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IFMA Boston – Chapter of the Year Celebration
January 29, 2019 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
When the Chapter set out to realign its mission and values two years ago, the goal was to define and enhance the value the Chapter provides to its members while becoming the complete, expert resource for Facility Managers in the Boston area. Through that process, all of the committees worked to assure they were delivering on that mission and value. We diversified our program offerings to include Boston authored white papers and webinars and worked to rotate our live programming to suburban locations. We began focusing on one of the 11 Core Competencies for two month periods and worked to align the content and programming to that competency. We a newsletter to assure that our members had everything available to them at their finger tips. And as a result, we have seen a 350% increase in Facility Manager member engagement across the organization! We knew we were doing a great job, so the Board worked diligently for months preparing a 20+ page submission for this year's Awards of Excellence. And the hard work across the board, paid off! We were recognized as the Large Chapter of the Year.
So now it's time to celebrate!
Join your fellow members on January 29th at Lucky Strike in Assembly Row for a night of great company, drinks, food and fun! Each attendee will receive a drink ticket and an arcade card!
Cancellation Policy: Please let us know 24 hours in advance if you are not able to make it to avoid a no show fee.
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Local teams compete in Special Olympic Area Tournament
Midwest Magic took four teams to the Special Olympic Area Tournament in Eldridge on Saturday.
Midwest Magic 1 team consisted of Angel Oak, Sarah Fuhrer, Bob Nylin, Terry Coakley, Mike Fuhrer and they received second place in their division.
Midwest Magic 2 teammates Joe Coleman, Andy Mann, Beau Butterbaugh, Tisha Adkins, Eric Luetger received third place.
Midwest Magic 3 received third place and their teammates were Marvin Riley, Matt Kamp, Krisha Burk, Kasse Holtkamp.
Midwest Magic 4 teammates were Rhyan Nelson, Sue Ann Hellman, Jimmy Jacob, Ryan Meredith and they took third place.
Local team advances to state tournament
The team of Faith Kapsch, Matthew Wall, Traveon Jefferson, Steve Keck and Chantel Jones participated in the District 3-on-3 Special Olympic basketball competition on Saturday in Eldridge. The team went undefeated in the competition and took first place. They will be advancing to state competition on March 12 in Iowa City.
Former safety Sash diagnosed with CTE
IOWA CITY � Former NFL and Iowa safety Tyler Sash, who died last year at age 27, has been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Chris Nowinski of the Boston University-affiliated Concussion Legacy Foundation confirmed the diagnosis on Tuesday night. The New York Times was the first to report the finding.
CTE, which can be diagnosed only after death, has been found in the brains of dozens of former football players. Linked to repeated brain trauma, it is associated with symptoms such as memory loss, impaired judgment, depression, and, eventually, progressive dementia.
Sash, who won a Super Bowl during his rookie season with the New York Giants, was found dead at his home on Sept. 8. The Iowa State Medical Examiner�s office found he died from an accidental overdose after mixing two powerful pain medications, and a history of painful injuries was a contributing factor.


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Ford Focus is first car with seats certified against back pain
Back pain affects around half of European Union citizens at some point in their lives, with a recent survey finding that 75 percent of UK drivers will suffer thanks to the wrong seating position.
But Ford claims the new Focus can provide relief for back pain sufferers thanks to the optional comfort seats for the driver and front-seat passenger.
The seats can be adjusted in 18 ways for support and comfort – earning the Focus the seal of approval from Aktion Gesuner Rücken e.V. (AGR), a German group campaigning for healthier backs.
To obtain the seal, the seat must be able to adapt to the person in their sitting position, rather than the person adapting their position to the seat. The Focus is the first vehicle to receive AGR recognition.
"Sitting in the wrong position can make the driver slouch forward, putting pressure on the lower back, said Glen Goold, Ford Focus chief programme engineer.
"Our goal with the Focus was to build an 18-way adjustable seat that adapts to every person, enabling drivers of all shapes and sizes to easily achieve their optimal sitting position for maximum comfort, especially on long journeys."
The Focus' seats 18-way adjustment includes seat height, length and inclination, in addition to back, neck and thigh support. The four-way lumbar adjustment is controlled from a switch on the side of the seat.
'The fight against back pain'
"The ergonomic quality of a car's seats is of utmost importance, especially for frequent drivers. We're delighted that Ford is joining in the fight against back pain by making comfort seats available for even more people," said Detlef Detjen, managing director, AGR.
Comfort seats are a £300 option on Style, Zetec and Titanium models, and the Focus range starts from £18,300.


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Note - I am posting two pictures. I don't need to know what either of these radios are. I need to know what radio I am in possesion of and it is a combination of the two.
So my Fiero has a very weird AC Delco radio. It seems stock. But it has the weirdest combination of a graphic equalizer (the various up/down knobs that make the radio sound funky if you've never had one before) and a lack of cassette player. I literally can not find this delco radio and I am 99% convinced I am actually having a fever dream. I am trying to get my friend to snap a picture of it but in the meantime, was there a single GM car in the 80s that had a radio like this? It would look like a non-cassette radio like this:
But has the graphic equalizer and controls like this:
I have no idea how I have a radio like this and it is driving me mad. Best I can figure, the radio was swapped out at some point due to a jammed player and the guy nabbed another delco radio that just didn't happen to have a tape player. So I bring this to Oppo - am I going crazy or is there another GM product that has a radio like this?


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Thursday: walked 45 minutes @ 6am; napped after work because I was totally exhausted; walked dogs; ran 400 meters in 2:33; ran 400 meters in 2:00. My boyfriend can now run 1k in 3:50...
Friday: run/walk 35 minutes; painted bathroom; walked dogs.
Saturday: painted bathroom; household chores - yuck :( hate them; no exercise besides that.
Sunday: I napped again this afternoon - can anyone say 'burnout'?!! no exercise; went to church then lunch at the farm; dogs got a lot of exercise.
Monday: ran the most pathetic distance of 3.5k in the most pathetic of times - 37:00 minutes. That's a pace of 10:57 per kilometer. Wow. Nasty. Oh well; bad day I guess...
Tuesday: Morning walk 45 minutes @ 6am. That's it so far :) back at work and trying to be pleasant about it... hehehe.
You are doing good keeping busy....Keep it up! Be pleasant indeed!
Slo-pitch was slow yesterday. They had me playing first base, and I didn't get to run hardly at all except for when I was batting. We were so low scoring though that I only went up to bat three times! Crazy. A good game, but we lost by enough runs to make some of us a little ornery...
So, thank goodness I went for that morning walk, because otherwise I would've guilted myself into running and then probably hurt myself or worse - got sick of running so much. We took the dogs for a walk later last night too, so when you add it all together it doesn't look all that bad!
Was up again this morning at 5:30am to do 45 minutes of walking.
My boyfriend wants to go back out to the track tonight to test his 1k time again, so as long as he is still gung-ho about it, I will also be doing my running.
Can you believe this weight increase? Let me vent for a moment here... the scale is an absolutely ridiculous thing that should be outlawed. I'd like to take a hammer to mine, to be more precise, or chuck it out of a 80 story building. However, in the time i've had since weighing myself, i've been able to come to grips with the extra gain. I realize that what i'm looking for is not primarily weight loss, it's more about finding balance in life and being able to use running as a coping mechanism on those days I just can't seem to handle right now. And I am not weighing myself again until, like, July or something. So be prepared to see 153 for a long time.
It rained yesterday afternoon so much so that I thought for sure I wouldn't be able to run, but it stopped soon after it started and had dried up decently enough to be able to get out there and run - so I did! Yay! Two days in a row! And I don't feel all that sore! Knock on wood...
I grabbed a protein bar when I went to the grocery store on Monday, so yesterday afternoon I tried it out. I usually get very drowsy and can't concentrate later on in the afternoons at work, so I wanted to find something that would maybe help me through that junction. The bar was huge, for one thing, and expensive. Thankfully I could only eat half of it at a time. It was amazing how much energy it actually gave me. Other than my normal feelings of distraction and dry-eye, I felt pretty darn good! I was still feeling half decent when I got home from work and didn't need to sit on the couch and zone out at all. I made dinner then finished off the rest of the protein bar, then we all went out for our 'walk'. I was able to step up my intervals a bit and hung on till the end, but it was hard work. I started out too fast and was sure paying for it at minute 15. Stupid me was trying to run like my boyfriend and I knew I was going too fast but it was too much fun to stop!!!
Woke up at 5:45am this morning, had breakfast of oatmeal and strawberries, and headed out for a 45 minute walk before work. Today is slo-pitch day!
I ran yesterday, all in all it was pretty good but I need to start stepping it up a bit if I want to be able to run the 5k. It won't happen if I stay at the pace i'm at now. We're going out again tonight to run, so I will start to step it up tonight. Might as well give it a shot at least. Not a whole LOT of stepping it up, just knocking off a few more minutes of walking in favor of jogging. But it'll probably be enough to leave me exhausted and wobbly.
I start out about five minutes ahead of my boyfriend, and do my routine while he walks the dogs behind me, following my route. At some point I turn around and start heading back towards them. Once I reach them, we move into the park and over to the track so that he can time his 1k pace. It's a good process and I can tell that my boyfriend is starting to get back into running. That is wonderful news, if you ask me!! Anyways, his pace for 1k yesterday was 4:25, which means if he was able to keep that pace for 5k he could run it in 21:55. I think that's about a 7 minute mile, but my math isn't great so don't quote me on that. His goal is to run it under 20 minutes! Yikes! It's a good goal, don't get me wrong --- it just hurts even for me to think about running that fast!!
I can't wait until I can jog long intervals and be able to breathe and not have my legs feel like rubber underneath me. My boyfriend looks like a freakin' gazelle when he runs... while i'm a chicken just trying desperately to get back to the food barrel, grabbing and scratching at the ground, dragging my legs behind me.
Doing a great job..Keep it up!
I feel much better today, although i've gotten nothing accomplished this weekend! Oh well, this too shall pass....
I'm not in a very talkative mood today (which means i'll probably end up writing a novel in here) because I don't really have a lot to say. I mean, I didn't run. I didn't walk. I didn't eat very well. I didn't do anything right!
Friday night - oooh, Friday night I was very, very sick. It was hard enough to sit up on the couch, nevermind trying to take the dogs for a walk. I went to bed very early tonight, praying that Saturday morning would come quickly. But I forgot to take Ibuprofen!!!! and woke up at 1:30am, shivering and moaning and groaning like I was dying. Ran to the bathroom every 15 minutes from then on until about 4:00am. In conclusion, Saturday morning did not come quickly enough.
Saturday - I was still sick on and off all day while preparing for the day. We were going to see the Phantom of the Opera in theatre! It would have been ten times more exciting if I would've been feeling better... :) but it was an awesome show and well worth the effort to be there! I fell fast asleep by 8:00pm and slept right through the night.
Sunday - Everyone was so grumpy today!! Amidst all the chaos, we finally found our way home, picked up the dogs, then went for Mother's Day dinner at my grandma's. Once we got back home from all that, my boyfriend chilled on the bed upstairs and I on the couch downstairs, watching Survivor and eating cheese strings.
So I didn't accomplish much in the way of daily household chores but you know what?????? ..... Life isn't about making sure the laundry is done and the dishes are clean. It's about making sure you're living the best life possible. And this weekend, I was.
I'd like to run today. So maybe I will.
Have a great week..Hope you are feeling 100% better soon.
Well, bad luck has crashed down my door, but I am still better off than most, so i'm not going to complain about it too much today!
I'm sick - AGAIN. At least this time I KNOW what it's from (TOM) and can more easily *handle* the pain. I'm still at work, which is also a good thing, and I even went for a walk last night with my boyfriend and the dogs. We made it about halfway along our usual path when I started to get cramps and everytime I leaned forward to ease them, my back would start to hurt! Honestly, I looked like a cripple trying to pass myself off as a dog-walker! Anyways, I feel pretty awful and i'm hoping it goes away soon.
Wednesday - walked to work, walks at morning and afternoon coffee break, walked home, slo-pitch game, walked dogs
Thursday - walks at morning and afternoon coffee break, walked dogs
I need to get back out there and run, but it's going to be tough going because of all the committments this weekend and Mother's Day being on Sunday. Oh well, somehow it'll get done.
Have a good weekend!
I think i'm doing quite well, considering all the many little things that have proved to be obstacles in my way.
Tuesday night - jogged intervals for 15 minutes and walked the dogs.
Wednesday morning - I woke up, started eating breakfast then proceeded to throw everything up, plus what i'd eaten the night before, PLUS what i'd eaten at lunch the day before! Yikes! It was quite scary and I ended up in the hospital for the morning with an IV stuck to my wrist. Needless to say, no walk or jog THAT night! I'm hoping that when I go for my ultrasound at the end of June they will be able to diagnose something. I hate feeling sick all the time and not knowing what it is or if it's just in my head! I've definitely met my sick quota for the year and we're not even halfway through it...
Thursday - sick.
Friday - I had taken as a vacation day and was able to do my jogging intervals for 15 minutes, then we went to a friend's for dinner that night. Around 8:30pm, we took the dogs for a walk.
Saturday - We drove to the city in the morning to buy ourselves new runners (my boyfriend is thinking about running in the 5k as well), we walked the dogs and I worked on the garden beds most of the afternoon.
Sunday - We took the dogs for a walk before lunch, then had slo-pitch practice in the afternoon for two hours. Later that night I was feeling very sore and restless and decided to walk uptown to take back some movies. The walking helped, but my hip had started to give me some trouble during ball practice and I worried that it was getting worse.
Monday - Was a vacation day as well, and I did a lot of walking, probably close to 10km in total. Spent the evening at the farm so the dogs could work off some energy. I didn't jog today to give my hip more rest, although it was feeling much better.
Tuesday - My first day back at work. It was a long day! but I got through it without too much hassle. We went out for dinner (BLT sandwich, salad with ranch on the side), then I jogged intervals for 20 minutes while the dogs and my boyfriend played about behind me. My boyfriend also started running a bit during that walk. He is a runner, though, and can't keep my slow pace. It's either really fast or not at all! We've resigned ourselves to the fact that we probably will not be able to run together at any point in time, unless I can speed up, which I doubt will happen anytime soon!! :) The extra 5 minutes hurt believe it or not, but I felt so good afterwards. A runner's high...
I walked to work this morning, and my mother and I walked around our building at work during coffee break. I'm staying for lunch, then walking home after work. Tonight we have our first slo-pitch game and we're also hoping to walk the dogs after that as well. Dream Big!!!
I got sick on Wednesday morning and have been off work since then. My ribcage is very sore right now and i'm sort of... well, blah I guess. I was supposed to run today (Day 4 of program), but will have to wait until tomorrow or Saturday, depending on my strength. I did run on Tuesday night, did pretty well but I can tell i'm in terrible shape compared to last August and that's not saying a whole lot, lemme tell 'ya...
I'd been living off soda crackers and gingerale for the past couple of days, but tonight I managed to swallow a regular meal, although it wasn't the healthiest - a burger and fries. I'll take it over soda crackers though! I hope tomorrow i'll be in better spirits. I hate feeling so blah all the time and was trying pretty desperately hard to get out of it. I guess life hits you whether you're ready or not, huh?!
I was feeling blah yesterday too, but it was due to overdoing it with trail mix & spaghetti on Wednesday....
Did you happen to read biscotti's diary yesterday and how taking those 8 weeks of weight training "off", caused a reduction in ability to do the same now... 8 weeks is not all that long, but it sure did tell me that I needed to continue with walking or I too would feel like I have to start all over again...
Hang in there and hope you feel 100% better soon....
Well, i'm an idiot and just erased everything I had written here, so chances are this isn't going to be a very exciting entry because I used up all my energy writing the other one!
I'm pretending that I have the motivation and incentive that I need in order to start running again. I faithfully receive Runner's World monthly and have been reading it in an effort to get back into the mood. It may have finally worked. Yesterday I printed out hundreds of pages of paper, dated them until close to the end of August when my 5k race is scheduled, and wrote out a running program. I also left enough room for walking the dogs, playing ball (which starts next week), and of course working. This is the master schedule to end all schedules, dude. It's COM...PLETE. Okay, not quite; I still need to pencil in study time. I am pumped.
My muscles are sore from ball practice on Sunday afternoon, then two consecutive walks on Sunday and Monday night. I think i'm on a roll, but i'm not going to push my luck.
1 grapple (grape/apple cross-breed), 1/4 cup blueberries, 1 Oatmeal to Go bar.
1 flavored coffee
1 cup chicken breast, 1/2 cup green beans
1 flavored coffee
1 grilled pork chop, 1 cup brown rice, 1 cup green beans
1 slice apple crisp with 1/2 cup ice cream
walk dogs, running program (Day 2), and I need to buy some bottled water today.
Much success is wished for you!
those foods you've listed are healthy as can be! :)
Big smile to you, Friend!
I slept in this morning and although it felt good to be able to sleep that much, all I feel like doing now is sleeping. I managed to go for dinner with my boyfriend and some of his crew, picked up the mail and i've been going through it and paying whatever bills I can. The first coat of mud went on the walls of the bathroom last night, so two more and then I can paint. Hopefully one of those will be done tonight and the other in the morning tomorrow, but I guess time will tell if I will be able to paint this weekend or not. I hope so! I can't wait to see the sink in it's place and the finishing touches done! Right now, a friend drew a mirror on the wall where our medicine cabinet is supposed to go, and a picture of my boyfriend inside it, looking out at us and giggling. It's hilarious, but I can't wait to cover it up!
I would like to visit with friends this afternoon, but i'm not sure if anyone is at home. Maybe i'll just go back to sleep!
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On this day 30 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee published a proposal titled "Information Management" to the European physics laboratory CERN. This proposal at the time was
Many would expect that the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web would be a reason for celebration. After all, the www is a permanently integral part of our lives. I daresay that us humans could not survive without it. However, this anniversary is more of a cause for recognition of what the internet has become, rather than celebrating its accomplishments. As Tim Berners-Lee puts it, "It's a moment to celebrate how far we've come, but also an opportunity to reflect on how far we have yet to go."
It's a moment to celebrate how far we've come, but also an opportunity to reflect on how far we have yet to go."30 years on, what's next #ForTheWeb?"
He addresses these concerns in a public letter, which you can read here.
It is impossible to argue that the internet is horrible and has only created terrible experiences for humanity. It has, after all, provided millions of people with jobs, saved millions of lives, made millions of normal people celebrities, and created a future we could not have ever expected. However, with the great ease-of-use and anonymity the internet offers, crimes and scams have never been easier to commit. Even at a much lower degree than crime, the internet definitely shows some problems. Berners-Lee goes as far as to call the internet "dysfunctional". He states three main reasons for this dysfunction:
- Deliberate hate and malicious intent: Let's face it: Humans are evil. We take but do not produce. Sometimes, we even take more than we should. The rise of the internet has also introduced many cyber-criminals, such as hackers, who exploit vulnerabilities in computers for their own personal gain. Scammers also exploit less-educated persons in order to trick them, all only for personal gain.
- System design that creates perverse incentives: You've probably started noticing in the past couple of years how well Google has gotten at predicting your search results. Sometimes, exactly what you are thinking will appear as a suggested result after only typing a single letter, which is definitely creepy. In this example, user value is sacrificed so that Google can make more money from targeted advertisements. Another less invasive but just as dangerous example: fake news. Information is too easily accessible on the internet, and people can be misinformed by something as little as a post on social media.
- Unintended negative consequences of benevolent design: Social media was made as a way for us to easily share moments and communicate with others. However, it has unintendedly turned into something that even makes people commit suicide, in some rare cases. What you post on the internet is permanent, more or less, and humans are not used to having something permanent to this degree. Furthermore, people can misuse social media, to bully people or spread hate speech and hateful thoughts. The internet is definitely a place where horrible actions such as racism, slander, and peer-pressure take place.
Berners-Lee states that this problem is "impossible to eradicate completely, [although] we can create both laws and code to minimize this behavior, just as we have always done offline." Sure, we can always create laws, but an argument similar to the debate on gun control arises from this. If we make it harder to buy something, such as a gun, will other people still find a way to get the guns and harm those who don't possess a weapon? This relates to the internet in the way that some people are just too smart and will always find ways to stay anonymous online and wreak havoc on delicate justice systems that have been built. One wrong post is all it takes to spark a digital war.
The World Wide Web has created fame. It has created jobs for the homeless, eradicated employment for the employed. People have become billionaires, others have lost all of their money. It created a way for us to share information instantaneously, and in the process racism, hate-speech, and blackmail have surfaced. The internet is obviously here to stay, so what can we do to avoid this digital dystopia that otherwise awaits?
You can't just blame one government, one social network or the human spirit. Simplistic narratives risk exhausting our energy as we chase the symptoms of these problems instead of focusing on their root causes. To get this right, we will need to come together as a global web community.Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the internet.


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in memory of Alia Ansariby Imam Zaid Shakir
Alia Ansari migrated from war-torn Afghanistan at the age of 17. When her father died shortly thereafter, she became a second parent to her younger siblings. A life of hardship could not suppress her inner beauty, expressed most readily in an irrepressible smile. Her husband, Ahmadullah Ansari, an auto mechanic struggling to make ends meet for a family that includes six young children, five of them girls, spoke glowingly of Alia's martyrdom and the place God has reserved for her in Heaven. Her story impressed on me the truth embodied in the words of a poet who said, "Be yourself beautiful, and you will find the world full of beauty."
Her husband, contrary to the caricature of the vindictive, hateful, enraged Muslim, mentioned how the family did not wish her martyrdom be treated as a hate crime, because he did not want her death to be a source of agitation in the area's large Muslim community. He also mentioned that the family would not want the murderer executed, because that would not bring his wife back. His wife was a martyr, her place in Paradise secure—for him that was enough.
His gentle voice was most emphatic when he mentioned that he did not want his wife's death to be politicized. Rather, he wanted her spirit of love and reconciliation to prevail after her passing as it had during her life. He spoke of his desire that her funeral be a solemn service, where people of all faiths could gather to remind each other just how important it is to work to remove the pernicious stain of racial and religious hatred from this society lest it lead to ever deepening spirals of senseless violence.
As we sat on the floor of their sparsely furnished living room to eat a meal of traditional Afghan food, our gathering was overseen by four walls decorated with only an unframed picture of the Ka'aba, and a tapestry with Ayatu Kursi, the Qur'anic Verse of the Throne (2:255), printed on it. Husband, brothers, and cousins gathered around to tell me more about just who Alia Ansari was. They spoke proudly of a deeply religious individual who embodied the true spirit of the "Ansar," the Helpers. The original Ansar were those Muslims in Medina who welcomed into their city and homes the faithful believers who had migrated from Mecca, fleeing the persecution of that city's population. The Qur'an mentions the spirit the Ansar exhibited in the following terms:
As for those who had previously established homes [in Medina], having adopted the faith; they show their love and affection to those who migrated to them [seeking refuge]. You will not find their hearts harboring any desire for that given to those migrants; rather they give preference to them over themselves, even though they are themselves afflicted with grinding poverty. (59:9)
Alia was indeed a helper. In addition to her tireless and faithful service to her immediate family, she was constantly helping relatives and neighbors, many of whom themselves had recently migrated to this country from their native Afghanistan. Her brother, Humayun, remarked that she did the work of six people and never complained. A typical day might find her preparing meals for the family, dropping the children to school, taking a neighbor shopping, shuttling a newly-arrived relative to the immigration department, watching a neighbor's child, nursing a sick relative, or numerous other tasks demanding the sacrifice of her time and energy.
Although never formally educated in Islam, she was a deeply devout and spiritual individual. Her husband noted that she never missed a prayer. He quietly added that she would stand for voluntary prayer every night until she wept beseeching God to save her daughters from the ravages of the lewd, violent, promiscuous youth culture of this country. Her deep spirituality is illustrated by the following incident. A few days before her demise, she told her husband that she had seen her deceased grandfather, an individual well known for his righteousness, in a dream. The learned sage indicated that the end of her worldly struggles was near, and a resting place in Paradise would soon be hers.
As a pious Muslim woman, she never left home without her hijab, the traditional head scarf worn by Muslim women. She was proud of her hijab. In the aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001, some of her friends and relatives, afraid of reprisal attacks, took off their hijabs. Alia encouraged them not to compromise their religion, especially when they had nothing to do with those crimes. As for herself, she told them that she would never take off her hijab, even if someone put a gun to her head demanding that she do so. Alia said that her hijab was her flag. She could not have known as she began the fateful walk to her children's school last Thursday that her path would cross that of a lone gunman who in a single act of mindless violence would bring a close to a life of dedication and service. She could not have known that her grandfather's words were so close to fulfillment. She could not have known that she would soon die defending her flag.
Among the believers are those who have been true to their covenant to God. Among them are those who have given their lives, others patiently wait their turn, having never weakened in their resolve. (33:23)
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text: Lisa Appelo is a single mom to 7, young widow, author & crazy in love with Christ. She shares soul-deep encouragement for the life of faith at LisaAppelo.com. Check out her free Bible study & journal 100 Days with Christ here. You can also find her on Facebook and Instagram.


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Ubuntu bingo sites are gambling venues offering bingo software to people who run the Ubuntu operating system. This alternative OS is a free open source application based on Linux used by some twenty million people worldwide. This popular alternative to Windows or Mac operating systems is noteworthy for offering secure interaction with the Internet, and as such it is common for users of this alternative system to want to play online games for real money.
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Grineer Galleons are the second tile set for Grineer after the Grineer Asteroid Base. The Grineer Galleon has a rather dated atmosphere, with grimy hallways and large docking bays to hold and maintain smaller vessels. Dark and foreboding in most areas, the Galleon is mostly lit by the light of the stars shining through the windows.
- The Grineer Galleon has the highest density of Arc Traps and Sensor Bars of any tileset ingame.
- If an Infested mission takes place on board a Grineer Galleon, the tileset will feature large masses of Infested biomass, sometimes altering the paths available.
- Grineer Galleons may spawn in Empyrean missions, which houses a Glacik Commander or Lektro Commander marked for assassination.
Conclave MapsEdit
There is currently 1 map for Conclave from this tileset.
- Interestingly, while the Corpus Ship's navigation console displays a hologram of its exterior, the Grineer Galleon's navigation console depicts a spiked sphere that is notably similar in appearance to the mines being dispensed in one of the possible tiles.
- Two small Grineer spacecraft can be found suspended in the Hangar tile, similar to those flying by in the Grineer Forest extraction tile, as well as in the Grineer Asteroid Base Hangar tile.
- Certain areas of the map, one of the big gun rooms for instance, causes enemies to stretch out or die in mid air frequently, causing frame rate problems or crashes.
Patch HistoryEdit
Update 27.5.0
- Fixed lighting intensity in the Grineer Galleon extraction cinematic.
- Made optimizations to the Grineer Galleon tileset.
- Fixed missing wall materials in sections of the Grineer Galleon Defense tilesets.
- Fixed wild flickering issues on one of the doors in the Grineer Galleon tileset.
- Fixed issue with enemy navigation in the Grineer Galleon tileset where enemies would attempt to cross through a solid window.
- Fixed hole in map due to missing wall in the Grineer Galleon tileset.
- Fixed lightning issues on certain doors and hallways in the Grineer Galleon tileset.
- Fixed a case of a locked door icon showing unlocked in the Grineer Galleon tileset.
- Fixed overlapping environmental issues in Grineer Galleons.
- Fixed holes in the Grineer Galleon tileset that could cause AI to get stuck.
- Fixed a door causing the screen to turn black in Grineer Galleon.
- Fixes towards AI ramp traversing struggles in the Grineer Galleon tileset.
- Increased door opening speeds on the Grineer Settlement and Grineer Galleon tilesets.
- Adjusted new stairs to the upper level in the Grineer Galleon Defense tileset to improve flow.
- Fixed a tileset hole in the Grineer Galleon.
- Grineer Galleon Map Expansion (now supporting Mobile Defense, Spy, Deception, Capture)
- Introduced.
See AlsoEdit
- Navigation Array, the Conclave map which uses this tileset.
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Whilst not all of my favourite street food in Hanoi are served on the street, this shouldn't deter you as I have high standards, and sometimes that involves sitting on an adult sized chair in a ventilated room.
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This is also a good time to mention that if a restaurant becomes popular, a copy cat will eventually pop up next door. If in doubt, always go to the busy one that isn't vying desperately for your business.
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General Discussion / Re: dyed my hair« on: November 19, 2010, 08:04:22 pm »
If you're going to make a frivolous topic solely about your hair, at least have the decency to post a picture.
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General Discussion / Re: dyed my hair« on: November 19, 2010, 08:04:22 pm »
If you're going to make a frivolous topic solely about your hair, at least have the decency to post a picture.
Art / Re: Demotivators« on: November 16, 2010, 09:26:34 am »
I take offense at the pirates vs. ninjas one. We're very serious about that debate here.
Introductions / Re: Konichiwa...« on: November 11, 2010, 11:18:04 am »
The name sounds familiar, though that's probably the fault of another glitch hunter here. Welcome back, and enjoy your stay.
Pokémon Discussion / Re: Mimic-Rage Metagame or All-Moves-Allowed Metagame« on: November 05, 2010, 07:20:17 pm »
Well, I'd probably slap skill swap on shedinja in doubles with spiritomb, but besides that I'd probably use an agility-sheer cold machamp. Also, a bunch of things would love spore, extremespeed, etc. A swords dance-extremespeed/water jet bibarel could do some real damage.
Skill Swap fails when used by a Pokemon with the ability Wonder Guard.
Generation I Glitch Discussion / Re: Mewtwo & Swift in Generation I« on: November 03, 2010, 08:10:16 pm »
Vulpix can only learn Energy Ball via breeding in Generation IV, not by TM. These may be oversights or intentional, but unless one of us can get a hold of Game Freak and interrogate them, we won't know.
Wiki Discussion / Re: NIWA - should we consider joining them?« on: October 24, 2010, 11:36:30 pm »
Server stress is definitely major issue, so we'll have to wait until malacoda says something on that.
Assuming that he agrees to take care of that, it would be good to reconcile our dysfunction with Bulbapedia when it comes to glitches. However, as you mentioned, this would be awkward; Bulbapedia already has information on glitches, but we have greater depth. Perhaps a discussion with the current NIWA would help resolve issues before joining. Maybe a statement like "We're thinking about joining, but are concerned that info currently on our wiki would conflict with that on others" would help start discussion.
Once these problems are solved, I agree with Yuzihax that there is no doubt that they will accept us. After all, they accepted a Pikmin fanon wiki.
Debate Wars / Re: City or Country« on: September 27, 2010, 11:06:10 am »
Anything but a big city; a smaller town or suburb would do, or even the countryside if it has good internet. I can't stand the pollution from big cities, whether it's light pollution, noise pollution, or smog. Los Angeles in particular is extremely irritating.
Pokémon Discussion / Re: Theory on how wild Pokemon appear« on: September 23, 2010, 08:38:38 am »
I take it this was based on experience with the Pokewalker?
Generation IV Glitch Discussion / Re: Mimic-Rage Glitch Discussion« on: September 07, 2010, 08:46:27 am »
Trick Room Aggron or Dragon Dance Flygon are my favorites. Trick Room Aggron would go something like this:
Don't you hate it when you do a long and technical explanation of something and then you realize much later that there is a much simpler way? It happens all the time.
Generation IV Glitch Discussion / Re: Mimic-Rage Glitch Discussion« on: September 06, 2010, 04:05:14 pm »
Trick Room Aggron or Dragon Dance Flygon are my favorites. Trick Room Aggron would go something like this:
Mr. Mime (which learns Mimic naturally) gets the move Rage from, say, Dunsparce. I then teach it Trick Room. A Level 77 Relicanth (or lower, but 77 makes it easier) imported with Mimic from Emerald then Rage/Transforms into Mr. Mime, gaining the move Trick Room. One Rare Candy later and my Relicanth knows Head Smash, Trick Room, and Rage. An Aron with Mimic imported from Emerald then Rage/Transforms into Relicanth, gaining Head Smash and Trick Room (as well as Rage and Relicanth's fourth move, preferably Aqua Tail to remove the tutoring process).
The logistics involved with Rage/Transforming can be as complex as breeding, but with more room for experimentation.
Generation III Glitch Discussion / Re: Neo-Pomegging: The Revival of the Pomeg Glitch« on: September 04, 2010, 12:27:22 pm »
All right, but next time I suggest as soon as we get important posts we back them up to here or something.
They do, but it might be worth testing the move Fling with a Pomeg Berry after lowering the HP of the Pokemon to be Pomeg'd to the correct amount.
Generation IV Glitch Discussion / Re: D/P's Safari Zone doesnt like Arceus« on: August 21, 2010, 01:05:20 pm »
Indeed I do. </stupid mistake>
Pokémon Discussion / Re: Tombstoner's RNG Thread« on: August 21, 2010, 01:04:49 pm »
I really need to learn to do this stuff
RNG Reporter allows you to use 4 to 8 chained shinies to find your SID. I recommend using a guide.
Generation IV Glitch Discussion / Re: D/P's Safari Zone doesnt like Arceus« on: August 20, 2010, 02:23:51 am »
Aside from OT and country of origin, the European Michina Arceus and the Toys R Us Arceus are identical. Perhaps the glitch was fixed in PAL versions of the game.
Pokémon Discussion / Re: Major error in the anime!« on: August 20, 2010, 02:20:42 am »
IIRC in Pokemon Special Red's Pikachu is explained to have special powers that let it hit ground types or something, but this is just one of many examples of the anime being completely backwards. Remember Ash's supercharged Swellow in his battle against Tate and Liza? They seem to be rather fond of making up moves as plot devices. I suppose that it moves the story along, but it's still unrealistic.


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The Rolls-Royce Trent 7000, which powers Airbus's latest aircraft, the A330neo, has today received its 'ticket to fly' from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), with the first production engines also delivered to the Airbus facility in Toulouse, France.
The Trent 7000 is the fourth Rolls-Royce engine to receive formal certification in just 12 months, following in the footsteps of the Trent 1000 TEN, Trent XWB-97, and Pearl 15. The certificate was presented to Rolls-Royce by Trevor Woods, Certification Director, EASA, at Farnborough International Airshow.
The Trent 7000, the latest member of the successful Rolls-Royce Trent engine family, is the exclusive powerplant for the A330neo which enters service later this year. The aircraft has been a star attraction at this year's Farnborough Airshow, where it is made its first appearance.
Chris Cholerton, Rolls-Royce President – Civil Aerospace, said: "This is another great milestone in a period of unprecedented activity for us. Certifying and delivering the Trent 7000 engine further strengthens our position on the latest generation of aircraft and I would like to thank everyone at EASA and Airbus, as well as my own Rolls-Royce colleagues, who have worked so closely to get to this point. We now look forward to supporting Airbus and TAP Air Portugal as they prepare for the aircraft to enter into service later this year."
The Trent 7000 brings together more than 50 million flying hours of experience from the Trent 700, which powers the original version of the A330. It combines architecture from the Trent 1000 TEN – the latest version of the Trent 1000 engine – and the latest technology from the Trent XWB.
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Diddy states that he has been approached by the Jordan brand to produce a tribute shoe to Notorious B.I.G.
It has been over 20 years since Hip Hop icon, Notorious B.I.G. passed away. Yet, the Brooklyn MC's name still carries weight. According to Sean 'Diddy' Combs, team Jordan is interested in producing a shoe in honor of the late-great Christoper Wallace. Combs, the founder of Bad Boy Records, signed Biggie as the label's first artist. From there, Biggie was the flagship act for Bad Boy. There are few people who took the hip-hop legend's untimely death harder than Diddy, and his reverence of his late friend appears in his pickiness regarding tributes to him. Diddy claims that Brand Jordan, among others, have approached him with ideas for Biggie tribute sneakers, all of which he's turned down to this point.
"We've been approached by Gucci, we've been approached by Brand Jordan," he said. "Not to reveal any business but, you may see a collaboration in the future — either with one of those two or with somebody else." In an episode of "Sneaker Shopping" shared by Complex, Diddy said that the styles simply weren't right. He also added that Biggie wasn't much of a shoe person, preferring to spend his money elsewhere.
"I got some first renderings and I was like 'Biggie wouldn't wear this' and you know he'd be yelling at me from the heavens above like 'why you got me with some whack kicks on?'" he said. Diddy's wording didn't slam the door on any future collaborations, but it certainly seems like we aren't going to be seeing any tribute sneakers just yet. With that being said, March 9 of this year marked the 20th anniversary of Biggie's death, so perhaps it could be sooner rather than later.


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Not a bad hotel in Kingston. Very friendly and knowledgeable staff. Business centre, weight area. Good restaurant and bar. Pool is staffed well. Has a giant waterside. Ample parking. Spacious rooms. The hotel is classy but has some bold character to it. I recommend when in town it's a great place to stay.
Quite a nice stay. Staff is incredibly friendly, the facilities are very good, albeit starting to show some age. Bed very comfortable, rooms are nicely appointed. Pool and saunas are nice, and my boys had fun on the water slide, but unfortunately it was only open for 3 hours during our stay, which was a bit of a disappointment. Over, good experience, and we will come again!
Highly recommend! Great for kids and adults. The swimming area has saunas, hot tubs, swimming pool, splash pad and water slide all indoors and a bonus the water is always warm and hot tubs get turned down from certain times for the kids and then turned up when they have the pool area open for adults only witch was also nice for when you need to just relax with no screaming children. The rooms were nice and the bed was really comfortable plus every time we left and came back the room was tidy and they left chocolates on the bed for us and well who doesn't like chocolate! The restaurant was really nice and they served really good food at decent prices. There workout gym was a little small when I went but still had different machines to work all areas needed. This hotel over all is my favourite for a nice family getaway and I will be returning in the future.
This is an older hotel but worth a stay. It is close to the CN station therefore convenient for rail travellers. There are quite good extras such a big pool with water slide, splash pool and fitness centre. If you are staying in the main building you will have to go outside to get to pool and fitness centres. There is a nice little restaurant but no complimentary breakfast.


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I'm a rubbish blogger. Posts get written in my head that rarely make it to the screen. So a lot of this is old but as this is actually a journal for me, and not about you, that's fine!
There have been a bundle of babies born to friends and colleagues this year. As such, I've picked up my hook and made a blanket or two. And yes, I made blue for a boy and pink for a girl. In my defence, I don't have a lot of dosh so pick what's on sale in Jenners.
Then in July I went along to the Knit Works exhibition and workshops at the National Museum of Scotland. I missed the first day as I didn't know it was on – we were just checking the site to take the kiddo into town for the street festival. Anyhoooo, It was a boiling hot day and I welcomed the cool interior of the museum. I had booked to join the Crochet workshop with Arne and Carlos so only had a little time to look around the display – I have a sneaky suspicion I missed a load.
These are displays by the designer Steiunn, Brora and another designer who's name I didn't write down but did some great hip-hop clothes pieces.
The workshop was not what I expected. I thought we would be taught step by step how to do a flower. Instead, they handed out yarn, hooks and a handout of the pattern and just told us to get on with it. Both Arne and Carlos were on hand to help but as there were quite a few beginners in the room, they couldn't help everyone. I tried to help a few around them but sadly think I may have confused them as I wasn't sure whether the pattern was in UK or US terms. Arne and Carlos will be back next year for Edinburgh Yarn Festival and I will try to book again for a workshop as I like them and their designs. Still odd to me that here are two men talking to a room full of women about yarn craft.
After, I tried to join the knitathon. I was told to pick whatever wool I wanted and to choose a pattern to do. So sat down happily and tried to chat. Ok, this may be because I was hot, or it may just be that knitters can be really unfriendly bitches sometimes. What a cold front trying to talk to some of them and a really shock after chatting to the friendly crocheters. Turns out that I was actually too late to make a square and so I sadly left. I may be a loud mouth but actually find it very very hard to walk up to a group of strangers to talk – so when they are not quite welcoming, I take it really badly. Grrrrr.


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I was very impressed with the results of the Harrison Assessments report that Andrew did for me. The findings described me accurately and the coaching gave me some good insight into my behaviour at work. I would recommend these reports to anyone looking to improve their performance and better understand why they behave the way they do.
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text: Infrastructure Mobility Hashtag Trending – Google pays to stay on top, video buffering may be over Mandy Kovacs @MandyVKovacs Published: August 17th, 2017Google is paying Apple to stay the top search engine, the world's largest data centre will be built in the Arctic Circle, and researchers may have a way to stop video buffering.From Product Hunt, despite being competitors in the smartphone market, Google is making Apple billions of dollars richer every year. According to financial research firm Bernstein, Google is paying Apple three billion dollars this year to stay as the iPhone and iPad's default search engine, which essentially accounts for five per cent of Apple's total operating profits this year. In comparison, between 2014 and 2016, Google paid Apple only one billion for the same thing, but with iOS device traffic making up about 50 per cent of Google's mobile search revenue, the company seems willing to shell out to stay on top.From Reddit today, the world's largest data centre will be built in the Arctic Circle. A US/Norway partnership called Kolos is working on what it calls "a fortress for data" in the town of Ballangen, Norway, which has a population of around two thousand, six hundred people. The centre is supposed to be approximately 600 thousand square feet, four stories high, and use a record-setting one thousand megawatts of power. The company says it chose Norway because it's cold climate acts as a natural cooling system, and because of its access to hydropower, which could help the facility trim energy costs by as much as 60 per cent.And again from Reddit, a group of MIT researchers may have solved the dreaded hell of video buffering. We've all had a video we're in the middle of watching stop to buffer or lower to a pixelated mess, but using machine learning, these researchers have figured out the optimal algorithm to use for delivering video at the best possible resolution while avoiding buffering breaks, no matter where you are or the status of your connection. The researchers call the system Pensieve, and it apparently cuts buffering down by up to 30 per cent. With more testing in the works, and the researchers planning to open source the project to speed up development in the next few months, this could be the tech that finally gets us to stop yelling at our computer screens. Related Download Sponsor: LG LG Business Solutions New technologies can ease the burden on IT departments while enhancing productivity and satisfaction for the end users they serve. Learn More Infrastructure, Mobility Apple, data centre, Google, hashtag, hashtag trending, iPad, iPhone, MIT, podcasts, search engines


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"May I order a glass of sherry?" is not something you hear too often at a restaurant, especially in the summer. This August we are trying to change that. Starting on August 6th, Mercat a la Planxa is offering a supplemental three course menu paired with sherry. The shareable sherry dinner will be offered seven days a week during dinner service. Menu highlights include paella, a tapas board and of course some amazing hard to find sherries!
So why Sherry? Sherry is a fortified wine originally from the southern part of Spain and is widely popular drink among Spaniards. Executive Chef Diego Amat recalls drinking sherry among friends and family at some of his favorite Barcelona restaurants. Sherry can sometimes be misunderstood, pinned as something just drunk in the winter and after dinner. Sherry month aims to change that misconception. Make your reservation by calling 312-765-0524.


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- "Statistics show that the mining towns frequently produce AKB0048 members."
- —Suzuko talking about Lancastar.
Lancastar (ランカスター, Rankasutā) is a planet located some light years from Earth and the member state of the Deep Galaxy Trade Organization empire. It is the homeworld of Nagisa Motomiya, Yuka Ichijo and Orine Aida.
This planet has a lot processing plants to make DES weapons and mining operations. It has a lot of mining towns located near those processing plants and mining operations. It is polluted with smoke, and only a few river do not contain toxic affluent.
Years before the start of the series, entertainment was banned on Lancastar due to an interplanetary war.
However, 4 years ago, the idol group AKB0048 visited Lancastar on an abandoned mine to hold a concert for their fans. Some DES soldiers tried to stop them, but AKB0048 quickly defeated them. Nagisa Motomiya, Yuka Ichijo, Orine Aida and Chieri Sono, who witnessed the concert and the fight, decided that they will one day join AKB0048.
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The planet has public facilities such as school, hospital and residential areas. Nagisa's school is one of them in which, it is closed down and becomes a base for Whole Over Technology Association army.
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Editor's Note: Re-sharing this wedding from the 2016 archives.
Katie and Tucker both belong to and sail out of the Boston Yacht Club and because it's a favorite shared place, they decided to tie the knot in nautical fashion at the club. Every detail was thoughtfully planned out to be in accordance with their coastal theme and Katie even gifted her "bridesmates" beautiful sailing cord bracelets. / Images by Sarah Jayne Photography.
Says Katie, "Tucker and I both belong to and sail out of the Boston Yacht Club. It is our favorite place to grab a bite to eat and sit out on the deck to enjoy drinks. The yacht club beautifully mixes the old classic yacht club feel with modern architecture. Tucker grew up in Marblehead and his Mom lives across the street from the Yacht Club so it is somewhere that we go often. We had a nautical theme to our wedding because of our common love of sailing that originally brought us together and still is something we both enjoy doing. The nautical theme is also fitting because most of our 'bridesmates' and 'groomsmates' are shared sailing competitors and teammates from different sailing teams around New England. Sailing is also how my parents met (at the age of 13) in Rhode Island so it is something that is important to both of our families as well. Both of our grandparents and parents have sailed since they were young. We also "tied the knot" literally at our ceremony tying a sailors wedding knot to secure our vows.
The Proposal | Tucker proposed in New Hampshire at his Dad's farmhouse. It happened in mid February 2015 on a beautiful sunny snowy morning. We were at the top of his Dad's massive sledding hill when his dad asked us to take a photo on one of the tubes as we were about to slide down. From behind me Tucker pulled the ring out of his pocket as I was smiling for the camera. I was so surprised that I barely got a yes out before he pushed off and slid all the way down the hill. At the bottom of the hill he got onto one knee and sweetly proposed. Right after I said yes his little half brother and sister who were anxiously waiting at the bottom on the hill piled on us yelling "Yay! We have a new sister!!!!". It was perfect, romantic, and totally adorable. It was also amazing that his Dad and Step-mom got every second of the proposal in video and pictures, which I watch all the time tearing up just as I did that amazing February morning.
Credits: Dress: Cristina's Inc | Groomsmen suits: J. Crew | Invitations: Bride DIY, printed at Ocean State Printers | Bridesmaid Nautical Jewelry: http://www.patsykane.com/ | Florals: Whole Foods | Hair: Radiance Salon | Makeup: Tara at TADA | Cake: Whole Foods Cake | Band/DJ: Search Party


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John McPhee is a name you will see here again. He is, without doubt, one of my favorite writers. Some of his books are collections of articles he wrote for The New Yorker, others address a single subject.
No matter the subject, if McPhee writes it I will read it.
Witness the fact that I have read his books (and many others) on raising oranges, building birch-bark canoes, Bill Bradley, the New Jersey Pine Barrens, the Swiss Army, cargo ships, and the geology of North America—subjects I have no particular interest in but enjoyed immensely reading about.
Among my favorite McPhee books is Rising from the Plains, one of five volumes that make up his Pulitzer Prize-winning compilation, Annals of the Former World.
The book is about the geology of Wyoming, as seen through McPhee's travels with geologist David Love. You'll find that reading about rocks can be fascinating. But Love is also a Wyoming boy who grew up on an isolated ranch when the West was still wild, and those stories are just as engaging as the tales about traces of the Triassic on the landscape.
This is about high-country geology and a Rocky Mountain regional geologist. I raise that semaphore here at the start so no one will feel misled by an opening passage in which a slim young woman who is not in any sense a geologist steps down from a train in Rawlins, Wyoming, in order to go north by stagecoach into country that was still very much the Old West.
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On 11 July, FTA sent a letter addressed to the Thai Embassy in Brussels to increase their partnership in sustainability and call for an out-of-court settlement of the "Thammakaset case". Thailand is an important sourcing market for agricultural products. The country has taken concrete measures in recent months to improve social conditions in supply chains.
The case started in June 2016, when the Thammakaset poultry farm initiated a defamation lawsuit against 14 migrant workers who were previously employed at the farm, the Migrant Workers Rights Network (MWRN) and human right activist, Andy Hall.
In the letter, FTA touches on several aspects:
- Firstly, it emphasises the importance of respecting freedom of expression as a fundamental right; and
- Secondly, it encourages all parties involved in the case to explore all possible measures to resolve differences through peaceful and constructive dialogue.
Building closer dialogue with Thai officials, FTA will continue to closely monitor the ongoing case and build on cooperation with all involved parties.
FTA activities
With a long-standing dialogue with the Thai Government, FTA has an active presence in the country through its sustainability programme for improved working conditions, the Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI).
As a part of the BSCI Food Working Group, FTA has an ad hoc Task Force made up of 17 large European supermarket chains to specifically address migrant worker issues in the Thai food industry since 2013. Last year, FTA held a conference in Bangkok gathering international buyers, local industry leaders and suppliers, EU and Thai government representatives, and other key stakeholders to discuss how to improve labour rights and working conditions in the food supply chain. Most recently, a BSCI Module on Responsible Recruitment will be launched, offering a set of guidelines on responsible recruitment practices and training material.


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Pink, peach and white roses plus green Hydrangea are accented with viburnum and heather and delivered in a cylindrical clear glass vase.
Radiant red roses and spray roses along with pretty in pink asiatic lilies are beautifully arranged in a stylish glass vase. It's a beautiful way to celebrate a romance that deepens with each passing year.


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It's the bureaucratic equivalent of searching behind the couch cushions for loose change: the semi-regular exercise of finding federal expenses to include in Canada's annual calculation of defence spending.
And it appears federal officials have gotten quite good at it.
Documents and briefing notes released to CBC News under access to information legislation follow the bureaucrats as they follow the money in an effort to account for every defence dollar.
It is a curious, deliberate exercise meant to make Canada's ratio of military spending to gross domestic product look better to our NATO allies — principally the Americans.
There is an obvious political imperative now to squeeze every last dime out of the balance sheet.
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has been pressuring alliance members to meet the NATO defence spending benchmark of two per cent of GDP. In 2014, Ottawa pledged to meet that level of spending within a decade.
It hasn't. In fact, at 1.27 per cent of GDP, Canada's defence spending is nowhere near that level; it didn't even reach it during the height of the Cold War. The Canadian government makes no pretence of meeting that benchmark — but routinely points in its own defence to how much it contributes to the military alliance in terms of personnel and leadership in high-profile missions.
Still, the show-me-the-money reflex in Washington these days is strong.
"U.S. taxpayers are spending almost four per cent of our GDP to defend ourselves and our allies and two per cent is a fair minimum of what our allies should be paying," Robert O'Brien, White House national security adviser, said recently at the Halifax International Security Forum.
It was a rare public rebuke from the Americans — reasonably polite but pointed.
"We're grateful for what Canada has done," O'Brien said, "but we would like to see Canada meet that commitment because it's not just great for Canada, it's great for the free world."
Ahead of this week's NATO leaders summit in London, Germany became the latest high-profile nation to announce it will aim to get to two per cent defence spending by the early 2030s.
And while the U.S. would like to see Germany move faster, O'Brien said, "at least they have a plan to get there."
Canada doesn't — not one that's public, at least. Which is where shaking the couch cushions comes in.
Every two years, NATO carries out what's known as the "defence capability survey," which inventories what each country spends on defence and what it can contribute to its allies. The latest one was completed this year.
The definition of what constitutes defence spending has become more elastic over the last few years, as President Trump's demands for higher contributions from allies have grown more strident.
Moving the goalposts
In early 2018, NATO's definition was updated to include "all payments, including pensions, made by a national government to meet the needs of its armed forces, regardless of the ministerial budgets from which those payments are made."
With that in mind, starting in 2017 Canada began including in its estimate of defence expenditures its spending on: pensions (both military and civilian defence); the country's electronic spy service (the Communications Security Establishment); veterans benefits, including death benefits for survivors; Global Affairs and RCMP expenses for peacekeeping; and the costs borne by other government departments when they support the Department of National Defence.
That added another $4.9 billion annually to Canada's calculation of defence spending.
NATO further revised its definitions in February 2018. That allowed Canada to begin counting as a defence expenditure the $5 million it spends on the Afghan National Army Trust Fund, which is intended to support and train the army of that beleaguered nation.
One set of documents, dated June 5, 2018, shows the alliance doesn't allow countries to get away with charging whatever they like — and has even declared some expenses submitted by Canada to be "ineligible."
Naming and shaming
When it was originally conceived, the two per cent benchmark was meant to serve as a measure of burden-sharing, of what each nation brought to the table in the name of the collective defence of Europe.
It has since evolved — particularly since the arrival of President Trump — into a somewhat tortured accounting exercise that drives nations to demonstrate their worth to avoid international naming-and-shaming.
The White House does recognize the needle has moved since Russia's annexation of Crimea jolted the now-70-year-old alliance out of its post-Cold War celebratory haze.
It would never have happened, O'Brien claimed, without American hectoring, mostly by the current president.
"NATO member states, other than United States, have invested $120 billion more over a four year period that they otherwise would have," he said.
"It's a major success story, not just for the United States, but for our allies. It took President Trump to encourage our allies to recognize they need to be responsible for things."
But is the two per cent benchmark about maintaining collective security or burnishing a political image? Canada's former top military adviser to NATO, retired Vice-Admiral Bob Davidson, said Trump is mostly interested in boasting rights.
"Donald Trump wants to make a point. He wants a win on the NATO side," said Davidson. "He wants it to look like his threats and cajoling has actually worked so that he can brag about it at the next election."


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Properties of Linear Waterfloods
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- L.A. Rapoport (The Carter Oil Co.) | W.J. Leas (The Carter Oil Co.)
- https://doi.org/10.2118/213-G
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- Society of Petroleum Engineers
- Source
- Journal of Petroleum Technology
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 05
- Publication Date
- May 1953
- Document Type
- Journal Paper
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- 139 - 148
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- English
- 0149-2136
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- 1953. Original copyright American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. Copyright has expired.
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- 5.3.4 Reduction of Residual Oil Saturation, 5.4.1 Waterflooding, 5.1 Reservoir Characterisation, 5.3.1 Flow in Porous Media, 4.1.5 Processing Equipment, 5.2.1 Phase Behavior and PVT Measurements, 5.3.2 Multiphase Flow, 4.1.2 Separation and Treating, 6.5.2 Water use, produced water discharge and disposal, 1.6.9 Coring, Fishing
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The original Buckley-Leverett theory has been extended and a more detailed formulation of the waterflood behavior in linear horizontal systems is presented. Particular consideration has been given to the evaluation of capillary pressure effects and differential equations permitting an explicit evaluation of these effects have been derived. On the basis of the developed theory it is recognized that the flooding behavior is dependent upon the length of the system and the rate of injection. At the same time it has been determined that systems of different lengths yield the same flooding behavior if the injection rates and/or the fluid viscosities are properly adjusted or "scaled." It has also been found that the sensitivity of the flooding behavior with respect to rate and length decreases as any one of these factors increases in value and that for sufficiently long systems and high rates of water injection the flooding behavior becomes independent of rate and length, or "stabilized." To such stabilized conditions the theory formulated by Buckley and Leverett is applicable. A number of laboratory flooding tests have been made and good agreement has been found between theory and experimental observations. The experimental results are discussed and it is shown that under field conditions the flooding behavior is usually stabilized. As a result of these findings a procedure is indicated for evaluating field performances either on the basis of tests performed with commonly available core samples or by means of calculations using relative permeability data.
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