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A new study uses Google searches to assess how interested Americans are in 621 bird species
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CBS: Wash. Gov. Inslee tours landslide site
CBS: Klobuchar: Democrats waiting to see what's in Iran deal
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CBS: Amy Klobuchar: Republicans have a policy problem, not a brand problem
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CBS: Sen. Amy Klobuchar: Senate agreement doesn't contain "partisan pills"
CBS: Dem. Sen. Amy Klobuchar defends Kaine's performance
CBS: Interview with Sen. Amy Klobuchar
CBS: Wash. Gov. on Seattle federal judge's ruling
CBS: Sen. Klobuchar says next FBI director should have bipartisan support
CBS: Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Paul Manafort, Russia "truth hunt," Honest Ads Act
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Earth Day & Astronomy Day: Saturday, April 20-21, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Encouraging conservation, MOSI Outside is celebrating Earth Day with butterfly and tree garden tours, local eco-business vendors and opportunities to explore the WaterVentures Learning Lab, a 53-foot traveling science center featuring a hands-on look at Florida's diverse watersheds, water conservation, and recycling.
Blast off on Astronomy Day to meet a real NASA scientist, discover the future of space exploration and what NASA is planning for the future. Afterward, travel to the Moon in MOSI's newest exhibit, Mission: Moonbase.
World Penguin Day & Saturn Viewing: Saturday, April 27, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
The following weekend, take the kids to celebrate World Penguin Day at MOSI with fun penguin crafts, games and contests.
Later in the evening, return to see Saturn fully illuminated by the Sun and in opposition, making it closer to the Earth than any other time this year. View the planet through one of MOSI's telescopes on the top of the IMAX DOME, and get up close view of the planet in the planetarium.
For an additional fee (see below), learn about the health of the ocean at Sea Monsters Revealed, an exhibition of plastinated deep sea creatures, including a Gentoo Penguin and its eggs.
Ticket pricing:
MOSI Outside and World Penguin Day are included with MOSI admission and free for members. Admission to Saturn on Saturday, April 27 is $15 or $12 for MOSI Members. Tickets for Sea Monsters Revealed are $18.95 for adults, $16.95 for seniors (60+) and $12.95 for children (2-12). Guests can add MOSI general admission or a documentary IMAX film to their Sea Monsters Revealed ticket for $5 each. MOSI Member tickets for Sea Monsters Revealed are only $10 for the entire month of April.

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Originally from Belcarra, British Columbia, Canada, Kyle MacDonald has planted more than one hundred thousand trees, delivered more than one thousand pizzas, but eaten only one scorpion. He has also traded one red paperclip for a house only once.
He coordially invites you to edit his wikipedia bio as creatively as you desire.
When he's not stealing a flag from the Prime Minister's office or promoting Alberta Beef by hitch-hiking in a parade, you might find him leaving his wallet in El Segundo or hanging out in Bangkok modeling Italian Soccer jerseys to fund 4am Red-Bull and Rum-fueled urban hitchhikes. He also enjoys writing third-person bio pages for his website and loves to stand on street corners in Montreal hawking shoddily-bound English literature to Francophones in sub-zero temperatures.
His mom still cuts his hair.
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Hi! My boyfriend has your book! I hadn't heard of you until a few weeks ago, but what a great story. My mother is from Weyburn, Saskatchewan and my father from Moose Jaw. I live in Ottawa, Canada. If this is your real blog, that is great! It was totally by mistake that I came across it.
I'm going to pass the URL along to some friends who know about the red paperclip story as well!
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It is well known that pests like mice or rats are repelled by ultrasonic frequency in the range of 30kHz to 50kHz. Human being can't hear these high-frequency spunds and unfortunately all pests do not react at the same ultrasonic frequency. While some pests get repelled at 35kHz, some others get repelled at 38 to 40kHz. Electroschematics.com invites you to discover our electronic repellent circuits and projects. Let's see what you can find here. Electronic mosquito repellent circuit, an easy to build circuit but kind of difficult to adjust on the exact sound frequency which will reppel the mosquitoes. You can find all the information you need regarding this project, including mosquitoes repellent circuit diagram that will help you understand perfectly how the circuit works. Even if there are many ultrasonic pest repellent devices available on the market, a major drawback is that their power output is low and their effectiveness suffers.
We present you an electronic pest repellent that generates powerful ultrasonic signals to repel pests. You can find here all the specification you need and of course the electronic pest repellent circuit diagram. The project, solar powered animal scarer, is a solar powered flasher to scare away the nocturnal animals like bats and cats from the farm yard or premises of the house. It is fully automatic, turns on in the evening and turns off in the morning. You can find complete details in the project itself http://www.electroschematics.com/tag/repellent-circuits/. You can also discover electronic dog repeller circuit, mouse or pest repellent circuits. You can easily browse through all categoryes, by clicking on our site. We invite you to be a part of our dedicated community, where you have got the chance to accumulate great information regarding electronics and to be a great, innovative engineer in the future.


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Is It Impossible to Get a Mortgage Loan?
The Challenges:
With the numbers of recent foreclosures, lenders are having to re-purchase defaulted loans, often for minor technicalities. Losses incurred by some companies have forced them out of business.
As a result, not only have lending rules tightened, but underwriters are also being forced to follow them to the letter and beyond.
The Solutions:
Advance preparation and the right documentation will help streamline the process.
Your Money: All necessary funds must be verified, and deposits must be documented. Make copies of all checks and deposit slips.
Your Debts: Avoid delays by refraining from applying for or opening any new credit accounts.
Your Income: Expect verification through paystubs, written and verbal confirmations, tax returns, IRS transcripts, etc. All new employment or forms of variable income beyond regular wages (bonus, commission, alimony, dividends, etc.) are subject to rules of history and continuance. Do not depend on this income until we discuss its acceptability.
Your Credit: Score requirements have increased. If you're not already, you need to be extra mindful of managing your debts. To help protect your score:
- Do not close old or unused accounts.
- Do maintain high lines and low balance ratios.
- Do not transfer balances to a brand new card (at least not before buying or refinancing).
- Do not use your extra cash to pay off debt. Sometimes, it's better to have the cash than slightly lower balances.
Other factors can be at play, too, but the most important thing to remember is that it's never too early to seek personalized advice. I work with mortgage loans every day, and I'm here to help you prepare so you can sail through the process when the opportunity is right.
Financing is still abundantly available. It simply goes most easily to those who plan ahead. Let us help!


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Jackson Artisan Copper Lantern Outdoor Lighting Collection On Sale Now!
Save 15% Until April 29th, 2014 Only
All order include free shipping to the continetal US, our exclusive lifetime warranty and your choice of seven all-natural hand applied finishes and four unique style of glass at no extra cost.
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Eliza Dushku ("Buffy," "Dollhouse") is using her clout to bring "The Perfect Moment", a biopic about iconic photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, to the big screen says Variety.
Dushku has secured the exclusive rights and the full cooperation from Mapplethorpe's estate and has enlisted two-time Sundance grand jury prize winner Ondi Timoner ("DIG!") to helm the film.
The story will chronicle Mapplethorpe's career from his rise to fame in the 1970s for his portraits of socialites and rock stars until his death in 1989 at age 42 from complications arising from AIDS.


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Chris Regan
Regan Research Group, UCLA
Recent decades have seen huge advances in electron microscopy. Atomic-resolution imaging of beam-hard, static systems in two dimensions is now routine, while sophisticated data acquisition and reconstruction schemes are solving soft, three-dimensional structures. With this progress the frontier of electron microscopy has moved. Often now the goal is less to learn exactly where the atoms are, and more to discover what they are doing. With "in-situ" observations of functional, dynamic systems, we are beginning to address outstanding scientific problems of general interest. In this talk I will describe electron microscopy experiments on active electronic devices, using examples from our work on thermometry, batteries, and post-flash computer memory.


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Posted on March 24, 2017
An update from Heidi Hess, CREDO Action senior campaign manager
Last year, we spoke with Heidi Hess, CREDO Action senior campaign manager, about CREDO's activism pushing back against right-wing attacks on women. We wanted to reach back out to get a update on the state of women's rights…. Read More
Posted on September 28, 2016
5 Questions for our VP of Engineering & Product, Haruko
Haruko Kurata is CREDO Mobile's Vice President of Engineering and Product. She makes the complex operational puzzles involved in telecommunications look easy to navigate. Here at CREDO, Haruko is admired for her technical know-how, amazing negotiation skills and… Read More
Posted on September 8, 2016
5 questions for Sam, CREDO Retention Specialist
Five questions for Sam, Customer Retention Specialist at CREDO, who has been with CREDO since 2012. Sam is on the phone every day with our CREDO Mobile customers, helping them upgrade their devices. 1. What is the best… Read More


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The long awaited CLEO issue with mouthwatering 2015 Bachelors line up is finally out!
The magazine was out a bit late due to the GST.
It's now officially available at newsstands. Got your copy yet?
Here's a glimpse of my top picks from the list of 50 Cleo Bachelors this year.
Hmmm they kinda look alike. Jeff's eyes are bigger.
Both are smokin' hot!
Both are smokin' hot!
What a body these two hunks have.
Aww..that moustache looks so unique.
I have my favourite in mind already :) Wanna know who?
For a full list of 50 Cleo's Eligible Bachelors 2015, click here
For a full list of 50 Cleo's Eligible Bachelors 2015, click here
Meet them at the preview and shopping event happening on the 10th April 2015 at 1 Utama.
More details on the Bachelors Finale Party here
Visit them at http://www.cleo.com.my/ or
Cleo Malaysia's Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/CLEO.Malaysia


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Eco-friendly Accommodation Knysna – Western Cape, Garden Route | Bed and breakfast, Eco Lodge, Coastal
From R455 – R600 p.p.p.n.s *Incl. Breakfast * Seasonal
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Pumula is an African name meaning "the place of rest" which is exactly what guests will discover at this lodge nestled between the town of Knysna and the famous Knysna Heads. Although close to the bustle of town, Pumula Lodge has a tranquil parkland atmosphere that sets it apart.
Situated in the heart of the Garden Route, the 4 Star B&B Lodge is the perfect place for nature lovers to rest, relax and experience the abundant bird life in beautiful indigenous gardens. Enjoy an extra special "Tree-top breakfast" served in the well-appointed dining room amongst the birds (over 100 species have been identified), overlooking the gardens and swimming pool.
The lodge has 5 beautifully finished en-suite bedrooms to choose from, secure undercover parking and barbecue facility. Please note Pumula Lodge is a non-smoking lodge. Regret no children under 10 allowed. No Pets. Master and Visa credit cards accepted. Free Wi-Fi available.
Wake up to the twittering sound of birds, take a stroll through the garden with the resident guinea-fowl family going about their daily routine, relax next to the sparkling pool, enjoy a barbeque or sit on your own private balcony, sipping coffee or a sundowner.
The lodge has 5 beautifully finished en-suite bedrooms (2 doubles and 3 twins) with private entrances; each with a private deck that overlooks the garden and swimming pool. Rooms have flat screen televisions, under carpet heating, ceiling fans, safe, hair dryers, tea & coffee cabinets and everything else you should need to have a comfortable stay.
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♡ Recycling
♡ Green Cleaning
♡ Sustainable Energy Acumen
♡ Water Wise Practices
♡ Eco Architecture
♡ Land Rehabilitation
Pumula Lodge was established in 1997 and is geared towards birders and lovers of nature, so a general awareness of the environment is an integral part of the ethos of the establishment.
All glass, paper and tins are separated and recycled and containers for foodstuff such as fruit juice and eggs are returned to suppliers for re-use. Guests are also encouraged to separate their garbage accordingly. Liquid hand soap and air freshener containers are re-filled by the staff. The garden clippings are deposited on the compost heap and all biodegradable kitchen waste is fed to the earthworm farm that produces pH-balanced compost for use in the garden.
All cleaning products used at Pumula Lodge are biodegradable. All their soaps, body creams, liquid soaps and air freshener are also natural and biodegradable. In an effort to keep the environment free from harmful chemicals. Garden weeds are removed by hand, and a flyscreen is fitted in at least one window per bedroom to eliminate the need for mosquito repellent.
Rainwater is harvested and stored in tanks to be used for garden, to top-up the pool and serve as a backup water supply. Grey water from the washing machines is directed into the garden to assist with irrigation in the majority indigenous, water wise gardens. All showerheads are fitted with low-flow devices and signs have been placed in each bathroom encouraging guests to save water.
LED lighting and timers have been installed to save energy and geysers are heated using clean solar energy which greatly lowers the Lodge`s carbon footprint.
The moderate climate in the Garden Route and the lodge design eliminates the need for air conditioning as it faces due west. The first floor ceiling is covered with 50mm isotherm and during hot summer afternoons, 80% shade-cloth dropline curtains are lowered along the entire ground and first floor to keep the building cool. The roof surfaces are painted a light beige colour lead-free paint to reflect heat from the sun, thereby assisting in cooling the building in summer.
The owners of Pumula Lodge spent their first two years eradicating alien and invasive species in order to create magnificent indigenous gardens. The few non-indigenous plants are non-invasive, water wise and comply strictly with the CARA legislation.


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Once upon a time, cruising was an all-inclusive vacation that bundled your cabin, many activities and meals in one package. That's largely still true, but today the major cruise lines also have specialty restaurants where you can dine, sometimes for an extra fee.
The fare in the main dining room can be elegant and excellent, but shipboard specialty spots offer a chance to sample more diverse cuisines, focusing, say, on Japanese, French or Italian, or let you experience celebrity-chef-helmed fine dining.
Are these culinary experiences worth it? Prices can vary widely, so your priorities must be the determinant. If you're looking for a way to make a special occasion — a birthday or an anniversary — even more special, these may be just the ticket. Specialty restaurants often are more intimate, ideal for a date night, a break from the kids on a family cruise, or just a way to say, "Let's make this trip even more memorable."
The value for the money also depends on which ship you're sailing. Although specialty restaurants generally offer a nice change from the main dining room or buffet, not all are created equal. How can you know? Check cruise websites — Google "cruise" and "specialty dining" — to get an idea of value.
Among some of the specialty restaurants getting buzz:
On Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy, Remy is an adults-only (18 or older) special-occasion restaurant. It charges $75 a person for dinner, $50 for brunch. This dining area offers an impressive take on modern French fare, such as sweetbreads with risotto and lobster in garlic sauce. The décor, although dotted with subtle references to the 2007 Pixar film "Ratatouille" (of which Remy is the star), is elegant, and floor-to-ceiling windows overlook the water.
On Royal Caribbean's new Quantum of the Seas and soon-to-launch Anthem of the Seas, passengers have a variety of specialty dining choices with surcharges. The costs vary, from à la carte pricing at a pub by Michael Schwartz of Michael's Genuine Food & Drink in Miami, a take on pub grub, to $45 a person at Wonderland, which features molecular gastronomy. At creative, playful Wonderland, you'll find such offerings as liquefied olives that burst in your mouth, baby vegetables that appear to be growing in a bed of pumpernickel "soil," and duck liver fritters that may be the richest fried food you've ever tasted.
On NCL's Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Getaway, Ocean Blue by "Iron Chef" Geoffrey Zakarian includes a raw bar as well as indoor and outdoor seating. You may know the chef from the Art Deco Lambs Club in New York City (Zagat says you'll be "looking around for Nick and Nora Charles" from the "Thin Man" films of the 1930s) or the Palm Court at the Plaza Hotel, also in New York, of which Crain's said, "Ostentatious luxury is back in style." Ocean Blue serves modern seafood dishes, such as gorgeous fresh crudo and fish dishes in which the preparation doesn't overwhelm the entree. The charge is $39 a person.
Some lines have equally impressive specialty restaurants that don't charge a fee. On Crystal Cruises, the Silk Road restaurant (helmed by Nobu Matsuhisa, also an "Iron Chef") serves fresh, exquisitely prepared sushi, sashimi and maki. The first reservation is complimentary; after that you'll pay $30 a person for the privilege of ordering the chef's signature, often-imitated rock shrimp tempura and miso-glazed cod.
This month, Royal Caribbean made its Devinly Decadence restaurants complimentary. The health-focused restaurant on Quantum of the Seas and Anthem of the Seas is led by Devin Alexander (hence the spelling of "Devinly"), chef of NBC's "The Biggest Loser." (If you go, look for the surprisingly rich low-calorie chicken satay.)
Oceania Cruises' two newer ships, Marina and Riviera, have two impressive specialty restaurants that are part of the ticket price. Red Ginger, a pan-Asian restaurant, lets flavors of exquisite spices shine through. There's also Jacques, a French restaurant helmed by TV chef Jacques Pepin. That means you can get Lyonnaise sausages, rotisserie duck and just-in-from-France cheeses without paying extra.
Cruise Tip of the Week
Check cruise line's restaurant reservation policy in advance
Tip: Some shipboard specialty restaurants fill up for the entire sailing before you even embark, so check the reservation policies with your line in advance to ensure you don't miss out.


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March – St. Patrick's Day
Set(s) Used: Fun & Fast Notes,
Teeny Tiny Wishes
Pad: Basic Black
Markers: Stampin' Write 2009 In-Colors Set
Card Base: Basic Gray (5 ½ X 8 ½)
Cut pieces: Sahara Sand 2X2
Crushed Curry – 2 ¾ X 2 3/4
Bermuda Bay – 4 ¼ X 3 ¼
Cut ribbon: Rich Razzelberyy 5 ½"
Stamp the "bird and flower" image from the Fun and Fast Notes
Stamp set onto the Sahara Sand cardstock.
Use the In-Color Stampn' Write Markers to color the image. (I used
Bermuda bay for the flower, Mambo Melon for the bird and Crushed Curry for the
wing and flower center.)
2. Adhere ribbon to the left side of the Bermuda Bay cardstock.
3. Stamp the "happy St. Patrick's day" stamp form the Teeny Tiny Wishes set to the bottom right corner of the Bermuda Bay piece.
4. Adhere the Crushed Curry piece to the Bermuda Bay piece, centering it.
5. Adhere the bird and flower image to the Crushed Curry piece, centering it.
6. Tear the right side of the Basic Gray cardstock about a ¼ inch from the edge.
7. Use the flat side of the "brush" end of the Crushed Curry Stampn' Write Marker to shade the torn edge.
8. Adhere the Bermuda Bay piece to the Card Base, centering it.
You're finished!
Step it up:
1. Inking only the flower image of the bird and flower image, randomly stamp aroung the edges of the Card Base.
2. Follow steps 6 & 7 above.
3. After step 1 above, slide the flat edge of the Bermuda Bay marker along the OUTSIDE edges of the Sahara Sand piece, creating a "frame" around the piece. Do this until it is as dark as you like.
4. Use the 2-way pen and the Dazzeling Diamonds on the flower and the wing and eye of the bird.
5. Use the Big Shot and the small flower image of the Stampin' Up Backgrounds 1 to texturize the Crushed Curry cardstock.
6. Follow the rest of the instructions above.
NOW You're finished!
Happy Stamping!


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The above graphic is a bank mashup showing all banks in Norwalk, CT -- where TMC headquarters are located. (credit: Webmashup.com)
A logical place for mashups to show up are in customer relationship management applications where they can allow field sales and support personnel to see the locations of their customers in real-time. Funny, I have been hoping for more and more business mashups to be invented and one shows up right in the CRM space.
TMCnet's own David Sims broke the story yesterday in fact.
Here is an excerpt:
SMaps automatically links addresses and locations of individuals or companies to their location in Google Maps. Viewing full contact information from their CRM database with Google's mapping functionality makes scenes from recent movies like Minority Report "a reality for companies," according to the CRM Workers.The product lets users use Google's mapping capability with their CRM information such as contact details, price and order history to zoom in and make decisions.
SMaps is billed as a product to "boost efficiency of mobile workers, helping them save time and cost." The Target List functionality provides "access to geographic information to sales managers and personnel who can then use that information to focus marketing and sales efforts," explains CRM Principal Consultant for Asia Pacific David Gill.


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Can I use Imail 8 on the Windows ServerDirector 3.6i27?
IMail 8.0 is supported by SD version 3.6.
We have customers working with Imail 8 for quite some time now. To work with imail 8.0 you need to choose Imail 7.x on the SD setup upon installation. The rest is the same as for imail 7.x


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Dog Health Care: 7 Simple Ways To Keep Your Dog Healthy
Walking With Your Dog For Health and Weight Loss
Is Your Dog Overweight? How To Develop A Weight Loss Plan For Your Dog
Fun Exercise Options For Your Dog
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The Best Nutrition For Dogs and Puppies | Choosing The Best Dog Food For Your Dog
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The hall has comfortable and flexible seating for up to 70 people, with the option of using tables each seating up to eight. It has a large projection screen. The kitchen has a water boiler for hot drinks, a large commercial cooker, microwave, and a refrigerator. Crockery, cutlery and glassware are provided.
The hall is in Marygate Lane, just off Marygate and beside the long stay car park. Close to the river and the ruins of St Mary's Abbey, it is a short walk from the Minster and the city centre. The postcode of the hall is YO30 7BJ. View Map
For car drivers Marygate car park is easy to find, being just off Bootham (the A19). Some of York's park and ride and scheduled bus services run conveniently close, and the hall is only ten minutes' walk from the station.
Please e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


text: Hot news for PC104 designers and users! Here is a recent article on a fresh, effective and cost-efficient solution for PC/104 boards, called «OneBank». This additional option allows designers to free additional space on the PCI/104 boards, while remaining compatible with the various form-factors. Read more of the article, originally published by Jeff Milde, Executive Director of the PC/104 Consortium.


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Let's face the facts estimating your CPP pension when you retire early is very hard to do. For a lot of people doing it yourself is a bit of mystery. So today is the step by step guide to doing your own estimate. Actually in all my calculations or looking for it I've only found one site that works: from the government of Canada.
The calculator lets you do a few interesting things. First it let's you see what you get if you start collecting the money between 60 and 70. Also it allows you to change your average earnings at some point during your life which you can use to simulate an early retirement.
So here is the procedure to get your estimate:
- Get a statement of contributions with a current estimate of your CPP benefits. You can either get a copy from online or request a paper copy to be mailed to you. Or if you have the paperwork average your income from the year you turned 18 to now. If you don't have it you can still use the calculator, but the estimate is rough.
- Got to this calculator at first you will deal with entering your date and month of birth and then do your OAS estimate. We you get to the section about your CPP benefits do the following.
- It will ask you if you have an estimate. If so, select Yes. Then enter in your estimate of your pension and the month and date of the estimate.
- If you don't have an estimate do the following. Select No. Then it will let you select your average earnings from when you turned 18 till now in $5000 intervals up to $46,300 (the max). I highly caution you to choose a lower number. Most people forget how little they earned back between 18 and 25 and it will really drag down your average. For example in my case if I didn't have an estimate I would likely guess my current average is $35,000.
- Then at the bottom of either page it will ask if you want to see what happens if you take your CPP between 60 and 64. I selected Yes.
- Then pick your start age. I took 60.
- Then it will give you an estimate of your pension at 60. Hit Next.
- Then it will ask do you want to estimate what happens if your future earnings change. Here is where you can simulate an early retirement. Select Yes.
- Now you can pick two income estimates and an age when the first will stop and the second will start. So if you expect to fully retire early choose the second estimate at zero. If you plan to do some work till your 65 enter a very low number. In my case I choose $35,000 till age 45 and $5000 from that point onwards.
- Then it will provide a modified pension amount. Again you can choose to take it early. I selected Yes.
- I picked 60. Then I got my pension estimate of $338 per month starting at age 60.
So there is your step by step guide the the wonder world of CPP estimates. Oh, a point of caution. The calculator may get buggy if you keep shifting back and fowards changing numbers. So do one estimate stop and then restart the calculator if you want to try something else. Enjoy.


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Scrap Car East Marton, BB18, Scrap your car for free
Scrap Car East Marton are a reliable team of scrap car collectors working out of East Marton (BB18), North Yorkshire. Old scrap cars, if on the road will still need to be taxed, even if you are not using the vehicle, this is the law. You don't need to give someone money to get rid of your old scrap car. Scrap Car East Marton will take away your scrap vehicle free of charge in North Yorkshire!
East Marton (BB18), North Yorkshire - Breaking News
As well as offering a completely free collection, we are also currently able to offer cash for scrap cars in East Marton depending upon the weight of the vehicle!
If you'd like us to make you an offer just ask when calling or add 'CASH QUOTE PLEASE' in the 'Additional Info' box when submitting our online form.
- DVLA notification
- Completely free collection!
- Nationwide coverage
- Environment agency approved recycling facilities
- Convenient collection times
Call 0800 043 5100 for your free collection or fill out our online booking form to the right!
Choose Scrap Car East Marton
Here at Scrap Car East Marton we have many happy customers and considering we have been trading for a while now we are still going strong. We know the local area so when you need us we will be there in no time at all. We set a time slot and we will not be late we have a reputation that is great for service and customer satisfaction. Our collection service is available at a time to suit your needs, we are open for business every single day of the year 24/7.
We make sure that your car is disposed of the right way. A lot of companies out there will sell on your scrap car and not even notify the DVLA that the vehicle is no longer yours. This can cause you to receive fines, legally the car is still registered to you. Unlike these companies we always ensure that the DVLA are notified that your vehicle has in fact been scrapped, giving you complete peace of mind in East Marton. When we scrap a car we always either reuse of recycle as much of the vehicle as possible and so do our bit for the environment.
We would like to keep our streets clear of abandoned vehicles and the service we offer really helps our local community. Having old broken down cars littering the streets makes the area look very run down and untidy, so scrapping your car will make your neighbours happy. Scrap car collection, call the team!
Reasons to scrap your car
There will be many reasons for you to scrap your car. Experience shows that most of the time a car is scrapped as it is no longer road worthy, usually failing it MOT. If you have a car that is unusable you need to either declare it off road or scrap it, otherwise your will continue to need to pay road tax on the vehicle.
How to scrap your car
It's so easy to scrap your car in East Marton. Pick up your phone and call us today and learn how to scrap your car. If you would like to get some information prior to your call, please take a look at our helpful guide scrapping a car.
The car scrappage scheme
The car scrappage scheme in East Marton might seem like a great idea at first. However, you will be limited to what you can buy. You can't just go out and purchase any vehicle you want People a lot of the time are finding that the car they wanted they can't have, due to the fact that they are not in the car scrappage scheme.
Just call us on 0800 043 5100 or fill out the following form:


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In addition to lost data disks, there are paper records discarded in public dustbins and lost laptops by the boat-load. Security which was trumpeted by ministers as being paramount seems to have been very low on their priority list in their own domains. It is also lamentable that there has been a deliberate policy of hiding the facts from those people most at risk.
We must be vigilant as these data breaches might not affect us until some date in the future. Criminals will wait until the furore has died down before using the data illegally.
Let us make sure that 2014 is a year of increased data security, here are a few precautions that can help to reduce the possibility of data loss:
- Always shred or burn confidential documents or documents having identifiable data;
- Very confidential documents should be cross shredded rather than strip shredded;
- Never give passwords or log on information to email enquiries, telephone callers or visitors;
- HMRC will never refund overpayments of tax to your credit card; It is a scam.
- Be wary of emails directing you to a bank or other secure site which asks for personal information;
- Never give passwords or pin numbers to anyone calling on the telephone even if they identify themselves as police or bank officials;
- Do be aware that information put into social sites such as Facebook may be visible to people other than the intended audience. Dates of birth, names and addresses, telephone numbers and details of family can be used to steal identities.
- Never dispose of old computers/laptops or tablets until the hard drives have been removed or destroyed; remember deleting or re-formatting the disk does not actually delete the data;
- Never leave confidential documents on desks overnight or when unattended (clear desk policies);
- Laptops should be secured with a multi-strand cable to an immovable object like a radiator, when unattended;
- Laptops should be password protected;
- Laptops and tablets should kept close to you in public places to prevent theft;
- Laptop disks should be encrypted, if data is sensitive;
- Never share passwords and use complex passwords to prevent other gaining access to desktops and laptops;
- When considering a complex password use a £ as this is not available on non UK keyboards;
- Never leave desktops and laptops logged in and unattended;
The list goes on and on but use common sense - assume that the worst may happen and take precautions to stop or at least reduce it.
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I have been an Emergency Communicator. I understand the limitations of what can and cannot be communicated via amateur radio during emergency activation. I also believe that Mr. Rolph AB1PH has the best intentions in his Petition for Rule Making to the FCC (RM11699). I still think it's a bad idea to grant amateurs permission to transmit encrypted messages in any form other than remotely controlling equipment.
There are many things happening in an emergency, many of which SHOULD be encrypted for the protection of those involved. However, messages of this magnitude, should ONLY be handled by professional Emergency Personnel with the ability to act on the encrypted information. Such messages are in NO WAY the responsibility of amateur communicators.
Amateur Radio has proven itself over and over as a viable and robust emergency communication tool and it should continue to serve the public in times of need by opening communication, "when all else fails." But, the moment amateurs are asked to shoulder the weight of highly sensitive medical and tactical communication, it is no longer amateur communication. In asking the FCC to grant the right to transmit and receive such communications, amateurs would open themselves to the full ramifications of mishandling said communications, which they are not--nor should they be required to be--trained to handle. Amateur Radio is first and foremost a hobby. Albeit a hobby that can serve the public in times of need.
It is my hope that the ARRL and the FCC consider the weight that this petition asks them to bear and that it is ultimately denied.


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Ice Ice Baby — for real! Add Hayden Panettiere to the list of celebrities who've accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The Nashville star confirmed her pregnancy Wednesday, Aug. 20, while having freezing water dumped over her head by pal Derek Hough, to raise money and awareness for Lou Gehrig's disease.
"Couldn't figure out how to post it on @haydenpanettier twitter," wrote DWTS pro Hough, who's currently guest starring in an upcoming role on Nashville. "So I'm posting it for her."
The clip features Panettiere, hanging out in a parking lot in black leggings and a sheer T-shirt. "I accept my ALS Challenge," the actress, 24, says in the clip. "I renominate Kacey Musgraves — you're not getting out of this, [fiance] Wladimir Klitschko, and my unborn child."
Panettiere, bracing herself for the cold shock, suddenly gets drenched with a bucket filled with water presented by Hough, himself! "Holy shhhhhhh," Panettiere reacts, resisting the urge to curse. Jumping up and down, the pregnant star adds: "Yup, that's cold."
Hough, who couldn't resist joking about Panettiere's sizable bump, added in his Instagram caption: "Hayden shortly went into labor after this… Jus kiddin."
Us Weekly broke the news in May that the star and her fiance Klitschko, 38, were expecting their first child together. The couple has subsequently been spotted on vacation in Saint-Tropez, Italy, and most recently, Miami — where Panettiere bared her growing baby bump in a white striped bikini.
The Ice Bucket Challenge has raised more than $31.5 million in donations for The ALS Association since July 29, with the help of numerous celebs like Ben Affleck, pregnant Zoe Saldana, and many more.
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The family of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali has disputed a report in a London newspaper that the flamboyant ex-heavyweight champion is near death. Instead, family spokesman Bob Gunnell said Ali was in his Phoenix area home watching the Super Bowl wearing Baltimore Ravens' gear.
Ali's daughter, May May, later confirmed to the Associated Press that the boxing great was watching the game.
The Sun newspaper in London quoted Ali's brother, Rahman, saying that his brother's death is imminent.
The 71-year-old Ali, who was famously stripped of the heavyweight title in 1967 for refusing induction into the military service, has had Parkinson's disease since 1984. He appears frail, but has made several public appearances over the last several months.
The Sun quoted Rahman Ali as saying that his brother no longer recognizes him.
My brother can't speak. He doesn't recognize me. He's in a bad way. He's very sick. It could be months, it could be days. I don't know if he'll last the summer. He's in God's hands. We hope he gently passes away.
The Louisville Courier-Journal, Ali's hometown newspaper, reached out to his wife, Lonnie, who referred the paper to Gunnell. Gunnell disputed The Sun report.
He looks great. He's having a Super Bowl party.
Born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. in Louisville on Jan. 17, 1942, Ali became one of the most famous faces in the world during a career that spanned two decades. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1960 in Rome, then won the heavyweight title on three occasions. He defeated Sonny Liston for the belt in 1964 while still known as Clay.
He was stripped of the title in 1967 for refusing induction into the military service, famously saying, "I ain't got no quarrel with them Vietcong."


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The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy is seeking proposals from artists to create engaging public art around the 2016 Chinese Zodiac, Year of the Monkey, as part of an ongoing series in Chinatown Park in downtown Boston. The Greenway has partnered with the Radian Boston (www.radianboston.com) to create a series of rotational sculptural and mixed-media installations in front of Essex Street Gate, the new entrance to Chinatown Park. With the aim of paying tribute to both past and present, each year a new artwork will be temporarily erected in this space. Artists will submit work centered on each year's Chinese Zodiac animal. The installation's goal is to unite the history, culture and traditions of Chinese New Year and the Chinatown community with that of ideas and portrayals by contemporary artists. Proposed works of art do not have to be directly connected to the concept of the Zodiac and may instead focus on the larger theme of "Monkeys."
2016 will mark the beginning of the Chinese Zodiac year of the Monkey. In Zodiac mythology, the Monkey is tied to character traits of independence, enthusiasm, and an unscrupulous childlike personality. Additionally the year of the Monkey is connected to the element of metal which carries attributes of determination and intensity.
All professional artists or artists residing in the contiguous United States may apply. Artists will be asked to submit proposals for site-specific work to be temporarily installed and displayed in Chinatown Park. Work in any medium will be considered and must be durable and suitable for outdoors with the ability to withstand the elements of a New England climate as well as interaction with the general public . Proposals need not be related to any past larger thematic work but should be representative of the artists' particular point of view and should be based around the theme of Monkeys.
Project budget for this installation is $18,000, and is inclusive of all costs of installation/de-installation, permits, site restoration, and transportation. The selected artist will receive a $4,000 stipend in addition to the $18,000 project budget. The Greenway will accept submissions starting November 9th and ending on December 14th. Work in any medium will be considered. Artists' will be asked to develop a line itemized budget as part of proposal submission.
"THE LOCAL" is a request for artwork proposals from locally-based Massachusetts artists on behalf of The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy. The Greenway is seeking up to five artists to be selected to situate site-specific artworks for 6-12 months beginning in spring 2016 that will collectively, physically, and/or experientially unite the segmented parks and connect the communities along the park system. As part of our public art strategy, The Greenway is dedicated to collaborating with Boston, Greater Boston and the Commonwealth's creative communities to present public art that enhances our city's imaginative capacity, enlivens our neighborhoods, contributes to economic vitality, spark civic exchange, and enhances community connection.
Project budgets will range from $5,000 - $10,000, and are inclusive of all costs, including installation/de-installation, site restoration, transportation and artist fees. Artists will be asked to develop a line itemized budget as part of their proposal submission.
All professional artists residing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are eligible to apply. Artists are asked to submit proposals for site-specific work to be temporarily installed and displayed in one of five designated locations. Work in any medium will be considered and must be durable and suitable for outdoors with the ability to withstand the elements of a New England climate as well as interaction with the general public. Proposals need not be related to any larger thematic but should be representative of the artists' particular point of view.
November 9, 2015 - Announcement of RFP
November 9, 2015 – December 11, 2015 - Submission of questions regarding RFP application
December 14, 2015 - Deadline for receipt of application materials
January 11 - 15, 2016 - Review of Proposals/Artist Interview
January 22, 2016 - Notification of Artists
May 2016 (TBD) - Installation of artwork
November 2016 or April 2017 - De-installation of artwork


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Are societies more free, when organizational capacity is geared towards private settings? This matters in part because public and private delineations for economic vitality, are not as clear cut as they might seem. Rationalizing that something "should" be designated private, to maintain freedom of choice and personal action for as many as possible, assumes that organizational capacity automatically strives to make it so. We reason that private enterprise is ultimately responsible for economic growth and vitality, because it is.
In reality, economies slowly break down, when private interests choose personal gain over the growth creating conditions of marketplace inclusion. Further, when private enterprise chooses personal gain over economic vitality, this occurs with government "blessings" at a basic structural level. As personal and social freedoms are lost, the process takes place in ways that are often not easy to recognize.
Why are these structural and supply side circumstance not better understood? Instead of seeking more freedom for production and consumption options, political interests align to procure more of the proceeds of an artificially restricted marketplace. In other words, political parties clamor for a bigger portion of a pie; one which they have already played a role in making smaller to benefit their own members. How to create new marketplace growth, instead, which includes greater means for economic freedom?
It wasn't always this way, and the constitutions of today's nations were often written when individuals had more freedom, to produce and consume what they sought in the marketplace. Those earlier freedoms tended to make clamors for "living wages" unnecessary, for wages and income went further when individuals could define and create product through their own means.
Slowly but surely, restrictions in the definitions of production and consumption, led to less freedom and economic opportunity. The Great Recession should have been a major indicator that something was wrong in this regard, but policy makers and economists alike proceeded as though little needed to be addressed - either in terms of economic theory or organizational capacity.
Even though the details of cronyism have begun to make their way into public dialogue, these discussions have yet to offer any structural remedies. Cronyism becomes possible when too many individuals assume that someone else is always willing to look out for the public interest - even if the public isn't really concerned about the particulars. But how can anyone - public or private - be expected to remain conscientious about resource management, if no one is paying attention? Hence the ways in which groups agree to coordinate and account for resource capacity, need to be better understood by all concerned. In order to rethink production and consumption priorities, economic time value also needs to be at the center of the process.
Fortunately, a greater degree of freedom remains, in terms of the production and consumption of tradable goods. Indeed, a college degree is not always necessary in these sectors, in order for individuals to gain active and leading roles. The greatest problems for economic and social freedom, are in the rigid requirements of the non tradable sectors, both in terms of asset and services formation. Indeed, public or private status designations do not presently get at the root of the problem, which is a lack of time based services product - in both production and consumption terms. If economic freedom is to be regained, reclaiming time value would be one of the first steps taken on this hopeful path.


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Wearing white gloves, Stephanie Baltzer Kom gingerly leafed through the fragile pages of 200-year-old documents handwritten in Spanish.
"We don't have them translated, so we have no idea what they say," said the head of technical services for the North Dakota State Archives. The ragged papers were donated decades ago by a North Dakota man who acquired them from a prison camp in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War and are now among the state Archives' oldest manuscripts.
North Dakota's oldest archival and library materials reach back well before statehood and territorial times. While unboxing the archives' oldest publication from its carton wrapping, Baltzer Kom admired the marbled cover of a Hudson's Bay Company report printed in 1749.
"It's in actually really good shape for that time frame," she said. "We do have a lot of the stuff that deals with the fur trade, and so this is the oldest piece."
Baltzer Kom said other older materials, such as the Spanish papers, presidential documents and diaries, often have been donated from North Dakota residents' personal collections — such as the personal and legal papers of seed company magnate George Will's grandfather, dating to 1832, handwritten in such languages as German and Latin.
'Emergency box'
The archives tries to limit the scope of its donations, especially if an item might be better off elsewhere, according to Baltzer Kom.
One box contains various presidential papers, including an order signed in 1839 by President Martin Van Buren. There's also an autograph of President John Tyler from 1843, stored in an "emergency box"— a collection of fragile, rare or one-of-a-kind items given priority for evacuation in case of fire, flood or other dire event.
Among its contents are autographs of Hunkpapa Lakota holy man Sitting Bull, letters pertaining to Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer from his widow, a Karl Bodmer print of Mandans on the Upper Missouri River, and Confederate, German and Russian currency.
The crown jewel of the "emergency box"— and perhaps the entire archives —is the diary of Tribune reporter Mark Kellogg from when he embedded with Custer and the Seventh Cavalry in their march west in 1876, when Custer and 210 men were annihilated by Plains Indians at the Battle of Little Bighorn, or Greasy Grass.
Criteria for what materials make the archives' special box are generally case-by-case, according to Baltzer Kom.
"A lot of times, stuff that's in here might not be overly valuable or research-worthy, but it's stuff that ... might not exist somewhere else, or it's just a signal to say this stuff is really fragile, so don't let it go," she said.
Use it, but don't lose it
At the North Dakota State Library, the oldest books and state documents there also tie into history from their time. Al Peterson, manager for circulation and reference at the state Library, flipped through the pages of one of two volumes of "The Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians," by traveling painter George Catlin, printed in 1841.
"These are actually his letters and notes," Peterson said. "This is his journals and notes of his trip up to this area" of the Missouri River.
He noted just a few brown spots of book mold from moisture, but regardless, the state Library would probably circulate the 177-year-old volumes. The Catlin books are part of the library's special collection, which contains other books from the 19th century, circulated depending on condition.
While it might be "kind of rare" to circulate such aged books, Peterson said it's the library's philosophy to make them available.
"I would rather see it be used than sit on a shelf," he said.
Resources in people's hands
Baltzer Kom said the archives has moved toward digitization of documents, especially ones of high interest. Handwritten items, once digitized, would be able to be searched for keywords, she added. Digitization also benefits storage costs and limits handling of fragile documents.
Peterson said the state Library's collection of state documents has been a mine for legislative historical research. The library's oldest state document is a pair of legislative journals for the Dakota Territorial House and Council from 1862.
State documents can be anything from a single sheet of paper to a film to a book, according to Peterson, who said the library often pulls years of history for researchers.
"I enjoy the challenge of finding the answer," he said. "When I get one of those really difficult ones, I dig in."
North Dakota State Librarian Mary Soucie said the state Archives and Library work well together in preserving state history. She noted the archives' temperature- and humidity-controlled storage for fragile documents as a nice feature.
The state Library continually acquires and retains state documents — not every internal memo, Peterson said, but items such as governors' papers, regular reports and board minutes.
"Our goal is to get resources in people's hands," Soucie said.


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Better Grass & Leaves is a small mod wich extends grass and leaves by a few juicy pixels.
Some Facts
- betterGrass will only show up if the block above it is made of air (blockID = 0).
- betterLeaves will only show up if at least one of the neighbouring blocks is made of air (blockID = 0).
- Grass and leaves do not grow because of this mod, it's ment do be just a visual modification.
- Config file: %appdata%/.minecraft/config/mod_BetterGrassAndLeaves.cfg
- There is a total of 6 better grass textures and 4 leaf textures.
- The Better Grass & Leaves Mod overwrites 2 classes: ana.class and amp.class
- This mod is client sided and won't change your map data.
- Download and install Minecraft Forge or Modloader
- Download Better Grass and Leaves Mod
- Copy the content of the mods ZIP-File into your minecraft.jar.
- Done


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"My." Master Koumyou halted in the shade of a flowering cherry. "What a lovely place for a smoke."
Kouryuu clapped a hand to his face in disbelief. "Master, the castle guard-" Continue reading
"My." Master Koumyou halted in the shade of a flowering cherry. "What a lovely place for a smoke."
Kouryuu clapped a hand to his face in disbelief. "Master, the castle guard-" Continue reading
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"Fortunately, Koumyou Sanzo was known to be a bit eccentric," Hakkai informed them, picking his words with delicate care. It wasn't lying. Exactly. "Once he pulled Kouryuu from the river, he allowed the rumor to spread that the stranger was actually a holy young monk from the mountains, who'd been persecuted by jealous evil spirits to the point that he threw himself into the river and prayed for purification. Which, obviously, worked." Continue reading
Movement, traced by the faintest bright wings of rukh. A small head of messy brown hair, tucked against a woman's dusty blue blouse as the young boy shivered in chill air. The lady herself was shackled to a bench – steel, no magoi-draining runes – deep blue eyes scared and furious enough that those shackles might be the only thing keeping her from tearing evil idiots to bits. Continue reading
You know something, Hakkai concluded. Oh dear. But he let that realization slide over his reactions like glass. Whatever they might know, they didn't – couldn't – know what a Sanzo really was. Most of Shangri-La didn't know; not even the highest priests. "I don't think Ni believes in control groups. Dr. Genjyo wasn't experimented on-" by Ni, at least "-because he wasn't there." Continue reading
Alan sputtered, spitting out water that had tried to sneak into his nose. Jerked once, before he could think better of it, trying to flinch away from the bloodsucking drain on his wrists. Continue reading
Shadows moved against shadows, blurring into a dejected, brown-haired young man in the same kind of prison tunic he'd been shoved into. Staring down at something on the wall ledge that served for a table, the stranger shook his head in denial, light glinting off three silver cuffs on his ear-
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The first major DLC for Watch Dogs will let you play as T-Bone and a remote control car, as the game gets its first proper co-op mode.
The download is called Bad Blood and will be released on September 23 for anyone that has a season pass, and September 30 for everyone else.
Bad Blood features a new story campaign in which you play as T-Bone, the dreadlocked hacker who was key to the plot of the parent game.
The campaign will include 10 new missions set in 'new locations throughout Chicago'. T-Bone will also be able to play the existing Hacking and Tailing modes, and use the ctOS Companion App.
You'll also get Street Sweep contracts, a new system of side missions that for the first time allow you to play co-op with a friend as you 'combat Chicago's criminal groups'.
Also sprinkled throughout are exclusive new weapons, perks, and outfits; as well as a remote-controlled car which you can see in the trailer below.
The story is set shortly after the events of the main game and so we wouldn't be surprised if it included some hints about the inevitable sequel.
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Rachel Pohl
Born and raised in Bozeman, Montana, Rachel is at home in wilderness. She can be found skiing, painting, mountain biking, climbing, and traveling to wild places. Rachel also loves nannying, teaching art lessons, and volunteering with at-risk adolescents. For the last five years, she has been pursuing her BFA in painting and is graduating this December. Rachel's work expresses the experience of being in wild places, and this show highlights recognizable ranges and peaks in the mountains around Bozeman. Her landscapes surround us in undulating energy, dazzling light, or else convey quiet solitude. The joyful nature of these paintings, with their vibrant colors and stylized forms, are reminiscent of the feeling of moving through a dynamic and billowing world of light and shadow.


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I didn't know what to call this page.
Studio portraiture conjured up images of 1980s portraits; subjects looking uncomfortable and blinking in the lights. And not all of my portraiture is done in a studio.
Fine art portraiture sounded a bit pretentious from someone who can barely draw a stick figure.
Modelling or beauty or glamour portraiture wasn't right, I don't just work with models, and you don't need to be a model - or glamourous - to be beautiful.
I do boudoir photography, and fine art nudes, but you don't need to get your kit off to have a beautiful and sensual portrait.
Perhaps I should have called it 'Honest Portraiture', because what my portraiture captures is the real, honest you. Whatever that looks like.
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13 July 2009, 23:00
Estemirova: power agents order relatives of the girl assassinated in Grozny to bury her "without noise"
Representatives of power agencies have burnt down the house of relatives of Madina Yunusova, 20, the wife of Said-Selim Abdulkadyrov, who was killed in the course of a special operation on July 2, and gave out her body to relatives on July 5, having ordered to bury the girl "without noise". This was reported by Natalia Estemirova, representative of the Grozny branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".
"In early June Madina Yunusova, born in 1989, failed to come back home and told her relatives that she had got married. On July 3, a heavily wounded girl was brought to the 9th Hospital of Grozny. For two days she was kept in a separate ward under guard. Someone recognized her as Madina and told her relatives. Her two aunts came to see her, but they were not allowed to come and talk to Madina. The girl came to her senses; she could eat and speak," Natalia Estemirova said to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
According to her story, at dawn on July 4, power agents came to the house of Madina Yunusova's parents. They forced her mother, father and two small sisters into the boiler room, then poured gasoline over the house and put it on fire. Soon they left, having unlocked the door of the boiler room. The house was already in flames, but they managed to extinguish fire with the help of the neighbour, who lives in the second half of the house. After the fire, the Yunusovs have left.
"On the following morning, on July 5, some power agents, who did not present themselves, brought Madina's body wrapped in a shroud. They did not allow opening it and ordered to bury the girl without noise," said Natalia Estemirova and added that only after all these events the relatives learnt that Madina had married Said-Selim Abdulkadyrov.
So far, the law enforcement bodies of Grozny gave no comments on the incident, while Madina's relatives are afraid to file and submit any applications.
Author: Dmitry Florin; Source: CK correspondent


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Without fail I get things tangled… necklaces to thread… anything. I took a fabulous class from Rebecca Ringquest several weeks ago at Teahouse Studio and one of the students Penny Mast McCall had wrapped her embroidery thread around slides in a slide box. It was beautiful and inspiring. I brought my tangled up plastic Ziplock bag of embroidery thread and was inspired by her vision to do something different with my mess. I always enjoy artists that make their surroundings beautiful as well as their art.
My in-laws brought us some great findings from Oakland Museum's White Elephant annual sale including this great metal box that I appropriated for my embroidery thread. I cut card stock, folded it in half to make it thicker and with scissors made little cuts in the card stock to secure each end of the thread as I wrapped it around. We'll see how it works in real life. I've already dropped the whole thing and yes, the cards were strewn across the floor … hey, but at least they're not tangled. 🙂


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E3 2016 is sadly over. I mean this time last week I was obsessively watching YouTube live and also as obsessively complaining about the feed dying {I mean really YouTube!}! And to say there was a lot of "OH MY GOSH DAN DO YOU SEE THAT" and very quiet "wow" moments would be an understatement. So shall we go through my top 5 things I'm excited for from E3 2016?
5: Fallout 4 DLC + Skyrim Special Edition:
Heyy Nukka Cola world, want to be friends? 'Cause I'm really hoping you are beyond stellar. I mean I love Fallout 4 but I really, really need an epic DLC and potentially roller coasters and a place to live. Because living in an amusement park would be amazing! And I have a big 'ol post about Skyrim Special Edition headed your way soon!
— Skyrim Special Edition is due out October 2016, Fallout 4 DLC is due out in June, July and August 2016
4: Gears of War 4:
It's on the freaking PC people! I'm so pleased / excited to see that Xbox is now doing the whole you can play on xbox one or Windows 10 when you buy a single copy of select newer games! And I've always wanted to play Gears of War so this pretty much the most epic news at the Xbox Presentation for me!
— Gears of War 4 is due out on October 11, 2016
3: Titanfall 2:
It's got a single player campaign. I mean what more could I possibly say to that! I really wanted to play the first game but won't lie, was highly intimidated by the fact that it was all multiplayer for the most and I was a pretty new gamer at the time. But now I can bond with my Titan and then go kick some ass in the multiplayer. Pretty much the best thing ever!
— Titanfall 2 is due out on October 28, 2016
2: Horizon Zero Dawn:
I've been pumped for this game since I saw it last year at E3. I mean an RPG with robot dinosaurs and what looks like a kick-ass lead female character… yes please! I am oh-so ready. Hopefully Dan won't notice the PS4 missing for a few weeks while I play!
— Horizon Zero Dawn is due out February 28, 2017
1: Mass Effect: Andromeda:
I mean guys, its ME:A of course this is numero uno on the list — I literally cannot wait for this game!! Aaryn Flynn walked out on stage at EA Play and I was already half in tears {so many feelz!} and yes, I've seen this trailer at least 10 times already. I'm SO ready to meet Ryder!
— Mass Effect Andromeda is due out Spring 2017


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Color Expert 1.1, and Color Wheel, an Image Palette and a Swatch Book is now available for the iPhone and iPod touch. Color Expert puts the power of color into your hands. And its new, updated features and user-interface are sure to streamline your workflow and keep you productive.
Code Line has announced Color Expert 1.1, their Color Wheel, an Image Palette and a Swatch Book for the iPhone and iPod touch. Color Expert puts the power of color into your hands. And its new, updated features and user-interface are sure to streamline your workflow and keep you productive, no matter where you are.
Color Expert has your favorite color libraries:
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No. This query is rife with passive voice, which suggests the manuscript is, too. I'm also really confused about Serka--you say she's a dragon, but also that she's more used to blood than "most seventeen-year-old girls," suggesting that she's human. I'm also confused about her relationship to Callan, because you say that she's not interested in pursuing him romantically in one paragraph but that she wants a future with him in the next. And who is Callan? What is he like? The query tells us Serka cares about him, but never shows us a reason we should, too.ReplyDelete
There are promising ideas in here, but the query needs clarification.
I too was confused by her feelings for Callum. I think you're trying to give the query some of your MCs voice, but for me how it was presented detracted from the plot instead of adding complexity to it. Which is a problem, because your last line implies her feelings for Callum are going to drive the plot.ReplyDelete
Usually, I think queries get bogged down giving too much information, but in this case I think we need some more details. I'm only getting a sense of a world gone berserk. I don't have any grounding in what's actually happening. They're all fighting for supremacy, yes, but can you give us some of the details? Just a couple, so that the link between Callum's role, Serka's role, and the imminent wrath of the gods are more clear.
Good luck with this! I will still have to vote No based on the query, but I do think you have a great sounding story here!
I like this premise and the writing, but I think there are a few things you can do the clarify things. The last sentence of the first paragraph would be more clear written like this: But when it comes to her feelings for best friend Callan, she's more worried about her claws being sharp enough for battle than first love. (This more clearly shows that though she may have feelings for him, fighting is more important).ReplyDelete
I would like to know more about Callan. Not much, just enough to appease my curiosity...a sentence or two.
Apart for that, I really like what you have. A shape-shifting dragon with possible Greek mythology thrown in. What's not to like.
Still reading through queries so I won't give you a yes or no just yet, but this is definitely in the top ranking. Hope my comments helped. Laters.Replies
You've earned yourself a YES.Delete
I think your premise is superb and I really hope to see this on shelves in a few years. I'll be putting your title in my google alerts. Can't wait to read it. Great job.
No but this is an alternate 'yes' for me.ReplyDelete
The storyline is fantastic but the writing has problems. Who wants Serka dead? Make that clear from the start. That she is a shape-shifting dragon is ExceLLent. Build on her difficulties fitting in and leave the war twist until the end. Then give it a single line. What I want is more of her personality and life. THAT would really sell me I think.
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No. But this was a tough one for me. I just liked some of the others better. I think the reason for that was I've never enjoyed stories with irrationally vengeful gods that pose seemingly ridiculous rules, and from what I've read in the query, I think there's a chance I might find some of that in this story. I also found myself without enough information about her relationship with Callum to tell if it was interesting or not.ReplyDelete
Close, but my vote's a no.ReplyDelete
"Serka is wanted dead, but that's nothing new." Reword, the first part is clunky.
The rest of the opening paragraph is good.
"War is not so easy with the gods still AWOL, and their absence leads their creations of the mythical races—from dragons to hellhounds to griffins—to annihilate each other in the fight to reign supreme. Each death comes closer to being Serka's, and the possibility of a future with Callan is stolen when she discovers she shares a connection with the gods that instates their return. Not as great as it sounds. They're pissed off with the races for their hunger for domination, and they are keener on revenge than reestablishing peace."
Here's where the story blows up like a balloon and drifts out of my grasp. The first sentence could use some rewording, dropping the list of the usual mythical creatures entirely. Unless, you can throw us back close to Serka by saying why this fight matters to her personally and how she views these other creatures.
The second sentence can be broken up, and the first part disgarded. She's in a war, it's easy to assume death follows her every move. The second part, needs to explain what her connection to the gods is and why it causes problems between Sarka and Callan. Again keeping the reader tethered with your protagonist in the middle of a greater conflict. Some indication of why the gods haven't come back before or have the right to be angry would help a lot, too.
The last paragraph is ambiguous, even though it's an attempt to show what's at stake for Sarka. Somehow I don't believe the knowledge of why she's connected to them is going to stop a bloodbath nor how she can wield any sort of influence over them.
The other thing that would greatly help the query letter is to make it stand out. The story premise is on the generic and vague side. We have a protagonist with a magical background and ability, a love interest, a galactic sized conflict, and she's the only one who can stop it. A lot of people are using that story line. How is yours different? What makes it unique? It needs to stand out.
No, there are parts that interested me but I found the overall reading of the query a bit confusing, I think you are missing some words. The information you have delivered seems vital to the story but I think it needs a bit more tweaking.ReplyDelete
My short answer is, it didn't grab me. The opening sentence is good. I like it. But overall this query left me with too many questions, and not of the "I'm so curious. I have to know!" sort.
For example, I know what a shapeshifter is...it's something that changes forms. So even if she is a shapeshifter, Serka can't BE a dragon and a 17-year-old girl.
Why are the gods AWOL? Perhaps the characters don't know. But WE should.
Who is Callan?
How does "Each death comes closer to being Serka's" Each death of whom?
You say that the gods are "pissed off with the races for their hunger for domination, and they are keener on revenge than reestablishing peace." Wait...I thought they were AWOL.
These are the sort of things which made me not "get it."
Finally, this may be one man's opinion, but blogger Chuck Sambuchino says YA should be no more than 70,000 words. Take it for what it's worth.
No from me. Sorry. Seems like your word choice is off in spots.ReplyDelete
"and their absence leads their creations of the mythical race" Perhaps 'allow' would be a better choice than 'leads'.
"the possibility of a future with Callan is stolen" The first paragraph made it sound she wasn't too keen on a relationship, now this contradicts that.
"gods that instates their return" I don't know that 'instates' means here. Something simpler would work better.
"They're pissed off with the races for their hunger for domination, and they are keener on revenge than reestablishing peace" Something with more voice and shorter. They're pissed off with the mortals' power grab and ready to kick some ass.


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Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) and blackberry (Rubus spp.) may resemble each other at first glance, but only poison ivy contains urushiol. That chemical, which is in the plant's sap, can cause severe itching, an inflamed rash and blistering after it contacts human skin. Blackberry, on the other hand, provides healthful fruits, even in the wild. Poison ivy is hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 through 10; blackberry species' hardiness ranges vary, with Rubus fruticosus hardy in USDA zones 5 through 10. So poison ivy and blackberry share some locations. One common expression, "Leaves of three, let it be," often, but not always, holds true when differentiating poison ivy plants from blackberry plants.
Tell-Tale Leaves
Look at the leaves to help distinguish a blackberry bush from poison ivy. Both plants' leaves grow in a three-leaf pattern initially, but as a blackberry bush grows, each of its two bottom leaves split into two leaves, resulting in a five-leaf cluster. As for color, poison ivy leaves are all green while the bottom of blackberry leaves are light green to greenish-white. If the leaves are wrinkly, it's a blackberry bush. Poison ivy leaves are smooth. Also, some blackberry species have serrated leaves while poison ivy does not, although some poison ivy leaves are notched.
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If you see thorns or spines on the plant's stems, then you're probably looking at a blackberry bush. Poison ivy does not sport thorns. Thornless varieties of blackberries exist, however. So don't rely solely on thorns to distinguish poison ivy from blackberry.
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The ripe fruits of a blackberry bush are dark, ranging from purplish-black to black, and the unripe berries may be red. Poison ivy also has berries, but they are light green when young and grayish-white, cream or white when mature. Blackberry fruits are aggregates, which means each "berry" is made up of several individual fruits that form one cluster, or berry. Poison ivy has single berries.
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- North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service: Growing Blackberries in North Carolina
- Mississippi Fruit and Nut Blog: Why Are Some Blackberries Thornless and Some Thorny?
- ZipcodeZoo.com: Toxicodendron Radicans
- The Old Farmer's Almanac: Blackberries
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I was in Kentucky last week taking a little trip down memory lane. A big trip, actually, spanning some 30 years of Thoroughbred racing history.
I began photographing Thoroughbred racing for the old Thoroughbred Record in the mid-1980s and continued on with the Thoroughbred Times until the latter's unfortunate demise last September. It's not surprising that the company's photo files included thousands of my photos, and I was in Lexington to claim as many as I could before the bankruptcy auction concluded on Friday. A few other photographers joined the hunt, and we shared the task of sorting through more than three dozen file cabinets packed with an estimated 200,000 hard copy photos. They included everything from the earliest days of photography up to the early part of this century, when the digital transition made prints obsolete for editorial purposes.
So there we were, trying to find a few needles in a very large haystack, and there were a lot of great memories – for those interested, I'll share a few with you here.
There were the three Triple Crown winners of the 1970s – Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Affirmed. Enough said. There was Forego and John Henry, the last of the truly great geldings. Of these five, I only spent time at the track with John Henry, and then only at the twilight of his long career. He was an ornery beast, but his idiosyncracies were accepted as part of his magnificence.
There was Lady's Secret and Risen Star, Secretariat's two greatest offspring. There was Sunday Silence and Easy Goer – I always suspected the latter was the better horse, but Sunday Silence had more speed and versatility and used it to get the jump on his arch rival. There was the brilliant flash of Arazi, whose Breeders' Cup Juvenile romp in 1991 would never be forgotten. I saw the flashy chestnut some 15 years later as a stallion in Australia – he had lost none of his personality. There was A.P. Indy, a regally-bred son of Seattle Slew out of a Secretariat mare, who would go on to become one of the industry's greatest sires after a Horse of the Year racing campaign.
And then there was Cigar. I'll borrow part of Tom Durkin's unforgettable call at the end of the 1995 Breeders' Cup Classic: "the incomparable, invincible, unbeatable Cigar!" Few horses before or since had his unique combination of talent and personality combined with connections who gave us incredible opportunities to enjoy the greatness over which they presided.
We also went through several failed Triple Crown bids, including three heartbreaks in a row as Silver Charm, Real Quiet and Charismatic all fell short in the Belmont Stakes. And who could forget the tough-as-nails Tiznow, the only two-time winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic, whose gutsy victories inspired the coach of the New England Patriots to lead his team to a championship.
One of the last champions I recorded on film was the filly Azeri, whose Horse of the Year title in 2002 would be followed years later by superstar fillies Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta. The next year I made the transition to digital photography and never looked back.
I'll close my long-winded rambling with a couple of observations. In general, horses don't race as often as they did just 20 years ago, or they get sent to the breeding shed with only a hiccup in their training that should just require a little R&R for full recovery. In that environment, it's hard to develop a fan base. And from my perspective as a working media photographer, it is often more difficult today to get close to the industry's stars and that reduces our ability to record their lives for future generations. It has been my experience that horses like attention and are interested in what goes on around them. Do today's champions really need to be sheltered more so than champions of years past? It's a shame that it gets tougher every year.
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It was especially wonderful to meet other photographers you have admired and meet new photo friends as we talked and trekked from the Whitlock station winding throughout Hunts Point visiting a number of legendary pieces and a few new ones.
Have a look and see friends Martha Cooper (@marthacoopergram), Lois Stavsky (@Streetartnyc) and Crash (@crashone) and many more. See #NYTBronxWalk hash tags on Instagram here to explore the tour for yourself!
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I noticed the Arduino PWM signal has 2.6 volts which is twice as much as the signal measured on the TX2 remote (1.3 volts). Is it possible to change the voltage of the signal coming from the Arduino from 2.6 to 1.3 volts using a transistor voltage divider with two transistors of 1Kohm in series or does it not matter what voltage the signal from the Arduino has?
void setup(){ pinMode(11, OUTPUT);}void loop(){ for(int i=0; i<=3; i++) // This starts the communication 4 W2 pulses 1KHz 75% duty cycle { digitalWrite(11, HIGH); delayMicroseconds(1500); digitalWrite(11, LOW); delayMicroseconds(500); } for(int i=0; i<=9; i++) // This makes the car go "forward" 10 W1 pulses 500Mhz 50% duty cycle { digitalWrite(11, HIGH); delayMicroseconds(500); digitalWrite(11, LOW); delayMicroseconds(500); }}
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The Annual General Meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on London's Planning and Built Environment was held on Wednesday 11 January in Committee Room 11 at the Palace of Westminster. Rupa Huq MP was re-elected as Chair.
The APPG is supported by the London Society in cooperation with New London Architecture and Local Dialogue.
A full write-up of the meeting will be posted shortly and the minutes will be available to download. The meeting also heard from Max Farrell of Farrell's and HTA's Ben Derbyshire, who each gave a presentation on the challenges and opportunities for the capital, some of the key points of which are in the tweets below.
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Committee Room 11 full to hear the #APPG discussion on London's planning. pic.twitter.com/c3ZNGHLI2T
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My view of cttee room 11 @HouseofCommons for @RupaHuq chaired #APPG for #London. Thanks for inviting me @londonsoc – really stimulating! pic.twitter.com/lN5eLE9N7R
— Ben Derbyshire (@ben_derbyshire) January 11, 2017
Good discussion on pressing issues inc #densification & London's planning & built environ @ y'day's #APPG w/ @FarrellsLondon @ben_derbyshire pic.twitter.com/tkvwzl5lvD
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On political difficulty of suburban densification @ben_derbyshire mentions benefits not just more housing but economic and social too #APPG pic.twitter.com/5QC36Oznat
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Ben Derbyshire gives his Suburbia #Supurbia to #APPG for urban intensification in outer London pic.twitter.com/8YZ8W3iRf5
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The future of our roads? Prepare for autonomous vehicles and humanise our streets. @MaxwellFarrell at the #APPG for London's Planning and BE pic.twitter.com/Fu2ZDbvdMh
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@MaxwellFarrell speaking on our work with @GIAupdates and @SavillsUK on 21st Mansion Blocks as a viable option for new affordable housing pic.twitter.com/uTJPxlvtp5
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