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"Developing long-term strategies to reduce energy use and CO2 emissions—analysis of three mitigation scenarios for iron and steel production in China." Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change (2014)..
"Energy Efficiency Improvements Potential in the U.S. Petroleum Refining Industry." 2014 ECEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry 2014. LBNL-6292E..
"Reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions by energy efficiency measures and international trading: A bottom-up modeling for the U.S. iron and steel sector." Applied Energy 120 (2014) 133-146..
"Undertaking high impact strategies: The role of national efficiency measures in long-term energy and emission reduction in steel making." Applied Energy 122 (2014) 179-188..
"U.S Iron and Steel Sector and Potential Trading With China and India: Analysis with ISEEM Energy Model." 37th IAEE International Conference Proceedings, International Association for Energy Economics. New York, New York, 2014..
Assessment of Energy Efficiency Improvement in the United States Petroleum Refining Industry. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2013. LBNL-6292E..
Assessment of Energy Efficiency Improvement and CO2 Emission Reduction Potentials in India's Cement Industry. 2012. LBNL-6337E..
Assessment of Energy Efficiency Improvement and CO2 Emission Reduction Potentials in the Cement Industry in China. 2012. LBNL-5536E..
Bottom-up Representation of Industrial Energy Efficiency Technologies in Integrated Assessment Models for the U.S. Pulp and Paper Sector. 2012. LBNL-5801E..
Development of a Computer-based Benchmarking and Analytical Tool: Benchmarking and Energy & Water Savings Tool in Dairy Plants (BEST-Dairy). 2012. LBNL-5718E..
Developing Information on Energy Savings and Associated Costs and Benefits of Energy Efficient Emerging Technologies Applicable in California. 2011..
User's Manual for BEST-Dairy: Benchmarking and Energy/water-Saving Tool (BEST) for the Dairy Processing Industry (Version 1.2). 2011. LBNL-4778E..
Using Cool Roofs to Reduce Energy Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Urban Heat-island Effects. LBNL, 2011. LBNL-4746E..
Bottom-up Representation of Industrial Energy Efficiency Technologies in Integrated Assessment Models for the Cement Sector. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National laboratory, 2010. LBNL-4395E..
Characterizing Costs, Savings and Benefits of a Selection of Energy Efficient Emerging Technologies in the United States. California Energy Commission, 2010. LBNL-4435E..
Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the Pulp and Paper Industry. 2009. LBNL-2268E..
Performance Evaluation for a Modular, Scalable Passive Cooling System in Data Centers. 2009. LBNL-2004E..
Performance Evaluation for Modular, Scalable Cooling Systems with Hot Aisle Containment in Data Centers. 2009. LBNL-2005E..
Performance Evaluation for Modular, Scalable Liquid-Rack Cooling Systems in Data Centers. 2009. LBNL-2006E..
Performance Evaluation for Modular, Scalable Overhead Cooling Systems In Data Centers. 2009. LBNL-2007E..


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As part of the Knight Automotive Group, Crestview Chrysler has been proudly serving Saskatchewan for over 45 years. We're one of the largest Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram dealerships in the province, and we offer a vast inventory of new and pre-owned models at affordable prices. In addition to our competitive pricing and quality vehicles, we also offer an exclusive Life Time Engine Warranty. We've been named the 2019 Dealer Rater Dealer of the Year for Chrysler, Ram and Jeep as well as a Cargurus Top Rated Dealer Award for 2019
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The perfect combination of relaxation and exploration
When Liz and I took over The Old Bridge House Hotel in Looe in 2004, our objective was to make an already distinctive and successful hotel into the very best Guest House possible. We are now very proud to be a Gold Award winning Guest House that is almost in the style of a 'boutique hotel' and directly compete with the larger, more corporate hotels in Looe. Our standards are very high; we strive constantly to improve and to provide a more intimate and personal approach than can be found in most hotels.
We make it our business to personally ensure that you have a comfortable and relaxing stay in our award winning accommodation. Have a look at what makes the Old Bridge House a very special destination – stunning views of the harbour to be relished while you enjoy our award winning breakfast or maybe from the bar whilst having a relaxing drink in the evening. Our rooms are all en suite, most with beautiful harbour views and tastefully furnished with all the usual facilities that you would normally find in a four star hotel.
Most importantly we feel that it is our ability to respond to our guests needs that makes your stay with us a uniquely pleasing experience.


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Children's commissioners and guardians
Outlines the role and duties of children's commissioners, and how they differ between Australian states and territories
CFCA produces a range of publications. These include CFCA Papers, which offer an objective exploration of how research applies to policy and practice, and are written by or in collaboration with expert researchers and service providers. CFCA Resource Sheets and Practitioner Resources are shorter papers that focus on a specific issue in depth.
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Outlines the role and duties of children's commissioners, and how they differ between Australian states and territories
An overview of online safety for parents, including useful resources and practical tips for monitoring and protecting children online
This resource explores how an understanding of abuse and neglect of children with disability can assist in establishing child-safe organisations.
An overview of the statistics on child deaths resulting from abuse and neglect, and information on the recording of child deaths in Australia
Practical guidance for involving children in child-safe organisations, based on what children and young people have said themselves
Findings from a number of research reports relevant to the theme of National Child Protection Week 2016: "Stronger Communities, Safer Children".
Outlines the different approaches and instruments used to assess whether children are at risk of maltreatment
Outlines the contemporary understanding of the Principle, and reviews the barriers at the policy and practice levels that impede its implementation
An overview of the issues involved when displaying images of children and young people online, including privacy laws, consent and safety
A brief history of developments in child protection services in Australia and internationally
The Australian Institute of Family Studies acknowledges the traditional country throughout Australia on which we gather, live, work and stand.
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Last updated on 5th Nov 2019
Tatkal Ticket Booking Time in 2020
What is Tatkal?
Tatkal, literally means 'Immediate'. Tatkal booking facility is the savior for millions of travelers. The comfortable last minute travel is made possible with Tatkal system.
Tatkal ticket booking time starts a day in advance. For instance, if you want to travel tomorrow, you can book the tickets today. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd constantly update the system of tatkal booking to ease the process of booking tickets online. Tatkal ticket booking opened at 10 am every day.
Do you know about the new tatkal ticket booking time updated by Indian Railways this year before Jan 2016?
Booking an e-ticket using tatkal scheme during the rush hour is like rushing in an ambulance during peak traffic. Due to heavy traffic and a huge load on servers during the tatkal hours, between 10 am to 12 pm, users find it too hard to book their tickets. In order to eliminate the problems faced by the users, IRCTC modified their tatkal ticket booking time system in 2016.
Earlier in 2012-2013, the tatkal ticket booking time was scheduled at 8 am every day, which was then altered to 10 am. Updating the system of tatkal booking is a continuous process in order to meet the demands from the public.
Tatkal Ticket Booking Time in 2020
What is IRCTC Tatkal Ticket Booking Time Today?
New tatkal ticket booking time is now divided into two slots now 10 AM and 11 AM with a new system called IRCTC Lite. This is a promising facility offered by IRCTC to enhance the user experience.
Slot1 - 10AM
For AC Classes:
In all the trains tatkal reservation for AC Classes will be opened at 10 am sharp, just before 1 days from train's origin station.
Slot2 - 11AM
For Non-AC Classes (Sleeper/2Sleeper):
In all the trains tatkal reservation for Non-AC Classes will be opened at 11 am sharp, just before 1 days from train's origin station.
Why tatkal ticket booking time changes has been done by Indian Railway?
Indian Railway has decided to divide the tatkal into two slots in order to reduce the load on the website during the tatkal hour that is 10AM. However, IRCTC website portal has been improved a lot of loading and response time now by implementing the IRCTC Lite Verison concept (explained below) but still the website gets down at 10 AM sometimes.
After this separation of slot1 and slot2, Railway is making sure that the UP-Time for the website will be 100%.
What About IRCTC Agents Timing?
Railway says IRCTC agents will now be stopped from booking the tickets for 30 minutes:
- From the opening of bookings - from 8 a.m. to 8.30 a.m. for general bookings,
- From 10 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. for Tatkal AC classes and
- From 11 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. for Tatkal non-AC classes
Some other changes are also done by Indian Railway:
Railway senior official says that "Currently there is no refund amount if passenger cancels there Confirmed tatkal ticket but now Railway is planning to provide 50% of total fare of Tatkal ticket on cancellation"
What is IRCTC Lite:
IRCTC Lite Version is very similar to the existing IRCTC tatkal scheme, except the fact that all unwanted and irrelevant elements are eliminated during this peak hour of booking. Elimination of additional services cut downs the load and enhances the speed of booking a transaction.
Also Read: What is IRCTC Lite Version ?
For instance, IRCTC Lite facility doesn't allow any ads, images, features, etc which are irrelevant to tatkal booking.
The 'Plan My Travel' section is automated with a list of stations. In addition, in the 'My Transactions' section, the services like cancellation history, refund status, etc are not available under new scheme only during the peak hours.
The new IRCTC service received a promising welcome! Soon after the launch of this facility IRCTC Lite, the average bookings has been increased, claims the GM, IRCTC.
The positive and element of IRCTC Lite are the timing! The no-frill Lite system with a bonus of half an hour makes the tatkal booking a hassle-free process.
What are the problems all Indian face during tatkal ticket booking time
1. Login Problem: This had been the biggest problem in Indian Railway's website we have been facing. In order to book tatkal ticket we will have to log in 3-5 minutes before in the IRCTC portal but at this time the traffic is huge so 90% people are unable to log in. By the way, Indian Railways has overcome to this problem by bringing IRCTC Lite Concept on same website www.irctc.co.in After this change, one can easily login into the portal at any time without any hassle.
2. Session Expire: As you need to log in 3 to 5 minutes before in the Portal, sometimes it happens session get expired. This is because IRCTC website has Session Expiration feature based on Minutes (5 minutes) now to throughout the Agents who make a log in 30 minutes before the tatkal ticket booking time and keep clicking on any link to keep the session alive.
3. Number of Queries: Again new concept introduced :-/ Indian railways brought new concept called "Limitation in a number of queries per session". If you log in 5 minutes before tatkal ticket booking time and clicks more than 25 times on any link in portal then session will get expired and you will get one error message as "Number of queries exceeded". This concept is introduced to eliminate spam from the website. However, irctc is 'https://' means SSL secured (Secured socket Layer) but I mean of Spam is visitors who uses any script to automate the tatkal ticket booking process.
4. Captcha Filing: Did you ever notice the captcha during Normal ticket booking and Tatkal ticket booking time is totally different. During tatkal ticket booking time, the captcha is very hard to read so many times you struggle to enter a correct captcha and go ahead. To overcome this problem you can refer the article Tatkal Booking Tricks 2016.
Que1. Can I book tatkal ticket anytime in online?
Ans. No, you can't. Tatkal ticket can not be booked at any time. there are specific hours to book tatkal tickets online that ie. 10am for AC coaches and 11am for SL coaches on the daily basis.
The time is same for both Online e-ticket and counter ticket.
Que2. How many tickets can be booked at a time in TATKAL?
As per the IRCTC new guidelines, one user is permitted to book only 2(two) tatkal tickets from one IP address between 10 am to 12 noon. So the user might get a limit exceeded warning while booking tickets more than two.
If still you face any problem rather than mentioned above, feel free to comment below we will look into that.


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DEEP PURPLE fan site The Highway Star is reporting that a DEEP PURPLE fan by the name of Erik Solum recently sent an e-mail to renowned cover artist Ioannis and asked him about his work on the artwork for DEEP PURPLE's new album, "Rapture of the Deep". According to Erik, here what Ioannis had to say:
"This project was one of the most difficult I have ever worked on as there was a lot of confusion and indecisiveness on the project from the art standpoint.
"This caught me off guard as I have worked with DEEP PURPLE now close to eight years, 'Abandon' being my first cover with them and my artwork.
"The cover drawing is by Tom Swick. It was a color cartoon that Roger Glover saw in a magazine (New Yorker, I think) and thought it was an interesting idea to develop further. My firm submitted about a half dozen concepts including some when the album had a different title.
"When it came down to deciding on the cover, Ian [Paice] liked the cartoon as is, Roger wasn't sold on it and while in Switzerland preparing for the July part of the summer tour, me and him worked on another six concepts for the cover which I liked very much. I think those will see the light of day perhaps as another act's cover they are that good.
"Returning from the tour, Roger headed down to my design firm, and showed me how he had layout the cartoon that Ian liked for the front cover. We then worked 8-9-hour days for about a week or so and designed together the packaging for the new album which includes a two-disc LP, two digipaks (10 and 11 song versions) complete with 16-page booklets different from the CD version, three CD jewelcases with a 16-page booklet (10- and 11-song versions and a Japanese version) and a promo poster. We created 17 pieces of original art (with the origin being the cartoon) that I'm really proud of. The cover, though, is really all Roger's design; he picked the color, font, title art, and had the cartoon version done as a simple B/W.
"For me, this was the same as the way they asked me to work on 'Bananas'. Roger saw a picture in a news paper with Ian in the Far East, gave it to me along with the picture that their manager Bruce Payne had taken and asked me to design around it. The difference this time was that me and Roger worked together as art directors, which was a blast. We are talking about doing a book project together and will hopefully work on the 2006 tour merchandise late next month. As for the port hole cover, I think it was submitted from the German label from a local agency, Roger thought it was the worst and was pissed when that was posted as the final as we were finishing the real cover!"
As previously reported, DEEP PURPLE's new album, "Rapture of the Deep" is scheduled for release on October 21 via Edel Records. The band spent five weeks at a Los Angeles studio earlier this year recording the follow-up to 2003's "Bananas" with producer Mike Bradford. The album is described by keyboardist Don Airey as "a lot heavier" than "Bananas". "We recorded it in the same studio that use to be used by KORN, and it's got a wonderful sound," Airey said. "It's got a real, immediate drum and organ sound. I was really happy working in there."
"Rapture of the Deep" will be the group's first release since their split with the EMI label.


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The Petrie-Flom Center has released the description and call for abstracts for its 2014 Annual Conference: "Behavioral Economics, Law, and Health Policy." The conference will be held at Harvard Law School on May 2 and 3, 2014, and seeks to address the following questions:
- Are there features unique to health and health care that prevent individuals, groups, and policymakers from making the best decisions? What is a "best" decision, i.e., whose perspective should be paramount?
- What types of barriers exist to rational decision making in the health care context, and what does rational decision making look like here?
- Is exploitation of framing effects, default rules, nudges, and other elements of choice architecture appropriate when it comes to human health, or is this an area where pure autonomy should reign – or perhaps strong paternalism is needed? Is health policy special?
- What should policymakers do when there is conflict between outcomes that might be good for individuals but not society more generally, and vice versa? Where should the nudges push?
- Which areas of health law, bioethics, and biotechnology policy are most amenable or resistant to manipulation of choice architecture? When nudges are not plausible, what is the best way to overcome bounded rationality?
- When might behavioral economics lead to the wrong results for health law, bioethics, and biotechnology policy?
- How can manipulations of choice architecture be best evaluated empirically, and what ethical concerns might such research raise?
- What are the most interesting or compelling health law, bioethics, and biotechnology policy nudges we should be thinking about today in the realms of obesity, organ donation, end-of-life care, biospecimen ownership and research, human subjects research, HIV testing, vaccination, health insurance, and other areas?
Please note that this list is not meant to be at all exhaustive; we hope to receive papers related to the conference's general theme but not specifically listed here.
Abstracts are due by December 2, 2013.
For a full conference description, including the call for abstracts and registration information, please visit our website.


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The conservative dream of complete Obamacare repeal may be mostly dead, as Vox's Dylan Scott suggested early this week, but as fans of The Princess Bride know, there's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead.
The Hill reports that, in an effort to keep their repeal chances from expiring completely, conservative groups led by the Heritage Foundation, the Galen Institute and former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) are hoping to issue a new Obamacare replacement plan this month.
The White House is supporting the effort, but congressional leaders have made clear that they've moved on, meaning that the replacement plan "has essentially no chance of moving in Congress this year," The Hill's Peter Sullivan writes.
As a political issue, though, Obamacare appears to be very much alive. "Far from the liability that the Affordable Care Act has been in past elections, Democrats believe health care will be a key advantage heading into this fall's midterm elections," The New York Times' Thomas Kaplan reported this week.
Exactly one year after House Republicans voted to repeal and replace Obamacare — and then celebrated with President Trump in an unusual and premature Rose Garden ceremony — Democrats are using that vote as a political weapon.
The Associated Press' Alan Fram writes:
In Michigan, Arkansas and elsewhere, Democrats are hammering Republicans for voting to replace the increasingly popular statute with a bill Congress' own budget experts said would have boosted premiums and the ranks of the uninsured. … To sharpen the effect, many ads couple the health care vote with last December's passage of a GOP tax cut, which disproportionately helped businesses and wealthy Americans.
And a new poll from Democratic firm Public Policy Polling finds that voters in key midterm districts say that a vote against Obamacare by their representative makes them less likely to support that candidate.
So while Obamacare repeal may be off the table for 2018, you'll still be hearing plenty about it over the next six months.


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Australia's Best, Again
The Kia Carnival SLi Diesel has been voted Australia's Best Family Wagon two years in the running.
Showcasing a refreshed design and new smart features, the Kia Carnival is raising the benchmark again. With its bold all-round styling and sophisticated standard of innovation, picking up the kids and grabbing groceries has never looked, or felt, better.
Alloy Wheels
Lightweight, stylish and durable. The new Kia Carnival shows off its commanding presence with a selection of newly designed alloy wheels.
19" Chrome alloy wheels available on Platinum grade. 18" Machine finished alloy wheels available on SLi grade. 17" alloy wheels available on Si grade.
LED Lights
Stunning and powerful LED positioning lamps brilliantly light the path ahead, day and night, while the captivating "Ice Cube" LED fog lamps provide a bright look when visibility is reduced. LED fog lamps available on Platinum grade.
LED fog lamps available on Platinum grade.
Modern Look
The black and chrome tiger-nose grille sets the New Carnival apart from the very beginning. And with its clean, sporty silhouette, this 8-seater has distinctive style made for the road or the school run.
Intelligent and responsive, the Carnival is loaded with cutting-edge innovations to help keep you in comfort and control. It's intuitive technology at your fingertips.
Heated & Ventilated Front Seats
It's not just all the legroom that makes the front seats so comfortable. Enjoy heated and ventilated driver's and front-passenger's seats for comfort in all types of weather. On hot days, this feature can circulate air throughout the seat to help cool you down. When it's cold, you can stay warm by choosing from three different heat settings. Available on Platinum grade.
Electronic Parking Brake
Easy to initiate and release, the Electronic Parking Brake, standard across the range, engages the parking brake at the touch of a button. With the auto-hold function, the car is kept stationary even when the brake pedal is released.
8-Speed Automatic Transmission
An electronically controlled 8-speed automatic transmission provides smooth, seamless shifting and improved fuel efficiency.
8'' Screen with Smartphone Connectivity
With the 8-inch high-resolution touch-screen display, integrated navigation and a suite of popular apps, the new Carnival has the tech to make any drive a whole lot more fun. And because you never go anywhere without your smartphone, the 8-inch touchscreen keeps you connected through the available Apple CarPlay™ and Android Auto™ systems. You can now access your messages, music, navigation and more, with intuitive voice commands or dash controls, all while staying focused on the road. 8 inch touchscreen available on Platinum, SLi and Si grades.
Smart Key with Push Button Start
To make everyday driving more convenient, the available Smart Key lets you start or stop the engine with the push of a button, even when you have the key fob in your pocket or bag. Just step inside your Carnival, push a button, and away you go.
Available on Platinum and SLi grades.
JBL Premium Sound System
With 8 speakers, perfectly integrated into the interior, you'll have the best seats in the house, no matter what seat you choose.
Available on Platinum, SLi and Si grades.
Versatile Cargo Space
Designed to offer true practicality when you need to load, stow and carry cargo, thanks to an interior that accommodates large and bulky items. With the 2nd and 3rd rows folded down, the Carnival has 4,022 litres of cargo space. (3rd row folded, L, SAE)
Dual Power Sliding Doors
Nothing says convenience like dual power sliding doors to make getting in and out a breeze at the touch of a button.
Available on Platinum and SLi grades.
Hands-Free Smart Power Tailgate
Are your hands full? Pop open the tailgate with no hand or feet movement required to get access to the Carnival's versatile interior. Simply stand next to your vehicle for three seconds with the available Smart Key on you. Slide shopping, luggage or heavy objects into the back without the hassle of finding your keys.
Available on Platinum and SLi grades.
Easy 3rd Row Access
Even when you're seated in the third row, you'll get first-class treatment. Carnival's second-row seats tip up and slide forward to make access to the third-row seats a breeze.
Driver's Memory Seat
The Memory System allows you and another driver to save your preferred positions, so the Carnival recognises who's who, then moves the driver's seat, and outside mirrors accordingly.
Available on Platinum grade.
Cooling Glovebox
Keep your snacks and beverages cool while on the move with the Carnival's cooling glovebox.
Available on Platinum and SLi grades.
8 Seats. Maximum Flexibility.
With 3 rows and up to 8 seats, the Kia Carnival introduces a whole new level of space and versatility. Partial and full folding of seat rows give you numerous seating and cargo combinations for a perfect balance of passenger comfort and practicality.
Stain-Resistant Cloth
Carnival's cloth seating features repel-and-release YES Essentials® technology for stain resistance, so even messy spills clean up easily. Plus, advanced fibers help eliminate lingering odours that moisture can leave behind.
Available on Si and S grades.
Strong from the inside out, the Kia Carnival features trusted active and passive technology to help protect you and your passengers, while providing you with an assured command of the road.
Autonomous Emergency Brake (AEB)*
Designed to monitor and detect vehicles travelling ahead of you, the Autonomous Emergency Braking system automatically applies the brakes if it determines a crash is imminent, helping to avoid a frontal collision or mitigate the effects of a collision if it cannot be avoided. Standard across the range.
Forward Collision Warning System (FCWS)*
Forward Collision Warning system activates and alerts when the vehicle detects objects immediately ahead that may cause a potential impact, encouraging the driver to decelerate.
Blind Spot Detection (BSD) & Lane Change Assist (LCA)*
The blind spot detection system actively monitors the driver's blind spots for approaching vehicles and provides a visual alert on the outside mirrors, as well as an audible alert when necessary.
Available on Platinum grade.
360° View Camera
Confidently navigate tight spots with the available 360° Camera View system. Using four cameras, located at the front, rear, and sides, the Carnival projects a bird's-eye view directly onto your screen. The result is a virtually 360° perspective for easier, more convenient maneuvering.
Available on Platinum grade.
Rear View Camera & Rear Parking Sensors
Know your surroundings better with a rear view camera showing obstacles behind you on the screen, as well as rear parking sensors giving an audible warning when detecting certain objects close to your vehicle.
Lane Departure Warning System (LDWS)*
Designed to detect the vehicle moving out of its lane without the turn indicator being used, the Lane Departure Warning system alerts the driver with a combination of audible and visual warnings.
Smart Cruise Control
Available Smart Cruise Control uses radar to maintain a predetermined distance from the vehicle directly ahead, automatically slowing or accelerating your Carnival when appropriate.
Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)*
The available Rear Cross Traffic Alert detects and warns the driver of cross traffic while the Carnival is in reverse by activating audible and visual alerts, and comes in handy when backing out of tight places, like a parking space.
Available on Platinum grade.
Airbag protection
Continuous engineering advances and breakthroughs in material design have led to the New Carnival's exceptionally strong body construction and strategically placed airbags, all of which help to increase your peace of mind.
What's next? Beach or mountains? A weekend getaway or a long road trip? With so many places to go, the Kia Carnival offers you the perfect balance of power, handling and efficiency. So when adventure calls, you're always ready.
Tuned in Australia
To deliver exceptional People Mover handling with comfort and dependability to suit our roads, the Carnival was subjected to a localisation and tuning program over thousands of kilometres across urban, country and outback roads.
Meet the family
- Rear view camera (in-audio display with dynamic parking guidelines)
- Rear parking sensors
- 3 x USB charging port (front, inside & behind centre console)
- 3 x 12 volt power outlets (front, inside centre console & cargo area)
- 2nd & 3rd row air vents
- Conversation mirror
- Child restraint anchorage points (4 x top tether / 3 x ISOFIX)
- Satellite navigation multimedia system with traffic information (SUNA™)
- 8" colour LCD touchscreen
- LED rear combination lamps
- Tri-zone climate control air-conditioning (front dual & rear) with rear controls and Clean Air module
- Front fog lamps
- Electric folding outside mirrors with auto fold
- 17" Alloy wheels
- Privacy glass (rear windows & tailgate)
- Power sliding doors & hands-free smart power tailgate
- Leather appointed1 seats
- Front parking sensors
- Cooling glovebox
- Smart key with push button start
- Electrochromic rear view mirror (auto dimming)
- Premium steering wheel and shift knob
- 18" Alloy wheels with machine finish
- 360° camera view
- Ventilated front seats & heated seats (1st row)
- AEB (Autonomous Emergency Brake) with FCWS (Forward Collision Warning System)
- BSD (Blind Spot Detection) & LCA (Lane Change Assist)
- RCTA (Rear Cross Traffic Alert)
- LDWS (Lane Departure Warning System)
- 8-way power driver's seat with 4-way lumbar support and IMS9 (2 seating positions)
- 19" Alloy wheels with chrome finish
- All information and illustrations are based on data available at the time of publication and subject to change without notice. Contact your local Kia dealer for current information.
- *Safety technologies are supplemental systems and do not replace the need for the driver to exercise care and attention. For more information about Kia's safety systems, please see your local Kia dealer or refer to your Kia vehicle's owner's manual.
- †Apple CarPlay™ connectivity requires compatible iOS device. See apple.com.au for more details. Apple CarPlay™
Android Auto™ connectivity requires compatible Android device. See android.com/intl/en_au/ for more details. Android Auto™ is a registered trademark of Google Inc.
- Kia's Unlimited KM 7 Year Warranty. Note: 7 year/150,000km warranty for vehicles used for the following: rental vehicles, hire cars, taxis, courier vehicles, driving school vehicles, security vehicles, bus and tour vehicles. Capped Price Servicing: Maximum payable for specified number of manufacturer's standard scheduled maintenance services up to 7 years or 105,000kms, whichever occurs first. Complimentary Roadside Assistance for the first year. Renewed yearly by completing scheduled maintenance services at Kia Dealerships (up to maximum 7 years).Terms and conditions for Warranty, Capped Price Servicing and Roadside Assistance can be found at www.kia.com/au


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Lori Russell-Chapin
Professor and Co-Director for the Center for Collaborative Brain Research (CCBR)
Ph.D., Counselor Education from the University of Wyoming
Dr. Lori Russell-Chapin is a professor and associate dean of the College of Education and Health Sciences. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Wyoming. She served as the chairperson of the Department of Educational Leadership and Human Development for 11 years. Dr. Russell-Chapin is a co-director for the Center for Collaborative Brain Research (CCBR), a partnership among OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and the Illinois Neurological Institute. The University of Illinois Medical Center of Peoria has joined the CCBR as a research collaboration. Information about CCBR can be obtained at the website bradley.edu/ccbr/. She teaches graduate-level counseling courses. Dr. Russell-Chapin continues to practice part-time in private counseling and consultation.
She has presented workshops locally, regionally, nationally and internationally on issues of clinical supervision, neurofeedback, epigenetics, brain-based counseling interventions, self-regulation, diversity, assertiveness, conflict resolution, and grief and loss. She is published in state, national and international journals. Lori has authored one book, co-authored seven books and written extensively on supervision issues, clinical supervision, neurofeedback, epigenetics and brain-based counseling interventions. Dr. Russell-Chapin was the first recipient of the William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence. She also received a Burlington Northern Foundation Jr. Faculty Achievement Award for Teaching, a University Putnam Award for Excellence in Teaching, the national Thelma Duffy Creativity Counseling Award for innovation in the counseling profession and the Samuel Rothberg Professional Excellence Award. In 2013, she was named the Linda Seligman Outstanding Counselor Educator of the Year through the American Mental Health Counseling Association. In 2017, she received the American Counseling Association's Trailblazer Award for her work in neurocounseling. In 2018, she was awarded the EHS Outstanding Teaching Award.
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Washington DC was flooded with famous faces over the weekend for the 2013 presidential inauguration! The celebrities were more than happy to share their snaps through social media.
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Proof Bakery would have been worth the 125-mile drive from San Diego even if I wasn't sent there with a mission to find out owner Na Young Ma's top five favorite items. The busy bakery was fully stocked with a variety of baked goods; all hand-made in small quantities, from flaky filled croissants and fruit tarts to savory quiches.
It's the type of place you'd think would be helmed by an insatiable sugar fiend, but Na Young says she's driven more by a desire to perfect her craft than to surround herself with a never-ending supply of sugary goodies. In fact, she really doesn't have much of a sweet tooth, and can only eat little sample bites while she's testing new items.
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It's a fact of life that students increasingly are looking to the Web to consume information about their world, connect with friends, to gather information and research for school work and more. As students' digital appetite continues to grow, parents and schools need to be much more mindful of the potential dangers with regards to online safety, and provide the necessary guidance and instruction to students so they can have a safe online experience. As a technology vendor and industry leader, Microsoft has a responsibility to help make the Internet safer for everyone.
That's why I'm excited about the new Family Safety features coming in Windows 8. You can read more details about the new features in Building Windows 8 blog here. With Windows 8, you can monitor what your kids are doing, no matter where they use their PC. Windows 8 gives you a "monitor first" approach, which provides informative activity reports for each child that summarizes their computer activities, including a list of websites they are visiting, latest search terms, what they are downloading and the amount of time spent on the PC and most used apps and games.
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Cradling a cup of hot-spiced wine as a hand warmer, I stroll through Nurnberg's main square. All around me are bundled-up shoppers and kids sampling fresh gingerbread, riding the carousel, listening to roving brass quintets, and marvelling at the newest toys.
I'm standing in one of Germany's largest Christmas markets — 200 wooden stalls crammed with local artisans dealing in all things Christmas. With all these goodies, it's no wonder that Nurnberg's Christkindlesmarkt attracts more than 2 million people annually.
A traditional centre for toy-making in Germany, Nurnberg has long prided itself on the quality of its market. With no canned music, fake greenery, plastic kitsch, or war toys, it feels classier than your average crafts fair. As far back as 1610, a proclamation warned that "indecent joke articles would be confiscated." The merchants' stalls are old-style wood huts with traditional ambience, and each year the most beautiful stall is awarded the prestigious "Prune Man" trophy, a homemade figurine made of fruit.
Germany's holiday markets are a Christmasy fantasy of tiny figurines — and this market offers some of the best. Nutcrackers, strong-jawed to crack even the toughest nuts, are usually authority figures like soldiers, policemen and constables. "Smokers," which are small carvings of woodworkers, loggers, postmen, and other common folk, send out fragrant incense from their tiny smoke-ring-blowing mouths.
Many of these classic wooden figurines originated in the highly forested region of Saxony in eastern Germany. When the iron ore and silver mines went out of business back in the 15th century, Saxon miners became woodworkers.
A popular Nurnberg decoration is the candle chime. A multi-tiered wooden stand holds candles, which heat a pinwheel on top, causing it to spin. Each level of the stand features a different carved scene — a Nativity, forest critters, nutcrackers, or miners at work. It's said these chimes were especially popular in mining communities because of the miners' hunger for, and appreciation of, light.
The golden Rausch Angel hovering above the market is an icon of Christmas in Nurnberg. The name is a bit of German onomatopoeia — rausch is the sound of wind blowing through the angel's gold foil wings. For locals, there's no better way to cap their home's Christmas tree than with a miniature version of this angel.
After the sun sets, Nurnberg's Christkindlesmarkt delights as shoppers enjoy some old-time fast food. Spicy smoke billows from stalls selling the famous Nurnberger bratwurst, skinny as your little finger. Stick three of them on a crunchy fresh roll, then add a generous squirt of spicy mustard.
At the next stall, wrap your mittens around a mug of hot-spiced wine. A disposable paper or plastic cup would ruin the experience, so you must pay a deposit for a nicely decorated ceramic one. Either return the mug or keep it as a collectible, since each year there's a different model.
Bakeries crank out traditional gingerbread — Nurnberger Lebkuchen — using the same recipe they did in the 17th century. Back then, Nurnberg was the gingerbread capital of the world, and a stroll through the market makes it clear that the city's love affair with the cake continues.
For four centuries, the families of Nurnberg have bought their gingerbread at this thriving Christkindlesmarkt. The gingerbread was not baked in the home, but was made exclusively by a guild of master bakers, the Lebkuchler.
The cake itself became a work of art. Well-known sculptors, painters and goldsmiths added ornament and detail. Carvers whittled intricate wooden molds of hearts, angels and wreaths. Painters frosted the cookies or added a flourish of gold paint.
Germany's gingerbread tradition — whether as a spiced cake, cookie, or even a small loaf — has spread throughout Europe, and they're sold at fairs, carnivals and markets.
Another German tradition that has spread all over Europe and the New World is the candy cane. The first candy canes were simple, straight white sticks of sugar candy. In 1670, a choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral, fed up with noisy kids ruining the ambience, passed them out during a Nativity service to keep the restless children quiet. He'd had the ends bent to depict a shepherd's crook. German immigrants to America popularized the practice of using them to decorate Christmas trees (and an American company added the signature red stripes in the 1920s).
Germany has long celebrated Christmas well, with markets that seem more like a public service than a seasonal business. From sweets to savoury treats, candles to carousels, Nurnberg's Christkindlesmark warms up cold days and lights up dark nights. Its festive swirl of heartwarming sights, sounds and scents is sure to get you in the holiday spirit.


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Hello! It's been a hot minute. But with good reason...
Somewhat on a whim, Jake and I decided to stick a for sale by owner sign in our front yard to see what would happen. We had been house hunting casually for about 6 months at that point, and felt that we were ready to take the next step.
Our house sold relatively fast, but not without a few bumps in the road. We had three separate buyers that we were under contract with fall through on us, the final one was shortly before our closing date.
To complicate matters further, we had found a house that we loved, made an offer that was accepted and were under contract, but we couldn't close on the new house until we were able to close on our old house. The final buyer that fell through nearly resulted in us losing our new house.
We knew that on the surface it was just a house. I tried to take a step back and gain some perspective... We already lived in a beautiful home that we were happy in. Maybe this wasn't the right time to move. But the truth was, deep down, we both felt that the house we had found was already ours. We had walked through it dozens of times, imagining how we would decorate every square inch. We pictured hosting holidays, gathering (read: drinking and dancing) in the kitchen with friends and starting a family there. It didn't feel like just another house to us. It felt like home.
I'll admit we let ourselves freak out the day that our last buyer fell through. I cried a lot. But, we picked ourselves up and hit the ground running the next day. We had a deadline from our builder of one week to sell our old house before we would lose our contract on our new house. We held 4 open houses back-to-back days (while I had strep throat -- fun times!) and sold our house FSBO with just 12 hours to spare. Thanks to our neighbors that referred an interested buyer to us just in the nick of time.
We had back-to-back closings on our old house and new house and moved all in the same day. We couldn't have been more excited to get the keys and start this new chapter. We lucked out and had a great realtor that helped us with the purchase of our new home. If you know anyone in the Charlotte area that's looking to buy or sell, Steve is the man!
Living in our new home is a constant gratitude reminder for me. We both feel completely grateful to live here. Many times when I pull up out front, I'm reminded of the night that our last buyer fell through when we drove here and parked outside (apparently I like torturing myself). We sat out front and said our peace, if this isn't meant to be, please help us move on.
This experience taught us that sometimes life doesn't make sense when you're in the midst of chaos -- but if you look hard enough there's usually a lesson to be learned. We realized more than ever, that we make a great team and even if things hadn't worked out, the support that we found in one another would have gotten us through.
I originally started this blog to share the journey of making our old house into a home, so it's only fitting to check back in with an update of our new house. We've lived in our new home for about 2.5 months now, so I still have a million ideas of things that I'd like to add and tweak, but we're excited to call this place home. We hope to be here for 10-15 years, so we have plenty of time to make updates and work on projects.
I'm planning to check in here more often to share glimpses of our life and home. Now more than ever, the name of this blog holds such meaning.
First, some before photos (sorry for the low quality, they were pulled from a real estate site):
Here's a quick glimpse of the front of our house. Stay tuned for photos of our porches in the spring/ summer. It's going to take us a while to furnish these bad boys -- we have 4 covered porches in total!
Below are some photos of the house now that we're moved in. Prepare for picture overload, since I haven't posted in oh, 10 months I figured a long photo-filled post was overdue.
Our biggest project to-date are these built-in shelves. We drew up the plans, had the wood cut, installed and painted them together. I'm happy with how they turned out, since there's not a ton of wall space in the living room, they give us an area to display family photos and a few of our favorite things.
A bonus little peek through our pantry into the dining room - lots to do still in there:
Lastly, a quick mood board with a few ideas of some elements that I'd like to add to the kitchen in the near future. I also have a longterm plan, since we didn't get to choose our granite or backsplash, down the road I would like cream or jadeite subway tile for the backsplash and carrara marble or light quartz countertops.
It's lacking life and color in our kitchen right now so I am hoping to 1. Add some accessories over the cabinets. 2. Spray paint the e-a-t wall letters that I have a fun bright color and hang by the table. 3. Bring in a floor plant for the corner behind the kitchen table. 4. Remove a set of cabinet doors for an open shelving look to display some of my favorite kitchenware. 5. Add a bright colored eames style chair to the built-in desk area. I'm toying with the idea of painting the back wall of the built in desk area with the two square windows black chalkboard paint. Thoughts on this? I'm worried it might feel too dark but I love the idea of it further separating the desk area from the rest of the room, defining that space and adding functionality. Does this make your head hurt? Now you have a better idea of what the inside of my head looks like ;)
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Sheldon P. Braverman, M.D., a practicing ophthalmologist in San Antonio has loaned five paintings to be displayed in the lobby of the Briscoe Library during February in honor of Black History Month. Three oil paintings are part of a collection of work by Dr. Braverman. The subjects he selects are often taken from photographs that he finds provocative. Two of the paintings were inspired from photos in the Family of Man exhibit which was originally shown at The Museum of Modern Art in 1955. Although quite somber, they are thought provoking. The third oil painting is from a jazz record cover illustrating the funeral tradition in New Orleans of the joyous return from the burial. Dr. Braverman invites the viewer to create his own narrative as to the life situation depicted in the paintings and hopes they stimulate and provide food for thought.
Two additional paintings are signed watercolors by New Orleans artists, also from Dr. Braverman's personal art collection. These colorful paintings featuring black jazz musicians are so vivid, one can almost hear the strains of the music.
Dr. Braverman served as a clinical professor, Department of Ophthalmology at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio from the early 1970's until 2010. He took up the hobby of painting as a teenager and completed his last painting 1 month ago.
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Colorado Mountain Express, Antlers at Vail, Vail Valley Partnership, and the Vail Interfaith Chapel are just as diverse a group of businesses as you can imagine.
However, despite ranging in size from less than 10 full-time employees to more than 100, the common element is their tremendous commitment to employee wellness.
These four local employers are all participating in Eagle County Public Health's 12-week Wellness Challenge, which is sparking a little friendly competition to step up their wellness offerings.
As part of the challenge, Eagle County Public Health conducted employee surveys and provided the results to employers with a few suggestions on low- or no-cost ways to improve the workplace culture of wellness.
Businesses were free to take the advice or leave it. Some employers wanted a more structured outline, while others came to the table already knowing what they wanted to work on.
The beauty of the challenge design lies in giving employers flexibility to do what is going to work for them instead of telling everyone they have to lose a certain number of pounds or eat more vegetables.
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Colorado Mountain Express, the largest participating employer, had to find a way to accommodate the needs of drivers, who range in age from their 20s to 70, and office staff who are on the phone constantly during the busy season.
While Colorado Mountain Express, has always focused on back health and safety, they wanted to help employees counteract the effects of prolonged sitting that affects drivers and office staff.
"Our first Lunch and Learn program featured Laina Eskin, a physical therapist from Align Vail. She provided great tools to use to counter the effects of sitting for long stretches of time, which involved inexpensive props and stretches that could be modified to each person's needs. It was a fabulous interactive session and everyone felt better after this session," said Claire Christensen, marketing manager.
Colorado Mountain Express, is working on exercise, improved fitness, eating healthier, weight loss, and stress reduction through weekly informational, company-wide emails and Lunch and Learn sessions on healthy eating, meditation techniques, and movement.
Rob Levine, the general manager at Antlers and an avid cyclist and wellness enthusiast, jumped at the opportunity to participate in the challenge.
"The Antlers has always tried to encourage wellness behavior for our employees, but we really appreciate Eagle County's challenge program. It has provided exactly the right motivation that we needed to crank our previous efforts up to a new level," said Levine.
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While the Vail Interfaith Chapel doesn't have a formal wellness program, they wanted to demonstrate commitment to both physical and spiritual well-being by sharing resources around healthy eating and changing habits by anchoring them to life values. Already offering a meditation group, a "no doughnut" policy or weight loss group could go a long way in supporting employees' health and fitness goals.
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I've been now testing this with relatively large model and this has brought up few new issues. Some of these may already exist so in that case just please point the way...
1. With large model it takes some time to get even small test renderings, so when I spot a mistake I'd like to kill the render instantly rather than having to wait the active pass to finish. This is really a nuisance currently (300000 px image/1 pass appr. 5 mins/win7-64bit-8GB RAM-Intel® Core™ i7-820QM).
2. Light manager could be more efficient. Now it some how sluggish and actually controlling the vast number of lights I have it just doesn't cut it.
- opting out the actual selecting from model and rather just affecting the light specs could be more efficient? Then if you liked the selecting would possible via right click or something.
- I have now now something between 50-120 lightsources on the model (yes, will divide it later for smaller parts...;) ). It appears that not all them are listed? Is there a max limit how many lightsources the listing shows?
- first column could be number index so it would easy see the total number of lights quickly. Better yet if I could add my own (notes etc.) and export as spreadsheet for other design documentation in similar fashion to Blockmanager
- clicking the column header doesn't arrange the lights accordingly (e.g. list by name, type, power or other property) and lights are listed in creation order.
3. Viewports (may fall to Rhino territory actually...)
- possibility to give precise numeric values for a viewport
- possibility to give aspect ratio
- possibility to lock viewport size or aspect ratio
- safeframe option to viewport to indicate actual rendering area (e.g. image size defined in render settings in mm/papersize)
- in general the viewport relation actual rendering process is not very intuitive. Perhaps something could be done to UI?
- or possibility to create model views in similar manner to as layouts
- possibility to hide/restore floating viewports so it would usable in single monitor setup as well (e.g. as render window)
4. I'm not sure, but apparently visible textures for mapping are is under development? If not this is crucial as well. If your approach allows even some form of live viewport texture/lighting preview would be nice, even something in lines of Sketchup would be good start.
5. Possibility to limit the amount of resources Flamingo uses for rendering. Currently with the large model rendering cripples my computer so I can't work on other things, even on texts, while Flamingo renders. Ability to set a limit would be nice so I could reserve small part of assets to some other less data intensive work.
That's it for now.
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6. Lights.
Use of .ies-data is sometimes little overkill and not always available so for more accurate light control I hope for:
- ability to assign the strength of the lightsource as lumens alongside watts
- and/or a possibility to assign a lumen per watt ratio to fixture
Related to this it would be nice if let say with translucent/transparent materials it would be possibe to have even a crude calculation on how much of the light is "blocked" by the material as percentage. Essentially it would indicate LT-level (light transmittance).
This becoming habitual...
Regarding lights and this relates to issue of light list not showing all the lightsources (can provide an example model if needed), having just rendered 10 h not realizing that significant part of the lighting was actually off...
- some form of visua indicator (color/dash line/cross...) to light symbols that automaticly gives you the feedback wheather the light source is on or off. Currently as the list is unreliable at least in my case only way of checking this is via light properties.
I actually did find some of this.
Safeframe - why it isn't visible in viewport properties but "hidden" into general options?
About killing the render - apparently if I close the window as rendering is stopping it should be instantenious but currently at least on my win7 computer it is very sluggish...
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What does safe frame do? After I turn it on, I'm still getting the full view port render.
It should indicate the border of the rendering area in the viewport if the aspect ratio of the viewport differs from the actual rendering size. At least that is what is did in 3D Max.
After some digging I found out that is actually a Rhino feature (so request is back on) and works only with native renderer.
Attached a screen capture of the Rhino safeframe for reference.
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Aside from Thailand's obsession with English Premier League football and the ever popular "Muay Thai" (Thai Boxing), the Kingdom has a variety of home grown "sports" enjoyed by Thais in their own very special way.
Said to have originated in southern Thailand, which is probably why the Malays play it too, this competitive and truly acrobatic team sport involves knocking a light weight ball, made from Ratan, back and forth over a badminton net. This highly skillful game is all about speed, acrobatics and for me, the defiance of gravity as aside from their hands players can use any other part of the body to keep the ball up and launch it back over the net. Matrix style moves are common place as players often somersault in the air to kick the ball. Friendly "knock ups" can be seen everywhere with players standing around in circles, heading, kicking and keeping the ball aloft. However, if you want to see some serious bouts, visit either the National Stadium or the Hua Mak Stadium.
Kite Fighting
Kite flying, "chak-wow jula" is enjoyed not only in Bangkok, but all over the Kingdom between March to May each year. However, during this period the serious business of "kite fighting" competition in Bangkok is focused on Sanam Luang (the large open area beside the Grand Palace) where at weekends spectators will see amazingly hand crafted kites of various shapes, sizes, colours and designs in aerial combat. Funnily enough, these airborne battles match "male" and "female" kites up against each other with the winner knocking their opponent out of the sky!
Fish Fighting
The beautiful, but raving mad, Siamese fighting fish, locally known as "Pla Gat", has been cross bred so much that aside from its stumpy looking fins and the fact that it will insanely attack its own reflection, it is not easy to identify one from an ordinary fighting fish. Nevertheless, once bets are placed on this widespread local sport, competition between combatants couldn't be simpler with two male fish placed into a glass jar and thereafter must fight to the death or at least until one tries to do a runner! Although most fights are typically over within minutes, some victories have been known to take hours.
Thai Bull Fighting
Down in Hat Yai local farmers have their own, safer, form of bull fighting. Unlike the deadly Spanish style, Thai farmers simply get their bulls to "lock-horns", in a test of strength with the winner being the animal still standing in the centre of the ring or the one that hasn't fled. Almost comically, in a well matched contest you will see owners actually giving their bulls a helping hand, push and even a kick up the backside! You can catch the action on the first Saturday of each month at the Khlong Wa Stadium.
Mak Ruk (Thai Chess)
"Mak Ruk" is more like the western style chess game rather than the Chinese one. Although the object of the game is the same; to get checkmate, it's played a lot faster than its western counterpart. In general, the size of the "Mak Ruk" board, the number of pieces and the rules of capture are the same. Kings cannot castle and aside from the queens and bishops, which can only move one square, all other pieces move in the same ways as those in the western style of the game. Mak Ruk is enjoyed by all Thais with games commonly seen all over the kingdom.
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SANDY, Utah -- Bruce Arena addressed the media following the LA Galaxy's 2-0 victory over Real Salt Lake.
Arena's comments are below.
(On Brian Rowe's performance…)
ARENA: "He was outstanding. There's no other way to put it. We obviously felt that, coming into the game, that he's a good goalkeeper, however he had no experience in the league. You're always concerned in the first few minutes of the game, but he looked pretty composed right from the start. He had a good save early, and had great concentration to make a bunch of saves throughout the evening. As I said, I thought he was outstanding."
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(On how the veterans helped the younger, less-experienced players on the road…)
ARENA: "They did a great job. There are seven veterans on the field, so it's not like we just had a bunch of kids. The group of DeLaGarza, Gonzalez, Sarvas, Juninho, Magee and Franklin were giving our young players confidence in helping us get the result."
(On Jack McBean…)
ARENA: "Jack was doing alright. Unfortunately, he suffered a difficult injury and obviously, we'll find out more tonight, but Jack has been moving along."
(On his team's success defensively…)
ARENA: "Our team shape is very good. Our center backs did not stand and drive, they were organizing the group ahead of them, our line moved pretty well and we got good blocks in the midfield. Early in the game, [Real Salt Lake] tried to get behind us, and we dealt with that pretty well. When we needed a save, Brian [Rowe] came through."
(On whether the game-plan changed for the second half, after going up 2-0…)
ARENA: "Yes, I told the team that if [Real Salt Lake] didn't score a goal, from what I know about the game, is that we're probably going to win. We took care of defending, and we're satisfied winning 2-0. If we got a third goal, we'd get a third goal."


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The company this week extended the Surface reseller program it debuted in the United States last month to 17 other countries including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.K.
That's a significant expansion of the tablet's commercial distribution, and one that might temper some of the Surface inventory issues with which Microsoft has been grappling. That's the hope, anyway. The reseller program was conceived as a means of driving Surface sales into the enterprise, government and education markets by expanding the device's availability and broadening its appeal with the addition of tech support and data protection services that resellers often provide.
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1 ..., Pc5
2a White either takes that pawn, or moves another pawn (he has no good moves)
2b Black Pxd4 if White moved some other piece, or Bxc5 if White took his pawn.
if ...,Pxd4, then 3 ... Pd3 White still can't do much.
This opens the door for the triple pin. White can not move Rf2 or Nf1, so Black moves Be3 and it's pretty much all over except for the tears. Sure, Kh1 or Kh2. And then Bxf2. And then go for the Knight no matter where White moves it: dead. Then sit back and go pawn hunting while pressuring the a4 Rook (might need to Kb8 to protect the row of pawns).
Yes, you could "save" a step and start with Bxd4, but why risk losing the big B? White could be willing to sac his Rook, Rxd4,Rxd4 and then kill the White pawns, but it still works out about the same in the end. Lead with the pawn, save the Bishop.
Mate in one!!
Your move wins Drew but is not the fastest win. In fact you could let white make the first move and no matter which one he chooses black will still win. Lie in the last example white's pieces surrounding his king are killing him. I think the fastest win for black starts with the move:
1. ... Rd1-d4 and there is no defense. White will lose more material soon and his cause is hopeless.
Of course with an opponent of the caliber in your photo black could get distracted or wish to prolong the game. Hmmm… On second thought I'll go with your move 1. ... p-c5.
What do those big, bulbous bags of fat drooping from women's chests have to due with chess?
First of all, they're only medium bulbous bags, and damn fine ones to boot.
And if you've never played strip chess with an attractive but lower chess rated woman, you've been playing the wrong game since the beginning.
Wes, I gave serious thought to starting with the Rook, but then I got to thinking about Christopher's insistence on playing for piece points, and figured that having more good pieces if White suddenly surrendered might be wiser. So I avoided the sac.
Wes wins the chess move. Drew wins the scenery prize!
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After the breakup of Trip Shakespeare, Minneapolis natives Dan Wilson and John Munson teamed up with drummer Jacob Slichter to form Semisonic in 1993. Trip Shakespeare had spent years amassing a loyal audience with artistic harmonies and unexpected guitar counterpoints, but bandleader Dan Wilson took Semisonic in an entirely different direction, embracing a tightly crafted sound that proved to be more appetizing to mainstream audiences.
"Closing Time" was the band's biggest hit, dominating the airwaves in 1998 and picking up a Grammy nomination the following year. Although Semisonic disbanded after the release of their third album, 2001's All About Chemistry, Wilson garnered additional accolades as a solo artist. He also co-wrote material with other groups, including the Dixie Chicks' Grammy-winning effort Taking the Long Way.
Given Trip Shakespeare's connections in the music industry, it didn't take long for Semisonic (which had initially formed under the name Pleasure) to secure a record deal with Elektra. Before the band could record, however, management reorganization at Elektra's headquarters resulted in the termination of Semisonic's contract. The band bounced back in 1995 by signing with MCA and releasing a self-produced EP, Pleasure. The Great Divide followed in 1996, marking Semisonic's full-length debut and garnering a favorable review from Rolling Stone, which deemed it "a record of simple but sparkling modern pop." However, it was the musicians' sophomore effort, Feeling Strangely Fine, that marked their major breakthrough in 1998. "Closing Time" topped the modern rock charts, "Secret Smile" became a Top 20 hit in the U.K., and Semisonic enjoyed a brief flash of megastardom as the millennium drew to a close.
All About Chemistry, the band's third album, was issued in early 2001 and yielded additional U.K. hits, but the record failed to maintain the group's popularity in America. Semisonic wrapped up the year by contributing "Over My Head" to the soundtrack for Summer Catch, a baseball-themed teen flick, and covering Wings' "Jet" for a Paul McCartney tribute CD entitled Listen to What the Man Said. Dan Wilson also took time out to lay the brickwork for his solo material, playing a slew of dates around the Midwest, while his brother Matt hooked up with John Munson to form the Flops. As these side projects mounted, Semisonic went on indefinite hiatus in late 2001.


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Weather turning for the worse
If you think it's cold now, just wait a couple days and hold on to your mittens.
In what's called the coldest Arctic outbreak since the 1990s, temperatures are expected Sunday to plunge into the 30s below zero in northern Minnesota, and in the minus-20s for much of the rest of Minnesota.
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A high of minus 9 is expected in Estherville Sunday with a low of minus 25. Combine that with northwest winds at 14 miles an hour, and windchills will plummet.
Monday could be brutal, with temperatures only climbing to minus 10 with a low of minus 18. Expect north/northwest winds of 27 miles an hour.
Don't look for temperatures to climb above zero again until Tuesday, when a high of 5 is expected, with brisk winds west/southwest at 17.
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If you must go outside, dress warm. And in the Midwest, we all know what that means – a warm cap, gloves or mittens and adequate covering. And those longjohns of Grandpa's you always thought were so dorky? Now might be a real good time to wear them.
If you're one of those hardy souls that enjoys outdoor sports, remember that wool continues to keep you warm even when it's damp. Layered clothing also helps keep you warm by trapping air layers.
If you're going to be out hunting or ice fishing, try putting a little mink oil on those boots. It keeps out the moisture plus helps preserve leather. Plus it adds one more layer to help keep you warm.
If you're hitting the road, make sure you have a full tank of gas. Fuel system problems happen more often on an empty tank since it's easier for condensation to occur.
Make sure you have adequate tread on those tires. The simple rule of thumb is that if you stick a penny into your tire tread, it should go at least to the top of Lincoln's head. And slow down.
Battery cables are a great idea and even better is a portable jump starter. They're available at just about all farm and home stores, and one use will just about pay for it.
Carry emergency gear in case you should get stranded or have car trouble. If you have a sleeping bag good to minus 20, fantastic. If not, carry warm blankets or insulated coveralls.
Survival candles are available at just about all hardware stores. Even a candle is enough in a small confined space such as a car to help ensure your survival.
Also bring plenty of water and survival foods such as nuts, granola, energy bars or chocolate. And make sure your cell phone is fully charged before leaving on a long trip. Also make sure you carry a flashlight and that your spare is properly inflated and that you are able to access your jack.
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Boston saw a small increase last year in the number of people living on city streets, in emergency shelters, and in substance abuse and mental health facilities, according to data released Monday from the city's annual homeless census.
The census, conducted the night of Dec. 12, 2012, found a total of 6,992 homeless men, women, and children, up from 6,647 one year earlier, for a 5.2 percent increase. There were increases in most categories, with the largest change in runaway and homeless youth, which increased from 27 to 36.
Homeless advocates said the increase was caused in part by rising real estate prices that put market-rate housing out of reach for those earning the least. "People at the low end of the economic ladder, the recovery still hasn't hit them yet," said Jim Greene, director of Boston's Emergency Shelter Commission.
Greene and Lyndia Downie, executive director at the Pine Street Inn shelter in the South End, said Boston serves as a regional center for those in need, drawing people from cities and towns across Eastern Massachusetts that offer fewer services.
At Pine Street, Downie said, there is a decline in homeless single men but more women and families. With 110 beds for women, she said, last winter there were usually 10 or 15 women who had to sleep on the floor each night. This winter the number is often 30 or 40.
A spokeswoman for Mayor Thomas M. Menino said he is troubled by the increases and by looming cuts in aid for housing assistance that may be triggered by the federal sequester that took effect Saturday.
"The mayor is always concerned whenever there's an increase, and that's why it's so important that we track [the homeless population], so we can understand why and come up with solutions that will reverse these types of trends," said spokeswoman Dot Joyce. "It's also concerning that at this time we see a threat of federal funding for these kinds of programs in jeopardy."
Joyce said if the cuts go through and Boston loses federal funding for emergency shelters and rental assistance, it is unlikely it could be found elsewhere in the city budget. The state has already cut about $360 million in funding to Boston over the past decade, she said.
Greene and Downie said coordinated efforts between state and city agencies working with nonprofit groups have brought many individuals and families out of homelessness, but the need is greater than can be fully addressed. Rather than cutting funding, they said, the federal government should expand it. "It's working, it's effective, and we just need more of it," Green said.
Downie said the overall homeless population has declined by as much as 28 percent since the mid-2000s, and programs placing chronically homeless people in housing with supportive services have a retention rate near 90 percent.
With continued funding, she believes those trends could continue. "I'm hoping this is a blip . . . and we can redouble our efforts and make a difference next year," Downie said.
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