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ESU Updates for Windows 7 SP1 (Updated 26/06/2020)
flamandu replied to steven4554's topic in User Contributed Update ListsThank you for these amazing lists You know you got someone who's appreciating your work mates so keep up the good work.
Removing Languages from Vista
flamandu replied to flamandu's topic in Unattended Windows Vista/Server 2008there is a way to remove the languages and it works. see this topic http://www.msfn.org/board/Removing-Languages-t116511.html
Integration MUI packyou cannot add a multilanguage pack with vLite i did this with a batch file. See this topic...... http://www.msfn.org/board/How-to-integrate...ist-t99648.html If you want to use this batch file you have to install Windows Automated Install Kit (AIK) download it from here..... Windows AIK Build 6001.18000.080118-1840
Drivers for Windows Vista
flamandu posted a topic in Device DriversHi, I want to make a custom Vista DVD with driverpacks. I have the driverpacks and I want them to be installed from the DVD during the installation. I don't want to install all the drivers included in the driverpack only what it is neded and that should be automaticly be done by a "script" or a program from the DVD. How should I do it to make this custom DVD. I don't want any vLite or vista update integrator.... . Whould someone help me with this? Thanks,
How do I know which .inf file to select for integrating drivers?sorry for the duble post, And I integrated the almost 700 mb driver, I used the driverpacks from muiz and HJW for vista...... . The windows installation install the appropiate drivers from the driverpack for your hardware isn't it or it should be?
How do I know which .inf file to select for integrating drivers?I didn't get any popups during the install :} . I don't know what I had done wrong.....
How do I know which .inf file to select for integrating drivers?Integrate drivers and install the image to your PC and open Device Manager.When all your hardware recognized then its all ok.But with the current case...drivers will be integrated into the image and installed during Vista setup not sooner.Also that directory you found i problably some temp directory. I opened my device manager and none of the drivers are installed
How do I know which .inf file to select for integrating drivers?hello, I integrated some drivers with vlite on Vista Ultimate image but the drivers aren't installing..... . I checked if the drivers are in the image and there are in the image, Mountdirectory\Windows\Temp\vDrv\.... but there aren't installed. What am i doing whrong?
can you type the whole command for extracting the service pack. the command that you gave isn't correct. It gives me....this..... 'M:\' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. C:\Windows\system32>Windows6.0-KB936330-X64-wave1.exe /X:D:\VistaWorK\SP1Extract 'Windows6.0-KB936330-X64-wave1.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Vista updates + integration problemHi, all I had integrated all the updates untill april 08 and then SP1 into my Vista DVD. The problem is that when the installation is finished Windows asks me to activate. During the installation I had unchequed the option "Activate Windows at the first login". I can't use the Windows in grace period of 30 days. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks!!
I managed to edit the lang.ini in the boot.wim and it works. I don't have any boot.ini in the DVD and i didn't slipstreamed the Service pack yet. I managed to set all the commands in one batch file. @Echo Off Echo Enter path to Windows AIK: Echo Example: C:\Program Files\Windows AIK Set /p WAIK= Echo. Echo Enter path for mounting WIM file: Echo Example: D:\VistaWork\Mount Set /p WIM= Echo. Echo Enter path to directory with Vista DVD copied: Echo Example: D:\VistaWork\DVD Set /p WD= Echo. Echo Enter path to the .xml file: Echo Example: D:\VistaWork\remlanguage.xml Set /p XML= Echo. Echo Enter path to the new lang file self edited: Echo Example: D:\VistaWork\lang.ini Set /p INI= Echo. Echo Enter language pack ID default: Echo Example: ro-RO Set /p LANG= Echo. Echo Select the Vista edition: Echo Example: 1 Echo 1 - BUSINESS Echo 2 - HOMEBASIC Echo 3 - HOMEPREMIUM Echo 4 - ULTIMATE Echo 5 - BUSINESSN Echo 6 - HOMEBASICN Echo 7 - STARTER Set /p EDITION= Echo. "%WAIK%\Tools\x86\Imagex.exe" /mountrw "%WD%\Sources\install.wim" %EDITION% "%WIM%" "%WAIK%\Tools\x86\intlcfg.exe" -all:%LANG% -image:"%WIM%" "%WAIK%\Tools\Servicing\pkgmgr.exe" /o:"%WIM%\;%WIM%\Windows" /n:"%XML%" "%WAIK%\Tools\x86\Imagex.exe" /unmount /commit "%WIM%" "%WAIK%\Tools\x86\Imagex.exe" /mountrw "%WD%\Sources\boot.wim" 2 "%WIM%" Copy "%INI%" "%WIM%\sources\Lang.ini" "%WAIK%\Tools\x86\Imagex.exe" /unmount /commit "%WIM%" echo End of language pack desintegration. pause The language folders are still there but you cannot chose them in the installation. Thanks eryen for helping me out :thumbup
I can do it manualy, maybe with WAIK
Your batchfile worked but the language is still on the DVD. Here is an screenshot: I think the language that in the setup is in boot.wim image installed is. I want my DVD only in Romanian.
Thats why it didn't worked, I didn't set the paths to WAIK. Can you rewrite your batch in one file again please but with the paths to Windows AIK? I only want to remove the english language from the install.wim . For integrating another language i have another script. Thanks
sorry for double post, but is there any way to do that with an batch script? I have already mhyll's batch script for adding languages, that works 100% and maybe someone can do all the commands in one batch script. That whould be appreciated. My appologies for the double post!


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I visited Tottenham Hale tube station on Saturday, as part of my project to visit every Underground station. But what to do there? I decided to pay a visit to Bruce Castle Museum.
The museum is a Grade I listed 16th century manor house. It is located in 20 acres of parkland, which is now a public park. The oldest parts of the building were built by William Compton, a member of Henry VIII's court, and it has been modified several times since then. Bruce Castle opened as a museum in 1906.
Currently Bruce Castle Museum hosts local history collections relating to the borough of Haringey. I really like small local museums even though they all contain the same things – old photographs and artefacts in dusty glass cases, portraits of notable citizens of the area, and a reconstruction of a room during World War II. It's a nice little museum though and well worth a visit – the house itself is beautiful, too.
The tower in front of the house is rather intriguing – it dates from the beginning of the house's history but no one really knows what it was used for, although one suggestion is that it was used to keep falcons.
Address: Lordship Lane, Tottenham, N17 6RT
Website: haringey.gov.uk/community-and-leisure/culture-and-entertainment/visiting-haringey/bruce-castle-museum
Opening Hours: Wed-Sun 1pm-5pm
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Woolly says – Being back in our adopted country for a couple of weeks led Jo and I onto the subject of living as an expat, something that we have done in three different countries.
Turkey – 2011 to present
Spain – 4 months
France – 6 months
Although very different in culture and environment there have been a number of similarities which raised the question of 'is the grass greener' somewhere else in the world. Over to Jo to explain more with only an odd interruption from myself, dependant obviously on her content!
There is an ever increasing number of people striving to change their lives and taking the view that living abroad would be so much better when in reality the washing up, shopping, cleaning and tidying still remain the same, in fact the mundane part of life that many of us wish to leave behind follows right behind us you just do it in a different setting.
We were lucky enough to find ourselves in the situation of being able to make this choice and find out for ourselves.
Where to Go
We all have our dream destinations and I had always thought that if I had the opportunity to live abroad that France would be my ideal place. Close to the UK if needed back, inflated ideas of how far school girl French would take me and lots of lovely wine to consume, an obvious choice. So, my late partner and I decided to move to Turkey!
Following a couple of holidays and the realisation that property was cheap (in comparison to the UK), the people were wonderful and helpful, the climate was great and the cost of living affordable, Woolly says – pistachio's everywhere, and the amount of history from the Romans, Ottomans and Byzantines amazing, we didn't really dwell on any other factors and set about acquiring a two bed apartment close to the beach, shipping our furniture and renting our house out. Not being of retirement age the house rental would provide the income we needed and allow us to manage fairly well in our new country.
When your born in a country you take a lot of things for granted, having a birth certificate allowed you to acquire a passport, a national insurance number allowing you to work and not much else was needed. A new country requires a lot of paperwork to achieve a similar amount, I would point out that you are not allowed to work in Turkey unless it is a job that a Turkish person is not able to do, but you do require a tax number. We quickly found out that setting up our new life required endless hours of queuing and producing documents to obtain the said tax number which you cannot do anything else about until you have one, obtaining the Turkish Ikamet to live as a resident, a bank account, registering to pay electric and water (there is no mains gas so bottles are paid for on delivery) and a variety of other items. The Turks love to stamp pieces of official paper and as day passed day, we moved from police offices to the tax office to the banks and onwards until we appeared to have everything needed.
Within the first two years a lot of the systems changed and the need to acquire new or updated pieces of paper became a yearly occurrence, being British we're good at queues! The reality is that laws change rapidly here and keeping up can be a bit of a nightmare, I am entirely grateful to several expat Facebook pages that help to support the community on the yearly, weekly and sometimes daily requirements needed.
Social Life
With everything finally sorted we sat on the balcony of our new home and started to wonder what on earth we were going to do with all our free time.
Woolly says – eat pistachios of course!
We had already made friends with a Turkish family who to this day have helped and supported us in so many ways, but given that our language skills were fairly non-existent we found the only English type bar in the area to meet up with fellow expats which allowed us to have an full English Breakfast – yes we are that sad at times – watch English football – my partner not me – and generally have some basis for a social life.
We quickly realised that the expats fell into two different groups, those that accepted living here and the strange problems we sometimes faced and those that wanted the country to change to meet there needs, we fell very much into the first category and started to my friends.
Sadly, after only 32 days of our new life I lost my partner to cancer. The friendships that we had just started proved vital in their love, help and support over the coming years as I struggled to adapt to not only a new country but a new way of life.
I quickly realised that I had way too many hours to fill every day and tried to set up a weekly routine to give me focus. Monday was cleaning the apartment day, Tuesday was a walk either along the beach or to the castle, Wednesday meet up with a friend and just wander round discovering new streets and roads, Thursday clothes washing, Friday meet up with the expat friends for a few drinks and then spend the weekend finding ways to pass the time.
Yes, you might be in a different country but eventually seeing the same beach, castle etc like at home become more mundane.
Mammoth Tip – have plenty of hobbies, try growing things on your balcony, plan trips around your new country (in Turkey an expat can only be out of the country for 180 days without losing their residency), go for language lessons.
Pitfalls and Problems
I'm sure each country has them but as your place of birth you might not realise how difficult or frustrating, they can be.
When we first arrived in our new home social media was banned as well as you tube, although these came into use within a few months keeping up with friends and family back home was an issue as letters could take 6 weeks or more to arrive. Mammoth Tip – Skype is a wonderful invention and allowed us to speak to daughter Zoe on a weekly basis as long as we had WIFI.
If you're an avid TV watcher then you need to find ways round this, filmon proved useful for The Great British Bake Off (the only TV I watch) which can be used for free and I have recently found a link for tvaccess which requires a small monthly payment and uses a different VPN address so you need a bit of teckie knowledge on how to use it.
Having been a HSBC costumer in the UK for many years it seemed logical to open up an account with them locally in the belief that the accounts could be synced, wrong. Banking in other countries can be very different and not only was I unable to sync my account, online banking was in its infancy and took hours to get through. Having been taken to one of the Turkish banks and introduced to the manger I changed my account and was able to email the manager directly with any problems whenever I needed to.
Although there is a good infrastructure within the country power cuts are a part of life especially in the winter months, the apartment has candles and matches at strategic points and my kindle is always charged Woolly says – Jo actually looks half decent by candle light!
Possibly the biggest challenge we have encountered was the realisation that my partner had not made a Turkish will, we knew that we needed to do this but our appointment was for after he had died. Five and a half years later and huge amounts of money which now have lots of zero's after them we are still trying to resolve the issue of getting the apartment into my name. Mammoth Tip – Regardless of which country you move to (EU included) make sure you have a will drawn up in the country as your country of birth will might not be enough.
Food and shopping
Being used to doing a weekly supermarket sweep in the UK shopping abroad at first can be quite novel. Choice here is much more limited with no ready meals (not something I use a lot but useful every now and then), rarely any canned goods, different filleting and butchering methods used for fish and meat, for some reason buying a fillet of fish unless frozen always involves a lot of bones!
Having been used to being able to do my whole shop in one place I now have to go to a different shop for alcohol, a pharmacy for any headache tablets and deal with a lack of Cadbury's chocolate. Woolly says – Nearly every shop does however sell pistachio's!
In many European country's supermarkets will have an international section with the delights of custard creams, Jacobs crackers and dairy milk. Not so here and if I find a tin of baked beans, I tend to buy several to keep in the cupboard (I have found a lovely recipe for homemade baked beans if anyone would like it).
A trip to the weekly fruit market is an experience in itself, everything is seasonal here but the taste is amazing, tomatoes' have never tasted so good!
I'm a big fan of cooking curries and Caribbean food but have yet to find fresh coriander, garam masala and limes. My cup overflows with happiness when I come across a bottle of Worcester sauce or some cheddar cheese in the very few shops that sell these products.
The cakes are incredible not only beautiful to look at but wonderful to eat and a weekly cake has now become one of the treats.
Certain things have made me laugh and none more so than buying a spray tin polish for my wooden furniture which was the same price as a jumper!
Mammoth Tip – You soon find the cheaper and better places to eat which are usually away from the touristy spots by going a few streets further back.
Living the Life
Over the last few years climate change has made a huge difference to all countries, Turkey is no exception with summers now reaching the unbearable (for us) temperatures into the 50's and the winters being as cold or sometimes colder than the UK. Central heating isn't a thing here so each room has a small electric fire for the colder months while the portable fans are out in the summer, luckily for us on conversion rates electric isn't to expensive.
Turkey has quite a number of bank holidays and festivals and wherever you are it is wise to check how this might affect you, it took a while to get used to May day being on the first of May not on the nearest Monday to the date. One festival that we have never got used to is that of Kurban Bayram, where goats are slaughtered in the streets, we stock up and stay in for the four days while this takes place. New Year is huge with massive firework displays and the wonderful Turkish people are happy for the expat nations to hold an annual Christmas fayre which is growing by the year.
Woolly says – The yearly sculpture competition is one of my favourites, with the work going on for a full month it's great to be able to go and see the artists at work and guess what there carving out of the giant rocks they have been given.
So, is the Grass Greener?
In some ways it is, choosing where you live is very liberating and experiencing a different life and culture can't be beaten. But if your heading for greener shores then go fully equipped with the realisation that all the things you do in your own country is probably exactly what you will do in your new one. Check out the laws of the land, be prepared for a different social mix with the people you meet, learn some of the language and have a ball because if you want to return to your place of birth it is only a plane ride away and the experiences you will have had in your absence will have been worth every queue, piece of officialdom and frustration. Live life and Enjoy.


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Vacation Bible School at Hedrick's Grove Reformed United Church of Christ will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. July 15-20. Meals will be served Monday through Friday at 5:30. The closing program will be Friday at 7 p.m. This year's theme is "Shipwrecked – Rescued by Jesus." The mission project will be an offering for Crisis Ministry.
Holly Grove softball starts
Church league softball is underway at Holly Grove Lutheran Church field with four games each Monday and Tuesday evening beginning at 6:30. Concessions are available.
Seniors group to meet
Join Wise and Wonderful for their next meeting at Lexington Style Trimmings at 1 p.m. June 26.
School news
Congratulations to Davis-Townsend Elementary retirees, Leigh Bruff, Teresa Cook, Adelia Carrick and Melanie Yarborough. Thank you for your many years of dedication to our students. Congratulations to all the fifth-graders whose achievements were recognized and to all who were promoted to middle school at the final assembly last week. Good luck next year.
If you missed the talent show, you can watch the great performances on the Davis-Townsend Elementary Facebook page.
Come check out the Family Resource Center this week. If you don't know your child's reading level, they are happy to look it up for you while you are there and help you select some items for checkout. They will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. this week. Summer Bucket list ideas to keep your children active and engaged this summer can be found at http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/game-on/1824.
The 2018-2019 Calendar Cards will not be printed for all students and staff. In years past, you have received one in your child's report card. The calendar card file can be located on the DCS website – for reference and to download to print if needed. Check the website > Calendars Tab > 2018-2019 Calendar Card or link to file on website: https://3.files.edl.io/…/193318-b93cd78b-5a57-43cb-8839-c5a… Please reference this calendar, including make-up dates listed at the bottom, before scheduling family vacations.
Lion Club news
If you purchased a raffle ticket from a Davis-Townsend Lion or any Lion to help maintain Camp Dogwood for the Blind at Sherrills Ford and are wondering who won, this year's winner is Sylvia Blue from Pembroke, N.C. She will have her choice of a Buick Encore, Buick Verano, GMC Terrain or GMC Canyon Truck. Congratulations, Sylvia, we hope you enjoy your new vehicle. Remember, next year, this could be one of you dear readers, so be sure to purchase your tickets from any Lion beginning in August.
Davidson County Lions Council
Mark your calendar for the next Davidson County Lions Council meeting July 18 at Stone Creek Seafood Shack in Arcadia. Come early to order off the menu. Meeting will start at 7 p.m. Lions from all 15 clubs in the county should attend.
Prayers needed
Please remember the family and friends of Gary Lopp who passed away recently.
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World Cup is approaching. Russia on the rise. The eyes of the world are already beginning to turn there. And let's agree that the country is beautiful, immense, imposing, frosty and boasts the most beautiful square in the world: the Red Square of Moscow. What a magnificent place! It symbolizes Russian power along with the Kremlin. A simple walk through the square already makes the trip worthwhile.
The first place that fills the eyes is the colorful St. Basil's Cathedral. It was built in 1552 by order of Ivan the Terrible (the name already says it all) to commemorate one of his conquests. The Orthodox church has spectacular architecture and vibrant colors. Legend has it that when the work was completed, Ivan had the architect blinded so that he could not make any other church as impressive as that one. How horrible! I hope it's just a legend. Today, the cathedral functions as a kind of museum. It's beautiful on the outside and inside.
A few steps further down is the Mausoleum of Lenin. It was embalmed by the government in 1924 and since then its body is kept in a sarcophagus with constant temperature. This is a controversial subject. Some entities suggest the burial of the Bolshevik leader.
Arbitrarily, in front of the mausoleum of the communist leader stands the luxurious GUM Shopping, symbol of capitalism. The building used to be a market used to exchange goods. It's very beautiful. It has large arches covered with iron and glass that let the light in and give a very welcoming vibe. Worth a visit.
Another building I love in the square is the Museum of Russian History. The museum is not one of the best in the city, but the red building with white towers is a tremendous charm.
In front of the museum there is another lovely church, the Kazan Cathedral. It is small, colorful and very charming. It is dedicated to the Virgin of Kazan. You will love it.
To leave the Red Square and head towards the Kremlin, you will pass under two red domed towers called the Resurrection Gate. In front of this gate there lies the smallest and cutest chapel in the city, dedicated to the Iverian Virgin. There are always people making wishes in front of it.
The buildings that make up this square compose a beautiful scenery. When the ball is rolling in Moscow you will surely see many pictures of the square. Do not take your eyes off it. After all, it is simply the most beautiful square in the world!
Inspire yourself in the towers of St. Basil's Cathedral to have a week of strong colors.
XoXo and see you all next week.
I love this look! so beautiful, babe!!!!
Nice post as always! x
Que lugar maravilhoso! Irei para a Rússia no final do ano e quero muito conhecer essa praça.
Nossa q lindo.


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Olive Green Extra Long Lumbar Pillow - 14x50
A decorative extra long lumbar pillow fit for a Queen or King bed. You can combine it with other decorative pillows or simply place it as the single eye catching centerpiece on the bed. This also comes in 14x36 size.
- Insert: Included (Hypoallergenic)
- Front Fabric: 100% Polyester
- Colors: Green and Burgundy/Maroon
- Back Fabric: Same as front
- Dimensions: 14x50
- Style: Envelope Enclosure, no zipper
Washing Instructions: Can be safely dry-cleaned or machine-washed. Machine-wash in warm water. Tumble dry on low.
Pillow handmade in Los Angeles.


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Former Norwich City and Manchester United star Philip Mulryne ordained as a priest for the Dominican Order (Order of Preachers)
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He is perhaps better to known to Norwich City supporters as someone who formed a key part of the Canaries' midfield for more than 100 matches after joining from Manchester United.
But now former NCFC player Philip Mulryne has reached the heights of a very different career.
In a celebration of Mass in St Saviour's Church, Dominican Street, Dublin, Fr Mulryne was was ordained as a priest for the Dominican Order (Order of Preachers) by His Grace Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia OP.
Archbishop Augustine Di Noia is assistant secretary at the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith and travelled from Rome for the special ceremony on Saturday, July 8.
Fr Mulryne was born in Belfast. Whilst playing for his parish soccer team, St Oliver Plunkett, he was spotted by a scout for Manchester United.
He impressed when he went for a trial with the club aged 14 and signed a schoolboy contract for two years.
He joined manager Alex Ferguson's side in 1994 as a full-time professional on a four-year contract after finishing secondary school.
He made his debut in 1997 against Ipswich Town and but alongside the likes of David Beckham, Ryan Giggs and Eric Cantona was unable to secure a regular place in the side.
He was transferred to the Canaries in 1999.
Over the next six years he scored 18 goals for the Carrow Road side while also earning 27 caps for Northern Ireland, scoring three goals since his debut for the national side in 1997.
In the 2001–02 season, he was a member of the Norwich team that reached the final of the Division One play-offs against Birmingham City in Cardiff. However the Canaries lost on penalties.
After short spells at Cardiff City, Leyton Orient and non-keague King's Lynn, he retired officially from football in 2009 aged 31 and entered the Diocesan Seminary of Saint Malachy's Belfast.
He spent two years studying philosophy at Queen's University Belfast and at the Maryvale Institute.
He then went to the Pontifical Irish College, Rome, to study theology for one year at the Gregorian University before discerning a call to religious life.
He entered the Dominican Novitiate House in Cork in 2012.
A spokesman for Irish Province of the Dominican Order said: "We rejoice with Fr Philip and his family on this beautiful day.
"Please keep Fr Philip OP in your prayers as he starts the next step of his life as a Dominican in his priestly vocation."
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You've seen the classic movie The Gods Must Be Crazy, right? The story of how an empty Coke bottle thrown out of a light airplane changes the fates and fortunes of a band of bush people living in the Kalahari? It's probably one of the funniest movies ever, but of course you aren't really allowed to throw things out of an airplane, right?
Well… Actually… It's perfectly legal. Here in the USA we are bound by the Federal Aviation Regulations, called FARs by pilots. The FARs take up quite a few pages of dead trees or megabytes of disc space, but buried in part 91, section 15 we find this delightful tidbit:
No pilot in command of a civil aircraft may allow any object to be dropped from that aircraft in flight that creates a hazard to persons or property. However, this section does not prohibit the dropping of any object if reasonable precautions are taken to avoid injury or damage to persons or property.
So don't throw your Coke bottle out over the Super Bowl, but the Kalahari (or its American equivalent) is probably fair game. So it's legal, but still, pilots don't really throw things out of airplanes, do they? Absolutely we do! Most commonly, paper sacks of flour and—believe it or not—rubber chickens.
Yup. Precision object dropping, a.k.a. "bombing" is a competitive sport at many small airshows. Not that I've ever done it. But when I got the email saying that there was to be a rubber chicken drop contest as part of the annual Ercoupe Owner's Club meeting, I was all over the concept, and determined to win. But having never done it before, I knew we needed to practice. So I filed a flight plan straight to eBay and searched for rubber chickens, where I discovered there were dozens of models in a full range of sizes. Apparently, rubber chickens are as varied as airplanes.
So I emailed the conference organizer to ask what kind of chickens we'd be using, and responded saying, "You have got to be frickin' kidding me, right?"
In the end, I bought the most common type, assuming this would be the closest thing to a "regulation" chicken. About a week later a package of eight Gallus gallus domesticus plasticuses arrived on my doorstep and our first problem became apparent. Do we drop them out of the plane beak first or talon first?
To save time, and Avgas, we decided to start close to home.
Yes, we spent an afternoon dropping rubber chickens off the roof of our house to study their aerodynamics. Much like real chickens, it turns out that rubber chickens have no aerodynamics whatsoever, exhibiting a high propensity to spin beak over talon, regardless of drop orientation. Still, it seemed they fell a tiny bit more smoothly when dropped beak first.
And yes, my wife was convinced that I'd fall off the roof and spin beak over talon to the ground myself, but it didn't happen.
Next, I enlisted the help of my college professor friend Lisa, as I knew we were in for some math. After all, if you drop something out of an airplane traveling 90 miles per hour, the object is initially also traveling 90 miles per hour. This means it won't just fall straight down where you drop it. Instead, it will strike the ground "down range."
Lisa crunched the math and told me with great confidence that bombardier Rio should release the chicken 747.58 feet up range of the target. Apparently she did a lot of multiplication of fractions to get the units to cancel out, whatever that means, and said that knowing that the speed of gravity is G=9.8m/s2, the calculations, according to Lisa, were, "Simpler than I originally thought."
Alrighty then.
Of course, I had no way in hell of knowing how to tell when the plane was 747.58 feet from the target. I was too busy trying to figure out how to put the target on Rio's side of the plane while still trying to place the plane over the target.
Then Lisa went on to point out that the complicated math only works in a vacuum and doesn't take into consideration drag or ambient wind direction that will slow the chicken down and modify its trajectory in its 5.6-second plummet to Mother Earth.
Clearly, this was going to take some trial and error.
We tied six-foot lengths of red surveyor's tape onto the chicken's legs to increase their visibility when dropped, and headed out to the airport. We laid a tarp down in the center of the empty apron to serve as a target (one of the advantages of being based at a lightly-used airport).
Then, Rio and I loaded up the bomb bay…
Lisa stationed herself at her observation post atop the jet fuel tank on the apron…
Wearing a helmet to protect her noggin from falling chickens…
And aloft we went. We reached 1,000 feet above ground level (AGL), slowed to 90 miles an hour… Well, OK, you got me, that's our normal speed throttle to the firewall… leveled our wings and made our first bombing run. At what I judged to be exactly 747.58 feet up range I gave Rio the command, "Drop, drop, drop!" and in a flutter of red plastic tape he shoved a rubber chicken out the window. Poof! In a flash it was gone. I banked steeply to the right to try to catch a glimpse of our ordinance, but spied nothing.
I keyed the mike button on my yoke, "Chicken air to chicken ground, how'd we do?"
There was a long silence.
Then Lisa's voice cracked through her handheld radio, "I think you missed the airport."
"Say again," I transmitted, "we missed the apron?"
"Uh… no," said Lisa, "I said you missed the airport. Completely."
Rio and I looked at each other in disbelief. "Uh… roger that. We'll release closer to target on the next run." I did a lazy 360-degree turn and rolled out for a second bombing run.
On that first day of "practice," we dropped six rubber chickens. How many hit the target? Uhh… not one. Four fell outside the airport fences and two, we think, fell somewhere inside the perimeter fences. Maybe.
How many rubber chickens did we recover? Uhh… not one.
After six bombing runs we landed and tramped the weedy grounds of the airport until sunset, trying to back-walk compass headings Lisa recorded from the observations she made on her lofty perch. No joy. We didn't find a single one. They disappeared as completely as Flight 19 did in the Bermuda Triangle.
But we did find a horseshoe. Which I took to be a good omen. I hung it up in the hangar as we clearly need all the luck we can get.
Six drops. Six losses. But I wasn't giving up. That night, back home, I flew back to eBay to re-stock my bomb bay.
Next time, on Plane Tales, will this Chicken Outfit get better at bombing?


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The frustration of handloading magazines, especially if you need to load a lot of them, is very real. You can easily spend more time on the range loading mags than actually firing your weapon. Imagine also the time saved by military personnel if they could load a magazine in 15 seconds instead of a minute. Well, now you can stop imagining and experience slick, frustration-free mag loading thanks to the Podavach magazine speed loader.
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The speed loader caters for most modern assault rifle calibers and magazine styles including AR-15, AK and Ruger mini 14 mags in five different calibers. Not only does it cater for three different magazine styles and all the varieties of weapon in each of these categories, for example AK47, AK74, AKS and AKM as well as AR-15 (M16, M4, Ruger Mini) it copes with all the following ammunition types; 5.56 x 45.., .223, .300 BLK, 5.45 x 39mm and 7.62 x 39mm and it does so without the need for any adjustment between uses.
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Christy said: "As someone who loves an active outdoor lifestyle, living with an autoimmune disease presents many challenges. I view it as a blessing in disguise and use my illness as a daily reminder of how fragile and precious our health can be. Sometimes our health is impacted by our own choices, and sometimes it's just the hand we have been dealt. Either way, our daily choices can make our lifestyle, our lives, and the lives of people around us so much better if we choose to pursue better health every day.
On any given day, we all feel overwhelmed by our busy schedules; family, work and community commitments; filling up our day to the point where neglecting our needs can happen unintentionally. The one thing that living with a chronic illness supplies me with is the knowledge of the necessity of prioritizing my health and life balance over all else FIRST. It's a small lesson that can serve everyone; take care of your health to be able to give that energy back to others.
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Here's a step-by-step on how to make the pockets that hold gift cards. These are based on an ATC/gift card holder kit from 7 gypsies that I got at my LSS. Their dimensions may be a smidge different, but this works and is even. 🙂
Start with a piece of cardstock 4″ x 6″.
Place the 6″ edge along the edge of your paper trimmer with score blade (or whatever method you have). Score at 2-3/4″ and 5-1/2″.
Turn the cardstock piece 90 degrees clockwise (the 1/2″ scored section will be at the bottom). Score at 3-1/2″.
You will see 3 sections 1/2″ wide. Where the two edges meet, snip off the corner at a 45 degree angle.
On the edge with two 1/2″ strips, cut off the non-snipped piece and snip the other end of the remaining piece.
Snip the last edge of the other strip.
Add Sticky Strip to the flaps.
Crease all folds.
Assemble your pocket.
Using a 1-1/4″ circle punch, cut out a notch in the open end of the pocket.
If you are doing a series of these pockets (for a mini book, for example), put some marks on your punch to line up each pocket in the same place. I used a piece of Scotch tape across the opening. Some people use Sharpies to make alignment marks.


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Facebook banned adverts for cryptocurrencies last month and Carney said on Friday that younger investors, who typically invested in them, were probably less aware of the bubbles in markets that led to the 2007-09 financial crises.
He did not call for a ban, saying cryptocurrencies did not pose a risk to the financial system and instead they should be brought into the net of regulation.
"Many cryptocurrencies have exhibited the classic hallmarks of bubbles including new paradigm justifications, broadening retail enthusiasm and extrapolative price expectations reliant in part on finding the greater fool," he said.
Carney's call for regulation for the sector was welcomed by a well-known cryptocurrency investor. "Everybody who believes in cryptocurrencies agrees that we need regulation to move forwards, nobody wants this to be the Wild West anymore," Michelle Mone, a co-founder of EQUI, a platform for investment in technology companies.
Carney, who heads the global rule-making body, the Financial Stability Board (FSB), expressed doubts about cryptocurrencies earlier this year and his speech, intended for a Scottish student economics conference, expanded on these.
"Crypto-assets raise a host of issues around consumer and investor protection, market integrity, money laundering, terrorism financing, tax evasion, and the circumvention of capital controls and international sanctions," he said.Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 major world economies will meet in Buenos Aires in two weeks' time, and cryptocurrencies are likely to be on the agenda.
However, Carney said regulations would be done on a country-by-country basis initially. This week, the European Union's financial services chief said Brussels was ready to regulate cryptocurrencies if risks from the sector are not tackled at the global level.
Bitcoin was likened to a "Ponzi scheme" by the head of the Bank for International Settlements, Agustin Carstens, last month. And China recently banned financial institutions from handling cryptocurrencies.
Carney said that approach risked stifling potentially big opportunities to streamline payments systems, making it easier for example for people in a pub to split the cost of a round of drinks without involving the traditional banking system.
The distributed-ledger technology underlying crypto currencies could improve cash settlement in the banking system and other asset transactions, he said.
"Even if the current generation is not the answer, it is throwing down the gauntlet to the existing payment systems. These must now evolve to meet the demands of fully reliable, real-time, distributed transactions," Carney said.
Distributed-ledger technology could also be used for tax and medical records, and business supply chains, though a central bank operated digital currency, he said.
Carney delivered the speech at Bloomberg's London office, with a video link to Edinburgh, after heavy snow prevented him from delivering the speech as planned in the Scottish capital.
As much as Rs 4.30 lakh crore of investors' money has been wiped out in the last five trading sessions, with Rs 1.54 lakh crore eroding on Tuesday. The BSE benchmark Sensex on Tuesday nosedived nearly 430 points to close at a nearly three-month low of 33,317 after bank stocks came under heavy selling pressure despite positive global cues.
The 30-share index Sensex slipped into a negative zone towards the fag-end to hit a low of 33,209.76 as participants booked profits at improved levels. Following the bearish trend in the broader market, the market capitalisation of BSE listed companies fell to Rs 1,44,20,606 crore at the end of today's trading session, from Rs 1,45,75,054.23 crore on Monday.Overall, in the last five straight sessions, the index has lost nearly 1,129 points. Led by a continuous sell-off, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies plummeted by Rs 4,30,042.5 crore to Rs 1,44,20,606 crore in five trading sessions.
"Consolidation continues led by broad selling across all sector. Market has broken yesterday's low while banks continue to struggle due to NPA issue, higher bond yield & cost of funds. Investors are little nervous to start accumulating and are waiting for major triggers to get direction," said Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services Ltd.


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On Saturday 12th February 2011, 32 students from Year 10 and 11 and 4 staff embarked on a 20 hour coach journey (with no DVD player on the coach!) to the Aosta Valley in Italy for a week of fun in the snow.
After getting kitted out with all the relevant ski gear, the students travelled up the summit of the mountain to start their snow sport tuition. For some students this would be the first time they had ever held skis in their hands, let alone have them attached to their legs!!! The students were split into working groups depending on their previous experience on the slopes and would receive 5 hours of lessons a day.
Many students were being assessed throughout the week in relation to their GCSE PE course with a view to using skiing/snowboarding as one of their chosen sports for their practical examination. Students also improved their Italian and this was evident in communication with Italians through the course of the week – "prego".
On top of this, the students were provided with an extensive après ski programme which included bowling, pizza night, disco, and the eagerly anticipated presentation evening.
Throughout the week all students progressed extremely well and by the end of the week all students were skiing/snowboarding, the whole mountain – a real achievement!
The students behaved exceptionally well throughout the week and were a pleasure to be with and CCS can be proud of the maturity levels shown by all whilst on this educational visit.
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When you're curled up with a good book that you just can't set aside, whether it's a physical book or an ebook, do you know what makes it so compelling? Is it the mystery, the suspense? Maybe it's the romance.
Turns out men and women have very different habits when it comes to picking a good book. Men prefer books of a historical nature while women opt for romance and literature.
This data is from HipType, a company that gathers analytics data from e-readers for authors. It analyzes a range of books, according to HipType, "including everything from major bestsellers to obscure titles that only a few thousand people have read."
For this infographic, the company studied the DNA of a successful book as well as the reading habits of men and women, and found that women are 50% more likely to finish a book than men. Just how long is our collective attention span? Turns out the average length of the bestseller list 375 pages. That's a good thing because the survey shows only 74% of people actually finish a book over 400 pages.
If you're a fan of ebooks, you likely live in a city. The survey finds 82% of people who read ebooks actually live in cities.
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SEAT PLEASANT, Md. – The Prince George's County Fire Department says a woman died after they rescued her from a house fire early Friday morning.
The fire department says they were called to the 6800 block of Wilburn Drive around 3:15 a.m.
When they got to the home, there was heavy fire coming from the top level.
Firefighters searched for the 80-year-old woman, identified as Elaine James, and found her unconscious inside the home and brought her out.
Fire officials say medics did CPR and she was taken to a nearby Trauma Center, but was pronounced dead a short time after her arrival at the hospital.
Her son, in his fifties, was able to get out of the home on his own and was taken to a nearby hospital for smoke inhalation.
The fire department says two firefighters sustained burn injuries and were taken to the Burn Unit at Medstar Washington Hospital Center. They were both treated and released.
Neighbors tell DCW50 that the family lost the father of the home just a few weeks ago.
"She was sweet," says Tommia Proctor, a neighbor who woke up to the early-morning fire. "He helped my mom a lot, mowed the lawn, very friendly. It just makes you think, be grateful for the small things because in the blink of an eye it could all be gone."
The fire department says there were no working smoke alarms were found in the house.
They determined that the fire was accidental and started in the area of the stove in the kitchen.
Firefighters returned to Wilburn Drive on Friday afternoon to go door-to-door to check for working smoke alarms and answer any questions that residents had.
They encourage those who cannot afford to purchase their own smoke alarm to call 311 and ask about the Fire/EMS Departments smoke alarm program. A firefighter will come out and install one 10-year smoke alarm, free of charge.
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Hi! Just a quick ootd and one of my latest purchases; I'm currently obsessing over smoking slippers (also known as smoking flats, or loafers). I've been scouring e-stores, Amazon and shopping malls for the perfect pair and it took me a while to find one that I was really in love with. I also wanted to make sure I didn't buy a cheap pair that would fall apart after a few wears, or a pair that would cut my ankles. I also didn't want to buy one that had a common design, otherwise everyone would be wearing it! I finally found this amazing pair on Amazon by Nine West. It has a velvet/suede texture and I love the bright red colour, the preppy feel and the statement badge on top! I haven't seen any loafers around that look like this pair so that's another plus. And since spring has just begun, this will be the perfect transitioning footwear for early spring to summer since it can be worn with jeans, leggings, shorts AND skirts :)
Will you be getting into this trend this season?
Top - Forever21
Shorts - Abercrombie & Fitch
Bag - Louis Vuitton
Flats - Nine West
Watch - Michael Kors
Bracelet - Tiffany & co
Sunnies - Rayban


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Cherry Point
Cherry Point is a new american bistro located in a former butcher shop that serves house-made, ethically produced charcuterie, seasonal vegetables and fresh interpretations of classics like steak frites au poivre and grilled seafood. It's been said that "if Balthazar had a cooler, younger brother who lived in Greenpoint, that cooler, younger brother would be Cherry Point."
Must try menu items: grilled oysters, charcuterie & fish boards, double patty burger and sticky toffee bun. Cherry Point is also known for their craft cocktails (try the Thinking Cap) and accessible list of wines from small, independent producers.
Cherry Point is available for semi-private and private events and can accommodate up to 65 people. Planning a small dinner party or have family in town? Cherry Point's Chef's Table for 8 people is a great option! Contact [email protected] with your next event inquiry.
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Sunday, July 31, 2016
The Cocktail Glass Collection: Pasquini's, Live Oak, CA
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Books I'm Reading: The Girl With The Gallery
There is much here about the day-to-day business of selling art. Halpert appears to have been an obsessive record-keeper. Mining the material Halpert left behind, Pollock has drawn a very detailed picture of Halpert's dealings with the artists she supported, with the collectors she cultivated, and with rival dealers. The picture of Halpert that emerges is of a determined and effective saleswoman and a crack organizer. Although there is probably more detail here than the average reader will care to read through, anyone with a particular interest in 20th century American art is likely to find The Girl with the Gallery well worth the time.
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So this is news? And it's on the top of page 5. (Surely this should be on the bottom of page 8 or 9.)
If you haven't heard of Project Wickenby, you either haven't been listening or you have decided to not want to hear. If you are one of those people, Project Wickenby is the seemingly innocuous name for the ATO's biggest ever investigation into offshore bank accounts held by Australians and offshore tax structures set up by Australians for the purpose of evading tax. It's been on the go for many years and if you ask the ATO they will proudly tell you hope many cheats they have nailed and that they have, thus far, recovered many millions in unpaid taxes (the article in the Australian puts it at $428 million, but we've heard the ATO claim more than that).
The article says that the ATO have now obtained details of the offshore bank accounts of 7000 wealthy Aussies and are going through these to see whether the people have been paying their fair share of tax. But there's more to come because there is a meeting of the Global Forum to be held in Indonesia this week dealing with transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes where there will be discussions about implementing a program for regular exchange of information between countries, including bank balances. The ATO already has relationships in place with various tax havens for the exchange of information, such as Bermuda, Jersey, Singapore and the British Virgin Islands. So the net is closing!
In case you are uncertain, here is the simple story as far as taxes go: You must pay every cent (yes, every cent) of tax you are liable for to the Australian government. You cannot avoid tax with cute offshore schemes and you are not allowed to lie to them about what you owe. If you don't believe that paying your taxes is the right thing to do, let me assure you that you in all likelihood be found out anyway and if you are you will be in trouble. This is especially so in light of the new developments with regards to exchanges of information, as set out in the article. What kind of trouble? Penalties, interest, the unpaid tax and if you can't pay this the ATO will bankrupt you and get their taxes that way. Now that's if you are lucky. If you aren't lucky you may even have to do some hard time.
So that's the bad news. The good news is that there is a way to fix your tax affairs and make things right with the ATO. The ATO encourages voluntary disclosures of undisclosed offshore funds. You're not going to get off Scott-free but you may be able to avoid criminal liability and may have a chance for reduced penalties. But you have to come forward before the ATO finds you. If the ATO finds you first they are highly unlikely to offer you a deal.
Our staff have successfully handled such applications for clients and, dare we say, avoided the ATO throwing the book at them. Give us a call, we can assist with the process before things get ugly.
Is the ATO legally bound to apply its Practice Statements? Macquarie Bank chances it hand and comes up short
I suppose it was worth a shot, although after you read this article some of you might say "What were they thinking?"
In essence what happened in Macquarie Bank v Commissioner of Taxation (decided by the Full Federal Court of Australia sitting in Melbourne on 24 October 2013) was that the Bank tried to tie the ATO to act in terms of a Practice Statement issued by it. The Bank contended that it had relied on the ATO's Practice Statement which "outlines procedures to be followed and the factors to be considered by tax officers in relation to any circumstance in which the ATO is considering applying its view of the law". The practice statement also states that it "must be followed in any circumstance where a tax officer applies the ATO view of the law".
The Bank contended that the Commissioner proposed to assess Macquarie by applying the ATO view of the law both prospectively and retrospectively but without following the procedures or acting in accordance with the practice statement. The Bank sought to argue that the Commissioner had acted contrary to his earlier statement, conduct and position, and seeks, in substance, to have the process of determining its tax liability proceed on the basis of those statements, conduct and position.
What is most interesting, or bizarre, about this argument is that it was not the Bank's case that it was not liable for the tax due. It was rather that the Commissioner was not permitted to proceed to assess the Bank in a way that is contrary to a view he may previously have held unless, and until, the practice statement has first been applied.
A novel argument indeed!
The primary Judge concluded that the practice statement did not, and could not, operate to prevent the application of the ATO's view of the law if it be correct. The correctness of the ATO's view in raising an assessment, and its legal effect upon the making of an assessment (or re-assessment), could be challenged. However, the practice statement itself could not prevent, or authorise, the Commissioner from acting upon a view of the law when raising an assessment or re-assessment.
As you might have expected, this argument did not even get out of the starter blocks. The Commissioner challenged it on the basis of a rule of the Federal Court allowing a defendant to have a claim dismissed on the basis that the plaintiff has no reasonable prospect of success in prosecuting the claim. The Full Court agreed that this was the case.
As the learned primary judge correctly observed, said the Full Court, the practice statement could not fetter the Commissioner's duty of assessment or re-assessment where the law operated to impose liability nor could it fetter the lawful process of making an assessment to that end. So what were they thinking? Maybe that when it comes to paying tax, any challenge is worthwhile!


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Did you know that a good paint job on your Ringwood office walls could help keep dust, and dirt to the barest minimum? This is especially true in homes that have plaster walls. To keep dirt and dust away from walls, all one has to do is keep interior walls trim and other surfaces painted. While designing a modern office, it is always important to consider the use of colour to increase productivity.
Scientists have measured such biomarkers as brain activity, alertness, performance type, sleepiness and reaction times to conclude that blue colours increase alertness in workers, especially at night. This proves that colours are very important for work. Bright colours would help in the development of ideas, which means they are more appropriate in the common areas, such as meeting and conference rooms where ideas are often shared. While soothing and light colours would aid relaxation and would be more appropriate if used in the individual areas.
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Roc owner Rocco Cadolini sent over word that a car slammed into the restaurant at around 4:30 a.m. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Update: The restaurant is still open! Only the outside was damaged.
People will laugh and blame the driver, but the thought of Rocco's cavatelli is enough to make even a strong guy try to drive through the front door.
Let's just give a collective thank you to CB1 for 4am closings – 30 minutes later and it could have been a sidewalk splattered with some of the Tribeca's finest insomniacs.


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www.okeechobeejust4bass.com was fishing with John Gazazzoni. This was a 6 hour charter on the lake with wild shiners. Here is a picture of just one of the many bass he caught.
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Web & SQL Developer
- 1401 John F Kennedy Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
- Full-time
Company Description
With a workforce of over 25,000 people, and opportunities in more than 1,000 different job categories, the City of Philadelphia is the sixth largest city in the United States and one of the largest employers in Southeastern Pennsylvania. As an employer, the City of Philadelphia operates through the guiding principles of service, integrity, respect, accountability, collaboration, diversity and inclusion. Through these principles, we strive to effectively deliver services, to resolve the challenges facing our city, and to make Philadelphia a place where all of our residents have the opportunity to reach their potential.
The Office of Innovation & Technology (OIT) is the central IT agency for the City of Philadelphia, headed by the Chief Information Officer (CIO). The Office of Human Resources (OHR) is the central HR agency for the City of Philadelphia. The OHR IT Unit is responsible for supporting OHR's mission of collaborating with client departments to deliver quality customer service.
Job Description
This position will be a member of a small team that supports existing and evolving applications using HTML, ASP, XML, SQL, MS Access, Excel, and various Reporting tools. Applications are both web applications and client server deployed. Support for off-the-shelf software is also required, as well as the development of new applications.
Essential Functions
Participate as a team member to support and facilitate the use of applications in the department which includes understanding Human Resources operations.
Work closely with the project team members to develop quality documentation and test plans;
Develop or maintain efficient HR Websites, queries, scripts, macros, views and other methods requests.
Demonstrated ability to learn new software and/or technologies and determine appropriate uses based on user requirements.
Develop and optimize complex HR reporting needs using Web based methodologies, existing EiS and/or OBIEE reporting tools, and/or MS/Oracle SQL reporting tools in multiple database environments.
Work well with Office of Human Resources (OHR), Office of Innovation and Technology (OIT) resources and other departments on inter-departmental tasks and projects.
Gather user requirements and develop applications, Web based, and otherwise.
Help coordinate the implementation of short- and long-term projects, objectives, policies and procedures for the production and maintenance of all application development related issues.
Follow SDLC methodology including requirements gathering, solution architecture, coding, and testing.
Review code and high-level designs by other team members to ensure that strategic objectives and business needs are met.
Proactively identify application inefficiencies and propose solutions.
Identify, create, and maintain development frameworks and code libraries.
Create prototypes and functional specifications for application development projects.
Work closely with the team members and QA analysts to develop quality assurance documentation and test plans.
Work closely with production support and help desk staff to develop operating documentation.
Make suggestions on creating technical standards for specific applications and the City as a whole.
Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Apply application development standards and best practices
Understand application and network architecture
Reliably deliver work of the highest standards on time
Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
Interpret a variety of instructions, furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form and communicate them effectively.
Include documentation both external to, and internal to, applications
Document code or processes written by other programmers or vendors
Diagnose and communicate software & hardware issues, suggest fixes, as appropriate to vendors
Upgrade or repurpose existing applications & equipment
Demonstrate exemplary communication skills with management, administrative and technical staff
Working Knowledge of:
HTML, ASP, XML, C-Sharp, JavaScript, PHP, CSS
PeopleAdmin, Testing Software i.e. Sigma, Scantron, TMS/NeoGov
Client Server architecture & Web architecture, including Web services
SQL, stored procedures and efficient use of SQL query language, and scheduled jobs.
Microsoft tools, VB, MS Access coding a plus
Network Administration, Active Directory, Desktop Services, Hardware & Software configurations
LAN / WAN support knowledge
Completion of a Bachelor's Degree program at an accredited college or university that includes major course work in computer sciences, management information systems or a related field
2-3 years of experience with Human Resources Systems including configurations,
customizations – Preferably with Web/SQL development and interfacing with HR systems.
2-3 years of programming experience with HTML, ASP JavaScript,, XML, MS Access, SQL, PL/SQL or similar products
2-3 years of experience with HR based reporting tools or Data Warehouse knowledge such as EiS, Report Writer, Cognos, OBIEE, similar transaction based / data warehousing and reporting tools.
Working with a team in a knowledge sharing environment
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Please submit a resume and cover letter with your application.
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AP PHOTOS: From scary to cute, the sights of Comic-Con
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The actors promoting their latest films and television series aren't the only stars of Comic-Con International— the thousands of fans who don elaborate costumes to the convention give it a one-of-a-kind vibe.
The four-day extravaganza provides some amazing mashups of pop culture — zombies mingling with superheroes from various comics and plenty of other custom creations. Where else would security have to screen the gear of fans dressed as the Ghostbusters? (All fake weapons, whether wielded by heroes or villains, get checked out.)
An estimated 130,000 people descend on the San Diego Convention Center for Comic-Con, which features panels on everything from comic books to Hollywood blockbusters.
The panels can lead to some tender moments, such as when Aaron Paul brought his infant daughter on stage during a "Breaking Bad″ cast reunion . Even she was in costume — a yellow hazmat suit and respirator like the one Paul's Jesse Pinkman character wore frequently on the AMC series.


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Washington, D.C.—The Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) announced its 2010-2011 Executive Committee officers at the 67th Annual Convention & Exposition in Las Vegas.
The new committee includes:
Chairman, John Baker of National Wine & Spirits, Inc.;
Vice Chairman, Robert Harmelin of Allied Beverage Group;
Senior Vice President, Charles Merinoff of The Charmer Sunbelt Group;
Vice President, Douglas Hertz of United Distributors;
Secretary, Alan Dreeben of Republic National Distributing Company;
Treasurer, Brien Fox of Henry A. Fox Sales Company, Inc.;
Large Member Caucus Representative, Todd Epsten of Major Brands Premium Beverage Distributors;
Large Member Caucus Representative, Carmine Martignetti of Martignetti Companies; and
Large Member Caucus Representative, Carl Martignetti of Martignetti Companies.
WSWA Chairman, John Baker, is the Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of National Wine & Spirits, Inc. (NWS). Founded in 1936 and headquartered in Indianapolis, NWS operates as a wine and spirits wholesaler in Indiana and an Authorized Distribution Agent (ADA) and wine wholesaler in Michigan. NWS's 1,100 employees proudly service 20,000 licensees with 14,000 products, represented by 450 suppliers. Baker was recognized by the Indianapolis Business Journal as a member of its most recent Forty Under 40 class of up-and-coming professionals.
WSWA Treasurer, Brien Fox, is the newest member to the Executive Committee. Currently its CEO, Fox joined Henry A. Fox Sales Company, Inc. in 1993. Fox follows in his father's, Henry A. "Happy" Fox, Jr., path of WSWA involvement as Happy was once the Chairman of WSWA. Henry A. Fox Sales Company was founded in 1952, and the current customer base is made up of the 3,000 retail licensees in the state of Michigan.
WSWA also accepted nine new member companies and Board of Directors to the association:
Liquor Group Louisiana dba ChanDan Wholesale Liquors of Metairie, La., Brian Bruno, Owner/Operator; Glidewell Distributing Company of Fort Smith, Ark., Nick Glidewell, Vice President;
Kentucky Eagle Inc. of Lexington, Ky., David Stubblefield, Vice President-General Manager;
Testa Wines of the World Ltd. of Oyster Bay, N.Y., Deborah Lane, President;
Market Street Distributors of Paterson, N.J., Francisco Nunez, President;
Sabaca Beverage Group of Buffalo Grove, Ill., Melissa-Ann Miller, President;
Vinocopia Inc. of Richfield, Minn., Dan Haugen, Secretary/Treasurer;
Steven Altschuler LLC dba Northeast Wine/Mr. A Wine Co. of Teaneck, N.J., Steven Altschuler, President; and
The Henry Wine Group of Los Angeles, William Baribault, President.
"Member involvement and participation in the association is critically important, so I'm really pleased with the strong team of members we have assembled on our Executive Committee and I'm equally excited by the overall growth of the membership reflected by the new member companies that recently joined," WSWA President and CEO Craig Wolf said.
Washington, D.C.—The Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) announced its 2010-2011 Executive Committee officers at the 67th Annual Convention & Exposition in Las Vegas.


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The countdown to Christmas has officially begun!!!
I'm going to show you how to make an easy gift box.The 2,5,7,10 are the numbers where you will be scoring your paper! That's how it got the name!
You will need:
-8 1/2 X 11 pice of cardstock
-scoring pad/scoring tool
-border punch (optional)
-Digital Delights image
-coloring utensils
-Cropodile (optional)
1. Place the cardstock lengthwise. Using scoring tools or your Scor Pal, score your cardstock at 2", 5", 7", and 10".
2. Then turn your cardstock and score at 2" and 7".
3.Lay your cardstock out card horizontally with the 2" section showing at the top. Following the score lines, use your scissors and cut off all of the cardstock but one 2" tall section from the top of the cardstock as shown. This will be the flap to close off the box. (If you look at the score marks, you can see that the top of the sheet is wider than the bottom section. So make sure you're cutting off the wider section, leaving one piece uncut.)
4.Cut the flaps vertically at the bottom of the sheet to make 1 1/2" tall flaps. Cut off the narrow piece. This whole section at the bottom of the sheet will be the bottom of your box.
5.Cut the narrow piece at an angle simply to make it easier to adhere when you put the box together.
6. Using a border punch, punch along the top of the 2" flap. You can use decorative scissors or simply leave it with no decorative border.It's your choice.
7. Fold the box on the score lines and add adhesive to the angled flap. Glue together.The box will look like this:
8.Fold the small flaps on the bottom in, and then fold the bigger flaps and adhere. This is the bottom of the box. It will look like this now.
9. Line up the front and back of the box and pinch it together. This will give the box its shape.
10. Fold the flap down and punch two small holes in the center for ribbon to go through. You can use a Cropodile, or just about anything that can punch a hole, even a darning needle! If you use a needle be careful not to poke yourself and get blood on your lovely creation.I've been there, done that!!!
11. Now, you're ready to decorate the front of the gift box as you wish! I used the darling Nesbitt image for mine! Decide on your image, and color it. Cut it out in the shape you wish and adhere it to the front. Decorate with whatever you like. Put the gift inside the bag (this step is VERY IMPORTANT!!!) and poke a piece of ribbon through the holes and tie shut!
Merry Christmas!!!
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This coming Sunday we have been given the honour of celebrating the Lord's Supper. We'll take the cup and the bread as the Gospel made visible - sitting at Christ's seat at God's family table because His blood was spilled and body broken for our sins instead of ours. We'll also be drinking deeply from God's Word - the Voice of our Shepherd - from John 17 - a passage often called Jesus' High Priestly Prayer. Christ was arrested shortly after this. In this passage we get to listen in on Jesus' prayer for us who believe the Holy Spirit-inspired testimony of the eyewitnesses. Part of this prayer is that it would be known that those who trust in Christ are loved by God the Father with the love that the Father has for Jesus. What amazing love. Come to hear these beautiful truths proclaimed, announced, heralded, spoken over the church. Let's feast our souls on the Gospel and respond as God's children - a title purchased by Christ's blood for all who trust in Jesus and renounce the life of being an enemy of God.
It is our tradition as we delight in God's generosity through Christ by celebrating Lord's Supper, that we take up another offering that is distributed exclusively for the needs of people in the church or community of Transcona who are experiencing extra difficulty - things like paying rent, good professional counselling, grocery gift certificates, etc. If you'd like to give toward that, we would encourage you to do so.
We love you guys, and we're concerned when false teachers spread lies about Jesus in an attempt to subtly transform our perceptions of Jesus in ways that are in contrast to what Scripture and Jesus revealed. We're not a church that believes that enjoying art from people who aren't believers is a bad thing. It becomes a little trickier though when people who confess to be Christians use art to communicate something about Jesus that is in opposition to Scripture (which is the Holy Spirit's testimony of Jesus). It becomes increasingly more dangerous when such a work is endorsed by Christian leaders. This is the case with the book and movie based on the book, The Shack. Since we want to be faithful to God's call to love and protect the church from false teaching about her Bridegroom, we were compelled to do some research and give some guidance from scripture regarding the god presented in the book. Find that online here.
The authors of the book reject a God who would save His people by punishing Jesus instead of them - which is the God that our hope is firmly placed in. As the Word of God cautions, so do we: fight the natural desire that we all have to rest in someone other than God - or to rest in things about God that are not true. This is not intended to be a silly forbidding of reading or watching (we're not interested in that), rather a caution: know that the desire you may feel inside you to take comfort in the god presented will be a desire to rest in an entirely other god than Jesus. It is not wise to watch the movie or read the book in order to understand God better. If you have any concerns, or questions, I'd be glad to chat.
Delighting in Christ together,


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Celtis occidentalis. Reaching up to 18 meters tall, these beautiful native trees resemble the American elm, but without the disease issues. Both birds and butterflies enjoy this tree. The sweet small fruit taste like dates with a large crunchy pit that can be eaten or discarded. Thanks to their unusually high levels of proteins, calories, and vitamins, they appear to have helped fuel homo erectus a millennia ago: stashes of the pits have been found in ancient archaeological dig sites.
Height including pot: 25-45 cm one year seedling in air prune pot
Canadian Hardiness Zone: 3
Recommended Use: fresh eating, preserves
Ripens: late September
Pollination: Self pollinating
Air prune potted plants will ship or be available for pick up in April and May of 2020