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Average Customer Review: based on 3 reviews.Rating: Pinnacle 7mm Cruiser Titanium Wetsuit Review - Scuba Gear Customer Reviews
I currently own a 7MM Cruiser and it has been a good suit but its about time for another one. What are the differences between the Cruiser, the Tempo XT and the Tempo? I dive about 20 times a year in the Monterey / Carmel area. I also do 10 or 12 kayak dives a year so which suit would have more stretchability in the shoulders for paddling? Thanks!
If waist and chest are the determining factors, 32 waist, 46 chest. I gave height because I have had trouble getting the proper fit in clothing, except Talls. My inseam is 34", and sleeve is 35". That is why I am interested in the sizing differences between regular, King1, and King2.
How then does a regular XL or Lg fit?
The waist and chest are the most important measurements for the fit with a wetsuit. Height usually will work even if it is one to two inches short or tall. Weight will depend on the divers body build and is the last measurement to consider. As long as the item is not used in the water you have up to 60 days to refund or exchange it.
Sirs, Will be diving in 45 degree Seattle - Puget Sound waters. Just starting - want it to be a pleasurable experience and body temp will be the main factor I believe. 20 foot visibility not excellent but OK. 511" / OK weight of 205 - 210. - 7mm obviously the best? - What specifically does the Titanium relate to? I like the 10mm spine warmer idea, specs sound good & well thought out and the suit looks great. - XLL or XL size? Going to the Red Sea this year. Use the same suit there and just unzip a little bit? Thanks, Ken Connelly
i need help with fitting, im skinny and rather short. bust: 36.2 waist: 33.4 weight: 136.6 height: 5.51 my old suit is xs... but according to the charts i should be something completly different.
Hello Jamie, when you are sizing a wetsuit or dive skin. The two most important measurements are going to be your chest/bust and waist. Height is a secondary measurement and weight is the last measurement you take into account. Going by the manufacture size chart you would be a size medium.
Hello, Looking at the Pinnacle 7mm cruiser titanium. Just wondering what size ? I think I need an XL short by size chart recommendations. I am 510 230 lbs 45-46 inch chest and 38 inch waist. I have about a 31" inch inseam. Is this the correct size ?
I am 6 ft. 1 in. and 300 lbs. stocky build, which makes it difficult for me to chose a wetsuit for diving in Alaska in cold water. I need a wetsuit for cold conditions. What size should I buy and which wetsuit would best fit my needs. Thanks.
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The Messiah: 11 Mediations from the Book of Mark [Weekend Resource]
I'm not going to try to sell you on the top three reasons why you should download this exceptionally written, free book (See there? I only used two reasons).
Or maybe I should tell you the rest of the story…
This 36 page ebook will hit you like a wallop upside the head. It is a page turner. It is written by Demian Farnworth. It is a compilation of arguably his finest series on his blog, Fallen and Flawed. It presents the identity of Christ so clearly, you will be breathless.
I guess the bottom line is: You ought to download and read The Messiah: Eleven Mediations from the Book of Mark.
Here's a short excerpt from the introduction to whet your appetite:
"Something happens when you systematically read through a gospel narrative like the book of Mark: You are confronted with the real Jesus.
"Gone are the pretty pictures of a gentle man lugging a lamb around on his shoulders.
"Instead, you meet a man who is vast in wisdom, terrifying in strength and exceptional in humility. So vast, terrifying and exceptional you begin to wonder if he is God."
Here are five ideas for way to use the book from Demian & Co.:
1. Book.
Read it and move on. Pretty straightforward. You could take it a bit further and brag [or rag] on it–whether here, Scribd or your social media site of choice.
2. Devotional.
Print the book out and hunker down each morning with a chapter. Meditate on the messages like you might a page from Chambers' My Utmost for His Highest.
3. Tract.
The book is 30 pages of very short chapters, so it's easy to read. And the content [the identity of Jesus] is perfect for introducing non-believers to the gospel.
4. Study Guide.
Print this book out and walk your study group or Sunday school class through it. Could stretch into an eleven week course.
5. Gift
Print several copies of the book to give away. Mail some to faraway friends and relatives.
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Initial operational costs for an events center in the former Ute Theatre in downtown Rifle would be the city's responsibility, under a proposal discussed at a March 20 City Council workshop with the New Ute Theatre Society.
The group has been leading efforts for an events center in the city-owned building on East Fourth Street. The 1940s-era building has been closed since August 2012.
City Manager John Hier said the city proposed to fund the operating costs of the events center, after looking elsewhere where other communities have similar facilities.
"We think the NUTS group should focus on raising funds through grants and help bring in shows that would be a good draw for the area," Hier said. "We realize NUTS doesn't have a budget to get this up and running."
On Monday, Hier said how much money would be needed for operational costs has yet to be determined, but an earlier estimate from the NUTS group was around $138,000 a year. Hier said the amount needed should decline after the first few years of operation and revenue gained from shows.
In September, Andy Knudsten of Economic and Planning Systems in Denver said his market and feasibility analysis of an events center in Rifle found similar centers had an annual operations and maintenance budget of around $84,000, and the average city subsidy was around 36 percent.
With start up costs, he said Rifle would likely need around $164,000 for staffing and operations.
"No matter how big or small your center is, you still have things like payroll and taxes and that's where the city has the experience," Hier said at the workshop. "A volunteer group is not set up too well to do that."
NUTS President Helen Rogers said the group's board had discussed the city helping with operational costs, and agreed "it made a lot of sense."
At an earlier workshop on the events center, City Councilman Keith Lambert cautioned what an annual subsidy for operations could mean to the financially-strapped city budget.
"My biggest concern is establishing a cost center we would have to find a way to fund on an annual basis, and we're already deficit spending," he said then.
Hier said eight firms responded to an advertisement for qualified bidders to finish the $1.9 million interior remodeling of the building. Of those, six were invited to bid, he added.
Bids are expected within the next several weeks, Hier said, with City Council likely to be asked to approve a contract at their April 17 meeting.
Several grants have been lined up to help with construction costs, including $150,000 recently received from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Hier said.
Design and remodeling will be based on the historical appearance and items in the old theater, such as a handful of theater seats and six glass etchings, said Rogers and volunteer events coordinator Shelley Aibner.
"We want to try to be as historically correct as we can be," added Rogers.
Hier said the city is developing a job description for an events center manager and would like to have that person hired by the time the center opens, if not before.
Aibner added many acts book performances a year ahead, so that could be the first thing a center manager undertakes, before it opens.
Aibner said whoever holds the position "needs to have New Ute fever."
"I could also see the value of paying this person a good salary, because it's important to the city," Aibner added. "Maybe we get an interim person to get things rolling. They could start work today."
Hier said the events center is likely about eight months away from opening.
"I'd think you'd want to start small and take small steps," Hier added. "Things like weddings, receptions, dances and shows with area groups. Then you could work up to the larger shows."
NUTS board member Garrick Frontella agreed.
"If you open and are not able to put on a good show, the big acts won't come back," he said. "So I think it's a good idea to start small."


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Located in the heart of Boston's bustling Seaport District at the Seaport Hotel, TAMO Bistro & Bar is one of the area's most popular venues for cocktails, lunch and dinner.
Featuring contemporary cuisine with a distinctive Boston accent, TAMO brings you the best that Boston has to offer with hand-crafted cocktails and stylishly presented food inspired by Boston's famous ethnic neighborhoods, the bounty of New England farms and the Atlantic Ocean at our doorstep.
TAMO offers harbor and Seaport District views with its dramatic floor-to-ceiling windows and in season, TAMO Terrace for al fresco dining. TAMO Terrace will be opening for the 2016 season the week of May 31st - stay tuned for date!
TAMO is open from for lunch, dinner, cocktails and late night from 11:30 until 1:00 a.m. daily.
The Bar @ TAMO
Catch up with friends and colleagues at the Seaport District's favorite watering hole featuring classic and contemporary hand-crafted cocktails, great wines and local beers including our own Seaport Honey Ginger Beer made with honey from our own bees. Our bartenders are some of the best in the city and will make you feel right at home. You can also enjoy appetizer and our full menu right at the bar.
The Living Room @ Tamo
Enjoy water and Seaport District views for lunch, dinner or in between in The Living Room @ TAMO. Sink into a comfortable chair by the fire or next to our floor-to-ceiling windows and enjoy our eclectic menu inspired by classic New England fare and our popular neighborhoods such as the Italian North End, historic Irish "Southie", Chinatown and more.
The Terrace @ TAMO
Our Terrace is literally a breath of fresh air in the Seaport District with great views of both our bustling street life and busy harbor. Watch sailboats, ships and a steady stream of locals and out-of-towners sail by on our stylish Terrace featuring our exceptional TAMO cocktail list and menu.
The Loft @ TAMO
It may not be a loft in the true sense but with a large high definition flat screen TV, a big picture window and flexible seating it's definitely the place to host your next lofty private event. Not too big and not too small, the Loft @ TAMO is the perfect venue for a cocktail reception, lunch, dinner or brunch.


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|Alumni wrestling night Feb. 4
|Written by Brenda Johnson Brandt
All former members of the HHS wrestling teams are to be the guests of honor at the Tuesday, Feb. 4 dual in the HHS gym.
The Dragons will meet Akron in 6 p.m. mat action under the spotlight, and alumni wrestlers will be recognized.
The 2013-14 wrestling season is nearing the end, with regionals scheduled Feb. 14-15 and state action Feb. 20-22.
In addition to the Feb. 4 dual next week, the HHS wrestlers will travel to Ovid for a dual with Sedgwick County Thursday, Jan. 30, will compete in the Stratton Invitational Saturday, Feb. 1 and will travel to Wray for dual action Thursday, Feb. 6.
Holyoke traveled to Ault Saturday, Jan. 25, where they dualed to an 18-53 loss to Highland.
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Marshall, MO (KSDK) - A one vehicle crash late Thursday in Saline County, in western Missouri, seriously injured a Franklin County man.
Missouri Highway Patrol troopers had assistance from the Saline County Sheriff's Department, Marshall City Police, and security officers with the Missouri Valley College.
Accident reports show a southbound car, driven by 19 year old Zachary Bumstead of St. Peters ran off South Lincoln Avenue just outside the Marshall city limits. The car then ran through a ditch and slammed into a utility pole.
Garrett Hill, 20 of Union, was seriously injured and remains hospitalized. A second passenger in the car, 20 year old Jacob Pederson of San Jose, California was also hospitalized for less severe injuries.
Bumstead was not hurt in the collision. All three of the young men involved in the accident were students at Missouri Valley College according to the institution's registrar office.
Garrett Hill remains in critical condition this morning.


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Blue Ridge Boxer Rescue
Please go to Website to fill out/submit online adoption application. A
homevisit will then be scheduled.
P.O. Box 1855
Hickory, NC 28603
Simeon is a beautiful, 3 year old Boxer boy who loves to chase tennis balls and play with his furry friends. He needs an adoptive home that does not have young children and who will continue to work with him on his obedience training.


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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- This week's Cool School not only helps students reach their potential, it also works on eliminating labels and insecure feelings children may have about learning.
The "hands-on" approach at the Lab School in Northwest DC is all about the inner brilliance of each child shining through.
The 6th graders in Sarah Lowenberg's class are learning about the five major religions in the world. They're making replicas of a prayer rug for a lesson on Islam. They are learning as much by using their hands, feet, and mouth as they do with their brains.
There's a reason the Lab School in Northwest in DC makes movement a priority to cater to its students.
Tatiana Chaves has ADHD and discalculia. She told us, "You switch numbers, sometimes you forget the problem in like 3 seconds." She whispered. "It's really hard."
When you get your body moving it gets a lot easier, according to Ms. Lowenberg.
"Your brain works a little differently. You're a visual learner, you're a kinesthetic learner. We all learn differently. We're going to help you be successful and find how you learn the best," said Lowenberg.
The Lab School has been using these teaching methods to get students ready for college since the 1960s.
"They are brilliant creative children, there is nothing wrong with their I.Q.'s," said Lowenberg.
Tatiana Chaves said about the educators, "They actually care about your learning difference and they actually treat sort of ways to cope with it."
Sixth grader Derrick Cohen added, "This is so cool. You get to put your hands on stuff and you get dirty and you get to really work with things and it's really helpful with your learning differences."


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I'm evaluating alternatives to our current messaging system (Domino).
A fair amount of the user base interact with the current system via fat clients, mainly Thunderbird and Outlook. After some cases of "internal" forgery (with users sending messages with forged "MAIL FROM:" or "From:" headers) we turned on SMTP authentication.
The authentication process is carried out only if the name of the server is not registered in the dns or the ip of the node connecting to the smtp server is not enrolled in a list of "known" peers (mainly other MTAs).
In Domino I can tell to the smtp task to refuse every message sent in an authenticated smtp session if the sender used as argument of "MAIL FROM:" commands or "From:" tags (sent after "DATA" and before "Subject:") is not the one authenticated by the system for the current session.
In standard posftix distributions I can perform a "conditional" authentication (based on ip) and control the sender is the one that logged in (against a file db and not for the header "hidden" in the message body), but the last time I checked (to be honest not recently) even those not very flexible implementations were only partially supported "hacks".
How Zimbra "as a whole" implements this requirement today ?
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Monday, April 25, 2011
(UPDATED) Patrick McEnroe wants an apology and gets one - so are we done here?
So Patrick McEnroe held a conference call with the media today to discuss - WHAT ELSE? - the controversy involving Donald Young and his now-infamous 'FUCK' tweet about the USTA. Essentially, he goes through in detail the help the USTA has given Donald over the years including coaching, wild cards and "substantial" grant money, though he wouldn't divulge how much (I'd LOVE to know the amount - wouldn't you?) PMac also says an apology is in order which he apparently got today. Rachel over at OnTheGoTennis has the full transcript which is longer than long so pop on over there if you're interested and have an hour of five to spare. Also, if you'd like to get a glimpse into baller development and assistance USTA-style then it's worth a read.
Here's my quick take on the brouhardyha: I think both sides looked foolish for airing their dirty laundry. From a PR perspective (for which I have years of experience) it's a complete and utter FAIL. Donald looks like the stereotypically spoiled and entitled pro athlete while the USTA and PMac look petty for going tit-for-tat with Donald in the public arena. Unfortunately, perception can sometimes substitute for reality in the media. Perhaps the USTA felt the need to go public since there was supposedly no communication going into or leaving the Young camp about this situation. In any case, neither side comes out looking great here.
Hopefully this drama is finally over and done now that they've kissed and made up. Oh yes, and this: Congrats Tim Smyczek on winning the wild card - BONNE CHANCE!!
UPDATE: Here's Diane Pucin's full article on the apology for the LA Times.
UPDATE #2: He speaks! Donald, that is.
[Photo(s): Getty Images]
Labels: controversy, Donald Young Jr., Patrick McEnroe, tennis
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Another "SuperBrat" in Patrick's life ;) Poor Patrick. Donald and family are clearly a handful.ReplyDelete
Yes...we should be done now.
Yeah, Karin, what a way to show your appreciation. I just wish PMac and the USTA didn't feel the need to hold the press conference and go at it in a public forum. But it exposed some flaws in the development/assistance program and their PR/Communications. They all have work to do.ReplyDelete
Okay, I'm done now too lol.
Frankly, I would have expected the USTA to take the high road on this one, but seeing as PMac is the Head of Player Development, I realised that the possibility of that happening was minimal at best and non-existent at worst.ReplyDelete
For some reason my sympathies lie with Donald Young. His tweet was the pent up frustration of a young man whose potential in a sport dominated by big men and who was once seen as the saviour of American tennis is there for all to see. He had been compared to JMac because of his game and when you see players who are not as talented as he was being able to hit their way through opponents and win titles, I can understand his frustration.
The game of tennis is less about finesse and more about power and spin. It is not only on the men's tour but the women's tour as well. There is no longer any place for a player who plays a Hingis type game. It is all about the baseline etc., and therein lies the problem. Courts are slower. Balls are heaving. Racquets are bigger. String technology has taken over the sport. What is a guy like Young to do except vent his frustration at his federation. As a famous player whose game is now getting to be one of the dinosaurs "Its a pity"


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3 Books On Our Must-Read List This Week
Australian novelist Richard Flanagan is generally considered to be one of the greatest fiction writers working, and his novel Gould's Book of Fish is one of my all-time favorites. So I'm eagerly anticipating getting my hands on his new The Narrow Road to the Deep North, which took him over 12 years to write.
3 Books On Our Must-Read List This Week
Somehow, I had never heard of Diana Gabaldon's bestselling Outlander series until the Starz debut of its recent TV adaptation. A friend who's a longtime fan of the books encouraged me to read the first one, and it's a pretty ripping yarn, full of adventure, and with a relatable heroine who's neither a Katniss Everdeen-style badass nor an underwritten pushover.
3 New Books on Our Must-Read List
Haruki Murakami is one of the most cultishly beloved authors in the States— despite the fact that all of his work is translated from Japanese. His "latest," Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, is about an engineer cut off from a group of beloved friends. It's been out in Japan for over a year, and now makes its debut Stateside.
3 New Books on Our Must-Read List
Even if you don't follow the literary world, you may have heard of Edan Lepucki, the first-time novelist who was suddenly rocketed to fame by Stephen Colbert's televised screed against Amazon's game-playing with their mutual publisher, Hachette Book Group.
Three Books On Our Must-Read List
What would you do if you couldn't look in a mirror for an entire year? Kjerstin Gruys did exactly that, covering every pane of glass in her house, avoiding windows, and learning to put on makeup sans mirror in order to reform her troubled relationship with her body.
Song of the Shank, Redeeming the Dream, and More on Our Must-Read List
In dealing with a difficult dog that suffered extreme separation anxiety, local writer Laurel Braitman became intrigued by the idea that animals can suffer from mental illness every bit as varied and complex as ours.
Letters to Salinger, LGBT Novels, and More of What We're Reading Right Now
Any teenager who feels connected to The Catcher in the Rye (which is a lot) can certainly identify with the impulse to write a letter to its author, J.D. Salinger. But anyone who's studied Salinger knows that he was famously reclusive, in his correspondence as well as his life.
What We're Reading Now: Hitchhiking John Waters, McSweeney's Latin America Issue
If I was to drive by John Waters with his thumb out, you can bet I'd be pulling over the car. And indeed, the film director, "Pope of Trash," and sometime SF resident was able to convince an assortment of Americans to do just that, as he embarked on a nationwide hitchhiking journey to our shores from his native Baltimore.
What We're Reading Now: Food Blogs, Twitter Bots, and "The Noble Hustle"
I swoon for Colson Whitehead's sentences the way screaming tweens fall for Bieber ballads, so I was thrilled to see that he was adapting his fantastic 2011 piece for Grantland about playing in the World Series of Poker into a full book, The Noble Hustle.
Daniel Handler, Rebecca Solnit, Paul Madonna Grace ZYZZYVA's 100th Issue + Read an Excerpt
Since 1985, San Francisco-based literary journal ZYZZYVA has been promoting the best and brightest of West Coast writers and artists, publishing the work of everyone from Haruki Murakami to Sherman Alexie to Raymond Carver. The journal just issued their 100th edition, and the path to that achievement hasn't always been easy.
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Brookelynnn is an annoying stalker who tries to act like her sexy sister. She tends to stalk on boys named Jacob, Daniel, Matt, Isaac, & David. Typically she is ignored by everybody. She has no friends and doesn't have a life. Her hair looks like a rat's nest. She is known to blow up cell phones.
Dude, you're turning into such a Brookelynn.
robert3941 tarafından 26 Temmuz 2011, Salı
fat skank who likes to roll down hills.. because she's fat
look there's brooke rolling down a hill!
whatta fatty
whatta fatty
ilikebums tarafından 27 Nisan 2011, Çarşamba
A way to describe a person who is never on time.
A person who is afraid of getting sick.
A person who thinks a 10 min walk is a 3 hour thing.
A person who is afraid of getting sick.
A person who thinks a 10 min walk is a 3 hour thing.
Guy1: where's my date?
Guy2: idk my date is here...your date is such a brooke, like omg!
Girl1: UGH WE HAD THIS LIBRARY DOUBLE DATE 33 MINUTES AGO! WHY IS BROOKE BEING SO BROOKISH!
Guy2: idk my date is here...your date is such a brooke, like omg!
Girl1: UGH WE HAD THIS LIBRARY DOUBLE DATE 33 MINUTES AGO! WHY IS BROOKE BEING SO BROOKISH!
Jessica Gualpa tarafından 11 Aralık 2010, Cumartesi
The most annoying bitch who will never shut up until she gets her point! Always being a wannabe whore but can't because she's fat. Tries to flirt but always ends up in a fucking fail !
Damn Brooke won't shut the hell up again!
JoeDaBro tarafından 29 Mayıs 2013, Çarşamba
A loser who looks herself up on urbandictionary. She breaks chairs and is not quite pretty indeed. Guys most certainly can resist her, although a combination of her and Beatrice is difficult drunk.
That girl is soooooooo Brooke
agsdkjrkbtlaihegose tarafından 27 Nisan 2011, Çarşamba
Shes that bitch, the on that will snatch your man whilee you aint lookin, then laugh cause she did it to piss you off, the one thats pullin them boys, even when shes go her hair tied &; chillin with no make up on, the girl with that get right or get left attitude, the girl that has that i can do anything im all that and a fuckinn chocolate chip cookie attitude, the girl when ever life gives her lemons she throws them back and says "where the hells the water and sugar? This shits still goinn to suckk hahaa.", the girl that knows how to have fun, shes the only thing that better than fly, &; whats that? Yepp you guessed it, errrrr.
Well I mean... shes Brooke...&; your just...you.
BrookeDuhhh. tarafından 27 Haziran 2010, Pazar
A blonde girl, who loves to dance. She gives her heart out to guys way too easily, but she doesn't get walked allover. She has good abs because she never stops laughing. She can be really immature, but she knows when to be serious. She is fo' sho' not a slut, but she is a prep. Can't sing worth crap. Guys think she's hot, she is. She's been waiting on this one certain guy, he hates her. He screwed up. She's a SEXY BEAST!
Look at how much fun Brooke is having.
Dude, WHAT ABOUT BROOKE?!
Dude, WHAT ABOUT BROOKE?!
Optimus Stream tarafından 27 Aralık 2009, Pazar


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In August, the weather usually warms up. Just as most things in your garden require extra attention in terms of watering and shelter, you do also need to pay extra attention to your pond. Don't forget to keep an eye on it this month…
Before laying a new pond, certain aspects have to be taken into consideration. Here are a number of useful tips that will help you to make the right choices regarding your pond.
Winter weather can be quite hard on garden ponds and any fish and aquatic plants they contain, mainly due to the fact that a shortage of light and oxygen can occur if the pond freezes over completely. It goes without saying that this can harm flora and fauna.
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Hunger Fund
Your financial support enables the Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP) to witness to the healing love of Christ and to bring hope to communities and individuals struggling with hunger. Your gifts to the Presbyterian Hunger Fund help to end hunger worldwide.H999999. Read more
Before the catastrophic earthquake of January 12, 2010, Haiti was already plagued as chronically food deficient, importing more than 60 percent of the food needed to feed its population. The 2010 earthquake has intensified the poverty and hunger there. The environment is so deteriorated that drastic measures must be taken to sustain the country's population. Gifts to this account will help fund long-term recovery activities in Haiti including small sustainable agricultural initiatives and small business development.H000014. Read more
Hunger & Human Development in the USA
Hunger and poverty are persistent and growing realities in the US. In the midst of great wealth, children go to bed hungry, elderly people subsist on meager diets and the working poor are unable to make a living adequate to provide sufficient food for their families. The Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP) approves grants to projects addressing hunger and poverty in the US. These grants enable church and community groups to provide direct food relief and address the underlying causes of hunger. Your gifts will make it possible to reach out to more hungry children, homeless families and communities working to ...E865703. Read more
Hunger & Human Development In Africa
Africa is torn by various man-made calamities that make its population more vulnerable to the impact of natural disasters. Civil war, political oppression, governmental corruption and mismanagement, collapse of government-managed health care and educational systems and the low return on the world market for African cash crops and raw materials all contribute to a catastrophic decrease in the quality of life for the majority of the people. Local populations are mobilizing through churches, non-governmental and grassroots organizations in order to try to help themselves. Funds are needed to support programs organized in the areas of agriculture, water development, reforestation, primary ...E865101. Read more
Global Food Crisis
Gifts will support hunger relief and poverty reduction initiatives related to the Global Food Crisis. Priority is given to integrated development and community empowerment projects throughout the world, including agricultural training and programs to increase local and regional food self-sufficiency and community prosperity.H333333. Read more
Small Farmer Fund
As part of the Presbyterian Coffee Project, the Small Farmer Fund is one way that the Presbyterian Hunger Program, Equal Exchange and PC(USA) congregations work together to support small farmer projects in coffee growing regions around the world. For each pound of fairly traded products that Presbyterians purchase through the Presbyterian Coffee Project, Equal Exchange donates 15 cents to the Small Farmer Fund, which is administered by the Presbyterian Hunger Program. Congregations and individuals are invited make their own contributions to the fund as a way of supporting the farmers and their communities.H000111. Read more
Water is Life
Water is Life is a worldwide campaign to preserve the Right of access to clean water for all of God's Creation. It promotes global education about the importance of clean water and the need to preserve it, anti-pollution measures to protect our lakes, rivers, and underground water from contamination by agricultural and mineral toxic bi-products, anti-privatization policies and practices that commodity this essential God's Gift, and threaten to deprive access of poor people to water, and all other threats to the right of all living beings to water.H000201. Read more
Rosellyn Calvert started the concept of putting 2 cents each meal in a bowl for the hungry not at the table. Presbyterian Women and congregations have taken this up and some groups do nickels or dimes per meal. Often 50% is used by the local congregation or presbytery and 50% is sent to the Presbyterian Hunger Program to be divided between national and international projects.H000107. Read more
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Contributions to OGHS designated specifically for the Presbyterian Hunger Program to alleviate hunger and eliminate its causes.OG300000. Read more
Domestic Hunger Relief
Gifts will provide emergency and ongoing food relief to hungry people in the United States with priority given to programs also attempting to address the root causes of hunger.H400300. Read more
Domestic Development Assistance
Gifts will support hunger-related development assistance programs and projects within the Christian mission and service program of our church and society. Priority is given to effective programs that combat hunger through integrated development and empowerment of people in the United States, in such areas as local food economies, community organizing, low-income housing development, job training and creation, nutrition education, and living wage campaigns.H400302. Read more
International Development Assistance
Gifts will support hunger-related development assistance programs and projects within the Christian mission and service program of our church and the church at large. We shall encourage those programs that combat hunger through integrated development and empowerment of people throughout the world, in such areas as agricultural training, community organization, economic development, nutrition education, public health, and family planning.H400303. Read more
Hunger & Human Development In The Middle East
Children and their families throughout the Middle East continue to suffer from hunger and poverty brought about by social disruption, political oppression, economic inequities and natural disasters. Church groups and community organizations are mobilized to address these problems. They need financial assistance to support agricultural and economic development, education and nutritional enhancement, training and technical assistance for poor people in rural and urban areas.E865601. Read more
Bread Of Life
Bread of Life is an initiative to support the feeding programs of partner churches around the world. In a general context of deteriorating economic circumstances, increasing poverty and hunger, partner churches overseas are challenged to respond to the immediate crisis with direct food relief in the form of church and school canteens, "people's restaurants," meals on wheels for shut-ins and the distribution of food for home preparation. Such programs often form the core of the churches' outreach.E051779. Read more
Moringa Oleifera Tree Program
The Presbyterian Hunger Program is involved in a broad campaign to promote the planting and use of Moringa Oleifera trees in various countries whose population suffer from hunger and malnutrition. Clinical trials have demonstrated great potential for Moringa Oleifera ground leaves and pods as a food supplement against malnutrition and as an affordable answer to protein and vitamin deficiencies in small children and nursing mothers. Numerous projects including tree planting, publication of educational material, culinary preparations and nutrition training seminars have been implemented in Senegal, Gambia, the D. R. of Congo and Haiti, among others. Support for this fund will ...E051622. Read more
Peasant Movement Papaye/Agriculture
MPP Road to Life/Moringa Project in Haiti. Gifts to this account assist an integrated agricultural development project including moringa tree planting, vegetable production and animal husbandry. Mark Hare is involved with running this project.H000007. Read more
Lambi Fund Development Projects, Haiti
The Lambi Fund of Haiti supports small scale economic development activities that give poor Haitians more control over their lives and resources. Projects, including the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products are designed to become financially self sustaining.H003215. Read more
AMANECER, Bolivia Street Child
This long standing activity in Cochabamba, Bolivia, addresses the multiple needs of street children in that city with food, basic health care, education and housing. Children also receive vocational training to enable them to reintegrate the mainstream labor force and earn an honest living.H000096. Read more
Support for La Oroya Children in Peru
To respond to contaminated children's needs for treatment and prevention in La Oroya.H000116. Read more
African Hunger
Gifts to this account will enable the Presbyterian Hunger Program to respond to requests from African partner churches and from secular groups that seek support for their community activities dealing with food security/sovereignty, sustainable agriculture, food processing and marketing and small income generating activities involving women.H000018. Read more
Hunger In Sudan
South Sudan is blessed with abundant agricultural resources as well as with oil, gold and other minerals. Unfortunately with chronic instability and civil war the population of South Sudan is one of the most impoverished and food deprived in the world. Contributions to this account will enable the Presbyterian Hunger Program to respond to requests from our church and other institutional partners in South Sudan to support their hunger alleviation efforts.H000072. Read more
Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children, Gaza/Palestine
Atfaluna is an Arabic word meaning "our children." Most children coming to Atfaluna are from families living far below the poverty line. Atfaluna responds to the needs of deaf children in Gaza through deaf education, audiology, speech therapy, income generating activities for the deaf, vocational training and community training and awareness programs.H003213. Read more
Joining Hands Against Hunger
Through Joining Hands Against Hunger, PC(USA) congregations will develop meaningful relationships with overseas partners involved in addressing root causes of hunger in their countries. PC(USA) presbyteries in the US will work with national networks of churches and grassroots organizations overseas to address hunger through comprehensive and coordinated activities. Participating PC(USA) congregations and their overseas partners will be trained in joint hunger initiatives focused on mutual respect and justice concerns. Through their participation in Joining Hands, Presbyterian will have opportunities to pray and to be in active solidarity with suffering and struggling communities overseas. In so doing they ...E051608. Read more
Cameroon-Joining Hands Program
Support for program activities by the Joining Hands partner network in Cameroon focused on environmental degradation caused by oil pipeline and extractive industries, corruption, human rights and food security/sovereignty.H000108. Read more
India-Joining Hands Program
Support for program activities by the Joining Hands partner network in South India focused on rights of marginalized outcast groups, especially women, the right to earn a livelihood for traditional artisans, fisherfolks and peasants.H000103. Read more
Peru-Joining Hands Program
Support for program activities by the Joining Hands partner network in Peru focused on environmental concerns around water, mining pollution, especially in La Oroya, rehabilitation of children affected by lead poisoning, trade justice and human rights.H000105. Read more
Food Sovereignty Program, Cameroon
In northern villages of Cameroon recurrent droughts create cyclic food scarcity that threaten local populations. In response, RELUFA member organizations from that region have undertaken a campaign to secure food during the harvest times to store and sell during the lean period. In doing so they also protect local populations against traders who hoard and speculate on the commodities and aggravate the food crisis in the region. Donations to this account are sent to RELUFA to enable it to buy more food for existing granaries or to open new village granaries.H000128. Read more


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RALEIGH �Christopher McCoy Rodgers, 41, plead guilty today in a Nash County courtroom for his actions in the Sept. 8, 2012 death of North Carolina State Trooper Bobby �Gene� DeMuth Jr. Under the final combined plea agreement, Rodgers will be imprisoned for 35 years. Today�s final plea agreement comes on the heels of last week�s sentencing hearing in a Wake County courtroom stemming from a multitude of charges including first degree kidnapping and common law robbery.
The sequence of events that led up to this tragedy began shortly after midnight when a female victim reported that a known male suspect, Christopher McCoy Rodgers, forced his way into her residence in the 5400 block of Morning Creek Way in Raleigh. Once inside, Rodgers forcibly restrained the female and her 21-month-old child and then barricaded them into a room before leaving the scene. A short time later, the victim was able to free herself and fled to a friend�s home where she was able to report the crime.
A follow-up investigation by Raleigh Police Department resulted in the issuance of warrants charging, Rodgers with burglary, common law robbery, two counts of kidnapping, assault on a female, assault on a child and obtaining property by false pretense. Raleigh officers were alerted to be on the lookout for the suspect and his vehicle. Shortly after 7:30 a.m., a Raleigh officer saw the suspect�s vehicle in the vicinity of New Hope Road and Rogers Lane and attempted to make a traffic stop, but the suspect refused to stop and a pursuit ensued. The vehicle continued through Wake and Franklin counties before traveling into Nash County where Trooper DeMuth was tragically struck and killed while attempting to deploy stop sticks on U.S. 64 near Spring Hope.
�We are pleased in the outcome of this plea agreement; however, we will never truly have �closure� in the death of Gene. I would like to personally thank the District Attorney�s office for their dedication and diligence in this case as well as the Patrol�s continued support and love. There is no way to fill the enormous void that Gene's death leaves in our family. We will always long for his infectious smile, outgoing personality, love, and compassion. Our hearts are forever broken by his death, just as our lives are forever blessed by his life,� said Michelle DeMuth, wife of Trooper DeMuth.
�The senseless death of Trooper Gene DeMuth will forever be etched in the hearts and minds of the Highway Patrol family,� said Colonel Bill Grey, commander of the State Highway Patrol. �Gene died doing what he truly loved; protecting and serving the citizens of this great state. His life was cut short through the senseless act of one individual. However, today, justice was served. We will forever be indebted for the sacrifice Gene made on that fateful day.�
Page 2 of 2 - Trooper DeMuth served with the North Carolina Highway Patrol for 12 years and was assigned to the Rocky Mount, Troop C District 1, Highway Patrol Office. He served his country as a United States Marine from 1988 to 1992. He began his law enforcement career in 1994 as a deputy with the Wilson County Sheriff's Office until moving over to the Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office. Before joining the Patrol, he was an officer with the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles Enforcement Section. Trooper DeMuth is survived by his wife, 9-year-old son, mother, sister, brother, niece and two nephews.
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Forty people have filed an intent to run for mayor of San Diego, but if money and endorsements are any indication — and they are — the list of major contenders sits at three.
City Council members David Alvarez and Kevin Faulconer along with former Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher have been racking up endorsements by the day and political power brokers have set up campaign vehicles to funnel millions into the race on their behalf. One group, which is backing Fletcher, plans to spend $3.6 million to help him in the Nov. 19 special election.
A fourth high-profile candidate is former City Attorney Michael Aguirre, who doesn't yet have any major financial backer besides himself.
The U-T San Diego obtained emails from key political consultants who back Alvarez and Fletcher that were circulated widely to each candidate's supporters as they tried to solidify endorsements within Democratic circles. One details the strategy to get Fletcher elected while the other details possible talking points Alvarez may use to defeat Fletcher.
Would you vote for a candidate who had no chance of winning?
Yes 66% (621)
No 34% (327)
948 total votes.
Each man is almost certainly the other's biggest obstacle to finishing in the top two in the special election and securing a spot in a runoff that will likely be held in February.
Most analysts expect one of those spots to go to Faulconer, the lone high-profile Republican in the race.
In a Sept. 11 memo to Fletcher supporters, political consultant Matt David detailed why the campaign committee he set up to support Fletcher called "Restoring Trust in San Diego" needs to raise millions to get him elected. He said Fletcher's recent switch from Republican to independent to Democrat will cause him to be attacked repeatedly throughout the race.
"He hasn't had the chance to tell his story to the broader electorate," David wrote. "That means we will need to spend money to explain his switch to those voters — money other candidates will not have to spend. This is also a vulnerability on which Nathan would likely be attacked, and we will need to have the resources to provide a solid response to that attack. …The bottom line is that his party switch will mean his campaign will cost more to run than it otherwise would."
David, who served as Fletcher's senior campaign adviser during last year's failed mayoral bid but will act independently this time around, pegged the total spending for his committee at $3.6 million. He said supporters expect Faulconer to have strong financial backing, including from U-T San Diego Publisher Douglas T. Manchester.
Manchester was out of the country Wednesday and unavailable for comment.
A pro-Faulconer committee dubbed "San Diegans to Protect Jobs and the Economy" is being run by Republican accountant April Boling while a pro-Alvarez committee — "Working Families for a Better San Diego" — has been established by the influential San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council.
All three of those PACs raise and spend money independently of the candidates and play a major role because they can collect unlimited amounts of money from unions, businesses and individuals. Candidates are limited to $1,000 per individual and $20,000 from a political party.
Political consultant Larry Remer, who supports Alvarez, refused to say whether he is helping the Labor Council or any other group backing Alvarez, but he sent an email Tuesday night that was widely distributed to Democrats. He said Fletcher has "very serious negatives" and he rattled off a list of past mayoral candidates — Peter Q. Davis, Steve Francis and Ron Roberts — who lost despite heavy financial backing similar to what Fletcher has.
"I don't want to go into the gory details of how somebody like Karl Rove can and will filet and fry Nathan because I don't want to give Papa Doug (Manchester) and his ilk any new ideas," Remer wrote. "But, trust me, that's what's coming."


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News: Badminton's Lower Ladder Improves In Compton Win
The Pasadena City College women's badminton maybe looking to the future with freshmen Serena Yan, Sophia Njomin, and Grace Park. The international trio were looking strong Wednesday during th Lancers' 20-1, South Coast Conference victory over visiting El Camino College-Compton Center.
Yan, from China, swept her singles from the No. 4 ladder spot, beating Compton's Marlene Monzon, 23-21, 21-12, and dwoning Michelle Naranjo, 21-15, 21-15. In the No. 5 singles, Njomin, from Indonesia, went the distance to defeat Trina Armstrong, 21-16, 19-21, 21-18, and beat Aileen Gonzalez, 21-18, 21-14.
Park, playing at No. 6 and from South Korea, overcame a loss to Armstrong, 22-24, 25-15, 21-10, to win over Gonzalez, 21-16, 21-15. In No. 3 doubles, Yan-Njomin teamed to beat Armstrong-Gonzalez, 21-16, 21-16.
PCC (8-4 overall, 8-2 in conference) is scheduled to play a doubleheader at Compton Friday, April 26 to close out the dual conference portion of the schedule. The Lancers will likely tie for the SCC title, their fifth straight championship.
[Photo--Lancer Serena Yan gets ready to defend a shot during Wednesday's win over Compton at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium, image by Richard Quinton.]
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I'm having a new issue with my read receipts being deleted automatically by the server. Here's the setup:
Outlook 2007 - Zimba Connector for Outlook 126.96.36.1997
A shared user mailbox for Customer Service reps to share (email@example.com) - the folders are shared out to multiple users and opened up as "Open Other User's Mailbox" in Outlook so that they can see the mail. Personas were setup for them as well to allow the users to send as the firstname.lastname@example.com address, allowing them to actually send as parts instead of sending on behalf of parts (a big difference when it comes to perception - most people delete the 'on behalf of' messages as spam automatically).
Functionality with reading and sending mail is great - we can read the mail that go into the mailbox from any linked Outlook client, and we can send out properly as the Parts persona.
The problem is tracking - we use this same address to send out orders to our third-party distribution warehouse, and we use Read Receipts as a tracking item. We send an order down, with the order number in the subject - near the end of the day we compare our sent orders with the ones we received a read receipt for, and if any are missing, it gives us time to contact our warehouse and have the order seen. This also works great, except.. the read receipts disappear after approximately 2 minutes.
There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason, every single read receipt that goes to that mailbox does the same thing - shows up fine, sits for 2 minutes, and then disappears. It doesn't go to trash, or junk, it just disappears. I see logging that it was delivered to my mailbox, but that's it - no moving to another folder, just gone.
Other messages to this account are fine. Other accounts on the server are fine. Any read receipts, regardless of sender or recipient or method of sending, gets deleted. I've tried sending mail directly from the web interface, rather than outlook persona, and it still happens.
Out of desperation, I deleted and recreated the account - and the problem still exists!
I'm at my wit's end. I think I covered the basics, but I'm willing to try a lot. We really do want this functionality to work, it's important that we can trace these messages internally before contacting our third-party people.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Everybody sins. But when we Christians do it, reactions vary. The world points to us as hypocrites—and often uses our sins as justification for their own. Other Christians tend to view our sins as reasons to suggest we aren't even saved.
But the people who offer the most brutal judgment against our sins?
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After months of analyzing the utility bills and solar energy potential of 14 city-owned buildings in Rifle, the backers of a solar power purchase agreement with the city have identified eight facilities where they say installing solar power makes financial sense.
Those include the Rifle Police Station, City Hall, the Taughenbaugh ball fields at Deerfield Park, and several public works and parks and recreation buildings.
Martifer's proposal requires no out-of-pocket costs from the city and will install solar arrays large enough to make each site effectively "net-zero," or nearly self-sustaining.
Under the terms of the proposed agreement, private investors would finance the installation of solar panels on those structures, then sell the generated power back to the city.
"The city would lease out the rooftop space, and they would be able to purchase the power at a discounted rate," said Nick Galesic, vice president of business development for the international solar contractor Martifer Solar.
Martifer is a partner in the project, along with the Sol Haven Fund investment group and Carbondale-based contractor Solar Energy Operators.
City staff estimates Rifle will save approximately 7 percent on power at the eight sites in the first year. There should be additional savings as the cost of conventional power increases, and over the life of the agreement, staff anticipates the city will save $441,658, Assistant City Manager Matt Sturgeon wrote in a memo to the council.
A Martifer representative was scheduled to present a formal power purchase contract to Rifle City Council at its Wednesday, Feb. 6, meeting. If the 20-year agreement is approved, installation of the proposed solar arrays could begin as early as this spring.
"We expect installation to start in late spring or early summer," Sturgeon wrote in an email. "The panels have to be online by March of 2014," for the project to qualify for grants and incentives that make it financially feasible.
The proposed agreement would give the city a fixed power purchase rate of .0707 cents per kilowatt-hour that would rise by 3 percent per year.
Xcel Energy, which supplies electricity to Rifle, is projecting rate increases of 34 percent between 2010 and 2020, so the fixed rates could allow Rifle to hedge against future price increases, Sturgeon noted.
Martifer's analysis found that solar power could cover close to 100 percent of the electrical needs on each of the eight municipal buildings identified, allowing the city to qualify for a new billing structure at those facilities, paying by the kilowatt for extra power instead of a fixed "demand fee."
"We have analyzed each bill, and in this particular case there are several locations where they will be better off going to a different rate structure," said Galesic.
Martifer has completed similar power purchase agreements for municipalities throughout Colorado, including the cities of Aurora and Evans and Lake County.
Under the Rifle agreement, the city would have the option to buy the installed solar capacity from the project partners in 2016.
"The city would purchase arrays if it resulted in an overall expenditure on power that was less than what we will pay Martifer for solar electricity," wrote Sturgeon. "This leaves the door open if solar hardware drops in value."


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Putting 2012 in perspective
December 31, 2012
As we approach a new year, shippers will no doubt reflect upon the many challenges and opportunities they faced in 2012.
Recent trade agreements with Columbia, Panama, and South Korea were big pluses, and we moved much closer to completion of the Transpacific Trade Partnership – which will usher in a new era for Pacific Rim commerce. For air cargo shippers, the good news came when the European Commissioner for Climate Action suspended the inclusion of international aviation in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme.
All of these developments promise to foster new international links for U.S. shippers, and make the penetration of new markets less risky and costly.
The darker part of the year was marked by the catastrophic damage done by Hurricane Sandy, which exacted its human toll and caused havoc with holiday season supply chains. U.S. port authorities, however, were quick to cooperate, as vessels were rerouted to ocean cargo gateways just out of the storm's deadly path.
Port and terminal operators nationwide were left with another problem, however, that was entirely man made: dockside labor disruption.
With the nation's largest ports – Los Angeles and Long Beach – shut down for eight days due to an International Longshore and Warehouse strike, November was a bleak month indeed. Meanwhile, the ILWU continues to cause uncertainty in the Pacific Northwest as they threaten to shut down operations at several grain and wheat terminals.
The biggest labor story, though, seems to have been resolved with the agreement made by the International Longshore Association last week to renegotiate its contract with management before striking East Coast and Gulf ports. But the very threat of such an action did considerable damage to shippers who had to make sudden – and expensive – shifts in their distribution and sourcing strategies.
Climactic upheavals and entitled union misbehavior notwithstanding, here's hoping that shippers will face fewer barriers to trade and prosperity in the next 12 months.
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|Landowners invited to pheasant brood production workshop
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"Improving Pheasant Brood Production: Programs and Practices for the Landowner" is an event set for Friday, May 17 at the Haxtun Community Center beginning at noon.
Lunch will be provided by Frenchman Creek Pheasants Forever.
The drought conditions from the last couple of years have contributed to the noticeable decline in pheasant numbers.
"While we can't do anything to increase the amount of precipitation the area receives, we can work with landowners to develop and maintain the right kinds of habitat types that will help surviving birds be successful in producing the broods that will rebuild our pheasant population," said Ed Gorman, small game manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
Pheasants Forever and Colorado Parks and Wildlife Biologists will be on hand to give brief presentations on pheasant habitat requirements, which habitat types are the most limiting and treatments available to manage existing cover for upland bird production.
Landowners can learn about state, federal and local conservation programs like the Conservation Reserve Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the Pheasant Habitat Improvement Program that are available to landowners. Financial assistance is often available to landowners to assist in the establishment and maintenance of the cover types that are valuable to wildlife.
"Practices in these programs are designed to help the landowner develop the habitat types that will carry bird populations through the tough drought years and allow them to flourish in normal years," said Jerry Miller, habitat biologist for Pheasants Forever. "I encourage area landowners to attend this informative session so we can all work together to provide the habitat that is so essential for the pheasant population."
There is no charge for this program, and folks are encouraged to come early to enjoy the delicious meal provided by the Frenchman Creek Pheasants Forever Chapter.
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Hey Avengeil! Hope to see you stick with the mapping of this encounter, sounds fun!
My two cents, and by no means am i a professional. So if i was to guess, i'd say you are using gimp, if so i may be able to help a bit. If it's not gimp, ignore everything i say afterwards :-)
1. I also got very annoyed at my canvas expanding and it took me a while to find out what it was; Drop shadows. often times when i'd use the drop shadows tool it would expand my canvas to fit the shadows onto the canvas. How to fix it? Go to image, set canvas size, and however big you initially set it for, type that in, then move the image around in the preview box until it is lined up again. most times it'll be top left, since drop shadows is set for dropping to the right and down. Sometimes it will increase all sides so, there is a button for "centering" that will pretty much crop the edges.
As a last resort, delete your grid layer, go back to "image", "set canvas size", and just retype in the initial size (in increments of how big your grid squares are) an viola! done.
Oh and when you render the grid, make sure the off-sets are set to 0, or it will not align correctly.
2. Terrain transition. That is what i am working at as well. My best advice, overlap your two types of terrain a bit, pull out your eraser tool, decrease the opacity of it, and go down your transition line a bit. Then go back to the eraser tool, adjust the opacity down even more, and slide it down your transition line again. The end result is a more gradual transition, keep repeating until how you like it. i generally do 100% opacity, 75% opacity, 50% opacity, 25% opacity for a nice gradual fade. Doesn't work in every situation but it may help for this one. Works well with water/sand transition.
If gradual transition doesnt work try this: ,Which ever terrain is slightly taller, the sand vs silt, toss a third layer in between those and shade a bit at the transition line. just a tad, but it will give a bit more depth
3. Shadowing - create a new layer between your ground and your objects, label it "shadows". select your spray paint tool, select a nice tooltip i prefer the faded circle tip, select the black color, and then spray paint your shadows. the rocks, overturned cart, spilled merchant goods, should all have a bit more shadow on them imo.
4. Maybe throw in a rock,refuse, or bone poking out of the silt sea as well?
5. lastly, personal preference of course, but i'd suggest going gridless. With a few tabletop systems out there its gets tricky trying to line things up in each of those programs. Since most of them have a built in grid, let the users add a grid later on. However if you want to keep the grid, by all means, i'd just suggest toning the color down. If you have the grid on it's own layer, just bring the opacity of that layer down a bit. or pick a more neutral color.
anyways i hope this helps and if my pointers don't make sense, give me a shout and i'll try to explain better :-D


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The NBA Finals get underway Thursday, and we'll see a rematch of last year's Finals when the Warriors defeated the Cavs to win the Championship. Last year the Cavs were short-handed, with Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving both sidelined due to injury. With Cleveland at full strength, we could see some higher scores than we saw in the Finals a year ago. Here are my keys to the game: 1. Three-Point Shooting - The Cavs were not a three-point shooting team during the regular season, but they've been launching a ton of three-point shots in the playoffs. They broke an NBA record for made three-pointers in their series versus Atlanta, and averaged over 40 attempted three-pointers per game against the Raptors. The Warriors live and die with their long range shooting, as evidenced by Klay Thompson's heroic performance with 11 made threes in Game 6. 2. Previous History - The Warriors failed to reach the total in five of seven games versus the Thunder, but the number in those games was an average of 10 points higher than the number for Game 1 versus the Cavs. The last time these teams met, the Warriors won 132-98 at Cleveland. The Cavs have gone over in eight of their last 11 road games. 3. X-Factor - LeBron James is coming off his highest scoring game of the playoffs, totaling 33 points in 41 minutes in Game 6 versus Toronto. Selection: This is a play on the Cavs@Warriors to go OVER the total (Free)
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September 9, 2014
Cambridge solar physicist Helen Mason with South African students during her 2005 trip to AIMSSEC.
Later this month you get a chance to enjoy beautiful music twice as much as normal: not only will you hear the wonderful voices of the Adventist Vocal Ensemble, you will also also be helping to empower disadvantaged children in Africa through the power of maths education.
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Schools Enrichment Centre (AIMSSEC) founded in 2003, is a not-for-profit organisation empowering teachers to make an important difference to the educational opportunities of many thousands of South African children, and also to train other teachers. Experts from universities across the world, work as unpaid volunteers, with the African staff, to give professional development courses for mathematics teachers, subject advisers and field trainers working in disadvantaged rural and township communities, improving their subject knowledge and teaching skills and providing resources. AIMSSEC's work extends to other African countries and continues to grow and expand in the interest of sustainable improvement of education in Africa.
The concert, Rise Up for Africa, will raise funds for bursaries for some of the many hundreds of teachers in disadvantaged communities who are keen to attend the courses, yet have no funding to do so. AIMSSEC have raised enough funds for 7 teachers to attend the courses so far and their objective is that the Rise Up for Africa Benefit Concert will enable another 20 teachers to attend by raising £10,000.
Rise Up for Africa is at 7pm Saturday 27 September at All Saints Haggerston Church Hackney, London E8 4EP. You can find out more information and book your tickets here.
September 5, 2014
Image by Michael G. Devereux.
This week's striking image is a long exposure photograph of a double pendulum by Michael G. Devereux. Double pendulums provide a striking physical illustration of chaotic behaviour, captured in this image by attaching LEDs to each part of the pendulum. You can read more about chaotic behaviour in this and other systems in Finding order in chaos.
The picture is one of the images that appear in the book 50 visions of mathematics, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.
You can see previous images of the week here.
September 4, 2014
Adding fractions is probably the first difficult bit of maths we come across at school. For example, to work out you first need to figure out that the lowest common multiple of 6 and 10 is 30, and that in order to get 30 in the denominator of both fractions you need to multiply the numerator 5 by 5 and the numerator 7 by 3. This gives
You then need to get rid of the common factors of 46 and 30, giving the final result which bears no resemblance whatsoever to the original two fractions. Doing this as a ten-year-old who has never seen it before is pretty tough.
Here is an alternative recipe that always works and doesn't involve faffing around with lowest common denominators. Writing "top" for numerator and "bottom" for denominator, the idea is to do:
(top left x bottom right + top right x bottom left) / (bottom left x bottom right).
Applied to our example this gives:
The difference to the standard way of adding fractions is that you are not bothered with finding the lowest common denominator. You simply use the product of the two denominators as a common denominator. Then, in order to bring both fractions on that common denominator you only need to multiply the numerator of each by the denominator of the other. Easy!
Apparently this is how Vedic mathematicians in ancient India added up fractions. If you happen to speak German, you can also explore this method in musical form in this maths rap by DorFuchs. And even if you don't speak German, it's cute!
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August 29, 2014
Image by Ole Myrtroeen and Gary Hunt.
This vortex looks so friendly, we made it our image of the week! It was formed in a physical experiment in which a saline solution (stained blue) was ejected upwards into a still fresh-water environment. The image was produced by Ole Myrtroeen and Gary Hunt, University of Cambridge, and appeared on the cover of vol. 657 of Journal of Fluid Mechanics, © Cambridge University Press.
The picture is one of the images that appear in the book 50 visions of mathematics, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.
You can see previous images of the week here.
August 27, 2014
From intelligent machines and animal emotions to phones that can detect illness — find out how mathematics shapes our world!
August 20, 2014
As we attempt to close our overstuffed suitcases for the flight home, we are very pleased that Plus too is overflowing with goodies from this years International Congress of Mathematicians in Seoul.
From the excitement of the announcement of the Fields medallists to meeting mathematicians from around the world, we've had a brilliant time. We've still got a few articles and podcast yet to publish, but for now, you can find all our coverage from ICM 2014 here.
Thank you to all mathematicians for their talks and to those who generously gave their time for interviews and explanations. A huge thank you to the local organisers of the conference, the staff at the media office and the many enthusiastic and helpful volunteers who made the event such a success. Thank you!


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Friday: January 17, 24, 31, and February 7 | 3–5:30 pm
Sunday: January 12, 26, and February 9 | 12:30–4 pm
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Trip to Iowa on Monday.
according to his twitter, he's visiting!!!!
Damn! He wants to go to play for the Hawks
git er done Fred
About time! We need him
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This could not sum it up better for me if we land him.
Wartburg? jk
Awesome!!! Land the fish Freddy!!!
All MBB staff, admin and general employee had better be kissing his *** so much that lip marks are implanted on his right cheek. Get it done, boys!
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So this brings up the big question that still hasn't been answered.....
Is there any way we get him cleared academically?
Whose wife is available to land this recruit, Kentucky style?
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