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PHP: The Generic Standard Class
I've been using a generic class as the foundation for simple objects as I find it makes sense for me to overload object properties (PHP5), so that I don't have to update object class variables and add them as parameters to constructors. This works for me particularly well when representing database records as objects. Perhaps it will make sense for you too.
Let's take a look at a simple classic object class definition:
<?php class Apple { public $type; public $color; public $sweet; public function Apple($type, $color, $sweet) { $this->type = $type; $this->color = $color; $this->sweet = $sweet; } } ?>
As you can see, this approach will likely create a lot of tedious code and is subject to needing to update the class member variables and constructor when a new property is added or an existing one is modified (or deleted). Developers would have to know the parameter order of the constructor so that they will pass in the data correctly. This is error prone and is not a best practice.
Now let's look at the generic class. Basically, I have a generic object class upon which other classes inherit from. This generic object exhibits an infoArray protected variable that serves as the storage mechanism for the properties of objects that inherit from it. Then, the use of the magic __get() and __set() are used to access the properties. Let's take a look...
The Generic Object
<?php /** * The Generic Object * @source http://checkit.alexng.net/2011/03/08/php-the-generic-standard-class/ **/ class GenericObject { protected $_infoArray = array(); /** * Constructor takes in an optional array containing initial key-value data * for the object. * The information is stored with the keys lower-cased. **/ public function __construct($infoArray = array()) { foreach ($infoArray as $key => $value) { $this->_infoArray[strtolower($key)] = $value; } } /** * Magic getter looks up the property and if it exists in the infoArray, * returns it **/ public function __get($property) { if (isset($this->_infoArray[strtolower($property)])) { return $this->_infoArray[strtolower($property)]; } else { return null; } } /** * Magic setter sets (or updates) a property into the the object **/ public function __set($property, $value) { $this->_infoArray[strtolower($property)] = $value; } /** * Magic isset to check the _infoArray as well as the member properties */ public function __isset($property) { if (isset($this->_infoArray[strtolower($property)])) { return true; } else if (isset($this->$property)) { return true; } else { return false; } } } ?>
First, let's see how it is easily extended and used.
<?php class Apple extends GenericObject { public function __construct($infoArray = array()) { // call parent constructor parent::__construct($infoArray); } } // instantiate new Apple object and set some properties $myApple = new Apple(); $myApple->type = 'Red Delicious'; $myApple->color = 'Red'; $myApple->sweet = true; // perhaps you queried a bunch of Apple records from the database // (using an associative fetch method) $appleObjs = array(); $appleRecords = $dbHandler->query("Select * From Apples"); foreach ($appleRecords as $appleRecord) { // create new Apple objects by passing the associative data array // to the constructor $appleObj = new Apple($appleRecord); // we can start access the object's properties using object notation $appleObjs[$appleObj->Id] = $appleObj; } ?>
Inheriting from such a GenericObject class doesn't limit you from customizing your classes to have its own member variables and functionality.
<?php class Apple extends GenericObject { public function __construct($infoArray = array()) { // call parent constructor parent::__construct($infoArray); } public function eat() { // if this fruit is sweet, then proceed to eat it // here, the "sweet" property can be accessed as if it were a // local member variable if ($this->sweet) { // before you eat an apple, wash it! $this->wash(); } } public function wash() { // wash the fruit } } class Banana extends GenericObject { public static $ripeColor = 'yellow'; // this class member variable is specific for the Banana class public $monkeyObj; public function __construct($infoArray = array()) { // call parent constructor parent::__construct($infoArray); } public function eat() { // if this fruit is of the ripe color, then proceed to eat it if (strtolower($this->color) == self::$ripeColor) { // before you eat a banana, peel it! $this->peel(); // if a monkey is set, feed it to the monkey! if (isset($this->monkeyObj)) { $this->monkeyObj->feed($this); } } public function peel() { // peel the fruit } } ?>
- This may not be suitable for storing more complex or large data types.
- You can not assign references to properties to the overloaded GenericObject, therefore references should be assigned to class member variables instead. (for example, the $monkeyObj in the Banana class above)
Hope this helps!
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on routine
hi little man.
it's been raining cats and dogs these past few days in Portland. I woke up this morning to the sound of rain pouring down outside my window and all I could think of was how much I dreaded having to go out in it. right around the middle of February every year, I just get to the point where I'm sick of the cold rain. especially since there's no avoiding it – we simply have to keep going on with our usual routine. your dad has been real nice and has driven me to work lately since I hate waiting for the street car in the cold and in the rain but that doesn't mean it doesn't wear on me.
the thought of routine has been on my mind a lot lately. things I do as normal everyday things. wake up to an alarm, hit snooze, let the cats in to snuggle, brush teeth, shower, eat breakfast, get dressed, head out the door, work all day, come home, cook dinner, watch jeopardy, blog, crochet or read till bed time. and it's all about to change completely. everything I once thought of as being my typical routine is going to change, and I know it. but you know what? I'm so unbelievably excited for your arrival that none of this bothers me. quite honestly, I'm ready to start a new routine. even if it's half-hazard for a few months/years, I'm pretty sure I'm ready for it.
the funny thing about being pregnant is the emotional roller coaster it puts you on. I admit – when I first started thinking about how different our lives would be and if we were really ready for all of this, it really made my head spin. I'd stop and think, holy cow… this is really happening. but now I feel like the roller coaster is coming to an end. it's flattening out and I'm accepting the start of my new life. routine or no routine, my heart simply swells when I think of you joining our lives in three short months and I couldn't imagine it any other way.
xo mom

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Hours pass by, the day advances, however time seems to stop. Tension, stress and noise disappear. Your are in Eguren Ugarte.
History, calm and well-being come together to take the traveller, those who have chosen us, to have a unique experience: sleeping amongst the vines and casks. Our visits induce you to dream, guaranteeing you an unforgettable stay.
A small hotel where Victoriano Eguren welcomes the visitor. In his home he offers you the best: his life, an idyllic place.
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" ... at my first appointment with Deborah, her calm demeanor immediately put me at ease. She was very thorough in her approach to my needs during the Reiki Session. In my opinion, her intuitive abilities give her a real edge in being able to provide me the best care and energy healing."
What is Reiki?
Reiki is a Japanese modality of energy healing which consists of laying hands gently in a specific pattern on the body. Positive, healing energy flows through the hands of the Reiki practitioner to the person being treated. This energy flows to various (and all) areas of the body that require assistance to heal and align. This flow assists to create a release of barriers and replace unhealthy energy so as to provide a healthy flow of positive healing energy throughout.
What are some of the benefits of Reiki Energy?
When a person embraces the healing energy of Reiki there becomes a noticeable shift in ones thoughts, feelings and actions. Reiki energy can never be harmful and its only result is that of a positive healing experience. Potential outcomes of regular sessions are; a reduce in stress, calm and patient demeanor, feeling of balance and focus and a release and replacement of energies that were holding you back from your true potential.
Deborah's approach to Reiki Energy
Deborah is in the unique position of being especially sensitive to energies. She is able to bring a different dynamic to her practice by integrating her intuitive abilities. While demonstrating an increased conscious awareness of energy, Deborah often times will receive symbols, images and messages during a session. Being able to provide this information to clients only assists to further align and heal energies.
Deborah has received certification as a level 2 Usui Reiki Energy Healer. Deborah received training and certification through her Reiki Master teacher, Deborah A. Schuldes. Schuldes is an affiliated member of the International Center for Reiki Training and provides Reiki sessions and classes at The Healing House of Weaverville.
Intuitive Reiki Energy Session
Session time is approximately 90 minutes
Distance Reiki Energy Session
Deborah will scan your body to identify any areas which may need special attention and continue to focus on clearing and healing each individual chakra as well as energies surrounding you (aura).
Depending on how Spirit leads the session (as it is different every time and tailored specifically to you) the entire session may be verbally guided or Deborah may quietly work while you relax.
Session time is approximately 60 minutes
- Reiki is a natural method of energy balancing for the purpose of stress reduction and relaxation. It can involve "the laying on of hands" although this is not required for Reiki to be effective.
- While Reiki can be used entirely on it's own, it is not meant as a substitute for medical, or psychological, diagnosis and treatment. In fact it can readily complement other forms of therapy.
- Reiki practitioners do not diagnose conditions, nor do they perform medical treatment, prescribe substances, or interfere with the treatment of a licensed medical professional, unless they have received training in such a licensed professional practice that supports this. (This type of skill is not a part of a normal certified Reiki training program).
- Reiki treatments should not compete with medical doctors and their treatments.
- Reiki can be used together with any other form of medical, natural or alternative therapy in order to complement it.


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Mothers Story from Netherlands
FMSF News Alert - March 5, 2013
Dear FMSF Friends,
The following story from a mother in the Netherlands reminds us that in spite of all the scientific research, some people still get trapped in the belief of recovered memories. Sadly, as this story shows, there are still poorly trained therapists.
This story happened in the Netherlands, but it could have happened anywhere. The pain and sadness for each new family is as great as it was 20 years ago.
A Mother's Story : How memories were abused to turn a dream into a nightmare
By Anja, a mother.
(Translated by Adriaan Mak)
Names have been changed to protect family members.
After therapy sessions in 2008, Marieke accused her father and brother of sexually abusing her when she was an infant. In the story that follows, Anja describes the painful consequences that her daughter's tales had on her family: her husband Rik, her son Tony, her daughter-in-law Rinske, and her grandchildren.
A part of me wants to scream from the rooftop about the collapse of our family, about our helplessness, and about the injustice done. Another part of me wants to be silent because of the stigma attached to the subject of child abuse. I have been living with a secret that is not of my invention, but one forced on me. Now I raise my voice to help others who may recognize themselves in my story.
Our nuclear family consists of four people: my husband Rik to whom I have been married 48 years; our son Tony who is married to Rinske and who are parents of a daughter and son, and our daughter Marieke, who is a mother of three daughters.
Four years after Rinske was born, we had another son who lived for only ten months. Family therapy helped us work through the grief of this painful period. We were thrilled four years later when Marieke was born. She was joyful, sensitive, social, creative and good humoured. Despite the age difference, Tony and Marieke had strong loving bonds. We seemed a good family.
As the children grew and eventually became independent, we continued to enjoy a good relationship with them and with all the grandchildren.
We worried about Marieke, however, because she had problems with post-partum depressions. Her pregnancies were difficult and after the birth of each child, she seemed to have trouble coping. This was especially so after the birth of her youngest daughter. We helped Marieke as much as we could to get the rest that she desperately needed.
Our daughter relied on the services of a holistic manual therapist (in the Netherlands called osteopaat*) who worked in the same building as the therapist she later consulted. Marieke told us that this second therapist was connected with a life coaching practice and helped her pro bono to discover what profession or career she wanted to pursue. When she started to see the life coach, she began to distance herself from the family and her visits became less frequent.
Marieke described a weekend that she spent in intense therapy sessions with little time left for rest and sleep. She said that the sessions focused on a woman who was in denial about an incest past. According to Marieke, the therapist wanted to force a breakthrough and had the woman stand in the center of the group. The woman tried to escape, but the group members repeatedly pushed her back to the center. The group screamed that she should come out of denial by admitting that she was an incest victim. Finally the woman broke down and told about incest in her childhood.
Marieke opined that she supported the woman, calling the experience remarkable and liberating. As a family we disliked this form of therapy. We worried over the change that had come over Marieke. Later Marieke told us that she was attending a study course called "the shadow sides of my youth."
My husband and I noticed that a friendship was developing between Marieke and her husband and the therapist and his wife. The therapist and his wife took care of our grandchildren, taking them to amusement parks and other places. From the website of the life coach, I discovered that Marieke did administrative work for the practice. We grew increasingly concerned that Marieke and her family were becoming dependent on the therapist.
The number of disturbing events increased. On the first birthday of our youngest grandchild we were ignored. When my husband called our daughter, she made light of his concern. When I called, I was told to let "bygones be bygones." When I expressed sadness over the loss of connection my daughter said: "I am not responsible for your pain." Later, in an email, Marieke told us that she needed a time-out to discover herself. In spite of many attempts, we have not been able to make contact with her since that email.
Our contact with our grandchildren with whom we had close ties was also broken. After a few weekly Saturday phone calls to our eldest granddaughter, she began to be cold and distant. Soon we could only reach an answering machine at the life-coaching institute. A receptionist of this counseling center connected us to our granddaughter who told us that she would rather watch television than talk to us. Then she cancelled a visit she was supposed to have with us saying that she was going to visit another person from the life coach institute. We were filled with grief.
The unthinkable happened
While my husband and I were on vacation abroad, our son received an email message from Marieke that for safety reasons our oldest granddaughter would no longer be allowed to stay with him and his wife or with her grandparents. Marieke then warned her sister-in-law Rinske to protect her own children, especially her daughter. Marieke said that her therapist had told that her dreams about sexual abuse were flashes of true memories.
Marieke defended her therapist emotionally: "He is an energetic therapist, paranormally gifted and he can feel that." Marieke's husband then took the phone and stated that at first he could not believe it either, but that the therapist had affirmed that the incest allegation had to be the true.
After we returned home, I asked my daughter by phone for clarification. She told me that in 1980 when she was six years old her father and brother had sexually abused her. She also said that she was forced to watch her father sodomize her brother who was then fourteen. This was supposed to have happened while I was abroad for a family visit. I was not abroad when Marieke was six. Marieke further added that she had also taken her oldest daughter to the therapist. The therapist claimed that at one time her grandfather might have become excited but that he had not harmed his grandchild.
We went from dismay and doubt to anger, grief and pain. It felt as if she had struck a knife in my heart. My husband took many weeks to recover his balance. Together we were left with hundreds of questions without an answer.
Currently, Marieke refuses to have any contact with us. She refuses to agree to our proposal to meet with another psychologist acting as a consulting arbiter. She does not react to friendship cards or flowers or notes such as: "We love you," or "We miss you."
The worst that can befall a mother is the loss of one child. I lost two. The certainty that my daughter is a victim of therapy makes it all the worse.
After four years of anger, hurt, grief and frustration, I reached a point where I felt a need to meet those who had suffered the same fate. I found consolation from the story of the Rutherford's. An excellent article by Asha ten Broeke in the Dutch Newspaper Trouw ** helped me. Elke Gerearts, a memory researcher and psychologist at Erasmus University in Rotterdam read this article and wrote to me. I met other casualties of suggestive memory therapy. I gained the strength to continue from these encounters. By caring for those others also affected by the grief, I hope to regain the strength needed to engage in actions that may to prevent others from having to experience injuries from misguided searches for traumatic childhood events that never took place.
To my daughter I have the following to say:
Dear Marieke,
I hope that all will go well with you and your children. I miss you and remember the wonderful times and things we once shared. I look forward to the day that you will get the courage to come to us. You will be embraced. My door will always be open. I love you and we will never lose hope that you will return.
With dear affection,
So Close Yet So Far Away: Postscript to a Mother's Story
This past December our granddaughter (our son's daughter) called her cousin to wish her a happy birthday. Since that call, the two girls have chatted nearly every day and they have exchanged photos.
Sadly, our accusing daughter has forbidden her daughter to see anyone else in our family.
Is this progress?
*) The original Netherlands uses the word "osteopaat" not to be confused with the US term "Osteopath" or D.O., which implies a medical degree. No hard scientific evidence exists that osteopathy as practiced in the Netherlands is effective.
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Born in October 1961, Wesley Robert Edens is a successful American businessman, private equity investor, and a Bucks team owner. He received his B.S in Finance and administration from Oregon State University in 1984.He started his career in 1987 at Lehman Brothers as an MD untill 1993. He later proceeded to BlacRock's private equity division working as a managing director and a partner.It was at BlackRock that he created his first private equity fund that was referred to as BlackRock Asset Investors.In 1998, together with Robert Kauffman, Peter Briger, Randal Nardone and Michael Edward, he founded Fortress Investments Group.Wes Edens, who runs Fortress's private equity business was the influence at Fortress's purchase of subprime lender Springleaf Financial Services which was then known as American General Finance.
This made Fortress the Springleaf's majority stakeholder. By 2015, the value of Springleaf had drastically increased to $3.5 billion gain, this value was 27 times more Fortress's initial investment of just $400 million in 1998.In 2018, Wes Edens sold the Fortress Investment group to SoftBank, a Japanese Corporation. It was sold at $3.3 billion. Nevertheless, he retains his leadership role in the New York based business in a five year deal.He is a great Philanthropist who has donated over $2.8 million to charity. He has donated to many academic institutions, health centres and nonprofit organizations.Macalester College and Martha's Vineyard Hospital are the top beneficiaries of his philanthropy work
His private equity management experience and astounding knowledge in the business field makes him an highly sought after director. In 2014, together with Lasry Marc, he bought the Bucks team from Herb Kohl for $550 million. He promised to keep the team in Wisconsin and build them a new arena to replace the BMO Harris Center. The Bucks basketball team is currently valued at $1.1 billion.Wes Edens is a high earning private Executive. His annual "take-home" pay is open to debate but he takes home a cool annual $54.4million. This includes his annual total compensation at Fortress Investment group and dividends received as a shareholder.Wes Edens and his wife Lynn Edens have 4 children. His hobbies include horse jumping and mountain climbing. He has scaled the heights of Mt. Kilimanjaro and the Matterhorn Grand Teton. In his youth, he was a competitive ski racer and now he is a trustee of Ski and Snowboard Foundation team in the U.S.A.


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Newly published book: "L'amour Encore" (Love Again) now available on Blurb
|Book description
|L'Amour Encore (Love Again) is a flip-book based on entries in an artist's sketchbook. It is an accounting of love and art, and a meditation on life. The pages become like mantras to self; sayings and memories that become a long-form poem over an extended period of time.
"L'amour Encore" is also a short film.
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Happy Sunday! Like I said yesterday, now I finally share the projects I did during the "Matka Luovuuteen" event in August. You can read more about the event in here (link). During the event there was two workshops by Olga Heldwein and two by Aida Domisiewicz. I'm starting with the projects I did during Aida's workshops and continuing with the ones I created during Olga's workshop.
The notebook and card shown here are done during Aida's workshop "Especially for you". It was fun to play with 13Arts mediums, try them out and see how Aida works and does her composition. You can see the notebook on top there and the card is below. I used my favorite color scheme in the notebook and went with purples and lilacs in the card.
Thank you for stopping by today! Wishing you a great start to the new week!


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Streaking Orion
Heh, woke up at 4 something today, and couldn't go back to sleep. Since it's 6am now, I won't bother to go back to sleep. I'll just blog about things a bit more, and get more things off my chest. Help me work through the issues. Blogs are like having the world as your psychiatrist!
This was to be expected anyway. It's just all part of the process. I'll also possibly be moody for a bit, while I work through things. I pity my students. They're going to get the many "how could you be so dumb" stares from me for a while. Good thing is that I won't be having any supervisions this week. I'll also not be marking any IDP reports until later. So, the only people who'll suffer my glare are the 1AC++ students. Too bad, peeps!
At times like this, it's good to have friends. One friend said that she just didn't know how to appreciate me. [Maybe I should come with a glossy booklet extolling my various virtues and quirks.] Another friend offered to buy me dinner to cheer me up but make sure it's cheap. [Maybe this is a good way of getting free meals.] One other friend offered to listen to me if I needed someone to talk to. [But this friend of mine has enough problems as well.] Anyway, it's great to have friends. Them not necessarily easy to find.
Also, I let her know that I had blogged about it. At one point, she was regularly reading my blog but I guess that she isn't, now. So, I just thought that it was right that she found out about it from me rather than some random third person. I made it clear that it's for me to rant, and get things off my chest. Hopefully there won't be very many!
PS: I'm not moping. I'm just working through the issues openly. This is a GoodThing(tm). Of course, some of my friends were interested to know who "she" is. I gave them my cheeky grin. :P


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By Robert A. Saal
Yesterday and Today
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Newspaper Articles ~
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Brindley Field
Sunshine Acres
Bishop McDonnell's
Carll Family
Jericho Turnpike and Townline Rd c.1910
NEW - History Of The Carll Family and
Comac, (sometimes spelled Commack, and formerly called Winne-Commack) is a
pleasant crossroads village, situated in the eastern part of the town of
Huntington on the middle country road, or Smithtown Turnpike, and partly
within the bounds of Smithtown. It is an ancient settlement, and is
located in the midst of a rich agricultural district. The surface is
level, or slightly rolling, and the soil heavy, and nearly every acre
improved and under a high state of cultivation. The village contains two
hundred and fifty inhabitants, two churches, two schools, two stores, two
hotels, a post office, and the celebrated horse training establishment of
Carll Burr.
Richard M. Bayles
Sketches of Suffolk County
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As we move in to the
new millennium and the year 2001 it is easy to get caught up in the face pace
of life and forget about Commack's past when times were slower and things
were quieter. That is why it was decided an attempt would be made to
gather together as many personal stories, memories, and photographs, from
some of Commack's older families and put them together in a collection
before he memories were forgotten and the stories lost.
After many years and countless hours of
phone calls, interviews, copying pictures, and sorting out stories, the
result is this web site which takes a look at the Commack of yesterday
through the memories and photos of some of the people who were there.
A special thank you must be given to the
following families who gave their personal stories and photographs in
order to help preserve Commack's past, the Burr's, Brandsma's, Carll's,
Goldsmith's, Graf's, Hurd's, Johnson's, Harned's, Moreland's, Sauer's,
Shea's, and Werle's, all helped to make this site possible and their time
was greatly appreciated.
A special thank you must also be given to
the Huntington Historical Society, Smithtown Historical Society, and the
Richard H. Handley Long Island History Room of the Smithtown Library.
Robert A. Saal
This site created and maintained by Robert
A. Saal 2013
Long Island History
Kings Park
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The matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) are a family of proteolytic enzymes that degrade multiple components of the extracellular matrix. A large body of experimental and clinical evidence has implicated MMPs in tumor invasion, neoangiogenesis, and metastasis, and therefore they represent ideal pharmacologic targets for cancer therapy. From the 1990s to early 2000s, synthetic inhibitors of MMPs (MMPI) were studied in various cancer types. Unexpectedly, despite strongly promising preclinical data, all trials were unsuccessful in reducing tumor burden or improving overall survival; in addition, MMPIs had unforeseen, severe side effects. Two main reasons can explain the failure of MMPIs in clinical trials. It has now become apparent that some MMPs have antitumor effects; therefore, the broad-spectrum MMPIs used in the initial trials might block these MMPs and result in tumor progression. In addition, although MMPs are involved in the early stages of tumor progression, MMPIs were tested in patients with advanced disease, beyond the stage when these compounds could be effective. As more specific MMPIs are now available, MMP targeting could be reconsidered for cancer therapy; however, new trials should be designed to test their antimetastatic properties in early-stage tumors, and endpoints should focus on parameters other than decreasing metastatic tumor burden. Mol Cancer Ther; 17(6); 1147–55. ©2018 AACR.
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- Revision received December 12, 2017.
- Accepted March 13, 2018.
- Published first May 7, 2018.
- ©2018 American Association for Cancer Research.
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The K J Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology (KJSIEIT), was established by the Somaiya Trust in the year 2001, at Ayurvihar campus, Sion. The institute was set up primarily in response to the need for imparting quality education in the modern field of Information Technology and allied branches of engineering and technology, a big leap to develop ourselves into a prosperous nation of the 21 century. This institute aims to provide the necessary dynamism in the light of expanding knowledge and changing socio-economic requirements of the modern society. From its inception, the institute has been striving to develop itself into an institution of quality and excellence in the field of technical education, in consonance 'with the contemporary and future needs of our society in concurrence with a fine blend of traditional values and modern education. The ideas and ideals on which Pujya Shri K J Somaiya built, this institute revolve around imbibing cultural values among the youth while imultaneously imparting technical perspectives and world wide trends in IT sectors.
The Institute is approved by AICTE New Delhi, DTE Mumbai, Affiliated to University of Mumbai and Accredited by Tata Consultancy Services Limited.
The institute imparts quality education in the field of
1. Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering (120 )
2. Computer Engineering ( 60 )
3. Information Technology ( 60 )
4. Electronics Engineering ( 60 )
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Crash of 2008
The news has been comparing this economic crisis to the Great Depression of 1929.
Many neighbors and friends have been talking about the upcoming holidays and how we weren't going to be able to give store-bought gifts this year. We agreed to have our traditional family dinner but we would exchange baked goods and things we canned recently. We've already canceled our family trip to Florida, citing the gas shortages in the very states that we'd be driving through. Plus, the cost of vehicle rental versus the car tune up, as well as the cost of the accommodations. In the end we decided to forgo the family holiday.
One friend was deeply concerned because his plant is scheduling a weeklong closing and then going down to a four-day work week. A local manufacturing plant closed for two weeks and later management announced that it was not going to reopen the plant. Already, we've lost our major hotel and conference center which closed in June. People here are wondering what will come next. More importantly what will happen to them and their loved ones. I had a sense that I was watching history unfold. Will this be later called the Great Depression of 2008?
Michael Adam Reale
Owensboro KY
When will we be leaving Iraq?
On Sept. 20 CNN aired an interesting panel consisting of Colin Powell, Madeline Albright and Henry Kissinger that was titled "A World of Challenges." Covering many subjects, one issue was barely touched upon — their opinions on when we would leave Iraq. Passed over, perhaps for good reason, because none of them seemed to know, or wanted to tell.
For years now, we have learned that all the reasons given to justify invading that innocent country were based upon lies. So what are we doing there, having caused the killing of well over 1 million suffering Iraqis and over 4,000 of our own loved ones? We are building 14 large permanent (we call them enduring) military bases around the country. Is this preparing to leave, or to stay?
For decades, American and other First World oil companies have been conducting 30-or-more-year ( the average life of an oil field ) production sharing agreements (PSAs) in poor, oil-rich Third World countries where the companies totally control the oil production, though not the ownership of the oil. They locate, drill, pump and sell the oil and after recovering all of their expenses up to that point, they then share the profit with the country, usually 60 percent to the country, and 40 percent to the company.
Now, how much have you heard about the Iraq oil agreement? For years, we have quietly been trying to hammer out a typical U.S.-written PSA agreement. Unsuccessful so far. It is clear that as long as the Iraq government is still in control, they are not about to give up their massive dozens of known and undeveloped oil fields to the U.S., or any other greedy nation's oil barons.
So, when will we be leaving Iraq?
Bud Deraps
St. Louis MO
Free speech and elections
We Americans are so quick to herald the free speech and free elections in our society as outstanding examples of the democratic way of life. And compared to many countries around the world, I guess so.
But compared to a higher standard of democracy we should be practicing, we should be ashamed.
Free speech and free elections go hand in hand. And it's never more apparent than during the electoral period we are now going through. How free is our speech and how fair are our elections when minority, but responsible groups like Ralph Nader of the Independent Party and Cynthia McKinney of the Green Party are denied access to the "public" airwaves to present their platforms to the American people? Denied because they and others do not have access to the corporate dollars donated to their corporate representatives, the Democrats and Republicans.
So, ad nauseam, we hear their corporate-framed solutions to the multiplicity of social problems besetting our people, while other alternative outside the corporate-box- solutions, are kept from the airwaves.
Free speech, indeed, unless one picks up a minority party flier from a volunteer on a street corner. That's where our free speech comes in.
Lawrence Geller
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Keeping hope alive
I cannot tell you how much we look forward to reading PWW/Nuestro Mundo each week. I am a community activist and organize around issues of concern to women and lesbians. My mailbox is flooded with reading material of a wide variety. I want you to know that the only thing my partner will read is PWW.
As an Appalachian woman, I have a rather unique perspective on the world. Sometimes I express my viewpoint in song, accompanied by my mountain dulcimer. Recently I wrote new lyrics to the anthem for the 1931 coal strike in Harlan County, Ky. — "Which Side Are You On?" Although I am a born and bred East Tennessean, my partner's family hails from Knox County, Ky. Knox County shares a border with Harlan County. My now-deceased father-in-law equivalent, Albert Bennett, was active in the UMW local there. He mined for more than 40 years.
Which Side Are You On? — 2008
An Appalachian womon's (sic) lament
The oil man's in the White House;
Wall Street just bit the dust.
Foreclosure on your Mama's house
Is anything but just
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Workin' folks are desperate
To set food on the table.
It takes three checks to pay the bills,
And we just lost our cable.
Wimmin folks a-strugglin' to try
And do it all.
Knowin' there just ain't no way
They'll ever break their fall.
Iraq War is draining
Our coffers and our souls.
Troops come home so damaged
They go right on the dole.
Public schools are goin' down.
Children just can't learn.
GOP's almighty buck
Is harder now to earn.
Black bears are a-starvin',
Get shot when they come down.
Tourists leave pollution
All over White Oak Town.
Queers ain't seen as human,
Hispanics same as dogs.
All the while, the man reaps profits
Like a big 'ol hog.
The winds of change are blowin'
All across this land.
The People reckon now's the time
We've got to take a stand.
Thank you for helping us keep hope alive.
Beth Maples-Bays
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One satisfying thing to me about these retro posts is noticing how much the local fleet has changed. All these photos I took in November 2008. Coral Queen was scrapped at least eight or nine years ago. Maersk Donegal has had two name changes since 2008, now know as Santa Priscila, and no longer calls in the sixth boro.
SPT Guardian, still under the same name, is currently operating out of Lome, Togo. Note the NJ State Police boat alongside. I don't know if they are still using that boat.
ITB Groton is gone as well.
The huge K-Sea fleet in the boro has dispersed. Solomon Sea is now Emily Ann,
Falcon, I believe, is still Falcon but wears Vane livery,
Davis Sea still has the same name but Kirby colors and operates in the Gulf,
and Aegean Sea carries the same name but works for Burnham Associates in my old stomping grounds north of Boston. NYK Diana has moved to the Pacific to the US West Coast.
This Rosemary McAllister has been replaced by another Rosemary McAllister, and has spent only part of one day in the sixth boro.
Stapleton Service takes the prize for the greatest number of name changes, three since 2008. She's now Michael Miller.
Buchanan 15 has become Dory, although I've not seen her in a while.
Coral Queen's smaller fleet mate was John B. Caddell, which became a hurricane Sandy victim: grounded, sheriff auctioned, and scrapped.
I made a jaunt upriver aboard the only and only Half Moon–now sold abroad– in November 2008, and saw
Champion Polar but she's now
–ice bow and all- dead and likely scrapped, as well as
a more intact Bannerman's Castle.
All photos by Will Van Dorp in November 2008.
Kudos to Ginger, who guessed what the anniversary alluded to yesterday was. Today begins year 12 of this blog. So in the midst of all the references to CYBER- this and that, I'll be my default contrarian self and call the next series a CYPHER series, lots of posts beginning with the number 12. In today's I took a photo from the top "hit" month in each year since 2006.
So in 2006, December was the top month, and the photo below (or one like it) appeared in KVK.
In 2007, September was the top month, and this was from Historic Tug.
In 2008, June, and this was from Transitioning.
September in 2009 and from Divers 2.
In 2010, November, and this is from Pilot and the Princesa.
June 2011, and context is Like Groundhog Day 3.
2012, May, and Blueing Beyond the Sixth Boro.
2013, March, and Looking for a Ship.
2014, March, and Botruc Plum Isle.
March again in 2015, and this has context in Highway 4.
March yet again, 2016, and Backing Down Heina.
And finally, the greatest number of hits in 2017 was in July, likely because of the posts related to Peking's move.
A reason to glance backward periodically is to see what has changed. The corollary then is that a reason to do a daily waterblog is to record what was present when. And doing that permits me to see changes in myself and my tools. Blogging, as you might guess, takes a fair amount of my time and guides a bulk of my focus, but it rewards me enough to continue. I can't say for how long, nor do I have to. I've always refused to sign my boss's multimillion dollar contract, although that might cost me the cover story on some high-profile magazine . . .
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
And let's hear some applause for Ginger.
I saw this boat last week on the KVK and wondered. Was it the same vessel captured here in 2006, here in 2007, here in 2008, here in 2009 in orange, and many other times since . . .?
Below is a re-edited view of the boat in August 2009 and
here's a shot from a half minute later.
Below she is in November 2014 and
here in October 2015.
So there you have it, photo below taken last week, this hull has changed names again, although the ML on the stack is the same. On that detail, though, it might NOT stand for the same company name. Check
this link for Mother's Launch. For other Equitable boats, click here.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
What's prompted the reappearance of the past here is that I've been sorting my archives.
So let's start in April 2008, and this vessel will reappear tomorrow. I miss that orange in the harbor.
This is November 2009. Where is McAllister Brothers (built as Dalzelleagle) these days?
This is what Eagle Service (now Genesis Eagle) looked like in March 2010.
Here's a closer up of the vintage Horizon ship. Is she still in lay up?
Ivory Coast, headed into the KVK here on a foggy morning, appeared almost to be floating on air above the water's surface.
And here, a mysterious swimmer, Edith Thornton (now in Trinidad as Chassidy?), and a Hanjin ship.
All photos by Will Van Dorp, who wonders who says things stay the same.
I did this once before here. This time I was deleting near duplicates to limit the size of my photo library to accommodate the many photos I brought back from the gallivants, and my mind quickly formed today's post. Enjoy all these from August through October 2009 and marvel at how much the harbor changes. As I went through the archives, this is where I stopped, given the recent developments in Bella Bella BC.
For background on this tug, check here.
Notice also the Bayonne approach to the bridge.
IMO 8983117 was still orange back then.
King Philip, Thomas Dann, and Patriot Service . . .
Odin . . . now has a fixed profile.
And these two clean looking machines — Coral Queen and
John B. Caddell — were still with us.
This is a digression to March 2010, but since I'm in a temporally warped thought, let me add this photo of the long-gone Kristin Poling.
Back to 2009, Rosemary looked sweet here in fall scenes.
John Reinauer . . . I wonder what that tug looks like today over in Nigeria.
And Newtown Creek, now the deep Lady Luck of the Depths, sure looked good back then.
And while I'm at it, I've finally solved a puzzle that's bugged me for a few years. Remember this post from three and a half years ago about a group of aging Dutch sailors who wanted to hold a reunion on their vessel but couldn't find the boat, a former Royal Dutch Navy tug named Wamandai A870? Well, here's the boat today! Well, maybe . . .
Another boat you can dive on is United Caribbean aka Golden Venture.
Photos and tangents by Will Van Dorp.
This might be the "newest-named" boat in the harbor, although you've seen Genesis Victory here before as Huron Service both with blue trim and orange.
Laura K Moran first appeared on this blog back in 2008 here, as the sixth boro's newbie.
I'm not sure the story here, but Laura K holds station off the stern of MSC Sariska, who still has the hook down.
Brian Nicholas and Evening Mist head out on assignment.
Here's an entire post I devoted to Brian Nicholas over four years ago.
For a frontal view of Evening Mist, click here and scroll.
Here Miriam Moran escorts Hoegh Inchon. ROROs' cargo is quantified not in teus, but ceus, and Inchon is a 21-year-old floating parking lot with 4300-car equivalent capacity.
Maryland and Franklin Reinauer meet, with missions taking them in opposite directions.
And with Red Hook we end.
Happy springtime, like it was in the photo below, showing Huron Service about seven LONG years ago.
All photos taken in the real maricentric sixth boro by Will Van Dorp.
Unrelated: The post about the documentary Graves of Arthur Kill seems to be getting a lot of attention the past few days. Gary Kane and I can always figure out a time when one or both of us could do a screening for a group you put together.
Over a week ago I felt all the symptoms of impending illness, Gfever. I suffer from that affliction quite a lot, as you know if you follow this blog. It starts when I can't sit for more than 15 seconds, atlases–paper or interactive electronic–beckon, the ear worms in my head are all about travel . . . the only cure for this fever . . . Gfever . . . is a gallivant. And in this case, a Bayou Lafourche gallivant was the only remedy. So from the airport any direction was fine as long as it was south. Let's cross this lift bridge and go . . . farther than we did last time here.
Of course, bowsprite came along and sketched hither and yon . . . and who could pass up Intl Defender!
There . . beyond the copse of backup rigs . . . it's the boom town of Port Fourchon.
And rather than understand first and write later, I'll just put up a sampling of vessels I saw. . . . Here's off the bow of Delta Power (127′ loa) is Dionne Chouest (261′ loa). A random assortment goes on with
HOS Red Dawn (268′),
Dictator (140′), Candy Bear (156′), and Candy Stripe (130′),
the venerable Stone Buccaneer . . . ex-Eastern Sun.
the brand-new 202′ Capt Elliott,
a cluster that includes from l. to r. . . . HOS North Star, Seacor Washinton, C-Endeavor, C-Fighter, and Miss Marilene Tide. The stern-to vessel in the foreground . . . I can't identify.
Looking like they're aground and on the grass . . . it's HOS Black Rock and HOS Red Rock, recent builds and each 278′.
There are more and more . . ..
in Port Fourchon, as seen here from the c-store looking over the trucks, the single-wides on stilts, and the vessels beyond.
Many thanks to our guide, Aaron of Crewboat Chronicles, a blog I look forward to read all of. We knew Ben was around too . . . but in a short time, you can't meet everybody. Ben . . catch you later.
All photos by Will Van Dorp. Let me know whether you're interested in another post from Bayou Lafourche.
All fotos here from yesterday . ..
Liberty Service as you may never have seen her. Here (third foto in this link) she was four years ago.
Ditto Huron Service. Repainting on Huron seems farther along than that on Liberty. Here's how Huron Service looked a year and a half ago. Get ready for Genesis Energy.
In the past year, this Pegasus has sprouted an upper wheelhouse; compare with here.
Welcome to the waters around Houston. Well . .. I do mean the 118,000-barrel barge married to Linda Moran. Uh . . . do tugs and barges ever get divorced?
Trucks on the water pushed by Shawn Miller.
I realized only later that–had my conveyance lingered here–I would have seen Catherine C. Miller push past with FIVE trailers/tractors on a barge. See her in the distance there beyond the bow of RTC 83.
Reinauer Twins waits alongside RTC 104 with a faux lighthouse in the background.
Lucy Reinauer–earlier Texaco Diesel Chief built in Oyster Bay NY–is the push behind RTC 83.
pushed (ok, will. . . open eyes. thanks for the correction.) moved alongside by Taurus. See some of my previous Taurus fotos here and here.
And thanks to wide-eyed bowsprite, a vessel I've not seen before pushing stone. It's Patricia. She reminds me of a vessel I spotted along the road a few years back . . . Hoss.
So, this is the "plus" in the title, the group-sourcing request portion of this post: what company is operating Patricia?
And another question . . . from an eagle-eyed upriver captain. Notice the weather instruments on this channel marker just off Bannerman's Island (I am planning to do another post on this unique location north of West Point.) And . . .
here are more weather instruments on this federally-maintained channel marker off the Rondout. Questions: who's responsible for these and is there a website where the data collected can be monitored?
All fotos by Will Van Dorp, except for the last three, which come from bowsprite and Capt. Thalassa.
Speaking of bowsprite, today she's running Radio Lilac and I'll be there tending bar. Here's something of the inspiration. Come on by if you have the time. Teleport in if you're otherwise out of range.
It was a rainy day and I was giving some friends a tour of the city, intending to leave the camera in the waterproof bag . . . but how could I pass up a foto like this . . . "spring-showers" washed-out colors notwithstanding.
Schooner Virginia was in town. As of this writing, it's anchored south of the George Washington Bridge. Two very different places I've seen Virginia in the past year are here in tropical waters and here in her home waters. I'd loved to have been on the tug HMS Liberty at this moment.
Here's where I first caught sight of her . . . approaching tug Liberty Service lightering Amalthea.
Another delight in port was T/S State of Maine, by now headed south for the 2013 training cruise . . . with San Juan as its southernmost destination.
Also in port . . Prisco Elizaveta and Atlantic Jupiter.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp, who in the course of the day, was so thoroughly and delightfully showered upon that the clothes are still wet


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Well its been a long dream of mine to have a studio that works, looks and feels good to work in. It's now real. There's still work to be done but the look is completed. It feels good to work in the studio. I would like to thanks a few people. One Kathy (my wife), Charlene Bertrand, Lester DeVoe, Regina Brown, My Parents, Ottmar Liebert, Steven Duros, Thomas Muchad, Jason McGuire, Taz (Terrance) Sellers, DAddario Strings, Nummann, Martin Sound Martech, Sam Ash, NYC, King of Prussia, Cherry Hill. SweetWater, Guitar Center NewBruswick, NYC and Langhore,Princeton Medical Center. Lowes, Valspar Paint., Thanks you have helped me get a bit closer to a dream.
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Kim McCoy in New York
I did, however, get out for meals. I went to Candle Cafe 79 with Kim today, and had some really fantastic vegan food. She hates being in front of a (still) camera, but I'm trying hard to get her used to it. Met up with Tony, Scott, and Ai-Jen for dinner at Josie's, which was also delicious.


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DESTIN � Rocky Bayou Christian�s defense did everything right in the first half.
DESTIN � Rocky Bayou Christian�s defense did everything right in the first half.
Pitted against a Baker offense averaging 44 points a game and yet to be held to less than 35 points in any contest, the Knights garnered two red-zone stops and Josh Preston hauled in a pick-six to help them trail 7-6 at halftime at Destin Middle School.
But the momentum � which carried over from last week's 49-0 shutout of Oak Hall � would quickly wear off.
Led by D.J. Thomas, who racked up 158 rushing yards and two scores, the Gators had four different running backs find the end zone in the final 24 minutes of play and ran away with a 35-13 win.
�Josh Childers has done a good job with the Rocky Bayou program, and we came out a little flat,� said Baker head coach Matt Brunson, whose team improved to 4-0. �But they had a lot to do with that. They did a great job.�
Thomas, who now has 10 touchdowns, has yet to be held under 100 yards in any contest and is averaging just under 200 rushing yards per game, added, �We underestimated them and we had to get right after halftime and play that Gator football, that downhill Alabama-style football.�
Joining him with rushing touchdowns were Brandon Engler, Richard Stroheker and Austin Martin, each who contributed to a backfield that gained 274 yards.
The Knights (2-3), rushed for just 76 yards, all by Levi Derry. The senior had seven carries, including the Knights� lone offensive touchdown on a 37-yard burst that cut the lead to 21-13 early in the fourth quarter. But Stroheker followed with an 11-yard touchdown and, following a Jacob Nixon interception of Tyler Paskell, Austin Martin added a 1-yard score to put the game out of reach.
�We got the run game going, hit a couple of passes and did what we wanted to do in the second half,� Brunson said.
As strong as the Gators� rushing attack was, their defense was even better. With Rocky Bayou, which entered the tilt averaging almost 33 points per game, committed to the passing game in their spread offense, the Gators sacked Paskell five times and held the senior without a touchdown for the first time all year. Paskell ended the night 15 of 22 for 118 yards.
Baker quarterback Jon Beck, meanwhile, was 5 of 13 for 103 yards and an interception.
�We actually defended the spread pretty well,� Brunson said. �We gave up an interception for a touchdown but overall our defense played well.�
The Knights, who are just one win shy of matching the program's single-season win record of three set in 2008, fell to 0-4 lifetime against the Gators.


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The three main symptoms of asthma include
* 1. Wheezing
* 2. Coughing
* 3. Difficulty in breathing
Some people may not have wheezing, other have only coughing which may be more common at night or after exercising. The symptoms of asthma are not continuous. Typically they occur in bouts. The length of an attack varies and depends upon the factors that trigger the attack. The symptoms may either appear suddenly or increase gradually.
Does asthma run in families?
Yes, asthma can run in families, but it does not always affect the children of parents with asthma. This means that asthma can sometimes skip one entire generation and occur in grandchildren. Childhood asthma is normally inherited. If one parent has asthma, the children have fifty percent chances of developing the disease. If the both parents have asthma this risk increases to seventy-five percent.
Read more on Asthma and Depression and Yoga
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text: Jose Luis Baloyra is a 1994 graduate of the University of Miami School of Law. His primary areas of practice include advising investors, individuals, financial institutions, commercial banks, condominium associations, and developers on all aspects of residential and commercial real estate, including: residential real estate purchases and sales; commercial real estate purchases and sales; residential and commercial lease transactions; commercial lending, including the preparation of loan closing documentation; mortgage lending regulations; title insurance; formation of condominiums and planned unit developments; condominium law and homeowner's association law; litigation, including landlord/tenant disputes, contract disputes, debt collection, mortgage foreclosure, and condominium lien foreclosures; and entity formation. He was a "Fund 25" member of the Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund in 2004 and 2005 and has been an active volunteer at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami. He also serves as a Director of Pacific National Bank, N.A., a national banking association located in Miami, Florida with $400 million in assets, where he has held the position of chairman of the Director's Loan Committe since 2009. In addition, he is a licensed title insurance agent with Old Republic National Title Insurance Company.


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Butterfly has always been good at math. I remember when she was two and Tiger was 4 they had a discussion about whether the light above my dining table was a hexagon or an octagon and why. She is especially good at all things geometry but she is also good at computations. Once she knows how to do something mathematically, she is extremely accurate. She gets frustrated though because she has a tendency to day dream while she computes and then something will take a long time to compute. Then she doesn't want to do it anymore. As a result, I decided to give her a little space. After a while, she decided she needed to pick up speed in her facts and has been working on those. In the mean time, Tiger began reading books for Williamsburg that were mathematical in nature for his STEM classes. Butterfly has been systematically going through and doing the readings that he has completed and loving all the books. During this process, I realized there are several great math books out there that have nothing to do with textbooks. For the last couple of weeks, Butterfly has been reading any and all books she can find that are about math and mathematical principles. She has stayed up very very very late with a flashlight reading Tiger's math book and other books. So, I thought it would be fun to put together a list of books that inspire mathematical learning.
First- Life of Fred.
I have the elementary series, Physics, Pre-Algebra 1 and 2, and Algebra. I need to purchase the Fractions, Decimals, and upper elementary books that were added after I bought my elementary books. I also need to add the high school books above Algebra. I love love love Life of Fred. Life of Fred teaches math in such a hands on way. Math is demonstrated as a part of life. For example, telling time is taught through detailing the day of Fred incrementally. There aren't tons of problems in the elementary books, but they are effective. Pumpkin Pie learned to tell time through reading Life of Fred with me.
Usborne Illustrated Dictionary of Math, Amazing Math Projects you Can Build (Nomad Press), Mathematicians are People Too, and The Math Book
Lauren Ipsum
The Number Devil
A Gebra Named Al
Growing Patterns
The Dot and the Line (about lines, dots, shapes, squiggles) and One Grain of Rice which (about the power of exponential growth)
Sir Cumference
One Hundred Hungry Ants
Math Menace


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Attention to dental health is so important in the teen years. It is when your dental health is significantly impacted by the choices you make and healthy choices help lead to positive dental health.
However, teens face special challenges in keeping their teeth and gums healthy. Diet is one factor. Teenagers consume more pop and other sugary liquids than other age groups, which increases risk of cavities and teeth erosion.
Continuing good habits started in childhood is the best way for you to keep your teeth and gums healthy. Whether wearing braces or orthodontic appliances, you need to:
Brush twice and floss once per day
Reduce sugar Intake. Tooth decay is causedby bacteria that feed on sugar.
Limit snacking
Eat a healthy, balanced diet
Wear a mouthguard to protect your teethwhen you are playing sports


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I've often heard that finding a rare gem is a good thing. That's what you get when you listen to this album by the band known as Hexagram.These 3 badasses come at you crushing like a guillotine all the way from the country of Chile. You might agree that this band is a strong force of Black Metal, Thrash Metal & Death Metal. Geared and guaranteed to shock you with how talented Hexagram is. Drums that attack & annihilate you like a motion sensor M16 with precision at an accurate moderately fast tempo at times, bass lines that are low and clear in clarity and groove so well together with the guitars that engulf you whole by offering you screaming solos as if it were a hyena in heat or dying and also badass rhythms that give you a swift kick in the ass!! Vocals that are dark and very guttural at times and the screaming sounds like Krisiun at times. Overall 4.75/5 stars because some of the drum beats sounded similar in their songs. For being a 6 song EP, I recommend you give them a listen if you like bands such as: Homicide, Iconoclast & Krisiun to name a few. Until next time fellow metalheads, later! Horns up and hails!!! EVILVENGEANCE666 \m/-_-\m/
Track listing:
Maldicion en Nahueltoro
L.H.J.D. Agonia eterna
Track listing:
Maldicion en Nahueltoro
L.H.J.D. Agonia eterna
Camino Infernal
Ambicion Sangrienta
Burlando la Muerte
Legion de Apocalipsis
Members of the band include:
Members of the band include:
Patricio Gutierrez; bass
Andres Carvajal; drums
Alex Avendano; guitars/vocals


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Gift Planning
Jeff '68 & Lila '69 Scott
"Giving back to Eastern allows us to engage with our past -- a very enjoyable past. Our lives developed together at EIU and we are grateful for what Eastern has given us." -- Lila Scott
Jeff & Lila Scott grew up in Salem, Illinois, as high school sweethearts and attended Eastern Illinois University in the late 1960s. Both were active in the Greek social system, with Jeff as social chairman of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity and Lila as a member of the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority.
Jeff is retired from Sagemark Consulting, formerly CIGNA Financial Advisors, as Regional Vice President. He joined the company in 1971 as a sales representative and held various other positions until his retirement. Jeff is the author of 21st Century Wealth, a personal financial management book. Lila, who is retired from her position as a licensed clinical social worker, served as a therapist assisting those with mental health and emotional health problems. The Scotts live in the Richmond Hill, GA, area and continue to be very involved with EIU. Jeff recently joined the EIU Foundation Board of Directors.
Jeff and Lila began their financial support of EIU through Telefund gifts. Later, they began making major gifts to various capital campaigns, including the "Bertrand P. Holley Distinguished Professorship" campaign; the "Taking Care of Business" campaign, which benefited the School of Business; various Presidential Portrait campaigns; and most recently the "Theodore W. Ivarie Leadership and Innovation Fund" campaign. The Scotts have also made a gift of art to the Tarble Art Center.
"Giving back to Eastern allows us to engage with our past -- a very enjoyable past," Lila says. "Our lives developed together at EIU and we are grateful for what Eastern has given us," she added. "We give to EIU because it is the right thing to do," says Jeff. "And the scriptures tell us that to whom much is given, much is required. I think that sums it up for us."
Volunteerism and charitable giving are an important part of the Scotts' life. They serve their community in a variety of ways and continue to support Eastern Illinois University. Jeff and Lila have also included Eastern in their estate plan through the creation of a charitable remainder unitrust (CRUT), which irrevocably gifts property to the trust. The Scotts receive income generated by the trust during their lifetime and the remainder of the trust will benefit activities within the EIU School of Business upon their passing. With this deferred gift arrangement, the Scotts' legacy at Eastern Illinois University will continue for years to come.
Jeff & Lila agree that the best part of giving is knowing that they are making a difference in the lives of others. Their gifts will insure that many lives are touched for years to come.


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by Ben Daniels (Admin) on Jul.23, 2015, under ActiveDuty
These two newbies seem like they have been made for each other. Recruits Quentin and Michael are paired in this hot video from Active Duty. Although one would expect from Quentin to top a guy in his first gay sex video, we thought that perhaps it would be interesting to see him bottoming first. Quentin is a pretty handsome young man and can defo excite passion. It turns out Quention loved getting fucked. Now we've come to expect great videos from Claude (the video director) but this time he has really outdone himself – I particularly like the part when Claude asks Quentin how he likes it getting fucked while Michael is slowly fucking his ass. You can tell he's not acting, and really likes it.
Michael is very proud of his long dick, and certainly knows how to use it properly. When he fucks a dude, he's totally committed to that and the rest of the world, as it were, disappears from his sight. Michael is not the gentlest top in the country, but we thought it would be interesting to face Quentin with a more rough top. Someone could say, a perfect combination of yin and yang.
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010
More Colouring Book Images
Will add more later.
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Thank you for all your wonderful colouring and 3'd you have real talent there and love your blog tooReplyDelete
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- Anonymous25 February 2010 at 02:36
These are absolutely fantastic. Wish i had you talent. Thank you. Sue XReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 February 2010 at 06:41
Thank you for these most beautiful saves Marjorie. You are a star.ReplyDelete
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- Peta Elliott-Mills (CCS)27 February 2010 at 06:50
Really gorgeous images, and you've coloured them beautifully. Thank you so much. xxReplyDelete
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I just wanted to thank you again for sharing your gorgeous images with us! I fell in love with your poppies and had to use them in a card today! You can see it here, if you'd like. http://mutchtostamp.blogspot.com/2010/03/live-love-laugh-dance-poppies.html
Thanks again for your generosity! :)
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I love your images. Beautiful work! Thanks so much for sharing them. I also like that you show them already colored, so that copic newbies, like me, have an idea how to start.ReplyDelete
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from A&E IndieFilms and The Weinstein Company
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That is love, and bravery. The real picture of who his brother was.
It'll be my funeral. Thankfully my semi-religious father won't have to hear it so it won't break his heart. He's the only person who knows me that I don't think can handle the truth.
The whole of that article is, "I doubt such a good person could be an atheist! All that evidence must be a lie or cover up! Because I say so, damn it!"
That whole website is a piece of work, for sure..
That's so awesome. I'm glad the little brother had the balls to stand up and say that in front of all those people. I'd like to see the face of the audience during that moment! LOL
With that said, I've also added this documentary to my DVD queue on Netflix! I can't wait to watch it.


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The covert U.S. effort to strike terrorist leaders using drones has moved further out of the shadows this year — targeted killing has been mentioned by President Obama and defended in speeches by Attorney General Eric Holder and Obama counterterrorism adviser John Brennan. The White House recently declassified the fact that it is conducting military operations in Yemen and Somalia. But for all the talk, the administration says it hasn't officially confirmed particular strikes or the CIA's involvement. Over the past year, the American Civil Liberties Union and reporters at The New York Times have filed several requests under the Freedom of Information Act seeking information about the CIA's drone program and the legal justification for attacks that killed terrorists and U.S. citizens. The government answered with a Glomar response — neither verifying nor denying that it has such documents.
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A 72 years old woman, Ann Rodgers, got lost in a forest for 9 days, in Arizona.
She survived by eating plants and leaves. What led to his rescue was a "Help" sign written with twigs.
The fact happened in Arizona one month ago: Rodgers, who was going to meet her nephews in Phoenix, got lost during the route and subsequently her hybrid car finished fuel and electricity, so she had to stop in a forest.
Her car has been found after three days, but no traces of the old woman. A further aerial perlustration led to the discovery of the sign, and to the rescue of the old woman.


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I'm no green thumb. My love for nature is strong for wild scapes and unkempt tangles, forests, overgrown gardens, and wildflower meadows. Bordered walks and garden beds are not my cup of tea. Don't get me wrong, gardens are beautiful and it is an art form to be able to effectively plan and maintain them. I especially love Japanese style gardens. But I am not particularly good at cultivation. I am not a horticulturalist, you might say. My mother is and all my knowledge of gardening comes from her and I yet rely heavily on her skill. Fall however, is my favorite time to garden because Fall gardening means bulbs and bulbs mean mostly easy to maintain perennials! Seriously, you take a bulb and you put it in the dirt and then in March or April you have flowers, for years. So easy. I love it. It's like a springtime surprise, especially because you've probably forgotten what you planted.
So anyway, I bought bulbs the other day to plant in the two planters on either side of our mailbox. They are currently chilling in the fridge (haha, get it, chilling because it's cold...but also because they're hanging out...and... okay...) because it's still in the 80s and bulbs need cool weather to put them to sleep for the winter. I bought some golden ducat daffodils, which are lovely. Everyone loves daffodils, they're the golden heralds of Spring. I also bought some Queen of the Night tulips, also known (incorrectly) as black tulips. Such a gorgeous plum color and I am very excited to meet them next spring. While the bulbs wait for a dip in the temperature, I will be digging up the hastas from the back yard and planting a Persian lilac. [Side note: did you know hasta is Latin for 'spear'? Hastas bloom purple buds at the tip of long, thin, stalks, somewhat akin to spears. Just fyi.] I adore lilacs and viburnum and flowers that give off delicious fragrance. I couldn't find a viburnum bush but will keep looking (I intend to replace a boxwood in the front with viburnum). So, the lilac is going in as soon as I find time to transplant it because I want it to develop some more root structure before winter. I started with one, I'm concerned it won't make it through the winter and it was $16. If it thrives, I'll get more next year.
Come spring I'm hoping to rip out yet another boxwood (I hate boxwood) and replace it with lavender and lambs ear, as well as a mint patch lining the driveway. If I could figure out a way of adding tiger lilies to this odd assortment of flowers, I would. Or bleeding hearts, so pretty. They don't have a scent but I always thought they should.
P.S. Just in case you don't know the rhyme:
Mistress Mary, quite contrary,
how does your garden grow?
With silver bells
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Jerry Beining started working at Prestige Maintenance USA in December 2008 as an Area Manager. Jerry (seen here with PMUSA CEO Rachel Sanchez at JCPenney headquarters) quickly proved his considerable worth and was promoted to Regional Manager just eight months later. Today, Jerry is a Senior Regional Manager who oversees janitorial services in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Let's get to know more about him…
What do you do to go above and beyond?
I'm always out in the field, being proactive and seeing my accounts, so if I see something that needs to be addressed, I can address it with my Area Managers. I get ahead of the game. I also build rapport with the customer right off the bat. I let them know that they can trust me, call me if they have a problem and it's going to be taken care of if they do. If you say you're going to do something, you do it. I have the Area Managers build that trust too. I think the rapport building and taking care of things before they become problems is why my area is so successful.
What's your management philosophy like?
I like to work hard, but I also like to play hard, joke around a lot. You need to have fun at your job. I support my team and make sure they're doing what they need to do. If I need to help them, I do. If you constantly train and support them, your team gets stronger and your job gets easier. That's what I try to do: Keep working with my team, keep moving them forward, which moves me forward. I've got a good crew that supports me — between all my cleaners and all my area managers, it's a very good group of people that supports me.
What do you like about working at PMUSA?
I take my hat off to Prestige. They're a family-owned and operated company. When I was hired they flew me to Texas for new manager training. I learned how to onboard, how to hire, how to handle situations according to our HR procedures. They are just the best people you could ever meet in your entire life.
They bring you in, they train you and they make you feel like you're part of the family. They tell you the history of the company, which is just amazing. The mother and father did cleaning while raising Rachel and Jason. They guaranteed that "we'll clean it for a month and you won't have to pay a penny unless you like us, then you can hire us." To put yourself on the line like that when you're just starting a cleaning company — you've got your kids with you, and you're trying to clean — it's just amazing.
It's amazing where they came from and where they're at today. And I just love them. I love being with this company. I had other opportunities to go elsewhere. I want to be here and retire from this company. I'm very proud to be working with Prestige and hopefully they feel the same way and will keep me here for a long period of time.
What do you like to do when you're not working?
I travel two or three weeks out of the month, so I like to see something wherever I'm at. I used to manage Kentucky, for example, so I've seen the Kentucky Fried Chicken Museum. I've seen the Louisville Slugger Museum. I like to see things because you never know if you're ever going to be back in that area. I've traveled to many places with Prestige including Georgia, so I got to see Savannah. I was able to visit North Carolina and South Carolina. I got to see Charleston. I like to visit and see things. I try to see whatever there is in an area. I have had a lot of opportunities to see a lot of nice places.
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Re: "PRO" Cycling Discussion
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:52 pm
stella-azzurra wrote:I tried to convince myself that brown would be the new black but can't seem to do it. Hmm brown hasn't taken off yet.
It's been a few years don't you think?
First, brown has actually been in fashion for a while. Black has rarely gone out of fashion, and in the fashion world actually referencing black as a fashion trend is a bit moot.
But then again, and no offense here, I've never taken you to be interested in the design fields beyond being a casual consumer, so I don't hold anything against you and your opinion.
Second, you're clearly focusing too much on the colours and ignoring the design. Colours of a jersey are largely determined by the sponsor: brown and blue are AG2R's corporate colors. The design itself, which is what I am discussing, is very well executed and, as I stated before, the closest any pro peloton jersey has ever gotten to be relatively in-step with current haute fashion trends at the same time. As Pete mentioned, blue & brown also happen to be an excellent (and relatively recent) combination trend, so having AG2R's colors in a well executed design is a win-win.
Third, there's no accounting for the bitter gripes that come with people aging as the world passes them by with changing social norms, technologies, and expectations. No one on this earth is removed from being blown by the winds of change and time, some choose to move with it, some choose to grumble against it - and wilt in the erosion. This was not directed at you, stella, but everyone (myself included). Reading various threads and comments on this forum show a few folks to be of one type or the other. Coincidentally - and with complete irony - the very change that they are grumbling against now is the same was what they claim to yearn for. They're pointing at the past to things that, in that time, were 'innovative' and 'adventurous' while shunning the same qualities in what is happening now and adding adjectives to past concepts as 'reliable', 'classic', 'perfect' and so forth.
It's easy to tell who is in the creative fields and who isn't by language used. In a similar vein, it's easy to tell who is in the HVAC industry and who isn't by the language used. In either situation, one experienced person may claim the other, non-experienced person's viewpoint is lacking. Such is the way of the world, no? Each person has their expertise (which can also be plural).
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Save the Date – 2018 Boogie Bash To benefit Friends of Foster Children Forever
Friends of Foster Children Forever (FFCF) is excited to present their 11th annual fundraising Boogie Bash on Friday, March 23, 2018 at Grey Oaks Country Club in Naples.
This year, there will be a new twist for the Boogie Bash with the new theme — 'Boogie Through The Decades.' Guests are encouraged to come dressed in their favorite decade attire from the 50's, 60's or 70's. And, for those who love jeans and boots, western wear is still in style! The Boogie Bash will be casual and fun for all in attendance.
Proceeds from the event will help fund educational mentoring for local foster children.
Event Co-Chairs, Rio DeArmond and Edee Deluca invite the public to support FFCF and be part of the 11th anniversary celebration. The Bash will begin with a cocktail reception followed by dinner, raffle, and live auction. Entertainment will be provided by Pzazz Productions and their high-energy dancers plus, guests will enjoy dancing to the Brett Foreman Band. Celebrity emcees, again this year, will be ABC-7 anchor Krista Fogelsong, and Chef Brian Roland, owner of Venue Naples.
Tickets for the Boogie Bash may be purchased for $275 per person or $375 per patron online at www.friendsoffosterchildren.net or by calling 239-262-1808. Table sponsorships are also still available. For information about becoming a sponsor, please email email@example.com.
The FFCF mission is to focus on the children they serve by providing targeted educational and enrichment opportunities that allow each child to fulfill his or her potential. The charitable organization works to fulfill the unmet needs of every child who enters, or is at risk of entering the foster care system in Collier, Hendry and Glades Counties.
For more information about Friends of Foster Children of Forever (FFCF) or how to help, visit www.friendsoffosterchildren.net or call (239) 262–1808.


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Exciting things are happening in my world! I wrote this special post to reconnect and let you know what is new at Nothing Needs To Be Done and in my life. Where I have been for the past few months. If you have been an… [read more]
Rediscovering the Joy of the Holidays as an Adult
I remember the thrill of excitement as I rushed down the stairs Christmas morning to begin a day of magical festivities. I loved Christmas so much I could barely contain my excitement when the holidays rolled around. I would sing carols at the top of… [read more]


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From Williams Sonoma
When you're entertaining on a grand scale, this generously sized platter will make a beautiful presentation of roasts and other main courses. Or use it to serve a large assortment of hors d'oeuvres, antipasti, fresh fruits or grilled vegetables. The classic white porcelain is durable and chip resistant, and will complement most table settings. The platter is made in France by Pillivuyt, a producer... Read more


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Inspirations: The Child Inventor
Sure, this story on the BBC News website: Somalia's 13-year-old Inventor Finds Fame, is about an inquisitive and inventive young boy in Somalia and his efforts to follow a passion. But, it's also about a young person's persistent imagination when confronted with challenges that we hardly even consider in our so-called 'Western' lives. And, it's about an inspiring teacher, with similar challenges, pitching in to help a student. It's a story I wanted to share with my children - especially considering we've been having pitched battles lately surrounding the over use of technology! This just goes to show - where there's a will, there's a way. That's exactly what I'm taking away from this story... and I hope my kid's will do the same.
If you'd like to read out it - here it is.
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Bitbucket repositories
Bayes Factor Cluster Analysis (BFCA) for the objective selection of congruent sets of calibration hypotheses in a Bayesian statistical framework. ( watchers)
Genomics Software Repository installation recipes ( watchers)
Ktreedist is an open-source computer program written in Perl scripting language that calculates the minimum branch length distance (or K tree score) from one phylogenetic tree to another. ( watchers)
This repository contains a compilation of programs and scripts used for processing and analysing data for: Riesch R, Muschick M, Lindtke D, Villoutreix R, Comeault AA, Farkas TE, Lucek K, Hellen E, Soria-Carrasco V, Dennis SR, de Carvalho CF, Safran RJ, Sandoval CP, Feder J, Gries R, Crespi BJ, Gries G and Nosil P (2017) Transitions between phases of genomic differentiation during stick-insect speciation. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1, 0082 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0082. More detailed information can be found in the folders for each particular analysis in the Dryad repository http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.nq67q and in the Online Supplementary Materials. ( watchers)
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Ktreedist is an open-source computer program written in Perl scripting language that calculates the minimum branch length distance (or K tree score) from one phylogenetic tree to another. The K tree score provides a measure of the difference in both topology and branch lengths between two trees after scaling one of them to have a global divergence as similar as possible to the other tree. In order to calculate the K score, the program first calculates the scale factor that approximates as much as possible the global divergence of a comparison tree to that of a reference tree; then it scales the comparison tree by this factor 'K'. Second, the program calculates the branch length distance of Kuhner and Felsenstein between the scaled comparison tree and the reference tree. Our measure is thus the minimum branch length distance you can get from one tree to another after scaling one of them. It can be useful to compare the shape (variation in branch lengths or local molecular clocks) between two phylogenetic trees independently of the global rates. Ktreedist can be used in any operating system with a Perl interpreter.
- Soria-Carrasco, V., Talavera, G., Igea, J., and Castresana, J. (2007). The K tree score: quantification of differences in the relative branch length and topology of phylogenetic trees. Bioinformatics 23, 2954-2956. [Full text] [PDF]
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Green Homes in Chandigarh
Chandigarh is the state capital of the twin cities Punjab and Haryana, which also makes it a vital area for expatriates, diplomats and the hub of NRI's. This is why the Chandigarh real estate business is mostly thriving on foreign capital both from commercial and residential aspect. Also a city that is hailed as being a well-planned one has construction works that is done keeping in mind the ecological importance. The builders and contractors also became aware of the benefits of Green Homes in Chandigarh. It is a great attempt to drive away pollution and unhygienic living conditions from the home that affects our healthy life.
Green Home concept in Chandigarh
Major Green home projects in Chandigarh
The Bungalow is located in Mohali Hills Sector 105, 108 & 109 Mohali, Chandigarh.It is a project initiated by the Emaar MGF group of builders. The Bungalow has all entertainment facilities with excellent views and fair price.


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Reports from the German publication Autobild suggest that Audi are one step closer in announcing their new car. The publication argues that the new car will be able to bridge the gap between the TT and the R8 cars. Beginning at the 2010 Paris motor show, the rumours have been circulating for a large period(…)
Preview of the 2017 Audi A4
The 2017 version of the Audi A4 is expected to be a big hit. Over the years, the car has defined itself as a leading sedan and regularly competes with the likes of BMW's 3 Series and the recedes C-Class. So, the A4 therefore needs no introduction, but how are Audi going to better their(…)
How Will Audi Be Taking on the World of the Electric Car?
The popularity of the electric car is on the increase, there is no doubt about that. In the most recent Driver Power survey, electric cars took the top two spots, so there is most certainly a market open to the big car manufacturers to advance in this direction. So, how do Audi, the mid-range luxury(…)
Audi invest in ambitious future despite parent company's emission scandal
Just like Simba and Mufasa, Skywalker and Vader, Michael and Vito Corleone, Audi has started to outgrow and outshine its parents. It has recently been revealed that whilst parent-company Volkswagen continue to resolve their emissions scandal – dubbed 'dieselgate' to some – Audi have increased their research and development budget to ensure they can remain(…)
Audi gets emotional over RS 7
Audi prove that it IS okay for men to cry… as long as it's a manly tear over a car, of course. Audi released their advert for the RS 7 vehicle, a vehicle they are so proud of they are certain it can bring a man to tears. The star of the ad, apart from(…)
Audi's R8 is out of this world, according to latest ad
"Shoot for the Moon, even if you miss you'll land amongst the stars" – someone on Audi's advertising team was clearly given this inspirational quote on a mug for Christmas. The advert, titled 'The Commander,' is going to run during one of the highly coveted slots during the 50th annual Superbowl. Bound to be one(…)
Audi to reveal hydrogen-powered car concept next month
Reports suggest that Audi will unveil a new hydrogen fuel-cell powered concept car at the Detroit Motor Show in January. The concept will be a version of its all-electric Q6 e-tron quattro but with the electric batteries switched to hydrogen ones. Earlier in the year Audi applied to trademark the phrase 'h-tron', much like their(…)
Winter spy shots of new Audi A3 Saloon
Spotted in minor camouflage during its first winter testing, the new Audi A3 Saloon is expected to launch mid-2016. The new A3 will be a mid-cycle update, so don't expect any major difference to the current model. Although the compact premium Saloon isn't getting any heavy design changes, we can see from the photographs that(…)
Audi emissions "solutions in discussion"
Audi, Volkswagen's money-maker, has announced that there is (possibly) an easy fix for the 85,000 premium vehicles affected by the emissions scandal. Earlier this month, VW's CEO Matthias Müller announced that the fix for the 'defeat devices' found in 8.5 million smaller diesel-powered VW cars will be "technically and financially manageable". Now, it appears Audi(…)
The all-new Audi A6 allroad goes Sport
Audi has revealed their new Audi A6 allroad is now available in Sport trim level. If you've got the odd £50,000 to splash and want a stylish car for the harsh weather we're soon-to-be facing, then the allroad Sport might be exactly what you're looking for. The Audi A6 Quattro was designed with light off-road(…)