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SolidWorks 2014 review on CAD-Reviews.com
The site returns with Colin's in-depth review of SolidWorks 2014, the market leading 3D CAD application which he first reviewed back in 1996.
The site returns with Colin's in-depth review of SolidWorks 2014, the market leading 3D CAD application which he first reviewed back in 1996.
This is a real frustration for a number of organisations who are moving from a single Google account to a full-blown Google Apps For Business setup.
There's a setting to improve the legibility of the type in iOS7, and there's also an option to reduce some of the motion effects. Here's how to find them.
The Virgin Media TV Anywhere iPad app enables your iPad to become an amazing TV remote control. Here are my thoughts after a couple of days.
How I successfully installed Windows 8 on my 2010 MacBook Pro, previously running Windows XP SP3 on a Boot Camp partition of 150Gb.
Is this a definitive list of the very best plugins in their fields? No. Is it a list of ones which have served me well, over the years? You bet.
It's been available for a week or two here in the UK, and so it's time to see what Apple's iTunes Match is like.
Oh come on, you didn't think it'd end happily, did you? If it had, maybe I wouldn't be needing the therapy of writing this.
Nice: Virgin Media cable internet just gave us considerably faster upload speeds as part of the deal. Here are the results of a speed test.
Without even thinking about it, when lying in bed with my iPad, I get the screen into the orientation I like, then flick the little switch on the side to lock it in place. Now I can roll around as much as I like without the screen deciding I'm pointed 90 degrees in the other direction. Until the new iOS 4.2 update, that is. Magically, or should I say tragically, it's turned the little switch into a mute button. Why? Sometimes the folks at Apple really should leave things alone….read more
I've got very used to using keyboard shortcuts in GMail, especially "]", which just archives the message you're reading and moves on to the next one. Bang-bang-bang through my email, luvvly jubbly. Now, I know Google doesn't really want you to delete messages, but I often like to, because I don't want junk messages appearing in searches in the future. So what I really want, alongside "archive and next", is "delete and next". Unfortunately, that's not available, but there's a quick enough way to do it. If you hit "#",…read more
OK, here's the task: I wanted to build a discreet music system to go in a room with a bookcase, using an old third-generation iPod from about 2004, whose battery had long since died but which worked perfectly sitting in its original dock. The challenge was to make use of two nice Gale speakers, which sat neatly on the bookshelves, rather than buying a brand new (and poorer-sounding) iPod speaker system. Clearly then, the missing link was an amplifier which could sit inconspicuously in the bookcase. With a depth of…read more
I've had my Apple iPad for 48 hours now, and here are a few observations on what's happened so far. It's extremely covetable. The only person outside of the family who's seen it took about ten seconds to decide she wanted one. And she's a completely IT-illiterate (but smart) mother of two, who wouldn't know what the term "fanboi" meant even if you tried to explain it. The bloggers who said "everyone in the family will want one" were right. Mrs R wants one of her own, seriously, as soon…read more
Stop Press: Full Panasonic SD 257 review – with video – now here. My online review of Panasonic's SD255 breadmaker has been one of the most widely-read pages on this site for the past three years. Now the Japanese electronics outfit has introduced a couple of replacement models, and although I've yet to get my hands on them, there are just a couple of small upgrades to the design. Anyway, here's everything you ever wanted to know about the new Panasonic SD-257 WXC breadmaker. If you enjoyed this post or…read more
OK, bit the bullet and had my Virgin Media cable internet connection upgraded to 50Mb/sec. Quite painless, smart guy did the installation. That's the result above. The only problem is that my Devolo dLan 200AV, which I'd used to connect the internet around the house, turns out to max out at around 20Mb/sec, which was OK for the old connection, but not now. I'll have to do some homework on that one, but in the meantime, I've had to go wireless (that's a wireless result on the iMac above). No…read more


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Hera introduces LED Track 24V
Hera's LED Track 24V display cabinet luminaire with the LED spot Track Point S is delicate yet bright, for professional staging of exhibits.
Its minimal dimensions, intensity of light and unobtrusiveness make this product ideal for shelving, display cabinets, shop windows and diverse shop-fitting applications.
The mounting sleeves make the power track very easy to install inside display cabinets. The clever accessories allow the flexibility to expand or modify this system at any time. It can also be used as a support for glass shelving. In addition, with a 24V adaptor, the LED Track 24V system can also be used as a power feed for other shelving lights.
Each spot is supplied with 2 exchangeable lenses for a flexible beam angle of 10° and 30° (2-in-1); the LED head swivels 360° and tilts 90°. Various lengths of power track – which can also be shortened as required – complete the package. This item is available in black and anodised aluminium, with a colour appearance of warm white (3000K), neutral white (approx. 4000K) and cool white (approx. 5000K).
Thanks to 24V DC technology, the spot can be regulated with all Hera transformers. It can also be used for effective retrofitting purposes or to exchange conventional lighting.
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Cut the chicken into thin bite sized pieces. Thin strips cook quickly and maintain tenderness when flash cooked in a hot wok. Add the marinade ingredients and stir in the chicken pieces. Let marinate 15 minutes.
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Thanks to everyone who joined Erin Kelly, Melanie McGrath and me at Mansfield Central Library on Saturday 25 February. We had a panel discussion and Q&A, ...
Thursday, 24 September 2009
A Fine Execution at the Tower
Purism is not the issue here.
The evening started stately enough with Nigel Kennedy, still sporting his Gary-Rhodes-on-steroids butchered pineapple haircut, leading the Philharmonia orchestra through two melodious movements of Bach. So far, so dignified, so what.
What the audience had come for - and got in spades - was a hefty dose of Nige's blokeish irreverence: chatting to the band, blagging half-finished glasses of champagne from the corporate stiffies in the front row, and generally parading his hallmark punch-drunk staggering routine like a pub comedian on a slow night in his native Brighton.
But when the man picks up a fiddle, and saws in to Duke Ellington's 'In a Jam' it blows away every preconception, and his virtuosity is undoubted.
Perhaps sensing the audience's preference for the more modern material, he confused the band by changing the running order - as he said 'you don't want to work up a sweat with this big band shit and then stop'. Some of the pieces were world premieres, of original 30's Ellington arrangements re-worked by Kennedy to put more of the emphasis into the strings, and it's a whole new sound.
It's a whole new audience, too - many of whom don't know how to behave in concerts, perhaps the idea that it's in the open air makes them forget to stop chatting, particularly the chav in row P who answered his phone during the elegant and complex Bach Interventions in which Kennedy sparred electrically with cellist Karen Stephenson, before returning enthusiastically to the Swing era.
And then, just for a moment, with the lush big band sound washing over you, the first stars of the evening appearing over the battlements of the 900-year old White Tower, and the planes lining up for their descent into London City Airport, you begin to appreciate that setting this clumsily brilliant musical anarchist on a vulgar red gash of a stage against the stones of the Tower, in the historical, cultural and commercial heart of the city is what living in London is all about.
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Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Blown by the 'Wind'
Kevin Spacey's timing is exemplary.
Not just in his personal performance but in bringing to the Old Vic such a dynamic production of the 1955 American war horse 'Inherit The Wind' - a courtroom drama based on the true-life story of a young Tennessee school teacher arraigned for promoting the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin against the orders of a Christian fundamentalist school board.
Written in the shadow of the McCarthy trials it is topical today because of the ongoing battle between religious right-wingers in the US who have repackaged their anti-Darwinist stance into a fresh campaign to coerce schools into teaching 'Intelligent Design' (by the hand of God) instead of evolution as an approved scientific theory of the origin of man.
It makes Madonna's Kabbalist babbling look almost rational by comparison, and it's coming to a courtroom near you pretty soon as they extend their campaign into the UK.
This play has a special resonance for me because, in my tortured youth wrangling with my parents about whether I should be allowed to 'go on the stage' or press on to University, 'Inherit the Wind' marked my 17-year old professional debut in the Harrogate Repertory Company's production. It's perhaps the phase that taught me there was no money in acting, since whatever I earned barely covered the fares for the last bus home each night.
I was pleasantly surprised how much of the dialogue I remembered, and the gospel songs, as taught to us by our unofficial chorus-mistress Zara Nutley, later language school owner Mrs Courtenay in the popular TV rubbish 'Mind Your Language'. I tried to Google some of the other actors from the show, Adam Kuryakin (possibly the first 'out gay man' I'd encountered in Harrogate) and Peter Codyre, or director Barry Howard, but I guess they're all dead.
In the meantime, enjoy the bareknuckle bout in 20's Tennessee where Spacey is impeccable as the veteran lawyer Henry Drummond (real life Clarence Darrow) twanging his suspenders and twisting the witnesses' words to barnstorming effect. He's much shoutier than Spencer Tracy in the Oscar-winning 1960 movie, the internalised anger contorting his already hunched body into a shape that may physically recall Charles Laughton, but continuously commands the stage.
It's possible Spacey was impressed by the 2007 Broadway production in which Christopher Plummer finally threw off the mantle of Captain von Trapp and won plaudits for his portrayal of Drummond.
For Drummond to have the audience on side is an easy win, you could argue, since the lawyer is fighting for the rights of the common man and the free thinker, but to succeed at this he needs a credible opposition.
In the real story, three-times failed presidential candidate, and tub-thumping bible-basher William Jennings Bryan came to Tennessee as the prosecuting counsel. The character's called Matthew Harrison Brady and in David Troughton's strong performance he's also a lurchingly crippled titan, matching Spacey barb for barb in the war of the words over bible passages and driving himself to a personal resurrection of his political career. If he's ultimately weakened by the fight, the fault's in the script rather than the performance. This man's on his way to King Lear.
Half 'Witness for the Prosecution' half 'Gone With the Wind', the design whips up a confectionery vignette of the Old South. Director Trevor Nunn punctuates the court action with gospel singing and torchlight processions lovingly dressed in shades of sepia like the Kansas scenes in 'Wizard of Oz'. Given the script is by Robert E. Lee and Jerome Lawrence - authors of 'Mame' - it's clear Sir Trevor is desperate to turn it in to a musical.
Outstanding among the 40-strong cast, something not usually seen outside the National, Mark Dexter plays the visiting cynical journalist who orchestrates the defence, based on Baltimore satirist H L Mencken, with a handsomely attractive oily charm - as he says 'I may be rancid butter but I'm on your side of the bread', and Ian Cunningham adds convincing value as the banjo-twangling court supervisor Ralph Meeker.
An old-fashioned 'well made play' but an excellent production. Go.
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Monday, 21 September 2009
The sound of one hand Clapham
As I've said before, it's 21 years since Stephen Sondheim took panto by the throat and throttled it into a self-styled morality play called 'Into the Woods'.
If nothing else, the current production at the Landor theatre highlights the age of the material, and the bum-numbingly lengthy exposition necessary to tell the stories of Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Jack and the Beanstalk before the interval - after which the plot thickens and the cast thins as many of them are picked off by a marauding giant whilst blaming each other for collective and individual misfortunes.
It's intended as a metaphor for the disintegration of society, but the jury's out on whether Sondheim was presenting an original metaphysical deconstruction of America at the end of the 20th century, or smoking crack.
The tedious first half needs pace which the cast couldn't deliver on Friday since they were struggling with too-recently-arrived costumes and a clever oversized bookshelf of a set which demanded mountaineering feats whilst singing in a hoop skirt and minor key.
An announcement asked the audience to treat it as an open dress rehearsal and on that basis, it was just about OK. It also started over half an hour late which allowed us the opportunity to appreciate what a scrofulous pub the Landor really is, perched on the edge of an edgy housing estate. It's a shame, because the theatre upstairs has a great reputation which doesn't percolate down to the bar, and at closing time we had to shoulder our way through a number of chavs in what looked like pyjamas, and endure some colouful (I use the word advisedly) banter from dusky youths lounging about on a street corner.
The lead characer of the Witch is in disguise for the first half - and Lori Haley Fox was the only cast member to use a strong American accent so she appeared initially to be Ruby Wax in a burka (not in itself an unattractive prospect) but after the 'transformation' revealed blonde streaks and an overbite unfortunately reminiscent of Julia Davis in Nighty Night.
Others were more promising including Ryan Forde Iosco and particularly Luke Fredericks as the swashbuckling but shallow Princes, the latter clearly relishing a second outing in knee-length boots after his stint as Rolf the boy Nazi in Sound of Music, and with a lovely voice.
It's notoriously hard to sing Sondheim because the lyrics are so often truncated or interrupted, but Sue Appleby as Cinderella and Leo Andrew as the Baker overcame this particularly well, and Andrew's 'No One Is Alone' had great resonance.
One of the best quotes from Into the Woods is 'nice is different than good'.
This is a nice production.
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A Talent not to amuse
Back in the days when boys became bands without the unwelcome attentions of Louis Walsh, or girls sang aloud without a televised vote - young Victoria Wood penned a simple, funny and sweet piece for the Sheffield Crucible based on her own experiences backstage in a provincial talent show.
Revisiting it thirty years later, she freely admits she had to explain a lot of the references to the cast, so it's not surprising many of the jokes had to be audibly elaborated by the older audience to its younger boyfriends during last Thursday's first performance at the Menier. There is hardly a gay bar in London in which you couldn't hear someone 'doing' a Victoria Wood sketch, and for the previews they were out in force, and lapping up the familiar comic lines.
Asked to comment on her friend Julie Walters' appearance in "Mamma Mia", Wood explained to the Daily Mail that musicals 'really weren't her thing' - which may have been tact as Walters was uncharacteristically dire, but also disingenuous since Wood recently wrote 'Acorn Antiques the Musical' with a swathe of pastiched production numbers. For 'Talent', the musical additions are modest parodies of cheesy cabaret songs which mostly serve to give the male cast members an opportunity to perspire copiously in velour suits with polyester ruffles.
Wood appears to have cast this production with a number of old friends - Jeffrey Holland, once the comedian Spike in Hi-de-Hi is amusing as a pensioner magician, but former Blue Peter presenter Mark Curry rather less convincing as the randy compere of the rotting Bunters night club.
It's like an explosion in the comedy section of the BBC archives, or at least in the skip where they throw the stuff they don't use any more.
The stronger casting is in Suzy Toase playing the role created by Wood, and the ever reliable Mark Hadfield doubling a magician's assistant and the night club's catering manageress in the funniest segment of the show when she organises the table allocations. Both these actors excel at deadpanning the flat northern inflections of Wood's material and illustrate both her easy facility with the language, and its ultimate failure to satisfy.
To genuine Lancastrians, the camp non-sequiturs of Wood's dialogue "she was going to be a nun but they kept having tomato soup and she lost her vocation" are routine, being heard on the bus from Bury to Bolton every day of the week, and Wood's skill was to spot the patterns and write it down. Custard creams aren't inherently funny, but when suggested by a northern housewife as a more palatable alternative to oral sex, it gets a laugh.
Whilst she has undoubtedly become a 'national treasure' through sketches and sitcom, comparison with more structurally capable dramatists like Alan Bennett are inevitably disappointing. In fact, the way Christopher Luscombe's recent production of Bennett's 'Enjoy' outshines 'Talent' despite the fact they were written at similar times, reflect on both Wood's script-updating and directing skills.
Sometimes, Talent alone is not enough.
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Thursday, 17 September 2009
Captive Audience
Banged up in a US prison two inmates from opposite sides of the tracks forge an unlikely friendship against a background of corrupt wardens, wisecracking murderers and a hanging. The stage version of 'Shawshank Redemption' is 'Chicago' for straight men.
Whilst not actually channelling Renee Zellweger and Catherine Z. Jones, leads Kevin Anderson and 'The Wire' star Reg E. Cathey draw parallels as Anderson's innocent-behind-bars learns quickly who not to trust and how to manipulate the corrupt system, while Cathey's persistent recidivist tries to distance himself from the morality but eventually succumbs.
Like most current screen-to-stage adaptations (Sister Act, Breakfast at Tiffany's) legal ownership of the movie rights prevented a direct adaptation from the filmscript and the source material reverts to a less sparkling original novel or treatment.
The dialogue's too fluent for movie realism but works well enough on stage where the supporting cast turn in sharp characterisations, notably Ryan McCluskey's engaging performance as the cheerful gambler Heywood. McCluskey is billed as first cover for Anderson's lead role and it would be interesting to see him play it.
Equally outstanding is the least sympathetic character, the violent sodomite Bogs played with utter conviction by Joe Hanley whose priapic readiness to exact the ultimate rite of passage on new inmates gives new meaning to the phrase 'hardened criminal'.
Ferdia Murphy's two-tier set of prison bars is simple to the point of emptiness, and bizarre when placed in the blue white and gold cherub-studded proscenium of Wyndham's Theatre. Lighting Designer Kevin Treacy could have worked harder to reduce the spill on to the auditorium and focus more harshly on the prison.
An interesting echo on the sound system actively suggests the hard surfaces, but otherwise there's little to indicate place, the passing of time or seasons, or to convince us that this is a real penitentiary.
There's plenty of shouting and banging, and a lot of booted stomping in the fight scenes but ultimately this Shawshank is hollow. As Roxie says - it's just a noisy hall where there's a nightly brawl, and All That Jazz.
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Of all the videogames to try and replicate in real life, Mirror's Edge has to be one of the trickiest. You seriously need some brass ones to pull off half of the vertigo inducing crap they do in that game.
Still, that hasn't stopped Ambry Nurhayati from celebrating the upcoming launch of Mirror's Edge: Catalyst by putting together a very convincing first person, free running tribute.
You can see the 21-year-old Parkour instructor climbing up buildings, sliding down bridges, and beating the crap out of guards. Apparently it took a day to shoot the footage itself, but took a few weeks to edit.
Check it out for yourself below.
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It's been 259 days and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services continues to drag its feet fulfilling a public records request the Montana Center for Investigative Reporting originally submitted October 29, 2014, asking for newborn screening records.
Getting answers to questions about Montana's newborn screening program and its performance, has been a daunting task. DPHHS and local hospitals haven't exactly been forthcoming with the information MTCIR is seeking, probably due to the fact that the program's performance was lacking, along with thousands of other hospitals around the country, a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigation published in 2013 found. Montana was one of the states that flat-out refused to release data requested by Milwaukee reporters. More about this later…
MTCIR's initial request from October 2014 was not even acknowledged until 41 days later when we received the first denial letter in the mail from DPHHS Deputy Chief Legal Counsel, Shannon McDonald. The department declined MTCIR's request under the state open records law for the newborn screening data, citing that it was private information afforded protection under state statute and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA.
"We are unable to release the individual health information that you have requested," McDonald wrote in the letter. "Because of the specificity of the information you have asked for, it is not possible to sufficiently de-identify that information for release under either state statute or the safe harbor provisions of HIPAA."
You can read all about the consequences this has for Montanans in an earlier story MTCIR published, here.
DPHHS officials vehemently denied MTCIR access to the records for months, citing patient privacy due to the "specificity" of the information we were seeking, although we never requested "individual" or "specific" information. In fact, we specifically requested that all identifiable information be redacted. MTCIR did not request children's names, dates of birth, specific medical records, or any outcomes of the testing.
This is the only information MTCIR requested: the name of the hospital, the date the blood sample was collected, and the date the blood sample arrived at the lab. But DPHHS officials claimed from this information alone it was possible a single newborn could be identified.
On December 17 last year via conference call with McDonald and DPHHS Public Information Officer, Jon Ebelt, we tried to ask why DPHHS felt this information was private and subject to protection under state and federal law? But all we received was a generic answer that is all too common when requesting healthcare information from government agencies.
"I understand why you would think that removing the name and date of birth would be sufficient to de-identify the data, but unfortunately under HIPAA that is not sufficient," said Shannon McDonald, DPHHS Deputy Chief Legal Counsel. "…In a state that has 12,000 births per year, we couldn't give you any information except on a statewide level."
Shortly afterward in a letter dated December 22, 2014, McDonald continued to deny our request as we attempted to negotiate for release of the data, citing Montana's lack of a formal appeal process, while continuing in an attempt to say we were seeking individually identifiable information. This time it was stating we wanted actual medical records, which we certainly never asked for.
"To be clear, the Department does not have an 'appeal process' for declining information requested under our open records statutes," McDonald wrote in the letter. "…The information you are requesting includes medical records of the tests administered to individual newborn children. As such, the records are protected explicitly by the HIPAA Privacy Rule, by Montana State Statute, and the general right of privacy found in the Montana Constitution."
MTCIR reached out to attorney and Montana Freedom of Information Hotline founder, Mike Meloy, via email, to see what he thought of DPHHS' claims that the information is protected by HIPAA.
"I don't think they'll give you this information without suing them, Meloy wrote. "And, I am uncertain why they think the information, if provided, would reveal the identity of a child."
Fast-forward a few months and DPHHS completely ignored two more requests we sent contesting McDonald's denials. That's because Montana open records laws are some of the weakest in the nation, and there is no formal appeal process, as McDonald noted. That's just one of many chinks in the armor making it difficult for Montanans to hold their government accountable.
But then last month, we wrote a letter to Gov. Steve Bullock asking him to look into the matter. We never heard anything back from the Governor's office but something changed with DPHHS' response. Out of the blue, the information we were seeking was no longer considered private nor protected by state and federal law. Say what!?
Shortly after we sent a letter to the Governor's office, we had another conference call, this time with Carol Ballew, DPHHS Senior Public Health Epidemiologist, and Ebelt.
We had so many more questions than answers at this point so it was quite a surprise when Ballew pretty much agreed to release the data. But there was a catch. Ballew would not release hospital specific information unless "McDonald directed her to." And unbeknownst to us, the follow up email after the call from Ebelt revealed another catch that wasn't discussed on the call.
Somewhere along the way in the negotiating process we narrowed down our original request to just the last three complete years of data: 2012, 2013 and 2014. Our original request sought records from 2000 – present. When Ebelt emailed us back with a price quote of $50 for the data, it was only a quote for 2014 data. So we asked what happened to 2012 and 2013?
In short, DPHHS changed its story. The information we're seeking wasn't private anymore, but Ebelt claimed the Department still couldn't give us the data because now the request was too difficult for the agency to fulfill.
In the process of those exchanges, several of our questions were ignored. So we asked Ebelt why this request was so difficult to fulfill for prior years but not 2014, and why none of our previous questions were addressed in his reply? We received Ebelt's response a few days later on July 10.
"The lab started a new reporting and recording system in calendar year 2014. Data from prior years would have to be manually extracted from the previous system," Ebelt wrote. "We could not divert newborn screening staff from their essential duties to perform this work. The only way to collect this data would be to hire temporary staff at your expense. We cannot predict how much this would cost."
So Ebelt went a step further, going so far as to advise MTCIR that it would be so difficult to fulfill our request in fact, that it would require a team of temporary employees just to get the job done. Translation: In other words, fulfilling our request would be extremely expensive, so we should just give up now.
This is another method government agencies use to create an insurmountable obstacle to releasing the data into the public realm, and being held accountable. By creating this illusion that gathering the requested data would be some kind of earth-moving, gigantic undertaking, DPHHS is attempting to severely over-inflate the cost of fulfilling our public records request, and in the process, trying to eliminate public participation.
We're still waiting for DPHHS to tell us what format the older records are in, and to fully explain why getting us the prior years data would be so much of a headache, among other things. That's where we stand as of now.
Mark this down as disgraceful, yet not at all surprising. This is just another instance in which the default position of government agencies in Montana is to deny the public information that it has already paid for, in any way possible.
This story was written with support from the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
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Cub Clones: Besting the Real Thing
At $100,000 plus, Cubs from Legend Aircraft and CubCrafter are safer and built better than the original. They me be LSA standouts.
Hows this for the ultimate incongruity: Bose headset, full glass panel, electric trim and a Garmin GPSmap 496 with NEXRAD and TIS traffic, all slipped into the front end of a Cub with quite a lot of room to spare. Although were sure William T. Piper could never have imagined it, thats exactly where we are in the brave new world of emerging light sport aircraft. If the original LSA concept included as much as a passing nod to simple and unsophisticated, the reality may be anything but. Not that were complaining.
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Outdoor Recreation
Hiking. Camping. Boating. Fishing. The outdoor enthusiast's dream awaits at a variety of recreation sites owned and operated by Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power.
As a company, we own and manage more than 18,000 acres of lands for wildlife habitat and forestry.
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Recognizing that large numbers of visitors each year can have a negative impact on the environment, we have incorporated many features into our recreation sites, including:
- Leaving day use parking areas as grass to help maintain winter forage for elk
- Reducing the size of parking lots to save the natural plant buffer, which is habitat for many different animals and birds
- Opening the parks seasonally to ensure that elk and other wildlife have a safe winter home
- Taking care to preserve the trees and natural vegetation whenever possible to preserve micro-habitats
- Installing log booms to protect shorelines from wave and boat impact
- Modifying company property land leases adjacent to waterways to include environmental protection clauses. For example, no farming to the edge of the reservoir is permitted.


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Seed beaded dimension and form!
Discover how to create triangular peyote bezels around sparkling 10mm Swarovski Trillion rivolis! We'll start the class by learning how to do simple triangular peyote using larger beads before we graduate to using size 11/0 Delicas. Then the fun will begin by learning to create a triangular bezel. Increases and decreases and zipping your components together will be part of the day's curriculum. This class is suitable for beginners; however, knowing peyote stitch will be helpful.
The project will focus on making the bracelet as shown, but you'll also have the instructions on how to create two pendants and earrings – all using the same type of rivoli component. This class will run 10:00am to 5:00pm on all days with a lunch break.
This class includes your kit of 12 Swarovski Trillion rivolis, 2 colours of size 11/0 Delica beads and a sliding tube clasp and findings with full-colour, illustrated instructions. Colour choices will be available.
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- Eyeglasses or magnifier (Delica beads are small!)
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The Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 is like a small tablet, or a bigger Note 2 except it lack the S Pen. Running on a 1.7 GHz Dual Core CPU with 1.5 GB RAM and a n 8 MP camera, the device even though it has the same design pattern as the Galaxy S4 is nowhere near it in the specs field, not even as powerful as the Note 2. So why did Samsung create this mid-range large screened device? Well, apparently they think there is a market for such 'phablets'.
If you are one of the people that like a big device, you can now buy the Mega 6.3 from 2 retailers that have the device listed as 'on stock'. You can get the device from Expansys USA or from Unlocked Mobiles. Of course, this isn't going to be cheap. The first retailer has the device at a price of $595 and the second one at £498.97 ($778.)
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By: Pastor Annette Barker – Christian Unity Baptist Church, Bellwood, IL. annettebarkerabundantlyblessedministries.com
Below you will find seven (7) scriptures, one for each day to recite/speak and declare over yourself along with your DAILY PRAYERS.
Speak THESE SCRIPTURES over yourself at lease three times a day or as often as necessary so to speak. While speaking believe. Believe with your whole heart.
Be Aware of Absolute Side Effects: You may find the side effects to bring: hope, restoration, pain relief, exceedingly joy, feeling light-headed, full of the holy spirit, free and healing in Jesus name!!!
Be mindful: Others will be confused for they are expecting the natural results and you are expecting, believing God for and will receive supernatural results.
God loves you and have not forgotten about you. His word teaches us He will never leave nor forsake us. (Hebrew 13:5) Because He loves you, He wants the best for your life. He's a healer and a restorer. He paid the price for any sickness you had. Notice I said "had" and not have. Had, a past tense verb refers to something we no longer have or no longer belongs to us. The Bible teaches us by faith to call those things that not as though they are. (Romans 4:17b) Peter reminded us that "by His strips we were healed". Again past tense . We must accept our healing in order for the healing process to begin within us. I am believing God with and for you, for your healing and restoration. According to the word of God in any situation healing is possible. My friend, Don't give up and do not feel guilty or deserving of what the enemy has put upon you. I write you today to encourage you to continue to look to the hills from whence cometh your help. (Psalm 121:1) Hold on, for your help/healing is on the way!
As you know when we go to the doctor, often they prescribe various medications for us to take. In most cases of illness many are taking a combination of medications at this very moment. I would like to empower you with the word of God for your healing as you continue to take your natural medications to include supernatural medications as well by speaking God's word over your life daily. There are many healing scriptures in the bible and all are adequate for your healing process. Below you will find seven (7) scriptures, one for each day to speak over yourself at least three times a day or as often as necessary so to speak. I encourage you to speak these and even search the Bible for more powerful life changing scriptures on healing and restoration. Continue to pray and seek God daily. You may find the side effects to by hope, restoration, relief of pain, joy, feeling light & fee and healing
The word of God is so very powerful and our faith in Him and His word is even more powerful. For He said in His word all things are possible if you believe. (Mark 9:23) That means even if we really don't know His word, but believe Him and His word, healing is possible. Now that's powerful! My friend, you have that power within you. Look beyond what you see and feel and believe that God is your personal healer. Your very own personal physician, your doctor. One who is on call on 24/7. You don't have to speak to a voice mail, nor answering service. Through prayer you can speak to directly to Him. You can tell Him all your symptoms, all about your aches and pains. Yes, He already knows, but just as telling a physical doctor are symptoms we are expecting him to suggest a remedy or prescribe medication to help us not only feel better but alleviate our illness. Telling Jesus is simply saying "Lord I not only trust you to heal me" I know you will heal me. Trust and believe in Him and He will do just what He says. Jeremiah 30:17 says "For I will restore you to health And I will heal you of your wounds,' declares the LORD,"
As the old folk use to say "He's my doctor in a sick room" There's an old gospel song we use to sing "Come on in the room" "Jesus come on in the room. Jesus is my Doctor and He writes out all my prescriptions in the room." I'm believing Jesus to come in your room right now, today, this very moment. Receive His healing right now, today, this very moment. Look up , lift your hands towards heaven and say Lord I receive my healing in Jesus name! Say it in your spirit and say it out loud; God is healing me right now, today, this very moment! Believe in your heart and total being that He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all you can ask or think. (Ephesians 3:20)
I know God and I know He's a healer. I know He loves you wants to set you free from sickness and disease. He wants to relief you from tossing and turning, from body racked with pain and any discomfort you may have. It is His will for you to be made whole. (John 5:6) (Mark 5:25-34) He wants you to believe, trust and hold on to your faith. Again, no matter what it looks or feel like…., and know that my heart goes out to you because I know it is easier said than done. But ask Him for strength to push past your unbelief, push past your pain and keep believing Him no matter what for His promise. Know that your family & friends and yes even me a stranger is praying and believing God with you. Know that where two or three are touching and agreeing, He will be in the midst. (Matthew 18:20). Don't give up on your healing. Keep the faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrew 11:1) Keep believing when you do not see it. Your belief is your strength and you, my friend are so much stronger than you think. Mark 11:24 says… "Therefore I say to you whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them." Keep the faith Know that everything is going to be alright. Keep believing that. I can't stress it enough-keeping believing what God's word says more than what you see, more than what you hear, more than what you think and even more than what you physically feel. Push past the pain to the promise. He promised He'll never leave nor forsake you. (Deuteronomy 31:6) He promise to deliver you from your afflictions. "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all." (Psalm 24:19) …and He even said in Third John 2 "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth."
Below are some scriptures, I like to call His prescription for you.. Take this supernatural medicine daily. The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. (Luke 10:8-9) Keep speaking His Word over your sickness & disease and in His timing, He will send forth His word and heal you. (Psalm 107:20)
Praying that the healing powers of our almighty God embrace, empower and bring healing to your mind, body and soul. .
Love, God's Servant, Pastor Annette
1 Thessalonians 5:17 – reminds us to Pray without ceasing!
Again, the word of God is so powerful: Take one three times a day and speak it over yourself all day long. Take one for each day to speak over yourself at least three times a day or as often as necessary.
Make it personal for example: I, Annette will Bless the Lord at all times. …..who forgiveth all my iniquities, who healeth all my diseases;
Side Effects: Hope, Joy, Love, Peace, Restoration, Pain Relief, Feeling light & Free, Healing
- Ps 103:1-5 – 1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
- Exod 15:26 – And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee
3. Ps 107:19-20 – 19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. 20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions
- Deut 7:15a – And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee;
- Jer 30:17 – 17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
- Isaiah 53:5 – But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
7. Psalm 30:2
O Lord my God, I cried to You and You have healed me.


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September 14, 1942 – July 2, 2016
Elswood Louis Magnusson, "Woody" was born September 14, 1942 to Louis and Florida (Dube) Magnusson. He grew up in Wynyard, SK surrounded by his siblings: Glenn, Mildred, Lorraine, Norma and Carol. While working as a Conservation officer for the Government of Saskatchewan's, Department of Northern Saskatchewan (DNS) and Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Woody met his wife, Denise. The two were married Aug 19, 1967 and went on to have three children: Greg, Lauriel and Leiann. Woody and Denise lived in many northern towns where he worked as a Conservation Officer and Denise worked as a teacher.
In 1981, after 17 years Woody left the DNR and moved to Duck Lake, SK. Woody and Denise bought the Duck Lake Variety Store and raised leafcutter bees for a number of years until retirement.
Woody was an active member of the Duck Lake and District Lions Club and a Board Member of the Regional Interpretive Center. Over the years Woody met many people who became dear family friends.
Woody always had a sense of humor and enjoyed getting together with friends and family to reminisce about good times and to make new ones.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 3:30 P.M. at Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church, Duck Lake, SK with Rev. Phinh Do presiding. Interment of his ashes will take place at Blessed Sacrament Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, 1910 McIntyre Street, Regina, SK S4P 2R3 or Duck Lake Lions Club, Box 206, Duck Lake, SK S0K 1J0. Arrangements are in care of Funk's Funeral Home, Rosthern, SK (306-232-5245, funksfuneralhome.ca).


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COBWEB CORNERS: Farewell to the story-teller
By Mel McFarland
In 1881 a man left this area, and people still hear his fantastic stories to this day, partly thanks to me. I have told several of his tall tales on these pages. He was one of the soldiers stationed at the Army weather station at the top of Pike's Peak. I am not sure how often the troops up there were rotated out, but it looks as though Sergeant John O'Keefe was there about three years. He was reassigned to an unnamed post in early 1881, leaving his creative inspiration behind. He lived most of the rest of his life in Colorado and tried various other trades.
Most of O'Keefe's early life is a mystery, but he certainly became well known in the Pike's Peak Region. Of the men stationed at the summit of the big mountain, one would regularly come down for supplies in Colorado City, except for the dead of the winter. One of their usual activities was to regale the public with stories of the mountain. This was O'Keefe's best talent! I still get asked about the soldier whose child was eaten by the rats.
When O'Keefe found that he would be moving, the city hosted a dinner at the Colorado Springs Opera House to say goodbye. It was filled to capacity. Once the meal was finished, the tables were cleared and samples of Manitou mineral water were supplied. (Remember, in 1881 no alcoholic drinks were allowed in Colorado Springs!) The first speaker rose and offered a toast: "O'Keefe, one of the greatest prevaricators, equaled by few, excelled by none." Following his remarks, O'Keefe stood and spoke some words of thanks. The audience was then treated to each guest at the table standing and commenting upon his story-telling talent. A few quoted memorable portions of his yarns. At the end, O'Keefe said farewell to the community and the audience, and then he left.
Several of O'Keefe's tales had seen worldwide distribution, and the city was happy for the rather unusual publicity. He visited the area after leaving the Army, but never regained the fame he'd attained when talking about that big white mountain.
No, there was never a child, nor a wife; indeed, not even any mountain rats. Those were friendly marmots.


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CHAR-R-R-R-RGE! – (A story about an Auburn round ball legend)
These aren't fashion accessories; these are tools of the trade! (photo: Michael Hietter)
Greetings from your laziest member of the TET staff, here to interrupt the excellent spring sports and football analysis by our cadre of athletic experts with another waltz (or, this time, a fast break) down memory lane. The last couple of times I darkened the door here, I mused on my old dorm/apartment, New CDV, a place that is not on the Auburn campus anymore. Another building that was instrumental to my Auburn experience may be similarly threatened by a bigger, better, newer facility just completed a few years ago. This special place is the old Student Activity Center, or the "Student Act" as we called it.
The Student Act opened up late in my freshman year in 1984. Less than a year before, while the building was being constructed, Greg Pratt, Auburn's expected starting fullback, collapsed at preseason football practice and passed away shortly after. I had originally heard that the whole Student Act was going to be named after this fallen man in blue, but eventually his name was attached to the weight room instead. But lifting weights was not what I did in that facility–I became a gym rat at the basketball courts.
Now, you have to understand, I loved to play basketball, but I never was nor ever will be anything that could be considered an athlete. Other than a couple of years of T-ball and Little League, I never played organized anything before coming to Auburn. Consequently, like everything that I enjoy doing (rugby, golf, autocross, writing for an Auburn blog, or being a singer/songr), I was not very good at basketball, but, just as with all the other things, I tried to make up for that by figuring it out as best I could and playing as hard as I could.
So that's why a short, slow, coordinationally challenged fellow like myself became a denizen at the Student Act. I figured out pretty quickly that I would not be able to play inside with the front line, and my lack of coordination meant I could never be a ball handler. Instead, I specialized in one-on-one defense and got to where I could consistently hit any mid-range jump shot.
So, every evening or afternoon I did not have to study, I headed over to the Student Act for a little roundball. I had my routine down—checking out a sharpie-numbered basketball at the service desk, handing my student ID to the monitor at the door to the courts, then striding over to the shooting court (the one with four goals lowered around the court), sporting my AU headband and wristbands, for a little warm-up shoot-around. After that, I went over to one of the three full short-courts to get "downs" for the next available game.
I had some some epic times down at that gym. And there was some great competition there—guys you could tell were stars on their high-school teams or playground legends from their own hometowns. Heck, in the off-season, members of the AU men's and, more often, women's roundball teams would come down and play at the gym. Even legendary former Auburn players would show up, such as on one special night in the summer of 1987, when the most recent NBA Rookie of the Year, "The Rifleman" himself, Chuck Person, came in.
Chuck, along with former teammates Frank Ford, Gerald Wright, and Paul Daniels, and some skinny high-school kid who looked a lot like Chuck (Wesley, I think his name was) came in and got downs. In the next couple of games, they proceeded to dispatch the sparse number of the gym rats remaining that evening, even though, to be honest, they were going easy on us. All of a sudden, it was my down—my team's time to face a squad featuring one of the greatest AU players ever.
Of course, being the shortest, slowest guy on the court, I was assigned to guard the smallest player on the other side, Wes. Well, I did my best, but Wes and Chuck had the give-and-go and alley-oop going all game, while those other AU greats also took us to town.
Since it was the last game before the gym closed, and I had already been there all day, I was awfully tired. I often watched from the backcourt as my teammates attempted a fast break, only to be rebuffed at the basket and have Chuck & Co. start back the other way. Thus it happened on one of these plays where I was standing at mid-court that Chuck grabbed a defensive rebound and started dribbling right towards me.
Now, many players would have simply run off to the side and given up the sure basket on a play like that. I felt like I should give at least token resistance and broke down in a stationary guard stance at mid-court, expecting Chuck to take the several seconds to reach where I was and move artfully either to the left or the right, past me for yet another easy score. However, I must have been too short for Chuck to see, and he ran right over me, knocking us both to the court.
Even with the wind knocked out of me, I had absolutely NO concern for my own condition at the time—all I could see flashing before my eyes were huge headlines on sports pages everywhere, stating "ROOKIE OF THE YEAR'S CAREER ENDED IN PICK-UP GAME" with my picture, captioned by "scumbag who did it," underneath.
Of course, Chuck wasn't hurt at all, and he got up and came over to ask if I was all right. Once I saw he was 100% okay, my response was, as I still lay breathless on the court, to put my palm behind my head, the college signal for a player-control foul—yes, I was calling a charge on Chuck Person and in a pick-up game no less, where no one EVER accepts a charge being called against him.
Chuck's reply: "Was that a charge? Okay," and he helped me up and gave me the ball to continue the game, which, of course his team won on a Wes-to-Chuck alley-oop that he slammed through when the monitor wasn't looking (dunks were not allowed at the Student Act to protect the backboards).
As I noted, like almost every building that was a significant part of my experience at Auburn, the future of the Student Act may be uncertain. From looking at the AU website, the newly constructed Recreation and Wellness center that now surrounds the Student Act has the old facility beat hands down. Nonetheless, I saw the Student Act still being used for science fairs and robot-war camps, so maybe that building will continue to live on in a new way for a new generation, while this old Tiger thinks back wistfully on his time at the Plains—and his one brush (or rather crash) with sports greatness.
Michael Val
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I recently discovered something wonderful. Australia will be getting another Big Thing, and this time it's based on a cake. Yes, the Big Lamington is coming to Toowoomba, and as soon as I heard the news I just knew that when it was built I would drive out of my way to have a photo with it.
Maybe it's something to do with my childhood memories of visiting the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour for the first time. Maybe it's because Big Things are so fabulously kitsch. Maybe it's because as a Big Lamington it's bound to have lots of lamingtons. Which are yummy. Who can say, all I know is I can't wait to pull up in front of it.
We Aussies are a bit of a strange bunch when it comes to Big Things. Ironically, our first Big Thing was a nod to another culture. The Big Scotsman was erected outside Scotty's Motel in Medindie in Adelaide in 1963. That's one year before The Big Banana took up residence in Coffs Harbour in '64.
Some have sadly been lost over the years, some have undergone some changes (The Big Prawn now being over a Bunnings for example) while others have been heritage listed and saved.
We now have literally dozens of Big Things around the country. We've got fruits like the Big Pineapple and Big Mango, animals from the Big Boxing Crocodile to the Big Galah, alcohol inspired ones including the Big Wine Bottle and Big Stubbie, and even sporting goods are covered with the Big Tennis Racquet and Big Golf Ball.
But as road trippers know, some are bigger than others.
I'm not sure if there should be some kind of minimum size requirement before a sculpture or structure can claim to be a Big Thing.
For example, the Big Merino outside Goulburn is 49 feet tall and weighs 97 tonne. The Big Chook at Moonbi is around 6 feet tall. Sure, it's big for a chook, but I've also seen some novelty letterboxes that are that big (hey, I'm from the country).
Then there are those that mysteriously get smaller as we grow up.
When I went to The Big Banana as a young child it seemed absolutely huge. I remember being blown away by it and thinking you could live in there. So I was genuinely shocked when I returned as an adult to find it was a relatively simple 11 metre long concrete banana with a walkway in the middle and some photos on the wall.
Mind you, these days there's a lot more going on around it. They have toboggans and waterslides and laser tag. So much fancier than back in my day. But the Big Banana itself remains the same, as it should. And I look forward to visiting it the next time I'm on a road trip along the coast.
Of course one thing you do need if you're going on a Big Things Road Trip is a car. Which is something I don't have these days.
Fortunately there is a clever way around that. Even if you're in your own city or state you can act like you would on a road trip in another country and hire a car.
For people like me in Sydney who may be considering a road trip to the Big Pineapple's Music Festival, or perhaps to the Golden Guitar in Tamworth, Bayswater Car Rental puts special Sydney offers up on their website.
And one look at those prices is enough to make me want to call my friends, put together a mix tape (oh, okay, Spotify playlist) and pack a bag.
Of course if you're in another city around the country you can also find great Bayswater deals on a hire car by going to the website and putting in your location.
So how about you? When it comes to Australia's Big Things, what always makes you smile? And have you ever driven out of your way to see one only to find it a big let-down? I'm still adding to my own Big Things Road Trip list and am happily taking notes.
And just how big should a Big Thing be before it can claim the title?
This post was brought to you by Bayswater Car Rental, but as always all opinions and thoughts in the post remain my own.
Love a good road trip? Here are seven great Australian road trips to check out, as well as a fun music themed one through America's deep south.


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oh gosh - I used to run into all kinds of cultural differences in Ireland! Here in Dubai it's not as bad - mostly language differences. We discovered the mailbox trick when we moved to the country outside of Kingston Ontario - so handy! Love your blackboard :)ReplyDelete
lol, even in English, you don't know the word for ...
I go through this every day but it is to be expected. "what is the word for ... " is my constant phrase.
The chalkboard ( I grew up in the US South) is Brilliant ( I especially love the Time zones) ... this is something I plan on having in our new home, back up there in the Northern Hemisphere :)
besitos from a fine spring day in Argentina
Perseverance paid off - I love the blackboard wall. I also love that clock - are the digits made of ceramic?
The blackboard is so fun as is that clock.
The Raz man in a good side kick.
xo Jane
The chalkboard is wonderful. I am awful happy the wall talked to you. My phone does not understand my southern accent at all. Last time I was in Florida I never met a person from the south.ReplyDelete
Haha! This made me smile and laugh. I remember when I first moved from Canada to FL all the strange looks I got because I pronounced things differently and called things by other names. Imagine the laughter when I asked someone if they had a rubber (which is what we called erasers) at my new school. Love the blackboard (had forgotten that term) and it looks like you found a good pizza joint that delivers! AnnReplyDelete
I want a Chalkboard in my next kitchen !! Love it, as will your Grand when a bit older I am sure. We put mail to be posted in our mailbox & the flag up for the mail person to take, but I always forget and end up driving into the post office. I do like the gals at the post office, so not a wasted drive into town.ReplyDelete
That sounds familiar. When we lived in the U.S. I came across many cultural differences that you might not imagine. Icing sugar caused issues like your chalk one. A purse is something different in each region so it's hard to keep up if you move a lot.
One thing I really loved about the U.S. mail was how your mailbox was like a mini post office - you could purchase stamps, send packages, letters and at Christmas time that mailman always got a box of chocolates for which I would receive the next day in my mailbox (without a stamp) a very lovely thank you note.
ahaha. how funny. you wouldn't think there would be that many differences between canada and the usa. i LOVE the chalkboard wall and totally agree that it needed painting. xoReplyDelete
Love the blackboard/chalkboard . . . looking forward to YOUR chalk art work?ReplyDelete
Love the blackboard/chalkboard wall. The beach sand just went out to sea I suppose? What does the Weather Channel call it, the force of nature or something like that. Too funny about the cultural differences (and those in the comments too.) I'm used to the mailbox flag up rurally here but very used to a box on the corner, or now superboxes. We used to follow the mailman on his morning route on our walk to school, just so we could pick up the extra thick rubber bands he dropped.ReplyDelete
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I'm 74 and my wife is 78. She is a resident of a care center while her hip heals from being broken and I'm still at home. She also has dementia! I'm being advised to put her into a senior home for the balance of her life and go find a replacement girlfriend.
My question is: Now that I'm at this age I've lost or forgotten how to find an acceptable date. My friends and family think it's outrageous for me to replace my wife. But our state case manager is strongly backing the suggestion for a new girl in my life. Since when are wives disposable -- except until death do us part?
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This is a sad and scary time for you, I understand. Your wife is badly injured and suffering from dementia, and others are advising you to let her stay in a residential facility where she can be taken care of – not temporarily, but for the rest of her life. I can understand how upset you must feel. This isn't what you and your wife thought your golden years would be.
If you're asking whether you should start dating, only you know whether that's the right step for you. No one is suggesting that your wife is disposable, though they may sound that way to you in your grief.
I think those who are advising you to date are trying to let you know gently that your wife will not be returning to your home or to your relationship, and when it feels right to you to find companionship, it's okay to do that. They're not encouraging you to "dispose" of your wife or your vows. They're trying to look out for your emotional well-being by letting you know that if you do want to explore finding a new relationship now or in the future, there's nothing wrong with that.
I can see from the way you state your question, though, that it's probably too soon to take that suggestion. Perhaps better right now would be a grief support group. Although your wife has not died, you have lost her companionship and even her presence in your life. A grief counselor or support group could be immensely valuable to you.
When you're ready, you don't need to feel guilty about your own need to be close to another person emotionally and sexually– that's natural and a part of being human. You would not be trying to "replace" your wife in any way, just taking care of your own social and intimate needs. You may need to explain that to your family (or let them read this) if they still think it's "outrageous" that you might look for a relationship.
I wish you the best. I know this is the hardest of times.
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Starfeesh. Started off as Prismacolor marker on bristol board, switched to Prisma pencil because HOLY SHIT SON BAD MARKER SURFACE.
June 6, 2012
Doodled in my sketchbook today. Pigma pens and Prismacolor pencils and markers. Excuse the shitty pic; I really need to start scanning this stuff [...]
What makes me a good Demoman?April 2, 2012


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Katsuya Nomura throws his name into the ring for WBC manager
by Gen on Aug.27, 2008 @ 4:58 am, under WBC
In re-reading some of the articles, I have found that I jumped the gun on Nomura wanting to be manager.
Nomura has not stated that he wants to be the manager, but has instead stated that he wouldn't mind being the head coach. There was no such position for the Olympics, as far as I know. As head coach, Nomura feels he'd be able to help Hoshino select players for the roster and keep them on their toes.
My apologies for the mistake.
A number of sports newspapers are reporting that Rakuten Golden Eagles manager, Katsuya Nomura (野村克也) has offered to manage Team Japan at the World Baseball Classic next year.
Prior to the Olympics, it was almost understood that Senichi Hoshino (星野仙一) would be at the helm for Japan at the WBC next season, but after a disappointing showing at Beijing, it wouldn't be a surprise to see him replaced. The NPB Baseball Team Chairman, Watanabe Tsuneo (渡邉恒雄), was earlier quoted as saying "Who else is there? Hoshino may have his issues, and he may have made some mistakes, but who else is there? I really don't know of anyone else. Do you know of anyone that commands as much respect as Hoshino? If you do, please let me know." Not exactly a sparkling (or confidence building) recommendation if you ask me.
While Nomura has been quite critical of Hoshino over the last few days, he claims that he's only trying to give out some advice that might be useful moving forward. Whether or not Nomura is seriously throwing his name into the hat is unknown. When he was asked about managing the WBC team during an interview with Sadaharu Oh (王貞治), he didn't appear to be interested.
When asked about who Nomura might select if given the opportunity to manage at the WBC, he said "My clean-up batter will be Nobuhiko Matsunaka (松中信彦) and my catcher will be Motohiro Shima (嶋基宏)."
Sponichi Annex: ノムさん"物言う日本代表ヘッド"に立候補
Daily Sports Online: ノムさん 星野監督支持でヘッド名乗り
Daily Sports Online: 巨人・渡辺会長は"続投"容認


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Required DLC:
Lightning Strikes
Start Area:
Central City
Mission Giver:
Female Scientist
Story: The
Paradox Reapers in the area can provide S.T.A.R.
Labs with energy that might help them research a
way to seal the ruptures.
1) Banish
Paradox Reapers in the area South of the Flash
Museum (0/10)
2) Return to
the S.T.A.R. Labs Scientist with the harnessed
energy so they can create a device to seal the
3) Use the
S.T.A.R. Labs device to seal the smaller ruptures
in the area (0/10)
Reward: 2 Marks
of Momentum
Cash: 300
You will need
to defeat the red Paradox Reapers and they will
randomly drop a ? item to pick up. Collect 10 of
these and return to the Female Scientist. She
will then give you the second part of the
mission, which is to seal 10 of the ruptures in
front of the museum. To do that, just walk up to
a rupture and 'E' it and it will seal. You may be
required to defeat the reapers around the rupture
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count for the first part of the mission. It is
best to do the Speed Trap mission first, then
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Emergency services were called out to two incidents just one mile away from each other on the B4029 this morning.
The first incident happened this morning on Shilton Lane in Bulkington at around 9am.
Warwickshire Fire Service received reports of a large diesel leak from a diesel tank after a collision with a HGV.
One fire appliance from Nuneaton was initially sent to the scene at 9.13am.
Crews confirmed that approximately 1800 litres of red diesel had leaked from the tank into a yard of a farm and into a small brook that fed a pond on the site.
The crews requested the environment protection unit from Alcester and both worked to contain the spill.
The environment agency also attended the scene.
All crews had returned to their stations by 1.36pm.
The second incident was a serious collision, which involved a car and a motorbike.
The collision happened this morning on the B4029, Bulkington Road in Shilton.
A spokesperson from Warwickshire Police said: "There was a collision on Bulkington Road near Lovitts Farm involving a white Ford Transit and a black Suzuki motorbike.
"It was reported at 9.35am and a male motorcyclist suffered leg injuries and there are some roads blocked."
A spokesperson from West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We were called just after 9.30am to a RTC involving a motorcycle and a car. "We had two ambulances and a paramedic area support office on the scene.
"We have treated a man in his 20s, who was the motorcyclist, who suffered leg, suspected pelvic and facial injuries. We have given him pain relief and immobilised him and he is on his way to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire."
The road was closed until 1.20pm.


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The cast of MacGyver welcomes Girl Scouts.
Members of the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta stopped by the set of MacGyver to tour the set, meet the stars, explore the wardrobe and effects departments and, of course, deliver delicious cookies!
Watch all-new episodes of MacGyver on Fridays at 8/7c and CBS All Access.


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Boat Trader visitors have read about safety operations and shallow-water operations aboard the small cruise ship Grande Mariner. Well, this one's about fishing ops…
We're cruising across open water between Roatan and Utila with the throttles wide open. I'm up in the wheelhouse driving and the crew are on the back deck, fishing. We're making 10, almost 11 knots with a five-foot following sea. We've been running for a couple of hours like this, and just about the time I start thinking, "what can they possibly catch at this speed," a shout comes over the radio.
"Fish on! Fish on! Fish on!"
I jump for the throttles and pull back until we're in neutral, but the boat takes a while to slow down, given the following seas. Another call comes over the radio, "Pete, can you back down?"
Not likely with these seas, I respond.
"It's running, and it's taken all my line!"
OK, OK, I'll try.
By now all the passengers are milling around trying to find out what's happening. The captain's voice comes over the load speaker: "Ladies and gentleman, we've stopped because we have a fish on the line and are trying to reel it in."
Seventy-two passengers rush for the stern all at once to witness the contest. Meanwhile, I'm trying to keep the boat's stern square to the oncoming seas. The captain pops into the wheelhouse. "Screw it, he says," and backs down hard — green seas coming over the lower lazerette deck.
"Anything for a fish," I'm thinking.
Wahoo! Comes the shout. Indeed, they have landed a fabulous wahoo, one of those rare fish fast enough to bite while you're trolling at 1 knots. Our proud second mate, Paul Znamirowski, hooked it, but we all feel like we caught it. Everyone did their part, right down to the cheering passengers who got to taste fresh wahoo just a little while later.


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Haman, Hitler, Hussein
Evil Has a Name and It Begins with H"
Many people don't want to acknowledge that evil exists; they believe that people do bad things because circumstances or environment or conditioning leaves them no choice. Others know that evil exists but see it as a vague, unnamed malevolent force that somehow preys on innocent people. Yet history shows that evil is real and personal—and in fact, some individuals have become the very personification of evil. This month we remember one such person, and his name is Haman.
The festival of Purim, celebrated this year on March 14, commemorates God's victory over Haman's evil intentions to utterly destroy the Jewish people. Today, the feast of Purim is a lighthearted holiday traditionally celebrated by humorous enactments of the book of Esther called Purim schpiels. Noisemakers, games and delicious pastries known as hamantaschen (Haman's ears) are all part of the tradition, and many people play practical jokes similar to those on "April Fool's Day."
But the actual events of Purim, as recorded in the book of Esther, were anything but light-hearted for the Jews living at that time. The ancient world was cruel. Entire cultures and peoples were destroyed through wars. Even so, rarely, if ever, was genocide practiced during peace times against a people submitted under the rule of a king. Rarely, if ever, was the mass execution of such a people methodically planned to be carried out in one day. Yet this is the atrocious evil associated with that name, Haman.
"And the letters were sent by couriers into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their possessions" (Esther 3:13).
It is plain to see that such a decree is evil, but what about the person behind it?
There have always been villains like Herod, Haman, Hitler and Hussein; groups like Hamas and Hezbollah who have sought to wipe out the Jewish people. They have been diabolically inspired by Ha Satan (Hebrew for the adversary) who is God's sworn enemy. He longs to wipe out the Jews because in so doing, he imagines himself defeating God's plan and making Him to be an impotent liar. After all, God promised to protect and preserve the Jewish people—in fact one might say that He has staked His reputation on the perpetuity of the nation. No wonder the destruction of the Jewish people has been the objective of "evildoers" throughout history. While those demonically inspired individuals probably do not know or care about spiritual realities, their own evil inclinations have provided Satan with opportunities to use them.
Why do people have such a hard time associating evil with a person or persons, with naming them as evil? When President Bush called terrorists "evildoers" he was ridiculed as though he had made a blunder unbefitting his office. Why try to justify the actions of evil people? I remember a public service ad on television that admonished, "Don't leave your keys in your car or you might help make a good boy go bad."
We have fashioned blame shifting into an art form to avoid the harsh reality that people are responsible for their evil actions. Why? There are things about evil that by nature, we do not want to know.
Evil Has a Source and It Begins with "H"
A major source of evil in this world is the human heart and we all have one of those. From earliest times, "…the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually" (Genesis 6:5).
This was not merely an evaluation of one or two generations. It was God's diagnosis of the human predicament for all time. Yeshua (Jesus) said, "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man" (Mark 7:21-3).
Evil is not some unnamed malevolent force that exists solely outside the realm of humanity. The Bible speaks a great deal about evil (462 times) and specifically identifies people as evildoers 44 different times. Not only is evil real. People are evil. And part of our evil nature is that we don't want to admit it.
Our modern and post-modern mindset resists the idea that evil has become inherent in human nature because of the fall of our race. How ironic then, that when confronted with their wrongs, many shrug it off by saying, "I am only human." Precisely. Deep down, everyone knows that not one of us is exempt from evil thoughts, words or deeds. Most would simply prefer to call it something else.
Perhaps we avoid the reality that our hearts are evil because we reserve that word for the likes of Haman, who, after all, must be in a category shared only by other ruthless murderers like Hitler and Hussein. But Haman's heinous crime did not begin as a diabolical plan for genocide. It grew out of what the Greeks called "hubris." It grew out of the wretched seething resentment of inappropriate pride.
"When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow or pay him homage, Haman was filled with wrath" (Esther 3:5). That seething wrath towards Mordecai the Jew gestated and gave birth to Haman's monstrous plan to wipe out all Jews.
Could something as common as hubris lead to something so, well, so evil as genocide? Yes! Pride is a powerful deceiver that causes untold destruction. It keeps us from seeing and hating our own sin. The feeding and festering of arrogance under any cover, be it nationalism, religious fervor or you-name-it can take human beings down a maniacal path toward genocide, gas chambers, the slaughter of innocent Kurdish women and children. But it will not always be so.
Evil Has a Destiny and It Begins with "H"
Haman had a hangman's gallows erected for the special execution of the Jew he hated most, Mordecai. But Haman's plans backfired in one sudden moment of judgment. Standing before the King, Queen Esther confronted Haman with his evil plan. The truth came out in the most unexpected way—through a young woman who had risked her life to uncover the plot. With Haman's wickedness revealed, justice was swift and relentless.
"Now Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said to the king, 'Look! The gallows, fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke good on the king's behalf, is standing at the house of Haman.' Then the king said, 'Hang him on it!' So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai" (Esther 7:9-10).
Those gallows are a part of the history of the Jewish people's survival but they also symbolize God's intention to judge all evil some day.
God will judge evil, if not in this life, as was the case of Haman, then most certainly in the next. Evildoers have a destiny and that destiny is called Hell. One day all will stand before the King to have justice meted out—and then there will be no avoiding the reality that we have sinned—that we have thought, said and done what was evil in God's sight.
Thankfully, God did not condemn us to be left to our own evil inclinations. God sent His only beloved Son, a Jew named Yeshua, into this world to change our destiny for good. Satan in his pride, tried to get Jesus to bow down to him. Failing that, he foolishly constructed a "gallows" from which Jesus willingly allowed Himself to be hung. The enemy must have thought Jesus' death would defeat the plan of God. Instead, that gallows, the cross of Christ, became the point of victory by which the adversary and all his evil accomplices would be destroyed.
Purim teaches us that evil has a name, a source and a destiny. It demonstrates how God uses the unexpected to separate good from evil, to preserve His people and put forward His plans. Though we see our sin on a far smaller scale, evil still resides in each of us. Its source is pride, which has corrupted every human heart and given birth to unholy thoughts, words and choices. But God used the most unexpected means to separate us from our sin. He nailed it to Calvary so that He could give us a new name, a new heart and a new destiny.
The cross became the means by which our own sin would be executed so that we might be saved. That is the good news that we must believe and proclaim to our world. Evil is real. Hell is real. And because of these realities, we have been given the only real solution, the finished work of our Messiah Jesus. "Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!" (2 Corinthians 9:15).
David Brickner | San Francisco
Executive Director, Missionary
David Brickner is executive director of Jews for Jesus. David oversees the world-wide ministry from its headquarters in San Francisco. David received his Master's degree in Missiology with a concentration in Jewish Evangelism and Judaic Studies from the Fuller School of World Mission. He has authored several books, and has been interviewed on national television shows such as Larry King Live. David's daughter Ilana is a graduate of Biola. His son Isaac is on the missionary staff of Jews for Jesus. Isaac and his wife Shaina have one daughter, Nora, and a son, Levy, which makes David part of the grandparent club, a membership he is very proud of. See more here.


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edit: Reviewing this post on a full size PC (rather than mobile) I see my fears were confirmed. You can't tell ANYTHING about the vehicles in the picture. So, to clarify, each of the headlights in the pics above extending (in the top) on around the curve in the distance and blurring together, is a military vehicle of some sort. Mostly hummers with .50 cals mounted on top. Several other various transports. The ones in the left lane were obviously riding escort. You see these fairly often down here, but this one was lengthy even by local standards, extending for miles.
I need to work on my camera skills. /edit
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Governor's Conferences on the Arts Begin in Knoxville, TN09.22.2005
With a strong emphasis on technology, the Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC) will present E-Arts...The Governor's Regional Conferences on the Arts in three locations across the state, beginning Oct. 13 at the University of Tennessee Conference Center in Knoxville.
The popular conferences will feature nationally-recognized speakers and workshop leaders. Sessions are planned in the areas of board development, strategic planning, arts advocacy, fundraising, partnerships, website development, marketing, and arts education. Additionally, there will be special workshops on e-grants. Participants will be introduced to e-grant technology and learn about the unique benefits and possibilities.
"These regional conferences provide a broad variety of technical assistance to strengthen and improve arts organizations and arts programs throughout the state. The sessions provide valuable information and opportunities to network with peers, meet new and old friends, and share innovative ideas," says Rich Boyd, executive director of the Tennessee Arts Commission.
Arts leaders presenting sessions on arts advocacy will include Thomas Birch, who has served as legislative counsel in Washington, DC to a variety of nonprofit organizations including the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA). He will be joined by Nashville government relations consultant Molly Pratt. Birch has worked closely with NASAA, representing the state arts agencies on Capitol Hill and the interests of artists and arts organizations, directing advocacy efforts, and advising state and local groups on advocacy strategies. An attorney by training, Birch came to this work from Congress, having served as legislative counsel to members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives on issues of domestic policy. He was a Peace Corps volunteer for three years in Morocco, and has served on the boards of several nonprofit organizations. He currently serves as a member of the Folger Poetry Board.
Mike Kopp, senior vice president of MMA Creative, will present a marketing session. Joining Kopp will be MMA Creative CEO and President Mike McCloud, a specialist in visionary strategic planning, brand development, and media implementation. Kopp has more than 25 years of government, corporate and media experience, and has been on the front lines of more than 120 political campaigns at the federal, state and local levels. He was a former press aide in President Carter's 1980 presidential campaign, which led to an eight-year stint as Al Gore's Capitol Hill communications director and press secretary. Kopp has years of hands-on media experience in front of and behind the camera, and still appears frequently as a political commentator on local TV and radio. His non-political consulting experience includes managing and executing marketing/communications initiatives and projects for private and publicly held corporations, as well as nonprofit interests.
E-Arts... Governor's Regional Conferences on the Arts will have a strong arts education component, and two outstanding presenters will conduct those sessions at all three conference locations.
Barbara Shepherd will present sessions on teacher training using the Kennedy Center model at the Knoxville conference. At the Kennedy Center, she directs the Partners in Education Program, the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network, and the Imagination Celebration national sites. Shepherd will also participate in the Tennessee Alliance for Arts Education(TAAE)/Kennedy Center Partners sessions. Joining her for those sessions will be Rodney Van Valkenburg of Chattanooga, president of TAAE.
Other sessions, which will involve Commission staff, include "Tips for Writing Good Grant Applications," "Arts Education Grant Changes," and "Introduction To E-Grants."
Rod Reiner, deputy director of the Commission and coordinator of the conferences, encourages anyone interested in the arts to attend. "We have been planning for months, and we have put together a program that offers quality and substance. Participants will leave with information they can put to immediate use. We expect a large turnout at all locations, so we certainly encourage everyone to register early."
Registration is $35 per person. Participants may pre-register two weeks prior to the conference and pay only $25.
For more information on E-Arts...The Governor's Regional Conferences on the Arts, contact Rod Reiner at 615-741-2093 or e-mail: email@example.com. Information is also available online: www.arts.state.tn.us. Registration forms may be downloaded from www.arts.state.tn.us/govconfrregistration2.pdf.