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We are endevouring to get all of our products up as soon as possible. If you click on the logo and it doesn't show any products that means we have this brand in stock in our physcial store but not on the online store yet. There is a lot to enter so if there is anything you are looking for that is not on the website please email us at email@example.com.
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When I started this blog over 4 years ago(!!?!), I promised to be honest and unpolished. Teaching is never easy, and flipping can be tough. #nofilter seemed the only way to go. Sometimes I censor myself because ya never know who's reading these pages. (The weebly.com stats tell me that I get a few thousand hits every month, but who knows how many of those are just bots or trolls?) I have a job to keep, students' privacy to protect, and I'm not interested in bad-mouthing anybody across the world wide web.
That being said, I'm just not feeling great about things right now. This is not a cry for help, but more like a marker in the sand of how things are going on January 5, 2019. In a lot of ways, this is just a typical feeling for me about the start of a new unit. The "how the Constitution works" unit has ALWAYS been challenging for me. It appears this time of year (January / February) when the weather is unpredictable, and I'm in that middle-of-the-tightrope valley between the start of school and The End. There are so many abstract concepts to cover, and it can get dry really easily .... it could also get heated and political and contentious pretty quick. Yeah I talked a good game a few days ago about renovating my class systems and blah blah blah, but making some of those changes feels physically painful. Yikes, it probably really shouldn't but here we are. It's a Saturday afternoon and I have already spent about 2 hours' worth of non-consecutive work blocks (plus the thinking I was doing on the treadmill for 40 minutes a little while ago). And now I am blogging about it. Healthy? Hmmmmm
All of this is not about flipping specifically, but rather my own $*@#ed-up work systems. If I were a New Years Resolution guy, then maybe I would commit to being a New Me in 2019. Instead I should probably take a break for an hour or two [:)]


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Wikileaks today published a trove of documents, allegedly taken from the CIA, that detail the government's efforts to hack popular devices like iPhones, Android phones, and Samsung smart TVs. But Apple is pushing back against claims that the CIA's hoarded vulnerabilities for its devices were effective.
The documents, if they are indeed legitimate, include charts that detail iOS exploits that would allow the CIA to surveil iPhone users and, in some cases, control their devices. Some of the exploits may have been developed in-house, while others appear to have been purchased, copied or downloaded from non-governmental sources.
However, Apple says that many of the iOS exploits in the Wikileaks dump have already been patched and it is working to address any new vulnerabilities.
"Apple is deeply committed to safeguarding our customers' privacy and security. The technology built into today's iPhone represents the best data security available to consumers, and we're constantly working to keep it that way. Our products and software are designed to quickly get security updates into the hands of our customers, with nearly 80 percent of users running the latest version of our operating system. While our initial analysis indicates that many of the issues leaked today were already patched in the latest iOS, we will continue work to rapidly address any identified vulnerabilities. We always urge customers to download the latest iOS to make sure they have the most recent security updates," an Apple spokesperson said in a statement to TechCrunch.
This isn't the first time the CIA has targeted mobile phone manufacturers in an effort to spy on certain customers — the Intercept reported in 2015 that the agency had worked to compromise iPhones and iPads.
If you're concerned about the security of your device, it's always a good idea to keep your software up-to-date.


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What is the purpose of the ECP Foundation?
The Elmore City - Pernell Foundation was established for the purpose of providing supplemental educational funding to the local school district and classrooms.
How does the Foundation generate funding?
The ECP Foundation is funded by many generous donations from friends, alumni, businesses, families, and individuals who want to make a positive impact on local education. We occasionally do fund-raising events, too!
When was the ECP Foundation incorporated?
The Elmore City - Pernell Foundation for Excellence was incorporated as an Oklahoma non-profit corporation on July 20, 2001.
What type of projects does the ECP Foundation support?
Through the years, the ECP Foundation for Excellence has contributed thousands of dollars to a variety of school and student related projects.
Examples include, but are not limited to: senior scholarships, grants to classrooms and organizations, and campus renovation projects.
Are the donations to the Foundation tax deductible?
Yes, donations to the Foundation are tax deductible. The Elmore City - Pernell Foundation for Excellence is designated as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization by the IRS and has been since it was formed in 2001.
How do I donate to the ECP Foundation?
Donations may be mailed to:
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First Look
There are many events that lead up to the actual wedding ceremony, one being the "First Look". It involves a small snippet of time which is always a romantic and intimate moment between a bride and groom. It can be arranged many ways, depending on the wishes of the couple. The photographs that result from this event can stir up a great deal of emotion when the couple sees them after the wedding.
But how did this tradition come about? Originally, when arranged marriages were the custom, the betrothed couple wasn't allowed to see each other at all before the wedding. The wedding was a business deal between two families and the father searched for someone suitable to marry his daughter, such as a land-owning, rich suitor. There was a chance that the couple might not "take" to each other and one or both may not want to go through with the "deal". Therefore, they were only allowed to meet at the wedding ceremony so that neither would have the opportunity to call off the wedding and bring shame to the families. That was also the purpose of the veil – to keep the groom from knowing what the bride looked like until the last possible moment, when it would be too late.
Although arranged marriages are not so common anymore, most brides still don't want the groom to see them on the day of their wedding to allow for the "wow" factor when he sees her walk down the aisle. Even the bridal gown is kept out of his view. The groom, of course, already knows what the bride looks like, but on her wedding day, she is "done up" the best she can be and wants the groom to be happily surprised when he sees her in the gown she has chosen for the wedding.
Some couples choose to have this take place at the First Look, which is usually done in private, only shared by the two of them and their photographer, away from family and the bridal party. The things that the groom says to the bride at this time are words she will never forget. Those minutes together may be the favorite part of the day for both of them.
That tradition today serves many purposes. It provides a special romantic moment often accompanied by tears and a pleasant surprise for the groom, usually captured in photography. Some feel it helps the couple to relax before the ceremony, having had that moment of privacy and intimacy before being seen by the wedding guests. A First Look also gives the couple and their families time to take pre-wedding photos.
As with any wedding activity, there are pros and cons. One of the cons is that this break in tradition means that the wedding guests will miss seeing the groom see the bride for the first time in her wedding dress. The groom's look at that moment is always priceless. One of the pros is that they won't have to take time during their reception for family photos.
If this is something you are considering for your wedding, talk to your photographer and explain what you have in mind. Choose your location wisely. He or she may be give you some suggestions in order for you photos to be dramatic and capture those split-second emotions by each of you which will surely be some of your favorite photos.
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MARINES! Our victories at Sagan-1 and Ascendaar have once again cemented our reputation for being one of, if not the best military operation in the galaxy. We win the fights that nobody else dares to face. In order to maintain that reputation, we need to learn from mistakes we've made in the past and extend our pool of resources. That's why we've been granted a bigger budget for our Research and Development department. Those egg heads down in R&D know there's nothing better than experience to make the mind work. They've asked that you, our frontline soldiers, tell them what is needed. In addition, we have the Empyrean Ambassador on board, and she is going to take any recommendations you have for her people as they continue to be our great allies.
Level Three clearance is required to access mission files.
- If the General's briefing was unclear, R&D along with the Empyrean Ambassador is asking for a new field unit that will be added to the current ranks of our troopers.
A Soldier Unit; to fight alongside the Ranger, Sniper and Engineer
A Mecha Unit; to fight alongside the Flamewalker, Shellstorm and Brawler
An Empyrean Unit; to fight alongside the Guardian, Diplomat and Channeller
A Refinery Tower; to be built alongside the Minigun Tower, Rocket Battery and Laser Tower.
You are required to name and describe the unit, explain its purpose, state strengths and any weaknesses it may have, and, since you can't go into a battle silent, whatever catchphrase you think would sound best being yelled at our enemies. Specific statistics are not required.
ENTRY ONE wrote:Reapers
Fast moving infantry unit that uses automatic shotguns to deadly effect, Short range.
The reapers wear dark grey armor suits, slightly less bulky than a ranger's, they wield auto shotguns, which looks somewhat like the shotguns the colonists use on some levels, but has a belt fed magazine and some other details that makes the weapon looks more intimidating .
Their helmet is a glass HUD that covers their whole face.
This infantry unit is created to utilize state of the art phasing technology as well as to address the issue of our infantry lacking area damage.
The reapers have health thats slightly more than the engineers, but only has light armor.
They have the movement speed similar to Guardians.
Their weapons deal heavy AoE damage and are most effective against lightly armored targets.
Unlike Trabuco's shotgun that fires slowly for high damage, Reapers fire rapidly but deal low damage, as well as having a short range.
Abilities : (from tech tree)
Phase cloak(cooldown : 25s)
Short duration cloak that triggers when the unit first takes damage, if any member of the squad takes damage, all 3 will cloak simulatinously.
When cloaking, unit becomes immune to all damage but cannot attack, when exiting cloak, they will deal an area burst damage
Upgrades increases the burst damage
Candela grenade (Cooldown : 50s)
Throws a grenade, this special grenade contains some hallucinogens, packed in a flashbang style explosion.
When detonated, its like the flamewalker's grenade, but it creates multiple small flashbang explosions instead of just one.
Affected enemies are confused / panicked and temporarily attack each other randomly, ignoring friendlies for a duration
Upgrades increases the effect duration.
Keep your enemies close
ENTRY TWO wrote:Recon Scouts
"We're going in, commencing radio silence."
Quick footed soldiers who sneak past enemy forces. They infiltrate enemy bases to allow quick and immediate entry points for more battle hardened marines.
Smaller than Snipers, the Recon Scout has a color scheme unique to the level it's on, so it can blend into the background more. They have a very close range, almost tight against them, but that is also their detection field. Enemies will not know they are there unless they practically walk on top of them. Once detected, their range expands but they will not survive for long.
The one thing Recon Scouts have going is that they can place transport beacons. These beacons effectively allow a single instant transport of any active unit to that spot. Only one beacon can be in use at any given time.
* Fast Movement
* Camouflage
* No armor
* Poor damage
* Places Beacons
ENTRY THREE wrote:Unit Name: Xeno Cavalry
Description: By taming a friendly alien species, these Marines are much faster than their counterparts.
Appearance: Marines in light armor riding some kind of quadruped alien. The marines are armed with pistols.
Purpose: Fast raiding, scouting
Strengths: Fast, high damage
Weaknesses: Slow fire rate, little health
-Surprise Strike: 2x damage on first hit
-Light armor
"Run 'em down!"
Possible Upgrades:
-Raider Training: Can fire while moving.
-Aggressive Conditioning: Beast will attack while in melee range for x damage. Upgrades multiply it by 2x and 3x respectively.
ENTRY FOUR wrote:COLONIAL TROOPER
Part of the Colony Guard, these brave soldiers will meet any threat with lead.
They let every foe know who's boss.
Light Armor
Long Range
Medium rate of fire
Protect good, destroy bad.
The Colonial Trooper looks like the base guards in Settlement Alpha. They are equipped
with long range bolt-action M1 Garand.
The Colonial Trooper is a light, high speed unit that specializes in taking out lightly armored units at medium distance. Unfortunately, due to a medium rate of fire, they are best used along side a Ranger Squad.
ENTRY ONE wrote:SCORCHSTRIDER
A powerful hybrid mech forged form Peripheroid technology and our own.
Their far-ranged laser cannons ensure death from afar.
Light armor
Very Long range
Ignores armor
Lets wreak some havoc.
The Scorchstrider is a four-legged mech, all four legs attach to a burnt-black cockpit (which resembles the Shellstorm's) in which the pilot sits. From the exterior of the cockpit, four small red tubes attach to the twin shoulder-mounted heavy laser cannons. The laser cannons are cylinder in shape and slightly resemble massive sniper-rifles.
The Scorchstrider is a fast moving anti-armor unit. Its powerful laser cannons deal high damage and ignore armor on a single target. It has light armor so it is best used behind other defenses. It can target both land and air units
ENTRY TWO wrote:Unit Name: Nanohive
Description: This AI mecha releases hordes of nanobots to destroy enemies from the inside out.
Appearance: A tripod mecha with no pilot. The top of the mech is fairly square, with lots of "drawers". When attacking, these will open to unleash drones.
Purpose: Whittling enemy hordes
Strengths: Armor-piercing, decent range, somewhat tanky
Weaknesses: Low damage, defenseless
-Nanodrone Cloud: Deals damage over time to all enemies in range.
*a sickly mechanical buzz*
Possible Upgrades:
-Utility Fog: Nanohive now increases the armor of all troops in range.
-Volatile Drones: Increases damage.
ENTRY THREE wrote:Crusader
The Crusader is a mech, it has a slightly taller profile than a flamewalker, but has a more sleek and narrow hull, resulting in an overall slimmer build.
Its main hull is more boxy, with the cockpit being around the size of the brawler's embedded partially into the main hull. Its arms and legs are more skeletal compared to the other mechs. The whole mech hull is painted in grey with some dark red highlights.
On top of the mech's main body and cockpit, there's a small hexagonally shaped compartment thats protruding out of the mech's roof, this is actually its drone compartment, and this section will detach itself from the mech when a drone is released.
Both of its arms holds the mech's primary weapon, a heavy pulse cannon, which looks like a much bigger version of a ranger rifle, with white glowing parts. Theres also some features from the MG Turret, such as an ammo feed, and more rounded edges. It fires white, energy actuated rounds at a rapid rate.
Engagements in both Sagan-1 and Ascendaar proved that mechs lacked the raw damage needed to destroy or aid in destroying high priority targets,
Their slow speed also prevented them from operating independently from other supporting units. Relegating their role instead to crowd control and support duties.
The crusader was built with both of these issues in mind, creating a fast and powerful mech for short but decisive strikes on enemy targets, while still able to provide heavy supporting fire and defense for the marines.
It has about the same hp as a Shellstorm, but slightly less armor.
However, it is much faster than any other mechs, as it can match the speed of our rangers. When moving, the mech literally 'runs' instead of just walking at a steady pace like the others.
Its weapon is a heavy rapid firing pulse cannon, dealing heavy sustained damage to single targets only. Effective against ground and air targets, and ignores armor entirely as it fires energy infused rounds. Its effective range is similar to our rangers.
Its good enough to take down medium sized targets like Spitterbugs quickly, while larger targets such as hammergrubs or nortrons can be taken down in a reasonable amount of time on its own.
Abilities (from tech tree upgrades) :
Terminator Drone
Releases an airborne drone, which has a shape of a 3 dimensional hexagon. The drone is armed with a rocket launcher thats similar to a rocket turret, and a fast firing pulse laser, like the one from a jackbot, but fires faster.
This drone is targetable by enemies and stray splash damage alike, and if destroyed, it will be rebuilt by the mech after 60 seconds. Since it is just a drone, it is rather fragile. Only one can be active at any given time.
Upgrades increases the drone's HP and damage.
Electric smoke
Launches a smoke screen charged with electricity in front of the mech, enemies inside are slowed and dealt moderate amounts of damage overtime. This damage ignores armor entirely.
Has a cooldown of 45 seconds, upgrades increase smoke duration.
In case of doubt, attack
ENTRY FOUR wrote:Mecha: Long Range Laser
"Charging main battery."
This slow moving but heavy damaging Mecha transports a massive laser that can cut through barriers and foes alike.
The pilot of this Mecha is barely visible, as the unit is taken up almost entirely by the huge cannon and battery on its back. The Mecha plods along, carrying a heavy load, but once idle it plants its feet into the ground, and lowers the cannon, aiming for the highest HP target in its considerable range. It charges for a fairly long time, before letting loose a massive laser shot that burns through obstacles and any other unit (friend or foe) that gets in its way.
* Massive damage
* Great armor
* Slow movement
* Slow attack speed
* Can damage own units
* Shoots through barriers
ENTRY ONE wrote:Unit Name: Space-Warper
Description: Powerful psychics which can create teleportation matrices between different locations.
Appearance: Dark-blue-skinned Empryeans with metal rings around their arms. When creating a wormhole, these rings expand. When attacking, they throw little particle-type things.
Purpose: Fast map movement
Strengths: Allows fast travel for slow units, slows enemies
Weaknesses: Low damage
-Wormhole: Each Empryean in the squad can be moved separately. If separate and still for >5 seconds, they'll form a wormhole between themselves. Other units will automatically path through the wormhole.
-Warp Rift: Attacks slow enemies in a small area for a few seconds each.
-Light armor
"Warping on target."
Possible Upgrades:
-Teleport: Individual Space-Warpers can now teleport over short distances.
-Unstable Rifts: Warp Rifts now explode for heavy damage after a few seconds.
ENTRY TWO wrote:Zephirem
"I am a leaf on the wind"
Empyrean monks that train their bodies and minds to control the flow of air.
The Zephirem are green skinned Empyreans, with their head tentacles coming down around their head (like Dipolmats) but also covering their eyes rendering them visually blind. They have a hat/headdress where a piece of Etherium sits, so it is exposed to the air at all times. Their attire is simple, close fitting gray robes much like the Channeller. The Zephirem are psychics like their Channeller brothers, but they use telekinesis and use the air around them to detect and attack foes. They are able to 'see' through the wind and spot enemies well outside of their attack range and can also deflect any ranged attacks away from them.
* Immune to ranged attacks
* Very fast movement
* No armor
* Poor damage
* Highlight enemies within darkened range area
ENTRY THREE wrote:RESURRECTOR
The Resurrector uses her powerful psychic powers to bring fallen units back to life.
She makes sure our front lines stay strong.
Deals damage over time
Resurrects dead allies and enemies to fight for her
No armor
The dead walk for me.
The Resurrector wears simple black and green silk robes, she has perfect green skin and two glowing purple eyes. She a white bone headdress, much like the Diplomat.
The Resurrector is a powerful support unit, she can hold even the most broken of lines for as long as you need until you are able to send reinforcements. Her ability to do damage over time is essential to support units, slowly whittling down stronger enemies health so that other squads can take the kill. She has the powerful ability to resurrect the dead, bringing back dead squads and even enemies as zombie versions that have less health, do less damage, and are slower. They follow her for a time, and her max minion count is three.
ENTRY FOUR wrote:Avatar
The Empyrian avatar has a similar skin color tone as the channelers, but wear red armor and robes instead of purple ones. Their eyes glow bright purple. They look significantly more menacing than the other empyrian units.
In game, they are an offensive spellcaster. Psionic experts trained in the art of war, a result of the recent conflict. Where the empyrians often find themselves severely outgunned by large groups of enemies.
They have low health, similar to channelers, and move by hovering similar to channelers, but faster, however, they cant turn into an energy ball to move long distances.
Their basic attack is a weak psi bolt, it fires at a moderate rate, and is psionic damage, as well as having a good range.
But this auto attack is just simply very weak, comparable to a single ranger firing in terms of DPS.
The key though is that Avatars have multiple psionic abilites at their disposal
NOTE : ALL Damage dealt by the Avatar is Psionic, and has 25% armor piercing (as with any other psionic based damage in the game)
(comes with the unit, doesn't need to be unlocked from tech tree. Cooldown : 25s)
Fires a beam of pure psionic energy for a very short period in a straight line, the beam can pierce anything and deal heavy damage to all enemies caught. Also prioritizes enemies that are targeted by you
Note that the Avatar will stop any other action and focus on firing his mind lance when this ability is active
Rift (tech tree upgrade, cooldown : 50s)
A large area is targeted and a purple, dimensional rift appears, enemies inside will be dealt a moderate amount of damage at first when the rift triggers, Enemies inside suffer a move speed penalty
after a short duration, the rift collapses, dealing terrible, terrible damage to all enemies caught within.
Upgrades increases damage and slow even further.
This ability has a short casting time, during which the avatar has to focus
Stasis (tech tree, Cooldown : 25s)
Puts an enemy into stasis, during which it is stunned, but becomes immune to outside damage.
A small amount of damage is dealt when in stasis.
upgrades increases damage when in stasis as well as stasis duration.
This ability prioritizes enemies that are targeted by you.
Cannot target buildings.
This ability has an instant cast time, in this case, the avatar just fires a larger psi bolt that puts the target into stasis
The mind shall vanquish all
ENTRY ONE wrote:Unit Name: Kinetic Artillery
Description: A very powerful railgun that fires at enemies from a very long range.
Purpose: Destroying high HP enemies
Strengths: Armor-piercing, high damage, extreme range
Weaknesses: Needs vision of an area, very slow fire rate
Possible Upgrades:
-High-Density Munitions: Projectiles pierce targets.
-Loader Efficiency: Fires 2/3/4 slugs with every firing cycle
ENTRY TWO wrote:Slagthrower Turret (100 Etherium)
This turret is a scaled up and modified version of a flamewalker's flamethrower. Consisting of 2 large tubes arranged over and under.
The lower tube is a flamethrower, with a smaller barrel for the pilot light beside it. At the back of the flamer barrel lies the red armored compartments for all the fuel.
The top barrel is slightly smaller and used to fire the tower's powers, with a glowing white and another glowing green canister thats slightly smaller in size at it's back.
An armored shield protects the turret so that its rear area for all the fuel is not exposed from the front and sides.
When firing, the tower fires blue flames due to the richer fuel mix used in the turret.
The slagthrower turret was designed after lessons learned in Ascendaar and Sagan proved that bases require more means of protection against large groups of enemies, while simultaneously solving a need for a support option to forces guarding a base.
Its durability is around similar to a Rocket turret, damage caused by it is a more than the Flamewalker, and it has a longer range than the Flamewalker, around the same as a ranger. As expected, it cant hit air targets
Cryo launcher (cooldown : 30s)
Loads the top barrel of the turret with liquid O2, sprayed across a large area, enemies affected will be frozen, similar to the frostbite warhead.
In this case the top barrel will fire a small white glob that will rapidly expand and blanket an area. The white glow on the magazine canister will temporarily dissappear as its loaded into the turret, before being refilled shortly after.
Corrosive Launcher (cooldown : 40s)
Launches a canister filled with a chemical compound, massively more potent than those used by Shellstorms or Mk.X, it will land in a large area, creating a green pool of acid. Enemies hit will suffer a permanent armor reduction , while taking 50% increased damage from all sources for a short duration.
Same thing will happen as with the cryo launcher but with the green canister.
Please napalm responsibly
ENTRY THREE wrote:TESLA TOWER
A powerful tower that will hold off even the thickest of hordes. Its supercharged bolts of electricity is sure to knock their socks off!
Hits multiple enemies
Medium range
Slows enemies
Just organized lightning!
The Tesla Tower has the base of about half the size a super battery (the ones used to charge the Plasma Cannon) and a tall metal spire, with a blinking blue light at the tip. Before it fires, energy arcs up to the tip of the pole and fires several arcs of blue electricity at any enemies within range, slowing their movement speed and dealing medium damage.
The Tesla has very little health, but trades off the low health with excellent firepower. It is able to target multiple enemies at once, making it a powerful crowd control tower.
It is also able to target land and air units, vaporizing any threat.
ENTRY FOUR wrote:Pulse Cannon
"Wub wub wub wub wub"
Using sound instead of a projectile or energy, the pulse cannon emits a blast of sound on a modulating frequency so it is able to both damage and confuse.
The Pulse Cannon appears as a megaphone attached to a larger black speaker. Where it targets, it points the megaphone in that direction, sending a visible wave of sound out towards enemies.
* Long range
* Slows enemies
* Low damage
* Ineffective against ranged enemies
* Works best against a horde
* Repel: Pushes enemies backwards
* Low Band: Increases damage, the closer the enemy is to the tower
- There were four entrants overall, and their entries have been randomised within the categories (so one person is all entry one).
- As there are too many entries for a poll, please submit your votes in post in bold, clearly stating each category (for example, Infantry Entry One, Mecha Entry One etc.
- Please do not vote for yourself
- Please only vote once
- You have until Sunday 10th to submit your vote (8 days)
Points will be awarded slightly differently as there are four chances to be ranked.
- Take part in a forum contest - 100 points (unchanged)
- Receive a vote - 5 points (per vote) (unchanged)
- Place 3rd - 6 points (reduced from 10)
- Place 2nd - 8 points (reduced from 20)
- Place 1st - 10 points (reduced from 30)
Though these reductions may seem severe, if you are lucky enough to place first in all four categories, you would earn 10 more points than coming first in a regular contest.


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For years, København has been ranked the coolest city on the planet and the international city with the highest quality of life. Smart urban and environmental planning with open spaces, safe, clean streets, cyclist- and pedestrian-friendly byways, widespread accessibility, loads of culture, and all kinds of restaurants. All of this comes at a high cost of living, but two million residents and five times as many tourists happily pay up every year. We've seen places that are both friendlier and/or more exciting, but sensibility and stability do have an appeal. And there's no question that the city's favorite mermaid, Den Lille Havfrue (modeled in 1909 on the ballerina Ellen Price by the sculptor Edvard Eriksen for Carl Jacobsen, the founder of Carlsberg) is the coolest city symbol anywhere.
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2face/ Annie Idibia'sWedding: The Glitz, The Crowd, The Razzmatazz [PICTURES]
History was made today in far away Dubai, the United Arab Emirates where the Africa best Artiste, Tuface Innocent Idibia, against all odds, finally hooked his lover of long standing, Annie Macaulay in a superlative manner.
The guests who literally tore the whole place apart teemed at beachside of the famous 5-Star Jumeirah Beach Resort in and they sure contributed greatly to the success of the epoch-making event. The names of top stars who graced the events are numerous; by their faces, you shall know them.
No doubt, the couple looked great in their dresses but exceptional was Annie whose look was amazing! She was clutching a red rose bouquet and wearing a stunning dress with a long train. indeed, it was an impressive gathering but highly emotionally filled wedding. Most of the guests were close to tears when the vows were being made.
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A nice retreat
Billed as one of the countries top resorts, Camayan Beach Resort is located almost a half hour drive by taxi from Olongopo City and the free-port of Subic Bay.
The January sky is overcast, but the days warm, the water refreshing, but the sea lice make swimming unpleasant and its back to our room to utilise the good internet connection.
Our superior room with 2 double beds is comfy and its nice to have a hot shower as most of PH is cold water only.
The service can only be described as excellent, the food in the cafe very good and mid morning a troop of monkeys wandered through the resort saving us the trouble of walking
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Antimicrobial resistance and animals - Actions
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious public health problem around the world. This page explains how we are taking action to address antimicrobial resistance related to the use of antimicrobials in animals.
On this page
- Antimicrobial resistance and animals
- Taking action to improve oversight and responsible use
- Promoting responsible use of antimicrobials
Antimicrobial resistance and animals
Antimicrobials, such as antibiotics, are used to slow the growth of or kill bacteria that cause infections and illnesses in humans and animals. Antimicrobial resistance can happen naturally, but the inappropriate use of antimicrobials in people, animals and plants is escalating the problem.
In animals, antimicrobial use can contribute to the development and spread of resistant bacteria that can be transferred to humans through the food we eat (animal products) and through direct contact.
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- Final Publication in Canada Gazette, Part II: Regulations amending the Food and Drug Regulations (Veterinary Drugs – Antimicrobial Resistance)
- Federal Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance and Use in Canada: Building on the Federal Framework for Action
- Antimicrobial Resistance and Use in Canada: A Federal Framework for Action
- The Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS)
- Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System Report 2016
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|10th August 2010, 01:27 PM
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Panel speaker placement & room coupling
Hello all,
with permission from the author, Ivan Li from Hong Kong, I would like to start a discussion regarding the optimum placement of panel, dipole type speakers. His main speakers are Maggies, but I believe same goes for any dipole type, even coned speaker.
The optimum position may appear a bit extreme at the first glance, but lets discuss what`s best from the sound quality point only and leave out practical considerations for a moment.
Few of us, except perhaps the rare species of odd fossils of the pre-historic era, would have questioned the paramount importance of speaker placement nowadays. What is more debatable is where and how the speaker positions are to be determined. I have been a faithful follower of the room-coupling school and I believe that should be the best way out.
Room coupling, I am quite positive by now, really goes beyond the deliberations over direct verses reflected sound sources, because the focal point remains relatively constant irrespective of what damping treatments we have on the wall surfaces in any given room. This focal point does not seem to move until the dimension of the room is drastically changed.
To achieve effective room coupling, one has to locate the focal spot of the room first. There is a simple yet effective method to find this spot but I shall come back to that a while later. Every room has its own peaks and valleys acoustically. The peaks are resonances and the valleys are just the opposite, the suck-outs as a result of phase cancellation. I used to believe the coupling point is the spot where multiple resonances gravitate since it clocks the highest sound level throughout the audio band. If we look at it the other way round, however, the focal point of the room should more correctly be taken as the spot where phase cancellation is the lowest.
When the speakers are placed along this focal spot, phase cancellation would be at its minimal obtainable within the room and the system will then be able to resolve, with the best of fidelity and the least of distortion, the myriads of spatial information contained in the recording. The width and depth, the ambience, the layering and instrument placements etc. will all spring to life. Proper sound staging, no doubt, has much to do with this phase coherency across the audible frequency range. We all know what would happen if one speaker is inverted in phase—there will be no imaging, no soundstage, and even no sense of direction. This is the result of serious phase cancellation. Even if the speakers are properly in phase, however, there would still be a fair amount of cancellation depending on where the speakers are placed.
Ideally speaking, the room should be symmetrical in overall shape and the speakers symmetrically placed along the lengths of the rectangle. If one speaker is close to the side wall while the other is in the middle of the room, a rather common sight given the popular L-shape layout of sitting rooms in HK, there exist more chances for cancellation taking place at various frequencies, rendering the imaging blurred, stage collapsed and ambience lost.
Once the speakers are coupled to the room, the two merge into one. The room becomes an effective extension of the speakers which in turn would cease to exist visually. Tuning for solid imaging then becomes much easier. Human ears locate the sound source by detecting the time difference of direct sound arriving at the ears. To achieve three dimensional imaging, all we have to do is to cut down secondary reflections from overwhelming the direct sound. While on this subject, I like to point out that I have tried the live-end-dead-end approach and it did not work to my satisfaction. I believe speakers are designed with the average western style living room in mind where upholstery, curtain, carpet and furniture all contribute to an acoustic environment which is neither too dead nor too live, but moderate throughout. This is something worth considering when we set about fabricating our listening area. It is not uncommon to find that the more elaborately contrived the HiFi room is, the less satisfactory it often turns out.
All in all, phase coherence does appear to be the key and with this key we stand every good chance to unleash a completely new dimension of audio realism.
Here comes the core—the action part of the whole thing, a method that has proven to work wonders for me over the last 30 odd years.
Have the speakers placed along the lengths of the room, about Ľ to 1/3 from the back wall, and Ľ the breadth roughly. Then play some vocal music, the hilarious type, the more instruments the better.
Now walk slowly to and fro along the mid-line between the speakers, from one end of the room to the other and then back, may be several times to get the mind set (if the speakers are standing low, you may well have to crawl). Somewhere along the aisle, you would hear the sound getting louder and at the same time it rises above your head, filling the ceiling as if you've entered a Gothic church. Bingo, that is it, the focal point.
Mark this focal point and drag your speakers over the lateral line crossing the spot. You've just coupled your speakers to your room. What is left, may be the crucial part yet, is to find the perfect stereo seat. As the name suggests, you'll have to look for the widest stereo soundstage again along the aisle, between the speakers. If one side of the room does not give you the best definition and soundstage, try the other side. I was the one having my seat moved over to the wrong side of the room to get the best out of my present system.
Final note, if you are unable to find the focal spot despite trekking up and down diligently the whole afternoon, your room dimension is probably too bad to be a listening room. Try another room if you have one. If not you'll have to move house.
Ivan Li (Limage)
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|10th August 2010, 06:25 PM
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Ummm, the basic premise is false.
Each room mode has different "focal points." There may be one spot where ONE of the room modes (and some of its overtones) meet. But that's it.
Second, while a grand theory, my general POV (besides being allergic to grand theories) is that in something as real-world as a music room, you want to split the difference, straddle the mean, spread the effects, and so on... not fix things with one grand fix. Doesn't sound satisfying, but any examination of the research literature on spreading around a bunch of your subs hither and yon in disorder (in order to combat room modes best) will convince you otherwise.
Perhaps it is instructive that you and ESL manufacturers and owners think a kind of 1/3 location makes sense: that is likely to be the point in a room where you are straddling more modes and unstraddling more modes and spicing the sound with some rear-wave sound than anywhere else.
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|10th August 2010, 07:32 PM
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OK, so you feel this method isn`t worth investigating because it lacks "scientific" evidence and approach? Fine, for all the others, another experience from someone that has tried it instead of only intellectualized about it, here.
|13th August 2010, 06:53 PM
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When I bought my CLS As in 1985-ish I had a room that was 24*16 with a semi cathedral ceiling. The speakers sounded just great and were not very sensitive to the room placement. However, the soundstage width was easily manipulated by toe-in of the speakers.
In 1992 I moved to a new house with a real cathedral ceiling and a room 26*24 and I could never get the system to sound correct. I tried a bunch of things but it just never worked.
In 2007 I moved into a house with what is now called the great room {Living room, dining room, and kitchen in one long room. This thing is 17 wide, 10 tall and 53 feet deep and sounds magnificent. In this room the CLS (now in Zii form) are only a little picky about room placement. They are very sensitive to how far from the lateral wall and they are sensitive to whether the dipole is pointed at the corner. So, seting these up for this room is an optimization problem where the latteral and the dipole can combine with the speaker toe so that the soundstage is properly wide and the image focused. The speakers want to be within about 1 inch of a certain lateral placement (22") and the dipole wants to be pointed 5" laterally out from the corner in order to sound magnificent.
I also added a Velodyne DD-15 subwoofer and used its control to integrate with the CLSs and dampen the room. The TV image shows near perfect response from 20Hz through about 200 Hz (where the DD setup program ends.) After installing the sub I played around with speaker placement again and basically came back to their original positions.
The other interesting thing about this room is that while the (THE) chair is just perfect for listening, the whole back half of the great room has near perfect acoustics where one can carry on a conversation while listening to medium loud music with narry a hit of directionality, dropouts, or room nodes. It is an extraordinary room for listening.
The placement I found optimal for these speakers does not quite fit into the grand theory you posit.
|13th August 2010, 07:08 PM
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Nobody should proceed on the path of quality music reproduction without reading Toole.
Basic distinction between over-300 Hz and below situation in rooms. Funny thing, I've listened to my PopScience test record with the 300-20 glide tone of roughly 1958 hundreds in not thousands of times in the years since. Nice to have a yardstick. As Mitch says, the bigger the room the smoother the net room frequency compass down there. MANY "focal points" and those of us with a single sweet spot to serve are lucky.
Of course Toole's great 2008, 550 pp book is not for fivestring since he is very scientific and is "impatient"* with fivestring's POV. BTW fivestring, if you are raising a topic which you feel is not subject to rational (AKA scientific) analysis, why are you interested in anybody else's opinion?
*"Impatient".... took me a while to find a synonym for ".....". Wonderful living in Canada where the struggle for greater civility of expression has an earnestness even among erstwhile New Yorkers.
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|13th August 2010, 09:11 PM
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I would take dipole panel speaker setups with 1 big spoon and a ton of salt..
One size will never fit all and they are absolutely a nightmare to setup correctly and are affected by everything you could think of in your room...
|13th August 2010, 09:15 PM
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|13th August 2010, 09:30 PM
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Do you mean compared to monopole box speakers ? ..... a lot...
|14th August 2010, 08:47 AM
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Mitch, I`m not sure I understand how far from the back wall are CLSes and what is the XO frequency to the sub?
By the way, this is not my theory, I think I have stated that clearly, but it does reflect my personal experience that dipoles need to be placed really far away from the back wall and that close proximity to side walls helps in low frequency extension and overall quality.
At least two feet is needed to get any useful bass though at this position the early reflections from the back wave are way to annoying, placed three feet from the back wall ameliorates things a bit but not much, still too much reflections that cause phasey, confused soundstage and colorations in the upper ranges. Beyond five to seven feet things start to get very interesting and by the time I reach ten feet, I get the impression I`m listening to a totally different loudspeaker, everything is on a completely new level. Of course, with speakers positioned almost in the middle of the room, now I have the opportunity to listen to them from both sides, which gives interesting sound perspectives (my room is 22 x 11 feet). The measurement shows the frequency response at the listening position (speakers placed 10 feet from the back wall), two meters away from the speakers, smoothing was 1/12 per octave - looks really bad, huh? The room gain and the fundamental of the room is clearly visible (25 Hz), subjectively it sounds extended (22 Hz could be clearly heard and felt) and extremely well balanced and transparent through the whole spectrum.
bentoronto, I`m not that scientific at all, just as much as needed and when needed and I do have Toole`s book, I just find most of those great authors` findings useless in a sense that I still need to hear a dome/cone speaker that sounds remotely as transparent and natural as any planar, OB, ribbon, planar magnetic or ESL combo.
There are testimonials on the net of the ML Vista owners that claim they cannot imagine going back to cones`n`domes again after listening to this hybrid, the difference in sound is so big that only the deaf or those that have been exposed to dome torture for years and have become accustomed to their annoying sound, accepting it as a norm, could overhear it.
bentoronto, I can imagine it must be a heavy burden to know it all, be an ultimate expert and so smart that this prevents you from trying certain methods that don`t come from the "trusted" sources, well, the loss might be on your side.
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I'm laughing out loud... 11x22 room, you say. Do you even know why you should be blushing?
You really need to read Toole, think twice before telling the world you can hear the difference between 22 and 25 Hz, say how much smarter you are than the whole profession of acoustics, or heap gratuitous personal (not content-based) insults and put-downs on people you don't know who respond to your comments.
I'm outta here.
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Although the details remain complex, the structure underlying Spygate—the creation of the false narrative that candidate Donald Trump colluded with Russia, and the spying on his presidential campaign—remains surprisingly simple:
1. CIA Director John Brennan, with some assistance from Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, gathered foreign intelligence and fed it throughout our domestic Intelligence Community.
2. The FBI became the handler of Brennan's intelligence and engaged in the more practical elements of surveillance.
3. The Department of Justice facilitated investigations by the FBI and legal maneuverings, while providing a crucial shield of nondisclosure.
4. The Department of State became a mechanism of information dissemination and leaks.
5. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee provided funding, support, and media collusion.
6. Obama administration officials were complicit, and engaged in unmasking and intelligence gathering and dissemination.
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The Impact of Income on Mortality: Evidence from the Social Security Notch
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NBER Working Paper No. 9197
There is widespread and longstanding agreement that life expectancy and income are positively correlated. However, it has proven much more difficult to establish a causal relationship since income and health are jointly determined. We use a major change in the Social Security law as exogenous variation in income to examine the impact of income on mortality in an elderly population. The legislation created a notch' in Social Security benefits based upon date of birth; those born before January 1, 1917 generally receive higher benefits than those born afterwards. We compare mortality rates after age 65 for males born in the second half of 1916 and the first half of 1917. Data from restricted-use versions of the National Mortality Detail File combined with Census data allows us to count all deaths among elderly Americans between 1979 and 1993. We find that the higher income group has a statistically significantly higher mortality rate, contradicting the previous literature. We also find that the younger cohort responded to lower incomes by increasing post-retirement work effort. These results suggest that moderate employment has beneficial health effects for the elderly.
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Published: Snyder, Stephen E. and William N. Evans. "The Effect Of Income On Mortality: Evidence From The Social Security Notch," Review of Economics and Statistics, 2006, v88(3,Aug), 482-495.
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This week I have a group friends down over at Tokyo doing a very intense race. A race that I am too looking forward to challenge myself to. It is the Ultra-Trail MountFuji. The distance covers 161km and the cumulative altitude gain is about 9000m – it is also one of the toughest Ultra-Trail in the Asia region. As I write this post, some of my friends are still running, while a few have fallen out. Regardless, all of you are simply amazing and just having the gut to sign up for this kind of gruelling race is already an inspiration.
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my first 100km
In fact, my friends have been such an inspiration that I have decided to sign up for the ColourCoil TMBT Ultra Marathon in Sabah this coming September. It is a 100KM trail race and if I can complete this race, I would be able to have the prerequisite to sign up for the UTMF2014.
UTMF (ULTRA-TRAIL Mt.FUJI) – Prerequisite: The successful completion of at least one trail running race that is 100km or longer OR two trail running races that are 70 km or longer. These races must have been completed after Jan. 1, 2010.
my 100km DIY training program
My 100Km race is about 5 months away and I have started my training. Here is a sample of my training week
- Monday – run to work (tempo run house)
- Tuesday – hill repeats (either fort canning or hill behind Macpherson)
- Wednesday – track work
- Thursday – morning 10km run (or run to office)
- Friday – Rest day
- Saturday – 21km or (10km MR)
- Sunday – Long Slow Distance (10~15km) (to ECP and Back)
and I would be adding slightly a little bit more milage each week till I reach a maximum single day run of 60km.
Using Evernote for training log
With the training schedule out, I need a tool to keep rack. I used Evernote for my training log and typically what I do is to create a notebook and saved each day of training as a note under the created notebook.
I used some shorthands and tags to classify my workouts. For example, CR means Circuit Run and Tags is to indicate the training phase. And I would use the search filter within the notebook to find out how have I done for the month. The problem with this is that, it is a little tedious because each of the training is a separate note. I could do an alternative of saving my training log into one single note but I would need to list down the dates by the side.
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I got to know about Drafts from Back2Work – a podcast that I listens to regularly. It talks about productivity and tech. Drafts (as you can guess from the name) is a writing app. It's available on both iPhone and iPad. I got the iPhone app and it has since become the de facto note taking app for me. But Drafts have something more interesting, it is also an app launcher. Drafts supports 35 different actions that trigger different apps. For example, you can use Drafts as a means to quickly write a tweet or status update without actually opening either app. It also gives you the ability to link up with commonly use apps such and Dropbox and Evernote. Linking to Evernote links Drafts to your default notebook in Evernote. If it concerns writing, Drafts have something for you.
In short, you can use Drafts to control every single text based action you do on your iOS device. – lifehacker
Using Evernote with Drafts
Once you link up with Evernote, you can create custom action for it. I created a custom action that allows me to prepend to an Evernote note. Once enabled, Drafts creates a note titled: training dated with "year" and "month". When I type in my workout for the day and I select the "Append to Dropbox "Training Update" action, it will prepend the log to the same note I created. And if the month changes, a new note will automatically be created. Thus all training log that are achieved in April will be saved in an Evernote note titled Training–2013–04, while those in May will be Training–2013–05. This way Drafts solves my problem of having too much notes and I can easily do my workout analysis in a single note.
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Author & Editor Teams: Writing a Contemporary Novel with Lily Anderson
Ever been curious about editor/author relationships? Lily Anderson, author of The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You, tag-teamed with her editor, Sylvan Creekmore, to answer some burning questions about crafting realistic stories, things to keep in mind when using pop culture references in your writing, and more. And be sure to check back tomorrow for Lily's questions for Sylvan!
Sylvan Creekmore (SC): What is the most rewarding part of writing contemporary YA?
Lily Anderson (LA): 100% the readers. It's a miraculous sort of thing, having your book reach people all over the world. Recently, I got a letter (okay, an email) from a reader in India who said that she loved The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You because she also went to a school for geniuses and it made her feel less alone. How rad is that? All because I sat down and wanted to make mustache jokes for 300 pages.
SC: What is the most challenging part of writing contemporary YA?
LA: Trying not to sound like an old fogey! I love pop culture references—first of all because it helps to root the book and the characters in a certain time and place and secondly because it is how I actually talk—but I spend a lot of time trying to figure out what references would make sense for my characters' relative ages. So, in The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You, the main characters are super into Buffy the Vampire Slayer but because they had the on-going comics series and the whole show is on Netflix.
I think once every manuscript, I think of a really great Space Jam joke and then remember that my target audience wasn't alive when Space Jam came out. (But like, for real, how bonkers is Space Jam? That happened to us as a society!)
SC: What advice do you have for writers interested in writing contemporary YA?
LA: Read YA. Read so much YA. Read recent YA and old YA. I have a lot of people tell me that they want to write YA because of some absence in the field, but those are often people who come in referencing Twilight like nothing else has been written in the last 12 years. There's way more to this industry than what gets turned into movies. So, read as much as you can, then start writing. Write your trash books, your derivative stories, your homages to what came before you. Get the garbage out of your system and then start thinking about getting into the business. Writing is a business and you (mostly) train yourself to do it.
SC: Can you describe the writing process?
LA: I start with a kernel of an idea ("Much Ado About Nothing in a high school for geniuses!" "A girl decides to run away using The Importance Of Being Earnest as a guidebook!") and then outline a beginning, middle, and end. I fill in the important bits—plot twists and character reveals and lines of dialogue I don't want to forget. Sometimes, I'll go so far as to write out chapter by chapter outlines if the book is complicated enough to need it. When I'm writing a first draft, I write every single night after dinner and pretty much all day on weekends. When it's done (anywhere from six weeks to nine months later, again, depending on the book), I give it to friends and my agent to read. Based on their notes, I'll implement the necessary changes. My agent reads it again and, if it's in good enough shape, we send it over to you to buy it! (Which is super, hey thanks for buying my books!) Then more notes, more editing, and very long quiet stretches where being a professional writer feels a little bit like a dream.
SC: What genre of book/music/movies would your readers be surprised to find out you love?
LA: I'm shockingly bro-like, which is probably a surprise considering I write romantic comedies full of feminist rants. One of my all-time favorite movies is the 2006 classic Beerfest. I don't love all stupid frat boy humor, but I do love FX's The League and Old School and Tropic Thunder...
SC: Weirdest thing you ever put on a sandwich?
LA: My favorite sandwich is something I would never serve to other people but personally eat A LOT, which is an avocado spread made with white vinegar and cumin, sliced tomatoes, anchovies, and a fried egg. It's sloppy and tangy and salty and I can feel people gagging so I'll stop.


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Dow Drops, But Defense Is Costly
With the market down nearly 700 points in two days, investors are shifting to traditional safe havens like bonds and defensive sectors of the stock market. But that protection comes at a price, as SmartMoney's Jonnelle Marte explains on The News Hub.
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