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On February 12, 1938, two Chancellors–Adolf Hitler of Germany, and Kurt von Schuschnigg of Austria–met at Hitler's retreat at Obersalzberg, Germany. At stake lay the future independence of Austria.
That meeting ended with Hitler's bullying Schnuschigg into submission. Austria became a vassal-state of Nazi Germany.
Seven months later, in September, 1938, Hitler gave another exhibition of his "negotiating" methods. This time, the target of his rage and aggression was Czechoslovakia.
Once again, he opened "negotiations" with a lie: The Czechoslovak government was trying to exterminate 3.5 million Germans living in the "Sudetenland."
This consisted of the northern, southwest and western regions of Czechoslovakia, inhabited mostly by ethnic Germans.
Then he followed this up with the threat of war: Germany would protect its citizens and halt such "oppression."
For British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, the thought of another European war erupting less than 20 years after the end of World War I was simply unthinkable.
The Cenotaph, in London, honoring the unknown British dead of World War 1
Something had to be done to prevent it. And he believed himself to be just the man to do it.
He quickly sent Hitler a telegram, offering to help resolve the crisis: "I could come to you by air and am ready to leave tomorrow. Please inform me of earliest time you can receive me, and tell me the place of the meeting. I should be grateful for a very early reply."
Once again, another head-of-state was prepared to meet Hitler on his home ground. Again, Hitler took this concession as a sign of weakness. And Chamberlain's use of such words as "please" and "grateful" only further convinced Hitler of another impending triumph.
Chamberlain was determined to grant his every demand–so long as this meant avoiding a second world war.
The two European leaders met in Berchtesgaden, Germany, on September 15, 1938.
Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler
During their talks, Chamberlain said he had come to discuss German grievances. But, he added, it was necessary in all circumstances to exclude the use of force.
Hitler appeared to be shocked that he could be accused of such intentions: "Force? Who speaks of force?"
Then, without warning, he switched to an aggressive mode. He accused the Czechs of having mobilized their army in May. They had mobilized–in response to the mobilization of the German army.
"I shall not put up with this any longer," shouted Hitler. "I shall settle this question in one way or another. I shall take matters in my own hands!"
Suddenly, Chamberlain seemed alarmed–and possibly angry: "If I understood you right, you are determined to proceed against Czechoslovakia in any case. If this is so, why did you let me come to Berchtesgaden?
"In the circumstances, it is best for me to return at once. Anything else now seems pointless."
Hitler was taken aback by the unexpected show of defiance. He realized he was about to lose his chance to bully the British into accepting his latest demands.
So he softened his tone and said they should consider the Sudetenland according to the principle of self-determination.
Chamberlain said he must immediately return to England to consult with his colleagues. Hitler appeared uneasy. But then the German translator finished the sentence: "…and then meet you again." Hitler realized he still had a chance to attain victory without going to war.
Chamberlain agreed to the cession of the Sudetenland. Three days later, French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier did the same. No Czechoslovak representative was invited to these discussions.
Chamberlain met Hitler again in Godesberg, Germany, on September 22 to confirm the agreements. But Hitler aimed to use the crisis as a pretext for war.
He now demanded not only the annexation of the Sudetenland but the immediate military occupation of the territories. This would give the Czechoslovak army no time to adapt their defense measures to the new borders.
To achieve a solution, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini suggested a conference of the major powers in Munich.
On September 29, Hitler, Daladier and Chamberlain met and agreed to Mussolini's proposal. They signed the Munich Agreement, which accepted the immediate occupation of the Sudetenland.
The Czechoslovak government had not been a party to the talks. Nevertheless, it promised to abide by the agreement on September 30.
It actually had no choice. It faced the threat of an immediate German invasion after being deserted by its pledged allies: Britain, France and the Soviet Union.
Chamberlain returned to England a hero. Holding aloft a copy of the worthless agreement he had signed with Hitler, he told cheering crowds in London: "I believe it is peace for our time."
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill knew better, predicting: "Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonor. They chose dishonor. They will have war."
Hitler—still planning more conquests–also knew better. In March, 1939, the German army occupied the rest of Czechoslovakia.
Chamberlain would soon be seen as a naive weakling–even before bombs started falling on London.
Hitler next turned his attention–and demands–to Poland.


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sorry for not posting anything for a few days but I always post when I have something to say or something nice to show you. If I don't have, I don't see any point in posting just for the stats. :)
So, I have in my laptop a few Gb full with pics I love and I thought that will be nice to share some with you guys.
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We are in the midst of coding the AppBook for iSci's first section of Module 1, the section relating to the study of the molecular structure of dry salt. Students using the AppBook for this section are asked to interact with information provided via augmented reality and answer questions and comment about what they learn. Augmented reality is comprised of animations triggered by an image on a poster. Holding an iPad to the trigger image takes a student, first, from salt in salt shakers to a close up view of a salt crystal. A second poster and trigger image takes a student from the crystal to the sodium and chloride molecules that make up the crystal.
Section 2, which we plan to complete by August 15, focuses on wet salt and asks students to interact with the Kinect and Falcon game systems.
Students access the module from a launcher icon on their mobile devices. Tapping on the icon takes students to a welcome page where they will, on their first encounter with the module, access a quick animated tutorial about using the AppBook. Following the tutorial, the screen shifts to the opening page.
Key to our work is the idea that the module is available for all smart devices, from phones to tablets, without needing to be accessed through Apple's and Android's markets. Also key is that we take advantage of the affordances of the medium, particularly multimedia (e.g. video, sound, animation, words, music, 3D models) and the freedom for students, using mobile devices, to move around and engage kinesthetically with information. Features like our "Notes" function allows students to share information with each other and their teacher and, so, enhances participation and engagement. Additionally, the camera feature makes it possible for students to video or photograph themselves interacting with information so that they have a record of the day's activity once students are home.
We have demos of iSci scheduled for August 1 of the Seattle Metro Chamber Leadership who are visiting Southwest Washington and WSUV and for August 13 of the legislative staffers for Washington State.
My personal goal for the project is to demonstrate that a study of art and the humanities goes hand in hand with STEM and that STEM cannot stand without either of them.


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Getting shredded for a bodybuilding contents requires careful planning. The two most important factors in getting ripped for your contest are your diet and water retention. Sure your workouts are important but there seems to be no shortage of muscular bodybuilders in the gym, and the assumption here is that you've built up a physique you think is worthy of showing off on a stage.
Water retention is one thing that a lot of competitors struggle with. Everyone wants to come in dry as a bone but so many are smooth as babies.
It's really simple when you realize that the more water you drink the less water you hold. Plus the goal here isn't to be dried out from days before but to dial your water in to come in nice and tight for the pre-judging. That's when they decide who wins your weight class and unless you're a contender for the overall you should focus on the pre-judging.
The Plan
- Start drinking 8 liters of water a day (I'm only 150 lbs at contest time so go up or down accordingly) on the Sunday before a Saturday show. Make sure to drink only distilled water.
- Pick up an herbal diuretic and start taking 3 times the recommended dosage 4 days prior to contest time.
- The day before the prejudging you'll drink half your daily total by 24 hours prior to the prejudging. Stop drinking any fluids at this point. For example, prejudging is at 11 am on Saturday then on Friday you'll drink 4 liters of water (assuming you're the same size as me) by 11 am on Friday. After that you drink nothing, nada zip. No water, no Tab Cola, no tea until after the contest.
- Eat some dry carbs in the evening (dry rye toast, rice cakes, etc..) and the morning of the contest (before, during and after pre-judging).
- Water is allowed during the evening show but only sips. Just wet your mouth. An alternative to water that will help tighten you up a big more is a shot or two of hard liqour.
Why It Works
At first it seems a little backwards to be drinking in so much water when you don't want to hold any. Many people (myself included when prepping for my first contest) like to gradually taper their water consumption down until contest day. This is not the right way to go. Your body will go into a water holding pattern and you'll be crazed with thirst.
So why does it work? When you drink large quantities of water your body will do it's best to flush it out. You're essentially causing a diuretic effect and probably won't need any help from herbal diuretics at all. The beauty is that once you stop drinking water is that your body will keep flushing it out. When you stop drinking water your body will still keep flushing it out. Even after 24 hours of not drinking water and eating dry carbs I was still urinating more than one would expect.
The dry carbs help with a couple things. Firstly the carbs, if you've been doing a CKD (aka Keto Diet), will make your muscles look fuller. Secondly the dry carbs will force your body to pull water out of your blood (and hopefully skin and fat cells) in order to help digest them.
If you follow this plan you'll be dry, tight, and not that thirsty.
Enhancing the Plan
There are a couple of things that you can try to get just a little tighter. You can try using a prescription diuretic like Lasix or Aldactone. They'll be more effective than an herbal diuretic but are not generally a good idea. People usually take too much and they can also cause electrolyte imbalances which can result in some pretty painful cramping while you're on stage.
One of the best and safest over the counter product you can use for getting tighter is Preparation H. It's a topical diuretic that pulls water out through your skin where you apply it. That's how it shrinks hemorrhoids and it can help give you paper thin skin and tighten you up a bit more. It could be the difference between winning and coming in second.


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Jesus, Our High Priest; Hebrews 4:14 – 5:10
Overview of Hebrews
Study by Debbie Parnakian
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We can approach the throne of grace confidently because Jesus….
4:14‑16 …is a sympathetic High Priest
5:1‑6 …is qualified to be a High Priest
5:7‑10 …learned obedience through suffering
There is so much in these 13 verses I am sad that I don't get to tell you all that I learned. There are stunning truths in these verses. The truths are life-changing. I could have lectured for an hour on any one of these points. But of course, we have a luncheon today and priorities are priorities!! So I'll just hit the highlights and would encourage you to dig deeper for yourself — at least be sure to read the commentary this week. That's right at your fingertips and it makes some points that I won't cover–because it's in your commentary.
A father and son were headed to McDonald's one day and as they were on the road close to their destination, they passed a car accident. Usually, when they would see something terrible like that, they would say a prayer for those who might be hurt, so the dad pointed and said to his son, "We should pray." From the back seat he heard his son's earnest request, "Please, God, don't let those cars block the entrance to McDonald's."
Now there's a child of God who knows how to boldly approach the throne of grace to share with the God of the Universe his heartfelt request.
I want to encourage you today with the wonderful truth that we can run to God's throne so that we can receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. But I also want to let God's word convict you to hold on to the faith that you profess and to strive to obey God as Jesus did.
Did you think much about what it meant that Jesus has gone THROUGH the heavens? Some translations say gone "into heaven". We have a tendency to think of heaven as "up". But Jesus went through the actual physical heavens (the universe) and is now with God the Father in the heaven that is beyond time and space. A few weeks ago I talked about God being beyond our 4 dimensions. Of course, Jesus is also beyond our 4 dimensions because He is the Son of God. Therefore Jesus can be beyond the heavens and with us always. Do we understand that? No, but we know that it is true because that is what God's Word says to us. That is part of the faith we profess. We firmly hold on to our faith because Jesus is near to us and He is standing at God's right hand to be our High Priest.
And our High Priest, who is great and perfect and has gone through the heavens also sympathizes with us. The God of the Universe is beyond time and space. He is perfect love. He is holy and righteous, the Almighty God, Everlasting Father. It would be tough for Him to sympathize with our weaknesses when He had never experienced weakness. But He is sympathetic when I am faced with temptation. Why? Because Jesus was faced with temptation also. My kind of temptation? Your kind of temptation? Yes! He was tempted in every way. We tend to think of Jesus as God more than we do as man, but he was both. 100% God, 100% man. He didn't have the fleshly draw to sin because of His virgin birth, but He did have the choice to obey or disobey. If He really didn't have a choice, how could he sympathize with us? You know, Satan threw every temptation he had at Jesus–Jesus experienced more intense temptation than we'll ever experience. Yet Jesus did not sin. Because of that, He can be our perfect High Priest.
So we can run to the Most Holy Throne of God with confidence and we can receive God's mercy and grace to help us. Jesus would never say, "I don't understand why this is so hard for you to overcome." He sympathizes with us. He gladly gives us all the mercy and grace we need to overcome our temptations. Do we wonder why we don't feel as if He's answered our prayers? Maybe we're praying that the cars won't block the driveway to McDonalds. Are we praying for help in overcoming our temptations? Are we praying for God's grace to get through our trials? Or are we praying selfishly for what we want? We can always run to the throne of grace and share our heart with our perfect, heavenly Father. We just have to trust Him that He truly gives us only the best. And He gives it to us at the right time. Notice verse 16 says, "in our time of need." Literally, it means "well-timed help". God's help is well-timed, even when we don't think so. Many people think that they can go before the throne of grace with confidence and come away with their little prayer request answered their way. They do not consider that they should be changed by being in the presence of God. The more we are before the throne of grace, the more we are changed to be more like Jesus. Now, that's grace and mercy!
On to Hebrews 5:1-6
A high priest in Israel is someone who represents God to man and man to God, so there are some specific qualifications and specific duties involved. A high priest must be humble. He is to offer sacrifices in the Holy of Holies, where God dwelt among His people. He can never enter on his own initiative. He entered one day a year–on the Day of Atonement, also called Yom Kippur. He must purify himself and his household before going in to offer sacrifices for the sins of the people of Israel. It was probably the scariest job in the nation of Israel because if it wasn't done perfectly, God's wrath would come down on that priest. In fact, do you remember reading about the priest's robe having bells on it? One reason for that was to let the people outside the Holy of Holies know that the priest was still alive and God was pleased with the sacrifices. It was serious business to represent a sinful people to a Holy God.
But the high priest in Israel was human and subject to the normal temptations of mankind. He therefore could deal gently with the people who came to him. He knew what they were going through. Verse 2 says, "He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray"–that's pretty much everyone, don't you think?
Verse 4 says that a high priest MUST be called by God, just as Aaron was. God called Christ Jesus to be our High Priest. Jesus did not take that glory upon Himself, God gave Him the glory. Think about it–God have His Only Son, the One who created the universe and continues to hold it together, the GLORY of representing you and me to God the Father. Now, I don't think I thought of this as a glorious job, considering what we are like most of the time, but Jesus gave up His everlasting glory so that God could give Him the glory of being our High Priest! One commentary said, "God counts it an honor for His Son to be the Priest of poor sinners. The Son of God counts His priesthood His highest glory, as the power of making us partake as brethren with Him in the life and love of the Father." That's why we can boldly approach the throne of grace! Not only was Jesus qualified to be our High Priest, He is honored to be our High Priest!
Verse 6 is quoting Psalm 110:4. "The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind. You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek". We're going to learn more about Melchizedek as we go along in Hebrews and our commentary does a good job of explaining this verse. I will say that Melchizedek is a "type" of Christ in the Old Testament–a symbol or foretelling of the Messiah. Jesus is King and High Priest. Melchizedek was before Aaron, who was the first High Priest after the law was given. Genesis 14:18 says that Melchizedek was the King of Salem and also a High Priest of God. No other priest in the Old Testament was both a king and a priest–a king was not allowed to offer sacrifices. An example is in 2 Chronicles 26 concerning Uzziah, who was king of Judah. But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. The Lord gave Uzziah leprosy as punishment for going into the part of the temple where only the high priest could go.
Verses 7-10 are so important to us! How do we know that we can boldly approach the throne of grace and that Jesus is sympathetic to our weaknesses? Because even though He was the Son of God, he learned obedience from what he suffered. Let me read verse 7 from the Amplified Bible. For those who have not heard of the Amplified translation, it is exactly what it says it is–it amplifies the text with words that clarify the meaning so that we can understand the text better. In the days of His flesh, Jesus offered up definite, special petitions for that which He not only wanted but needed and supplications with strong crying and tears to Him Who was always able to save Him out from death, and He was heard because of His reverence toward God (His godly fear, His piety, in that He shrank from the horrors of separation from the bright presence of the Father). The writer of Hebrews is talking specifically about Jesus praying to God in the garden of Gethsemane.
Matthew 26:36-39 talks about Jesus bringing 3 of His disciples into the garden with Him so that they could stay awake with Him while He prayed. He told His disciples that His soul was deeply grieved, to the point of death. He had never asked for help from His disciples before this. He went off a little ways to be by Himself and fell on His face and prayed to God to save Him from the suffering He was to endure for us. He cried, agonized, sweat blood and then gave His will over to the Father. Jesus wasn't just afraid of dying–He knew He would take on the sins of the world. He would suffer more than we could ever imagine. He was afraid. Therefore, He is sympathetic when we are afraid. But He also chose obedience to God the Father. He did not sin. You can be afraid and not sin. I think we forget that. I always told my kids that courage is doing what you have to do even when you are really afraid. That also is true for obedience to God. Andrew Murray says, "It only becomes sinful where God would have us submit and suffer, and we refuse." Serious words. But of course, we can always run to God's throne with confidence, knowing that Jesus understands us completely and sympathizes with our weaknesses. He also gives us the strength to endure I Corinthians 10:13 says, No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. Our way out, Ladies, is to run to the throne of grace! God will give us mercy and grace to help us in our time of need.
Jesus was made perfect through obedience in suffering. We tend to think of the word "perfect" as "without fault", so it's confusing to think of Jesus, who is God, without fault to begin with, becoming "without fault" through obedience. But as we have studied before, Jesus was made "complete" by choosing obedience to God every second of His life on earth, even in the midst of overwhelming suffering.
Once Jesus completed His work on earth by dying on the cross for our sins and being raised from death on the third day, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him. Uh oh! Sounds like salvation by works, doesn't it? What did we learn while studying Galatians? Salvation is ONLY by God's grace through our faith.
I read several commentaries on this and I'm going to give you Debbie Parnakian's version. Please go to your pastor if you have questions. I've spent hours studying this, he's spent years. OK, that was my disclaimer…. Remember when I used the illustration of someone trustworthy giving you a check for one million dollars? That person gave you a gift. If you keep that check in your purse and never cash it, it's pretty much worthless, isn't it?
Well, if you deposit it into your checking account, you are accepting the gift through your faith that the check is good and the money will be in your checking account when you need it. But take it a step further. You can deposit the check, find out the check was indeed good, but never draw money out of that account. So the million dollars is sitting there, waiting to be used, doing no good whatsoever and you might as well not bothered to cash it. It must be used. And would you just sit on a million dollars and not use it??? Rhetorical question. So it is with our faith. Although we don't understand it fully, even today we learned more of what God did for us in sending His Son, Jesus, to suffer and die for our sins.
Are we going to sit on that truth and not change our lives because of it? How can we? James says, "What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do." That is James 2:14-18.
And don't forget, our eternal salvation started when we accepted Jesus into our life. So the peace and joy that comes from our salvation NOW is a result of obedience to God. So how do we learn to be obedient as Jesus was obedient? Approach the throne of grace with confidence.
This is Cisco. He's a Border Collie/Australian Shepherd mix and he's my baby, my 50 pound lapdog. I put a doggie bone on the ground after I told him to sit. I then told him to stay. Now, you know he's got to be thinking that I'm crazy or stupid because he knows that the doggie bone is for him and he knows it's gotta be good for him and I'm telling him he can't have it.
BUT, he is obeying me because he loves me and has faith in me that I know what is best for him. How can he overcome the urge to disobey me and eat the doggie bone before I say it's OK? He is focusing on ME and not on the tempting doggie bone. Of course, I don't let him wait beyond what he is able. I love him and want what is best for him, too.I'll end with a visual example of obedience. It involves my dog. I've always said I wish I loved the Lord as much as my dog loves me. My dog loves me so much that he will obey me (well most of the time) even when he doesn't understand why he has to do what he is doing. Here's an example.
Run to the throne of grace with confidence, Ladies. Jesus is our High Priest and He is sympathetic. He will give us mercy and grace to help us in our time of need. And trust Him enough to obey Him this week by lookingat Him and looking away from temptation.
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"With the Connect Improv Curriculum, Lacy Alana offers detailed instructions for playing and teaching a broad selection of improv games that will hone students' performance skills while simultaneously supporting their personal, communicative, and social development.
I've used the Connect Improv Curriculum as a resource to develop classes and standalone workshops for a variety of audiences – from teens on the autism spectrum to engineers working for the Department of Defense. It is a priceless resource."
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"These days, I use my Connect Improv curriculum weekly to support my middle schoolers' language and social communication goals… and most importantly — they love it! It's the best activity I've found for practicing social skills in real-time. I'm even able to conduct push-in services and get the teachers engaged with their students as well. There is nothing like seeing a class full of adolescent males and their educators virtually silent as they "work" on (or play?) nonverbal communication games. It changes the classroom dynamic for the better!
While attending a training/Camp Yes And with Lacy is a MUST, the curriculum will support you long after the final showcase. You can tell Lacy has YEARS of experience because she is able to anticipate - within the text - exactly where you may hit roadblocks with certain types of students. She not only offers detours for these situations, but authentic teaching moments as well." - Rachel Hopf, MA, CCC- Speech Language Pathologist


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Hearty Pork & Vegetable Stew
Time needed
15 min preparation + 8 hour cooking
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6 servings
- 2 C. baby carrots
- 1 lb. red-skinned potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1 ½ lb. boneless pork chops, cut into chunks
- 1 C. green pepper, diced
- 24 oz. can of garlic & herb pasta sauce
- 1 Tbs. granulated sugar
- 14.5 oz. can cut green bean, drained
- Salt
- Black pepper
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Before cooking, chop up all vegetables and meat into chunks. Spray the inside of the crock pot with cooking spray. Add carrots, potatoes, green peppers, drained tomatoes, meat, pasta sauce, and sugar to slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or until pork is tender. Stir in green beans just before serving. Serve with a side of bread of choosing.
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It's not a surprise Missouri is one of the major contributors to many of the world's food sources. From livestock and grain to vegetables and fruits, among other commodities, the state is fortunate to have good land, growers and farmers to keep our economy strong and people fed.
The Missouri Department of Transportation is asking for help from our residents and businesses who produce and cultivate these commodities. The message is simple: please refrain from planting crops on the state right of way. "We work very closely with farmers and area residents to ensure the state right of way is maintained to meet or exceed standards necessary to keep it safe and free from erosion," said MoDOT Maintenance and Traffic Engineer Jennifer Hinson, P.E.
Hinson went on to explain how planting onto the right of way, next to state-maintained highways, can cause problems. "We get several calls each year about drivers not being able to see at an intersection, and what we have discovered is that many times, it's because crops have been planted far into our right of way, close or into ditches," she explained. The crops, especially tall plants like corn or milo, create a sight distance issue for drivers at a stop sign, making it difficult for them to pull out safely.
Another reason it is important crops are not planted on the right of way is that it creates erosion, filling ditches next to the highway that have the purpose of keeping water off the road. "When we see the land that has been planted, we try to contact the landowner, but that is not always successful, and also what we have learned is many times this land has been rented out to another farmer, so it is difficult to get directly in touch with the renter," she explained.
Hinson said when encroachment is discovered and unsuccessful attempts have been made at communication, there is no choice but to cut down the crops, especially when it involves sight distance. "We also set out flags to mark the right of way line when we notice encroachment," she explained.
"We just want everyone to be safe and to reduce the amount of erosion in our ditches, which causes extra work for our crews," she added.
She encourages area residents to contact MoDOT customer service at 1-888 ASK MODOT (1-888-275-6636) if they notice any crops that have been planted on the right of way. "While there are no specific legal ramifications for this type of encroachment, it can have an impact on safety, so we hope by making people aware of the problem, we can eliminate or at least reduce it," she said.


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Things to see and do in Spring
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So I think I have established over here that I am excited for Spring! It's pretty odd for me to be excited for the warmer months seeing as I tend to moan about the heat or I just prefer the colder months. But all of a sudden I have grown tired of the cold and I'm fed up of having cold hands and feet all the time. I've been enjoying the sun and going out without having to wear a huge Winter coat! Also Spring is the time for moving away from being stuck inside on cold days wrapped up in so many layers aka hibernation mode. So here are my favourite things to see and do in Spring!
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1 March 2017
Isn't it lovely to see Spring on it's way? Minus storm Doris which was terrible! I'm glad I only popped out to the shops in the morning because it certainly got worse in the afternoon. There were bins toppled over, rubbish in the streets and flying everywhere and peoples fences falling down. There was even a tree over the road that had completely uprooted and had fallen onto the path towards peoples houses! How did everyone else get on through the storm?
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Photography is he says "like a seduction. It's a relationship compressed into a moment."
Any regular readers will know that I am a TINY bit obsessed with DID and have long been enamoured of Rankin's photography so imagine my delight when I heard that he was going to be on the programme. If you missed it, it's available here and also will be repeated on Radio Four at 9am this Friday. I won't ruin any of it for you suffice to say that he's made some corking music choices (Morcambe and Wise anyone?) and seems like a thoroughly lovely chap.
John Rankin Waddell born 1966, is an English portrait and fashion photographer and that's putting it mildly. He's been photographing the great, good and interesting for over two decades ( deep breath - Britney Spears, Kate Moss, Kylie Minogue, the Spice Girls, Madonna, David Bowie, Björk, Juliette Binoche, Lily Allen, Cheryl Cole, David Gandy, Kevin Spacey, The Rolling Stones, Vivienne Westwood, Cate Blanchett, Damien Hirst, Queen Elizabeth II, Tony Blair - could go on!) started Dazed and Confused with Jefferson Hack and in December 2000 launched his own quarterly fashion magazine, RANK. He also publishes Another Magazine, Another Man and more recently HUNGER. As well of all of the above, he does heaps of charity work, has his fingers in some very well known ad campaigns (Dove's Real Women for example) AND makes documentaries and music videos. Phew! Enjoy listening.
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By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs
Add San Antonio Spurs' Da'Sean Butler to the list of Spurs players who have made the jump overseas to play during the NBA lockout.
According to his agent, Chet Ervin, Butler has agreed to play in Europe for the duration of the lockout but did not name the specific European team.
Click HERE for the complete article at Project Spurs.


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The Conservatives have raised 10 times more in donations than Labour in the final week of the general election campaign, official figures showed on Tuesday.
David Cameron's party received £1.36m, while Ed Miliband's campaign gained £131,242, according to the final list of contributions released by the Electoral Commission.
The donors appear to confirm the Tories' status as the favourite party of the wealthy. Among the backers are hedge fund managers, property tycoons and a multimillion-pound firm which has been criticised for not paying corporation tax.
The Conservatives received their biggest donation of £250,000 from Addison Lee's founder, John Griffin, whose firm has come to dominate the luxury minicab market. He has previously given £1m to the party under Cameron.
The Tories also received £124,450 from Lycamobile UK, a low-cost telecoms operator which has courted controversy because it has not paid corporation tax in Britain since 2007, despite generating millions in revenue. Since 2011, the firm has given more than £1m to the Tories.
At the Tories' Black and White Fundraiser, the firm's founder, Subaskaran Allirajah, bought a statue of Margaret Thatcher for £210,000 and his ministerial guest was David Gauke, the minister responsible for closing the tax gap. Lycamobile says its past losses have covered any money it might owe and its profits are ploughed back into the group.
Other donors include Javad Marandi, a construction tycoon who originates from Azerbaijan, who gave £50,000, according to the new figures.
Fitriani Hay, who co-owns the JMH Group property development firm, gave £200,000. Her racehorse-owning husband, James, has previously given £231,200.
Another £125,000 was given to Cameron's campaign from property developer Anthony Gallagher's Countrywide Developments firm. The Guardian disclosed on Monday that another of his firms, Gallagher Estates, is in dispute with local councillors over a development to build 1,500 homes near Cambridge.
A property firm specialising in high-end homes, Marcus Cooper Property Consulting Ltd, has donated £100,000 to the Tories, the new figures show. It was the developer behind one of Britain's most expensive homes, a Regent's Park mansion.
Lev Mikheev, a Russian hedge fund manager, donated £10,000 in the final week of the campaign.
Last week, the Tories were forced to return £90,000 they received from Stanley Tollman, a convicted tax fraudster, and his wife, Beatrice. A spokesman for the Tollmans told the Independent that Beatrice was of good character and her husband had pleaded guilty to ensure the peace and tranquility of the family.
Labour's biggest donor last week was Lord Haughey, who founded and jointly owns City Refrigeration. He gave £38,000, according to official figures.
Over the four full weeks of campaigning, Labour secured the most financial backing, receiving £4,658,499 – most of which came from unions – while the Conservatives were given £3,456,017.
In the final week, the Liberal Democrats raised £89,000, Ukip £7,896 and the Green Party £10,000, the watchdog said.
Over the entire "short" campaign, Ukip took in £1,614,312 and the Liberal Democrats £234,000.


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Judges judge. What do you do?
"What do you do?"
Ugh. What an uninspired question that I'm sure you're hearing a lot this when meeting new people at holiday parties. (Or not, if your idea of a holiday party is drinking all the eggnog while wearing footy pajamas at home watching Love Actually and Elf on repeat.)
Some jobs (like, very few) do one thing. Judges (like Guinness World Records judges) judge. They have to adhere to rules. It's a record or it's not. Judge and move on.
But other jobs aren't so clear.
What does the founder of a company do (what does she not do)? Or an artist? A leader? A principal? A storyteller? A designer or writer?
Job titles are one thing; work is another. More and more, your title won't define your work. And truthfully, I hope it never does. Because when you find the work worth doing - and the work you were born to do - the title fades into the background of your passionate vocation.
So when someone asks what it is you do, surprise them with the truth. Don't share a job title. Share your life's passion.
And as a reminder:
I'm offering a special weekly email every Sunday next year for those curious about focusing on a single word for work and life in 2015. Details and sign up are here.


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Harvin ranks 18th nationally and tops among freshmen with a 44.1 yards-per-punt average. He finished second in the ACC in punting, and 32 percent of his punts were downed inside the opponent's 20-yard line. He was fifth in the league in net punting, averaging nearly 40 yards per kick after returns.
The Buccaneers, a fellow "bad dangerous team," fell flat in Lambeau Field because they made mistakes and couldn't protect Jameis Winston, and Winston wasn't capable of running out of trouble. Kizer has the same cannon, and his mobility can cause problems for the Packers — while buying time to find Gordon in a favorable matchup downfield.
The Ravens have found some more passing pop of late, but they're still make-or-break based on the success of their running game. Now they're also down Jimmy Smith, the cornerback who would have made things tough on Gordon.
"I came to realization that it might not happen, and I was OK with that. I really was," he said. "If people thought it was a tad short, I could live with that."
Former catcher Ted Simmons fell one vote shy, and former players' union head Marvin Miller was five short of the 12 needed.
"It's not a big surprise," Miller's son, Peter, said from Japan. "I think my father's place in history is understood by all baseball players, all baseball fans and the general public."
The lineup invokes memories of the old Sesame Street tune, "One Of These Things (Is Not Like The Other)."


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On Wednesday, former Gov. Sarah Palin used an appearance by Democrat Anthony Weiner on Fox News's Hannity and a letter written by a 79-year old American dying of cancer to his Washington senators to assail Washington's permanent political class.
Palin first expressed disbelief that liberals and the mainstream press propped up someone like Weiner while he was ambitiously rising up the ranks in Congress:
Really, liberals, to think you supported this fine gent in Congress all those years with minions in the media propping him up? Hmmmmmm. I hope Weiner continues to be a spokesman for the liberal cause because his position pretty much says it all.
She then used Weiner's appearance on Sean Hannity's show to make a broader point about why Americans hate politicians so much:
Just as interesting juxtaposition to show what average Americans think of members of Congress like Anthony Weiner and the permanent political class in D.C., I'm pasting below a letter that was posted online in various forums. It was apparently sent by a gentlemen in Washington state to his senators. I don't know this gentleman and can't verify the authenticity of the letter, but its words ring true with the sound wisdom of We the People.
Palin pasted a letter from Billy Schoonover, a 79-year old American who is dying of cancer who wrote to Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) in April of 2013. The letter's authenticity appears to have been verified.
The letter blasts Congress for becoming "America's answer to the Saudi royal family" and rips President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden for wasting taxpayer dollars on lavish vacations.
"You have become the 'perfumed princes and princesses' of our country," the letter says. He then ripped Congress for not listening to Americans and passing Obamacare against their will:
In the middle of the night, you voted in the Affordable Health Care Act, a.k.a. "Obama Care," a bill which no more than a handful of senators or representatives read more than several paragraphs, crammed it down our throats, and then promptly exempted yourselves from it, substituting your own taxpayer-subsidized golden health care insurance.
You understand very well the only two rules you need to know – (1) How to get elected, and (2) How to get re-elected. And you do this with the aid of an eagerly willing and partisan press, speeches permeated with a certain economy of truth, and by buying the votes of the greedy, the ill-informed and under-educated citizens (and non-citizens, too, many of whom do vote) who are looking for a handout rather than a job. Your so-called "safety net" has become a hammock for the lazy. And, what is it now, about 49 or 50 million on food stamps – pretty much all Democratic voters – and the program is absolutely rife with fraud with absolutely no congressional oversight.
The letter then blasts Washington's permanent political class for betraying America's struggling middle class:
While we middle class people continue to struggle, our government becomes less and less transparent, more and more bureaucratic, and ever so much more dictatorial, using Czars and Secretaries to tell us (just to mention a very few) what kind of light bulbs we must purchase, how much soda or hamburgers we can eat, what cars we can drive, gasoline to use and what health care we must buy. Countless thousands of pages of regulations strangle our businesses costing the consumer more and more every day.
As I face my final year, or so, with cancer, my president and my government tell me "You'll just have to take a pill," while you, Senator, your colleagues, the president, and other exulted government officials and their families will get the best possible health care on our tax dollars until you are called home by your Creator, while also enjoying a retirement beyond my wildest dreams, which of course, you voted for yourselves and we pay for.
In his letter, Schoonover wrote that though the chances of his senators reading his letter were "practically zero," he was hoping this "letter will, however, go online where many others will have the chance to read one person's opinion, rightly or wrongly, about this government, its administration and its senators and representatives."


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Thursday, December 08, 2005
Productivity Meltdown
As that nice Mr Osborne rather unkindly reminded our Roadblock Chancellor on Monday, long long ago the latter said "productivity is a fundamental yardstick of economic performance". And so it is. Improving productivity is the only sustainable path to increasing Britain's prosperity.
And fair play. Gordo and Balls understood that right from the start. In fact they made it a central plank of their economic policy. They ran high-powered seminars at Number Eleven, where top economists were invited to expound on the very latest developments in post-neoclassical endogenous growth theory. They issued weighty reports. They lectured business on how it was missing out on the massive new opportunities they had identified. And of course they tinkered.
Boy, did they tinker. Special subsidies and tax breaks for all kinds of pet schemes they reckoned would boost productivity. Like the hundreds of millions shovelled into Research and Development tax credits, which have undoubtedly enriched shareholders in the major pharmaceutical companies, but which have apparently produced an actual decline in R&D spending. Or the zillions blown on daft training schemes that had to be closed down after they attracted fraudsters. Or...well, we all get the picture.
Anyway, the bottom line is that productivity growth has now fallen to 0.5% pa, compared to around 2.5% pa when Labour came to power- a massive plunge. And according to the ONS, average productivity growth in the eight years since they came to power now stands at 1.4% pa, compared to 2.2% in the previous eight years under those hopeless boom and bust Tories.
Labour have cut Britain's long-term productivity growth rate by more than one-third.
We've blogged about this before (eg see here and here), highlighting two key points. First, among the lies, damned lies, and general fog that comprise productivity statistics, the one undoubted truth is that we're definitely behind one country. That country is the United States, which is at least 25% ahead of us and every other major economy.
Second, the real reason that this and every previous Labour government has tried to plan, regulate, and subsidise Britain into faster growth is because they do not want to follow the only policy that actually works.
In our modern globalised age, the only proven way for governments to foster faster productivity growth is for them to downsize themselves. Less interference and regulation, and most of all, less taxation.
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I should be methodically finishing off analysing, and publishing, what we've learnt from newly in known-family tests on each of my Andrews, Rowe, and Dawe * lines.
* including finally, after 10 years, confirming the yDNA signature for the line of Isaac DAWE of Lamerton, Devon.
Instead I was having a look at the posts in the FaceBook group Genetic Genealogy Tips & Techniques and couldn't resist trying out one on how to visualise your Ancestry match lists (this link to my DNASurnames blog where I post general DNA type posts as opposed to those more related to my own genealogy work).
I ended up with a filtered set of groups that actually do interact - or have a match of particular interest in them:
My Henderson/Millar brickwall will some year find an answer amongst the dark blue group on the left.
My Jane Gibson brickwall amongst those in the light blue cluster top right.
That on the bottom right reminded me I'd not finished chasing the rabbit that led to a small cluster of more extended Fairbairn family matches ....


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With Brown-headed Nuthatch ticked off my life list I was excited to get out and about and see my life Red-cockaded Woodpecker. Nate arrived at my aunt and uncle's house just a couple of minutes after my sighting and we were off to Southern Pines, North Carolina, home of the Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, the destination that Nate had guaranteed would not only have Red-cockaded Woodpeckers, but woodpeckers that would provide positively crippling views. En route I was suckered into being an accessory to Nate's county-listing obsession and was forced to write down each and every species we saw in each and every county. Of course, this paid off later when Nate shared all of those lists on eBird and I suddenly vaulted, for example, to number three all-time in Lee County with eleven species.
Anyway, once we arrived I was pleased to discover that Weymouth Woods is a charming preserve with a quality interpretive center, active bird feeders, and well-maintained trails. We quickly started exploring those trails but failed to come up with the woodpeckers we sought, at least not immediately. Nate tried to placate me by pointing out one of the "white-eyed" subspecies of Eastern Towhee,* and, while I was momentarily impressed, especially when a regular "red-eyed" Eastern Towhee appeared next to the white-eyed one, the towhees were no replacement for my life woodpecker.
Of course, while we were looking for the woodpecker we constantly came across other birds, including Dark-eyed Juncos, White-throated Sparrows, Pileated Woodpecker, and a bunch of other species. I was most impressed by another woodpecker, a Red-headed Woodpecker, that we rarely see in New York but that is relatively common in the south. Though the light was not the best I managed what I think is a pretty impressive shot.
It was not long after the Red-headed Woodpecker encounter that I heard a call note unlike any I had ever heard before. Nate heard it too, and it wasn't long before he spotted the source of the call, which was, probably not surprisingly to those who already read Nate's description of our day, a Red-cockaded Woodpecker!
I drank it, digiscoped the heck out of it (I still can't figure out why the Red-headed Woodpecker shots, for which I had much worse light, came out better), and just in general appreciated the sight of a new-for-me woodpecker. Picoides borealis is an endangered bird and I hope that it manages to hold on and survive for many millions more years.
After our woodpecker encounter we continued birding the rest of the day, mostly doing more county listing, and seeing some good birds like Bald Eagle, Hooded Merganser, Belted Kingfisher, a huge flock of Chipping Sparrows, Bonaparte's Gull, and a whole big bunch of other stuff but it was all anticlimactic after the lifer was done. We did try, to some degree, for Bachmann's Sparrow, but it was unlikely to begin with and there were lots of other birds to distract us, including more Red-cockaded Woodpeckers like the one above.
Altogether it was a great trip to North Carolina and I would be happy to visit again but hopefully in spring when more birds are around and the temperatures aren't as cold as winter in New York!
*The "white-eyed" subspecies of Eastern Towhee pictured here, one of two white-eyed subspecies is Pipilo erythrophthalmus rileyi while the "red-eyed" subspecies that we spotted, one of two "red-eyed" subspecies of Eastern Towhee is the nominate, P. e. erythrophthalmus.
"En route I was suckered into being an accessory to Nate's county-listing obsession and was forced to write down each and every species we saw in each and every county." — HAHA, welcome to my world Corey!! 🙂 And on your next trip to NC, bring Daisy and Desi!
I was just in some Mississippi pineywoods this morning seeing many of the same species, including 2 clusters of RCW. Love 'em! I'm glad you got to experience the southern pineywoods. Also, I had no idea white-eyed towhees got that far north. How common are they up there?
Had stopped at a gas station or something we totally would be #1 in Lee County. I wasn't thinking.
Also, I think the white-eyed Towhees in NC are rileyi rather than alleni, but I could be wrong. Both have white eyes.
@Nick- They're only in the Sandhills, a few counties in south central NC. As far as I know, this is as far north as they get, but Virginia may have a few records too.
One of these days (hmm… June?) I have to get down there to see the NC Red-cockaded and Red-headed Woodpeckers and get some pics of my own!!!
@Nate: Are there also red-eyes breeding in the state or are those wintering birds?
@Nick- The red-eyed birds are present year-round across the state. They breed everywhere.
According to my cursory research (google), there are supposed to be white-eyes on the coastal plain too, but I've only ever seen the red ones when I've been out there. I'll have to check Pyle when I get home.
So red and white eyes co-occur in the limited areas white eyes occur? Neat.
That's a good question and I'd offer a qualified yes.
Red and white-eyed populations definitely co-occur during the winter in the Sandhills, but I don't spend a whole lot of time down there in the spring and summer (My trips are typically woodpecker-centric and RCWs can be much tougher to find when they're nesting), so I don't know if the red-eyed birds go so far as to have adjoining breeding territories to the white-eyed birds or not. I've seen red-eyed birds down there as late as April, for what it's worth.
For all I know, spring and summer could be exclusively white-eyed. I don't know enough to say for sure.
I should say, for all I know, spring and summer could be exclusively white-eyed in the immediate area. They definitely nest within say, five miles of each other.
I hope Corey will allow me to give a plug here for The Nature Conservancy's Piney Grove Preserve in southeastern Virginia, where I saw my life Red-cockaded Woodpecker. The preserve was purchased by TNC in 1998, and has been managed since as a habitat for RCWO's. They do prescribed burns and, in the beginning, translocated RCWO's from other areas, including NC. Originally closed to the public, there is now a public trail through the preserve, open Feb. – Oct. : http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/virginia/preserves/art4982.html
While trying to find the woodpeckers from a public road, I was fortunate to run into a TNC staffer who talked up a storm about the prescribed burns. A lot of community work went into educating the people in the area about the burns, so they wouldn't protest. The staffer took me for a walk through a recently burned area (on the way to the active nests). Let me tell you, those burn stains don't come off your hiking pants! I have been told that they are stains of honor.
@Nate: frankly, that sounds like a future split. Or at the very least, a reasonably good candidate for one. Which will mean Corey will have to make even more corrections to his post, regarding the "not a replacement for my life woodpecker" punch line.
@Corey: I know … those taxonomic cowards! 😉
Corey——what great birds! I'm glad you got the Red-cockaded Woodpecker and a really nice shot of the Red-headed one too.
And re: the towhees, I love the fact that every day when I tune in too 10,000 Birds, I learn something new. 🙂
Next, 10,000 Birds will be offering Continuing Education Credits.
We have beenn graced with two towhees at our feeder sights. we did not know what these birds were being Newyorkers transplanted to Mooresville, North Carolina. They are a beautiful bird and would love to know are they normally in this area, or have we just been lucky to see them ? Love some info as to are they monogamis, do they return with seasons or stay here . please any info appreciated.tyvm
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Company Update
With the addition of several key new members to our Senior Leadership Team, we have a renewed focus on improving our business structure to create the most value for our customers. GSE remains committed to providing the best possible service for our customers in the power & process industries.
Over the past year we have transformed our business by refocusing on our core strengths and service offerings which has resulted in positive results for GSE as a company. In addition we've received some significant new contract awards and our backlog of business is improving. With a strong balance sheet we believe we are positioned to deliver on our commitment to increased value for our customers and stakeholders. We appreciate the support of our customers and employees as we develop products and services that delight our customers and help them achieve their business goals.
Introducing the new additions to our Senior Leadership Team:
Kyle Loudermilk
Chief Executive Officer, President
Kyle Loudermilk joined the company in August 2015. He brings more than 25 years of experience in engineering, marketing, management, finance and operations and has been extensively involved in the building of highly successful technology enabled software businesses.
Chris Sorrells
Interim Chief Operating Officer
Chris Sorrells joined GSE in August 2015. Chris is an incredibly experienced, talented and versatile executive who has helped guide the operations of numerous companies – including GSE – as a board member, advisor and investor.
Sean Fuller
Senior Vice President of Sales
Sean Fuller joined GSE in March 2016. Mr. Fuller specializes in delivering value to the power industry as he has done for more than 25 years for the General Electric Company ("GE") and affiliated companies.
Dr. Bahram Meyssami
Chief Technology Officer
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Dan Pugh joined GSE in February 2016. He has more than 21 years of legal experience in both law firm and company settings, working primarily with technology-driven companies and their investors.
GSE Receives Award from Bechtel
GSE is proud to have been recognized by one of our longstanding clients, Bechtel National, for outstanding work on projects at the Bechtel Supply Chain Recognition awards. The awards recognize subcontractors and suppliers who supported Bechtel's work in nuclear power, environmental clean-up, defense, and nuclear security and operations projects during 2015.
GSE is manufacturing a Low-Activity Waste processing plant control room simulator for Bechtel NS&E at the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford site. The simulator will be used to train plant operations personnel in the safe operation of the plant.
Companies were evaluated on multiple factors. They include: overall performance; the ability to deliver quality services/supplies on time; the ability to work collaboratively to meet milestones; and meeting or exceeding project expectations in aspects of safety, construction performance, technical expertise, and environmental compliance. Nominations were reviewed and approved by Bechtel procurement and project managers. Final recommendations were approved by senior leadership.
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Software Updates: Now's the time to update to JADE 4.4
Our industry leading JADE suite of high-fidelity simulation tools have been updated to Version 4.4. This latest version, released in April, contains numerous updates that will allow simulation engineers to more quickly and efficiently update, track and compare model changes in each system within the same interface.
Over the past several updates, we have significantly improved the capabilities of JStation™ and the entire JADE™ suite of tools. Upgrades focus both on developer and instructor needs. Typical enhancements include:
- More detailed modeling of equipment to improve realism
- More accurate temperature profiles in key regions of the plant and during critical procedures and transient events
- Improved configuration control and maintainability
- New tools in JStation Instructor to make Instructors' jobs easier
- Faster model development and debugging
Contact us for a more comprehensive list of product enhancements and a product demo.
Did you know that the latest software upgrades are included with all GSE maintenance? View our infographic to see how the GSE maintenance plan works and contact us for more information.
EnVision™ Updates
In the past year we've made a lot of improvements to our line of EnVision e-Learning & Universal Simulations, including:
- New simulation modules and tutorials for upstream applications
- New User Features
- Enhanced grayscale interface for simulations
- New user interface for online tutorials
- Tools to make training administration easier
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It looks like we have a comeback fashion trend for pointed toe footwear in recent years. Remember classic boat shoes that rocked many shows and street fashion, then appeared kitten heels, 1960's inspired ballet flats and now it's trendy to wear soft shoes, ballets and booties.
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Yes, I am still paper punching! I thought I should make something for Easter that is not candy. I had these cute little bottles of sanitizer from Bath & Body Works, so I decided to "trick" them up!
These are the same size as the bunnies that I used for my Bunny Clothespins. I attached the head with some re-positional adhesive so they wouldn't rip if you wanted to remove it to open the top of the sanitizer.
For the back, I adhered a pom pom tail. Then, I made a cute little tag with a complimentary tiny paper punch flower.
Stamps: Dandelion Designs-Happy Easter!
Ink: Memento
Paper: American Crafts, Recollections, Bazzil
Misc: Sanitizer, pom poms, paper punches, Tags Bags & More Cricut Cartridge, white gel pen, pink chalk, black Sharpie pen
I made up a few kits to make these and they are posted in my Etsy Shop. The kits only contain the heads and tails.
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BP, with a huge assist from the popular Beltway-insider website Politico, stirred up the muddy waters of the Deepwater Horizon spill aftermath this week when it published a corporate-love-letter-disguised-as-news entitled, "No, BP Didn't Ruin the Gulf." Anyone expecting humility from a firm whose court-certified wanton negligence killed 11 people and seriously polluted America's most precious natural resource clearly hasn't followed the story lately. The story hit the Internet Wednesday morning [...]Read More »
Governor Bobby Jindal is said to have lost his "mojo" this legislative sessions. His plan to repeal the state income tax failed before it got started. His education reforms are on life-support due to successful court challenges to his plans for vouchers and public charter school supports. Yet, publicly he remains committed, he says to vetoing any tax that comes before him. He opposes the cigarette tax, for example, even [...]Read More »
There's an old saying that he who lives by the sword, dies by the sword. Well, here in New Orleans, the tourism industry is a double-edged sword. Ever since the first oil-and-gas crash of the 1980s and especially since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005, the Crescent City has depended on the kindness — and the tourism dollars — of strangers from all over the world to pay its [...]Read More »
With documented evidence and testimony that BP has failed to preserve air and water samples containing oil, organic compounds and/or dispersant releases related to the DEEPWATER HORIZON catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, attorneys representing the United Commercial Fishermen of Louisiana, environmental organizations, public entities and businesses in states impacted by the disaster entered the U.S District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana to preserve samples which they believe are critical [...]Read More »
DESTIN, FL (June 5, 2010)—Florida business owners, residents and those impacted by the Gulf oil catastrophe can learn more about the claims process established by BP at a series of seminars where attorneys will explain new protections for seeking damages. Since May 15, attorneys who are handling claims related to the Gulf oil spill recovery by property and business owners in the Florida Panhandle, as well as fishermen in Louisiana [...]Read More »
Air quality testing in Venice, Louisiana near the DEEPWATER HORIZON oil spill shows level of toxins greater than 100x the amount safe to humans
Continued degradation of air quality in coastal communities very likely Stuart Smith, of Smith Stag, LLC, representing the Louisiana Environmental Action Network and United Commercial Fisherman's Association today issued this statement: "On April 30, on behalf of citizens living and working in Louisiana near the British Petroleum catastrophe, I urged all officials working to resolve this man-made problem to deal in facts and with transparency. At the time, we warned [...]Read More »


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Home video surveillance is a great way to keep an eye on your home, kids, pets, and babysitters. It gives you remote access to the home to see what is going on. This can give the homeowner peace of mind and provides a way to monitor the happenings around the home, either while you are in another room, or away from the home.
With the advancements that have been made in home video surveillance, it is more affordable than ever, and you can even have the option of viewing the activities taking place at your home on your mobile phone or the Internet. Many kits nowadays are wireless and easy to install yourself. You may also choose to record video to view at a later time, or in the instance of a robbery, to later use as evidence. You may also wish to incorporate the video surveillance with a security system for added peace of mind and protection.
Uses for home video surveillance while at home could include keeping watch over a sleeping infant. Unlike a simple baby monitor, this will actually show you what your baby is doing, while at the same time preventing the need for walking into the nursery to check on the sleeping infant and risking waking them. Another good use would be to monitor the activities of children in another room while you are busy working in a home office or outdoors.
Home video surveillance is also a great help if you have an elderly family member at home alone while the rest of the family is away at school or work. You can keep tabs on the senior to make sure they are alright, and get assistance for them should they need it.
Video surveillance makes it possible to still view the activities of your older school aged children after they arrive home from school, but before you get home from work. This is useful to make sure they are staying out of trouble, doing their homework, or to be sure they are where they say they are. This can take a lot of stress off of working parents, knowing that they kids are fine and all is well at home. This is also a great way to keep watch over the activities of the family pets, to make sure they are keeping out of trouble.
Hopefully there would never be a need to wonder about the trustworthiness of a caregiver, but if ever that is the case, home surveillance can answer your questions or verify your suspicions of any abuse or neglect. This can help to ensure your children or elderly family member is being taken care of properly.
When going on an extended leave from home, it is always a concern as to whether or not your home is safe while you are away. Using this video technology, you can rest assured everything is well or call attention to the problem if some kind of help or assistance is needed. This can give homeowners great peace of mind and make it much easier to relax and simply enjoy some much needed rest and recreation.


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We were so excited to see this amazing kids' workspace created by Jacinda Malloy with Rafa-kids' K desk! Jacinda is an Australian interior designer, sharing her work and inspiration on her website Hidesleep. This unique room belongs to Benij, who lives with his parents and two twin brothers in Malvern, Victoria. Can you guess what is his favourite color ? of course …Blue. The pin board next to Rafa-kids' desk gives the space such a fresh splash of colour. The rug with a strong pattern complets this cosy and modern space. Pin board is custom made by Alandem. There is more custom made elements in Benij's room. The hand painted compass on the wall is hand painted by artist Jane Reiseger. Jecinda's aim was to create a boy's room with meaningful elements for him. Benij is interested in the world, travel and learning. All the little elements make this space unique and reflect his personality.
You can read and see all the story of this lovely room ( and much much more ) in Mintymagazine :
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Reflex 2 (2013)White LEDs, 3D Laser Etched Glass, Dichroic Glass, Front Surface Mirror, Mirror Polished Stainless Steel
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The Reflex artworks are experimental unique artworks that capture complex three-dimensional forms within lasered blocks of glass that are edge illuminated. The works are inspired by Harris' own background as an architect, married with his own interests in complex geometries and forms.
Reflex "2" continues the exploration with a striking geometric design that appears only when viewed off-centre, revealing a previously hidden volume. A subtle shift in colour can be witnessed within the infinity effect of the piece, with the colour changing as they recede in virtual space.


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Our schools are the lifeblood of our company. We have more than 100 accounts at schools across Vermont, New Hampshire, and Upstate New York. Each school has its own distinct identity and a cast of characters running the kitchen under the watchful eye of one of our many food service directors. Find your school below to meet your director and check out this month's menu.
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I'm not feeling well today. It's after 2:30, and I'm still in my pajamas and haven't even brushed my teeth. I went to bed last night with the feeling that a migraine was coming, and when I woke up this morning I had the worst headache I've had in a very long time. I've been on the couch or in the bed most of the day today. At about 1:30, I decided I should get up and try to eat something. I found myself here at the computer and wandered over to this seemingly forgotten blog.
I avoid looking at it because it reminds me that I've neglected it. I speak of "IT" as if it's a living, breathing thing. In some ways it is. I started this blog to remind myself of the things that God has done in my life, and to help me not to forget what it is He has called me to be. So avoiding "IT" has, in some ways, been my way of not dealing with things in my life that need to be addressed spiritually.
As I live my life--day after day--I often find myself thinking, "Oh, I could blog about that!" Something will happen, and I'll try to find the spiritual truth in it. It's been nearly seven months since I've written anything here, and I can't begin to count the topics that have come up that I've begun writing in my head. The problem is that they are all ME trying to put a spiritual spin on something that's not. I'm trying to find the God-factor in something that He's not showing me.
Today as I laid in bed, praying for my headache to go away, I realized that I've been moving so quickly through life that I'm not taking the time for the most important thing. I'm not being still. We are so busy each and every day. Since school was out, we've been on the go nearly every single day for over a month. We enjoyed a fabulous vacation in Panama City Beach, Florida, but as soon as we got home, we hit the ground running again.
In the book of Psalms the writer speaks of the Lord Almighty, "He says, 'Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.' "(46:10) Oh, I like to be still. I am loving my afternoon summer naps! Last week Emma Leigh went to WOW Science Camp, and nearly every afternoon when Lily napped, I napped too. I was exhausted from getting up and taking her to camp each morning, and then running errands I didn't know I had.
But I don't think the Psalmist is talking about that kind of stillness, and he's for sure not talking about laziness or slothfulness. This stillness is a quiet listening. This stillness is a restful awareness. It's knowing He is God--knowing He is there, even when we don't feel it.
The next three weeks are CRAZY busy for us. We have plans nearly every day this coming week, VBS the following week, Bryan goes to Pre-Teen camp the next week, and I'm in WOW! Academy training the same week. But my prayer is that despite the day-to-day, something-is-on-the-calendar, we've-got-to-get-up-and-go, I will find time each day to be STILL.
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Here's the 1st official photo from the new Arrested Development on @Netflix. Spoiler alert: I'm an amazing actor: http://t.co/uaNpiFng
— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) October 29, 2012
Conan O'Brien tweets.
Here's the 1st official photo from the new Arrested Development on @Netflix. Spoiler alert: I'm an amazing actor: http://t.co/uaNpiFng
— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) October 29, 2012
Conan O'Brien tweets.
[Will Arnett announced that] both Andy Richter and Conan O'Brien will be show up on [the fourth season of Arrested Development].
via Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter Joining Arrested Development « Spinoff Online – TV, Film, and Entertainment News Daily.
Apparently there's a documentary about Arrested Development coming out, and this is the last and final trailer for it.
How this slipped by Bryce's radar is beyond us. I guess he made a huge mistake.
Arrested Development Doc – Home – The last and final trailer for the Arrested Development Documentary, we swear!
Parks and Recreation and House of Lies scene stealer Ben Schwartz will appear on Netflix's upcoming Arrested Development revival, TVLine has confirmed.
via Katie Cassidy to Return for Gossip Girl Series Finale, Monday Mornings Casts Hal Holbrook – TVLine.
Do you follow the Washington Wizards in basketball-playing sports? Then you might get a kick out of this comparison. I didn't care for it.
The Washington Wizards as Arrested Development characters – Bullets Forever.
To help the kooky clan recreate portrait artist Johan Zoffany's "The Family of Sir William Young," White used a mix of rented costumes and custom pieces to create the ensembles, which were paired with custom wigs by hair stylist Eusebio Aynaga. We asked White to walk us through the thinking behind each character's look.
via How the cast of 'Arrested Development' brought costume drama to EW's Reunions Issue | PopStyle | EW.com.
365 LUCKY DAYS: Day 164 (Arrested Development Week).
Awesome embroidered art featuring our favorite Blue Man.
Arrested Development is having a contest to be a walk-on! It's everyone's biggest dream! DON'T MAKE A HUGE MISTAKE!
You're Gonna Get Some Walk-Ons! Presented by Netflix and Arrested Development.


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Meet the ALA Staff
Theresa Wojtalewicz
Oct 26, 2016, 07:16 AM
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Theresa Wojtalewicz originally joined the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) in 2004 as Publications Assistant. She returned to ALA in October 2013 and now serves as Senior Manager of Content Strategy, tasked with recommending and providing relevant material for ALA's publications, conferences and professional development. Specifically, Wojtalewicz manages the content, design and delivery of ALA's award-winning digital magazine Legal Management, weekly digital publication BOLD Bites and monthly print BOLD Bites. She also works closely with ALA's white paper project and session writing.Previously, Wojtalewicz worked at SmithBucklin, the world's largest association management company, as a manager in the Editorial and Publishing Services division. She holds a B.A. in English from the University of Illinois, Champaign.
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