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Hopefully you will not confuse the picture posted here (Lake Elsinore, CA) with Independence, MO, but I have not had a chance to process any of the images yet. Stay tuned!
So we just finished a long weekend side trip to Independence, Missouri for a surprise birthday party for my sister-in-law. Nice when something like this happens and creates a mini-family reunion. And so I was the photographer for the event, surprise, surprise. And I have a ton of JPEG images to sort, tune-up and crop to create a mini-album. I even had the thought of uploading the whole thing to Blurb, but thought better of it!
And I did get to work on my project Places Amongst Us, which although is now a Blurb book, it does not feel finished yet. So I will continue to work on it nevertheless. And I have a couple of Singular Images to develop and post a little later, maybe next week.
But hot and humid. And it will get hotter next month, yikes! I am not used to swatting miskitoes (I know, not spelled right, but you know the nastly little things I am referring to, right?!), either. But I did have the treat of watching the fireflies in the evening. A midwest delight to watch. And of course we had some big stormes come througth as well. Very interesting and I found myself wishing I had more time to spend. And I was missing the medium format rig as well.
But we were awful tight for room, so compromises on equipment to haul and there will be future opportunities. I did have an issue with some JPEG downloads to a cousins computer, so I need to check this out in a little bit.
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Thursday, November 1, 2018
Ohio's workforce is expected to get an $8 million infusion to combat chronic absenteeism, drug-positive tests, productivity issues and a general lack of employees that have followed the opioid epidemic into the workplace.
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services announced Thursday that 16 counties, including Hamilton, Butler and Clermont, will share
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Monday, October 22, 2018
MARTINS FERRY — Issue 1 is not just a penal code change for Ohio; instead it is a proposed constitutional amendment that will appear on Ohio's ballot on Nov. 6.
Issue 1, titled "The Neighborhood Safety, Drug Treatment, and Rehabilitation Amendment," was designed to reduce the number of people in state prisons for low-level,
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Thursday, October 11, 2018
Applause broke out in the courtroom after one man announced he found a job. Another woman rolled a dice to see how many days of jail she would receive after missing a drug screening. Parole officers and treatment providers alike gave input on their clients' progress in combating addiction.
It might not be a normal day for the judicial system, but for
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Jacqueline Abney lives in the Beacon House, a residential treatment center that looks just like any other home you would see in the historic downtown area of Wooster. The only difference: Jacqueline is living with several other women struggling with substance abuse disorder.
When it comes to connecting people with a substance abuse disorder to care, many
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Thursday, September 27, 2018
Fatal overdoses in Ohio rose to a record 4,854 in 2017, up 20 percent from the previous year and the eighth year in a row that drug deaths increased, according to state data.
But Gov. John Kasich said at a Statehouse news conference Thursday that he sees encouraging signs among those grim statistics, though he added that there may be little state officials
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Sunday, September 9, 2018
For Tyler Vargo of Rossford, the downward spiral started with bunion surgery when he was 15.
Vicodin was prescribed for his pain. He abused it. First it was 5 milligrams, then 20, then 30 milligrams. Eventually it was 10 30s a day.
"Cigarettes tasted better, my mood was better, everything was better," Mr. Vargo says.
The stories are often
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REST Client – Visual Studio Extension
REST Client allows you to send HTTP request and view the response in Visual Studio Code directly. Main Features Send/Cancel/Rerun HTTP request in editor and view response in a separate pane with syntax highlight Send GraphQL query and author GraphQL variables in editor Send cURL command in editor and copy HTTP request as cURL command Auto save and view/clear request history Organize MULTIPLE requests in the
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It's Actually Not "Kriselle"
I'm pretty sure that it started with Pokémon. I was never the type to hoard cards and organize them into a thick binder, but a pretty big part of my childhood was spent playing Pokémon Pearl on my pink Nintendo DS Lite. The only problem is that my name is eight letters long. The Pokémon games always let you name your trainer. You know how many characters they allow? Six. Every single time I had a chat with an NPC, I would get called "KRISEL". The audacity.
In the beginning of sophomore year, I made my first Twitter account. At the time, my personal aesthetic was lowercase letters, short words, and names that were usually given to guys being used for a girl. I typed in my name (in all lowercase) and prepared to hit "done". But then, I thought, "My name is, like, so boring now. I'm used to it. This is my new Twitter. My fresh start." I hit backspace four times, then tapped "done".
It's been almost two years, and I've gone by "Kris" ever since. Unless I'm in a professional setting, I usually introduce myself with "I'm Kriselle, but my friends just call me 'Kris'." The first time I ever said that, I thought, "Man, I've always wanted to do that!" I've met a lot of other Kris's and Chris's, and it helps build some common ground. I hear and say a lot of "Hey, your name is Kris too? Nice!"
People used to mess my name up all the time. Kristelle, Crystal, and Kriselle-y are the most common mess-ups that I get, but I've also heard Kritzel, Krizzelle, and Priscilla. I get it, learning and remembering names is hard, but seriously? Priscilla? Kris is way easier to say and remember, which helps a lot. I'm in the process of leading two clubs and attending a summer program, so I meet a lot of new people, and they can almost never remember "Kriselle" the first time around. That isn't to say that I changed this whole chunk of my identity for other people. I honestly just think "Kris" sounds pretty cool. It also sounds like a name that's usually given to guys, which ties back to my whole love of guy names for girls.
I also have Pokémon Sun lying around somewhere, and I fully intend on giving my trainer a name that actually fits in the text box.
Like I said before, I'm attending a summer program right now. The thing is, there's a dude named Christopher who's in the same class as me. The thing is, he goes by Chris. I didn't want to be called "Kris T.", since some people might call me Kristie, so I went back to introducing myself as Kriselle. It's kind of weird. Like, what? Who gave you the right to use my birth name? Oh, me. Every time they call Chris, I look up, or I turn around, or I say, "What?"
I'll probably get sick of going by Kris, but for now, I like being called Kris a lot more. It just sounds so much cooler.


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The second free practice of the Nürburgring round of the Blancpain GT Series gave a better insight on what we might expect for the upcoming race weekend. As was the case in the first free practice, the Audi R8 LMS performed well, but it was the #63 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini of Mirko Bortolotti that topped the timesheets.
At the beginning of the session there were some slight drops of rain, but not enough to have an effect on the lap times. Laurens Vanthoor was quick to put the #1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT R8 on top, but he was soon bested by Mirko Bortolotti in the #63 Huracan. Those two cars remained in front for the remainder of the second free practice, but behind positions frequently. Franck Perera (#74 ISR Audi) was again among the frontrunners, but Will Stevens (#28 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT R8) and Davide Valsecchi - subbing for Jeroen Bleekemolen on the #16 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini - were up there as well. Eventually it was Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup standings leader Christopher Mies that put the #33 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT R8 in third.
Saturday sees the Qualifying session (start at 9 am) and the Qualifying Race (2.30 pm), both will be covered with a livestream on our website.


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Travelport and Alitalia have today announced the implementation of a new agreement for the distribution of ancillary services to Travelport-connected agencies in Italy and worldwide, enabling Alitalia to distribute seats, bags, lounge access and insurance. Fulfilled seamlessly via an electronic miscellaneous document (EMD), the new service will begin rollout in this quarter, starting with travel agents in Italy.
"Launching this service with Alitalia is an important step in increasing their reach and delivering greater choice to agents and travellers," said Robin Ranken, Head of Airline Relationships for Europe at Travelport. "Retail techniques that were once considered the reserve of web and direct sales are now available through a new generation of agency points of sale. We are committed to working with our airline partners to grow their ancillary revenues through the agency channel."
Aldo Ponticelli, Vice President Distribution at Alitalia, said: "By distributing Alitalia ancillaries services through Travelport, we have the opportunity to differentiate our product from other airlines and to communicate our value to our clients through the travel agency channel, contributing to our growth plan."
Providing fulfillment via EMD completes the end-to-end process for travel agency distribution of airline ancillary services and forms part of Travelport's wider merchandising offering. This offering enables a number of major airlines to sell their products in a more efficient and integrated way through travel agents. Over the past 16 months, Travelport has seamlessly integrated ancillary services with a number of airlines into agency points of sale.


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A Parallel Implementation of Fault Simulation on a Cluster of Workstations
Han, Kyung
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Parallel simulation on a cluster workstations is one method by which fault simulation time for large circuits can be reduced significantly. To get near-linear speedups from parallel processing, parallelization methods should result in an even computational load distribution among processors in a cluster workstations. Fault simulation can be parallelized by partitioning fault list, the test vector or both. In the thesis, parallel fault simulation algorithm called PAUSIM has been developed. This algorithm consists of logic simulation and two steps of fault simulation for sequential logic circuits. Compared to the other algorithms, PAUSIM-CY avoids redundant work by a judicious task decomposition. Also, it adopts a cyclic fault partitioning method based on the LOG partitioning and local redistribution, resulting in a well-balanced load distribution. The parallel implementations were done using the MPI library on a cluster of workstations. The results show a significant speed-up by PAUSIM-CY over other existing parallel algorithms.
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VOLBEAT | 12 Nov 2019
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11 November | Hamburg, Germany | BarclayCard Arena
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Mr. Singh has assisted with the preparation of patent applications across a wide range of technologies. He has particular experience with inventions involving mobile device applications, semiconductors, mapping and navigational services, location-based technologies, Augmented Reality (AR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Social Networking, and User Interfaces (UI). Mr. Singh has drafted legal arguments in support of legal opinions (e.g., non-infringement and invalidity), and has extensive experience in providing litigation support to trademark, copyright, and patent litigation matters.
During his law school years in India, Mr. Singh was the associate editor for Indian Journal for Intellectual Property Law and was a guest contributor to Spicyip, a renowned portal that reports on Indian IP laws. Mr. Singh was invited by MIT in their race and technology conference where he presented his paper titled "The Fair, the Dark and the Ugly: Mediating the interests of Technology, Business, and Societies in Third World Economies."
Prior to attending UC Berkeley School of Law, Mr. Singh worked with a preeminent law firm where he advised clients on IP issues. During his time at UC Berkeley School of Law, Mr. Singh was the associate editor for Berkeley Technology Law Journal. Mr. Singh is the recipient of the Law and Technology Certificate from UC Berkeley School of Law.
Mr. Singh is currently pursuing his Masters in Software Engineering with a focus on Robotics from Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University.
Mr. Singh is admitted to the New York State Bar, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.


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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Southland attorney Michael Avenatti, who was recently arrested on suspicion of domestic violence and is best known for representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against President Donald Trump, said Tuesday he will not run for president in 2020.
RELATED: Woman Claims Michael Avenatti Dragged Her By Arm Across Floor
Avenatti has floated the possibility of seeking the presidency, and said in a statement that he made his decision "out of respect for my family."
"But for their concerns, I would run," Avenatti said. "I will continue to represent Stormy Daniels and others against Donald Trump and his cronies and will not rest until Trump is removed from office, and our republic and its values are restored," he said. "I will also continue with my nearly 20 years of speaking truth to power and representing those who need an advocate against the powerful.
"I remain concerned that the Democratic Party will move toward nominating an individual who might make an exceptional president but has no chance of actually beating Donald Trump. The party must immediately recognize that many of the likely candidates are not battle-tested and have no real chance at winning. We will not prevail in 2020 without a fighter. I remain hopeful the party finds one."
Avenatti shot to fame with his representation of Daniels, who claims she had an affair with Trump more than a decade ago and then was paid off to keep quiet about it before the 2016 presidential election.
The 47-year-old attorney was arrested Nov. 14 in Century City and booked on suspicion of felony domestic violence – an allegation he has repeatedly and vehemently denied. The District Attorney's Office declined to file any charges against him, referring the case to the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office for consideration of possible misdemeanor charges.
The case is still under review by the City Attorney's Office, a spokesman for the office said.
RELATED: No Felony Charges For Michael Avenatti After LA Arrest
Last month, an aspiring actress named Mareli Miniutti obtained a temporary restraining order against Avenatti. Miniutti, 24, claimed in court papers that she and Avenatti began living together in January and said they got into an argument over money, during which he allegedly called her "ungrateful."
She claims in court papers that Avenatti "forcefully" hit her in the face with pillows" and dragged her along the floor and into a hallway, causing scratches on her side and leg. According to her court papers, she managed to get out of the apartment and a friend eventually picked her up, after which she called police.
Avenatti's attorneys, Evan Jenness and Richard Beada, issued a statement saying the couple had an argument, during which Miniutti "behaved in a volatile, agitated and irrational manner."
"However, Mr. Avenatti did not inflict any corporal injury or cause any traumatic condition upon Ms. Miniutti," they said.
Following his arrest, Avenatti told reporters, "I have never struck a woman," and he has suggested his arrest was politically motivated.
"I never will strike a woman," he said. "I have been an advocate for women's rights my entire career, and I'm going to continue to be an advocate. I am not going to be intimidated from stopping what I am doing. I am a father to two beautiful, smart daughters. I would never disrespect them by touching a woman inappropriately or striking a woman. I am looking forward to a full investigation at which point I am confident that I will be fully exonerated."
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Ubuntu Spyware – Is It True?
Back in December 2012, Richard Stallman (RMS) famously wrote a blog post on the Free Software Foundations site titled "Ubuntu Spyware: What to do?"
This "Ubuntu Spyware" that RMS talks about within the article is of course the Unity Amazon Lens. Just in case any of you have been living under a rock for the last few months, the Amazon Lens introduced in Ubuntu 12.10 basically sends your local searches to Canonical (the company that makes Ubuntu), which are in turn relayed to Amazon so that online Amazon search results will be displayed on your machine when you search for anything within Unity.
I must stress at this point that this information is sent securely and Canonical say that only your search terms are sent to Amazon and they do not know who searched for what; but Canonical clearly do. This feature can also be turned off extremely easily from the system settings within Ubuntu under Privacy (as shown below).
Within the article RMS is pretty rough on the decision by Canonical to include "Spyware" within Ubuntu 12.10+. RMS makes his feelings on the matter crystal clear and pleads with readers to not only stop using Ubuntu, but also not recommend it to other prospective users:
Ubuntu, a widely used and influential GNU/Linux distribution, has installed surveillance code. When the user searches her own local files for a string using the Ubuntu desktop, Ubuntu sends that string to one of Canonical's servers. (Canonical is the company that develops Ubuntu.)
If you ever recommend or redistribute GNU/Linux, please remove Ubuntu from the distros you recommend or redistribute. If its practice of installing and recommending nonfree software didn't convince you to stop, let this convince you. In your install fests, in your Software Freedom Day events, in your FLISOL events, don't install or recommend Ubuntu. Instead, tell people that Ubuntu is shunned for spying.
But is this actually spyware?
Well, technically the Amazon Lens within Ubuntu is spyware. Here is the dictionary definition of spyware:
Software that self-installs on a computer, enabling information to be gathered covertly about a person's Internet use, passwords, etc.
The Amazon Lens is installed by default during the OS install and it does obviously gather information covertly and pass this on to a third party. So in all honesty Ubuntu does contain spyware by default. But does that mean Ubuntu is dangerous and shouldn't be used?
Well, in my humble opinion I certainly don't think Ubuntu is dangerous, and a more valid question to ask yourselves might be "Should I trust Ubuntu/Canonical?". I personally couldn't care less who Canonical send my search terms too as it's only going to be file and application names. However, I can completely empathise with anyone who feels really let down by Canonical and Ubuntu.
So why Amazon?
When the announcement was first made by Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth, he justifies the inclusion of the Amazon Lens in Ubuntu 12.10 with the following statement:
It makes perfect sense to integrate Amazon search results in the Dash, because the Home Lens of the Dash should let you find *anything* anywhere. Over time, we'll make the Dash smarter and smarter, so you can just ask for whatever you want, and it will Just Work.
For me this statement begs the question "Why Amazon?". You see, if the vision really is to allow users to "find *anything* anywhere" then surely the perfect first Lens to provide these kind of online search results would have been a search engine? I would personally really dig having Google results within the Unity Dash when I search for something – but on an on-demand basis only. I wouldn't like having the result with every single search I run.
My personal opinion is that the Amazon Unity Lens or "Ubnutu spyware" as RMS calls it is more about making money than adding an awesome new feature for us users. You see, if you purchase something from Amazon off the back of a Unity search within Ubuntu, Canonical get a small commission for that. I personally think that's awesome as it's a quick and easy way for many users of Ubuntu to support the project financially.
However, if money was the driver behind adding this feature (and I must stress that this is my personal opinion only) then I would have had much more respect if Mark Shuttleworth had of said this rather than dressing it up as a great new features for users.
Should I be worried about this "Ubuntu spyware"?
Ultimately that's your call to make really. As I said above, I'm personally not that bothered about the inclusion of the Amazon search results within Ubuntu as nothing I search for is really secret or private. But I do switch it off and forget about it as I find the results extremely annoying; if I want to search Amazon then I'll go and search Amazon. I don't really want the results to be forced down my throat (which they're not if you turn them off).
As I've touched on above. I personally think that the justifications for the inclusion of this "Ubuntu spyware" aren't 100% honest and this has made me lose some of the respect I have for Canonical/Ubuntu so I am beginning to think if it's now time to move away from Ubuntu and too another Linux distribution as this isn't in keeping with the mantra of FOSS (Free & Open Source Software). I love Ubuntu, it works well for me and compliments my workflow well. However, if Canonical do start putting prospected profits before their users needs or wants then I feel it's time to move on.
What do you guys think? Is this "Ubuntu spyware?" a positive inclusion or a negative one? I'm really interested to hear other community members thoughts on this and if any of you guys have moved away from Ubuntu for this reason (or any other)? Leave your feedback in the comments section below…
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Thursday, December 18, 2014
The Tilt Video - Tyler Wheeland B Sides
Tyler isn't on Tilt anymore, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't watch his B-Sides. One of the most creative riders out there, Tyler pretty much owns wallrides and basically invented the inside 50. I hope we get to see new Twhee footage soon!
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They say the grass is always greener on the other side, and if you're standing on the south side of Orlando City Stadium, you'd be right.
But not for long.
Orlando City Stadium recently acquired two grow lights to help its natural grass pitch recover from over 50 games in its first season and the eight-day blitz of two Florida Cup games and six days of the MLS Combine in January.
"We put them out on Friday and we were already noticing significant differences by Tuesday," Head Groundskeeper Matt Bruderek said.
The grow lights, made by Stadium Grow Lighting, use six arms that extend to cover a large area of the pitch with photosynthetically active radiation light. They're essential for proper surface care, especially during the winter months when cooler temperatures and reduced sunlight make it hard for Orlando City Stadium's Bermuda grass to grow.
"Pretty much every big club in the world has grow lights," Bruderek said.
"This shows our commitment to raising the quality of the game by giving our players the best field in the league," CEO Alex Leitao said.
They already had the best stadium and fans; now, they have the whole package.
The lights won't be used as much during the summer months - the entire pitch gets enough natural sunlight - but lighting the pitch during the winter months will help the grass grow deep roots, which will in turn help it recover faster when the season starts up again.
Bruderek is adjusting how he treats the grass during off days - "our fertilizer, the size of the actual granulars we put out… more aerating, top dressing" - and it'll help that just two teams will be playing on it in 2018.
But considering the challenges he and his team faced in the stadium's first year, including working with Latitude Bermuda grass, which they had never done before, Bruderek is pleased with how year one went.
"Honestly, I was really happy with it," Bruderek said. "We didn't put a single piece of sod into the field last year at all for 50 games, which is a pretty good feat for us"
And with the new grow lights, 2018 promises to be even greener.
"I'm expecting it to play absolutely incredibly all year this year," he said. "I'm actually pretty pumped about it."


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"Archangels are fierce. They're absolute. They're Heaven's most terrifying weapon. The most fearsome wrath of Heaven."
Archangels are chief angels of high rank, among the highest angels in the celestial hierarchy. They are basically generals in Gods army. As chief angels, they have authority over all other angels and possess powers and responsibilities that lesser angels do not.
Powers and AbilitiesEdit
As chief angels and among the highest order of angels, Archangels possess nigh-supreme power that is right next to God Himself. These powers and abilities make Archangels among the most powerful supernatural beings in the universe. They can overpower and kill just about anything.
- Immortality - Archangels possess an infinite lifespan and even when manifested, they possess youthful bodies and don't age another day.
- Invulnerability - The Archangels are next to indestructible and cannot be killed by anything, unless its an archangel blade, another archangel, God, Death, or Death's scythe.
- Healing Factor- Archangels can heal almost instantly from injury.
- Nigh-Omnipotence - As the first and highest order of angels, Archangels are endowed with almost incalculable power right under God Himself that makes them one of the most powerful beings in the universe. They can overpower anything and create almost anything out of thin air.
- Angelic Possession - Like all angels, Archangels can possess humans but because they can manifest their own physical bodies to become corporal, they choose not to.
- Biokinesis - By snapping or clicking their fingers, Archangels can make people and beings explode.
- Chronokinesis - Archangels have more power and control over time than other angels.
- Electrokinesis - Archangels can manifest electrical power.
- Empathy - Archangels can understand the emotions of others.
- Flight - Like all angels, Archangels possess a pair of large wings that allow them to fly.
- Healing - Archangels can heal a human of any wound or disease they possess.
- Implosion Smiting - Archangels have among the most powerful form of smiting that they can explode, or implode, humans, monsters, demons, and even other angels.
- Manifestation - Archangels can manifest human bodies for themselves.
- Pyrokinesis - Archangels have the power to manipulate fire.
- Reality Warping - Archangels have among the greatest degree of reality warping and their reality warping powers make them virtually omnipotent.
- Illumination White Light - Archangels can unleash a powerful, overwhelming, divine white light from their hands that can obliterate entire buildings and destroy a number of beings in one place.
- Superhuman Stamina - Archangels have unlimited stamina and need nothing to sustain themselves.
- Supernatural Strength - Archangels are endowed with astronomical physical strength that makes them much stronger then humans, spirits, monsters, deities, demons, and other angels. Therefore, they are among the strongest beings in all of Creation.
- Thermokinesis - Archangels possess the power to alter temperature.
- Terrakinesis - Archangels can cause powerful earthquakes.
- Telekinesis - Archangels are among the most powerful telekinetic and can move just about anything with their minds.
- Telepathy - Archangels the read the minds of humans, other angels, and monsters.
- Teleportation - Archangels can travel virtually anywhere across the entire universe.
- Weather Manipulation - Archangels have an unlimited control over the weather and can create rain, thunder storms, lightning strikes, and other weather effects.
- Nigh-Omniscience - Archangels possess an almost unlimited amount of knowledge of the Universe.
- Skilled Fighters - As the highest warriors of heaven, Archangels are skilled warriors and trained fighters.
- Trained Swordsmanship - Archangels are master swordsmen.
Known ArchangelsEdit
- Lucifer is the very first archangel and the first creation. Once God's most beloved, beautiful, and glorious archangel, as well as his most trusted leiutenant, Lucifer eventually defied God, refusing to bow before humankind (God's new crowned creation), and waged a war against him and his fellow archangels, leading a rebellion known as the "War In Heaven." However, Lucifer lost the war and was therefore cast out of Heaven for eternity. Known by many names on Earth, such as the Devil and the First of the Fallen, he currently rules the Underworld, or Hell, reigning over damned souls.
- Michael is the second oldest but currently highest ranking and most powerful archangel under God's command. As a general in God's army, Michael commands the Holy Host of Heaven. During the War In Heaven, it was Michael who, under God's orders, battled and banished Lucifer.
- Gabriel is the third of the archangels and God's greatest messenger. He, like Michael, is a general in God's army.
- Azrael is the archangel of death and the oldest female angel in creation.
- Raphael is God's strongest healer.
- Uriel is the Archangel of war.
- Samael is the venom of God.
- Raguel is the archangel of Justice.
- Zedkiel is the archangel of Freedom.
- Ariel is the archangel of life and creation.
- Phobos is the angel of fear.
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Richard Bramble, Large Oval Serving Bowls. (27cm)
A beautifully shaped oval bowl with high sides. Made from hard wearing porcelain, oven, dishwasher and microwave proof for warming but not oven-proof for cooking in.
Designed in the UK and made in the UK & Europe.
Dimensions: Length 27cm x Width 21.5cm x Depth 8cm
British-based artist Richard Bramble lovingly renders individual, vibrant images of wildlife and marine life onto his quality range of ceramic homeware.
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The English Firsthand Teachers' Facebook group has now been launched.
In this community, useful information for the classroom is shared at least once a week and you can also see exclusive livestreams from the authors only for this community.
Whether you are already using English Firsthand or are new to it, join the English Firsthand Teachers' Community!
In this community, teachers will be able to…
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This error occurs when you try to modify the tax profile of a company that inherits its tax profile from its parent.
"code": "CompanyProfileNotSet",
"target": "Unknown",
"details": [
"code": "CompanyProfileNotSet",
"number": 61,
"message": "You attempted to add tax configuration to a company that does not have its own tax profile.",
"description": "The company -0- (ID #-1-) has the HasProfile flag set to false. To add -2- to this company, set its HasProfile flag to true.",
"faultCode": "Client",
"helpLink": "http://developer.avalara.com/avatax/errors/CompanyProfileNotSet",
"severity": "Error"
In AvaTax, a company either has its own tax profile or it inherits its tax profile from its parent. For example, if you have five locations within a certain state, generally those locations will not have their own tax profiles - they will share the tax profile of the parent company.
However, in some circumstances, a corporate entity is structured such that different divisions have their own tax profiles and declare their own nexus and locations. In this case, you will be able to set tax profiles for each company separately.
This error occurs when you attempt to set a tax profile for a company that is inheriting its tax profile from its parent.
Common troubleshooting:
- Check the company ID of the company you are modifying. Is it the right company?
- Check all the companies within your account and verify that they match with the tax structure of your business.
- Set the "HasProfile" flag on the company to "true" and you can declare tax profile for that company.


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We always love the sweet designs at Minted and can't help ourselves but browse through the latest birth announcements time and again. We've picked some of our favorites from the latest group of designs from the talented artists that make up Minted's design pool. […]
Here's Why You Don't Have to Stress Over Your Holiday Cards
Love it or hate it, holiday card season is in game-on mode. We absolutely love receiving personal and special cards from our friends and family every year, but the holiday card journey can be code-red level stressful. […]
15 Adorable Holiday Card Birth Announcements
Holiday cards are a wonderful time to announce the gift of a brand new baby. Minted has been knocking it out of the park for years. We are loving their clever holiday cards that make announcing the birth of your baby as easy as it is joyful. […]
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Summer birthdays are my favorite. The temps are warm, days are free and everyone is in the mood for an outdoor party. Earlier this summer, Sloane and I received a tea and princess birthday invitation from our friend Julie to attend her daughter Lauren's 5th birthday party. We RSVP'd with a big YES and prepared to get our tea party princess
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It's official—school is back in session! While you may have already stocked up on your composition books and glue sticks, there is still tons more to do! We're kicking off the 2015-2016 school year with a #2Cool4School Twitter Party on Tuesday, September 8th at 6pm PT/9pm ET.
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It's hard to believe, but summer is nearly over and school will soon be (if not already) back in session. While it is hard for us to say goodbye to sunny rays and lazy days with the kids, we're excited to get back into our daily routine! We know the beginning of the school year can be a little hectic,


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"You teach me fighting but you talk about peace. How do you reconcile the two? It is better to be a warrior in a garden than to be a gardener in a war."
–A master's reply to his student's question
Japan, known as the Land of the Rising Sun, a nomenclature given by the imperial Chinese because of its position relative to China. The 17th century Japan was an eminent civilization consisting of three main islands; Kyushu, Honshu and Shikoku.
In its political culture, an emperor was just a spiritual guide, his roles simply representative and symbolic while the de facto were Shoguns i.e. generals.
A precious commodity of this time was rice. It laid the foundation of the Japanese social and economic system. Whoever owned more land, could grow more rice hence defining wealth of an individual and his social status in the society. Similarly, these landlords living in clans, identified as Daimyo, were powerful individuals as they could rally their own armies.
The balance of power in this structure relied on the central authority of shoguns and Daimyo. To achieve this, they created a military class of formidable warriors called Samurais, who obeyed a stern code of honour, wearing a Katana. If a Samurai failed to uphold his honour, he had to elect committing suicide.
Japan, without a dominant Shogun to control, has seen a century of chaos where clans brawled over supremacy and power. Decisively, a warlord ended this insanity but warmongering armies become monotonous, so to prevent infighting, they were send to an adversary aboard, Korea.


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These Super Bowl party games will help you throw the ultimate Super Bowl party this year. They'll get your guests pumped up for the big game, tuned into the action, and having a blast during halftime and the commercials.
The great thing about Super Bowl party games is that even if you have guests who aren't really into the game, they can still have a great time at your party. Who doesn't love a little friendly competition?
All these Super Bowl party games take almost no planning and are very easy to set up. They all use items you already have on hand, so you don't have to buy anything for them.
There are two lists below, one for Super Bowl party games for the adults, and one for the kids. If you are having a crowd of families over then I suggest planning games for the adults and the kids. That way everyone will be happy.
For the winners of the games, you can give out small prizes like candy or small footballs, or just let them have bragging rights for the day.
Super Bowl Party Games for the Adults
Here's a list of super bowl party games just for the adults. There's something here for all types of groups of people, from the football fanatics to those just interested in the wings and beer.
- Touch or Flag Football: A game of touch or flag football is a great way to get the crowd pumped up before the game or to get everyone moving during halftime.
- Football Toss: If touch or flag football is out, you can play a game of football toss. This may be just what you need if the weather is poor. To play you can lay a hula hoop or any other round item you have down on the ground and your guests can take turns tossing the football into the circle. You can keep score or just play for fun.
- Super Bowl Prop Pool: Print off this sheet and let your party guests make predictions on who will win, the final score, and much more. You can have a friendly wager with this one or just play for fun.
- Don't Say It: Pick a word that guests can not say during the party. If a guest says the word they'll have to be penalized in a way determined by you. For instance, you can ban the word "football" and each time a guest says it they'll have to take a drink and do a cartwheel.
- Super Bowl Commercial Bingo: Style Me Pretty has created some free, printable Super Bowl bingo cards where you get to cross off a square when you see certain companies' Super Bowl commercials. The Super Bowl commercials are half the fun of the game and this will keep your guests watching.
- Football Charades: Football Charades uses all the common rules of Charades but gives it a Super Bowl twist. Here are a few words to help you get started: touchdown, field goal, cheerleader, helmet, football, team, quarterback, halfback, goal post, halftime, mascot, referee, announcer, and coach.
- Super Bowl Bingo: Here are some free bingo cards that will have everyone watching closely for face-painted fans, cheerleaders, celebrities, timeouts, and more.
- Super Bowl Trivia: Have each guest take their best shot at this printable Super Bowl Trivia game. This would be lots of fun making into a competition of men vs. women.
- Rate the Super Bowl Commercial: Print out these fun signs and attach them to popsicle sticks. During the commercials, your guests can rate how well the liked them on a scale of 1-5.
- Super Bowl Cookoff: Get out of the cooking by asking your guests to bring a dish for the Super Bowl party. Hold a taste test and have everyone vote for their favorites.
- Super Bowl Party Photo Book Props: See who can make the silliest photos with these free, printable Super Bowl party photo booth props. It includes football glasses, football helmet, and two quote bubbles.
- Super Bowl Squares: Use this free printable poster from Living Locurto to get a football pool going for the big game. Rules are also included with the poster.
Super Bowl Party Games Just for the Kids
Don't leave the kids out of the fun! Here's a list of Super Bowl party games just for the kids.
- Super Bowl Hot Football: Take a basic game of hot potato and use a small foam or paper football to make it all about the big game.
- Indoor Football Toss for Kids: Let the kids burn off some energy with this fun Super Bowl party game. The kids throw a foam football and see who makes the best toss.
- Flick Football: The kids get to make footballs out of paper and then play a game to determine a winner.
- Superbowl Bingo for Kids: Here are free, printable Super Bowl bingo cards where the kids need to look for objects during the game and commercials.
- Super Bowl Word Search: There are 12 Super Bowl-related words that the kids will need to find in this football word search.
- Super Bowl Word Jumble: Several football words are all jumbled up and the kids will have to unscramble them.
- Football Super Bowl Maze: See how quick the kids can get the football player through the football to the other side. The first one done is the winner!
- Football Coloring Pages: Here's a ton of free coloring pages all having to do with football. Print out a few or many and let the kids go crazy.
- Football Scavenger Hunt for Kids: Set up a football-themed scavenger hunt for the kids with these free printables from Play, Party, Plan. The kids will burn off some energy running around the house and you'll have more time to watch the game.
- Football Throw: Hang up a hula hoop and let kids toss foam footballs through the hoop. The adults will like this one as well!
- Football Candy Dice: Download this free game and add some dice and candy and you're ready to go.


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I got into a bad habit a few years ago that I thought I had broken. Over the past several years I have had a dozen or so letters to the editor published by our local city newspaper, usually in response to someone else's letter to the editor that annoyed the hell out of me. I read the paper on-line, and soon discovered that it is possible to comment on any letter or article immediately, with postings collecting underneath the letter on the screen. Such discussions often go in directions vastly different from what the original letter suggests. The philosopher and teacher in me wants to jump into such discussions, especially when they involve important issues that mean a lot to me. With the recent addition of Facebook into my life, lately I've been finding it hard to resist the temptation.
What happens, though, is not a discussion. The battle lines get drawn instantly on every possible issue between conservative and liberal, religious and non-religious, all protected by the anonymity of a screen name. So "X" calls the writer of the letter under consideration a "bleeding heart" because she is calling for additional funding to be allocated for environmental issues, "Y" calls "X" a "typical Republican moron" because all he/she cares about is his bank account, "X" responds that "Y" must be a "liberal with his head up his ass" because global warming is only a theory, several other posters get involved within five minutes, and we're off the races.
At this point I should either click on the sports section or turn the computer off. Instead, I take at least 30 seconds to craft the "post to end all posts" on this topic, in response to which all other contributors to the discussion will, after a moment of respectful e-silence, fall over each other in their gratitude for having been shown the light. What happens instead is that "X" and "Y" (as well as many others) turn on me for all sorts of unexpected reasons. I must be more of a liberal with his head up his ass than "Y" is ("X"), my ideas will never work because I sound like an "ivory tower pointy headed intellectual" ("Y"). Or even worse, sometimes the discussion goes on as if my post had never occurred. It's bad enough to be e-trashed on a discussion forum; it's far worse to be e-ignored. So now I really should turn the computer off, read something, write something, take a walk, talk to a human being—anything but continue participating. But of course I have to respond (if I've been misunderstood and insulted) or post even more eloquently and pointedly (if I've been ignored). And throughout the morning I find myself frequently returning to the website to see who has posted, what they've said, and spending more time contributing to a discussion that never was a discussion in the first place. It's like driving by a bad accident on the highway—I have to look.
Why am I doing this? I'd like to believe that my participation in such "discussions" is a well-intentioned but misplaced instance of my teaching vocation in action. All teachers want to facilitate the opening of closed minds, the establishment of the life-long process of learning. Now I know that the participants in these "discussions" are not my students, but I have in the back of my mind the glimmer of hope that if a person is interested enough to participate, that person might also be interested in learning something, in broadening horizons, in realizing that even the most obvious "no brainer" sort of "truth" might be wrong. And I'm accustomed to encountering resistance from my experiences in the classroom. As Vera Brittain writes, "most people wish above all else to be comfortable, and thought is a pre-eminently uncomfortable process." I fully realize that defensiveness is a natural reaction to having one's most treasured assumptions challenged, so I expect resistance. Learning and opening up hurts—that's why they killed Socrates, right? Richard Rorty says it nicely: "The best way to cause people long-lasting pain is to humiliate them by making the things that seemed most important to them look futile, obsolete, and powerless." So I try not to do that. But I've never been so frustrated in my life, to the point that a couple of weeks ago in the middle of a typically rigid and inflexible discussion I posted "If there's any one who regularly posts here who has ever, even once, changed their opinion on an important issue because of something someone posted here, please post and let me know!" And no one ever did.
But guess what? If anyone else had posted that challenge, I would not have answered it either. Because I've never learned anything new or changed my mind about anything from participating. Well I guess I've learned one thing—I'm just as rigid, inflexible, and intolerant as everyone else who participates. I can account for that partially because of the format; dueling sound bites and bumper sticker slogans, wrapped in anonymity, seldom lead to anything but arguing and e-yelling. But there's more to it. When I step from behind my self-righteous "facilitator of lifetime learning" teacher screen, I'm just another worried, insecure human being who is scared to death that he might not have all the answers. That's who is typing the contributions to these forums on my computer, not someone who has "seen the light" and wants to help others see it too. As I accuse others of being unable to listen, to think, to deliberate, to imagine that they might be wrong, I realize that there's no place inside of me where I even for a moment suspect that I might be able to learn something from an extreme pro-lifer, from a hard core conservative Republican, from a person whose religious beliefs include the Earth being created 6000 years ago, from someone who is convinced that global warming is a hoax and natural selection is "just a theory," or from someone who thinks that the solution to gun violence is more guns and who believes that the bombings in Boston last week would not have happened if those watching the race had been packing firearms. Who died and made me God, so sure that the value of another's opinion is directly proportional to how closely it matches up to mine?
So it would be best for me to stay away from such forums—they don't offer many opportunities for growth. But the first word in the monastic rule has come to mean a great deal to me is "Listen." Perhaps a good post-Lenten exercise for me would be to spend forty days reading the comments on letters to the editor carefully and never saying anything. Just e-listen. I don't think I can do it.


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Prairie Grove couple hopes to open retro travel trailer resort
Prairie Grove couple hopes to open retro travel trailer resort
Prairie Grove couple hopes to open retro travel trailer resort
Prairie Grove couple hopes to open retro travel trailer resort
Prairie Grove residents Zack and Laura Kraus hope to open the Flamingo Springs Trailer Resort this year. A resort that takes travel trailers from the 1950's through the 1970's and turns them into places for people to rent.
The project will go to the Washington County Planning Board this Thursday and then the Quorum Court.
Nathan Crouch with the Washington County Planning Department says they haven't seen much opposition to the proposed resort.
"The main concern out there, as it is with most conditional use permits, is just the compatibility with what the neighbors have already going on," Crouch said.
Before Zack and Laura move forward with more construction they are waiting for the approval from the Washington County Planning Board.
The idea sparked when the couple was visiting Palm Springs, California. They eventually settled on land in Prairie Grove after looking at several pieces of property across the country including Nashville, Tennessee.
"Everybody was so welcoming. The area is beautiful and culturally there is a lot going on. Those were all things that we looked for in a place to do this," Flamingo Springs Trailer Resort Co-Owner, Zack Kraus said on Monday.
Once they purchased the land they then spent a year searching for the trailers and then time remodeling the old campers. They created themes for each that include the TV show Friends, Haight-Ashbury, and a year-round Christmas travel trailer.
"The Horn" which is a western themed trailer, the "Pink Fuzzy Unicorn" which is a model after Lisa Frank styling of the 90s," Kraus said.
The long term plan is to open the Flamingo Springs Trailer Resort with 6 to 8 travel trailers, a pool, bathrooms, grills, entertainment and a hot tub.
The price to stay in one of these retro rooms starts at $95 dollars a night for the smallest travel trailer and the price goes up from there.
They won't allow for others to bring their own trailer to keep the resort an intimate setting.
"We want a couple or a party of four or five adults to come and relax and it to be intimate and if we allow people to bring their own trailer it can get out of hand real quickly," Kraus said.


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Solar powered battery charger
Mobile phones are indispensable pieces of technology to help the fight against rabies in Afghanistan. They are used by the dog teams to track and monitor the number of dogs vaccinated using an app on their phones.
This gift could buy solar powered battery chargers to make sure the phone batteries of our dog teams are fully charge so they can continue their fight against this disease and stop it from being passed from animal to animal or animal to human.
With this virtual gift, you will receive a certificate to thank you for your generous donation.
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Have You Heard of Rideables?
Anyone at CES last year, or any electronics trade show in 2016 for that matter, has probably seen a hoverboard or two (or three) roaming around a show floor. However, if you were to ask any CES attendee what category hoverboards fall into they probably wouldn't have an answer for you.
But that's changing.
In October, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council hosted the Hong Kong Electronics Fair and hoverboards weren't the only items attendees were dangerously riding around the floors. Electric skateboards were huge at the event, so much so that we named them one of our top Asian trends expected to make a splash at CES 2017 in January. Other mobile items in the market include electric scooters, electric bikes and even electric surfboards like this one from Onean, which you have to admit, looks pretty cool:


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Fans of American Horror Story have continuously been teased with photos and short clips, but the first trailer was released today, precisely a week before the first episode of AHS newest season Apocalypse will finally première.
The popular series is famous for presenting us with a new theme each season. With the eighth season around the corner and the ninth already being confirmed, it comes as no surprise that fans believe that all seasons are connected.
The upcoming season will surely get fans leaping out of their chairs as some of these theories will probably come to fruition as it had been announced that the season will be based on Season 1 Murder House and Season 3 Coven, the first official crossover.
What Do We Definitely Know About Apocalypse?
First, let's get the facts straight. One of the things that we definitely know is that Apocalypse will be set in the near future, around October 2019.
Also, as mentioned earlier the season will be a crossover between Murder House and Coven with actors reprising their Murder House characters, such as Sarah Paulson as Billie Dean Howard and Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon. Actors who will be reprising their Coven characters include: Sarah Paulson as Cordelia Goode and Emma Roberts as Madison Montgomery.
Other AHS alumni will be starring in this season as well, with the likes of Kathy Bates and Evan Peters gracing the list.
Next to this, it's likely that the show will revolve around either lust or violence. This plays into a theory that has been floating around on the internet, which Ryan Murphy has seemingly confirmed himself. It revolves around the idea that all seasons of AHS represent the 9 Circles of Hell, with most of them already assigned.
What Could Happen During This Season?
Now let's speculate about this new exciting season.
So first off, newcomer Cody Fern will be playing the adult version of Michael Langdon. Since Fern has taken on the role it's safe to assume that the character has grown up since the first season. The last time we saw this character he had just killed his babysitter, and is now termed the Antichrist in this season. This in combination with the season being called Apocalypse is cause for speculation whether the theme will revolve around the Coming of Judgement Day and the End of Times.
The addition of the Coven storyline gives a whole other spin on things. With Emma Roberts reprising her role as bad witch Madison Montgomery, who is btw related to the past Murder House resident Charles Montgomery, conflict will certainly be coming.
Another witch who will probably play an important role this season is Sqáthach from Roanoke Season 6. Ryan Murphy had confirmed during her first appearance in the past season that she was the first reigning Supreme. Now why would he confirm that?
The biggest question however is whether the witches will be siding with or against the Antichrist.
Let's not forget the last theory shall we. It's very likely that the season will start of with a blast. Literally. Earlier in the year a possible title was found on a copyright list: American Horror Stories Radioactive. With all these references to nuclear explosions happening all over our social media feeds it seems much more likely.
I think we're all done with speculating. We'll just have to wait for 12 September as the first episode of AHSs Season 8 will finally premiere.


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The AmazonApril 30, 2016 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
After taking a 3 hour boat ride up the Tambopata River, I arrived at my lodge in the Peruvian Amazon, on the border of the Tambopata National Reserve. We've seen caiman (like little alligators), capybara (the world's largest rodent - they look like huge guinea pigs), birds, lots of crazy insects, piranhas, and wild pigs. So far no mosquito bites! Tomorrow we will go to a clay lick to see the parrots and macaws. Also, I ate a live termite off of a tree.Read more


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With the news that Chelsea are poised to sign Mateo Kovacic on a permanent deal from Real Madrid for around £45 million, I look at why the Croatian midfielder deserves a second chance to prove himself.
Kovacic, 25, spent last season at the Blues and made over 50 appearances in all competitions.
The reason why he has suffered alot of criticism from most fans including myself, is due to his attacking threat.
He didn't score a goal, and only gained two assists.
But we have to remember that he has had some good games for the club- including his performance in the Europa League final against Arsenal.
But there is a considerable amount of negativity around the fanbase about signing the of the Croatian midfielder on a permanent basis.
But i'm here to state why this move can be a good move for Chelsea and why he deserves a second chance.
- He already has one year of Premier League experience under his belt.
- With the long-term injury of Loftus-Cheek, keeping Kovacic is necessary for depth.
- He didn't suit Sarri's system- The Croatian deserves a chance in a Lampard/new manager system.
- He needs to be played in a deeper role- Under Sarri, Kovacic played as one of the more advanced midfielders. This meant that he had to be an attacking outlet. And that's where he struggled. The solution- play him in his preferred and better position (deep role).
Overall the jury is still out with Kovacic, but he definitely deserves a second chance- like Salah would say!
I think we will see better performances from him next season, as he should have adapted to the Premier League now. And if Lampard plays him in his preferred position (in a deep role), then I reckon we will see a better Kovacic.
Comment down below- Do you think Kovacic deserves a second chance at Chelsea, and are Chelsea right to sign him on a permanent deal for around £45 million from Real Madrid?
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It's a sad fact infomercials work. They scream at you. They assault you with cheesy graphics. They pummel you over and over again with a call to action.
Know what else is a sad fact? That the Catholic Church has to use the shtick to get people to confess their sins during Holy Week. Yes, the Catholic Dioceses of Brooklyn and Rockville Center has kooked up with the Forza Migliozzi agency to create Soul Wow which aims to fill confessional booths in Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island Monday, April 6.
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Our NOVA Newsletter, for May-June 2017 and Astronomy Day, is available as a hi-res or low-res pdf file. An archive of older issues can be found on our Newsletter page.
Contents of Volume 2017, Issue 3, May-June-Astronomy Day:
- I Stood in the Crater that Killed the Dinosaurs by Suzanna Nagy
- President's Message by Suzanna Nagy
- Bringing Youth into Astronomy by Leigh Cummings
- Start with Imaging the Solar System – It's Easy by Ken Jackson
- Jupiter Motion by Milan B


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"We are honored with the opportunity to work with Ipsos on this groundbreaking program, Report the Vote. This is a three year program going out to the 2016 Presidential election." JP Sakey, President and CEO of Headway, announced about the expanded opportunity to deliver more election agents after successfully completing a 220 person Report the Vote recruitment program for Ipsos. "With Headway, we know we have a partner who will deliver using technology such as crowd-sourcing and social media strategic recruitment,"
Headway will provide election agents throughout the United States during the night of the election for the Report the Vote program. Armed with a smart phone or tablet, representatives will use an innovative new app, designed by Ipsos, to record vote counts as they are being received, and instantly send them to Reuters for dissemination - allowing for election results reporting in virtually real-time. "One of the most unique aspects to this project is that within minutes of polls closing tallies will be reported for national and local news outlet distribution."
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hi Anton,
I just wanted to say a big Thank You! once again for your great assistance with my recent problem opening the NOD. I am amazed at your knowledge for NetObjects Fusion.
The big challenge I have now is that the web site is not Mobile Friendly and Google are hounding me.
Thanks Anton, Regards Leigh


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Special op targets theftTuesday August 06, 2013
An increase in theft in Takitumu has seen the start of an on- going police operation in the area.
Call for firearms licence applicantsMonday August 05, 2013
Police are waiting for people with firearms permits to come forward and get licensed under a recently implemented scheme.
Robber empty-handed at break-inMonday June 10, 2013
The National Environment Service (NES) was broken into early Sunday morning – but curiously, nothing was taken.
Night shift is covered, say policeFriday May 31, 2013
Concerns have been raised about the number of police officers on duty at night – but police say this is likely to be a misunderstanding.
Thieves stopped by store's alarmThursday May 23, 2013
Thieves gave the manager of the Blackrock Store a sudden wake-up call early Saturday morning.
High Commission celebrates Anzac achievementMonday May 20, 2013
The New Zealand High Commission visited schools last week to acknowledge students that won awards for an Anzac essay and poetry competition.
Noisy neighbours cause grief in PueSunday May 19, 2013
Tiori Rangatira Nooroa Teina just wants some peace and quiet.
Suspect still under questionThursday May 09, 2013
A man suspected of operating a scam and of trying to advertise pornographic movies was still in police custody yesterday.
Scam suspect caught by policeWednesday May 08, 2013
A man suspected of operating a scam and of trying to advertise pornographic movies was found by police yesterday afternoon.
Man investigated over illegal moviesTuesday May 07, 2013
A man who tried to advertise what are believed to be the sale of pornographic movies is now being investigated by police.


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FAANG Interview – Big 5 Coding Prep
Trying to study for a FAANG interview? Coding interview prep is not necessarily Google, Facebook, Amazon specific. Let me explain.
Trying to study for a FAANG interview? Coding interview prep is not necessarily Google, Facebook, Amazon specific. Let me explain.
System design interview questions are one of the least understood questions software engineers are asked during interviews. Here's how to prepare effectively.
Software engineer salary numbers can be crazy, but are you factoring in cost of living? Cost of living dramatically affects software engineering salaries and retirement savings.
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Christian Band Emery…
Authors of "BadChristian, Great Savior" Tell All!
[Editor's Note: This interview contains some mature references in the discussion related to sexual sin. Parental guidance recommended.]
Matt Carter and Toby Morrell of the band Emery, alongside friend and Pastor Joey Svendsen, have written a book titled BadChristian, Great Savior, learn more at their website. The book is more like a portion of intimate short stories of open and honest, raw to the bone and uncorked experiences of actual accounts of three friends who have encountered bad behaviors behind the scenes of Christian culture. This book in some moments is more graphic than PG-13, and it requires parental guidance. These guys hold nothing back explaining who they were, who they are presently, and how they feel about several topics. The book brings up topics such as sexual sin, depression, betrayal, anger, resentment, and alcohol abuse. It's a Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde tale as they lived what they described as a second life: attending church, leading worship, and appearing and acting to be as good as possible. The book had over 1,500 pre-sale copies sold. It was fan-funded, and it tripled its initial funding goal. The authors also challenge the modern day church, and they identify failures that plague today's contemporary Christians.
BADCHRISTIAN.com was formed in 2013 by Matt Carter, Toby Morrell, and Joey Svendsen. Matt and Toby are worship leaders and founders of the sucessful rock band Emery. Emery to date has sold over 500,000 records and toured 49 states. Joey Svendsen is a campus pastor and counselor at Seacoast Church. Their website has a blog with over 10,000 subscribers, a podcast that debuted at 15 on the iTunes Top Charts, and their very own record label that has announced its first release via the website: Kings Kaleidoscope's new album Live In Color.
I spoke with the authors about their tell-all book:
What made you three decide to write this book now, and how did you come up with the title?
JOEY: We wanted to share an in-depth look at why we were doing BadChristian. It was our desire through the book, to lead by example when it came to our plea for Christians to be transparent. For sure, we wanted to make some money and bring about more exposure to BadChristian. I think an indirect motivation was to bring some more legitimacy and credibility to BadChristian, which is probably rooted in some sinful pride, unfortunately.
You are brutally open and honest in this book. How do you think the Christian populous and Emery fans will take the book?
JOEY: People are blown away in a good way. They read it and it's like a breath of fresh air. This has been eye-opening to us as our suspicion has been substantiated. There is a major lack of these sorts of discussions in and outside of church culture. Christians and non-Christians both want to be able to talk openly, without all the offense and hate-speech.
Did Toby really tell people the movie Saving Private Ryan had blooper clips at the end of the credits? If so that is beyond hilarious!
JOEY: I was there. He did it. I couldn't believe it.
Emery to me is the greatest band to rotate in an MP3 player during a workout; does the band go into the studio with this in mind? By that I mean that people may have intense workouts listening to Emery's music?
Toby: Ha! We should do that! We take that as a compliment, by the way. When we write we just love mixing up the tempos and really mixing aggressive music with emotion and then leading the listener on to the next spot. I hope we have appropriate highs and lows for all listeners!
Matt unveils a very revealing drinking story in this book; what inspired you to become that honest with your fans?
MATT: Well, for me, when something comes up in the back of my mind and I tell myself, "Yeah, I don't want to talk about that," then I immediately know that is exactly what I should talk about. It also was a more recent story, so I thought that was important to make it apparent that our sin isn't all in the past, as in "back in the day." For some reason, people are much more comfortable talking about their sin the longer ago it occurred.
Do you believe God wants us to be open and completely honest no matter how bad the sin?
JOEY: I definitely think that the context matters. I'm not going to tell my daughter that I masturbated to porn last night nor tell my congregation that I'm struggling with hate for the lady in the front row. However, if we have to err on one side, I do believe we err on being as open and honest as we possibly can. The book that is our foundation does this, Jesus did it, Paul did it, why the heck would we not do it?
The checklist on pages 25-26 is a great revelation. Do you think if more people tried this approach to their faith they would be better for it in the long run?
Toby: I hope people see that a checklist is about them and not about Jesus. I mainly wanted people to see that the list is always good and bad and that the whole thing is about them. If your list is just one thing, get closer with Jesus, then things will eventually fade that are bad for you and good things will become natural and the norm.
Explain more about what you describe as a "Sold-Out" Christian?
JOEY: "Sold-Out" means to be devoted wholeheartedly to something. We are devoted wholeheartedly to a faith that teaches that we will sometimes not be wholeheartedly devoted. It's just a tough thing to nail down. My best stab at it though would be to say that a sold out Christian is one that tries to put Jesus first in everything, allowing Him to prioritize our lives. He also constantly fights against idols. He also admits when he is losing the fight and then goes back to putting Jesus first in everything. If we try to hide our sin, we are putting our reputations above Jesus', lessening the importance of the Cross in our own lives.
When Emery comes back to Nashville can I jam on drums with you guys during sound check (one-song)?
Toby & Matt: You'll have to ask Dave that! Dude is protective of his drums!


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Day 5: Loch an Laoigh to Coulin Pass
DAY 5: Monday 10th May 2004
Loch an Laoigh to Coulin Pass
Walked from 10.00 to 17.00hrs
Distance covered 20K Climbed 764m Camped at NH 024533
I had a lie-in this morning having had no wake up call from my bladder! Although there is no way of seeing out of my tent without unzipping the door, the absolute stillness and amount of condensation on my fly sheet made me pretty certain that the weather had clagged in. Eventually at 07:50 I got out and sure enough, I was in pretty dense fog, or low cloud! I found my way to the stream and filled the washing bowl and had my strip wash. This must always present a funny sight – stark naked hopping on one foot then the other, much splashing, many sharp intakes of breath and the occasional "cor bugger that was cold"! It is amazingly invigorating though and really gets the day into sharp focus straight away.
I breakfasted on one mug of tea, lumpy porridge and a bit of chocolate. As usual the morning routine took about two hours and at just before 10:00 I gave the campsite a last once over checking for any stray item and climbed up on to the track. In the last few minutes I noticed that it was definitely getting a bit brighter, so maybe the weather would be OK. I had been pessimistic though in my choice of dress and was all kitted out in waterproofs.
Having walked along the track for about 100m or so it suddenly came to an end as I had suspected the previous evening. I had already decided on the high level traverse of Bearness having been put off by the boggy appearance of the area near the river. The visibility was still only about 30-40m so I took a bearing and set off across the moor in a roughly NE direction.
The mist cleared very quickly after I had been walking for about 15 minutes and by 10:30 I was getting fabulous views from the SW right round to NE looking up towards Beallach Bhearnais. By now it was really warm and I soon had to stop to change into shorts and swap the Paramo jacket for the light Pertex jacket.
Photo 23: Looking N.E. up Bearness towards Beallach Bhearnais
The walk up to Beallach Bhearnais which lies at I reckon just under 600m was one of those immensely satisfying and challenging walks. I saw no evidence at all of any track or path, but looking way down below to the river, remained convinced that I had made the correct choice. The terrain was very varied, from peat bogs to heathery moorland, from 'clitter' to craggy outcrops. 'Clitter' is a good old Devon word and is used to describe areas of Dartmoor, very often near tors, where there are many scattered lumps of rock of varying sizes sometimes all together, sometimes with heather etc growing around them. The several streams flowing down the NW flanks of Beinn Tharsuinn had all cut clefts to differing degrees into the hillside which added to the excitement and challenges of the terrain. These ravines would suddenly appear out of the heather, the deepest involved about a 30metre precipitous descent to cross the torrent then an equally steep climb out.
There were some dramatic views up to the ridge of Beinn Tharsuinn looking up the ravine cut by the outflow stream from Coire Beithe. Nearing the bealach, the views back to the SW were wonderful showing the dramatic beauty of Bearness, a glen which I suspect is more used to being looked down upon than walked in. Climbing the last few metres up to Beallach Bhearnais brought one of those fabulous moments that all those who walk the hills must relish. You know that on reaching the top your whole vista will change, just a few more steps and new mountains are coming into view…………..and all of a sudden, there you are, standing on top taking in that new panorama, a great wide glen to the NE and in the east the wild heights of Sgurr Choinnich with just a few cotton wool clouds around some tops, defying the heat of the mid-day sun.
The bealach NH060450 is a very different place to the glen I had just walked up, here there were clear tracks and because this is the access point to the big mountains all around, it had the feeling of a place that would probably see at least a few visitors every day.
Photo 24: Ravine on N.W. flank of Beinn Tharsuinn
It was now 13:00 hrs and because the walk up Bearness had been rather time consuming (6km in 3 hours), I knew I should press on. I sat for 15 minutes or so just taking in the view and enjoying the complete solitude. I will admit to just a faint sense of satisfaction and achievement having come through over 50km of wilderness since my last human contact 43 hours earlier, about 18:00 hrs on Saturday.
I set off down a good path and soon was able to see the track from Craig to Glennaig Lodge on the far side of the stream. As I rounded a shoulder, below I saw the point where the path crosses the Allt a Chonais to then join the main track and, surprise, surprise, a figure coming up the path towards me. We stopped and chatted for 10 or 15 mins, names always seem irrelevant at these chance meetings of like minded people half way up mountains, so, I shall refer to him as 'Alan'. He was a lean and very fit looking 59 year old, he was climbing not only Munroes but also all the 3000 ft tops, just like 'Phil and Ian' who had been my last contact on Saturday. The previous day he had climbed Ben Avon and Ben Bhuidhe (Cairngorms) no mean walk and was to spend a couple of days here climbing some more of the handful of tops left for him still to bag.
Photo 25: Looking S.W. near Corrie Beithe.
Photo 26: Looking N.E. from Beallach Bheanhais.
We said our farewells and I hurried on down towards the river which I found was a 'boots off' job. The slip-on Teva shoes are really great for this as they are specially designed for amphibious use. The soles are very grippy and give quite a bit of confidence coping with slippery underwater conditions. I soon joined the good estate road that goes down the valley to the railway track eventually linking with the A890 at Craig. It was a really warm afternoon and the hazy sunshine gave that look of innocence to all the mountains. There was an all pervading scent of warm coconut in the air from so many huge banks of gorse that were on either side of the track all the way down to the road.
It was one of those uplifting occasions when out walking, the weather was glorious, the scenery superb, long views into the hazy distance with dramatic outlines of many hills all around and all was well with the world. Although I had only covered about a third of the walk, I did feel very satisfied that I had negotiated the 50kms (as the raven flies) of wilderness since leaving the Cluanie Inn on Friday, and really enjoyed all the challenges it had posed.
I was nearing Craig and soon I hoped I would be able to phone Ali – even though the OS map did not show a public telephones any nearer than Achnashellach Station 5kms down the A890. Who knows there may be a wonderful tea shop there, selling freshly baked home made cakes and great mugs of freshly brewed tea? Although the OS map shows only about five buildings at Craig it includes the word 'Hostel' which I knew from a conversation with one of the few people I met on Saturday, was the famous 'Gerry's Place'. Anyway it was with a great sense of expectancy that I joined the A890 and turned left towards Craig, the hustling bustling mecca of the Highlands!
Photo 27: Looking back to Sgurr nan Ceannachean, not far from the road at Craig
Three of the five buildings proved to be large detached dwellings on the north side of the road which in estate agent speak, were in 'elevated' positions with panoramic views of the mountains. Unfortunately there was no sign of a teashop. Gerry's Place was the last building on the left set some 50m off the road adjacent to the railway line. As I approached, a figure emerged and started to walk towards the road and we met halfway along the drive. I greeted him with a "Hi, what a wonderful day…is there a telephone here I could use?". He replied "Yes there's a payphone inside". He turned and headed back to the hostel with me, I guessed he was either Gerry or one of the management – it turned out he was a mate of Gerry who was running the hostel while Gerry was away. He seemed like a very amiable sort so I pushed my luck… "Any chance of a cup of tea?". "Sure thing, I'll put the kettle on while you make your call" he said.
It was now about 15:00 hrs and it is always a bit of a lottery phoning Ali during business hours because ours is a mainly retail business so there is always the chance that we cannot have a decent conversation because of customers needing attention. However, on this occasion we were lucky and I sat in the cool and temporarily empty hostel and had a long talk with Ali catching up on all the news at home. How Devon was basking in early summer sunshine, the latest exploits of the cats, the disinclination of the tourists to spend money and other such news. I could sense the relief in her voice as she realised I was in good heart and not suffering with blisters, bad back, violent stomach disorders or anything else.
I have had to undergo this telephone analysis since an occasion in the autumn of 2001 while walking the West Highland Way, I reached Rowardennan on the east bank of Loch Lomond and overnight suffered a very bad bilious attack which subsequently turned out to have been caused by a sudden blooming of the giardiasis that I must have contracted whilst trekking in the Atlas mountains in Morocco some months before. The following morning I continued the walk and just about managed to stagger as far as Inversnaid Hotel by lunchtime. Realising I could go no further I had hoped to get a room there, but the Hotel was fully booked. The kindly lady on reception managed to book me in at the small hotel up the hill in the nearby Lodge. I guess her natural desire to help was fuelled by her anxiety to find somewhere else for this pale and gently swaying individual to keel over. Later that day, Saturday, I phoned Ali in a state of some distress feeling very ill and thinking I would have to give up the walk. My dear wife then spent all that evening trying to establish how I could get back to Glasgow and thus home from the wrong side of Loch Lomond on a Sunday. However, the next day I felt so much better that in a call to her on Sunday morning I told her that I was able to cross Loch Lomond, catch a bus north to Tyndrum and thus should be back on schedule to finish the walk and use my pre booked B&Bs.
Since then, understandably, I suppose she has always wanted to convince herself I was fit in body and spirit whenever I have phoned her on one of my treks. On this occasion I had passed with flying colours and signed off promising to call her again the next morning from Kinlochewe.
At the back of the hostel, I found Gerry's mate, sat on a long 'bench' leaning against the wall. This 'bench' is an ancient tree trunk about 4 to 5 metres long propped up on two small chunks of tree, it is in a fabulous position south facing looking across the railway line and valley with its forest to the hills, which are the same hills whose southern flanks I had gazed on from my walk up Bearness earlier that day.
We sat there in the afternoon sun drinking big mugs of tea and talking mountains and walking. Once again the fellowship of the hills – this common love of beauty and solitude provided a short episode of companionship that I will remember for many years.
Photo 28: Coulin Pass and Beinn Eighe in centre distance
I left Gerry's Place about 16:00 hrs and carried on along the road, looking for the track which would denote the beginning of The Coulin Pass – SRWS Route 288. This is only about 1km west from the hostel, NH 029 490 So I was soon sweating my way up the zig zagging path through the trees. The forest higher up had recently been felled so I enjoyed some wonderful views and the relative comfort of a breeze during the last part of the climb. Near the top of the path, it joined a good estate track NH024 500 which carries on all the way to Loch Coulin.
About 3km down the track I saw a very good campsite just by the bridge over Essain Dhorca, although I would have liked to have carried on for another 5 or 6km. I realised the track was heading towards the estate houses and farms and finding a suitable spot for a wild camp may well become more difficult and this really was an idyllic spot. My mind was made up – a comfortable campsite was worth the slight drawback of an earlier than usual start the next day.
Camp was very soon established and conveniently placed. Dead trees allowed me to put up a washing line and another large tree nearby provided a suitable hook to hang out my sleeping bag to air. For the next 2 hours or so I busied myself with washing, sorting out kit and food and generally enjoying the warm evening. I could see Beinn Eighe in the distance – Liatach was not visible – hidden behind Sgwr Dubh, to the west and south west the dramatic trio of Fuar Tholl, Beinn Laith Mhor and Beinn Liath Bheag.
There was more insect activity than I would have liked, quite a lot of midges and other things had made their presence felt by mid evening – 24 hours on and I would find out quite how active they had been!
Photo 29: Camp 5 – Coulin Pass
All the washing I had done was dry by about 20:30 hours, it's always good to have ones reserve clothing dry and clean for several obvious reasons. The weather had seemed to change a bit, although still clear in the west with sunshine till sunset, clouds had filled in elsewhere and Beinn Eighe had disappeared, so I did not have too much hope for clear weather on Tuesday.
Surprisingly, I found there was a signal on the mobile phone so I was able to report in to mission control and also send a couple of text messages to friends. Being someone who basically dislikes mobile phones I am always self conscious about using one 'in the wild' because I know how it annoys me to come across someone using a phone "Hi Sally I've just reached the top of this huge mountain on the Isle of Skye!". Of course it's different when I use one! My first solo back-packing jaunt to the Cairngorms in May 2000, Ali insisted that I took a mobile phone.
These things cannot be regarded as any sort of safety aid because in my experience the only chance of a signal in most mountain areas is right on the tops, not a lot of good if you get in trouble halfway up! I did keep her informed of my progress, and on the third day climbed up from my camp spot to the top of Cairn Toul to find myself in mist with a clear sky above and a wonderful view over a cloud filled Lairig Ghru with Ben Macdui just protruding on the other side. I decided to report in to Ali and found only a reluctant signal on the phone, but by climbing the extra 1½ metres and balancing on top of the cairn I got a steady signal! While talking, a dog suddenly appeared through the mist closely followed by its master. I felt such a prat and duly was obliged to explain my odd behaviour.
On this occasion by the River Coulin I was undisturbed, the only sounds were the stream and occasional bird call, I had not seen a soul since my friend in Gerry's Place.
As usual I had done all the necessary jobs, sorting out, log writing, map checking by about 21:00 hrs and was now ready for bed. I did a mental body check and was pleased that everything was in good working order. I was so pleased that my feet were standing up very well with no blisters or sore bits. The other pleasing thing was that my new rucksack was so much more comfortable and not causing the shoulder ache that my previous sack was prone to do.


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Introduction: Lego New Horizons
This is my Lego replica of New Horizons, the first probe to Pluto. I will show you how to make one.
Step 1: The Body
To make the body, take a small base plate, then make a triangle shape on top with yellow bricks.
In the Middle put a connector for the communications dish.
Step 2: Generator and Thruster
For the generator, I used cylinders, then put tires on it. For the thruster, put a connecting piece and a rim, then attach it.
Step 3: Final Result
After building, this is what it will look like. The probe was launched in 2006. It flew past Pluto in 2015
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Former U.S. Secret Service Agent speaks out after George HW Bush's death
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KWWL) – As people across the country mourn the loss of the 41st president, one woman is speaking out about what this day means to her.
Melanie Lentz is a former U.S. Secret Service Special Agent. She now lives in Cedar Rapids.
Lentz understands firsthand how difficult the funeral services are for people closest to the former president.
Lentz was assigned to former first lady Nancy Reagan when she died in 2016. Lentz was the agent in the embalming room. She was also a pallbearer for Mrs. Reagan.
While their relationship was professional, Lentz said Reagan's death affected her.
She said it was an emotional day for her tight-knit group of 25-30 agents who protected Reagan.
Lentz said she will never forget those somber moments, grieving on the job.
"You have to kind of turn off your emotions and just do the job, and I'd just never done that in that situation before," Lentz explained. "It was hard to see somebody that just a day or two before you had seen, seeming to be doing well or getting better, and things went downhill pretty quickly, and as I understand it was a similar situation with former president Bush."
This week, Lentz said she's thinking about the agents who are mourning the loss of one of their own. She said they're still doing their job of protecting the former president, but it's in a much sadder way.
"Sometimes, you have to see [tough things] in your job, and you have to learn how to turn off [your emotions] to do your job, and I'm sure that's what's going through those agents' heads as the emotions flare up during funerals and they hear all these stories and situations that they actually witnessed," she said. "They were there for certain things that people are talking about."
Lentz said she learned about Mrs. Reagan's legacy of love during her funeral.
During those intimate moments at the viewings and funerals, Lentz reflected on her life and realized she needed to make some changes.
Lentz told KWWL she spent many years protecting others. But she failed to protect herself. Lentz resigned shortly after.
Today, Lentz lives closer to her family, and she is writing a book about her experiences as a Secret Service Agent.