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Travertine stone floor tiles are available in a wide range of colours, textures and finishes. Travertine tiles can be tumbled, honed or polished. For a more traditional stone floor, tumbled travertine can perfectly compliment any original features. Tumbled travertine looks centuries old and creates an authentic feel, making tumbled travertine tiles particularly popular for traditional home renovations.
Honed travertine tiles create a more contemporary look. With the range of travertine tile colours and finishes available, natural travertine tiles really can suit any design and can add value to your home.
Travertine and Limestone Mosaic Tiles
Travertine and limestone mosaic tiles are used for backsplash applications, including kitchen and bathroom backsplashes. Travertine and limestone mosaic tiles are also used for bathroom walls, bathroom shower, shower wall, shower floor and bathroom vanity backsplashes. Travertine mosaic tiles can also be used for bathroom vanity counter tops.
Granite is one of the hardest and most durable of all stone flooring tiles. Its smooth polish brings a classically elegant feel to your home. Granite tiles are a perfect choice for hard surface applications where durability and low maintenance is important, such as tiles for kitchen countertops, high traffic floors and tile flooring for commercial applications.
Marble Tiles
Natural marble stone floor tiles are available in honed, filled, tumbled and polished finishes.
With honed and polished varieties of marble tiles being suited to more contemporary interiors, our range of tumbled marble floor tiles can perfectly compliment a traditional property. With the range of colours and finishes available, natural marble floor tiles really can suit any decor and after the marble tiles have been sealed and grouted, they can withstand family life with ease and are easy to clean.
Limestone Tiles
Limestone floor tiles have long been a favourite for stone flooring in both traditional and contemporary homes. Limestone tiles can perfectly compliment any decorative style and the application of sealant liquid makes them easy to maintain.
We have carefully selected our range of limestone floor tiles that best reflects the needs of our customers, with our limestone tiles featuring colours ranging from white through to golden brown. Some of the types of limestone tiles also show different mottling and speckling and we now also offer a variety of tumbled limestone tiles that can create a more rustic look.
Slate stone tiles are a favourite for flooring throughout the home, especially the kitchen and bathroom. Not only are slate floor tiles strong and durable but they are also available in a range of colours and finishes, accommodating many different decorative styles.
The solid, consistent colour of our Black Slate stone tiles is perfect for contemporary homes while the Oyster Slate tiles or Rustic Slate tiles, with their heavily textured surface and varied colours, lend themselves to a more rustic and traditional interior.
Slate tiles are also suitable for commercial use with smoother varieties of Slate tiles being the most hygienic and easy to clean.
At Positive Interiors, one of our areas of speciality is oak flooring and we have a very large selection of solid and engineered Oak flooring in a variety different widths and grades.
Oak flooring is highly valued for its beautiful grain and texture and its rich colour which is enhanced by oiling.
At Positive Interiors we stock and supply a large variety of Engineered Oak flooring with a wide range of colours in pre-oiled finishes.
Our thermo treated ash with its dark colour and bold straight grain is suitable for any type of home as it integrates into any design be it modern or traditional. The natural grain of the ash floor together with the dark colour tones created by the thermo treatment process give any7 home a warm and luxurious finish.
The thermo treatment process gives the ash very high levels of stability as the thermo process reduces the ability of the wood to absorb moisture. This makes thermo ash a suitable wood for combining with under floor heating.


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Somehow, in the way most of us were raised, we were never invited to look directly at our own mind and see what it actually is. We assumed that we had a kind of base camp, a perspective, a place to look from called "I" -- and that from there we could look at other things, right? So we can look at, for example, a color -- we can explore colors. We can explore people's personalities or emotions. We can even look at our own personality and emotions. We can explore all these things with our mind, but we have hardly ever looked at the mind itself that's doing the looking.
We've been driving this vehicle along -- this car called the ME-MOBILE. Maybe it's a Mercedes; maybe it's one of those VW's with the electric guitar you can plug right into it; maybe it's an old jalopy. This is the ME-HICLE. But we never stopped the car, and just raised the hood, and looked underneath to see what is in there. Meditation is kind of an innocent thing to do but it can interrupt the momentum created by our assumptions -- like "I think there's a big Self and a little self; or a higher consciousness and a lower consciousness; or I don't believe there's anything out there at all; or some stuff is out there and some is in here; or I believe in this, I don't believe in that."
We rarely if ever look at the "I" that's making all those assumptions. Our meditation practice, rather then being theoretical or metaphysical, is extremely personal and direct -- it's highly experiential.
The practice also has a theory and a method to it. We could just blindfold ourselves and go into a dark room and just stumble around for a while, but in this case there's a method to how we explore, there's a simple but elegant technique. There's a way of looking into this thing we call our mind, and exploring who and what we are, directly and without any kind of intermediary.
(see previous post -- Taking Your Seat: Simple Meditation Instructions For Ordinary People)
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Dominating the national conversation for the next few days will no doubt be the interview between ABC's George Stephanopoulos and fired FBI Director James Sanctimonious --- I mean Comey. This exchange of softball questions and self-serving answers, edited down to one hour (minus commercials) from five hours of conversation, was perhaps the most sickening piece of political propaganda I've ever seen on a major network. And that's saying something.
It's a mystery how Comey even functions –- his mind, I mean. He wraps himself in "truth" while misrepresenting it numerous times in this interview. He seems to be in such denial that he's oblivious to the irony of what he's doing: chiding others for politicizing investigations WHILE APPEARING ON AN AGENDA-DRIVEN SHOW THAT IS POLITICIZING INVESTIGATIONS. The last 15 minutes or so of the interview are as political as it gets, with Comey actually saying in response to some conveniently leading questions that the President is morally unfit for office and calling on Americans to stop him at the ballot box.
So, whom would Comey rather have in the Oval Office? Hillary? After all, if Trump hadn't won the White House, that means Hillary would have. I guess that would be just fine with Comey; after all, she didn't "intend" to break the law over and over while she was at the State Department. Never mind that she couldn't possibly be naive enough or witless enough to mishandle classified material and destroy massive piles of subpoenaed evidence without meaning to, or that others have been jailed for far less, or that the investigations into Hillary's various and sundry misdeeds could easily stretch out over the next decade.
And that's where I'm going with this –- the shocking double standard applied to Hillary Clinton, which is even more obvious as of last Friday. Contained in the portion of Inspector General Horowitz's report released on that day is a reference to an attempt by the Obama Justice Department to shut down the investigations being carried out in four FBI field offices. Have you heard about this? The story is just too important to be overshadowed this week by Comey's grotesque TV appearance.
According to the IG report, on August 12, 2016, then-FBI deputy Director McCabe received a phone call from an unnamed Justice Department principal associate deputy attorney general (referred to as PADAG) pressuring him to shut down the FBI investigation of the Clinton Foundation. We're talking multiple investigations in four field offices --- New York; Los Angeles; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Washington, DC, all sparked by "suspicious activity" between a foreign donor and the foundation.
Note that this demand was made by a very high-level person, and in a phone call rather than an official written communication that could be more easily used as evidence.
The call from Justice came a couple of months after then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch had that completely innocent private meeting with Bill Clinton to talk about grandchildren when their planes by sheer coincidence were grounded together at the airport in Phoenix. McCabe characterized that call as "acrimonious." saying he'd never had a conversation of such intense drama before or since.
This call was apparently part of the narrative McCabe wanted leaked to Devlin Barrett of the Wall Street Journal, and he authorized two staff members --- one of which was Lisa Page, of the infamous Strzok/Page texts --- to do the leaking. That's the case of leaking he misled the IG about; his "lack of candor" got him fired.
So, why on earth would McCabe want to leak a story about bowing to pressure to end the Clinton investigation? It sure doesn't make the FBI sound good. The IG concluded that he had done this to help his own reputation after Barrett reported on the approximately $500,000 donation to McCabe's wife Jill's state senate campaign from Clinton "bagman" Terry McAuliffe. McCabe had wanted to show that he wasn't biased in favor of Hillary. The FBI does not take kindly to leaking information about an investigation for the purpose of making oneself look good.
And why was this even an issue in the first place? It wouldn't have been if McCabe had recused himself from the Hillary case in the beginning. Maybe if McCabe and others at the FBI and Justice had heeded their serious conflicts of interest and political biases, those institutions might still have a little credibility left.
Anyway, the big takeaway here, bigger even than James Comey's enormous ego –- or his stunningly hypocritical interview, which will mercifully fade from memory --- is that the Obama Justice Department really did apply serious pressure to the FBI to get the Hillary investigation dropped. It's as we thought: the fix was in.
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The Democratic Dashboard Guide to result declaration times for Election 2016. Lighter shades mean earlier on Thursday night/Friday morning, darker shades Friday afternoon and into Saturday. Times not available for Northern Ireland Assembly constituencies and PCC elections unfortunately. London constituencies are difficult to predict, but will likely be during the afternoon on Friday.
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Our mission is to help marketers, advertisers, designers and entrepreneurs to design banner ads that people will click on because it's beautifully created with high quality content. This is why we are in a constant research, constant conversation with our users and we are giving everything we got to inform and inspire our community.
We know how important you time is, and that's the reason we want to help you both speed your workflow and keep you focused on your work.
In the last few months, our designers and developers have been hard at work to bring you the best version of "My Banners" and we're pleased to announce you that it's finally here!
The first thing that you need to know about the redesign of this page is that it is on the same branding line with the banner creator layout and design. Why? Because we believe that a product should have the same brand voice in everything it does.
Let us show you what nifty options we've just introduced:
Use tags to organize your banners
We improved our Tag system and prepared the framework to be able to add folders in the next weeks. Stay tuned and follow us on Twitter and Facebook to get the updates.
But what if you are new in Bannersnack and you don't know what the tag system is? For example, let's say that you are a freelancer and you design banner ads for several clients. For many of them you designed a type of banner and you need to create the same design but in different sizes. So to be more organized and save more time, you can tag your banners with your client's name or something specific that can help you find the banner faster, or find every banner for that specific client. Let's say that you client is "Blue Flower" and you use the tag "blue flower" for every one banner made for that client. Now when you type "blue flower" into the search field, every banner with this tag will appear.
Full size preview
See your banners in full size previews with the new, bigger previews and tile grid layout.
With the new design in "My banners" dashboard you can see your banners in a different way. After we did the research, we found out that this type of dashboard is the best one for a great workflow. So when you want to look at one banner, you just click on the "view" button and the banner will open in a pop-up. Also, you can select the banner, click the "edit" button and start designing it or you can just see at the bottom in the left the size of the banner and how big (KB) it is.
At the top of the banner you can see the 3 points "…" where you can directly download the banner without opening it, get the embed code or delete it.
Update search
We updated the "search" tab and now it is easier than ever to find the tags or banners. Just write your keyword and hit enter.
Easier navigation and banner creation.
Everything is now cross-linked and integrated into one big app and this will definitely speed up your workflow.
HTML5 vs Flash
The HTML5 banner maker is now the main app, but you can still use the Flash Banner maker from the left bottom corner. Also, if you move your mouse on a banner in "my banner" section, you can see if the banner is a HTML or Flash.
Banner Ad detailed views
We didn't forget about Banner Analytics. So we included it in the pop-up that is opening after you click the "view" button on the banner into "My banner". In this pop-up we rearranged the details of the banner. At the top, you can see the name of the banner with 2 buttons: "Create New" and "Edit". Then we inserted 2 important action buttons: Download and Embed. We didn't forget the other details either, such as banner links, views, type of banner (HTML or Flash), Private or Public mode, Add tags and the last but not least, the view analytics section. If you want to look at other banners, you can easily click on the "X" button or just click outside the pop-up.
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How to Get iWork on an iPad
IWork is Apple's version of a productivity suite that was created for the Mac OS X operating system. Numbers, Keynote and Pages are the three applications that make up the suite. The applications enable users to create presentations, documents and spreadsheets. Although iWork was originally created for the Mac computer, a stripped down version of each iWork application is available for devices that run iOS, such as the iPad. You can install iWork applications via the App Store on your iPad.
Tap "App Store" on the home screen of the iPad.
Type the name of the iWork application that you want to install into the search bar.
Tap the name of the application from the results list, then tap "$9.99."
Tap the "Install" button, then enter the password for your Apple ID when prompted.
Tap the "OK" button. The iWork application automatically downloads to your iPad. If you want to install another iWork application, repeat the process.
Tap the iWork application's icon to launch it.
- As of September 2011, each iWork application for the iPad costs $9.99.
- IWork applications must be purchased separately.
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This month I want to share with you what most Christians believe which is expressed in the historical Apostles' Creed, which follows:
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from there He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion
of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.
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There is nothing like having a kid to make you evaluate what's most important. So when I discovered that my two-year-old daughter's Beginner's Bible for Toddlers didn't have the death and resurrection of Jesus, I had to ask, What are the essential elements of the Bible?
Writing a children's Bible must be a monumental task. How do you take a book thousands of pages long, with hundreds of characters and scores of plotlines, and boil it down to make it understandable, instructive, and entertaining to kids?
This guy counted all the stories from children's Bibles going back 200 years, and points out that the focus seems to change over time; children's Bibles in the 1800s had more emphasis on moral development, whereas newer editions might have more of a theological underscoring.
My ideal Children's Bible would:
1. Be faithful to the original message.
I want my daughter to learn from the stories the lessons they were meant to teach.
I'm not talking about using a "literal" translation, or some such nonsense. Every Bible passage requires interpretation; that's unavoidable. But I had to unlearn a lot of what I "knew" about the Bible as an adult, because I was so used to asking the phrase, "What does this passage mean to you?"
But you can't answer this question, without first knowing, "What did this story mean to them?" The Bible was written in a different time and culture, when people thought differently; understanding this is the first step to good exegesis. No tot is going to learn the word "exegesis," but teaching the right lesson to start with can go a long way to right understanding when she is older.
2. Have historically accurate illustrations.
Even if my daughter's Bible leaves out a detail or a moral that I think is important, I can (and will) talk with her about it; but the pictures it has will be probably be linked in her mind for the rest of her life.
It's pretty much impossible to find a historically accurate nativity set; believe me, I've tried. It should not be so hard to find a kid's Bible that shows, hey, these were real people (and they didn't look like me).
3. Teach grace.
The overarching plot of the Bible is "Weakness, Grace, Restoration." Most children's Bibles emphasize God's loving nature, but this is only half the picture; I'm not talking about graphic descriptions of Old Testament judgment and eternal damnation, but I do want my daughter to read her Bible and understand, "People are broken, and God fixes them. I need Jesus."
Stories should be selected to highlight that theme — both as points in the meta-story, and which demonstrate those trait independently.
4. Emphasize the Greatest Commandments.
Finally, if we are to boil down the Bible to essentials, we have to start where Jesus did:
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'… And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'" – Mt 22:37,39
God gives us our worth, and for that, he is worthy to be loved and worshipped. And each of us is created in the image of God — meaning that we all have inherent value, and we are meant to reflect God's image to each other. That's something we would all do well to remember.


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Washtenaw County Loan Program
The Washtenaw Loan Fund was established to assist existing and start-up small businesses in Washtenaw County who cannot obtain conventional financing.
The loans are up to $50,000. Many small businesses know the difficulty of obtaining financing from conventional sources, due to lack of capital, no credit, and insufficient collateral. While entrepreneurs, especially women and minorities, may demonstrate the ability to operate successfully, but cannot access conventional financing. This program will remove these barriers and provide access to needed funds.
CEED Lending is one of the first micro lenders in the country since 1984, and provides more than capital assistance. Through the Washtenaw County Loan Fund, we provide business counseling and referrals to build and maintain a successful business.


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Come rain or shine, on Sunday, June 11, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon, Old Ottawa South will host its first Capital Spokes Bike Rally & Rodeo.
The event itself has two parts: a rally and a rodeo. Come to both—the rally begins at 9:00 a.m. at Brewer Park—or come to Windsor Park at 10:00 a.m. where our young cyclists will have an opportunity to demonstrate some of their best riding skills in obstacle courses designed to teach them the safer handling of their untamed bike broncos. Under the guidance of Safer Roads Ottawa, the tennis courts will serve as fenced-in safety corrals to practice turns, bike balance, and hand signals.
And, yes, there will be a fire truck and a police car!
The Ottawa Police will demonstrate how the 1M sonar device works for enforcing the 1M cycling law, firefighters will show kids how fire trucks work and illustrate some of the safety features that need to be observed around large vehicles, the Ottawa Paramedic Service will give out medical data carriers for kids to put on their helmets, and Safer Roads Ottawa will provide safe cycling gear such as arm bands, ankle straps, bells, lights, etc.
Free Volunteer Training on Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. at the Firehall
On Saturday June 10th at 10:30 a.m. at the Firehall, Safer Roads Ottawa will provide an overview of the event plus rally leadership training. CanBike specialists will guide a short in-class session followed by a ride along the Old Ottawa South rally route (see link below).
If your Saturday is already busy, please come for the first 45 minutes so that you can sign your volunteer waiver, pick up your ride leader "pinnie" or safety vest, and review traffic safety basics with the instructor.
If you are a pedestrian and do not cycle, you too can participate. Come to Windsor Park, meet the team from Safer Roads Ottawa, enjoy the fun and the energy of young cyclists.
As a community you get to decide if this is the kind of fun event that helps you teach and support safe cycling in our neighbourhood and in our City. Let's begin this Sunday, June 11th with exploring safe cycle routes in Old Ottawa South and our neighbouring communities. How do we make sure young cyclists have the tools and know-how to travel safely? Your input and feedback will help shape how we can improve this fun educational event in years to come.
All are welcome!
For maps and more information please go to: www.oldottawasouth.ca/news/item/4222-capital-spokes-bike-rally-rodeo.


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Breast Reduction
Breast reduction is a surgical procedure that is performed to reduce the size and weight of your breasts. If you experience a variety of problems from heavy breasts, your surgery may be an insured service by OHIP. In many cases, patients benefit from liposuction of the lateral chest wall (sides of the breasts) to improve the overall contour and results of surgery. Liposuction is not an insured service by OHIP.
Dr. Mahoney prefers to use minimal scarring techniques whenever possible when performing breast reductions.
Breast reduction surgery is carried out under general anesthesia. Procedure time is approximately 2 hours, with a recovery time of 2 weeks. Upper body exercises may resume at 4 weeks.
To schedule a consultation to learn more about breast reduction surgery with Toronto Cosmetic Surgeon Dr. Mary-Helen Mahoney, call us at


text: Pubdate: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 Source: Edmonton Journal (CN AB) Copyright: 2017 The Edmonton Journal Website: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/134 Author: ClaireTheobald Page: A3 POLICE SEE SURGE IN CANCER-CAUSING NARCOTIC ADDITIVE Painkiller mixed with cocaine by dealers can cause seizures, coma or death Police fear a growing amount of buffing agent being seized in drug busts means more high-level dealers are bringing wholesale quantities into Edmonton for redistribution, creating another avenue for profit. The Edmonton Drug and Gang Enforcement (EDGE) unit seized more buffing agent in 2016 - 82.05 kg - than all cocaine, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine combined. Buffing agents are used by drug dealers to dilute illicit drugs to increase profits. A single EDGE investigation in January yielded more than 150 kg of phenacetin, known on the street as "superbuff," enough to fill four large barrels and potentially worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. "Cocaine traffickers need the buffing agent to make money, and selling illegal drugs is about making money. It's just one part of the puzzle," EDGE Staff Sgt. Kevin Berge said. Berge said phenacetin - a painkiller pulled from the pharmaceutical market in Canada in 1978 after it was found to be carcinogenic - is the most popular buffing agent used by dealers to cut cocaine. Arno Siraki, an associate professor in the faculty of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Alberta, said phenacetin has been labelled by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a Group 1 carcinogen, the highest classification of cancer-causing substances, putting it on the same list as radioactive materials like plutonium. "Any time a substance is labelled as a Group 1 carcinogen there is no dose that is safe," Siraki said. Siraki said large doses of phenacetin can cause hemolytic anemia, a condition that destroys red blood cells, and methemoglobinemia, a condition that inhibits the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen that in severe cases can cause seizures, coma or death. Repeated use of phenacetin can cause kidney damage and failure, and over time phenacetin consumption can cause cancer of the renal pelvis and ureter, the "excretion routes of the drug," Siraki said. BARRELS OF BUFF Because of its popularity among drug dealers, phenacetin has become just as salable for high-level dealers on its own as it is when mixed with cocaine, Berge said, with drug dealers selling phenacetin to other lower level dealers. Berge said the barrels of phenacetin seized in January appear to have been shipped from China where it is readily available, and the white, powdery substance is sometimes shipped under different names to avoid detection. Finding buffing agents is a good indicator for investigators that a suspect has higher level knowledge of cooking or converting illegal drugs - such as converting cocaine into crack cocaine - Berge said, giving police the option to charge someone in possession of the substance with production on top of any other related drug possession or trafficking charges. Berge stresses to users that there is no quality control or health standards involved in buying or selling illegal drugs. "Each time you take an illegal drug it's like playing Russian roulette, you don't know what you are going to take," he said. "It's not made in a facility that has quality control. You don't know what the ingredients are, you don't know what it's being laced with." - --- MAP posted-by: Matt


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Microsoft to Launch Windows Phone 7.8 on Wednesday [RUMOR]
Microsoft will release the next iteration of its WP7 mobile platform, Windows Phone 7.8, next Wednesday or Nov. 28, WMPoweruser reports citing unnamed sources.
The report doesn't offer many more details, except for a few tidbits we already know: the update will bring WP7 devices a new start screen, Bing-based lock screen and the ability to keep Wi-Fi alive on Nokia devices in suspend mode.
Announced in June 2012, Windows Phone 7.8 is the update which should soothe the hearts and minds of WP7 device owners. Those devices won't be getting an update to the next major iteration of the platform, WP8, but WP7.8 brings some of its features to older devices.


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I bought an LED chimney / Santa motif from OO. It has 3 channels (one for the chimney & body and two for the leg pairs) and comes with a 24Vac plugpack and MFC.
After cutting the MFC off, I wired the 3 plugs to a 4-core cable that runs back to one of my controller cabinets.
As per some of the other motif mods I've done (like the LED Stars), I used 2 x 1N4001 in series with the common +ve wire to drop the 30V down to about 28.5V so it's close to the original brightness.
Here it is mounted up on the roof.
I cut 2 lengths of 20mm PVC electrical conduit and cable tied them to the main frame and stand.
The conduit pieces are 1500mm each, but a little longer wouldn't hurt.
I found that a spread of one tile between the frame and stand allowed the motif to stand fairly vertical.
Medium thickness cable ties are attached to the conduits in several places.
Make sure you don't tie around the LED rope light itself though.
The uncut tails of the cable ties are wedged under the tiles in several places.
A large flat blade screwdriver was used to carefully left each tile up to slip the cable tie under.
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Update: The day off was granted. From MyNorthwest.com:
Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant urged her peers to give city employees the option to take May Day off. They obliged Monday afternoon by unanimously voting to make it official.
From MyNorthwest.com: Seattle councilmember Kshama Sawant is urging her peers to give city employees the option to take May Day off.
On Monday afternoon, Sawant will introduce a resolution proclaiming that city workers have the "right to take the day off on May 1, 2017, without retaliation." The resolution also asks that city departments inform non-emergency workers that they have the right to request the day off to attend the "celebrations."
"I urge councilmembers to approve this May Day resolution, which explicitly recognizes the right of city workers to take the day off and provides protection to city workers who may otherwise worry about retaliation," a statement from Sawant says. "May Day has historically been an important day of action for worker and immigrant rights. It's especially significant this year, with immigrants, working people, labor unions, women, and the LGBTQ community under attack from Donald Trump. If Seattle is truly a Sanctuary City that supports immigrants and working people, then it should lead the way by enabling City employees to stand in solidarity with immigrants and all workers on May 1.
"Further, I call on everyone who opposes Trump's bigoted, anti-worker agenda to participate in peaceful May Day activities, particularly the official May 1 Action Coalition march. Join our growing Resist Trump Coalition to actively organize and build the fightback against the billionaire class."
Prior to a vote on the resolution, Sawant is calling for a rally at City Hall around 1:30 p.m. The resolution will be voted on during the 2 p.m. city council meeting.
Every year on May 1, a workers' rights march is held in Seattle as part of International Workers' Day. The march, attended by thousands, is typically peaceful. Other marches, unrelated to the workers' march during the day, typically occur in the evening and into the night. Those have become known for antagonism, violence, and damage.
According to the Seattle Times, Sawant's resolution notes that a state law gives public employees in Washington state the right to request two unpaid holidays per year for a reason of faith or conscience or an organized religious activity.
The law says an employee must be allowed to take off the days he or she wants unless the employee's absence would impose an undue hardship on the employer, or the employee is necessary to maintain public safety.


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Pakistan's experienced allrounder, Shoaib Malik is returning home from New Zealand after suffering a freak head injury during the third one-day international. The former Pakistan captain will miss the three match T20 series starting from Monday.
Hit on the head by a wayward throw from New Zealand's Colin Munro while taking a run in the match, Malik also couldn't play the last two of the five-match ODI series which Pakistan lost five nil.
The Pakistan Cricket Board said in a statement that the Pakistan team management including the captain, head coach, manager had held a meeting with team physiotherapist, Via Singh and Malik to discuss his participation in the T20 series.
"The committee reviewed the expert advice it received from the top medical consultants in New Zealand after conducting all necessary tests of Malik has decided, after briefing the PCB to send him back from New Zealand," the statement said.
"The committee is of the opinion that it should give him chance to recuperate from the symptoms of the delayed concussion he is he currently showing," it said.
The statement said that Malik suffered a delayed concussion after being hit by a wayward throw at Hamilton.
"He is showing daily signs of improvement. He has been advised to rest for a minimum of seven to 10 days. The decision was made to give him the best chance to continue aiding his prognosis and that he should return home to recover in a familiar and comfortable environment," the statement said.
The tour management has decided not to call up any replacement for Malik who has appeared in 35 tests, 261 ODIs and 92 T20 internationals for his country.
Malik has been Pakistan's leading performer in limited overs cricket in the last two years since deciding to retire from Test cricket.
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Geneva International Airport, located 2.5 miles northwest of the city center in Geneva, Switzerland, is known formally as Genève Aéroport. The airport has two passenger terminals. Terminal 1, the main concourse, has five spokes divided into Piers A, B, C, D and F. At Schengen gates passengers are not subject to passport checks. Similarly, Pier F, known as the French section is solely for travel between the nearby French region of Pays de Gex, allowing passengers to avoid Swiss customs. This section, which has two gates with jet bridges, exists thanks to an agreement between France and the Canton of Geneva.
The new Aile Est terminal project modernizes and extends Pier C in T1 to accommodate up to six widebody aircraft simultaneously. The project will also include a gate to accommodate the jumbo Airbus A380. Terminal 2, the airport's original terminal, is used only during the winter and has limited facilities. During 2011, 189,121 flights operated to and from Geneva International Airport carrying 13,130,222 passengers. 72,000 tons of freight, including postal service, passed through Geneva International's cargo facilities in 2011. Fifty-four airlines operate 1,000 weekly commercial flights from the airport.
For security purposes, Terminal 1 is closed overnight from midnight to 4 a.m. The French sector is closed from 11 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. Most airlines serving Geneva International recommend checking in at least two hours prior to a flight. Some airlines provide baggage check-in the day prior to flying. Express check-in kiosks are also scattered throughout the airport. Passengers are requested to be at the gate at least 30 minutes prior to departure.
Geneva International was established in Coitrin in 1919 as a simple airfield. Six airlines operated from the airfield in 1930. The first permanent runway was built in 1937. By the following year, eight airlines operated out of Geneva International. All flights from Switzerland were banned during World War II. Following the war, the single runway was lengthened and an agreement was reached to build the present day T2. That terminal opened in 1846. The first transatlantic flight to New York started in 1947, while the first jet aircraft to fly into Geneva arrived in 1958. In May 1968, the current T1 was opened and designed to serve seven million passengers per year, a mark that was achieved in 1985.


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The 10 Most Important Laptops of All Time
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3. The First Portable PC Running a 386 Processor: Compaq's Portable 386 (1987)
If you're surprised to see this big, clunky machine on our list, we cheerfully admit that it wasn't a true notebook, but it was just portable enough--and it set a milestone.
Despite a mind-boggling price tag of $12,000, the Compaq Portable 386 became one of the most celebrated portables of all time: It was the first to use the powerful new Intel 80386 processor, whose architecture reigned as the 32-bit computing standard for the next two decades.
The Portable 386 was not pretty. A "lunchbox" computer, it looked more like a small suitcase with a thick, built-in handle. It weighed almost 20 pounds. Its keyboard had to be separately attached, and it lacked a battery, so it had to stay plugged in at all times. The flat monochrome screen had a garish orange hue.
But its Intel 80386DX-20 chip, operating at a scorching 20 MHz, gave the Compaq Portable 386 all the sex appeal it needed. When it was released, it was the fastest portable computer on the planet.
4. The First Convertible Tablet: GRiD Systems' 2260 (1992)
So you thought handwriting recognition was an invention of the new millennium? Nope. GRiD Systems' Convertible model 2260 (also marketed by AST as the PenExec) was the first notebook with a pen-sensitive screen that could pivot and lie flat against the keyboard for use as a slate--and it appeared way back in the early nineties. The 2260 had an Intel 386 processor; a pricier model, the 2270, had a 486 processor. While the Convertible models were not around for long, they set the stage for future slate endeavors.
The Convertible was a rugged unit with a thick magnesium case. It had a nice screen for the time, a 10.5-inch active-matrix monochrome VGA display.
But it was too heavy to hold for very long, and input using the Windows for Pen operating system was too clumsy for the Convertible to gain widespread acceptance. It wasn't until Microsoft introduced the Tablet Operating System in 2002 and handwriting recognition began to improve that convertible notebooks began to carve out a niche in the market.
5. The First Thin-and-Light Notebook: DEC's HiNote Ultra (1994)
Love your ultraportable laptop with its slim case and sub-three-pound weight? You can thank Digital Equipment Corporation, maker of workstations and servers in the 1980s, for setting a new standard for thin and light laptops.
The DEC HiNote Ultra measured about an inch tall and weighed three and a half pounds. It had an 11.1-inch active-matrix monochrome screen, 4MB of RAM, a 340MB hard drive, a trackball pointing device, and a choice of a 486 SX33, 486 DX2/50, and 486 DX4/75 Intel processors. The operating system was Windows for Workgroups 3.11 running on top of MS-DOS 6.22. It had one business application, Lotus Organizer, and was loaded with CompuServe for navigating something new called the Internet.
DEC claimed a couple of other firsts with the HiNote: A quick-release button that ejected PCMCIA cards (later renamed PC Cards) without requiring the user to stick a pencil in the slot, and a battery that flipped down to become a typing foot. The state-of-the-art storage device of the day, the floppy drive, was external, but DEC bragged about the drive's design, because it was a slice that attached to the bottom of the notebook for a "zero footprint."
6. The First Notebook With a Touchpad: Apple's PowerBook 520 (1994)
Instead of a trackball, the standard pointing device for all early laptops, the PowerBook 520 had what Apple called a trackpad, designed by an inventor named George E. Gerpheide in 1987. Using capacitive touch, the touchpad required only finger proximity to move the cursor. After its introduction on the PowerBook 520, the touchpad set a new standard that lives to this day.
Love it or hate it, the touchpad has outsold the eraserhead nub, Sony's jog dial, and all manner of other pointing devices to grace almost every laptop sold. And no big surprise: Apple notebooks still have the best touchpads. For instance, they're the only ones that let you scroll by swiping anywhere on the membrane with two fingers.
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Mon, 29 October 2018
Lots to discuss. Politics, film, and Netflix.
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Fri, 12 October 2018
DC lands James Gunn to write and possibly direct the next Suicide Squad. Ryan Coogler is back for Black Panther 2. Kanye got his MAGA on and visited President Trump in the Oval Office. We touch on all that plus new trailers, new Netflix shows and a bunch of other pop culture goodness.
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Fri, 5 October 2018
Lots to break down this week. The Captain Marvel trailer debuted showcasing the MCU's first female lead movie. We watched a bunch of new and old Netflix shows; Mania, La Mante, The Office (see I said old), The Dragon Prince and a few others. We saw some movies including The House With A Clock in its Walls. We break down the pros and cons of SNL's storied existence. Kanye had another MAGA breakdown. It's really embarrassing to watch someone flounder desperately to remain relevant. RIP Ye.
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Olympus PEN F is the gorgeous retro digital camera you've been waiting for
There's no company that knows how to build retro cameras the way Olympus does.
The new PEN F is quite possibly the most retro mirrorless digital camera the company has ever created. I dare say it's even more retro than the company's high-end OM-D mirrorless cameras. It's not just old-school aesthetics — the camera's got a dial on the front for quickly switching between different color modes to emulate the look of film.
The digital PEN F's design pays homage to the original PEN F film camera released in 1963. The resemblance is obvious when the cameras are next to each other. You can tell just by looking at it that the engineers and designers sweated all of the details from the font to the knurled metal dials.
Like Olympus's other Micro Four-Thirds format mirrorless cameras, the PEN F's top is covered with dials and the backside has buttons crammed into every piece of its body. In the era of touchscreens, the dial and button overload may feel a bit much, but I love it.
By including all of these physical buttons and dials, Olympus, is in a way, bringing back the seriousness of taking photos. To shoot in any mode other than manual and not appreciate the tactile controls would be a waste.
Within the magnesium top and aluminum and faux-leather-wrapped body is a new 20-megapixel Live MOS image sensor powered by Olympus's TruePick VII image processor. The resolution boost is greatly welcome since Olympus has stuck with a 16-megapixel image sensor for years, while its closest mirrorless competitors leapfrogged it.
The camera's also got 5-axis in-body image stabilization, just like in OM-D E-M10 Mark II, which helps it compensate for shaky hands.
The OM-D E-M5 Mark II introduced the ability to take several images and stitch them together into a 40-megapixel shot. The PEN F, with its higher resolution images, takes eight photos and composites them together into a 50-megapixel picture.
New for an Olympus camera is the ability to register information (lens name, focal length, aperture) for old Olympus lenses, for inclusion in your images's EXIF data.
As mentioned earlier, there's a Color Profile Control dial on the front of the camera that applies live filters during shooting to help recreate a film-like aesthetic in images. Twist it and you can switch between several modes (Monochrome Profile Control, Color Profile Control, Art Filters and Color Creator).
For the first time on a PEN digital camera, there's a built-in electronic viewfinder (EVF). You can buy an external EVF and clip it on via the hot shoe on Olympus's existing PEN digital cameras, but it's an extra cost, not to mention it looks ugly. The OLED EVF on the PEN F has the same clarity and resolution as the E-M10 Mark II with 2.36 million dots. It also has the same simulated optical-viewfinder (S-OVF) mode that recreates the feeling of looking through an optical viewfinder (i.e. larger dynamic range) on a DSLR. The EVF is positioned to the left side of the camera, just like a rangefinder, and as such, it makes it a versatile camera for street photography.
On the backside of the camera, there's a 3-inch touchscreen that flips out with its vari-angle hinge. The hinge is useful for taking photos from different heights and squeezing the camera into tight places. Flipping the LCD screen also protects it from getting scratched up.
Once again, Olympus has chosen not to include any 4K video recording. The PEN F records video at up to 1080p full HD resolution and also shoots 4K timelapses (which are composited together into a video clip)— same as the OM-D E-M10 Mark II.
There's no denying the fact Olympus has built a gorgeous camera that's packed chock-full of technology and features. As you'd expect, a premium camera comes with an equally premium price. The camera body alone will cost $1,199.99 when it's released in March. The company says it has no plans to sell any bundles with lenses.
That's $100 more than Olympus's OM-D E-M5 Mark II and $550 more than the OM-D E-M10 Mark II, so do your homework before making any buying decisions.


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Prague by Night
Music is a big part of Prague's nightlife, and the Rudolfinum is one of the city's best known venues. This historic building is the home of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. There are classical concerts all year round and it's a great place to hear music from Czech composers, especially during the Spring Music Festival.
If you're more of a jazz fan, then try the Jazz Dock. This modern glass-walled building on the banks of the Vltava River is especially beautiful lit up at night. It has performances from local and international jazz musicians, and a good selection of whiskies and cocktails to sip on.
If you're looking for a traditional Czech night out on the beer, you'll find it at Husova's U Zlateho Tygra, or House of the Golden Tiger. This pub dates all the way back to 1429 and the locals love it for its no-frills atmosphere and perfectly poured pilsner.
You might not know it but the Czech Republic also produces some great wines. The Monarch Wine Bar tasting room is a good place to try them out. Their giant cellar holds hundreds of local wines as well as a few international ones and you can buy them to take away.
If you fancy something different, Michalská's AnonymouS Bar is a theme bar inspired by the film V for Vendetta. You'll find Guy Fawkes masks, a film set interior and the occasional magic trick, with the drinks also part of the experience as the bartenders put a quirky twist on classic cocktails.
Finish your night on the dance floor at the KU Bar and Lounge, which also has a laid back terrace that's perfect for a sunny afternoon. As the evening goes on DJs play house and R&B tracks, and you can even order drinks without moving from your seat using the built in tablets on each table.


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The great pond snail can be observed from early spring to late autumn in freshwater ponds, small lakes or quiet pools. It is distributed throughout Europe and North Asia, as far the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East.
These snails feed on aquatic plants and dead vegetation, and sometimes on fish eggs, hydra and protozoa. The great pond snail is the intermediary host of the common liver fluke, a parasitic worm.


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And death has it secrets
Dallas, Eve (Fictitious character)
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September 5, 2017
No one is going to miss Larinda Mars. A ruthless gossip queen with a lucrative sideline in blackmail, there's no lack of suspects when she's murdered in a fashionable New York bar. With so many people wanting her dead, it's going to be a tough case to crack. Lieutenant Eve Dallas may not like this particular victim, but it's her duty to bring the killer to justice. As she digs deeper into Larinda's mysterious past, it becomes clear the reporter had a unique talent for uncovering secrets. Including ones very close to home for Eve and her husband Roarke... Someone was willing to commit murder to keep their secrets hidden. And with Eve now working to uncover the truth, she and her team are heading into serious danger.
Dallas rides again in a New York winter, with a hat with a pompom, which rally embarrasses her, but… there is a murder to be solved and Roarke and his eGeek friends have plenty to do.
Gossip columnists have lots of secrets and they hold secrets on others too it seems, secrets that make them a lot of money and give them a lot of power. So lots of enemies to comb through. Perhaps not quite as original as the earlier books in this series, but still, always worth a read.
As always, Peabody makes us smile, Roarke makes us lust, and we all want to be Dallas. And we'd also quite like that week in the Mexico hideaway she offered Peabody – especially if we fly by one of Roarke's private planes.


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Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Just a Boy's Game
Channel: BBC1
Transmission: 08/11/1979
Scotland isn't just kilts, haggis, Irn Bru, the Loch Ness monster, bagpipes, square sausage, tenement buildings, heroin and ginger hair. Perhaps due to these horrendous clichés, the people of Scotland have also developed a reputation of being extremely hard. The mean, economically deprived streets of Glasgow, in particular, are testament to this and you only have to research what a 'Glasgow smile' is to see how nasty it can get. Looking at it from our vaguely lower middle class perch, we think the whole thing's a bit silly and, quite frankly, Just a Boy's Game.
Jake McQuillan (Frankie Millar) casually drifts from bar to bar confident in the fact he can handle himself. In fact, it's fair to say he relishes this knowledge and isn't willing to hear anything to the contrary. Flanked by his promiscuous, good time friend Dancer Dunnichy (Ken Hutchinson), Jake is talked into taking a day off from his work atop a crane in Glasgow docks. Meanwhile, Jake's cantankerous grandfather (Hector Nicol) - a former hardman of the streets - is a sick man and rather resentful of young Jake. Despite this, Jake seeks respect from his grandfather, but his quest to cement his reputation will end in tragedy.
Part of the BBC's much loved and much missed Play for Today series, Just a Boy's Game was beamed into British homes on 08/11/1979. Peter McDougall - known by some as the voice of Scotland - put together the script, which was his fourth for Play for Today alongside Just Your Luck, Just Another Saturday and The Elephant's Graveyard. Capturing every minute, grim detail of a decaying and deprived 70s Glasgow was the camerawork of Elmer Cossey who had previously filmed British TV institutions such as Doctor Who and Not Only... But Also. Taking advantage of the fact that Frankie Millar just happened to be a singer, he had a dual role as lead actor and providing the soundtrack.
Not having watched any Play for Today for a few months we decided to revisit the vast archives. We've said before that it's a shame the TV play is virtually extinct in this day and age. Amongst the endless soapdramareality serials, the odd one off play would be a nice refresher on the palate - much like a lemon sorbet in one of those posh restaurants we can't afford. Sky Arts started their Playhouse Presents series in 2012, so hopefully there's life in the old dog yet.
We always like to identify the quality of acting early on and Just a Boy's Game doesn't disappoint. Frankie Miller effortlessly pulls off Glaswegian death stares and injects a stony soul into Jake. Throughout the play, he gradually strips Jake of all emotion until even the death of his best friend is brushed off as a necessary evil. If Frankie Miller's singing career hadn't been such a success, then acting would have offered him a promising alternative.
Ken Hutchison as Dancer is full of charisma and is the type of promiscuous, drinking womaniser that you can't help but love. His career spanned over thirty years and IMDB go as far to claim that "One of the most brilliant character actors of his generation, Hollywood's loss was British television's gain with Ken Hutchison.". The real surprise for us was Gregor Fisher as Tanza (Jake and Dancer's mate). Having only seen him in comedic roles previously, we didn't realise he could act in a serious role so well. His emotional turmoil at the death of Dancer is one of the highlights for us.
There are a few dud performances from some of the peripheral characters such as Jake's rivals, but they don't take the shine off the main characters.
Peter McDougall started his career off working in the Glasgow shipyards featured in Just a Boy's Game, so it's a world that he knows and this shows in the writing. Known as the voice of Scotland, McDougall explores themes close to the hearts of working class Glaswegians such as family and the ability to never back down from a challenge. The pursuit of being top dog on the estate at any cost is what drives Jake and exposes psychopathic tendencies which hint at a dark future. The family angle is perhaps slightly less well explored and one area that felt a big vague. We never got a handle on exactly why Jake wants a connection with his grandfather - is it to gain his respect? Is it for the sake of family?
There's a lot of respect for Just a Boys Game online over 30 years later and it's gritty appeal is difficult to ignore. Distilling the essence of downtrodden council estates into the heart of their characters, the main actors put in terrific performances; this is matched by the subtle nods to the minutiae of socioeconomic aspects of Glasgow life such as cheap 'wine' and stark living conditions. Our main criticism comes for the lack of a real driving force. At times Just a Boy's Game comes across a bit low key. However, it's definitely one to watch on YouTube and you may even want to hunt down the DVD release from several years ago.
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- Anonymous31 July 2015 at 23:57
This play is actually set in Greenock and Port Glasgow.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 January 2016 at 11:59
The play was set in Greenock and Port Glasgow as Anonymous said, and does I'm afraid reflect quite accurately the mood and behaviour of a large section of the community at that time. The scenes filmed around the tenements in Larkfield brought back memories of many people who did live on a diet of alcohol hostility and violence.ReplyDelete
I watched the play when first aired, mainly because as a 13 year old school boy I was excited about seeing on TV the streets I lived and played on everyday, and didn't really appreciate the subtle themes presented in the talented writings of Peter McDougall. I do now as I see the characteristics of many long since gone people in the faces, words and actions of the actors in this fine play.
Think you should watch again and perhaps try to see past the cliches, and accept instead the possibility that as sad as it appeared, these were portrayals of real people, living in hard times in a depressed town. It wasn't the best we had to offer I suppose, but if Peter sugar coated the reality, the play wouldn't have seen the light of day in the first place.
The comment " You dont go back " is i think one of the most powerful one liners i have ever heard , i was 15 back in 1979 when it first aired on tv and not having seen it for over 40 yrs i remember almost everything word for word , that is how powerful a film it was and still isReplyDelete


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The jerseys for domestic matches, which have been especially designed for the EURO 2016 championship in France, were presented to the public by Marek Hamšík and Vladimír Weiss, the Sme daily reported.
The newly designed jerseys have been prepared for the past 18 months. Compared with the current jersey, the new one has more blue stripes on the sleeves and the Slovak emblem is closer to the heart. The jersey for matches to be held abroad will be introduced next March.
The team will wear the new jerseys for the first time at the preparatory match against Switzerland on November 13 in Trnava.
"I cannot wait," Hamšík said, as quoted by Sme. "We will play in new jerseys at the new stadium."
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Very little is known about this saint. It is plausible that the monastery at Saqqara had been placed under the patronage of a Jeremiah, to whom a particular holiness was attributed, whether or not he was its first superior. The chronicle of the bishop JOHN OF NIKIOU seems to speak of him, which makes him a contemporary of the emperor Anastasius, the dates of whose reign we know precisely (491-518).
Before becoming emperor, Anastasius is said to have been banished by the emperor ZENO (474-491), no doubt for his MONOPHYSITE opinions. John of Nikiou's text appears fairly certain, for he mentions the island of Saint Herai and indicates that it was at Memphis. He reports that Anastasius visited Saint Jeremiah and built a church dedicated to Saint Herai. It is curious that John of Nikiou calls Saint Jeremiah "of Alexandria"; did he thus wish to show his place of birth or the place of his monastery? He seems to say that his monastery was near Memphis. In any case, his evidence assures us of the period when Jeremiah lived, the end of the fifth century and the beginning of the sixth.
The inscriptions found at Saqqara—in the absence of a Coptic life or a summary in Arabic in the SYNAXARION—supply little information. We learn that the anniversary of his birth was celebrated on 4 Hatur, and that the day on which he was tonsured—a day commemorated—was the first of Bashans. He was ordained a priest in the month of Ba'unah, and he died on 22 Tubah. In each case the year is not indicated. The last date appears to have been commemorated. Particular veneration was paid to the cell that he had occupied as the place where he had prayed for the entire world.
Two inscriptions seem to allude to a persecution, but given that these texts are not dated, we cannot know whether these events were contemporary with the saint. The whole, at least, shows that the veneration of the monks toward Saint Jeremiah was great, by reason of the frequency of the invocations, considering that his name is often invoked immediately after those of the three divine Persons.
We may add that a pilgrim, an archdeacon named Theodosius, mentions two monasteries at Memphis: "unum est religionis Vandalorum sancti Ieremiae." This traveler wrote his itinerary around 530.
The excavations at Saqqara have revealed a fresco representing Jeremiah, but this is perhaps only a painting indicating how the monks of the monastery imagined their saint, rather than a true portrait; J. E. Quibell reproduces a watercolor (1908, Vol. 2, pl. 60).
[See also: Christian Subjects in Coptic Art.]
- Amélineau, E. La Géographie de l'Egypte a l'époque copte. Paris, 1893.
- Charles, R. H. The Chronicle of John, Coptic Bishop of Nikiu. Text and Translation Society 3. London, 1916. Repr. Amsterdam, 1981. Trans. from Zotenberg's Ethiopic text.
- Quibell, J. E. Excavations at Saqqara, Vol. 2. Cairo, 1908.
- Reymond, E. A. E., and J. W. B. Barns. Four Martyrdoms from the Pierpont Morgan Coptic Codices. Oxford, 1973.
- Thompson, H., ed. The Coptic Inscriptions. Text in Excavations at Saqqara [III], 1907-1908, [IV], 1908-1909, 1909-1910. Cairo, 1909-1913.
- Zotenberg, H. Chronique de Jean évêque de Nikiou, pp. 125-605.
- Notice et extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque nationale 24. Paris, 1883.


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One way you can bring more Internet traffic to your writing and articles is to social network your articles with Twitter promotions. When you write articles you will need to do extra work after completing them so you can bring viewers to your work and create excitement and genuine interest in what you are writing about. When you use programs such as Twitter to promote your articles online you begin to generate some traffic to your work that would normally take extra time because your articles haven't been indexed by search engine programs such as Yahoo or better yet the largest search engine and the most popular one Google.
Twitter is a very popular social networking program that is used by millions of people around the world from all walks of life each and every day. It is in your best interest as a writer to embrace technology such as Twitter so that you can keep up with the changing Internet. In this article we will discuss some ways you can use Twitter promotions to get additional traffic and hits on your Internet writing.
Your Blog or Website
Many writers are also using blogs when they write articles online. Blogs such as Blooger by Google now offer Twitter icons that you can click to promote your article after you have written the piece on your blog. This makes it easy to promote each and every article that you write online. Twitter promotions via blogs or Twitter icons on your website are an easy way to create interest about you as a writer.
You can create a blog or website about one specific topic and link your articles about this topic to your new site. On your Twitter account you could link to this new blog or website so your readers could view your additional articles that you currently own. When you promote the articles on Twitter you don't want to send constant and annoying messages to your followers all the time. You should break up your article promotions with facts, interesting tidbits, and other information that your followers would find interesting. When you do this your followers are more likely to click on one of your promoted articles and see what you're currently writing about the topic they are interested in.
How to do Twitter Promotions
But before you decide to start promoting your articles you need to keep a few things in mind. When you create a Twitter account you should consider making an additional account or two for your article promotions. When you get followers on Twitter you want them to follow you because they are interested in what you have to say. For this reason you need to target your promotions to the right people. So for example, if you write about guitars all the time you can create a Twitter account just for promoting your guitar oriented online articles. If you're sending messages about weight loss to this account will not have as many followers and it will be difficult to get additional followers to your Twitter account.
Create Additional Twitter Accounts
For additional topics you can create another Twitter account so you can promote those articles on the site to other people and get additional traffic to your work. The whole idea behind this concept is to not annoy your followers with constant messages and tweets about subjects that don't interest then in the least. So when you do promotions you should only do a few at a time so you don't overwhelm people with what would be considered spam.
Gain Followers With Twitter Promotions
Promoting your articles with Twitter promotions is a great way to bring traffic to your online articles and other writing such as a blog. Make sure that you do your promotions in the right way so that people gain interest in what you were saying and not become annoyed with your constant messages. Create an account to promote a specific topic that relates to your articles. This way you'll get more followers in interest and gain more credibility on Twitter.


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SynchWakeup: Managing personal data – heads-up from a regulatory perspective
SynchWakeup is a series of breakfast events focused at providing hands-on knowledge on legal topics of particular importance for early-stage tech companies.
On April 5, 2016, this year's third seminar in the SynchWakeup Series will take place at Synch's offices. In this SynchWakeup, Synch's lawyers present the existing and upcoming Data Protection Regulation and guides you through the jungle of rules and guidelines relevant for your use of for example end-user personal data.
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Technological developments have always accompanied human development. Some technology trends go by as fast as they came. Others change the world and living together in it.
These are nine technology trends and insights that could change our future.
1. Our everyday life produces more and more data
Chats with friends, paying for coffee with the mobile app, searching for the shortest path or streaming music: We leave a broad digital track with what we do every day and produce more and more data that draws conclusions about our actions and actions allow.
2. In the Internet of Things, everyday objects become smart
Not only smartphones and smartwatches are connected to the Internet, but many more smart devices, such as fitness bracelets, voice assistants, connected cars and more. The Internet of Things (IoT) imperceptibly takes more ownership of everyday life. The result is even more data about us.
3. Exponential increase in computer performance
Ever new technologies, such as Quantum Computing, enable ever-higher computing power, which creates new opportunities to actually harness the multitude of data.
4. Artificial intelligence is on the rise
What was considered science fiction just a few years ago is becoming reality. The more AI systems work, the better their options become. Together with the power of modern hardware opens up completely new possibilities of data processing.
5. Automation as the next industrial revolution
More and more processes, decisions, functions or systems can be transferred to algorithms and robots. Machines do many things faster, safer, cheaper, and more accurate than humans. The world of work in companies of all industries is thus changing massively. The economic effects are not yet foreseeable.
6. 3D printing opens up new possibilities
Especially in the industrial sector, 3D printing opens up completely new possibilities. Factories become obsolete in many places, personalization without the disadvantages of a non-existent mass production becomes possible.
7. New forms of interaction with technology
For a long time texts or static programming (eg remote controls) were the predominant form of interaction between users and technical devices, as smartphones and tablets have already changed this. Next, language and – thanks to virtual realities – gestures and facial expressions will take over the connection between the real and the digital world and thus also change the communication between companies and consumers.
8. Blockchain enables decentralized security
The use of blockchain technologies will lead to completely new value chains. Decentralized data storage and smart ledger technologies provide more security for both providers and users. No industry will be exempt.
9. Platforms as a new business reality
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Technology: curse or blessing
No question, new technologies not only bring benefits. This becomes clear in the example of Artificial Intelligence. Not only does it make life more enjoyable, it also takes longer thanks to medical applications, but it also leads to job losses in many areas of the economy.
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Paul Oakenfold, its more trance or house music as techno. Download "Ready Steady Go" first, you've probably heard it before. response from atomic * kitty *
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some of these songs experiments, they are some of my favorite trance / techno songs and artists: Ferry Corsten "Fire", "Punk" , "Time" & "Everything goes" DJ Micro "Inside Of Me (Spacecorn Vs. Artificial)" Robin Fox "I See Stars" Above & Beyond "Can not Sleep" and "For All I Care" Suite 117 "Smaller "Speaker" Omnibus "Karsh Kale" Free Fall "Nysse & Hinton" Silver Water "(DS Remix) Cara Dillon vs. 2Devine" Black Is The Colour "Tube & Berger" Straight Ahead "Olive" You're Not Alone "(ATB Remix ) Danielle Bollinger "Kiss The Sky" Gabriel and Dresden "Tracking Treasure Town" Judge Jules "Ordinary Day" Kirsty Hawkshaw "Fine Day" Cabin Crew "Star To Fall" September "Satellites" Paul Van Dyke "For An Angel", " Nothing But You "and" The Other Side "Ian Van Dahl" Castles in the Sky "Foggy" Come … (Into My Dream) "Oceanlab" Clear Blue Water "&" Satellite "Angel City" Do You Know (I Go Crazy) "and" Love Me Right "Kaskade" Steppin 'Out "&" Be Still "Iio" Rapture "," Kiss You "and" Smooth "Benassi Bros" Every Single Day "and" Hit My Heart "Stonebridge" time "Aurora" Hear You Calling "(Ferry Corsten Remix) Motorcycle" as the rush comes "Groove (a) holics" Children 2002 "Happy listening!
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U.S. approves 3 more types of Simplot GMO potatoes for sale this year
The federal government has given the final OK to three more types of potatoes genetically engineered by Boise's J.R. Simplot Co. to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine. They are safe for the environment and safe to eat, officials announced.
The approvals by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration last month mean Simplot is free to plant the potatoes this spring and sell them in the fall.
The approvals apply to Simplot's second generation of its Innate line of potatoes. The first generation already is sold in stores under the White Russet label.
The company said the latest varities will have less bruising and fewer black spots, enhanced cold-storage capacity and a lower amount of a potentially carcinogenic chemical that is created when potatoes are cooked at high temperatures.
Conventional potatoes can turn a dark color when cooked after they have been kept cold for too long, another problem the new varieties reduce, the company said.
Simplot also said the enhanced cold storage will likely have significant benefit to the potato-chip industry by reducing trucking costs.
The first generation did not include protection from late blight or enhanced cold storage.
There is no evidence that genetically modified organisms, known as GMOs, are unsafe to eat, but changing the genetic code of foods presents an ethical issue for some people and a potential marketing problem. McDonald's declines to use Simplot's genetically engineered potatoes for its French fries.
The genetically modified Russet Burbank, Ranger Russet and Atlantic potatoes were approved previously by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. They "have the same taste and texture and nutritional qualities" as conventional potatoes, Simplot spokesman Doug Cole said.
The company said the potatoes contain only potato genes, not genes from other organisms, and that the resistance to late blight, the disease that caused the Irish potato famine, comes from an Argentine variety of potato that naturally produced a defense.
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Potatoes are considered the fourth food staple crop in the world behind corn, rice and wheat. Late blight, which rotted entire crops and led to the deaths of about a million Irish in the 1840s, is still a major problem for potato growers, especially in wetter regions.
Fungicides have been used for decades to prevent the blight. Simplot says the genetically engineered potatoes reduce the use of fungicide by half.
The Non-GMO Project, which opposes GMOs and verifies non-GMO food and products, said the new potatoes don't qualify as non-GMO.
"There is a growing attempt on the part of biotechnology companies to distance themselves from the consumer rejection of GMOs by claiming that new types of genetic engineering ... are not actually genetic engineering," the Washington state-based group said in a statement.
Simplot is working on a third generation of Innate potatoes that Cole said will have protections against additional strains of late blight.
Cole said the company hasn't decided how it will market the newest potatoes.
The Idaho Statesman contributed.


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Climate Change Fuels Insurgency in AfghanistanNov 15, 2016
By AFP
After two winters without snow, Kabul residents are anxiously scouring the hills for the first flakes, wary that the depletion of this major source of water further fuels instability in war-ravaged Afghanistan.
Historically speaking, a snowless year is highly unusual for this ancient capital, built 1,500 metres (5,000 feet) above sea-level in the foothills of the Hindu Kush. "Kabul can be without gold but not without snow", according to a local proverb.
But as the world gets warmer, that is changing.
Afghan men ride bikes along a road in the old city of Bamiyan on November 6, 2016 ©Wakil Kohsar (AFP/File)
"Countrywide, in the last decade nearly every year has seen either flooding or drought," Mohammad Salim, an expert at the United Nations Development Programs agency said. "And if the current trends continue, droughts will become the new normal."
The mountainous land-locked country was classed in 2012 as among the most vulnerable to climate change, a worldwide problem that is the subject of a UN conference in Marrakesh this week.
And it is here that the knock-on effects of global warming will be keenly felt.
Around 80 percent of Afghanistan's economy is based on agriculture. Afghan farmers depend on reliable, year-round sources of surface water from melting snow on mountains to irrigate their crops and water their livestock.
But only ten percent of the country's land is still farmable because of the impact of recent climate-related disasters, Salim says.
That increasingly leaves rural folk in a desperate situation, says Kazim Hamayun, the deputy director of Afghanistan's National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA).
"If they lose their jobs due to drought, they will join the militancy" of the Taliban, he said.
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"Being a landlocked country, besides terrorism, climate change is a big challenge for Afghanistan.
"Snow has decreased dramatically and the landscape is not made to absorb rain water. Droughts and land degradation can contribute to terrorism. It disrupts the social order," he added.
The Taliban's insurgency, which they have waged since being ousted from power in 2001 by a US-led coalition, has lately expanded to multiple provinces and beyond the traditional "season" that begins with the spring melt and ends with the first heavy falls of snow.
Last year, the fighting continued into winter as less snow made it easy for insurgents to remain mobile and conduct hit-and-run attacks in northern and central Afghanistan.
Consecutive droughts have plagued Afghanistan since the mid 1990s, hitting farmers in central provinces such as Bamiyan, where the water that drains from the Hindu Kush range is running low.
"When I was child, I remember it was impossible to travel in winter in Bamiyan due to heavy snow. People could only travel on the roads by donkeys. But for the last three years the roads are open, the wells are dry and that is a huge problem," said Sayed Daoud Mosavi, Afghanistan's Director of Agriculture Projects.
He added people had stopped cultivating potatoes, one of the main crops in Bamiyan, in at least two districts due to lack of water.
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After two successive record-breaking years, 2016 is shaping up to be the hottest ever.
According to Famine Early Warning Systems, a US funded organisation that provides analysis on drought and food insecurity, there is a likelihood for "average to below-average precipitation across much of Afghanistan" during the wet season that began in October and lasts till May.
Shakir Majeedi, the deputy planning director for the ministry of agriculture and livestock said the country was getting less snowfall each year due to climate change, making life difficult for some farmers.
"The changes (in the climate) have made a lot of farmers food-insecure. It is too soon to predict this year's weather, but we hope to have enough snow and rain," he said.
Afghanistan vulnerable to global warming ©John SAEKI, Laurence CHU (AFP)
An Afghan Hazara girl stands in front of the cave where she lives with her family in the old city of Bamiyan ©Wakil Kohsar (AFP/File)


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Selma's Oscar Snub: Why Awards Strategies and Hollywood Politics Are a More Likely Factor Than Gender and Race
As with every year, the big story following the announcement of the Academy Awards nominations is who got snubbed. This year, the most glaring omission was Selma. The critically acclaimed film about the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches snagged two… Continue Reading


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New Consumer Goods market report from Euromonitor International: "Home Furnishings in the US"
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Where is Voyager 1 Headed and When Will It Get There?
Question: The Voyager 1 spacecraft has left our solar system and is now in interstellar space but where exactly is it heading now and at its present speed how long will it take to get there. — David
Answer: I found the answer to this question on the Voyager FAQ page. From the information on this page you can learn that Voyager 1 is escaping the solar system at a speed of about 3.5 Astronomical Units (AU: the average distance between the Earth and our Sun) per year along a direction that is 35 degrees out of the ecliptic plane to the north, in the general direction of the Sun's motion motion relative to nearby stars. Voyager 1 in headed in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus. In the year 40,272 AD, Voyager 1 will come within 1.7 light years of an obscure star in the constellation Ursa Minor called AC+79 3888.
Just for your information, Voyager 2 is also escaping the solar system at a speed of about 3.1 AU per year, 48 degrees out of the ecliptic plane to the south toward the constellations of Sagitarrius and Pavo. In about 40,000 years, Voyager 2 will come within about 1.7 light years of a star called Ross 248 the constellation of Andromeda.
Finally, if you want to see a very cool graphic which shows the trajectory of the Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, and New Horizons spacecraft out of our solar system, check out the Spacecraft Escaping the Solar System page produced by the folks at Heavens Above.
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Moore and Watson present talk on facilitation techniques
Acquisitions Librarian Wendy Moore and Law Library Director Carol A. Watson presented "Advanced Meeting Facilitation Techniques" at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting during July. Watson also presented "Institutional Repositories" as part of the conference.
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A brief overview of the interesting and worthwhile.
Gathered together in one place: the forgotten, the underappreciated, the taken-for-granted, even the well-known but languishing – in the fields of music, film and (eventually, maybe) literature. It won't exactly match your tastes, it will probably omit some of your personal favourites, but it will at least give you something to think about, explore and consume.
It's an on-going project, with new entries and subject matter added as inspiration and opportunity affords me. Keep tuned!
Here's a little overview of what this is all about: What Am I Trying to Achieve?
Here's where to find everything on Seventies Music: Seventies Music Checklist
Here's where to find everything on Eighties Music: Eighties Music Checklist
Here's where to find everything on Nineties Music: Nineties Music Checklist