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BACK WHEN I WAS AN ECONOMICS PROFESSOR, I Was always amazed to hear faculty members complain that the United States was not more like Europe. They were enamored with the cradle-to-grave entitlements of the European welfare state.
Every society tries to find a balance between liberty and security. Europe has chosen to put more weight in security and subjects the individual to the needs of the collective. America is different. We value liberty highest, and this commitment to the individual is what makes America unique.
Our Founding Fathers designed a constitutional system based on the rule of law to protect the individual from an overbearing federal government. The government was to do only that which was both right and necessary; the rest was to be left up to the states and individuals.
An American's freedom is based on individual, God-given rights guaranteed by the Constitution, and also on economic liberties that allow us to provision our families and pursue our own happiness.
For more than 200 years, American citizens have used their personal and economic liberties to pursue their dreams and provide for their families. Along the way we built a prosperous nation. American wealth was not an accident but a direct result of our freedoms.
The relationship between the private sector and the government is similar to that of a jockey and horse. The winning combination is a strong and fast horse with a nimble and light jockey. In this case the horse is the private sector and the jockey is the government. When the jockey grows too large, and the horse is starved, eventually the horse will collapse under the weight of the jockey.
Advocates of big government do not understand this. They take our freedom and prosperity for granted. We now find this commitment to personal and economic liberty being challenged by the size of government. President Obama and Congress are looking to "Europeanize" the United States through a legislative stampede of government control: the nationalizing of our health care system, cap and trade energy taxes, and aggressive unionization. How can it be that the United States government now owns banks and auto companies?
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Sandy Moening is one of many Sounder regulars who have found that making friends with other commuters makes getting to work more fun.
By the time you read this, Sandy Moening will have worked her last day as a credit-inquiry specialist for Bank of America in Seattle. Her position was outsourced, sending Moening, 60, into retirement.
But it's the commute that Moening is going to miss the most.
Moening's return to Kent on the 5:40 p.m. Sounder has taken 25 minutes, but to her, it's been happy hour.
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On one of her last commuting trips, she settles into her usual window seat in the second-to-last car, filled with anticipation. She knows exactly who will fill the adjacent seats.
Awaiting their arrival is "the most fun I have every day."
It was no joy ride, however, when Moening took the 158 bus to work from her home on East Hill. She had to get up an hour earlier. She rarely spoke to a soul.
On-board etiquette
Abiding by some general dos and don'ts helps make the ride more pleasant for everyone.
Do wear headphones or read a book or magazine if you'd rather keep to yourself.
Do bring your morning coffee (or tea) in a thermal mug, to-go cup or other closed container.
Do pay the fare. Conductors randomly check tickets and passes, and failing to produce one can mean a $150 fine for the first offense.
Do keep your voice down when talking on your cellphone. Better yet, send a text message.
Do be discreet. This pretty much applies to any train behavior.
Don't lie down, put your feet on the seats or stash your backpack on the seat next to you. The trains fill up, and you'll most likely have a neighbor.
Don't try to ride bare-chested or barefoot. It's prohibited — and it's gross.
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When Sounder service started, the trip was reliably faster, the rail car cleaner, but the biggest difference was the company she kept.
Rather than staring at the back of a different head every day, the train put Moening face to face with other office workers on their way to and from home in the Southeast suburbs.
They began an exchange as sweet and free as the contents of a communal candy bowl. Bring what you like; take what you want. It was good, even when the workday wasn't.
Moening is one of many Sounder regulars who have found that making friends with other commuters makes getting to work more fun.
When fellow rider Coral Hunt announced her engagement last summer, Moening and the other members of their group threw her a bridal shower on the train, complete with presents, games and enough pop and brownies for everyone in the car.
In the six minutes they had before Hunt boarded, they decorated the car with crepe-paper wedding bells and streamers from the dollar store.
Making Friends
If you want to socialize during your ride, here are a few additional guidelines to help you make your own "train friends."
Do be patient. Some people are more comfortable than others when it comes to striking up a conversation, so give it time. A game or puzzle can help break the ice.
Do sit in the same place every day if you'd like to meet regulars on your commute. Making friends is easier if you see the same people on a regular basis. Smile and introduce yourself if you want to talk. Afternoons, especially on Fridays, are the most sociable times.
Do give out your e-mail address, business card or cellphone number to train acquaintances. It's less personal than home information. The rest can come later.
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Moening gave Hunt tiny containers of M&M's in her wedding colors — pink and lavender — to hand out to riders as she told them of her wedding plans.
Holding a party on the train, though unprecedented at the time, didn't seem strange to Moening. After all, she explained, the basis for friendship is common ground, and their common ground was the Sounder.
"We are just such close friends," she said. At the same time, though, "We really don't know about each other except what those rides on the train provide."
Moening's "train friends," as she calls them, are at once intimate and anonymous.
"I don't see their cars, I don't see their dogs, I don't see their houses or where they live," she said. "It's a great thing because this is a completely different type of friend."
In the nearly seven years since the Sounder first rolled out of Tacoma's Freighthouse Square, nearly 5.5 million riders have boarded the Tacoma-to-Seattle trains. Sound Transit has spent $604 million on trains, track, signal work and communications systems for service between the two cities.
Where did the "quiet car" go?
Added in 2000, the "quiet car" was a place where riders sought sanctuary from the din of the daily commute. It had such an ardent following that some riders would shush others, according to customer-service accessibility manager Cheryl Huston.
Alas, the quiet car is history. As ridership increased, Sound Transit needed to make the space available to everyone, Huston said. The car's dim lights also had to go because they weren't bright enough to meet federal regulations.
Sound Transit gave riders six weeks' notice before discontinuing the car earlier this year, but Huston said some regulars still sit in the same seats, their lips, predictably, zipped.
Most of the roughly 1,500 riders who board the train in Auburn, Kent and Tukwila each day close themselves off to others by powering up laptops, taking a nap or losing themselves in a book.
Debra Freeman of Covington puts on headphones primarily to block out the noise of people talking loudly on their cellphones. And sometimes, on days when she'd rather not be knee to knee with another person, she'll pay up to $27 to park her car downtown.
"Sometimes you just want to be in your own car and not have to interact with the multitudes," Freeman said.
Star Zatine, 47, felt the same way before she got drawn into conversation with Moening's group and started to sit in the same place each day. Her train ride is more enjoyable now that she socializes during it, she said. The experience has broadened her social horizons.
"It has made me come out a little more, talk to more people in the elevator, the person who serves you coffee, just because it makes it a little more enjoyable," Zatine said.
From the card players to the chess club to the ladies who knit, "it's like a bunch of little cliqués," said Damon Berbert, 32, who works at Washington Mutual.
The nucleus of his group formed when Berbert and another WaMu employee met Joann Kujawski and Dustin Thoms, co-workers at Expeditors, a Seattle-based global-logistics company.
Beth Skrivan, an insurance underwriter, ended up sitting nearby, smiling at their jokes.
"We absorbed her," Berbert said.
Erin Rogers, 26, joked that Skrivan didn't want to join but yielded to peer pressure.
Though they ride apart in the mornings because they have different schedules, the five straphangers meet in the same seats every afternoon to joke around, sharing snacks and stories.
They e-mail each other and occasionally meet for lunch in Seattle. Thoms once helped Rogers move furniture; she thanked him with his favorite snack: carrots with ranch dressing.
Moening's group has taken friendship off the train, too. They got together for dinner and gambling at the Muckleshoot Casino in Auburn. One rider, Sandy Fielder, hosted a holiday-cookie exchange at her Puyallup home.
Rogers, who is fond of seasonal themes, brings marshmallow Peeps for each holiday, forcing the guys to try the new ones. Thoms entertains the others by letting them play the "Brain Age" quiz on his PDA. They compete to see whose gray matter is the youngest that day. Thoms is 33, but recent results put his brain at 38.
Skrivan refuses to play. At 42, she's the eldest of the group, so they call her "grandma."
She's not a grandma, she clarified: She's a step-grandma. She sometimes brings cookies to share.
"The guys always want food," she said with a shrug.
The group also plays a game called "Before and After," similar to "Wheel of Fortune," but without the wheel.
And this is where it becomes like high school.
The clue and spaces for the word are written on a notepad and held up for the other players to see. From time to time, riders outside the group have called out answers. One woman kept blurting them out in a bid to join the group.
"We shut her down, though," Berbert said, only half-jokingly. "We don't take well to newcomers."
Still, there is hope for solo Sounder riders looking to join the fun. Kujawski is getting married and will be quitting her job to stay home, freeing up a coveted seat.
"We're taking applications," Toms said.
Moening's friends, however, are saving a space for her return. Fielder, who works in procurement for the Seattle Mariners, has arranged an after-work game for the ladies, and Moening plans to spend some afternoons downtown so she can ride home with them again.
The end of her job is not the end of the line.
"These friends — oh, no," Moening said, "I wouldn't give them up for nothing."
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Free cooling works well in cooler climates. That's an advantage for our Cleveland headquarters and Colorado Springs office. It's less effective, though, in places like Tampa—home of one of our main campuses. There, the annual average temperature is about 73 degrees Fahrenheit.
But that fact hasn't stopped our Real Estate Engineering team from finding other ways to conserve energy.
In 2014, the Engineering team collaborated with the Tampa Facilities team to improve the chiller plant (think industrial-sized air conditioner) at one of our large offices in Tampa. The effort included:
Installing additional valves to limit water flow to each of the chiller plant's three cooling towers when a tower's capacity isn't needed.
Installing variable frequency drives (VFDs) on the cooling tower fans. These provide greater speed control, allowing fans to be run more efficiently.
Reprogramming the cooling towers to operate based on "wet bulb temperature" (the cooling capacity of the air given the temperature and humidity… a more educated explanation here). This helps them run more efficiently.
Modifying water flow in other parts of the chiller plant, saving energy.
The team completed this work in June 2014. By year's end, the improvements had nearly paid for themselves in terms of energy costs—beating the expected 15-month payback period by several months.
Through the end of 2014, the improvements saved 465,975 kWh of electricity. That's a 16 percent savings compared to the plant's three-year average energy use. Based on the initial results and historical data, we predict the Tampa chiller plant improvements to net 910,200 kWh of savings annually.
We plan to implement many of the Tampa chiller plant engineering solutions to our other large facilities in the future.
Read about other ways our Real Estate Engineering team has been working to conserve energy at Progressive.less
EWS encourages a more collaborative and flexible workspace. It's also more sustainable, allowing for increased occupancy and efficiency.
Walk into an EWS space, and you'll notice a few things, such as:
multiple collaborative areas and flexible workstations to support knowledge sharing;
lower cubicle panels that increase access to natural light;
small collaborative spaces with multiple electrical outlets for laptops and phones;
individual workspaces that can be assigned or unassigned, giving employees the option to choose the space that best supports their needs each day – without being tethered to a space, a device or a phone; and
unassigned enclaves that anyone can use for private meetings or individual work.
EWS began taking shape about six years ago as a grassroots effort. "We knew the future was coming and we needed to be prepared," says Sally Frye, Progressive's director of Real Estate Services. "We wanted to update our environment to attract, accommodate and retain employees."
Currently, 1,884 people in our Cleveland locations work in EWS environments. Those areas have an occupancy rate of 98 percent.
"We want to be flexible, nimble and progressive about the design space. Our job is to help employees do their jobs better. If that's not the outcome of a space redesign, then we missed the mark," says Denise Elliott, process consultant.
Feedback has been positive as business and employee interest continues to drive this cultural change.
"My group's new workspace design is fantastic," says Todd Kravos, senior IT business systems analyst. "For me, the real winner is the increased amount of natural light. Ditching the drab gunmetal gray cube walls in favor of a natural color scheme allows the natural light to make a big impact."
Adds Sally, "Our goal is to provide a multi-faceted workspace that people can take advantage of based on the work they need to do that day. We're creating a better employee experience while optimizing our real estate footprint."less
Most of our efforts focused on expanding customers' options to get policy documents electronically, rather than by mail.
We also wrapped up work with state insurance regulators to make paperless policies legal in four out of the five states that have prohibited them: New York, New Jersey, Texas and West Virginia (Hawaii remains a holdout). We expect to offer the option in those states in the near future.
Policy ID cards ("proof of insurance") have presented an opportunity for us to make the paperless experience even better for customers. They're often the one thing customers want the minute they buy a policy. Yet, we only offered a temporary ID at the point of sale.
In 2014, we worked on an update that gives customers a chance to access their permanent ID card (and print it, if they like) as they buy their policy. That elevated in early 2015.
We also elevated an electronic version of the ID card (eID) to our iOS and Android apps in 2014.
At the end of the year, eID was legal in 40 states. That's up from 24 at the end of 2013. So, in those states, law enforcement now accepts eID as proof of insurance during traffic stops, for instance.
Progressive's been a leader in the eID story, which we started telling in our 2012 report.
We've gone state-by-state—working with law enforcement, insurance regulators and legislators—to modify laws giving consumers this additional choice. It's another paperless regulatory win!
Our work toward being paperless is a cornerstone of our sustainability efforts. We're proud of our progress. And, we have even more planned for 2015 and beyond.less
Through a computer donation program, Progressive employees are helping schools overcome that struggle.
Imagine how much computer equipment an organization the size of Progressive uses. Our 26,000 employees rely daily on laptops, desktop PCs, printers, monitors and more. And, we periodically upgrade equipment to make sure employees have what they need to do their jobs efficiently.
We've donated computer equipment to schools in the past at the corporate level. But in 2014, we introduced an online tool—called Donation Station—that employees can use to nominate schools and charitable organizations in need of equipment.
Through Donation Station, we've donated more than 1,000 computers, laptops and monitors to 28 organizations around the country at an estimated value of more than $170,000.
Donated computers may not have the latest processors, but they're still high-functioning machines that can help students build the technology foundation needed for success. We work with Arrow Electronics, Inc. to refurbish and repurpose the machines for their new uses.
When available, we also donate retired office supplies and furniture to organizations suggested by employees through the Donation Station. So far, we have given away $19,675 worth of items to 11 organizations in northeast Ohio.
"As part of our STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) education efforts, we try to support educational organizations first, then give to others based on supply and demand," says Wanda Shippy, Progressive's social responsibility and community outreach manager. "Similar to our Progressive Insurance Foundation philosophy, we contribute to organizations that employees choose to support within their communities."less
Since 2002, Progressive has recycled printer ink and toner cartridges to avoid contributing to these statistics. In 2014, we improved our recycling process to make it even simpler for employees to use, and easier for the company to track progress.
We introduced a new companywide program, called UpCycle, that's centrally managed and easy to use. UpCycle is provided by Clover Technologies through Progressive's partnership with OfficeMax and Corporate United.
Through UpCycle, every Progressive location across the country can recycle ink and toner cartridges, and any other disposable consumables we use for office printers or faxes—regardless of supplier or manufacturer—using one process.
"In the past, we used the various recycling programs provided by our multiple print-supply vendors," says Ann Corwin, Sourcing manager. "It was difficult to manage and communicate various processes and almost impossible to track results."
With a single program, we now have access to detailed activity tracking for greater visibility of our recycling habits. We can also create sustainability reports that help us measure the positive impact our recycling efforts have on the environment.
In 2014, we recycled 13,235 pounds of ink and toner cartridges through UpCycle (about half of which were able to be reused). This is equivalent to the CO2 emissions from 1,798.65 gallons of gasoline consumed.
This new program complements our ongoing initiative to better manage printer ink, toner and paper use, which was highlighted in our 2013 report article on environment and efficiency gains with multi-functional devices (MFDs).
Collectively, these efforts help Progressive employees better understand the role we all have in protecting the precious resources we share.less
The team's most significant energy-efficiency project in 2014—in terms of both investment and results—was a series of improvements to the chiller plant at one of our large offices in Tampa, Florida.
Beyond that, the team continued its scientific approach to optimizing energy use. Projects included evaluating new technologies and finding ways to make existing equipment more efficient.
Here are a few highlights from 2014.
LED evaluation—The team began retrofitting LED fixtures to spaces lit by older lighting technologies. This happened mostly where it could be done cost effectively: We have to balance the cost of fixtures, electricity and labor. But, the cost/benefit math started to work more and more frequently, especially in newly constructed sites. So, Progressive employees and customers now see some workspaces, common spaces and exterior areas like parking lots lit by LED. They can expect to see more in 2015.
HVAC by motion control—It's one thing to optimize the climate in a typical office. You can predict that people will be in the building—and will want to be comfortable—Monday through Friday during business hours. It gets a little trickier in a training center. Classrooms could be booked one day and empty the next. So, the Engineering team and the HVAC team tested a reprogramming of the HVAC controls to use the same motion sensors that operate classroom lighting. We did this in a Cleveland training center in 2014. Based on its effectiveness there, we'll consider this for other training centers in 2015.
Campus air-handler reprogramming—The team took a fresh look at the large air handlers installed during the original construction of one of our Cleveland campuses between 1999 and 2004. The unit was designed by its manufacturer with two fans that run in tandem. It worked well when demand was high and both fans ran at high speed, but was far less efficient during lower-demand times. The team modified the air handler's programming so one fan shuts down when demand is low. This allows the entire unit to run more efficiently. We plan to reprogram air handlers at other facilities.
Smarter fresh air exchange—The team piloted carbon dioxide (CO2) monitors at one of our Cleveland campuses. Precise monitoring of CO2 levels in a building lets us better manage the amount of outdoor air we need to pump in to meet OSHA requirements for air quality. It also reduces the amount of energy required to condition the air in the building. Pilot results have been positive, so we want to expand CO2 monitors to other facilities.
You might not expect to find a team of engineers and automation experts embedded in an insurance company. But just such a team is a key driver of energy conservation at Progressive.less
Since recording company vehicle carbon emissions in 2008, carbon emissions have been reduced by 6,530 tons.
Since 2007, we've reduced our total energy consumption by 237,841,872 kWh (22%).
Most of our recycling efforts are related to paper, glass, aluminum, plastic and cardboard. 2014 results for these efforts are noted below.
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In a remarkable resurrection, the bill that would allow alcohol sales on Sunday, passed the very body – the state Senate – that had vowed to let it languish in committee. And languish it did for a month before its recovery last week.
How "green" are you? These days there is a barrage of information out there on TV, the Internet, in magazines and in newspapers telling you that you ought to be "green" and think "green." But how much do you really know? I am sharing a simple quiz from the Environmental Protection Agency that will help you compare your basic environmental knowledge with the knowledge of citizens around the country. Let's see how you do!
I called Junior E. Lee, vice president and general manager of Round or Square Polls Inc., a subsidiary of The Yarbrough Multinational Media and Pest Control Co., located over a pool hall in Greater Garfield, Ga., to see who he thinks might be running for president in 2012.
There is a 127-page bill, House Bill 385, moving through the Georgia Legislature that would, if passed, shift the tax burden drastically on to the backs of consumers. In its opening paragraphs it states that the purpose of the bill is to "implement the recommendations of the 2010 Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness for Georgians." ... At least one member of the committee said the bill doesn't look anything like what they recommended. ...
Responding to the voices of educators, parents and lawmakers from across the state, including the calls and e-mails from the more than 125 people who attended our town hall meeting in the Liberty County commissioners boardroom March 4, Gov. Nathan Deal has reversed course on his proposal to reduce the instruction day for Georgia's pre-kindergarten students from six and a half hours to four hours.
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After four full days of session, the Georgia General Assembly finished its 28th legislative day Friday. With only 12 days of session left, the Capitol is full of activity as members of the legislature continue with our responsibility of completing the people's work.
Day 25 (March 7): Today was 10th Amendment Day in the Senate as we took up three bills aimed at strengthening the rights of the state of Georgia under federal law. The 10th Amendment says the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution or prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states.
This year, Keep Liberty Beautiful and the local United Way office are teaming up to participate in Global Youth Service Day, which is actually a three-day celebration that runs from April 15-17.
No one can complain about the beautiful warm weather we are having these days. It is so good to be able to walk around outside without freezing. I noticed our plum tree had one tiny bloom on it one day, and the next day it looked like a white cloud. We have at least 25 camellia bushes in bloom at this time and each one is my favorite. People say "Just wait for the Easter snap." Well, it may snap later, but right now everything is beginning to pop open. This time of the year reminds me of Daddy and ...
I've noticed that the older we get, the more we wonder about what happened to some of those people we grew up with. I think we are curious to know how many of them are still with us ... if we won the race, so to speak, or if we should have a reunion do we need to reserve more than one table.
Isn't there enough secrecy in government? Apparently not, according to Sen. Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga, who earlier in the current legislative session introduced a bill that would curtail transparency in government by allowing governmental and quasi-governmental agencies to keep certain information from the public.
On Tuesday, March 15, the citizens of Liberty County will have the opportunity to continue their support for public education in Liberty County by renewing the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax for education (ESPLOST). This is not a new tax, but rather a vote to continue the one-cent sales tax that currently is in place in Liberty County and supporting the Liberty County School System.
Life is ironic sometimes, isn't it? I decide to write a series on children, since it's a topic I rarely write about since I, myself, have no children.
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The third annual Child Crappie Tournament will be held on Saturday, April 12 on Lake Wateree.
anders Creek Baptist Church will host its March Madness Basketball Tournament on March 1 and 2 at E. Clarkson Rhame City Arena in Camden.
The Royals AAU youth basketball teams will host tryouts in both Camden and Bishopville for its boys and girls' teams.
Fresh off winning the Carolina Invitational, the Lugoff-Elgin Middle School wrestling team captured Saturday's inaugural West Wateree River Athletic Conference wrestling tournament.
It may not seem like baseball and softball season is right around the corner, but those snow-covered diamonds will soon be giving way to green grass and youngsters playing on them.
Keenan jumped to a 19-3 first quarter lead over visiting North Central never looked back in handing the visiting Knights an 89-24 loss in last Friday's Region 3-AA opener for both teams.
All boys and girls between the ages of 10 through 14 are invited to participate in the 2014 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship.
Camden hosts its first Region 4-AAA games of the season tonight when River Bluff comes to the Dog Pound for a 6 p.m. doubleheader to be played on the Michael G. Culp Court. It will be the final home game for the Bulldogs until Jan. 10.
The 22nd annual Mid-Carolina Credit Union Holiday Classic wrestling tournament is on tap for today and Saturday at Lugoff-Elgin High School.
Lugoff-Elgin makes the short trip over the Wateree River to finish its home and home schedule with rival Camden High tonight at the Dog Pound. The girls' game tips off the doubleheader at 6 p.m.
A pre-Christmas sports tradition returns to Kershaw County this weekend with the 22nd annual Mid-Carolina Credit Union Holiday Classic wrestling tournament at Lugoff-Elgin High School.
Monday: Camden at Camden Military Academy (WR – 5 p.m.)
Camden will make the short trip over the Wateree River to take on Lugoff-Elgin in the first of two consecutive Friday night basketball doubleheaders between the two schools.
Marion Price missed just two games and won the final Chronicle-Independent football contest of 2013 outright.
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The 2016 summer youth sports camps throughout Kershaw County kick off next week.
With the school season rapidly coming to a close that means it is time for summer youth sports camps throughout Kershaw County.
The Blaney Elementary School Wildcat archery team qualified and traveled to compete in the National Archery Tournament in Louisville, Ky., again last week.
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I needed a Helmet for this weekends ride so we went to Kozy's Cyclery in Chicago very nice place very helpful staff. Well I just needed a helmet and shes not all that into the bicycle but to my surprise shes like Hey honey you need some gloves I know you said your hands go numb. I said sure. How about a lock for your bike? I said sure. How about one of these multi tools what did you want an alien? I said sure. Well after this I was like Ok what the hell do you want and why are you being so nice . hehe so in all I got the helmet (Bell Venture) gloves (specialized padded) Lock (just a 10' onguard cable), Multi-tool (Alien II), Insulated water bottle, patch kit, and another water bottle holder. $160 not bad.
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Secret of the Wings - Periwinkle by Tink-IchigoWatch
©2013-2016 Tink-Ichigo
Really awesome!!
How did you do the wings? *-*
How did you do the wings? *-*
This is awesome!
omg this is fantastic! You did a great job with this! The details in the dress are great! Would love to see a wintery photo shoot with this.
it's reaaaaally awesomeeee!!! ^0^
you really did a great job!!!
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ranger evolution by animotWatch
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players start as neutral ranger then evolve according to which path they choose,
neutral-path of darkness-path of light
neutral-path of darkness-path of light
Astagah, keren pisan owo
Very cool characters
Most games I played always seemed to have a preference towards melee than ranged.
Love the designs though :3
Love the designs though :3
i agree, character wise i prefer ranger than melee,
but melee always get awesome armor and bad ass weapon T_T
thanks, glad you love it
but melee always get awesome armor and bad ass weapon T_T
thanks, glad you love it
I think they are all flawless.
Dark Path Ranger looks a bit too over designed. I don't know. Must be the Dragon Hood that actually looks like a Fish. I bet she would look better with a normal Hood. If the Dragon Design was necessary I say; make it like something painted on the Hood; not literally a "Dragon Hood".
Overall; I love the colors and shading. You are truly good at this. The design thing must be the fault of your employers.
thank you, actually i design all of this myself, the hood serves it purpose, it gives the design more character, draws your eyes, and this is an evolved version so normal hood is a no no (i already got another character wearing that)
Really cool, but what game is it?
What game is this?


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I personally really enjoyed Vanity Fair's idea to shoot football's biggest stars in patriotic underwear and nothing more.
From Vanity Fair's Fair Play Blog:
For the June issue of Vanity Fair, Annie Leibovitz set out to capture some of the sport's biggest stars, including Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba, Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o, and Brazil's Kaká. Leibovitz's portraits are, well, revealing. And underwear has never looked so patriotic.
Question to self: why is Kaká the only one in jeans? Jesus has the answer.


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The Olympus 8 x 25 features a Roof prism, which contributes to the light weight and compact design of these binoculars. The prism is made from ground BaK-4 glass, which reduces refraction for a more accurate image. Your subject is magnified to 8x, taking you closer to the action every time.
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The Olympus 8 x 25 WP I weighs 340 g and measures 115 x 111 x 43.5 mm, making it easy to hold for longer periods of time at a full day event like a cricket or football match. These Olympus binoculars are your ideal companion to weather anything Nature hurls at you. The viewing barrels are nitrogen-filled to waterproof the interiors, up to one meter in water. This also works miracles on the clarity of your image when viewing a subject shrouded in fog.
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VocabularySpellingCity offers worksheets, games, videos, and teaching activities on capitonyms. Capitonyms are a great way to show students just how much capitalization matters, and matching or fill-in-the-blank games are a fun way to reinforce the lesson. Check out our variety of capitonym resources, each tailored to specific teaching strategies.
A capitonym is a word whose meaning changes based on whether or not it is capitalized.
Capitonyms can be nouns, verbs, or adjectives. Examples of pairs of capitonyms are:
Most often, capitonym pairs feature one word as a common noun and the other as a proper noun. Verbs can also be capitonyms. For instance:
Capitonyms can also be adjectives, as in:
Sometimes, a capitonym doesn't change just in meaning, but also in pronunciation -- for example:
A fun sentence like this one can help students appreciate the importance of proper capitalization:
A further note on Capitonyms
Capitonyms are mostly a subset or variation on multiple meaning words or homonyms. They have the same spelling but different meanings. Of course, if one defines the spelling to include capitalization, capitonyms can be said to be sound-alike or homophones (different words with different spellings that sound-alike). Both of these categorizations are true in cases where the pair of capitonyms are pronounced the same. In the case of Mobile/mobile, there is the same spelling (unless one counts capitalization) but they are pronounced differently so they aren't sound-alikes. At the end of the day, this effort at defining and categorizing is a fun puzzle but more than a little esoteric.
VocabularySpellingCity also has useful information and lists of words for these other categories including:
Homonyms, or multiple meaning words, are words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings. For example, bear.
Homophones, also known as sound-alike words, are words that are pronounced identically although they have different spellings and meanings. These words are a very common source of confusion when writing. Common examples of sets of homophones include: to, too, and two; they're and their; bee and be; sun and son; which and witch; and plain and plane. VocabularySpellingCity is a particularly useful tool for learning to correctly use and spell the sound alike words.
Homographs, (also sometimes known as Heteronyms or Heterophones, have the same spelling, different pronunciations, different meanings. They are a subset of multiple meaning words which is generally a strong-point of VocabSpellingCity's functionality. Examples of homographs (same spelling, different pronunciation, different meaning):
Currently, VocabularySpellingCity provides great methods for teachers working with multiple meaning words for our word games. However, for the exercises where the word is said in isolation (most often, the spelling test), VocabularySpellingCity cannot have two pronunciations for two words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. We are looking for possibilities in the future.
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K - 2nd Grade Capitonyms: Queens, mohawk, earth, Earth, March, may, march, queens, May, Mohawk
3rd - 5th Grade Capitonyms: patriots, Phoenix, phoenix, turkey, Titanic, mercury, titanic, Mercury, Patriots, Turkey
6th - 8th Grade Capitonyms: jodhpur, mercury, Orient, Mobile, pentagon, Mercury, orient, Pentagon, Jodhpur, mobile
9th - 12th Grade Capitonyms: Manila, Platonic, Jodhpur, gasconade, jodhpur, Saskatoon, platonic, Gasconade, manila, saskatoon


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An eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science. Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip bend? Why does any material look and behave the way it does? These are the sorts of questions that Mark Miodownik is constantly asking himself. A globally-renowned materials scientist, Miodownik has spent his life exploring objects as ordinary as an envelope and as unexpected as concrete cloth, uncovering the fascinating secrets that hold together our physical world. In Stuff Matter
The riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting, a fascinating scientific detective story, and an unforgettable cast of characters into a sweeping narrative in the tradition of A Civil Action, The Emperor of All Maladies, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. One of New Jersey's seemingly innumerable quiet seaside towns, Toms River became the unlikely setting for a decades-long drama that culminated in 2001 with one of the largest legal settlements in the annals of toxic dumpi
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Polestar Colchester has begun consultation with 160 bindery staff following a proposal to outsource the function to Aktrion Group on a contract basis.
Simon Jones, Polestar Group HR director, said that if the deal went ahead, all 160 bindery staff at the Essex-based site would transfer under TUPE regulations.
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) specialist Aktrion, which is a managed services provider to the print and automotive sectors, was unavailable for comment at the time of writing.
Aktrion's website lists two recent print outsourcing contracts, although neither would appear to refer to the deal with Polestar. The first is for a North West-based magazine printer which has outsourced the running of its bindery, finishing and palletizing areas, covering 40 staff across two shifts.
The second is for "a leading directory printer", where Aktrion is providing a team of bindery and polywrapping assistants to operate nightshifts.
Unite's national officer Steve Sibbald said Sun European Partners, Polestar's new owner, was trying to safeguard the terms and conditions of the staff, and added that Unite's members would be covered by TUPE legislation.
He said: "It looks like Polestar is selling off that side of the business in order to concentrate on their core areas.
"It's pure speculation on my behalf, but it seems a coincidence that this has happened following the purchase of Polestar by Sun European Partners."
Jones said the move was separate to the group's refinancing and change of ownership.


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MADRID (AP) — A spokesman for Jose Mourinho says the Real Madrid coach does not regret his behavior during his team's recent 3-2 loss to Barcelona in the Spanish Supercup.
Eladio Parames told Spanish newspaper El Mundo on Sunday that "Jose will not ask for forgiveness. He firmly believes that he was defending the interests of Real Madrid."
The Portuguese manager poked a finger in the eye of Barcelona assistant Tito Vilanova after a wild tackle by Madrid defender Marcelo on Barcelona newcomer Cesc Fabregas. The tackle sparked a scuffle between the two sides at Camp Nou stadium on Wednesday.
Mourinho also made gestures at Barcelona players.


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Three identical blocks connected by ideal strings are being pulledalong a horizontal frictionless surface by a horizontal force. Themagnitude of the tension in the string between blocks B and C is = 3.00 . Assume that each block hasmass = 0.400 .
What is the magnitude of the force?
Express your answer numerically innewtons.
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- Please submit audition tape as first round audition, preferably by 6/3 Shooting 15 days from 7/10 to 7/30 in LA. Please submit audition tape as first round audition, preferably by 6/3 (sides are attached) Shooting 15 days from 7/10 to 7/30 in LA. 请见随附试镜页,并尽量于6月3日前提交试镜录像。 项目將於7/10-7/30日在洛杉矶拍摄,实际拍摄15日。
- Seeking submissions from: New York, NY
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90 minutes web feature CHERRY COKE (in Chinese: 《爱你在心口狂开》) is a love comedy about Alex who's suffering from a weird disease and can't control himself from cursing whenever he falls into love. After high school graduation, he comes to US to study, and meets HK girl A-Jing and hot Latino ...
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- Shoots July 9, four-to-six hrs., in NYC.
- Seeking submissions from: Westland, MI; New York, NY
- Seeking submissions nationwide/worldwide
Casting a 30-minute pilot for a sports TV show, "The Big Game."
Posted: 8 hours ago
- Rehearses Aug. 15-Sept. 1; touring season runs Sept. 1, 2016-May 21, 2017 (breaks for both Thanksgiving and Christmas) in AZ, CA, OR, WA, ID, MT, NM, TN, OH, PA, NY, NV, and Canada.
- Seeking submissions from: Corvallis, OR
- Seeking submissions nationwide/worldwide
Casting a show, "Shall We Dance?" Casting Director states: "Six of your local celebrities are partnered with a professional dancer to learn a 90-second ballroom dance routine. Imagine the mayor dancing a spicy cha-cha, the high school football coach performing a beautiful waltz, or a prominent business owner getting their ...
Posted: 11 hours ago
Sight & Sound Theatres 2017 Season
- "Jonah" runs in Strasburg, PA. "Moses" runs in Branson, MO. "Miracles of Christmas" runs in both Strasburg, PA and Branson, MO.
- Seeking submissions nationwide/worldwide
Accepting submissions for the Sight & Sound Theatres 2017 Season. Season includes: "Jonah" & "Moses" (Rehearsals begin mid-January 2017; runs March-Oct. 2017); and "Miracle of Christmas" (Rehearsals begin October 2017; runs Nov.-Dec. 2017). Casting Director states: "Sight & Sound Theatres is one of the highest attended live theatres on the ...
Posted: yesterday
- Rehearses, performs, and shoots in the fall and early winter in multiple locations in the U.S.
- Seeking submissions from: Washington, DC
- Seeking submissions nationwide/worldwide
Casting a stage production of Shakespeare's "All's Well That Ends Well," which will also be filmed and released as a feature motion picture.
Posted: yesterday
- Shoots two weeks between October 2016-February 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Seeking submissions nationwide/worldwide
Casting "Roma," based in 1970, the story of a middle class family that falls to pieces in Mexico City.
Posted: yesterday
Miss Planetary International 2017
- International Pageant will be held June 11-17, 2017 in Las Vegas, NV.
- Seeking submissions nationwide/worldwide
Seeking applicants for The 2017 Miss Planetary International pageant casting call. Pageant Director states: "Miss Planetary, an international beauty pageant focusing on bringing awareness to global issues and causes, as well as promoting charitability among today's females, seeks teens and women; who are interested in auditioning to represent their culture ...
Posted: yesterday
- Shoots 2016-2017 in Germany and Russia.
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Casting "Involution," the story of Hamming and Liv, a couple living in the future. Synopsis: A future that's reality is a far cry from the one we live in today. The Earth has been sent out of control, affected by a cruel and inhuman mechanism that turns back Darwin's theory ...
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- Shoots June 27-July 31; seeking submissions nationwide.
- Seeking submissions from: North Hollywood, CA
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Seeking a pair of female teammates to compete on "The Runner," a new competition show with more than a million dollars on the line, from Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Adaptive Studios and Pilgrim Media Group. Synopsis: Somewhere in the United States, a mysterious Runner will be racing toward an undisclosed ...
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- Shoot dates TBD.
- Seeking submissions from: Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Dallas, TX; Chicago, IL; Miami, FL; San Francisco, CA
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Seeking content contributors (actors, musicians, action sports athletes, comedians, daredevils, and personalities) to create outrageous, exciting, and funny 15-second "Zaps" for ZapStream's "Zap Star Search." Company states: "ZapSteam is the coolest new way to share live moments. Our app makes live streaming fun and easy. When you're finished with your ...
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- Shoots June 2016 (four days) in northern Santa Barbara County and one TBD date in L.A. Supporting actors will be filming themselves.
- Seeking submissions from: Santa Barbara, CA
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Casting "Ted Bundy Had a Son." Company states: "This is a spinoff to a popular underground series about a Ted Bundy-like rapist serial killer. Created 11 years ago, the character of Brandon has spawned two sequels, a parody, a more mainstream narrative indie film, and worldwide discussion and debates regarding ...
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- Seeking submissions nationwide/worldwide
Seeking a male ballet soloist with hip-hop skills for a new special version of the classical ballet "The Nutcracker." The role is the Nutcracker character. The dancer should have strong ballet skills and comic timing. He needs to perform a proper ballet solo but also be able to do a ...
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Seeking models, actors, singers, dancers, and other specialty talent for representation with Manikin Agency. Agent states: "We are a full-service talent agency with talent in 95 countries."
Posted: Sunday
Nakenterprise Record Label '$5,000 Artist Competition'
- Competition is online and is currently running each month. Nakenterprise studio is located in Westchester, NY for artists who need to record material.
- Seeking submissions from: New York, NY
- Seeking submissions nationwide/worldwide
Seeking artists of all genres to create and submit music for the Nakenterprise "$5,000 Artist Competition." Manager states: "Music will be judged by an online audience and judges for a chance to win $5,000, a record deal, and possible album deal. Entry is a selection of ten instrumentals at 99 ...


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"Our tests demonstrate fairly little difference between a $225 LGA 1155 Core i5-2500K and a $1000 LGA 2011 Core i7-3960X, even when three-way graphics card configurations are involved. It turns out that memory bandwidth and PCIe throughput don't hold back the performance of existing Sandy Bridge-based machines. "
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Managing Secretary:
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Tel/Fax: 01334 472988
12 The Links, St Andrews
The St Rule Trophy, inaugurated in 1984, is an international tournament for amateur lady golfers. Now accepted as one of the leading competitions for national and international orders of merit it also qualifies for World Amateur Golf Ranking points.
Played over 36 holes of The New Course and 18 holes of The Old Course, it is held annually at the end of May or in early June. Many previous winners have gone on to become leading players on the professional circuit. Among these are Annika Sorenstam and Catriona Matthew, both of whom were made Honorary Members of The St Rule Club in 2007.
St Rule Trophy 2016 Order of Play - Click on link below for Rounds 1 & 2 on the New Course
2016 St Rule Trophy Round 1 Results (New Course)
The winner of the St Rule Trophy in 2015 is Aditi Ashok, Bangalore, India.
Runner up and winner of the Everard Cup, Bethan Popel, Long Ashton.
The Lawson Cup for under 18s, Aditi Ashok, Bangalore, India.
The Team Salver, won by Scotland on count back.
Click on the links below for the 2015 St Rule Trophy Results
St Rule Trophy 2015 - Under 18 Results
St Rule Trophy 2015 - Team Results
St Andrews Ladies Open
Rescheduled Ladies Open
15 August 2015
Ladies Open Jubilee Course Update
Due to flooding on the course on Saturday 4 July 2015, the Ladies Open was abandoned. The event has been rescheduled for Saturday 15 August 2015 on the Jubilee Course.
Please click on the link below for the St Andrews Ladies Open 2015 Results


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Kill off unwanted background programs like worms, adware, and spyware.
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Crews were called to house fire in Pitt County Christmas morning.
The home is on Highway 13, near Ballards Crossroads Road. That's southwest of Greenville.
Multiple fire units were called to the scene.
Pitt County authorities tell WITN no one was home at the time, and there are no injuries.
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Youth ages 10-13 are invited to paticipate in 3 fun-filled days and one night of nonstop adventure with the aquatic environment at Lake Dardanelle State Park during Aquatic Conservation Experience (ACE) Camp. Throughout the experience, participants develop an understanding and appreciation for the unique aquatic environment at Lake Dardanelle through outdoor adventure and activities.
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The Blues Tent delivered a double-shot of style right off the bat on Sunday. Rockie Charles & the Stax of Love came out out with some great blues 'n roll, with Rockie looking especially cool, undoubtedly feeling like the rock star he is.
Guitar Slim, Jr., (pictured at right) was in street clothes the first time I saw him, just strolling on in to Jim Russel Records to buy their last copy of his own album. Without recognizing him, you could tell by the way he dressed and the way he held himself that he was a performer. Sunday he was in full force, coming out howling "Everybody Knows About My Good Thing" in his ultra-showy outfit, giving every camera lens a personal smile.
Viváz! had been moved from the final act at the Lagniappe Stage to an earlier show at Congo Square, filling in for Locos por Juana, who in turn was playing in Orishas' slot. (Visa problems prevented Orishas entering the U.S. for the show.) The Latin rhythms and wailing brass had hips a-gyratin'. Those of us here Saturday were thanking the weather from the bottoms of our sunburns, as these clouds and breezes provided a much more encouraging environment to appreciate what Viváz! had to offer.


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10 ways to teach innovation
I loved this list! It makes sense. While I'm not there yet, I am making changes in classroom practice which reflect these 10 points. Sometimes I wish I was a general classroom teacher, instead of a language teacher, as I feel that much of this is harder in a language classroom… Would love to be corrected on that!
Lets look at this list, and see how I fare…..
1. Move from projects to PBL I love the concept of PBL – that fully integrated approach to learning; truly cross-curricular. This works really well in Primary School, and has potential in Middle School – a challenge though in Senior School when final exams dictate learning, and almost seem to get in the way of deep learning….
Personally, I have always used 'task' as the basis of assessment, and over recent years 'task' has become more of a tool for framing teaching and learning. I now begin with a task and then teach within the demands of achieving the task. ie This is what we need to do, what language etc do we need to be able to do this?
So – a way to go on this one yet….
2. Teach concepts not facts I read a wonderful book on this topic by Erickson Concept-based Curriculum and Instruction for the Thinking Classroom and believe in all that she says. It makes sense. I am trying to frame my curriculum more conceptually rather than by topics in order to get deeper understandings. This is a challenge in a subject area which has been taught traditionally through topics and themes, with a heavy focus on the knowledge needed to communicate within those topics and themes.
3. Distinguish Concepts from Critical Information
Find the right blend between open-ended-inquiry and direct instruction
Yes, yes, yes! This is the key.
4. Make skills as important as knowledge The trick is to assess the skills appropriately. How do you create rubrics which assess skill development? What are the key skills you want the students to learn? Are these skills transferable?
5. Form teams not groups Collaboration is a key 21st century skill. There is an art to creating teams who can work together. I am not to good in this area – an area of focus for me in my classroom!
6. Use thinking tools✅ A big tick here! Thinking tools are a key to all deep learning. The more I read about 21st century approaches to teaching and learning, the more I see thinking tools as playing a key role.
7. Use creativity tools While I'm not as good at using creativity tools as I am at using thinking tools, the question needs to be asked: how can we develop innovative thinkers if we don't teach them to be creative?
8. Reward discovery This is a challenge. I agree with the author that our assessment system actively discourages discovery and innovation, preferring learners who can produce according to a prescribed syllabus; who can tick the boxes and jump through hoops. As educators we can change what we do in JS and MS in order to reward discovery. Something for me to think about….
9. Make reflection part of the lesson I incorporate reflection in aspects of what I do, but it isn't necessarily part of every lesson.
10. Be innovative yourself ✅ I like to think that I am innovative… I hope so anyway!


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Improves node.js stacktraces and makes it easier to handle errors
Look at this example.
one calls
two calls
three, and
three calls
four. All functions call the given callback asynchronous.
four calls the callback with an error.
three and
two passes the error to their callback function and stop executing with
one finally throws it
two iferr throw err; console.log"two finished"; ; setTimeout three iferr callbackerr; return; console.log"three finished"; callback; ; 0; setTimeout four iferr callbackerr; return; console.log"four finished"; callback; ; 0; setTimeout callback; 0; one;
$ node example_without.js /home/pita/Code/async-stacktrace/example_without.js:5 throw err; ^Error at Timer.callback (/home/pita/Code/async-stacktrace/example_without.js:47:14)
four, but you can't see from where
four was called. The context gets lost
two and
iferr callbackerr; return;
ifERRerr callback return;
iferr throw err;
var ERR = require"async-stacktrace"; two ERRerr; console.log"two finished"; ; setTimeout three ifERRerr callback return; console.log"three finished"; callback; ; 0; setTimeout four ifERRerr callback return; console.log"four finished"; callback; ; 0; setTimeout callback; 0; one;
$ node example.js /home/pita/Code/async-stacktrace/ERR.js:57 throw err; ^Async Stacktrace: at /home/pita/Code/async-stacktrace/example.js:6:6 at /home/pita/Code/async-stacktrace/example.js:17:10 at /home/pita/Code/async-stacktrace/example.js:30:10 Error at Timer.callback (/home/pita/Code/async-stacktrace/example.js:41:14)
The "Async Stacktrace" shows you where this error was caught and passed to the next callback. This allows you to see from where
four was called. You also have less code to write
npm install async-stacktrace
This is how you require the ERR function
var ERR = require"async-stacktrace";
The parameters of
ERR() are:
err The error object (can be a string that describes the error too)
callback (optional) If the callback is set and an error is passed, it will call the callback with the modified stacktrace. Else it will throw the error
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Only downer is as a returning customer the price jumps about £20. I highly recommend this place, at least for your first go at £65.
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