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Golden LEAF commits
$50 million to entice auto manufacturer to N.C.
Funding can be used for public infrastructure, workforce training
On February 5, 2015, the Golden LEAF Foundation Board of Directors announced that it reserved $50 million to provide support for the location of an automobile manufacturing facility within the borders of North Carolina.
"The state is readying itself to win and host this type of manufacturing industry," said Johnathan Rhyne, Chair of the Golden LEAF Board of Directors. "The Golden LEAF Board took this action to demonstrate its commitment to this emerging opportunity. An automobile manufacturer and its suppliers can create thousands of jobs and serve as a catalyst for long-term economic advancement."
Since its inception, Golden LEAF has been committed to using the funds entrusted to it for projects with the most potential for bolstering North Carolina's long-term economy, especially in tobacco-dependent, economically distressed, and/or rural communities.
"The committed Golden LEAF funds are not earmarked for a specific site or company, but to a site that an automobile manufacturer has indicated is its preferred North Carolina location," said Dan Gerlach, Golden LEAF President. "The Foundation generally does not make a single grant of this magnitude, but recognizes the transformative potential of attracting this industry. The Board's commitment is equal to a year and a half of our current grantsmaking budget, conveying the seriousness and aggressiveness that will be required to be successful."
As a public charity, Golden LEAF funds can be used for costs associated with project needs such as public infrastructure and workforce training.
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The Alamance County Sheetz distribution facility has hired 152 employees since its Fall 2014 opening. The Sheetz facility handles food manufacturing, warehousing and distribution and is expected to create a total of 253 jobs by the end of 2018. Golden LEAF provided an Economic Catalyst grant of approximately $679,000 to the City of Burlington to construct needed water and wastewater infrastructure to serve the distribution facility plus an additional 100 acres of land zoned for industrial use.
On November 12, 2015, Governor Pat McCrory, Sheetz officials and employees and other local and state officials participated in a ribbon cutting event at the new Sheetz distribution facility in Burlington, N.C.
"In 2011, a representative of the Sheetz organization made a comment about the possibility of creating a distribution center in the southeast to serve its many stores located in the Carolinas, Virginia, and other southern states," said Mac Williams, President of the Alamance County Economic Development Association. "We were able to offer them what they needed to make the site work, and a large part of that need was reliable water and sewer service."
Williams said in order to make the 44 acre site in Burlington work for Sheetz, the county had to upgrade the industrial site.
"We had a whole lot of work to do to beef up the water service, made possible by the grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation," said Williams. "Both residential and commercial properties in the area now have better services, and it opened up another 100 acres for some more industrial sites."
Several of the new Sheetz employees were on site for the ribbon cutting event.
Sheetz is consistently ranked on many Best Places to Work lists in states where it has a presence. In North Carolina's 2013 competition, Sheetz was ranked the Number 3 Best Places to Work. Williams said that local Sheetz employees have confirmed that report.
"I met a Sheetz employee at a recent business after hours hosted by the company," said Williams. "She said that she absolutely loved working there. She said, 'everything Sheetz said about being treated like part of a big family is true.' And the job could not have come at a better time because she had just been downsized from her former employer and was able to go from what she was doing to a different industry using a very similar skill set. She said she feels like she has a good future at Sheetz."
Alamance County is benefiting from the location of Sheetz Distribution Center in a variety of ways.
Pictured is one of the new Sheetz distribution facility employees.
"We will have 250 jobs here that weren't here before that are good paying jobs with a great company," said Williams. "They have hosted business after hours with our local chamber members. They have been a great corporate citizen of our local community."
Golden LEAF-funded
STEM programs producing award winners
Two schools named
STEM Schools of Distinction
Several Golden LEAF-funded STEM programs have won statewide awards. Norwayne Middle School had four first place teams at the N.C. Technology Student Association (TSA) conference and the middle school TSA advisor was named Advisor of the Year. In addition, Contentnea-Savannah K-8 School in Lenoir County and Wayne School of Engineering in Wayne County were among 13 schools recognized in North Carolina as science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) Schools of Distinction.
Paul Casey is a teacher and TSA advisor at Norwayne Middle School. He gives his students all the credit for being named the N.C. TSA Middle School Advisor of the Year for 2014.
"I had several groups that placed really well last year," said Casey. "At the 2014 state TSA conference, I had four first place teams."
TSA Middle School Advisor of the Year, Paul Casey, works with his TSA teams on projects after school between coaching several soccer teams and being with his family.
The Norwayne TSA club has between 80 and 110 members each year. Through the after school TSA club, students can enroll in different computer-aided learning modules to help them compete in TSA conference events.
"In 2014, one of my TSA teams placed first in the statewide Inventions and Innovations competition and used lessons learned from the Plastics and Polymers module," said Casey. "The team decided that their product needed to be made out of plastic, so they used a 3D printer to create their prototype."
That team placed 4th in the nationals held in Washington, D.C., and are now seeking a patent for their invention, The Plaque Attacker, an improved toothbrush.
These Norwayne Middle School students won first place in a statewide TSA conference for their invention, The Plaque Attacker.
"They are working with the East Carolina University Office of Innovation and Economic Development to pursue the patent," said Casey. "They also entered their product and won first place at the Eastern N.C. Entrepreneurship Summit in November 2014."
For Casey, one of his main objectives is teaching students about their potential career options.
"As a Career and Technical Education teacher at the middle school level, the most important thing I can do is expose students to careers that they would not have otherwise considered," said Casey. "I get really excited when students say they are considering a career in the field they studied due to their experience in my class. This lets me know the modules are working and the grant funding was more than worthwhile."
Norwayne Middle School feeds into Wayne School of Engineering, which was given the highest designation in STEM education as a school of distinction along with Contentnea-Savannah K-8 School. Each school will serve as a model for other schools pursuing the designation.
"These schools represent the very best of the best in STEM education, not just in North Carolina but across the nation," said Dr. Sam Houston, President and CEO of the N.C. Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Center. "Along with several key partners, we have worked diligently with these schools to create a meaningful designation that will help other schools across North Carolina and country become just as successful in the future."
To apply for the STEM School of Distinction designation, schools are required to submit lesson plans, video evidence, class samples, and recommendation letters. A panel of nationally known educators, business leaders and other experts lead the review teams, evaluate the applicants, hold site visits, and recommend school programs for the model designation.
Golden LEAF funds rural urgent care to provide increased access to healthcare
Project will create 20 jobs,
cut costs for local businesses
With help from a $200,000 Golden LEAF grant, Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital transformed a vacant building in Jonesville into a healthcare facility that provides both urgent care services to the community and medical planning services for local businesses.
Within the first three weeks of opening, Hugh Chatham Urgent Care welcomed 11 new employees, cared for 350 patients and provided health screenings for more than 700 employees for a local employer.
The hospital board, facility staff and members of the community participated in the ribbon cutting event for the Hugh Chatham Memorial Urgent Care and Corporate Care facility held on January 25, 2015.
"The Golden LEAF grant was a huge part of this project," said Mary Blackburn, Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Practice Officer at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. "It would have been a financial stretch for us without it. With this facility, we are able to meet the needs of the community and provide excellent quality care."
The idea for the dual facility came from the local business community, who needed help with healthcare management. Part of the problem was that employees were using the hospital's emergency room for primary care needs. The new urgent care center is designed to serve acute-care as well as primary care patient needs to help reduce unnecessary emergency room visits, said Blackburn.
The facility's healthcare providers are already working with one local employer, Phillips Van Heusen (PVH) Corporation, to increase productivity, reduce absenteeism, enhance employee morale, and attract and retain high-quality employees.
Human Resources Director at PVH Mike Norman was instrumental in the concept of creating a corporate care facility and providing the availability of an urgent care facility, said Blackburn.
"We were tasked with an initiative by our corporate office to figure out a way to lower healthcare costs, particularly the use of the emergency room," said Norman. "One option was to set up a clinic inside our facility, but we were not comfortable with taking on healthcare as part of our operations."
Norman had a conversation with one of the Hugh Chatham Memorial Board of Directors, J.L. Lowe, about the healthcare initiative. Lowe indicated that the hospital was already considering a new urgent care location. The Hospital decided that Jonesville made the best sense for the new facility.
"We were extremely pleased that they were open to hearing what our needs were and taking care of them," said Norman. "The corporate care has already provided a health fair with obesity mass index testing, blood sugar testing, blood pressure testing, and other screenings, all to help educate our employees on preventive healthcare."
Dr. Joseph Zastrow, physician for and head of the urgent care center, knows how to provide services for workplace healthcare.
Pictured are (from left) Michael Keller a physician's assistant at the center and Dr. Joseph Zastrow a doctor and the head of the facility.
"Dr. Zastrow has worked with some of our workers compensation cases," said Norman. "The workers report very positive interactions with Dr. Zastrow. I think it is very helpful that he has an occupational medicine background."
Open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., the urgent care center offers onsite lab, x-ray, drug screen, procedure rooms and a cast room. Hours will be extended on weekdays until
7 p.m. starting April 13, 2015.
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The "LEAF" in Golden LEAF stands for "Long-Term Economic Advancement Foundation." While Golden LEAF has made grants since inception, we have not forgotten the need for the long-term view. By investing the Master Settlement Agreement payments entrusted to us, rather than immediately spend them, the Foundation has earned hundreds of millions of dollars in investment income to pay for most of the grants and all of the costs of running the Foundation.
By keeping dollars invested for the good of North Carolina, the Foundation is able to make major commitments to incent large projects that move the needle, such as biotechnology manufacturing training, aerospace manufacturing, middle-mile broadband, and -- hopefully -- an automobile manufacturing plant as is described to this column's left.
By keeping dollars invested, the Foundation has the patient capital to build North Carolina's future workforce, whether through award-winning STEM initiatives for middle schoolers or through funding the latest in welding technology for a community college with documented employer needs.
By keeping dollars invested, we not only have the wherewithal to assist with an auto assembly plant, but we have the statewide reach to fund the gaps needed to land a Sheetz distribution facility in Alamance County and start an incubator with broad community support in Elizabeth City.
By keeping dollars invested, we have the opportunity to make grants in physical infrastructure, such as the completion of an urgent care center serving workers along I-77 in Yadkin County or in one of the several communities that the Board is contemplating for the upcoming Health Care Workforce Initiative.
You can read about the incredibly diverse projects hinted at above throughout this newsletter.
It is a simple fact. The challenges facing rural, tobacco-dependent and economically distressed communities in our state need different types of investments to help move them forward. It's not small nor large companies that are the key to economic success, but both.
It is not funding for STEM in high school OR in college that solves our workforce issues, but both. The Foundation can create new wealth through its investments. The sooner that the General Assembly restores annual payments to the Foundation, the sooner we can put that wealth to work for the citizens of the state.
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On February 10, 2015, Golden LEAF staff attended the opening of the College of the Albemarle's (COA) new welding lab on the Pasquotank campus. Enhancements to the welding lab were necessary to help the college meet regional demand for welders which is estimated at approximately 175 positions over the next three years. Upgrades have allowed the College to increase its enrollment from 10 welding students to 48, now that it has increased space and the number of welding booths available for training.
At the ribbon cutting, Senior Vice President of the Golden LEAF Foundation Mark Sorrells (second from left) presented COA President Kandi Deitemeyer and other officials with a ceremonial Golden LEAF check.
Welding jobs are available at companies in the region that specialize in agriculture, boat and ship maintenance and repair, as well as aviation companies supporting the U.S. Coast Guard. Many of these companies struggle to find skilled workers. Norfolk Naval and Newport News ship yards employee over 3,000 welders and are constantly recruiting individuals for positions.
COA has recently placed two students in welding jobs.
Upon completing the program, Kelsey Randolph landed a job and is currently welding on a new roller coaster at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Va., said Mike Lopes, welding instructor at COA.
Kelsey Randolph recently finished the welding program at COA, where he gained valuable training time on diverse equipment.
Jamal Mullen, 24, completed the college's welding program at the beginning of February. He is now employed by the Norfolk Naval Shipyard under its apprenticeship program.
Mullen was able to simultaneously complete his GED and the welding program. He attributes a large part of his success to his instructors.
"My welding instructor, Mr. Lopes, was a great instructor who taught me well," said Mullen. "Ms. Saunders taught me math and how these principles apply to what I'm doing in welding."
Pictured are (from left) welding student Crystal Dennison, Welding Instructor Mike Lopes, GED instructor Dorothy Riddick-Saunders, welding student Brian Pierce and welding student Jamal Mullen. Mullen is now an apprentice at Norfolk Naval Shipyard.
Prior to the Golden LEAF grant, the college had limited welding equipment and space.
At the ribbon cutting event celebrating the opening of the welding lab, COA officials said the new lab has helped grow the program.
Several students enrolled in the COA welding program join Dr. Kandi Deitemeyer at the ribbon cutting ceremony. Behind the students are the new welding booths.
"We start with the students. That's why we're here every day," said Dr. Kandi Deitemeyer, COA President. "Now they have the chance to train with the best technologies. The best there is."
The Golden LEAF Foundation awarded the COA welding lab grant under a special grant program, Essential Skills in Advanced Manufacturing Initiative.
The initiative was created to support targeted occupational and technical training programs that prepare students for identified employment opportunities in advanced manufacturing and other high-wage technical occupations. The initiative, working in partnership with N.C. community colleges, is helping to close the skills gap by increasing the number of highly skilled, technical workers in tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities in N.C.
Elizabeth City incubator supports six new or expanding businesses
Golden LEAF grant
helps open facility
Renaissance Square, a business incubator in downtown Elizabeth City, has signed leases with four tenants in its newly opened facility and is finalizing paperwork with two others. The Golden LEAF Foundation awarded a $100,000 grant to River City CDC in support of phase I of Renaissance Square.
From left, Ann Taylor of Jovon's Boutique is signing a lease for space at the Renaissance Square Incubator with Lenora Jarvis-Mackey President/CEO of River City CDC.
The 7,000-square-foot business incubator was formed to support emerging entrepreneurs with the temporary space and the tools they need to build up their business in order to succeed on their own.
"The incubator is designed to serve startup and business expansions," said Lenora Jarvis-Mackey, President/CEO of River City CDC. "We have signed four two-year contracts with mom and pop businesses that operate out of homes or in store fronts and that didn't have the leap of faith to go out on their own."
The incubator is home to a mother-daughter operation, said Mackey. The daughter sells evening wear, and the mother is the seamstress at Sew Fine Fashions. A coffee shop with Wi-Fi access, a women's clothing retail store, and a smoothie shop are currently moving into the facility. The smoothie shop doubles as an art lessons operation, said Mackey.
"Things are going great in the new space," said Bea Bea Long-Harrell of Sew Fine Fashions. "We have already attended a workshop at Gateway Bank and received information on all the services that the incubator will offer through its partners."
Bea Bea Long-Harrell of Sew Fine Fashions has moved into her space at the incubator and her custom-made evening wear business is expanding to include retail clothing and accessories.
River City CDC collaborates with other agencies to help provide instruction and business support in the areas of bookkeeping, marketing, inventory control and other important business operation practices.
"The incubator focuses on the individual business needs," said Mackey. "We help with strategic plans and provide a needs-analysis and a holistic approach to business development. We provide the technical assistance they need to make their businesses successful."
The city is helping by promoting and fostering local entrepreneurship. Once businesses leave the incubator, they will further bolster the economy and make room for new entrepreneurs to find their footing at Renaissance Square.
"We are hoping to be a feeder to mainstream downtown," said Mackey. "Downtown is starting to come back."
"I was born and raised three blocks down the street," said Long-Harrell. "I am thrilled to be here and to have my daughter working with me. It's like coming home."
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lack of quantifications is the biggest DBZ problem. i think i can provide a minimum quantification to DBZ reflex speed. and i won't use PL which is debatable that provide proportional speed as it do to raw power, i will go only by feats of speedblitz.
the speed of sight is 0.05 second, if someone can speedblitz a normal human his time reaction will be at least 0.05 second and i say at least, because that's the minimum time frame of an eye to perceive something.
the quickest kick ever recorded until now has time reaction of 0.3 second. that means that the quickest kick of a normal human is 6 times slower than sight. if someone has to blitz a normal human he should be 6 times faster than normal to achieve the least least speed for a kick blitz.
my calculations will be based on direct feats and no powerscaling, no PL and no hyperbols, just canon feats, but my calculations won't give the right speed of DBZ characters, it will give a speed less than the real speed of DBZ characters, but at least it's better to have a minimum cantification to be based on, than actual assumptions. as i said my calculation will give speed less than DBZ real speed, because of those points :
- i will be based only on speedblitz feats, but DBZ speed growth has also happened in other feats where there is no blitz.
- i will be using the lowest speed of blitz, which is the limit of time frame sight.
- i will be using the speed of a kick which is normally faster than jumping, running and moving entire body that is necessary for speedblitz
okey, now we know, as i explained, that for someone to blitz o normal person he must be faster than his sight, meaning he should be 6 times faster normal human. if character A can blitz character B, that means at least A is 6 times faster than B. that means if B has time reaction of 0.3 second, A will have time reaction of 0.05 second, if character C can blitz A, then C has time reaction of 0.05 / 6 = 0.008333 second.
now let's start by Krilin and Roshi, they showed impressive feat of time reaction, where in 1 second, they moved several steps, exchanged sevral punches and kicks, exchanged words, and stopped to think for 1/5 second, it would be save to estimate their time reaction at 0.01 second.
Roshi was able after that to blitz Krilin, that makes him have time reaction at least of 0.001666 second.
at 22nd Budokai, Goku moved so fast Roshi couldn't see him, that makes Goku have at least time reaction of 0.00027777 second
Ten Chin Han who was equal to Goku at 22nd Budokai in speed, was not able to see Goku's movement at King Piccolo saga. that makes Goku has at least time reaction of 0.00004269 second
Yet even this Goku was too slow to even touch mr Popo, and mr Popo was so fast Goku was unable to see his movements. that makes Mr. Popo at least with time reaction of 7.716x10^(-6) second
23rd budokai Goku and Piccolo were so fast not even Kami who is much faster than Popo was able to see them. that means Goku and Piccolo had time reaction better than 1.286x10^(-6) second
Raditz was blitzing both Goku and Piccolo at the beginning of DBZ. that make Raditz with time reaction better than 2.1433x10^(-7) second
Nappa was much faster than Raditz, but Goku after King Kai's training was able easily to blitz Nappa, that makes Goku without Kaioken has time reaction better than 3.5722x10^(-8) second
Vegeta who surpassed Goku's speed without Kaioken, after he recovered from his fight with Goku, had became faster, but was easily blitzed by Burter. that makes Burter have time reaction better than 5.9537x10^(-9) second
Goku who was training under 100G gravity became so fast, that even without kaioken, he easily blitzed Burter. that make Goku have time reaction better than 9.90229x10^(-10) second
Piccolo after King Kai's training and Nail's power up, had become at least as equal as Goku. when he fought 3rd form Frieza, Piccolo stated that his speciality is speed, and Goku stated he can't beat Freiza at that level with his initial Namek level. and Frieza blitzed Piccolo, that makes 3rd form Frieza have time reaction better than 1.6538x10^(-10) second
Gohan matched Frieza in power and speed after getting angry, but he and all the others including Vegeta (who powered up again and became the strongest of them), were blitzed by Frieza 4th and final form, that makes Frieza at final from have time reaction better than 2.7563x10^(-11) second
Trunks moved so fast to dodge Frieza's attack, Frieza didn't see him getting behind him far a way on a hill. that makes Tranks have time reaction better than 4.59393x10^(-12) second
Android 17 is stronger than Trunks, and was blitzed by Imperfect Cell, that makes Imperfet Cell have time reaction better than 7.6565x10^(-13) second
now, skipping to gohan vs perfect Cell, Gohan was able to blitz Perfect Cell easily, that makes Gohan at SSJ2 have time reaction better than 1.27609x10^(-13) second
so just at the end of Cell Saga, SSJ2 Gohan had far beyond 0.1 picosecond reaction time. and if we keep going to Buu saga, time reaction will be greater. and just to remind you, that this is not the real time reaction, beause the real one is far far beyond this.
the likes of Superman, Superboy, Gladiator, Hyperion...etc have nanosecond reaction, it's clear now that DBZ fighters are very fast and can not just keep up with the likes of Superman but even surpass them in reaction speed.
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It was also claimed that Booker's customer numbers increased by 5% to 481,000, while internet sales moved up by 21% to £635m.
"This is a good run. It is nice that we are doing well on both sides of the business", said Charles Wilson, chief executive, who is of the view that things are going to be fine in the time to come.
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The Nixon Doctrine: A Saga of Misunderstanding
Kimball, Jeffrey, Presidential Studies Quarterly
Conventional wisdom holds that President Richard M. Nixon came into office in January 1969 with a new set of foreign-policy principles that were later dubbed the "Nixon Doctrine." Many who have heard of the doctrine--including most specialists in the field of foreign relations--understand that its key principle was that the United States would call on its allies and friends to supply their own manpower to "defend" themselves against "Communist aggression," while America provided only advice, aid, and arms. Another generally held view is that the doctrine guided Nixon's actions in Indochina and elsewhere and represented a major shift in American foreign policy, overturning the interventionist practices of previous presidents, who had frequently sent American troops abroad to fight for "peace" and "freedom." In the Indochina theater, as the story goes, Nixon implemented the new doctrine through "Vietnamization," by which means he sought to withdraw American armed forces from Indochina while simultaneously defending South Vietnam, winning the war, achieving peace, and preserving American "honor." (1)
These customary understandings of the Nixon Doctrine are erroneous in whole or substantial part. The Nixon Doctrine did not constitute a foreign-policy doctrine in the sense of having been a grand strategy or a master set of principles and guidelines controlling policy decisions. Whether it truly was a doctrine or not, however, Nixon did not practice its principles consistently or even intend to do so when he first announced them. The so-called doctrine, moreover, did not represent a major shift in U.S. foreign policy: previous administrations had applied or attempted to apply the Nixon Doctrine's core principles in selected areas of the world. In Indochina, Vietnamization was not the main component of Nixon's strategy, and he secretly valued other, more militant approaches. Vietnamization was not even a Nixon administration invention. It diffusely originated with the antiwar movement, congressional doves, and agency staffers during the period of President Lyndon B. Johnson's direction of the war, and it was a topic candidates and parties discussed during the 1968 election campaign. In addition, Nixon did not begin to implement Vietnamization in earnest until many months into his presidency, and he did so only after other components of his strategy failed to produce victory and as members of his own administration and the public demanded that he withdraw American troops more rapidly. At the very moment Nixon announced the "doctrine," the measures for which it stood were secondary to others he had in mind for dealing with the Vietnam War, Asia, and the world.
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Nixon delivered his first public comments about what would later become known as the Nixon Doctrine in Guam on the evening of July 25, 1969. The island was at the end of the second leg of a thirteen-day around-the-world political and diplomatic voyage, on which Nixon had embarked from Washington, DC on July 23. The president and his entourage had landed at Johnson Island that same day and--after crossing the international dateline aboard the U.S.S. Arlington--had rendezvoused by helicopter with the aircraft carrier Hornet on July 25. From its bridge Nixon had watched the splashdown and recovery of the Apollo XI space capsule, which was returning to Earth from its historic mission to the moon. After a greeting ceremony for the triumphant astronauts, an exuberant Nixon had flown to Andersen Air Force Base on Guam. On July 26, the morning after his press conference, he continued on his journey for brief visits with the heads of state of the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, South Vietnam, India, Pakistan, and Romania. On August 3 he began his return to the United States via England, while Henry A. Kissinger, the president's special assistant for national security affairs, flew to Paris to meet with Xuan Thuy on August 4--the first of many, though intermittent, secret meetings Kissinger was to have with North Vietnamese negotiators. …


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New Phillies closer, hours before picking up his first career save in Citizens Bank Park as a member of the Phillies (and fifth career save in CBP), Jonathan Papelbon was a guest on MLB Network's Intentional Talk, with Chris Rose and Kevin Millar. As expected, it was Papelbon being Papelbon during the interview segment, so it was an enjoyable segment. Papelbon talked about his closing music, life with a new contract, the possibility of swinging a bat at the plate (he's going to swing "ass to ass"), which ballpark is tougher to pitch in (Fenway or CBP) "Charlie came up to me after the game and said welcome to the club," Papelbon said of his first home game in Philly, when he gave up a home run to the flower bed. Oh, and special guest appearances by Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels. Papelbon also rips on Chris Rose's shoes. Here is the full video, courtesy of MLB.com. Follow Macho Row on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and Pinterest!
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text: Shishmaref 2nd Class City in the Nome Census Area Community Details Incorporation Type 2nd Class City Area Type Community Current Population 607 Population Comment 2014 DCCED Commissioner Certified Figure Pronunciation shish' muh reff Borough/Census Area FIPS Code 180 Place FIPS 69770 Economy Subsistence Yes Residents Age 16 and Over 383 Residents Employed in 2013 222 Residents Employed (%) 58 Employed in all 4 Quarters (%) 65 Employed in Private Sector (%) 41 Employed in Local Gov. (%) 58 Employed in State Gov. (%) 1 Resident Wages in 2013 ($) 4,416,073 New Hires 93 Unemployment Insurance Claimants 80 Local Labor Market Info URL http://live.laborstats.alaska.gov/alari/index.cfm?r=4&b=17&p=289&goplace=go Economy - Fisheries Participation and Earnings CDQ Participant No CQE Eligible No All Fisheries, Permit Holders 1 All Fisheries, Permits Issued 1 All Fisheries, Permit Holders that Fished 0 Salmon, Permit Holders 1 Salmon, Permits Issued 1 Salmon, Permit holders that fished 0 Economy - Fuel Prices Fuel Price Data Month January 2015 Gallon of Heating Fuel ($) 5.91 Gallon of Gasoline ($) 6.63 Gallon of Propane ($) 16.73 Election, Recording, and Judicial Districts Senate District T Senator Donald Olson (D) House District 39 Representative Neal Foster (D) Judicial District 2 Recording District Cape Nome Facilities and Amenities Municipal Facilities & Utilities Water and Sewer Flush/Haul, Watering Point, School Water, Honeybucket Hauling, Washeteria, Electric (AVEC), Refuse Collection, Landfill, Police, Volunteer Fire, Fire Hall, Health Clinic, City Hall, Friendship Center, Roads, Bingo/Pull Tabs Broadband Internet Available No Broadband Cell Phone Services No Cell Phone Service Available Yes Geography and Climate Location Shishmaref is located on Sarichef Island, in the Chukchi Sea, just north of the Bering Strait. Shishmaref is 5 miles from the mainland, 126 miles north of Nome, and 100 miles southwest of Kotzebue. The village is surrounded by the 2.6 million-acre Bering Land Bridge National Reserve. It is part of the Beringian National Heritage Park, endorsed by Presidents Bush and Gorbachev in 1990. Community Map Available Yes Map URL http://commerce.alaska.gov/dnn/dcra/PlanningLandManagement/CommunityProfileMaps.aspx Latitude 66.2567 Longitude -166.0719 Sq Mi Land 2.80 Sq Mi Water 4.50 Climate Shishmaref falls within the transitional climate zone, characterized by tundra interspersed with boreal forests, and weather patterns of long, cold winters and shorter, warm summers. The Chukchi Sea is frozen from mid-November through mid-June. History and Culture History The original Inuit name for the island of Shishmaref was "Kigiktaq." In 1816, Lt. Otto Von Kotzebue named the inlet "Shishmarev," after a member of his crew. Excavations at "Keekiktuk" by archaeologists around 1821 provided evidence of Inuit habitation from several centuries ago. Shishmaref has an excellent harbor, and around 1900 it became a supply center for gold mining activities to the south. The village was named after the inlet, and a post office was established in 1901. The city government was incorporated in 1969. During October 1997, a severe storm eroded over 30 feet of the north shore, requiring 14 homes and the National Guard Armory to be relocated. Five additional homes were relocated in 2002. Other storms have continued to erode the shoreline an average of three to five feet per year on the north shore. In July 2002 residents voted to relocate the community. Culture Shishmaref is a traditional Inupiat village with a fishing and subsistence lifestyle. 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Crown Jewel Dessert
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|Lime gelatin
|3 Ounce (1 Package)
|Orange gelatin
|3 Ounce (1 Package)
|Cherry gelatin
|3 Ounce (1 Package)
|Boiling water
|3 Cup (48 tbs)
|Cold water
|1 1⁄2 Cup (24 tbs)
|Pineapple juice
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Lemon gelatin
|3 Ounce (1 Package)
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Cold water
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|8 Ounce, split (18 Whole, Two 4 Ounce Packages)
|Cold milk
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Vanilla extract
|1 Teaspoon
Prepare the lime, orange and cherry gelatin separately, using 1 cup boiling water and 1/2 cup cold water for each flavor.
Pour into separate 8x8-inch glass dishes.
Chill until firm.
Cut into 1/2 inch cubes.
Heat the pineapple juice in a saucepan; bring to the boiling point.
Remove from heat.
Add the dry lemon gelatin mix and sugar and stir until dissolved.
Stir in the 1/2 cup cold water.
Chill until syrupy.
Line the bottom and side of a 9-inch springform pan with ladyfingers.
Prepare the Dream Whip with milk and vanilla using the package directions.
Fold into the syrupy lemon gelatin.
Fold in the gelatin cubes.
Pour into a 9 inch springform pan.
Chill, covered, for 5 to 10 hours.
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God. It's such a small word to stand for such an immense mystery. Great theologians and ordinary folks have wrestled with it and lost. But this is just as it should be, according to Irma Zaleski. Any answer to the question "Who is God?" that satisfies our minds will likely be a false one, an idea about a reality that transcends ideas. Yet there is great value in asking the question, she says, because the answer to it is found in the asking: It is in the place of not-knowing that arises from asking "Who is God?" that words and concepts fall away, that the mystery of what that little three-letter word represents is communicated directly to the heart. In forty-six short meditations, Irma Zaleski reflects on the mystery of God, the vision of faith, and the conversion of the heart that enables us to live in communion with the Ultimate Reality that reason cannot penetrate nor words express.
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- While guard Mike Conley says the Memphis Grizzlies are pushing for home court advantage in the playoffs, coach Lionel Hollins maintains it doesn't really matter. History tells Hollins so. "The players may think about it but I just want us to play well," he said. "We had some court last year and we lost the series. We've been in series where we didn't have home court and we won. Wherever you go you've just got to play well." Conley scored 20 points and the Grizzlies beat the short-handed Trail Blazers 94-76 on Wednesday night to break the franchise record for wins in a season. "We were all about business tonight," Conley said. "We understood that this is a game we needed to win. Obviously, we are chasing that home court advantage so need we need every one we can get." The Grizzlies have won four straight to move to 51-24 this season, surpassing its 50-win season in 2003-04. They have already clinched a spot in the playoffs and are jockeying for home-court adva...
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1st you have to be rooted and on STOCK ZV9. if u have an unlock bootloader with freegee relock it.
2nd u need to down load the update zip and put it in internal storage. you can play Ispy around this forum to find it if u dont have it yet
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Homeworld:@ 0.2.21.2 .big releaseAug 4, 2014 Full Version 4 comments
A bugfix release to actually fix the survival mode crash 0.2.21.1 should have fixed. Please report any crashes you encounter.
Born of a dissatisfaction with Homeworld 2, the Homeworld:@ team is building upon the foundations of Homeworld and Homeworld:Cataclysm to create a faithful sequel in the Homeworld:2 engine, with new ships, storyline, and game mechanics.
1 comment by EatThePath on Mar 3rd, 2015
As I write this it's almost a full week since the Homeworld Remastered Collection got into the hands of the public, to both praise and disappointment, depending on each person's perspective. But what's undeniable is that right this second, thousands of people are playing the game. Already the community is starting to crack open the files ahead of the gearbox official tools, and we're getting a good look at what new features the engine has to offer modders. With that in hand, the team has come to a decision internally.
Even if you ignore the gorgeous graphics upgrades, Remastered offers opportunities that we've badly hoped for, and taking advantage of them it will make it extremely difficult to maintain a classic version of the mod at the same time. For that reason we will make one more Classic release, here and on Steam workshop, and then begin the process of converting the mod to Remastered and adapting to its features.
The final classic version will contain the updated Imperial ships exhibited in our screenshots section, a general rebalance of our frigates, and maybe a few other odds and ends. It'll be accompanied by a full changelog as usual when its released. Something that will not be included is the singleplayer mission that I have posted about before, as that still needs significant content production before release.
What our first Remastered release will contain and when it will happen, I can't say. But we are working on it. A lot still depends on Gearbox's tools and post-launch support, and we'll have plenty of tweaking to do to the mod once things like proper parallel build are integrated. It's all very exciting.
Finally, as always I'd like to thank those of you who've stuck with us all this time. In the waves of new conversation about Homeworld whenever I see someone mention us it is always positive, and always appreciated. We still want to see and play our vision of Homeworld:@ as much as ever, and are happy to have you folks along with us for that ride.
A bugfix release to actually fix the survival mode crash 0.2.21.1 should have fixed. Please report any crashes you encounter.
A bugfix release to actually fix the survival mode crash 0.2.21.1 should have fixed.
A bugfix release addressing a survival mode crash and accidental omissions from the credits. Moderate changes to the structure and naming of the download...
A bugfix release addressing a survival mode crash and accidental omissions from the credits. Moderate changes to the structure and naming of the download...
A new version of HW:@, featuring fifteen new models, including ships from two new factions. Packed .big version, see included installation instructions...
A new version of HW:@, featuring fifteen new models, including ships from two new factions. Archived files version. -Note: There is currently a bug where...
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btw that was me the guest! im too lazy to login!
I'm getting a bug on the first mission. The first and second groups of Freighters go but the third group doesnt. What do I do?
The inclusion of the mission in the download was somewhat a mistake. It was, and remains, unfinished. Sorry.
Whoops, forgot to login. That was me.
I dont see the link for the 2013 update, only comments that one has been released.
Sorry, those comments refer to the news update, not a release version.
Ah an update and a epic one at that! Glad to see this mod is alive and well.
Back to life?! That's awesome!! :D
Buuuut ... what is this? "Hiigara" misspelled?! Thumbs down! XD
Nah, seriously, glad that this mod is in development again (or better, just for the announcement that it's still ongoing).
For us, we've settled on the Higaara spelling years ago. It should be consistently spelled that way throughout the documentation. Like it or not, it is deliberate. :)
I'm curious. Why did you choose Higaara and not Hiigara?
When we started out writing our material, it seemed ambiguous what the right one was. There was at least one instance in the Homeworld 1 subtitles where it was spelled Higaara, and that seemed closer to the pronunciation we liked from the game voiceovers, so we went with that. Now it seems that Hiigara is the accepted canon spelling, but by this point I like having that point of divergence as another way to distinguish our material from Homeworld 2.
Well, can't say that I agree how the spelling matches the pronunciation, but I can respect the reasoning and choice.
I've always spelled it Hiigara because of the fact that spelling of Hiigarans match it, its just how I've always done it but I can understand and respect the reasoning for using the other spelling.
P. S.: After checking the images on your website, I can't do otherwise than to express my astonishment for those very detailed and really beautiful models.
Great work! :)
Thank you very much for the consideration, and the compliment. :)
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NRPs such as penicillin, and other natural products, have an unparalleled track record in pharmacology: nine out of the top 20 best-selling drugs were either inspired by or derived from natural products, the authors say.
Nonribosomal peptides evolved over millions of years and often serve chemical defense and communication purposes for the organisms that manufacture them, explained first author Nuno Bandiera, a UCSD postdoctoral researcher and successful Ph.D. candidate from the computer science department at UCSDs Jacobs School of Engineering.
It is notoriously difficult to determine the structure of NRPs because the usual peptide sequencing tools do not work. The cyclic structures of NRPs, the prevalence of non-standard amino acids that thwart database lookups, and the lack of structural information directly inscribed in the genomic DNA due to the nonribosomal nature of the peptides are all major contributors to the roadblock. Researchers have had to rely on slow, manual, expensive and not always reliable approaches to deciphering the structure of NRPs.
This work removes a particularly troublesome bottleneck in the drug discovery pipeline for this class of therapeutics, said Pieter Dorrestein, assistant professor in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Departments of Pharmacology, Chemistry and Biochemistry. We have shown a way to quickly, structurally characterize nonribosomal peptides. Our next step is to replicate our findings with newly discovered, potentially therapeutic peptides.
The UCSD researchers have shown that it is possible to break NRP rings apart and then break the resulting peptide strings into smaller and smaller subunits of the original ring using multiple passes with a mass spectrometer. This approach called multistage mass spectrometry allowed the UCSD Skaggs School researchers to collect data on
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Oldham manager Paul Dickov is hoping his side's FA Cup clash with Liverpool on Sunday can provide reward for his recent hard work.Latics assistant boss Gerry Taggart, fitness coach Paul Butler and reserve team coach Lee Duxbury have all been put on gardening leave as the club looks to save cash this month.
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MINNEAPOLIS - SEPTEMBER 19: Jared Allen of the Minnesota Vikings in action during the game against of the Miami Dolphins on September 19, 2010 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. Jared Allen has spent five years with the Minnesota Vikings and is well-versed in the Chicago Bears and what they try to do, having played nine career games against Chicago. Nothing would shock Minnesota's veteran defensive end, who unfortunately has a 2-7 record in those games. Of course, Allen's never had the chance to face Chicago twice in the span of three weeks, so this week's game at home against the Bears, who beat Minnesota 28-10 just two weeks ago, brings even more familiarity. "I guess it restricts the amount of film we have to watch inbetween," Allen said. "You have your fresh film. There isn't a whole lot that's changed in the past two weeks. It's fresh in your mind, so I guess its simpler in the fact that we face them twice a year every year anyway. You go through the same routine though." The Vikings might not enjoy replaying the game film from the previous loss to Chicago, which won thanks to winning the turnover-differential and controlling th...
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Memory and the self in ageing
The changes in memory that are associated with ageing have a range of impacts on individuals and their families. When we lose our memory, we do not just miss appointments. Autobiographical memory (memory for personal events) is vital for supporting a sense of identity. Thus memory impairments can lead to more than mere forgetfulness; they can affect our sense of self and identity.
This research project aims to examine the relationship between memory and identity across the lifespan. It will explore what changes take place in ageing and have implications for the understanding of dementia. The central methodological tools used will focus on collecting autobiographical memories that are particularly relevant to the self and exploring the features of these memories. Ethical approval will be obtained prior to commencement of data collection.
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Numbers Game: Grizzlies need Big 3 to deliver, but Conley, Gasol struggling
As the stretch run of a grueling NBA season approaches, the Grizzlies remain something of a mystery. Capable of performances both scintillating and suspect, the Grizzlies remain on the outside of the Western Conference playoff picture with the last quarter of the season still to come.
Though many discussions have surfaced about the Grizzlies' rotation, about their bench, and even about Dave Joerger himself, the truth is that these Grizzlies will only go as far as their "Big 3" of Mike Conley, Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol will take them. As Joerger put it after the disappointing loss against Brooklyn Wednesday night, "We need Marc, Mike, and Zach to be who they are. We need good performances from at least two of the three to be competitive because then everybody else can do what they do off of those guys."
So how are they doing? Let's examine the Big 3 more closely.
Like so many Grizzlies this season, Conley's season was disrupted by an injury. He suffered a relatively severe ankle sprain against Minnesota on Jan. 31 and missed two and a half weeks. Prior to that, Conley had been having a career season and was a legitimate, if outside, contender to make the Western Conference All-Star squad. It was his play that kept the Grizzlies afloat during a tumultuous first couple of months.
But though he has technically returned, he is not the same. (If you're viewing on a mobile device, click here for graphic.)
On top of those numbers, Conley's had his shot blocked at a rate almost twice as high since his return from injury, indicating that drives to the basket he finished earlier in the season are suddenly being challenged. His assist to turnover ratio has gone from 3.3 assists per turnover pre-injury to 1.6 assists per turnover since. All of this points to a player still struggling with the effects of that ankle injury and one who's nowhere near 100 percent.
Though Nick Calathes was the NBA's Rookie of the Month for February, and though the Grizzlies claimed veteran point guard Beno Udrih off waivers as a contingency, neither can come close to matching Conley when he's at his best. The question remains -- will he back at his best at all this season?
Gasol's the toughest Grizzly player to get a feel for this season because he missed so much time. Out from Nov. 22 until Jan. 14, Gasol's presence has only been felt for a little over half the Grizzlies' season. I've written many words on the impact of Gasol's defense (and his offense, too) -- and he is truly a gamechanger in the middle. But, like Conley, his performance has not been up to the level of years past, and it's putting pressure on the Grizzlies' bench.
Offensively, Gasol's shooting a career-low 46 percent from the field and has his first negative plus/minus mark in five seasons (negative plus/minus indicates that opponents have scored more than the Grizzlies when Gasol's been on the court). He's scoring a smaller percentage of his points from the free throw line that in any other season in his career. And he's scoring over 31 percent of his points from outside the paint (29 percent last year, 22 percent two years ago). His game is moving away from the basket.
Gasol is the reigning Defensive Player of the Year but seems to have been slowed a bit this season. Per NBA.com, here are Gasol's overall defensive numbers from the last three seasons:
Defensive Rating (points allowed per 100 possessions):
2011-12: 97.7
2012-13: 95.4
2013-14: 102.8
That metric, while interesting, is influenced to a relatively large degree by teammates. If the team defense suffers, and the Grizzlies have been worse defensively this season than in years past, individual defensive rating often suffers, too. Perhaps it may be more helpful to look an individually allowed points per possession (and shooting percentage) as calculated by Synergy Sports. While not perfect, that can eliminate some of the influence of the overall team numbers.
Points Allowed per Possession (PPP):
2011-12 -- .76 PPP (57th in NBA)
2012-13 -- .76 PPP (29th in NBA)
2013-14 -- .83 PPP (114th in NBA)
Opponent Shooting Percentage:
2011-12 -- 37.6 percent
2012-13 -- 38.2 percent
2013-14 -- 39.7 percent
The jump in points allowed per possession is pretty significant and confirms what the eye test has often shown. Gasol's looked more vulnerable defensively this year than in years past. One area is especially notable -- defending other centers in isolation plays. Per Synergy, here are those numbers specifically:
Against Isolation Plays:
2011-12 -- .55 PPP; 26 percent (11th in NBA)
2012-13 -- .62 PPP; 30.1 percent (21st in NBA)
2013-14 -- 1.16 PPP; 53.8 percent (263rd in NBA)
This sudden vulnerability was most recently seen Wednesday against Brooklyn when Andray Blatche took Gasol off the dribble and to the basket two straight times, scoring on each and drawing an and-one, too. Gasol's never been the quickest player but has generally able to recover fast enough to prevent centers from exploiting him. This year, particularly since his January return, that has been a much more difficult task.
It speaks volumes that there was a bit of controversy last Friday when Joerger took Kosta Koufos out of the game and reinserted Gasol late in the fourth quarter of an eventual loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder. That would have been unthinkable last season, but Gasol's level of play has fallen this year.
Unlike his other Big 3 counterparts, Randolph has been relatively healthy, only missing three games this season. And not coincidentally, his numbers and performances have shown the least fluctuation. The Grizzlies are 1-2 without Randolph this year, both losses (strangely) coming against the Brooklyn Nets. They did beat the Phoenix Suns without Randolph thanks to a rare standout performance by Ed Davis, who certainly did not match that effort in a dozen uneventful minutes on Wednesday.
Randolph provides stability and consistently on the inside, and has his highest usage rate since arriving in Memphis (usage rate is the percentage of team plays finished in some way by a player). They've leaned on him more because he's almost always been there, unlike Gasol and Conley, and because his play has opened up to include more passes to cutting players. Randolph's always been a pretty good passer, but his assists have jumped up by almost one per game; ball movement has been encouraged more strongly this season.
The Grizzlies bench has been excellent of late and they do have more depth than they've ever had. That group scored 70 of the Grizzlies' 94 points on Wednesday. Their 54 percent shooting mark over the last 10 games is comfortably the NBA's best. Without them, the Grizzlies would be nowhere near the playoffs.
Yet as Joerger himself admitted, this team goes only as far as the Big 3 will allow. And at the moment, two of the three are playing below their best.
You can listen to Peter Edmiston on First Call every weekday morning at 6 am on Memphis Sports Radio - Sports 56/87.7 FM. Data courtesy nba.com/stats, Synergy Sports, and nbawowy.com. Follow Peter on Twitter: @peteredmiston.
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CORPUS CHRISTI - The Texas A&M Corpus Christi tennis programs endured several weather delays on Saturday before finally kicking off the fall season with the 2010 Islanders Open.
Stefania Nicolae faced Leah Fried from Rice. After dropping the opening set, Nicolae fought her way back into the match, winning the second set and taking the tiebreaker third set to take a 0-6, 6-4, 10-8 final to win her first-ever collegiate match.
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Evening Bus StopI am late for nothing.
Staring into the robin's egg sky,
watching my breath tumbling
to cloud about me.
There is a bus coming.
The light is fading.
Growing numb about the edges,
of frosted steel railings
and heavy molten hedges.
There is a bus approaching.
Fiery tree before me,
swallow the wintry sunset.
As a fading reddish memory.
In similar shades, I know we met,
many times, and we were happy.
The Last Thing I NeededThey forget to mention
how cold it was,
how your legs were pale and twisted in your sheets.
They don't talk about the tear-tracks on your sunken cheeks
or the purple marks on your paper eyelids.
They don't talk about how you were alone in the end.
It's not nice-
to die alone.
...I'm sorry...
Two days after your death,
I woke up with a sheet over my mouth-
the feel of loss that clings to my bones and
the familiar weight of your clothes on my skin.
I remember.
There were bad days;
the ones where you'd throw your words back
and then drink them down. Afterward we'd stumble home
on blistered feet and fall asleep unhappy.
You'd wake up at dawn and spill your secrets onto the floor
and cry when you couldn't put the pieces of your
life back together again.
I'd pull you back into bed with me and
our knees would brush. You were always cold.
fall to intangibility with meYou're just one of those lionhearted rarities; distinct in this world of fast-moving heartbeats and electric cacophony. For every key you touch is another second of pending and disquieted love. One of those ethereal extinctions; before everyone turns their eyes on you you've already flown away.
I stand watching under your dim balcony behind a happy façade; Watching you like a dream catcher. Because I keep cotton clouds in glass jars and paint my world in shades of white and write your name in the spaces between my fingertips.
Weeks are rigid borders like prison barring minutes in; and cliffs made of metal;
I watch you laugh and frown through those incandescent gold reflections.
I want to write you the most beautiful nocturne and paint you something abstract of gold swirls and blue intangibilities to hang on your ceiling;
to make you think of me.
While years and years race past me I drag old clothes out of closets until flecks of dust dance in the air because I want to be a butterf
A Broken DreamHe was just eight years old when he witnessed death for the first time. They had been moving through staccato traffic for fifteen minutes in the growing dusk before his Mother spoke.
It's beautiful she had said softly, her eyes settling on something caught in the headlight reflection bouncing back from the front window. He had leant forward in his seat, craning his neck to see what had captured her attention. An opaque moth lay helplessly trapped beneath the wiper blades. Touching the cold glass gently he had pleaded with her to set it free.
As they crept forward, inching along the motorway, the traffic on either side grew parrallel with their wing mirrors. People were looking up, pointing. There was somebody stood on the bridge, an inky sillouhette against a blushing sky.
Look Mum, he pointed, but she was already tilting her neck to see above them. I know, Honey she replied, her mouth set in a grim line as they both realised what they had missed before. The f
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and smiles. There's freckles
blooming across my nose and I
don't know if she placed them there
or if they just wandered astray
Her hair is bleached honey by the
long term exposure and I guess I'm
lighter at my roots, too, because
I could float away when she's near and
my feet will not stay grounded
Sometimes a breath of searing air
darts past my ear and I can feel the
singe of warm skin on mine and I relish
every single golden minute of it
She's burned my cheeks blush red
but I still refuse to hide my face
And the only time the dusk ever came
was when the night closed her lashes
and she set off on her path towards
somewhere that wasn't with me
Way OutSo here i am sittin with my thoughts/
hand on the glass of all my empty shots/
grin and bare it Easton you'll be ok/
that's all they ever say/
i'm living on the edge of every single fuckin day/
won't get on my knees cus i refuse to pray/
pass me by it's okay/
pay no mind to the facts/
tear myself apart on tracks/
i'm spittin these words like i'm lookin for a cure/
"Easton I need your help" no worries yeah sure/
i've got problems of my own but never mind/
cus sooner or later it consumes the mind/
i dream of puttin a gun in the mouth/
pullin on the trigger/
the fuckin gun jams/
sweaty palms/
tried silencing the lambs/
shaken and scared/
all these scars that were bared/
how can't they see this pain/
i'm standing screamin at the sky in the rain/
wishin i could shut it out by killin off my brain/
i think i'm sick or maybe i'm sane/
but me and you we just aint the same/
cus it all came crashin down/
your to blame/
but i'm the one who feels the shame/
cry myself to sleep/
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Quick Take: FirstNet is responsible for building a nationwide broadband network for first responders. It is now deciding who will be eligible. Many people - me included - think utilities should be near the top of the list. One problem, however, is that many utilities remain ignorant of this opportunity. As a result, they are neither speaking up to be included nor preparing for the possibility. - Jesse Berst
Utilities could be an ideal broadband partner to the First Responders Network Authority (FirstNet), according to Donny Jackson, editor of Urgent Communications magazine. It is important for utilities to decide whether and how they want to be included, since FirstNet will soon begin formal talks to determine the deployment of its nationwide public safety broadband network.
FirstNet is a public-sector effort of the Commerce Department to build an interoperable, nationwide, broadband communications network for public safety workers and first responders. It will enable voice, text, photographic and video transmissions using high-bandwidth LTE technology (Long-Term Evolution). It is required to work in both urban and rural areas. And it must function during crisis situations when "standard" communications are bogged down by ordinary citizens connecting with friends and family.


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