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Happy Earth Day everyone!! Flip on some Animal Planet! Recycle your Sunday papers! And...don't flush your toilet every time you go...unless.. you know, you uh...then please do... Today is all about celebrating our beautiful planet and remembering to love her back as much as she loves us! I was googling around the other day and found this awesome little awareness project. Earthday.org/2012 is asking everyone to pledge an "Act of Green" for today - whether it be helping drive over your … [Read more...]
Glazed Cinnamon Sugar-Stuffed Scones
Double Chocolate Bundt Cake
Dear Chocolate- Please please please forgive me for completely ignoring you in my last post. Those Very Vanilla Vegan Cupcakes meant nothing to me... I swear. It was just a one night thing, I was confused...I thought I wanted vanilla...those little flag cupcake toppers were just too cute...it won't happen again, I promise. You can have the password to my myrecipes.com account, check my saved my recipes! I swear! Don't get me wrong - I love a good simple vanilla cupcake, or a … [Read more...]
Very Vanilla Vegan Cupcakes
Okkkk yes yes I have a delicious vegan cupcake recipe that will knock your socks off and make you totally forget about your old bff's butter and buttermilk... but first... Do any of you happen to recognize this little culinary queen in the pic below? If you're a little confused its probably because you're used to seeing her in HD on the Food Network and not pixelated on my iPhone but yes ladies and gents that is Giada!! I went to my first ever book signing at Williams-Sonoma last Monday … [Read more...]
Dulce de Leche Caramel Swirl Cupcakes
Happy Friday everyone! This is an even happier Friday than most Fridays....do you want to know why?? Actually there's three reasons. #1... I'm leaving to Mexico tomorrow for Spring Break! In 24 hours I am going to be sipping pina coladas, eating guacamole, and applying more sun tan lotion than most mom's smother their toddler's in. #2... I made some kick butt Dulce De Leche Caramel Swirl Cupcakes in honor of my little vacation! #2... Kayle from The Cooking Actress nominated me for The … [Read more...]
No Pudge Double Fudge Brownies with Creamy Chocolate Frosting
Happy almost- TGIF everyone! I don't know about you all but I'm sooo ready for the weekend! I'm ready to relax...read a good book...sip a few cocktails...eat some guacamole....lay by the beach...Ok ok so I really just want Spring Break... I'm over this whole winter thing. This may have been a mild winter but I still can't strut in my flip flops down Michigan Avenue (Or trip my way down..can anyone really walk gracefully in those??) But now I'm rambling! I have a more important story to tell … [Read more...]
Chocolate Chip Coffee Morning Muffins
Monday morning, 7:30 am: Pull into Coffee Shop parking lot. Groggy, rub eyes. Smear mascara. Quickly wipe on lipstick to distract from raccoon eyes. Open door to coffee shop. Me: "Um.... so I'd like a....." Coffee Shop Boy interrupts. Coffee Shop Boy (interruption allowed, kind of cute) : "Small decaf soy latte, extra hot." Hands me drink, already made without me ordering. Me: "... I love you..." but actually comes out as caveman grunt. Don't know how to speak before coffee. Hand cute … [Read more...]
Pear, Apple and Raspberry Crisp
So I'm really excited about today's post! I'm guest posting for the first time over at my friend Kelly's blog, Eat-Yourself-Skinny. She has the most fantastic blog loaded with absolutely delicious recipes...and they're all guilt-free! Craving creamy macaroni and cheese?? Raspberry margaritas? Gooey cinnamon buns? Check out her recipes over at http://www.eat-yourself-skinny.com/ and check out my guest post recipe today, Pear, Apple, and Raspberry Crisp. [hr] So I always forget how … [Read more...]
Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes
So I know this post is really about these awesome strawberry cheesecake cupcakes (seriously! Mmm..), but first, have you seen this youtube clip?? Its of these two little British girls on the Ellen Show....rapping. In pink tutus. And tiaras. Click on the link at the top! And they're only like 6 or 7 (actually I really have no idea, I made that up) and they rap with Nicki Minaj and it is hilarious... and they're good! Seriously good! They're at the age when kids are usually still in … [Read more...]
Individual Chocolate Cream Pies and My First Blog Award!
Valentine's Day might be for sharing love, but no one said anything about sharing dessert. These little individual pies are perfect portions of creamy chocolate and fluffy whipped cream on top of a chocolate chip graham cracker crust. Mmmmm....! I love baking individual sized deserts for small get togethers or holidays because I think something about everyone getting their own personal portion says "I made this specially for you". I think its shows some extra love. Plus, it makes you feel … [Read more...]
Sour Cream Pound Cake with Whipped Cream and Berries
[typography font="Delius" size="22" size_format="px"]Secret Ingredient of the Month: Egg Beaters[/typography] So I'm excited to announce a new monthly feature I'm starting, called, "Secret Ingredient of the Month". These posts will be devoted to sharing sneaky substitutions to lighten up your baking and pack some extra nutrition into your cooking. I'm going to pick one healthy ingredient every month to highlight and show you various recipes you can use it in to create truly delicious (and … [Read more...]


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As we bring another academic year to a close, it is important that we acknowledge the many contributions our faculty made to the University and, in particular, to the education of our students. Collectively, your work is what makes Missouri State University such an outstanding institution of higher learning. Permit me to offer my sincere appreciation for all your contributions.
Although it is impossible to recognize the significant work of everyone, I would like to acknowledge many of those who recently have received various individual awards. Some of these faculty were recognized during the All-Faculty Recognition Reception, however, because many were unable to attend that function, I'd like to re-affirm my appreciation for their accomplishments.
Please understand that the following list does NOT include those recognized for their years of service to the University, nor does it include internal or external grants, faculty fellowships, sabbaticals, and research accomplishments. This list also does not include recognitions of dedicated staff members who have made many fine contributions to students and the academic community. Please know that all of these things are important and are valued.
I hope you will join me in congratulating your cohorts for their impressive accomplishments.
I hope everyone has a restful and productive summer.
Missouri State University Foundation Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research & Service
Missouri State University Foundation Awards for Teaching
Denise Cunningham, Childhood Education and Family Studies
Michael A. Murray, Music
Missouri State University Foundation Awards for Research
S. Berlin Brahnam, Computer Information Systems
Kevin Mickus, Geography, Geology and Planning
Missouri State University Foundation Awards for Service
Carmen Boyd, Biomedical Sciences
Doug Gouzie, Geography, Geology and Planning
Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Michael A. Murray, Music
The Excellence in Study Away Programming Award
Roger Dowdy, Modern and Classical Languages (cultural immersion)
Letitia White, Communication Sciences and Disorders (community engagement)
The Excellence in Community Service Award
Wafaa Kaf, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Master Online Course Recognition Award
Best Overall in All Categories
Stanley Leasure, Finance and General Business
Best in Category for Interaction & Collaboration
Shannon Wooden, English
Best in Category for Course Technology & Media Value
Lora Hobbs, Religious Studies
Provost Fellow for Professional Education
At the May meeting of the Professional Education Committee (PEC), Dr. Rebecca Woodard received a plaque in recognition of her work as the first Provost Fellow for Professional Education. In this role, Dr. Woodard worked closely with the Head of the Unit, Dr. Craig and others on a variety of projects which included state and national accreditation initiatives and representing the Office of the Provost at various functions that focus on the preparation of teachers and school leaders in Washington D.C. In March of this year, Dr. Woodard assumed the role as Interim Director of Secondary Education and will continue to serve in this position throughout the fall 2013 semester.
Citizenship and Service-Learning (CASL) Faculty Awards
Excellence in Service Learning Award
Helen Reid, College of Health and Human Services
CASL 2012–2013 Faculty Fellows Award
Carmen Boyd, Biomedical Sciences
Brian Calfano, Political Sciences
CASL 2012–2013 Research Stipend Award
Michele Day, School of Social Work
Mary Ann Jennings, School of Social Work
Sockju Kwon, Biomedical Sciences
Adena Young-Jones, Psychology
Component Service-Learning Faculty
College of Arts and Letters
W. D. Blackmon
Lynn Borich
Nathalie Desrayaud
Jerri Lynn Kyle
Luis Lombilla
Tonia Tinsley
College of Business
Melody LaPreze
Philip Rothschild
James Scott
College of Education
Deanne Camp
Linda Robbins
College of Health and Human Services
|Carmen Boyd
|Mary Ann Jennings
|Mary Turner
|Michele Day
|Sockju Kwon
|Joseph Williams
|Lisa Elsworth
|Beverly Long
|Adena Young-Jones
|Donald Fischer
|Malikah Marrus
|Wendy Jackson
|Regina Russell
College of Humanities and Public Affairs
|Margaret Buckner
|James Kaatz
|Jill Patterson
|Brian Calfano
|Timothy Knapp
|Paula Rector
|Diane Leamy
|Bernard McCarthy
|Michael Stout
College of Natural and Applied Sciences
|Alice "Jill" Black
|Kurt Killion
|Georgianna Saunders
|Anne Gordon
|Jeffrey Parmelee
|Jamil Saquer
|Brian Greene
|Gay Ragan
|D. Alexander Wait
Library Sciences
William Edgar
Grace Jackson-Brown
David Richards
Integrate Service-Learning Faculty
College of Arts and Letters
|James Baumlin
|Sam Dyer
|Luis Lombilla
|Ann Marie Daehn
|Billie Follensbee
|Steve Willis
|Telory Davies
College of Business
|Melissa Burnett
|Kathy Nordyke
|Carly Robinson
|Sherry Cook
|Marciann Patton
|Sarah Smith
|Michael Hammond
|Debra A. Price
|Amy Stokes
|Sherry James
|Julia Ravenscraft
|Kerri Lynn Tassin
College of Education
Michael Goeringer
Randall Wallace
College of Health and Human Services
|Carmen Boyd
|John Downing
|Sockju Kwon
|Kimberly Roam
|Patty Cahoj
|Karen Engler
|Yating Liang
|Letitia White
|Jeanne Cook
|Keith Ernce
|Mary Newman
|Carol Daniel
|Hugh Gibson
|Melinda Novik
|Christina Dempsey
|Alana Mantie-Kozlowski
|Lisa Proctor
College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Brian Calfano
College of Natural and Applied Sciences
Jennifer Pursley
Darr School of Agriculture
Lori Padgett
Susan Webb
First Year Programs
|Mark Boyer
|Julie Hall
|Kathy Nordyke
|Jon Stubblefield
|Molly Bunton
|Wafaa Kaf
|Lori Padgett
|Dane Wallace
|Isabel Eisenhauer
|Diane Leamy
|Marciann Patton
|Mike Wood
|Michael Frizell
|Melissa Mace
|Angela Pinegar
|Patrick Grayshaw
|Paula Moore
|Melissa Price
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Honors College Awards
The Director's Award for Outstanding Faculty Research
Leslie A. Baynes
The Curtis P. Lawrence Master Teacher Award
Stephen Trobisch
The Marcia Morriset Award for Outstanding Service to Honors Education
Nora Cox
Graduate College Awards
Outstanding Thesis Advisor Award—Brian Greene, Biology
Outstanding Graduate Mentor—Day Ligon, Biology
College of Natural and Applied Sciences Awards
Atwood Research and Teaching Award
Day Ligon, Biology
CNAS Excellence in Teaching Award Winners
Bryan Breyfogle, Chemistry
Debbie Corcoran, Geography, Geology and Planning
John Heywood, Biology
Kathy Hughes, Biology
Diann Thomas, Chemistry
CNAS Excellence in Service Award Winners
Rich Biagioni, Chemistry
Jill Black, Geography, Geology and Planning
Lynda Plymate, Mathematics
Becky Baker,Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science
Michelle Bowe, Biology
CNAS Excellence in Research Award Winners
John Havel, Biology
Bob Pavlowsky, Geography, Geology and Planning
Adam Wanekaya,Chemistry
Faculty Excellence Awards—Student Nominated, Student Selected
Rich Biagioni, Chemistry
Mario Daoust, Geography, Geology and Planning
Alicia Mathis, Biology
Paula Kemp, Mathematics
CNAS Excellence Award—Staff
Angela Plank, Biology
Laura Rios, Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science
Katie Tucker, Hospitality and Restaurant Administration
Faculty Who Published in 2012
Following is a list of faculty who published in 2012 in the following categories: Book, Book Chapter, Journal Article, Broadcast/Film Media, Other Publications, Art Exhibition, Design Exhibition, Dance Performance, Dance Choreography, Music Conducting, Music Performance, Theatre – Design/Technical Work, Theatre Directing and Theatre Performance.
Grants Submitted in 2012
Externally sponsored grants assist University faculty members in achieving their goals of education, research and service projects.
Academic Advising
2013 Curtis P. Lawrence Excellence in Advising Award (faculty category)
Tracie Burt, Psychology
2013 Outstanding Advising Administrator Award (NACADA)
Tracie Burt, Psychology
The Arkansas Traveler Certificate by the General Assembly of Arkansas
This certificate expresses the state's regard for individuals whose contributions to the progress, enjoyment or well-being of the State of Arkansas merit special recognition. Presented by the Board of ARKTESOL at the ARKTESOL 2012 Conference.
Andrea Hellman

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Washington - Fair and Balanced Fox News announced two new polls that show their unbridled lust for reporting the truth.
Both stories don't mirror any stories be reported by an new organization, but that hasn't stopped Fox News from report the facts.
"I think it just shows that mainstream media is afraid to report the facts because they are run by a bunch of truth seeking liberals. I asked about five of my friends if they thought the tax cuts were a good idea, and they said yes. I also asked those same friends if they thought global warming was a hoax, and they said yes." Glenn Beck said on his radio program.
Rupert Murdoch said, via, his Twitter account: "Glenn conducted a journalistic poll and we are sticking by our stories."
Other breaking news from Fox News: Bill O'Reilly found proof that Santa runs a sweat shop at the North Poll and the Easter Bunny is a liberal working for George Soros.


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{on the market: grand victorian, australia}
Sunday 3rd October, 2010
by Roséline
. . . and on the topic of wool tartan dresses and caramel-coloured suede, early autumn also invokes wonderful thoughts of softly glowing fireplaces and luxurious faux fur throws, the romance of candlelight and evenings spent cozy at home, enveloped in the loveliest things such as in this grand victorian home,filled with marble tables and graceful archways, intricately carved wood mirrors and tufted chaises, and best of all, that inexplicably nostalgic and always welcoming warm & woodsy feeling . . .
{p.s.} a previous on the market: a swedish apartment
{images: realestate.com.au & desire to inspire}
I always fall in love with Australian interiors. They have such a unique mix of European and Asian influences. And Australia is apparently the only place in the world that knows how to make Victorian furniture look cool.
love the royal feel of these images but at the same time looking cozy!
xox Vicky
Bikinis & Passports
Very, very nice. Really beautiful. 🙂
ooooh. loving these photos!!! xo
I just gave you a blog award, stop by and check it out!
Oh, Roséline, this place is quite incredible! I love the marble coffee table, the archways and the cozy spaces—elegant, yet really inviting. I am certain that it will sell very fast!
I hope you are having a wonderful Saturday. Your comment from the other day made me smile—thank you so much 🙂
Love that warm feeling you just described. Makes me want to cozy up next to the fireplace with a warm blanket, a yummy chai tea and a good magazine 🙂 Gorgeous blog my dear!
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text: Education In 'Education' EducationAdvocacy ModuleRegulation of the Legal Profession Module Back to 'CEPLER' CEPLER provides the opportunity for the Law School to develop its curriculum in new and innovative ways, extending the vocational elements to improve employability and give students a perspective of 'law in the real world'. Our careers provision includes 'Law in Practice' lectures in which practitioners provide a day-to-day view of life and work in specialist areas of practice. Previous Law in Practice lectures included: Banking Law, Child and Family Law, Criminal Law, Commercial Law, Construction Law, Immigration Law, Medical Law, Media Law, and Sport Law, all presented by experts in the respective fields. CEPLER Modules CEPLER's two undergraduate modules have been running for three years and have been very popular final year options: Regulation of the Legal Profession Module: Led by Dr Steven Vaughan, this module examines lawyers' duties and obligations, professionalism and codes of conduct, diversity, access to justice, legal education, and free movement of legal professionals within the EU. Advocacy Module: Led by Theresa Lynch, this module allows students to engage with court room advocacy and there is an emphasis on mooting. The course involves court visits and other advocacy skills such as mediation and negotiation. A further two modules will be available to final year students from October 2016: Employment Law Module: Led by Linden Thomas, this module gives students an insight into the theory and practice of employment law relating to individual rights, drawing on clinical legal education models, in a simulated practice setting to introduce topics such as unfair dismissal and discrimination, as well as professional conduct issues. Global Legal Services Module: Led by Dr Julian Lonbay, this module looks at transnational legal services and their international regulatory arrangements, examining factors that affect lawyers and clients engaged in cross-border legal practice. It also covers areas such as: citizenship, recognition, scope of monopoly, organisation and training of lawyers, publicity rules, anti-bribery/corruption regulations, and legal services delivered by non-lawyers. Legal Education Workshops The Legal Education and Training Review reported in 2013. It was the largest review of legal education in four decades. CEPLER is committed to exploring new and innovative ways of thinking about and delivering the law curriculum. Part of this includes the "Re-imagining" Series of legal education workshops. The first of these, Re-imagining the Teaching of Criminal Law, took place in September 2014. Click on the title to download a report, or visit the working papers page for additional papers from that session. The second of these session, Re-imagining Clinical Legal Education took place on Monday 30th March 2015 and a report can be downloaded by clicking on the title.


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But Not Slight of Mind or Tongue...
It's The Terminal Man, also written by Michael Crichton. And since Crichton directed Westworld as well as wrote it, your clue was somewhat misleading.
But no biggie. They didn't know it, anyway.
But no biggie. They didn't know it, anyway.
BTW, I'm curious if my clue, however misleading, helped you all identify the film or if you recognized it totally from the screenshot? That shot of the eye is very prominent in the trailer for The Terminal Man and in fact it is shown twice.


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Daily Topics - Monday October 31st, 2011
Free Speech TV invites citizen journalists from around the world to send us videos of actions in your community that support the 99% Movement. They'll be posted @ www.freespeech.org and some will air on DirecTV-348 & DishTV-9415 which reach into 35 million households across the USA. Check www.freespeech.org for more details on how to submit.
Happy Halloween!
Hour One: Trick or treat?! Gun instructor refuses to teach liberals and muslims - Crockett Keller
Hour Two: What conservatives don't want school kids to know about OWS - Kyle Olson / Plus, "Everything You Know is Wrong...about Halloween?!" Dr. Stephen Larsen
Hour Three: Don't Be Afraid of the Keystone XL Pipeline...what?! Ron Bailey, Reason Magazine
Thanks to Dr. Stephen Larsen for correcting the pronunciation of "Halloween". There's a difference between "hallow" and "hollow", just like there's a difference between "fallow" and "follow". "Hallow", by the way is a cognate of "holy" and is therefore equivalent to the title "saint", derived from the Latin word "sanctus".
"Celtic", meanwhile, should be pronounced with an /s/ sound (as it is for the Boston basketball team), because that's what happens when a "c" is followed by an "e", an "i" or a "y"--it stops sounding like a "k". In fact, the word comes the French "celtique", which is pronounced /sel-teek/. I'm guessing the pronunciation has been changed by "wiccans" or some similar group that is aware that the letter "c" used to always sound like "k", but is ignorant of the last 1200 years of linguistic evolution, and has no respect for linguistic rules.


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25 July 2011 – Ben Spies was some 11 seconds away from a podium finish as he came home fourth in Sunday's United States MotoGP. Having started in the same position but dropped back, the Yamaha rider overhauled the Honda of Andrea Dovizioso.
"I got stuck behind Valentino (Rossi), I tried to get around as quick as I could but he's really good on the brakes so it was pretty tough but I did the best I could. Once we got around him it was quite a big gap to Dovizioso but I just kept my head down and kept going.
"I'm happy we were able to track him down and get fourth. It was a really good race for us, it just got spoilt in the first five hundred feet (150m). I would have liked to have been on the podium as I think we had a package to fight with Dani - I guess that's racing and I gave it 100 percent, as always."
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I'm very new to C programming.
What I'm attempting to do is to run a command in Windows and then parse the output of that command for a specific string of characters. Here is the code that I have working--it simply prints the output of the command.
What I'd like this program to do is parse the output of that command (rather than print it), searching for specific IP addresses. If it finds the searched-for IP address(es), I would like it to print those values. As yet, I have been unable to do this.Code:#include <stdio.h> int main() { FILE *fp; char path[1035]; // Set path array size to 1035. fp = popen("ipconfig", "r"); // Open the command. if(fp == NULL) { // If nothing is returned, error out. printf("Failed to run command\n"); } while(fgets(path, sizeof(path) - 1, fp) != NULL) { // Get output from command and print it. printf("%s", path); } pclose(fp); return 0; }
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated!
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text: On a lonely sun-drenched knoll on Éfaté, about half an hour's drive east of Port-Vila, the old colonial capital of Vanuatu, Matthew Spriggs is sitting on an upturned bucket, gently brushing away crumbs of dirt from a richly decorated piece of pottery unearthed only a few minutes earlier. "I've never seen anything like this," he says, admiring the intricate design. "Nobody has. This is unique." That description fits much of what is coming out of the ground here. "What we have is a first- or second-generation site containing the graves of some of the Pacific's first explorers," says Spriggs, professor of archaeology at the Australian National University and co-leader of an international team excavating the site. It came to light only by luck. A backhoe operator, digging up topsoil on the grounds of a derelict coconut plantation, scraped open a grave—the first of dozens in a burial ground some 3,000 years old. It is the oldest cemetery ever found in the Pacific islands, and it harbors the bones of an ancient people archaeologists call the Lapita, a label that derives from a beach in New Caledonia where a landmark cache of their pottery was found in the 1950s. They were daring blue-water adventurers who roved the sea not just as explorers but also as pioneers, bringing along everything they would need to build new lives—their families and livestock, taro seedlings and stone tools. Within the span of a few centuries the Lapita stretched the boundaries of their world from the jungle-clad volcanoes of Papua New Guinea to the loneliest coral outliers of Tonga, at least 2,000 miles eastward in the Pacific. Along the way they explored millions of square miles of unknown sea, discovering and colonizing scores of tropical islands never before seen by human eyes: Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa. It was their descendants, centuries later, who became the great Polynesian navigators we all tend to think of: the Tahitians and Hawaiians, the New Zealand Maori, and the curious people who erected those statues on Easter Island. But it was the Lapita who laid the foundation—who bequeathed to the islands the language, customs, and cultures that their more famous descendants carried around the Pacific. While the Lapita left a glorious legacy, they also left precious few clues about themselves. What little is known or surmised about them has been pieced together from fragments of pottery, animal bones, obsidian flakes, and such oblique sources as comparative linguistics and geochemistry. Although their voyages can be traced back to the northern islands of Papua New Guinea, their language—variants of which are still spoken across the Pacific—came from Taiwan. And their peculiar style of pottery decoration, created by pressing a carved stamp into the clay, probably had its roots in the northern Philippines.


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820 NE 3rd St
Bend, OR 97701
Ladies Only Group Road Ride #3
RSVP Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ladies-only-group-road-ride-3-tickets-32707852066
Start Time: Arrive at 9:00 am – Rolling at 9:15 am
Groups: Faster Riders (A Group) and Newer Riders (B Group)
Ride Type: Conversational Pace with some hils and flats
Distance: Varies by group – 15 miles to 35 miles
Ride Time: We aim to be back to Hutch's Bicycles between 12:30pm and 1:00pm for the faster riders and around 11:00am for the new rider group, depending on the distance of the route. There is no guarantee about return time as these is a no-drop rides, and the group will stop to fix-flats, take bathroom breaks and regroup at major turns (as needed).
New(er) Riders – Those Who Want To Learn The Basics or Ride Casually
This ride will be customized based on the riders who show up. There are several routes that will accommodate all beginner rider abilities. This is not a Hammerfest ride. These rides are inclusive and fun for those just starting out riding on the roads, learning to use clipless pedals, etc. Our pace will be adjusted to our group, anywhere from a 10 to 14 mph pace. We will adjust our total miles based on the group's ability level.
Faster Riders
Plan for ride routes between 30-45 miles. The pace generally hovers in the 14-18mph range — faster than a recreational cruise, but almost always a conversational pace. Pace slows for climbs and windy condition. Be prepared for hilly and flat riding.
If you are driving to Hutch's, please park on surrounding side streets rather than their lot.
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- CO2 cartridge or air pump
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Needle: 0 - 2 US / 2 - 2.75mm
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Article date: 21 January 2014
Clive Bolton, Aviva's Managing Director of 'At Retirement':
"We support the statement of intent on long-term care and are committed to working with government and the industry to ensure people reaching their later years really have options, regardless of what life throws at them. This is a complex area and requires the industry to work in an integrated way across private and public sector care, so along with the Care Bill this statement of intent is a good step towards achieving that.
"At the core of getting this right for consumers is to understand the needs of those people who face difficult decisions about their long-term care. Supporting people at a time when they actually have to make a choice about their care, often when they are in their early 70s, is essential. It is at this specific point in a person's life, when they may be aware of medical conditions that will require care later on, that we can help them prepare for their later years.
"Industry and government need to work together to ensure the right conversations happen at a time when someone can make an informed decision with all the facts before them. It might start with a will, but will go on to encompass care products and services, and the funding to support this. It is far better to put arrangements in place in a considered manner, rather than as a distress purchase. And it is also important that tools are available to ensure people do not enter care plans that they and their family cannot afford."
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Men forge bond at local repair shop
Tornados have stimulated the local economy.
Aside from the obvious, shingles, building materials and logging, a vital sector of Hubbard County is in dire need of repair - its boats.
Enter Izzy and Shawn Mahowald. The father-son welding team has a yard full of boats, awning supports, lifts and aluminum pieces unrecognizable as marine parts in their twisted condition. They've come to the men courtesy of three tornados and countless wind storms.
"There's a short list of things we don't repair," said Shawn, surveying the piles of aluminum and steel parts - all repair worthy.
"Here's a pontoon awning support that was wind-damaged," he said, reciting the current inventory that litters his lawn.
Izzy's Machine & Welding Shop has been a mainstay in Park Rapids since Isidor Mahowald escaped the "rat race" of Shakopee in 1989 to live a more quiet life. His wife had relatives in the area, so Park Rapids seemed a good fit.
"Nobody would hire me when I first moved here," Izzy reminisces. "I was cutting corn stalks out of potato fields."
In Shakopee Izzy'd been a maintenance supervisor for a large company, so he'd mastered several tricks of the fix-it trade. When he started his own business just to get a job, Izzy's Welding became an instant fixture.
What may not have been anticipated was that it also became a male-dominated mecca. Men from all over the county began to bring in every household item imaginable that had broken, worn or fallen into disrepair.
Whether an excuse to get out of the house, or a male bonding experience, legions of local men flocked to Izzy's Welding.
Along the way, Izzy dispensed advice about building projects or repairs that never came through his door. On June 26, a steady parade of men streamed through Izzy's doors. Some came to borrow his tools, some just came for the camaraderie. Many came for the free advice.
It's a guy thing.
"Tell people Izzy isn't giving out free advice anymore," admonished the elder Mahowald in jest.
Shawn took over the business in April 2007 after working side-by-side with his dad since 1991.
Izzy and wife Marlene then went south for a major portion of last winter, escaping to southern Texas, leaving the tools behind. They plan on returning to the Donna-Weslaco area of Texas this winter, where many Midwesterners migrate.
"The business is in good hands with Shawn," said the proud father. "He learned a lot on his own - and a little from me," he joked.
Shawn's even assumed the role of advice-giver. At one point that Tuesday afternoon, both father and son got interrupted for advice more than once, which they patiently dole out.
Izzy is fond of telling people the welders' work mantra: "We can fix anything but a broken heart."
It hasn't all been drudgery. The shop gets to indulge in some creative endeavors aside from the repairs. Izzy's makes the frames that hold the loon nests on Big Mantrap Lake, which state wildlife specialists recently studied as models of preservation.
Meanwhile, the pile of broken boats outside grows. If the boat owner or insurance company deems a damaged boat or part beyond repair, Izzy and Shawn refurbish it for resale themselves.
Many of the boat parts - and the boats themselves - are so cumbersome they're two-man jobs. It takes one man to handle the part and another to do the actual welding.
They've got to make headway on the chores this summer.
When school starts in the fall, Shawn drives a school bus for special needs kids. That breaks up his day. But he's also formed a bond with many of the kids he drives to and from school, as special as any customer at the welding shop.
Summers Shawn works 12 to 14 hours a day to get the work done. Izzy puts in comparable days, but for a different reason. He's motivated by hot Texas, tool-free winters.
The Mahowalds actually welcome the constant company - the hangers-on who like the atmosphere, even if the uninvited interrupt the workflow. But there are no plans to put a coffee pot on and benches outside, because that might be too much of a good thing.


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|20 Ago 1929
|Fecha de presentación
|20 May 1921
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|20 May 1921
|Número de publicación
|Matthew M Merritt
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|United Shoe Machinery Corp
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Aug 20, 1929. M. M. MERRITT 1,724,954
MTHOD FOR TREATING HIDES AND SKINS Filed May 20. 1921" the treatment of hides, skins and the like by Patented Aug. 20, 1929. l
MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO UNITED SHOEvMACHINERY CORPORATION, OF PATER- SON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.
METHOD ron. TBEATING HIDES AND sms.
Application led )I'ay 20, 1921. Serial No. 471,167.
This invention pertains to improvements cathode and anode plates and parallel to the '55 in methods for treating materials, and more particularly, though not exclusively, .t0 methods primarily useful in connection with liquid chemical agents. It is among the ob'ects of the invention to improve and to spec up the action of chemicals on hides, skins and the like in connec tion with such operations as depilating, cleansing and tanning.
With this end in view the invention contemplates passing a body of treating liquor in a rapid stream over the surfaces of the hides or skins undergoing treatment, thereby securing unusually rapid penetration of the treating liquor into the hides or skins and also insuring a high degree of uniformity in the strength of the treating li uor throughout the entire body thereof. gonveniently two bodies of treating liquor are provided in one of which the hides or skins are immersed while stretched upon frames and so disposed as to be parallel to the direction of flow of the stream of treating li uor whereby both surfaces of each of the s s or hides may be bathed most effectively by thev stream of liquor which passes rapidly from the skins or hides into the second body of liquor where additions of chemical substances may be made to increase the strength of the treating liquor as desired, thusinsuring uniform distribution of the added substances before any portion of this body of treating liquor. again reaches the hides ain skins undergoing treatment.
In another aspect the invention yresides in an improved application of the electrolytic; current in connection with the treatment of. hides and skins in treating liquors. Because of the washing which the surfaces of the hides or skins receive during treatment by a rapidly flowing stream of liquor, whereby sediment and other impurities are removed as rapidly as formed, :electrolysis of the treating liquor is especially effective in prometing the treatment of the hides and skins, -the results being a marked improvement in the quality ofskins or hides treated and a` substantial reduction in the amount of time consumed in the treatment. During electrolytic action on the treating liquor each hide or skin undergoing treatment is positioned between and closely adjacent to plates so that the current passes through the hides or ,skins in a direction from side to side or from one surface to the other. In A tanning operations on hides or skins the latter will be disposed preferably with the flesh surface closely adjacent to an anode plate, while in unhairing operations the hair side of the hide or skin will be disposed by pref-` erence closely adjacent to an anode plate.
While the method of applyin the electrolytic current is preferably t at described above in conjunction with a rapidly flowing stream of treating liquor, it is to be understood that electrolysis of the treating liquor may conveniently be carried out according to the method described where the treating liquors are relatively stationary or agitated in another manner than that herein disclosed.
In the drawings, which illustrate an apparatus that may be utilized in the practice of the invention:
Figure 1 is a plan view of a form of apparatus primarily adapted to the treatment of hides; and
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.
Referring to the drawings there is shown a relatively narrow tank or trough, haviiagl suspended longitudinally thereof 1n verti planes hides or skins 6 stretched on frames 7. In the form of trough illustrated, the liquid carrying the chemicals for treating the hides is introduced by a pipe 8 at one end of the trough, the other end ot the trough being provided with a relatively narrow outlet 9, preferably and as illustrated, extending the entire heightl of the trough. The liquid discharged from the outlet 9 is strained through a strainer' 10, illustrated diagrammatically, and thence passes into a relatively large reservoir 1l, which, as illus` trated, is adapted to contain a very much larger amount of the hide-treating liquor than can be contained at any one time in the trough 5.
The reservoir or tank 11 is of considerable de th so that any foreign matter from the hi es or from other sources which is lighter than the tanning liquor may lioat in the stratum at the top thereof, and sothat any heavy foreign materials from any source may settle to the bottom thereof, leaving an invention illustrated, a supply conduit 12 leads the liquor to pumping apparatusex- Aemplified by la centrifugal pumpl 13, which returns the liquor to the supply pipe 8 which 4discharges into-the trough 5.
The pump 13 is of such capacity and operated at such speed as to keep the level of. the liquid in the trough 5 above the tops of the skins therein being treated. The trough is so constructed that'the liquid therein 'will iiow longitudinally of the hides in a substantially unitary stream, no given portion of the liquor remaining in the trough 45 for a suiiicient length of time to result 'in serious diminution, weakening the chemical content thereof. The stream iows past the hides at such a rate as also to assist in cleansing the surfaces thereof, and
so as to tend to drive the liquid'into the pores or other openings in the skins. Circulation of the liquor at a rate of at least fifteen feet per minute to provide at least 'one hundred gallons of liquor per minute passing the surface of each hide is most satisfactory. I
My improved apparatus hereinbefore described is particularly useful in connection with treatment of hides wherein electrolysis is utilized to speed up or assist or supplement the chemical action on the hide.. To this end, I provide in the trough anode and cathode surfaces, these anodes and cathode surfaces preferably- .taking the form of carbon plates 50, 51 which -are preferablyat p least as large as the skins to be treated, an
anode being located on one side ,of each skin alriid1 a cathode on the opposite side of`each s In unha-iring'," I preferably locate anode on the hairside of the skin, while in other cleaning or tanning operationsI 'preferably locate the anode next to the inside or fiesh surface ofthe skin, the' cathode vbeing on the opposite side' of the from the anode.
The anode and cathode may be, as illustrated, equally spaced from` the skin,.but for some purposes I have found it preferable to locate the anode somewhat closer to the 'skin than the cathode.
Because of the fact that I supply a relatlvely large body of treating liquor in proportion to the body which is actually used at any one time, and also because of the straining and separation provisions of m Aapparatus, action of the lrquor onthe hi e is not retarded by the presence of material once removed 'from the hide, and the deterioration or weakening of the treating liquor is very slow ascompared with the usual rate of.de--
terioration or weakening of the liquor. Such weakemng of the liquor as takes place may or .adulteration of maltese be compensated for b the addition of appropriate chemical su stances to the reser- VOlI".
When the chemical content of the treating Huid is changed by the addition of chemicals or water, such change is effected not primarily in the -same container wherein the hides are treated, but in a separate container so that a thorough mixing of the treating liquor is practicable before it comes in contact with the hides, thus preventing that damage to the hides which arises by the addition of chemicals to the liquor in which the hides are being treated, which is likely to stain` or otherwise injure the hides. Each hide and each part lof each hide being treated at any given time is subjected to exactly the same treatment and to the action of a liquor which is of substantially the same strength and consistency lat all parts of the trough wherein the hides are being treated.
For the purpose of withdrawing relatively clean and representative material for testing Qpurposes, or for taking the specific gravity thereof, I have provided a riser 3 in the conduit on the supply side of the pump 13. I -will now describe the operation of the preferred form of apparatus illustrated and dethe skns. The level of the liquor in the trough may be adjusted either by varying the speed of the pump 'or by varying the width of the discharge opening 9 from the trou h' 5. v W ereelectrolysis is used, the appropriate connections are then made to anode and cathode and the apparatus will continue to operate practically without Iany attention whatsoever.
The use of anyportion of the liquor in active contact with the Ahide or hides for any considerable period at any one time being precluded, there will be at the most a very slow and at the same time a uniform weakening of the liquor, and the constant use of a. relatively fresh and slowly changing supply will greatly improve and speed up the action of the chemicals on the hides.
flhe time factor may be varied by varying the'strength of the chemical treating liquor.
I havefound that by utilization of the flowmethod and apparatus are of superior qual' ity. and the desired operation is more quickly completed. Y
Where electrolysis is used, a much higher current density per square foot may be used in connection with my apparatus and method than may be used in connection with apparatus and methods wherein the treating liquor is still or is agitated by any of the means ordinarily practised.
Even where in connection with electrolysis, such current densities'are used as to produce only the usual effect on the hide commonly supposed to include opening of the pores thereof and assistance of the ions ofl treating chemicals thereinto and therethrough, the use of the flowing stream is advantageous because the surface of the hide is constantly washed clean, the flow of the liquidassisting in the detachment of particles which should be detached, and the flow of-liquid assisting in driving the chemicals int-o the pores or other openings of the hide. Where as in this arrangement a Greater current density is used than could safely be used in connection with a still body of treating liquor, or in connection with treating liquor agitated by any usual means, a very great improvement in vthe treatment of the skin is effected, and the time necessary for. completion of the treatment is greatly reduced. j
Vhile I have shown and described a preferred Way of practising my improved meth- -od,'it will be understood thatchanges in the apparatus and changes in the method described may be made without departing from the scope of my invention, which is best defined in the following claims.
l. The method of tanning hides, skins, and the like, which comprises, stretching the` hides or skins immersing them while in stretched condition in a treating liquor in a tank, maintaining them in stretched condition during immersion with the planes of the stretched hides or skins disposed parallel t0 .an axis of the tank, and passing the tanning liquor through the tank as a stream flowing in a direction parallel. to the surfaces of the hides or skins at a rate of fifteen feet per minuteproviding at least one hundred gallons per minute of liquor passing the surfaces of each skin.
2. The method of treating hides, skins and the like, which comprises, stretching the hides or skins, subjecting them while in stretched condition to the action of a relatively large body of treating liquor, `circulating said liquor in a rapid stream past both surfaces of the hides using this body of liquor at any one time for only a relatively short period, and then passing it back `to a main body of the liquor for a thorough admixture of its chemical content.
3. The method of treating hides, skins and the like which comprises, immersing them in a tanning liquor, washing the impurities from the hide or skin by maintaining a relatively rapid flow of the tanning fluid thereby, and passing a current of electricity from side to side through the skin to maintain the pores of the skin open by electrolysis and to assist in the peneration of the treating substances.
4.' The method of treating hides, skins `and the like which comprises, stretching the hides or skins, subjecting them while in stretched condition to the action of a stream of treating liquor flowing rapidly past both surfaces of the hides or skins, mixing the liquor when used with a body of stronger liquor to effect restoration of the used liquor to substantially its original strength, and continually supplying said flowing stream from said body of stronger liquor.
5. The method of treating hides, skins and the like which comprises, immersing them in a tanning liquor, washing the impurities from each hide or skin by maintaining a relatively rapid flow of the tanning liquor past both surfaces of the hide or skin, and pass-jA ing a vcurrent of electricity from side to side through the hide -or skin to maintain the pores of the hide or skin open by electrolysis and to assist in the penetration of the -trcating substances.
6. That improvement in methods of treating hides and skins which comprises, providing a movingbody of treating liquor for the hides or skins, subjecting the treating liquor to the action of an electrolytic current passing from side to side through the bodyof treating liquor, and immersingeach hide or skin in the moving body of treating liquor so that the hide or skin is acted upon `by a constantly changing electrolytic `treating liquor.
7. That improvement in method of tanning hides and skins which comprises, providing a tanning liquor for the hides o r skins, subjecting the tanning liquor to the action of an electrolytic current passing between cathode and anode plates, and immersing each hide or skin in the tanning liquor with the flesh surface of the hide or skin disposed closely adjacent to an anode plate. Y
In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification. v
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Directed once again by Tommy Wirkola, the story continues when "The gruesome Nazi Zombies are back to finish their mission, but our hero is not willing to die. He is gathering his own army to give them a final fight." The movie stars Vegar Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen, Martin Starr, Ørjan Gamst, Monica Haas, Jocelyn DeBoer.
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Home oil: stop the rip-off
The heating fuel industry came under massive pressure today to bring drown its prices down after it emerged that half a million Northern Ireland householders are paying 50% more than last year to heat their homes — despite the plummetting price of crude oil.
The Consumer Council has threatened to refer the issue of home heating oil prices to the Office of Fair Trading unless oil companies can explain why Northern Ireland people are paying so much.
In Northern Ireland 70% of households rely on oil which means that seven out of 10 people — or 500,000 households — are being ripped off.
A Stormont minister today said there was a strong case for regulation of energy prices as a series of political and charity representatives joined the growing demand for the oil companies to pass on the full reduction in prices to consumers.
Shock statistics show that while the price of oil has crashed to $58 a barrel, the full benefits have not been seen by householders.
According to the consumer watchdog the last time crude oil was at this week's price was in February 2007. Then consumers paid on average £275.75 to fill a
900 litre oil tank. Today, they are paying £416 — a staggering 51% more.
Last November crude oil was more expensive but the average price of home heating oil was still 10% cheaper than today.
The Belfast Telegraph's Price Watch campaign has led the way in monitoring the price of home heating oil, which peaked in July of this year.
Although it has dropped since then the campaign has raised concerns that this has not kept pace with the dramatic drops in the price of crude oil.
The Consumer Council is now threatening to deliver a "super complaint" on the issue to the Office of Fair Trading. Super complaints are made when it is considered that there is any market feature that appears to be significantly harming the interests of consumers.
Steve Costello, Chairman of the Consumer Council, said: "Consumers are paying a massive 51% more to fill their tank than they did last year. The home heating oil industry has a responsibility to prove to customers that they are not paying over the odds to fill their tank."
He added that consumers will no longer accept at "face value vague explanations" from the oil industry about currency exchange rates and demand.
"Since the summer the cost of crude oil has fallen by more than half and consumers have anxiously waited to see the full benefit being passed on to them when they fill their tank. In our view this has not happened in the home heating oil industry."
But David Blevings from the Oil Promotion Federation said that prices have dropped by more than 25% from July.
He added that latest Sutherland figures published in October shows that consumers in Northern Ireland buy their home heat product at 4% below the UK average and almost 10% lower than the Republic.
"This proves the competitive transparent market local distributors operate in," he said.
"Distributors only pass on increases or reductions as dictated by the international market and have no control over wholesale costs."
He added: "While crude price movements can be an indicator of trends there is no direct correlation with retail prices.
"The retail price of home heating oil is based on the cost, demand and availability of refined product.
"Refined products are sold in dollars and the strong dollar and general tightness in supply has had an adverse effect on the retail price in recent week."
Environment Minister Sammy Wilson said he was meeting people every day struggling to pay their energy bills.
He added: "Especially coming into winter many older people are living at home, don't have a warm office to go to and they are fearful of how they are going to manage over the winter. There is a very strong case to see if we need some regulation of this."
Goretti Horgan spokeswoman for Northern Ireland Anti Poverty Network said: "Our members have been telling us for some time that home heating oil here is considerably more expensive than in England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic."
Sinn Fein's Mitchel McLaughlin said series questions needed to be asked about the process of setting prices.
Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson added: "I am calling on the Government to force these companies to pass the savings on to customers."
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Supply Chain Responsibility
This disclosure is provided pursuant to the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 (SB 657), which is effective January 1, 2012.
General Position in Support of the Eradication of Forced Labor, Slavery, Human Trafficking, and Child Labor Violations
Blue Coat Systems, Inc. ("Blue Coat") supports efforts to eradicate forced labor, slavery, human trafficking and child labor violations (collectively, "Prohibited Conduct"), and believes that companies should take reasonable actions to manage their product supply chains to promote this goal. Blue Coat believes that the particular actions taken and the time period within which any particular action should be taken, may vary and may change from time to time. Blue Coat currently is implementing certain processes to promote social responsibility by material suppliers within its direct supply chain for products ("Suppliers").
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PHOENIX Kroger Co. and Special K have partnered to raise awareness of breast cancer and have placed the photo of a local survivor on specially-marked boxes of Special K cereal, the companies have said.
One of Kroger's employees, Darlene Werner, who works at a Fry's Foods store in Gilbert, Ariz., will grace box covers of Special K, as will 46 other women who were selected as representatives. Their stories can be found online at www.sharingcourage.com, along with their cereal box photos.
About 6 million of the survivor Special K boxes were made and can be found in stores in select U.S. markets through November. Kroger has said that it had put $3 million this year into efforts of the Susan G. Komen Foundation to fund breast cancer research and promote awareness.


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Aeon MQ 3 : blueray.iso display dvd cover ? How to change ? - Printable Version
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Aeon MQ 3 : blueray.iso display dvd cover ? How to change ? - tetsu81vn - 2011-11-17
I have Avatar blueray.iso , but aeon mq3 skin display as DVD cover , how can I change to bluray cover ?
- tetsu81vn - 2011-11-18
anyone know how to change cover to bluray case ?
- MarcosQui - 2011-11-18
You need to put 'bluray' tag in file name and re-scraper:
Avatar bluray.iso
- tetsu81vn - 2011-11-19
Thank MarcoQui, can you support bluray 3D SBS case for 3d side by side movie , 3D TAB case for 3d TAB movie, (beside full 3d bluray case as now)?
- tetsu81vn - 2011-11-19
These are some bluray 3d case :
- fyrfyter71 - 2011-12-07
Is there any way to get bluray cases for bluray file structures? I have the folder renamed as .bluray.iso and in the scraper settings the circle for use folder name for lookups is ticked, but still no bluray case. Any ideas?
- tetsu81vn - 2012-01-02
You can use Ember Media Manager (emm-r v2411_x64) to scap movie info, then copy movie info file and thumbnail to STREAM folder of BD structure folders
- Fuerte - 2012-01-11
I'm having the same issue and tried all suggestions i could find, including the XBMC wiki, my Bluray movies look like:
I've tried all naming methods (or at least think i have) including having them in there own folder called BluRay.
Current naming structure is:
Fast And Furious (2009) [1080p] [BluRay] [DTS] [x264]
Folder & Filename are identical.
Folder contains a single video file.
At a bit of a loss here so any suggestions would be great!
- fnwc - 2012-01-12
I have the same problem as Fuerte, all the covers show up as the "neutral" cover in MQ3 Dharma.
Strangely enough, all the covers work correctly in MQ2, though, so I don't think the naming of the files is the issue.
- gollumscave - 2012-01-22
use a "dot"
rename your file to avatar.bluray.iso
make sure that you do NOT have "use folder names for lookup" checked... You don't need the bluray tag in the folder name... I prefer use it like this:
z:\movies\avatar (2009)\avatar (2009).bluray.iso
- bigbadrabbit - 2012-01-22
Is ist possible to just show specific bluray covers?
What i'd like is to have standard Bluray/DVD shown without any additional cover but only display the 3D for such movies.
Is this possible?
- gollumscave - 2012-01-24
haven't got a clue what you mean...
Can you add a screenshot of what you want?
If I understand correct you want a blank cover?
if so, just create a blank cover, rename it to folder.jpg or poster.jpg and copy it in the folder of choice. importing your library will then use this cover as your "artwork"... would like kinda shitty now woulnd't it?
- Snorrt - 2012-02-07
Same issue here as with Fuerte: I got single files in single folders, no Bluray-Cover possible. The Ember flag "Video Source" worked perfect in last version of MC3, now it seems to be turned off?
Any chance to get it back?
try this - Wanilton - 2012-02-07
Snorrt Wrote:Same issue here as with Fuerte: I got single files in single folders, no Bluray-Cover possible. The Ember flag "Video Source" worked perfect in last version of MC3, now it seems to be turned off?
change filename add "bluray"..
avatar.iso - change for
- Snorrt - 2012-02-07
Hi Wanilton,
thanks, you're right (I tested it before and it works), but I wanted to know, if it's possible to solve the bluray-appearance with the flag "Video Source", as it was in the previous version of the skin. Because I would have to rename 138 bluray-folders and the items within. I could do that, but I wonder if renaming of all my folders is perhaps the complicated alternative, if there's some flag wich could be turned "on" again ... (you see, I'm a dumb one in programming/skinning, so perhaps it's way more difficult to change to the previous solution - then I will walk the renaming path *g*).
Thanks! This skin is absolute great work, I'd like to tribute in some way (could offer some graphical work) if there's any need? Keep on rocking!


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|1,798 sq. ft.
|Property type
|Minimum Stay
|5 nights
The Brunswick vacation rental home by Magical Memories welcomes guests with 1800 square feet of vacation living space. Enjoy spending time with family at the private swimming pool and screened patio. Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, SeaWorld, and Old Town Kissimmee are all nearby. Being so close to the action, you will want to check out the popular shopping centers and restaurants of Kissimmee as well.
The king sized bed in the master bedroom is a welcomed relief for the parents of the household. This bedroom also features a 32" LCD TV with DVD player and an attached private master bathroom with dual sinks and a large garden tub. A second bedroom hosts guests with a queen sized bed. Children will love the Disney décor in the third bedroom complete with a full sized bed. 2 twin beds are available in the fourth bedroom. All bedrooms have 32" TVs and there is Wi-Fi internet access for everyone staying in the Brunswick.
Your family Chef will thoroughly enjoy their time in the full-equipped kitchen. It's convenient that all pot and pans, dishes, glassware, and eating utensils are included. Entertaining is easy with the large breakfast bar as additional dining space. By preparing meals in-house, you are instantly saving valuable vacation dollars while in Kissimmee. Host family movie nights in the living room on the 50" plasma TV with DVD player. A desk is provided as a perfect spot to set a laptop and write about your Disney adventures. Keep your clothes clean and fresh with the clothes dryer and clothes washer.
** Please Note: There will be an additional $100.00 Clean Fee added to the cost of this rental, plus tax of 13%. This fee is to cover departure cleaning at the end of your vacation.
*Plus compulsory or optional charges based on actual occupancy or consumption. The payment has to be made in the currency offered by the property manager, before use of conversion tool. Payments in other currencies have to be negotiated beforehand with the property manager. The currency conversion tool is provided for your convenience only and is non-binding.


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Dear Nearly Nirvana,
Thank you for staying true to your keeping grumbling tummies happy description. It is actually working. These jerks working on a condo across the NARROW road from my boyfriend's garage are parked so much in the way that we cannot get his car out.
They are still here and they want to continuously argue with him. I might not have the lack of anger a monk does but hey, I'm surviving it being 2:15 now and I haven't had lunch yet.
This was one of my samples from Bluebird, and it sounded like something I'd like so I had it. It was refreshing, the combination of citrus, mint, and jasmine really can do that. It would probably make a good iced tea too but I finished it off before it even got cold.
It was really relaxing too, I know I got more than enough sleep last night because I was bored enough to go to bed before 12:30am, and it still made me kind of sleepy when I had it.


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Changing marketplace'Every January I think to myself "this is going to be the hardest year yet", but then we seem to get through it and do more business than ever before,' says Redstone Mobile's MD, Dave McGinn.
'You get the doom and gloom people who talk about the recession, and we're not complacent about that, but during the last one the telecoms industry was never really affected.'
Redstone sees one of its key objectives as educating its dealers around the potential of additional revenue streams. McGinn (pictured, right) says: 'Two years ago the market was voice and most business partners' perception of what data actually involved was just text. But now they are really starting to grasp that there are additional revenue streams. In three to five years we believe that mobile will be only 50% of our business partners' propositions.
Like any conscientious mobile business in the saturated market, Redstone is keen to highlight the importance of retention. Roy Abbott (pictured, left), national sales manager, says: 'The marketplace is about retention and upselling on that. Upselling gives more value to customers and revenue to dealers. We also need to make sure we are in line with the networks' objectives, which means maintaining customers on networks.'
Redstone sees data as a crucial tool for upselling: 'A year ago data penetration was sub 10%, now it's around 35%,' says McGinn.New products and servicesIn terms of service, Redstone views its most important duty as educating its dealers, especially about data. The company recently appointed data specialist Vicky Brame to ensure dealers are up to speed.
Abbott says: 'Thirty three percent of our business partners have already had our training and we are looking to increase that number. One of the hardest parts was encouraging dealers to shut their doors and go training for the day.'
'The main issue for our business partners to overcome is the fear of not understanding,' says McGinn.
Like its competitors, Redstone has reaped rewards of dongles, and the company is confident it has discovered the next big opportunity Ð businesses tracking their workforce.
Last month, a new piece of legislation called 'Corporate Manslaughter' was introduced, which means that companies now have greater liability for their staff when they are out of the office.
'We are looking at pre-empting the Corporate Manslaughter legislation. We expect it to be a big take off, now the legislation has come in. When the law came in about mobiles in cars we sold a huge amount of car kits,' says Abbott.Internal changesLike some of the other distributors Mobile has spoken to, Redstone has great pride in its low staff turnover.
Abbott says: 'It's been a stable ship for a long period of time. The biggest change has been to our waist lines!' McGinn adds: 'A lot of the staff we recruit we already know. We get a lot of people leaving and coming back because the grass isn't always greener – just a different shade.'
The strategy to bring in familiar faces applies all the way to the top; when David McGinn worked for Sony as its national sales manager in distribution, Redstone was one of his customers.
Financial controller Jamie Macrae says that changes are constantly being made to the company's internal system to ensure that dealers are paid promptly every month. He adds: 'Every business partner is different and they all have different needs. We have business partners who have been with us for years and that's because we regularly engage with them at every level.'Future plansRedstone aims to maintain its continuity, while squeezing a bit extra out of the saturated market by making the best of additional revenue streams. McGinn believes that for every trough the industry goes through, there is always another new product around the corner that can bring it back to a peak.
McGinn says: 'We are continuing to do what we have been known for – the key is to be more efficient with what we do. Our figures show we've gone in the right direction since last year. You can try too hard and you can change for the wrong reasons. Some distributors feel the need to re-invent themselves but we're constantly evolving so we don't need to.
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Belfast's Michael Conlan showed his class to claim his third Elite flyweight crown with a third successive victory over Kildare's Chris Phelan.
Conlan boxed well through-out and had too much skill and class for Phelan.
And Conlan was delighted to have got his hands on his third Irish Elite title.
"The plan was to keep moving against Chris, he's a good strong fighter, you need to be fit.
"My footwork was key, it prevailed in there tonight. It is great to win my third Irish title in a row and I am pleased with the way I boxed in these championships. Now I can look forward to the rest of the year," he added
And rangy Belfast southpaw Sean McComb secured the vacant bantam and lightweight titles.
McComb, who boxes out of the Holy Trinity BC in Belfast, had too much fire power for George Bates and was 12-5 up and cruising going into the third..
And Belfast heavyweight Tommy McCarthy – who KO'd Christy Joyce in the third round to win his first 91kg title in 2012 – KO'd Jimmy Sweeney in the third round to win his second 91kg title in 2013.
Results: (1) 49kg: (Light-flyweight) – Hugh Myres (Ryston) beat TJ Waite (Cairn Lodge) 17-8; (2) 57kg: (Featherweight) – Michaela Walsh (Holy Family) beat Joanna Lambe (Carrickmacross) 14-13; (3) 52kg: (Flyweight) – Michael Conlan (St John Bosco) beat Chris Phelan (Ryston) 20-9; (4) 64kg: (Light-welter) – Ross Hickey (Grangecon) beat Ray Moylette (St Anne's) 15-11; (5) 56kg: (Bantamweight) – Declan Geraghty (Crumlin) beat Gary McKenna (Old School) 16-7; (6) 60kg: (Lightweight) – Sean McComb (Holy Trinity) beat George Bates (St Mary's) 19-7; (7) 75kg: (Middleweight) – Jason Quigley (Finn Valley) beat Roy Sheahan (St Michael's Athy) 15-6; (8) 91kg: (Heavyeweight) – Tommy McCarthy (Oliver Plunkett) beat Jimmy Sweeney (Drimnagh) KO3; (9) 81kg: (Light-heavyweight) – Joe Ward (Moate) beat Ken Egan (Neilstown) 25-5; (10) Additional Bout 60kg: (Lightweight) – Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Karolina Grazcyk (Poland) 28-5; (11) 69kg: (Welterweight) – Adam Nolan (Bray) beat Willie McLaughlin (Illies GG) 23-12; (12) 54kg: (Bantamweight) – Dervla Duffy(Ryston) beat Michelle Lynch (Golden Gloves) RSC2; (13) 64kg: (Light-welterweight) – Kelly Harrington (Corinthians) beat Sarah Close (Holy Family) 13-10; (14) 91+kg: (Super-heavyweight) – Sean Turner (Drimnagh) beat Niall Kennedy (Gorey) 21-8.


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Cosplayer Ion > Costume of Fon Master Ion (Tales of the Abyss)
- Most Recent Photo
- 08-03-2012
- Series
- Tales of the Abyss
- Character
- Fon Master Ion
- Year Completed:
- 2012
- Construction Difficulty:
- Awards
- Best in Novice: AnimeNEXT 2008
- Costume worn at:
- Anime USA 2009
- Anime USA 2008
- AnimeNEXT 2009
- AnimeNEXT 2008
- Katsucon 2009
- Katsucon 2008
- Otakon 2012
- Otakon 2010
- Otakon 2009
- Otakon 2008
- Otakon 2007
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
The first version (seen in photos up to AnimeNEXT 09) is made from crepe, twill, and satin. I didn't prewash some of the fabric so the dress slowly became close to mid-thigh length LOL
The newest version (in photos from Otakon 09 onward) is longer, I prewashed all my fabric, and made from twill and heavy/dull bridal satin. The costume itself is not as light and airy as its predecessor, heavy satin is heavy, but I also put hidden pockets in the front! It worked out well because I can cram my wallet and cellphone in the pockets and not carry a bag.
My props and accessories e.g. tuning fork staff, Mieu plush, and tiara are still good to go and I will not be remaking them any time soon.
The tuning fork staff and tuning fork pendant are made from Super Sculpey with cores of foam and armature wire. The shaft of the staff is pvc pipe. I hand-made Mieu from fleece and felt (eyes and mouth). He turned out quite cute for a first plushie. I am working to devise some way to strap him onto my arm so I don't have to carry him. If I remake Mieu, I would also like to run wire through his head and ears as well as use a swivel joint in the neck, so his head will turn.
Now using a nice and more accurate wig.
Wig Details
- Wig Brand
- Fantasy Sheep
- Wig Name
- Original Color:
- Leaf
- Styling Time
- 8hr.
- Wig Quality Rating
- 5 / 5.00
- How was the wig colored?
- Sharpies + Acrylic Ink
- Styling Notes
- For both wigs I had to thin out the bangs to make them less stupid and puffy. Next I chopped off most of the hair in the back to reach the desired length, leaving 2 long chunks of hair in the front. I used my steamer to set the shorter hair so it would flip in the back on wig 1. Wig 2 I was able to just use my curling irons as the fiber is heat resistant.
- Wig Review
- Dyeing this wig gave me a lot of trouble. The color just did not want to stay so after 3 tries, I threw in the towel. It didn't help that a friend who cosplays Sync and I were using the same color wigs and trying to match long distance. In the end, both wigs turned out very well and matched so closely it is hard to tell.
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NH Youth Deer Hunt Set for October 26-27
- Published in Community Announcements
CONCORD — New Hampshire's youth deer weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 26-27, gives young people age 15 and younger the opportunity to go deer hunting with an adult mentor, without the pressure of competing with thousands of adult hunters.
Accompanying adults must be licensed hunters and are not allowed to carry a firearm.
Prospects for this year's youth season are good, according to Dan Bergeron, Deer Project Leader for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. New Hampshire's deer population is healthy and will provide excellent opportunities. In 2012, young hunters took 388 deer during the youth weekend.
New Hampshire has offered a special youth deer hunt since 1999. Nonresident youth may participate in New Hampshire's youth deer weekend only if their state of residence allows New Hampshire youth to participate in its youth deer hunt.


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Graduate Program: Graduate Faculty
Graduate Program Background:
The Graduate Program integrates ecology and place based education to develop innovative leaders in science and education. Graduate students have mainly educational backgrounds and interests. Approximately 15-25 graduate students spend the first year of their master's work in residence at TSS' Kelly Campus in Grand Teton National Park and complete their graduate degrees at various universities. Courses are accredited through the University of Wyoming. Students are matriculated into the Science and Mathematics Teaching Center at the University of Wyoming during their year at TSS.
Competencies and Qualifications required:
- Master's degree in science or education
- Demonstrated excellence in:
- field and classroom teaching
- outdoor leadership
- mentorship of teaching professionals
- Certifications required: Wilderness First Responder
Objective of the position:
Integrating ecology and place-based teaching to develop innovative leaders in science and education.
Essential job functions:
- Coach and mentor graduate students in the Leadership in Field Science Education concentration of TSS Graduate Program
- Mentor graduate students and seasonal staff in the practice of field teaching
- Assist teaching graduate academic courses– specifically Leadership Program
- Teach, develop, supervise, and direct field education programs
- Support, teach and refine risk management at TSS
- Manage programs, resources, curriculum and staff to safely, efficiently and effectively support the TSS mission of connecting people, nature and place through education, science and stewardship.
Physical Requirements of Position:
- Drive 15-passenger vans for up to eight hours a day
- Hike, snowshoe, and cross-country ski over rough terrain potentially carrying a 50 lb. backpack
- Sit in classroom and desk situations for up to eight hours day
Employer Summary:
Teton Science Schools is an equal opportunity employer with a drug-free and smoke free workplace. Successful applicants will be required to pass a background check, driving check and drug screening.
To Apply:
Complete the online application.


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TwoaDay 0
Two cultures of aliens live on the planet Trekia, the carpals and the tarsals.
The carpals always lie. The tarsals always tell the truth.
A traveler arrives on trekia and meets a party of three aliens. she asks the aliens to which culture they belong.
The first murmurs something that is too soft to hear.
The second replies, "it said it was a carpal."
The third says to the second, "you are a liar."
From this information figure out which culture the third alien belongs to.


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Daveyton Sellers
Flower Paradise
Florist Benoni
Flower Paradise is owned by Marietjie Aspeling, who has spent 25 years in floristry. "Quality is our motto. Service is our watch word." Marietjie opened Boksburg Floral and Gift in 1988, then moved to Benoni in 1993 where she started Flower Paradise. She has a love for flowers and customer...
Fragrant Flowers
Florist Boksburg
"Where flowers are an inspiration to create lasting memories." Fragrant Flowers and Gifts has been going for 16 years and is owned by Lynne. It is a retail and wholesale flower business situated in the Summerfields shopping centr, Cnr Finch & Reier Road, Atlasville, Boksburg. Flowers...


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In ancient China and Egypt, the influence of ancestors was very great. They were buried in expensive graves and in Egypt a permanent death cult was instituted. It was generally believed that the lack of veneration would cause the deceased to die a second death, which was for many people an almost unbearable thought.
In nearly every primitive tribal religions of Africa ancestor worship is common practice. The ancestors of the tribe are honored as spirits who preserve the moral standards of tribal life. They are also regarded as the intermediaries between the living and the divine powers. And the ancestor spirits play an important role in the initiation rites. Among some west-African peoples the belief is current that the ancestors reincarnate in their descendants.
In Japan, ancestors were worshipped until 1945. At that time, the Japanese Emperor disclaimed any form of divine ancestry and polytheistic ancestor worship was no longer permitted.


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The following items relate to the use of broker clusters.
Only fully-connected broker clusters are supported in this release. This means that every broker in a cluster must communicate directly with every other broker in the cluster. If you are connecting brokers using the imqbrokerd -cluster command line argument, be careful to ensure that all brokers in the cluster are included.
A client connected to a broker that is part of a cluster cannot currently use QueueBrowser to browse queues that are located on remote brokers in that cluster. The client can only browse the contents of queues that are located on the broker to which it is directly connected. The client may still send messages to any queue or consume messages from any queue on any broker in the cluster; the limitation only affects browsing.
If a master broker is not used in a broker cluster, persistent information stored by a broker being added to the cluster is not propagated to other brokers in the cluster.
Connection is dropped for a broker in a cluster (Bug ID 6377527).
One reason this can happen is that the broker address (whose connection is dropped) is resolved to be the loopback IP address (127.0.0.1).
Workaround Make sure that the broker address does not resolve to the loopback IP address.
In a broker cluster, a broker will queue messages to a remote connection which has not been started (Bug ID 4951010).
WorkaroundThe messages will be received by the consumer once the connection is started. The messages will be redelivered to another consumer if the consumer's connection is closed.


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Blazing Lizard's 'Pirates vs Ninjas Dodgeball' Now Available on XBLA
September 3, 2008
BLAZING LIZARD'S PIRATES VS. NINJAS DODGEBALL AVAILABLE ON Xbox LIVE Arcade
Who Would Win in a Fight, Pirates or Ninjas? The Age Old Question is Finally Answered!
Sides have been chosen, lines drawn and the smell of fresh rubber fills the salty air. There's only one possible reason for these conditions – DODGEBALL! Gamecock Media Group announced today that Blazing Lizard's Pirates vs. Ninjas™ Dodgeball has made its way onto Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox® 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Players must join the ranks of savage pirates or enter the dojo of the mysterious ninja (or robots or zombies!) as they battle to unconsciousness in the world's most epic dodgeball matches.
"I love pirates," said Captain Rick Stults, Console Chief at Gamecock Media Group.
"Everyone knows ninjas beat down pirates daily," countered Chris Stockman, Studio Director of Blazing Lizard.
Continued Captain Rick, "Our office isn't immune to the timeless debate and even now I brandish a cutlass and eye patch to show my support. The debate has gone on for long enough and I'm ready to see pirates rise to the top and put those pajama pansies in their place."
To which Chris said, "What Rick doesn't know is both prefer to settle the score on the dodgeball field. We are bringing together mortal adversaries for what I can guarantee will be intense dodgeball action. Albeit one in which the ninja warrior will prevail."
Pirates vs. Ninjas™ Dodgeball brings the ancient debate to the apex of competitive sports. Dodgeballs in hand, the nautical outlaws square off against stealthy martial artists in beautifully designed 3-D environments. In addition to pirates and ninjas, gamers will also be able to unlock special zombie and robot teams. Each team has its own unique style and every character has its own devastating special move. The title includes a full story and traditional and enhanced dodgeball modes with multiplayer support for 4 players Local / 8 players Online, and 4-player Co-op modes. Games can be customized to allow anywhere from 1 to 5 balls into play for maximum ball-throwing intensity. The traditional and enhanced modes are also part of the story so players get further variety in the single player game.
Pirates vs. Ninjas™ Dodgeball is now available for download on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 for 800 points. Find out more and send diabolical musical messages to your friends at www.piratesvsninjas.com.