text:
- Transform fault
A transform fault or transform boundary, also known as conservative plate boundary since these faults neither create nor destroy lithosphere, is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal in either sinistral or dextral direction. Furthermore, transform faults end abruptly and are connected on both ends to other faults, ridges, or subduction zones.[1] While most transform faults are hidden in the deep oceans where they form a series of short zigzags accommodating seafloor spreading (see graphic at right), the best-known (and most destructive) are those on land at the margins of tectonic plates. Transform faults are the only type of strike-slip fault that can be classified as a plate boundary.
John Tuzo Wilson recognized that the offsets of oceanic ridges by faults do not follow the classical pattern of an offset fence or geological marker in Reid's rebound theory of faulting,[2] from which the sense of slip is derived. The new class of faults,[3] called transform faults, produce slip in the opposite direction from what one would surmise from the standard interpretation of an offset geological feature. Slip along transform faults does not increase the distance between the ridges it separates; the distance remains constant in earthquakes because the ridges are spreading centers. This hypothesis was confirmed in a beautifully simple study of the fault plane solutions that showed the slip on transform faults points in the opposite direction than classical interpretation would suggest.[4]
Difference between transform and transcurrent faults
Transform faults are closely related to transcurrent faults. Both types of faults are strike-slip or side-to-side in movement, (see diagrams to the right) however transform faults end at the junction of another plate boundary or fault type, while transcurrent faults die out without a junction. In addition, transform faults have equal deformation across the entire fault line, while transcurrent faults have greater displacement in the middle of the fault zone and less on the margins. Finally, transform faults can form a tectonic plate boundary, while transcurrent faults cannot.
The purpose of a fault is to relieve strain, which can be caused by compression, extension, or lateral stress in the rock layers at the surface or deep in the Earth's subsurface. Transform faults specifically relieve strain by transporting the strain between ridges or subduction zones. Transform faults also act as the plane of weakness allowing for the splitting in rift zones.
Transform faults are commonly found linking segments of mid-oceanic ridges or spreading centers. These mid-oceanic ridges are where new sea floor is constantly created through the up welling of new basaltic magma. With new sea floor being pushed and pulled out, the older sea floor slowly slides away from the mid-oceanic ridges toward the continents. Although, separated only by tens of kilometers, this separation between the ridges causes the sea floor to be pushed pass each other in opposing directions. This lateral movement of sea floors past each other is where transform faults are currently active.
Transform faults move differently than a strike-slip fault at the mid-oceanic ridge. Instead of the ridges moving away from each other, like other strike-slip faults, transform fault ridges will stay in the same fixed location, and the new ocean sea floor being created at the ridges is pushed away from the ridge. The proof of this is found in paleo-magnetic striping on the sea floor.
A paper written by Gerya theorizes that the creation of the transform faults between the ridges of the mid-oceanic ridge is attributed to rotated and stretched sections of the mid-oceanic ridge.[5] This occurs over long period of time with the spreading center or ridge slowly deforming from a straight line to a curved line and then finally fracturing along these planes forming transform faults. As this takes place, the fault changes from a normal fault with extensional stress to a strike slip fault with lateral stress.[6] In the study done by Bonatti & Crane, peridotite and gabbro rocks were discovered in the edges of the transform ridges. These rocks are created deep inside the Earth's mantle and then rapidly exhumed to the surface.[6] This evidence helps to prove that new sea floor is being created at the mid-oceanic ridges and further supports the theory of plate tectonics.
As previously stated, active transform faults are between two tectonic structures or faults. Fracture zones represent the previously active transform fault lines, which have since passed the active transform zone and are being pushed toward the continents. These elevated ridges on the ocean floor can be traced for hundreds of miles and in some cases even from one continent across an ocean to the other continent.
The most prominent examples of the mid-oceanic ridge transform zones are located in Atlantic Ocean between South America and Africa. Known as the St. Paul, Romanche, Chain, and Ascension fracture zones, these areas have with deep, easily identifiable transfrom faults and ridges. Other locations include: the East Pacific Ridge located in the South Eastern Pacific Ocean, which meets up with San Andreas Transform fault to the North.
Transform faults are not limited to oceanic crust and spreading centers; many transform faults are located on continental margins. The best example is the San Andreas fault on the Pacific coast of the United States. The San Andreas Fault links the East Pacific Rise off of the West coast of Mexico (Gulf of California) to the Mendocino Triple Junction (Part of the Juan de Fuca plate) located off the coast of the North Western United States making it a ridge-to-transform style transform fault. [3] The formation of the San Andreas Fault system occurred fairly recently during the Oligocene Period between 34 million and 24 million years ago.[7] During this period, the Farallon plate, followed by the Pacific plate, collided into the North American plate.[7] The collision led to the subduction of the Farallon plate underneath the North American plate. Once the spreading center separating the Pacific and Farallon plate was subducted underneath the North American plate, the San Andreas Continental Transform Fault system was created.[7]
Other examples include:
- Middle East's Dead Sea Transform fault
- New Zealand's Alpine Fault
- Pakistan's Chaman Fault
- Turkey's North Anatolian Fault
- North America's Queen Charlotte Fault
Transform fault types
In his groundbreaking work on transform fault systems, Tuzo Wilson said that transform faults must be connected to other faults or tectonic plate boundaries on both ends; because of that requirement, transform faults can grow in length, keep a constant length, or decrease in length.[3] These length changes are dependant on which type of faults or tectonic structures connect with the transform fault. With this in mind, Wilson described six types of transform faults:
Growing length faults: In situations where a transform fault links together a spreading center and the upper block of a subduction zone or when two upper blocks of subduction zones are linked the transform fault itself will grow in length.[3]
Constant length faults: In other cases, transform faults will remain at a constant length. This consistency can be attributed to many different reasons. In the case of a ridge-to-ridge transforms, it is caused by the continuous growth by both ridges outward, canceling any change in length. The opposite occurs when a ridge linked to a subducting plate, where all the lithosphere (new sea floor) being created by the ridge is being subducted, or swallowed up, by the subduction zone.[3] Finally, when two upper subduction plates are linked there is no change in length. This is due to the plates moving parallel with each other and no new lithosphere is being created to change that length.
Decreasing length faults: In rare cases, transform faults can shrink in length. These occur when two descending subduction plates are linked by a transform fault. In time as the plates are subducted, the transform fault will decrease in length until the transform fault disappears completely, leaving only two subduction zones facing in opposite directions.[3]
See also
- Earthquake
- Fracture zone
- Plate tectonics
- Strike-slip tectonics
- Structural geology
- List of tectonic plate interactions
- ^ Kerey, K. A. (2007). Global Tectonics. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 84–90.
- ^ Reid, H.F., (1910). The Mechanics of the Earthquake. in The California Earthquake of April 18,1906, Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington D.C.
- ^ a b c d e f Wilson, J.T. (24 July 1965). "A new class of faults and their bearing on continental drift". Nature 207: 343-347. doi:10.1038/207343a0.
- ^ Sykes, L.R. (1967). Mechanism of earthquakes and nature of faulting on the mid-oceanic ridges, Journal of Geophysical Research, 72, 5-27.
- ^ Gerya, T. (2010). "Dynamical Instability Produces Transform Faults at Mid-Ocean Ridges". Science 329: 1047–1050. doi:10.1126/science.1191349.
- ^ a b "Oceanic Fracture Zones". Scientific American 5: 40–52. 1984.
- ^ a b c Atwater, Tanya (1970). Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 81: 3513–3536.
- International Tectonic Dictionary - AAPG Memoir 7, 1967
- The Encyclopedia of Structural Geology and Plate Tectonics - Ed. by Carl K. Seyfert, 1987
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
transform fault — noun A geological fault (a form of strike slip fault) found in mid ocean ridges in which displacement undergoes a sudden change in direction … Wiktionary
transform fault — noun Date: 1965 a strike slip fault that occurs typically between segments of a mid ocean ridge or other tectonic plate boundary and that is characterized by shallow high magnitude earthquakes … New Collegiate Dictionary
transform fault — Geol. a strike slip fault that offsets a mid ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of an axis of seafloor spreading. Cf. fracture zone. [1970 75] * * * … Universalium
transform fault — noun Geology a strike slip fault occurring at the boundary between two plates of the earth s crust … English new terms dictionary
transform fault — noun : a strike slip fault that ends abruptly at a point where its displacement translates into the movement of another feature, that occurs typically between segments of a midocean ridge or other tectonic plate boundary, and that is… … Useful english dictionary
Azores-Gibraltar Transform Fault — The Azores Gibraltar Transform Fault, also called the Azores Gibraltar fault zone (AGFZ), is a major geologic fault which runs eastward from the eastern end of the Terceira Rift in the Azores, extending through the Strait of Gibraltar, past… … Wikipedia
Rivera Transform Fault — The Rivera Transform Fault is a right lateral moving (dextral) transform fault which lies along the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Mexico just south of the mouth of the Gulf of California. It runs between two segments of the… … Wikipedia
Fault (geology) — Part of a series on earthquakes Types Foreshock • Aftershock • Blind thrust Doublet • Interplate • … Wikipedia
Transform-Störung — San Andreas Verwerfung mit leicht nach rechts ausscherender Störung Eine Transformstörung ist ein Begriff der Plattentektonik. Damit werden Störungen bzw. Verwerfungszonen bezeichnet, an denen sich die tektonischen Platten seitlich aneinander… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Magallanes-Fagnano Fault — The Magallanes Fagnano fault is a continental transform fault.[1]The fault marks a transform boundary between the Scotia Plate and the South American Plate, cutting across continental crust. It runs under the Strait of Magellan s western arm,… … Wikipedia


text:
I Hope They Call Me on a Mission
1. I hope they call me on a mission
When I have grown a foot or two.
I hope by then I will be ready
To teach and preach and work as missionaries do.
2. I hope that I can share the gospel
With those who want to know the truth.
I want to be a missionary
And serve and help the Lord while I am in my youth.
Text: Newell Kay Brown
Music: Newell Kay Brown
Artist: Brown
Album: Music Published in the Church Magazines: Friend
Composition Date: 1974-05-01
More Info: Friend

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Get a Quote
X close
Window Shutters
Our Gallery
Window and Door Solutions in Kent, Sussex and Surrey
0800 731 1582
Email us
Speak to us
Our Gallery
Window Shutters
AWE Exteriors
All Weather Exteriors
Window and Door Solutions in Kent, Sussex and Surrey.
We offer superb products, service and workmanship all year round
We only provide the very best prices for our products and services.
Call All Weather Exteriors UK Ltd today to see what type of work we can do for you!
Get a Quote
Quote Request Form
X close
Brief Requirements
Read More
ECO-Slide Sash Windows
Read More
UPVC Casement Windows
Read More
Patio Doors
Read More
Fascias, Soffits and Guttering
Read More
Composite Doors
Read More
Bay Windows
Read More
French Doors
Read More
Window Shutters
What AWE Exteriors Offer in Sussex:
UPVC Windows
Replacement Double Glazing
UPVC Sliding Doors
GRP Composite Doors
UPVC French Doors
Bi-Fold Doors
UPVC Conservatories
UPVC Fascias and Guttering
All Weather Exteriors is a family-run upvc double glazing windows company, based in Hartfield, Sussex.
We cover all areas in the South East including Crowborough, Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks, East Grinstead, Tonbridge and Uckfield. We have been installing new upvc double glazing windows and replacement upvc double glazing windows, doors, fascias, soffits, gutters, conservatories, bifolds and garage doors since 1992.
Why Choose us:
- Quality of installation process
- Attention to detail
- High standard of double glazing product
See for yourself what our customers have said about us and our quality of work on Checkatrade. Our experienced fitters have all been with us for a number of years. They are known for their exemplary politeness, workmanship and professionalism.
We Fit:
- UPVC Windows
- Sash Windows
- UPVC fascias, soffit and gutters
- Double Glazed Windows
Get a Quote
Travel with us:
Visit our office in Sussex:
East Sussex Office
0800 731 1582 or 01892 770341 or 07802 660132
Culvers Farm, Newtons Hill, Hartfield, East Sussex TN7 4DH
Contact Form
Customer Reviews
Customer in Balham | x8 Replacement UPVC Sash Windows
From start to finish, we did not need to worry about the work. Excellent quality windows, excellent workmanship. Thank you Sarah, James and John
Customer in Bexhill on Sea | Fit UPVC French doors and UPVC window
Very quick and friendly service. All options were explained. A small flaw was rectified very quickly. We have used this company before and would use again.
Customer in Tunbridge Wells | Fit 7 upvc windows in TN3
Excellent service and workmanship - would highly recommend
Fit UPVC fascias, soffit and gutters | Tunbridge Wells
"Another excellent service from AWE. I cannot fault them and would highly recommend him."
Replacement of all UPVC Sash Windows & Casement windows | Shepherds Bush
"Excellent service and work. Their price was better than the larger companies, but they were far more responsive. It was easy to deal with them and they delivered an excellent job on time"
2 UPVC Single Glass Doors with Cat flap | Mitcham
"All aspects of the job were carried out in a timely and professional manner. The team were courteous and friendly and accommodating"
Replacement Casement Windows in Whole terrace hosue | Clapham Junction
"Excellent service and work. Their price was better than the larger companies, but they were far more responsive. It was easy to deal with them and they delivered an excellent job on time"
UPVC SASH WINDOWS | Customer in Wandsworth, SW18
"No hard sell or starting with an inflated quote like some of the national companies. Work completed in one day. Very polite and tidy. Would be happy to use again / recommend."
French Doors | Southfields SW18
"Fantastic and quick service on a tricky job. All done with a smile. Lovely!"
A very satisfied Customer in Burgess Hill | West Sussex
"Work carried out to a very high standard and nothing was too much trouble".
A very satisfied Customer in Burgess Hill | West Sussex
"Work carried out to a very high standard and nothing was too much trouble".
Trusted Suppliers & Affiliations
Areas we cover:
East Grinstead
Forest Row
Haywards Heath
Tunbridge Wells
Paddock Wood
Useful Links:
Home Page
Privacy Policy
Contact Us
Our Business:
All Weather Exteriors UK Ltd
Double Glazing Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, Sevenoaks, Crowborough, Uckfield and Edenbridge
Registered in England and Wales No. 04714899
Vat No. 801245573
0800 731 1582
© 2020, All Weather Exteriors UK Ltd
Design: Starlight Web


text:
The Obama administration is counting on Latinos to help make the Affordable Care Act (ACA) a success, but there may be troubles ahead: Hispanic health centers and community organizations say they don't have the funding or resources to carry out the complicated sign-up process for the 10 million Latinos who will be eligible for new public and subsidized health coverage options.
"Even with the federal grants given out, it does not nearly cover the populations we have to reach and the amount of work we have to do," said Lori Baptista, director of policy at the Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center in Hayward, Calif. The center sees 14,000 patients and clients each year; 78% are Latino, and 70% do not speak English as a first language.
The ACA provides funding for "navigators" who are supposed to walk people through the enrollment process -- which is likely to be akin to filling out a tax return in terms of complexity. Language barriers will add to that complexity for many eligible people.
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center will be able to hire one full-time employee to work on enrolling patients in health coverage with the help of a federal grant specifically for federally qualified community health centers, but the center "could easily use 10 full-time navigators -- that would be ideal," Baptista said.
Because California is running its own exchange, the center was able to get an additional grant from the state, but she said it still didn't come close to filling the need.
"This is a complex process, and it's significantly more time consuming to reach the Latino population," many of whom have never had insurance before, said Baptista. "It requires a significant effort on the part of the navigator, the health center, and the patients, especially those with limited English proficiency, to understand what opportunities are going to be available to them."
The problem is even more severe for Hispanic community organizations that are not health centers and, therefore, do not have a dedicated source of federal funding, said Josephine Mercado, executive director of Hispanic Health Initiatives in Casselberry, Fla., a nonprofit that works on health education.
"We're going to be getting the calls asking 'Where should I go, and which plan should I buy?' The challenge is doing it without getting paid. We're not going to be able to do it on an all-volunteer basis," said Mercado. "They're already calling us."
Hispanic Health Initiatives teamed up with two other local Hispanic organizations to apply for an enrollment grant from the federal government to hire 40 community health workers to help Latinos sign up.
But Florida will only be getting $5.8 million in grants to enroll the state's 3.5 million uninsured residents, which Stan Dorn, senior fellow at the nonpartisan Urban Institute, calls "a drop in the bucket."
The organizations have not yet learned whether they will be awarded the grant.
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center and Hispanic Health Initiatives were both part of a survey of 135 Hispanic health clinics and community organizations in 23 states, released Thursday by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR).
The survey asked respondents to describe their ACA outreach plans and identify challenges and barriers to enrollment. Those obstacles included lack of knowledge about coverage options and eligibility among patients and a lack of information from the state about plans, rules, and regulations. A shortage of bilingual, bicultural staff trained in the enrollment process and insufficient funding for outreach efforts were also listed as important barriers.
"We have a lot of catching up to do," said Manuela McDonough, a program manager at NCLR. "Community health centers and Hispanic community organizations are underfunded and understaffed and they can't dedicate the time to do the necessary outreach to the most vulnerable populations."
Without additional funding and culturally appropriate information, outreach efforts are unlikely to meet the needs of Hispanics, McDonough said, particularly because the White House's "strategies and tactics for reaching Latinos are off."
"They're doing an online campaign, and a lot of the Latinos we serve don't have access to online services," she explains. The translation of the Obamacare website, www.cuidadodesalud.gov, is "not culturally competent," she adds, and some of the videos are still in English.
And that makes the outreach efforts by local Hispanic organizations even more important. "The state and federal systems are likely to be complex, and a lot of them rely on online enrollment systems or call centers that may not have counselors who speak Spanish well," says Jim Maxwell, director of research at JSI Research & Training Institute in Boston, which conducted the NCLR survey.
Even after health reform in Massachusetts, he added, Hispanics were still the most likely to be uninsured. "And the success that did occur in Massachusetts was largely to do the role of Hispanic community-based organizations and health centers."
For its part, the Obama administration said it recognizes the important and challenging job of reaching out to Latinos.
This article, which first appeared July 19, 2013, was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan health policy research and communication organization not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.


text:
One of the reasons I love Mary so much is that she understands my sense of humor. At first, she didn't get it, but it progressed swiftly from her understanding my jokes to telling my jokes to thinking like me.
One of the areas where she demonstrates this is TV shows. I was on the road one week, and when I called home she said, "There's this show you just have to see!" The next week, when I was home, we watched it together, and she was right. The show?
The show starred David Rasche as Sledge Hammer (son of Jack and Armen), a not-too-bright and borderline psychotic police detective who carried a .44 Magnum (which he named Gun and to which he would talk on occasion). Sledge was based on Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" character and was created by producer and director Alan Spencer. Evidently, when Spencer first shared the idea with network executives, they all rejected it, one going so far as to ask Spencer to get a psychological evaluation. However, after the executives saw the last Dirty Harry movie (1983's Sudden Impact), they thought it might find an audience.
Sledge's partner was a woman named Dori Doreau, played by the beautiful Anne-Marie Martin, wife (now ex-) of Michael Crichton. She was the more sensible of the two of them, although shortly into the pilot episode she showed she could be just as crazy and violent as her partner. Their long-suffering and often-exasperated boss was Captain Trunk, played by Harrison Page, who would later play Rear Admiral Morris, a military judge, on the show JAG.
Originally, Sledge's catchphrase was "I'm crazy, but I know what I'm doing!" ABC, the network that bought the show, balked at that, so it was changed to "Trust me, I know what I'm doing!" When he'd say that line, often along with drawing his pistol, you knew he didn't know what he was doing, and the result was going to be disastrous. He never actually shot anyone, except for once, and that was off-camera and was said to be "an accident."
Some of the humor of the show came from references to other shows and places. For example, in one show they had to solve the murders of Elvis impersonators, so Sledge enrolls himself in the Famous Elvis Impersonators' School. This was accompanied by a slide featuring The University of Chicago with the caption "Famous Elvis Impersonators' School." On another episode, there was the following exchange between Sledge and Dori:
Sledge: When am I on?
Dori: You follow a guy from Dallas & precede a guy from Miami.
Sledge: Between Dallas & Miami… what a terrible place to be!
This was a reference to the show's time slot, opposite CBS's Dallas and NBC's Miami Vice.
The show lasted two years and was nominated for a Golden Globe. Ms. Martin retired from acting shortly after to raise and show Icelandic horses, but Rasche and Page are still working and evidently good friends.
Many episodes of the show can be found on YouTube. I think you'll find them funny. Trust me.
(Kat's prompt was "Write a blog post inspired by the word: trust," though I don't think this was what she had in mind…)


text:
Fuller, Bill Audio Interview Two Part 2
- CA BWGPL OH-Fuller-Fuller Audio-Part 2
- Parte
- 1994-10-19
Second part of an interview with Bill Fuller October 19, 1994. He is interviewed by Joe Saint and George Jackson. They discuss Bill's memories and his antidotes relating to the Holland Marsh and Professor W. H. Day. See the Related Descriptions be...
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library Archives


text:
www.bungie.net | halo.bungie.net | bungiestore.com
It's that time again. DLC for Halo! Halo 3's first ever downloadable content will be the Heroic Map Pack – a trio of amazing new maps, each with a completely different purpose – and each brand new to the Halo universe. No remakes (yet)! They're going to be available about 2am PST on Tuesday, December 11th and you should all be waiting up to play them (except for the lucky few who grabbed the maps when they accidentally went up early on Monday).
Q: What is it?
A: The Halo 3 Heroic map pack is a collection of three new maps for Halo 3. Rat's Nest, Standoff and Foundry – each providing a unique Halo 3 multiplayer experience.
Q: When can I get it?
A: The Halo 3 Heroic Map pack goes live on Tuesday, December 11th – actually, in the wee small hours. We can't guarantee when it will be up, but if you work the nightshift, try checking Marketplace after 2am PST.
Q: What do I need to play this Heroic Map Pack?
A: You need an Xbox 360 with an HDD, an Xbox Live account (Gold to actually play the maps online) and a retail copy of Halo 3.
Q: How do I get the Heroic Map Pack?
A: Log on to Xbox Live Marketplace, go to the Marketplace tab, select "Games" and look in either "New Arrivals" or "All Games" for Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack. Press A to select it and then Marketplace should walk you through the purchase steps. Initially, the Map Pack will be heavily advertised on Marketplace and you should be able to select any of the "ads" featuring the Map Pack as a shortcut.
Q: How do I play them?
A: You can choose the new maps from the Custom Games map selection menu – they should simply appear in the stack. NOTE: If the maps are not appearing the first time you look, try backing out and then choosing the Map selection screen again. The system may need to be "prompted" to look for new content. In Matchmaking, a new playlist "Heroic DLC" should be visible that contains ONLY the new maps. The new maps will also be sprinkled throughout the other playlists and may be selected when the system sees that everyone in a lobby has installed the new content.
Q: How much is it?
A: In the US, the Heroic Map Pack will cost 800 Microsoft Points. Eventually, these maps will all be released for free, as they were with Halo 2.
Q: Who decides this pricing?
A: Microsoft decided the pricing based on a number of factors. Bungie has no decision making ability in this area.
Q: I heard the DLC is age-gated and that minors cannot purchase it. Is this true?
A: All content from now on will be automatically age-gated on Marketplace and will match the settings on your 360. If your 360 is set to avoid MA rated content, you won't be able to purchase such.
Q: What if I don't buy the maps, can I still matchmake properly?
A: Yes. If you don't have the maps, you will matchmake normally, but you cannot play in the "New Maps Only" playlist. Other than that, you shouldn't see any difference. Naturally you won't matchmake into games that are using the new maps. Nor will you be able to join custom games featuring the new maps.
Q: What game types will be featured in the "Heroic DLC" playlist?
A: A mixture of 6v6 Slayer and Objective gametypes, with traditional Team Slayer and CTF gametypes along with a dash of new VIP and Territories gametypes.
Q: What if I don't have Live?
A: It is possible in the future that a disc or discs will be made available with the map packs on them.
Q: Can I play these on System Link?
A: Yes, but only if everyone on the LAN has the maps on their HDD.
Q: What if I don't have an HDD?
A: Unfortunately the heroic Map Pack maps are too large to fit on a memory card, so a Hard Disk Drive is required – either 20 Gig or 120 Gig will suffice.Q: What is Standoff?
A: Standoff is a big-ish symmetrical map, great for Team Slayer, excellent for Objective games and big enough for a couple of vehicles. It has locked-down Bunkers for bases and lots of cover for players trying to make their way from one base to the next. Although some say it has a similar feel to Blood Gulch, the geometry and terrain is very different.
Standoff has a nice mix of open and enclosed combat areas.
Q: What is Rat's Nest?
A: Rat's Nest is a massive level set in the corridors and tunnels of a Human Base near Kilimanjaro. You may recognize parts of it from Halo 3's Campaign mode. Effectively, it's a giant Oval, kind of like an underground NASCAR track, with lots of vehicles and plenty of tunnels criss-crossing the center area. It's designed for big team games, Objective and Slayer, but also works brilliantly for game types like Infection and Territories.
Rat's Nest is enormous. However, not big enough to fly that Pelican in.
Q: What is Foundry?
A: Foundry is a very unique map – designed from the outset to be the most customizable Halo 3 Forge map ever created. It's a large Warehouse, which can be empted quickly and then rebuilt any way you like, with a brand new palette of objects such as walls, ramps, Mancannons and more. Stuff you never had access to before and objects that can be used to create fully functioning level designs, rather than simply altering our existing map.
Foundry. Make it your own.
Q: So is Foundry a big empty map?
A: No, the default Foundry, before being emptied, is an excellent mid-sized map well suited to many different game types.
Q: Can I use these new items for Foundry in other maps.
A: Yes, you can use these in Rat's Nest, Stand Off and possibly in future maps, but NOT in older, existing maps. Each map has to be built with its own Forge palette and new items cannot be retroactively applied to old maps.
Q: I am too lazy to empty all the items out of the default version of Foundry. What can I do?
A: For a limited time, starting a few days after the Heroic Map Pack ships, we will make an "empty" variant of the Foundry map available on Bungie Favorites. You will still need the DLC map itself to use this variant, naturally.
Q: I downloaded the maps, but they aren't appearing in my list. What gives?
A: Occasionally, some players will find that on first attempt, the new maps haven't shown up in the list. This is a simple caching error and can probably be fixed by simply backing out and then trying again. NOTE: You MUST select the HDD as the storage device for the maps. Otherwise the game will be unable to find them. this is only an issue for people with both HDD and memory units. Memory units cannot be used to store this DLC pack.
Q: I downloaded the maps and when I try to play one in matchmaking or Customs, I get a failed to load error.
A: Try loading the new maps on your own box as a Custom game with no other players. Once each has loaded once, this shouldn't happen again.Q: I'm in matchmaking, and I see the DLC map image appear, then disappear really quickly. I know nobody vetoed, what gives?
A: This is a map load failure. In very rare cases, a map can fail to load in matchmaking randomly. To make sure this doesn't happen, go into custom games and launch into each of the DLC maps.
Q: Why are there 2 sets of maps for Foundry in the game viewer on bungie.net?
A: Because in custom games people are able to change it around completely. The default map won't work for the game viewer. A blank map is less confusing for this.
Halo 3
Previous Post |
Next Post |
Comm Chatter
Posted by urk at
Oh, we're not done yet!
A 4v4 mix of Double EXP Slayer and Objective gametypes on a whole mess of your own community created maps.
Category: Double EXP Weekend
Max Party: 8
Max Team Size: 4
Heroic/Mythic Map Packs Required
Updated 12/03/2009
Tags: Halo 3
Posted by urk at
Fix your -blam!-, Bungle!
So, yeah, This week's Double EXP Weekend is running a little behind. I blame Ninja 0n Fire. (He tells me that some fairly large updates are being deployed and as a result, we'll likely not see the Double EXP Weekend go live until tomorrow, or, *gulp* "later").
When it is ready to go, we'll let you know.
Tags: Halo 3, Emotional Support
Posted by urk at
Feet first into awesome.
Looks like ubald unleashed another render over at HBO. This one's a WIP and part of a much larger collection that will ultimately serve as a webcomic. But you should check it out now.
ubald: Halo Rendered Comic
Tags: Halo 3: ODST
Posted by urk at
Faux Chief.
This week's Steve's getting all Batman on some Scarab carapace.
Chronicles of ODS Steve: Faux Chief (#81)
Posted by urk at
You know the deal.
Anoj didn't submit his latest entry to Comm Chatter, but they gang at HBO picked up the slack. Besides, even without Anoj's familiar wordplay, we all know what this video's about anyway. There's like ten kills. You can submit your own for next week if you're astute enough to figure out how to make it happen.
Top 10 Halo 3 Kills on The Pit: Episode 59
Help us achieve World Domination.
Find out more about Bungie's Top Men and Women.
Insight into building games the Bungie way.
Juicy gossip from or about the Bungie Community.
You've got questions. We've got answers.
© 2020 Bungie, Inc. All rights reserved.


text:
For Immediate Release
Patricia Kiernan Johnson;
Events from September through May feature opera stars such as
Stephanie Blythe, Amy Burton, Nico Muhly and Stephen Wadsworth
New York, NY — In September and October,
OPERA America
, the national service organization for opera, will present its first three
Making Connections
workshops of the 2011-2012 season, entitled
Stages of Developing a New Work
Effective Auditions
How to be a Teaching Artist
Making Connections
is OPERA America's professional development program for the next generation of performing artists, including singers, composers, librettists, designers and directors.
Making Connections
offerings include panel discussions, artist spotlights and master classes, followed by informal receptions where attendees have the exceptional opportunity to network one-on-one with the presenters and their colleagues.
On Wednesday, September 21,
Making Connections
focuses on questions surrounding the
Stages of Developing a New Work
. Who should be on the creative team? When is a work is ready for the next stage of development? When should the public hear it? At this session, artists and administrators at the forefront of contemporary opera provide insight into how to create, develop and produce new works. On the panel, composer
Nico Muhly
will be joined by
John Glover
, composer;
Beth Greenberg
, director; and
Jim Schaeffer
, general director of Center for Contemporary Opera.
Effective Auditions
showcase the best of the singers' vocal abilities and give a glimpse into their artistic point of view. Even if the part goes to someone else, the singer can still make an impact on the audition panel. On Wednesday, September 28, experts from both sides of the audition table discuss strategies for an effective audition season. Panelists:
Alexandra Bacon
, Barrett Vantage Artists;
Gordon Ostrowski
, Manhattan School of Music and
Megan Young
On Wednesday, October 12, attendees will discover
How to be a Teaching Artist
. At this session, artists interested in engaging community members in schools, hospitals and other social service organizations will learn more about the wide range of business and interpersonal skills needed to be successful teaching artists. Panelists:
Tom Cabaniss
, composer;
Neil Ginsberg
, composer;
Amy Kirkland
, Weill Institute and
Camille Zamora
, soprano.
Making Connections
, OPERA America provides the opportunity for developing opera artists to gain valuable insight into the many professional skills needed to hone their careers," stated Marc A. Scorca, president and CEO. "Not only do the attendees learn from the stellar array of panelists, but many professional relationships have been forged during the networking opportunities after each Making Connections session."
Making Connections
events are held in the OPERA America offices on the 18th floor of 330 Seventh Avenue at 29th Street. A reception follows each panel discussion. Admission for the September 21 and October 12 sessions is $15 for members and $20 for non-members. The September 28 session is free.
For those outside the New York City area or who are unable to attend the events in person, certain
Making Connections
events (noted below) are streamed live, for free, at
for more information or to register.
September 21, 2011: Stages of Developing a New Work
Panelists: John Glover, composer; Beth Greenberg, director; Nico Muhly, composer; Jim Schaeffer, Center for Contemporary Opera
September 28, 2011: Effective Auditions (FREE) – live stream
Panelists: Alexandra Bacon, Barrett Vantage Artists; Gordon Ostrowski, Manhattan School of Music; Megan Young
October 12, 2011: How to be a Teaching Artist
Panelists: Tom Cabaniss, composer; Neil Ginsberg, composer; Amy Kirkland, Weill Institute; Camille Zamora, soprano
November 9, 2011: In Conversation with Stephanie Blythe (FREE) – live stream
December 7, 2011: Acting Resources for Singers
Panelists: Jennifer Aylmer, soprano; Amy Burton, soprano; Chuck Hudson, director; Jonah Nigh, Columbia University
January 11, 2012: In Conversation with Stephen Wadsworth (FREE) – live stream
February 15, 2012: Tax Tips for Independent Artists (FREE) – live stream
Panelists: Anne Adamowsky, Trudy Durant & Associates; Larry Bomback, OPERA America
February 22, 2012: Fiscal Sponsorship 101
Panelists: Dianne Debicella, Fractured Atlas
April 4, 2012: Training and Working in Europe
Panelists: Ana De Archuleta, ADA Artist Management; John Bellemer, tenor; Jocelyn Dueck, pianist/coach; Kelley Rourke, OPERA America
May 2, 2012: The Opera Field: An Overview of Current Trends (FREE) – live stream
Panelists: David B. Devan, Opera Company of Philadelphia; Anne Ricci, Opera on Tap; José Rincón, OPERA America; Marc A. Scorca, OPERA America
May 16, 2012: Keys to a Successful Singer/Director Relationship (FREE) – live stream
Panelists: Sari Gruber, soprano; Kevin Newbury, director; Nancy Rhodes, Encompass New Opera Theater
OPERA America leads and serves the entire opera community, supporting the creation, presentation and enjoyment of opera.
Artistic services help opera companies and creative and performing artists to improve the quality of productions and increase the creation and presentation of North American works.
Information, technical, and administrative services to opera companies reflect the need for strengthened leadership among staff, trustees and volunteers.
Education, audience development and community services are designed to enhance all forms of opera appreciation.
Founded in 1970, OPERA America's worldwide membership network includes nearly 200 Company Members, 300 Associate and Business Members, 2,000 Individual Members and more than 16,000 subscribers to the association's electronic news service. In 2005, OPERA America relocated from Washington, D.C. to New York as the first step in creating the first-ever National Opera Center. With a wide range of artistic and administrative services in a purpose-built facility, the Opera Center is dedicated to increasing the level of excellence, creativity and effectiveness across the field.
OPERA America's long tradition of supporting and nurturing the creation and development of new works led to the formation of
The Opera Fund
, a growing endowment which allows OPERA America to make a direct impact on the ongoing creation and presentation of new opera and music-theater works. Since its inception, OPERA America has made grants of nearly $11 million to assist companies with the expenses associated with the creation and development of new works.


text:
Basenji Embroidered Blankets
Snuggle up with your favorite breed
*Embroidered items are made to order and typically take 7-10 business day to ship.
Why we like it
What could be cozier on a cold night than this fleece-faced blanket that reverses to soft sherpa? Even better, it features an embroidered breed-specific image of your favorite dog breed. Choose from six different colors and virtually every breed.
Suitable for
Suitable for everyone
With a custom embroidered image of virtually any breed, this fleece and sherpa blanket is perfect for dog lovers. And, at 50" x 60" it's large enough for your dog to snuggle with you, too.
- Fully hemmed
- Breed-specific embroidered image
- Embroidered in the made in the USA
Material: 11 oz, 100% polyester fleece; 12 oz, 100% polyester sherpa
Size: 50" x 60"
Colors: Black, brown, gray, tan, navy, red
Delivery Info
You can expect the Embroidered Blanket to ship 7-10 days after placing your order.


text:
One Man's Odyssey
John Stoessinger's Flight from Hitler Leads to Grinnell
John Stoessinger '50 first heard of Grinnell College from a young American serviceman whose shoes he was shining.
"He had said the magic word--America," Stoessinger remembers. "And I began to tremble."
"I went to a college called Grinnell College," Lt. Peter Dalameter told the boy. "You know, Gary Cooper went there."
Gary Cooper! That really set the shoeshine boy alight. "I'd heard of Gary Cooper!" Stoessinger remembers. "A movie with Gary Cooper had just been released in Shanghai. We'd seen it twice already.
"When I heard that, I really began to shake," he says.
The lieutenant with the polished shoes suggested then that Stoessinger, a Jewish teenager working for pennies in post-World War II Shanghai, should apply to Grinnell. And, he said, he would write a letter of recommendation.
"So I wrote a letter to this faraway place in that state called Iowa, which I'd never heard of," Stoessinger recalls. "That wonderful little school admitted me as a freshman student with a full scholarship.
"Only in America does this happen," he says. "Maybe only in Iowa."
When the Fuhrer Roared Into Town
But Stoessinger's amazing journey began long before this pivotal encounter. The Harvard scholar and former director of the U.N.'s political affairs division was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1927. He and his middle-class family lived a peaceful existence until Hitler intervened. "I stood there with my mom on the Ringstrasse in Vienna as the Fuhrer roared by in his Mercedes," Stoessinger says. "And my mom said, 'Well, it doesn't look so good--we better get out of here.'"
His father had died in Palestine, where he was trying to arrange a safe home for his family. So Stoessinger and his mother moved to Prague, Czechoslovakia, to live with her parents above their shoe store.
"Unfortunately, Hitler developed this curious passion to follow us around," Stoessinger says. "For the second time I saw the Fuhrer roaring into town."
His mother, Irene, had remarried, and her husband saw that Prague was no longer safe for Jews. "Oskar Stoessinger was a resolute man," says his adopted son. "He thought correctly that Hitler wanted to kill us all." But John's grandparents were too old to join the family's flight, and his mother was reluctant to leave them behind. Finally, Oskar convinced her to go.
But leaving Czechoslovakia was complicated for a Jewish family in wartime. "Nobody wanted us," Stoessinger says. "At last, we landed in front of the Chinese consul." The consul, a representative of the Nationalist Chinese government, granted them three entry visas to Shanghai, China.
"We didn't even know where Shanghai was," Stoessinger remembers. "It was unthinkable."
The long "schlep" to Shanghai required a trip across the Soviet Union and Japan. How were three Jews to obtain permission to enter and leave these countries? It seemed impossible, until word was passed in the Jewish community that there was hope. "A new Japanese consul had been appointed who was handing out visas like there was no tomorrow, to people like us!" Stoessinger says.
So he and his parents joined the queue, which snaked out into the street, and waited to speak with the Japanese consul. When finally they stood before the man, he asked if any of them could speak Japanese. Young John replied, "Hai, banzai!" which apparently means "Long live the emperor." That was enough. The consul--acting against the orders of his government--promptly handed them three entry and exit visas to Japan.
With the visas in hand, it was time to begin the harrowing journey. The worst part was what they had to leave behind.
"My grandparents came to the train station to tell us goodbye," Stoessinger remembers. The family had to defy several anti-Jewish laws just to get to the station. "It was a wrenching moment, because we knew we'd never see them again. And we didn't.
"My grandfather waved a flashlight in the night as we were leaving. I still see that flashlight in my dreams."
Stoessinger's grandparents died at Auschwitz.
The Long Schlep
"It was in many ways an eerie journey," Stoessinger recalls. The "express" train took a full three months to cross the Siberian plain. They saw the northern lights every night out their compartment windows. The family shared their compartment with the former Japanese cultural attaché to Berlin, Ryoichi Manabe. He was a decent fellow, Stoessinger says, who taught the boy chess.
"He let me win occasionally, so I liked the guy."
Manabe also made conversation with Stoessinger's mother. They talked about books, and passed the time pleasantly enough. Manabe, too, was headed for Shanghai. When they parted at the station, he handed Irene Stoessinger his card, and asked her to look him up if he could ever be of assistance. She thanked him and put it in her purse, with barely a second thought.
It was that card that would keep the family free for the next three years.
Three months after their arrival in Shanghai, the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union. After that, their escape route was closed. They had slipped through the net, just barely.
"We were very blessed, very lucky to get out," Stoessinger says.
So the family began their life in Shanghai. "We eked out a submarginal existence," Stoessinger says. His mother became a milliner, and his father a janitor. Stoessinger himself attended a good public school, where the headmaster beat his students regularly with a cane, and then taught them Shakespeare. It was, Stoessinger laughs, a very effective combination.
Then came the Japanese edict that all Jews must move to a Jewish ghetto. "Would you believe there was a Jewish ghetto in Shanghai?" Stoessinger asks. To live in the ghetto--a squalid awful place of disease and starvation--would mean the end of John's education and his parents' employment, and a long downward spiral, perhaps ending with death.
"My mom, who was a brave lady, remembered Dr. Manabe," Stoessinger says. She went to visit the now-Japanese consul in Shanghai, and he not only remembered the family, he granted them a one-year permit to live outside the ghetto.
"My mom pulled off this stunt twice more," Stoessinger says. The family never had to move to the ghetto.
And then came the end of the war, and the Americans came to liberate the city. "These Americans, who looked to us larger than life, like somehow mythical demigods from a Greek legend," Stoessinger recalls. "They were distributing delicacies like Spam and chocolate.
"They were nice--they smiled at us with those brilliant white teeth." Like all the other teenagers in Shanghai, Stoessinger wanted nothing more than to rub shoulders with the Americans.
"How do you meet a demigod?" he asks. "You shine shoes."
What Sort of Planet is This?
To reach the United States and Grinnell College, Stoessinger signed on as a deckhand on the General Gordon, a troop ship taking American servicemen home. As he said goodbye to his mother and stepfather, he told them, "I am going to America."
When the General Gordon entered San Francisco Bay in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge, Stoessinger felt he had reached paradise. "When I got off that ship, my knees gave way and I fell to the ground and kissed the American soil," he says.
"I never got over that, as you can tell."
He traveled to Grinnell by Greyhound bus, and turned up for his first class--taught by Joe Wall '41--in his best suit and tie. He was astonished to see not only casually dressed students, but also an enormous football player in the back of the room, wearing all his equipment and with a football by his side. When Professor Wall (an instructor in those days) walked in, the behemoth said, "Hey Prof, how ya' doin' this morning?"
Stoessinger was shocked. "God in heaven, where have I landed?" he asked himself. "What sort of planet is this?" He expected a purge to sweep them all away any minute. The next day, the football player was back, and again greeted Professor Wall with cheerful nonchalance.
Slowly it began to dawn on Stoessinger that he was free of the constraints that had bound him through his entire life to date. "I'm free now," he thought. "I can say what I want."
But there were still more lessons to learn. In a course taught by Joseph Dunner, a professor of political science, Stoessinger was stunned to see he had received a B grade on an exam. He had carefully regurgitated what he had read and heard in class--what had gone wrong? When he asked Dunner about the grade, the professor replied, "Where were you in this exam?"
And so Stoessinger began to learn what it meant to study the liberal arts in a free society.
The new Grinnellian had no specific ambition. "I had no idea what I wanted to do, except to do well." He was so under Dunner's spell that he chose political science as his major.
"I did it to please him," Stoessinger admits. "I would have done anything for him. Later, I began to love the field."
Wall, too, was a great influence, as was Professor of Philosophy and Religion Neal Klausner. "He made me love philosophy," Stoessinger says. Klausner also gave Stoessinger a crucial opportunity. One day Klausner was ill and asked Stoessinger to lead the class. Stoessinger was thrilled when his classmates responded positively, and that early experience pointed him toward an eventual career in academe.
"Grinnell College gave me a lot. ... I met my first love there, whom I will never forget as long as I live," Stoessinger says. He believes strongly in the liberal arts, and he emphasizes that in the courses he teaches today as a professor of political science at the University of San Diego.
"I loved it at Grinnell College, Iowa," he says.
He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1950, earning a degree, with honors, in political science.
After Grinnell, Stoessinger merited a scholarship at Harvard, where as a graduate student he studied international relations with classmates Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski. He earned a master's degree and a doctorate from Harvard, in 1952 and 1953, respectively. Peter Dalameter, the Grinnell alumnus who had given a break to a shoeshine boy who spoke good English, was there to see him receive his Ph.D.
"I shined his shoes one last time in gratitude," Stoessinger says.
Is This Heaven?
The man who escaped four dictators (Hitler--twice, Stalin, Tojo, and Mao Tse-tung) brings a special insight to his teaching in history, political science, and international affairs. His academic career has included stints at Harvard, M.I.T., Princeton, Hunter College, Columbia, Trinity University, and the University of San Diego, where he teaches today.
He served the United Nations as director of the Peace Corps Training Program in World Affairs, and later as the director of the political affairs division, a job he held from 1967-74, the depths of the Vietnam War. He is the author of nine books, including Why Nations go to War, a ubiquitous text in political science courses across the country.
Stoessinger travels the world to deliver lectures to groups of all sorts--corporate, academic, political, etc. In 1995 he traveled to Kobe, Japan, for a speaking engagement, and with the help of a Japanese journalist, he was able to reconnect with Ryoichi Manabe, the Japanese diplomat who had saved his family from the ghetto. They exchanged letters, and Stoessinger later traveled to Japan again, this time to thank him in person.
Manabe, Dalameter, and the Chinese consul who granted the visas--these people helped make John Stoessinger a believer in the good that dwells in mankind. "Even in the abyss of evil ... there will be good men and women," he says. "I do believe that."
As he sits in his home overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Stoessinger reflects on his life and his survival--despite the despots, the dictators, and the evil they fostered. "Hitler has been dead for 50 years, and here I am, talking to you now," he says. "I feel very fortunate."
And he still holds a special regard for Iowa, the state that is home to that wonderful little school, the college where Gary Cooper '26 went. "There's something about Iowa," he muses. One of his favorite movies isField of Dreams. An oft-quoted line from the movie asks, "Is this heaven?" In the film, the answer is, "No, it's Iowa."
John Stoessinger might answer, simply, "Yes, it's heaven."
Originally published as an online web form for The Grinnell Magazine, Summer 2008


text:
Article content
The New York Yankees have apparently welcomed yet another former Boston Red Sox player.
The Daily News quoted a source on Tuesday that revealed that infielder Kevin Youkilis will be Bronx bound for $12 million next season. He is expected to fill in for Alex Rodriguez, who is not scheduled to return from hip surgery until well into the upcoming year.
Youkilis, 33, split 2012 between the Red Sox and White Sox, traded to Chicago on June 24 for Brent Lillibridge and Zach Stewart. All told, in 122 games, he hit a career-low .235 with 19 home runs, 15 doubles and 60 RBI.
In 1,033 major-league games in nine seasons, Youkilis is a .283 hitter who has totaled 148 home runs, 247 doubles and driven in 610 runs, while working 531 walks and scoring 641 runs.
When this deal is consummated, Youkilis will follow in the footsteps of outfielder Johnny Damon and Hall of Fame third baseman Wade Boggs as Bostonians who continued their careers wearing the uniform of their most hated rival.
tap here to see other videos from our team.


text:
Why You Can't Take a Compliment — and 20 Great Reasons to Start
Do you scoff when someone sings your praises? Here's why you should stop shooting down compliments — and start saying 'thanks!' instead.
When your friend says that she loves your sweater, you're quick to fend off the flattery ("This old thing? It's so last-season!"). When your honey mentions that you look pretty, you respond with a big, fat, "but I feel fat." And it's more common than not for you to counter any praise by listing off your flaws.
Sound familiar? Like many other women in the United States, you're a compliment-carper.
So why can't you just accept the kind words? There are a number of reasons women refuse to take compliments, according to health writer and body image expert Leslie Goldman, MPH, who recently blogged about the topic. Many females are taught that they should be modest and humble, she recently explained on the Today show. They're worried that accepting praise could make them appear arrogant. "We don't want other people to think that we think we're all that. So we downplay our strengths and accentuate our weaknesses."
But beyond safeguarding against a big ego, many women simply believe the kudos is undeserved. Goldman chalks this up to "inner body bullies" — self-destructing demons that "tell us we're not thin enough, we're not good enough, and not worthy enough to take the compliment."
In fact, research published in the journal Psychology of Women Quarterly found that women are doing more than just pooh-poohing praise. The study found that a whopping 93 percent of college-aged women engage in "fat talk," or sounding off about their flaws to their friends. This toxic talk may seem like harmless chatter among girlfriends, but it can damage self-esteem.
On the flip side, research shows that being able to recognize your positive qualities and accept compliments (simply saying "thank you" the next time a co-worker admires your new haircut) can boost self-esteem and even help fend off depression. Proponents of positive thinking say that giving yourself a pep talk — or believing the kind words of others — when you're feeling stressed or blue can actually counteract those negative emotions and improve your mood.
So we asked our Everyday Health Facebook fans to share what they love most about themselves. From your big, caring hearts to your big, perky boobs, here's a sampling of your self-described best attributes.
We think they're pretty great — and we hope you'll accept the compliment!
20 Reasons to Pat Yourself on the Back!
- "I love my personality. People always tell me that I light up a room!" — Suzanne Romeo Bahmer
- "I love my sun-kissed freckles! They aren't visible in the winter months, but in the summer they sure pop out! They are a reminder to apply sunscreen, but they also make me happy to know that summertime is in full swing!" — Tracie Pack Dawson
- "I am definitely not a size 2 and I can't take a compliment at all … but I like me, my ability to live life, and my ability to find humor in even the crappiest of moments." — Nicci Baierlein
- "I lost 70 pounds in nine months and am proud of my perseverance to accomplish it." — Melia Clark Nichols
- "I love my very short, curly hair that chemo has brought into my life." — Lisa Taylor
- "I have a great chest. No sags and my cleavage rocks. By the way, I'll be 54 in one month." — Jacqueline Knight
- "The main thing I like about myself is that I have a big heart and I will do anything in my power to help anyone!" — Suzanne Marie Taylor
- "I love the fact that lipstick makes me feel beautiful … It really does!" — Carmen M. Craig
- "My ass is a little big but I still like it... My chest is hanging a little low these days but I still like it... Hair a little gray but, hey, I still like it! What can I say? I just like me." — Vickie Snyder
- "I love the fact that I have my daddy's eyes and a great sense of humor." — Nancy Magdalene Neblett
- "I'm great at encouraging people." — Donna Campbell
- "My capacity for love, my faithfulness, compassion, empathy, strength, spirituality — but especially my family. Oh, umm and my hair." — Maribel Rivera
- "I love that, at 48, I still look great, I'm in good health, and I'm extremely happy. I think my generation is one of the best-looking because we were taught early enough to take care of ourselves. All my friends look amazing!" — Wyndi Molinari Potts
- "I work out hard and I am proud of my body. I believe strong is beautiful!" — Tabitha Sale
- "I was teased about my big lips as a child. But, as an adult, I have learned to love them because I appreciate their natural sexiness." — Lisa St John
- "Whenever someone says that I look just like someone else they know, I say 'Oh, she must be beautiful!'" — Tracy Gross
- "Jeans always look good on me! And I'm hilariously funny!" — Christine Miller Thurston
- "I love that I finally learned to accept who I am. It took me close to 40 years, but life is much better when you don't dislike who you are." — Jennifer Brewer Bosley
- "I have pretty eyes and great smile. So go ahead and give me a compliment! I can take it!" — Susan Sewell Henry
- "I rock. I mean it." — Amanda May
Have a great trait? Go to our Facebook page and tell us about it!


text:
The old axiom remains as true today as it was years ago. People join companies, but they leave supervisors. In other words, no matter how attractive a new job or employer might be, if you and your new boss are incompatible, you're unlikely to be successful ... or last very long on-the-job.
We tend to focus our attention on recruiters and employers when looking for a job, and that makes a lot of sense. Recruiters, after all, are the gatekeepers. They determine whether or not we even get in the door to have an interview. And, employers, of course, deserve a lot of scrutiny as it's their culture and leadership which determine an organization's prospects for success (and our future employment).
It's a logical approach, but it is also insufficient to ensure success. If our goal isn't simply to get hired - if what we're trying to do is get employed and stay that way - then we have to devote as much time and effort to evaluating the one person who will most determine that outcome. And, that person is our new boss. They set the conditions under which we will work and they are responsible for ensuring we have the necessary resources and support to perform at our peak.
How can you assess a prospective boss? They are always included among those with whom you meet when invited in for an interview, so use that session to learn what you can about them. Your goal, however, is not to acquire personal information, but rather to assess their leadership style and principles.
Interview the Boss-to-Be
As we all know, bosses can perform their job in three different ways: hands-on, hands-off and somewhere in between. The first evaluation we must make, therefore, is of their leadership style. Do they, for example, provide each person in their unit with a lot of direction and closely monitor their accomplishment of the assigned work? Or, do they provide a minimum of direction and expect each worker to find their way on their own? Do they welcome questions and requests for guidance from those in their unit or would they prefer that workers figure things out on their own?
There's no right or wrong answer - one leadership style may be perfect in one unit and an entirely different style might work better in another. What we want to know, therefore, is whether or not we're comfortable with the style of the person who would be our new boss. That presupposes we've thought about and identified the style that works best for us. With that as our baseline we can ask a boss-to-be the first of our interview questions: How do you assign and oversee each person's work in your group?
Bosses can also come with any one of three very different sets of principles: good, bad or mixed. Unfortunately, there are bosses who abuse their workers by creating debilitating working conditions or by their own biased or coarse behavior. They create toxic working environments that sap the energy, commitment and, eventually, the performance of those they supervise. So, if we go to work for such bad bosses, we set ourselves up for failure on-the-job and for a serious setback to our career.
Good bosses, on the other hand, are like a springboard. They provide the inspiration and role model for our own success. They recognize us when we make a contribution, encourage us when we are stymied and shore us up when we need help. Good bosses enable us to be as good as we can be on-the-job, and only that kind of performance provides us with the security we all seek in today's economy. So, our second interview question for a boss-to-be should ask: How do you see your role both in the unit as a whole and with each of the people who work for you?
Yes, of course, there are other questions we can ask during an interview. We need to make sure we thoroughly understand what the job entails and what the expectations of us will be if we take it. While such insights are important, however, they will not ensure our success. More than any other single factor, it's the character and values of our prospective supervisor that will determine how we fare on-the-job. So, the best way to assess our prospects is to interview that person - our boss-to-be.


text:
How to Set Up and Manage an Effective Board of Directors
Boards of Directors are independent nonprofit organizations set up by a community or a federal agency to oversee the management of child care centers operating in GSA space. The mission of the board is to ensure that a stable, high-quality child-development program is available to all federal families who wish to participate.
Click here [PDF - 1 MB] to access the Board of Directors Child Care Resource Book.
Why Does My Child Care Center Need a Board?
The nonprofit board management model has proven to be an effective means of ensuring agency involvement and local commitment to the center.
What Does the Board Do?
One of the most important functions of the boards is to have an active tuition-assistance plan. Boards should consider themselves "Tuition Assistance Offices" and seek funds from as many sources as possible. By providing tuition assistance the board is fulfilling its mandate to help provide care for all families regardless of income.
To find out more about tuition assistance plans and models, check out the OPM Workplace Advocacy Office Guide for Implementing Child Care Legislation. Included in this guide are samples and models of tuition assistance plans.
Checklist: How Do I Know If My Board of Directors Is Effective?
Effective Boards:
- Meet regularly
- Have full attendance and participation
- Keep abreast of child development and child care business issues
- Participate in their local child care communities
- Are active fundraisers
- Seek training to improve board process and functioning (a nongovernment website)
- Recruit members to fill needs of the board
- Provide orientation to new board members
Publications: For federal agencies looking to set up new child care centers, or for child care facilities currently operating in GSA space, GSA has published the Board of Directors Resource Book, a complete manual providing answers on how to:
- Compose a board
- Incorporate
- Draft bylaws
- Apply for tax-exempt status
- Select a child care provider
- Fund raise and provide tuition assistance
- Troubleshoot
- See your Regional Child Care Coordinator for Board resources
Web Resources:
Zero to Three – Provides the survey: "What Grownups know about Child Development."
Foundation Center (a nongovernment website) – Provides a national database of grant-makers and resources on applying for funding.
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) – Connects federal donors to nonprofit organizations around the world.
The NonProfit Times (a nongovernment website) - Resources for nonprofit management.


text:
GOP officials have reported that Rick Santorum won the Iowa caucuses by 34 votes. However, votes in eight precincts will not be counted — and Mitt Romney lost seven of the eight precincts in 2008.
Officials say these eight districts did not report their results on the official "Form E" receipt. Several of the precincts overwhelmingly favored Mike Huckabee four years ago, with three of them awarding Mitt Romney zero votes. An analysis of their 2008 Iowa caucuses results shows:
- Cerro Gordo County's Mason City Ward 2, Precinct 3. In 2008, Mike Huckabee won with 11 votes; Ron Paul, 10; Mitt Romney, zero (Fred Thompson, 4; John McCain, 5)
- Emmet County's Estherville Ward 2. Huckabee had 5 votes; Paul, 1; Romney 6 (Thompson, 5; McCain, 4)
- Franklin County's Geneva-Reeve. Huckabee won 7 votes; Paul, 6; Romney, zero (Thompson, 4)
- Lee County's Fort Madison 4A. Huckabee won 17 votes; Paul, zero; Romney, 4 (Thompson, 7)
- Lee County's Fort Madison 4B. Huckabee won 6 votes; Paul, 1; Romney, zero (Thompson, 1)
- Lee County's Franklin-Cedar-Marion. Huckabee won 26 votes; Paul, 5; Romney, 21 (Thompson, 9; McCain, 9)
- Lee County's Washington-Green Bay-Denmark. Huckabee won 32 votes; Paul, 12; Romney, 13 (Thompson, 19; McCain, 11)
- Pocahontas County's Center-South Roosevelt-North Lincoln. Huckabee won 9 votes; Paul, 6; Romney, 2 (Thompson, 2; McCain, 2)
Total: Huckabee, 113 votes; Paul, 41 votes; Romney, 46 votes.
In 2008, Fred Thompson garnered 51 votes in these precincts. John McCain, who did not seriously contest the states, got 72. Three voters preferred California Congressman Duncan Hunter, and there was one vote for Rudy Giuliani.
That means there were 167 evangelical/conservative votes; 41 Constitutionalist votes; 119 "moderate" votes.
Even correcting for Romney's superior 2008 showing, it seems likely these counties would further skew the 2012 election for Rick Santorum.


text:
Beautiful and unique gift idea.Buy Now
Wholesale prices of bulk tumbled stones sold by 1 lb bag.Learn More
Inukshuk Soapstone
Beautiful gifts and decoration accents perfect for any age.Learn More
Sorry but this item is currently unavailable.
Please check back at a later stage.
Dalmatian Jasper Round Bead Stretch Bracelet Handmade with natural gemstones, these elegant, durable and affordable bracelets have 8mm round beads and a strong elastic cord. They are a perfect way to carry the unique and amazing healing properties of this beautiful gemstone.


text:
|Beautiful Tursi loves to be the center of attention.
As the two most mature females here at Dolphin Research Center, Molly and Tursi have a lot of life experience, especially when it comes to flirting with guys. The ladies love their men and are known to be much more enthusiastic when interacting with good looking guys. During a Dolphin Encounter, not only did the two have a flirt-off but they went above and beyond to get some male attention.
They have two different flirting styles, but they each worked in their own way. Tursi took a more flippers-on approach with the handsome guy in the water. She volunteered herself for every kiss, handshake and backrub in the program. Molly, who is a bit less tactile than her friend, swam off on several occasions to pop up nearby and giggle or wave hello.
For the signal portion of the swim, the young man asked Tursi for a present. Off she swam, intently looking for the ideal souvenir for her new friend. She searched far and wide, scanning the surface of the water to see if there was a perfect leaf or mangrove pod, and then diving deep to the bottom of the lagoon to look for any hidden treasures.
As she came out of the water for a quick breath before returning to the dock with a prized possession, a long lost dive ring. However, as she came out of the water it fell off her rostrum and sunk back to the bottom of the lagoon She had accidently lost the present! Tursi went up to the man and insisted she had a gift on her rostrum. Her trainer and the swimmers told her she'd lost what she was carrying but she refused to listen. Then, out of no where, Molly popped up between Tursi and her new beau with a dive ring. Tursi did a double take. She realized that her present had actually fallen off and now Molly was getting the credit of coming up with such a fantastic keepsake. Luckily, the swimmer saw the entire thing take place and thanked Tursi for finding such a unique gift and Molly for ensuring he got the toy that her friend had searched long and hard for. They each got a kiss on the rostrum and a high five.
Not only did the swimmer have a great time getting so much one on one attention from the two oldest ladies at DRC, but they also won the heart of his girlfriend who was in the swim too. A proud DRC member, and adoptive Molly parent, she now enjoys telling this adorable story about how two dolphins tried to put a ring on her boyfriend's finger!


text:
Let me know if you need any of these to complete your collection.
Send an email message to firstname.lastname@example.com about any cards you wish to purchase or talk trade. I personally collect Bob Gibson, Roberto Clemente, Tom Seaver, St. Louis Cardinals – especially from the 60's, 1969 and 1986 New York Mets, and 1985 Kansas City Royals.
Thanks for reading and please consider subscribing to my blog, liking my page on Facebook, and/or following me on Twitter: @Big_Bubbo.


text:
(Pocket-lint) - We all know that the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS battery sucks, but what can you do about it? Griffin is hoping that its portable solution means you won't have to travel around with the charger wherever you go. But does it work? We got charging to find out.
The concept is simple. You charge the battery accessory, which you can then use when the iPhone is running low on power. Rather than an iPhone case like the Mophie Juice Pack Air, you get a small matchbox-sized battery that plugs into the dock connector. The matchbox battery is charged itself via an AC adapter or cigarette lighter adapter so you can charge it via the wall or in the car.
Both the AC adapter and car adapter are as compact as they can be and both come with a USB socket allowing you to charge a second device - handy in the case of the AC adapter because it means you can charge your iPhone's battery at the same time. A small magnet in both the chargers and the battery pack keeps everything in place when charging.
The battery pack itself as five green LED lights so you can see the status of the charge. You can only see the charge status when the battery is plugged into a charger or an iPhone/iPod. It isn't a big thing, but it would have been handy to be able to see if it needs charging without having to connect it to your iPhone.
In use and the battery offers a full charge as promised, but unlike the Mophie Juice Pack Air, we wouldn't be comfortable using this on the go and especially when it's in a pocket.
While it easily fits into the dock connector, attaching a matchbox-sized device to the base of your iPhone makes for a long phone. It isn't practical having something so long and fragile in your pocket. We were constantly worried that it would snap off and leave the dock connector in the iPhone rendering everything useless.
The end result is a battery that you feel you can only use at your desk or in the car, or basically anywhere you know you are going to be sitting for the next hour. It that's the case, you might as well just plug the iPhone in to a wall socket and be done with it.
The idea of offering a charging solution of the go is handy, however this isn't the way to do it. Griffin's matchbox-sized battery is impractical in the field, making it redundant before it gets out of the box.
Those looking to boost their iPhone's performance on the go would be better off either opting for the Mophie Juice Pack Air or packing their charging cable with them.


text:
You Won't Find Anything Else Like Checkbook
- Nonprofit and independent
- Takes no advertising or referral fees
- Ratings and reviews by surveyed Consumers' Checkbook and Consumer Reports local subscribers
- Undercover price comparisons
- Complaint counts from local consumer agencies and attorney general offices
- Advice to help you get the best service and value
Subscribe and see 79 San Francisco Bay Area heating & air-conditioning contractorsSubscribe »
To make sure your heating and air-conditioning systems work when needed, they must be properly installed and maintained. We've rated area heating and air-conditioning services for quality and price.
Whether it's routine or an emergency, sometimes you need a good plumber. Fortunately, we've found many excellent plumbing outfits in the area, including many that not only rate best for quality work, but also are among the lowest in price.
Whatever company you choose, dealing wisely with the plumber produces better work and saves you money.
Following these rules will help reduce the seriousness and frequency of plumbing problems.
Whether or not you're ready to switch to solar, take the following steps to help you learn about your options on what to buy, whom to buy it from, and how to calculate potential benefits.
Whether you decide to buy or lease a system, there are many decisions to make, the most important of which is choice of company.
If you want to go solar but don't want to pay $25,000 or more up front for it, then leasing a solar energy system may be a better option for you than a purchase.


text:
This is an excerpt from Distance Cycling by John Hughes and Dan Kehlenbach
Effective training for a distance cycling event follows a systematic plan. We present two examples: an 8-week program and a 15-week program. Use one of the sample programs to develop your personal plan, taking into account your fitness level, calendar, and target event.
Both programs use five distinct workouts. The first four of these train the aerobic, lactic acid, and ATP-CP energy systems, and the fifth targets core strength, flexibility, and muscular strength.
For each type of workout we provide shorter and longer options following the principle of individuality. Choose the option that fits your fitness level and available time. We define workouts in terms of training time as opposed to distance. A 40-mile (65 km) ride in the hills is different from one in flat terrain, and a flat ride on a windy day is a different workout than a ride on a calm day. So, train by time.
Here are the workouts:
Whether you follow the 8- or 15-week program, choose either the shorter or longer endurance ride, depending on your current fitness and schedule, and stay with that one through the program. The long ride should not be too much of your weekly volume. Therefore, if you plan the longer endurance ride then you should also do the longer tempo, brisk, and recovery rides. If you plan the shorter endurance ride you may include longer tempo, brisk, and recovery rides in your training if you have time. You'll improve your fitness faster but don't overdo it. Because the brisk ride is harder than the tempo ride, try to have two easy days (off or active recovery) before the brisk ride, although doing so may not be possible every week.
Both programs will help prepare you for your event. The 15-week program starts with 3:00 to 5:10 of riding the first week, slightly less than the 8-week program, and builds more slowly. Both programs ramp up to the same peak week of 7:55 to 11:00 of riding before the century.
Midway through both programs we include an easier week with less riding. This recovery week allows you to recover physically and mentally from the weeks of hard work before you ramp up to the peak week. Adaptations from training occur while your body is resting: "Stress plus rest equals success." You may feel great approaching the recovery week and be tempted to skip it, but don't. Your body will thank you later.
To help you recover fully for your event, both programs include a taper during the final week of training and the week before the event. During the taper you ride enough to maintain your fitness while significantly reducing the volume so that you are fresh. Right before your big event you can't get stronger, but you can run yourself down. Don't try to make up for lost training.
Read more about Distance Cycling by John Hughes and Dan Kehlenbach.
Get the latest news, special offers, and updates on authors and products. SIGN UP NOW!
About Our Products
Book Excerpts
News and Articles
About Us
Career Opportunities
Business to Business
Author Center
HK Today Newsletter
Exam/Desk Copies
Language rights translation
Associate Program
Rights and Permissions
Certifying Organizations
Continuing Education Policies
Connect with Us
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
Safe Harbor


text:
Composr 10.1 beta18
This is an APS package of Composr. APS is a standardised package format potentially supported by multiple vendors, including Plesk. We will update this routinely when we release new versions, and update the APS catalog.
It can be manually installed into Plesk using the Application Vault interface available to administrators.


text:
O Tannenbaum and other Christmas-y things
Ahh...Christmas. The Season's upon us. Don't you just love it? Oh, probably not. Most people don't warm up to the spending season, dashing in and out of stores and malls. You can count me as one of those people. But I do try to make the most out of it. For the first time in like ages, we were able to get our Christmas tree up within the first couple of days of December. We've always been tardy on the tree thing. Now, we're enjoying the wondrous scent of pine throughout the entire house. I swear it has a calming effect on us, soothing our holiday jitters.
Andrea's put together a great advent calendar that's proven to become another much needed break from all the Christmas craziness. It's been fun finding out what's in store for us in each perfectly decorated envelope (Andrea's doing, of course). The other day, the kids made gumdrop trees and a wreath. Ava likes listening to Christmas music. (Well, she should, I've collected over 300 holiday-themed songs, enough to choke a moose.) Look at her go:
A couple of things:
I posted about this two years ago, when Nate first released it, so I would be remiss if I didn't mention it each year:
I drew this for my bro-in-law, Nate. He's Dust, the DJ and producer for Mars ILL. He and fellow Deepspace5 alum, Listener, collaborated for this uniquely different hip-hop Christmas album in 2005. Curious? Make it a hip-hop Christmas and buy it HERE. (Scroll down a bit.)
Andrea and I love creating Christmas cards. However, time sometimes catches up on us and we end up pulling all-nighters in order to get them done. Occasionally, she'll do the cards for one year, and I'll do the next, and so on. In 2002, I did the cards. Here's what we sent out:
What's great was that Andrea added her own touch to the cards, making it a true collaboration. Notice that Ava has taken the reins. That was not unintentional. Ava was 2 1/2 at that time and had pretty much taken over our world. The concept was based off a vintage (probably 1940's) Christmas card that Andrea found at a flea market. It was one of those where the entire family was photographed in a sleigh in front of a staged winter scene and the family's name was etched into a ribbon graphic near the bottom of the frame. I always thought it was funny that we never saw any of the reindeer pulling the sleigh.
The next time I did the cards wasn't until 2005. I think I've posted it before, but here it 'tis again:
The obvious inclusion being the EZ. I changed up the look for that year, changing the entire color scheme from red to green and giving everything a more stylized, "modern" look. Oh, and I had a beard. This year, I don't have the time to update this, but maybe I'll do the every three year thing and do one for next year. We'll see.
6 comments:
Thanks for reminding me, need to put up our tree! This post is making me feel very holiday-ish. Stunning drummer boy painting... too bad the artist is unknown. Would love to see more of their stuff!ReplyDelete
Excellent cards - You've inspired me to try something similar. (Tho given the timeframe, it may need to wait until next year.)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 06, 2007 9:12 PM
In a perfect world we'd be able to get the families together for a nice Christmas party. In this digital world we can connect and share our little slices of holiday heaven....ReplyDelete
I love those cards!ReplyDelete
Darnit, Ward, your family lives in this magical world of creativity!! :)ReplyDelete
Andrea's calender cards look great and Ava + gumdrops = win.
Still, your Xmas card made me finally get off my butt and make ours ;)
Hey! Thanks for the comment over on my page, Ward. I love seeing your Xmas cards back to back. It's beautiful enough to warrant reuse this year, so do it!ReplyDelete
Oh, and Andrea's advent calendar is freakin' gorgeous! So's that gumdrop tree!


text:
Felice's serves up pizza, real-world business lessons
By Akanksha Jayanthi • Journalism major, class of 2013
For Loyola students, a job at Felice's Roman Style Pizza is more than just a way to earn a few extra bucks.
It's a way to learn how to run a business.
Felice's, which celebrated its one-year anniversary in February, is operated entirely by undergraduate students—the only pizzeria in the country that can make such a claim. The restaurant is a part of Loyola Limited, an entrepreneurial company on campus that is run and managed by undergrads.
- Read more about Felice's in the Chicago Tribune's RedEye edition.
- Visit the Felice's
and Loyola Limited websites.
Asma Kadri, chief marketing officer of Loyola Limited, says the first year of Felice's was a great learning experience.
"We've done a lot of experimenting in year one: recipe development, making sure we had everything like payments squared away," says Kadri, a senior international studies and advertising and public relations double major. "Now, not only is it all squared away, but it's all going really well."
Being a student-run business has its ups and downs, Kadri says, but it also provides some bragging rights.
"It's something that we hold as a point of pride, not just for Felice's, but in general for our student-run business program," Kadri says. "In our third year of Loyola Limited being active, we've run higher business capital than any other student business in the nation."
Erin O'Neill, a junior communication studies major with minors in math and Polish studies, is one of the managers and pizza artisans at Felice's. Like Kadri, she takes pride in what they have accomplished.
"I'm really proud to tell people Felice's is the only student-run restaurant and that we're still alive after a whole year of having to figure everything out from scratch," O'Neill says.
Kadri says there is a loyal group of customers who dine at Felice's who "wholeheartedly" believe in the company. She says many of their customers are alums of the John Felice Rome Center who are looking for a slice of pizza to remind them of their days studying in Italy.
O'Neill says she often sees customers on campus and remembers their names and pizza orders because they come in so frequently.
"It says a lot for our business and how we treat our customers because people are always coming back for more," O'Neill says.
While Felice's continues to see success, Kadri says they hope to expand its reach further into the Chicago community and on campus in terms of students getting involved with Loyola Limited, which also currently manages The Flats and ChainLinks.
"Loyola Limited doesn't partner with just the business school. It's interdisciplinary," Kadri says. "We hire for attitude and train for skill."
O'Neill says that she feels like she learns something different after each shift and that the lessons she learns at work aren't confined to the restaurant.
"[Loyola Limited] wants us to understand that this isn't just a place you show up to and work and go home. There are a lot of things that can be applied from here to later on in life," she says. "It's about more than just pizza."


text:
The Nexus Compendium
|News | Heroes | Rotations Sales Predictions | Universes Events Battlegrounds | About
Week of 2020-07-14 <Heroic Deals>
← 2020-07-07 2020-07-21 → Rotation of same week
The following were on Sale for the Week of 2020-07-14:
Heroes <50% Discount>
Limited-Time Skins
The following Skin Tints were available as Limited-Time Items:
Gold Mounts
The following Mount Tints were available for purchase with Gold:
Compare the above Heroes with the Heroes Predicted for this Week.
The Heroic Deals resets every week on Tuesday, at approximately 14 PDT / 23 CEST - earlier if there's a content patch!
The Nexus Compendium ( @NexusCompendium)
is made and maintained by Emil Hansen ( @Gnub)
Heroes of the Storm is a property of Blizzard Entertainment


text: Stoecklein datebooks showcase the finest western photography capturing today's western spirit, with easy to read dates and plenty of space for notes. Datebooks are 7.5×9″ spiral bound. Features include: one week comprises a page with photo on each facing page, plenty of space on individual days for notes (a 1×9″ space), small look behind & ahead monthly calendar in upper right hand corner of each weekly page, full page look ahead calendar for the year 2018 at the back of the datebook followed by the following pages: important telephone numbers, birthdays & anniversaries and full page event note space for each month.


text: Air Italy you all over Italy at special prices and conditions.Find the convenience and freedom you are looking for flying on holiday or business with multi-leg air pass Buy&Fly up to a maximum of 5 people. The Air Italy prepaid air pass are valid for 12 months, purchasable online and can be managed through the secure area of the site with regard to reservations, tickets, changes and check of the number of flights that have already been made. The air pass booking is subject to the availability of a dedicated Economy subclass; if the dedicated subclass is not available it can be booked paying the integration in the upper class through the call center at the phone number +39 0789 52682.


text:
A pair of turquoise adult size 6 - 11 unisex socks, featuring a repeating ladybird/bettle design.
These socks are manufactured by The Tie Studio, London and made from:
80% cotton
17% polyester
3% spandex
They are machine washable and come with tag and hook.
All UK orders will be sent by First Class post or Special Delivery as required.
Overseas orders will be shipped by Airmail post or Tracked Priority courier.
All orders are protected by the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days of receiving the item(s).
All return requests must be received by us within this 14 day period, you are responsible for ensuring that the items are returned to us in the same condition that they were received.
Unless goods are faulty return postage costs are payable by the buyer.
If goods are received faulty, damaged or broken then we will do one of the following:-
1. Refund your order in full once the damaged goods have been returned to us, or
2. Send out a replacement item, request that the goods are returned to us and upon receipt a refund of the return postage will be made


text:
ATLANTA (AP) — State education officials have announced they've developed courses for a new education model geared toward helping students find potential career paths.
Officials from the Georgia Department of Education say the career clusters framework will allow students to choose one of 17 career pathways based on what they'd like to study in college. The pathways range from business management and administration to world languages and are based on a set of core curriculum and electives.
The General Assembly voted in 2011 to allow the Department of Education to implement the career pathways program. State School Superintendent John Barge says the "new career pathways will keep students engaged and on the road to graduation."
He said many students drop out of school because they can't connect classroom experiences to practical applications.


text:
COVID19 - Deliveries are guaranteed - Art can be discovered and bought online too
Online only
Both as a child and an adolescent, Delphine developed a taste for drawing and the arts (sculpture). At school she excelled in art and received many prizes for drawing, finally choosing to study for a degree in literature along with her Fine Arts studies. She began teaching drawing technique at workshops for children where she observed the creative energy of youth and began using different materials. Having wanted to establish herself as an artist for a long time, this experience led her to quit teaching to devote herself fully to her own work.…
All artworks presented by Carré d'artistes are unique, signed by the artist and come with a certificate of authenticity.


text:
We are having our kitchen extended by basically adding a 3x4 room onto the side of our existing kitchen. We will be relocating the oven from the exisiting left hand wall to the far right wall of the new extension.
The layout of the rooms leaves few options with running the gas across. The only thing I can think of is running it under the floor.
Are you allowed to do this? We are also hoping to have underfloor heating, can you get both?
Obviously we will be getting a corgi registered person to do it but I just wanted to look at our options before getting someone in for a quote.


text:
public static interface TurnBasedMultiplayer.LoadMatchResult implements Result
This interface is deprecated.
is returned directly in the
Result delivered when a turn-based match has been loaded. Possible status codes include:
STATUS_OKif data was successfully loaded and is up-to-date.
STATUS_NETWORK_ERROR_NO_DATAif the device was unable to retrieve any data from the network and has no data cached locally.
STATUS_NETWORK_ERROR_STALE_DATAif the device was unable to retrieve the latest data from the network, but has some data cached locally.
STATUS_MATCH_NOT_FOUNDif the requested match does not exist on the server.
STATUS_CLIENT_RECONNECT_REQUIREDif the client needs to reconnect to the service to access this data.
STATUS_INTERNAL_ERRORif an unexpected error occurred in the service.
Public Method Summary
|abstract TurnBasedMatch
Inherited Method Summary
From interface com.google.android.gms.common.api.Result
|abstract Status
Public Methods
public abstract TurnBasedMatch getMatch ()
- The requested
TurnBasedMatchobject. Note that this may be null, depending on the status code returned.


text:
For Release Worldwide: September 2012
Release Number: 303PR12
Caterpillar has designed and fabricated a prototype continuous hard-rock cutting system that uses a new concept in cutting technology. The patented, activated cutting head promises to revolutionize hard-rock mine development and selective mining of ore.
"We have been working on technology for continuous cutting of hard rock for some time, and we plan to begin trialing the technology in mines soon," says Dr. Ulrich Paschedag, General Manager, Underground Products, Caterpillar Global Mining. Technical details of the cutting technology are not being released yet due to ongoing development work, but Paschedag describes the technology as "similar to the success of percussive drilling as compared to conventional drilling."
Caterpillar engineers envision the new cutting technology will be used in a number of different types of hard rock mining systems. For example, a compact and versatile unit could cut and load hard rock in a continuous, automated process. Such a system would enable high-speed mine development and faster access to ore deposits. Guidance systems and automated cutting processes would ensure maximum cutting-path accuracy, and selective extraction of ore and waste would improve mine yield and cut disposal costs.
Additionally, the cutting system eliminates the need for the explosives used in conventional drill and blast work, and, as a result, simplifies logistics and reduces the number of people working at the face. The Cat® hard-rock cutting technology is designed to deliver both safety and cost benefits.
A prototype cutting head was displayed to Caterpillar customers visiting the company's Mine Site @ Night events held in conjunction with MINExpo International 2012.
# # #
Note to Editors: Caterpillar rolls-out products and services in each of its territories at different time intervals. Although every effort is made to ensure that product information is released only after Caterpillar has received confirmation from our dealer network, our plants, and our marketing subsidiaries that products and services are available in the relevant region, editors are kindly requested to verify with their local dealer for product availability and specifications.
Sharon Holling: email@example.com
Christina Schave: firstname.lastname@example.com
Europe, Africa, Middle East
Francine Shore: firstname.lastname@example.com
General Email: email@example.com
Reader Requests


text:
Missing UM Student May Have Stopped in Salmon, Idaho
NBC Montana is tracking new information that could help focus a search for a missing University of Montana student.
We learned a Salmon, Idaho, gas station worker claims he talked to 21-year-old Lucius Robbi last week.
Robbi disappeared en route from his job in Idaho to last week's fall orientation as a new student at UM. He was supposed to get to Missoula last Wednesday, but didn't show up.
Robbi's friend tells us his plan was to stop in Stanley, Idaho, then travel the 255 miles to Missoula for school.
Holly Hayes said a service station worker in Salmon, Idaho, reported seeing and talking to Robbi last Wednesday afternoon.
Hayes said the service station worker had a conversation with Robbi, and that he told him he was a student on his way to school at UM.
We called that service station, and talked to another employee, who told us she saw her co-worker talking to the young man, and watched the young man drive away.
Salmon is about 75 miles south of Darby. If the young college student passed through Darby, a surveillance camera that records Main Street hasn't shown his passage.
Darby Marshal Larry Rose has been reviewing the tapes.
"It's kind of a choke point, so he has to come through here," said Rose. "If he was driving this way he would have to come through here on our video system."
Marshal said a Subaru with two orange kayaks on top should be easy to spot. But so far, he hasn't seen anything matching that description coming through.
Hayes told us search teams have been doing an intensive search in the Stanley, Idaho, area. It was in that area where Lucius Robbi's cell phone last gave off a signal.