounce container of Cool Whip (or store brand equivalent)
Garnish: chocolate syrup & crushed peanuts
How to cook it
Directions
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The Mile High Blog3
November 5, 2013 by gardiner12
For the last seven months I have slowly been working my way eastwards, but as I write this, I’m hurtling westwards; undoing all those kilometres in a mere five hundredth of that time. Fear not, though. This is not the end for the Tourient Express. Just a pause, in order to rest and recuperate. Cycling is not over for me. My desire to explore the world on two wheels still burns strong. But those flames have been dampened by the weariness that has begun to weigh heavily upon my body and mind.
Everyone knows that travelling can be tough, particularly when you are alone. (Although, as I keep telling people, I have rarely been properly alone during the past couple of months.) That is why I have a simple safety mechanism to stop myself making impulsive or misguided decisions. Whenever I feel down, exhausted, or just start to feel like maybe I need a change of scene, I tell myself to wait for a day or two and see how I feel then. I tell myself that I always have time, so what is the rush? Everyone has these moments and, normally, within a few hours those feelings have completely evaporated.
However, recently a weariness began to set in that did not evaporate after a few hours, or even a few days. Travelling is exhausting and, whilst I can honestly say that I still felt like I was happy, I felt a fatigue sapping at my reserves. The joy I got from cycling was diminishing, and the desire to keep cycling becoming more forced by the day. With three more months of tough cycling in the tropics approaching, a list of repairs on my bicycle that seemed to be growing by the day, and home becoming an ever more distant memory; the idea of a winter break in England began to slowly form in my mind.
Sometimes, making decisions such as this can be quite stressful. Fortunately for my peace of mind, and rather unfortunately for my health, the scales tipped heavily in favour of a winter break when I began to develop symptoms that closely resembled malaria. At this point, I should probably make it clear that I don’t have malaria. (And I’m also not trying to recommend it as a stress-reliever.) Quite what I have, or had, is not clear. A diagnosis of heat exhaustion by an Indian doctor raised more questions than it answered. Subsequent symptoms that resembled Giarrdia further confused matters. What did become clear was that I was in no fit state to cycle. Thus, the decision to head home was as good as made for me. The idea of overcoming illness, and then this long term fatigue, felt like one challenge too many. Therefore, my cycling in India finally came to an end a few days short of Bangalore.
After leaving Goa, I had cycled down the coast for a couple of days, before cutting inland. The cycling was slow, but fairly pleasant. The jungle no longer held the mysterious charm of those first few days. However, I was still lucky enough to see animals that I had no idea lived in the jungle, such as an Emu and a huge stag, as well as more familiar wildlife, like monkeys and snakes. Furthermore, somewhat ironically, I also experienced the most pleasant day for cycling, since I arrived in India. It was an entire day of, often torrential, rain. I have always wanted to experience cycling in heavy rain, whilst not being cold. For an Englishman, it is a truly novel experience.
Unfortunately, this weather did not last, but it mattered very little. I do not really remember much of the final three days of cycling, as I began to struggle more and more to keep cycling. Eventually, I abandoned trying to cycle in the town of Shimoga. After a consultation with the aforementioned doctor and a few days rest, I was well enough to catch a bus to Bangalore. From there, a direct flight sent me hurtling back towards a temporary taste of normal life.
However, despite this rather abrupt end to cycling in India, I can honestly say that I wouldn’t change a thing. Well, apart from crashing into that moped – I think that I would probably try and avoid that if I did it all over again. However, the salient point is that, whilst travelling in India is undoubtedly stressful and probably contributed to me needing a break, it has been an incredibly memorable couple of months. The amazing new experiences, the culinary delights, the architectural wonders, and the fascinating people all made the stress worthwhile. Obviously, I’m not going to be rushing back to India any time soon, but I’m incredibly glad that I visited, however unplanned it may have been. If I wanted stress-free travel, then cycling was probably a bad choice in the first place.
Finally, for the next few months this blog will undoubtedly be neglected by me, whilst I rest and ready myself for the next stage of my trip. However, I have greatly enjoyed writing these posts and as my plans start to take shape, I will endeavour to share them here. Let there be no mistake about it – this is not the last stop for the Tourient Express. And please do not “all change”, for the journey will continue.
Stats So Far
Distance cycled: 11,100 kilometres
Longest day: Nukus to Urgench (173.9 kilometres/8:34)
Fastest day: Myri to Alexadroupoli (133.4 kilometres @ 24.3 km/h)
Favourite place: Hosgeldeniz*
Spokes broken: 4
Punctures: ~25
Courses of antibiotics prescribed: 6
*This was the name of the first village we camped outside, in Turkey. Or so we thought. Anyone who knows any Turkish will know that it actually means ‘Welcome’. We did start to wonder why such tiny place was so famous, once we started seeing ‘Hosgeldeniz’ plastered everywhere.
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Haha sounds like my holiday in Switzerland where we kept wondering where “Wanderweg” was and then realised it meant “footpath”
well done Rob and I wish you lots of good health in the coming months. Lots of R and R and may I be the first to say Merry Christmas!
it is u tenacious nature nd ur great attitude thts so remarkable.Happy to hv met u.Keep up ur spirit of entering the unknown as u hv age on ur side nd grit. Zarir nd myself did Kerala, Karnataka,nd Goa for 10 dys,I marvel ur guts on a cycle something we as Indians wd never VENTURE doing thinking it crazy. Merry X’mas to u nd ur family in advance. Speedy recovery to great health.Some day we shall meet u.
Arzan Cooper. | https://tourientexpress.com/2013/11/05/the-mile-high-blog/ | 2018-10-15T16:39:29 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
America has become the country of the warning label. California is the warning-label state. Since California voters approved Proposition 65 -- which mandates warnings when people are exposed to known carcinogens or chemicals that cause birth defects -- in 1986, reads: found in asparagus and olives, 0.5 micrograms per liter of water, while the government found 40 micrograms in the average serving of chips or fries.
Weil hopes this action will prompt Big Junk Food to change how it cooks chips and fries. Weil agrees there are too many warning signs -- although he argued that grocery stores, for example, post warning signs mainly to stop nuisance lawsuits. Lockyer is pushing the acrylamide issue, Weil said, because it is the government's job to dispense information and let consumers decide if they care about a possible carcinogen. As he put, acrylamide falls into "an in-between category. Depending on how you feel about it, you might want to eat it or you might not want to eat it."
Problem is, there are too many in-betweens -- some 750 other chemicals, according to Weil -- on the Prop. 65 list, and some of those chemicals are ubiquitous or naturally occurring.
As a result, consumers see so many warning signs they can't take them seriously. Even Lockyer isn't that alarmed. In a press release announcing the suit, Lockyer said, "I am not telling people to stop eating potato chips or French fries."
Now I ask you: If people shouldn't stop eating these foods, why post a warning? Michele Corash, a San Francisco attorney who represents five companies being sued by Lockyer, noted that there are so many warnings "we are immunizing the public to signs."
No lie. I've come down with a strong case of warning fatigue. I see the Prop. 65 signs not as valuable warnings, but as nagging. What else would you call a warning against doing something you do every day, like eating, or parking, or shopping?
And whatever I do, it must be wrong, because there's always a sign telling me that what I'm eating, drinking or buying is bad for me. If all of these things are so hazardous, why am I alive?
The scary part is that there are times when consumers need to know there is a danger. As in: You shouldn't drink this because it is poisonous. But consumers don't notice such warnings. Corash noted that sometimes "we need a way to warn consumers when there's a real hazard. Now we can't any more. You have to say: 'We really mean it this time. This isn't like the other warnings.'"
If Lockyer wanted to perform a true public service, he'd devise a way to whittle down the long list of Prop. 65 baddies. Instead, he's fattening up the list.
Oddly, Lockyer is taken this stand as he begins his bid to become state treasurer in 2006. Some treasurer he'd make. With this lawsuit, I'm convinced of only one thing: Lockyer knows how to waste money. | https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2005/08/31/supersized-nanny-state-n947326 | 2018-10-15T17:26:39 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Coaching-Focused Counseling
One does not have to be in distress to benefit from counseling. My Coaching-Focused Counseling is a subset of the counseling services I offer that emphasizes the stages of growth which are more focused on building on existing strengths, setting and achieving future goals, etc. (as opposed to stages of growth that are focused more on bringing healing to places of pain). All of my counseling includes aspects of coaching, but Coaching-Focused Counseling is especially appropriate for those who are not experiencing any significant distress, but who have various life or vocational goals they are wanting help in reaching.
Brief History of Coaching
The field of Coaching (including Life Coaching, Wellness Coaching, Executive Coaching, etc.) originated partly as a reaction to some negative aspects of the counseling field. Some approaches to counseling had become cold and impersonal, with a heavy emphasis on pathology (i.e., looking for what is “wrong” in a person). Clients of these approaches would feel a bit like they were being examined and operated on, and they did not feel understood or helped on a relational level. In contrast, coaching approaches seek to look for and build on client’s strengths. However, because many coaches are not trained as counselors most coaching approaches usually avoid going too deep or touching anything emotionally weighty in the client’s life. This is where my Coaching-Focused Counseling differs the most from many coaching approaches: I are able to help clients address areas where there is pain, as well as the areas where they want to make a good experience even better.
My Unique Approach
All of the counseling services I offer incorporate the benefits of coaching approaches. For example: I seek to emphasize and build on client’s strengths; I view clients as people, not a collection of pathologies; and I help my clients overcome obstacles to their growth regardless of whether those obstacles are deeply painful or mildly annoying.
A helpful analogy for how my Coaching-Focused Counseling fits within the rest of the counseling I offer is that of the physical therapist and the fitness trainer. When a person is physically injured (e.g., they tore a ligament in their knee) they go to a physical therapist to get help in healing the damaged muscles and ligaments. Their process of healing can involve getting a better understanding of how they were injured, help with the process of caring for themselves as they work toward healing, and finally steps they can take to minimize getting re-injured in the future. Once their body is back to healthy levels they might transition (especially if they are very active, or are a professional athlete) to working with a personal fitness trainer. Their work at this stage builds on all the work they have done previously and incorporates that, but the focus at this point is on continuing growth (i.e., building up muscle strength, endurance, etc.) and setting achievement-oriented goals for themselves (e.g., be able to run a marathon in a certain amount of time).
In this analogy Coaching-Focused Counseling is the “fitness trainer” phase. So beginning counseling with Coaching-Focused Counseling is akin to starting out with your own personal fitness trainer. The beauty of my approach is that if in the process of working on your goals you metaphorically hit an old injury I can help you work through that and get back to working on your original goals (whereas some coaches would have to refer you to a counselor because they are not able to work on deeper issues). In the language of the analogy, I am like a combined physical therapist and fitness trainer, so I can help clients with the whole range of the healing and growth processes.
Helping You Become More You
As I describe in my counseling approach, all of my counseling (including Coaching-Focused Counseling) incorporates my understanding of personality types. I use this knowledge to help clients better understand themselves, both in terms of how they can better build on their strengths, and how to better accommodate their weaknesses. In this regard Coaching-Focused Counseling (like all of my counseling services) is tailored to each person I work with as I help them to identify what they wish to change or improve in their life and assist them in taking the necessary steps to reach those goals.
Coaching-Focused Counseling Topics
Just as each person is unique, there are a myriad of potential Coaching-Focused Counseling topics that could be listed. The below is a sampling of the ways I can assist clients.
Personality Type & Career Resources
Location, Fee, etc.
Coaching-Focused Counseling lends itself well to my Distance Counseling option (though if you can come in-person to the Transitions Counseling Office that is still encouraged). As I describe elsewhere I predominately offer Distance Counseling via a secure, web based video conferencing service wherein we can see and interact with each other in real time.
I consider my Coaching-Focused Counseling to be a subset of my counseling services (basically a form of counseling). Thus everything regarding fee (including the 1st session being half-price), how I handle insurance, methods of payment, etc. all apply. See the FAQ for more details.
I invite you to learn more about me and my counseling approach, and to peruse the Transitions Blog. Let me know any questions you have via the Contact Form .
Explore more Counseling Topics and learn about my Counseling Approach. When you are ready, Schedule a trial session at half-price. | https://transitionsmft.org/services/counseling/coaching/ | 2018-10-15T16:45:38 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Eco Marine Power Inviting Partners to Join Its Eco Ship Project
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Eco Marine Power (EMP), a Japanese technology specializing in fuel and emissions reduction technologies for shipping and offshore applications, has called other companies to join its low-emissions ship design initiative. The Aquarius Eco Ship concept design[1] is an ongoing comprehensive study project, launched in May 2011, which is focused on optimizing the design of a large ocean-going ship such as a bulk carrier, oil tanker, RoRo vessel or cruise ship, to harness the power of the wind & sun using Aquarius MRE (Marine Renewable Energy).
Aquarius MRE is a patented fuel saving and emission reduction system that incorporates elements such as solar panels, energy storage modules, computer control systems and an advanced rigid sail design known as the EnergySail. Elements of Aquarius MRE have already been commercialized and it is expected that the expanded project will lead to further fuel and emission reduction solutions being introduced into the market.
A wide range of technologies is set to be studied within the concept including fuel cells, air lubrication systems & electrical propulsion. The company is now inviting ship owners that are already indirectly connected to the project to participate more directly. EMP is also reaching out to equipment vendors, classification societies & shipyards.
“A primary aim of opening up and widening the Aquarius Eco Ship project is to help develop further, practical fuel and emission reduction technologies beyond our current focus on wind & solar power. “We also wish to extend the project’s reach further beyond Japan and bring in additional investors so that we can help other start-ups in the maritime clean technology field,” Greg Atkinson, Chief Technology Officer at Eco Marine Power, commented. The company said it would start to look for additional investors and strategic partners to help support sea trials and commercialize various technologies.
Companies already involved in the Aquarius Eco Ship Project include Teramoto Iron Works, The Furukawa Battery Company and KEI System.
References
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Tips for Trekking at Guano Hills
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Besides the panoramic view of Nainital, the trek allows opportunities for bird watching and photography.
No, this activity is free for everyone.
Any time of the year, except monsoon season, is a good time to take this trek. | https://traveltriangle.com/uttarakhand-tourism/nainital/things-to-do/guano-hills-trek/tips | 2018-10-15T17:22:54 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [
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This year National Tree Day is on Sunday 29th July and Schools Tree Day is on Friday 27th July and we're giving people more ways to take part - by planting in their own yard. Hopefully this will drive more traffic and sales to your business too. Bring on more ‘green!'
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Please contact us on 1300 88 5000 to get started. We're crossing our fingers (and toes) you'll help us and join hundreds of nurseries, gardening centres and other businesses dig in for the environment and offer their community support. | https://treeday.planetark.org/involved/support.cfm | 2018-10-15T17:24:23 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [
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Why? Here are my top 6 reasons we need sometimes to say 'no'.
#1 Failing to get something that you want, helps to make you more grateful when you do.
#2 We learn from failures, and by not always getting our way or the things that we want.
#3 Being told 'no' is arguably the greatest contributor to understanding the failures of others and developing empathy.
#4 Learning to accept a 'no' helps you to learn how to say no to others; an important key to self-control and preservation.
#5 Having people who love you saying 'no' teaches you a great deal about what true love is.
#6 Being told 'no' helps to develop endurance and determination.
Of course teachers can also have the same problems with saying no. Being able to say 'no' is a great gift from a parent or teacher to a child. But when you do say no it is important to remember a few basics:
- First, always try to explain why you are saying no. This will help children to grasp that you actually want what is best for them and that you value them.
- Second, be consistent! There is no point saying 'no' once and then giving in to the same thing an hour later.
- Third, never say 'no' simply in anger. Yes, at times kids make us angry, but your delivery of a 'no' should be delivered while under control and focused on their good not just punishment.
- Fourth, don't allow your children - when faced with a no - to engage in a debate; they need to respect your authority as a parent and your right to say no.
- Fifth, don't allow your children to work one parent against the other. In my family a no to one parent was enough. You need to shut down this type of manipulation by not allowing the child to split parent opinion down the middle.
Good luck saying no. | https://trevorcairney.blogspot.com/2015/05/six-reasons-we-sometimes-need-to-say-no.html | 2018-10-15T17:05:41 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
MANY FIRSTS
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1. First time we drove to Pekan Batu 14 to start the ride at 8 a.m.
2. First time I have ever been to Perdang. Its a small quaint town in N. Sembilan. Turn off near Titi, about 25 km
3. We joined Dr Tan
4. I was not last back
5. I skipped dinner. Lunch around 5.30 n I slept at 6.45 pm
DR TAN
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Dr Tan is training for Hawaii. There's three months, he hopes to do another 20 rides. He is very serious about it. Come lah, this is really a once in a lifetime trip.
Dr Tan is an excellent long distance cyclist. Actually he is better than me. He regularly goes sub 7 hrs in the extreme heat of Langkawi. Two years ago, I could not keep up with him on his training and actual Langkawi ride. He starts his ride late in the heat and his normal route (Ulu Langat, Titi, Broga, Perdang) is one of the hottest and driest areas in W. Msia.
We are all happy he has qualified on merit for Hawaii.
THE RIDE
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There was awesome Chew and Loong, then me and Dr Tan. We went slow to the junction (even below 20 km/h on the flat). Then I timed my ride up the KK hill (31 mins 13 secs which is a good time for me).
Chew n Loong had waited 30 mins for us. I still had to wait for Dr Tan, so they went.
We reached Perdang quite comfortably (3.5 hrs). New route, nice town. Had noodles.
Coming back, Chew n Loong went ahead after five minutes. Dr Tan actually dropped me at the first long hill. We went at a nice pace. Stopped for cold water, I knew I was going to feel good. Learning from my previous mistakes, I was constantly drinking water. It was the first time MY RIDE BACK WAS FASTER THAN THE RIDE GOING OUT.
At Titi I decided to up the tempo. I had no idea if Dr was close behind. Basically I went as had as I could all the way to the car. The climb was 49 mins 59 secs a very good time in the heat.
Reached the car at 3.24 pm (cycling time 3 hr 15 mins). Chew n Loong already gone. Dr Tan came at 3.53 pm. He had a puncture coming down KK hill. Chew said he got back at 2.50 pm.
Total cycling time was 6 hrs 45 mins, distance 160 km. A very good day indeed. | https://triathletesofian.blogspot.com/2005/06/sunday-party-day.html | 2018-10-15T18:05:40 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
SHIPPING AND TERMINALS
The world-wide fleet of LP-gas ships is reviewed, and shipping needs until 1982 are calculated.
- Supplemental Notes:
- Annual Convention of Gas Processors Association (56th), Dallas, Texas, March 21-23, 1977.
- Corporate Authors:
Gas Processors AssociationFirst National Building, 15 East 5th Street
Tulsa, OK United States 74103
- Authors:
- Boudet, R
- Publication Date: 1977
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 137-138
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Fleet management; Liquefied gases; Liquefied petroleum gas; Offshore terminals; Shipping; Statistics; Tankers; Transportation
- Old TRIS Terms: Fleet statistics; Lpg transportation; Offshore terminals lpg; Shipping trends; World tanker fleet
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00170476
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
- Files: TRIS
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RAILROAD MANAGEMENT
Railroads were the first great organizational innovators of the 19th Century. The adaptive thinking and organizational creativity of that period were the first examples of contingency management theory. Stagnation saw an end of organizational adaptiveness in the first quarter of the 20th Century. The failure of railroad management is more with the system of development and organization than with the managers. Disparity between individual functional groups on railroads has led to a lack of perception of the need for improved coordination between operating and commercial functions. The great need is to redirect many top managers' attitudes to promote integration rather than condone functional jealousy. The author says conventional railroad organization is not particularly suitable for managing a large number of transactions over a geographically dispersed system. Only on lines with long line haul has the problem been concealed. Attempts to use the computer to centralize control have been less than successful and could better be performed by good local managers aided by better information systems. Railroads must be concerned with the transactional nature of their business.
- Corporate Authors:
Heath (DC) and CompanyLexington Books, 125 Spring Street
Lexington, MA United States 02173
- Authors:
- WYCKOFF, D D
- Publication Date: 1976
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 194 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Industry structure; Management; Management information systems; Marketing; Operations; Personnel development
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00145135
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
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WELCOME > english index > Common Spikerush
COMMON SPIKERUSH
Eleocharis palustris var. palustris
family: Sedge (Cyperaceae)
hexovávó'ėstse (Tallbull 1993: 16; Glenmore and Leman 1984: 146), "pointed plants"
Common spikerush (marsh spikerush, creeping spikerush) is perennial plant, 10 to 100 cm tall, with long ground root. Stem is stiff, erect, round, smooth, bluish green. Leaf sheaths are brown to dark red, glazy. Inflorescence is a spike on the top, pointed, elongated, 5 to 30 mm long, with 20 to 70 tiny flowers. Common spikerush blossoms from May to August, sometimes still in October. It grows on moist places. It ranges from Atlantic coast and the Great Lakes area to Pacific coast, north up to Alaska; on the Great Plains north of Arkansas River commonly distributed, also in central Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle.
Through mid-1800’s, Cheyenne women weaved baskets and scuttles of common spikerush and other species of spikerush. The small ones was used for eating dishes any smaller ones was for children’s play. Also, certain eyeshades was weaved from spikerush which was fastened to cradleboards in order to protect baby’s face from sun rays. The big baskets of spikerush was used to store smaller utensils and as burden baskets carried on the back. Beside it, Cheyennes used spikerush in place of or mixed it with sedge (Carex nebrascensis, Carex stipata var. stipata) to prepare the grass bundles for buffalo skull of the Sun Dance altar (Grinnell 1923 I: 246; Hart 1981: 8).
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>CS 600
Capacity on road at 2400rpm 0°C (W)2 575
Capacity on road at 2400rpm -20°C (W)1 300
Capacity on road at 1000rpm 0°C (W)2 550
Capacity on road at 1000rpm -20°C (W)1 300
Standby capacity* (W)2 610
Standby capacity** (W)1 310
Heating Capacity
Heating system (W)1 500
Standby (W)1 500
Airflow
(High speed engine operation)
(AMCA 21085) m3/hr710
Weight
Road and standby condenser91 kg
Evaporator17 kg
Compressor
ModelBS330/MS330
Displacement32,7 cm3
n° of cylinders
Electrical Stand by Motor
Voltage / Phase / Frequency230/1/50-60 Hz
400/3/50-60 Hz
Rating4 500
Refrigerant
TypeR-404A
Charge1,6 kg
Sound Pressure
High speed57 dBA
Unit
Condenser dimensions (D x W x H)577 x 1124 x 235 mm
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Tools Toolbar
Selection F1
Click to select a start point for audio playback, or click and drag to select a range of audio to play or edit. You can also create a selection area between two points by clicking at one point, then holding down <shift> while F3 F4
- region
You can also zoom without using Zoom Tool by using keyboard shortcuts, or the zoom buttons on.
Time Shifting selected tracks to left or right
To shift multiple tracks to left or right, there must be a selection region in all the tracks you want to shift, and you must drag from inside the selection region in one of those tracks.
To select multiple audio tracks for time shift, click in the Track Control Panel of the first track you want to shift, then hold down SHIFT and either:
- click in the Track Control Panel to select the other tracks you want to shift
- use UP or DOWN arrow on the keyboard to select the other adjacent tracks you want to shift.
If a track you don't want to shift is already selected, use UP or DOWN arrow if necessary to move the yellow focus border into it, then ENTER to deselect it.
Having selected multiple tracks for left/right shift, you may still want to drag only one of the selected tracks to fine tune its position. You can do this by temporarily deselecting it as above, or if some of the track lies outside the selection region, drag from outside that region, which moves the track but not the selection region.
If you always want to retain synchronisation between tracks when time shifting, you can alternatively enable Sync-Locked to left or right in a track, leaving other clips alone, use Selection Tool to drag a selection region over the clips you want to shift, then switch to Time Shift Tool and drag from inside that region.
Shifting behind time zero
If an audio track is dragged to the left (earlier on the Timeline) audio data may be hidden before the start of the track. This is indicated by the presence of two arrows at the left edge of the track. Note that audio before the start of the track is not exported unless using Export Multiple.
- Gale (unknown date): ToDo Add note (here or elsewhere?) about time shifting with Selection Bar or plug-in (for VI users)
Bill (unknown date): I can't get this to work. The selection bar will move the selection but not the clip - Bill
- Steve 20Dec11: I know how to move ALL clips in a track using only the keyboard, but the only way that I can think of to move ONE clip if there are other clips on the track is to first Cut and Paste that clip to a new track. Is there another way?
- Bill22Dec11: downgraded to ToDo. The idea is to link to a section in the Accessibility page which describes how to do this.
Multi F6
Combines all five tools in one. One tool is available at a time, according to the mouse position. The shape of the pointer changes to show which tool is active. If you exit Audacity with Multi-Tool Mode selected, it will be also be enabled next time you launch Audacity. More details on Multi-Tool Mode here. | https://ttmanual.audacityteam.org/man/Tools_Toolbar | 2018-10-15T17:23:08 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Final Packing!
Yes, despite any number of delays, we are actually leaving. We will be driving away from our home in Nevada City, California on April 11th and head east to Baltimore where our truck and camper will be shipped to Germany on April 29th. Last minute packing is in progress as we figure out what we’ve […] | https://turtleexpedition.com/category/trans-eurasian-odyssey-preparations/ | 2018-10-15T16:57:25 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Choosing a healthy gel polish
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Polish police clash with protesters at parliament blockade
Police break up an hours-long blockade of exits from the Polish parliament by protesters amid Poland's biggest political standoff in years. Craig McCulloch reports.
Police clashing with protesters outside Poland's parliament in the early hours of Saturday (December 17). The activists, blocking the building's exits, to protest new rules restricting media reporting. Government lawmakers, heckled, after officers cleared a path for them to leave. The crisis kicked off on Friday (December 16), when opposition MPs brought Parliament to a halt, objecting to the government's plans to curb reporters' access. In response, the ruling Law and Justice party moved a key vote on next year's budget to a nearby hall, which protesters say is illegal. It's the first time since the restoration of democracy in 1989 that such a vote was held outside the main chamber. The stand off, renewing with daylight Saturday - the opposition pledging to dig in their heels. | https://uk.mobile.reuters.com/video/2016/12/17/polish-police-clash-with-protesters-at-p?videoId=370737000 | 2018-10-15T17:30:36 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alexander Navab, the former head of KKR & Co Inc’s (KKR.N) Americas private equity business, is starting a new buyout firm with backing from Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GS.N), people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Navab has started talking to potential investors about raising a private equity fund that will invest in a diverse range of companies in North America, although a fundraising target has not yet been set, the sources said.
Navab has agreed to a strategic partnership with Goldman Sachs’ Petershill division, which acquires stakes in private equity firms and seeds them with capital, the sources added, asking not to be identified because the matter is confidential.
Spokespeople for Navab and Goldman Sachs declined to comment.
Navab, 52, left KKR last year after its co-founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts named Joe Bae and Scott Nuttall as co-presidents and co-chief operating officers.
Navab joined KKR in 1993 and held several senior positions at the New York-based firm, sitting on its management committee, and chairing its Americas private equity investment committee, as well as its Americas portfolio management committee.
He started his career in finance as a Goldman Sachs investment banker in 1987. Between 1991 and 1993 he worked at James D. Wolfensohn in its mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance division. He is a member of Fidelity National Information Systems Inc’s (FIS.N) board of directors.
Navab, who was born in Isfahan, Iran, and fled to Greece following the Islamic Revolution in 1979, is also active in philanthropy.
Reporting by Greg Roumeliotis in New York; Editing by Cynthia Osterman | https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-privateequity-m-a-navab/ex-kkr-executive-navab-to-launch-buyout-firm-with-goldman-backing-sources-idUKKCN1MJ2RQ | 2018-10-15T16:53:42 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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Sihanouk dead at 89
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 01:12
Former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk has died at 89. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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EDIT CONTAINS 4:3 MATERIAL Cambodia's former king Norodom Sihanouk died of natural causes at the age of 89 on Monday (October 15) in Beijing, where he was receiving medical treatment, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. Sihanouk has been the pivot of Cambodian politics since the French colonial administration crowned him king in 1942, when he was 18, assuming him more malleable than other candidates for the throne. He proved them wrong when he led the ultimately successful drive for independence from Paris in 1953. A master of tightrope diplomacy, Sihanouk managed by skillful juggling of East and West to keep Cambodia neutral amid the bloodshed engulfing Indochina until the United States-backed Prime Minister Lon Nol overthrew him in a coup on March 18, 1970. Sihanouk took refuge in Beijing where he was invited to form his government in exile, and found himself the titular head of the revolutionary movement, the Khmer Rouge, an amalgam of royalist and Communist forces. The territory controlled by government forces dwindled, and in April 1975 the Khmer Rouge took control of Phnom Penh leaving the way open for Sihanouk to return as head of state after five and half years of exile. Within a year of his return Sihanouk was being held under house arrest in his palace while an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians, including 12 of his relatives, died in the Khmer Rouge's three-and-a-half year reign of terror under the leadership of Pol Pot. The Khmer Rouge fled after Vietnam invaded Cambodia in 1978 and installed a socialist government. Sihanouk again went into exile and in 1982 joined forces with the Khmer Rouge, now under the leadership of Khieu Samphan, and the Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF), under the leadership of former Prime Minister Son Sann, to form a coalition force which waged a protracted guerrilla war against the Hanoi-backed government. Vietnamese troops finally withdrew from Cambodia in September 1989 but it was not until October 1991 that all four of the country's warring factions signed an historic peace agreement in Paris under which an extensive United Nations peace-keeping operation would supervise the disarmament of the rival forces and help administer the country. Frustrated by the fractious political wrangling following indecisive 2003 elections Sihanouk again went abroad, spending months in North Korea and China. Having threatened to abdicate on several occasions he finally announced his decision to give up the throne in October 2004, stating he would not return to Cambodia until a new king was named. Sihanouk's son, Norodom Sihamoni, who had no previous involvement in Cambodian politics, was unanimously selected as his successor by a nine-member Royal Throne Council. The coronation ceremony took place on October 29th, 2004 and began with Sihanouk anointing Sihamoni with holy water in a traditional Buddhist blessing.
Sihanouk dead at 89
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Abstract
Driving in snow and ice can be dangerous. This is especially true on bridges. Under certain cold weather conditions, moisture on bridge decks freeze because of the open air flow under them while the adjacent roadway is unaffected. This creates potentially hazardous driving situations for motorists who may not be expecting a change of condition from the road to the bridge surface.
To combat this problem, a bridge deck anti-icing system was installed on a bridge on southbound Interstate 75 at the north interchange to Corbin, Kentucky in October 1997. This system can be actuated early before ice and snow form on the bridge to create hazardous driving conditions. The eleven parapet-mounted/ bridge rail-mounted spray nozzles per side treat the two travel lanes and the approach plate with an anti-icing agent. The system uses calcium chloride as the anti-icing agent and sprays eight gallons during each application for the entire bridge. This early chemical application prevents the formation of icy conditions on the bridge deck.
After four winter seasons, the anti-icing system located in Corbin, Kentucky had minimal problems associated with it. The system worked efficiently and as expected. However, because of the location on an interstate which is one of the first areas treated during snow maintenance operations and because the bridge is located in a part of the state that does not receive an abundant amount of precipitation, the system was not as effective as first anticipated. It is recommended that this system be used in the following areas and/or conditions: (1) crash prone areas, (2) isolated structures that require the deicing truck to travel an unreasonable distance to treat, (3) remote areas that are difficult to reach in bad weather, or (4) bridges over water which may be more susceptible to freezing moisture.
Report Date
12-2001
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KTC-01-26/KH36-97-1F
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Repository Citation
Barrett, Monica L. and Pigman, Jerry G., "Evaluation of Automated Bridge Deck Anti-Icing System" (2001). Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report. 273.. | https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ktc_researchreports/273/ | 2018-10-15T17:09:14 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Fraud in News
Paper , Order, or Assignment Requirements I need to write a brief report that describes the case and analyzes the fraud that occurred. You will want to use the Fraud Triangle in your analysis. You will also provide suggestions as to how the fraud could have been prevented. Put yourself in the place of a consultant that has been brought in to advise the victim as to how to prevent this type of fraud from occurring in the future.
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Reading relection- chimamanda ngozi adichie- birdsong
Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements
Title:
Author:
Favorite Quote or Selected Passage: (3-5 sentences) This passage caught my attention because… (Go beyond stating that you like it. That point is evident by the fact that you’ve chosen this particular passage. Explain why you like it or what you found most interesting. Remember to include page numbers.)
Most Difficult Passage: (3-5 sentences) The most challenging point in this essay … (This should not be about whether or not you agree with the point the author is making. Instead, it should be about whether or not you think there are points in the author’s essay that are not clear or confusing. Remember to include page numbers.)
Critical Reflection: (1 paragraph) I believe the author is trying to say …, but … (This should not simply be a summary of the article or essay. This is where you get to provide your assessment of the essay – think of how it affects you personally.)
Reading Reflections: A brief (1-2 pages) reflection.No citation is necessary unless you quote or otherwise reference from the assigned text or an outside source.
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Years ago, Jason Tagmire was the go-to guy in the South Jersey/Philadelphia indie rock scene if you wanted buttons made for your band. Not long thereafter, he was the talk of the town, raising thousands of dollars on Kickstarter to fund his kickass games, like Pixel Lincoln, Storyteller Cards and Maximum Throwdown.
In an era dominated by motion-sensing, immersive video games, Jason Tagmire is bringing it truly old school.
1. Tell us a little bit about your history. Did you have the stereotypical childhood of playing Dungeons & Dragons in your basement?
I wanted to play D&D more than I actually played it. But the 8-10 times I played impacted me in a really big way. I was obsessed with the creation side of things (character generation, random encounters, etc), to the point where I setup a bunch of D&D games/campaigns that never took place. I didn’t mind too much though because the initial creative spark and the world building that followed was my favorite part.
Aside from that, I grew up playing lots of Atari, NES, SNES, and some of the Sierra adventure PC games. On the tabletop side, once I could drive myself to Toys R Us and thrift stores, I started to pick up Heroscape, variations of Risk, and any oddball old games I could get my hands on.
2. How did you grow into game design? Did you go to school for it?
It really started as an extension of my creative projects. I’ve been a musician forever and always enjoy the crafting of a song more than anything else. I’ve done short film / video work and prefer the creative side to the technical side. I’ve tinkered with toy and product design. So game design fit right in. I liked to play games and as a result I messed around with seeing how they were made. From the background story to the math involved to the graphic design.
Eventually I would find companies that printed game related components and I started ordering my own games, just so I could play them with friends.
As for schooling, no, I went to school for video production and am a manager at a law firm. Game design fits somewhere right in the middle of that. It’s really the perfect fusion of rules and creativity.
3. How was your Kickstarter experience? It seems like you’ve made a killing on raising money there. Do you keep yourself afloat with that or is it incredibly difficult to keep up with fulfilling all the perks?
It sure seems like that, but it’s not really what it seems. With Kickstarter, I’ve been on 2 sides of it. 1) Another company is handling the campaign and publishing the game, and 2) I am self publishing. With another company handling the publishing, I’ll get the standard designer cut, which is about 4-5% of their net profit. It’s not enough to hold yourself afloat, unless you have a bunch of games out there and they are doing very well. Game design for 95% of us is a very passionate hobby, where you’ll make a little bit of money here and there, but have no choice but to keep your day job. When I self-publish, things are much different. I have to cover all aspects of the production and fulfillment and will often lose money, unless the game sells well after the kickstarter. Example: Storyteller Cards brought in $16,000, but cost closer to $20,000 to produce and fulfill 600 orders worldwide. Shipping was close to $6500 alone. Kickstarter/Amazon took $1600. Then there is production and art and suddenly the $16,000 is gone. But then there are the extras… Extra perks that we added as incentive to sell the main product. Those cost another $2500.
The positive side is that I have 1500 copies left over to try and make back my loss and start to head into the positive side. But I’m entering the world of marketing and sales, which is very different than game design. It’s something that I try to tell game designers who go into self publishing. You need to be an everyman, good at everything, and it sucks away any time that you have to make new games. So many of us decide to go this route, and come back to it over and over. And while you may lose money, it’s extremely fulfilling on a personal and creative level.
4. Where does Pixel Lincoln stand? How is it growing?
Pixel Lincoln is out and about. We’re in-between releases now, but have a wave of products in the manufacturing stage right now. I actually just proofed about 250 cards this week, which is a really tough part of the process. It’s so important as you are the final eye before mass production, but it’s so easy to make assumptions. I’ve seen these cards dozens and dozens of times already and assume there can’t be any mistakes. But there were a handful, as always.
We released the deckbuilding card game mid-2013 and around October we released a small travel box with another 54 cards. Since then we made a 21 card set and four more 54 card sets that should be scattered over the next year or so, once they arrive from China. It’s really exciting to see the longevity of this game and I hope to see it continue.
5. It seems like you are pretty active in going to trade shows, gaming conventions, and the like. Is this how you grow your brand? What else do you do?
I go to a lot, but I haven’t done too many as a vendor/exhibitor. I’ll go to most of the big board game shows as an attendee just to meet up with friends from all over, play games, try their new games, test my own, and hopefully catch up with some publishers and get my games in front of them. All of those things are crucial in the industry, and most I assume. Networking is the most important part, especially in today’s Kickstarter world. More recently I’ve been running demos of games like Pixel Lincoln as it’s a very important part of getting people into the game. It’s a lot easier and more effective to jump in and show them what the game is all about. And now that I’m getting Storyteller Cards in stock, I’m hitting some of the smaller, more affordable shows as a vendor. It’s a whole different vibe of work, not play. But still kind of play.
Aside from conventions, I try to stay active in the community on Twitter, Board Game Geek, podcasts, and local game nights.
6. What does your body of work look like? How many of your own games have you made? How many have you made for other companies/people?
My body of work is actually pretty silly. I designed Pixel Lincoln with Game Salute, Maximum Throwdown with AEG and I was co-set designer on Quarriors: Quest of the Qladiator with Wizkids. All of those are board/card games on the quirky side. The 16-bit president fighting puking turtles, a card throwing battle game that pits pirates against aliens against demons, and an expansion to a successful dice-building game where Empress Quiana calls together the mightiest Quarriors across the land to compete in the great Quolosseum.
On the other side, I designed and published Storyteller Cards and Storyteller Cards: Fantasy (in production), which grounds me a little bit in the storytelling/creative world and let me test the waters of the publishing world.
And this year I will have a game called Seven7s with Gryphon Games. It’s very tame in comparison to the other games I’ve been a part of. Players are attempting to get the highest three card hand using the powers of seven famous sevens. They can use the seven deadly sins to hurt opponents, seven lucky gods for a chance at bonus cards, the seven seas to shift cards around, the seven ages of man to “age” the game by speeding it up.
7. What is the best game/game idea you have ever seen/heard? What is the worst?
It’s hard to choose the best, but Risk Legacy sticks out for me. It’s similar to standard Risk, but with a few changes. Instead of playing for world domination you play to 4 victory points, which takes about an hour. So it’s right to the point. But what makes it wonderful is the Legacy side of it. After each game you will modify the world in a variety of ways. You can name a continent or city by physically writing it on the board, this will change the effects of those areas for you in future games. You will add stickers to cards or the board, or tear up a card. There are sections of the rules that are incomplete at the beginning of the game and are added in as you play. There are sections of the packaging filled with cards and components that say “Do not open until X happens”. There’s even a hidden one that says “Do not open ever”. The game becomes what you make of it, and after 15 games you have a world that is unlike any other.
It’s probably harder for me to pick a worst because I try to find the good in everything. But anything that has a lot of downtime between players is awful for me. When it’s 5-10 minutes between turns and I have no interest in what the other players are doing, I start to tune out.
8. What is the cardboard gaming world like today? How do you compete against the video game world?
It’s at a definite high right now. Things like Kickstarter, the YouTube show Tabletop, and massive conventions seem to be growing and growing. I’ve been watching heavily for the past 4-5 years and it’s becoming less of a niche and finding its’ footing in overall geek culture. A good example is the 3-4 aisles of games in Barnes & Noble putting games like Quarriors and Power Grid in front of the mass market.
I don’t really know if video games and board games are in competition. They serve a different purpose as one is very solo and the other requires a group. Some may say video games are anti-social by definition – with online play being an exception, and board games are social. But some of the lines are blurred when digital versions of board games are becoming more and more common. I think some board game companies are pushing for the video game crowd to come their way as well. Games like Krosmaster Arena have a solid video game feel to them.
9. Speaking of video games, Pixel Lincoln is on Steam?
Not at the moment. Pixel Lincoln digital has been in the works for a while but there were a bunch of technical issues that bogged down development, so I put my focus on the tabletop version. It’s so much easier to debug a tabletop game.
Maybe one day though.
You can follow Jason Tagmire on his site Button Shy and on Twitter. | https://untiedmagazine.wordpress.com/2014/05/29/gaming-jason-tagmire/ | 2018-10-15T17:59:13 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [
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Green Bay Packers receiver Geronimo Allison to make season debutRate this title
The wide receiver was suspended for the team's opener against the Seattle Seahawks.
The Green Bay Packers have reinforcements on the way - not that they need them. After a one-week suspension, wide receiver Geronimo Allison was seen on the practice field this week and is expected to join the team for their Sunday night game with the familiar Atlanta Falcons. What role he'll play in the dynamic Packers offense remains up in the air. But he'll be out to prove that he deserves to be part of an offense that is expected to be one of the best in all of football once again, thanks in large part to wide receiver depth and Mr. Aaron Rodgers.
Allison joins the team
On Wednesday, ESPN reporter Rob Demovsky spotted Allison on the practice field, fooling around with a JUGS machine.
It was one of the first times the wide receiver has graced the Packers with his presence since the regular season began. He was suspended for last week's opener against the Seattle Seahawks. The reason: a one-game suspension after a marijuana charge last season, a violation of the NFL's drug policy.
Geronimo Allison has returned from his Week 1 suspension. Expect him to be the No. 4... pic.twitter.com/bTLfvYVZmF— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) September 13, 2017
The timing of his return is personally intriguing for Allison. Last season, he made his NFL debut in the same exact city (although not the same stadium, since the Falcons have moved into new digs this season). He caught a four-yard touchdown pass for his first career reception in Week 8 of the 2016 season. Back then, the Packers didn't need him.
Heck, they may not need him so much now.
Allison looks for a role
As of now, all indications are that Allison will fill the No. 4 receiver role in Green Bay. He will move past the likes of Jeff Janis and Trevor Davis on the depth chart. Naturally, he won't surpass Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb, and probably won't pass Davante Adams either. Allison is coming off a strong preseason, where he had seven catches for 75 yards. He did suffer a concussion along the way, though.
Last season, Allison caught 17 passes for 267 yards, good for two touchdowns (including the playoffs). He has looked even better during training camp, according to all reports. He has looked physically stronger and mentally tougher. The suspension was a setback, but he could be on the verge of a breakout season if Aaron Rodgers decides to look his way every once in a while.
Because that's just what the Packers need: another weapon in their already high-powered arsenal. No wonder Rodgers thinks he can play until he's 40 years old - he's surrounded with a group of receivers that make his job as painless as possible. | https://us.blastingnews.com/sports/2017/09/green-bay-packers-receiver-geronimo-allison-to-make-season-debut-002009607.html | 2018-10-15T17:22:02 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [
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The Academy celebrated its 40th anniversary on Thursday with a Distinguished Service Award to Dr. George Uhlig, who was one of six founders of the university, and with the unveiling of “Mr. Baseball” by sculptor Bruce Larsen, the 2009 Sport Artist of the Year.
Pictured in the photo from left to right are: Uhlig, Dr. Robert Campbell III, the Academy Board of Trustees chairman, Larsen and Academy President and CEO Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich. | https://ussa.edu/news/academys-40th-anniversary-celebration/ | 2018-10-15T17:31:40 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
- Supervisors/advisors
- Program timelines
- Early admission from MMath to PhD
- Courses in the school
- Progress reports
- Required withdrawal
Supervisors/advisors
At the start of the graduate program, each student is assigned to a faculty member who advises the student about the selection of courses and signs the student's paperwork. After the first term, and with the agreement of the faculty member, the student may select the same or a different faculty member as research supervisor for the research paper or thesis. The research supervisor also serves as the advisor.
The change of research supervisor requires the written consent of the student, the current supervisor, the proposed supervisor and the director of graduate studies.
When a student's supervisor is absent from campus, the supervisor is required to delegate a substitute who is on campus to act on his/her behalf.
Every supervisor and co-supervisor of an SCS graduate student must have an academic faculty-level appointment (possibly an adjunct appointment) at the University of Waterloo.
CS graduate students must have a supervisor or at least one co-supervisor who either:
- holds a regular academic appointment in SCS (e.g., not a research, adjunct, or cross-appointed faculty member),
- is a cross-appointed faculty member who has been exceptionally granted sole-supervision privileges in SCS, or
- holds a research or adjunct appointment in SCS and has been approved to sole-supervise the student by:
- the director of graduate studies of SCS (for an MMath student), or
- the associate dean, graduate studies of the Faculty of Mathematics, on the recommendation of the director of graduate studies (for a PhD student).
For PhD students, this same (co-)supervisor must also have approved doctoral dissertation supervisor (ADDS) status.
It is recognized that UWaterloo faculty members who do not have an appointment in CS can provide valuable expertise in the context of co-supervising CS grad students, especially for students involved in interdisciplinary research. However, it is desirable to maintain some level of oversight for co-supervision by non-CS faculty. Therefore, in order for a UWaterloo faculty member who does not have a cross-appointment in CS to co-supervise an CS graduate student, approval must be obtained from the director of graduate studies in CS. In such cases, a brief discussion of the research expertise of the non-CS co-supervisor should be provided to the director of graduate studies, along with a clear description of the role to be played by each co-supervisor.
Length of programs
For the MMath degree, a minimum of two terms of full-time registration is normally required. The actual length of a student's program depends heavily on the student's preparation. Students with an undergraduate degree in Computer Science usually require at least three terms, and should aim to complete within four terms.
The minimum period of registration for the PhD degree is four terms after a master's degree (or six terms after a bachelor's). The actual length of the PhD program depends heavily upon the student's preparation and choice of research topic. The nominal length is 12 terms, but actual completion times may be longer, depending on the individual's progress in completing the thesis.
Early admission from MMath to PhD
A student may transfer from a thesis or coursework MMath program to the PhD program with approval of the proposed PhD supervisor and the director of graduate studies. A master's student admitted to the PhD in this way will be registered in the PhD from bachelor's program. The RA funding for previously funded students may be adjusted. The school and supervisor will commit to the same level of TA/RA funding as given to a newly admitted PhD student, i.e., four years from the time of admission into the PhD program, assuming reasonable progress. The terms of admission will be stated in a formal offer letter to the student.
Course averages
To maintain satisfactory academic standing, MMath students must maintain a 75% average over all required courses taken while registered in the program. PhD students must similarly maintain an 80% average over all required courses taken while registered in the program. These averages include any remedial courses. In addition to these course average requirements there are three additional requirements on the minimum grade in each course, as follows:
- All graduate students must obtain a grade of at least 70% to pass
- All graduate students taking a remedial course must obtain a grade of at least 70%
- PhD students who wish to count a course towards their Comp 1 requirement must obtain a grade of at least 78%
Courses in the school
Graduate courses are classified into three levels: 600-level courses are basic graduate courses, 700-level courses are intermediate graduate courses, and 800-level courses are research-oriented courses.
These courses assume a background of at least third-year Honours Computer Science at the University of Waterloo and a similar level of mathematical maturity. Students lacking this background will be asked to acquire this material in addition to the other requirements of the program.
Areas
Computer Science courses are grouped into categories and areas.
Independent study and one-time courses (CS 690A and 690B, 698, 798 and 898) will be assigned an area for each offering, based on course content. Graduate courses offered by other departments will also be assigned to one of the nine areas. Students should seek a ruling from the director of graduate studies in the School of Computer Science as to how a course is classified before enrolling in courses on other departments.
MMath students must have no more than half of their courses in any one area. PhD students must show competence in a cross section of categories and areas as defined by the requirements for the PhD Comprehensive-I.
Number of required CS courses in a program
Students are permitted to take a limited number of non-CS courses which can count towards their course requirement. The number of CS courses required for each program is:
- MMath thesis program: three out of four courses
- MMath research paper program: five out of seven courses
- MMath coursework program: six out of eight courses
- PhD from master's program: three out of four courses
- PhD from bachelor's program: six out of eight courses
An exception to this policy may apply in some cases but must have the approval of the CS director of graduate studies.
Remedial courses
Graduate students may be admitted to either program even though they have insufficient preparation for graduate study in one or more areas. Such students will be informed in their offer of admission of specific remedial courses that they will be required to take in addition to the other requirements. Remedial courses are numbered at the 200, 300 and 400 levels. Students must obtain a mark of at least 70% in required remedial courses. If 70% is not obtained a substitute remedial course must be taken. Also, students must achieve the required overall program average (including remedial courses.)
Graduate students are permitted to fulfil requirements for second-year remedial courses by writing the final exam in the course and obtaining a minimum grade of 70. If this option is pursued, the student should not register for the course, and the result will not appear on the student's transcript. The instructor of the course may require the student to also write the midterm if the final exam is not comprehensive.
Grade of INC in graduate courses
Normally, the work for a course should be completed in the term of the course. Exceptional cases do arise, however, and a grade of INC is provided to allow work to be completed later in these circumstances. This grade is converted to the appropriate numeric grade when the work is complete. This policy outlines the expectations on both students and instructors regarding grades of INC.
While an INC remains on a student's transcript, it will be counted by the university and scholarship agencies as a failure in all calculations of averages and in determination of adequacy of progress. Further, holders of NSERC, OGS and OGSST scholarships may not carry an INC on their transcript for more than three weeks; otherwise the scholarship will be terminated. Students also may not apply for these scholarships while carrying an INC.
Awarding of INC grades
Grades of INC are not automatic. A failure to submit a final project or similar work ordinarily results in either a numeric mark with the missing work included as zero, or when the missing work represents a major part of the term grade (such as a final exam) a grade of DNW.
A student who believes that an INC is appropriate in a course should contact the instructor as soon as the circumstances that make it appropriate become evident. The instructor will make a determination as to the appropriateness of an INC grade.
Circumstances that may warrant an INC include significant illness of the student, death in the family, parental leave, etc. Also, at the instructor's discretion, exceptional academic responsibilities (for example, if the student will present his or her work an an international conference during the exam period) may warrant an INC.
Instructors should not offer INC grades in a "blanket" fashion to all students who ask.
Clearing of INC grades
Grades of INC should be cleared as soon as possible. If it appears that an INC may not be cleared within three weeks from the start of the next term, the student and instructor should jointly submit an explanation to the director of graduate studies. The explanation should include both the reason for the INC and the manner and time in which the student expects to clear it.
Awarding of final grades
All grades should be submitted in a timely manner. In particular, an INC for one student must not delay final grades for other students in the class. Further, once a student submits work to clear an INC, that work must be evaluated and a grade-change submitted.
As a benchmark for timely submission of grades or grade changes, the length of time between the end of an exam period and the normal due date for grades will be considered both reasonable and sufficient for evaluation of work and submission of grades.
Violations of policy
Students who fail to request and INC or who do not submit the required work will receive the appropriate mark based on work submitted. If this results in poor overall performance, the graduate committee will consider the case in the same manner as others.
Instructors should grant INC grades only for adequate cause and should reassign a numerical mark in a reasonable time following submission of the completed work. If violations may have occurred, the director of graduate studies will refer the matter to the director of the school for consideration and appropriate action.
Students who have concerns under this policy should contact the graduate advocate or the director of graduate studies. Instructors should contact either the director of the school or the director of graduate studies.
Part-time studies
Part-time graduate students in the school may take at most one course per registered term, not including courses taken as audit (AUD) and undergraduate courses taken as extra to degree (XTRA). Required remedial courses cannot be taken as XTRA.
Progress reports
Progress reports have been instituted to help the student focus on making timely progress through the program requirements and to encourage continual, constructive interaction between the student and supervisor. The student will fill out a prepared progress report form in consultation with the supervisor at the intervals specified below and submit it to the graduate committee which will review the student's progress.
Completion of the required progress reports will affect registration decisions. For example, a program extension will not be granted to a student who fails to submit the required progress report.
A student who is concerned about the information required on the progress report or is uncomfortable with the collaborative nature of the process is encouraged to discuss the particular circumstances with the graduate advocate.
The University of Waterloo operates on a three term basis: fall (September-December), winter (January-April), and spring (May-August). Registration takes place at the beginning of each term. The registration procedure consists of two phases: fee payment and course selection. They may be done in either order, but should be done as early as possible.
- Fees can be paid to the University of Waterloo by direct bank payment, or funded students may choose to arrange for fees to be deducted from their term funding. Late payment will incur additional charges. Further details.
- Course selection is made in consultation with the student's advisor. The student then enrolls in the courses using the student Quest system unless auditing a course, enrolling in a remedial course, or taking an course extra to degree. In these cases, the student must use a drop/add form. Course selection should be made as early as possible, and certainly by the end of the first month of the term. Course computer accounts are set up after the student is registered in the course.
Courses may be dropped or added using the student Quest system until the end of the fourth week of the term. After that courses can be dropped or added until the end of lectures by completing a drop/add form. After the fourth week of the term, the associate dean, in addition to the student's supervisor and the director of graduate studies must approve any courses dropped or added.
Required withdrawal
The principal reason for requiring a student to withdraw is unsatisfactory progress. The responsibility for this decision rests with the graduate committee, acting on information from the student's advisor/supervisor and other faculty members who have interacted with the student. Under normal circumstances, poor performance in courses is interpreted as unsatisfactory progress. MMath students are expected to maintain an overall average of at least 75%, and PhD students an average of at least 80%. Averages within 5% of these requirements will be reviewed each term; averages below 70 for MMath or 75 for PhD will ordinarily result in automatic and immediate withdrawal. In addition, failing to complete the required number of courses each term may be construed as unsatisfactory progress, as is failure to complete the PhD comprehensives within the allotted time. Excessive delay in completing a thesis is also unsatisfactory.
A student who is asked to withdraw from the program can appeal this decision in writing to the director of graduate studies. The appeal is then considered by the graduate committee, who may consult with the student and/or the student's advisor/supervisor. In the event that the appeal is rejected, the student can further appeal to the associate dean, graduate studies, Faculty of Mathematics. If rejected, a final appeal is allowed to the Faculty of Mathematics Student Appeals Committee. Normally, the student remains registered in the program during this process. | https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/current-graduate-students/policies-and-procedures | 2018-10-15T17:57:24 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
The first time ever I got to see the Atlantic ocean (or any ocean) was in 2011 in Portugal. It was also just my second flight ever and the first and so far only time I was flying alone. My boyfriend stayed in Portugal for 4 weeks and I joined for the last 2 weeks because sadly I couldn’t take more time off from work.
We stayed in a small tepee at a campground in Ericeira because I don’t really like tents too much and it was really cheap.
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Pro-cycling is all about attention to detail: the training, the bike, the kit and of course personal grooming. We all have our favourite cycling style icons, and you only need to read Chris Juul Jensen‘s excellent blog post for Rouleur to see just how important looking your best equates to riding at your best for these elite athletes. It’s not all about keeping cool and aero.
The riders endure everything from extreme heat and dust, to cold and wet for hours on end. So just how do they keep hair, beards,and moustaches in prime condition over a three week Grand Tour? In number #341 of ‘things I did not know about the Tour de France’ is the existence of an official Tour barber, sponsored by Bic, who travels with the whole cavalcade from stage to stage and opens for business in the Start Village every day.
It’s a fiercely contested position and this year’s barbier de choix is Hervé Boibessot from Toulouse. He’s an ardent cyclist as well as one of France’s top ten barbers according to GQ magazine – the perfect man for the post I’d say. Here’s VeloVoice favourite Sylvain Chavanel (IAM-Cycling) giving the hot seat a whirl.
There is an excellent piece on Hervé here in the MetroNews (in French). You can see he sports a very fine beard and moustache combination so no surprise at all to see Simon Geschke (Giant-Alpecin) at the booth
However, the article does go on to say that the Toulousain hopes to convince many clients to give hirsute facial adornments a try, whether a full beard or the 3-day stubble effect. I can’t say I’m completely on board with this idea.
You can look out for the Tour barber on his Instagram account (@herve_ocofador/).
Header: Immaculately coiffed Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), also a customer of the barber I believe – via Commons Wikimedia
Hirsute facial adornment – the way to go!
😀 Hah! In moderation though… as with many things in life
My wife loves the two-day stubble, no more… and she’d lapse into a funk of depression over a beard!
Heh, thanks for the comment. I am fully on board with the feelings of your wife in this matter. Though I will admit to a growing fondness for the ‘Musketeer’ look, and of course Dan Craven’s beard is a thing of wonder.
See, Dan is a perfect example of a beard gone wild… He can hide a small animal in there! | https://velovoices.com/2015/07/18/tour-2015-the-barber-of-toulouse/ | 2018-10-15T17:30:38 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
If you want a new technology to succeed, getting the adult entertainment industry onboard as early adopters is never a bad thing.
Cyprus-based blockchain company Decentralized Vision ended the private sale of its PumaPay project after raising $117 million. The token generation event produced a total of 78,042,956,829 PMA tokens.
PumaPay is a PullPayment Protocol created to bring cryptocurrency payments to daily life, and 30 adult entertainment companies have already committed to using the token.
Essentially, the protocol reverses how transactions usually work by enabling merchants to pull funds from their customers’ account.
Decentralized Vision claims that this mechanism avoids high transaction costs and reduces the insecurity of chargebacks (reverse transactions) and associated fines.
That’s significant, because the PumaPay Protocol supports payment practices that have been difficult to achieve on the blockchain, including recurring payments with fixed and variable amounts, pay-per-use transactions, restricted and split payments, and more — transactions that merchants are used to having available with credit cards.
“We are very proud and happy to have raised this amount of $117 million, leading us to generating 78,042,956,829 PMA tokens,” PumaPay CEO Yoav Dror said. “This will help us finish the development of our PullPayment Protocol, PumaPay wallets, the PumaPay Pride, and other innovative components to achieve our vision and values. It gives us the resources to expand our ecosystem, bringing more companies to adapt the protocol at this early stage.”
In addition to a successful fundraising campaign, PumaPay announced that it has signed partnerships with more than 40 companies, which combined have over $10 billion in transactions per year.
“It is also a great honor [that] so many companies have committed to adapting the protocol from the onset, introducing PMA as a payment method and creating a strong foundation for the PumaPay economy,” Dror said.
PumaPay’s collaborations include 30 adult entertainment companies, such as Vivid Entertainment, ImLive, AEBN, and others. Businesses from other industries, including Fashion TV, CCBill, Rent24, Backpack.io, and ExposeBox, have also committed to the platform. | https://venturebeat.com/2018/05/09/adult-entertainment-darling-pumapay-joins-the-ico-elite-raising-117-million/ | 2018-10-15T17:29:44 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Sony announced Nioh 2 during its Electronic Entertainment Expo event today in Los Angeles.
The first Nioh came out for PlayStation 4 in 2017. It was a big hit, selling more than 2 million copies, so a sequel makes sense.
The series is from Team Ninja, a studio known for action games like Nioh and Ninja Gaiden. It has you playing as an Irish samurai in a fictional version of 1600 Japan with Dark Souls-like difficulty | https://venturebeat.com/2018/06/11/sony-announces-nioh-2-from-team-ninja/ | 2018-10-15T18:17:38 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
/ Aug 2003 VimpelCom issues consent to Alfa Group's acquisition of stake in Megafon Moscow, and New York (August 28, 2003) - Open Joint Stock Company "Vimpel-Communications" ("VimpelCom" or the "Company") (NYSE: VIP) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the granting of consent by VimpelCom to the Alfa Group's purchase of an indirect 25.1% equity stake in the Russian cellular operator, OAO "Megafon". VimpelCom's consent was required under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Company, Eco Telecom Limited (part of the Alfa Group) and Telenor East Invest AS, dated as of May 30, 2001, as amended. The consent contemplates that the parties will explore a possible business combination between OAO "Megafon" and VimpelCom in the future., in part, to the possible discussions of a business combination between OAO "Megafon" and VimpelCom. The parties may determine that any such transaction is not desirable or if desirable, may not be consummated. These discussions involve risks and uncertainties. The actual outcome may differ materially from these statements as a result of unforeseen developments from regulatory authorities, competition, governmental regulations of the wireless telecommunications industry, general political uncertainties in Russia and general economic developments in Russia and other factors. As a result of such risks and uncertainties, there can be no assurance that a business combination could | https://veon.com/Media-center/Press-releases/2003/VimpelCom-issues-consent-to-Alfa-Groups-acquisition-of-stake-in-Megafon/ | 2018-10-15T16:40:12 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Kennedy Trail Parking, Los Gatos, Ca, &, Kennedy Rd & Kennedy Trail, Los Gatos, CA 95032, United States
Priest Rock Trail, Los Gatos, CA 95033, USA
This climb on mountain bike goes from Kennedy road up to the junction of Kennedy trail and Priest Rock trail. With steep gradients, this should give you a good leg workout.
This steep fire road is located in the Kennedy-Limekiln area, which is part of the Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve.
No strava segment for this video. | https://videos.kinomap.com/en/watch/2746hj | 2018-10-15T16:42:25 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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We traveled to Philladelphia last month for a conference. We usually rent a car while travel but this time we decided to take public transportation. We used the subway, train, bus, and trollies for commuting between our stay at the Days Inn hotel by the Philladelphia airport and our destinations (the conference center, downtown Philladelphia and its landmarks, NY). Philladelphia public transportation is quite good. However, it takes time to go places, particularly if one doesn’t know the schedule well enough. We were surprised with many encounters while using public transportation. It offers us many opportunities to see things which we would not be able to have if being well confined within a rented car on a defined route. Stripped off our confinement of comfort and priveleges we see more of the real.
On the Saturday that I took the bus (Megabus) from Philly to NY to see my son, I got to the bus station quite early so I walked inside the 30th street station to take cover instead of waiting on the JFK/Market street corner under the hot and humid weather. This is an old-time big city train station, beautiful and enormous. It houses Amtrak station and Philly’s regional rails and subway. Inside, on the main concourse there are pairs of long wooden benches facing each other for people in waiting, for departure or for pick-up. I sat on one corner of a bench, in the middle is a Caucasian mother and her daughter, and on the other corner is a fourty something Black man. The mother is probably mid-fifty with an adult daughter, looking like a college student. She was plugged with earphones and using a computer. On the opposite bench, empty from across my corner, in the midde is a White couple in the fifty, and at the other end is an African American mother and her late teen daughter. There was a White lady in late fifty, crutch under one arm and a removable cast for the foot on the other leg walking to our benches. She was neatly dressed and clean. She really looked like a person just down on her luck. She approached the mother and daughter next to me asking for help with food and meal, saying that she was out of job since March. She went across to opposite bench asking the couple, who just sat down a few minutes earlier holding two fast food bags and drinks. They shook their heads, did not say a word. She walked away. I turned around watching her approached another White lady from the bench behind with same result, no one give a handout. She did not ask me, an Asian American, neither the African American mother and daughter nor the Black man. I did not know how to act. I was thinking of approaching her to help, but afraid of offending with unsolicited help. A few minutes later, I looked back behind me again but she had disappeared. I should have approached her earlier, regardless.
The next day, I went back from NY to Philly. I took the subway from 30th street terminal back to the end of the line, the 69th street terminal, before taking another 40-minute bus ride back to the hotel. This terminal is in Darby, west of Philly, a small working class town, predominantly blacks with low-income families. The subway line passes through rows of run-down old houses along the track. Those houses seem to be built around the same time period with almost identical facing, two-stories brick houses, nice looking at one time but now with broken windows, boarded up, patched up roofs, damaged gutters, ruined by time without repairs. The 69th street terminal is a pretty small enclosure up the stairs from the subway. It has large glass windows on two sides and two short benches looking out to the bus stop outside. There was a White gruff-looking man with disheveled oily hair and dirty clothes. He looks like an old-time panhandler. He darted inside the terminal and asked for changes. I gave him whatever changes in my pant pocket. He walked to the Black man next to me and asked the same. The Black man gave him a dollar bill. He then went to two more persons sitting and standing around the benches but without result. He ran to the bus stop outside asking from a Black lady and she gave him a bill. He went to a couple of people outside then darted back inside the terminal and ran down the stairs to the subway. Within a few minutes he got some changes from three out of 7-8 persons that he asked.
I ponder on the race and class of people who ask, who being asked, and who help.
Philladelphia, 06.20.2010 | https://vietsoul21.net/2010/07/09/tales-from-the-two-cities/ | 2018-10-15T18:09:54 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
These.
[Edit] I bolded the ones I liked best.
Strawberries with the Führer - Helga Tiscenko
Children of the star - Sylvia Engdahl
The magicians of Caprona - Diana Wynne Jones
The stars my destination - Alfred Bester
Spin - Robert Charles Wilson
Witch week - Diana Wynne Jones
Unseen academicals - Terry Pratchett
Axis - Robert Charles Wilson
Foreigner - CJ Cherryh
Iron council - China Miéville
A swiftly tilting planet - Madeleine L'Engle
Cockatiels at seven - Donna Andrews
The city & the city - China Miéville
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
Many waters - Madeleine L'Engle
Good omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
The Pinhoe egg - Diana Wynne Jones
Firefly summer - Maeve Binchy
Master and commander - Patrick O'Brian
Lustrum - Robert Harris
The Grand Tour - Patricia C Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
The silver branch - Rosemary Sutcliff
Temeraire - Naomi Novik
Alanna - Tamora Pierce
Throne of jade - Naomi Novik
The mislaid magician, or, Ten years after - Patricia C Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
In the hand of the goddess - Tamora Pierce
Black powder war - Naomi Novik
House of many ways - Diana Wynne Jones
The woman who rides like a man - Tamora Pierce
Lioness rampant - Tamora Pierce
The name of the wind - Patrick Rothfuss
Empire of ivory - Naomi Novik
Bridge of birds - Barry Hughart
Crown duel - Sherwood Smith
Victory of eagles - Naomi Novik
Eight skilled gentlemen - Barry Hughart
Post captain - Patrick O'Brian
Terrier - Tamora Pierce
Trickster's choice - Tamora Pierce
Frontier wolf - Rosemary Sutcliff
The red box - Rex Stout
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
Wild magic - Tamora Pierce
The red wolf conspiracy - Robert V S Redick
Her royal spyness - Rhys Bowen
Bloodhound - Tamora Pierce
HMS Surprise - Patrick O'Brian
Have a little faith - Mitch Albom
Wolf speaker - Tamora Pierce
A royal pain - Rhys Bowen
The rats and the ruling sea - Robert VS Redick
Six geese a-slaying - Donna Andrews
Tongues of serpents - Naomi Novik
Evanly choirs - Rhys Bowen
Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
The Mauritius Command - Patrick O'Brian
Swan for the money - Donna Andrews
Royal flush - Rhys Bowen
The outback stars - Sandra McDonald
Sea of shadow - Fuyami Ono
Evan and Elle : a Constable Evans mystery - Rhys Bowen
The Emperor Mage - Tamora Pierce
The stars down under - Sandra McDonald
Royal blood - Rhys Bowen
Mission of gravity - Hal Clement
Tatja Grimm's world - Vernor Vinge
Evans above - Rhys Bowen
The school of essential ingredients - Erica Bauermeister
The rabbi's cat [graphic novel] - Joann Sfar
The rabbi's cat 2 [graphic novel] - Joann Sfar
A fire upon the deep - Vernor Vinge
The anti-social behaviour of Horace Rumpole - John Mortimer
Get real - Donald E Westlake
The housekeeper and the professor - Yoko Ogawa
Cryoburn - Lois McMaster Bujold (in progress, and very enjoyable it is)
Also posted on Dreamwidth, with
Books I read in 2010
These.
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Walnut Bonnetiere (Armoire)
£0.00
SOLD
Dimensions: 101cm wide at base (118cm at the cornice) x 223.5cm high x 57cm deep. Bottom drawer has 2 compartments 67.5cm wide x 47.5cm long x 8cm deep. 2nd compartment is 13.5cm wide. The height between shelves is 32.5, 33, 33, 34cm and the shelves measure 45cm deep x 97cm wide.
Originally made for the storage of hats and wigs and particular to the West of France, these armoires make wonderful storage solutions for kitchens, bedrooms, larders, hallways, dining rooms. Simple, elegant
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Our listed price INCLUDES delivery within mainland UK. If you would like instead to pick up your purchase from our Milton Keynes Showroom, we would be delighted to offer you a reduction in the cost to £700.00. Contact me on sophie@vintagefrench.com for more information.
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Many people attempt to reverse the effects of the natural aging process by a variety of supplements, creams and injections. One I don't recommend is Hyaluronic Acid. As we age, the amount of hyaluronic acid in our system decreases as does the moisture in our skin. Yet, taking a synthetic supplement internally to try to combat this is wrong, as there is a higher risk of cancer associated with this synthetic supplement. | https://vitatree.com/fish-oil-supplements/category/22 | 2018-10-15T17:48:10 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Walmart’s tech incubator is out with its first experiment. The incubator, known as Store No. 8, just launched Jetblack, a concierge-style service for requesting stuff and getting it really quick. During its pilot period, the project was known as Code Eight.
To shop with Jetblack, first you need an invite. Right now the service is limited to some customers in Manhattan and Brooklyn who are part of an eight month pilot program restricted to buildings with a doorman, though that will soon expand and a waitlist is available now. The service is $50 a month — considerably less than some adjacent competitors while considerably more than Amazon Prime — and promises same-day delivery.
While concierge services like Hello Alfred position themselves as high-end options for people wishing to live more serene lives, Jetblack is focusing on “time-strapped urban parents” seeking “more efficient ways to shop for themselves and their families.” To request something, Jetblack members send a text message and will receive product recommendations sent back in text. Those recommendations are culled from Walmart and Jet.com but also from specialty retailers locally.
That means any product request is fair game and “sourcing a specific beauty cream from a member’s favorite local boutique, curating custom Easter baskets and delivering them once the kids are asleep and rushing beach essentials to a family on vacation” are all within the realm of Jetblack fulfillments.
“Consumers are looking for more efficient ways to shop for themselves and their families without having to compromise on product quality,” said Jetblack co-founder and CEO Jenny Fleiss, formerly of Rent the Runway.
“With Jetblack, we have created an entirely new concept that enables consumers to get exactly what they need through the convenience of text messaging and the freedom of a nearly unlimited product catalogue.”
It’ll be interesting to see if these kind of personal shopping services can differentiate themselves in markets already well-acquainted with same-day shipping. While what makes Jetblack’s proposition unique isn’t that clear, it’s worth noting thanks to its roots in the biggest brick-and-mortar retailer around.
Tech Stories Are Here. | https://vivalasgidi.com/walmarts-new-personal-shopping-service-jetblack-launches-in-new-york/ | 2018-10-15T17:36:39 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Using annotations, you can add text or links on your test reports, allowing you to comment or add notes to mark important dates or time in test reports. Adding annotations helps you revisit the reports and easily track what worked for you on which specific timeline, and what did not.
For example, let us say you are running a test to track clicks on a button (say Subscribe button) in your website. During the test, you also send out an email inviting users to click the button. Based on your email campaign, your website may see a surge in the traffic that is captured in the reports. Using annotations, you can add a comment on the reports timeline saying that you had run the email campaign that day which could have resulted in increased traffic.
After you create an annotation, a small comment icon appears below the corresponding date. You can click or hover over the icon to view an annotation.
- Select the test reports you want to annotate.
- Under Detailed Reports, select Goals option to view the reports timeline for the specific test.
- On the graph report, select Date Range Graph and click the + icon on the dates to add annotation.
You can add any number of annotation to your VWO test reports. To view your annotations in the reports table, click Show Annotations option just below the graphical reports. Click Hide Annotations to collapse the table. | https://vwo.com/knowledge/how-to-annotate-vwo-reports/ | 2018-10-15T17:17:14 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Services for Youth
Vashon Youth and Family Services (VYFS) provides confidential counseling for all island teens at no cost. Any teen is welcome to seek counseling services at the VYFS Main Office . VYFS counselors also see young clients at their schools, homes or within the community.
VYFS strives to provide collaborative care by partnering with school staff and other social service agencies that help address the social/emotional wellness of Vashon's youth.
To access VYFS services, please call 206-463-5511, drop by the main office to schedule an appointment, consult with your assigned VYFS mental health counselor or speak to your school counselor. | https://vyfs.org/youth | 2018-10-15T16:56:20 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
April 28, 2017 - Horse Cave, KY - Sam, Julia, and Ethan
Have you ever gone against your better judgment? No? I suggest you try it sometime.
Picture Credit to Verge Magazine
Today, I woke up with absolutely no idea that I would do something my parents, television, and society at large always said not to do: I picked up a group of hitchhikers.
As a veteran of a Drum Corps International World Class organization and an alum of one of the top Bands of America ensembles in the Midwest, my education in regards to the marching arts has been everything short of incredible. I’ve stepped out onto the turf of Lucas Oil Stadium a total of nine times, performed shows in 24 states between BOA and DCI, and have spent a grand total of nearly $10,000 for band-related travel and performance opportunities. But at 22, I am officially aged out and ineligible for more stupid adventures in a charter bus.
After aging out, the DCI version of retiring from competition, most people do one of three things: they can stop performing altogether, switch to the senior circuit which is Drum Corps Associates, or they can join a DCI group as an instructor. I decided to pursue the latter, applying for an open position with the visual staff at Music City in Nashville, TN. Somehow, I got the job and was asked to attend weekend rehearsals in December 2016 and April of this year. Attending the first round of auditions in December showed me just how far of a drive I would be making. But because God has an incredible sense of humor, the distance isn’t quite enough to warrant an airline ticket. Lesson learned, I knew I would have to do something in order to minimize my time on the road, especially with finals beginning on May 1. So, with the help of my trusty steed, I hit the road to Nashville with the full intention to speed as much as possible. I managed to cut about 45 minutes total from my drive but had it added back on thanks to the world-renowned cluster fuck which is Lexington, KY, at 4:30 in the afternoon.
After a migraine and two bags of M&M’s, I made my way on to The Martha Layne Collins Blue Grass Parkway. The Bluegrass Parkway, stretching for 71 miles between Versailles and Elizabethtown, Kentucky, cuts through some of the most scenic and awe-inspiring landscape the state has to offer. Little known towns of nearly no value dot the landscape and can be viewed easily from bridges spanning the Kentucky River valley. A near hour spent on this road tells you why people fall in love with the Bluegrass State.
But it was not to last, as I came off the Parkway onto I-65 south right outside of Elizabethtown. Heavy construction (the norm for a state of only 4.43 million people) created havoc and gridlock for miles. Unfortunately, God’s sense of humor again became apparent when I realized that the southbound lanes were the only ones affected. Northbound I-65 flowed at interstate speeds as though nothing were there. (As if to mock me further, I would encounter the same problem driving North on Sunday…)
Around mile marker 74, I encountered a smoked out, redneck soccer mom whose only concern seemed to be tailgating as many people as possible while attempting to avoid her turn signal like the plague. I would have been remiss if I did not toy with her a little bit and cause her to be trapped behind me and between two semi-trailers, which consequently earned me more tailgating and variations of the bird which I had no idea existed. The gap tooth inbred sped by, clearly cursing me, as I exited at mile marker 58 to gas up in Horse Cave, Kentucky. I guarantee you, dear reader, that I lack the creativity to come up with some of these town names.
Horse Cave is a small, home rule-class town surrounded by rolling hills and questionable tourist attractions. The most notable of these, in my opinion, is the curiously named "Kentucky Down Under" animal park. A roughly 15-foot tall and 30-foot wide billboard, easily seen from the interstate and immediately across from the Love’s gas station I stopped at, features a Kangaroo which is asking the question, “Have you ever pet a Kangaroo?” in capitalized, red block letters. Of course I hadn’t and I had neither the time nor money to change that. Gassed up and fed, I set out to merge back on to 65 for the last hour and a half of my drive.
That was when I saw them, three hippies with a cardboard sign which read “Nashville.”
I’ll admit, their apparel was what I noticed first. The vests, pants, and dreads all denoted stereotypical weed heads bent on making it to Woodstock without fail, which made me curious to know why they were heading towards Nashville, home of country music and groups like Lady Antebellum. And, as the adage goes, curiosity killed the cat: I stopped to talk to them.
I have to note that I did not, in fact, die. How else would I be writing this?
However, I was incredibly nervous. Yeah, the trio looked friendly and incredibly inviting, but that did not change my perception that hitchhikers are innately dangerous individuals who will steal my wallet and left shoe at the earliest opportunity. I was nervous, but this seemed like a risk worth taking. I know the moment any of my immediate family members read this, I’ll be receiving more than a couple phone calls to berate me for my life choices. What else is new?
I rolled down the passenger side window and the lone woman stood and approached me. She introduced herself as Julia and reached into the car, offering her hand. I shook it delicately, not sure how gentle I should be with her, but was met with the rough, scratchy callouses of a blue collar worker. I asked if they were heading to Nashville and, once she confirmed it, told them I had room for them to join as I was heading the same direction. She called to her friends who gathered their bags, one guitar, and a few water jugs before dashing to the vehicle.
Julia gracefully slid into the passenger seat while her traveling partners clambered into the back seat over my duffle bag and sleeping roll. A sudden stench of bad beer and weed overcame me and I scrambled to set the air conditioner so it would cycle in fresh oxygen as quickly as humanly possible.
The skinnier of the two men leaned forward and propped himself on my center console. His breath reeked of cigarettes and his hair desperately needed to be washed, yet he carried himself like a southern gentleman out on the town with his small posse of clingy women. He introduced himself as Samuel but insisted that I just call him Sam. Sam forced the other man, a little fatter and a tad shorter, to thank me for the ride. He huffed and muttered a thank you, then said something about not understanding why they had to rely on some bourgie from Illinois for a ride when they could just as easily find a fellow traveler in a van for help.
Julia snapped at the man, threatening him with a spoon she produced from her back pocket. Sam intervened, begging her to play nice then turning to me to apologize for Ethan’s behavior. With all three names down and the interstate before us, I figured it would be a good time to start asking questions. Julia agreed, but Ethan flipped her off and pulled the brim of his hat down to the bridge of his nose.
As we pulled back onto the freeway, Sam and Julia restarted a conversation from earlier. They both held very liberal political views, but they seemed to disagree on how things ought to be run at the state and federal levels. The complexity of the terms they were using went beyond anything I could ever hope to understand, which raised a few questions in my mind; the foremost being what in the name of all holiness did these two do?
Julia was the first to answer. The blonde hair, brown eye girl of 25 spoke enthusiastically, but with a defined rhythm which contradicted her happy-go-lucky appearance. At 18, she left home for the first time to attend school at Eastern Kentucky University. After two years studying international relations, she opted for the increasingly popular medical profession and transferred to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Throwing away two years of undergrad seemed like a waste, she admitted, but following her heart seemed to be the best way for her to maintain her sanity in the foreseeable future. I agreed, based on my own experiences and my having trumped her two wasted years with three and a half. Julia apologized and Sam lost his mind. He demanded to know why it took me so long to figure my life out. I shrugged. Julia threw a bottle at his head. Ethan scoffed.
Curious, I asked Sam what he meant. Almost as if scripted, Michael Kamen’s "2000 A.D." came on as Sam started a short monologue on the importance of finding one’s self early in life, of determining your value and purpose before even setting foot on a college campus. "You should know," he said, "how you are going to change the world by the time you’ve entered college, otherwise you’ll just be left relying on others." The irony did not hit him right away.
I gave my usual spiel: I thought I wanted to help people in the medical field, but several turning points in my life coupled with teaching opportunities I had taken on changed my plans. I knew I could never sit down in a Kindergarten classroom because of how short my patience is and, more importantly, due to the crackling noises that emanated from my knees every time I stood up. This led me to the following conclusion: I needed to teach at a university one day. If not for myself, then for the students I would hopefully impact.
Ethan scoffed again, making a sarcastic remark about how noble and altruistic my plight was. Sam, his role as peacemaker becoming obvious, asked Ethan to calm down and try being more civil. Ethan obliged, leaning forward and telling his abbreviated life’s story to no one in particular.
A quote-unquote “sad life” began in the dunes of southern Colorado. He was born in 1987 to a single mother from the small town of Alamosa, population 7,200. Struggling with weight was a life norm (he claimed to be the poster-child for the Bush-era anti-obesity campaigns) and a younger Ethan, embattled by schoolyard bullies, turned to music as an escape from his living hell.
After playing trumpet for years and dabbling in guitar, he decided to make something of it. At 22, he traveled to LA and hopped from band to band, playing gigs for as little as four dollars a night and piecing together an existence from notes on a page and the generosity of others. After nearly two years spent living on the brink of poverty, he gave up his dreams and settled for a temp job in San Diego. Ethan reflected on his five years with the company rather fondly, but said the lifestyle was not for him. About the time he was thinking of leaving the city to again try his luck as a professional musician, he met Sam at a local pub.
The pair bonded over a few drinks, shooting crap about the upcoming election, how to best prepare for life after thirty, and where they might be in ten years. Neither had an answer for the last part. But who ever does?
The car coasted down the highway with little care for potholes. 75 in a 70 seemed dangerous enough, but then again neither Kentucky nor Tennessee was well known for their heavy-handed highway patrolmen. Speeding is the least harmful offense you can commit here. Yet only thirty miles from Nashville, we found ourselves stuck in a traffic jam because a semi-trailer had been pulled over by a small fleet of cop cars. We each guessed what was going on. Julia predicted drug bust. Ethan seconded the claim. I said excessive speeding or reckless driving, though probably a combination of the two. Sam had the most outlandish guess, claiming the driver must be wrapped up in some human trafficking ring or perhaps child porn. We all stared at the bearded giant. A sheepish grin and nonchalant wave implied he didn’t really mean it, though I was far from convinced.
The sun finally dipped below the treetops and twilight shifted from a fiery orange to deep, regal purple. Julia marveled at the trivial sight. Or at least I thought it was. I’ll admit, some of the sunsets I have seen over the fields of Iowa and Kansas, plus a sunrise over the Gulf as viewed from the beaches of Pass Christian, have left me slightly jaded. Once you’ve seen one sunset, you’ve seen them all. The only thing which may come close to changing my mind on this point would be who is standing with me. I don’t know if that makes me hopeful or cynical.
Having passed the semi, Julia pointed out Sam had yet to share his story. He smiled, closed his eyes, then sighed. The man took on a Christ-like appearance; weary, enlightened, and weathered. We rode in silence for a few miles while, I assume, he collected his thoughts. Sam finally spoke a scant ten miles from Nashville.
Born in 1995 near Sudbury, Ontario, Sam came to the US at the age of four with his parents and older sister. He graduated high school at seventeen and went straight into the workforce, picking up odd jobs as they came. On his 21st birthday, he decided to leave the safety of his parents’ basement to explore the country he called home. So from Albany, he made his way south through Philadelphia before taking a right turn in Atlanta and following I-20 to I-10 to I-8 to, finally, a no-name pub near PetCo Park. That’s where he met Ethan two months ago. Together, they made their way back East searching for people to join them on an adventure to anonymity. Julia joined them in Memphis and the trio has been wandering Kentuckiana in search of fellow travelers for the better part of two weeks. Their last hitchhike left without them and they had been at the gas station for almost six hours when I picked them up. The timing was fortuitous as a rainstorm rolled through the area about an hour later.
Right as Sam ended his story, the incandescent and neon lights of Nashville’s skyline broke through the trees. The tell-tale spires of the AT&T Building marked downtown and Nissan Stadium, home of the Titans, told me where the riverbank was. I took exit 49 to drop the group off at an apartment complex off Hermitage. Ethan issued a short thank you before disappearing into the building. Sam shook my hand and bid me good luck in life. Julia smiled and hugged me across the center console, telling me that life looked good for people like me. I forced a grin and thanked her, promising I would try and keep up the optimism, whatever that meant. | https://wander.media/april-28-2017-horse-cave-ky-sam-julia-and-ethan | 2018-10-15T17:50:28 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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mushrooms hate me
im glad to see that now most of the unpickable resources are gone but it seems like it didnt work with mushrooms
now i cant pick them at all ;/
i want to mix this topic with an idea to make the differences between mushrooms smaller so its harder to tell if its edible or not like changing the mushroom ,,leg" colour a little bit (i dont know how do you call this part in english :P). Now you can just walk around the map and find only a few of edible ones.
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60% of mushrooms are edible, but those are likely to be picked by players, so more and more spawns will result in more poisonous from 40% over time, add bugged ones that block slots on "islands" and here you go with only poisonous/bugged mushrooms till someone decides to poison their tribe or unlocks mycology.
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If you need a dumpster permanently, you can purchase is produced by the company. A comparable option for that is to lease the particular dumpster for a certain amount of several years, which is shut to simply buying the dumpster. All wants can be lodged for.
Any basement can be useful for many different issues, depending on your own self, including storage. However, in case your basement has become just one giant "junk drawer,In than it is not being put to it is best possible work with. A nice thorough cleaning out may make your cellar yours all over again, not just a heap of things you won't really need starting valuable place. Getting the many junk out there can be a massive job, however, if you separate it on to more controllable steps you will end up planning out means to use your completely new room right away.
In today's world, in which everyone is concered about the environment, these recycling is also virtually in the forefront when we remove something and set a new thing in its area. When leasing a dumpster for the good-sized job, any contractor or homeowner can certainly rent two -- one particular larger one particular for the remade items, and another for the genuine unusable material. Some dumpsters are available divided into areas for different materials for instance wood, precious metal and goblet or tangible etc., and this also makes it super easy to use, and it likewise adds a lot more streamlining to all of your operation.
Desire on the dumpster rentals for your organization or non commercial use, it is essential that you know the facts about these kind of rentals in order to make a smart decision. Keep this information in mind since you are considering the suitable option for ones waste administration needs. Its also wise to be sure to assess companies, what they've to offer, along with their prices before making your final decision. It is necessary to find a good quality company that gives quality customer satisfaction and good prices that will squeeze into your budget.
Useful provided on different expenses by diverse companies. Many charge a set fee for assistance per day. Other folks may offer the particular bins for the week or less could possibly be. Some organizations may offer cheaper rates however you will surely have got to search in addition to research a good deal for that. Simply beware of disguised . costs that could be there under cover of claims. Look at the terms and conditions with the company prior to taking the services.
You will need to be at home when the business comes by simply for acquire. If tend to be absent on that day, you could be charged one more couple of days if they have to are available back later.
Once your property in Baltimore, Virginia or maybe Washington DC is finished, the company can proceed the dumpster out of your yard and your condo creating is beautiful along with clean. Your new renters or maybe previous visitors will gladly enjoy the new environment.
Dumpsters usually have along with end opportunities as well as a tiny top starting for when construction workers wish to toss factors in previously mentioned. Rental prices with dumpsters and rotate offs is usually dependant on the type of garbage you might have, how long you may need the dumpster, along with the size of the dumpster you rent. Acquire one that's too small and many pick advantages may be needed and your charges will climb. A significantly too large of your dumpster will be more costly and the room won't be necessary. Calculate which size you want carefully.
Sick and tired with all the chaos taking up beneficial space at home or on your lawn? Then never wait for spring season to swing directly into cleaning manner. With affordable and easy 3 Yard Dumpster in Waukons out of your local removal company, you'll be able to clear away a lot of accumulated useless in a single day along with reclaim the real estate with regard to better utilize.
If you have last but not least decided to rent any dumpster from skilled rental service provider to satisfy your rubbish disposal demands, be certain with regards to certain things before you go for a 3 Yard Dumpster in Waukon. You need to have clear picture about the sort of waste which is disposed, size of the pot, time period with the rental and finances of your billfold.
Having a personalized dumpster as a home owner will help with how you can, moving or maybe renovating. Any unwanted trash can go strait into the dumpster instead of filling up along with overflowing the trash cups. There will be nowhere fast to put it all! There will be area to work and carry in fresh items easily.
When we bond as a community after a thunderstorm, we enhance our securities with one another along with help our self at the same time. Stay safe this spring season, and if bad weather does tear through your local community, get everybody together to pick up as a group. After all, a lot of hands do help to whiten the work load.
Find 3 Yard Dumpster in Waukon products and services in your location and start gathering quotes from their site. You can also receive initial quotes from the internet through searching for dumpster renting in and around the locality.
We all have been accustomed to using our regular trash out there for regular pickup, which usually works just great. However, now and again, you need to eliminate certain objects or bulk of garbage that are not appropriate for the normal trash. During these scenarios, among the simplest choices is to rent any dumpster so that you can toss what you need to, when you need to. Whether you'll need to get rid of dirt via a useless hauling type clean out, or maybe you need a trusted option for wasting large or maybe unwieldy objects, dumpsters provide strength, flexibility, along with reliability for your trash demands.
Concrete isn't to be given away into the dumpster since this can dry out and close off to it along with cause waste of area in the dumpster for other people who want to rent that in the future.
The biggest benefit of going with a specialized Junk Removal and Dumpster Rental company is that you get to stay back relax knowing the job will likely be done right in addition to professionally! The key lies in not falling for the people fly simply by night providers that feature cheap prices over the phone. They may seem good on the line, but the difficulties only start when you conclusion the call. They will often not turn up, they may enhance the price once they do come away. If you have ever moved, this type of technique will ring a bell to you. This could even become worse, they may quit insured. They are able to damage the one you have, or your neighbors' property or home. They could get injured in addition to sue you. If everything goes okay at your site, your considerations are not in excess of, when they keep. Then there is the problem of getting rid of your throw away, are they doing the work properly, is it adhering to this dumping bylaws in the area or is it illegally dropping your throw away and rubbish. If the person with his pickup truck can't be situated YOU COULD BE Placed LIABLE. How does one avoid the lure? Schools also collect many old rubbish that may stop needed. Universities tend to keep them into their basement as well as other storage area. Previous couches, seating, desks, computers and computer monitors, etc. could possibly be overloading this storage space. Renting a dumpster is the ideal solution to remove all the clutter in a rapid manner. When scouting for a 3 Yard Dumpster in Waukon, IA firm, find out how long you can keep this dumpster at 1 rate. If you'd like to extend some time find out the purchase price ahead of time.
Regardless of project you are planning to take on, think about all of the supplies that you are going to possibly be taking out of your home. Imagine previous appliances, previous cabinetry, maybe even the old floor coverings. In each one of them cases, you might have to do something with the items that you might be removing.
Another excuse you might contemplate 3 Yard Dumpster in Waukon, IAs is that if you plan in doing design on your home or office building. Nearly all areas do not allow the dropping of timber, nails or another similar throw away. These items can certainly almost always be placed within the dumpster to possibly be hauled away when needed. Many garbage bin leases allow for this dumping connected with hazardous throw away as well and may utilize removal bins just for this on the driveway.
Every home construction project involves a ton of waste and gravel. You can enjoy obtain and cleanliness during a home construction project with the use of a design 3 Yard Dumpster in Waukon, IA. Excellence in addition to beautification does not have to appear to be demolition and damage during the process. Excellence in every design process is achievable only with the use of proper waste removal from the home in addition to premises.
These kinds of commercial dumpsters ordinarily have a whole conclusion opening for dragging items into the big box, plus an opening up in the prime so that roof top workers, for example, can just toss shingles in addition to old roof top wood directly into the dumpster, saving labour. Some are completely open in the top. when The rental expenses will be determined after you proceed to the website, and may depend on the size of your waste heap, precisely what is in it, regardless of whether recyclables have to possibly be separated -- or even can be segregated, how long you need the dumpster for, and how major it is.
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area, you have to equip yourself with the basic services like food items, clothing, and also medical set to support existence at least for one more three days of the disaster. In addition to all these, the main one that you need is dumpster. The particular disaster places will be piled-up with huge tons of junk that needs to end up being cleared immediately to restart the survival. This particular otherwise would spread quite a few infectious illnesses taking away your health along with the house. The Rent a Bin in Boxford, MA providers handle the job in a specialist way and also dispose the actual piled up junk hassle free with very affordable charge. A Rent a Bin in Boxford, MA to deal with the catastrophe affected areas not merely makes your career hassle free, but additionally protects your health by preventing the transmittable diseases which spreads across the area.
Not every junk removing companies contain the necessary knowledge to manage the junk removing and Rent a Bin in Boxford, MA prerequisites. Find a company that's history and whom provide each junk removing and Rent a Bin in Boxford, MA services. Companies that perform both services typically have considerable knowledge and are the best to help you with your throw away and rubbish removal prerequisites.
Make sure that the actual dumpster company you use offers dumpsters which roll. It'll make your life easier if there are wheels to move the dumpster close to from one area to another.
The fees for letting a dumpster can vary from business to company. Selecting the right Rent a Bin in Boxford, MA company can easily dispose all the trash with affordable charge. To find the right a single, you can just look through on the internet and find the best company community your location and put an order intended for right dumpster that will dispose junk. The Rent a Bin in Boxford, MA businesses will not perhaps consume enough time in moving the trash from a job place. These companies take out all the junk at once and get away from multiple adjustments. These companies take out clutter from a location simple and keep bordering clean and tidy.
Landscaping or maybe Yard Waste materials: Spring or maybe fall lawn clean-up activities can easily generate a wide range of waste. Regarding convenient fingertips, use a dumpster to get rid of debris via pruning, cutting down on, mowing, shrub removal, rock and packet projects, turf, tree stumps, etc. Debris might be more effectively comprised inside the dumpster and also removed ahead of the wind can contain it back to the yard.
Before you even decide to grab your wallet guarantee the company you will need to with really has an affordable rental plan. Many organisations are looking to create a quick buck at your cost and you want to steer clear of these companies. They'll quote a selling price in the beginning so when the time occurs to pay up you may realize the check has been hiked by a few hidden prices that you just weren't aware of ahead of. The only way you can avoid a real scenario is as simple as making a in depth inquiry regarding the total cost associated with renting any dumpster. Make sure you understand everything that you are being charged intended for and then merely should you create a final decision.
Your question here would be the reason I should go with professional support rental provider as i can pile up things as well as dump the item for do it yourself. Let me tell you can perform self waste materials management actions when the dust is small but what about your waste materials that is stacked up is more? You'll defiantly need to have to create an area to pile up your own waste that is where dumpster is essential.
A small sized dumpster will carry two tons of debris with regard to smaller tasks such as renovating a bathroom or a roof having one stratum of roofing shingles on.
When it reaches to the fee priced by this sort of companies, every single company offer a different fee. Some of them may well charge a hard and fast fee to get a service whereas others offer the canisters for a 7 days or less may be. You'll find companies presenting cheaper costs but just avoid hidden fees like commuting charges. Thus avoid any kind of unwanted surprises and read this terms and conditions from the company prior to hiring them for the job.
Once you have all the supplies plus a contractor to do all of the work you will need to rent some sort of dumpster. You should hire a company that you can simply rent a dumpster coming from. It will help anyone with a contractors whenever you can work with a firm that will deliver following day dumpsters.
These companies presenting Rent a Bin in Boxford and garbage rubbish bin rental services take the garbage and recycling it. Hence you not simply get rid of the waste but also undertake it in an eco-friendly method for which you will are proud of yourself. The actual bin or maybe dumpster that they offer is a substantial bin. You may have seen this sort of on the design sites. One can choose from different shapes and forms and can take the garbage as a result. You can opt for a big a single for more waste and a small one with regard to lesser garbage. Every company provides fee differently. Some impose flat fee to get a service as well as others often provide you with the bins to get a week or maybe less can be. Some other firms may offer cheaper rates. However there may be many hidden fees like they will often charge you furthermore for throwing the garbage following collection of the same. To avoid any kind of unwanted surprises, one must see the terms and conditions from the company they can be hiring for the job.
You get this roofing estimation all paid out and choose the building company to do the work. Produced company informs you that a Rent a Bin in Boxford are going to be needed. You provide the go ahead but make sure they know that you will look around for the best value. The construction firm gives you a number of company titles that they have utilised in the past. You are doing a little research as well as find a different company that is perhaps less expensive.
Keeping your site safe and clean is achievable with a dumpster. Various sizes can be found including a moving dumpster. Sometimes this specific dumpster is too small for a remodelling project for instance a vacant home renovation. A larger dumpster are usually necessary such as a 15 yd. dumpster or a Thirty yd. dumpster. The dumpster really should be placed in the easily assessable place for quick and easy waste removal as well as pick-up and delivery. Ordering on the web makes the method quicker. Keep renovation tasks looking excellent 24-7 with a design Rent a Bin in Boxford.
Upon completion of the project you will have a very clear photograph about the type of waste got rid of into the dumpster so, check with the property owner if they are planning to accept the type of trash got rid of by you due to the fact some firms restrict by themselves to recyclable waste.
After the hurricane has passed, it's time to organize the area. Visit everyone of your neighbors along with discuss the option for a neighborhood cleaning. Tell them concerning your ideas on how and when to do it, along with encourage people to offer. If your neighborhood has its own opt-in list, feel free to make use of that to speak to your fellow householders. Post and offer out leaflets if you don't have an email list. Once you have enough people ready and willing to engage, set a date and rent a new dumpster.
On a sadder observe perhaps your mother and father have come lower with illness and need to transfer to a nursing home. Or maybe your parent's have passed away and you need to manage to get thier home distributed. You know that the parent's have accumulated lots of things from years of memories and you want to preserve the sentimental items along with toss the rubbish no one wants.
Simple fact: It's true that significant waste disposal companies complete often offer relatively very low capacities into their standard deals, and will sneak up on you actually with extravagant fees if you have more waste than of which. This is because many people pay very high rates to remove in landfills, and don't mind passing on the price to you in a sneaky technique. If you move local, you have to get somebody who will have a seat with you along with take the time to find out what you really need. You can get expert advice on which size to decide on, and pay maybe $25 in advance for a larger dumpster, instead of $250 in astonish fees afterwards.
Some of these rental firms have portable toilets which often can come in handy another person's either renovating the bathroom or bathrooms, or are located in the out of the way place! Waste material that is separated fetch the amount of money, provided, or in the case of kitchen appliances and some cabinetry -- given to a new charity such as Habitat intended for Humanity. Cities across the country have started to put second-hand stores set up and you can donate your multiple-use materials to Home where they are sold and so the money is useful for the charity's on-going projects. Dumpster leases are crucial to such a an operation due to the fact just throwing everything right into a big stack and either disposing of it en masse, or having the the top of the pile crush everything beneath it, serves anybody's purpose.
If you have hired an individual to paint your kitchen area, he or she can throw away the run out paint cans. Check with the rented dumpster corporation as most will not likely allow drenched paint cans into the dumpster as it is a hazard. This is for the protection of the consumer as well as the workers who work at the company of which rents out the dumpsters. There are other items that are not allowed into a dumpster once you rent it. Please check with the corporation on what the rules are usually ahead of time.
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One of the people who came across my blog recently was asking about thinning a softwood plantation. I appreciate the interest and questions from readers so I thought it would be a good idea to tackle this subject. I will look at softwood plantation thinning in this blog but it will apply to natural stands and to hardwood stands to some degree as well. I will write about hardwood thinning in a future blog.
Thinning, as most people would guess, is one of the most necessary steps in forest management. It is an absolutely necessary step in creating the most valuable trees in a woodlot. Mother nature has a way of putting too many new seedlings in an area, especially following a harvest operation or some natural disaster that removes most of the older trees. As a woodlot owner you have choices of what to do with an open area in your woodlot. For today’s blog I am going to assume that you want to restock (plant) the area with trees that are appropriate for the area. This is exactly what we have done at Watts Tree Farm. However, as a forest manager, you must be open to new ideas and techniques. What I had done 25 years ago is not the same as I would do now and I am sure things will be a little different 25 years from now. So forest management is dynamic and ever-changing. One of the changes we have made is to have more than one species in a new plantation. As a woodlot owner your thoughts about your woodlot and your needs from the woodlot will also change.
Early thinning allows for the removal of low quality trees. This tree is simply taking up space that can be used by high quality trees.
When a plantation is established the seedlings are usually planted closer than is necessary for the final projected crop. Trees are often planted 1.5 to 2.5 meters (5 – 8 feet) apart. At maturity, the distance between trees could be as much as 6 – 8 meters (20 – 25 feet). The initial plantation spacing is made based on the location and species. Some plantations can make to harvest, without thinning, at this spacing but only if the final crop is to be lower valued fiber for fuel or pulp wood. However, at Watts Tree Farm we are all about higher value not hight volume. The close planting does have its advantages. If trees are planed too far apart and do not have trees near them then they will grow wide and have heavy branches. These heavy branches will create low valued “knotty” wood. The trees will tend to grow out sideways, filling the space given to them, rather than up. Taller, straighter trees will generally have more value for lumber. But if trees are left too close for too long they will slow down their diameter growth. The larger diameter of a good tree is one of the most important factors of what will makes good sawlogs and therefore higher value. So occasional thinning is necessary. The timing of thinning will depend on how quickly the trees are crowding each other. As trees crowd each other they are competing for space. All of the trees in the plantation may begin to lose live crown. It is the amount of live crown or living needles that feeds the tree and gives it its ability to maintain good growth. Softwood trees naturally lose their lower branches because of shading. As trees grow taller and compete with each other they create shade on the lower branches. Some species do not tolerate share well and there for lose their lower branches more quickly. Trees can also be manually pruned at a young age which can help the tree create high quality clear wood and in some cases it can help reduce the incidence of disease. This also looks like a good topic for future blog. Most softwood trees need between 1/3 and 1/2 of their total height to have live, green branches, to sustain good growth. Estimating the percent of live branches in relation to the tree height can be a very good indication of the need for thinning.
The removal of trees in this commercial thinning has created open space. The crowns of the remaining trees now have room to expand and remain healthy.
Many plantations will benefit from an early “cleaning” or “pre-commercial” thinning. This first thinning gives you a very good chance at removing the poorest quality trees. Trees that are damaged by insects, disease or some other factor can be removed. Trees that are falling behind in height should also be removed as they are showing signs of being a weaker tree. The tallest, dominant trees with good characteristics of the species should be kept. Remaining trees should be “released” on al least one side and preferably two. This open space, where an inferior tree was removed, will allow space for the branches of the released tree to fill in and maintain a good healthy crown. The removed trees are simple left on the ground to slowly decay and provide nutrients to the growing trees.
These White Pines have reached their first commercial thinning size but still too small for saw logs. Note the red flagging on the trees to remain and the “x” on the trees to remove.
Later thinnings, as the trees get older, will provide a “commercial” or useable product. Thinning done at this age, before the trees are of suitable sawlog size, usually end up as part of my fire wood supply from my woodlot. Although these thinnings are called commercial they usually do not provide enough income to support the cost of harvesting and extracting the wood. It will be up to you to decide if the extra time and/or expense it takes to remove this smaller diameter wood is worth it. In plantations, some people opt for removing every third or fourth row. This allows for convenient removal trails and can be a very simple thinning strategy. Later thinnings will make use of these extraction trails for efficient removal of more commercially valuable logs.If you are serious about managing your woodlot, you will need to do some periodic thinning. Good trees need space to grow. Plantations of trees, just like vegetables in your garden, need some tender love and care so that they can reach their true potential.
Until next time, keep safe and well.
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The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 1.2 inches on August 16.
Over the course of August in Tours, August 31, with 13 hours, 25 minutes of daylight and the longest day is August 1, with 14 hours, 56 minutes of daylight.
The earliest sunrise of the month in Tours is 6:35 AM on August 1 and the latest sunrise is 39 minutes later at 7:14 AM on August 31.
The latest sunset is 9:31 PM on August 1 and the earliest sunset is 52 minutes earlier at 8:39 PM on August 31.
Daylight saving time is observed in Tours during 2018, but it neither starts nor ends during August, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.
For reference, on June 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:00 AM and sets 15 hours, 57 minutes later, at 9:57 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:41 Tours Tours.2 miles per hour.
The lowest daily average wind speed during August is 8 Tours typically lasts for 7.9 months (240 days), from around March 23 to around November 18, rarely starting before February 22 or after April 20, and rarely ending before October 25 or after December 23.
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Ebb and Flow – The White Salmon
We love the White Salmon River (for obvious reasons) and think that all of its characteristics make it the perfect river trip! As Husum residents and Wet Planet employees, many of us get the benefit of seeing the river change from spring to summer, summer to fall, and so on.
As Wet Planet staff began returning for the start of the season in April, some of us had never seen the river so high! A high water Half Day White Salmon float is thrilling. This trip is one that is FAST, splashy, pushy, and all around BIG. In addition, the canyon’s flora is stunningly vibrant green and in full bloom. As the rafting season continues from spring and nearing summer, guests and locals alike begin to see the river’s volume slowly decrease. As this happens, rapid features become more distinctive and the White Salmon becomes a more technical run. The river bed begins to expose itself, showing off more basalt rock and lava tubes. In our spring season, we launch from BZ corners and take out at Northwestern Park, formerly Northwestern Lake. Prior to the removal of the dam three years ago, rafters and kayakers alike would partake in a flat water paddle across the lake to reach the take out. Now, with the restoration of the river by the removal of the dam, 98 years after its construction, guests can continue floating downstream by way of the river. The changes that this part of land, former lake, and present river have undergone are remarkable to observe and see first-hand.
For those of you who are White Salmon regulars, you may know that the water level of 2.5 feet is a somewhat magic number for the White Salmon. When the river reaches 2.5 feet, Husum season has officially arrived! We know that our guests love the opportunity to splash their way down a 12 foot waterfall – and we love it too! But excitingly so, the opportunity to run Husum Falls is not the only change to our river trips at this water level. Additionally, Wet Planet begins using our private put in, located 2 miles north of the commercial BZ Corner’s launch site. With this, guests charge down three additional class IV rapids – Triple Drop, the Flume, and Maytag. YEAH! Characteristically, the Upper is very different from other stretches on the White Salmon. Enveloped by a tight canyon of beautiful basalt walls, guests chute down the narrow pathway of the river. After the Big Three, guests walk around – or portage – the great BZ Falls. With a short trail walk, guests can admire the impressive 18 foot falls, and on some days even spot a steelhead jumping the falls in attempts to make its way upstream! An optional cliff jump follows the portage before guests are once again back in the rafts and floating downstream.
Lastly, when the White Salmon reaches 2.5 feet, we begin offering a Full Day trip on the White Salmon! From our private put in, the White Salmon flows 15 miles before it joins the Columbia River. On our half day trips, guests enjoy eight miles of fun before arriving at the take out at our facilities. This season, the Full Day trip gives locals and guests alike the opportunity to see the bottom portion of the White Salmon – referred to as the Lower Lower. In our full day trip, after rafting the Upper and the optional Husum Falls, guests stop for a hot lunch of grilled pulled-chicken tacos and more at Wet Planet before continuing down to the mouth of the White Salmon – which has only become possible in the last three years due to the largest dam removal project in the US. (The removal of the Condit Dam was one of several dam removal projects featured in the documentary Damnation produced by Patagonia!) Guests now have the opportunity to see the newly restored riverbed downstream of the former Condit dam site. Remarkably, the riverbed and the river rapidly began restoring itself to its natural state. In this stretch of the trip, guests will see a portion of the White Salmon called the Narrows, where you find yourself on another narrow stretch of the river, enveloped by basalt walls. To raft the Lower Lower – a portion of the White Salmon that hasn’t existed as a river for nearly a century since the construction of the dam – is amazing. For the 40 years that commercial rafting has existed on the White Salmon, this stretch of land and (now once again) river has not been accessible, seen, or shared until now. This is a truly unique experience and river trip that we can’t wait to share with you!
Regardless of what water level the White Salmon is at and what stretch is observed, we are happy to have excited and enlightened guests to share in our passion for the White Salmon. Come see us for a fun and splashy time and take on Husum Falls! Your adrenals will thank you!
Author Hayley Spear spends her summers in the Columbia River Gorge and enjoys paddling, hiking, and exploring as often as she can. | https://wetplanetwhitewater.com/blog-post/ebbs-flows-white-salmon/ | 2018-10-15T16:55:31 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Lotus returns to Uptown Minneapolis! The beloved Nguyen family that has graced us with their family tradition since 1983 is expanding their Vietnamese fare to Uptown Minneapolis (opening date to be announced). With their already established downtown favorite, will Lotus returning to the area from which they originated possibly be the end of the long running curse that has plagued this particular location? You may remember some of the past tenants; Old Chicago, Boneyard or the most recent yet short lived, GĀME. The Ngyuens are well aware of the ever-changing demographics and energy of Uptown, but they hope to restore an “old-school Uptown” vibe with the new location. With Mama Lotus’ creative influence on the food and the execution from her husband and sons, this just might be the family vibe that Uptown has been yearning.
If you are familiar with the downtown location, then you probably have been greeted by the eldest son, Yoom Nguyen; with his well-known, warm, comedic, yet humble demeanor. He will now be serving as front of house and business operations manager at the new location. He sure will have his work cut out for him with a much larger space, a full bar and a few additional features including –availability of their signature “stacked bahn mi” sandwich as a quick to-go pick up during lunch hour, a to-go bubble tea stand, fresh rice bowls, fresh salad bowls and a late night food menu after 10pm.
Taking a seat next to the many garage door bays that will soon open to their patio in the coming weeks, my son and I decided to try a few of their signature favorite dishes and perhaps some new ones, if we can talk Mama Lotus into doing so. For now, I’m eyeing the five specialty cocktails they now have that I must try, starting with the Café Da Lat – Hennessy VS, Kahlua & Vietnamese Coffee – $9 Now this is my kind of brunch starter right here. I can’t believe I didn’t think of this idea, I’m an instant fan!
They still serve up some delicious fresh made spring rolls that I no longer have to travel a greater distance for. I’m guessing these will be available at their late-night walk-up only window for the coming seasons.
The decor is simple and shows the progression made with a telling tale of family photos covering a wall in the comfy waiting area. Other poster-sized pictures throughout the restaurant show the Vietnamese culture in black and white, with a capture of everyday residents going about their day in their homeland.
Much like the one in this background of yet another one of their specialty cocktails. Vung Tau Paradise – Rumhaven Coconut Rum, Banana Liqueur, Blue Curaco, Peach Schnapps, Strawberry Schnapps, Heavy Cream, Sprite, and Orange Juice. Tasted like sherbet, and definitely tropical -$8.
Mmmmm the new Uptown location has Shrimp Egg Rolls. Finger size. My finger, not yours.
Mr. Nguyen and one of his sons are running the kitchen during the soft opening.
Bartenders Midian and Vikky model with some of the favorable top shelf cognacs at Lotus Uptown.
Hanoi Mule – Stoli Vodka, Fresh Lime Juice & Ginger Beer – $8. a decent price for the area, lots of bubbles and spirit with a good ice to cocktail ratio (I really dislike when you only get one sip along with a cup of ice like some establishments, not here).
You no longer have to travel down eat street for a giant bowl of pho. Lotus serves up their House Pho with 4-Meats – chicken, beef, meatball and seafood, to fulfill all your protein needs. I think their bowls may have gotten bigger during transition, but I’m not complaining.
As the exterior is a solid jet black that vibrantly makes their logo pop, the interior is mainly dressed up in olive green with many high-tops and booths divided by bamboo style windows. The bar has a modern vibe to it; housing violet neon with 10 flatscreens and 15 beers on tap. For now, I’ll stick to that specialty cocktail menu, this one is named Nha Trang Da Chanh – Stoli Vodka, Fresh Lime Juice, Sugar & Water – $8. Refreshing, but not for me. If you’re not a big drinker, and you’re looking for a light tasting drink, then this one is probably for you.
Well, hey there you badass bowl of sexy Vietnamese love…where have you been all my life? New menu item at their Uptown location, and I guarantee it definitely will be a crowd pleaser. Nem Nuong Salad – It’s the latest creation from Mama Lotus, she took the Vietnamese Nem Nuong and made it into a salad using seasoned ground pork, shrimp egg rolls, and their homemade Nem sauce. Crazy good portion right here, this bowl is huge. Mama Lotus, I only have one small request, two sunny side-up eggs on top for me, please!
The restaurant has a respectable sized outdoor patio that walks off to their own parking lot, which may be a form of entertainment in itself , with some of the parking spot placements multiple maneuvers with close-calls are a thrill to watch, for some. If people watching isn’t your thing, don’t fret, there are also flat-screens on the patio for your viewing pleasure. With the already established relationships and following the Nguyens have built during their journey in the surrounding communities, I’d imagine this will be a quite lively patio during the Spring and Summer seasons. After all, it is a celebration. Oh, the drink…it’s a Saigon Connect – Hennessy & Amaretto – $9. My kind of drink. Cheers! – Phatphood
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Lunch Date 4 – Greek Style
I love this time of year when the annual food festivals appear on the calendar nearly every weekend from now until September. On the Central Coast we have our share of events; Artichoke, Garlic, Mushroom Festivals along with the Art and Wine weekends to pick and choose from. Most of these are run by volunteers as fundraisers for various charities and non-profits. Talk about your win-win situations! This Saturday, a quick fifteen minute drive took us to Greece. Parking on a side street, and a leisurely two block stroll and suddenly we were at a Greek Taverna. The lively music got us swaying before we could even see the blue and white flag flying over the Gyros concessionaire. Opa! The annual Greek Food Festival was in full swing in downtown Santa Cruz. Tables spilled over on the side lawn and filled the courtyard at the back of the church. Good luck finding a seat with the hundreds of happy festival go-ers with plates piled high with Moussaka, Dolmas, Gyros, Calamari, Spanakakopita, Greek Salads, Lamb Shanks and a host of traditional desserts. Good thing the organizers had built on “to-go” sections for take out!
Hospitality prevailed and we shared a table with a lovely family. My darling dear and I had the Beef Gyros with fresh tomatoes, red onion on soft pita, a few stuffed grape leaves (Dolmas) and finished with those addictive Loukoumades. Which are golden puffs of fried dough that are bathed in sweet syrup and sprinkled with cinnamon and walnuts, sometimes called Honey Balls.
Special thanks to the legion of volunteers from Prophet Elias Church in Santa Cruz who recreated taverna style dining in their Mediterranean courtyard. We enjoyed the authentic, handcrafted Greek food, made with love. Wish us luck in winning the trip raffle!
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A composite wing tip for Lancair aircraft is designed and analyzed using NX Nastran to ensure the structural integrity.
The finite element analysis of an aircraft wheel design is run to estimate the possible fatigue failures.
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OAP Ik Osakioduwa and his wife are celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary today. IK took to his Instagram page, to share some beautiful photos of his wife and him, with a lovely message.
“Over the last 10years.” he wrote
See more lovely photos of the famous couple
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“Songs of Youth and Joy,” A Unique Collaboration Among Walla Walla Musicians
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March 2, 2017
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14789 GAISH
14789 GAISH, provisional designation 1969 TY1, is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 15 kilometers (9 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 8 October 1969, by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory at Nauchnij, on the Crimean peninsula.[1] The assumed C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 8.1 hours and possibly an elongated shape.[3] It was named for the Russian Sternberg Astronomical Institute (GAISh) of Moscow State University.[1]
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Orbit and classification[edit]
GAISH is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population.[4] It orbits the Sun in the outer asteroid belt at a distance of 2.8–3.4 AU once every 5 years and 6 months (2,016 days; semi-major axis of 3.12 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.09 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic.[2] The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation in October 1969.[1]
Physical characteristics[edit]
GAISH is an assumed carbonaceous C-type asteroid.[3]
Rotation period[edit]
In October 2010, a rotational lightcurve of GAISH was obtained from photometric observations in the R-band by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 8.086 hours with a high brightness amplitude of 0.82 magnitude, indicative of a non-spherical shape (U=2).[3][7]
Diameter and albedo[edit]
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, GAISH measures 15.256 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.076.[5][6] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for a carbonaceous asteroid of 0.057 and calculates a diameter of 11.42 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 13.44.[3]
Naming[edit]
This minor planet was named after the Sternberg Astronomical Institute (GAISh, ГАИШ), a division of Moscow State University. Founded in 1931, it is one of Russia's leading astronomical institute and a principal educational facility for professional astronomers. The institute is located on the site of the 1931-built Sternberg Observatory.[1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 6 January 2007 (M.P.C. 58595).[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g "14789 GAISH (1969 TY1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 14789 GAISH (1969 TY1)" (2017-06-03 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "LCDB Data for (14789) GAISH". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Small Bodies Data Ferret". Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0. Retrieved 14 May 14 May 2018. (catalog)
- ^" (PDF). The Astronomical Journal. 150 (3): 35. arXiv:1504.04041. Bibcode:2015AJ....150...75W. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
External links[edit]
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (10001)-(15000) – Minor Planet Center
- 14789 GAISH at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
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1586 in Ireland
Events from the year 1586 in Ireland.
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Events[edit]
- September 23 – Battle of Ardnaree in County Mayo: English troops under Sir Richard Bingham, governor of Connacht, defeat an Irish-Scottish mercenary army – led by the brothers Donald Gorm MacDonald of Carey and Alexander Carragh MacDonald of Glenarm (both of whom are killed) – fighting on behalf of the rebel Mac Philbins and Burkes.
- c. December? – Richard Creagh, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, dies a prisoner in the Tower of London.[1]
- County Longford is shired, separating it from Westmeath.
- Robert Gardiner is appointed Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.
- Sir Edward Waterhouse is appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland.
- Elizabeth I of England and James VI of Scotland agree in the Treaty of Berwick that the MacDonnell family, claimants to the Glens of Antrim, have the right to stay in Ireland.
Births[edit]
- Antony Hickey, Franciscan theologian (d. 1641)
- William St Leger, Anglo-Irish landowner and military commander (d. 1642)
Deaths[edit]
- May 5 – Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529)
- c. December? – Richard Creagh, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh (b. c.1523)
References[edit]
- ^ Lennon, Colm (2004). "Creagh (Crevagh), Richard (c.1523–1586?)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6658. Retrieved 2013-02-20. (subscription or UK public library membership required) | https://wikivisually.com/wiki/1586_in_Ireland | 2018-10-15T17:41:50 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
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Has it really only been a week since I was lounging around on the shores of Lake Michigan? It seems like ages ago!! This week has flown by in a blur of flights, running, Kleenex, NyQuil, catching up with friends, Harry Potter, and the 100th performance of Sister Act. Not too shabby a week here in the city.
So, I last left you after Nick and I were stranded in the O’Hare Airport after our flight from LGA was delayed by a faulty weather radar. Not that I minded being deplaned by a mechanical issue, but it was beyond aggravating when we did finally arrive in Chicago.
To back up the trip, we left Astoria at the lovely hour of 4am (what?) and arrived with time to spare to our gate. I bought trashy books and magazines as I’m prone to do on vacation, and we settled into our seats a little loopy due to our early departure. Across the way from us, I recognized a friendly face! It was my pal Jason, who was traveling cross-country to load in a show for which he is the tech director. See, even New York City can be a small place in the early morning hours at LGA.
In any case, we finally were called to board the plane, and after MUCH confusion, we realized that there was an entire group of people on our flight that maybe won a contest if it was their first time to fly EVER. Seriously, I’ve NEVER seen such ridiculous chaos getting onboard a plane in my life, and I that is after spending two years touring the country for work. I mean, you know how they have that obnoxious red carpet loading zone for the first class fliers? There was this entire tour group of like 30 people standing in that line, and spilling over into the regular loading lane effectively blocking all entry to the gate. So, they begin calling boarding by groups, and it’s like no one has head of that before. The gate agent is having to explain on the PA how to look at your ticket for what group number you should be boarding by. It was so ridiculous. After much tussling and a group of seven breaking us up, Nick and I finally got on the plane.
And you would think that would be all, but of course not. We watched hysterically as people full on carried their luggage horizontally down the aisle of the plane, stopping completely when the overhead compartment just above their seat was full. There was no movement when the flight attendant told them there was space just a few seats down, “No, my seat is here. This is the space for MY bag.” Just so funny. Finally, two off-duty attendants had to step in a direct traffic. Who are these people on this 6am flight to Chicago?? The best part was that in some amazing scheme to throw off everyone, this plane’s rows were numbered 1 – 11, then 20 – whatever. There was this random woman just roaming the aisles looking for row 12. Insanity. Nick helped her out by telling her it was probably in the back of the plane. He’s helpful. I imagine my grandmother telling misbehaving kids on a flight to “go play outside.” HA.
In any case, after the most insane boarding process ever, we taxied out to the runway, only to sit for an hour, then returned to the gate, sat for another hour, and finally had to deplane because of a malfunctioning weather radar. I was fully already on the phone with United by this point, but as Nick and I returned to the gate area, we couldn’t help but think og what were all those other people going to do? They are going to think this is what flying is like all the time!! Amazing.
We finally were put on another plane, which naturally had to taxi for hours before taking off. I imagine it taxied just long enough so that when we touched down in Chicago and SPRINTED through the terminal, knocking kids over and pushing our way onto the bus, we arrived at the gate just at 10:03, which is when our flight to Green Bay was departing, and the gate agent was all, “you were supposed to be here 10 minutes ago.” I was like, “no, we were supposed to be her like 4 hours ago, but obviously that didn’t happen either.” Ugh, we had no choice but to take the 1:30 flight, which put us into Wisconsin a full 6 hours later than scheduled. Boo!
But, as you read earlier, Nick and I wasted no time getting into vacation mode at the Chili’s in the terminal, enjoying our Sam Adams at 11am. Love.
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CTX is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings:
Carbon Trade Exchange (CTX) operates spot exchanges in multiple global environmental commodity markets, including carbon, Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and water. Carbon Trade Exchange allows buyers and sellers to trade voluntary credits, as well as those issued by a United Nations program established under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.
CTX was founded in London in 2009, after two years of research and development.
CTX uses technical IT infrastructure to support and operate its exchanges. CTX is currently operating in Australia, the EU and the US, and has the ability to expand into other jurisdictions and markets.
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Gresham is a station on the Rock Island District Metra line, which runs between Joliet, Illinois and downtown Chicago, Illinois at the LaSalle Street Station. It is in Zone B according to Metra fee schedules based on its 9.8 miles (15.8 km) distance from downtown Chicago. It is in the community area of Auburn Gresham, on the south side of Chicago. The Rock Island service splits here; most trains travel west over the Suburban Line (via Brainerd), while some rush-hour trains head due south for Blue Island (via Longwood). The SouthEast Service will also use this station.
Gresham Station is built on an embankment between bridges over West 87th Street and Vincennes Avenue. Parking is mainly street-side, and there are parking lots on the corner of Vincennes Avenue and Halsted Street, and on Genoa Avenue between 88th and 87th Street.
Gresham is a historic home near Edgewater, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is a large 2 1⁄2-story frame dwelling built by John Gresham II after 1686 on land owned by land-grant pioneer Captain Edward Selby.
After the Selby heirs suffered financial setbacks, the plantation was owned briefly by the pirate William Cotter and then by assorted members of Colonel Nicholas Gassaway's family (his daughter Jane having married Cotter), including the sons of Captain John Gassaway, Lord High Sheriff of Annapolis. The Gresham family continued to own the house on rented Gassaway land then known as Cotter's Desire. Gresham is most associated with Commodore Isaac Mayo, who received it from his uncle who had purchased the property and house from the Cotter/Gassaway heirs around 1765. He occupied the property beginning in the early 19th century until his controversial death there in 1861. at the dawn of the Civil war he openly opposed.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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Depression and anxiety take thousands of lives every year, so any initiative that looks to battle the monster is commendable. This is why these temporary tattoos made by a psychology graduate from London are particularly special, as they are aimed to help people living with mental health issues in a unique way!
Francesca Timbers made these stickers and tatts when she was fighting depression and anxiety during her final year of university. She posted photos of the products on the social media, where they quickly became popular and in high demand from her family and friends.
“A plaster represents healing and recovery, so I thought this was a great symbol to use,” says Timbers.
The tattoos are no substitute for professional help and medication, but they still are a great way to help people cope with mental health issues. Timber hopes that these tattoos can become a symbol of empathy, and if people spot a person wearing them, they’ll try to be extra supportive that day.
“The temporary tattoos serve as little pick-me-ups and reminders throughout daily life. It’s also a symbol, a way to connect people, and spread awareness of mental health,” she continues.
Depression patients need constant cheering up since they are prone to visualizing problems out of proportions, so a sticker on the skin with a perfect “pick me up” message is a great reminder.
“Because it’s constantly there on your skin, it’s harder to ignore,” says Timbers
Timbers thinks that the tattoos have also helped her create valuable connections with other people.
“Dealing with my mental illness has been one of the loneliest experiences of my life, so realizing there are other people out there, who feel the same, and connecting with them over this project has been amazing,” says Timbers.
You can also buy a box of 15 tattoos with Timbers’ hand-drawn illustrations from Etsy at £4.75 ($6.14). The messages include the words “love yourself,” “treat yourself,” “you are worth it,” “believe in yourself,” and “you are cute.”
The response to these tattoos has been “quite overwhelming” says Timbers.
“Sometimes a customer will email me a photo of their tattoo with their story, and I’ll wear the same tattoo that day, and send them a photo back,” said Timbers.
“It’s like a sign of solidarity and support, even if it’s with someone on the other side of the planet,” she said. | https://wonderfulengineering.com/temporary-tattoos-are-helping-people-living-with-mental-health-issues/ | 2018-10-15T18:06:52 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) has called for a National Day of Action.
Paying workers their legally owed wages would put billions of dollars back into the pockets of working families, money that would be spent in communities and help stimulate the economy during this prolonged unemployment crisis.
IWJ invites worker centers, labor unions and those who care about social justice and workers’ rights throughout the country to organize an event on November 18 and shine a light on the national crisis of wage theft. This is a crisis we can.
The Workers’ Center of CNY is inviting the community to share their stories related to this injustice. We are working on preparing an action to bring to the front this issue affecting thousands of hard working people in partnership with allies and organizations that believe in workers’ justice.
If you would like to share your story please call us at (315) 218-5708 or email at rfuentes@workerscentercny.org | https://workerscny.org/november-18-2010-national-day-of-action/ | 2018-10-15T17:57:49 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | 1539583509336.11 | [] |
We hope you a jolly good time chasing and fighting those Couriers in enemy teams. And a great number of you did a terrific job knocking them out of action!
Now it is the time to get your well earned rewards in this glorious struggle.
Go to the forum thread to find your name on the winner list: each will get 250 Gold for a destroyed Courier!
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