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Make an export feature so our data isn't trapped in your service.
Data portability is very important these days. I suggest you have a way to export out saved bookmarks
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In fact export feature is so far the only missing thing for me. For a long time I was happy user of Zootool and clipboard, recommending them to everyone around, but then both services said goodbye. I searched and searched and found Springpad. And now deja vu, bcz again after a year or so, I have to move all my data to somewhere. Fortunately after trying a few other services, I found yours, beautifully simple, clean and fast. Just yeah, export feature would be really useful, even I hope clipix will live forever.
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...i would add the ability to export clip metadata, such as comment, in addition to bookmarks.


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Police in Bangladesh have arrested three people in connection with the fire that killed more than 100 people at a garment factory this weekend.
All three are mid-level managers at Tazreen Fashions, the factory just outside Dhaka where flames broke out on Saturday night.
"Survivors told us they did not allow the workers to escape the fire, saying it was a routine fire drill," the chief of police in Dhaka, Habibur Rahman, told Agence France Presse.
"There are also allegations that they even padlocked doors."
The arrests did not satisfy protesters, who took to the streets for a fourth day Wednesday to demand safer working conditions.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Ashulia, the industrial district where Tazreen Fashions and numerous other factories are located, Bangladesh's Daily Star reported.
The crowd blocked roads, threw stones and set motorbikes on fire, the Star said, while police responded with tear gas. Around 20 people were reported injured.
More from GlobalPost: Working conditions in Bangladesh worry US importers
According to AFP, the protesters want to see the factory's owner arrested. Police have so far questioned him in connection with building rules violations, the news agency said.
Labor rights activists say that bosses in Bangladesh routinely ignore workers' safety as part of their bid to cut costs and lower prices for their overseas clients — what GlobalPost's Maher Sattar calls a "race to the bottom."
The fire at Tazreen, the deadliest ever to hit Bangladesh's vast textiles industry, has focused domestic and international attention on the abysmal working conditions in which much of the world's clothing is made.
The government has ordered two inquiries into the fire, while rights groups are naming and shaming the foreign companies believed to have had orders with Tazreen.
They include Wal-Mart, Sears, Disney, Sean Comb's ENYCE brand, Teddy Smith and others, according to an Associated Press reporter who visited the burnt-out factory this week.
More from GlobalPost: Bangladesh's garment workers brave deadly fires to make luxury American clothing
On Tuesday, Wal-Mart reportedly cut ties with a supplier in Bangladesh over concerns that Wal-Mart products were being made at Tazreen Fashions.


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Business success and businesses' beauty capital
We examine whether a difference in pay for beauty is supported by different productivity of people according to looks. Using a sample of advertising firms, we find that those firms with better-looking executives have higher revenues and faster growth than do otherwise identical firms whose executives are not so good-looking. The impact on revenue far exceeds the likely effect of beauty on the executives' wages. This suggests that their beauty creates firm-specific investments, in the form of improved relationships within work groups, the returns to which are shared by the firm and the executive.
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In the PLANT FILES section of this website, under Dahlia cultivar 'Harlequin' it says the propagation method (quoted) is:
Propagation Methods:
By dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets)
From herbaceous stem cuttings
From seed; sow indoors before last frost
From seed; direct sow after last frost
But then immediately says under seed collecting (quoted):
Seed Collecting: N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
I don't understand this - seems like a contradiction.
Also, does anyone know of anoher name for a cultivar not listed here called "Hello Gorgeous"?
can someone advise?
In the PLANT FILES section of this website, under Dahlia cultivar 'Harlequin' it says the propagation method (quoted) is:
Uhmm...I'm not 100% sure. But I do know that we, the people (smirk) can enter the plant files ourselves, and make mistakes. When you're entering it-it asks you all those questions listed under each var. info and I wonder if some of the little things either get skipped or just not answered. I know I've entered one and just halphazardly breezed through some of that part. I'm sure that variety probably does put out seed, if you know how to collect them. Maybe someone just biffed on that part?
As far as finding, or not, certain varieties-that's because no one has entered it yet. I've not found a lot of varieties before. So, if you have info on it and a photo (not necessary), you could enter that one.
At least, that's how I think it is. Hopefully I didn't completely steer you in the wrong direction. lol
Re: Hello Gorgeous - http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=7738702
It's not the name of a cultivar but a series of dahlias.
Re: confusing information on Plant Files
IF a dahlia provides fertile seeds you'd follow that information but in the case you present the flowers are sterile so there would be no point in trying to grow sterile seeds (provided that statement is true).
Not everything is 100% perfect on PF. Treat it as a good guide.
Thanls for the helpful info... also good to know that PF is not always accurate - I've always thought of it as an area of authority.
The plant heights drive me to distraction when they say "24 to 36"". I need more specific information when planting a garden. Colors can also be very confusing but I do rely on the PF photos.
Thank you! I totally agree on the heights! They need a more specific range. Big difference in where I'll put it or if I'll even get it if it's 4' or 6'!
It would help if, as we enter our photos, we could say how tall it grows for us.
pirl's last comment would be the most helpful. How tall the dahlias grow in each individual garden will vary big time.
It will vary but at least we'd know if 3' was more common than 5' and that alone would help with placement.
I think what they mean is that if you harvest seeds from the plants they don't really qualify as the true "Hello Gorgeous" type. I could be wrong though. I collected seeds from the plants last year and tried out a few and none of them produced a seedling. I may try some more here in a few weeks.
I found a dried up seed head and "just for fun" scattered the seed in my tomato box: I've got dahlias! No idea of the size/color/height/form but it will be fun growing them.
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neat little vid
May 22, 2014, 09:08 PM #2
Alright nerds, how the hell do they do that??
May 22, 2014, 09:11 PM #3
May 22, 2014, 09:13 PM #4
but if you did you'd get about 6 months worth of surfing in one session. Kook to hero in a weekend.
May 22, 2014, 11:23 PM #5
Ohh Sunset Cliffs, how I miss thee.... Believe it or not, on some winter swells, its not all that different out there.
P.S. I told you guys not all SUPers are kooks. Those guys are getting along and all very skilled surfers. Respect.
May 22, 2014, 11:27 PM #6
But from a technical standpoint, you can see the blurred lines in which they chopped the film. Pretty simple technique. I've done it on a much simpler scale using Sony Vegas Pro. It's just a ***** cause to get it really accurate, you have to almost cut frame by frame.
May 22, 2014, 11:33 PM #7
Where's the vid link metard? Can't see it bro.
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May 23, 2014, 03:27 AM #10
Thanks brah. It wasn't coming up on the phone. I need to borrow El Shred's cell piece next time.
That vid is pretty cool. You guys see when it looks like that dude duck diving goes under the SUPer and doesn't resurface? If you jacked those waves down x4 in height, that's basically what EC short period looks like. We don't like the paddle out but we get by.


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You can't keep a good anchor down!
In Sue Simmons' case, the legendary TV newsperson is trying her hand at acting. She's joining the cast of NBC's Law & Order: SVU for the two-part season premiere, according to the New York Post.
Simmons shot the episode in late July, and plays, who else, Sue Simmons! As the fictional Simmons, she's seen covering breaking news, live on the scene of a scandal encompassing the NYPD, the DA's office, and two escort agencies.
The season opener continues the story arc from last season's finale, in which Captain Cragen finds a dead hooker in his bed.
Executive producer Warren Leight tells the Post that when the decision was being made to hire an actor or real newscaster, "six of us thought of Sue at the same time."
Leight adds, "She said yes immediately. She was thrilled and had a great time."
He says she didn't need much coaching, and actually helped with some script adjustments.
"Simmons objected to using the word 'burgeoning' to identify the scandal in the episode," Leight tells the New York Post.
Simmons has been laying low since her mid-June departure from Channel 4 where she'd anchored for 32 years.
In one of Simmons' final comments on WNBC, she said her hope was to be, "employed elsewhere at some point, even if it's just once a week."
"She's been good to her word with her appearance on SVU," Leight says.
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any help on coping strategies would be great!
[This message edited by badnewsbears at 12:58 AM, November 13th (Wednesday)]
How about starting some new traditions? Volunteer work can be very rewarding and a great self esteem boost. Contact your local shelter (human or animal) or Family and Children's Services they will be more then happy to have extra help this time of year.
Hope you get your holiday cheer back
I got through the wedding and reception with medication and some wine, too.
I had announced earlier, just after DDay#1 that we were not celebrating his birthday and on TT DDay #2 I said we're not celebrating my birthday or any holidays.
I told him many times that any time we are out with friends, or with family, or at an "occasion", anything he saw from me like smiles and laughter was PRETEND. I WAS PRETENDING, and he should not think everything was back to being fine again just because he saw me behaving "light hearted."
For getting through the holidays, helping other people is a good idea and I know a few folks who serve meals at the downtown soup kitchen as their tradition of giving back.
Christmas music etc can do me in. Sweet commercials on TV can slay me, too--I change the channel! You might want to use or borrow an iPod and use the earbuds when you're in Target etc.
We'll be with friends on Thanksgiving and family on Christmas, so I'm going to be medicated and focus on visiting with my friends and family, and catching up on things, all the while lying to them that everything is fine (I have not disclosed to any friend or family member except my sister). My friends and family don't know my heartbreak, I don't have to disclose anything. I'll be with WH at these events, whom I will ignore, as usual.
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Hidden cash is reported stolen from a vehicle
NIAGARA FALLS – A man told police $9,000 in cash and a casino slip worth $592 were stolen Monday night from his car, which was parked in the 400 block of Main Street.
Police said the victim told them he had met a homeless woman named "Pam" who was looking for something to eat and he said he took her to a restaurant. He said he showed the woman where he kept his money and when they returned to the vehicle with the woman at 9:30 p.m. his front passenger door handle was broken and the cash and slip were gone.
The homeless woman was also gone before police arrived.
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Michael Schiavo has long insisted that what he wants for his wife Terri is a dignified death. But a flurry of legislative maneuvering late last week showed how the predicament of one severely brain-damaged Florida woman--who has been in what doctors call a persistent vegetative state since 1990--is in danger of getting lost in the clash of political agendas. In an effort to head off the scheduled removal of Schiavo's feeding tube, the House of Representatives, led by Republican Tom DeLay, took the extraordinary step on Friday of issuing a subpoena for Schiavo herself, along with her doctors and family. The...
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WIDOW Maker - PAT LEE Returns to American Comics
When Pat Lee's Widow Warriors arrives in July, it's sure to cause at least a little discussion about the artist's past. We asked Lee about that and more. For his part, the artist known for his style and for reinvigorating "Transformers" long before the film franchise launched has been getting lost in the world of Warriors (along with co-writers Lloyd Chao and Christine Chi-Long To), and he's ready to invite the rest of you to join him.
Newsarama: The book is billed as "Pat Lee's Widow Warriors"; could you tell us where you go the inspiration for this particular story?
Pat Lee: The story is an ancient Chinese historical tale. My friends at 852 Films introduced the story to me and I was heavily into it. In terms of style, I wanted to try something dark and gritty. Issue #3 and #4 you can see it gets grittier each passing issue.
Nrama: Tell us about the writing team. Are you co-plotting?
Lee: I mainly just penciled the series but assisted with some of the creative ideas. The writers on the project are awesome and really fun to work with. They are both such incredibly nice people and very creative. Lloyd and I worked very closely on it
Nrama: Pat, it's true that you have what can be considered a controversial past. With a renewed visibility on this project, are you expecting controversy in return? And how would you answer your critics?
Lee: I am aware of the controversy to some degree and I respect what everyone has to say. I understand people's anger towards the past and I'm not going to challenge them. People make mistakes, I'm just as human as everyone else is. However, I've always enjoyed drawing comics and I respect any and all comments, bad or good - everyone has the right to speak their mind! But I'm still going to continue drawing comics and do what I love.
Nrama: This issue carries a "Book One" subtitle; how many issues do you plan this "book" to be, and how many "books" do you anticipate?
Lee: There will be 4 issues for this title.
Nrama: What about Dynamite makes them an appropriate partner for the series?
Lee: Nick is one of the nicest guys I know. I've worked with Nick for about 10 years now maybe more and I love what they are doing and have enjoyed seeing them grow as a company.
Nrama: In your years as an artist, how has your process changed?
Lee: The process hasn't changed very much other than the coloring. I add a lot of special FX on the artwork after it was colored. The covers I colored myself and all the pencils were me. I felt that issue #3 as my strongest though - the scenes felt a lot more intense, I guess it's because it was nearing the end and a lot was going on in the scenes. All in all, I had a lot of fun with the process and I believe that everyone who worked on the series had a great time.
Nrama: What about your style? When you were breaking in a big way, you were in a smaller field of manga-influenced artists. There's now a lot of evidence of that influence in mainstream comics. How do you distinguish YOUR style in light of that?
Lee: To be honest I don't really have one particular style and I actually like it that way. Creatively I think it's important to be different. If I just had one style I would be bored because my work would just be repetitive – instead I encounter different styles and have different methods of creating ideas.
Nrama: Comic and genre fans have come to expect a certain "type" of fantasy influenced narrative coming from Chinese legends. Do you have injections of mythology and extranormal abilities here, or is the story based in a more realistic setting and execution?
Lee: It's based in a very different environment compared to typical Chinese martial arts films. We wanted to give it a unique American comic style edge but at the same time keeping within the Chinese style. I have always been inspired by Lord of the Rings and films of fantasy genre, so some of the SFX they use in movies I have applied that in the comic book series. Yes, some of the creatures have pretty crazy strength but there are no flying females with 20 meter silk dresses.
Nrama: At this stage of your career, does Pat Lee have something to prove?
Lee: I not out to prove anything to anyone to be honest. I'm just doing what I enjoy, however I have a lot to prove to myself creatively because I'm always trying to enhance myself artistically and trying to push to new levels, not only in comics but in many other areas of creativity.
Nrama: What's the bottom-line assessment that you might give to fans that might be interested in the series? Of all the books on the racks, why should they check out this one?
Lee: It's definitely a fun ride throughout the series. Creatures, women's heads getting chopped off and limbs getting torn off. It's something you don't see a lot happen with women anywhere. The series is about women being courageous and fighting for family honor. So, without sound like as sales person – flip through it, if you don't like throw it back on the shelf. If you find it interesting, then check it out. All in all I had a blast working on it!


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Remember the folding chairs that forever cluttered the north end zone of Snyder Family Stadium? Kansas State athletic director Tim Weiser certainly does.
"The portable chairs, that just didn't cut it for me," Weiser said.
Weiser isn't a folding-chair kind of guy. He's a man with a vision of what K-State athletics can and should be, which is one reason that north end zone was renovated last year to include about 1,900 permanent seats, a team runway and other aesthetic improvements.
It's a look Weiser loves, and one he believes all of the Wildcats' programs deserve.
"I'm not sure I see a day when Kansas State is going to have the biggest facilities," Weiser said, "but we're going to have the best facilities that we can provide our student-athletes and coaches and fans."
Particularly in football and basketball.
Weiser envisions a day when the west side of Snyder Stadium and Bramlage Coliseum will serve as a sort of "front door" to the athletic department.
It's all part of a master facilities plan that has been in place since shortly after Weiser arrived six years ago. The plan has been tweaked several times with the help of Kansas City architectural firm HOK Sports, but it always has centered on football and basketball because, well, those are the center of the college sports universe.
"Winning national championships in football and basketball, it changes your world," Weiser said. "Our focus has to be on those sports that give us the best chance at creating revenue and creating visibility."
To that end, K-State recently began constructing the two-tiered loge boxes that will line the upper east side of Bramlage this season. It is one of many improvement projects Weiser and athletic officials foresee.
Others on the master agenda include:
A new basketball practice facility. The structure would include locker rooms, a weight-training area and, perhaps, offices for the men's and women's programs and other Wildcat teams.
"I think we've recognized for some time that we're kind of spread out," Weiser said, noting that programs now are housed at Bramlage, Ahearn Fieldhouse and even off campus at the KSU Foundation. "It would be my hope and desire that one day we could have, as much as possible, all of our coaches and all of our teams (except football and baseball) kind of gathered together in Bramlage."
A Hall of Fame inside Bramlage Coliseum. This showcase would allow fans to learn about legendary Wildcat athletes and view notable events such as the 2003 football team's Big 12 championship win against No. 1 Oklahoma or the 1951 basketball team's run to the national title game.
Expansion of the suites on the west side of Snyder Stadium. The additional premium seating would satisfy demands of boosters and provide the athletic department with more revenue.
"We've got waiting lists for club and suite seating," Weiser said. "I think nationally you'll see that as a growing area of emphasis for facilities."
A more customer-friendly ticket office location, preferably closer to the Bramlage parking lot.
"Right now we make it kind of a workout to get to our ticket office," Weiser said.
Limestone, limestone, limestone. Weiser cherishes Tointon Family Stadium, the baseball facility that was dedicated in April 2002. Limestone, which is featured throughout K-State's campus, was central to the renovation, and Weiser would like to incorporate that look into the football and basketball stadiums.
"I'm not suggesting that everything we do has to be built with limestone," he said, "but I certainly want that to be evident so that it flows with the rest of the campus."
The key to these projects, of course, is fundraising, which makes it difficult to say when any of them will begin. Weiser said building more football suites would be at or near the top of his wish list, but he also noted it would be K-State's most expensive undertaking.
"I'm not one who's interested in building a facility and figuring out later how to pay for it," he said. "I think we've got to have a plan in place as to how those improvements can be funded.
"If somebody walked in tomorrow and wrote us a check for $50 million, I can tell you that time frame is going to be a much quicker one. But since we have a component of this that's going to be developed through private gifts, that makes the timeline a difficult one to predict."
K-State is working on several improvement projects this summer, including bleacher replacement and installation of a new sound system at the football stadium.
But construction of the loge boxes at Bramlage tops the list. Charlie Thomas, assistant athletic director for facility operations, said work is expected to be finished by the end of October.
K-State contracted HOK as architect of the $2.4 million renovation, and Wichita-based general contractor Coonrod and Associates is doing the work. The project will provide 116 premium loge seats in about 18 boxes, depending upon configuration.
Chad Weiberg, assistant athletic director of development, said the open-air boxes will include cherry wood cabinetry with limestone trim, flat-screen televisions, granite countertops and carpeted floors. Each box also will feature refrigerators with ice bins and catered service.
"I think it will give the arena some new character that maybe it hasn't had before, give it a little bit of glamour, if you will," Weiberg said. "It's going to be a neat look."
Even more importantly, the boxes will generate revenue and give university boosters the opportunity to host friends and business associates.
Loge seats cost about $3,400 apiece — $3,000 per seat plus the price of a season ticket — and require a three-year commitment, Weiberg said. Those who purchase loge seats also can use them for women's basketball games, provided they buy a women's season ticket.
"It gives us another level, I think," said Thomas, who has been at K-State since before Bramlage opened in 1988. "In our arena, we don't have room for any true suites without doing major, major renovation. We'd have to kill an enormous number of seats to get to that point.
"But this will be a nice amenity."
The idea for loge seating initially was hatched last year, shortly after Bob Huggins became the men's basketball coach. When he departed abruptly for West Virginia, officials questioned whether enthusiasm for the program would remain as strong.
So far, the prospect of a talented young team under first-year coach Frank Martin has prompted the sale of 78 loge seats, Weiberg said.
To make room for the boxes, which will sit atop sections 16 through 23, K-State must eliminate about 730 student seats. However, Weiberg said K-State never has sold out the student section, in part because its usual allotment of 5,900 is more than most Big 12 schools.
K-State also eliminated about 300 seats on the west side of Bramlage to bring its handicap seating up to compliance. Still, seating isn't expected to be a concern.
"We can accommodate, I think, pretty much everyone that is interested in coming to our games," Weiberg said.
And make no mistake, interest remains high.
"I think people got a taste of what basketball can be again for us," Weiser said.
But with his next breath, Weiser noted that continued football success is every bit as important — probably more so — to the front-door plans he hopes will open new opportunities to the department and its athletes and fans.
"We've got to keep our hands on the wheel," he said, "and keep going in the direction we feel like our program needs us to go."
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Smoke bombs that explode on contact
have an outer layer
then inside that is a layer of a shock reactant chemical or substance
then another very thin shell
then the inner core of a regular sugar & potassium nitrate smoke bomb
the way it works is the bomb will hit the ground causing the first chemical to react then that ignites the smoke bomb which will make smoke billow out a designated hole
my example and original idea includes Nitrogen Triiodide and the regular smoke bomb mixture
ps. if you want to know how to make these things go to
https://www.instructables.com/id/E5YK8KLTDKEQOEX3CK/?ALLSTEPS for nitrogen triiodide
https://www.instructables.com/id/E6F4H9Z605EP2867LO/?ALLSTEPS for the smoke bomb
And in all honesty, I hated chemistry. I just want to make him stop
I just want to note that home made explosives are illigal in any modern country these days.
The nitrogen triiodie is classified as a class A explosive in most countries I know, requiring a licence to even buy it, let alone store and use it.
I highly doubt anyone here asking for explosives is in any way qualified to handle the stuff.
Speaking from experience I can tell you that intial blasting agents like the iodide are no joke - one mistake and it is over!
There are many ways to kill yourself, why are so many people aksing for way that also endanger others??
IMHO topics like these should be deleted for good as they are nothing for people without a license and those that have one don't need an ible for it.
Knowledge is valuable. Attempting to stem any type of information because you don't think people need it is a shallow view point. Here in the US at least, we don't assume people are criminals just because they want to know how to build things that may be dangerous. People that ask questions should get answers, if the answers involve dangerous instructions that's fine as long as its made known so they can approach the project safely. Back in high school we explored nitrogen triiodide in chemistry class, and if you view the link that the author here posted, its fairly common. Instructables is not here to stifle knowledge.
Turns out the part of making has also changed:
1. Engaging in the business of
importing, manufacturing or dealing in explosives
(e.g., M-80s, M-100s,
M-1000s, selling stolen explosives)
without a Federal license:
§ 842(a)(1), 10 years.
2. Receiving explosives
without a license or permit, § 842
(a)(3)(A), 10 years.
3.Transporting or shipping explosives
without a license or permit, § 842
(a)(3)(A), 10 years,
or in violation of the Hazardous Substances Act (HAZMAT),
15 U.S.C. § 1263, Department of
Distributing explosives to
a person who is not a licensee or
permittee, § 842(a)(3)(B), 10 years.
So again: why is there is a need to know these things unless someone is planning illegal activities anyway?
1. Which country do these laws apply to?
2. The only part of this that may affect a maker is part 1, and I hardly think mixing up some of this would count you as a manufacturer of explosives.
3. This would mean every high school chemistry teacher would be put away for 10 years, which also addresses your question about why there is a need to know these things
4. Why would anyone need to know this? This mixture is taught in basic chemistry classes because its educational. It's relatively safe in the sense that it is almost impossible to create large quantities and transport it anwhere.
5. Just because someone is interested in the chemistry of explosives does not mean they are planning illegal activies. After all, there are career paths that deal with explosives, and you have to know you're interested before you obtain a license. There are many creations on instructables that could be used for illegal things. It's up to the user not to do illegal things with them, it's not up to the website, or another person to deny them the knowledge though.
instead of nitrogen triiodide, you know those fun snaps, get a box of them unwrap them and put the rocks in where the nitrogen triiodide is. You will also get a nice loud SNAP improving the effect
Take a tennis ball
Cut a small hole in the top
Cut small pieces of ping pong balls put them in
put match heads inside
Put a wick in the hole
Glue just a bit around it to keep it in
Rub the wick with a bit of quick ignite lighter fluid like zippo
Take a circular piece of flint that is flat
Drill a hole in the middle
Put the wick through the hole put it all the way down to the ball
Super glue it
Throw it the flint will spark if you throw it right the spark will hit the wick quickly igniting it all in the matter of a second or 2
Armstrong's mix is more stable than NI3, but still dangerous; I would recommend starting off with very small quantities until you are familiar with it's properties- a pile the size of a pencil eraser hit with a hammer is as loud as a gunshot! When I make it I use a full face mask, gloves, and tongs - the safest way to deal with sensitive explosives is to know their blast radius... As long as your body parts are outside if it, you wont have to deal with the shock wave shredding the flesh off your fingers if it accidentally explodes, and tongs and those reaching claw-things that old people use are a good way to keep your hands away from potentially dangerous blast radii while mixing and assembling. (Shrapnel can still blind you - but that's why you wear protective gear, right?) Every time I see some kid holding an M-80 in his hand to lite it I cringe- if that dumb s**t would only use a torch or stick lighter he would not be risking blowing his hand to shreds (explosive force decreases exponentially with the square of the distance (excluding shaped charges) so the difference between 8" and 2" is incredible)
I would recommend something that resembles a WWII naval mine, with little nubs protruding out that when struck will initiate the smoke compound. Also I would use a prime layer to ensure reliable transfer of initiation between the primary and the base (most impact-sensitive explosives will not have a sufficient duration to start candy smoke burning)
Do you mean Foxfire? and if you do, what one would it be in?
(this is the sort of "literature" that runs $0.50+ a page for xerox copies of somewhat questionable value. Sometimes it's a useful collection of info from scattered sources with new and practical advice, sometimes it's little more than a copy of something you could have found on the net... I have not looked at their literature in detail and can't offer an actual review.)
but I think it is way to sensitive to be used, it might explode in your hand!
Maybe Pop Pops
(the little things you throw at the ground)
If you still want to try this Please use something more safe like Armstrongs mixture and you will still need to be VERY careful when putting that in the casing. Good luck!
The basics of this idea are "sound", however Nitrogen Triiodide is ABSOLUTLY! not the right compound for this idea! As has been mentioned a very thin coating of 50/50 Antimony Trisulfide and Potassium Chlorate might work with some smoke compounds. Surely though an in between ignition layer of a Starter Composition would be necessary. Possibly a Black Match coating would suffice.


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Wealth Regeneration at Retirement: Planning for a Lifetime of Leadership
165 pages
October 2012
Tailoring retirement for successful business leaders
Traditional retirement planning fails to meet the needs of wealthy baby boomers, particularly those who are business leaders. There is no "one size fits all" answer.
Wealth Regeneration at Retirement: Planning for a Lifetime of Leadership presents an alternative – one that acts more like a GPS. The authors, Kaycee Krysty and Bob Moser, leaders of the highly regarded Seattle-based wealth management firm, Laird Norton Tyee, use a proprietary discipline, Wealth Regeneration®, to calculate the route to retirement and beyond for those at the top.
The authors challenge successful boomers to redefine retirement on their own terms. They outline a process to create a sustainable plan to achieve retirement objectives. Their years of experience in counseling CEO's and business founders through transitions is reflected throughout. For many successful boomers, the answer to the prospect of retirement has been, "I'd rather not." Yet change is inevitable. Wealth Regeneration at Retirement provides a thoughtful and thorough way for leaders to move onward.
Describing Wealth Regeneration in a digestible, actionable format, the book provides the framework, tools, and techniques that successful baby boomers and their advisors need to incorporate this innovative approach for a lifetime of leadership and legacy. Packed with learning aids, including graphics, diagrams, worksheets and exercises, the book helps readers build a unique life plan that is about more than simply retirement.
The book includes:
- A proprietary approach to retirement planning that changes seamlessly when times and circumstances change
- A four component methodology - Where You Are; What You Want; What to Do; and Make it Happen – to ensure continuous feedback, accountability, and measurement of lifetime goals
- Retirement planning expertise from wealth management firm Laird Norton Tyee
Wealth Regeneration at Retirement: Planning for a Lifetime of Leadership is artfully illustrated and filled with practical advice for wealthy baby boomers and the financial advisors they rely on. It explains exactly how to build a personalized and sustainable plan for retirement no matter where life may lead.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Foreword xiii
Introduction: Where to Begin? xvii
Could This Be You? xvii
Intense? Me? Really? Yes, You xviii
Now, It's Your Turn xix
Standing on the Edge of the Cliff xx
CHAPTER 1 It's All about You (Really It Is) 3
We versus Me 3
It's Time for It to Be All about You 4
Real Life, Real Money 5
Wealth Regeneration, What's That? 5
Old Money 5
New Wealth 6
The Principles 7
What's Next? 7
You Have to Sleep at Night 7
Parting Thoughts 8
CHAPTER 2 The "R" Word 9
There Are Lots of Us 10
Now What? 10
The Hero's Farewell 11
What about Me? 12
What We've Learned 13
Where Do You Fit? 14
Parting Thoughts 16
CHAPTER 3 The Grab Bag of Life 17
Change Has Impact 17
Managing Change 18
The New Rules 19
Parting Thoughts 23
CHAPTER 4 It's Not Rocket Science 25
Strategic Planning 25
Change Management 26
Financial Forecasting 27
Risk Assessment 28
Building Teams 29
Holding People Accountable 30
Meaningful Work 30
You've Got This Wired 31
Parting Thoughts 31
CHAPTER 5 Leading in a New Way 33
What Is Generativity? 33
Generativity Is Leadership 34
Have It Your Way 35
It's About Regeneration 36
Parting Thoughts 36
CHAPTER 6 The Concept of the Wheel 39
Circle to Wheel 40
Dealing with Change 42
What's Next? 43
You Know How to Do This 43
Get It Rolling 44
A Kick in the . . . 45
Looking at What Happens 46
Profile: Tom Campion 47
CHAPTER 7 Know Where You Are 51
Defining Your Wealth 52
Lifestyle Analysis—How Much Is Enough? 58
How Sustainable Is Your Wealth? 60
Profile: Dick Pechter 61
Toolkit 63
CHAPTER 8 Know Who You Are 69
Recognizing the Crucible 69
Facing the Questions 70
Back to the Future 71
Seriously, Try This Now 71
And When You Have a Partner 71
Flow 73
So Enough Touchy-Feely Already? 74
Profile: Peter Nostrand 75
Toolkit 76
CHAPTER 9 Know Where You Want to Go 81
Embracing the Endgame 81
Getting Strategic 84
Your Purpose 85
Now for That Vision Thing 87
How Does It Look from the Top of the Mountain? 88
Profile: Bob Bunting 88
Tookit 90
CHAPTER 10 What to Do to Get There from Here 95
Keeping It Real 95
Begin at the Beginning 97
Purpose Is the Destination 97
What's Nonnegotiable? 97
What's Just Ahead? 99
Then, Get Going 99
What to Do If You Still Don't Know What to Do 100
Finally, Let's Talk about Money 101
What If the Scenarios Suggest I'm Spending Too Much Money? 102
A Word about Investment Policy 103
You Can Do This 103
Profile: Julie Weston and Gerry Morrison 104
Toolkit 105
CHAPTER 11 Rolling It Forward 109
Have a System 109
The Quick Look Check-In 111
The Sit-Down 111
Now for the Deep Dive 112
Keeping the Plan 114
Where the Rubber Most Likely Meets the Road 115
The Big Picture 115
When Stuff Happens 116
What to Share with Your Advisor 117
The Time Is Now 117
Profile: Steve Altmayer 117
CHAPTER 12 Legacy 119
There Are Challenges 120
What a Letter of Intent Looks Like 122
Seriously, This Isn't That Hard 124
Legacy Is Generativity in Action 125
Profile: Beth Bazley 126
Toolkit 127
And in Conclusion 133
You Are in Charge 133
The Bare Essentials 133
That Being Said . . . 134
Pulling Yourself Up to the Top of the Mountain 135
Appendix 1: How to Choose a Wealth Advisor 137
Appendix 2: How to Vet a Personal Financial Forecast 145
Appendix 3: Cash Flow Management 149
Appendix 4: Wealth Regeneration Interview Format 153
Recommended Reading 155
About the Authors 157
Index 161
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KAYCEE KRYSTY, CPA, CFP, recently transitioned from chief executive officer to President Emerita of Laird Norton Tyee. An accomplished writer and speaker, Kaycee speaks frequently on matters of personal legacy and the business of the family. She was a founding board member of Washington Women in Tax and a founding member of the WSCPA Personal Financial Planning Committee, and is the former chair of the AICPA Personal Financial Planning Division. She has more than thirty years of experience in financial planning.
ROBERT MOSER is President and Chief Executive Officer of Laird Norton Tyee. Bob has more than twenty-five years of private wealth management, financial services, and business management experience. Before joining Laird Norton Tyee, Bob was a senior executive at SunTrust Banks, Inc., where he worked for nineteen years. He has also served as a consultant to several private foundations in the areas of governance and strategic planning.
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That notion contained competing visions of rural landscapes versus increased housing density in the future, roadway safety improvements but not too dramatic, economic development without becoming San Jose.
Community Development Agency engineer and long-range planner, Claudia Wade, briefly described her division's suggestion that a study might be warranted to determine how to improve conditions on the West Slope's second busiest east-west traffic corridor. At the base of any traffic analysis is the reality that several new housing developments have already been approved in areas that could have a significant impact on Green Valley and its smaller feeder roads. Projections vary from moderate to unacceptable effects creating gridlock and Level of Service F (Failing) on the area's roads, mostly Green Valley.
The study area that supervisors eventually approved is Green Valley Road between Ponderosa Road on the east to the Sacramento County line on the west. That stretch is included in the county's nearly completed Travel Demand Model, which also takes into account the residential projects that have been approved.
Supervisor Brian Veerkamp opened the concept of a vision when he suggested, "We need to determine what we want before we get initiatives jammed down our throats."
Board Chairman Ron Briggs followed up, acknowledging, "There's some congestion somewhere on Green Valley Road … We need to be sure we're on the right path. Do we want four lanes on Green Valley? I'm not so sure that's what we want."
Veerkamp later noted that the $35,000 cost of the traffic study "is cheap for what we need."
Don Van Dyke representing the 400-member Green Valley Alliance, told the board that his group has 360 signatures requesting that the county do the study, but, "We'd like to keep some of the rural sections rural." He noted that the Dixon Ranch project (with more than 700 homes proposed on 280 acres) "will have significant impact on Green Valley Road." He also said, "It really is Level Of Service F on workdays."
A 30-year resident said she "can't turn left at Malcolm Dixon Road because of the traffic," and another speaker described conditions at a couple of intersections as "hair-raising."
Alliance member Kelly Garcia told supervisors, "Everyone in my family has been rear-ended on Green Valley Road or Salmon Falls," and that speed studies that have been conducted are "flawed. We'd like a reduction in rear-enders and speed," she said.
Earlier, Garcia said the housing projects that have already been approved would add 9,300 vehicle trips per day to the road system and that the primary issue is safety, while others urged the board to fund the traffic study, citing its future value as a planning tool.
Joel Korotkin, one of the developers of the Dixon Ranch project, expressed agreement with many of the speakers, however, from a somewhat different perspective.
"Developers love studies," Korotkin said. "We want to see how a project will fit in. But understanding (the results of a study) is a problem."
Again Briggs broadened the discussion, asking, "How do we want this to look? And the trick is finding the money to do what we want." He added that he prefers that Green Valley remain a two-lane road.
Supervisor Ray Nutting channeled former supervisor Jack Sweeney when he pointed out the county's need to plan for traffic moving north and south as well as traveling east and west. That is, as the population grows, "and it will grow," emphasis needs to be on the larger roadway system and not just in the immediate areas being developed, Nutting said.
Supervisor Ron Mikalaco, in whose District 1 much of the growth is taking place, described a "tremendous amount of traffic and hazard to the children near Pleasant Grove School. The issue is speed," Mikulaco said and called Deer Valley at Green Valley Road "a terrible intersection."
Deer Valley Road, a loop road, intersects Green Valley Road in two different locations.
The final board action was to direct county staff to "move forward" on the project, first by identifying a funding source for the $35,000 study cost and next to develop a draft scope of the work needed.
Contact Chris Daley at 530-344-5063 or [email protected]. Follow @CDaleyMtDemo.


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Iulia Vantur's meme on Salman Khan's 'Sultan' will make you laugh!
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's rumoured girlfriend Iulia Vantur shared a meme on her Instagram account about Salman's upcoming film 'Sultan' and it is sure you leave you in splits!
Salman Khan and Iulia Vantur
Here's the meme:
Isn't it hilarious?
On Tuesday, Iulia watched 'Sultan' with Salman Khan. Salman Khan's ex girlfriend Katrina Kaif, 'Sultan' co-star Anushka Sharma, Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra and several other B-Town celebrities attended the screening of 'Sultan' at Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai.
Photos: Salman Khan watches 'Sultan' with Iulia Vantur, Katrina Kaif
With Iulia and Katrina under the same roof with Salman, we wonder if things got awkward between them.
Wondering what Iulia has to say about Salman's performance in 'Sultan'? Check out her post below:
'Sultan' releases in theatres today. Are you excited to watch 'Sultan'? Let us know in the comments below!


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Dawn M. Krynock and Larry Lee Miller Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John Krynock of Summit Hill announce the engagement of their daughter Dawn M. Krynock, Lansford, to Larry Lee Miller Jr., Lansford.
The bride-to-be is a 1997 graduate of Carbon County Area Vo-Tech School where she studied nursing. She worked for several years as a certified nurse assistant and is presently a stay-at-home mother.
The prospective bridegroom is the son of Pat Miller and Robert Frable of Brodheadsville. He attended Panther Valley High School and is currently employed with United Process Control, Reading.
A wedding has been set for May 15, 2010.


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Legislators receive Hoover 'Uncommon Public Service' award
DES MOINES — The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association in West Branch has awarded the qannual Hoover Uncommon Public Service Award to State Sen. Amanda Ragan of Mason City and State Rep. Dave Heaton of Mount Pleasant.
The announcement and presentations took place at the Iowa State Capitol. The award commemorates Iowa native Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States.
The award honors those in state government who represent the values and unwavering commitment to public service as defined by President Herbert Hoover. His humanitarian efforts saved nearly a billion lives from the devastations of World War I and World War II.
Dave Heaton represents Henry County, the northern portion of Lee County. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since January 1995.
Heaton is a former public school teacher and served in the United States Army Reserve 872nd Ordinance Company. He and his wife, Carmen, are the parents of two grown children and have two grandchildren.
"Rep. David Heaton demonstrates on a daily basis that the true leader is the person who brings people together to overcome challenges," former State Rep. Jeff Kaufmann said in his nomination of Heaton. "He is a leader who serves as an anchor for others wishing to grow, learn and lead.
"Heaton is a champion for those Iowans who are most vulnerable: children, citizens with mental health issues, the disabled, and the tens of thousands of Iowans receiving Medicaid services. He fights for them each and every day. He has never hesitated to debate and fight forces in either political party who stands in his way of trying to provide the best services t


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POLICE are appealing to people who may recognise a man suspected of causing damage to a communal doorway in Brentwood.
CCTV images released show a man at the doorway to a block of flats in New Road, at around 1am on Saturday, April 12.
The man had pressed the buzzer to get in but when no-one gave him access he began to kick the door and caused it to shatter before walking off. The estimated cost of damage is £500.
Anyone who thinks they know who the man is or has any other information is asked to call PC Catherine Hunt at Brentwood Police Station on 101, or ring Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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OTTAWA -- Dany Heatley told the Senators he didn't want to play here anymore. And then, last night, he put the screws to them once more -- vetoing a deal to the Edmonton Oilers.
With a deal to the Oilers worked out, the disgruntled winger left the Senators twisting right up to what they thought was a midnight deadline to avoid paying Heatley a $4-million US bonus.
Then he said no. So the deal seems dead ... or is it?
The Senators have some checking to do today. Turns out the midnight deadline might be tonight.
League sources confirmed an agreement had been reach to deal Heatley for centre Andrew Cogliano, winger Dustin Penner and defenceman Ladislav Smid.
Senators GM Bryan Murray found out minutes before midnight that Heatley wouldn't go.
Sources say Heatley, along with agents J.P. Barry and Stacey McAlpine, weren't happy with the Edmonton trade and were trying to broker a deal with the New York Rangers.
The Senators preferred the deal with the Oilers:
* Cogliano, 22, the No. 25th pick in the 2005 draft, had 18 goals and 20 assists in 82 games last season. He is a rising star and would have been the centrepiece of the deal.
* Penner, 26, signed as a restricted free agent from Anaheim in 2007, was drafted by Murray and will make $4.25 million for each of the next three years, but had only 17 goals and 20 assists in 78 games last season.
* Smid, 23, was also drafted by Murray in Anaheim. He had 11 assists in 60 games.
There was plenty of drama last night. League sources say the Senators completed the deal at about 7:30, but because Edmonton wasn't on Heatley's list of teams he'd go to, the trade was held up.
The Rangers and San Jose Sharks were both in on the bidding, but they had concerns about the $4-million bonus.
The Rangers cleared money by sending Scott Gomez to Montreal for Chris Higgins yesterday. Sources say the Rangers may have been willing to offer centre Brandon Dubinsky and defenceman Michal Roszival. The Senators said the offer wasn't enough. The Rangers may pursue Marian Hossa or Martin Havlat as free agents today.
The indications are the Sharks were ready to move winger Jonathan Cheechoo and defenceman Christian Erhoff to the Senators.
Not wanting to play for coach Cory Clouston after having his ice time cut by an average of three minutes per-game and being used on the second power-play unit, Heatley made the trade request through Barry and McAlpine earlier last month. Word leaked out during the Stanley Cup final.
While Murray was trying to find the best deal, he had to ask Heatley for a list of teams he found acceptable because of the no-trade clause. As Sun Media reported, the list included the Rangers, Bruins, Canucks, Sharks, Kings, Wings, Flames and Hawks.
Senators assistant GM Tim Murray said earlier in the day the club wasn't just going to give Heatley away because of the trade demand. Some teams were waiting for Melnyk to pay the bonus and wanted to see who they could score on the free-agent market.
"It has to be a good hockey trade. It's not a home run. We might be trying to hit a triple, but we know we can't hit a home run. We're realistic in what we're asking for," said Murray.
"This is tough because teams are big-time sour at him. Some teams are afraid and that's what they're telling us."


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Wolves @ Jazz Gameday
Jonah Ballow
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Wolves @ Jazz 8:00 PM - Energy Solutions Arena
Where to Watch: FS North
Where to Listen: 1130 AM
*Get your questions on the radio airwaves during halftime! Just tweet questions to @WolvesRadio and listen to the halftime show hosted by John Focke on 1130 AM.
* None
* Mehmet Okur - OUT
* Andrei Kirilenko - DAY-TO-DAY
* Devin Harris - DAY-TO-DAY
* Raja Bell - DAY-TO-DAY
* Francisco Elson - DAY-TO-DAY
* Ronnie Price - DAY-TO-DAY
* Paul Millsap - DAY-TO-DAY
Big Picture
Just five days ago, the new-look Jazz traveled to Minneapolis and ran into a buzz saw. The Wolves took full advantage of a Utah squad searching for a new identity without All-Star point guard Deron Williams, Hall of Fame head coach Jerry Sloan, and the recently injured Paul Millsap. One night later, the Jazz fell once again to Chicago, signaling a severe drought for one of the most consistent franchises over the last six years. Behind a monster performance from Big Al Jefferson, Utah bounced back with a big win past the surging Sixers on Monday night. The Jazz are down but not out, sitting two games behind Memphis for the final spot in the Western Conference playoffs. After hosting Minnesota for the final time this season, Utah will hit the road for a pivotal three-game road trip against Houston, Memphis, and Oklahoma City.
Last Time Out
As previously mentioned, the Jazz captured a huge 112-107 victory on top of Philadelphia with Jefferson carrying the offensive load (30 points and 17 boards).
Minnesota's two-game winning streak came to a screeching halt on Sunday night in Golden State. In a 100-77 loss, the Wolves stumbled on their first of three road games this week.
The Numbers Game
Minnesota built a substantial 31-point lead off dominating numbers in the March 11 win over Utah. The Wolves scored 122 points, shot 54.8 percent from the field, 58.8 percent behind the arc, and 80 percent at the charity stripe. Additionally, the home team sparkled at the Target Center with 29 assists and only 14 turnovers.
Match-up to Watch
CJ Miles vs. Wes Johnson
Conventional wisdom would place Jefferson vs. the Wolves frontline in this specific category. However, Utah head coach Tyrone Corbin made an interesting adjustment to his starting lineup that helped stabilize the team in first quarter against Philadelphia. Corbin placed Raja Bell on the bench and inserted Miles into the starting unit and he responded by scoring 19 points and grabbing eight boards in the victory. Miles is a long and rangy athlete that mostly played the small forward position but suited up at the shooting guard spot on Monday. On the opposite side, Wes Johnson has struggled mightily, only averaging four points per game while battling an illness suffered in Philadelphia 12 days ago. Minnesota will rely on Johnson's size to defend Miles on the wing and the team needs the rookie to produce from the perimeter in order to open scoring opportunities for the frontline.
What to Look For
Despite a subpar outing against the Wolves (9 points) Jefferson is picking up the offensive production lost from the Williams trade. Big Al owns seven games with 30 or more points in his last 13 contests, helping a shorthanded Jazz frontcourt. Millsap remains a gametime decision for the game tonight along with Devin Harris, Gordon Hayward, Bell, Fransisco Elson, Ronnie Price, and Mehmet Okur. The combination of a severely limited Utah roster and Minnesota's recent success against this particular team should create a highly competitive game tonight to conclude the season series.
For more news and notes on the team follow the Minnesota Timberwolves and Jonah on Twitter.


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Times are tough around the Bourke shire with many farmers waiting desperately for rain as they feed stock.
The dry run of seasons has been taking its toll and it has extended now to eighteen months without decent rain.
Greg Seiler Managing Partner for Landmark at Bourke says many people need help now.
He says low interest loans and income support are needed badly from the Federal Government and transport subsidies and fodder subsidies are needed also.
Greg Seiler says the season is critical now and prior to the series of meeting with the state government delegation last week, landholders in the north west were feeling ignored.
The New South Wales Minister for Primary Industries is pushing for immediate financial assistance for drought-affected farmers when she meets with her federal counterpart, Barnaby Joyce.
This week state minister Katrina Hodgkinson announced a suite of support measures to help struggling farmers in the NSW north-west prepare for drought.
But she admits landholders in those areas are caught in a difficult bureaucratic situation.
"One of the problems that we foresaw, when we were discussing this with the former Labor government, was what if we haven't got time before the next drought to really get drought preparedness up and established," she said.
"That's where we find ourselves now.
"We need need to be assisting people and I do recognise that they are in a dire situation."
Around Walgett, Brewarrina and Bourke, the dry run of seasons has been taking its toll and farmer Michael O'Brien says many people need help now.
He welcomes the state government help but says "it is now time for the Federal government to stop dragging the chain and provide financial assistance, like low interest loans and income support".
He says the old measures of drought assistance are what is needed right now.
Michael O'Brien says it is no surprise that NSW north-west needs help as it has been extremely dry for over a year with record low rainfall figures in some areas.
The Minister's announcement of immediate drought assistance in the north west has puzzled some farmers in the Pilliga.
Pilliga cattle producer Graham McNair says the package doesn't address the real needs on the ground or the wider issue of drought.
"Why is it centred on the North West when other areas are suffering just as much?" he says.
He also says the government isn't communicating on the real issues or talking to people at the grass roots level.
Pilliga cattle producer and member of the local drought committee Graham McNair says help is needed now with income payments of some sort as many have run out of funds after a series of bad years.


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Wanted is yet another film based on a graphic novel, full of chases and explosions, an action film to the hilt. So what makes this one different from the last eight summer-blockbuster wannabes you've seen? Two words: Timur Bekmambetov. He's the Russian director of two sci-fi smashes: Night Watch and Day Watch. Hollywood came calling, and the result is strikingly different from what you might expect: This is one of the most visually arresting genre pictures in many a summer moon. Loud, big, and endlessly assaultive, it's a sneak attack on the senses guaranteed to keep your heart pumping.
Many times when a foreign director gets to helm a "Hollywood" product, something is lost in the translation. But not here, largely due to the visual nature of Bekmambetov's in-your-face style and the blueprint offered by the six-part graphic novel on which Wanted is based. In fact, in a nod to the source material, the director even finds a way to do a subtle salute by having some computer keys fly at the screen to spell out "F -- k You," the title of Chapter 2.
The other big plus: Bekmambetov has gone against the grain in casting the unassuming star of Atonement and The Last King of Scotland, James McAvoy, in the lead role. Because he is basically the antidote to the normal kind of thesp cast in this type of testosterone-driven enterprise, we are with him all the way. He reps a sort of Everyman, a meek office worker suddenly thrown into circumstances he could never have imagined. McAvoy plays a 25-year-old slacker named Wes who has a poor self-image, a boring job with a boss who berates him constantly, and a slut of a girlfriend who makes no secret of sleeping with his best buddy, knowing Wes does not have the cajones to do anything about it. Into his life comes the mysterious hired assassin Fox (Angelina Jolie, who else?) who takes him on the car ride of his life, shakes him out of his humdrum existence, and leads him to the Fraternity, a legendary group of assassins whose motto is "Kill one, save a thousand" led by the stalwart yet cagey Sloan (Morgan Freeman). Wes, whose long-lost father was a member recently killed, becomes the group's new golden boy after a training ritual that would do in just about anyone.
Aside from the pitch-perfect performance of the buffed-up McAvoy, Jolie is, of course, the female action star of the moment, and with her remarkably tattooed body and cool demeanor, she makes an ideal co-star. Freeman brings his usual authority, just not the moral kind this time. There is also good support from a reliable group of pros, including Terence Stamp and Thomas Kretschmann, and with a nice turn by rapper Common.
Extreme, violent, and bursting at the seams, this is hard-core entertainment given new life by its talented director and rock-solid cast. A sequel is not just 'wanted' but required.
Genre: Action
Written by: Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, and Chris Morgan
Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov
Starring: James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Common


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Jean Bourdichon was born circa 1457 in Tours, France. While little information survives on Bourdichon's family and early life, much exists attesting to his great influence and prominence as an artist in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. It is fairly certain that Bourdichon began as a pupil of the renowned court painter Jean Fouquet, and, consequently, many of Bourdichon's works resemble those by the earlier master. This particular work, Book of Hours, was produced towards the beginning of Bourdichon's career, which took off in the early 1480s when he was appointed the court painter to Louis XI of France. Bourdichon's popularity increased throughout his career, and he later served as the court painter to three additional French kings: Charles VIII, Louis XII, and François I. As Bourdichon's works became increasingly popular, he established a large workshop under his control, allowing more works to be produced and his influence on the younger generation of artists to intensify.
Bourdichon began his career as a portrait painter but quickly developed a skill for producing miniatures. In fact, today few of his larger works survive, and he is largely remembered for his illuminated manuscripts, of which he produced countless. "Books of hours" were popular throughout Northern Europe, indicating the importance of religion during the 15th and 16th centuries, and the people's desire for a direct relationship with God. Artistically, Bourdichon's books of hours reveal the development of a distinctly French style which was established from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries. While Bourdichon played a key role in establishing this new style based on specifically French characteristics, certain elements of his works remained strongly influenced by Italian models. Such influence is revealed in this book of hours, in which the flowers and insects in the margins were not native to France, but were instead influenced by renditions Bourdichon had seen in Italian and Flemish works (where these flowers and animals were native). Such instances indicate how difficult it was for the French school to free itself of its links with both Italy and the Flemish school. Nonetheless, Bourdichon's artistic impact was profound, and made even more so by his location in Tours, which served as the main royal residence at the time and, thus, was a site from which the artist's influence could be widely felt.
I consulted Dr. Kristin Neuschel, a specialist on medieval manuscripts from the Duke University History Department, to learn more about this book of hours. She informed me that this book of hours was extravagant and would have been particularly expensive to commission. Moreover, Dr. Neuschel explained that the time at which this particular book was produced was marked by the introduction and increased popularity of printed books. Thus, according to Dr. Neuschel, this book of hours would have been particularly expensive. Dr. Neuschel found the lavish marginal images and the extreme detail of the miniatures particularly notable. Moreover, Dr. Neuschel found the preservation of the book especially impressive. She explained that many books transformed over the course of the years in which they were used. As a result, many books of hours that are seen today have writing in the margins or have had pages subtracted. This is not the case with the Nasher Museums's book of hours, however, which appears to have remained relatively untouched and intact. Additionally, Dr. Neuschel pointed out the inclusion of the patron in the Crucifixion miniature, an element of the book I found to be incredibly fascinating.
I consider the images in this book to be incredibly well executed and detailed. The rich colors, extreme precision, and the gold accents of the miniatures were particularly fascinating. Furthermore, I thought the flowers were unbelievably intricate and livened up the book considerably. Additionally, I found the incredible precision required to render the miniatures and the intricacy of the images amazing. I was also fascinated by elements of the book beyond the aesthetic elements. For instance, I found the text especially interesting, as it was written in Latin and French. Moreover, I consider this book to be a great example of the art of the fifteenth century and was incredibly interested in how much insight it provided into the cultures and societies of the time.
Image: Workshop of Jean Bourdichon, Book of Hours, c. 1490. Tempera, liquid gold, and ink on vellum. 4 3/8 x 6 15/16 x 1 inches (11.1 x 17.6 x 2.5 cm). Museum purchase. 1993.2.1.
Reinburg, Virginia. French Books of Hours: Making an Archive of Prayer, c. 1400-1600. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Print.
Reynaud, Nicole. "Bourdichon, Jean." Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press, n.d. Web. 29 January 2013.
Benezit Dictionary of Artists. "Bourdichon, Jean." Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press, n.d. Web. 2 April 2013.


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Fallen Power Line Sparks Fire
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Santa Barbara City and Montecito fire crews responded to reports of a structure on fire Monday.
Just before 1 p.m. firefighters were sent to the 600 block of Circle Drive in Santa Barbara.
The initial investigation revealed a tree branch fell and broke a power line in the area. The downed power line sparked and the near-by garage caught on fire.
Southern California Edison said power temporarily went black for some residents in the area. SCE officials said they are working to restore power back to over 400 residents.24783288