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Seed mixesMerry MixGreat all around bird seed mix. Ingredients: Milo, Cracked Corn, White Millet, Sunflower Seed, Grain Products, and Grit. 50# $18.50. 25# $10.50Preferred MixIngredients: White Millet, Red Millet, Milo, Oil Sunflower Seed, Wheat, Grit. Same as Merry Mix, except without cracked corn. 50# $20.50. 25# $11.50Cherry BlossomFruity aroma attracts birds. Ingredients: Milo, White Millet, Oil Sunflower Seed, Peanut Splits, Cracked Corn, Cherry Flavoring, Grit, Red Oat Groats. 40# $17.75Ideal Oat-li-ciousMillet free mix minimizes waste and mess. Ingredients: Milo, Cracked Corn, Canadian Whole oats, Green & Red Oat Groats, Wheat, Sunflower Seed, Grit. 40# $15.95. 20# 7.95nIdeal Premium mixIngredients: Milo, White Millet, Oil Sun Flower Seeds, Safflower Seeds, Striped Sunflowers, & Grit. 50# $16.95. 25# $8.95nnIdeal Blueberry BlastStrong fruit aroma attracts birds. Ingredients: White Millet, Cracked Corn, Black Oil Sunflower Seed, Blue Oat Groats, Stripe Sunflower Seed, Peanut Splits, Safflower Seed, Blue Berry Flavoring. 40# $17.50Ideal Cardinal TreatFor cardinals and other large songbirds. Ingredients:Oil Sunflower Seed, Cracked Corn, Safflower Seed, Stripe Sunflower, Medium Sunflower Hearts, Grit, Peanut Splits. 40# $21.99Ideal Finch MixFor small birds such as finches. Ingredients:German Millet, Red Millet, White Millet, Niger Seed, & Canary Seed. 20# $17.95
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Forrester, a global research and advisory firm, has released two of its three new reports on search marketing. The first evaluates the top SEO agencies, and the second evaluates SEO software. While the companies profiled in the first analysis will undoubtedly want to see how Forrester views them, the greater importance for marketers in general is to use the findings to see what SEOs, marketers, and agencies need — and will need — to do to be effective in an ever-changing online landscape.
Search-Marketing Agencies Report
- The Forrester Wave™: Search Marketing Agencies, Q4 2012 ($2,495)
- 360i, the agency selected by Forrester as the top performer, has a free copy of the report
According to this excerpt in Forrester's report, the top agencies recognize two fundamental realities today:
- Search marketing is becoming discovery enablement — The nature of search marketing is fundamentally changing — from trying to capture customers using a single discovery channel (traditional search engines) to collecting users engaged in all forms of digital discovery.
- Leader agencies support search marketing fundamentals and multiplatform discovery — Leading search agencies have strong tools and processes for managing paid and organic search, but they also help their clients position prominently in multiplatform environments.
The takeaway is that the best SEO agencies recognize that inbound marketing is now much, much more than just getting good rankings in Google and must incorporate "all forms of digital discovery" on a "multiplatform" basis. As I wrote in a blog post for my company, companies will increasingly not get found in Google from SEO alone — you also need great website content, social-media signals, links from authoritative websites, and public relations in addition to keyword optimization. Social media and SEO affect each other because a "like" is a bona-fide, human endorsement of your site. A website with great content will not gain good links without PR and blogger outreach on social media and elsewhere to build relationships and answer the question, "WHY should I link to you?" And if a company is not creating good content at all, then it is already far behind. A business needs to be "found" in as many places as possible.
As such, every good agency needs to have the ability to create and execute an inbound-marketing mix that encompasses all of these factors (see a great Hubspot infographic posted by Pamela Vaughan on the 101 of inbound marketing). As Chris Sherman notes at Search Engine Land as well:
Search marketers have faced major challenges this year, including problems advertisers are facing with paid search inflation the difficulty of finding qualified search marketers, keeping up with algorithm or other changes, dealing with new search interfaces (voice, touch, etc) and a number of others. This has led many organizations, even those with an in-house team, to seek outside assistance…
Forrester also found that marketers are starting to apply more of what they're calling "discovery tactics" – multi-channel touchpoints to reach customers.
As we can see, a good SEO agency will need the ability to do all of the following:
- Technical SEO analysis and optimization
- Inbound marketing and website-analytics knowledge
- Conversion optimization
- Content creation of all types
- Social-media activity in line with a client's specific business goals and marketing strategies
- PR and outreach to spread content, build a brand, and gain quality links
Any firm that does not (or cannot) do these best practices will never have a chance to compete against the major firms like 360i (the best one, according to Forrester). Here is Forrester's ranking:
- 360i "receives top scores in both the current offering and strategy sections of our review, due to its strong paid search and social media capabilities and for its unwavering strategic focus on employee and client education"
- iCrossing "demonstrates broad expertise in biddable media and content creation, enabled by a proprietary real-time content lab"
- Performics "[has] international scale, support for mobile and social programs, and loyal customers and employees"
- Covario "has improved its media, collaboration, and copywriting capabilities — adding to its traditionally strong SEO"
- Impaqt "is well loved by its client references, it still drops out of the Leaders this year; its SEO and paid search offerings haven't kept pace with those of competitors"
- iProspect "provides leader-level international and social media support, but its processes and tools for search program management fall flat"
- Acronym "was bested by veteran participants. Its account management and report flexibility tie for top-of-study. But that isn't enough to compensate for its lack of social media resources, its basic approach to mobile marketing, or its muddled strategic vision"
SEO Software Report
- The Forrester Wave™: SEO Platforms, Q4 2012 ($2,495)
- Rio SEO, whose software was selected as the best, has a free copy of the complete report that you can access after giving supplying some contact information (and that is an example of great inbound marketing: they captured my e-mail address for future use, and I saved $2,500)
As Sherman also notes:
Organic search, by contrast, is more difficult, due to inherent differences in how search engines look at each type of marketing. Rather than the essentially "paying for position" option that's available to paid search advertisers (it's more complicated than that, but let's take this as the basic assumption), organic SEOs must have a deep understanding of how results are determined, and to complicate things, must also understand factors that affect rankings such as personalization, authorship, structured markup and more.
Inbound marketing now involves so many factors — quality content, the optimal placement of social sharing buttons, communicated value propositions, calls to action, and the testing of landing pages, among others — that reports generated by software should not be the end-all, be-all of SEO analysis. As Google evaluates websites more and more from a human standpoint, a human is necessary for optimization and marketing. Software is merely a (necessary) accessory to automate measurement, rankings, and related tasks — especially for large, enterprise websites.
And in that context, here (in a nutshell) is what Forrester said of the four SEO-software platforms that the company measured:
- Rio SEO — "Rio SEO leads because it actually creates optimized content and web pages instead of just providing optimization recommendations."
- BrightEdge — "BrightEdge takes a solo Strong Performer position for its content auditing, forecasting, and security capabilities and because it is the only vendor with a proprietary international office."
- SEOmoz — "SEOmoz lacks some of the functionality of other vendors we evaluated, but its easy-to-use audit tools are the most pervasive in the market."
- Conductor — "Conductor's earnest management team and customer-centric culture aren't enough to overcome its shortcomings around content auditing, optimization, and implementation, as well as a lack of support for mobile and local SEO."
Forrester states that the company will eventually review lesser-known SEO software and analytics tools, and I would personally be curious to see examinations of SEO Powersuite, Internet Business Promoter, SEO Book, Raven Tools, SEMRush, SEO Suite, Web CEO, DIY SEO, Deep Log Analyzer, Nihuo Web-Log Analyzer, Web-Stat, Authority Labs, Sheer SEO, Trellian SEO Toolkit, and SEO Studio since I have looked at them elsewhere on my site here.
However, I think these reviews will be less likely to come — at least anytime quickly. Forrester caters to large, enterprise companies with extensive budgets that can afford the highest-quality software and research (hence the heavy prices that Forrester charges for its reports). However, most online marketers, just going by the obvious numbers, work as consultants or at smaller firms and start-ups. So, they would also benefit from a good analysis of less-expensive alternatives (and Forrester might gain revenue from another customer base as a result).

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Blackjack Tournament Strategies / Tournament Features
When playing blackjack tournaments, it is important to have a little knowledge about the blackjack tournament strategies available to you because this is something that can help you improve your chances of winning. Given below is information on the general principles of the game along with blackjack tournament strategies that can give you an advantage over your opponents. These are simple to understand and easy to use.
To be able to take part in blackjack tournaments, you must first buy a seat. Tickets for a seat in the game can be purchased online and they can also be purchased right at the casino. For smaller blackjack tournaments, the ticket prices can range from $10 to $100 and for larger tournaments, the prices can go up to $1000. In many of these blackjack tournaments, there is a winner and few runner ups. Usually, there are 6 places with one winner and 5 runner ups, but this depends on the tournament. The prize pool is mainly collected from the tickets and entries with smaller blackjack tournaments offering around $1000 and larger ones ten or even hundred times more.
Blackjack tournaments are played with chips and players will get a selected amount that they can use during a game. Players taking part in such tournaments must plan their bankroll strategy because in tournaments, the competition is with other players as well as the dealer. Some of the important features of such tournaments include the following:
- Rotating deal – after a hand has been played in a blackjack game, the dealer deals to the next player
- Rotating start – the next player begins after each hand has been played to eliminate disadvantages
- Secret bet – there are some blackjack tournaments where the final betting round is a secret which is only shown to the players after the end of the hand
- Two players per round – if this rule is applied, two players move to the next round
- Two players one round – in the first round only, two players can move forward
Tournament Strategies explained
Effective blackjack tournament is all about managing risks. In order to win, it is essential to risk a larger chunk of your bankroll at some point, but the key is to make this decision at a time where you can get the full value for the bet you make. You must weigh the risks against the rewards and strategize accordingly.
Since all the players are competing against one another in the tournament, the outcome for all players is generally the same on each hand. The entire table will lose if the dealer gets a blackjack. When you know the outcome is similar, it makes much sense to play your hand differently from the others on the table. Better cards in your hand can help you gain grounds and be at an advantageous position.
It is also essential to know what the correct basic strategy is for your success at a blackjack tournament. There are basic strategy charts available which can tell you what action to take in any given situation during a tournament. To do well in tournaments, you must memorize these charts so you can make the best decision whether it is stand, hit, split, double down or surrender. Tournament players are masters of basic strategy and if you want to compete with them, you must become a master yourself and this can be done by memorizing charts and perfecting skills.
Knowing how to bet is another important area of blackjack tournament strategies and also a major aspect of being successful in blackjack tournaments. To make it to the next round, you must be at the top. This means you will have to maximize your winnings and have more chips on the table than other players. Most players make this mistake of betting everything in the first round so they can double their chips. The problem is that if they lose, they are out straightaway. The bet keeps rotating from one round to the next so you must strategize in such a way that you bet slightly higher than the others so you don't lose everything if it is a bad bet and you surpass others if it is a good one.


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How to Make Citronella Candles
Welcome back, Springtime! We revel in your lovely sunshine, blooming flowers, and warmer days. However, when those warmer days arrive we must remember that they also usher in mosquitoes.
Ugh, mosquitoes. They're nasty, carry dangerous diseases, and their bites itch like crazy. This post will help you to repel those mosquitoes by teaching you how to make your own citronella candles. You can find most of the supplies you need at your local craft store such as a Hobby Lobby or Michael's. And just a tip from me, I recommend using the citronella oil made by Young Living due to it's high quality. (Just a note, I don't sell Young Living oils, it's just a brand I prefer.) And please be careful to use glass jars that will be safe with the close flame.
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* Re Props. 30 and 31: "Maneuver Seeks to Nullify 2 Insurance Laws," Feb. 21: Have we come to this?
Let me get this straight. Out-of-state insurance companies are trying to undo laws that our elected representatives passed last year to hold them more accountable, in order to protect their higher-than-normal profit margins. And if that isn't cynical enough, they're using millions, $44 million at last count, of our hard-earned insurance premium dollars in an attempt to take away our own constitutionally mandated right to sue!
Money-bags politics at the height of hypocrisy. If they have so much money, maybe we need another insurance rebate.
Santa Monica
* I couldn't disagree with you more regarding your support of Props. 30 and 31 (editorial, Feb. 18). Does anybody actually believe passage will decrease lawsuits? Laws such as these allowing more litigation always increase lawsuits, never reduce them. This results in higher costs for everyone.
Any legislation written by personal injury lawyers allowing two lawsuits for any one accident is utterly unconscionable. These same lawyers actually have the gall to claim the insurance companies make low-ball offers, yet take a third to 40% of their client's settlement. By the time the injured party receives his compensation, he feels cheated by the insurance company that paid his claim.
When choosing between lawyers and insurance companies, I'll choose the one that will save me money. I plan to vote no on these propositions.
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Pittsburgh Juvenile Crime Lawyer
Pittsburgh juvenile crime lawyer Gary E. Gerson is an advocate for teens and children who are arrested and charged with both misdemeanors and felonies. Because persons under the age of 18 are generally treated different from the adult population and catalogues them as a "delinquent" instead of a criminal, it is extremely important that your child's crime stays in the juvenile system, so that his or her adult record is without blemishes upon their eighteenth birthday. Attorney Gerson is familiar with ill-fated minors who are charged as adults because he has studied their cases and the failing of their lawyers in the past. As a product of the adult criminal justice system before they are even old enough to vote, many of these children feel hopeless, unable to find gainful employment, and turn back to a life of crime. Attorney Gerson's goal is that young clients learn from their mistakes and move forward on to a bright future. If your child has been arrested and you fear that he or she may be tried as an adult, please contact our Pittsburgh juvenile crimes attorney at 412-219-6875 for a free initial consultation.
Children Can Be Charged As An Adult
Teens can be charged with nearly any crime as an adult. That means that persons under the age of 18 who commit acts of aggravated assault, sexual assault, weapons crimes, and drug crimes can be charged as if they were fully functioning adults. But Juvenile Offense Attorney Gerson will tirelessly work to ensure that does not happen. If your child is facing the possibility of being tried as an adult, Attorney Gerson will pursue decertification, a process wherein he would petition the court to have a minor who is initially charged as an adult to be arbitrated by the juvenile justice system. Upon success, your child will likely have the opportunity to attend some type of rehabilitation program in an effort to work on personal issues instead of falling deeper into the rabbit hole that is the criminal justice system.
Focused On The Best Interest Of Juveniles
Attorney Gerson is focused on the long-term interests of your son or daughter. Sometimes, it is necessary to remove the child from a home with an abusive parent or guardian. Other circumstances call for Mr. Gerson to negotiate with and convince school administrators to allow the child to finish school so long as no more infractions are committed. Pittsburgh juvenile crimes attorney Gerson can also request placement, probation, community service and involvement, and restrictions from sports teams and other after-school undertakings.
Free Initial Consultation With an Experienced Pittsburgh Juvenile Crimes Lawyer
Often times, the most difficult part of having your child arrested for a crime is how the police deal with the situation. Police officers think they can easily manipulate children into confessing. This can lead to confusion and fear and situations where the minor actually confesses to crimes they did not commit. There are laws that protect your child's civil rights and juvenile crimes attorney Gerson's goal is to make sure those rights were upheld. In addition, Mr. Gerson will ensure your child's holding conditions are well met and that your child receives a timely trial. Ultimately, Attorney Gerson wants your child's juvenile record sealed and stored and, if at all possible, he wants the crime to be expunged from your child's record for good. If you have any questions about juvenile law or if your child has been arrested and you are not sure what to do, please contact The Law Offices of Gary E. Gerson today at 412-219-6875 for a free preliminary consultation.


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Fees, if any, are based on income and determined by the Area Agency on Aging or by Medicaid for qualified applicants. For those who choose to pay privately, services are available at $20 per hour. These services are available in Canyon and Western Owyhee counties.
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One of my buddies got me into Murder by Death about a year ago, and I have been thankful ever since. I started listening to their stuff on their third album, In Bocca Al Lupo, and was immediately impressed by their sound and passion. These are truly musicians, who know what they are doing with their instruments, and are doing what they love.
Their fourth album, Red Of Tooth And Claw, really shows how well the band has progressed and developed. Luckily enough, I was able to catch them perform much of this album at the Trubador in Los Angeles, and they fucking kicked immense amounts of beautiful ass. I am not much of a music critic, so the best way I can describe them is that they are a mix of indie rock, indie folk rock, and Johnny Cash, sprinkled in with some amazing cello from Sarah Balliet.
Their latest fan contest shows they have not forgotten their Bloomington, Indiana roots. On November 13th, they announced that on their next release they will be using images submitted by one of their fans for the album. This next release is the second in a series of 7 different 7" Split albums; Murder by Death covers a song of another band, and that band covers a song from Murder by Death. In my opinion, this is a fucking rad contest idea. So rad, that I was compelled to bring back "rad" to explain it.
Murder by Death will be covering Home by O'Death, while O'Death is covering Brother by Murder by Death. Brother comes off of In Bocca Al Lupo, and while it is an amazing song, Dynamite Mine is still my favorite off of that album, which William Elliott Whitmore covered for their first split album in this series.
This was what the band released about this contest, in case you want to partake:
Because so many of our fans are artists, we have decided to have a contest for artists to submit their designs for this release. The winner will get 10 copies of the Murder by Death / O'Death split with their art on it, plus all 6 other releases in the 7 series.
Art specifications are below.
- The design should be a 7" by 7" image that contains both band names - Murder by Death and O'Death.
- No limitations on colors.
- Image must be 300 DPI.
- All submissions are due by 12 noon on December 12th. Email the image to email@example.com.
I asked Adam Turla of Murder by Death (who plays guitar and sings) what provoked the decision to allow fans to participate in the album design. Turla responded with:
I was thinking of who to get to do the art for this release and realized that many of our fans send us art inspired by our music. It seemed like a chance for us to see a lot of that art and also a chance for artists to get their work out there. I'm excited to see what we get!
To be honest, I had not heard of O'Death prior to Murder by Death choosing them for this album, but I am already digging their sound. If you have not heard of either band, I recommend you check out their MySpace pages and give a few songs a whirl - you might find you can't explain the music much better than I can, but can agree that "awesome" comes to mind, among other things.
Oh...and I know what you might be thinking...Murder by Death takes their name from the 1976 Robert Moore film of the same name; they are just about the complete opposite of death metal.
Check out Murder by Death, O'Death, and then head over to buy something - art ain't free, yo!


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Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford
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|Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford
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|12 March 1703(aged 76)
Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford KG PC (28 February 1627 – 12 March 1703) was a Royalist during the English Civil War.
Life of the last De Vere
He was the son of Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford and his wife Beatrix van Hemmema.[1] De Vere was educated at Friesland, Netherlands, after his father was mortally wounded at the siege of Maastricht in 1632. He was only six years old; years later he joined the English Regiment of Foot serving on the continent with the Dutch. He remained in Holland, but returned to England in 1651 an ardent royalist. He was involved in a succession of plots, for which he was imprisoned in the Tower for allegedly plotting against Cromwell. He was interned without trial. On release he joined Sir George Booth's rising in 1659 against Richard Cromwell's regime. He went with five other peers to petition The Hague for the return of King Charles II in early May 1660. Hoping but failing to become Lord Chamberlain, he was offered the Colonelcy of The Blues. As a great favourite of royal mistress, Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland he courted the Earl of Bristol's daughter, whose family were in high favour at court. The Earl of Bristol's daughter married the Earl of Sunderland, a Secretary of State, but he lobbied the King on Oxford's behalf. Oxford was made Lord Lieutenant of Essex and awarded a Knight of the Garter. Oxford's dashing image was one of the last Cavaliers; louche, immoral, but temperate and moderate. Tall, distinguished, and good-looking, he looked slightly disdainful. Censorious Whigs like Samuel Pepys deplored seeing Oxford wearing his Garter regalia in public. And there was a rumour that he married an actress in secret.
Despite being a Cavalier, he adhered to Protestant principles permitting Quakers and puritans to join the regiment. He was a friend of Monmouth, a great soldier. Oxford raised a Regiment of Horse from 1684 onwards, just as the Life Guards were being withdrawn from Dunkirk. They were properly the Royal Regiment of Horse, but known by the colour of the uniforms as Oxford's Blues; he was Colonel of The Blues. Royalist volunteers added strength to this protestant regiment. It was Charles II's policy to expand the army beyond the kernel that he inherited.[2] Oxford gained the disapproval at court of the favourite, the Duke of Buckingham, who had declared undying enmity. Oxford replied, that he "neither cared for his friendship nor feared for his hatred."
"...a troop of horse, excellently mounted, of the Royal Regiment of my Lord Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Oxford...inspecting every file of the company, the officers of which wore a red sash with gold tassels.", wrote Prince Cosmo of Tuscany on a visit to London in 1668.[3] Oxford was present at the first Army Board on 5 August 1670, chaired by the Duke of York. On 5 July 1685, Sir Francis Compton was promoted to command the regiment. Oxford wanted the post for himself but was prevented from taking it by the King. Oxford was responsible for kitting out his regiment, and ordering a standard blue uniform from a woollen draper, Mr Munnocks of The Strand, Middlesex, whose son was killed in the service.[4]
In February 1688 he told King James, 'I will stand by Your Majesty against all enemies to the last drop of my blood. But this is a matter of conscience and I cannot comply.' Oxford was Lord Lieutenant of Essex, responsible for raising troops in the county, but refused James II's order to appoint Roman Catholics to public offices. He was deprived of his offices. Months later he took the side of William of Orange against James II in the Glorious Revolution. He was restored to his titles and colonelcy of The Blues and exempted the Commission of Inspection by the Convention Parliament of April 1689. Secretary at War, William Blathwayt wrote asking for details of all officers removed by absolutism.[5] On 1 February 1689 Oxford and Compton lobbied Parliament to pass a vote of thanks to the army for the Whig constitution "...testified their sturdy adherence to the Protestant religion and being instrumental in delivering this country from popery and slavery."[6]
He died in 1703, sine prole mascula making the title extinct. His daughter Diana married Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans.[7]
On 12 April 1647, he married Anne Bayning, a daughter of Paul Bayning, 2nd Viscount Bayning. Anne died in 1659 and Aubrey married Diana Kirke, daughter of George Kirke and granddaughter of Aurelian Townshend.[8] They had five children:[9]
- Charles, who died as an infant.
- Charlotte, died young
- Lady Diana de Vere, who married King Charles II's illegitimate son, Charles Beauclerk, Duke of St Albans.
- Mary, died unmarried
- Henrietta, died unmarried
Since he had no surviving sons and as no other suitable claimant came forward, he became the last de Vere Earl of Oxford, one of the longest-lived titles in the peerage of England. The first de Vere earl had received his title from the Empress Matilda in 1141.
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- ↑ White-Spunner, p.44. In "Horse Guards" the author names his mother as Beatrice de Banck, a dutch woman.
- ↑ Holmes, p.50
- ↑ "The Travels of Cosmo III in England", cited by Arthur, I, p.82; White-Spunner, p.50
- ↑ White-Spunner, p.104-5
- ↑ Holmes, p.158
- ↑ Arthur, I, p.231
- ↑ Holmes, p.27
- ↑ Cokayne 1945, pp. 260–1; Chambers 1912, p. xxxvi.
- ↑ Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages, London, 1883
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Indian Air Force
Group 'X' (Technical) Trades
General Information : Syllabus
• Qualification
Candidate should have passed intermediate/10+2/Equivalent Examination with Physics and Mathematics with minimum of 50% marks in overall aggregate OR should have pass a three years Diploma Course in Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical/Electronics/Automobile/Computer Science/Instrumentation Technology/Information Technology) with at least 50% marks from a Govt. recognised Polytechnic/Institute.
• Medical Standards
(a) Height : Minimum acceptable height : 152.5 cm.
(b) Chest : Minimum range of expansion : 5 cm
(c) Weight : Proportionate to height and age.
(d) Vision : Minimum visual standard : Unaided 6/36, corrected to at least 6/9 in each eye with spectacles, dioptectric power not exceeding ± 3.5 Dioptres in any axis. Full field of vision and Defective safe colour vision CP-II/III. (Candidates should bring latest prescription and spectacles for corrected vision, if used)
(e) Corneal surgery (PRK/LASIK) is not acceptable.
(f) Hearing : Candidates should have normal hearing, i.e., able to hear forced whisper from a distance of 6 metres with each ear separately (Ears to be free of wax).
(g) Dental : Should have healthy gums, good set of teeth and minimum 14 dental points.
(h) Health : The candidate should be free from any medical or surgical deformity. He should be free from all communicable diseases and skin ailments.
Candidates must be physically and mentally FIT to perform duty in any part of the world, in any climate and terrain.
• Tenure
Enrolment is for an initial period of 20 years extendable upto the age of 57 years.
• Training
Initially candidates will be sent for a Joint Basic Phase Training (JBPT) for 12 weeks at ATS Belgaum (Karnataka). On successful completion of JBPT, candidates will be allocated trades and sent for trade training of specified durations. Training is however liable to be terminated at any time if the trainee fails to achieve the required standards in academics, profession, physical fitness and discipline or is found to be medically unfit.
• Written Test
Candidates will be tested in English, Physics and Mathematics based on CBSE syllabus of AISSCE. Question papers will be objective type and bilingual (English & Hindi) except English Paper. Duration of Written Test will be 60 minutes. Candidates are to qualify in each paper separately. Results of the written test will be declared on the same day.
• Physical Fitness Test (PFT)
In Physical Fitness Test, a 1.6 km run to be completed in a maximum of 8 minutes. Candidates completing the PFT in less than 7 minutes 30 seconds will be awarded additional marks on a sliding scale. Candidates are advised to bring their sports shoes and shorts.
• Interview and Medical Examination
Candidates who have passed the Written Test and PFT will be interviewed. Working knowledge of spoken English is a prerequisite. Those who are recommended in interview will be subjected to Medical Examination by Air Force Medical Team as per IAF medical standards. The candidates are advised, if required, to get their ears cleaned of wax, tartar and stains removed from teeth and eyesight corrected before appearing in the written test. Candidates using glasses should bring with them the latest prescription for the same from their eye specialist.
• Examination Centres
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Guess what? After a huuuge break (well that's what it felt like for me) I'm ready, refreshed and pumped up
to be blogging again! Last night I came home from a 4 day trip to Antwerp and I was exhausted, so I just
finished unpacking and I'm full of new ideas for some new blogposts! The last four days in Antwerp literally
flew past and the timing was perfect. I've got the opportunity to think what I wanted to do with my blog because
I wasn't suppose to quite or anything and I bought to really good books at Urban Outfitters. 'DAMN GOOD ADVICE'
from George Lois and 'IT'S NOT HOW GOOD YOU ARE, IT'S HOW GOOD YOU WANT TO BE' from Paul Arden.These two books
really inspired me and gave some great advice about blogging, life and the future. Well, not literally blogging
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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) is caused when stomach acid flows back into the esophagus, causing heartburn and acid reflux to such an extent that they interfere with the patient's daily activities. GERD can occur in both infants and adults.
A doctor will diagnose GERD and recommend a course of treatment when the above symptoms are observed. If the symptoms do not improve after following the doctor's advice or receiving basic treatment, the following tests may be used to provide a more detailed diagnosis:
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Tiffany is a senior at Howard University majoring in Information Systems. After project managing for a non-profit in South Africa during her time studying abroad, she interned with Facebook as a Security Ambassador in the Summer of 2016. She was the first ever Howard University intern for InfoSec. In the Fall, she will join the Facebook Security Team as a Security Project Manager on the InfoSec Team.


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This one is for all of my vision impaired friends! I've been dying to find cute glasses that don't break the bank. I have astigmatism and I've had it for about 12 years now. Having astigmatism makes it challenging for me to choose between contacts or glasses. I usually wear my contacts 90% of the time BUT when I do wear glasses I don't want to look like someone's grandma! I think I found a solution. Zenni's! Check out my review below!
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Kite enthusiasts have flocked to Bug Light Park for years. A charming spot that is the home of Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, it is a notorious kite flying destination with its wide open space and ample wind. An annual festival devoted to these colorful flyers is a way to celebrate and spend a day of old-fashioned, kite-flying fun. Kids and adults can participate in kite flying events, enjoy a barbeque on the harbor, or just come to admire a sky that is sure to be filled with an array of impressive kites from flyers that come from all over New England to be part of this annual event.
Members of the Nor'Easters Kite Club and KONE (Kites Over New England) lend their expertise in all things kite-related at the festival, including a How to Fly a Kite workshop, demonstrations of show kites, bol racing (where kids and grown-ups try their hand at tugging a parachute-like kite) and a much anticipated kite-style candy drop. Kites are available for purchase (a kite hospital is in operation to help with fixes) and there is plenty to eat and drink, available at the nearby museum. Bug Light's signature Lighthouse is also open to the public during the festival, giving attendees a rare chance to see the inside.
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ESSEX JUNCTION The 2007 Vermont Agricultural Hall of Fame winners were honored Wednesday during the 2007 Champlain Valley Fair presented by Progressive, at a special luncheon in the Robert E. Miller Expo Centre.
The Vermont Agriculture Hall of Fame is celebrating its 5th year of honoring Vermonters who have made a significant contribution to farming and agriculture. The Hall of Fame was started in 2003 by a committee from the Vermont Farm Bureau, Champlain Valley Exposition Board of Directors and other interested community members.
The focus is on farmers as inductees, with four categories farmers, government, education and non-government (fairs, farm bureau, etc.) Photographs of past winners can be viewed in the entryway of the Robert E. Miller Expo Centre South at the Exposition. Photos of last years recipients were unveiled by Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie. The 2006 recipients were Arthur H. Packard, Sr., Robert Carlson, Robert G. Coombs, Jr., Merton Pike and Robert H. Wood, Jr.
This years Hall of Fame induction ceremonies and luncheon was hosted by the exposition and sponsored by Sentinel Investments of Montpelier. Vermont. Gov. James H. Douglas was on hand to make the presentations of framed prints of a Champlain Valley farm by artist Deborah Holmes to the new members and/or their families.
2007 Honorees
Kermit and Margaret Richardson of Orange for their long commitment to the Grange and their community. They have lived on land which has been in Margaret's family for more than 150 years and are a team as well as very distinct individuals. In 1957 they were named Vermont State Grange Young Couple of the Year, and they have never looked back!
Kermit has served as town moderator, school director, and as a member of the state legislature. He has been a member of the Riverside Grange for over 60 years, and his involvement includes many state offices as well as Master of the National Grange from 1993-2003.
Margaret has been a Grange member for over 59 years and was the first Lady Master of the Vermont State Grange, as well as the first in New England. She has served on the Orange County UVM Extension Advisory Board and is a former 4-H leader and Sunday-school teacher. Together, they have owned and operated Rich-ardson Insurance Agency for 50 years and a real estate business for 35 years. Former Vermont State Grange Master Phyllis Mason writes in the nomination: "They continue to be an inspiration to their counterparts as they remain involved locally and statewide."
J. Douglas "Doug" Webb of Fairfax was honored during the 2007 legislative session with a concurrent resolution for his life of community service. Serving as a selectboard member and Justice of the Peace for his town, he has also found time to work with the Franklin County Field Days Board for more than 30 years and the Vermont Maple Festival Committee for 37 years.
Along with his sons he owns and operates with his sons the 600-acre Maplewood Dairy Farm with 300 registered Holsteins. A good sized maple sugaring operation is included in that enterprise. He has worked in a variety of dairy associations, including Milk Promotion Ser- vices and the Milton Dairy Co-op Board. He received the Vermont League of Cities and Towns' Lifetime Achieve- ment Award in 2005 and has also been inducted into the Secretary of State's Town Officials Hall of Fame. His daughter, Linda Willmott, writes in her nomination; "I am very proud of all my Dad has done over the years and it has served as an inspiration for me to be involved in my own community."
Dr. James Gilmore, of South Burlington, is a recent retiree from the University of Vermont and is known af- fectionately as "Gilly" to students, colleagues, and friends alike. He taught in the Department of Animal Science at UVM for more than 30 years. His two abiding passions, dairy cows and students, came together with the Cooperative for Real Education in Agricultural Management, or CREAM. His devotion to teaching, Holstein breed organizations and shows, the Vermont Dairy Herd Improvement Association and his former students are a testament to his love of the industry.
His daughter, Susie Marchand, wrote: "Dad has given to me his love of cows, agriculture and teaching. I am now an educator at Shelburne Farms teaching people about their connection to agriculture. I would not be doing this today had it not been for my Dad. I know that he has had this same effect on so many of the other people he has connected with over his many years of teaching."
Ruth Towne of Berlin was nominated posthumously by the Washington County Farm Bureau. Extension agent, legislator, Morgan breeder and co-op director, Towne was actively engaged on the farm and as a partner with her husband, Roderick. She developed the Towne-Aire registry for the Morgan horse line, and her greatest triumph occurred when she won first place in the Pleasure Driving Championship at the First Grand National Morgan Horse Show in 1973. She served as president of the New England Morgan Horse Association and received the Dean C. Davis Award in 2001 for her dedication to the Morgan.
Her passion for politics and horses merged when she founded and became president of the Morgan Horse Heritage Association, working to keep the breed information and state farm from moving to Kentucky. She served in the Vermont statehouse from 1977 to 2004 and was chair of the House Agriculture Committee. She was the 1989 Vermont Farm Bureau Woman of the Year and was involved in a variety of community activities. As Gov. Douglas said during her eulogy, "Ruth was a woman of conviction, humor and diligence."
For more information about the Vermont Agricultural Hall of Fame, or to make nominations for the 2008 event, you may call the Vermont Farm Bureau office at 802-434-5646.


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The third conference of the IPCAN (Independent Police Complaints Authorities's Network) network on « The respect of fundamental rights and freedoms in the context of the strengthening of the fight against terrorism », co-organised by the Defender of rights and the Council of Europe, will be held in Strasbourg on 14th and 15th of September 2017.
Independent institutions, security forces, practitioners and theorists, will be gathered in the premises of the Council of Europe in order to dialogue, share their expertise and to reflect together on ways to preserve in Europe, the fragile balance between 'security' and 'freedoms'.
The event will be broadcast live on the web sites of the Council of Europe, of the Defender of rights and on the IPCAN website.
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Individuals and Teams (Day 47)by Rey Laguda
(This is the 47th day of 50-day journey of DepEd Undersecretary Rey Laguda as being serialized here with his permission, culled from his Facebook account - Blogger/owner)
Working in the Department of Education is a real privilege and honor. One gets the opportunity to make a difference in a big way to millions of learners, hundreds of thousands of teachers, thousands of schools and communities, and to the whole country.
To all of you -- Everything that you gave borne out of genuine service was incredibly important and valuable. Each one of you brought a set of skills, knowledge, competencies and values to the organization. Combining all of these allowed us to achieve our goals, face challenges, overcome issues, and deliver results.
I had the privilege of directly leading many teams at different points of my term – the Communications Unit, Technical Service, Adopt-a-School Program, ICT Service, Research and Statistics Division and Database Management Unit, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service, ICT Service, Internal Audit Service, Office of the Secretary, Regional Operations, PFSED/Engineering and Facilities Division, and the whole Finance and Administration strand. I want to thank all of you. Of course, I also want to make special mention of those who work quietly and support me - drivers, staff, utility personnel. You do work without any fanfare.
If I am unable to mention you all individually, it is only as a result of my limited memory but it does not diminish my gratitude and appreciation. You are not nameless and faceless to me.
I can honestly say, I (and many others) would not have survived all these years without you. You who make the bureaucracy are part of the success we reap. When the whole Department of Education performs and moves as one organization, it is pretty hard to stop.
Madamo gid nga salamat. Daghang salamat. Maraming salamat. Thank you.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." – Theodore Roosevelt, Citizen in a Republic, 1910
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I'm Faith and welcome to my cozy little corner! I'm a 30-something educator, renovator, wife, only child and caretaker of a single parent, foodie, & welllness gal. I'm married to the beau, love Jesus, my framily, life, dark chocolate, coffee & red wine. Currently learning that just about anything can be made better by sharing time around the table with those you love and that God's grace truly covers all. Leaning hard into 1 Timothy 6:6: "A devout life…is the rich simplicity of being yourself before God"
In October of 2009, I married my best friend and teammate (affectionately known around here as The Beau) and we reside in the beautiful Bluegrass of Central Kentucky.
This space has taken on several different versions of itself over it's years but currently it's a place where I explore life, faith, health, balance and calling. It's a space for my love of writing to thrive.
I love coffee, the color red, fixing up an old house, cheering on the Georgia Bulldogs in the fall and the Kentucky Wildcats in the winter and spring, eating outdoors, using technology to work smarter, not harder, breakfast with my beau, college students, traditions, homemade and antique things, anything or anyone with a story.
So that's the short version. You can check out the extended version here. Feel free to also explore my professional journey, a bit more about my personal life, my hobbies and interests, dive deeper into my thoughts and get a view from my vantage point.
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There are several methods for plastic dip coating that include: hot dip coating in a fluidized bed of polymer powder, hot dip coating a product in a vinyl plastisol, and spraying polymer powder on a heated product. The method that is used usually depends on the needs of the product being created or the metal being treated.
For hot dip coating in a fluidized bed of polymer powder, the metal is thoroughly cleaned and then placed in an oven where it is heated to a high temperature. This heat melts the polymer powder, bonding it to the metal surface when it is dipped in the fluidized bed. The metal polymer adheres to the surface and the metal is given time to cool, leaving it evenly coated with a smooth plastic finish. Hot dip coating in vinyl plastisol is a very similar process, except the object is dipped in liquid that contains PVC particles.
After drying, the material needs time to cure on the metal to ensure that it adheres properly. The third plastic dip coating method is spraying polymer powder onto a heated product. This is also known as flock spraying. Since some objects are just too large to be coated by dipping them, a spray is used because it is more practical. The part is still heated so that the spray melts and adheres to it on contact.
The product must be reheated if there is any partially melted spray left at the end of the process. The process can be completed several times to add layers of protection to the metal.
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First Day in the UK, Associated Press Article.
American Indians make pilgrimage to England to grave of Pocahontas
By Sarah Ball
1:41 p.m. July 14, 2006
GRAVESEND, England – Americans Indians from Virginia traveled to the burial place of Pocahontas on Friday as part of celebrations marking next year's 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, the oldest English settlement in the New World. A 50-member delegation attended a private ceremony to honor their fabled ancestor, who acted as an ambassador between British settlers and her Algonquin kinsmen in the early 17th century.
"We're here to acknowledge the fact that the people of England have protected the remains of Pocahontas – they have honored her memory, and I think they've just done due diligence," said Chief Stephen Adkins of the Chickahominy tribe. The moment was tinged with sadness for Adkins, who noted that when the first English settlers landed in 1607 there were 35 to 40 Virginia woodland tribes. "There are now eight," he said. The visit was part of a series of events on both sides of the Atlantic to mark the anniversary of Jamestown's settlement in 1607. The Virginia Indians reveled in the chance to do the journey in reverse – from the New World to the old one – and to show off the finer points of their culture.
Amid blustery summer winds, spectators lined the manicured hedges of an Elizabethan manor lawn to watch as nine men from the delegation – most swathed in fringed buckskin tunics, turkey feather bustles and deerhide pelts – circled around a drum, pounding in unison and singing the names of the tribes. The rest of the delegation formed pairs, marching and dancing around a fountain in the garden to the drum beat – the ritual a colorful focal point of a welcome ceremony in the southeastern English town of Gravesend.
Lord Watson of Richmond, the co-chairman of the Jamestown 2007 British committee, stressed the longtime ties between the two groups as he spoke after the dance. The tribesmen presented local representatives with gifts from their home state including a traditional Pamonkey clay pot and a large bundle of dried tobacco leaves, the cash crop of Virginia that attracted English investors. "It is tradition that when you go to visit an elder or a dignitary, you respect them by bringing tobacco – one of the four sacred herbs," said Kevin Smith, a member of the Nansemond tribe. "It is only fitting that since we have been welcomed by this country, that we respect and honor them in the same way."
Members of the delegation also enjoyed traditional English summertime food. Rappahannock tribesman Jacob Fortune-Deuber, 15, sat in one of the manor's libraries in a rigid 17th-century Windsor chair in his full feather-and-deerskin regalia, eating strawberries and cream out of a silver bowl. "This is a chance for all the tribes to get together – we haven't been together in a long time," Fortune-Deuber said.
Pocahontas is known for saving New World explorer Capt. John Smith from execution in 1607, and legend has it the two later became lovers. About five years later she was kidnapped by the English to be used as a pawn in dealings with her father, Powhatan, chief of the Algonquin Nation. Pocahontas converted to Christianity in 1613 and married tobacco planter John Rolfe. The couple sailed for England in 1616, but the newlywed princess became ill and died of an undetermined illness the next year. Though historians know little about her, fictionalized accounts of her life have appeared in art and media for centuries – most recently in a 1995 animated Disney musical and a live-action historical thriller, "The New World," released in January.
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Facts Not Fear For Flu
As winter ends in the southern hemisphere it is worth looking at the winter flu season just passed and see how our friends the "experts" fared this year.
In May we had dire predictions of a "horror" flu season due to the H1N1 virus. These predictions came at around the time that vaccination of children under five was suspended due to side effects including seizures and the death of a toddler after being vaccinated.
The government continued to promote the importance of being vaccinated against swine flu due to a much-feared "second wave". Exactly how you can have a second wave when there was no first wave is another question. Of course the government had paid some $AUD140 million for vaccines which were not being used.
The facts speak for themselves. Figures from the Federal Health department shows that between January and the start of September some 417 cases of H1N1 had been notified. Now to be fair there may be many people with a flu like illness where the test to identify the strain is not done so more people likely had the flu.
And therein lies the first key point. This was just another winter like all others-no horror; no second wave just some people getting ill and the vast, vast majority getting better. Every year some people die with the flu (mostly these people have other illness already) and this year was no different.
Despite all the hysteria from health "experts" and the offer of a free vaccine, only 18% of Australians were vaccinated. The two main reasons were that people perceived swine flu as a mild illness and not a serious threat to their health. The other main reason given was concerns about the vaccine itself.
Here the plot thickens. The program to vaccinate children under age five was suspended due to side effects. A significant number had febrile convulsions (seizures) and there was at least one death. The coroners report ultimately found the vaccine might have contributed to the toddler's death. Proving causation was never going to be possible. The child was well before the vaccination and died after it. We can draw our own conclusions.
And given the number of hospitalizations and issues with this vaccine, what was the main concern of the authorities? That an "important " vaccination program was being held up. Never mind that more harm than good was being done.
Regular readers will know my views on swine flu, which are on the record from April 2009. This was always a normal flu like illness and there was no need for panic, hysteria and the waste of billions of dollars. Inquires are being held into the behavior of the WHO and conflicts of interest by those giving advice to governments and also advising vaccine makers.
At no time were the public given the truth. At no time was any useful advice about how to strengthen your immune system given. Basic things like drinking enough water, getting enough sleep, managing stress, eating enough fruits and vegetables. Let alone more specific information about having adequate intake of zinc, antioxidant vitamins, folate and vitamin D.
The web of deceit is starting to unravel. A major analysis published in the journal Eurosurveillance shows the flu vaccine caused more harm than good. For every hospital admission prevented there were two or three hospital admissions due to seizures.
Yet the response of the "experts" remains the same. According to the Australian TGA "the overall risk-benefit balance …remains positive" and the chief medical officer feels that the vaccine should not be withdrawn but that the government would reassess.
There is no point relying on so-called experts or the government. There is no need to get caught up in hysteria. The best way to stay healthy and keep your children healthy is to be in charge of your own health.


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What Led To A Vacant Phoenix Office Building Housing Separated Migrant Kids
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contracted with a defense contractor called MVM that housed migrant children in a vacant office building in midtown Phoenix not licensed as a child care facility, according to reporting from Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting.
Contractor MVM says they only provided transportation of undocumented families and unaccompanied children for the Department of Health and Human Services and "have not and currently do not operate shelters or any other type of housing for minors."
City of Phoenix officials have responded by asking the Arizona Health Services Department to investigate further, and there is a press conference scheduled for later this Monday that will call for the closure of the facility.
Aura Bogado from Reveal joined The Show to talk about how she approached this story and what she found.


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Bank of America Corp. on Thursday will start offering a new checking account, capping a four-year effort to boost revenue from its most basic banking product without alienating customers and lawmakers.
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Bumpkin Island
Bumpkin Island, also known as Round Island, Bomkin Island, Bumkin Island, or Ward's Island, is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor. In 1902, Albert Burrage, a Boston philanthropist, had a summer hospital opened on the island for children with physical disabilities.[1] During World War I the island was used by the U.S. Navy. Starting around 1940, the island was used as a facility for polio patients. However, the hospital closed during World War II and burned down in 1945.[2] Since 1996, it is part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island has an area of 30 acres (120,000 m2), plus an intertidal zone of a further 31 acres (130,000 m2). It is composed of a central drumlin with an elevation of 70 feet (21 m) above sea level, surrounded by a rock-strewn shoreline. A sand spit, exposed at low tide, connects the eastern end of the island to Sunset Point in Hull.[3]
On weekends and summer weekdays, Bumpkin Island is accessible by a shuttle boat to and from Georges Island, which connects from there with ferries to Boston and Quincy.[4]
- ^ "BEGINS WORK. Burrage Hospital on Bumkin Island". Boston Daily Globe (1872-1922). July 15, 1902. p. 7.
- ^ "Island Facts: Bumpkin Island". National Park Service. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
- ^ "Bumpkin Island Factsheet". Boston Harbor Islands Partnership. Archived from the original on June 27, 2006. Retrieved August 9, 2006.
- ^ "Boston Harbor Islands Ferry Schedule" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 29, 2006. (Camping is also available.)
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|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bumpkin Island.
- Bumpkin Island web page, with visitor information.
- Bumpkin Island Art Encampment
Coordinates: 42°16′52.00″N 70°53′59.20″W / 42.2811111°N 70.8997778°W
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Xiaomi phones always have the same problem. While the company's devices have generally great specifications and design for the price, the software experience is usually not very good. If you've read one of our Xiaomi device reviews, or used one of the company's phones yourself, you probably know what I'm talking about.
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This fine home, designed in an English Manor House style with French/Italian influences is constructed using Indiana limestone under a French clay tiled roof with green oak ceilings.
A port cochere gives access to the foyer, and internally comprises on the ground floor a foyer, sitting room, living/kitchen, butler's pantry, library, dining room and study. On the lower ground floor there are 3 guest bedrooms all with en-suite bathrooms, underground passage to swimming pool and garage, several basement rooms. On the first floor is master suite approximately 3,000 sqft which comprises bedroom, sitting area, en-suite bathroom and dressing rooms. There is a three storey central elevator which leads to basement and bedroom areas and the lower basement cantina which is used for storage of meat and cheese. The tower consists of an office, bedroom and chapel with walk-out to the tower top. All of the green oak ceilings were formed in Somerset (England) and shipped and re-erected. Cathedral Stone Masons from England were employed to instruct on stone carving techniques. The garage doors were copied by special permission from Balmoral Castle's Port Cochere.
The property stands in approximately 100 acres of formal gardens and lakes and 350 acres of wetlands.


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Lets pretend that you don't remember me posting this ring before (it's truly one of my most favorites) and lets focus on the beauty of the light that a perfectly rainy day brings.
In the desert, nothing is better than an all-day, steady rain.
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Capitol Alert
California ballot measure money rolls in following deadline
Newly minted proposition numbers in hand, campaign committees supporting or opposing measures on California's November ballot raised millions of dollars in the days following last month's initiative qualification deadline.
Getting the most money was a campaign committee opposing Proposition 52, which reported more than $8 million in contributions from SEIU United Healthcare Workers West last Wednesday.
Backed by hospitals, Proposition 52 would lock in a funding stream from a state-approved fee. The measure qualified more than a year ago and, until last week, there had been no sign of possible deep-pocketed opposition.
"We are opposing Prop. 52," SEIU-UHW spokesman Steve Trossman said Friday. Earlier this year, SEIU-UHW gathered signatures to qualify measures to raise the minimum wage and limit compensation for hospital executives, but neither will be on the ballot.
Also reporting a big check last week was the campaign supporting Proposition 61, which would limit how much the state could pay for drug purchases.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation gave another $5 million to the effort, and the California Nurses Association donated $50,000, more than doubling what proponents had raised to date.
The campaign to legalize marijuana, meanwhile, received another $2 million. Businessman Sean Parker gave $1.25 million to the yes-on-Proposition 64 effort and a pro-legalization committee, the Washington, D.C.-based New Approach PAC, donated $725,000.
Another pair of November measures also took in large contributions. Houston-based plastic bag manufacturer Superbag Corp. gave $128,000 to the campaign committee supporting Proposition 65, which would redirect bag sale revenue arising from the state law restricting plastic shopping bags, and opposing Proposition 67, a referendum on the state law.
Also, Gov. Jerry Brown's ballot measure to change the parole system received $100,000 from Santa Ana-based MP Biomedicals.
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The standings are a leader board of Zoopla agents in social media scored by Klout based on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Instagram, Foursquare, Wikipedia and Klout itself.
Emoov have enjoyed a number of success stories during 2016 winning the AllAgents.co.uk award for Best Customer Experience for the third year in a row, as well as climbing the AllAgents ranks to be crowned number one out of more than 25,000 high-street and online agents for their customer service.
This latest success completes a strong year for Emoov with the online agent knocking an established London based high-street agent off the top spot in Daniels Estate Agents.
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As you can see, I continue to write about OSCON 2008 at a breakneck pace. It might not even be OSCON 2009 before I'm done. Indeed, at this rate I may even get around to doing a GWWE writeup sometime before the heat death of the universe. A person can dream, right?
The previous warning applies.
I was pretty excited for Wednesday -- it would be my first day of, you know, legitimately being at OSCON instead of sneaking in. Alex oniugnip and I got up as early as we could manage, packed up our laptops, and biked down to the convention center. There are few things nicer than riding your bike across Portland with your boyfriend on a sunny late July morning to have breakfast with a bunch of free software geeks, so I was feeling pretty good. But when we actually parked our bikes and walked into the building, which was already buzzing with conference attendees, I suddenly shrank back a little. I wanted my friends, not a crowd of strangers, but I knew that my friends would be preoccupied with conference business today. Even Alex, who was on quasi-vacation, had obligations to fulfill for work. It was unavoidable: at some point today, I was going to have to socialize.
It's funny how sitting down with eight people you don't know is uncomfortable, but sitting down with one person you know and seven you don't is no problem. If I have even one tenuous thread to grab onto, I can grab tightly onto it and weave it into social fabric. If I have no threads, though, then I have nothing -- which is why, when we showed up at breakfast and didn't immediately see anyone we knew, I tried to steer us toward an empty table. Alex was having none of it. He wanted to find some random interesting people and sit with them. I protested -- what if they didn't want to talk to strangers like us? "They paid to come here to talk to strangers like us," he pointed out. This was a good point, but I still felt pretty weird about sitting down with total strangers.
Fortunately, we happened to be at an open-source software conference in northeast Portland, so finding someone who wasn't a total stranger took approximately 45 seconds. We ended up sitting with a fellow named Dan whom I was acquainted with through Blue lovemotionstory, who knows everyone. Dan introduced me to the other people at his table, and I ended up clinging to joining them that evening for dinner, as well, so it was fortunate we'd crossed paths.
With morning socialization accomplished, I went to two interesting talks. First, there was "Building Compilers with the Parrot Compiler Toolkit", given by Patrick Michaud, which was pretty cool. Using the Parrot tools, he built a LOLCODE compiler in about 20 minutes; moreover, I understand that that was actually the long version of his talk. This was followed by "Beautiful Concurrency with Erlang", given by Kevin Scaldeferri from Yahoo, who told us that he could implement a Twitter clone out of Erlang in 45 minutes. It's hard for me to say how close he really came to that, since he didn't actually show us running code, but at least I learned something about Erlang. Unfortunately, I hadn't started taking notes yet at this point in the conference, so I don't have any clever quotations from this part of the day.
After a coffee break, I went to Damian Conway and Larry Wall's "Perl 6 Update", which I did manage to jot down some gems from, followed by my friends Selena mimeograph and Gabrielle gorthx's fun talk about "Running a Successful User Group". Alex was off at different talks during all this, but we eventually met up to go to "Web Frameworks of the Future: Flex, GWT, Grails, and Rails" together. We were sitting near the back, and for me the most interesting part of the whole talk was when the speaker said that there were "forty or fifty" people at Google working on GWT, and Alex raised his hand and said, "Actually, there's only about twenty of us", and half the room turned around.
Finally, in the late afternoon, I went to Paul Fenwick's "Illustrated History of Failure" talk. It was at this point in the conference that I began to take some semblance of notes:
People love hearing about failure! This talk ended up being so well received that Paul was asked to give it again as a keynote talk on the last day of the conference, which meant giving it to a much larger audience. I wasn't able to catch it the second time, but I'd just like everyone to know that I was a fan of "Illustrated History of Failure" before it was cool.
With conferencing done for the day, Alex and I headed downtown on the MAX to have dinner with some of the folks we'd met at breakfast that morning. A couple of them worked for the Canadian intelligence agency. They looked much less scruffy than, say, me, an unemployed ex-Perl programmer who was about to be a grad student.
Finally, Alex and I went to Backspace, where we tried to catch up on our mail and sort out our overflowing bags full of conference schwag, most of which was throwaway junk. They were playing The Sunset Tree at Backspace, and I scarcely realized I was singing along until Alex said, "I love when you sing along to the Mountain Goats." Have I mentioned that he's my favorite?
Eventually, we took the MAX back across the river to the convention center to collect our bikes and head home. Near the bike racks, there were two guys who recognized us as fellow conference attendees (those giant schwag-bags are a bit of a giveaway) and asked if we could make change for the bus. I interpreted this as "We require Lindsey Kuper to explain the entire Portland public transportation system to us", which I was only too happy to do (I kind of love the Portland public transportation system). Luckily, they didn't mind listening, and for the 20 minutes or so before their bus came, all four of us ended up getting into a nice conversation about Portland and the conference and what we were all doing there. I forgot their names immediately, like I do, but they seemed like old friends who'd been hacking together for a long time. It was only later in the conference, after I'd run into them a couple more times, that I put two and two together and realized that they were Karl Fogel and Jim Blandy and that they helped make software I use every day. But that's OSCON for you. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
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Amsterdam, October 2016
I travel a lot for work, and had the opportunity to explore Amsterdam on an extended trip. I've been to Amsterdam several times now, but I was determined to squeeze as much as I could into this trip!
The weather was wonderful - cold and crisp Autumn days and the sky always delighted me in the intense colours at sunrise and sunset. I took some time just strolling through the canals, soaking up the culture, which was wonderful.
I visited the Happiness Project at Body Worlds, and got some great reference shots for future drawings. I included the % make up of happiness, as I found that particularly insightful, but didn't include pictures of the other displays out of respect for the project and donors. I would highly recommend going and checking it out for yourself!
One evening I took a canal tour (the sunset photos) which was very relaxing and enjoyable before treating myself to a bit of self care with a ridiculously delicious dinner of steak and lobster!
Of course I went to the famous Rijksmuseum and got my fill of fantastic medieval art (see my other blog post on my latest large painting, "Angelien" inspired by some of the art I saw!): http://www.littlelyra.com/home/2016/11/13/angelien


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Ok, So I've had the materials to do this build for a while now but have been too busy to start it...now we're heading into Fall/Winter (Ohio) and I don't want to start an outside project like this now. I should say that my stand is already built and ready for a pizza oven to sit upon it. Now for the crazy thought...I have a heated shop that I thought that I could build a temporary stand to build the dome on during the winter and then transfer the dome to base in early spring to finish the rest of the build. Have you heard of anyone doing this? What are your thoughts in general...Thanks in advance for your help!
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Though, there is plenty that you can do to save some time in the spring imo. The insulation,floor brick, and several of the courses of dome brick can be be precut. If you make a temporary form, all can be precut. (There will be some on each course to adjust for the final fit to the inner arch). I know that some say that it is best to cut and fit the inner arch as you lay the dome courses. However, imo, the geometry don't change. It can be cut and dry stacked. You just have to trust what you have learned from asking questions, making the templates, and the drawings. You can also take the time to again go through what you want as a finished product (enclosure, Igloo, roof over, etc. Some who have rushed in to their build have later wished that they would have done something different.
My advice is to take this time to plan and get it right for the perfect oven for you .Joe Watson, "A year from now, you will have wished that you had started today"
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Totes....but it'd be pretty cool to build it in an enclosed environment, out of the elements, and with proper lighting and room to work...and drink beer The practical side agrees with you all day on the "probably not a good idea" situation...but I can get ahold of a skid steer to move it around and if I can design the temporary stand in such a way that it would allow me to slide the dome off of it's temporary base and onto the permanent one that would be pretty sweet. Additionally, I could then spend more time this summer eating pizza and drinking libations and less time actually building it...I don't know though....I would also be super pisssed if I dropped my dome of goodness during the transfer...ugh!!! So many things to ponder
I had a friend that had to forklift his oven from the front of his house to his backyard after he was informed the oven violated either city code or some HOA rule. I think he lifted the hearth slab and moved it that way onto a new base. When he rented the forklift he only wanted it for a short time, and the owner tried to get him to take it a little longer. He said it'll only take about a half hour to either reset the oven or make a pile of bricksMy build thread
Though I am only building my first oven and am not a pro, I have lifted heavy concrete things. Totally doable in my opinion. Just need some planning. Two options come to mind. Both involve pouring a slab in your shop strong enough for the whole project, in addition to your base. First option; form some slots on the underside of the slab to accommodate forks. similar to the underside of a pallet. Second; pour the same slab but instead of fork slots have continuous rebar poking out in several places forming loops to attach straps. Find a local crane operator who works for pizza and beer.


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Mr Salmond said the Prime Minister has failed to propose a question or timescale for a referendum on Europe, whereas the SNP has already devised both for the vote in Scotland.
Despite this, he said Mr Cameron was threatening to obstruct the independence referendum by attaching conditions that Mr Salmond claimed were unfair.
But the Tories poured scorn on his accusation of double dealing because Mr Salmond has been campaigning for extra devolution instead of independence behind his party's back.
The Daily Telegraph reported yesterday how the First Minister used a speech in the US to argue for a second question on the referendum ballot paper on 'devo max', giving Holyrood full control over tax.
The Prime Minister has offered to give Mr Salmond the necessary powers to hold a legal referendum only if the First Minister agrees to a single, straight proposition on independence.
However, support for separation has fallen to 35 per cent and the First Minister is refusing even to enter negotiations with the Government while he tries to whip up support for a second question.
Mr Cameron yesterday told the Commons that the British public should provide "fresh consent" for EU membership, possibly using a referendum once stability in the eurozone has returned.
Responding to the statement, Mr Salmond said: "It is extraordinary that the Prime Minister should be suggesting a referendum on the European Union while apparently oblivious to the contradictions it reveals in his attitude towards Scotland's referendum.
"He is suggesting an EU poll without any definition of what the question would be, at a time hitherto to be specified for which he has no electoral mandate whatsoever, while at the same time threatening to obstruct a Scottish poll for which there is a clear mandate and timetable."
He added: "The Prime Minister should realise that in Scotland his new-found enthusiasm for a poll on the EU will be regarded as hypocrisy. He will stand accused of double dealing and doublethink."
But Ruth Davidson, the Scottish Tory leader, said: "This is just more bluster and assertion from Alex Salmond, who is clearly trying to divert attention away from his attempts to get a second question on the ballot paper.
"It is high time he stopped his carping from the sidelines and accepted the offer from myself and the other opposition leaders to get back round the negotiating table."
The First Minister and Mr Cameron are at loggerheads over the number of questions that should appear on the ballot paper.
Despite supposedly campaigning for separation, Mr Salmond has risked infuriating his party by arguing that devo max would be a "very attractive" alternative.
The First Minister is threatening to stage the vote himself, but this would be likely to be struck down as illegal by the courts. Mr Cameron is known to be considering seizing control of the referendum if Mr Salmond continues to prevaricate.
A series of election experts have already stated that the First Minister's preferred referendum question is biased by asking voters if they "agree" Scotland should be independent, a phrasing that invites a positive response.
Patricia Ferguson, Scottish Labour's constitutional spokesman, said: "This is classic opportunism from Alex Salmond.
"David Cameron and Alex Salmond have more in common than they would care to admit when it comes to referendums – both seem more concerned with party politics than what is best for the country."


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