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Hello SISV Sidekicks!
We haven't spoken in quite some time, but I wanted to make sure you were all aware that the Third Annual SISV Murder Mysterday Dinner is coming up this Saturday! We are going to have a great dinner and a groovy good time!
Hope to see you there! Participation is highly encouraged, so call to get your groove on!
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In 2002, the City of Tucson rolled out the Blue Barrel Recycling Program that is still in operation today. After the program was launched, the amount of recyclables diverted from the landfill increased from 9% to 22% where it has remained today. Unfortunately, Tucson's contamination rate has increased from 13% to 22%.
In the past, this contamination rate was manageable, but given today's global market for recyclables, it is unacceptable. On January 1, 2018, the Chinese government adopted regulations that prohibit the import of recyclable materials with more than 0.5% (formerly 4%) contamination by volume. These restrictions have resulted in a significant shift in the recycling markets and logistical operations worldwide. This action is forcing municipalities in the U.S. and across the globe to re-evaluate their waste diversion programs and its cost effectiveness.
Tucson continues to recycle approximately 22% of the residential waste stream despite expanding the list of acceptable recyclable items and the on-going blue barrel public outreach efforts. The expansion of the program has actually resulted in significant increases in contamination.
Until the last five years, recycling revenues were strong and it made financial sense to continue with the City's Blue Barrel Recycling Program. At this time, the City's recycling program, in its current form, will incur additional expenses solely because of the change in Chinese regulations. The primary goal of the program has always been and continues to be diverting waste from our landfill, but it will now cost more to process and market the collected recyclables.
Reducing contamination is something that all of us can help with. There are a few materials that continue to be problems at the recycling facility because they cause damage to the sorting machinery and present health and safety problems to the employees. Here's what you can do:
- Review the list of recyclables.
- Download the Recycle Coach app to your smartphone. You can search the database and have more info at any time.
- If you aren't sure about something, it should probably go in the garbage bin.
- Make sure your recyclables are empty, clean, and dry.
- No plastic bags or Styrofoam™. Plastic bags of many kinds can be returned to the grocery store.
- No food waste
- No yard waste
- No pet or human waste (nobody really thinks this is recyclable)
- No clothing or home textiles
If you really want to recycle something or feel that it should be recyclable, visit the Tucson Clean & Beautiful Recycling Directory. TCB updates the info regularly and if it's recyclable in Tucson, this will tell you where it goes.
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Mary J. Blige to anchor TV holiday special
Thanksgiving isn't just for stuffing your face with turkey, watching Charlie Brown on TV and then splurging on electronics at Black Friday sales.
The holiday also launches the season of TV holiday specials anchored by musicians.
Lady Gaga will sing alongside the Muppets for a sure-to-be bombastic Thanksgiving night special, and in December, Kelly Clarkson and Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles will host holiday specials of their own.
But viewers wanting a bit more soul in their season can opt for Mary J. Blige's special, scheduled for Thanksgiving night on Sean "Diddy" Combs' recently launched Revolt network.
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Hosted by Queen Latifah, "A Mary Christmas" is tied to Blige's recent album of the same name.
The one-hour special features Blige's spin on holiday classics including "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." Tyrese and legendary producer David Foster -- he helmed Blige's holiday album -- will also appear.
"A Mary Christmas" airs Thursday at 8 p.m. EST.
Check out a preview of the special below:
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Friends of Littleborough Stations
The Friends of Littleborough Stations (FoLS) meets quarterly at The History Centre accessed via the Leeds platform at Littleborough Station. See the Meetings page on our website for meeting dates.
FoLS members also meet up at regular intervals to undertake works to both Littleborough and Smithy Bridge Stations, as well as participating in the train company's annual Santa Specia to/from Manchester Victoria


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A top tier tier US firm is seeking a junior associate to join their expanding derivatives practice.
The successful candidate will be between NQ and 4 years' PQE from an excellent academic background with equity derivatives experience from a leading firm with a strong reputation for derivatives. The experience gained will be ideally from private practice, but those from in-house backgrounds will also be considered.
The role will require familiarity with ISDA definitions and documentation, in particular with equity derivatives, and the ability to draft the relevant opportunities derivatives documentation. They will also have knowledge of regulations affecting the derivatives market, such as EMIR and MiFID II.
Excellent remuneration on offer.
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Barn Luck
Meta Group was an integral part of launching the Barn Luck Brand. Barn Luck is a Fort Myers based company that locates rare motorcycles and restores them with discerning technique and advanced technology to provide the ultimate in style and performance. All while staying true to the bike's vintage soul. The result is a motorcycle that's faithful to it's origin where it should be, and superior in capabilities where it needs to be. To learn more about Barn Luck, visit www.barnluck.com.


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The injured driver of the Spanish train that derailed at high speed, killing 80 people and injuring dozens more , has been released from hospital but is still being held in a police station as authorities increasingly focus on his culpability.
Francisco Jose Garzon Amo is due to appear before a judge by Sunday evening where he will be asked to give his explanation for Spain's deadliest train crash in decades.
The country's railway agency claims it was his responsibility to brake before going into the high-risk curve where the train careered off the rails and smashed into a wall.
It is still not clear whether the brakes failed or were never used, and Garzon has remained silent so far.
"There is rational evidence to lead us to think that the driver could have eventual responsibility," interior minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz told reporters at the crash site near the Catholic pilgrimage town of Santiago de Compostela.
He said Garzon is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide. Authorities had previously said he was detained on suspicion of recklessness.
Speaking later at the police station, the minister also said that if Garzon were to choose to give a statement to the police before testifying in front of a judge, his lawyer would be called.
So far the driver has used his constitutional right to remain silent, "although he may change his mind on that", Mr Fernandez Diaz said.
The wreckage still remained near the site yesterday as passenger trains passed by.
Black ribbons of mourning dotted the Santiago de Compostela and flags flew at half-mast. Makeshift shrines drew mourners to the city's cathedral.
Garzon had been expected to give a preliminary statement to judicial police as early as Thursday, but that process was delayed, reportedly due to health reasons. Earlier on Saturday, the justice department said Garzon's first appearance before a judge had been postponed until Sunday.
A blood-soaked Garzon was photographed after the Wednesday crash being escorted away from the wreckage, at first by civilians who had hurried to the scene of the accident and then by police, but it is not clear what his medical status is.
Unconfirmed media reports said that Garzon had injured ribs.
The train's eight passenger carriages packed with 218 passengers blazed far over the speed limit into a curve and violently tipped over. Diesel fuel sent flames coursing through some cabins.
Investigators are examining recording devices from the train but have not officially said how fast it was going when it derailed.
An American passenger, Stephen Ward, said he was watching the train's speed on a display screen in the carriage - and it indicated it was going 194kph (121mph), more than double the 80kph speed limit.
The president of Adif, the Spanish rail agency, said that the driver should have started slowing the train four kilometres (2.5 miles) before the dangerous bend. He said signs clearly marked this point when the driver must begin to slow.
Normally, police take a first statement that is then examined by an investigating judge who must then take testimony within 72 hours of the arrest.
Although that initial court hearing would be closed, it would give hints about the status of the investigation. The judge would decide whether to jail the driver as an official suspect, release him on bail, or release him without charges. If a judge finds sufficient evidence for a criminal trial, the suspect will be charged and a trial date set.


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To make up for some shaky technical issues lately — and to test our new equipment — we proudly present this spoiler-filled review of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
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Two Factor Authentication is now available on BeyondUnreal Forums. To configure it, visit your Profile and look for the "Two Step Verification" option on the left side. We can send codes via email (may be slower) or you can set up any TOTP Authenticator app on your phone (Authy, Google Authenticator, etc) to deliver codes. It is highly recommended that you configure this to keep your account safe.
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Sunday, July 20
Patterson Park
In partnership with the Organization for Autism Research.
The Organization for Autism Research is proud to present this 5k & 10k run within the limits of Patterson Park, located in Baltimore, MD. The race has a slight challenging hill to begin the races. Run past the pond, pool, and athletic fields as you travel around Patterson Park.
Now offering a virtual run option for those who cannot make it on race day. You will receive a medal and have an option to buy an event shirt as well.
Race Start Times
10k – 8am
5k – 9am
Registration Fees
5k – $25, until June 30 ($30)
10k – $40, until June 30 ($45)
T-shirts guaranteed to runners registered before July 8. We will order extra t-shirts for those who register after that date, but it is on a first-come first-served basis.
Course maps can now be found at:
Packet Pickup
Packet Pickup will be at Road Runner Sports on Saturday, July 19th from 12-2pm. Road Runner Sports is located at 6630-C Marie Curie Drive, Elkridge, MD, 21075. Athletes are expected to pick up their packet at Road Runner Sports. If you cannot make it, let Travis Bishop know at firstname.lastname@example.com and we can easily arrange for you to pick up your packet on race morning.
Race Day Registration
There will be race day registration. Participants will need to arrive 45 minutes before their race to get registered for the event. T-shirts sizes can not be guaranteed for race day registers. CASH OR CHECK ONLY (checks made out to Bishop's Events).
Directions to Parking
Parking is along the streets around Patterson Park. The race begins in the middle of the park at Pavilion 1.
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Introducing our newest preferred service partner and seamless software integration, Focus Next Steps — the leading automated contact card scanning software created by the Kingdom-minded team at 52projects.
Church Community Builder is here to help you manage people, but you don't always receive information about those people through an electronic form on your website. Entering contact cards manually is tedious, takes time away from ministry, and can sometimes result in errors. To help solve this, we've joined forces with Focus Next Steps' card-scanning automation — and the results are fantastic! It takes less than one-tenth the time to enter in a batch of contact cards, and state-of-the-art scanning technology means your data is error-free 99.8% of the time.
Focus Next Steps is fast, flexible, and accurate in three automated steps:
- Next Steps automatically reads batches of your contact cards.
- It adds new individuals, matches existing people, updates addresses and communication values, and even adds people to Process Queues from checked items on each card.
- All of the people and contacts are added or updated directly to your Church Community Builder site, so your data is completely secure. The goal of Focus Next Steps is to enable you to have data integrity people, not data entry people.
We believe your church will see the value we saw when we chose to integrate with the talented team at 52projects. They'll even let you run your first 50 cards free to see for yourself how much time you'll get back each week. Visit Focus Next Steps online to learn more and sign up.


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The latest round of the UN climate negotiations opened on this balmy spring morning in the beach-side city of Durban, South Africa with strong affirmations of the urgent need to address climate change.
In a series of powerful statements at the opening "plenary" at the conference of nearly 200 countries and almost 20,000 delegates, speakers expressed need for quick and effective action on climate change, concern for their countries' ability to adapt to climate change, and hope for what the next two weeks in Durban could accomplish.
Last year's president of the conference, host country Mexico's Patricia Espinosa, highlighted the successes of the 2010 negotiations in Cancun but cautioned "there is still certainly more to do." Then the conference presidency was turned over to South Africa's Minister of International Relations, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, who said "countries must find a common solution to secure the future for generations to come."
Two speakers from African nations told of the severe consequences climate change was bringing to their home countries, and said Africa must play a significant role in these negotiations. UN Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres received loud applause when she opened her speech with a Zulu welcome; and South Africa's President Zuma, concluded the session, thanking the UN for its confidence in Africa's hosting the conference, and declaring climate change as not just an environmental challenge, but a holistic development challenge.
Jennifer Haverkamp, EDF's international climate program director said in a statement at the opening of the conference that "the world can't just "sit back and do nothing.
We need to build on the efforts of individual countries and regions so that every nation does their part to reduce the emissions that are harming our way of life.
Environmental Defense Fund is urging the climate conference to move forward in four key areas:
- A negotiating work plan with concrete goals for the next two years and a clear path toward a comprehensive, binding agreement.
- Agreements on financing arrangements for the Green Climate Fund, which will be dedicated to helping developing countries address and adapt to climate change.
- Positive signals to the carbon market that there's life after Durban, encouraging more countries to follow Europe, New Zealand, and most recently Australia's lead in setting a domestic carbon price.
- Accounting rules for measuring emissions from land-use change and forestry that accurately determine whether countries have reduced their emissions and met their obligations.
Read more in our statement and comprehensive blog post on Durban expectations: Durban UN climate talks could see modest, incremental progress; What to watch at COP-17.


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Listen To The King
At the end of the year....
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Link to: ANTICHRIST MAGAZINE
…the KING want's to thank you.
It was a wonderful and very special year for us.
We've made so many new friends.
We've played many of shows.
Your support and response was so overwhelming and therefore the KING and we want to thank you.
For the upcoming X-Mas holidays HAMMER KING was chosen as one of the 100 best Heavy Metal albums in 2015.
To be more precise, with place number 48, "Kingdom Of The Hammer King" is one of the best out of 50!
Thererfore we offer you a special deal:
Use the coupon code "KINGMAS" in our online store for 20% discount on our album (CD only).
The campaign ends on January 15th in 2016.
Link to: Listen To The King on Youtube.com
What else to say…..?
We're working hard on the KING's second album and have nearly finished the preproduction.
The studio is booked and we're looking forward to a release date in late 2016.
There is more Truth, more King and more Hammer to comme!
Have some hammerous holidays and let's meet in 2016.


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Rexe Roofing Products Ltd, an acronym for Reliable, Excellent, Experienced & Elegant is a fully owned local company registered in Kenya. We provide customised roofing and waterproofing solutions to meet your specific need with a personalised touch for each project we undertake in Kenya and Eastern Africa.
We take pride in providing excellent workmanship backed by written guarantees giving you much needed peace of mind. We improve your living standards by availing a variety of roofing and waterproofing solutions at a reasonable cost using our quality guaranteed products and workmanship executed through our trained technicians creating much needed employment especially for the semi-skilled.
Our entrance in the industry in the year 2011, ended the monopoly of supply and installation of roofing shingles by a particular supplier and as a result, the prices of roofing materials came down substantially because the "take it or leave it attitude" by that company was no longer tenable. Despite many challenges, Rexe Roofing Products Ltd is growing in reaps and bounds.The company was awarded the most innovative products award in 2014 and is now registered with the Kenya Chamber of Commerce, National Construction Authority, among other relevant bodies.
Our deep rooted value has been and always will be: being true and keeping our word to our clients who are the pillars of Rexe Roofing Products Ltd. Over the last few years we have completed over 250,000 square meters of both commercial and residential projects and are therefore confident in our capacity to efficiently and effectively undertake all your projects.
Your project is our pride, we promise to make it as elegant as others we have done for such as: The Hub Karen shopping mall, Brookhouse School Runda Mt. Kenya Wildlife Estate, Aberdare Spa and Lodges among others.
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Brisket is commonly used to make corned beef, but I find that it lends itself well to other preparations. And once it's in the oven, you can forget about it for hours—it's that easy to prepare. This brisket with a south-of-the-border kick is one of my very favorites. The meat actually tastes better to me when it sits overnight so all the flavors have more time to marry. It will hold well for a few days. While good reheated the next day, the meat served cold in a sandwich is a delicious alternative to leftovers.
I serve the brisket alone or alongside a grilled steak, as it emphasizes steak's meaty flavor.
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- Serves 4 to 6
- 1 star anise
- 1 teaspoon fennel seed
- 12 pasilla chiles, seeded
- 4 pounds beef brisket, trimmed of excess fat and silver skin
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 cups boiling water
- 1/4 cup sherry vinegar
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 medium onion, cut into fine dice
- 3 ripe tomatoes, grated on the largest holes of a box grater, or 1 (14-ounce) can canned crushed tomatoes with juice
- 2 cups chicken stock
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a small skillet over a medium heat, toast the star anise and fennel seed. Move the pan across the heat, letting the spices gently roll inside. Do that for about 3 to 4 minutes or until you begin to smell the toasting spices. Transfer into a spice mill or a coffee grinder. Add 5 of the chiles and grind until finely ground. Season the brisket with salt and pepper, rub with the spice blend, cover, and refrigerate while continuing with the recipe.
- Put the remaining 7 chiles in a bowl and cover with the boiling water. Set aside and let soak until the chiles have softened, about 30 minutes. When soft, reserve the chiles and 1 cup of the reconstituting water. Discard the rest of the water. In a blender, liquefy the chiles, the 1 cup reserved soaking water, and the sherry vinegar. Set aside.
- In a large Dutch oven, heat the olive oil over high heat and sear the brisket in the hot oil on all sides until well browned, about 5 minutes per side. Remove the brisket from the pan and set aside. Add the onions to the pan and sauté until they become translucent, about 3 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, stock, and chile mixture and bring to a boil. Remove the pan from the heat, add the brisket, cover, and braise in the oven until fork tender, 3 1/2 to 4 hours, skimming occasionally to remove excess fat.
- When done, slice and serve hot with the braising liquid alongside.
- To Drink
- The hot climate of southern Oregon produces one of my very favorite Spanish varietals, Tempranillo, which loves meat braised with tomatoes, ground chiles, and spices. The black-fruit flavors of this grape and the tannins stand up well to the braised beef. Two Oregon wineries, Abacela and Dominio IV, produce fine examples of this grape varietal. A companion choice would be a French Rhône wine from Chapoutier: Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Saint Joseph, or Crozes-Hermitage. These wines have spice, smoke, and lingering tannins that speak to all the flavors of the brisket. —K.P.
Reprinted with permission from The Paleys Place Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from the Pacific Northwest by Vitaly Paley and Kimberly Paley. © 2008 Ten Speed Press.


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Previously called "Max", now "Mango" this dog was crying in his kennel every day and night in an over crowded, under funded South African shelter. Then he hit the jack pot and got adopted!
Now he's part of a family that includes 1 human, 2 cats and lots of love. Thanks Sidewalk Specials for your awesome work with dogs.


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Screen siren Marilyn Monroe has been named the most attractive curvy celebrity of all time by a study.
The Hollywood actress beat modern beauties such as Kelly Brook, Christina Hendricks and Kim Kardashian, and topped the poll over 50 years after her death with 4 out of 10 voting for her.
Monroe was joined in the top five by actresses Raquel (Rakel) Welch, Sophia Loren and Jayne Mans-field. Brook, 33, is the only current celebrity to make the top 5.


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This week work commences on Albert-Eden Local Board's flagship project, the splash-pad at Potters Park.
Project lead and board chair Peter Haynes says he can't wait to bring his own two year-old son down to play amidst the fountains, showers and sprays, and to hear the squeals of delight as he and the other local kiddies make the splash-pad their own.
"This will be the first real splash-pad in the city. It underscores the Boards' priority to improve access to and enhance our parks," says Dr Haynes.
"We have less open space per capita than any local board, very little budget and increasing intensification slated for the future, so a facility like this is ideal. With no pooled water and a special surface on the pad, it is safe; it costs much less than a swimming pool to install, operate and maintain; and it is good use of precious space."
"Sited at the intersection of two major arterial roads in the centre of the Board's area, it is ideally located," he continued.
The project should be finished before the end of November. Children wishing to watch the digger at work from the playground should visit the park in the week beginning 9 September.


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So I found these 2 quizzes on 2 different blogs. Kingsjoy had the Matrix quiz and the Middle Eath was on Deep Soil.
You are Morpheus, from "The Matrix." You
have strong faith in yourself and those around
you. A true leader, you are relentless in your
What Matrix Persona Are You?
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Windows Games Minesweeper Windows 7: Software Free Download
Windows Games Minesweeper, Solitaire, Freecell, etc. Updated 0. 42. 62. Computer Hope. Minesweeper. Note Minesweeper is not included with Windows 8 and Windows 1. Vmrc Plugin Installer Plugin there. Get help, support, and tutorials for Windows productsWindows 10, Windows 8. Windows 7, and Windows 10 Mobile. Windows 7 Games For Windows 10 8 Free program that restores the Windows 7 games package for Windows 108. Read more Why Microsoft Announced Windows 10 Is The Last Version Of Windows The full list is as follows If you have Windows 7 Home Premium. Inkball game download for Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP including Windows 10, Windows 8. Vista for Inkball download. Secret_Solitaire_Menus.png' alt='Windows Games Minesweeper Windows 7: Software Free Download' title='Windows Games Minesweeper Windows 7: Software Free Download' />Deal yourself in Whatever your favourite card game HOYLE puts you right in the middle of the action Play against a cast of animated characters or play against. Windows 7 also ships with inbuilt games like Free Cell, Minesweeper, Mahjong Titans, Solitaire etc. You might not play these games and want to completely. Click start, and type minesweeper If you dont find it, type Turn Windows Features on or off You can put a check in Games that you want. Apply, and you may have to. To install Minesweeper in Windows 8 and Windows 1. Microsoft Store icon on the Windows Start Screen or Start Menu and search for Minesweeper. Windows Minesweeper is a software game that has been included with all versions of Microsoft Windows up through Windows. The picture to the right is an example of how Minesweeper looked in Windows XP and what Minesweeper looked like in early versions of Windows. The object of the game is to locate each of the mines and safely mark the mines with a flag by clicking on the box you believe to be a bomb with your right mouse button. To help you with discovering where the bombs are located numbers are placed in squares next to where a bomb is located. For example, if a square has a number 2, it indicates that two bombs are found on one of the sides or corners of that square. Once all bombs have been marked and all other squares have been cleared the player wins the game. If a bomb is selected and not marked it explodes and the player loses the game. In the picture below is an example of the Minesweeper app running in Windows 8. In this picture you can get a better understanding of the numbers and where the bombs may be placed in a game. Solitaire. Note Solitaire is not included with Windows 8 and Windows 1. To install Solitaire in Windows 8 and Windows 1. Microsoft Store icon on the Windows Start Screen or Start Menu and search for Solitaire. Windows Solitaire is just like the classic real life card game. The object of the game is to go through a deck of cards and arrange the randomized cards in order and by suit, starting each suit with the Ace card and going all the way up to the King. The game starts with seven stacks of cards, with the first stack having one card, the second stack having two cards, and so on. Only the top card is showing in each stack. The remaining cards are placed in the top left corner of the screen in a single stack, facing down. When arranging the cards in the seven stacks and using the cards in the top left, the cards must be arranged in opposite color order. For example, a red six only work on a black seven. If the player has any card showing on the seven stacks that can be placed on another card, that card can be moved to another stack and the card under it can be turned over. If an Ace is found it can be placed in one of the top 4 blank spots to begin creating a stack of all the same suites. If while playing one of the seven stacks is emptied a King and any of the cards below the king can be moved to the location of the empty stack. If no cards can be placed, one card is drawn from the top left deck until a match can be found. If all cards are drawn from the top left the cards are turned over and gone through again. Finally, if no matches can be found after going through the top left deck or in any of the seven stacks you lose the game. If youre able to complete all four stacks of cards in the same suites you win the game. Tip Double clicking on a card will move it into its place without having to drag the card. Tip If you believe you can complete the game with the cards showing right click to finish the game without having to drag and drop all of the remaining of the cards. Related pages. Free. Cell. Note Free. Cell is not included with Windows 8 and Windows 1. To install Free. Cell in Windows 8 and Windows 1. 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In late January, my grandmother sent me an iMessage from the mountains of western Montana. "Taj Mahal Chicken," she wrote, out of the blue. A few minutes later: "It won't send. I'll keep trying." The photo arrived half an hour later, a yellow-lit pile of saucy bones sprinkled with a confetti of green herbs on one of her floral kitchen plates. I texted her back a photo of the carrot cake I was sharing with her daughter—my mother—in Portland, Oregon. My mother did not think anything of me pausing, fork in one hand and iPhone in the other, to document our dessert. She had already Instagrammed it herself. Her caption was "Interlude."
The word "interlude" connotes both a pause in time—a void—and an event in itself, as in a show performed during theater intermission. My mother meant an interlude in our afternoon, a pause for cake. But there was also an interlude in our eating. A pause for a photo, then a pause to share it. This pause is an act in itself. Like many rituals, it is strange, until—after enough exposure—it is not.
I have a college friend who thinks there are only two types of mothers: those who buy their children Lunchables, and those who do not. She is the proud spawn of a Lunchable mother, and she does not mean this as a value judgment. I am not. My parents both grew up rurally, eating hand-kneaded bread and garden vegetables marked by that sweet, rusty taste of soil. On soggy elementary school field trips around Oregon, I would often find myself on sweating plastic school bus seats next to a Lunchable girl. After a glance at the jam-soaked wheat bread of my PB+J, she might take pity, quietly handing me a shining square of pre-cut cheese or a few M+Ms. Afterword, she would pull out a glittering, candy-bar-like iPod mini and her headphone splitter so we could bop our heads in unison.
I envied the other girls' literacy with pop culture and PG-13 humor as much as I envied their food in its bright, crinkly packages.
There is a particular, familiar shame that comes with being a tween, and I won't pretend like mine was unique. For fourteen years, I attended an "independent coeducational private school," which means I was enrolled in a bubble of skewed socioeconomic privilege. I went to slumber parties in the sprawling suburban basements of friends who would one day transfer to all-girl Catholic high schools. We drank flavored water while reading the jokes printed on the sides of the miniature plastic bottles, and we ate microwaved Hot Pockets while playing X-Box on the sprawling leather sectionals.
I envied the other girls' literacy with pop culture and PG-13 humor as much as I envied their food in its bright, crinkly packages. I remember returning home from these sleepovers and coercing my younger sister, Annika, to double-team my parents at their most vulnerable: when they were getting ready to leave us with a babysitter for a night out, when we were stalled in zippers of red-lighted traffic. We wanted MTV. We wanted pink Gameboys. We wanted CapriSuns.
Recently, talking to my mother about the red-cheeked tenor of this pre-adolescence, she said I had it wrong. "I don't think you guys complained," she said. She didn't sound defensive, just matter of fact. "I didn't know you missed those things."
I wonder if she was right. Every night, my family would tell stories around the kitchen table. Afterwards, Annika and I staged musicals and learned multiplication tables and gave our dolls mullets. Before bed, we read with our parents, often from my favorite young adult genre, "orphans in Britain." On the weekends we decorated cookies, played rec soccer games, and attended art classes where we pinched red clay into misshapen vessels that my parents treasured, until, one day, they did not. We were, in other words, lucky.
During those years—the high single digits of my life—my father worked at a software company, and my mother was an editor for a local Pacific Northwest guidebook. When she was reviewing restaurants, we got to eat out for free. But there was a premium on cooking and eating together at home, because it brought us together in the kitchen. Once, during a weekend away at the coast with friends, we covered a roasting chicken in clay. After pulling it from the oven, we painted the earthenware bird until the rainbow brushstrokes blurred to a rash of lavender.
There was also a quiet de-emphasis on technology, because small screens were, by nature, isolating. My father was clear: video games were bad, but handheld gamers were worse. My sister and I were each slotted a sliding window of daily "technology time" to watch Arthur on PBS, or, later, to choose wallpaper for the door-less rooms where we let our Sims procreate and die.
And then, sometimes—on public transportation, or in a dentist office waiting room—we would borrow our parents' Nokia brick cell phones to play Snake. Like Eve, the serpent transfixed me. I became the snake. I binged on apples. I lengthened my pixelated body until, within minutes, over-consumption killed me.
When I was in middle school, my mother received an email invitation to be traded on the ABC reality television show Wife Swap. None of us knew what the show was. I realize, perhaps, this was part of why they had selected us. I believe they offered to pay us $10,000, a sum that my sister and I thought would pay for a great family vacation to somewhere fantastically exotic, like Fiji, or Nantucket. My mother barely remembers the incident now, a telling barometer for how little consideration she gave their offer.
At this time, my parents had left their other jobs and gone into business together, he managing code and she managing words for an online food community and recipe database they created. This involved convincing cookbook publishers that digital was the way of the future, still a hard sell in the early 2000s. But things were changing, and my hometown was ground zero. Farmers markets were sprouting up in clusters. In 2002, the USDA released national standards for organic products, mainstreaming the movement. Whole Foods Market hit Seattle in 2003, reaching Portland soon after. In 2007, the New Oxford American Dictionary dubbed 'locavore' the word of the year. People were sick of Red Delicious and hungry for new, old cultivars of local apples.
Simultaneously, this stripe of America was falling for Apple. On February 23, 2006, the iTunes Music Store sold its billionth song, and, in September of that year, changed its name to the iTunes Store when it began selling videos. Eventually, my parents' website found an audience that cared about where food came from, and wanted to read about it on laptops and email recipes to friends.
Meanwhile, I got a cell phone to make carpooling easier. It was a slippery slope. When I stealthily created an AIM account—snoopy4eva666, the key to talking with the sweaty-palmed thirteen-year old boys I went to school with—my parents let it slide. Soon after, I got a MySpace, and my father helped me find the HTML code to eliminate the hierarchical "Top 8" on my profile. My parents' culinary Twitter started getting thousands of followers. Suddenly, we seemed progressive.
I was a member of one of the first freshman classes required to have laptops at my high school. My sister and I spent long afternoons posing in front of the built-in camera, simultaneously a fun-house mirror and a fashion shoot. When my parents called us down to dinner, we would take our places around a kitchen table pushed against the wall: Annika and I on one side, my mother at the head, and my father on the far side, next to a camera tripod and flash lighting screens.
We took turns taking photos beneath the tripod, putting the fork on and taking it off, playing with the various shadows from the screens that hulked above us.
Finding photographs to accompany the recipes on my parents' website was "a good challenge," and in these years, our kitchen—black-and-white checkerboard linoleum, walls the color of raw steak, a string of chili-pepper lights around the window—became the laboratory. A publisher had sent my parents a book of professional food photography tips, suggesting we use hairspray to shine up raw fruit and vegetables, and mashed potatoes as a substitute for ice cream. We gawked, silently vowing to stay amateur. Annika, always fated for the art school that later accepted her, picked the appropriate ceramic dishware and tablecloth. Matte glazes often photographed best. Green salads looked good on white, burnt red, or royal blue plates.
I do not know when our preparation became a game. Each meal was a new chance to win—one plate per person, each person his or her own server. We took turns taking photos beneath the tripod, putting the fork on and taking it off, playing with the various shadows from the screens that hulked above us. My father had an eye for drizzling sauces. My mother had a talent for getting clean slices of things with layers: lasagna, casseroles, cakes. My sister won most other meals. I either played half-heartedly or lost so many times that I tell myself that for my dignity's sake.
Around this time, in June of 2007—the year after Michael Pollan released <target="new">The Omnivore's Dilemma, alerting this niche streak of America to the crisis of culinary options—Steve Jobs released the iPhone. My father frequently went to the I-OS developer conference in California ("To collect the commemorative t-shirts!"), and he may have been at this one, I don't remember. I do know, however, that a small, white box appeared in our house soon after.
When humans harnessed fire, we began to grill. When we hammered pots, we cooked with water. When we mastered micronutrients, we leavened bread, and we brewed beer. Sooner or later, all human invention reaches the table. "Cooking is not a single process but, rather, comprises a small set of technologies," writes Pollan in the preface to <target="new">Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation. "They changed us first as a species, and then at the level of the group, the family, the individual."
We have a tendency to treat these iPhone photos like their porcelain-plated subjects, dishing the images out before they lose their heat.
When did our culture become obsessed with recording our meals? I don't know, but I imagine it came with the ability to instantly share them. We have a tendency to treat these iPhone photos like their porcelain-plated subjects, dishing the images out before they lose their heat. Sometimes we save them for ourselves—the equivalent of takeout, microwaved leftovers—but more often we take them for the people we wish to instantly share them with.
The summer before college, I visited a roadside taco stand in Los Angeles with a disposable camera and a far less-disposable boy, photographing our lunch in an attempt to memorialize it. When I picked up the roll of developed prints a few weeks later, I found a grinning red-eyed bride and groom superimposed on my carnitas burrito. The man behind the film counter was abstractly apologetic. His shrug said: It happens. Who cares. What would you do with a burrito photo anyway?
We don't ask such questions with our iPhone meal photos, because the stakes are so low. We take photos of stupid shit (?) all the time. And we rarely question the iPhone as utensil. I have internalized it, and I am—almost—at home with its place at the table.
Pollan writes that the average American now spends only twenty-seven minutes a day preparing food, and yet we spend more time than ever talking about it, observing it on television, and interacting with it two-dimensionally. In late 2013, the Journal of Consumer Psychology published an article about the effects of viewing food photography before eating it. The subtitle says it all: "Evaluating foods decreases enjoyment of similar foods."
I can buy this, sort of. But I'm not convinced that this is what drives our cultural binge on culinary Pinterest and food-porn Instagram. These photos strip food of sensuality—taste, smell, nutrition, texture—but they bring us some satiation. We have a hunger, and it is more than belly-deep.
My great-grandfather recently friend-requested me from his senior citizen home in Montana. Or, rather, he sent a Facebook reminder—something I did not know that you could do—about a first request, which I realize I had ignored for around a year. His cover photo is solid black. His profile picture is a deer-in-the-headlights selfie that decapitates him just below his white collar and pink tie. His daughter, my grandmother, is one of our two friends in common. She is a "liker." I am ignoring the request, which makes me either overly cruel or overly sentimental. To deny it is to confess that I have 1,128 friends who can see my new profile picture but that he will not be one of them. But to accept it is to concede that no relationship is too sacred, too fossilized in tradition to be digitalized. I am procrastinating. I am "sitting on it." I am lost.
Two winters ago, three generations of my mother's family gathered together for dark beer and crusty pizza in a Missoula tavern. Afterwards, walking into the frozen dark of the parking lot, my great-grandfather told me it was a matter of time before my parents stopped sleeping together or stopped working together. He slipped twenty dollars in my pocket and told me that he might never see me again but I should either marry a Jewish boy or get into the tech business. Like his Facebook friend request, I tried not to think too much about this.
At the time, I was in love with a Jew-ish boy, a boy who could almost code and could almost cook. When he had flown to meet my family in Oregon, he brought little glass bottles of artisan olive oil and syrupy vinegar reductions as presents. That year, we had celebrated my birthday in a trendy, dusky New York paella restaurant. "People used to join together before a meal to say grace," he said, as we each raised our phones above the steaming cast-iron pan. "Now we pause for the sacred silence of iPhone photos." The meal was delicious, and I remember it well: mussels foggy with heat, jutting out like rocks from the Arborio rice and chorizo. Or I don't remember this, and I am recalling only the image I had texted to my parents.
I have records of the pastas and the pastries that we shared and not even the hands of the person I had shared them with.
On that birthday night, I thought of the iPhone photo as a culinary postcard, a virtual wish-you-were-here to the family I once shared my birthdays with. When I see people doing the same thing in restaurants, I try to forgive them. I think of my father, whistling as he adjusts the camera flash screen at our kitchen table. I think of my grandmother, thousands of miles away, photographing drumsticks of her Taj Mahal Chicken against a soundtrack of televised Jeopardy.
Rediscovering the paella photo, I consider all this. But I also think of the boy I was with, which makes me realize that I was consistently too shy to turn the glassy eye of the lens up to him. I have records of the pastas and the pastries that we shared and not even the hands of the person I had shared them with.
Over the last few years, my parents have worked to redesign cookbooks as iPhone and iPad apps. These are beautiful pocket-sized alternatives to the heavy paper forefathers, and they have all the bells and whistles we might expect: recipe timers, automated shopping lists, tutorial videos, an option for digitally dog-earring favorites. Swiping through the clean interfaces, I am often struck with envy. My mother and father have—perhaps—aged gracefully into technology. They consume and they produce. They receive jar-filled holiday gift-baskets from New York cookbook publishers who are, finally, grateful to be digitalized. At home, they cook with a combination of grease-stained books and recipes on the iPad, which now sits on a music stand next to the toaster. My mother jokes about the need to invent a "kitchen condom" for our cooking tech, a plastic sleeve to shield the screen from floured fingers and sticky hands.
Sometimes I think about that hour of daily "screen time" from my childhood, wondering how we would interpret it today. Now, when my sister and I return home to visit our parents, we often spend our evenings all together. Some nights we grill pizzas in the backyard, but some nights we just sit around the fire, toe-to-toe on the couches, typing behind four glowing laptops. When we are apart, we contribute photos of hikes and haircuts and habaneros to a communal "Photo Stream" that my father has organized across our phones.
Recently, my parents downloaded Snapchat. They are amused by the multi-second updates that my sister and I sometimes send, but it is not a reciprocal game. I have received only one Snapchat from them, and it was a blurry photograph of my father, his eyebrows raised and my mother's finger-scrawled announcement in red pixels below his neck: "Dad needs a snack." I remember watching the image for six seconds—his half smile, our kitchen windows, gray Oregon sky—and then, quietly, the screen went black. I don't know what my father ate afterward. The interlude had passed.


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Suddenly, I feel all apathetic and stuff.
- Posted by Paul Gowder on October 28th, 2008 filed in political science, the rationality and cost of voting
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From the Society for Political Methodology working paper series:
What is the probability your vote will make a difference?
Gelman, Andrew, Silver, Nate, Edlin, Aaron
Submitted: 2008-10-27
Abstract: One of the motivations for voting is that one vote can make a difference. In a presidential election, the probability that your vote is decisive is equal to the probability your state is necessary for an electoral college win, times the probability the vote in your state is tied in that event. We compute these probabilities for each state in the 2008 presidential election, using state-by-state election forecasts based on the latest polls. The states where a single vote is most likely to matter are New Mexico, Virginia, New Hampshire, and Colorado, where your vote has an approximate 1 in 10 million chance of determining the national election outcome. On average, a voter in America has a 1 in 60 million chance of being decisive in the presidential election.
(Debate ensues on polmeth list, mainly about whether these numbers go up because of network effects — though I don't see how they could do so across the board, rather than for particularly well-connected voters, given that other voters have networks too.)
For purposes of comparison, the two California lottery games that have multi-million dollar prizes carry odds of 1 in 175,711,536 ("Mega Millions") and 1 in 41,416,353 ("Super Lotto Plus").
5 Responses to "Suddenly, I feel all apathetic and stuff."
Your Vote is Worthless… Or is It? « Aaron Weingott Says:
October 28th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
[...] 29, 2008 at 4:32 pm (Uncategorized) Uncommon Priors discusses an article which demonstrates the small likelihood that any one person's vote in [...]
Kenny Says:
October 29th, 2008 at 9:07 am
It seems to me that this means that any theory according to which voting is not a waste of time could not be based on affecting the outcome. This is why I think the 'wasted vote' argument against voting for third-party/independent candidates is silly: it's not like your vote for a major party candidate makes a difference either. The way I see it, voting is about collecting statistics, and it is in all of our best interest that the statistics be accurate, so we should all vote for the candidate we think best, regardless of chances of winning.
Paul Gowder Says:
October 29th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
The problem with that comes in cases like Florida in 2000. It seems to me that in such a situation, an individual Nader voter isn't blamable, but the group of Nader voters were blamable. Perhaps one is blamable for wasting one's vote only when one could expect that others would do likewise?
Kenny Says:
October 29th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Well, I don't think they're 'blamable', but I'm a deontologist. I agree that from a consequentialist perspective you would have to say that they are blamable. (And boy is there a lot of crap to blame them for!)
At the same time, a lot of people think the two party system is bad, and vote for (bad) major party candidates anyway. The group of people who do that are blamable (under consequentialist assumptions) for the two-party system in the same way the Nader voters in Florida are blamable in the above case. It's hard to say how many of these people there are, but I think that if everyone voted for the candidate they thought best regardless of 'viability' we would see enough 3- and 4-way races to legitimize third parties, which would lead to their getting better qualified candidates (presently most qualified people either don't waste their time or sell out to major parties), which would lead to them getting more votes, etc. But from the perspective of people trying to influence the outcome, it's an assurance game.
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November 1st, 2008 at 10:17 am
[...] Suddenly, I feel all apathetic and stuff. [...]


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Erik Lamela is finally loving his football and life in London after suffering a painful first season at White Hart Lane.
The Argentine playmaker , nickamed Coco, was Tottenham's record £30m signing last summer as the club splashed the Gareth Bale cash.
But the former Roma star made only three Premier League starts and scored one goal as he struggled with hip and back injuries.
Now after a summer back home, the 22-year-old has returned on top of his game and came off the bench to lead Spurs to victory in their Europa League playoff against AEL Limassol.
Lamela oozed class in the No 10 role as he set up both goals in the 2-1 win to prove his own comeback is complete.
"I am enjoying my football again," he smiled. "When I was injured, I was not good, I was not happy. I am happy to be playing football again and helping the team to win.
"To come on and help change the match against Limassol was great. We all went home happy.
"This season is a challenge for me because last season did not go as I had hoped with the injuries. But these are things you have to overcome and change yourself. I spent all my holidays over in Argentina with my family and friends. It was great. I now feel 100 per cent, without any injuries.
"You have not seen the best of me yet and you always have to improve. I don't know how far I can go but I will try my hardest to make my team win.
"My aims this season are to train to the maximum and continue to improve as a footballer. I am still young. I think I can improve a lot but it depends on me. This season I want to help my team and my team-mates to reach our aims."
Lamela was signed during the AVB era and then made only three appearances under Tim Sherwood before his season ended in December. But after resisting the temptation to sell him back to Serie A, his new Spurs coach is fellow Argentine Mauricio Pochettino. "It is something that can help me but really, it depends on me," he said. "It is all down to me what I do this season."
Lamela is taking English lessons and is discovering the capital with his girlfriend and family.
"It is an incredible city where there is everything - I am liking it more and more," he said. "Thanks to God, I am happy."
QPR boss Harry Redknapp will make his first return to White Hart Lane since his 2012 sacking tomorrow (sun) - Pochettino reckons there are both Special Ones. The two share a past as former Southampton managers - and a birthday.
"He was born on the same day as me - March 2 - so he is a special person too like me!" joked Pochettino.
"I know about Harry Redknapp, I have full respect for him and he was too the manager of Southampton and Tottenham. I know about his birthday because we played on March 2 (2013) and he gave me a birthday present - a very good bottle of red wine. Very, very good."


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There haven't been a ton of new games out lately, so maybe you've had time to finish one or two that had been sitting on your backburner. And maybe, if you were lucky, one of those games was good enough that you had a hard time letting go.
It's a unique and lovely thing, the bitterness that comes at the end of something wonderful. With books, each page brings you closer to the point where there are no more pages. With TV shows, each episode brings you closer to a finale that you have to see but almost want to avoid watching. And in games, it's that familiar feeling: You're nearing the final act and you sense the game coming to a close. And you start stalling, doing sidequests, enjoying the view. Anything to keep it from ending.
Sure, you'll play it again. You'll probably play it many more times over the course of your life. But you'll never experience the story the same way, like when it was new.
Of course, not every game ends; plenty of the best games live on for years through competitive multiplayer, user mods, downloadable add-ons and the like. So I'm really talking about story-based singleplayer games here.
I thought we could take some time to look back at the games whose endings made us most bittersweet. Not the endings themselves necessarily, but the fact that the game was over. Games that left us watching the credits roll, wishing we could do it all over again, knowing we never can.
For me, four games come to mind: Grim Fandango, Final Fantasy VII, The Longest Journey and most recently, Persona 4 Golden. That last one… man, the ending to that game should be in Merriam-Webster under "bittersweet." There are doubtless a few more, but those are the first ones that come to mind.
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Orquestra Imperial
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Rio's 18-piece retro samba band Orquestra Imperial makes a rare UK appearance. Their hip, young version of Rio's golden age takes samba back to its dancehall roots and they are credited with reviving the passion for vintage samba which is now the latest craze for Brazil's young generation. Orquestra Imperial features some of the best-known names in Brazilian rock, pop and electronica. At the heart of the project is Kassin, one of Brazil's most sought after producers whose manifold successes include production for Marisa Monte and Bebel Gilberto. The line-up also includes Rodrigo Amarante (of rock giants Los Hermanos), Moreno Veloso (+2), award winning singer Nina Becker and veteran samba legend Wilson das Neves (Os Ipanemas). The group has played across the US and Europe, and they were a highlight at London's Barbican Tropicalia festival in 2006, a show described by The Independent as 'a sublime delight'. Orquestra Imperial are true inheritors of Brazil's incredible musical heritage and with them, it not only lives, it swings and dances cheek to cheek.
The Orquestra Imperial line up for this show is as follows
MORENO VELOSO - percussion and vocals
WILSON DAS NEVES – vocals and percussion
RODRIGO AMARANTE - vocals
KASSIN - bass
DOMENICO – drums and vocal
NINA BECKER - vocals
DUANI MARTINS – vocals, percussion and guitars
NELSON JACOBINA – eletric guitar
BARTOLO – electric guitar
RUBINHO JACOBINA - keyboards
BERNA CEPPAS - keyboard and percussion
ALTAIR MARTINS - trumpet
MARLON SETTE - trombone
MAURO ZACHARIAS - trombone
FELIPE PINAUD - flute
LEO MONTEIRO - electronic percussion
STEPHANE SAN JUAN - percussion
BODÃO – percussion
Orquestra Imperial/Carnaval So Ano Que Vem album out now on Totolo Records
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The Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System, or Mares for short, is a three-in-one muscle-measurement machine on the International Space Station to monitor astronauts' muscles as they work out.
Muscle strength drops during spaceflight and researchers need to know why this happens in order to prepare for long missions and safe space tourism. Mares is an exercise bench that offers detailed information about how muscles behave in space.
Looking at muscle contraction at a single moment gives little information but Mares provides a full overview of muscle speed and force as an elbow or knee joint bends.
Our bodies are amazing machines that perform wonderful feats daily without us even noticing. Hold a glass in your hand and fill it with water and your arm muscles will automatically hold the glass steady and stable despite the changing weight as it fills.
Mares can chart this fine motor control as well as give a precise overview of muscle torque and speed. Astronauts move their joints to follow a graph or dot on a screen as a motor generates counterforce.
This week, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is installing the machine in Europe's Columbus space laboratory and he will be the first test subject for researchers on Earth. Thomas' fellow ESA astronauts Andreas Mogensen, Samantha Cristoforetti and Tim Peake, tested the machine to make sure it works correctly ready for use.
Thomas is one week into his six-month Proxima mission on the International Space Station. Follow him and his adventure in space via thomaspesquet.esa.int


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If you think that "soft teeth" are the reason that cavities tend to run in families, you'll be surprised to know the real reason. Research shows that dental caries (tooth decay) is an infectious disease. In fact, it is the most common chronic childhood disease. But there's good news: It is preventable.
Dental caries is associated with particular strains of bacteria, mutanstype Streptococcus) includes Strep sobrinus and Strep. mutans) and Lactobaccili which live in the mouth.Mothers who carry these bacteria — especially those who have many cavities or fillings — can pass them to their baby or child through their saliva.
The bacteria live on sugar, so they thrive on a diet that's high in carbohydrates, including sweet liquids such as baby formula, milk, and juice. When bacteria break down these sugars, they produce acids that attack tooth enamel and cause decay. If infants are put to bed with a bottle containing milk, juice or other sweet liquids, they can get very severe tooth decay and this is called baby bottle tooth decay. The decay process can affect tiny teeth as soon as they begin to appear.
Dental caries don't have to be a part of your child's life. Following proper steps to improve your own oral health, cleaning your baby's teeth, and making a thoughtful approach to infant and toddler feeding can reduce your child's risk for tooth decay.
There are important steps you can take to prevent early childhood caries:
First of all, reduce your own oral bacteria levels by caring for your teeth. Brush gently at least twice a day with fluoride toothpaste and floss at least once a day. Eat a healthy diet and limit sugary or starchy snacks. Schedule regular dental exams and cleanings. Establish healthy habits that your child can eventually follow, too.
If you put your baby to sleep with a bottle, fill it only with water. Feeding juices, milk, and other sweet drinks contributes to tooth decay. Avoid breast-feeding at night after the baby's first tooth has emerged. Help your child learn to drink from a cup by the first birthday.
Try comforting the child with a pacifier (or favorite toy or blanket) instead of using the bottle or breast between feedings, at night, or for naps. Don't dip the pacifier in sweet liquids.
Wipe your baby's gums after every feeding with a gauze pad or infant toothbrush and water, and begin to gently brush the teeth as soon as they erupt. Clean and massage the gums in areas that remain toothless and begin flossing when all the baby teeth are in place, usually by age 2 or 2.5.
A child's first visit to the dentist should be made by his or her first birthday, or within six months after the first tooth erupts, whichever comes first.
Even after a child is able to hold a toothbrush and go through the motions of cleaning, continue to help with brushing. Small children may not have the dexterity to do a thorough job.
Check your baby's teeth regularly. If you suspect your child has a dental problem, schedule a visit to the dentist as soon as possible.
Practicing good dental habits from infancy will help your child have a beautiful smile for a lifetime.
"Maternal Oral Health in Pregnancy." K.A. Boggess. Obstetrics & Gynecology. 2008, vol. 111, pp. 976–86.https://www.smfm.org/attachedFiles09/Boggess-K%20Oral%20health%20in%20Pregnancy%20O&G%202008.pdf. Accessed 2013.
"ADA Statement on Early Childhood Caries." American Dental Association. www.ada.org/2057.aspx. Accessed 2013.
"Baby Bottle Tooth Decay." Mouth Healthy, American Dental Association. http://www.mouthhealthy.org/en/az-topics/b/baby-bottle-tooth-decay. Accessed 2013.
"Decay." Mouth Healthy, American Dental Association. http://www.mouthhealthy.org/en/az-topics/d/decay.Accessed 2013.
"Dental Care for Your Baby." American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. http://d27vj430nutdmd.cloudfront.net/17242/64415/64415.1.pdf. Accessed 2013.
"Infant Pacifiers: An Overview." R.H. Schwartz and K.L. Guthrie. Clinical Pediatrics. May 2008, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 327–31. Abstract: http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/infant-pacifiers-an-overview-CQt5ewJDPu. Accessed 2013.


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BuZz administrators last edited by
I think we need to put in the sticky topics about this - we keep getting people using incorrect 3rd party guides reporting issues. So much bad information out there. Not sure why people expect us to support it!
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@mitu I have amended the first sticky topic to include for now "Do not report issues with running on a RPI4 - it's not yet officially supported, and there are many 3rd party guides with incorrect instructions out there. We can't support installs based on these." - not that people will bother to read it but :-) Feel free to reword.
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I found a workaround for the black screen issue: Switch from the X-Windows season to TTY with Ctrl+Alt+F1 start emulationstation, play your games exit emulationstation, switch back to your X-Windows system with Ctrl+Alt+F7
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@chriej Or you install sudo apt-get install xscreensaver
and set the screen safer appearance time higher, worked for me, now I can use retropi above X-Windows.
@chriej i'll try that.
@BuZz Read it. Know it. Was just looking for a workaround to use till it eventually is supported (for the most part, most has been working on retropie, I'm happy to report). I'll try the other package that was suggested.
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Hi, I'm having this same problem on the Raspberry Pi 4.
I have a couple of extra things I can add if it can help diagnose. I really think this is just an issue with a controller not being able to wake a screen time out, and there's some setting that just needs to be configured -- I don't know where it is though.
If I start a game from emulationstation, I can play it for awhile, and after a certain period of time the screen will go black but the music will still be playing. So the emulation is still running. If I go to a keyboard connected to my RPi4 and hit any key, the screen comes back up. So it's some sort of screen timeout issue that responds to a keyboard but not a controller. I have a PS3 controller connected through the ps3controller package.
When running emulationstation, if i leave it alone for awhile, the screen will dim but no go black, and the screen undims when I touch the controller. So no issues there. When running Kodi I don't have this problem either.
One thing differently is that since I had to install Raspbian Buster first, I've been starting emulationstation from the terminal in the Raspbian Buster GUI (is that what it's called? the desktop environment? I'm not that well-versed with Linux, so any corrections are apprectiated). When I had an RPi3, the system would boot directly to emulationstation, which was probably pre-configured by the downloadable RetroPie image. Since I am installing on an RPi 4 and doing it manually, there are probably some configurations that need to be done manually, and I assume one of them has to do with a screen timeout.
mitu Global Moderator last edited by mitu
@deaftlolight Retropie is not configured to run from a desktop session - just like on the Pi3, if you want to manually set-it up, use the Lite version of Raspbian and install over. I see that despite the read-me-first topic warning, people still report 'bugs' for unsupported configuration.
@deaftlolight look earlier in the post. The aforementioned install works fine. Also, I think the newest version of Raspbian now allows the screen blanking/screen save to be disabled completely.
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I've found a work around, if you are using a ps4 controller you could use the middle touch pad to "wake" raspberry pie. As i said, it is a work around but it is working :)
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Introduce yourself
My name is Latasha Henderson-Robinson. In a few words I would describe myself as "Loving, Persistent, Caring, and Straight-Forward. I am a published stylist, hardworking designer, I am also a Writer,Creative Director, and full-time Lover of God and people. I am currently based in New Jersey and relocating to Savannah,GA in March.
How is your work as a stylist/fashion designer unique?
My work as a fashion stylist and designer is unique because my husband and I apply love to every piece we make, every sketch we sketch and every client we touch. This is not only a gift for me, but its my passion. My signature style of "custom" is applied to every client that I style. I try to leave them with a custom piece to remember me by and of all the pieces I design I try to keep it simple with a slice of edge. You can literally feel the passion in the piece and in our work.
How do you defy society's typical beauty standards?
In my opinion, society's typical beauty standards are very fenced and boxed up! Even in my childhood, I watched the "typical beauty" on television and they all looked the same no matter who they were. It was almost like an abomination to have a variety in skin complexion and size shown on mainstream media. I resist the typical beauty standard, because I am bold and confident in myself. I am a confident plus size female, so being plus size alone doesn't have a glamorous platform in most cases. My personality outshines my size. I try different looks and hairstyles to show my creativity and trust me, it's all against the grain of "typical beauty standards."
How have you come to recognize your beauty and power over the years?
When growing up, my mother always spoke of me being beautiful, but when I would attend school and want to be on dance line or audition for a school auxiliary, I would be turned down because of my size. I would go home and ask my mother why people say being plus size was bad and why it affects a person utilizing their talent. My mother educated me on loving myself regardless of how society spoke against who I was.
I began recognizing my beauty and power some years back when I would be a part of creative teams and I would coordinate successful projects and no one would call me "Big Tasha" or say "the big girl." People were giving be credit for my work and stating my full name respectfully and describing me as "the creative girl" or "the girl with the hair," (laughs). It took a long while, but God gave me the strength until my power was revealed to me fully.
What inspires your style?
What inspires my style is everyday situations. I also enjoy art and that influences my style because I like to view my personal style as "characters." My husband is an illustrator and his characters also inspire me. I'm inspired by color combining and designs as well. If I can't make it, I can style it.
What are your go-to beauty products?
I am a tomboy who finally climbed up the beauty ladder (laughs). I love, love, love Kat Von D Lipsticks, HD Concealer, and any product from Shea Moisture (including the lotions). I live by natural coconut oil as a moisturizer too.
What makes you feel most beautiful?
What makes me feel the most beautiful is when other women or men tell me how beautiful my personality is or how they like to be around my positive spirit. My husband also tells me I'm so beautiful even when I'm not feeling my best. And the ultimate beauty booster is when I style someone and their reaction is a shocker. That warms my heart to see people feel good about themselves.
Would you say you're 100% comfortable in your own skin at this point in your life?
I'm a realist, so I would have to say that I'm about 90 percent comfortable in my own skin at this point in my life. I am working on my weight. I lost 17lbs so far. I want a healthy lifestyle. I want to be a thicker but healthy girl. I'm very confident, but just working on my weight.


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Here we go people: yes the Jupiter Versus Saturn ratio was looked at a long time ago but it's time for a revisit. It is one of THE keys to working your chart successfully and yes, we need to be fully ON and dynamic in the Zap Zone.
As always with D.I.Y. Astro – looking at this sort of thing IS how you learn astrology. You just need to generate your birth chart on Astrodienst, find Jupiter/Saturn and then pop back here. So long as you are not trying to score an actual reading off the more astro erudite people here, no question is too dumb. This is how we learn.
So the glyph for Jupiter looks like the one on the left and Saturn is
on the right. To simplify things, let's just say that Saturn is lessons in life and where you have to work your arse off to get anywhere but that once you're put that effort in, it becomes your shiniest source of pride. People would probably freak if they knew how hard you had strived to reach that point. Jupiter is where the good living comes easy. It's where you are blessed, it's where you CAN actually wing it a little bit. It's where you put in some oomph and bang – major rewards.
So you i.d your natal Jupiter and Saturn. Look at the House or Sector they are in and what planets are cosied up along side them. Imagine that you need to always have a hardcore plan with your Saturn area and Jupiter is where you are ideally dauntless and optimistic. (There are heaps of previous D.I.Y Astro posts about what the various houses mean). Check the "Houses" category as well.
BUT WAIT…there is more. You can also check out the current positions of Jupiter and Saturn, to see where they are transitting and the same rules apply. AND, see what sort of aspect the two planets make. An officially positive aspect between Jupiter and Saturn (a sextile, trine or conjunction) means you get that Risk-Security balance pretty much correct in life. You're a visionary pragmatist. You have fun but not to some ludicrous, dysfunctional extent. You like to prosper but automatically self-nurture.
A beneficial link between Jupiter and Saturn is a big bonus. What about the square or opposition? You gotta concentrate so as not to sort of insanely oscillate between Jupiter & Saturn consciousness in a non-productive fashion. Successful entrepreneurs, people who can lead in a corporate or government setting without turning into a pod person and creative talent with well managed careers all tend to have strong, good Jupiter-Saturn aspects. Or they've learned the hard way how to manage them.
A really classic example of a Jupiter-Saturn fuq up is those companies you hear about who enjoy massive debt-fuelled growth and an orgy of publicity but the fundamentals aren't right. And yes, you guessed it, Saturn is the fundamentals. The skeleton of the enterprise. Jupiter goes out to pitch schizz at lunch, Saturn does the books.
So please check out your Jupiter-Saturn ratio and as always, Astro-Fiends please help the newbies in the Comments. F.y.i i am doing a D.I.Y. Astro Hacks book this year, it will be my no schizz guide to hacking your birth chart.
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Jared Chan also gave us the Star Spangled Man from the first Captain America movie.
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Jared Chan made this for Captain America - the Winter Soldier. That SHIELD logo is amazing.
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Evan Bacon, known for life-size sculptures (I've featured his Superman, Batman, and Iron Man before) has made an awesome Thor, which was even signed by Stan Lee when it was displayed at a Texas Comic Con event.
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