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Color in Egyptian
Art and Jewelry
The Egyptians considered the color of an object to be an integral part of its nature or being. The word iwen was used to signify the concept of color, and could also mean external appearance, nature, being, character, or even disposition.
Not every color and variation has symbolic significance of course. When groups of objects were being depicted, colors were varied to distinguish one object from another. So rows of people or chariot horses may be alternated as light and dark. And color was often enjoyed for its own sake.
Names and uses of colors:
Old Egyptian had four basic color terms:
km,,, or black, hence, Kmt, or "Black Land". The color black carried connotations of fertility and regeneration, and was also the color of the underworld, where the sun regenerated every night. The god Osiris, king of the Underworld, was sometimes referred to as kmj, "the black one." Black stones were used in statuary, and black backgrounds used in some coffins, to evoke those regenerative qualities of Osiris and the Underworld.
khdj,,, or white, was also used from prehistoric times. Chalk and gypsum provided the white pigment used.
White was associated with cleanliness, ritual purity and sacredness and so, was the color of the clothes worn by ritual priests. The Instructions of Merikare speaks of service as a priest in terms of the wearing of white sandals. The floors of temples were made of white calcite. White alabaster was used to make ritual objects such as small bowls to the massive embalming table of the Apis bulls mummification. Many sacred animals such as the Great White baboon were also of that color.
Khdj,,, also meant the metal "silver" and could incorporate the notion of "light": for example, in some texts, the sun was said to "whiten" the land at dawn. White was also used to denote the metal silver, and with gold, then symbolized the moon and sun.
W3d,,, where the "3" actually stands for the "a" that is not our letter A, had its focus in "green", as the term for the mineral malachite. The color green was symbolic of growing things and of life itself. To do "green things" was a euphemism for positive life-producing behavior in contrast to doing "red things."
The hieroglyph that represented w3d was a green papyrus stem and frond, carrying connotations of fresh vegetation and vigor and regeneration. Osiris was often shown with green skin to signify his resurrection, and in the 26th dynasty, coffin faces were often painted green to identify the deceased with Osiris and to guarantee rebirth.
Chapters 159 and 160 of the Book of the Dead give instructions for making an amulet of green feldspar, (though a variety of materials, ranging in color from green to blue, were used) The common amulet of the "Eye of Horus" or the Wedjat is usually green because of the connotations as an expression of the aspects of healing and well-being. Wadjet was the green one, the protective serpent goddess of Lower Egypt (though the color of that royal crown was red.)
Turquoise, or mfk3t, was the most valued of the green stones. Mined in Sinai, it was connected to the deity Hathor, who was called Lady of Turquoise, and as well as to the sun at dawn, whose rays and disk were described as turquoise, and whose rising was said to flood the land with turquoise. Thus, turquoise was also associated with rebirth, and faience figurines in this color were often used in funerary equipment.
Although blue pigment appears on paintings, the Egyptian language had no basic color term in Old Egyptian for "blue." Blue, or irtiu and khshdj, could represent the heavens as well as the primeval flood, and in both it functioned as a symbol of life and rebirth. Blue could also represent the Nile and its offerings, crops and fertility. The phoenix, or benu-heron, an ancient symbol of the inundation, was often painted in bright blue (the actual bird had light gray-blue plumage.) The sacred baboon was also depicted as being blue.
Blue pigment was introduced at about 2550 BCE, based on grinding lapis lazuli, a deep blue stone flecked with golden impurities. Lapis lazuli was the blue stone that figures prominently in much jewelry, but could only be acquired by import. It was called khshdj, and the term was extended to also mean blue. The stone and the color were associated with the night sky and the primordial waters. The rising sun was sometimes called the "child of lapis lazuli."
Blue pigment could also was manufactured by combining oxides of copper and iron with silica and calcium.
dshr,,, meant "red", hence, "Deshret", the "Red Land", the name given to the desert areas on each side of the fertile Nile Valley. Red pigments were derived from naturally occurring oxidized iron and red ocher.
Red was considered a very potent color, hot and dangerous, but also life-giving and protective. It is both the color of blood, relating to life ad death, and of fire, which could be beneficial or destructive. Expressions such as dshr ib, "red of heart" or "furious" are formed from this basic word.
Red is also a color given to the sun, red at its rising and its setting. In papyrus texts, red pigments or "rubrics" were often used to emphasize headings, but also used to write the names of dangerous entities and unlucky days.
Royal statuary was often made of rose or golden quartzite and red granite, which were used to invoke the regenerative properties of the solar cycle and the connection between the kingship and the sun. The obelisk of Senussret at Heliopolis was made of red granite.
khenet,,, or yellow, was symbolic of all that is eternal and imperishable. Anubis, often shown with black skin as a jackal, when depicted as a jackal-headed human male, had a black head with gold limbs and torso.
The color yellow was often associated with the sun disk and with gold, or nbw. Gold was not only associated with the sun, it was also the flesh of the gods, and the divine snake in the Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor was also gold.
Color in Art :
In paintings deities were not often colored to indicate gold flesh. Most male deities were represented with reddish-brown skin, and female with yellow skin. But other colors, as green and blue were indicated above for Osiris, were used.
The fertility deities Min and Amun-Re-Kamutef were shown with black skin. Amun-Re was depicted as blue-skinned from the 18th Dynasty onward, emphasizing his status at that time as king of the gods. The jackal that represented Anubis and Wepwawet was colored black, although most jackals were actually sandy-colored, to signify their funerary role and connection with the underworld.
Kings were often shown painted in different contexts with different colored skin. For example, the eleventh dynasty king Nebhepetre Montuhotep I was shown regularly with reddish-brown skin at his mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri. But one statue found ritually buried shows him with black skin to symbolize his renewal in the afterlife. In addition, some faces on nonroyal coffins during some periods were also painted black for the same reason. But the most common color for coffin faces, apart from natural red for males and yellow for females, was gold, linking the deceased with the sun god and showing the deceased successfully transformed into a divine being.
Certain colors were often set side by side as well, to signify completeness. For example, red and white, or its alternate hue yellow, find completion together in the colors of man and woman, and the red and white crowns. Green and black are also often used in the same way as the symbolic opposites of life and death.
Some colors were interchangeable. While hair was often shown as black, it was sometimes depicted as blue for the gods. However, they too could also be shown with black hair. The converse could also be true, as illustrated in the example where the god Anubis is shown as blue, as is the mummy. In the pectoral of Tut, Ptah is shown with black hair, the Blue Crown is colored black. In the same way, light blue and green could be interchanged. In that Tut pectoral, the god Ptah, often shown with green skin, is shown here as light-blue skinned.
The heavens may be colored black, though blue is more commonly used. Yellow gold, the color of sun and stars, could also represent the heavens, though its use for such is relatively rare. Black also represented Egypt itself, the fertile Nile soil, but the color green also signified earth as opposed to heaven or the sea.
Horemheb and Ramesses I both used a blue-gray background on the walls of their tombs, perhaps to represent the entrance of the deceased King into the underworld or the heavens. Since the underworld was described in some texts as the field of malachite (a green stone) green could also represent the underworld as well.
Earlier it was stated that male figures, whether divine or human, were given reddish-brown skin tones. Women were given yellow-gold skin tones. A poem from the Papyrus Chester Beatty I describes a female object of affection with "bright skin," arms more "brilliant than gold," and "white-breasted."
Since Egypt included people close to the Mediterranean as well as to sub-Sahara, its people showed many skin tones. But the men of Egypt had to be distinguished from non-Egyptians, from foreigners. Foreign peoples of different races were given appropriate skin colors by stylized characterizations. While Nubians and Kushite kings living to the south of Egypt were depicted as black in contrast to the red-brown skin hues of the Egyptian male, Libyans, Bedouin, Syrians and Hittites, living to the north, west, and closer to the Mediterranean were all shown with light yellow skin, as well as distinctive clothing and hair-styles.
Color in Hieroglyphics:
Hieroglyphics illustrate the dual use of color, one, where objects are given the same hue they have in nature, and two, where objects are assigned colors to which they are symbolically linked. Each glyph had its own color or combination, which was faithfully kept whenever multiple colors were used. Sometimes difference in color was used to distinguish between two otherwise identical signs. Color was omitted in everyday writing, in order to save time or expense, but it was nevertheless viewed as a very real part of a complete sign.
Where the signs were not painted black or red, each sign received its own basic color or combination of colors. The colors assigned to the various signs are in most cases simply the colors of the objects themselves. So signs for leg, arm, hand, mouth, or other body parts, were usually in red, whereas reeds and other plants were green, water was blue, etc. Other objects had more symbolic coloration, for example, metal butcher knife was red, the sickle was green, and the bread loaf was blue.
The Painter's Work:
The paintings extant in the beautiful tomb of Nefertari are excellent examples of the symbolic and practical uses of color. After the outlines of the scenes were completed, color was applied with coarse brushes made from bundles of palm fibers, or pieces of fibrous wood chewed or beaten at one end.
Dry pigments were prepared by crushing various substances in a mortar or on a grinding palette with a stone pestle. These were then mixed with a water-soluble gum or egg white to bind them. Intermediate shades were derived by laying one pigment over another.
Many of the reliefs seen today in museums and even on the temple and tomb walls in Egypt itself have little of the tints originally placed upon them. But conservation is underway, and hopefully, as with Nefertari's tomb, the vibrancy of the Artist's craft, part of the soul of ancient Egypt, will return.
The mediums with which Egyptian artists worked were varied. One of the most easily obtained was limestone, which composed the cliffs to either side of much of the Nile Valley. Other common soft stone materials included calcite (Egyptian Alabaster), a crystalline form of calcium carbonate, sandstone, schist and greywacke. Harder stones included quartzite (a crystalline form of sandstone), diorite, granodiorite, granite and basalt. Stone was almost always used in royal free standing and rock cut temples and tombs after the earliest periods. It was also used to make statues, stelae, offering tables, libation bowls, vessels and other ritual equipment.
Soft stone, whether cut in place such as a rock cut tomb, or carved into blocks as in free standing temples, was usually covered by plaster prior to being decorated. Paint was sometimes also applied to hard stone, but often it was left visible for its symbolism. Hence, black stone such as granodiorite was representative of the life giving black silt left by the Nile inundation, thus symbolizing new life, resurrection and the resurrected god of he dead, Osiris. Red, brown, yellow and gold were associated with the sun, and so stones of those colors, such as red and brown quartzite and red granite, symbolized the sun. Green stone referred to fresh, growing vegetation, new life, resurrection and Osiris as well, who sometimes appears with black skin and sometimes green.
Limestone and other soft stones were carved with copper chisels and stone tools. Hard stones were worked by hammering and grinding them with tools made of even harder stone together with sand, which is basically quartz, acting as an abrasive. Stone vessels were hollowed out using drills with copper bits, together with an abrasive. These tools were also used to apply details and inscriptions to hard stone monuments. Afterwards, the finished object was polished with a smooth rubbing stone.
If the stone was to be painted, the surface had to be smoothed and any holes in the stone or joints between blocks filled in with plaster.
Scenes on stone surfaces were often cut into relief before painting (or when not painted at all). There were two main types of reliefs, consisting of raised and sunk relief. In both, chisels were used to cut around the outlines of figures. Then, in raised relief, the stone of the background was cut away, so that the figures were left standing out from the surface. In sunk relief, it was the figures that were cut back within their outlines, leaving the surface of the background at a higher level. In both methods, the figures were modeled to a greater or lesser extent within their outlines. Traditionally, sunk relief was used on outside walls and raised relief on interior walls, because bright sunlight has the effect of flattening raised relief and enhancing sunk relief. It should be noted that such work could also be applied to plastered surfaces on soft stone.
In Theban tombs which were often simply painted, as opposed to relief-cut, rock cut walls, the walls were first covered with mud that was then plastered before painting. Treated similarly to soft stone, mudbrick was used in houses, palaces and other public buildings. And like the walls in Theban tombs, the mud was prepared for decoration with a layer of plaster.
Prior to actually painting the prepared surfaces of stone or plaster over stone or mudbrick, scenes were laid out by first marking off the area to be decorated and then drawing in the initial sketches in red, to which corrections were often made in black, probably by the master draughtsman in charge of the project.
Squared grids were introduced at the beginning of the Middle Kingdom. Used to assist the artist in obtaining the proper proportions of their figures and often also to lay out the composition as a whole, the grids were drawn out on the surface before the scene was sketched in.
The lines of the grid were either drawn against a straight edge, or more commonly made with a string that was dipped in red paint and stretched taut across the surface before being snapped against it like a modern chalk line.


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Co-incidentally, as I was getting material together for this post, I came across the "Be a Weed" photo which I think is appropriate for this post!
I've been meaning to have a wander around the paddock next to our apartment for a while as it's looking really lovely in spring – bright yellow carpet of flowers, grasses waving in the breeze, and in the distance we can see a tree with white blossom but have no idea what it is. North Cyprus is what I call a wildish place because it's not kept in order, plants grow any where in any way and there's a sort of chaos in the way areas of green space grow.
There are very few neatly manicured areas, more like chaotic disorganisation which is quite charming in its own way. I know it drives some ex-pats mad but I quite like the laissez-faire attitude towards vacant areas.
I didn't wander far because the field is really overgrown and there are all sorts of obstacles in the undergrowth, not very conducive to long rambles, particularly with my dodgy back. The paddock is also full of "camel plant" which my husband said was so named because it was too spiky for even camels to eat, they gave it a wide berth when he lived in Cyprus as a kid in the post-war period.
So here are a few photos of this wild little area, complete with my companion on my foraging expdition: Jezebel, our first rescue pet, who is usually very stately but who had a grand time hopping and skpping among the overgrown plants.


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For the most part, what we did with eBay Motors in 2012 revolved around taking some big steps to get the brand out to gearheads in newer, more creative ways. We went to races. We did a ton of promotions. Yeah, it was definitely a big year.
Starting off, we negotiated partnerships with four of the biggest names in racing — Cary Heart, Justin Bell, Tony Brakohiapa and David Binks. We even designed Binks' car for Global Rallycross. Then we appeared at racetracks across the US with massive booth that showcased our drivers, called "The eBay Motors Experience." At the same time, we also developed brand experiences for major industry events like the LA Auto Show and NADA.
Over on the web, we launched "Uncle Sam's Garage," a tax season promotion with prizes, giveaways and an awesome Iron Maiden-ish inspired soundtrack. Finally, Swirl headed up a major push for "The World's Fastest Car Show," our original web series featuring Justin Bell, which expanded from limited distribution to a broader experience across eBay Motors, YouTube and a dedicated blog for behind-the-scenes. Like I said, it was definitely a big year.


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Why You Need To Live Life Like A Rockstar
September 6, 2010 by Shaun
Filed under The Fitness Bug
… Every once in a while!
Why only once in a while?
Well, first things first. You won't actually be living like a real Rockstar. Real Rockstars have to deal countless issues such as music managers that don't have an ounce of talent to their being who just leech off those that do (The Rock Stars). Most Rockstars actually burn out and die a premature death.
Check the stats (It's a little outdated *1997*, but it serves it purpose here)
CAUSES OF DEATH/ No.s
- Heart Attack 42
- Drug Overdose 40
- Misc.
- Medical 37
- Suicide 36
- Auto/Cycle
- Crash 35
- Cancer 25
- Airplane Crash 22
- Unknown 21
- Murdered 18
- Alcohol 9
- Accident 6
- Drowned 5
- Brain Tumor 4
- Poisoned 3
- Leukemia 3
- Electrocuted 3
- Stroke 3
- Fire 3
- Choked 2
Total Deaths 321
321 deaths – Average age of Death – 36.9
This I do not promote!
Yes you do have some survivors that live on and live strong like artists such as
Bon Jovi
Paul McCartney
But then you have those that didn't survive
Michael Jackson (R.I.P)
Rick Nelson (R.I.P)
But what I do promote is a certain aspect of a Rockers lifestyle. Lets look at some specifics
P90X has nothing on this
50+ shows in 90 days!
Now remember, you won't actually be performing like a Rockstar per se. But if you travel around the world like that on a tour bus or a plane.. you will be worked! Do this every now and again throughout your fitness and bodybuilding life and I can assure you… you will always stay active well into your 70's.
Because one of the key things you need to realize about the bodybuilding lifestyle, is that you need to,
1. Find something you love to do (Other than lifting weights)
2. Keep on introducing new things into your life.
Life will feel like a rebirth each time you do it. And it will be inevitable that you'll find something new and interesting on those Rockstar style journeys.
This will do wonders for your metabolism
We all know that our metabolism slows with age. Even for a high metabolism type like myself. Traveling, hotel hopping, being built up and torn down along the way, will all play a great part in the role of increasing your metabolism.
You will stay young
We all know that the fitness lifestyle will help you look and stay young, as we found out in these posts…
5 Reasons Why The Bodybuilding Lifestyle Will Make Your Life Better
Video Interview With Belinda Benn (Fitness model/writer)
And as long as you do the above 'in moderation' you will stay young at heart. None of us will age the same on the outside as we do on the inside, but hey… 'heart' is all that matters. And that's probably why some of the oldest rockers that are still doing it still get all the girls. Because the lifestyle kept them young at heart.
I don't won't to blabber on too much about why you should live like a Rockstar (or at least this aspect of it). But do yourself a favor and adapt the above concept to your current lifestyle and become a bodybuilding Rockstar!
This is how I intend to live the next several decades. In fact, this is how I've lived for the past decade and I can tell you now…
Will you decide to live like a Rockstar in the present and the far beyond?
Let me know in the comments.


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Having a chip or crack on your windshield is a hassle. While it can be something negligible, especially if it's just small in size, it could also be very disruptive and risky, particularly if the cracks have 'crawled' wide across the rest of the windshield.
Most car owners, however, are not all that inclined to immediately take their car for windshield repair, if it's just a minor case. They usually do not act upon it until such time that the crack on the windshield is already affecting its aesthetics or, more importantly, their driving.
What Causes Cracks on the Windshield?
The modern windshield is actually made of laminated safety glass. This kind of windshield features two curved sheets of glass, which are inserted with a plastic layer in between to prevent friction.
As strong as this particular kind of glass is, however, it can still crack or break with blunt force. A head-on car collision, for example, will most certainly cause serious damage, if not totally obliterate the windshield. Lesser degrees of damage, meanwhile, can be caused by road debris such as rocks or stones pelted against the windshield from the ground as the car drives by. It could even be caused by sudden freezing and thawing.
In some cases, the damage could also be brought about by unfortunate circumstances, such as a tree branch falling on it, while it is parked. Damage can also be intentionally caused through blunt force or by scratching it with a sharp object. Whatever the cause may be, what's important is to take it to the repair shop immediately.
Why Act Immediately?
When it comes to road safety, the windshield plays a very important role, especially for the driver and front seat passenger. This serves as the barrier that prevents ejection from the car during a crash. Little known to people is the fact that the airbags also compute for deployment with data partially derived from the 'crash pulse' connected to this section of the car.
The windshield also serves as a critical point of support for the car frame, helping keep the roof up and firmly supported in place. This is actually why in most car accidents, you can see the roof losing its shape when the windshield breaks. Then of course, a cracked windshield will obviously compromise your vision as you drive, which can again lead you to an accident.
Service centers like Enterprise Glass Ltd. (a certified ICBC Glass Express Shop), should be able to help you with your windshield repair or replacement needs. Don't hesitate to bring your car in for a checkup, especially if you observe stress cracks beginning to form on the windshield. Don't wait until the problem becomes a whole lot bigger, because then it will be very expensive.
Why do Windshields Crack and What Should I Do if it Happens to Me? Repair Pal.
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The savage Bonnie Baxter from an alternate timeline laughed and said, "You don't need your language disks. I taught Kong and our tribe English. He even knows a few slang expressions!"
Even in the midst of this case, I can't help but think about how Bonnie assumed my counterpart was the good man the other Bonnie loves, thought Rip Hunter. I can also see that she is relishing being back in action again. Maybe I'm not too late after all. Perhaps that wedding can be stopped!
Jeff Smith noticed his friend's distracted expression and said, "This is a bit unsettling for all of us. It can't be easy to meet your double. I guess we should wrap this up quickly."
"That foliage over there conceals our target!" said Corky Baxter. "The Time Sphere's chrono-computer indicates the chronal energies we detected are within the overgrowth."
"You saved Ana from the beast-men," said the savage Bonnie. "The least we can do is help you in return."
The blond warrior known as Kong the Untamed spoke quickly to his tribe, yet he took the time to show tender concern for the girl Ana as she was led away by the others in the tribe. "Ana, return with Isnor and the others," said Kong. "I will stay behind to help our friends with Bonnie."
"Kong seems to be a natural leader," said Bonnie Baxter. "Strong, caring, and decisive; he's like Rip."
The warrior Bonnie whispered to her, "I don't know your situation. Clearly, my timeline deviated from yours in several ways. Rip and the rest of us came here on a case and helped Kong solve a mystery. He actually joined us from a brief trip into the recent past. It was an odd paradox. Kong was named for a blond warrior his tribe met years before his own birth. It turned out that Kong himself was that warrior, thanks to his taking a time trip with us. Anyway, I fell for him and stayed behind when the others left. You don't seem to want to leave your team. I think Rip is the man you love."
Meanwhile, Rip and Jeff had cleared the foliage enough to reveal an oval object of unknown composition.
Corky whistled softly as he led Kong and the two women over to the object. "Rip, what is it?" the young man asked. "We know it is full of chronal energy, but what does it do? Why is our enemy leaving these things all throughout time?"
"I don't know," said Rip, "and I'm not ashamed to admit that. I need a closer look." He reached out to touch the strange object, but before he could do more than extend one hand, loud shouts stopped him in mid-motion.
Kong scowled and said, "The beast-men are coming back! Will they never learn to live in peace with us? Why must they lash out mindlessly instead of trying to understand and coexist with us?"
His lover Bonnie touched his arm and said, "Kong, you are unlike most men of this era. You are smarter and more knowing. I've told you that before. That's part of why I love you."
"We can't risk injuring them," said Jeff. "One of them might eventually father someone whose family tree might lead us to some great historical figure like George Washington or FDR!"
"Unlikely," said Rip. "We were here before. We've become part of the past. I don't see any ripples in time causing the historical distortions you fear. We're more likely to help history along than hinder it."
Bonnie smiled as she realized once more how much she agreed with Rip. Rodney is all wrong for me, she mused. I care for him, but I don't share his belief system, and I know now I can't marry him. When this is all over, I have to break up with him. I may hurt, but it is my only choice.
"We will drive them off while you examine the strange rock!" said Kong.
He and his Bonnie stood with their backs to the object as Jeff and Corky joined them and faced the approaching beast-men, while Rip and Bonnie crouched down to study the chronal-energy-filled device. As their hands touched the smooth surface, the world grew briefly dim, and they found themselves alone in a vacant world without shape or form.
"Rip! What happened?" gasped Bonnie as she clutched his arm.
He held her and said, "I don't know! I suspect contact with the object triggered a weird, time-fueled security device. We're out of sync with all time! We've been shunted to some timeless limbo!"
"Oh, Rip, it's terrible!" she cried. "What if we never return to the others? What will we do?"
Rip patted her back and said, "I'll get us out of this. Don't worry. We're think of something!"
Bonnie gazed up at him as the white limbo around them grew less oppressive. She then kissed him passionately and said, "Rip, I feel safe — even here — when I'm with you! I don't know how I ever thought I could live without you. I'm so alive when you are with me!"
Rip kissed her in return and said, "Bonnie, I can't tell you how much I've wanted to do this. I love you! I think I always have, but I let time get in the way. Maybe there's a kind of irony in finding time to finally express my feelings for you in a place where time itself doesn't exist!"
They embraced again and began to talk. For once, nothing else mattered than merely being together and sharing their true emotions.
Much, much later, the white glow faded to reveal a worried and battered Corky and Jeff. Kong and warrior Bonnie were in the background as well. Rip still held Bonnie, and he ignored his impulse to release her as Jeff and Corky came into view.
"What happened?" Rip asked. "You've destroyed the time-limbo field that held us!"
"It took us a couple minutes to figure out the exact frequency of chronal vibrations that had separated you two from our timeline," explained Jeff. "You were sort of caught between two different timelines without being integrated in either one!"
Corky smiled broadly as he realized things had changed again between his sister and his hero. "Time passed at a different rate for you two, huh?" he said.
Bonnie smiled back and said, "It was both timeless and all-too brief. Still, we have been alone together for what must have been days! Isn't that right, darling?"
Rip adjusted his collar and said, "Uh, time distortion effects are notoriously difficult to measure. Suffice it to say, we had enough time to make up for lost time!"
The savage Bonnie grinned and winked at her more demure counterpart. "Way to go, sister!" she said.
"Kong helped us fight off the beast-men, but he says they could return any moment," said Jeff. "I know we can't touch the object, either. What is the best plan?"
"I don't know yet," said Rip. "But after experiencing some slight fraction of the thing's power and having gained time to mull it over, I think I do know the purpose of the devices. They are designed to disrupt timelines. I think they may be intended to permanently sever a given timeline from all other divergent ones. If these things activate throughout time as they are designed to do, then our mystery-man may gain the power to contain the many divergent timelines that could exist into one tightly structured and clearly dictatorially ruled one. He will effectively streamline time into one regular river whose passage may be controlled by his forces."
"He'd really be a master of time then!" said Corky.
"Then the only way to stop him is to find his base and shut off the objects at their central control unit!" added Bonnie.
Jeff nodded and said, "I agree, but where in all of time can he be? The scanner is dead. It hasn't picked up so much as a blip since we got here."
"There is no reason to think the lair we seek is in this particular timeline," said Rip, "but if there was such a base, where would it be hidden?"
"There is a place our people do not go," said Kong. "It is said to be cursed. No one knows where it came from or who built it. It appeared one dark night when even Lural, She Who is the Moon, hid her face!"
The savage Bonnie snapped her fingers and said, "The Forbidden Swamp! You think something is going on there? Of course, it would be a perfect lair. No one goes there."
"I have been there, and it is barren," explained Kong, "but legends speak of a time before my people walked the Earth when a strange home was in the swamp. The place was magical, according to the stories my friend Gurat used to tell me. Gurat was a Neanderthal, but he was my friend. He had heard of such a place, and he shared the story with me."
"Excellent!" said Rip. "It would make sense for the enemy we seek to be based at the very beginning of time itself! That vantage point would be ideal for use of his equipment and for orchestrating his plans."
"Kong, Bonnie, I wish you happiness," said Rip. "We have to go on from here without you. This is not your problem."
"And yet we would stand by you if you need friends," said Kong.
Bonnie hugged her dynamic double and said, "Thanks for the girl talk. I think Rip and I will be fine from now on!"
The warrior Bonnie kissed her other self and said, "You just needed a bit of a nudge."
Jeff tossed the savage Bonnie an hourglass and said, "This device will enable you to get back to your original timeline if you choose to use it. I know you are happy here, but just in case you ever need to return, use it!"
She grinned and said, "Thanks… oh, and Jeff, if you get lonely sometime, there's a sexy Viking maid waiting for you around 975 A.D.! Trust me, I know!" Jeff smiled as he followed Rip, Bonnie, and Corky inside.
"I'm taking us to the Swamp and then setting the controls for the beginning of time as we know it," said Rip.
"Last time we tried to go there, we were aged unnaturally and were unable to get back to our goal," said Corky. "The beginning of time is one destination that always eluded us."
"That was due to the machinations of the golden pyramids and their immortal squatter," said Rip. "We took care of that plot once and for all."
As the Time Sphere blinked out of view and then returned eons earlier, Bonnie pointed at a strange sight. "The pyramid!" she cried.
Corky nodded grimly as a gleaming golden shape loomed into view. "That's it," he said. "It is one of those weird golden pyramids that we found scattered around the globe when we were with the Forgotten Heroes! I thought they were all destroyed thanks to Superman, but maybe one missed our notice."
"Yes, I think we will find our so-called Master of Time inside," said Rip. "He is using it as his base."
"And we all know who we'll find inside it, too — Vandal Savage!" said Jeff. "The immortal caveman made nefarious use of such pyramids when we faced him down before! Who else could have been in a position to do so again?" Rip shook his head but said nothing.
"Vandal Savage was a primitive man mutated by a meteor until he gained immortality," said Bonnie. "Still, he was originally from Earth-Two and didn't come to our Earth until the 1980s. Besides, he would not have been alive at this era. We've gone far into the past, and his original time is far into the future."
"I want you three to drop me off and await my signal," said Rip. "I'm going in alone."
"Rip, no!" cried Bonnie. "We're coming, too!"
Corky and Jeff chimed in their own arguments, but Rip would not listen. "I'm in charge here," Rip insisted. "I said I'm going in alone. I'll signal you if I need help. I want you to move forward in the time stream and await a signal. Trust me — I need to do this alone!"
Bonnie kissed him and said, "I can't lose you now!"
"You won't," said Rip. "Just do as I say. I have reasons for making such a seemingly arbitrary decision."
Corky hugged Rip and then said, "I know you'll win. You always have before!"
"Thanks, pal," said Rip. "I'm proud of you. I want you to know that. You've always been like a brother to me, and when this over, we're going to make that official!"
"That's right!" said Bonnie. "When we finish this case, Rip and I are getting married! We've wasted too much time as it is!"
"I'm thrilled!" said Corky. "I don't know what to say!"
Jeff clasped Rip's shoulder and said, "If you need me, just give a yell via the time beacon."
"I know I can rely upon all of you," said Rip. "However, I have to go in alone, because the fact is I've been here before. I'll explain later." As Rip exited the Time Sphere, the others glanced at one another in concern.
"Why didn't Rip tell us he succeeded in going so far into the past?" asked Jeff. "It isn't like him to keep secrets."
"I don't know," said Bonnie, "but I pray he knows what he's doing."


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With one command entered in the address bar of SAFARI you can seamlessly convert a website into a PDF document. No third-party app is needed. Added to the Bookmarks Bar of your browser the creation of a PDF is permanently available. With the commands 'Print' and 'Open In' the websites content can be easily transferred to other apps like Documents by Readdle, Apple's iWork Suite, or sent by E-Mail.
Remark …
This post is based on a publication of
Thanks Mariam.
There are many scriptlets available which can be used e.g. to open an application on an iOS device. Mariam's example can also be used with all browsers available for iOS devices.
And by the way I suggest visiting Technoduet, a great website to get information about all things tech.
The How-To guide …
Step 1 Open any website in Safari
Step 2 Tap on the Action button to Bookmark
Step 3 Select Bookmarks Bar
Step 4 Enter bookmark parameters
(Use the clipboard to transfer the command.)
Bookmarks Bar
Step 5 Tap on Save.
The new bookmark is located at the end of your Bookmarks Bar list.
Tap on Edit in the Bookmarks Bar list and move SaveAsPDF to the first position. This ensures that it's always in your field of vision.
Prerequisites …
JavaScript lets web programmers control elements of the page—for example, a page that uses JavaScript might display the current date and time, cause a linked page to appear in a new pop-up page or provides a Print button.
Using SaveAsPDF …
If you now want to convert a website into PDF file format just tap on SaveToPDF in the Bookmarks Bar. The PDF is generated by a function implemented in the iOS operating system.
If you tap on the PDF the commands 'Print' and 'Open In' will be available for further processing.
There is a high-rated app available which allows non-linear presentations of slides. It's Final Argument by Morris Cooke, UK.
See an app review here
Final Argument
The presentation slides can be arranged in a mind map-like outline. Single pages or the whole website can be assigned to a slide.
This image shows an application of saving a website as PDF. The Apple website about iOS 7 was captured with 'SaveAsPDF' and a single page then was assigned to a slide of a presentation about the new operating system.
Applications …
- Retrieving text from the PDF
- Read later in a PDF Reader without animations
- Annotations to an article with an annotating capable app
- Adding parts of a website without loosing the formatting as a PDF file attachment
Some pros and cons …
Not recommended …
On a serious note do not …
- Save Google searches as PDF
Later on you have to enter all the useful addresses manually.
- Record all websites you visited
Your device's memory won't let that happen.
Thanks for visiting http://iNotes4You.com.


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The George Abecassis Trophy Race
VSCC - Silverstone - 18th April, 2015
The George Abecassis Trophy race has now established credentials so that despite the VSCC reducing their Spring Start meeting at Silverstone to one day, they wished to retain the race as part of their programme. This was to be the third running of the event, if we include the Centenary race back in 2013, and it retains its Invitation only status which works well but given the vagaries of motor racing led to a grid that was significantly different and therefore fresh from the previous years. This year the sports racing car content was down on last year. Steve McCulloch's Maserati 200Si was unable to defend its victory inn the hands of Steve Hart due to engine problems incurred at the Goodwood Members meeting. Roger Buxton's HWM and Martin Melling's Aston Martin DB3 both required additional preparation work necessary which prevented them being available on time and Nick Finburgh was so busy preparing customer cars for the new season that the C type (2nd overall last year) could not be readied in time. However, a wonderful newcomer to this race was Eddie McGuire's very rare Gordini T23S and Mark Butterworth's big Allard K3 was a very welcome addition. An increase in the number of Austin Healey 100 models and Aston Martins also offset the shortfall. Amongst the latter was the famous ex works DB2, VMF65 owned by Justin Kennedy and driven for the first time in a race by Tony Green, Thus 26 cars entered and all presented themselves at the circuit on the day, an unusual occurrence in itself since it is not unknown to lose one or two on the run up to any race. A late addition to the entry list, of which more anon, brought the potential starting grid to 27 cars.
Practice and Qualifying
Qualifying had its dramas with Andrew Sharp having a rather unnerving off into the gravel when a kinked brake pipe broke on his very quick DB2. Fortunately, he had already put in a time which placed him 8th on the grid, and in a good position to move forward during the course of the race and with no damage to the car and a replacement pipe fitted, the Aston was raring to go. Sports racing cars, not unexpectedly, occupied five of the top six places on the grid, the interloper being Jonathan Abecassis who qualified an excellent 5th in his left hooker Austin Healey 100/4 which had benefitted from a substantial refresh during the winter. The front row of Eddie Maguire's Gordini on pole with David Cottingham's Ferrari 500TRC alongside was a surprise however if you didn't know that Eddie and David both had quick co drivers as their not so secret weapons. Multi race winner and ARDS instructor Chris Ward put Eddie's Gordini on pole and David's son, James, a successful and well known historic racer, put the Ferrari on the front row with a time nearly 3 seconds behind Chris on what was to prove a very conservative lap. Row 2 was occupied by Steve Boultbee-Brooks DB3S and Spike Milligan's HWM with Jonathan's Austin Healey and Tom Walkers Allard J2X Le Mans on row 3. In fact the first 7 places on the grid were occupied by 7 different marques. Very sadly, Nigel Grice had to withdraw from the race when it was discovered that his Austin Healey 100M, had a cracked cylinder head. Paul Grist's HWM appeared in the paddock to the pleasant surprise of your reporter, since it had initially not been expected to be ready, so a rush to collect the signatures required of all the other drivers to enable it to race ensued and Matt Grist was allowed to join the back of the grid!


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School Information
The Holy Trinity School was opened in December 1969 by
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the 2nd.
It is one of two co educational, voluntary aided, Church of England 11-18 schools in West Sussex and serves the three Deaneries of Horsham, Cuckfield & East Grinstead.
Mission Statement:
A centre of excellence for learning, inspired by Christian values, where young people fulfil their potential.
Vision Statement:
A vibrant school which nurtures with compassion and challenge, promoting a culture of success and contribution to our community.


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16 Famous Movies With and Without Special Effects
Posted on May 06, 2016
When you watch a movie, you probably don't even realize that some scenes are made up entirely out of special effects. People who create them are so talented that everything seems so flawless. Here's what they look like with and without special effects.


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The past week has seen record-highs for the midwest with each day hitting (or almost hitting) 80 degrees. In March. This is not normal weather for us let me tell you. One day last week I was having to wear my winter coat because it was 20 degrees, but then the next day I'm able to wear sandals and capris around trying desperately to keep cool.
To celebrate the crazy-warm weather my family and I held our first cookout of the season on Sunday. We enjoyed a spread of burgers, brats and other typical cookout fare. You know it's a good day when you come home smelling like grill. 🙂 We use a brown sugar/cayenne pepper rub to help give the burgers a delicious crust that helps to keep in the moisture. If you like sweet and spicy flavor on your burgers you should try it!
Side note: I do not do well in heat. At all. Like at all, at all. Right now I only have one oscillating fan that I inherited from my grandmother and it has definitely seen better days. But today all of that changed when I finally went and got myself a box fan. Yes I know – I could have gotten one sooner like when I first moved into this place. But I'm lazy so I didn't and basically melted last summer.
All hail the mighty box fan!


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I recently encountered the following error on my Windows 7. I do not know what caused the error and searched the web. One of the solution was to register notification.dll. However, I was not able to find such a file.
There was also another option which was to reinstall Windows - from the Dell support (again listed on the web).
Finally, I decided to go through the services and disable "Broadcom Wireless LAN Tray Service". It seems to do the trick. I do not encounter the problem when I boot up my notebook. Hopefully it does not cause other problems.


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Two Projects to Stop the Ravages of TB
Today's guest blog comes from Daniel Collins, Advisor for the Lilly Global Health Programs.
I recently took part in the TB Innovation Workshop in Dubai hosted by the new Harvard Center for Global Health Delivery. There I had the privilege of sharing two new projects in the Lilly MDR-TB (multidrug-resistant TB) Partnership. Each addresses a specific but important element in stopping the ravages of TB: ensuring patients have access to quality assured medicines.
Most of the focus on the TB epidemic in low- and middle-income countries is appropriately placed on finding and properly treating the "missing" 3 million people who are infected but un- or under-treated. Anyone who's worked in TB knows that the "finding" part of the equation is complex. The "properly treated" part, however, is equally complicated if not more so. These challenges are in play: limited TB education among health care providers, low treatment adherence within the most difficult living conditions, tenuous local supply chains, questionable local manufacturing quality, and more. Without addressing these problems, finding the missing millions will be for naught and exacerbate the spread of this deadly disease.
As many people know, the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership has been closely involved in addressing health care providers' capacity building and patient treatment adherence in the highest burden countries. What many don't know is that we are also working diligently with global health partners to ensure all patients have access to quality-assured MDR-TB drugs.
The two projects I presented at the workshop are just the latest examples of how we are doing this, and will hopefully encourage others in the corporate sector to lend their expertise to these drug access challenges.
One project addresses the clear gap in many countries' ability to manage their TB drug supplies and forecasts their future drug needs. Without these skills, drug supplies can run out, putting patients at even greater risk. Accurate demand forecasts are critical to manufacturers as well. To incentivize the highest quality suppliers to enter and stay in the relatively small MDR-TB market, they need assurance of accurate forecasts to manage their business effectively. The KNCV TB Foundation is leading this effort in partnership with Management Sciences for Health and local TB authorities to provide 10 countries the knowledge and tools necessary to manage their drug supplies.
The second project involves India's huge private health care segment. In India, many of those missing TB patients likely choose to seek care from this highly diverse and mostly disconnected set of providers. Unfortunately, how these patients are treated, if at all, is just as diverse. Finding incentives for the private providers to appropriately diagnose and treat TB patients with quality assured medicines is the goal. In our Lilly MDR-TB Partnership programs in India and elsewhere, we start at the local level. In this case, it is the city of Chennai, highly burdened by TB. For this effort to succeed, it's key not to tell private health care providers what they need to do. That doesn't work. The key is to collaborate with them to understand their concerns and needs, and find cost effective ways to help them properly care for their patients. KNCV and India-based REACH will work with the local government on this effort.
The data-driven learnings from these projects will, we believe, offer the evidence needed to expand quality drug access in and across countries. While a high-quality drug supply is just one piece of the MDR-TB puzzle, it's a critical piece of the solution we are committed to supporting.


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Swathing is when we cut the grass seed fields and lay it into rows so it has a chance to dry out. Later we pick it up with a combine (those big machines that inch along in the fields and blow out lots of dust) and it separates the seed from the stalk. We collect the seed and the stalk either gets bailed for animals to eat or mowed up.
We have to swath in the night hours when there is dew on the grass seed because it helps the seed not break off as easy and fall to the ground. Once the seed hits the ground, we have no way to pick it up so we want as little shattering as possible.
The timing of when you swath a field is very important too. If you swath the grass before it is ready, you will have seed that won't sprout later. If you harvest too late, the seed can shatter on the ground much more and you lose much yield. The Tall Fescue type of grass seed usually is ready to harvest around the 4th of July. It is also when our blueberries are normally ready to harvest so July is a busy time around here. It is an exciting time though because you get to bring the crop in and find out the yield and quality and gauge how the farming year is going to go.
We only have a short night of swathing left. Soon it will be combining time! Then our schedule switches and we combine from around 11am to 11pm depending on if it's cloudy or not.
Well there's a peak into the farm life right now! If you want to know about u-pick blueberry picking, keep scrolling below.
U-Pick/We-Pick Blueberries are still in full swing! We have some Dukes left to pick and will probably be opening the Bluecrop field to pick this week too. So you will have you choice! $1.20/lb. Our guess is u-pick will be available until the end of July!
It is also Sweetheart cherry time! Available in pre-picked (no u-pick) at the stand at the blueberry u-pick field. About $2.50/lb.
We are now accepting credit card!! Welcome to the 21st Century Beilke Family Farm :) We also accept Farm Direct Nutrition coupons.
Open Wed-Sat, 9am to 4pm.
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text: Des and Viv O'Keefe of Palmerston North, remember the story that goes with this photograph of their father, John Leo O'Keefe. It was taken before the battle of Le Quesnoy just before the men stormed over the hill. Apparently the war photographer requested the men look more active for the shot, but this image of the men resting and preparing to move was taken. The man lying in the mud at the bottom of the photograph, who is unidentified, was killed moments before this shot was taken, particularly tragic as the war ended just one week after this battle. When this photograph was published in a newspaper, this group of soldiers was thought to be Australian and the man sitting centre-left was erroneously identified as a man named Mr Sparks. After a lot of back and forth with the newspaper, that identification was corrected to John Leo O'Keefe - Viv and Des' father. Letters from John Leo to his sister Lena were also donated to the My Family Story project. He worked at the International Harvester Company, who had premises in Palmerston North.


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Establishment of rules
Rules can help to automatically clear the INBOX and organize e-mails in folders accordingly to senders or subjects.
Unwanted e-mails can be deleted instantly with a corresponding rule.
In order to make them applicable separately from the E-Mail-Client, rules have to be set up with webmail. Thus, rules can be applied directly to incoming e-mails and organize them right away.
Procedure (Layout: ViewPoint)
- Log in onto Webmail with your e-mail address
- Click on the icon "Mail Control" to open the rule establishment window:
- Below you can find the section "Add New". There, enter a sound rule name in the field "Name" and confirm it by clicking "Create"
- The rule is now registered in the list of rules and can be managed with the button "Edit"
Rule Structure
Now a few tips on how to structure rules.
At frist, specify the criteria in which the e-mails are to be filtered.
Here, you need to choose a field from the area Data.
The fields "From" or "Subject" are the most widely used ones.
Then choose an action in the area Operation.
Choose "is" to achieve accurate conformity. You can extend it with the wildcard-character *. It makes no difference if you use uppercase or lowercase letters.
Example: Rule 1: Subject is TestIt filters all e-mails with the subject Test, but not with the subject Testing.
Rule 2: Subject is Test*It filters all e-mails with the subject Test..., even such as: Testphase, testing.
Rule 3: Subject is *Test*
It filters all e-mails with a subject that contains test, no matter in which position it is written (in the beginning, middle or end).
Specifying Actions
When a rule has been established, you have to specify how to proceed with the e-mails.
For this, choose an operation in the field "action".
Please keep in mind that the action "Store in" creates a copy, so that the chosen e-mail will be stored in both the INBOX and the desired folder. This will take up more storage space.
Only when using the action "Discard", the chosen e-mail will disappear from the INBOX.
To add another action, the rule above the blue ticks needs to be refreshed from time to time.
When it comes to folders, bear in mind that the entire pathway must be indicated.
For example: When an e-mail is supposed to be moved to the INBOX subfolder "Done", the pathway will be "INBOX/done".
Sample Rules
Instant Deletion
The e-mails will not (even) be moved to the recycle bin
Move to another folder
Move to recycle bin (trash)


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27 DIY Projects to Increase Value of Your Home: Part 1
Among the most stressful times in a person's life is selling a house that they've lived in. First, you have to let go of memories. Second, you have to make your house—with your own quirks and secrets—appealing to others. Just because there had been a lot sentiments in the place and you think it's worth a lot of money, it does not necessarily mean that buyers think your house as valuable as you would initially see it. This is why, if you're a home owner, one of the first things you need to do is to look for ways to increase value of your home and we got here some tips for you.
Increase Value of Your Home with These Simple Tips
Real estate agents and interior designers say that there are a couple of things people can do to make sure that their houses sell at a good price. For instance, small fixes can help it stand out from the rest and can even increase the value by 16 percent.
You may wonder whether or not it is worth the effort, but the reality is that many people, especially those with families, want to move in to a place that requires little change, if any at all.
Among the most important updates include an open plan living, updated kitchen, bathroom renovations, improved flooring, lighting, and even a fresh coat of paint. Also, when prospective buyers visit, remember to keep the place clutter-free and clean.
Here are some ways to increase value of your home.
See video in the end
1. Stencils help your walls stand out
More than keeping your windows and doors appealing, the walls have to be taken care of too. Stencil will do the trick. Make your walls stand out by choosing the right design, one that will catch the attention of anyone that sees it.
2. Minimal changes can upgrade bathrooms
The bathroom is one of the most important areas in the house, so if you want to increase value of your home, pay attention to this part too. Few simple fixes will do it.
3. Laundry closets organize space and make you want to wash your clothes
Not everyone will care about the laundry area, it's not something visitors will stay in anyway, but wouldn't it give you a little motivation to finish your laundry if everything in there is in place? You can start by creating a little storage for the detergent, fabric conditioner, and the like.
4. Add some space under your washer and dryer with the use of a pedestal
Make use of every vacant spot you see. Using a pedestal, you can add a little space under your washer and dryer where one can place small pieces of cloth.
5. Add more appeal to the kitchen with a simple table island
The kitchen is where mothers spend the most part of their day, so it is important to keep this area organized and eye-pleasing. To increase value of your home, how about adding a table island in your kitchen. This will sure impress potential buyers.
6. Repaint, don't replace kitchen cabinets
You don't need to spend more money on replacing kitchen cabinets when you can just use the old ones and repaint them. It's easier that way and it means less expenses.
7. Peel and stick films can transform and update refrigerators
Our refrigerators tend to look shabby after years of use, but no need to buy a new one if you want one that looks better, especially if the old one is not in any way damaged. With the help of peel-and-stick films, your ref will look like you just bought it a few days ago.
8. A tile mosaic backsplash can add some style
If repainting isn't enough, use tile mosaic to add some style to some parts of the house.
9. Sliding walls add extra storage
No need to buy new big cabinets for additional storage, that will just make your kitchen look more crowded. You can add sliding walls you can use to keep jars and other things you can't fit in your refrigerator.
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An article titled "Mercer graduates take pride in achievements" by Carmen Cusido published Friday, May 22, 2009, in the Times of Trenton mentions Rodney Hargis' commencement speech, a past resident of the Rescue Mission.
Commencement Speech by Mercer County Community College Graduate Rodney Hargis:
Congratulations Class of '09! On behalf of my fellow graduates, I'd like to say thank you to our families and friends for your continued love and support. Also, thanks to the faculty, staff and administration here at Mercer for your hard work and dedication. Without each of you, this day would not be possible for any of us.
Graduates, you've demonstrated through your hard work, courage and dedication that you've got what it takes to accomplish the task at hand, no matter what. Whether you come from the inner city or the suburbs, from poverty or affluence, whether you're a couple of years or a couple of decades removed from high school, you've demonstrated your willingness to persevere, no matter what.
Myself, I entered college in 1990 in my home state of North Carolina. After a couple of semesters, I decided to take some time off to reconsider my direction in life. Not long after this, I lost my father to cancer and faced a litany of personal tragedies. Soon, I turned to alcohol and drugs to ease the pain. In no time at all, the idea of returning to school was nothing more than a distant dream and my only concern was finding a way to feed my addiction for one more day. By the time I arrived in this area in 2003, my life had been reduced to nothing but the clothes on my back and a beat-up guitar. Worn down from a life of addiction, I came to Trenton seeking a new life. I found myself in the Rescue Mission of Trenton, where I stayed for 2 years, learning how to live and laying the foundations of a better life for myself. I learned many things during that time, but perhaps the most profound lesson I learned was that "The only difference between dreams and reality is prayer and effort." Those words struck a chord in my soul and I realized that it's NEVER TOO LATE to start over. In 2006, I met the woman of my dreams, a woman who recently became my wife, and it was she who gave me the courage to go back to school. So, in January 2007, after a semester off which lasted 15 years, I came to Mercer.
When I came back to school, I didn't know what to expect, but by the end of my first semester here, I understood why this is called a COMMUNITY COLLEGE. It's called a community college because we are a COMMUNITY. We are a diverse group of people with a wide variety of interests who study on different campuses, West Windsor, Kearney Campus in Trenton, or in cyberspace on the Virtual College. But we are united as a community by our common goal... to turn our dreams into reality.
No matter what your dream, Mercer has a program of study that fits your needs. And what's more, Mercer has a community of administration, faculty, and staff who genuinely care and are willing to work with students to help them achieve their dreams… no matter what.
Mercer appeals to students of all ages, from all backgrounds with a wide variety of goals and ambitions.
- Single mothers, who work full-time, care for their children, yet manage to stay on top of their studies, NO MATTER WHAT.
- Men and women who have served our country in wars, who have come home to resume their lives and pursue their dreams, NO MATTER WHAT.
- People who lived in poverty, who refused to become yet another statistic, NO MATTER WHAT.
- People who were victims of corporate downsizing, who lost their jobs due to the recent economic downturn and were forced to seek a new career, but refused to give up, NO MATTER WHAT.
Each of us, in our own way, is the embodiment of the "never say die" spirit from which greatness is born. So I challenge each of you to search your heart, find your dreams, chase them down, and don't give up NO MATTER WHAT.
I leave you with the words of Harper Lee who said, "Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through NO MATTER WHAT."


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Mushrooms - Akron Art Museum - Online Collection
(Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1907 - 2006, Peninsula, Ohio)
Mushrooms , c. 1935
Lithograph on paper
16 in. x 13 in. (40.64 cm x 33.02 cm)
Gift of the Art Department, Akron Board of Education, Courtesy of the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration
Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Guilbeau is best known for her images of dancers, Mexico and her native South, but she has also created nature studies. She was working in the WPA's graphic arts workshop in Cleveland when she made this print. Its clean forms, delicate lines and subtle colors convey a romantic sensibility that contrasts with the more somber works produced by other WPA artists.
More Information
Akron Board of Education, Art Department, Akron, OH
Gift to Akron Art Museum, 1948
Gift to Akron Art Museum, 1948
Exhibition History
2004: "Homegrown: Ohio Artists in the Collection" 2/7/04 - 3/27/04, Akron Art Museum


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Sep 06, 2013
The end of summer in Arizona means many things, such as cooler weather, shorter days and … the start of football!
But most important, it means kids are headed back to school. And that means we all should be extra careful on the roads, in school zones and around buses in our communities. Don't forget to watch for bikes, too! Here are some tips for both parents and kids to make sure everyone stays safe.
Just a few minutes spent explaining some basic safety rules to your child can make a world of difference when they're walking to or from school.
This is all basic stuff – but it's always good to be reminded. Take it slow, and let's have a happy and safe school year!
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Choo Choo Chase Paddle Race
The Choo Choo Chase River Race offers 7 mile, 2.5 mile and Kid's paddle race options for a variety of boat types and sizes. Below you can find all the logistics and costs. View the Race Details document for info on craft divisions. Come race with us or cheer on your friends, then stick around for a catered by a top local chef with meat and vegan options and beverages.
Membership to Wild Trails at any level will gain you a 10% discount to any race and at the Trail Steward level will gain you free entry into any 3 races (except the Chattanooga Trail Relay and Upchuck 50K). Click HERE for details.
View Race Details
Date: Saturday, April 6, 2019
7:30 am (EST) – Board staging and Registration (if limit not met) opens at Booker T. Washington State Park
9:00 am (or when full) – Registration closes; Packet Pickup Closes
9:45 am – Mandatory Racer Meeting (all short and long course racers)
10:00 am – National Anthem and Long Course start
10:10 am – Short Course start
11:45 am – Kid's Race Meeting followed by Race Start
12:30 pm – Lunch Opens
1-1:30 pm – Awards
Long Course:
- $50 thru 3/6 includes tee shirt*
- $50 3/7 – 4/1 but no tee shirt*
- $70 race day onsite (no shirt)*
Short Course:
- $30 thru 3/6 includes tee shirt*
- $30 3/7 – 4/1 but no tee shirt*
- $50 race day onsite (no shirt)*
Kids Course $15 thru 4/1 (includes tee shirt), $20 race day onsite (no tee shirt*)
All Kids' Course racers who registered before 4/1 receive finisher's awards.
* Tee Shirts: We will place an optional tee order after the race for those who would like to order a tee. (Cost will be $15 local pickup/$22 if mailed)
Additional lunch tickets must be purchased for non-racers IN ADVANCE by 4/4 online; $10 per ticket.
Start/Finish Location: Chattanooga, TN – Booker T. Washington State Park (5801 Old Champion Rd, Chattanooga, TN)
Please note that we have changed our race fee policy. We no longer have a price increase one month out. In the past the price increase was to encourage runners to sign up early in order to gain a more accurate size and count for ordering race shirts. Now, there is no price bump. However, you will not get a shirt on race day if you register after March 6, 2019. We will likely have extras for purchase on race day and we will place another shirt order after the race. Click the race details for more info.
Start/Finish Detailed Map
Long Course Map
Short Course Map
2017 Race Results and Awards


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Expat living in Belgrade raises plenty of questions, for instance: ʺWhat are the requirements from Serbian authorities to get a residence permit?", ʺAny insider tips on the best Serbian kafanas in town? And how do I get started exploring Belgrade's vivid nightlife?ʺ, or "Who can recommend playgroups and nurseries in town?"
Finding all this expat information about living and working in Belgrade takes a lot of time. Our Belgrade expat guide is there to make your relocation to Belgrade as easy as possible. Starting with restaurants and nightlife to information about travel & accommodation, the guide covers all the different aspects of expat life in Belgrade.
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Join the Oberlin Heritage Center on this weekly history walk to learn of Oberlin's famous freedom seekers and those who helped them on the Underground Railroad. Saturdays 11 AM in June, July, August.
"Oberlin is perhaps the most important station along the whole line of the Underground Railway. It has rendered the most important services to Freedom. It is second only to Canada as an asylum for the hunted fugitive." Hear stories about Oberlin's most famous freedom seekers and people known to have helped them make their way to freedom. This guided history walk is approximately 90 minutes and tickets are available online through the OHC's Event Calendar and at the Museum Store in the Monroe House up until tour time. Groups may call the Tour Coordinator at (440) 774-1700. This history walk will be cancelled if it is raining at start time and registrants may request refunds or transfers.
This tour begins near the front steps of First Church, U.C.C. at the northwest corner of Main Street (Route 58) and Lorain Street (Route 511).
2019 Schedule: Offered every Saturday at 11:00 a.m. in June, July, and August.
Sat. July 6th, starts at 11:00 am | First Church in Oberlin, UCC
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An Official Community Plan (OCP) is the long-term vision and consolidation of Council's objectives for land use, as well as the form and character of development. In simple terms, an OCP shows the future vision of a community and guides all land use planning and development towards this vision. Furthermore, the OCP identifies land use designations and types of development that Council considers appropriate.
Official Community Plan Bylaw (2007 with amendments to May 2019)
Official Community Plan - Long Range Land Use Map
The OCP sets the stage for the Zoning Bylaw, which clearly identifies what uses are permitted in different areas of to the City. Further regulations around form and character are defined by the City's Development Permit Area Guidelines.
For more information on how to apply for an OCP or Zoning Amendment, check out our brochure on OCP and Zoning Amendment Application Procedures
Brochure on OCP Amendment and Rezoning
For more information about applying for a Development Permit, Development Variance Permit, or Development Permit Area Guidelines, please see our page on Permits and Applications


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Harley Erbe is the founder of Erbe Law Firm, a small firm that provides personalized attention while delivering large firm results. Harley has stood side-by-side with our clients since 2005 and faced the largest law firms in Iowa and throughout the nation. We have routinely done so in our car accident, personal injury, insurance law, construction defect, and employment law cases.
We don't view the people we work with as simply clients. We value them as teammates, partners, friends. When you work with us you'll become part of a team dedicated to advancing your cause, and not just part of a sterile attorney-client relationship. When people invite us to stand with them, we in turn invite them to collaborate with us in all aspects of their fight because we never forget who we're fighting for and why we're fighting.
Communication is a primary component of our partnerships and teamwork with our clients. We'll keep you informed about your case, let you know what's coming next, and ask for your input regarding future moves. We promptly respond to emails and telephone calls. If you're thinking about your case, then so are your teammates at our firm.
Knowledgeable in the law, skilled in the courtroom
It takes courage to stand before a jury and argue for a client. It also requires hard work and skill to prepare for and properly conduct a jury trial. Harley's membership in numerous trial lawyer organizations, including the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial Advocates, demonstrates his courage, work ethic, skill, and experience in presenting cases to juries.
We don't just dabble in any legal matters that come our way. Although we have expertise in other areas of law, we have focused our skill and learning on car accident, personal injury, employment law, construction defect, and insurance law cases. We chose to be specialists, not generalists, to ensure that we're ready for select types of cases when we're called to duty.
As you can see from our blog, we stay current on applicable court decisions from Iowa and throughout the nation. We do that to educate not only ourselves on the most current state of the law but also visitors to our site who may be seeking more specific information about a particular legal topic.
Practice Areas
Harley Provides Professional And Trustworthy Representation Throughout Your Case
Car Accidents
Car accidents can be physically and emotionally devastating. Harley works to get his clients everything they deserve after an accident. We'll battle for you until the very end.
Personal Injury
Injuries to you or a loved one can cause serious damage. In these cases the medical expenses have a specific price tag. The physical, psychological, and emotional suffering does not. We'll work for the justice you deserve.
Employment Law
Employment law governs the entire relationship between employer and employee. Read about the different situations in which your employment rights can be violated. We won't stop until those rights are vindicated.
Insurance Law
You don't have to take it when insurance companies ignore their policies by delaying or denying payment of valid claims. Harley will stand with you to secure the coverage you paid for. From health issues to house fires, you need an attorney that you can trust.
"Harley Erbe has represented me personally and professionally for over 10 years. In the years that I have worked with Harley, he has been consistently excellent in his communication, follow up, and professionalism. Harley takes the time to discuss options and outcomes. Harley is very knowledgeable in many areas of Iowa law and takes the time with his clients to make sure they understand every aspect of their case. Harley is aggressive, professional, and brings real results every time we work together. I would highly recommend Harley if you are looking for an attorney who works hard and listens to his clients."
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Sign up for a free night hike led by trained naturalists to experience the bats of Tryon Creek. We will talk about our local bat species and the amazing adaptations that allow them to survive while we walk through the park, ending at a spot viewing platform. Once there, we will watch bats and listen to echolocating bats with the Bat Detector. Parents must accompany children on all hikes.
Registration required, sign up online here.
For more information, call 503-636-9886 x 225.


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AppleSingle and AppleDouble formats
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AppleSingle Format and AppleDouble Format are file formats developed by Apple Computer to store Mac OS "dual-forked" files on the Unix filesystem being used in A/UX, the Macintosh platform's first Unix-like operating system. AppleSingle combined both file forks and the related Finder meta-file information into a single file, whereas AppleDouble stored them as two separate files. Support for the formats was later added to Unix software such as NFS and MAE, but they saw little use outside this small market.
AppleSingle is similar in concept to the more popular MacBinary format, in that the resource and data forks are combined together with a header containing the Finder information. In fact, the format is so similar, it seemed there were no reason why Apple did not simply use MacBinary instead, which by that point, was widely known and used. Some not-so-obvious reasons are explained in an Internet Draft.[1] The format was later assigned the MIME type application/applefile.
AppleDouble leaves the data fork in its original format, allowing it to be edited by normal Unix utilities. The resource fork and Finder information, both proprietary and lacking editors under Unix, were combined into a second file. A MIME type was also assigned to AppleDouble, multipart/appledouble. For sending to an AppleDouble un-aware system, the file was generally encoded using Base64, as opposed to being converted to AppleSingle.
Before Mac OS X, AppleSingle and Double had little presence in the Mac market, due largely to the small market share of A/UX. Nevertheless, they did force various file compression vendors to add support for the formats, and confuse future MacBinary versions[2].
Mac OS X revived the use of AppleDouble; on file systems such as NFS and WebDAV that don't natively support resource forks, Finder information, or extended attributes, that information is stored in AppleDouble format, with the second file having a name generated by prepending "._" to the name of the first file (thus, this information acts as a hidden file when viewed from a non-Apple Unix-based operating system).
Unwanted "._" files can be removed using
dot_clean -m on Mac OS X.
- ^ http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-newman-macbin-binhex-harmful-00
- ^ "Apple Mac Repair". Sunday, 2 December 2018
External links[edit]
- AppleSingle and AppleDouble format internals – from the original A/UX documentation
- RFC 1740 - MIME Encapsulation of Macintosh files – documents AppleSingle/Double in appendixes
- Mac Binary Converter, an open source tool for converting between different Macintosh file encodings.
- Mac::AppleSingleDouble, a Perl module for reading AppleSingle and AppleDouble files
- Mac OS X: Apple Double Format Creates File Name With the Prefix '._', Apple Inc. knowledgebase note about the AppleDouble format


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Both Republican and Democratic governors need to know that minority parents with children in the public schools express similar concerns to those of non-minority parents. They, too, don't understand why Common Core seems to assume that all children will benefit from the low academic expectations embodied in Common Core's college-readiness standards.
A panel at the National Principals Leadership Institute (NPLI) meeting in Manhattan last Sunday was asked to focus on Common Core. As a member of the panel, I had the opportunity to explain how Common Core's standards had failed the real equity test.
An audience filled with African American and Hispanic educators got it right away. No one had told them that Common Core's standards don't prepare American kids for some of the best jobs in the 21st century–STEM-related jobs. Nor had they been told that the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) leave out high school chemistry and the lab-based physics course on the grounds that they constitute "advanced work in the sciences," and that "students wishing to move into STEM fields should be encouraged to follow their interest with additional coursework" (page 5 of 11 in second section of NGSS "Front Matter").
When the panel discussion ended, one African American elementary principal rushed right up to me to talk about her bright young daughter who is a good reader. Why was her daughter, however, assumed to be unable to handle advanced mathematics and science in high school?
She and the other African American and Hispanic administrators in the audience want their children in the public schools to have the same opportunity to get into a selective college as kids whose parents can afford to hire math and science tutors to make up for the deficits in their public school curriculum–or to send them to a private school that will teach their kids what Bill Gates' kids learn in the private school they attend in Seattle.
In a recent Washington Post interview, Gates admitted that the primary goal of the Common Core was to socially engineer the "huge problem that low-income kids get less good education than suburban kids get." However, in attempting to make it possible for low-income and minority children to be declared "college-ready," black and Hispanic parents see that the low-quality Common Core standards do a disservice to their academically strong and ambitious children wanting to aim for a STEM career.
These parents wonder why the writers of Common Core's standards assume that all African American and Hispanic kids can't get beyond community college and can't be expected to aim for a STEM career. That is the only reason they can come up with for the absence of mathematics standards in Common Core that would prepare high school kids for the third "pathway" (the one to calculus).
Sandra Stotsky, Ed.D. is Professor Emerita, University of Arkansas.


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