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A/N: Wow, thanks guys for the encouragement and the really, really nice words from all of you :) Meant a lot to me. I promise I'll let you know if I post somewhere else... I'm still undecided at the moment.
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Chapter Seventeen.
Gibbs was just about to close the front door behind him as he saw Tony walk up towards him. He was wearing jeans and t-shirt and Gibbs had to smile ever so slightly because he hadn't seen him like that for over ten years. He realized that he much preferred casual Tony over work clothes Tony. He seemed so much younger like this.
"Hey," the younger man grinned and waved at him. "So, what are we up to?"
"Want to come with me to the shore and a couple of drinks afterwards?"
"Sure, sounds good."
Tony smiled again and then briefly looked around before he leaned closer and brushed his lips against Gibbs'. The older man smiled into the kiss and then at the man in front of him as he realized that he could really get used to that, even if they had to be careful around others due to their job.
"Let's go," he finally said and nodded towards his truck.
"Have I told you," Tony quipped as Jethro backed out of the driveway. "That I admire your consistency? You still drive the same truck after ten years."
Gibbs let out a laugh and shook his head. "Yeah, well. Some things never change."
"True. But I am glad that some things do change over times," he answered quietly and then found Gibbs' hand on the stick shift and squeezed it softly.
"Me, too," Gibbs just said, glancing at him for a second before he redirected his gaze onto the street in front of him.
The rest of the ride was spent in silence and for once Tony apparently didn't feel the need to fill it with carefree chatter. Gibbs usually didn't mind, but he did enjoy the comfortable silence now. They had been talking a lot these last two days and for the moment he was content with hearing the man next to him breathe, knowing that he was simply there. When he finally pulled over at the once well-known shore, he waited for the regret to hit him instantly, but for some reason it didn't come. He took a deep breath and got out of the truck with Tony next to him doing the same. The young man was still smiling goofily as he looked around and was just about to grab Gibbs' hand when his glance fell on the older man's face.
"What's wrong?" he asked and Gibbs realized that his insecurity must have shown, so he tried to compose his features, but Tony just shook his head.
"Nothing," Gibbs finally said and then let out a sigh as he took Tony's hand. "Just haven't been here in a very long time."
"How long?"
"About ten years."
"That's… long," Tony said, his eyes never leaving Gibbs' face.
"I guess," Gibbs just shrugged and then guided them closer towards the water.
It was still as beautiful as he remembered. There was nobody but the two of them, the sea and the small beach. He used to come here first with Shannon and then with Kelly quite a lot, simply sitting in the sand and enjoying the salt-breeze. Those memories, however, faded into the background as his thoughts reached his last couple of visits. He had been sitting on a bench, which was now no longer there, for hours, staring at the gun in his hands, waiting for the right moment to kill himself. He had spent hours and hours thinking, but had to realize that he was too tired and exhausted to even pull the trigger. The last time he had been there at the shore was the day he had first met Tony and it only made sense to Gibbs to come here again when things had finally come full circle.
"It's beautiful," Tony said as he let go of Gibbs's hand to step behind him and encircle the older man's waist with his arms.
Gibbs let himself almost melt into the other man's touch and let out a sigh which seemed to come from deep within him. This was what he had been missing for so long. Someone who was there to hold him, someone he could lean onto when times got rough. He just really hoped that he wouldn't mess it up with Tony this time. He simply needed him too much to let him go again.
"Why are we here, Jethro?" Tony asked now, barely above a whisper and his breath ghosted over the skin right underneath the older man's earlobe.
"Wanted to show you," he shrugged. "Special place."
"I can tell," Tony replied softly, his arms tightening around him. "You've been here with them, haven't you?"
"Every time I was home," Gibbs said after a moment of hesitation. "Kelly loved it here."
They fell silent again as they simply stood there for a long time, just staring at the sea and feeling each other so close. Gibbs could feel Tony's breaths on his neck, could feel the security that emitted from the younger man's arms and for a moment it was like the last ten years had never happened. He had felt exactly like that the first night when Tony had held him, trying to stop him from crying.
"Thanks," Tony finally said, causing Gibbs to turn around in his arms.
"What for?"
"For taking me here. Can't be easy to come here and sharing it with someone, especially after all this time."
"Guess so," Gibbs shrugged and then leaned into him, pressing his lips against Tony's.
It was nothing more than a chaste brush of lips, but when they broke apart, Tony simply nodded at him, indicating that he understood. And Gibbs was sure that he did, too. This wasn't just a place to bring your date to make out, this was Gibbs' special place even though he hadn't been there for such a long time. He still missed his girls with every breath he took, but since Tony had come back into the picture it had gotten easier day by day. And only now did Gibbs feel like he could actually be happy again someday. Maybe it wouldn't be today or tomorrow, but he could almost feel it coming towards him now. He brought his hands around Tony now and hugged him tightly as if he never wanted to let go ever again.
"Thanks," he finally whispered. "Thank you."
Tony didn't reply, just hugged him tighter and that was really all Gibbs needed to know.
A couple of hours later Gibbs grabbed two bottles of beer that he had stashed under the seat of his truck and handed one of them to Tony. They had spent the remainder of the afternoon at the beach, just sitting there enjoying the sight and each other. They hadn't talked much, but they really hadn't needed to.
"Why are we here?" Tony asked now, sitting down on a bench beside the road in front of a huge warehouse.
"Don't recognize the place?" Gibbs replied, taking a swig from his bottle.
"No?" Tony said confusedly as he looked around again.
Gibbs waited a moment and then smirked when he saw the figurative penny drop.
"This is where I used to work. Or the place at least."
"Yup," Gibbs replied. "Wanted to take you here in hopes that there was still some sort of bar, but no such luck. I settled for the bench then."
"Not too bad," Tony laughed. "Always wondered when, never if, it would go bankrupt. God, it was such a dump. I always wondered why people would even show up there."
"Maybe it was because of the service," Gibbs replied smiling and bumping his shoulder against Tony's. "I certainly did."
"Yup," Tony let out a laugh again. "You and those two lovely ladies that always smelled like moths."
"I remember them," Gibbs shook his head, laughing now, too.
"See," Tony said now, smiling broadly and pointing a finger at him. "This is what I want to see more often. That smile, god, I had dreams about you smiling like that. You should really, really do it more."
"Yeah?" Gibbs just replied, still unable to contain his smile. "I'll remember that."
"You do that, 'cause I plan to see it very often from now on. Got that?"
"Yes, boss," Gibbs quipped, earning himself another laugh from Tony.
"Good," Tony just said and then leaned closer to kiss him again.
They stayed like that for a while, drinking beer, joking, talking and kissing from time to time until Tony started to shiver ever so slightly in the rather fresh air around them. Gibbs pulled his arm around the younger man, pulling him even closer.
"Want to go home?" he asked then, already picturing them in a very similar position in front of the TV, snuggling into each other.
When Gibbs had imagined the evening to fade away with Tony there in his house, he had thought about the couch, a movie and maybe a kiss good night. What he hadn't expected though was the force with which he was all but thrown back against his own front door and the younger man attacking his lips as if it was the last day for them together. Tony had him pinned to the door and Gibbs couldn't do much more than let it happen and try kissing him back. It wasn't like he didn't like it because, god, he loved it, but it had taken him by surprise due to the younger man's earlier insecurities about anything physical between them.
"You sure you want to do this?" he finally managed to breathe out when Tony's lips had descended to his neck.
"Do I look like I'm in doubt?" Tony replied with a chuckle in between two nips.
"Nope," Gibbs let out a laugh and was then taken by surprise when Tony grabbed one of his hands and dragged him up towards the bedroom.
"Second door on the left," Gibbs chuckled when Tony suddenly stopped in the hallway, looking around in search for the right room.
Tony just nodded and then guided them towards the room. Just when Gibbs thought he would just throw him onto the bed, Tony stopped and backed away a bit to look at him intently instead. Gibbs answered the scrutinizing glance with one of his own and was then slightly surprised when Tony coarsely ordered.
Gibbs just raised an eyebrow and for a moment wanted to protest until he remembered how good it had felt letting Tony have control all those years ago. So he just nodded and then stripped slowly, but deliberately. He casted glances at Tony all the while and was satisfied that he was mirroring him, getting rid of his own clothes. He had filled out since Gibbs had last seen him naked, but he was still all muscles and the older man realized he liked it a lot.
When they had both stripped down to their boxer shorts, they slipped under the covers of Gibbs' bed and turned towards each other. They simply stared at each other for a few moments, their hands touching each other's hips, their legs entangled. After a while Gibbs finally leaned closer and kissed him thoroughly, their tongues brushing against each other. Their touches had become more demanding as Gibbs' hand slipped under the waistband of Tony's boxers and cupped his ass. He waggled his eyebrows when Tony's hand found its way towards his cock, which twisted in anticipation. Tony let out a throaty chuckle and then kissed him fiercely once more. Gibbs gasped into it, having not expected the sudden force of it. Apparently taking advantage of his surprise, Tony rolled them over so that he was lying on top of him, giving Gibbs an almost comical leer. Tony let his hands slide down Gibbs' sides, causing him to shiver ever so slightly.
"God, I missed this," Gibbs breathed out and received a broad smile in return for it.
"Me, too," he simply answered, his voice rough and low as he started to play with Gibbs' by now overly sensitive nipples.
He let out a groan when Tony continued his tender ministrations, kissing his way along the older man's jaw to his ears, resting there for a few moments as he nibbled at the earlobe, sending shivers down his spine. His hands were suddenly all over him and Gibbs felt hot and sweaty and they hadn't even done anything, yet. He was so focused on every single touch that ghosted over every inch of his body that he was surprised when Tony suddenly stopped and looked at him questioningly. Gibbs furrowed a brow and then realized what Tony was asking and answered.
"Nightstand. Top drawer."
Tony grinned and reached for the lube and one of the condoms that were in there. Gibbs felt his breath hitch in his throat when the younger man looked at him again, his expression so open that it made his heart speed up even more. He couldn't help but reach up and pull him closer against him. They kissed until he felt Tony's erection press hard against his own. He let out a moan at the sudden feeling of loss when the younger man broke their kiss to squeeze the lube onto his fingers. Gibbs watched his every movement as he reached between his legs and found his entrance. He circled it with a tenderness that had Gibbs on the edge instantly before he pushed against the muscle. Gibbs could feel his breathing grow shallower and Tony looked at him for a moment, raising an eyebrow.
"Has been a while," Gibbs pressed out, closing his eyes as Tony's fingertip breached the ring of muscle and slid in.
"How long?" Tony replied in a whisper as he slowly worked his finger deeper into him.
"Ten years?"
Tony stopped dead for a moment and just stared down on him, the smile on his lips disappearing for a moment before he shivered ever so slightly.
"You haven't… since… we…?" he finally stammered out.
"No. Never wanted any other man but you."
"Shit," Tony let out and squeezed his eyes shut for a moment and Gibbs realized that he was apparently losing control, so he reached up and grabbed him at the back of his head to draw him down to kiss him again. Almost at the same time, Tony seemed to come around again and took hold of Gibbs' cock as he pushed his finger further inside, causing Gibbs to moan into the kiss. He wriggled his hips and pushed up into Tony's fist. He had expected it to hurt like it had all those years ago, but it was merely burning faintly, overshadowed by the incredible feeling of Tony's hand on his dick and his lips on his own.
"Please," he finally pressed out, all but begging. "Do it."
"Don't want to hurt you," Tony replied quietly, his voice thick, his eyes fully blown.
"You never will," Gibbs just said and then hissed when Tony pulled his finger back and pushed in again, faster this time. "Come on. Need this."
"Okay," Tony replied, smiling at him again and pulling out altogether before he pushed two fingers inside him.
He held still then and Gibbs forced himself to relax. Finally succeeding, as Tony stroked his cock again, he nodded at the younger man, motioning him to continue. With a broad smile on his lips, Tony suddenly crooked his fingers and Gibbs cried out, his hips thrusting upwards as his cock twitched again.
"Shit," he cursed and then trailed off when Tony did it again.
The young man just grinned at him almost devilishly as he set up a rhythm, fucking him thoroughly with his fingers. Gibbs couldn't help but move with his every motion, his cock already leaking. Tony had started to stroke him in earnest and leaned down to steal a kiss again, his tongue matching the rhythm of those damn fingers inside of him as it thrust into Gibbs' mouth without mercy. Almost forcefully, Gibbs gripped the back of his head to pull him off from him, panting in order to catch his breath.
"If you keep on doing this, I won't be able to hold onto much longer. Come on, we've waited too long," he said huskily, trying to even out his breathing. "Come on, do it."
Tony just nodded, the green in his almost completely gone by now. He pulled his fingers free, causing Gibbs to let out something that sounded suspiciously like a whimper, before he grabbed the condom, opened the package and then quickly rolled it down his shaft. Gibbs watched him slick more lube over it and then take hold of his cock, positioning himself at his entrance. Tony stopped for a moment and found Gibbs' eyes again, so he just nodded, giving him a smile and hoping that Tony got the message because his own senses didn't seem to be completely connected anymore.
Tony nodded, too, then pushed in and Gibbs felt himself tighten around the intrusion. He stilled for a moment, taking another deep breath. Tony's hands were roaming up and down his stomach in a soothing way now and Gibbs relaxed almost instantly and then tentatively began to move under the other man, practically urging him on.
"Tony, please," he pressed out. "Move."
He was met with an unsure glance, but as Gibbs moved again, Tony started to roll his hips and finally pushed all the way in, causing Gibbs to squirm at the unexpected fullness.
"Shit," he repeated himself, but the sound was instantly muffled by another searing hot kiss.
Wrapping one leg around Tony's waist and lifting the other until the younger man's arm slid behind his knee, Gibbs moved against him again and arched underneath him. Tony had apparently forgotten about his earlier insecurity and met his every move now, fucking him harder and faster. Gibbs let out another gasp when Tony hit the right spot again. Through his own arousal, Gibbs saw Tony smile at him ever so slightly as he hit it again and again until Gibbs wasn't able to hold on any longer. Tony's hand had grabbed his own and their fingers intertwined as Gibbs felt himself rippling around the other man. Looking up into those beautiful green eyes, Gibbs let out a soundless shout as he came, the world around him turn to fire and then crumble into to ashes. As if from far away, he felt Tony thrust deep inside of him and then he came, his cock throbbing within him.
Still panting, the younger man released Gibbs' leg, pulled out of him and then sank down onto Gibbs' stomach, seemingly unaware of the mess there. He was trembling ever so slightly and Gibbs' arms came around him, holding him close. He stroked his back for a while until his breathing became less shallow.
When Tony finally looked at him again, his eyes locking into Gibbs', the older man felt his breath hitch in his throat again. The younger man looked so vulnerable at the moment that Gibbs wanted nothing more than hold him like this forever.
"God," Tony finally said after a moment of prolonged silence. "I almost threw away all of this..."
"I wouldn't have let you," Gibbs replied tersely.
"Yeah, I'm still glad I came around," Tony whispered, leaning in to kiss him again. "Thanks for finding me again and letting me in like this again, Jethro."
"No, Tony," Jethro said, blinking a couple of times to get rid of his blurry vision. "Thank you."


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In the mornings, I have a bit of a routine: I check my emails, responding if truly necessary. I get a diet Coke (I'm not a coffee guy, but I needs me my caffeine). I check Achewood. Then I read some random sites, hopping around like an OCD kangaroo to whatever strikes my fancy. Then, if I get excited about something, I blog. By that time the caffeine has kicked in and the blogging shoos away the cobwebs and I am ready to start my day.
It's a wonder I get any work done at all.
Somehow today I wandered to graphic designer Frank Chimero's blog, which inspired this day's comment. In a post, Frank shares part of an interview he recently had:
It seems designers, as a profession, have a "peculiar combination of arrogance and insecurity." Do you agree with that?
I think arrogance is usually a by-product of insecurity. But what do you expect? For designers to do good work, they have to pour themselves in to it, and there's always the possibility of rejection. It's easy to make the correlation that the rejection of your work is also a small rejection of you as a person. It's your idea, after all. It's a tightrope walk, and I think that even professional tightrope-walkers are scared of falling every now and then. I know I'm disappointed, sad and sometimes angry when my hard work gets shot down with just a word.
I've let go of the belief that my work has a grand impact on culture and the idea that I have to change the world. I think my work has gotten better because of it. Now, I just try to make myself and my audience happy by being honest with them and with myself.
Arrogance and insecurity. Yeah, that about sums up my experience. As a fledgling designer, I had only insecurity at first. Like a battalion of foot soldiers in the army of good ideas, I threw cannon fodder out there time and again only to have those good ideas obliterated. And because I was just insecure that was fine. My ideas were obliterated because they were wrong, I surmised. I tried to listen and tried to learn.
But one day, who knows when it was, I stood up for an idea I thought was wrongfully discarded. I asked: "Why?" when someone said they didn't like it. And in response I didn't get a reason or an explanation, I got a "I dunno. Just doesn't work for me." And the internal voice of arrogance was born. I worked so hard on this and you dismiss it on a whim? This is top quality! How am I to give you something better if you don't know what you want?
No one wants to be arrogant. But one does want to be respected for their talents. If it is arrogant to think so, then I suppose I've crossed the point of no return when it comes to humility.
The interview really hits the nail on the head when it comes to the issue of fathering designs. We're hired to design. So we expect that the quality of our work defines our role. And if that work is dismissed it is an easy leap to say the design was of low quality and hence our job performance was poor. And in the games industry, sixty hour weeks can sometimes be a luxury. If you aren't a performer, then what's the point of all the sacrifice? Of course rejection will hurt you personally.
A teacher of mine in college once said that the greatest skill a designer can have is the ability to listen. So when I get shot down, I try my damnedest to listen. I know no one will ever give me a straight answer, that in the designer's toolbox there needs to be a widget that inputs feedback and outputs direction. But what if that feedback is too silent to hear? What if there is no algorithm to translate it? What if it is internally inconsistent? What do you do?
So I suppose I have to let go, like Frank says. But I don't want to. I want to be fucking amazing 24-7. And the fact that next to zero things I've done that have been "fucking amazing" have seen store shelves and I'm on my fourth year of trying. Can you imagine going to college and turning in work every week that gets graded as "It doesn't work for me." yet still coming back and producing week after week? Freshman year you get your legs. Sophomore year you refine your work. Junior year you start to formulate a philosophy. What's left for Senior year? Get pissed off? Watch as people who design without a philosophy, without refinement, without any process feel accomplished? Bask in the radiation from their sense of success? No, that's just not enough.
It's comforting to know that even experts get bludgeoned by the hammer of mediocrity, but it doesn't provide a philosophy or blueprint on how to live life as creativity stifled. If there is anyone out there in a creative industry that has any advice on being "fucking amazing" when only mediocrity is permitted, I'd be glad to listen.


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Well, I've finally gotten up off of my arse and done it. I'm going to start a blog.
What do I want to achieve from this? I don't really know, perhaps it will help me document my progress in life etc.. I would like to point out that I will be expressing my somewhat keen opinions on perhaps touchy subjects. Although I have not set this up to directly offend people, if you do take offence to my posts, get in touch.
So, the web server is all set up, IPv6 configured, CloudFlare enabled (pretty sweet service so far), Amazon S3 CDN for media set up and my previously half-arsed php-fastcgi configuration is now reworked. First page load time is averaging 3 seconds and second load is under 1 second, I'm ok with this.


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Title: San Diego Restaurant Reviews Address: http://sandiegorestaurants.typepad.com Author: Captain Jack From: Pacific Beach Blogging since: May 2006 Post Date: January 11, 2007 Post Title: 1500 Ocean
Restaurant week is upon us in San Diego, and with it arrive opportunities and problems. This week is meant to allow San Diegans to get a taste of participating restaurants, with the reasonable investment of $30 or $40 (depending on the venue) for a three-course meal. It sounds good on the surface, right? Below the surface, however, lurk hidden pitfalls. First, you should plan early. I found Thee Bungalow booked through the week when I called on Monday (they stuck to the $30 price point, which proved popular). During a normal week, you could show up on a Tuesday evening and be seated without a reservation. Second, you may find certain high-end restaurants serving downgraded fare that is not on their regular menu. A glaring example would be the folks at A.R Valentien, who were exposed earlier this week by our own intrepid Alice Q Foodie ( http://aliceqfoodie.blogspot.com/2007/01/
restaurant-week-at-ar-valentien.html). Third, since the restaurants are slammed with large crowds, you may not be seated right away, even with a reservation. On Tuesday night at the Marine Room, I was not seated until 35 minutes past my 9 p.m. reservation.
With all that said, 1500 Ocean proved to be a shining example of what restaurant week is meant to be.
I arrived a few minutes early and was seated immediately at an excellent table. There are several different styles of chairs used in the dining room. If you have a choice, I recommend the high-backed, aqua-blue leather chairs. Mine was one of the most comfortable dining chairs I have ever sat in. My friendly and efficient server, Chris, greeted me as soon as I was seated. Bus service brought me a generous basket of mini baguettes and cheese breads, both of which proved to be excellent. Although I was dining alone, I polished off the bread basket by the end of my meal.
For my first course, I selected the Bubalus Bubalis Ricotta Gnudi with grilled Swiss chard stems, Meyer lemon, and Figueroa Farms EVOO. I have had the fresh buffalo mozzarella from the California-based Bubalus Bubalis before and loved it, but I had never tried their ricotta. Clearly, I had been missing out. The ricotta was fresh and delicious as a filling inside these thin-skinned dumplings. The Meyer-lemon-and-olive-oil sauce was so tasty that I used my bread to clean the plate for every last drop. The gnudi alone warrant a visit to 1500 Ocean. Chef Jason Shaeffer outdid himself with this dish.
I ordered the Seared Foie Gras with a Port Wine Reduction ($22.95) from the regular menu. Having enjoyed foie gras from New York to Hong Kong to Paris, I can say it does not get much better than this. Foie gras is about product quality, which this version had, and about not over-cooking it, which Shaeffer did not. The ground pistachios and port wine reduction added a pleasant dimension to this offering. Now, let's talk about portion size. I admit that I conspired with Chris, my server, to obtain the best possible results from the kitchen on this one. Chris came through big time. Chefs love food, and letting them know you are passionate about a certain menu item, from my perspective, has no downside. I took good care of Chris at gratuity time, as you should when a server goes above and beyond for you.
The foie gras was followed by my entrée selection of Crispy Duck Confit. This was an easy selection for me. I just love the concept of duck being preserved in its own wonderful fat. Duck Confit is also an effective litmus test for a chef's classic cooking skills. Chef Shaeffer did not disappoint. I enjoyed the way the flavor of the caramelized endive contrasted with the richness of the duck. I enjoyed the pureed celery root with the pomegranate duck as well. Overall, this was a well-executed rendition of Duck Confit.
Finally, it was time for Warm Chocolate Chipotle Cake with Banana and Caramel Ice Cream. The cake was moist and had a solid chocolate flavor. The hint of smoky chipotle made for an interesting flavor component. My favorite part of this dessert, however, was the caramel ice cream. This dessert did not blow me away, but it was enjoyable.
Reflecting back over my meal, I could not help wondering, when did hotel dining in San Diego get so damn good? I had just enjoyed a first-rate, four-course dinner in the middle of a problematic restaurant week, and I did it for $85 (including tax and a 27 percent tip).
Chef Jason Shaeffer (who, by the way, was sous chef under Thomas Keller for the opening of one of my favorite restaurants, Per Se in NYC) is a valuable asset to the San Diego fine-dining community. 1500 Ocean handled the intricacies of restaurant week with aplomb. Other fine-dining establishments that choose to participate should use them as an example of how to do restaurant week right. (Are you listening, A.R. Valentien?) I tried 1500 Ocean because it was restaurant week, but I will be back because my dining experience was so enjoyable. Isn't that the idea behind restaurant week to begin with?
After driving around for two hours looking for this restaurant to celebrate my birthday, I received the worst service at Roys restaurant at the Marriott Hotel. II was never attended to. Was never offered any beverages. After about 15-20min, we finally left. I will never go back to this restaurant. Worst Service Ever!!!


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Monday, July 2, marked the 59th day of Aimee's recovery. It also marked 59 days of intense and focused prayer; 59 days of topsy-turvy prognoses; 59 days of extreme trial and tribulation, and most of all, 59 consecutive days of God's blessings.
Many people do not understand how we can profess to be blessed. Those who do not understand may never understand. They remain tossed about as a wave in the sea (James 1:6) because they simply lack faith. How do people like that survive? We have seen technological advancements over the past two thousand years, but technology doesn't change who we are inside, it only changes the way we interact with the rest of the world. Our souls hunger for more than what technology can offer, but some people falsely place all their trust in the microprocessor. That trust might work fine until someone cuts the power supply. After that you are stuck with a hunk of worthless plastic and metal.
Others claim to have "faith in nature". That statement confuses me. You can love nature, but how can you have faith in something that stands before you? I have always heard faith defined as believing in something that you cannot see. When I think of nature, I think of the beauty of a forest. I have seen many beautiful trees, but I have also seen many beautiful trees fall to lightning, disease, parasites and the woodsman's axe. When the tree falls, does your faith fall with it?
As a believer, you know exactly what I am saying and you are most certainly agreeing with me. Nonbelievers will never understand and any attempt to persuade them is a worthless effort.
"Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces." Matthew 7:6
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An amazing poppy field near Bewdley, Worcestershire, taken in May 2011. This drew many visitors to the town last year, and mine was one of thousands of photographs taken that week. Actually, I took many more photos but I think this may be the best one. I particularly liked the contrast between the red of the poppies and the dark, dramatic sky.
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HAMAMATSU, Japan - Five years ago, in this coastal city southwest of Tokyo, Mari Matsumoto sank her life savings into building a school for the children and grandchildren of immigrants coming to Japan. But at Mundo de Alegria (World of Happiness), the students aren't what one might expect: Children with Japanese faces and names like Haruo and Tomiko dart around the two-story building chattering in Spanish and Portuguese.
The school is the result of an unusual social experiment. Faced with labor shortages, the Japanese government opened the doors in 1990 to allow immigrants to come to the country so long as they were of Japanese descent. Government officials thought they would blend into the country's notoriously insular society more easily than people from other ethnic backgrounds.
But many found they didn't quite fit. Their names and faces were Japanese, but they didn't speak the language. They didn't understand local customs, such as the country's stringent system for sorting garbage into multicolored containers. In cities such as Hamamatsu, where many settled, government officials and Japanese neighbors didn't know what to make of newcomers who seemed familiar but foreign at the same time.
Despite the frictions here and in other communities, pressure is building in Japan to take in more immigrants, forcing the country to reconsider its traditional bias against outsiders. Its population is aging and shrinking. Analysts say Japan must find new sources of labor if it is to preserve its economic power and support its retirees.
Hamamatsu was a natural magnet for the newcomers because its many factories offered entry-level employment and required virtually no language skills. Officials here like to brag that their community became the most "international" of Japan's cities. About 30,000 of its residents, or 4 percent, are foreign-born. That's almost twice the proportion of foreign-born residents in Japan as a whole. (About 13 percent of the U.S. population is foreign-born.) Most newcomers are from Brazil and Peru. They are offspring of Japanese who immigrated to South America in the early 1900s to work in coffee fields and take other jobs.
The new arrivals here brought Latin culture with them. In Hamamatsu's downtown, billboards in Portuguese advertise cellphones and air conditioners. In a popular market, Brazilians who long for a taste of home can buy a platter of bolinho de queijo cheese croquettes fresh from the fryer or rent DVDs of popular Brazilian shows.
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This French duo met in India in autumn 2010 [Aurore - singer and Paul - instruments], and recorded their first song, Free Electron, in a tiny Indian recording studio.
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In 2010 the task of the Coalition was to restore Britain as a global financial leader with post-crash regulatory architecture and business conditions to foster economic growth. From a legislative perspective, a central achievement of the Coalition Government in Parliament is the passage of the Financial Services Act which received Royal Assent in December 2012 … Continued
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England's Changing Social Geology. Dr Daniel Vickers RCUK Academic Fellow in Social and Spatial Inequalities Department of Geography University of Sheffield. www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk www.areaclassification.org.uk. Introducing Social Geology. Introducing Social Geology.
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Pune, Aug 1: Indian Super League side FC Pune City have successfully roped in Dempo midfielder and India international Francis Fernandes.
Francis started his career Vasco and later moved Salgaocar and Dempo. He was a part of Delhi Dynamos side in the last two seasons.
The Goan winger impressed FC Pune City CEO Gaurav Modwel who said: "Francis has been an asset for all teams he has played for, including the national side.
"His versatility of playing on the wings, attacking midfield or any position that the team needs him in will give the Coach a lot of flexibility.
FC Pune City manager Antonio Habas was delighted to add some experience to the squad. He said: "Francis adds depth to our wing play. He can play as a second line of attack behind our forwards as well as hold the midfield when needed. We hope he continues to be a value add to our team as much as he was to his previous ones."
Fernandes too was excited on joining FC Pune City. He said: "I am thankful to FC Pune City for providing me a new challenge. The club's heart is in the right place and I want to be a part of their glorious time."
FC Pune City Co-owner and Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan welcomed Fernandes and said: "Francis is a wonderful addition to the FC Pune family. His skills will make him an invaluable member of the team. I wish him all the best."
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Sup guys, recently I started getting into sig making, and I found a passion for making them. I would like to meet you guys for advice, and tips and to have a good time. I would love some tutorials, on how to make a good sig. I just know how to make a basic one. I'll post one after, Im finish with the most recent one im working on.
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Welcome to the graphics section bud.
Since your just at the basics, i suggest you download this:
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Here's one I made in prob 30 minutes -1 hour.
Like i said Im still a beginner.
Thanks Doc.
@ortax put [IMG] and [/IMG] before and after that link so it shows in the fourms. Continue to work hard with your passion with gfx .
Thank you so much :'(
Finally, I can have a normal sized sig. It was always like a minisize.. Thanks again.
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i wasn't that good as i started ^_^ even now i suck...
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The year 2014 saw almost a 26 percent gain in cloud computing over 2013. The market ended at a worth of $76.1 billion in 2013, growing to $95.8 billion in 2014. This year stands to bring almost the same gain, slated to rise by over 23 percent to a worth of $118 billion. If the trend continues, the cloud computing market will close out the year 2018 at a worth of over $200 billion. Adoption rates in the UK are expected to reach 90 percent this year. What is driving cloud adoption growth for 2015? Continue Reading
It's hard to find an industry that big data isn't making an impact in, but the world of manufacturing showcases the operational power of big data like no other. In manufacturing, big data analysis is being used to improve production while helping eliminate waste and lower costs. This is particularly evident in the sectors of biopharmaceutical production, chemical manufacturing, and discreet manufacturing. Here are just a few of the many ways that big data is revolutionizing the manufacturing industry. Continue Reading
The future of Big Data is even Bigger Data, according to Mark Csernica, technology analyst for Mind Commerce, a research and consulting firm that supports technology and telecommunications companies.
To clarify, Mark offered us a glimpse at the expected scope of data growth: the world's technological per-capita capacity to store information has roughly doubled every 40 months since the 1980s; as of 2012, every day 2.5 quintillion (2.5×1019) bytes of data were created. It is estimated that by 2020, there will be 20 Zettabytes (20 x 1021 bytes) of data available.
To accommodate the information explosion, Mark says that Big Data technology and techniques will have to be continually evolving.
"The Big Data technologies that are working today might have difficulties in processing the data files/sets of the future, which will continue to grow," he says. "I expect new data processing paradigms to be developed in order to process larger and larger data sets in reasonable time frames."
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Tell us about Mind Commerce … what services do you offer? Who should be using them?
Mind Commerce provides research and consulting services of digital technologies and the telecommunications industry. Our reports provide analysis on technologies and emerging business opportunities. For clients looking for more specific details, Mind Commerce provides follow-up consultation and advisory services on an as-needed basis. The Mind Commerce customer base includes technology companies, service providers, enterprise, government agencies and NGOs.
What seem to be the most common problems your clients hope you'll help them solve?
Our clients are looking for trends, projections, and analysis on technologies, infrastructure, devices, applications, services. Our clients want to understand business models involved and emerging business opportunities that they can take advantage of.
Why is Big Data so important to the growth and survival of businesses today?
The importance of Big Data technologies is due to businesses' need for identifying and taking advantage of business intelligence. Identifying gems of business information out there in the vast expanse of businesses' data repository and on the Internet. This business information is on databases, blogs, articles, analyses, surveys, etc. Gems of information that are currently hidden, but if found are a source of market intelligence and customer preferences. And when used, they allow a business to spot market trends, strengths and weaknesses of one's product line and identify tactics to gain competitive advantage.
But there are technical challenges with Big Data. The collection of data files/sets are so many, so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process them using existing database management tools and traditional data processing applications and techniques in reasonable time frames.
How can businesses better harness all the data available to them today?
For businesses to better harness the huge volumes of data available to them, they must develop the ability to discover a unique data insight. That is, a business needs to develop the ability to ask new questions, formulate new hypotheses, explore and discover how they plan to use the data available to them.
Ultimately, a big part of a business's Big Data efforts is the use of new analytic techniques, on either new data or data that has been combined in new ways. And deciding how to analyze that data. Big Data technologies offer various approaches in capturing, storing, searching, analyzing the tremendous volumes of data available in reasonable time frames. Identifying and implementing the technology that best fits a business's needs is a key component of a business's Big Data strategy.
Organizations that address these areas will have the ability to take advantage of business opportunities, minimize risks and control costs.
What are some of your favorite tools, resources or techniques for managing and analyzing available data?
A technique I find interesting is using Cloud technologies and paradigms to provide the multi-processing environment needed to perform analytics on Big Data streaming data. This is achieved by setting up IaaS environments and allowing analytic programs to run on virtual machines. The objective in this approach is to define a system that offers modular growth and expansion. These techniques center on taking the data that was just generated, performing analytics on the data you need, throwing away the remainder of the data and saving the analytic results.
This technique appeals to me because the data is not saved first, then analytics performed, as is done in traditional analytic processing methods. Performing real-time analytics on your source data, saving disk storage and processing time. But there is a down side. This means your analytic programs must run 24-7. This requires system redundancy to address outages and downtime.
What do you think are the most common mistakes businesses make in managing the data they collect?
The most common mistake businesses make is not defining and maintaining a clear and precise Big Data strategy. They skip this step and just trying to implement solutions. Businesses need to define how they plan to use the data available to them to run their business. This includes what data they need, how they want to analyze it and use it.
What should businesses be doing to adapt to the age of Big Data?
Minimally, businesses need to define and maintain a clear and precise Big Data strategy to define how they plan to use the data available to them to run their business. This includes what data they need, how they want to analyze it and use it. Considering Big Data is an emerging technology, businesses need to include in that strategy a plan to migrate to Big Data technologies.
What are some of the most interesting ways you've seen businesses and organizations leveraging Big Data to their benefit?
ATT is implementing the Cloud technologies technique I mentioned above to make the data generated in their networks (eight to nine Terabytes daily) available internally to their operations and to clients. Making this data available to clients allows ATT to monetize this information.
We've recently received good news from Netcraft twice: in August we've reached 3rd place in their top 10 and, also, it's our fifth consecutive month in this prestigious top. Here's the news with all the details.
As we've already said in a previous article about our presence in top 10, we continue to maintain a consistent 100% uptime, an excellent response time and a low number of failed requests. This is quite a record, as Netcraft admits.
In August, we have been placed on the 3rd position due to a 0,007% rate of failed requests and a connection time of 0,070ms.
We are really proud of this recognition. Our hosting infrastructure for big data companies is the differentiator that makes us great. Currently, we are the only IaaS provider in the world that does not use virtualization. And this is how we do it.
How did we get to where we are today? Continue Reading
That's right, we have good news again, and it's for the third time in a row. In April of this year, our first month of being monitored, we were ranked 7th in Netcraft's prestigious Top 10 of the most reliable hosting companies in the world.
In May, the second surprise arrived: we went straight to the 4th position of the top. Then, today we have received a new notice from Netcraft, announcing us that we are also in June's Top 10, this time in 6th place.
In their own words: "Bigstep, which focuses on providing infrastructure for big data companies, started being monitored three months ago and has maintained a 100% uptime record thus far". We feel honored.
Our inclusion in the Top 10 is based on the lowest number of failed requests – 0.017% – and a connection time of 0.072ms.
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See What Dance Music Artists are Admitting to a Pokemon Go Addiction
The Pokemon Go addiction is real, and it has pervaded the EDM community. Artists can't stop sharing their Pokemon adventures on their socials as they try to catch them all. At least they have taken the first step towards conquering addiction... admitting you have a problem. It looks like What So Not is the only artist who has come out the other side (scroll to bottom).


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In this featurette for the upcoming Karate Kid reboot, we get interviews with all the stars of the flick as well as brand new behind-the-scenes footage. Again, Jackie Chan looks super awesome as the Yoda-like teacher and Jaden Smith seems not-so-awful as Dre Parker. Check it out after the jump.
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Mazda car, truck, or SUV owners have come to expect a certain level of best-in-class value when driving their B2500 around town. Car aficionados appreciate the dependability built into each Mazda, and understand that only the best repair B2500 parts will suffice when your car or truck needs fixing. When your Mazda B2500 was born, it was destined for a person with discerning taste who values long-lasting quality in their automobile. Your Mazda dealership isn't the only place to find genuine or original equipment quality parts to repair your B2500.
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Busta Rhymes' Nicki Minaj-assisted single for Extinction Level Event 2, "Twerk It," didn't exactly set the world on fire after dropping over the summer. Outside of the "me too" feeling in concept, it didn't feel in line with the themes or concepts from the original ELE released around 15 years ago.
Then comes "Thank You."
While Kanye West, Birdman and Lil Wayne give spoken commentary throughout the track, the former Leaders of the New School member and Q-Tip trade some of the best bars heard from the two in years. Let alone the incredible sampled usage of Alicia Myers' "I Want to Thank You." Listen below.


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Bell's new V-280 Valor tilt-rotor prototype is 95% complete and the company expects its first flight to be in September. The prototype was made for the US Army's joint-multirole demonstrator programme, reports Star Telegram. The V-280 differs from the V-22 tilt-rotor, as the company decided to take the "lessons learned" from the V-22 and applied… Read more »
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The restructuring firm running Woolworths is likely to cut prices on its phones in the run-up to Christmas, prompting fears from operators that their stock in the retailer's stores will be targeted by box breakers.Restructuring firm, Hilco, was drafted in by the administrator, Deloitte, to maintain sales through Woolworths' busiest period, while the administrator searches for buyers for the business.Meanwhile, operators have tens of thousands of subsidised handsets across the retailer's 815 stores and are acutely aware they have no means of recovering clawbacks if the handsets are not activated by genuine customers.One source close to the matter said the retailer could not guarantee its prices would not be cut as the company looks to generate cash.A spokesman for Deloitte has confirmed its stores will remain open over Christmas and it has no 'immediate plans' to change pricing policies. It would not confirm whether Woolworths would limit the number of handsets bought by a single customer.Woolworths is a major mobile phone retailer in the run-up to Christmas, with an estimated 400,000 handsets sold in the last six to eight weeks of the year.Woolworths increasingly sourced its phones directly from networks. Orange, O2, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone declined to comment on whether Woolworths owes them money, but several operator sources claimied there was still risk across the board.T-Mobile claimed it stopped supplying Woolworths directly in September, following a risk assessment by its credit insurers. It added: 'Woolworths holds some old T-Mobile stock but no current lines, so any clearance promotions will have no impact on sales through other channels in the run-up to Christmas.'It is understood that Woolworths' administrators are currently in talks with the four distribution centres that supply all the stores. It said it is currently 'in discussions' with suppliers, as well as with several parties interested in buying the business. Carphone Warehouse, along with the owner of Sainsbury's and Ryman, Theo Paphitis, are believed to be among 10 bidders who have approached the administrators about purchasing some or all of the stores.
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Mr. PRYOR. I come to the floor today to ask my colleagues to join me in supporting Federal funding for the Little Rock Audubon Nature Center. The Little Rock Audubon Nature Center is a collaborative private-public effort to provide tools and services to historically underserved children. Using the prestige of the Audubon Society's reputation, this project will pull together all stakeholders to promote national science and math goals, environmental education, and wildlife observation.
This isn't the nature center we grew up with. This is a new concept that creates a place to learn math, science, and other academic subjects in a nurturing environment reinforced by a hands-on, out-of-doors experiences. This is a chance to support what our children learn in the classroom and in the textbooks with stimulating reality. This model of learning will stoke our children's curiosity and provoke them to start asking the questions all great thinkers pose: Why does this work?
How can that happen? What makes this possible?
Mrs. LINCOLN. I join my friend and colleague in supporting this project. I believe this will be a place that junior high and high school kids will truly enjoy and where they can be engaged. According to the Pew Foundation, academic achievement, student engagement, and teacher satisfaction all improve significantly when schools link academics with hands-on study of the surrounding environment and community and that is exactly what the Little Rock Audubon Nature Center will do.
The Nature Center site is just a 15-minute school bus ride from 50 schools in southeast Little Rock, giving it the ability to serve as an outdoor classroom for thousands of school children.
In short, this is a kid-friendly, cost-effective approach to reaching the underserved and teaching science and math. This is the kind of project this body must support to help our kids meet the challenges of the future.
Mr. PRYOR. Given current budget constraints, it is more important than even to use scarce resources wisely and I rise today to provide my colleagues with not only the numerous benefits associated with this innovative approach to educating our children, but also the costs. Specifically, I am seeking an appropriation of $1.2 million for the project but $1.2 million that will be leveraged by private funding on a better than 2 to 1 match. As Senator LINCOLN pointed out, this Center will serve thousands of children and I believe that federal investment in the Little Rock Audubon Nature Center will produce broad returns that deserve the attention of this body.
Mr. DORGAN. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. PRYOR. I would be delighted to yield to the Senator from North Dakota and our ranking member.
Mr. DORGAN. I am aware of the Senator's interest in the Little Rock Audubon Nature Center, but did the Senator say that the Center will support national science and math goals?
Mr. PRYOR. I did. The Little Rock Audubon Nature Center will assist schools in teaching the sciences of ornithology, ecology, biology, botany and environmental health, to name a few; to excite young people's minds and prepare them for careers in the sciences; and to help improve state science scores. Senator DORGAN, are you aware that our childrens' math and science scores in America are continuing to decline throughout the country? As compared to 38 countries around the world the United States ranks 19th in Mathematics Achievement Scores, according to a 1999 Trends in International
Mathematics and Science Study. I am particularly concerned about this decline in our students' performance in my home state of Arkansas. We need fresh ideas and new approaches to turn this situation around. So, I was very interested to learn of a recent study in Northwest Arkansas showed that nature education can be a very powerful tool for helping to address this problem.
Mrs. LINCOLN. What we are talking about here is stimulating the minds of children and fostering their aspirations to become our next great scientists and engineers. The education investments we make now can lead our country to the discovery of the next vital scientific finding, invention or cure. This is an opportunity to inspire our children to strive for greatness in science and mathematics and to harvest their creativity, curiosity and knowledge so they may one day help their fellow man and society at large.
Mr. BURNS. I am aware of the serious problem regarding the decline in our children's math and science scores and I am intrigued by the idea that we might address this problem through nature education.
Mr. DORGAN. Let me add to the chairman's remarks that I, too, am interested in investing in programs that support math and science.
Mr. PRYOR. I appreciate the comments from the distinguished Chairman and Ranking Member and I would like to call to their attention other benefits associated with the Little Rock Audubon Nature Center which would benefit underserved minority communities. In fact, the nature center is located in a former federal housing site for African American veterans from World War II, which has been closed for years. The center is located in the Granite Mountain community in my home state of Arkansas that lies within the boundary of a Federal empowerment zone and would serve, in particular, the minority community and school children of southeast Little Rock.
Mr. DORGAN. So this project would not only help to improve math and science scores for all children but in particular help to assist underserved communities? What other benefits would it provide?
Mr. PRYOR. The Nature Center also would provide access to a beautiful 450 acre park that is currently unavailable to the citizens of Arkansas due to inadequate city funds. This park represents one of the most unique natural areas in Southeast Arkansas because of its incredible biodiversity and a globally significant geological formation, making this site both ecologically important and of great educational value.
Mr. DORGAN. I agree that this sounds like a very worthwhile project. What Federal appropriation would be necessary to begin work on it?
Mr. PRYOR. I am seeking $1.2 million which could be phased in over a multi-year programming plan with a private fund match. I want to point out the Audubon Society's great success in my home state of Arkansas in leveraging private funding to match federal outlays for conservation projects. For example, the Audubon Society successfully restored thousands of acres of Fourche Creek by leveraging private funds to match federal dollars at a ratio of more than 2-to-1. The track record has been established and the private community has made its pledge to allow this Federal appropriation to be a catalyst for private additional investment in this worthwhile project.
Mr. DORGAN. I appreciate this thorough report about the benefits of the Little Rock Audubon Nature Center.
Mr. BURNS. Yes, I thank the Senators for the clarification. There is more to this project than suggested by its name and I hope that we might give your request every possible consideration.
Mr. PRYOR. I appreciate those remarks. I am making a personal request that the Senate give this project the initial funding needed to help it become a reality for the children of Arkansas. I thank the Senators for assistance in this matter.


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Your Guide on How to Get Urine Smell out of Mattress
Beddings are implied for a tranquil rest after a day's feverish work. It provides for oneself the inclination of unwinding and takes away all the weakness and tiredness. Consider the possibility that the bedding that you are sleeping on is not clean. It has rightly been said that 'Cleanliness is next to Godliness' and such expressions ought to be executed in our day to day schedules. With a house that has pets and kids, it gets to be exceptionally clear to get the mattresses filthy all the time. What you can do if your bed is wet with urine and how to get urine smell out of mattress, would be one of the toughest thing you must be thinking?
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The studies have discovered that our mattresses contain a lot of micro-organisms like Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas species. They have impeding impact on our wellbeing and therefore ought to be dispensed. Above all, the dust and mites just enter the respiratory system and lead to serious allergies and problems. Not just dust, but even the urine makes a mattress dirty. If you share your bed with a child, it is implicitly going to get dirty with urine. The pets sometimes might just crawl up the bed and urinate. Again you are struck up with the vital question asking by yourself how to get urine smell out of mattress!
A queen size mattress with urine tends to give out a bad odor which is not appealing and a bad stain. Besides the smell, it tends to affect those people who have asthma. Sleeping on dirty mattresses are also said to be related to problems like itching and rashes on the skin.
Take a step forward and make your mattress a hygienic place to sleep with these simple 5 steps how to get urine smell out of mattress is given below!
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The first step that one should practice is to remove any mattress cover or bed sheet just after the urination. Take it and wash under a stream of tap water with constant rubbing. Put the cover/bed sheet in the washing machine to further wash it with the detergent. Prior to it if possible add a little amount, like half a teaspoon, of vinegar into the cloth to remove odor from the same. Set for a hot wash. Hot wash removes any kind of germs present in the bed sheet/cover and this can solve your problem how to get urine smell out of mattress!
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For the urine stains on the mattress immediately put a piece of towel or any other cotton material with rigorous pressing so as to absorb maximum wetness from the surface of the mattress is a good solution how to get urine smell out of mattress. If you possess a vacuum cleaner then try to absorb maximum wetness from it. If you noticed the stain a bit late and worried about the dry stain smell then move to the next step. We have a solution for that as well.
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Take some detergent and mix it well with warm water. Pour the solution over the spot and rub thoroughly with a scrubber or any other rubbing material. Make sure to rub till you are satisfied that the stain is removed completely. Now the major issue is with the awful urine odor. Urea/ammonia smells pungent and not at all entertaining. Thus have to be removed. In adhering to this practice, how to get urine smell out of mattress can be addressed properly.
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Pour a solution of 50% vinegar and 50% water over the area. Blot it off nicely and effectively. Sprinkle some baking powder over the area. Follow this by adding 3% of Hydrogen Peroxide mixed with dishwashing detergent over the area where you have sprinkled the baking soda and scrub the region.
After 15 minutes blot it but do not use a vacuum cleaner.
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Immediate cleaning by a vacuum absorber or hair drier is also a good remedy to solve how to get urine smell out of mattress. It can dry the area in short time. If the smell still persists, use a perfume spray or medicated powder. It can neutralize the ammonia/urea smell of the urine. Medicated powders are available on online pharmacies or even medical shops. These are extremely safe on the skin and do not cause any harmful effects. Vinegar can be effectively used on human and pet's urine.
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Do-it-yourself techniques have been attempted and tried by the clients along these lines and thus have given incredible results. It is best to let the bedding dry in daylight or open. Since beddings are heavy, it gets to be very hard to pick them up. Thus, such strategies then are of incredible utilization. Vinegar and hydrogen peroxide are great stain removers, however purchasing a medicated powder ought to be favored all the more as it is easy to use and does not harm the body. If you cannot find hydrogen peroxide in the stores, try to go for products that have a label 'oxy' over them. They contain hydrogen peroxide. Apart from this, various sprays to remove animal urine odor are also available in the market. Cleaning a king size mattress off such stains should never be ignored and you will have concise information about how to get urine smell out of mattress!


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In this post, I briefly cover three papers from this year related to Samsung's preparation for 7nm. After reading, I found a surprisingly more realistic status than portrayed at less technical venues.
Two of the papers are from 2017 Symposium on VLSI Technology.
Paper T11-3 "10nm 2nd generation BEOL technology with Optimized Illumination and LELELELE" is interesting not only for its revelation of Samsung's multipatterning strategy (detailed in the "Current multi-patterning techniques" thread: https://www.semiwiki.com/forum/f293/...html#post35083) but also the revelation that SADP is an emerging option for 7nm besides EUV.
Paper T6-1 "Highly Manufacturable 7nm FinFET Technology featuring EUV lithography for Low Power and High Performance Applications" shows device data with the introduction of dual fin widths and rather few quantitative details of EUV. One interesting statement was that besides the contact layer, EUV was being applied to "minimum-pitched metal/via interconnects", the latter application being repeated several times in the paper. I take it "minimum pitch" means the minimum metal pitch (MMP) of 7nm node, so it highlights a single-pitch design restriction. It would be consistent with EUV SMO illumination favoring 36 nm pitch in recent studies. On the other hand, the other interesting statement was the comparison of EUV with DPT rather than SAQP, with the former offering >25% reduction of mask steps. This may hint that MMP is in fact larger than 36 nm.
More detailed information on Samsung's work on EUV this year comes from their SPIE paper this year "Progress in EUV lithography toward manufacturing" (paper 1014306).
- Pellicle metal layer is used to keep the pellicle cool enough (<400 C) but it also reduces transmission, so there is a tradeoff
- Thru-slit CD uniformity surprisingly serious for isolated horizontal lines (compared to dense)
- As mentioned in other presentations, collector degradation was improved to 0.5% per billion pulses but needs to drop to <0.1% per billion pulses.
- LCDU on contact holes degrades as pitch decreases and is worse for 0.33 NA compared to 0.55 NA due to NILS being worse for the lower NA.
- Samsung revealed a new mask defect phenomenon, called 'bulge defects', which occurred after exposing a mask for a sufficient number of wafers. The bulge is attributed to hydrogen penetration into the layers of the EUV mask.
- Actinic (EUV wavelength) mask defect review made use of an in-house tool developed by Samsung called EMDRS (EUV Mask Defect Review System).
S-S. Kim et al., "Progress in EUV lithography toward manufacturing," Proc. SPIE vol. 10143, 1014306 (c) 2017 SPIE.
D. Ha et al., "Highly Manufacturable 7nm FinFET Technology featuring EUV lithography for Low Power and High Performance Applications," 2017 Symposium on VLSI Technology, T68 (c) 2017 JSAP, under permission of copyright holder.
W. C. Jeong et al., "10nm 2nd generation BEOL technology with Optimized Illumination and LELELELE," 2017 Symposium on VLSI Technology, T144 (c) 2017 JSAP, under permission of copyright holder.


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Colombia vs Bolivia 2018 World Cup Qualification: Match Preview and Prediction
Fixture: Colombia vs Bolivia
Competition: South America World Cup Qualification
Date: Thursday, 23th March, 20:30 GMT
Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez.
Colombia vs Bolivia: Preview
Colombia vs Bolivia match is going to be held on 23th March at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez. Colombia suffered a 1-0 away defeat against Brazil and other side Bolivia registered a 1-0 home win against Paraguay on their previous matches.
Colombia will start the match favorite against Bolivia in this fixture of World Cup Qualification at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez.
Colombia vs Bolivia: Head-to-Head Stats
- Both teams have played 13 matches against each other in all the competitions. Colombia has secured 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats against Bolivia. Bolivia has scored 11 goals against Colombia and concedes 21 goals against them.
- Bolivia suffered a 2-3 home defeat against Colombia in their last meetings in the match of World Cup Qualification on 25th Mar, 2016.
Colombia vs Bolivia: Prediction
Bolivia will try their best to secure at least an away draw from this match and Colombia is ready to secure a home win from the fixture. Colombia is better side to compare with Bolivia when they will play against each other at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez.
Predicted result will be a home win for Colombia.
Colombia vs Bolivia: Betting Tips
Asian Handicap : Colombia -2.0 at 1.85
Goals Over/Under : Over 2.5 Goals at 1.50


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QPR's Brazil goalkeeper Cesar holding talks with Benfica
Queens Park Rangers goalkeeper Julio Cesar has flown to Portugal for talks with Benfica.
The 34-year-old Brazilian, who has two years left on his deal at Loftus Road, has not played a game for Rangers since April 2013.
He spent the latter part of last season on loan at MLS side Toronto, but he returned to QPR after featuring for Brazil at the World Cup finals.
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Now Benfica are interested in a deal, and Cesar has flown to Portugal to hold talks.
As he landed in Lisbon, he told reporters: "I can't say anything, Nothing has been agreed yet. I've come to talk to the club.
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Just a 5 minute walk from the Coliseum and 100 yards from Cavour Metro, Grand Hotel Palatino is in Rome's Monti District. It offers a bar and 2 restaurants. Wi-Fi is free in public areas.
Rooms at the Grand Hotel are air conditioned and come equipped with a minibar and satellite TV. Some have views of Rome's rooftops.
Le Erbe restaurant offers international cuisine in elegant surroundings, while Le Spighe specializes in Roman dishes and classic Italian cooking. Breakfast starts at 6:30 am.
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It is amazing but for mini wins like $10 to less than $20 I got what I paid for.......medium prizes!!! If given the opportunity with a large bankroll such as say $400, I will most likely put in bigger bets just to see how huge the potential of Triple Extreme spin can become!! So far, the most scatters I gotten on low bets were 3 and 4 triple wheels.....I can imagine the thoughts of getting more of this on max bet!! Holy, the "face slapping wins"!!
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