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McCorkle discovers that his friend and partner has been sacrificed by his superiors in an exchange with the Soviets to get back two defectors. He realizes he is the only one willing to risk it all for Padillo.
Happily married and living in Washington, McCorkle would have been happy to meet his old friend Padillo if McCorkle's wife had been kidnapped to force Padillo to kill someone.
Long out of the game, both men are less than anxious to help protect the future king of a country rich with oil but Padillo owes a huge favor to the ones doing the asking.
The death of a CIA agent didn't raise too much of a fuss until it is learned he wrote a tell-all book which someone wants buried, possibly along with the agent's son who might have it. The son asks Padillo and McCorkle for help.
A fellow spy-fiction fan and friend of mine was almost jumping for joy when he got his hands on "The Backup Men" in 1972-3, shouting, "They're back! McCorkle and Padillo!" You would have thought I'd slapped him by his expression when I asked, "Who?"
After having the first book literally thrust into my hands later and reading the first few pages, I knew I'd never have to ask that question again. I was as hooked as my friend (thank you, Bob Walker, wherever you are!).
It isn't hard to understand why anyone who likes spy-fi would love this series. Mr. Thomas's skill as an author are without a doubt. The man won TWO Edgars. Most writers don't win any. He had two. And deserved them both handily.
Furthermore, the characters are awesomely interesting and developed, the style is both exciting and wry, the locales are perfectly presented, and the plots just make sense. What more can you ask for, except more adventures.
Unfortunately, Mr. Thomas' passing makes that impossible but I like to believe that McCorkle and Padillo are still out there, serving drinks and saving the day.
Interfax news agency has just reported that the head of Fide has announced the creation of the International Chess Party! Datelines Kiev, the report states that President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced the creation in Ukraine of a Chess Party, which does not set out to fight for power, and to unite thinking people and in future to become international.
"The purpose of my visit to Ukraine is opening a chess academy in the village of Klesov, Rovenska area. The second is to announce the creation of a Chess Party. There are democratic parties, communist parties, and now there will be a chess party. Why in Ukraine? Because I received proposal by Klesov, which will come in history not only of chess, but also of political thought. This party will be international. I would call it "chess party of the world," the head of FIDE said.
The Chess Queen™ and Her Adventures!
Our first week back was busy as always - we welcomed Mr Zugic back to Denmark, who is our teaching student from Hull University. He brings his own brand of exciting learning into what is looking to be an action packed first half term!
We have started to learn British Sign Language - all the children in class have been shown the whole alphabet so ask them to teach you - also, ask them about the official signs for 'banana' and 'elephant'. We have also been learning about Roman Numerals in numeracy and really enjoyed using our Roman Numeral hundred square.
You'll find all the details about our learning on the newsletter.
12th January 2018 - Happy New Year!
First of all, the fantastic homework projects have really brightened our classroom. From the Sorting hat to the Golden Snitch, we have all sorts of magical things on display now.
We have started to read The Philosopher's Stone, and have already written a description of our own witch or wizard. We designed a shield for our very own Hogwarts house, painted it beautifully and wrote a brief history about it - the shields will be on display soon in our cloakroom area.
In science we learned about the difference between liquids, solids and gases.
Swimming started for year 5 and cricket coaching for year 4.
In maths we have been investigating negative numbers and their context (for example, on a thermometer). We also had some number puzzles to complete.
Remember to learn your spellings, keep learning your times tables and read, read, read!
For a four day week, and the first week back, we have been really busy! Let's keep it up.
Welcome back! I hope you have had an amazing and restful holiday and your children are feeling suitably refreshed and ready for a busy term in Year 4/5.
We shall be proving that 'there is nothing rotten in our state of Denmark' and learning why Denmark is the happiest nation.
Thank you all for the summer homework, the classroom already looks bright and exciting. Please remember to read daily and practise those spellings - it really will make you a better learner.
I am extremely excited about this year and I look forward to learning lots of new things alongside your children. Here's to an amazing year!
What a busy week we have had? In maths we have been looking at prime numbers and multiplying a 3,4 or 5 digit number by a one digit number. It did prove difficult for some of us because we do not know our times tables! Please keep practising - you will get better.
In DT we have been bridge engineers, as next week we are building our own bridge. Our inspiration was taken from the incredible bridge which joins Sweden to Denmark! Take a look at it on the internet, it is amazing!
Please take the time to learn your spellings - spelling scores have dropped! Thank You.
Our 'One in a Minion' this week is Olivia Marris!
This week we have been busy telling everybody lots of things about Denmark in our class assembly. We enjoyed being 'warm and fuzzy', so please ask the children why?
Also this week we have been working for Lego! We have designed and built a new product, used our DT skills and produced the packaging and written our own instructions in literacy.
In maths we needed to have knowledge of our 3D shapes in order to produce the packaging for our Lego model. In addition, we have also been learning to subtract BIG numbers! Keep on practising - remember practice makes perfect.
This week we have also been working on our listening skills in order to follow instructions - this has been a challenge for some of us!
Next week we will be testing ourselves on the 7x tables, so get practising please.
Well done to Ellie for being One in a Minion!
Denmark Class Assembly - What a happy class!
This week we were busy with House Team Day and House elections! We were amazed at the effort put into the presentations this year and well done to everyone who participated!
On House Team Day we made Christmas cards and decorations, participated in the assault course and learnt about Tibetan Prayer flags.
We are extremely excited about our Literacy, as we are writing our instructions for our own Lego model and packaging them in our DT project. Can you remember why maths is going to play an important part in this activity?
Thank you to everyone who has downloaded the Marvellous Me app - I have to say it is wonderful rewarding the children for their hard work and letting all the parents know, so you can celebrate their fantastic achievements.
Congratulations Joe T - you are One in a Minion!
What a busy week we have had! At the start of the week Mr Stringer, our school governor, came into our class to talk about Denmark! He had visited there a number of times and he shared his knowledge, photographs and Lego with us. We were very keen to show him our homework and share what we had already learnt. Our favourite part was listening to a story by Hans Christian Anderson about 'The Emperor's New Clothes'.
Then it was off to Kingswood for the Year 5s - What fun we had!
Congratulations Kate-Elizabeth you are One in a Minion!
Congratulations Kaden you are One in a Minion!
Look at the amazing music we made, whilst learning about Dynamics, Tempo and Pitch!
What an amazing start to the year we have had! The children have been learning about Danish Folk Art and you can see our fantastic display in the cloakroom. All the children have received a new reading book, please read with your child daily and record in their reading record - it is very much appreciated. In maths we have been focusing on our multiplication facts and understanding how important they are, especially when we are learning about prime numbers. What is a prime number? Please ask your child to explain and why the number 2 is special!
Please download the Marvellous Me App, as I have already awarded some badges!
Congratulations Eloisa you are One in a Minion!
Tipper and I were deeply saddened today to learn of the death of former Rep. Morris (Mo) Udall.
Mo Udall made his life's work protecting the environment and serving the people of Arizona. Having served in Congress with Mo, I will always remember him for his dedication to the issues he held close to his heart.
During his 30 years in Congress, he worked hard to protect our environment, shepherding through legislation to protect our nations precious land and resources. He also took important steps to make the government work better for all Americans.
Mo will always be remembered for his wisdom and his wit. His work was a gift to all Americans.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife Norma, and their six children and grandchildren.
At four types of wall plugs are shown: a, the ordinary rectangular tapered wall plug to drive between the joints of the brickwork; b, the circular tapered wall plug as used to plug a wall after a star-shaped brick drill has been used; d, a twisted wall plug used for similar purposes to the wedge a, but considered to be superior in holding power owing to its twisted formation; c is another type of wall plug considered to have great tenacity by reason of its corrugations. Wall plugs are required in nearly all cases where it is necessary to joint woodwork to brickwork, as, for instance, heavily-framed silvered mirrors to the walls of shops.
Fig. 364.—Wall Plugs, Four Varieties.
Fig. 366.—Slot Screwing a Bracket.
Slot Screwing, or Keyhole Screwing, is a most useful way of joining light woodwork in such a manner that the fixing method is not exposed to the eye. A stout screw is inserted to within 3⁄8 in. of the head, as at . In the adjoining piece a hole is bored with a centre bit and a slot is cut with an 1⁄8 in. chisel. The two pieces of timber are placed together, and by sliding the upper piece forward the screw runs up into the slot or keyhole and secures the joint. shows the application of the joint fixing a shaped bracket to the shaped shelf; the bracket and shelf are inverted in the illustration to clearly show the method of jointing. For heavy work special brass plates are obtainable for this purpose; one plate is let flush into the upper piece and the other plate into the lower piece.
Battening .—A good method of joining cross battens to drawing boards and other wide surfaces is shown here. After boring for the screws, slots are cut so as to allow the screws to move along the slots when shrinkage takes place. In a similar method is applied to secure the drawer bottom to the drawer back. If shrinkage takes place in the drawer bottom and it leaves the groove in the drawer front, the screws are slackened, the drawer bottom is knocked up into the groove, and the screws again inserted. For drawing boards, etc., specially made elliptical-shaped slotted brass socket cups are made to receive the screw heads.
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On another note, one of the upsides of moving is that you get to determine what you might actually need and what you might not need going forward. That’s huge. Now the downside. As a prepper, you have a ton of stored clothes, boots, gloves, MOPPS gear, wheat, beans, rice, flour, etc, etc, etc. You get the picture. All of you you think you need, just in case… So, I looked it over, determined that some of the food could go, get donated, etc. I could replace it later, and I had enough long term storage to fill the gap if I needed it to. So that is where I am. But what was daunting was loading up buckets, buckets, and more buckets of food… I felt like it would never end. To boot, we’ve moved from a place with a basement. You know, that cool dry place you’re supposed to keep your food storage, to a home without a basement, but a crawl space. So all my food storage is in the warm humid garage at the moment, until I can figure out the next step, which may be a climate controlled storage unit. But that is not a perfect scenario either. I’ll probably get an air conditioner for the garage and kill two birds with one stone, keep it cooler, and kill the humidity as well.
The other issue I have is organizing it all. I have a garage that is full of stuff still in boxes, and it really does need to be sorted out soon, as in the event of an actual emergency, I’ll be wasting a lot of time doing things like digging out a propane heater or the generator that is currently buried. All of this takes time.
Back to the move. I had originally planned on moving all my preps myself. I wanted a higher level of OPSEC. Reality kicked in though with some business travel and barely enough time to pack, so the preps got moved with everything else. That said, many preps were in cardboard moving boxes or in opaque plastic bins. The movers had no clue what they were moving. Other preps were in five and six gallon buckets clearly marked as wheat, flour, beans, and other types of long term food storage. Can you say oops. So much for OPSEC, as anyone that watched Doomsday Preppers or any other preparedness show would know exactly what it was. They asked, and I said I did a LOT of camping, and tried to reinforce it with my three various size tents, and many sleeping bags. I’m not too sure they bought it.
As for guns, ammunition, gasoline, and other items a moving company prohibit, I did move myself the day before the official move. I didn’t want anyone to see them or how many of them. Good thing the neighborhood we bought the house in is relatively quiet.
We’ve been in the house now for almost five months. Everytime I look in the garage, I cringe at all the work there is to do. My mistake was not having a solid plan around moving and organizing my preps. Had I had the time, and access to the house early enough, I would have moved the preps earlier, organized everything, and felt more comfortable about it. Meaning, I really need to get my Bug Out Bag off the floor in the furthest corner of the garage so that it is accessible, get the generator out so that it is accessible, etc.
The moral of the story is, have a plan to stay organized, and stick to it if you plan on moving your preps to a new home or a new location.
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The regulation of gaming in Illinois is in suspended animation as the industry waits for the new governor to appoint a chairman to the state’s gaming board.
Despite the uncertainty, Chicago gaming attorney Cory Aronovitz said prospects for casino expansion in the Prairie State should improve under Republican Governor Bruce Rauner.
“I think that the current governor has an appetite for the expansion of gaming,” Aronovitz said.
The original business began not long after the end of World War 2 with the importation of High Performance anchors and ancillary products from predominantly the UK. Stock carrying branches were established in all the main centers of South Africa with competent sales personnel at each branch servicing the construction, mining, utility, petrochemical and general hardware industries in South Africa.
In the early 1980’s the business moved from Isando to its current location in Anderbolt, Boksburg North, where it still has headquarters today.
In 1986 the current shareholders acquired control of the company. Non-core product lines were rapidly shed and, with increased focus and energy, sales grew rapidly and the range of product was steadily expanded to meet the new local and export market demands. The sales staff was expanded with increased emphasis being placed on thorough repeated technical training of all sales personnel to more professionally serve our enlarged customer base. This came at an opportune time with the rapid technical development and advancement in chemical anchoring technology.
From our initial introduction of the IKA brand of anchors, sales have grown well. However sales of the IKA brand of chemical anchors have grown exponentially and have continued to prove their versatility, reliability and high performance throughout the local and export markets.
Fully trained technical sales staff are based at all our branch offices and we offer technical support and advice and stand ready to assist distributors, specifiers and contractors on their anchor selection and installation. Full technical information is available from any of our technical sales team, our branch offices or head office. In situ anchor testing capability is available at short notice to all our customers.
We count as our customers, divisions of all the major construction contractors, including Murray and Roberts, Grinaker LTA, WBHO, Concor, Steffanuti Stocks as well as many Joint Ventures, specialist structural steel contractors and countless sub-contractors in all disciplines from Civils to Ceiling and partitioning, plumbing, electrical, façade and insulation contractors. The company has supplied anchors to most of the major construction projects throughout the Sub continent from Cabora Bassa, Koeberg, all the fossil fuel power stations, Mines, Sasol, De Hoop Dam, many landmark buildings, the World Cup stadiums, Gautrain, Railway construction projects, the recent Johannesburg Road upgrades and countless other less prominent projects. We continue to supply anchors to Medupi and Kusile contractors among other ongoing and new projects.
Our export market has over the years included the Indian Ocean Islands, Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania and the DRC. Our sales to customers in these territories while satisfactory, is characterised by spiked demand depending on their local project activity and currency availability.
The company has resisted a number of suitors over the years and has retained its identity and independence. The company does have a current B-BBEE status.
As a parent, you have the most significant role in shaping your children. You have the opportunity to help your child excel in academics, but also in life. Empowering children goes beyond nagging them to do homework or offering rewards for good grades. Those things are often necessary, but empowerment takes more.
Empowering your children means using words and encouragement to help them develop self confidence, a sense of identity and a safe environment to explore their interests and even fail. Empowering children takes work, so how will you feel empowered to empower your children?
Take a look at your child’s long term goals. Sit down and develop these goals together. Look beyond getting an A in biology this semester and talk about what career goals they have and what kind of person they want to become. When both you and your child have a long term vision, you will know the most helpful ways to empower your child. As you see them accomplish their goals, you will see how your role has been beneficial for them.
Keep track of your child’s accomplishments. This includes grades and exam scores, but also includes social accomplishments, caring for their community, investing in an outside interest, and acts of kindness that display integrity and character. No child gets it right all of the time, so when you are feeling frustrated by a particular behavior you can remember all of their accomplishments and see the growth and development they are experiencing.
Teenage years are tender years and need to be navigated with extreme care. You are constantly figuring out how to communicate with your teenager and discovering what freedoms and boundaries they need. You are resolving conflicts and at times making necessary demands. This can be exhausting. Take time to engage in some activities you enjoy. Get plenty of exercise and sleep to help relieve stress. The better you feel about yourself, the more you will be able to empower your student.
Ultimately, make sure you are communicating with your child. You will know what problems they are facing and you will be able to empower them to solve those problems. Children that feel empowered, loved, safe and cared for will find ways to be successful in life.
The World Poker Tour announced on Wednesday that it has inked a partnership with partypoker LIVE to host as many as seven events in Europe and Canada for the next four years. The first event in the series will be at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal in October 2018 in conjunction with the WPT Montreal stop at the same time.
The rest of the schedule will be revealed at a later date, but the World Poker Tour has said that locations will include Sochi, Russia and the Dusk Till Dawn poker club in the UK. Both the WPT and partypoker have already worked together at the Playground Poker Club and Dusk Till Dawn, having previously hosted the partypoker WPT Canadian Spring Championship, partypoker.net WPT Montreal, and partypoker.net WPT Playground at the former and partypoker WPT UK at the latter.
The World Poker Tour is proud to partner with partypoker LIVE on this new, four-year global initiative. The partnership allows the WPT to continue its dedication of bringing world-class poker to people’s lives, and we are honored to have John Duthie and the entire team at partypoker LIVE sharing in this value. Together with partypoker LIVE, we look forward to elevating the game for all levels.
partypoker LIVE, as the name would make one assume, is the live tournament extension of partypoker. It has also previously established relationships with the venues listed above. The World Series of Poker Circuit Playground – of which partypoker LIVE is a part – is currently running, MILLIONS UK will be held at Dusk Till Dawn in a month, and Sochi has been featured multiple times on the tour.
Partypoker online players will be able to use partypoker LIVE Dollars acquired in satellites at the live events; that the events will be co-branded with the World Poker Tour will have no effect on this. LIVE Dollars are pretty cool – they can be used for pretty much anything having to do with the partypoker LIVE stops, including buy-ins, hotel rooms, and travel.
The app Amici Real Time is the official app of the talent show Amici di Maria de Filippi on the Real Time channel. The app uses Live Voting digital solution/service developed with Native Mobile App technology.
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