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Tuesday, 26 September 2017
Made It To The Plot
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Martyn a lovely video which I thoroughly enjoyed while having my breakfast, I love your allotment plot and wow what a size it is down here we would have split into about 5 plots. I assume the blackberries are thornless and the sweetcorn although tightly grouped did the business as they say, I didn't realise Sue doesn't drive hope your mobile soon. Love to you both. DavidReplyDeleteReplies
Glad the video didn't spoil your breakfast David. You're spot on regarding the size of our plot as it is 5 plots. At the time the council were happy for us to take on as many plots as we wanted. Even now our site still has a few vacant plots.Delete
Sue can drive David it's just that with her current dry eye problem she has not been driving at all. We didn't think that it was worth talking the risk for her to start driving if she wasn't 100% sure.
Im sorry to here that Martyn I assumed her dry eye problem had been resolved I and several friends have the same problem our eyes seem to be constantly watering we wish her wellDelete
That's beautiful video Martyn! Love to see your plot! Saw the harvest photos in Sue's blog! Awesome!ReplyDeleteReplies
We'll soon be using fruit and vegetables from the freezer as we move from autumn and into winter.Delete
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The Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945, reshaping nation and society and imposing their own distorted views about power, progress and race. Nazi Germany for iPad places an understanding of this notorious regime right at your fingertips, with detailed information, great graphics and interactive features - all for the fraction of the price of a textbook!
Nazi Germany for iPad contains 36 chapters, written especially for this app by Alpha History authors and not available elsewhere. Explore the people, background, ideas and actions of Nazism, with the following chapters:
1. Adolf Hitler
2. Nazi Party
3. Nazi ideology
4. The SA
5. The SS
6. Weimar Germany
7. The Great Depression
8. Hitler becomes chancellor
9. The Reichstag fire
10. Extending control
11. Hitler and the Reichswehr
12. Night of the Long Knives
13. The Nazi state
14. Nazi economic policies
15. Hermann Goering
16. Heinrich Himmler
17. Joseph Goebbels
18. Other Nazi leaders
19. Work and leisure
20. Women
21. Children
22. Religion
23. Berlin Olympics
24. Eugenics
25. Anti-Semitism
26. Racial policies
27. Law and order
28. Opposition to the Nazis
29. Hitler and Mussolini
30. Hitler and Stalin
31. Spanish Civil War
32. The road to World War II
33. Invasion of Poland
These chapters are supported by a detailed timeline, a glossary of important terms, a summary of the historiography of Nazi Germany, a collection of primary and secondary quotations, and a 'strange but true' page containing unusual facts about the Nazis and their rule.
Nazi Germany for iPad is ideal for both the casual reader, or as an e-textbook for students across a range of levels, including:
- middle and upper secondary courses
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- GSCE and A-level (UK)
- VCE, HSC and other Australian courses
- undergraduate students wanting an accessible introduction to Nazism and its historical context
Nazi Germany for iPad contains a range of interactive features. All chapters are supported by audio, so you can read along with the text or use the app as an audiobook. There are embedded videos, image slideshows and card-flip activities. You can also test and revise your knowledge with eight crosswords and eight multiple choice quizzes.
Stay tuned for more great History apps from Alpha History in 2014.
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We demonstrate a coherence increase by six orders of magnitude of a standard quantum well semiconductor laser. Using a simple, optical-fiber-based feedback scheme, we stabilize the laser in a high-gain mode of a long external cavity. In a modified self-heterodyne measurement, we mix the high-gain mode with a strongly suppressed side mode and obtain an interference linewidth of only 12.6 Hz, corresponding to a decoherence of () Hz. In an independent characterization using an etalon, we deduce an upper limit of 300 Hz for the laser linewidth. The laser stably resides in this mode for tens of seconds. Our results agree with theoretical predictions.
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Founded in 1986 the ATRA (American Tort Reform Organization) has been strongly advocating a change in the American civil law system to reduce the bad effects of unnecessary litigations and has been fighting against junk law suits and litigation tourism in the US.
Most of the ATRA members are small businesses, corporations and municipalities. One of the most "infamous" cases in this context is the Pearson v. Chung civil court case, in which Roy L. Pearson, Jr., a Washington, D.C. administrative law judge, filed a lawsuit and demanded $67 million from a small dry cleaning company, alleging they had mishandled his pair of trousers.
Tort reform being a sensitive issue, President George Bush himself had then made it the center of his agenda during his run for the governorship of Texas way back in 1990. He is almost responsible for making tort reform issue almost a Republican versus Democratic issue today. It is estimated that tort litigations have cost almost 77000 lives and it costs about $865.37 billion annually due to "excessive" tort litigation. However there are many who do oppose the tort reform and say that the changes proposed by tort reform advocates are not justified.
It is well known that in any litigations there is the high cost involved with the E-discovery process that requires searching through thousands documents online and paying for the endless hours of lawyer fees. Here outsourcing of litigation support and e-discovery would be a good decision.
Managed Outsource Solutions (MOS) is a US based legal outsourcing service provider offering cost-effective offshore solutions (including from India) in litigation support, legal research, legal transcription, legal web design, legal animation and more to clients in the US, Canada the UK and Australia.


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I've never been to Aberdovey before but after shooting this lovely wedding there, I can see why so many people rave about this beautiful little town and I know that we'll be paying another visit there before long.
From the moment we arrived the day before the wedding, it was clear to see why Kath and Tim had chosen to tie the knot here. Tim is from the area anyway but the spectacular views, stunning old church and lovely, welcoming locals made this an easy choice!
The church was under repair and covered in scaffolding but even though this probably wasn't the vision they had for their nuptials, it just served to add to the atmosphere of the day and everyone got on with making the best of the still beautiful building. Remember the Friends episode with Ross and Emily's wedding venue ? Think along those lines 🙂
Kath arrived on foot sheltering under a brolly to a cheering crowd of locals waiting opposite the church with the biggest grin on her face and that smile didn't leave for the rest of the day.
Tim's Dad drives a stunning vintage car and we took a little drive from the church to the reception venue in Pennal – Glan Yr Afon Riverside Hotel, via the beach. The rain had just fallen and left us bathed with beautiful light to shoot in. Everything was perfect and we were even joined by a few canine companions bounding along the beach who very kindly didn't jump up Kath's wedding dress!
The party was a riot and I joined in for a little while but it's hard to dance with cameras banging around your hips so I gave in to the tiredness and picked up wee Frankie (her and my husband had joined me for the weekend and had very kindly been invited to the evening do) and we headed back to our little rental for a well earned rest.
The next morning, I was up bright and early with a post-wedding-buzz so me and Frankie walked down to the beach to see the sun rise over the estuary.
What better way to say goodbye to a lovely place, a lovely weekend and a lovely couple 🙂
The morning started with a little walk along the beach with an usher, a flower girl and a page boy 🙂 On the way back to our little rented cottage we bumped into Kath getting some early morning prep and the day started from there !


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Hear ye, hear ye: The Florida Renaissance Festival returns to South Florida this month, giving all you knaves and wenches the opportunity to get dolled up in corsets and chain mail and participate in bawdy songs, dances, and other faux-historic revelry. If you're the kind of person who spends your days sending drafts of Game of Thrones fan fiction to George R. R. Martin for critique, this is your time to shine.
But if this is your first "Ren fest" in South Florida, be warned. Dressing like a Renaissance man or maiden is relatively easy elsewhere in the country, but the dangers in Miami are many. You'll want to be sure your corset is not too tight, nor your chain mail too heavy, lest you faint in the heat. Ease of movement is a must, in the event you are forced to flee an alligator or python. And whatever you do, take pains to hide your costume until you arrive at the festival. The mockery of sexy South Beach wenches is a wretched thing indeed.
If you plan to wear any of the following outfits to Cauley Square, take heed: You shall not pass. (Not without scrutiny, anyway.)
This guy, on the other hand, has proper ventilation in mind. But we're still confused. Is he a royal weightlifter? A medieval cricket player? A knight from the elbows down? You've gotta have a theme, man.
On the upside, this woman certainly has a theme. On the downside, that theme is Terrifying Medieval Cat Lady.
What, no one was willing to model this corset in which many pointy, blade-like metal objects surround your nipples? Shocking.
On first inspection, this getup seems to have it all: a short skirt, vented sleeves, plenty of moveability. Unfortunately, it also has hot pink everywhere. The '80s called, and they wanted you to know that: a) "The ____ called, and it wants its ____ back" jokes are lame, and b) neon colors did not exist in the time of the Renaissance.
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349 salina cruz 2, La Penita de Jaltemba, Guayabitos
This one bedroom condo is beautifully furnished and has a very functional kitchen with granite counter tops,. It also features a large terrace great for entertaining. It is just one block to the beach near the southern end of La Penita. The ground level features the living room, dining room, kitchen and bath, while the upstairs has the bedroom, a second bath, sitting area and the covered outdoor terrace. Walk a short block to the beach or enjoy your morning coffee on the common area roof-top terrace looking out to the ocean.


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Guns N' Roses Rumours: New Album With Classic Lineup But 'Chinese Democracy' To Be Played On Tour?
A handful of ex-employees of Guns N' Roses are fuelling some very strange rumours about the band's long-hoped-for reunion tour and future plans.
Arlett Vereecke, their old publicist, has told Classic Rock that the band is definitely recording new material saying, "Axl hasn't been there, but Slash is definitely in there and it's not for anyone else."
Ex-manager Ian Niven is also throwing fuel on the fire, suggesting "Duff [McKagan] and Izzy [Stradlin] were in the studio before Christmas doing stuff. At a casual glance I think they've got at least a couple of tracks down."
Now the ugly part: Vereecke has also confirmed the unthinkable, claiming that the band will be playing songs off Chinese Democracy on their reunion tour to cater to frontman Axl Rose and his well-noted sizeable ego, despite the fact that he is the only member to appear on the over-hyped, rarely listened-to album.
Well, at least it'll be easy to know when to run for a pee break if that happens.


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Hopi Branched Sunflowers:
Branched Sunflowers are mainly for aesthetics, although they should attract a fair amount of pollinators; helping boost production in our food crops. This planting is up against the house between the Three Sisters Garden and our main garden.
Hopi Black Dye:
Our biggest Sunflower so far:
I am going to collect seed from this sunflower for next season.
White Striped Sunflowers along the dog's fence line.
We are hoping these grow tall, feed our hens and give us some privacy and shade. They are planted in a trench fed water by the overflow (as seen on the top right of the photo above) from two rain barrels.
Plantings of Miriam Edible Sunflowers around the chicken run:
it might seem a little late to plant a 60-70 day crop but that is what keeps gardening fresh; constant experimentation.
the sticks help to see where the plantings are but also might protect young seedlings from these heavy spring winds we are still having.
eleven plantings half way around the front of our side:
The soil was really rocky/sandy but I planted three seeds each...so when they come up we can fertilize with some fresh chicken manure. My plan was to water them with the spent water from the hens every day...
The chicken run today:
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Sunflowers Everywhere
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Hewlett-Packard is considering a range of new technologies for the next version of its popular 2133 Mini-Note netbook, including touchscreens.
"When we send out the Mini-Note to education it always comes back with a lot of finger prints on the screen," said Phil Devlin, manager of product marketing at HP's mobile business unit in the Asia Pacific, during a recent interview. That tells him people are looking for touchscreen technology.
Netbooks, or mini-laptops, are a new breed of device designed for mobility and surfing the Internet. They normally weigh about 1 kilogram, have 7-inch to 10-inch LCD screens, carry long lasting batteries and connect wirelessly to the Internet. And they generally cost less than the average notebook PC at between US$199 and $599.
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Using advanced analytics to help you unlock transaction data and add value to your business while zeroing in on unrealized opportunities.
Dealing with indirect tax can be quite the complex task. It's time consuming and can be risky. With the changing landscape, it's hard to keep up. From our experience, many CFO's share the same problem, asking themselves, "Have I got this 100 percent right?" Even an error of just 1 percent can cost your business millions. Dealing with indirect tax can be one of the biggest administrative burdens on business. You might be on top of one thing, but you start to think, "Am I paying too much indirect tax? Are my transactions accurately recorded? Have I factored in the resources I'll need? Am I up to date with legislation? How can I meet all the requirements in the countries we operate in?" Ultimately, the question is, "how can I do this better?" Letting KPMG manage your indirect tax compliance can reduce costs, minimize risk and give comfort. And our approach using advanced analytics can help you unlock transaction data to add value to your business while zeroing in on unrealized opportunities. By mining transaction data, you'll gain deeper insights into your business. You could uncover unexpected advantages: from optimizing the supply chain, gaining competitive advantage, to improving customer relationships. Turn transaction data into value for your business.
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Personal Peptides Speeds Genomic Analytics with Optimized AWS Infrastructure
HPC for Life Sciences Analytics AWS infrastructure to power massively parallel compute cluster, NoSQL and indexing
Founded in Houston, Texas, Personal Peptides is the first company to develop a nutrigenomic tool for cancer patients,designedtoimprovetheir cancer specific immune system. By bridging the gap between the human immune system and personal Challenges genomics, Personal Peptides aims to provide individuals with the tools to sculpt their own immune repetoires.
Secure, compliant HPC framework to bring solution to market
- Personal Peptides needed commercial, high performance solutions to process big data at massive scale.
- Meeting HIPAA requirements and enabling Personal Peptides to control and protect client information along the supply chain was essential.
- Maintaining competitive advantage through efficient use of computing resources was imperative in the competitive field of biometrics.
- Managing hardware would not be a viable option; the company needs to remain agile, manage periodic spikes in demand and rely on a self-managing infrastructure.
HPC Cloud Computing
Personal Peptides sequences the genome of individuals aiming to manage cancers using immunotherapies. The company's ImmunoDietTM program is a nutrigenomic test that provides oncologists and nutritionists with the information required to create a customized nutrition plan to improve the outcomes of cancer patients.
Cancer can mutate to mimic certain proteins found in food, and consuming these foods has the potential to suppress the cancer immune system. Similarly, a strategy to avoid foods that may damage the cancer-specific immune system can help boost an ongoing immune system response against cancer. The challenge is that research shows DNA in each individual's cancer is very different. Treatments must be customized for each person. Personal Peptides enables health and nutrition providers to counsel patients to manage their diets according to the individual DNA of their cancer with the aim of improving their outcomes.
High Performance, Scalable Infrastructure
To accomplish this, the DNA must be sequenced, analyzed and compared against other large data sets, requiring massive amounts of computing resources in order to return information within a reasonable timeframe. While the data analyticscouldbeperformedinacademic centers where high performance super computers were available for research, the only viable commercial solution was public cloud resources from Amazon Web Services, relying on their HIPAA compliant services to maintain patient privacy. Even with AWS's inherent high scalability, computations were estimated to take too long. While the time estimate had been reduced to decades, that was simply still too long.
Cracking the Genomics Big Data Challenge
Jahan S. Khalili Ph.D., founder of Personal Peptides and a recognized leader in the field of nutrigenomics had developed the methodology needed to deliver the ImmunoDietTM, but was struggling to find the expertise that would be required to properly architect an AWS environment that could manage his HPC requirements, let alone fit his need for an efficient, self-managing system.
After finding that a company specializing in providing infrastructure to the biometric industry was unable to provide a solution, Dr. Khalili engaged Flux7. Flux7's full stack knowledge and deep application and infrastructure knowledge meant a solution that met all of Personal Peptides' requirements could be readily built. The application architecture included compute clusters for machine learning models, scalable task queues, search indexers and auto-scaling workers. The requirements of these applications, as well as the business requirements, needed to be carefully mapped and an AWS architecture was configured to meet those needs.
Dr. Khalili noted that "Flux7 had a unique way of looking at the challenge that I did not find from other vendors. They were able to rearchitect the entire system and use their partnership with Amazon Web Services to strategically work through any technical or business issues that arose."
Preserving the Document Chain
Personal Peptides' client DNA samples are provided to Illumina, a well-regarded DNA sequencer. Illumina's BaseSpace tool allows researchers to upload massive data sets directly to the cloud for analysis and to store the results long-term with Amazon Glacier. Because of this, the patient's data never has to leave the secure, compliant environment of AWS, providing an additional level of data protection along the document chain.
Self-managed, Near Limitless Infrastructure
Personal Peptides is now able to create a viable product and bring it to market in a way that meets the needs of their customers. By using a massively parallel compute cluster, NoSQL and indexing within Amazon Web Services, Personal Peptides is able to conduct genomic analysis and produce recommendations within a viable timeframe and cost.
The final solution uses a combination of enterprise grade messaging from RabbitMQ, the Celery pre-commerce platform, MongoDB and a proprietary mix of Amazon's web services to ensure security, privacy and scalability.
"Without the strategic use of AWS capabilities, we would not have had the resources to produce a commercially viable product," Dr. Khalili said. "Flux7's deep knowledge of architecture and of AWS has helped us achieve an infrastructure that we'll be able to maintain ourselves and which will grow with our business."


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Sherlock, Wanbo Li, Steven D. Lukefahr, Bruce C. Shanks, Dorian J. A case in point is the House ban on earmarks, a proud achievement of the Boehner majority for the past four years. Grubby and inefficient, earmarks decorate the country with misplaced bridges and idiotic museums. But evidence suggests they also make political compromises possible.
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Sammie noticed the similarities in the initials, and challenged me toexplore it...
They always say your first love is intoxicating. That it grabs you by the heartstrings and holds your head under water. And that it's over before it started.
That was true for the most part.
It was also true for your second love.
Claire was Mac's first love. There was no way of changing that, and no way he'd want to. Every time she walked into a room, his heart jumped a few inches and lodged itself in his throat. He supposed that was the 'head under water' part.
It was also 'over before it started'. Claire died too young. They had barely made a dent into the duration of what their relationship should have been.
For your second love, some say that its worse. You're so cautious about that 'headlong spiral', that you try to make it last, or maybe not happen at all.
You're so caught up with that first love, that you deny yourself a second.
But then one day it hits you.
You love her.
You always have.
You think you always will.
No, you know you always will.
You find yourself scribbling your initials together, like you used when you were a kid.
Huh. MS…life-threatening.
Easily misdiagnosed.
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These 3 Incredible Leaping Lynx Have Mad Jump Skills
Filmed by BBC Earth, this video gives you a close up look at a leaping lynx.
Check out this video where the host attempts to make this lynx leap two meters in the air by baiting it with a tasty mean.
The leaping lynx in this video isn't just jumping for fun, there's a piece of meat above its head that's baiting the cat.
According to the host, lynx are great climbers because of their sharp retractable claws, which act as crampons when climbing trees. These lynx are known to hunt prey the size of deer.
If only one cat can be called the leaping lynx, it has to be this one. After watching this video you have to agree with the host when he says the leaping lynx's attack on the meat was "incredibly elegant, swift and merciless."
Would you have been scared getting surrounded by these lynx? This host had three hungry cats around him and it's clear he's glad he made it out alive.


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Helping You Become a More Successful Gardener
Lane Greer
Ever wonder how plants get their names? Some just don't seem to fit when you first hear them. But then you think about it, and bam – it's right on! Take flowering maple, for example. The plant sure does have wonderful flowers, but it isn't actually a maple. (Heck, it's not even a tree.) But if you take a good look, you'll notice the plant's lobed leaves look a lot like the foliage of many maple trees. So its name actually fits.
Many flowering maples have beautiful sepals, like the dark purple ones enclosing these coral petals.
Photo Credit: Lane Greer
These hybrids show the range of bloom colors that flowering maples provide.
Flowering maples are often cherished for their variegated leaves.
Abutilon enthusiasts seek out rare and unusual species and hybrids.
Photo Credit: Felder Rushing
In fact, flowering maples (Abutilon and other species) are tender shrubs that are used as annuals. The plant's showy flowers are similar to hibiscus blooms, and they come in shades of white, yellow, orange, pink or red. (The big difference between hibiscus and many flowering maples, however, is that flowering maples have down-facing flowers that never fully open.)
Flowering maples come in all shapes and sizes. Some have large, outward-facing blooms, while most have small, pendent ones. Growth habits also vary greatly: Some varieties are vining, some are shrubby and tall, and others remain short and happy all their lives. Their height, which depends on the cultivar, varies from 1-6 feet, although most plants average around 1½-3½ feet tall.
No matter which you choose, flowering maples need full sunlight (or give them just a teensy bit of shade). Make sure they've got good garden soil, too. They combine beautifully with a variety of plants. Consider mixing Abutilon with white and yellow plants, oranges and blues, or shades of red in your garden. (Depending on bloom color and leaf variegation, flowering maple might clash with hot pinks and muddy purples.)
Another great way to use this plant is in containers or hanging baskets. In fact, hanging baskets are terrific for the small-flowered varieties because they bring those beautiful blooms much closer to eye level. And if you're wondering how to combine them with other plants, I'd have to answer, "Don't bother." Flowering maples can have a spreading growth habit, so they tend to take over a hanging basket or container. Another reason is that the foliage and flowers are so beautiful, you simply don't need anything else.
In my opinion, the best flowering maples have variegated foliage. Some, like Abutilon 'Savitzii', have leaves that are mostly cream-colored with just a little green. Another Abutilon beauty is Abutilon pictum 'Thompsonii', which has green leaves splashed with yellow. (Both typically have orange or yellow flowers.)
Flowering maples aren't hard to care for, but they don't suffer dry periods well. The plants do require regular watering (especially if they're planted in clay pots or coir-lined baskets), so pay close attention to moisture levels when it heats up.
Don't let its name fool you – flowering maple is one fantastic annual with both beautiful foliage and flowers. It may not be as tall as a tree, but what it brings to the garden is just as huge!
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The Vatican and the Catholic Church in Venezuela brought the disputed sides to the negotiating table to 'avoid a spiral of violence' in the country. Photograph:( AFP )
In the first open dialogue between the rival political parties in Venezuela in nearly a year, representatives from the socialist Maduro government and the opposition leaders met for crisis talks late on Sunday.
The landmark talks being held in the presence of the Vatican envoys is aimed at defusing an increasingly tense political crisis in the country.
Among those on hand for the talks held on the outskirts of Caracas were President Nicolas Maduro and members of the opposition, including Jesus Torrealba, the leader of the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) umbrella group.
Reaching out to the the MUD, Maduro assured "total commitment to the dialogue process" and said that all parties should do their "utmost to move forward in a progressive, sustained way".
But the talks have been fraught with disagreement among the opposition coalition, with some senior MUD leaders expressing feelings of "skepticism and distrust" and warning that the "conditions are not in place for dialogue".
The opposition parties blame Maduro for the country's economic crisis and have been angered by Maduro's efforts to block a referendum vote against him.
Torrealba reiterated the MUD's demands at the meeting that the government respect the constitutional right to a referendum, and that it free imprisoned MUD activists.
The Maduro government said the talks were aimed at "containing unconstitutional and undemocratic actions to overthrow the Venezuelan government."
Maduro's lead delegate to the talks, Jorge Rodriguez, denounced the opposition's plan to hold a demonstration at the presidential palace on Thursday as "craziness." He accused the opposition of plotting violence.
The palace was the scene of a short-lived coup attempt in 2002 against Maduro's late predecessor and mentor, Hugo Chavez.
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Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year is the largest international competition of its kind, annually showcasing phenomenal photographer of the night sky and the universe taken from a global community of talented astrophotographers.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich, in association with Insight Investment and BBC Sky at Night Magazine, has announced the key dates for the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017 competition — its annual global search for the most beautiful and spectacular visions of the cosmos, whether they are striking pictures of vast galaxies millions of light-years away, or dramatic images of the night sky much closer to home.
ESO supports the 2017 competition by providing a judge from its education and Public Outreach Department (ePOD).
Now in its ninth year, the hugely popular competition will open to entrants on Monday 27 February, giving them the chance of taking home the grand prize of £10 000. Entrants will have until Friday 7 April to enter up to ten images in the various categories of the competition via www.rmg.co.uk/astrophoto.
Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017 has nine main categories:
- Skyscapes: Landscape and cityscape images of twilight and the night sky featuring the Milky Way, star trails, meteor showers, comets, conjunctions, constellation rises, halos and noctilucent clouds, alongside elements of earthly scenery.
- Aurorae: Photographs featuring auroral activity.
- People and Space: Photographs of the night sky including people or a human interest element.
- Our Sun: Solar images including solar eclipses and transits.
- Our Moon: Lunar images including lunar eclipses and occultations of planets.
- Planets, Comets and Asteroids: Everything else in the Solar System, including planets and their satellites, comets, asteroids and other forms of zodiacal debris.
- Stars and Nebulae: Deep space objects within the Milky Way Galaxy, including stars, star clusters, supernova remnants, nebulae and other intergalactic phenomena.
- Galaxies: Deep space objects beyond the Milky Way Galaxy, including galaxies, galaxy clusters, and stellar associations.
- Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year: Pictures taken by budding astronomers under 16 years of age.
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Entries to the competition must be submitted by 7 April 2017, and the winners will be announced at an award ceremony at the Royal Observatory on 14 September 2017. The winning photographs will be exhibited at the Astronomy Centre from 16 September 2017. Entry to the exhibition is free.
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– Runner-up: £500
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Northern Lights and the lighthouse on the coast of Northumberland. (Photo: Owen Humphreys):
3. Star tracks in the Utah desert. (Photo by Marc Toso):
4. The planetary nebula in the constellation of Gemini Medusa. It named after the creatures from Greek mythology – Medusa. The length of the Jellyfish Nebula about four light-years, and its distance from the Sun, about 1,500 light-years. Despite its size, it is very faint and very difficult to monitor. (Photo by Chris Heapy):
5. Milky Way can be seen in all its glory among the night sky of the Mediterranean. (Photo by Gianni Krattli):
6. Supermoon over the Acropolis. (Photo by Alexandros Maragos):
7. Star tracks in Erdos, China. The image was compiled from a series of 168 pictures. (Photo Haitong Yu):
8. Spiral Galaxy Triangle type Sc Triangle in the constellation. Diameter is 2 times less than the Milky Way and 4 times less Andromeda. Its diameter – about 50 thousand light years corresponds to the average size of typical spiral galaxies. (Photo by Bernard Miller):
9. The same Andromeda. Spiral largest galaxy of the Local Group. Contains about one trillion stars that in 2.5-5 times larger Milky Way. Located in Andromeda and remote from the Earth at a distance of 2.52 million light. years. (Photo Kayron Mercieca):
10. Northern Lights in Iceland . (Photo by Joe Burdett):
11. Lone Heron and sunset in Denmark. (Photo by Adrien Mauduit):
12. Milky Way in Harwich, Massachusetts. (Photo by Chris Cook):
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text: Cocktail & Dinner Pop Up with Cherokee Moon Mixology: July 26th Written on June 30, 2018 Reply The lovely ladies at Cherokee Moon Mixology provide a medicinal approach to crafting vinegars, tonics, tinctures, shrubs, and all sorts of lovely concoctions from locally grown or foraged fruits, vegetables, and botanicals. Currently rebranding under the name The Georgia Vinegar Company, the group is about to start a fundraising campaign to take their company to the next level, jumping from cottage production to building out their own vinegar brewery here in Athens. Their thoughtful approach to sustainability, beauty, and wellness in foods is in line with our values, and we can't wait to highlight their products at this event. Brian will be creating some lovely cocktails and mocktails featuring their tonics, shrubs, and botanical tinctures. We will be featuring shandies using their products and Creature Comforts Athena, and we will have several special menu items in addition to our normal dinner menu that will highlight what they have to offer. Stop in for a meal or a beverage and get to know these fabulous makers in your community.


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Fox has been reviving cancelled shows lately and King of the Hill could be the next to be revived.
Over the last few years Fox has filmed another season for X-Files, Prison Break and 24. Classic Mike Judge comedy cartoon, King of the Hill, is in talks to be the next.
Dana Walden, Chairman and CEO of Fox Television Group told Variety, the talks with Judge and Greg Daniels are still in the very early stages.
"It was really just a first, exploratory, 'Are you excited about this?' They were both excited about it but they're both very busy individually so it's about finding time," Walden said.
These shows which have been revived have only been a single season so it will most likely not turn into a full resurrection of the series. The series rode on the success of The Simpsons, but was a more realistic slice of life alternative.
King of the Hill ran from 1997 to 2010 and ran for 13 seasons. For a brief time it held the record for second longest running animated sitcom series.
The series follows the life of the Hills, Hank, Peggy, son Bobby and niece Luanne Platter. King of the Hill takes place in Arlen, Texas, so it could weigh in on Trump and the current politics of the U.S.
It would be a while before the series would air if it gets made. Having to animate and provide the voices for the characters will really delay the show. It would also provide a prime time family-friendly alternative to Family Guy, South Park and other mature animated shows.
King of the Hill is currently in syndication and is currenting running on Cartoon Network and other local channels. If you have never seen the series I highly recommend it.
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Three Sides Of The Coin – Ep. 277 Vinnie Vincent, Jay Jay French & Slim Jim Phantom Live at Spooky Empire 2018
What a show this week! The highlight is our interview with Vinnie Vincent at the 2018 Spooky Empire in Orlando, FL. We talk about the first time he met Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. His memories of the Creatures of the Night tour in Brazil. When work first started on the Lick It Up album and of course… Did Vinnie Vincent Save KISS? Also stopping by our table at Spooky Empire was Jay Jay French from Twisted Sister and Slim Jim Phantom from The Stray Cats. We wrap things up…Read More


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A report from Abt Associates that included a cross-section of nine different states shows that states that revise the standards really don't change much.
Elementary Teachers Struggle With Common Core Math
Teachers in elementary schools who are "generalists" are having a problem with Common Core math according to an article in The Hechinger Report.
Common Core Math Lead Writer: It's Not Parents Job to Teach Common Core Math
Common Core has been a dividing wedge between parents and students, especially in math while sitting at the homework table, and this is by design.
Common Core is Killing Kindergarten
Two reports from the Defending the Early Years, a Boston-based non-profit organization took aim at the Common Core kindergarten standards in literacy & math.
NPR Attempts to Shifts Narrative on Common Core in Zimba Profile
NPR ran a profile on Jason Zimba that appears to be an attempt to change the narrative about Common Core. Here the writers of Common Core appear to be turned into victims, and curriculum companies and teachers are to blame for the poor roll out. Sarah Garland writes: Every Saturday morning at 10 a.m., Jason […]
South Dakota Parents Push Back Against Common Core Math
I read an interesting article in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader yesterday. It was focused on how parents in the Sioux Falls, SD school district were fighting back against the Common Core Math Standards through pulling their kids out to homeschool. That is probably the best thing that can be said about Common Core – […]
Math Society Presidents, Not Societies Themselves Endorsed Common Core
Sandra Stotsky wrote a blog post on Pioneer Institute's blog that deserves attention. You'll get the gist in the opening paragraph: Stanford University mathematics professor R. James Milgram included an informative e-mail in his packet of information for state legislators when he testified at a hearing on Common Core in Milledgeville, Georgia on September 24, […]
James Milgram Discusses Common Core Math Standards on Fox Business
Stanford University Mathematician and former Common Core validation committee member Dr. James Milgram discusses his concerns with the Common Core Math Standards on the Fox Business Network yesterday. You can watch below: Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics: Does It Add Up or Down? Part 3
Standards for Mathematical Practice The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Table of Contents includes two types of standards. First listed are Standards for Mathematical Practice. Second listed are Standards for Mathematical Content. Before we explore the Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMP), let's make a distinction between the SMP and Content standards. The SMP are […]
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Nuclear powers support review of treaty on disarmamentMay 16th, 2009 - 7:14 am ICT by IANS
New York, May 16 (DPA) The world's five recognised nuclear powers Friday endorsed the review of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), stressing the importance of nuclear disarmament and treaty's obligations.
The US, Russia, China, France and Britain, the five permanent UN Security Council members, jointly renew support for the NPT, which will come under a periodic five-year review in 2010.
The previous review in 2005 ended in disarray because of disagreement among treaty signers and the absence of a clear agenda of discussion.
But organisers of the 2010 review conference said the atmosphere has changed under the administration of President Barack Obama.
"Our delegations reiterate our enduring and unequivocal commitment to work toward nuclear disarmament, an obligation shared by all NPT state parties," the five powers said in a statement to coincide with the conclusion of talks at UN headquarters in New York to prepare for the 2010 meeting.
Zimbabwe's UN Ambassador Boniface Chidyausiku, who chaired the preparatory talks, said Obama has injected a new atmosphere and political good will in nuclear disarmament. Chidyausiku said the preparatory talks agreed within three days on an ambitious agenda for the 2010 conference whereas disputes among the NPT signers in 2005 failed to even agree on an agenda.
The review conference will take place in April 2010 at UN headquarters in New York.
"We have a good agenda for the review conference," which would address problems dividing NPT parties, he said.
Obama has called for a world free of nuclear weapons and has urged Congress to support the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). The US and Russia have also agreed to negotiate a new agreement replacing the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty dealing with the two countries' nuclear arsenals.
The five nuclear powers said in their statement that they welcome the US-Russian decision on a new START agreement. They called for strengthening the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear safeguards and to ensure their compliance.
In particular, the five powers urged respect of Article 4 of the NPT, which supports the rights of countries to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
The mention of Article 4 was in clear reference to the dispute between the five nuclear powers and Iran. Tehran claims its nuclear programmes are for civilian use, but the five powers disagree.
"We note our commitment to use the opportunity of the 2010 review conference to preserve international confidence in the treaty and to strengthen it in all its aspects," the statement said. "We urge all NPT state parties to share in this goal and join us in working to ensure a successful and balanced review."
The NPT entered into force in 1970 during the height of the Cold War with severe division among the nuclear powers. Signed by 188 countries, it remains the treaty with the largest number of signers.
The treaty urges nuclear disarmament and confides on the Vienna-based IAEA the responsibility to set and monitor nuclear safeguards. But it recognizes countries' rights to possess nuclear energy for peaceful uses.
- UN asks for agreement on nuclear disarmament - May 28, 2010
- Work towards nuclear disarmament: UN chief - Mar 06, 2010
- Nuclear conference adopts disarmament measures - May 29, 2010
- Ahmadinejad defies nuclear powers at UN nuclear conference - May 04, 2010
- Disarmament, non-proliferation are UN priorities in 2010: Ban - Jan 09, 2010
- NPT review conference in New York reaffirms international consensus - May 29, 2010
- UAE for nuclear energy use by all NPT members - May 05, 2010
- World leaders root for NPT, India remains firm - May 04, 2010
- India nuclear deal has not complicated non-proliferation efforts: US - Mar 06, 2010
- UN asks Iran to erase doubts over its nuclear activities - May 03, 2010
- Restructuring UNSC must for disarmament: Iran - Apr 17, 2010
- No dilution of NPT in India n-deal: US - May 01, 2010
- UN calls for urgent measures against nuclear terrorism - Apr 14, 2010
- Iran, North Korea threaten key nuclear treaty: US - Apr 30, 2010
- What Manmohan Singh said and meant at Nuclear Summit (Highlights) - Apr 13, 2010
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Ald. Felicity Purchase's address:to Subcouncil (19) on 17 September 2012 provides an update on civic matters affecting the citizens of the Far south Peninsula. Note that Subcouncil 19 is more extensive than the Far South Peninsula and includes parts of Retreat and Mitchels' Plain. Matters in her Chairperson's report include: the first shark sightings of the season and the Fish Hoek Beach shark exclusion net; traffic congestion on Main Road Kalk Bay AND on Ou Kaapse Weg; the Dido Valley &Masiphumelele housing projects;
Now that the excitement of the Olympics and Paralympics is over, it remains for us to congratulate our champions. It was interesting to see that whilst we didn't have a lot of people winning medals for South Africa from our area; two people had won medals for other countries who originated from Fish Hoek Surf Lifesaving Club. We also have a Strandfontein resident, Achmat Cassiem, who won 2 gold medals for swimming in the Paralympics. He is the nephew of one of our councillors and was a victim of a shark attack. It's very rewarding to see that we are developing outstanding athletes
On another note, I would like to mention that at Wessa's 64th AGM, Louise Stafford, our invasive alien clearing guru, was given an award for her work in alien vegetation clearing & biodiversity and we congratulate her on this.
On a more sombre note, the shark spotters have reported quite a few sightings on our beaches in the last week. We urge our residents to be vigilant and pay attention to the shark spotters and the flags as we enter the busy shark season.
The fish hoek shark exclusion net programme is on track and it looks like we'll be ready to have the net in the water early in the New Year.
Finally we have managed to get sufficient nominations for the ward committees and we look forward to their establishment over the next few weeks.
The biggest challenge we are facing presently in the far south is the question of roads and access. The upgrade of the Main Road Kalk Bay from Clairvaux to Weston Road has created a stop-and-go with delays of between 10 – 15 minutes per stop, i.e. if you get caught in the backlog you may have to stop 3 times and this is creating a major problem. This has also had the consequential effect of creating more traffic on Ou Kaapse Weg which in turn is creating an even worse gridlock situation with traffic backing up as far back as Ocean View Milky Way in the mornings. The positioning of two traffic officers as pointsmen has helped to keep the intersection clear but not sufficiently as to actually clear the gridlock. We are having a meeting with officials and engineers later in the week to try and resolve the problem.
On the housing front we have the Dido Valley project which is now in the NEMA appeal stage with Province and the LUPO application is currently with the City. This process will take up to 18 months.
Masiphumelele Phase 4 and the old soccer field site housing development are going through a Land Use Planning Ordinance process but are on track. The determination of beneficiaries is now also underway.
In Ocean View the planning is for two show houses to be built for public viewing by December. We look forward to this specifically because they will be uniquely designed stone houses built with stone from Ocean View.
The Pelican Park Housing project is all ready for launching next week. This is exciting as there will be more than three thousand houses built. We are very grateful that this project has finally got going.
On another front, there is a biodiversity network partnership between The City and ICLEA, and a programme has been set up with False Bay Ecology Park and theVillage Heights community to integrate the communities in what has become known as the "Other side of the Fence" project. This programme will be used to upgrade the library, the crèche and other facilities in the suburb.
Unfortunately we are still the victims of fires and there have been bad fires in Masiphumelele and Overcome Heights with fatalities. We offer our sympathies to those families.
The City has begun a re-blocking exercise and Masiphumelele Wetlands will be added to that programme.
Last weekend we experienced some major power outages due to problems at substations which caused inconvenience to residents in Ocean View. We are constantly working through a maintenance programme to upgrade our facilities.
It is very unfortunate that our 'zero tolerance' operations in our areas have been influenced by the project 'reclaim' or the so called 'service delivery' protests which have drawn our resources away for monitoring purposes and there by creating a negative impact on our 'zero tolerance' programmes. There have been operations but not with the desired outcomes that we anticipated.
Thank you.
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The practice of FGM/C is recognized as a violation of the human rights of girls and women, which are codified in several international and regional treaties. Since the 1990s, a growing number of African countries have established legal measures prohibiting the practice of FGM/C. In 2010 and 2011, Kenya, Uganda and Guinea- Bissau joined 21 other countries that had already passed legislation criminalizing the practice.Full review
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|BAUER Foundation Corp. (BFC) is committed to providing a healthy and safe workplace for all our employees at every project site we are on. Completing each project with zero incidents is our first priority.
Training and education is of the highest importance for all Bauer employees. All field employees will have at a minimum the OSHA 10hr Standards for the Construction Industry Certification and Hazardous Communication Training, including the new Global Harmonization System. With our own in-house certified trainer we have the ability to customize training courses for any specialized project.
BFC is also a proponent of sustaining our environment and takes measures to establish pollution prevention methods, hazardous material handling, as well as erosion control and soil contamination mitigation on all projects.
Compliance with the HSE policy, standards and the guidelines of the OSHAS 18001 management system is mandatory and subject to periodic audit.
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Banks are marketing what could be one of Canada's first nonprime residential mortgage-backed securities deals since the global financial crisis.
National Bank of Canada has held discussions with investors about a bond backed by a pool of residential mortgages just below prime-credit quality, Derek Norton, MCAP Corp.'s chief executive officer, said. The so-called alt-A mortgages are originated by MCAP, one of Canada's largest alternative mortgage-financing companies.
Discussions held this week with investors are still in the early stages and the initial tranche would be less than C$100 million ($75 million), according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the deal is private. It should grow into a "significant" funding vehicle, the person said.
"This is to the best of our knowledge the first kick at the can and it's a small start," Norton said. MCAP's 2014 prime RMBS is the only deal the market has seen since the financial crisis, he said.
A representative for Montreal-based National Bank of Canada declined to comment.
The deal comes amid concern that Canada's housing market is in a bubble, driven by soaring prices particularly in Toronto and Vancouver. Although the country escaped the worst of the 2008 financial crisis, Canada's non-bank short-term commercial paper market backed by residential mortgages collapsed in August 2007 amid the U.S. subprime meltdown.
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New Latitude Capital Corp., a Canadian uninsured mortgage lending platform, has created a trust that will buy mortgages and issue various rated and unrated tranches of securitized debt, according to a person familiar with the matter. Subprime borrowers are generally considered to be homebuyers with FICO scores below 620 and mortgages with a loan-to-value ratio above 80 percent. The credit scoring scale from Fair Isaac Corp. ranges from 300 to 850.
New Latitude Capital declined to comment.
The market for uninsured residential mortgage-backed securities has largely disappeared since the crisis, with only one deal from MCAP in 2014. The alternative lender, which has more than C$61 billion in assets according to its website, has an outstanding C$200.8 million program backed by a pool of uninsured, first-lien prime residential mortgages in Canada with a maximum loan-to-value ratio of 80 percent at origination, according to a report from credit-rating firm DBRS.
But Canada could see a renewed interested in RMBS funding after changes introduced by the federal government last year tightened access to government mortgage insurance and forbid putting insured house loans in private securitization pools, according to a Moody's Investors Service report. Canada's mortgage-backed securities market is dominated by C$441 billion outstanding in National Housing Act mortgage-backed securities insured by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
"I think the new rule changes are going to create an opportunity for us to do some more," Norton said, noting that it was still too early but they are looking.
Uninsured mortgages could also flow into Canada's commercial-paper market backed by residential debt. The market for such securities, which has a typical duration of 45 to 60 days, is about C$17 billion in debt backed by residential mortgages, DBRS said in a report in December.
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Things To Do in De WaterkantFollow the cobble stone road
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A history paved in pebbles, a stone throw from the ocean, grounded on the mountain rock; De Waterkant (the Water side). Count the blessings of the Cape while counting your footsteps on the cobbles that link centuries past to cappuccino's forthcoming. Three blocks walking North to South from the direction of Robben Island to the distinction of Lion's Head. Three block walking East to West from the city scapes toward Atlantic sea escapes.
Europe's token on Africa's tip, De Waterkant serves Cosmopolitans in cocktail glasses within an ambiance of foreign accents for an accompanying cosmopolitan theme. Take a self-guided walking tour of the village that provides more paths than parking bays for a drive-through tour anyway. Footsteps on the former slave-quarters avenues will have you speculating on the brightly painted history of the sloped urban sanctuary. De Waterkant has a secretive background that unlike its architecture is not well preserved but equally appreciated.
Overhung by Bo-Kaap (above Cape), this poetic pocket had the fate of falling on the misfortuned side of the Strand street divide that left Bo-Kaap untouched by the Group Areas Act enforced in 1966. This Act evacuated De Waterkant (once titled District 5) of its native residents but could never strip the streets of its native personality. Once subject to much discrimination this pleasant portion is now prejudice free and welcomes all peoples. Known as a pink district for its gay friendly atmosphere it is the trend-setters tribute to a Ni�oise salad with a crispy white wine vintage and the holiday makers destination of style. Little is recorded regarding the evolution of the area but much is loved about its atmosphere and architecture.
Since honoured as a South African heritage site and declared a National Preservation Area the eighteenth century quarters once erected by slaves from the East have been restored by citizens of the South to be admired by Westerners and inhabited by all. Small enough to explore, historic enough to herald, rich enough to inspire, quaint enough to delight; this cobbled collection of cultures has a past that reaches back to the early 1700's and a view that stretches across Table Mountain to Table Bay.
A stroll in the slanted neighbourhood will expose you to stonework and plaster skills that merged Netherlands building styles influenced by the Dutch colonisation with the Georgian structures attributed to the British invasion. One foot in front of the other, a few steps from front porch to front porch, a few porches in between caf�s and you will be ready to select designer interiors from a resident decorator to personalise your De Waterkant dwelling... as soon as the historic home-owners committee approves your new colour choice for your antique front door that you fell in love with as you turned the first cobbled corner.
In French loafers, Italian stiletto's, designer boots or back-packers sneakers... follow the smell of freshly packed pastries, follow the falling view, follow the stoned fa�ades of history, follow the cobble stone road.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (November 22, 2015) — Winter is approaching, and that means it's time to get your car ready for the ice and snow.
Here's what you can do yourself.
- check tire pressure
- check wiper blades
- check brakes
- check tire tread
"The most important thing for your car is the tread, rubber meets the roads," said Eric Grabovsky, General Manager at Pete's Service Center. "It's one of the most important parts of your cars, you want to make sure you have enough tread. If you don't have enough you won't be able to go anywhere. You're going to be slippery, unsafe, and it's going to be leaving you in a ditch somewhere."
According to car experts, you should also put a shovel and window scraper in your car. An emergency kit is also a good idea.
Emergency kit supplies:
- water
- blanket
- flashlight
- kitty litter, or something to get traction if you're stuck.
- snack food
- tow rope
- booster cables
- emergency flares
- extra hat, socks, and gloves
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If you want to know what the future of virtual reality looks like, let me tell you.
It's a red kitchen.
Not a very cool kitchen, either. It has two small windows and four meager cabinets. The gleaming white countertop on the center island overwhelms the space. Mostly, though, I hate the color of the room. It's too dark. Too formal. Makes me feel like I should don a sport coat before I have my morning oatmeal.
But, hey, no big deal. It will only take a few moments to fix.
That's because I'm not seated in a real kitchen, but rather a virtual reality kitchen—one designed with software created by a company called Marxent.
By gazing into an Oculus Rift headset, I can survey the whole room, right down to the faucets, the light fixtures, the floor tiles, the art on the walls, and the red KitchenAid mixer in the foreground. All were assembled to precise scale using a renovation app developed for Lowe's, the home-improvement retailer.
Given all the attention lavished on VR gaming, it's easy to overlook the technology's likely impact on the everyday consumer. In the years ahead, you may well try on wedding dresses via a virtual reality headset. Visit reception halls, too. Or tour 10 for-sale homes in a single afternoon—without ever leaving your sofa.
Lowe's new Holoroom program lets you download an app to a tablet, quickly create a grid mirroring the layout for a kitchen or bathroom in your home, and then renovate that room with hundreds (if not thousands) of items from Lowe's inventory.
Choose a sink cabinet and slide it along the wall until it's right where you want it. Now swap in a few faucets and Formica samples. Add a refrigerator, dishwasher, windows, floor tiles, light fixtures, cabinets, etc. Those products have all been laser scanned and uploaded to the app so they look much like the real thing.
Once you've got everything the way you want it, you upload your design to the cloud, then drive to a store to review it on a virtual reality headset. At the moment, those headsets are available at six Lowe's locations—three in Ohio and three in Colorado—but the retailer plans to expand the program in the next few months.
Inside the store, a Lowe's associate will seat you in the Holoroom booth, help you put on the headset, and get your impressions as you survey your work. If you look down in dismay at an overly busy floor pattern, he or she can replace it with a new one, using a monitor that reflects what you see.
After you've made those last few tweaks, you return home with a free Google Cardboard headset—just in case you want to run the design by your family and friends.
The very idea that I can create the kitchen I want with so little effort really appeals to me. And the fact that I can then see before my eyes a three-dimensional representation of that kitchen is even better. Marxent has designed similar apps for Toyota and TimberTech, which means that customizing cars (at least to some extent) and outdoor decks may be just as simple.
Imagine, if you will, checking out the view from Machu Picchu before you book a flight to Peru. In fact, who says you have to limit yourself to dry land? I recently took a virtual reality scuba dive. Explored an underground cave, as well.
That's not to say those experiences measured up to the real thing. In truth, the scenes in my headset looked a lot like the ones you'd find in a video game. Then again, it's way too early to disparage the picture quality, especially given the new camera tech unveiled at CES 2016, the huge technology trade show held last week in Las Vegas. (Who knows what VR content might look like in another year or two?) Plus, in the end, the images I viewed did reveal things I hadn't expected.
When the red on the kitchen walls in the Lowe's app reflected off the stainless steel sink, for example, it gave the room a pinkish hue. And, while the light fixtures on the ceiling looked nice, they lacked the oomph to brighten up the space. Strangest of all, I now have the urge to go spelunking.
But because the Lowe's experience also provided me with a pretty solid estimate of the material costs for my renovation, I knew where my money was going and what sort of adjustments I could afford to make. When I discovered the horror of those red walls, I simply selected another color from the Sherwin-Williams catalogue—something more like peach—and voila! Problem solved.
Tools like those are useful enough to offset any reservations I have about sharing my design wish-list with a retailer. And they make virtual reality seem less like a novelty, and more like, well, the future.
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|Alan Grayson
Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., who is aggressively lobbying against a military strike on Syria, says the Obama administration has manipulated intelligence to push its case for U.S. involvement in the country's two-year civil war.Grayson made the accusation in an interview published Wednesday by The Atlantic and offered more detail in a Thursday discussion with U.S. News. He says members of Congress are being given intelligence briefings without any evidence to support administration claims that Syrian leader Bashar Assad ordered the use of chemical weapons.Grayson said he cannot discuss the classified briefings, but noted details in the administration's public, non-classified report are being contested.The White House released its four-page public report Aug. 30, arguing that Assad's government killed 1,429 people on Aug. 21 with a planned chemical weapon attack. Evidence cited in that report included "intercepted communications involving a senior official intimately familiar with the offensive who confirmed that chemical weapons were used."Grayson, however, says "the claim has been made that that information was completely mischaracterized."He points to an article published by The Daily Caller that alleges the communications actually showed Syrian officers were surprised by the alleged chemical weapon attack. The communications, according to unnamed sources paraphrased in article, were intercepted by Israeli intelligence and "doctored so that it leads a reader to just the opposite conclusion."
According to these officers, who served in top positions in the United States, Britain, France, Israel, and Jordan, a Syrian military communication intercepted by Israel's famed Unit 8200 electronic intelligence outfit has been doctored so that it leads a reader to just the opposite conclusion reached by the original report.The doctored report was leaked to a private Internet-based newsletter that boasts of close ties to the Israeli intelligence community, and led to news reports that the United States now had firm evidence showing that the Syrian government had ordered the chemical weapons attack on August 21 against a rebel-controlled suburb of Damascus.The doctored report was picked up on Israel's Channel 2 TV on Aug. 24, then by Focus magazine in Germany, the Times of Israel, and eventually by The Cable in Washington, DC.According to the doctored report, the chemical attack was carried out by the 155th Brigade of the 4th Armored Division of the Syrian Army, an elite unit commanded by Maher al-Assad, the president's brother.However, the original communication intercepted by Unit 8200 between a major in command of the rocket troops assigned to the 155th Brigade of the 4th Armored Division, and the general staff, shows just the opposite.The general staff officer asked the major if he was responsible for the chemical weapons attack. From the tone of the conversation, it was clear that "the Syrian general staff were out of their minds with panic that an unauthorized strike had been launched by the 155th Brigade in express defiance of their instructions," the former officers say.According to the transcript of the original Unit 8200 report, the major "hotly denied firing any of his missiles" and invited the general staff to come and verify that all his weapons were present.The report contains a note at the end that the major was interrogated by Syrian intelligence for three days, then returned to command of his unit. "All of his weapons were accounted for," the report stated.


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Aug 10, 2016 9:43 AM CST
|Hi everyone... new here... does anyone know what would cause a soon to be blooming zinnia to wilt over? it has lots of others stems that produced beautiful flowers... but one wilted. Thank you in advance.
Aug 10, 2016 5:32 PM CST
|Hi Monika,
Welcome to these National Gardening Association forums.
"...does anyone know what would cause a soon to be blooming zinnia to wilt over?"
I don't understand what you are asking. You say it is "a soon to be blooming zinnia" and then apparently you say it has lots of other stems that produced beautiful flowers. If it is a single plant already with several blooms and just one branch is wilted, why not just cut off the wilted branch?
A zinnia plant could wilt for lack of water. There are lots of reasons why a zinnia branch could "wilt". It could be just mechanical damage from a bird landing on the branch and being too heavy for it. A dog could have bumped into the plant. Some more description could help explain your problem, or possibly a picture of it would help.
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Aug 11, 2016 10:03 AM CST
Here is the stem
The wilted bloom and the blooming zinnia next to from the same branch
Wilted bloom
So....should I cut this wilted bloom off? What would cause this? I've started growing zinnias 4 years ago..never had a problem til now.
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Aug 11, 2016 9:08 PM CST
|Hi Monika,
Your pictures show the wilted branch very well. Since only one branch is affected, and the rest of your zinnias seem too be fine, the only concern is whether this is a problem that is likely to spread. The pair of big leaves next to the dying or dead part of the branch seem fine. If a kid shot the zinnia with a BB gun, some damage like this could occur.
I have quite a few zinnias, and the only time I have seen damage like this was from a stalk borer - a moth larva caterpillar that burrows into the stem and eats it way internally inside the stem, which dies. But this doesn't look like typical stalk borer damage -- they usually enter the central stem via a hole near ground level.
As long as this problem doesn't start to spread, you can essentially do nothing and watch for further developments. I'm only half kidding about the BB gun. Keep us posted for further developments. Your zinnias are a little crowded, but they seem to be healthy looking, except for that one dead branch.
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Time is a precious commodity and it is the one single thing we see refreshed for us everyday.
24 hours; 1,440 minutes; 86,400 seconds; 7 days a week and 365 days a year.
Keeping track of all of that is a big part of our daily existence and using it to the best of our abilities is important whether you spend your day working or relaxing.
We also live in a world that seems much smaller thanks to the Internet and social media services like Twitter. That makes tools which help us track time very instrumental to our day and Windows 10 has a first party app available to us at no cost for that purpose.
Currently Windows users can add two additional clocks based on different time zones to their system for easy reference with the Date and Time applet but what if you need to reference more time zones around the world?
Well, the Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform (UWP) App Alarms & Clocks gives you that flexibility and it brings along a couple of other handy features.
The Alarms tab shows your active and inactive alarms which can be easily turned on and off with one click/tap.
There are multiple options for each alarm including how often it will be triggered, unique sounds and how long the snooze period will be.
This is where the Alarms & Clock app well exceeds the limit of only two additional clocks in the Windows Date and Time applet. I can add much more than just two clocks now and I stopped after adding 10 of them to test the Alarms & Clock app - so max flexibility for keeping up with the time around the world.
There is even an option to move the timeline back and forth to see what time it is in different time zones you are tracking to find an ideal meeting/phone call time.
In addition to all of these features the app also has a timer and stopwatch that can be used for a multitude of purposes throughout your day.
My only complaint about this app is the lack of sync across devices or at least the ability to select what tabs are synced between my Windows 10 installs. It would be very handy to setup time zones in one app and have them available on others.
This app also remembers the last tab that was opened when you close it so the next time you open it up that same tab will display and this is very handy for World Clock display for quick reference. Pinning it to the taskbar puts it just one click away.
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