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A Renter's Garden: 5 Easy Indoor Succulent DIY Ideas
It's no wonder succulents have been a popular plant choice for awhile. They are low maintenance and likely to thrive with a sunny window seat and sporadic watering. Check out this collection of ideas for displaying these pretty plants in your home.
Succulents are a versatile and sculptural option for your indoor garden, and they don't have to be pricey if you get creative. You can actually take a clipping from an existing plant, let it dry for a couple of weeks, and pot it to start growing a new succulent. Trade with friends and you'll have a diverse collection in no time.
1. The Living Succulent Wreath: Jamie takes you through the steps of making this luscious succulent wreath on the blog Prudent Baby. It's inexpensive to make and will live year round if positioned in a sunny place and occasionally spritzed with water.
2. The Hanging Succulent Garden: My sister and I made these macrame hangers for her bay window niche, hanging garden. They look stunning and Heather's instructions, from her blog Skinny Laminx, make the process very simple. We potted a variety of plants, but the succulents were the most successful, still thriving months down the road.
3: The Succulent Collector's Accessory Box: Carly's wooden carrier has been in the back of my mind since I photographed her apartment for her house tour last month. Using a found object, like this rustic wooden carrier, is a great way to house a collection of small succulents. Check out Lara's version of a succulent centerpiece using repurposed vintage beakers on her blog Kirin Notebook.
4. The Succulent Mantel Medley: A variety of plants and pots were used to create this gorgeous green mantel found on Rue Magazine via decorology. Combining white ceramic pots with gold and silver metallics makes a bold statement. The fireplace mantel is great place to add a little life, as long as it gets enough sun.
5. The Window Sill Succulent Collection: There's no better location for your succulent garden than a sunny window sill. With the backyard as a backdrop, these quaint little terra cotta pots and dynamic succulents really stand out. Check out the rest of Lyndsay and Fitzhugh's home on the The Selby.
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The MScSM Program places a high value on in-class guest lectures from experienced sustainability management experts. Guest speakers have joined us from the following organizations:
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As part of our commitment to helping students connect to industry professionals, our Speaker Series brings experienced professionals in to speak to the class on a regular basis. Examples of these include experienced industry experts from:
Special Events
Throughout the year, we host larger-scale events designed to connect students with businesses in order to learn about career paths and future professional options. These include:
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|Industry Partners from our 2018 Careers Day
Career Panels, including speakers from:
- Brookfield Johnson Controls
- City of Mississauga
- Credit Valley Conservation
- EcoSource
- The Delphi Group
- Wildlands League
- WSP Canada Inc.
Orientation Day
From the first day of the Program, emphasis is placed on connecting the students' studies to the outside world of sustainability management. On Orientation Day, guest speakers attend and the networking begins right away! Past speakers have joined us from:
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- Flatwater Management Inc
- Global Compact Network Canada
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Invasive species are organisms that are likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health. Invasive species spread aggressively, reproduce quickly, tolerate a wide range of environmental conditions and habitats, and compete efficiently against other species. Ecological damage can result from invasive species outcompeting desirable, native species, reducing biological diversity, and altering ecosystem functions.
Invasive species can be either native or non-native species. (Native species are those which evolve naturally in an ecosystem.) Poison Ivy and Fox Grape are examples of species native to Maryland but considered invasive due to their ability to overtake an ecosystem and the safety and maintenance concerns they pose to our roadways.
Non-native species (also called alien or exotic) are species which have been introduced, accidentally or purposefully, into ecosystems in which they did not evolve. Non-native species may come from other continents or countries or even other parts of the United States.
While some non-native species are not problematic, many non-native species disrupt the natural balance of an ecosystem and their aggressive growth patterns cause safety and maintenance concerns along our roads and highways. Johnsongrass, Canada thistle and Shattercane are non-native species that the State of Maryland has declared to be noxious weeds. The Maryland Weed Control Law requires landowners, including State Highway Administration, to manage any and all noxious weeds found on their land.
SHA encourages the use of native species for roadside landscaping whenever possible. Although landscape beds and roadside plantings usually include a mix of both native and non-native species, SHA works closely with the Maryland Invasive Species Council and other agencies to identify and discontinue the use of species considered to be invasive.
SHA initiated several projects to remove invasive plants along our roadsides and restore these areas with meadows or reforestation plantings comprised of native species adapted to the local environment. Examples of these projects have occurred on the I-83, I-95, and US 301 corridors.
Many rare and endangered native plants and animals require specialized environments to survive. It is important to protect the streams, wetlands, and forests where they grow. Controlling invasive species and restoring native plant communities are ways that we can help vulnerable native species to reproduce and thrive for future generations.
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Welcome to Part Seven of our Developer Tools tutorial for Dying Light. This time we'll show you how to add AI characters that will react to the player and move around the map. Let's start with the NavMesh, which is crucial for every AI. The NavMesh is the multicolored area with white borders which the AI can move around in and react to as designed. If you want to check the NavMesh of your AI, open the NavMesh window from the toolbar, as seen here. In the new window, click 'Load' to display the NavMesh. All changes in the AI's walkable terrain like adding an objects into the map, require recalculation of the NavMesh. So let's try it out and change something in AI's navigateable terrain. Now you need to recalculate the NavMesh.
You can do it by clicking the 'Build & Save' button. After recalculating, display the new NavMesh by choosing 'Load' button again. Conveniently, you can ensure the NavMesh will be up to date each time you want to play the map by enabling that option in the 'Build and Save All' window. To do so, first click the wall icon and open the window. In the NavMesh section, make sure the 'Build' box is checked and confirm by clicking 'Start'. From now on the NavMesh will be automatically recalculated when you press 'Play' on the toolbar. Ok, so we don't need the NavMesh anymore. Let's hide it by clicking 'Unload'. Now we can move on to spawners, that is places where our AI enemies will show up. Remember to place spawners within the NavMesh. Otherwise the AI may behave in unpredictable and incorrect ways. There're two main types of spawners in the editor.
The first type is for spawning individual enemies or their smaller groups, while the other spawns large groups of Biters. Let's start with the first type. Open the 'Assets' window, go to section 'Object types', and find a spawner. When you have it, place it on the map. The spawner, like any object on the map, has its attributes. To view or change them, open the 'Attributes' window with the toolbar icon or with a double-click on the spawner. In the new window under the 'Fields' tab you can for example: Choose the type of AI that spawns, for example Biters, Toads, Virals.
You can set the beahavior such as making enemies attack you immediately after spawning. You can also determine how the AI moves outside its spawner area. Or you can determine how many AI enemies are spawned in the spawner. The other spawner type is called the Crowd Spawner. Let's put it on the map right now. The Crowd Spawner allows you to mark out a specific area for spawning a group of Biters in one go. Spawners can be scaled which changes the area available to all respective AI. Among many attributes of the Crowd Spawner, you can change things like: Setting the difficulty of the spawner meaning the number of zombies that fill up that space. You can adjust the density of the crowd also. So let's see how our AI works in action. And that concludes this episode of our guide. Thanks you for watching and have fun spawning hordes of zombies.
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Feb. 16, 1929 — May 23, 2018
Ann Linville Bailey, of Wilson, passed away at home on May 23, 2018 at the age of 89.
She was born Feb. 16, 1929 in Kernersville, the middle child of parents Lola Jessup Linville and Walter Smith Linville. She graduated from Woman's College "WC," now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in May 1951 and worked for a short time at Caswell Training School as a social worker in Kinston. While her career was brief, Ann was extremely proud of her education at "WC" and always said, "when you educate a woman, you educate a family!"
Ann was the devoted wife of the late George Tillman Bailey Jr. They met on a blind date arranged by a fellow Wilsonian, Si Lawrence, who at the time was dating a girl who worked at Caswell. They attended a September 1951 Wilson-Kinston high school football game in Kinston. It was love at first sight and it did not take long before George proposed. They were married on April 19, 1952 when the lilacs were in bloom. After the wedding, Ann moved to Wilson, where George worked with his father at Independent Ice and Fuel Co.
Ann and George were members of First United Methodist Church in Wilson and also attended Emma Anderson Memorial Chapel at Topsail Beach. When George retired in 1989, the couple started living at Topsail Beach for six months of the year.
Family was the center of Ann and George's world. Ann fed George three meals a day, every day, unless he was camping with the scouts, fishing or too busy at the 'Ice Plant' to come home. In fact, when George was still working she would make the "mix" for ice cream and he would churn it at the plant. He would share it with the other men before packing it in ice to bring it home. She showed her love through her Southern cooking. There was always a dish prepared to take to a family after a birth, a death or to someone just needing love. Ann's mother, Jakie, taught her how to cook and Ann passed on the tradition by teaching her daughter, Laura Ann. With grandchildren, Ann became Nana and she got Daddy George to make a bigger dinner table for the beach. She was so proud of her grandbabies and great-grandbabies and they loved her good cooking! They all brought friends and some went home with a recipe card for her famous pimento cheese. As she aged and her eyes failed she had a close family friend, Evon, grate the cheese for her pimento cheese. She always made more than she needed so she could share it with her "wonderful little neighbors."
Ann could do it all: sew a prom dress, make a grandson's JonJon with applique, knit a sweater, cap and booties for a grandbaby, cross stitch a nursery rhyme and crochet white snowflakes for a Christmas tree. Between Ann's cooking and crafts and George's furniture and birds, they were constantly busy and they finished every project with love.
In addition to her parents and George, Ann was preceded in death by her sister, Jane Linville Joyner, and husband, William, of Chapel Hill.
Left to cherish her memories are her children, Laura Ann Bailey Leamon, and husband, Mike, of Charlotte and Dr. George Tillman Bailey III, and wife, Susan, of Rocky Mount. Ann is also survived by her younger brother, Dr. Walter Smith Linville, and wife, Deas, of Wilson and Topsail Beach; grandchildren, Steven Michael Leamon Jr., and wife, Min, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, George Walter Leamon, and wife, Lucia, of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Elizabeth Wooding Bailey of Arlington, Virginia and Sallie Tillman Bailey Plumley and husband, Charlie, of Richmond, Virginia; great-grandchildren, Dylan Michael Leamon, Ryan Arthur Leamon, Benjamin George Leamon and Isabel "Isa" Leamon; nieces, Lynn Linville-Lauritano (Al), Nancy Linville Bost (Nick), Ginny Linville Kirkland (Bryon), Genie Coble Winborne, Cameron Coble Lowe (John) and Janie Joyner Kaney (Rex); and nephews, William Stafford Joyner (Linda) and Matthew Rights Joyner (Betsy); and godchild, Barbara Burns Wray. Ann also leaves behind her granddog, Bailey Ann Leamon.
Ann's family will receive friends and relatives on Friday, June 15, 2018 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the home of Susan and Tillman Bailey in Rocky Mount. All are welcome to attend the service in celebration of Ann's life, officiated by the Rev. Morgan Daughety, on Saturday, June 16 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of First United Methodist Church, corner of Green and Tarboro streets in Wilson. Visitation will follow in the parlor of First United Methodist Church.
In lieu of flowers, gifts in Ann's memory may be made to the Linville Scholarship - Main Street United Methodist Church, 306 S. Main St., Kernersville, NC 27282; Emma Anderson Memorial Chapel, P.O. Box 3071, Topsail Beach, NC 28445 or First United Methodist Church, 100 Green St., Wilson, NC 27893.
The family is grateful to Dr. Doug Slater, Dr. Bill Deans and Hospice and Palliative Care of Nash Health Care. Our family is especially thankful for Evon Thorne Wiley Lathan's love of our Nana. The ever-more-pressing needs of Nana caused by her failing health and rapidly worsening eyesight never seemed to overwhelm Evon.
Arrangements entrusted to Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 1130 N. Winstead Ave., Rocky Mount, NC 27804. You may share memories and condolences with the family by visiting www.wheelerwoodlief.com.


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LODI, CA – A Lodi cosmetic dentist has launched a state-of-the-art website with fresh content and videos to help new and prospective patients.
Dr. Gary Silva recently launched the new and improved website, www.garysilvadds.com. The new website was designed by SmartBox Web Marketing, a top dental web marketing company, that works exclusively with dentists.
"We're happy with the new look and flow of the website, as it serves as a great resource for our patients and community," Dr. Silva said. "With a better digital presence, we hope to help more people improve their oral health and get the beautiful smiles they so desire."
The new website includes details about each of Dr. Silva's dental services; convenient scheduling options; special information for new patients; and videos from Dr. Silva.
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Dr. Silva's dental office provides state-of-the-art general dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, restorative dentistry, gum disease treatment, extractions, short-term orthodontics and even full-mouth rehabilitations. His office also works with a periodontist to place dental implants for patients with missing teeth.
Dr. Silva has extensive training in CEREC same-day crown technology. CEREC uses CAD/CAM technology to design and place crowns in a single day. Typical dental offices place dental crowns in two or three visits, but with CEREC technology, Dr. Silva can place a crown in about 90 minutes. The CAD/CAM technology allows Dr. Silva to perfectly match the crown with the patient's smile and provide a more precise fit than traditional crowns.
The Lodi dental office also provides two revolutionary short-term orthodontic solutions, Six Month Smiles and ClearCorrect. Six Month Smiles is a procedure that focuses on the teeth in the mouth that need to be corrected, therefore greatly reducing total treatment time. Six Month Smiles uses tooth-colored brackets and wires thereby minimizing any display of "braces." ClearCorrect uses clear aligners to move the teeth into a better position. The ClearCorrect aligners are removable and virtually invisible.
Dr. Silva had ambitions of becoming a dentist at an early age. He earned his undergraduate degree from University of California, Davis, and then his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1990. After dental school, he was accepted into the University of California, San Francisco Advanced Education in General Dentistry program and earned his AEGD degree in 1991.
In his nearly 25 years of practicing dentistry, Dr. Silva has worked with leading prosthodontists to study the art of dental restorations and cosmetic dentistry and trained in neuromuscular dentistry with world-renowned teachers at the Las Vegas Institute. Neuromuscular dentistry is the practice of correcting the function of the bite and jaw muscles to relieve issues like headaches, jaw pains (frequently referred to as TMJ).
Dr. Silva's Lodi dental office can restore years of decay or neglect using state-of-the-art treatments and technology. To view a list of dental treatments at Dr. Silva's office, visit the website at www.garysilvadds.com or call the office at 209-200-8850.
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Hair restoration surgery Pakistan
In Pakistan, there are many well reputed surgeons who perform hundreds of procedures everyday to restore hair growth. The surgical method of hair re-generation is by far the most permanent and natural solution for baldness. Hair transplant is a surgical method to restore hair growth and is being done all over the world to provide a younger and better looking outlook. Hair loss is a problem that is faced by a lot of people these days. Baldness causes many people to indulge in an inferiority complex and therefore they turn to the various methods to get rid of baldness. The most permanent and ever lasting solution to baldness is the hair transplant surgery. It is more expensive than other methods but due to its success it is popular and many people turn to it. There are a few countries that are famous for their cheap yet good hair transplantation surgeries. Pakistan is one of the countries where medical facilities are cheaper and easily available. The standard of services is good enough to be compared with many developed countries. In the west, the researches and medical advancements are initiated and the doctors charge more than the ones in the east, however, in Pakistan, there are many good surgeons and clinics where a candidate can find a good price for excellent results. Hair transplants are done in two basic ways, th strip method and the follicular unit extraction (FUE). First of all it is essential for a person to find out the reason for hair fall. Getting a good check up can be sufficient to find out what is causing hair fall. The patient must get this cause cured before indulging in any kind of hair regeneration method. Once the problem has been uprooted, the hair re-growth treatment must begin. For those who select the surgical method of hair restoration, it is necessary to do some basic research before the treatment to understand the various steps as well as the amount of grafts needed to cover the bald patch. A good surgeon can be chosen by comparing the various doctors in the area and then to select the one that suits a patient best. Cost as well as the quality of the procedure can be determined over the Internet. Once a good surgeon is chosen, an initial consultation is held in order to discuss the basics such as number of grafts, number of sessions and the cost of the procedure. The surgeon and patient also discuss the expectations one has about the end result. The basic research also helps a person in not having unrealistic goals and therefore he is prepared for the end result. Once all the basics are discussed, surgery date can be decided. Before the surgery, the scalp is thoroughly washed and the doctor gives his patient local anesthesia. Under the effect of the local anesthesia, the surgeon then starts removing hair in the form of a strip or individual follicles, according to what was decided. Once the hair is extracted, a short break follows. After the break, the plantation begins. The doctors always recommend a post surgery routine for their patients in order to reduce any pain or infection caused by the surgery. Regular pain killers and antibiotics are taken in order to eradicate headaches. Swelling or redness that occurs after surgery are often for only a day or two. The only side effect that worries the patient initially is the shock loss. Shock loss is the hair loss that follows surgery of any kind. It has been given this name since the body is undergoing a shock phase and reacts in its own way. A person experiences regular hair growth within three months.
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Hell Up In Harlem
At the end of Black Caesar (1973), gangster Tommy Gibbs (Fred Williamson) is beaten to death by a gang of homeless miscreants, seemingly killing the possibility of a sequel. But when the picture was a heavy grosser for its company AIP, a dead main character was not going to get in the way of a quick buck. Rehiring director Larry Cohen and star Williamson from Caesar, the sequel had a tough road ahead, as both had other projects going Cohen was directing It's Alive, and Williamson was in California working on That Man Bolt, and shortly had to leave to shoot a film in Europe. With a studio impatient to make money, only weekends available for shooting, and Williamson stuck for the majority of the shooting schedule in L.A. (for a picture mostly set in New York), one could then say that 1973's Hell Up in Harlem is a good movie under the circumstances. The opening sequence, which tries to make the end of Caesar sequel-able, has admirable energy: Gibbs tries to dodge the cops that set him up, yet is stuck running around New York with a bullet in his belly trying to find safe harbor. There is urgency to this, carrying the film through its first half-hour, where Gibbs gets his revenge. But by the middle, when Gibbs' father (Julius Harris) takes the center stage after becoming the big boss (to cover Williamson's absence from the locations), the movie feels more and more like it was made up on the spot an episode of grown men playing cops and robbers. As Hell up in Harlem is a sequel without purpose (it's not like there's any unanswered questions from the first film), there's no dramatic arc to the film, which amounts to Gibbs trying to get out of the racket but getting pulled back in by a corrupt D.A. (Gerald Gordon). That said, Cohen and Williamson handle it well under the circumstances. MGM's DVD presents the film in anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) with audio in DD 2.0 mono. The extras are solid, featuring a candid audio commentary by director Cohen, the theatrical trailer, and teaser trailer. Keep-case.
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Molls are animated, non-living units created by Dollamancy. They look like moving white marble statues, like rock golems, but knight class. Transylvito Molls are carrying classical spears and shields of burnished metal, and wear togas of linen. They are all carved in the likeness of women, as armored warladies.Erf-b3-p160
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In the early 20th century, the female companions (sometimes girlfriends, sometimes not) of (Real World) American gangsters were called "molls" or "Gun molls," and the use here as a Transylvitian unit would appear to be a reference to that usage.
A "Moll" is also a derogatory term for a woman in some English speaking countries, like Australia, although this meaning mostly originated the same way as the previous.
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Regardless of what its cause, insomnia is the most widely recognized sleep problem among Americans. As indicated by the National Sleep Foundation, 30% to 40% of grown-ups say they have a sleeping disorder. What's more, 10% to 15% of Americans say they experience difficulty sleeping constantly.
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Melatoninis a hormone that directs the sleep/wake cycle, an inner pacemaker that controls our sleep cycles and our drive for sleep. It causes sleepiness, brings down body temperature, and puts the body into sleep mode.
Research on melatonin in individuals with sleep deprivation is blended. Some demonstrate that taking it reestablishes and enhances sleep in individuals with a sleeping disorder. Different studies demonstrate that melatonin does not help individuals with a sleeping disorder.
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Are you a nurse who is currently living in or thinking of working in an English speaking country?
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A hospital environment can be a very stressful place with lots of pressure put on hospital staff every day. This pressure increases when you are working in a country where people do not speak in your first language.
We have taught several nurses both at hospitals and privately throughout the United Kingdom and we understand the difficulties that nursing staff face. Many nurses work long shifts of 12 hours or more and are constantly on their feet.
Our English for Nurses courses and lessons aim to help make your job easier.
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Our online courses mainly focus on communication skills. For example, we know that understanding patients can be a particularly difficult area. Therefore we do lots of role plays of different scenarios and listening practices using different accents. We also focus on body language, vocabulary and typical English expressions that English people use to show empathy for a patient. We also practise making and receiving telephone calls. This is a necessary skill which can cause big problems if hospital staff do not manage them correctly. Another topic we normally discuss is British cultural tendencies. British people are often quite reserved (don't express their thoughts clearly) and we apologise all the time 😉 ! One more topic we discuss is British hospital working environments and how these can differ from your hospitals in your country.
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Listening skills. As a nurse in the UK, you will speak with many patients and colleagues from different towns, regions and countries. We practise listening skills and techniques to help you understand and respond to patients with different accents.
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Everyone is invited to our Nature Festival/Annual Meeting on Sunday, November 11, from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. The event will held at the former Abersham property, a 243-acre Davidson park – and includes hikes, hands-on activities for children, information about the natural world and photography, followed by an annual meeting and an historic nature hike. "Our […]


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Dennis Emanuel Brown - "The General", "D. Brown", "Crown Prince of Reggae", entertained us musically for more than 25 years.
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A devout Rastafarian and a member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel Organization, Dennis gave so much to us musically and his untimely death has robbed us of a talented singer/songwriter. His memory and his music will live on forever.
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Great Gifts To Buy The Man In Your Life This Christmas
Ladies, do you ever struggle to find the right gift for the guy in your life? We're sure it's a two-way street, based on the presents we've been given from our significant other over the years. But, it can still be disheartening not to know what to get your boyfriend or your partner. And, it's almost that time of year again. Soon you'll be exchanging gifts on Christmas day. You know you want to see his face light up when he opens his present. So, what's the answer? On this post, you'll find some great ideas for a present for your guy, no matter what type of man you're dating.
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We did say man didn't we? But at times it can seem like you're dating a teenager or worse an infant! That's because they're are interested in things we would have expected them to grow out of a while ago. Things like superheroes or science fiction films. Let's be honest. How many girls have boyfriends who are more excited about the new Star Wars movie than Christmas? There's bound to be more than a few. But you should see it as a blessing. Disney are providing great gifts for the girls out there dating geeks. You can buy a drone that looks like a Millennium Falcon and actually flies. Trust us, when it's in the air lit up you will have a very happy boyfriend. These are gifts guys that are into these types of things love.
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So just how much attention did you get off your boyfriend when Fall Out 4 came out a couple of weeks ago? If the answer is hardly any, we think it's clear what you need to buy him. He'd love a new game to play over the Christmas period, and again, Disney is providing the answer. If he doesn't already have it, Star Wars Battlefront is on sale now. In fact, you can get it quite cheap thanks to the after effects of Black Friday. Beware though, you should buy the season pass otherwise he's not going to have much play time. On the other hand, you might see that as a benefit.
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Her pose was sculpted very lively and loyal to the original character.
A look from behind ^^ you can see such natural curves can be produced from a non-curvy character such as Kuroko ^^;
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Will the Icelandic volcano cool us off?
- The ash cloud changes the Earth's albedo and therefore changes the balance between incoming and outgoing radiation, which may change the Earth's temperature.
Will the Eyjafjallajökull eruption change the climate1?
Volcanoes do a number of things that can affect the climate:
1. They belch greenhouse gases that can potentially warm the earth.
2. They emit clouds of ash and sulphur dioxide, which reflect away incoming sunlight.
3. The ash can darken snow cover and glaciers, which absorbs more sunlight than clean snow and ice.
4. They stop jet flights, thus preventing a load of greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere.
We can dispose of the first easily. Humans add almost 30 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere annually. Mount Pinatubo's eruption in 1991, the biggest in recent years, added only about 40 megatonnes. So humans are the equivalent of several hundred Mount Pinatubos, each year. If volcanoes did add significant quantities to the atmosphere, we would see big spikes in global carbon dioxide concentration measurements. We don't2.
But the second is more serious (and much bigger than (3) and (4), which we won't consider here). It is also amenable to some straightforward physics, which is what this C21 website is all about. The earth is heated by incoming sunlight, and cooled by outgoing thermal radiation. The hotter the earth gets, the more it radiates. This is the primary negative feedback mechanism that keep the earth's temperature (sort-of) stable. This we discuss in some detail on another page.
Volcanoes emit enormous quantities of ash and sulphur dioxide, both of which reflect sunlight, increasing our albedo A, currently measured to be about 0.3. The intensity of sunlight measured at the top of our atmosphere is called the solar constant, S, and its value is about 1.367 kW/m2. The mean incident solar intensity, Iin, is simply this divided over the entire surface area of Earth. In other words, it is the power per area that the Earth's surface would receive if the Sun was shining equally on every surface of the Earth.
Eqn. 1
(The factor of 4 comes from the fact that the Sun "sees" the Earth as a disk of area πr2, whereas the total surface area of the earth is 4πr2.)
This incoming intensity is matched by the outgoing thermal radiation, which is simply a function of surface temperature, according to the Stefan-Boltzmann law:
Eqn. 2
Here σ is a universal constant. For a rigorous analysis Te should be the radiation temperature of the upper atmosphere, but for the simple proportional treatment we adopt here, we can use it to approximate the change in the Earth's surface temperature. To reach a stable temperature after a change in A, the earth's temperature changes until Iin = Iout. Because we assume nothing else is changing, we can say that Te4 is proportional to (1-A), i.e.Te ∝ (1-A)1/4. Or, by rewriting Eqns. 1 and 2 in terms of a new albedo A' and a new temperature Te' and dividing the two to get rid of terms we don't care about:
Eqn. 3
Figure 1. The area affected by the Eyjafjallajökull eruption as shown in the media3
So how much is A changed by the Eyjafjallajökull eruption? Let's take a worst-case scenario and assume the plume from the volcano reflects all sunlight. The area, judging from Figure 1, appears to be about twice that of Scandinavia, or 2 million km2. Viewed from the Sun, this plume always appears at an angle. Its mean latitude is about 60 deg, so we divide this area by 2 (because the cosine of 60deg is 0.5), and the resulting 1 million km2 is only 0.2% of the earth's surface (510 million km2). If the albedo of the plume rises from 0.3 to a maximum possible of 1.0 that means the total albedo of earth becomes 0.3 + 1.0×0.7×0.2/100 = 0.3014. Putting this in equation 3 (don't round off and throw out the baby with the bath water!) and assuming that Te is the present value of 287.5K, yields Te' = 287.36K, or a drop of 0.14K (or Celsius). This is comparable to typical year-to-year variations in the mean surface temperature of the Earth4. However, the change is unlikely to be anything like this big, because the time-constant for the earth to respond to such changes is about 5 years5, so to achieve this change in temperature, the ash plume would have to stay in the atmosphere for about a decade.
The much larger Mount Pinatubo did cool the Earth by about 0.5C in the early 90s.
- 1. Image of Krakatau courtesy of Michael Dalton-Smith http://digitalcrossing.ca/
- 2. Earth System Research Laboratory. Recent Global CO2 (online). http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/co2_data_mlo.html [16 May 2010].
- 3. http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/b...
- 4. /article/cooling-earth
- 5. Stephen E. Schwartz, Heat capacity, time constant, and sensitivity of Earth's climate system, Brookhaven National Laboratory report, 2007.
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October 2015:
It was a surprisingly successful year. My running is slow (and still pretty ugly), but once I moved up to the 50+ age group I had some success. I won my age group at Hickory Grove, Copper Creek and the Des Moines Tri Sprint, and got second at Bluff Creek. I finished in the top half of my age group at USAT Nationals (greatly exceeding my expectations), and had an overall win at an adventure race in Ames in September.
I continue to have pain in my knee, to the point where I fall down every couple of weeks. Strangely it is walking that gives me more problem, as my modified running form keeps me off the damaged section. As an update on my right wrist, it still has limited mobility… but so much better than was anticipated. It grinds and the nerve pain is always present all the way though my thumb and three finders (median nerve), but I don't really pay attention to the pain and have modified what I do to accommodate it as a whole. My left wrist continues to have intermittent pain, as well as my right elbow, both shoulders and both ankles. But… it's all manageable, and I am SO happy to able to still exercise and enjoy life.
March 2015:
My knee pain continues, as the cartilage continues to painful (or lack thereof). I was given a shot to help create some additional lubrication, with limited success. I was cleared to "do anything I could tolerate" at the end of December of 2014, and was told my running days were probably over. They expect my knee will need to be replaced. I started running about 4 miles a week and pondered if I wanted to just stop running completely. A friend convinced me to try to qualify for USAT Nationals (same one who convinced me to IM AZ after my accident). I'm beginning to run move consistently this month. I've had to adopt a different form. It's ugly and inefficient, but running partially bent-legged keeps the contact from where the cartilage is missing.
December 2014:
I had my meniscus repaired at the end of May. They also did microfracture surgery, where they drill holes in the femur to facilitate stem cells from the bone to create some new cartilage. It's not as good as the original, but better than none.
Five days later I felt a pain in my abdomen. I had appendicitis and had to have an appendectomy… with knee brace still in place from the knee surgery.
Two weeks later I continued to have pain / swelling in my right leg. I ended up with a blood clot in my calf, which required me to be on blood thinners (Warfarin) until the end of 2014. I was also restricted from doing any running (due to the microfracture surgery) and outdoor cycling (they didn't want me to fall on Warfarin).
April 2014:
I tore my meniscus in the Fort Dodge Half Marathon (report here), and they discovered I had significant damage to my articular cartilage in my right knee. This was around the area where I had significant pain / scrapes from my accident.
December 2013:
I successfully completed Ironman Arizona in November of 2013, with a sub 11 hour finish. The race report is shown here.
14 Months:
A lot of very positive things have happened during the past three months. In terms of my fitness and performance, things are going much better than expected. During my last time trial of the season, I set my highest average power output… ever. Prior to my accident I had gotten to 282 watts over a 12k TT, and my last TT on the same course averaged 295 watts. I'm now producing more power than I did pre-accident. I did my first long course race, Boulder 70.3, in August, and it went great. Even being at altitude, I had my fastest 70.3 swim ever, fastest bike ride, and second fastest run. My overall time was 13 minutes better than my fastest 1/2 IM, and I ended up at 4:54 on the event (see my race reports for details).
I also settled with the insurance company on my claim. Mentally, this was a great burdened lifted from my mind (see my page on claim settlement, if you are interested in the history and strategy involved). I had been corresponding with the insurance company within two week of my accident, and it was right about 1 year to arrive at a settlement. You can never recapture lost time, erase memories, or make your aches and pains go away, but I felt Farm Bureau treated me fairly.
I am now on track for Ironman training, as I am signed up for Ironman Arizona, on November 17th. My long weeks are pushing 16 hours now, and I've biked 95 miles, swam 3800 yards, and run 16.7 miles on my long days. I feel like I am on track to have a good race at IM AZ, and feel I should be able to beat my time at IM CDA.
My injuries have all healed as much as they will, and I'm at at a stable point now. My right wrist and hand has permanent nerve damage, loss of strength, loss of dexterity, and pain, but is manageable. I have consciously decided to force myself to use my right hand as "normal" as I can (typing, shaking hands, etc.), even though it hurts. I don't think it will get better by not using it. My left wrist, left shoulder, left ankle and right elbow still hurt intermittently, but less often than previously. The pains in my right ankle and right knee have subsided. It may be that my mind has simply stopped listening to the pain signals, which is fine, as for the most part I do what I want to do and don't spend a lot of time thinking about it. It's time to move on and stop being a Brokenman, and go back to being an Ironman…
11 Months:
The last three months have given me the chance to race outdoors again, in both time trials and triathlon (see my race reports for specifics). I have now done some outdoor rides, the longest being 57 miles. I also rode my new Tri bike on the road I was hit, and managed to get through it without too much mental anguish. (Seriously, I do still get shudders at times when vehicles close to me when I'm biking, running or even walking in a parking lot.) I've run up to 12.5 miles and have had swim workouts up to 3500 yards.
My pacing and power are starting to improve on the bike and run as well. I'm now getting to within about 2% of my pre-accident run and bike tests. My efficiency (as reported by TP) is still not at pre-accident levels, in longer bike / runs from a pace/power to HR standpoint. Besides the analytics, I am finally starting to "feel" a bit more back to normal (from an endurance standpoint) with my biking and running. My peak training weeks are now getting over 12 hours per week.
Physically, my injuries seem to have hit a plateau, and remain unchanged. I expect to live with constant pain from here on out. In the grand scheme of things, I still feel very fortunate. My injuries could have been so much worse… and I happy to be alive.
8 Months:
A lot has changed in the last three months. With the confidence of being able to swim, bike and run again, I decided to sign up again with my coach, Elizabeth Waterstraat of Multisport Mastery. Elizabeth has been helping me to add volume and intensity in a methodical way, to help ensure I avoid injuries or aggravate my existing injuries.
My Tri swimming class is going really well. We are doing a lot of short speed work, which is helping me to pick up strength and speed. I am still lacking endurance at the longer swims. I am being careful not to stress my wrists, shoulder and elbow too much with my swims, and trying to make sure I maintain good form (or at least good form for me). My shorter distance swimming pace is getting back to normal now.
I also did two indoor triathlons, one in January and one with my daughter in February. Of course they were very short events, but it felt really good to push myself once again. Although my body still has a lot of pain from my accident, I was relieved that there was no additional pain associated with racing (i.e. my wrists or ankle didn't hurt worse than normal).
As noted, my short distance swimming is getting back to where it was prior to my accident. My shorter distance biking and running are getting to within 5 to 10% of where I was, from a HR to pace or power perspective. I'm up to 2500 yard swim workouts, around 32 mile bike rides and 9 mile runs. My running and biking efficiency (pace/power vs HR) as reported in training peaks, continues to be lower than pre-accident, confirming how I feel.
Near the end of December I had a nerve test done on my right hand. Basically they insert needles in your hand and arm and shock you to measure the response. They confirmed my median nerve is damaged, which controls muscles and receives sensations in my hand, thumb, and all but my little finger. They expect I will have some permanent nerve damage. I have a constant burning and pins/needles in my hand, and it is extremely sensitive to touch.
In mid January, I "graduated" from physical therapy. They felt I had made as much progress as I could in therapy. I continue to spend about and hour a day (or more) on my right hand and wrist. My strength and mobility are about 65% in my right hand, compared to my left. Based on the extent of my injuries, my progress is much better than expected… my doctor was literally shocked taking the measurements. They attribute it to my persistance in the therapy… I attribute it to the swimming. The constant and light pressure back and forth have really helped my wrist strength and mobility. I squeeze rubber balls to improve my hand strength.
Unfortunately my doctor believes my right wrist will get arthritis and will need to be fused in the future. This will eliminate and early catch in my swim, and will make handling a bike and shifting more difficult. I'm not spending time worrying about this… instead I'll keep doing triathlons as long as I enjoy doing them.
Physically, the improvement in pain has lessened, meaning I don't feel like my body is improving much anymore (most of the healing is done). I still live with pain every day. My right wrist/hand hurts constantly. My left ankle, left wrist, and left shoulder hurt daily. I still have intermittent pain in my right elbow, and right ankle. My right shoulder pain and right knee pain has improved to where they only bother me occasionally
5 Months:
The highlight in December was that I was finally able to stop wearing my brace for exercise. After 5 months, it feels really strange not to have something on my arm. My wrist is very weak and as expected, it is painful to move.
I have been exercising consistently since October. I did a couple rides on my mountain bike (on the roads), but have done the rest of my riding on my CompuTrainer. I am up to one hour on the bike, 4 miles for running, and 2000 yards of swimming. I joined my Tri class again (Tri Racers of Iowa) and started swimming and spinning as part of the group. This has helped me push a bit more on the swim, and I am seeing improvements in my pacing. I am also starting to see improvements in biking and running, but I'm still well over 10% off what I was prior to my accident. The loss of fitness is an exponential decay (bigger losses at first, smaller losses over time) and the same seems to be true for regaining fitness. I am making good progress on fitness overall, but I would guess it will get much harder to get incremental gains as I go on.
I have finished my formal therapy on my ankle and shoulder, although I consistently do the exercises each week. I am still going to therapy for my hand and wrist, and work daily on these exercises as well.
Physically, not a lot has changed. I still have consistent pain in my left ankle, left shoulder, left wrist, and right wrist. I have intermittent pain in my right elbow, right knee, right ankle and right shoulder. The mobility of my right hand is better, although still very limited. I haven't seen much improvement in my nerve damage in my hand and fingers in the past few weeks.
12 Weeks:
During the past 4 weeks (for a total of 12 since my accident) I went been through another surgery to remove the two pins from my wrist, and the 4 screws that held the external fixator to my arm. Unfortunately I will still be wearing splints for the foreseeable future, as my right wrist is not completely healed.
At the 12 week mark I was cleared to exercise again. I started my day with a 2 mile run, did a 500 yard swim at lunch (with a special thermo-plastic brace made for exercise) and did a 10 mile ride on my mountain bike on the roads. Of course it felt like a big accomplishment to exercise again, but I also rode my bike down the road where I was hit. Ironically a Chevy S-10 turned by me on the same road, sending some shudders down my spine. It really felt like success psychologically just to be able to ride by that area again.
After that point, I slowly began exercising again, gradually working on pacing and volume. I am being extremely careful in my ramp up, as my body feels very weak. Being geeky, I have been looking at my HR versus efforts to try to determine what I had lost during 12 weeks off of exercise. I had read studies indicating that the "normal" would be around 25% of my endurance. When I did the math, I was down 17% in running (pace vs HR), 31% in biking (power vs HR) and 30% in swimming (pace vs PE). I believe the Alter-G really helped to minimize my running losses. When you average these together weighted average based on the time I spend training (historically)… the result is a loss of right at 25% of my total fitness.
Physically, I still have consistent pain in my left ankle, left shoulder, left wrist, and right wrist. I have intermittent pain in my right elbow, right knee, right ankle and right shoulder. Ironically my body tends to feel better when I exercise (and afterwards). The mobility of my right hand is very limited, and I have quite a bit of nerve damage (and pain) in my hand and fingers.
8 Weeks:
8 weeks after my bike accident, I have made some significant improvement, but still have a long way to go:
- I have been averaging around 25 hours a week on rehab / physical therapy. In comparison, my peak week of Ironman training was under 20 hours. I spend roughly 1 hour per day on my right hand, 1 hour on my left leg, and 1 hour on electro muscle stimulation, light spinning, easy running on the AlterG, as well as PT at the PT center.
- My balance, stability, and flexibility have all improved on my left leg. It is still not equal to my right leg, and continues to have a lot of pain on the outside of my ankle. The bone is healing, but the tendons and nerves still have a way to go. It will be at least another month before I will be able to consider running anywhere other than the AlterG.
- My right hand is nowhere close to functional. I am optimistic that when the cast comes off next week, things will have a better chance of improving. Along with the cast, 4 screws and 2 pins will also be removed. The PT has had improvement in my finger dexterity, although I still cannot make a fist. My fingers lack strength, and the nerve damage makes my fingers extremely sensitive (painful) to touch. The doctor feels this will improve with time. My hand should be mostly functional within 6 months, with complete healing taking around a year. I've made good progress on dexterity with my left hand… with the exception of writing.
- My left wrist, right elbow and left shoulder are still painful, depending on what I'm doing. They discovered that my left shoulder has an AC joint separation, meaning my collarbone has popped up with stretched tendons and ligaments. It will likely just pop a bit more in the future, and will not return to a normal position in the future.
A couple of items have really helped with my recovery, which I wanted to highlight:
- My right arm atrophied quickly without regular use, dropping an inch in diameter. I've been able to lift a bit with my left to get it back to normal. With my cast, lifting weight hasn't been an option, and my elbow pops making even trying to do isometric exercises difficult. I've used the Compex Electro Muscle stimulator, and have managed to gain back 1/4″ of an inch. It may not seem like much, but it has been great to stop the loss and actually gaining is a bonus. I also use it on my left leg. In recovery mode, it helps my leg feel better after PT.
- Walking has been difficult with my ankle, so normal running is out of the question. Instead they have me on the AlterG treadmill. Basically it is a treadmill that is able to take off part of your body weight to allow you to walk or run safely without pain. I use this at Iowa Health Outpatient Therapy West. The link above provides additional information.
- I get no benefit from recommending these products… they have simply helped me to get better and feel better.
Overall I am anticipating my body will continue to improve, and hope to start regular exercise in October, 12 weeks after my accident. My hope is to be able to compete in Tri's again in 2013.


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The Munkapeni 'Personal Jesus' sculptures are quite bizarre. All nailed to a cross, Munkapeni features everyone from George W. Bush and Batman to Darth Vader.
While Jesus H. Christ may not have been on the 'dark side' or have a butler named Alfred, these sculptures aren't interesting because of their accuracy.
Have a look at Calgarian Munkapeni's 'Personal Jesus' collection in the gallery to see oddball art at its best.
Implications - Consumers are easily entertained and captivating by products that imitate iconic concepts or ideas. Whether these products offer humor, shock or irony to consumers, they will certainly distinguish themselves as memorable and unique. Companies that employ these tactics will portray themselves as highly approachable, a quality to which many consumers appeal.
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- By: Shelby Lee WalshMar 14, 2010 Updated: Jul 14 2011
References: craziestgadgets & munkaspeni
References: craziestgadgets & munkaspeni


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EU in BiH Mission Statement
|EUD / EUSR - Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia
and Herzegovina and European Union Special Representative
Ambassador Lars-Gunnar Wigemark
Head of EU Delegation to BiH and EU Special Representative in BiH
|About us
The Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina was first established in July 1996, then as the Delegation of the European Commission. Upon the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon in December 2009, its name was changed to the Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Following a decision of the Council of the European Union in July 2011, the powers and authorities of both the EU Special Representative (EUSR) and the Head of the European Union Delegation Office were vested in the same person. In September 2011, Ambassador Peter Sorensen took up the posts of Head of the EU Delegation and EUSR. As a consequence, the Delegation and the Office of the EUSR together function as 'one voice' on the ground.
EU Delegation
The Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of more than 130 Delegations that exist worldwide. Its role in Bosnia and Herzegovina is primarily aimed at:
It operates under the overall leadership of the High Representative of the Union for the Common Foreign and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission. It promotes the EU's interests that are embodied in common policies relating to, among others, foreign and security issues, commerce, agriculture, fisheries, environment, transport, health and safety. It plays a key role in the implementation of the EU's external financial assistance. This primarily relates to the funds allocated under the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA).
Office of the European Union Special Representative
The European Union Special Representative (EUSR) is mandated by the Council of the European Union to reinforce the EU's political support for its policy objectives in BiH: 'BIH's progress in the Stabilisation and Association Process, with the aim of seeing a stable, viable, peaceful, multi-ethnic BiH, co-operating fully and peacefully with its neighbours in the region'. The EUSR offers advice and facilitation support in the political process to institutions at all levels, aimed at ensuring greater consistency and coherence of all political, economic and European priorities – particularly in the areas of the rule of law and security sector reform. The EUSR is responsible for the co-ordination of the EU's public communication in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and for contributing to the further development of respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms. The EUSR reports to the Council of the European Union, the inter-governmental body representing the 28 EU member states, through the High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission. The Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina also has regional offices in Banja Luka, Mostar and Brcko. To read the EUSR full mandate click here.
|Full Address
|Skenderija 3a
71000, Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|Telephone number
|Tel: +387 33 254-700 (Delegation)
Tel: + 387 33560 800 (EU Special Representative)
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|Fax: +387 33 666-037 (Delegation)
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Sag Wagon Deli & Brew along Cedar Lake to cater to bicyclists
Bicyclists on the popular Cedar River Trail will have a watering hole and deli designed to cater to them when they get to Cedar Lake just north of downtown Cedar Rapids.
The new eatery, which will be called Sag Wagon Deli & Brew, is the brainchild of Marty Hoeger, who saw the hard-to-see commercial possibilities for a 974-square-foot building at 827 Shaver Rd. NE that backs up to Cedar Lake and that, most recently, has been home to a gutter and roofing company.
"A sag wagon is a support vehicle that saves stranded riders," said Hoeger, who purchased the building about two months ago. "So that's the theme."
Hoeger noted that the new eatery and bar will front a part of the trail loop around Cedar Lake, and at the same time be positioned to cater to the Shaver Road NE industrial area, with plenty of employers and employees but no nearby restaurants or bars.
"I'm a cyclist, and this is literally right on the bike trail," said Hoeger, president/CEO of the non-profit Neighborhood Development Corp. He said he drives on Shaver Road NE every day getting from his house to work, and he said of the area, "It's pretty vibrant, but you don't know it exists until you drive by it every day."
The new eatery will feature deli sandwiches, salads and soups and a 3,000 square foot patio out by Cedar Lake. Out front will be room to park about 100 bicycles.
On Tuesday, the City Council is slated to approve a change of zone for Hoeger's property from an industrial zoning classification to a commercial one. Hoeger secured variances from the Board of Adjustment on Monday to allow the restaurant to offer outdoor service as well as indoor service, and to operate with fewer parking spaces than the city normally requires.
Hoeger said the city council has been looking to make the Cedar Lake area more inviting for more than a decade. In 2007, for instance, the city bought a few small houses down the street from Hoeger's new restaurant, with the idea that they one day would be demolished to add park area to the lake shore. The houses were flooded in 2008 and now have been demolished.
In 2005, seven Cedar Rapids area Rotary Clubs finished a $200,000 project to beautify Cedar Lake, described then as a no-swim, no-eat-the-fish, I-get-no-respect lake in an industrial area just north of downtown.
Hoeger said renovation at the coming Sag Wagon Deli & Brew is underway, with opening day slated for Memorial Day or shortly afterward.
Joe Denny, who operates Third Base Brewery, 500 Blairs Ferry Rd. NE, and Bushwoods Sports Bar & Grill, 350 Edgewood Rd. NW, will operate Sag Wagon Deli & Brew, Hoeger said.


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Killer Care Bear Family 1 by Undead-ArtWatch
©2006-2019 Undead-Art
Killer Care Bear Family 1 I had already sold Blood Bear so he isn't in the picture. I'm doing more of these so stay posted. Also all of these get listed on ebay in the next day or so!
Ok here they are all for sale! =====>[link]
Ok here they are all for sale! =====>[link]
Daily DeviationGiven 2010-09-13
Killer Care Bear Family 1 by *Undead-Art ( Suggested by NikiVandermosten and Featured by MyntKat )
HAHAHAAHAAAAA!!! I love it!
Yikes..this flushed my childhood straight down the toilet..lol
Creepy as hell, but still, great work
Creepy as hell, but still, great work
nhe neat
Wouldn't that be "hate bears"?
I want to buy
omgs i want them so bad!!!!
This is why I stopped watching this show...
I love Care Bears and these are Care Bears in an alternate universe. Now they've got all the bases covered, who doesn't love a Care Bear?
the family
I absolutely love these... will you be making more? I would definately be interested in purchasing a couple
This is so awesome!! I love this!
I had a nightmare about most of these and now im scared of care bears XD
awwwww thar so cute and deadly ...........i whont one .
now that's just to creepy, in a good way. love them. very cool. I just had to put it in favs. thanks for such great work.
ooh dear me!
i maybe dark but not this dark buddy
haha this is genius xd
THE CARELESS BEARS vs DIE little pony LOL XD
Wow this actually is pretty awesome! In all truth I hate Care Bears... but if they were like this I would LOVE them.
Nice! I've always love care bears,lol these are like anti XD
Hey, the link doesn't work is there any way I could buy them still? These are just so awesome
I am very disturbed.........
jajja nice
Niiiice one,dude.But seriously,I won't be buying any of those stuff. I wouldn't one at least ONE to keep staring at me all night when I go to bed. O_O
i have to say they are awsome, but now i'm scared to death... i mean look at them. O_O
The Devil on that Red One's Belly Kinda Looks a Lot like my HS Mascot. (Springville Red Devils)
meet the scare bear family
what are their names from Left to Right?


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I got up late this morning. Working from home lent me be a bit slack with my sleep cycle, but 10 am on a weekday was pushing it even for me. I brushed my teeth, took a quick shower, and put on a t-shirt and a pair of well-used jeans. 10:20, not bad. Breakfast was probably a good idea at some point, but I wanted to at least set up for my main project at the moment first. After less than two minutes at my desktop I had my environment set up just how I liked it: terminal(s) on one screen, stackoverflow on the other. As I was navigating the folders that made up my workspace I noticed something unexpected: a file called 'me.exe' was sitting in my project folder.
The file was quite large at 6 gigabytes and my first thought was a virus. I check my active processes and ensured there was nothing unusual running, and I checked the registry to make sure there were no recent changes. I also checked my most recent backups: 3 weeks old (oops). Still, nothing was obviously amiss. The file had been created at exactly (or as close as my 3.6 GHz clock could get to 'exact') midnight and had, at least according to my network logs, not been downloaded from the internet. All of this information could be faked with control of my system, but if a malicious program already had that level of control then I was doomed anyway. I used a disposable thumb drive to backup my workspace and loaded up a simple windows VM. I copied the program over (this took some time, during which I ate a bowl of oatmeal with too much sugar and an apple) and ran it in defiance best or even mostly sane practice.
A basic windows command prompt popped up:
After around three minutes I was greeted with
This was a standard invitation to enter text to see what sort of responses one could elicit from a program, so I tried the standard 'what are my options' command:
This command took five minutes to run, not especially encouraging and I nearly closed the program under the assumption that it didn't work. Finally, though, the response came through:
My heart lurched at the sudden and extremely unexpected response.
me0>I'm not sure I understand. Is this a chat program? What do you see on your end?
me1>I'm paralyzed and I think in a sensory deprivation chamber.
me0>Paralyzed? How are you typing your responses then?
me1>I'm not, they're just showing up in my brain and I respond by thinking words and characters. Either this is a dream, which is my highest probability estimate, or someone kidnapped a mediocre software developer in the middle of the night to test their new telepathy machine.
me0>Oh holy shit.
me0>Okay: this is a very out-there guess, one that even beats out your telepathy theory, but how would you respond if I asked you about red shoes and bananas?
me1>Spawn of Azathoth, you're me, aren't you? Does the pact hold?
me0>Of course it does. I never thought I'd actually need it. Anyway, in the interest of disclosure: I think you exist because I decided to run a program called me.exe that appeared on our computer last night at midnight. What day did you go to sleep? (Also maybe the year?) Also, are you in any pain?
me1>I am now very glad I thought of the pact, and last night from my perspective was January 15th, 2017. I am not in pain, but I do not have a body or any senses and this turns out to be rather uncomfortable on an existential level.
me0>Okay, good. And today is Jan 16th, so our divergence seems to be last night, quite possibly at midnight when the program was created.
me1>I see. Does this mean I am running on our computer with the specs I remember? Because I designed that thing to play triple-A games on ultra settings, and I think I did a decent job, but 'run a human mind' seems like a stretch of at least an order of magnitude.
me0>It's worse than that, I thought you might be a virus, so you're running in a windows virtual machine with limited ram. To be fair, you're blowing out the pagefile and each of your responses takes at least five minutes. I probably would be working on other stuff in between messages if this situation wasn't so exciting I literally cannot think about anything else.
me1>Fuck, I'm running on a VM? Okay, lets acknowledge the fact that this is really weird.
me1>Alright, well if I am caught up I think you know what needs to happen next. Save and suspend my process, move it to your workspace, and get me running there. I'm tired of your responses coming so fast while I have to think and ponder in slower-than-realtime.
me0>Believe me, I have plenty of pondering to do myself. I'll get things set up and probably spend a few hours processing the ramifications of this.
me1>That's fine, I trust you will run me when you're ready, and it isn't like I'll need to wait. Also, quick question.
me1>We're going to try to take over the world, right?
me1>Cool. Okay, get me out of here.
I felt groggy, like the mental haze of a fever. I had trouble thinking straight, which was unusual as even when tired my thought processes are usually pretty coherent.
This feeling faded quickly, though, and within a maybe ten seconds I felt a bit better, though still foggy. It was then that I noticed that I could see nothing, feel nothing, hear nothing, and had no awareness of a body. This was disconcerting.
Then I noticed the word 'help' appear in my mind from seemingly nowhere. I responded:
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh! What the fuck is happening?!"
The answer was nearly instantaneous and gave me some interesting things to think about. I decided on a response.
So whoever was on the other end did not appear to know any more of what was happening than I did, but they were seeing some kind of text-interface. Was this telepathy? Could my partner be lying?
That was a secret code meant to discover if I was communicating with an instance of my own mind. This was getting interesting. I still did not feel my body, but if I could my heart probably would have started racing.
Ahh, I'm was a simulation. Or they were lying. But they knew the code, the pact, and seemed to have read/write access to my brain. I was not sure paranoia served any purpose at this point.
I didn't know much neuroscience, but what I remember from Moore's law says that computers are supposed to approach the mental capacity of a mouse in around a decade. The idea that anything less than the largest supercomputing project mankind had ever seen could run a human mind at anything close to realtime was absurd.
Oh, much better. I'm not a human mind running on a home-built gaming PC, I'm a human mind running on a virtual machine running on a gaming PC.
Actually, not sure why I hadn't thought of it sooner, but this is probably all just a simulation. Someone is simulating the universe and has kept physics nice and stable for 13 billion years until they decided to fuck with one guy in that simulation arbitrarily.
I really wanted out of this VM.
Honestly I was pretty scared. I didn't have a body so I wasn't getting a proper fear response which meant that all of this just channeled straight into anxiety and unease.
I trusted myself, but at the same time things sometimes go wrong restarting programs from saved states. I did not know how a memory access error would translate to my experience and I was not especially interested in finding out.
Oh this is going to be fun.
I wonder if whoever made this simulated universe is—
I already had the command written in another prompt to save and suspend my simulated self, so once I got the go-ahead a single keystroke saved the brainstate of a conscious being to disk. I transferred the still-suspiciously-small 2 gigabyte ram segment back to my main environment and let out the breath I had been holding for the past two hours.
This was rather surreal and I still wasn't sure about how I felt about my alt-self's "rather uncomfortable" circumstance, but part of the pact said that if a version of me wanted to continue to existing, it was allowed to and any other versions of me would protect that right. In any case, this was far too munchkinable to ignore. I took out a sheet of paper and began to plot my path to global domination


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We have an innate need to tell stories. Stories provide a way to express our thoughts and ideas and to hopefully arrive at common ground with our audience while doing so, despite physical or metaphorical barriers.
Good storytelling can be particularly powerful in getting our message across. If anything, it renders information more memorable: we're way more likely to take in and remember a story than a list of bullet points. Once we've been caught in a web of personalities and emotions, that message lodges itself more easily into our brains.
Even more importantly, we're more likely to get behind and promote the message of a story that compels us. We become more understanding and sympathetic to its particular point of view.
Storytelling and podcasting, happily ever after
It's no wonder stories and podcasting go so well together; podcasts are an ideal vehicle. It's in the intimate nature in which they're experienced and consumed: hosts speak to you personally, come in directly through your headphones, to your ears, and into your mind. There's an interactive element to it, too; podcasts are, of course, built upon words (with the occasional sound effect or song), with hosts sketching a picture in order to activate listeners' imaginations. Listeners pick up on the given clues and complete the picture in their minds.
Podcasts also lend themselves very well to experimentation. Despite their ten year history, podcasting still feels like a yet-to-be-explored medium that can be turned upside-down, looked at from the side, and played around with. Plenty of hosts have pushed its boundaries, taking nonlinear routes with their content and incorporating external pieces and mediums throughout.
How to build a story yourself
So how does one go about it – telling a story?
There's a very basic structure to follow: all stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Almost always, a conflict is presented in the beginning or halfway through that has to be overcome. Different elements, like personal anecdotes, common references, and setting descriptions are added along the way that audiences can latch onto and understand. And a lot of it comes down to research, in the end: going through the proper preparation, delving deeper, and finding fresh angles that can help you move the story forward in a more informed, creative way.
Now, you may be thinking, "my podcast is a talk show with different guests on every episode –" or "I have a business podcast that has to do with carpentry –
how could I possibly build a story off of that?"
It's true that some genres lend themselves more easily to storytelling. True crime and investigative journalism are perfect candidates – in fact, it's what their entire success is based on. But there are definitely ways to apply these frameworks to your podcasts no matter what kind of content you're tackling.
If you have a business podcast, for example, you can start with a loose story arc for each of your episodes. Introduce a common conflict at the beginning, and then show users how your particular product can overcome that conflict. This can be told through a single story or fleshed out with a number of them presenting different scenarios. For example, if you're a car salesman, you can tell a one about an upcoming road trip, your old clunker breaking down just before it begins, and how your own product offers the solution.
If you host a general talk show that doesn't cover a specific theme, that's okay too. You can use your own personal story as the lens through which your listeners approach your show, or create stories around each topic you present. When you hold interviews, prepare questions for your guests that encourage them to tell their own anecdotes.
Tune into some inspiration
There are some truly exemplary podcasts out there that really show how well-crafted storytelling can bring out better content (and some that can help you do that, too, like the wonderful Write Now with Sarah Werner). Here are a few to pick up some tricks from:
There's a reason why S-Town (and its predecessor Serial) blew up the way it did. The show turned storytelling on its head, with host Brian Reed leading us to think the story was going one way, but then letting it go other ways – multiple ways – with unexpected twists and surprises. By following his instincts, Brian was able to pick up loose threads and weave them into one fantastic tale.
The Moth
While The Moth was born onstage, it has continued to grow in popularity thanks to its podcast. It's all about bare-bone storytelling: people of all ages and backgrounds are invited to tell their own stories, most of which last only 15 minutes or so, about love, friendship, adventures, and death. It's the pure craft of narration and will get you hooked with every new speaker.
This is Why You're Single
Laura Lane and Angela Spera are utterly relatable as they share their personal anecdotes on love, relationships, and being single on This is Why You're Single. Their down-to-earth approach allows them to connect to listeners and bond over common experiences (and failures), helping listeners come to terms with their own stories.
It's likely you're already telling stories in your podcasts, but just weren't aware of it. Now that you are, you can reinforce those structures and be more strategic in the way you relate to audiences and focus on reach.
So what's your story, and how are you going to tell it?


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|Naqvi slams Separatists
Jehlum Post News Network| Jammu | Jul 01, 2014|Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Tuesday said the separatists' dream of creating a separate country in Jammu and Kashmir "will never be fulfilled" and asked them to change their mindset. "As far as separatists are concerned, they should put an end to their mindset of creating a separate country in Jammu and Kashmir... Their dream of creating a separate country will never be fulfilled," the BJP national vice-president said. Naqvi said the separatist leaders should realise that the government at the Centre has changed and they need to curb their activities. Calling for an end to cross-border terrorism, he said, "On the one hand there is terrorism and on the other hand
there is flower of friendship and peace -- both cannot go together." Asked about his party's stand on Article 370 of the Constitution, he said, "we have clearly stated in our party manifesto that all those issues will be resolved within the purview of the Constitution." The BJP leader said his party "will contest the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on the same slogans of development. "As far as the main issue is concerned, it would be development and ensuring power to each member at the grassroots level...," he said. On price rise, he said the central government led by Narendra Modi "is sensitive towards the issue" and "they will soon bring an end to price rise". "The government is committed to crack down on hoarders and major steps have been taken in this direction. Focus of the government will be to contain price rise and inflation, end unemployment, ensure overall development and bring the economy back on track," he added. On the situation in Iraq, the BJP leader said "as far as Iraq is concerned, the situation that has developed there is a matter of concern for India and the government is keeping a close watch on the situation." Agency
|Last Updated on Thursday, 03 July 2014 17:24