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Event March 14-27, 2011 Includes Two Full Weekends in Early SpringNewburgh, N.Y. - Hudson Valley Restaurant Week 2011, March 14-27, is the perfect time to indulge in world-class dining at bargain prices while exploring New York's scenic Hudson River Valley. This culinary extravaganza runs a full 14 days, including two weekends, making it tantalizing for those looking for a tasty getaway. Participating restaurants will offer three-course prix-fixe dinners at $28 and three-course lunches at $20. Now in its fifth year, Hudson Valley Restaurant Week demonstrates why the Hudson Valley has become one of the nation's most talked about dining destinations, according to Janet Crawshaw, Hudson Valley Restaurant Week organizer and publisher of The Valley Table magazine. The Valley Table is the recognized print authority on all things food-related in the Hudson Valley, http://www.valleytable.com/. "The Hudson Valley enjoys a vibrant food scene," said Crawshaw. "The region is a nationally recognized center for food and agriculture and home to the country's foremost cooking school, celebrated artisanal cheese makers, world-class wineries and distilleries, and some of the best chefs in America." A jaunt to the region can easily become a gastronomic adventure. To whet the appetite, visitors to the Valley during Restaurant Week can enjoy relaxing in an elegant spa, antiquing in quaint river towns, sampling wines and beers at local vineyards and breweries, tasting cheeses and other locally-produced foods at regional farm markets, and catching the first sap run at maple-sugaring operations. Many may want to include a tour of the Culinary Institute of America on their itineraries. Because of the Valley's strong agricultural base, the use of locally-produced ingredients on Restaurant Week menus is part of the event's appeal. "Chefs go all out to use ingredients produced in the Hudson Valley, from venison, duck and heritage pork to artisanal cheeses," Crawshaw says. "Our chefs find both inspiration and amazing ingredients in the surrounding farms, orchards and vineyards." During Restaurant Week, Hudson Valley travelers can dine in a wide variety of wonderful settings. Consider Tavern at Highlands Country Club in Garrison, offering an elegant country atmosphere with antique tables and a blazing fireplace. Or experience the Village Tearoom in New Paltz, located in a landmarked building where hand-hewn beams lend antiquity and charm to the dining experience. At the acclaimed Restaurant 42 atop the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in White Plains, diners can enjoy new American cuisine and spellbinding 360-degree views. American Bounty, a popular dining spot at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, offers imaginative global cuisine in an award-winning restaurant. Renowned haute cuisine awaits discriminating palates at Escoffier, also in Hyde Park. If you crave spectacular river views to go along with great food, choose from among the many restaurants offering riverfront dining, such as Harvest on Hudson in Hastings, Red Hat in Irvington, Half Moon in Dobbs Ferry or the dramatic Xaviars X20 in Yonkers, with 25-foot vaulted ceilings and views down river to the Manhattan skyline. Many participating restaurants are located near train stops on Amtrak or Metro-North railroads, including Iron Horse Grill in Pleasantville and Via Vante! in Mt. Kisco that are both in old train stations. Red Devon and Stissing House can be found in the rolling hills of Dutchess County hunt country, while some new culinary gems lie to the south with Mima in Irvington, Restaurant North in Armonk and The Cookery in Dobbs Ferry. The 2010 event drew more than 200,000 diners, who discovered new culinary experiences at 140 restaurants in this wonderfully scenic region just north of New York City. To consult the growing list of restaurants participating in Hudson Valley Restaurant Week 2011, as well as hotels offering special rates, go online to http://www.hudsonvalleyrestaurantweek.com/. To obtain a free Hudson Valley travel guide, call 1-800-232-4782. Online tourism resources include http://www.travelhudsonvalley.com/, http://www.hudsonrivervalley.com/ and http://www.hudsonriver.com/. * * * * *
Travel to the Hudson Valley
By Car
The Hudson Valley is well-served by a network of highways. The New York State Thruway (I-87), the Taconic State Parkway and I-95 are the main North-South routes and I-90, I-84 and I-287 are the main East-West routes.
By Train
Metro-North trains run frequently on three lines from Grand Central Terminal in New York City to Poughkeepsie, Wassaic and Port Chester. Enterprise rental car pick-up can be arranged at many stations along the way. Amtrak stops are at New Rochelle, Yonkers, Croton-Harmon, Poughkeepsie, Rhinecliff and Albany.
By Air
Commercial air service brings passengers from all over the country into the Hudson Valley. Airports include Westchester County Airport in White Plains, Stewart Airport in Newburgh, Albany International Airport in Albany, plus LaGuardia, JFK and Newark Liberty Airports.
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Whatever your plans are for April 23rd, you should drop them and come to this show. It's at the Community Center in Lansing, OH, about 15 minutes from Wheeling. I know it's more than two months away, but if the lineup holds, this will be one hell of a show. It's $10 at the door, and there will be tons of merch, no doubt. There is no flyer currently available, but all the information is on the Facebook page.
I'm a fan of all of these bands, including the locals in Death Sentence. And I can tell you firsthand that Xibalba is awesome live. If you don't believe me, watch their video for "Cold". Raunchy as hell. \m/

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Week 4
How can teacher collaboration facilitate collaborative learning?
We worked on our lesson plan this week and we watched a lot of engaging videos about projects and collaboration among classes working with projects and where teachers and students were engaged in collaboration and activities to be done together. Most of the activities were European projects and students were involved in working together and sharing their outputs with other learners.
A good video was the one which I missed live online where Professor D.Butler answered questions related to collaboration.
Modern technologies and IT can help us while working with our students and support us when working and collaborating.
A useful guide can be found online and downloaded :
Colab Guide Lines .
The website http://colab.eun.org/research offers a lot of useful material which we can use for designing activities which require collaboration and the use of new technologies.
A good document to start with is the one presented dealing with the problem of assessment and the document shared dealing with spreading new approaches in education:
Tablets, mobile devices should not be banned but integrated within our lessons and tasks.
New tools and apps are growing and they can offer a lot of applications which can help us while working in class and at home.
Further resources were shared online and in the Mooc.
Module 4 Resource Section
- CRELL Report (2015). Teaching Practices in Primary and Secondary Schools in Europe: Insights from Large-Scale Assessments in Education
- TEACH MEET ( recording of the Teach Meet online)
This is my Learning Diary about the four weeks spent together ;I have added the link to my lesson plan: I could also read a lot of interesting projects online, which I think should be shared and analyzed by other teachers. The main activities were all based on collaboration.


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Ten years ago I asked Jason Holmes, my younger brother, to leave the US Navy to work with me. He had already served his four years in the 1990s and contributed a lot to our father's investigative firm doing much of the same work. A natural-born private investigator and heir-apparent to the family business, Jason re-enlisted after 9/11. By 2006, I had things moving and business was where we wanted things to be. At this time, I needed to meet the clients' growing demands by multiplying myself. How do I do that? You're guessing correct. I needed to add my brother Jason to the mix. In 2006, Jason Michael Holmes became the Chief Operations Officer (COO) of our company and none of us have looked back. Since then, IPCybercrime has conducted more than ten thousand cases, protected billions of dollars' worth of corporate assets and still kept things at a very human level for our clients.
As Founder and CEO of this company, it brings me to the most sentimental place to suggest that my brother, who worked cases since he was a pre-teen, has succeeded not only me, but our father before us, as the greatest detective of our time. Jason Holmes, in fact, is that person. To give you a brief history, I started this company in 2001 after working for another firm. Jason worked for our father in NYC during his teens and also between his Mediterranean tours commissioned on the USS WASP which was docked in Virginia Beach. After his first stint, Jason worked with the old man to develop some of the world's first Internet-related enforcement programs. After 9/11 happened, he reenlisted and headed out to the West Coast for his next adventure. While there, we worked together and also grew closer due to my proximity in Southern California. Business demands were growing and, naturally, I called upon Jason to run Operations. Here we are, ten years later and IPCybercrime has grown to be the most renowned of its kind. This is of many thanks to Jason.
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new posts every Thursday.
In the early morning hours of June 28,1969 – 47 years ago today – New York City police stormed into the Stonewall Inn and lit a fire that still burns.
While raids on openly gay bars in 1960s Manhattan were nothing new, this time things were different. Inspired by the activism of the anti-Vietnam and civil rights protests, this time the gay community fought back.
Those who weren't under arrest refused to leave. Those who were arrested refused to cooperate. Soon, the crowd become a rebellion, and the rebellion became a movement.
Exactly one year later, LGBT activists had organized to the level of hosting marches in four major American cities – including New York – to commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. These original marches were given a simple name that stands to this day: Pride.
It's hard to believe that Stonewall happened less than fifty years ago because so much has occurred within the gay community since then that has transformed us all.
Case in point: Remember last June when Facebook became a Skittle explosion following the Supreme Court decision to allow same-sex marriage? After all the turbulent unrest and human rights battles of the 1960s – and, frankly, all the battles we're still fighting today – can we just pause and take in that one magic moment when an African-American president sat in a rainbow-colored White House?
In another historic move, last Friday President Obama announced the area around the Stonewall Inn has been declared the country's first national monument to LGBT rights. As if that wasn't epic enough, the Pope weighed in over the weekend as well, stating that the church itself should "apologize to the person who is gay whom it has offended."
This is a dizzying amount of progress, and yet – as I write from one of the 26 states with zero employment protection for sexual orientation – I'm reminded of how far we have left to go. In fact, just a few weeks ago my home state of North Carolina made national news for spending millions of dollars in an effort to keep transgender females out of women's restrooms. Ostensibly, this was supposed to be for "public safety" although, having shared dance club bathrooms with drag queens for years, I can assure you they are far more concerned with tucking it in than pulling it out.
Regardless, until everyone is equal under the law, the point is that there's a lot of work to be done, not only in the United States, but wherever discrimination lives. (Maybe you don't need me to remind you that there are still 10 countries where being gay or bisexual is punishable by death.) Obviously, not everyone will feel called to be on the front lines of equality but, as I mentioned yesterday, we are all being called to carry the message of unity in our own way.
Thus, even with heavy hearts in the wake of Orlando, there is still a reason to hope. As Martin Luther King, Jr. famously said, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." And on the anniversary of Stonewall, we can all celebrate the fact that this arc looks very much like a rainbow, still standing proud, after a long and ongoing storm.


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Gigs in November 2016
Tues 15 8.00pm Allison Neale/Colin Oxley "Tribute to Paul Desmond & Jim Hall"
Weds 16 7.30pm Leon Greening Trio + support from Ofer Landesberg Trio
Thurs 17 7.30pm Freddie Gavita Quintet "The Clifford Brown Story" + support from Will Arnold-Forster Trio
Fri 18 7.30pm Artie Zaitz Organ Combo + support from Gabriel Latchin Trio
Sat 19 2pm New Steve Fishwick/Alex Garnett Quartet feat. US bassist Mike Karn
Sat 19 8pm Nat Steele Sextet "The Music of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker & Milt Jackson" feat. Steve Fishwick & Sammy Mayne
Sunday 7pm Allison Neale & Rob Fowler Present... "Art Pepper Plus 11"
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Tana Toraja in South Sulawesi has a unique funeral tradition, with ceremonies reflecting a blend of grief and wealth. When a Torajan dies in Toraja land, family members of the deceased are required to hold a series of funeral ceremonies that usually last for several days before the deceased is brought to a funeral site for burial. The family of the deceased should provide tens of buffaloes and pigs for the ceremony.
The busy scene begins when funeral visitors come and crowd the buffalo-slaughtering field. A group of funeral visitors and family members of the deceased chant a 'mournful tune' known locally as ma'badong, at packed site of the buffaloes' nemesis.
The deceased is not buried immediately but stored in a traditional house - or Tongkonan, as locals call it - under the same roof with his or her kin. Torajans consider the person to be merely suffering from an illness and not truly dead until the moment his funeral when the first buffalo is sacrificed; then their spirit can begin its journey to the Land of Souls.
The most exciting part of the ceremony is the buffalo fights and slaughter. Family members are required to slaughter buffaloes and pigs as they believe that the spirit of the deceased will live peacefully thereafter, continuing to herd the buffaloes that have come to join him or her.
The buffalo fighting draws much attention from the locals and visitors who crowd to catch a glimpse. Cheering and applause is heard all around when the buffaloes are fighting. The fighting buffaloes are then slaughtered, and the meat distributed to the funeral visitors. Distribution is carried out in accordance to visitors' positions in the community, and the spirit of the deceased is also entitled to a portion of meat, known locally as Aluk Todolo. The heads of the buffaloes are returned to what is locally known as puya (a site for the soul or spirit of the dead person) and their horns placed in front of the house of the kin. The more horns that decorate the front of the house, the higher the status of the deceased.
The body is not buried until the eleventh day of the ceremony. Following a birth ceremony for the dead person, characterized by the sounds of cries of family members, the deceased is buried - but not in the ground. The final resting placed is in a cave up on the cliff.
Source: http://id.indo.com/featured_article/tana_toraja.html
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Over the past five years of parenting I have learned that no matter what, time will always sneak up on you. I learned it first when I was pregnant- each week would drop off into the next, my belly growing and growing, until suddenly- Henry was here. People always seem to say the same things for different occasions- at our wedding I heard things like, "Take a minute to soak it all in, tonight will go by faster than you could ever imagine." And then when we got pregnant it was more of the same- "The days will go by so quickly...one day you'll blink and he'll be 18."
Those first days with a new baby- do you remember those? If you're a parent you know what I mean when I call it the newborn haze. It's all changing and feeding and sleeping and mostly not sleeping and life in one hour, two hour, three hour increments. Slow-feeling when you're in it, but suddenly you look up and your baby is a month old and you're doing that same thing- wondering where the time went.
But the thing is, now our baby is five and kindergarten-bound in the Fall. When Henry was small I would think to myself how lucky I felt, to be able to stay home with him everyday. And those first years flew by of course. Henry and me, me and Henry. Every single day. We ran errands, him cozied up to my chest in the carrier. We drove around listening to music when he wouldn't nap. He sat in the kitchen while I cooked, in the bathroom with me while I got ready. We played on the floor together for hours each morning and afternoon, reading books and stacking blocks. Those days felt so long sometimes, but always in the back of my mind I knew they were short. Too short.
So those years went by and soon he was three. THREE. That age felt so old to me. Henry was a big brother by then, and our days became much busier, filled with Charlie and errands and sometimes just surviving...but something new too- preschool. Our mornings and afternoons became different and suddenly we only had a few together a week, the rest were spent with him at school until 1pm. It was so hard for me at first- I was used to having him with me for everything, every moment, that my heart would always ache a little when I dropped him off on those mornings. I knew it was for the best, but still, it hurt.
The next year our big four-year-old began Pre-K. More time away, more mornings and afternoons spent outside of our home. I remember talking to a girlfriend during this transition, telling her how parenting felt like an exercise in letting go a little more, everyday. And it really did. Henry was growing and changing so much, heading straight into five years old, full steam ahead.
Now our big five year old is at school four days a week. And the other day I looked at our calendar and counted out the Fridays we have during this school year- the one day a week he's home with Charlie and me. There aren't a lot, and recently I thought a lot about how, until he's an adult, every single weekday outside of breaks will be consumed by school.
When I became pregnant and Hank and I decided I would leave my teaching job to stay home, I can still remember thinking that I would have five years. It seemed so short even back then- five years to be with our son every single day, until it came time for all of those days to shift into something else. I was aware of it, I knew the timeframe we were working with, and it is the strangest thing to suddenly be right here, right now.
This feeling isn't something new, and it won't stop here, I know. It's pretty much what you sign up for when you become a parent right? Love and joy and sometimes achey hearts and knots in your stomach. It's such a wide array of emotions, all about the same thing. But here's what I know- I won't ever be able to slow this down. It's here, it's happening, we're in those final months with these final Fridays, and then next year poof! Our boy is gone 5 days a week. But if I've learned anything, I've learned to lean into what we have- to sink into the present, as fleeting as it may be, and soak up every bit of beauty and happiness. So that's what we'll do. We'll take these Fridays and live every bit out of them, we'll enjoy them to their fullest, and next year when all we've got are the weekends, we'll look back and know we did those five years right.


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A sentimental love story written and directed by Brett Gilbert. Staring Dana Deruyck, Lucas Salazar, Jenifer Penfield, Anthony Dominguez, Stu Barron, Rosie Tran and our furry pooch Jamie. Assistant Director Milda Harris. Original music by Jonathon Lipow. Special thanks to Caroline Donahue and Hungrygirl.com for locations.
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Evening all.I have just become the owner of a lathe/disc sander.one side of the pedestal is a bowl turning lathe and the other side is a 12" disc sander.
Ive only given it a quick glance over and I think the plate says something like 'Denford Educator'. I am led to believe it came out of a school some years ago. It's has a 3 phase motor on it and is a good hefty bit of machinery.
Just wondering if anyone has, or has had, any experience with one of these.
I also came into possession of a wadkin 12" pedestal disc sander, this is now set up and working, I'm unsure whether to keep the lathe as it won't get much use in my joinery workshop.
Thanks for any information chaps.
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CYA has teamed up with HUB International to offer registered members insurance coverage anywhere in Canada! Lucky for you if you are travelling outside of the country to teach in a retreat or training centre, HUB will also ensure you while you are away (meant for a few weeks only).
To apply for insurance, you must be a registered member (CYA-RYT or CYA-IR) of Canadian Yoga Alliance and have a copy of your certificate of training (minimum 200 hrs. for yoga). *This coverage also will cover members that require International Yoga Coverage ( you are travelling and may be teaching short-term).
When registering for membership, the on-line form will ask you if you are insured. Please note that this option is for internal purposes only. It will be set to 'no' upon registration. Should you proceed to purchase insurance after you have paid dues and your account is authorized, the ADMIN then will change the status of your profile to 'insured'.
This occurance based (*if you no longer have insurance and somebody sues you in the future for the time that you were insured) premium is $150.00 and provides coverage of $1,000,000 General Liability, also covering bodily injury,should an instructor cause physical injury to a student and also including slip trip & fall type of claims.$2,000.000 premium may also be requested via the application process ($175.00). CYA members that need insurance for acupuncture, shiatsu and osteopathy pay $200.00 for a $1 Million policy, $250.00 for $2 Million. Insurance is annual from the date you apply.
The premium is per person and can cover multiple modalities. This insurance does not allow you to write receipts. Click here for a summary of the policy.


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Set for launch today, Update 6 is intended to bridge the gap between the Rise of Isengard and the Riders of Rohan expansions, and it's packing enough content to keep LotRO fans busy all summer long.
Update 6: Shores of the Great River rundown from Turbine:
The Great River Region
Travel along the shores of the mighty Anduin in the expansive new region coming in Update 6! The signs of war are all around you as Isengard and Barad-dur put their dark plans into motion. Push back the Easterlings, dangerous brigands and an ancient enemy of Rohan, as they gather for an attack on Rohan and Lorien. Explore seven new areas along the upper Anduin including the green plains of Parth Celebrant where treacherous shades roam, unable to rest.Story
The latest chapter in LOTRO's free Epic Story awaits. Travel to Lothlorien to seek Galadriel's wisdom after experiencing troubling dreams. Investigate the grim tidings along the Great River but be prepared as the evidence may point to a foe more terrible than your darkest nightmares.Soldier on Landscape
Get the helping hand you need with LOTRO's new Soldier on Landscape. This new feature allows you to summon your faithful skirmish companion in the field. Customize your skirmish solider to help you tackle even the toughest challenges.Instance Finder Update
You spoke, we listened, and now we're making Instance Finder better than ever. Instance Finder will soon allow you to queue for the specific instances and skirmishes that you want to do. You can also choose to change loot rules and remove players with a fellowship vote. The rewards are being enhanced, too, granting additional XP for skirmish completion and scaling currency bonuses for when you queue for a larger range of instances.


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If you are still doing your spring planting and planning your summer garden/farm, you might want to plant an extra row for those who need. New statistics show that LA County leads the nation in the percentage of people who do not have a consistent source of food.
Here's my Care2 Healthy & Green Living post that talks about how to donate and help. We can all make a difference!


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Calendar House has announced an Italian vacation package, computer learning sessions, an annual membership association meeting, and an advisory board meeting in the month of January.
Tours of Italy: On Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 10:30 a.m., Tours of Distinction will offer an informative "Tour of Italy" presentation highlighting an upcoming trip offering.
Membership meeting: On Thursday, Jan. 8, at 1 p.m., Calendar House will hold its Membership Association meeting. RSVP at (860) 621-3014.
Spring 2015 Computer Classes: Classes begin on Friday, Feb. 6 at the Calendar House computer learning center. Registration will be held on Monday, Jan. 12 and Monday, Jan. 26 at 10 a.m. in the Perry Room. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Applications are distributed in the order of arrival, and classes are on a first-come, first-served basis. Payment must be made at registration.
Senior Citizen Commission/Advisory Board meeting: On Tuesday, Jan. 13, at 4:30 p.m., Calendar House will hold its annual advisory board meeting. Calendar House members and the public are encouraged to attend.
For more information, visit Calendar House on-line and read the latest copy of "Active Lifestyles" at www.calendarhouse.org.


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THE LONG AWAITED EC draft directive on the distance selling of financial services has finally been published, causing consternation among European financial directsellers. The main Distance Selling Directive, which became law two years ago, specifically excluded direct selling of financial services because of the complexity of the issues involved. However, the new draft directive tackles these issues in a manner akin to a bull in a china shop! It proposes the abolition of 'inertia selling', which many marketers infer to mean adoption of an opt-in principle rather than the present opt-out mechanism, along with a ban on targeting cold prospects. The draft regulations aim at ensuring consumer protection throughout the EC, whilst encouraging new forms of trading, such as the Internet. Says EC consumer commissioner Emma Bonino: '[The directive] will safeguard the interests of consumers … and so help to build confidence in the use of these new techniques.' DMA government and legal affairs director Colin Fricker is less enthusiastic: 'Clearly, the DMA does not like the reference to prior consent. We'll have to fight that one.' Credit card issuer RBS Advanta is similarly concerned: 'In our business cold direct marketing, if carried out in a targeted way, is benefiting consumers as we can make offers that we would not be able to afford using other more expensive communication channels, argues marketing manager Mark Austin.
News, 01 December 1999
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Facial injuries will not deter Aaron Ungerleider from charging big waves, no matter how serious they are. Two months ago the 31-year-old environmental planner sustained a busted nose while surfing Sunset Beach. It didn't stop him from riding Waimea Bay last week on his 10'0" Robbie Reynolds gun. And last winter Ungerleider had a metal plate surgically placed in his face after an 8-foot-Log-Cabin's lip guillotined his head into his knee. The busted mug halted his surfing for a mere month, but his passion for riding giants never wavered.
Ungerleider admits that his penchant for large surf was a "long and gradual process," with the winter of 2002-03 instrumental in his big-wave surfing development. That season had a rare 15 days of huge surf and it was an opportunity for Ungerleider to hone his skills at Waimea.
Originally from Pacific Palisades, Calif., Ungerleider came to the islands as an 18-year-old tennis player for the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He now resides at Sunset Beach on the North Shore with his girlfriend and surfs the Outer Reefs with friends Brian Rocheleau, Aaron Gold and Ben Wilkinson. —Daniel Ikaika Ito
Aaron Ungerleider:
I've always thought of myself as a safe surfer. I try to make really good decisions, but it's tricky because you can't control the ocean.
There's just something about being close to that much energy [from a big wave]. Really big days don't happen that often. Once a year maybe and sometimes not even that. It's a really special, natural phenomenon and I think to watch from land is one thing, but when you're in the water and on the wave you're harnessing the energy. It's an incredible way to experience what I think is the greatest natural phenomenon out there.
We had that awesome El Nino year and I remember we had two huge days in a row. It's so rare in Hawaii to get 25-foot days back to back. I saw Sion in the water both days at Waimea and the Outer Reefs. We had never met before and I remember both of us caught some waves and were paddling back out. We were super giddy because we'd just gotten some big ones and were complimenting each other on our waves. We couldn't believe that we were surfing 20-foot plus surf two days in a row.
The main thing is just not taking yourself too seriously and just showing a lot of aloha to people you don't know. It's like Sion did to me, because before that I had never met the guy, and he was just extra generous and friendly. He had a really good vibe about him and he shared a lot of positivity and aloha.
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Above is Bright Memories and right is Oriental Ruby. These two plants have a very long bloom season. The red plant is also loved by deer, so the plants in the front yard are being moved into the back area and some non-tasty varieties, like Black-eyed Susans, will take their place.
While this is not the prettiest plant in the yard, it does fill in spots. All spots. My neighbor has this in his front yard with Shasta daisies and the deer have eaten 'nada'. I have lots of daylilies, but really do not like growing them for 'deer food.'
This is also a great time for the 'fragrant' hostas, another deer favorite in case you are interested. The largest blooms are on Hosta plantaginea 'Fragrant'. And the smell is heavenly.
Other fragrant bloomers are H. 'Royal Standard', H. 'Honeybells', and H. 'Guacamole', in order below.
Filling in the beds for color are Joe Pye weed and physostegia, the not-so Obedient Plant,
lots of yarrow and helopsis, too.
And closer to the ground is this self-seeding euphorbia. I love free plants.
A sedum 'Matrona' is starting to bloom, with the blossoms all leaning over.
Limelight hydrangeas
It is a wonderful time to stop and enjoy the flowers. And this wonderful lavender Rose of Sharon that grew from a seed.


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Monday - 08:45 - 17:00
Tuesday - 08:45 - 17:00
Wednesday - 08:45 - 17:00
Thursday - 08:45 - 17:00
Friday - 08:45 - 17:00
Saturday - 09:00 - 12:00
Sunday - Closed
Savoy Theatre, Strand, London
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The sensational and iconic musical Dreamgirls makes its UK and West End premiere at the Savoy Theatre starring Amber Riley* (Glee) as 'Effie White'.
Thirty-five years after the ground-breaking original Broadway production, Dreamgirls transports you to a revolutionary time in American music history, inspired by R&B music acts in 1960s America.
Dreamgirls charts the tumultuous journey of a young female singing trio, from Chicago, Illinois called 'The Dreams', as they learn the hard lesson that show business is as tough as it is fabulous and features the classic songs 'And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going', 'I Am Changing', 'Listen' and 'One Night Only'.
Running time: 2hrs 30minsAge recommendation: All ages
Price includes: Theatre ticket & coach travel
We aim to arrive at the theatre with some time for something to eat, however due to traffic conditions this can not be guaranteed.
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Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee
Published January 28th 2014 by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Special thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the e-arc.
A modern-day fairy tale set in a mysterious museum that is perfect for readers of Roald Dahl and Blue Balliett.
Unlikely heroine Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard doesn't believe in anything that can't be proven by science. She and her sister Alice are still grieving for their dead mother when their father takes a job in a strange museum in a city where it always snows. On her very first day in the museum Ophelia discovers a boy locked away in a long forgotten room. He is a prisoner of Her Majesty the Snow Queen. And he has been waiting for Ophelia's help.
As Ophelia embarks on an incredible journey to rescue the boy everything that she believes will be tested. Along the way she learns more and more about the boy's own remarkable journey to reach her and save the world.
A story within a story, this a modern day fairytale is about the power of friendship, courage and love, and never ever giving up.
I read this book three months ago, and despite being in the middle of my college exam session, I couldn't quite put it down. So sitting now at my desk, writing this review, I wonder why I put it off until now, when the memory of this really pleasant read is starting to fade away.
Now let's get back to "Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy". This book started off (and continued right until the end of it) with this incredible, surreal atmosphere children's fantasy books usually have. Or at least, the good ones. It reminded me of past reading experiences like Roald Dahl's "Mathilda" or Lemony Snicket's "Series of Unfortunate Events", both deservedly famous in the children's book genre, which is saying quite a lot, isn't it?
Ophelia, her sister Alice and their father move into a strange town where it always snows. Being a sword expert, the latter's help is needed at the town's museum, where all the main narrative action takes place. Ophelia is fascinated with science and doesn't believe in the preternatural, and like most girls her age, is very curious. So she discovers right on her first day in the museum that a strange boy is being kept prisoner in a long forgotten room.
The book explores Ophelia's adventures in the museum, trying to free the boy, as well as the boy's fantastical quest in the past that led him to become captive. I found myself amused and sometimes a little bit irritated by the boy's attitude towards his duty. He keeps forgetting the important stuff and ends up doing what he was told not to under any circumstances. I couldn't believe someone could be so irresponsible. Olivia herself had trouble with accepting his story as real. But because of the fantasy elements in it.
The town's story also reminded me of a very well-known fairytale, Andersen's "The Snow Queen", a story I had cherished as a child.
But this book doesn't stop at telling us two fantastical adventures. No. It's more than that. It's a story about coming to terms with loss, grief, and accepting not everything in life can be explained. Furthermore, Ophelia made for quite an intriguing character, with her lack of belief in magic (despite her late mother's career in writing fantasy books) contrasting with her determination to go on the crazy adventure of saving the boy, a quest in which she deals with the preternatural numerous times until she can accept its existence. She is a strong character and a good role model for children, never giving up even though she has "bad asthma" and has to stop every once in a while to use her puffer.
All in all, "Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy" is a 3 in 1 adventure: Ophelia's, the boy's and yours while reading this book. Definitely recommended.


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There's that old fear again. The introvert putting herself out there.
I'm getting better about going to RWA meetings. I'm starting to make friends, to know people and make myself known. One of them gave me directions to a Science Fiction/Fantasy critique group she goes to. I signed up, put my name in the hat for attending one tonight and... my friend isn't going. She had to cancel, for one reason or another. Mr. Maxwell was going to come with me as a guest. He can't because of a contractor coming to the house late tonight. So I'm going by myself. To a group where I know no one, to do something I've never done before. I'm terrified. The anti-social side of me is trying to convince myself not to. "Stay home, write your own stuff, make dinner." I'm trying to ignore it. Deep breaths and courage to chase it away. It's not easy. I like being behind the glowing screen, having time to think out your words. No one judging you by other factors than your words. Little risk of foot-in-mouth.
It's okay. I've done it before. I can do it again. I just... need the next four hours to keep myself psyched up enough to get in the car, go to the store it's being held at, avoid the shiny, shiny comic book temptation (why oh why is it at my favorite comic book store?) on the way to the rented room, and say, "Hi."
Gonna be a long four hours.


text: On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 5:36 AM, DM Smith<dmsmith at crosswire.org> wrote: > On 08/27/2009 03:32 PM, Matthew Talbert wrote: >> >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Peter von Kaehne<refdoc at gmx.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> David Haslam wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Has anyone seen this site before? >>>> >>>> http://www.bible-discovery.com/ Bible-Discovery >>>> >>> >>> Looks to me jsword derived. >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >>>> >>>> I saw no reference to availability of source code. Isn't this in breach >>>> of >>>> the GPLv2 license? >>>> >>> >>> It probably would be. >>> >>> Peter >>> >> >> Isn't jsword LGPL? >> > > Yes. But, BD is GPL. However, the stylesheets are all GPL as part of BD. > JSword is not useful without the stylesheets. If they used/derived from one > of the stylesheet, then their program is infected. I'm not wishing to start another argument about the GPL, but I think that statement is questionable. Use and derivation are very different things. As a trivial example, if you were to use the stylesheets by dumping OSIS to a file, running xsltproc, and reading the output in again, there is no way that your code is a derivative work of the stylesheet. However, the example goes deeper than that. If I link with the JSword libraries, such linking is to LGPL libraries. If those LGPL libraries happen to use an XSLT file (as a data file) to generate more data (HTML) it is questionable whether I have linked with that XSLT file, and whether the rest of the program is a derivative work of that XSLT file. My personal suspicion is that the answer is no, it is not a derivative work (though any changes to the XSLT file are derivative works), but I could not find anything on the GPL FAQ on a quick glance that is relevant. It is possible that passing the OSIS could be construed as passing "intimate internal structures", which would make the GPL stick. I don't think the interpretation reasonable because OSIS, while possibly being quite detailed, is an independent standard, and not an internal structure specific to JSword. However, one thing that can be said is that the generated HTML is probably a derivative work of the XSLT file (since copying a large part of the program into the output will make the output GPL, and that is exactly what the XSLT does). If this is the case, then this may mean that all modules rendered by this XSLT must be GPL compatible (and the licensing of most copyrighted modules will not be so compatible). It sounds ridiculous, but it is much more direct than saying programs using the LGPL library JSword are derivative works of that style sheet. If you wish to claim JSword is GPL, then it should be relicensed or made clear that it is distributed with a GPL XSLT spreadsheet that you consider a part of the program and that therefore the whole of the program is distributed under the terms of the GPL (though a considerable part is LGPL). Otherwise, saying (as the website says): "It is licensed under the LGPL for the libraries and GPL for the application" is at best misleading, and would likely suggest that your intention was that those XSLT sheets did not constitute a part of the program. Jon


text: www.mensjournal.com August 19, 2014 Finding the Right Fish Oil.It's common knowledge: Fish oil works. Doctors agree that its essential fatty acids can help prevent heart disease and may ward off diabetes, arthritis, obesity, and other illnesses. And with the majority of Americans deficient in them, you're probably not meeting your needs by eating salmon or fortified eggs alone. Read the article on Men's Journal Dr. Sears Comments: Unfortunately, the author forgot to include PCB levels. This is how you separate a health-food grade from the truly pharmaceutical-grade fish oil.Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *CommentName * Email * Website < Prev | Next >


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Boston fans get acclimated to 98.5 Dave Morrison is a broadcaster, blogger and sometimes movie extra. Dave has worked at such stations as WCAP in Lowell, MA and New Hampshire Public Radio. He can be reached at email@example.com. Article Courtesy of: Boston Radio Examiner and Dave Morrison Listen to the Pats this football season - "Lets take a time on the Patriots 98.5 Sports Hub radio network." It sounds like a mouthful for the longtime voice for the New England Patriots, Gil … [Read more...]
Sports Radio Boston – WBZ-FM Debuts
WBZ-FM sports-talk station debuts - Format competes with WEEI By Thomas Grillo | Thursday, August 13, 2009 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Media & Marketing Boston's first FM sports talk radio station is kicking off today with surprisingly little fanfare. WBZ-FM, dubbed "98.5 The Sports Hub," will debut at 6 a.m. with former WBCN [website] disc jockeys Fred Toucher and Rich Shertenlieb of "Toucher & Rich" trying their hand at sports talk. At 10 a.m., Comcast … [Read more...]
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Felger or The Big Show? Article Courtesy of: Boston Man Cave CLICK HERE Felger will once again attempt to win the ratings war against WEEI. Talk radio is huge in Boston. More specifically, sports radio is huge and the biggest contributor to that cause has been WEEI. Is that all about to change? Starting on Thursday, fans will be able to tune in to 98.5 FM and listen to "The Sports Hub." Boston.com is reporting the lineup from 2-6 will be Michael Felger and Tony Massarotti, while … [Read more...]
Sports Radio Boston News – NESN
Courtesy of: Sports Media - Boston Globe NESN coverage goes with flow By Chad Finn Globe Staff / July 31, 2009 It will be tough to duplicate the frenzied drama leading up to last season's Major League Baseball trading deadline, when the Red Sox dealt enigmatic slugger Manny Ramirez in the final moments before the 4 p.m. cutoff and NESN's live coverage of the … [Read more...]


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Other than the Mike Huckabee / Chuck Norris spot and the Hillary Sopranos parody, the two most memorable ads this campaign season are notable for (1) not being TV ads, (2) being for Barack Obama and (3) not coming from the Obama campaign. (I'm not including Obama Girl, if you're wondering.) The first was the viral Hillary 1984 ad. The second, from the Black-Eyed Peas' Will.i.am, is as I type the second most popular video of the day on YouTube. (Who can hope to defeat "Britney Spears Mum Hits a Paparazzo Camera"?)
The spot, in which Will.i.am and numerous musicians, actors and models put an Obama speech to music, started flying around the Internet at the end of last week. It's a cool ad. But is it an effective one? As I realize every time I review Super Bowl ads, it's a lot easier to judge the former than the latter.
Mandatory boring paragraph: As I've disclaimed before, I plan to vote for Obama–I'd rather put that out there ad nauseam than have anyone think I'm trying to hide anything from them. (I know, it's shocking, but journalists actually do vote.) I'm conscious of not trying to fluff for him, but in sheer pop-meets-politics terms, this is fascinating stuff. So a few thoughts on what the ad does and doesn't do, pro and con, and then I'm curious to hear yours.
* Above all, the stars and the music embody the cultural pitch that Obama himself embodies. They're young (mainly). They're multiracial. They're multicultural. The music is cross-cultural too–a little Redemption Song, a little U2 ballad, a little hip-hop. (I'm sure there's a more direct example of where we've heard those particular four chords before that's not coming to me.) You could say that the Obama campaign–the Obama personal mythos too–is the political equivalent of the rainbow-coalition Black-Eyed Peas. There's even John Legend, to represent for Obama's important Starbucks demographic. And don't miss one pointed line: "Si se puede," the Spanish-language original slogan that Obama's "Yes We Can" is derived from, and an overture to the Hispanic vote he's trying to make inroads among.
* So what's missing from the picture? Not many people over 40, to start with. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Herbie Hancock, Kate Walsh (40 even, actually). [Update: And Harold Perrineau! Thanks for the reminder, Chaddogg.] If I put myself in the shoes of a middle-aged woman or a pensioner or a union worker a decade from retirement, am I getting the message that the Obama campaign is more or less for young, pretty people?
* On the other hand: this is America. Who advertises with anything but young pretty people? One colleague I talked to threw out the theory that the demo of the cast here may actually appeal to baby boomers who prefer to think of themselves as forever young. (Drink Obama! The choice of a new generation!) It's a similar theory to the one that the Kennedy endorsements might help Obama with boomers, because it allows them to understand his campaign in terms of their youth. In which case, the Jesse Dylan endorsement (Bob's son and the video's director) may be the most valuable of all.
* On yet another hand: another Democrat endorsed by a whole bunch of Hollywood celebrities. Ask President Kerry how well that worked for him. There's a fine line between capturing pop-culture energy and making a campaign seem shallow by association, and, I don't know, maybe it would have been better to make a music video with musicians only. Watching Scarlett Johannson work up her nerve in front of the microphone (Will she sing? Will she?) is a little distracting. And does it enhance one's feminist cred to get the endorsement of a singer from the Pussycat Dolls?
(I had to type the name that way because, and I am not making this up, Tuned In's profanity filter is picking it up as a swear word. Fixed!)
* But we are spared hearing any celebrity endorse Obama in his or her own words. Rather, the ad makes his words the star and calls attention to him. Musically, this is an impressive marriage of form and content: it makes literal the musical qualities of Obama's stump speech–call-and-response, meter, repetition, changing up rhythm (that repeated "Yes. We. Can." at the end) and refrain.
* On the other hand again: people who don't support Obama criticize him for being all music, no lyrics, all platitude, no specifics. Right or wrong, this ad is not going to undercut that. It's all about selling the intensity of an emotion–and the emotion and tone is not likely to appeal to those Clinton/Edwards I-want-a-fighter voters who say that Obama wants us all to sing Kumbayah together.
* Fair to say, however, that this is not a video out to convert the unlikely. It's aimed at inspiring, and at persuading the favorably inclined that they have the chance to join a movement, something with real transformative power. Whether it can gets into the whole philosophy of what political ads can and can't do effectively. (Inspiration is nice, but if you're already an Obama voter, it's not like you can pull the lever harder now.) Maybe it encourages activism and involvement, maybe it taps into that Barack-is-California gestalt that Maria Shriver was getting at. Or maybe it's another in a long history of celebrity endorsements that make pretty video and don't do much.
That's where you come in. Where does this rate on your ad meter?


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Guide to Private Planes
Many people think that private planes are only for the rich and famous, but this is not so. With the tight security at all airports, chartering a private plane to take you to your destination is often a much more hassle-free way of flying. Due to timelines for business travel and the possibility of airlines not being on time, more and more people are turning to private planes for their travel needs. With chartered flights, the schedule is very flexible and can be arranged around your schedule so that your flight will always be on time.
It is costly to charter a private plane, so you do need to have money behind you. The cost of the flight is not per person, as is the case with commercial airlines, but rather you pay by the hours which could be anywhere from $800 to $5000 depending on the services you receive in the plane. Jets, for example, have plush interiors where you will actually feel as if you are sitting in your own living room and they can carry up to 15 passengers. The smaller planes are for convenience only and although the seats are comfortable, they are not as costly, nor do they carry as many people.
Private planes can be a cheaper alternative if you have to fly at a moment's notice or in peak season when the cost of the airfare is quite high. If you are used to flying first class on a commercial airline, you could save yourself hundreds of dollars by chartering a private plane for your needs. When you have a group of people flying together and you pay by the hour rather than per person, you could realize substantial savings.
There are many companies who do have their own private planes because it is so essential to their business. They have their own pilots who are able to take off at a moment's notice. These planes are also essential to the modern-day rancher and farmer, who use small planes to fly over their property and supervise the work being done. Instead of having to ride the length and breadth of the property to check for fences and cattle, ranchers can now use their own planes to check everything out and save time and money.


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Though separate tables are not generally preferable for cultivating togetherness, sometimes space constraints leave no alternative. The children's table in the sample above offers brighter, more vivid colors to capitalize on the energy and exuberance of youth while still providing them with tons of treats!
We used a cheery floral gently-used Fallani & Cohn print purchased on ebay.
These are a lively "lime zest" to bring out the brightly colored leaves from the underneath, purchased on Amazon: Lime Placemats
What could be more festive than dishes designed to emulate decorated eggs, shape and all?! These were purchased gently-used on ebay but were originally sold from Pottery Barn Kids. Mini pink melamine bowls top them off for multiple course serving.
Plastic water goblets complete with pink, glowing Litecubes make the childrens' beverages the envy of all! Litecube link: Direct Glow
Hurdy Gurdies:
If age appropriate children love the hurdy gurdies just as much as the adults! We recommend providing one per place setting. These are truly a favorite of everyone! Once again, these are available at: Victorian Trading Co.
Lovely, seasonal and so much fun! This is a bunny puppet in a basket alongside a dish of frosted egg biscuit cookies (see "Menus & Recipes: Spring Equinox") This critter hailed from Whole Foods, and nobody (adults included) could put him down! Multi-colored curling ribbon completes the ensemble and adds to the festive feel.
Napkins and Napkin Holders:
April Cornell "Coral Green Floral" napkins purchased from ebay are comfortably tucked into rattan napking rings nicely tying into the spring basket theme. These were purchased at Linens and Things before it went out of business, but Walmart carries some very similar ones: Walmart Rattan Napkin Rings.
Chair Covers and Chair Bows:
White spandex covers. Available at: eFavorMart.com Fuchsia Organza Chair Bows. Available at the ebay store: A Nice Jewelry Boutique and More.
Each placesetting also includes a yoyo, fruit snacks, and a holiday cracker (see above section). Younger children not yet able to enjoy the holiday crackers may appreciate a few mini play dohs wrapped in the same cherry blossom wrapping paper!


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The Beam Pump used to pump water from the River Rother to Petworth. It is a very unusual design, using long beams to transfer the power from the waterwheel to the pump barrels.
The pump is believed to be the 1782 original, although the present crankshaft was cast in 1912. The long beams have been replaced from time to time.
The simple construction of the pump made it easy to operate and maintain without any specialist skills or equipment. Any spare parts could be made locally.
How does it work?
Water from the River Rother comes under the road in a culvert. Most of the water is used to operate the waterwheel, controlled by a vertical penstock- a gate raised by a rack and pinion mechanism.
There are three pump barrels, each containing a piston which pumps water on its down stroke. A seal between the piston and pump barrel is made by back-to-back leather plungers. The pump draws water from the main culvert through a 'clack-valve' (or flap valve) into the chamber on the upstroke. Pumping takes place on the down stroke. Water was pumped to Petworth, 1½ miles (2.4 km) away through a 3 in (7.6 cm) cast iron pipe, which still partially exists. A pressure of 75-80 psi (5.5 bar) was required to reach the town. The air vessel, added about 1830, reduces pressure fluctuations from the output from the three pump chambers by compressing air in the top half of the cylinder. The Beam Pump ceased pumping water to Petworth in 1960. It now supplies the fountain at a pressure of about 10 psi (0.7 bar) so that the pump may be seen working.
Why are the beams so long?
With its long beams this pump is unusual.
For the pump to work properly, each pump rod must move vertically up and down in its pump cylinder. If this does not happen, the pump rod will get stuck! Using a long beam is a simple way to make the pump rod move vertically.
Each beam is pivoted at one end with the other end connected to the pump rod. Powered by the waterwheel, the crankshaft and connecting rod move the beam up and down. The pump rod (attached to the outer free end of the beam) moves in a very shallow circle to produce an almost straight-line motion.
The longer the beams, the shallower the circular motion and the nearer the pump rods are to moving in a straight line. So the longer the beams, the better!
Beam Pump – facts and figures
Timber beams: 12 feet 6 inches (3.81 m) long, with a cross section of 8 inches by 3 inches (20.32 cm by 7.62 cm)
Wrought iron push rods: 6 feet 7 inches (2.00 m) long
Wrought iron pump rods: 8 feet 4 inches (2.54 m) long
The long beams provide an almost straight line pumping action with stroke of 13 inches (3.30cm)
Each (of the three pump) cylinders: 6½ inches (1.65 cm) diameter with a stroke of 13 inches (3.30 cm)
Each cylinder delivers a gallon (4.54 litres) of water on each stroke
The pump could deliver 20,000 gallons (91,000 litres) of water per day, requiring over 6,600 revolutions of the waterwheel at a speed of 9¼ revolutions per minute during a 12 hour day.
The pump delivered a 170 ft (52 m) head of water to Petworth House and town, 1½ miles away uphill at a pressure of 75- 80 pounds per square inch (5.5 bar)
To pump the water to Petworth, the waterwheel produced about 3 horse power; today about ⅓ horsepower is needed to produce the water spout.
Archimedes Screw
In 2012, with support from the Leconfield Estate, the Coultershaw Trust installed a 15 kilowatt Archimedes screw turbine. It is located in one of the sluices that had once housed a turbine to provide power to the mill. It generates electricity from a sustainable source.
Over the years, the base of the sluices had been scoured away by the action of the flowing water. Before the turbine was installed, divers helped pump over 50 tonnes of concrete under the brick work to stabilise the structure.
The turbine normally operates 24 hours a day, with a servo-controlled gate regulating the amount of water flowing through it.


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Working in Berlin
I'm Luis Bustamante, artist and motion designer working in Berlin independently for different studios. I'm interested in film, media politics, interactive applications, illustration and creative coding. Better go back and check the Projects…
I've collected good working memories at studios such as PIXOMONDO, OMSTUDIOS and TAMSCHICK. On a more experimental thread I've developed interactive projects at ZKM in Karlsruhe, the Medialab Prado in Madrid and different Galleries and Cultural spaces around Europe and my native country Colombia.


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'Buckwild' Star Shain Gandee Dead at 21 [UPDATED]
Shain Gandee, star of MTV's 'Buckwild,' has reportedly been found dead in West Virginia some 30 hours after going missing.
Local news station WCHS reports that Gandee and his uncle, 48-year-old David Gandee, were found in Shain's car along with another unidentified person in Sissonville, West Virginia on Monday, April 1.
(Yes, we've taken into account that it's April Fool's Day, but if this is a joke, it's a sick one involving a lot of otherwise credible sources. So we're assuming this is sadly true.)
The Gandee men were last seen Sunday when they were last spotted leaving a local bar at 3 a.m. They told fellow patrons they planned to go four-wheeling after the drinks, but didn't tell anyone where -- and they didn't come back.
'Buckwild,' which features several good ol' boys and girls from West Virginia, is known to profile the antics of Shain, who's referred to as a "redneck McGyver" and who built a swimming pool inside a dump truck in the show's first episode.
MTV picked up the series for another season in January, but this news coupled with the arrest of another cast member, 24-year-old Salwa Amin, for felony drug possession may nix those plans.
We'll update this story as details come in.
UPDATED: MTV has now confirmed the report, saying in a statement:
"We are shocked and saddened by the terrible news about Shain Gandee, and those involved in this tragic incident. We are waiting for more information but at this time, our main concern is for the Gandee family and their friends. Our thoughts and prayers are with them. Shain had a magnetic personality, with a passion for life that touched everyone he met and we will miss him dearly."


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This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MoreMomentsWithExcedrin #CollectiveBias
Nausea, light sensitivity, pain, and dizziness. All the classic symptoms, and once you experience them, you know what is coming... a migraine. To be honest, if you have ever had one, you may have thought that you were somehow cursed, because they suck. I've had migraines since I was in my late teens. After trying a lot of different prescription drugs, most of which I didn't like, I decided that maybe an OTC medicine would be worth it for me. Or I could just become a hermit and live in my black hole of a bedroom.
Once I became a mom, a friend told me about Excedrin®, and suggested I give it a try. After doing research, I found out that Excedrin® Migraine starts to relieve migraine pain in 30 minutes and is the #1 Neurologist Recommended Among OTC medicine for migraines. Symphony Health Solutions, 2016. After reading that, I decided to give it a try, because moms aren't allowed to be hermits; and there would be instances when I couldn't shut myself off from the world to deal with a migraine, like when I had a little boy's birthday party to get ready for.


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Youth volleyball is an exciting sport combining team play and individual skills. YMCA Youth Volleyball promises no try outs, no getting cut and no bench warmers! Your child will learn how to bump, set and spike correctly and the positions of the game. We use the YMCA Games Approach in our coaching methods where your child will learn the sport and have fun. Every child plays at least half of every game while making friends and learning new techniques. Our youth sports are open to Y members and non-members; members receive the lowest program fees.
Youth Volleyball League
(Grades 3-8*) - Our league features:
- Games on Saturdays
- Six games per session (some sessions offer a bonus game for a total of 7 games)
- Trained volunteer coaches
- YMCA trained and screened officials
- Good sportsmanship and core values modeled and promoted
- Focus on fundamentals and new skill development
- All players receive equal play time
- Team shirts/jerseys and end of season awards
*Programs and program ages may vary by branch. Branches may offer this program during additional sports sessions, may offer skills clinics and may offer leagues for other age groups. Please check with your branch for offerings. View branch locations.
Upcoming Sessions
Spring 2019
Early Bird Registration: December 17 – February 18 (fees increase $15 on February 19)
Registration: February 19 – March 4
Practices Begin for League Play: Week of March 18 | Season Dates: March 30 – May 18
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Early Bird Registration: May 20 – August 5 (fees increase $15 on August 6)
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Practices Begin for League Play: Week of September 3 | Season Dates: September 14 – October 19
Uniforms and Equipment: What Players Need to Bring
Each player will receive their team jersey/shirt before the first game of the season. These will be handed out to the coaches, and it will be their responsibility to distribute these to each of their players. Athletic or sport-appropriate shoes and shorts and/or sweats should be worn in addition to the uniform shirt. Mouth guards and eye goggles may also be worn but are not mandatory.
Volleyball players should bring water in spill-proof, non-breakable container. We recommend that they wear knee pads. Optional equipment is their own ball. Grades 3-6 use a Volley Lite. Grade 7-8 use a regulation ball.
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Sports Safety
The Gateway Region YMCA partners with Cardinal Glennon SportsCare to give kids a healthy advantage through educational programs and support for parents, coaches and athletes. Cardinal Glennon representatives visit sports programs at our YMCA branches to share information on injury prevention, proper technique and overall athletic health. Here are tips for Volleyball Safety. Click here to view more Sports Safety and Injury Prevention sheets from Cardinal Glennon SportsCare. If you need help finding an expert physician for your young athlete, contact a local SportsCare representative at 314-577-5640 (this is a Cardinal Glennon phone number.)
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4. Color Essentials: What Makes a Color
You may have been taught back in kindergarten that the primary colors are red, yellow, and blue, and that all other colors can be made from them. Bruce still vividly recalls the day when his first-grade teacher, Mrs. Anderson, told him that he could make gray by using equal amounts of red, yellow, and blue. After looking at the lurid, weird, multicolored mess that was supposed to be a gray cat, he quite sensibly started over using a 2B pencil, and concluded that Mrs. Anderson was either color-blind or clueless. He traces his sometimes-inconvenient tendency to question authority to that day.
The details of Mrs. Anderson's lesson were certainly fallacious, but they contained an important kernel of truththe notion that we can create all colors by combining three primary constituents. People have many different ways of thinking about, talking about, and working with color, but the notion of three ingredients that make up a color occurs again and again. Art directors may feel comfortable specifying color changes with the terms hue, lightness, and saturation. Those who came to color through the computer may be more at home with levels of RGB. Scientists think about color in all sorts of strange ways, including CIE Lab, HSB, and LCH. And dyed-in-the-wool prepress folks think in CMYK dot percentages.
Although Photoshop tries to accommodate all these ways of thinking about colorand it does a pretty good jobmany Photoshop users find themselves locked into seeing color in only one way. This is natural and understandablewe all have one way of thinking about color that seems more sensible than the othersbut it can make life with Photoshop more difficult than it needs to be. If you understand that all the different ways of looking at color are based on the same notioncombining three ingredientsyou can learn to translate among the ways Photoshop lets you work with them, and choose the right one for the task at hand.
"Wait a minute," you say. "CMYK has four constituents, not three!" You question authority too, when that authority doesn't make sense. Well, in our role as temporary authority figures, we'll do what authority figures often do when asked hard questions: We ask you to trust us. Set this issue aside for the moment. We promise we'll deal with it later.
In this chapter, we take a hard look at some fundamental color relationships and how Photoshop presents them. This stuff might seem a little theoretical at times, but we urge you to slog through it; it's essential for our later discussions about tonal and color correction.


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Download PipTec Green Icons & Live Wall v1.5.8 APK - For Android
Pip-Tec is a theme that applies new icons to the most popular apps through a launcher of your choice!
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- "Stats Boxed" Widget - Editable boxes with missed calls, unread texts and battery percentage.
- 40+ Pip-Boy HD wallpapers - Hosted on the cloud. Choose and save the ones you want. (All wallpapers shown are included)
You need a launcher like Nova Launcher(Dev recommended) or an app like unicon to apply the theme. Most of the launchers above offer free versions. Feel free to contact me with questions:firstname.lastname@example.com
- Muzei support for rotating wallpapers
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- Contains over 3,200 different clean, flat and simple fallout pip-boy themed icons with many variations of default lined icons such as phone, contacts, camera, etc.
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Verizon Wireless Offers Flat-Rate, National Calling Plans In Wyoming
CASPER, WY — Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless provider, today introduced new nationwide, flat-rate pricing options for consumers and businesses in Wyoming who want competitive, predictable coast-to-coast pricing with no roaming and free long distance. The new SingleRateSM calling plans now give Verizon Wireless customers in Casper and Cheyenne access to some of the most popular pricing available in the wireless industry.
"Customers in Wyoming will now be able to call virtually anywhere, anytime in the United States with their monthly allowance of minutes and not incur additional charges," said Marni Walden, regional president for Verizon Wireless in the Mountain Region. "These new price plans effectively make every wireless call a local call."
Traditionally, many wireless calling plans required customers to pay separate long-distance charges for incoming and outgoing calls outside the local area, and roaming charges when traveling outside the designated home area.
Verizon Wireless' SingleRateSM plans eliminate uncertainty and guarantees that customers won't be surprised by unexpected roaming and long distance charges on their monthly bill.
The new family of five flat-rate price plans provides some of the best values in the industry for national wireless plans - $35 per month for 150 minutes. Customers also can select large bundles of minutes based on their usage requirements - up to 2,000 minutes for $200 per month.
SingleRateSM Plans for Wyoming Monthly access: Minutes allowance: $35 150 $55 400 $75 600 $100 900 $150 1,500 $200 2,000
With Verizon Wireless SingleRateSM Plans and handsets, customers will have full access to the company's coast-to-coast network, which covers 96 of the top 100 markets with service available to close to 90 percent of the United States population.
To take advantage of the new SingleRateSM plans, customers must use a tri-mode phone. Tri-mode handsets are available in several models at any Verizon Wireless Communications store or retailer.
"Customers in Wyoming have never had this much freedom and flexibility with their wireless service," Walden said. "For many, it will change the way they communicate and stay in touch."
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless is the largest wireless communications provider in the U.S. with 27.5 million wireless voice and data customers. The new coast-to-coast wireless provider was formed by the combination of the U.S. wireless businesses of Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp -- now Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) -- and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). The new company includes the assets of Bell Atlantic Mobile, AirTouch Cellular, GTE Wireless, PrimeCo Personal Communications and AirTouch Paging. The company has a footprint covering nearly 90 percent of the U.S. population, 49 of the top 50 and 96 of the top 100 U.S. markets. Verizon Wireless, headquartered in Bedminster, NJ, is 38,000 employees strong. Reporters and editors can find more information about the company on the Web at http://www.verizonwireless.com.


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The main difference between nvarchar and varchar column is in the character set of data that it can store. Varchar is single byte whereas nvarchar is double-byte and therefore nvarchar can store Unicode characters while varchar cannot.
We might start to think that varchar is a better option than nvarchar as it takes less space. Well though it varchar takes less space, it's not worth going through the code-page incompatibilities which can lead to data errors eventually.
Also, nvarchar might have some performance improvement compared to varchat as modern operating system use Unicode internally and performs conversion to different codepages as needed. Therefore, having varchar can theoretically cause conversion issues.


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Taipei's Yi-Tien Chan leads the 2018 World Amateur Go Championships, with a 6-0 record and just two rounds to go. China's Chen Wang, Korea's Sangcheon Kim, Singapore's Jie Hui Kwa, Hungary's Csaba Mero and Poland's Stanislaw Frejlak all have five wins each. Aaron Ye (right) of the U.S. is now ranked 23rd at 3-3, while Mexico's Jose Abraham Florencia Islas is 4-2 and Canada's Yongfei Ge is also 4-2. Latest reports and scores are on Ranka Online, including interviews with Thiago Shinji Shimada Ramos of Brazil, Torben Pedersen of Denmark and Ólafur Sigurðarson of Iceland.
American Go E-Journal » World Amateur Go Championships
WAGC Update: Undefeated Taipei leads
Sunday May 6, 2018
World Amateur Go Championships return to Japan this week
Sunday April 29, 2018
The World Amateur Go Championship returns to Tokyo this week, after a nine-year hiatus. Sixty three players from around the globe will compete in the 39th edition – known as the Gurunavi Cup – World Amateur Go Championship — May 4-7 at the Nihon Ki-in. Click here to see the full list of players. Fifteen-year-old Aaron Ye (right) will represent the U.S., while veteran player Yongfei Ge will play for Canada and Jose Abraham Florencia Islas will represent Mexico. Starting May 4, Ranka online will provide full coverage of the championship.
WAGC Update: China wins WAGC; US' Danny Ko in 4th
Thursday June 8, 2017
WAGC Update: Only China remains undefeated
Tuesday June 6, 2017
WAGC Day 2 Report: China, South Korea, and North Korea undefeated after 4 rounds
Monday June 5, 2017
WAGC Day 1 Report: Early strong pairings
Sunday June 4, 2017
by Thomas Hsiang, special correspondent to the E-Journal
The pairing for WAGC this year, as in 2016, uses a Chinese algorithm that does not pre-order the players. Therefore some early strong pairings have already taken place on the first day. In round 1, Japanese 7D Sakamoto Shusaku met with South Korean Lee Sangbin, with Lee winning a tough match. In the second round, Taiwanese representative 7D Lai Yucheng lost to Czech 7D Lukas Podpera by 2.5 points, producing the first major upset. US representative Danny Ko fought a difficult battle with German Lukas Kraemer and achieved a 2-0 result. After the game, former world champion Yoo Changhuh reviewed the game for the players in great detail and Danny said that he felt like he had improved from the review. He will need the extra strength as he prepares to meet Chinese Bai Baoxiang in the third round. Bai has won the WAGC once previously already. Canadian representative Yujie Gong lost in the second round to long-time Polish mainstay Leszek Soldan and was 1-1 going into the second day. Other players who drew special interest include the DPR Korea player Jin Ungri who, although listed only as 4D, defeated a number of famous North Korean players to emerge as the country's first representative to WAGC in several years; the 12-year old Vo Duyminh from Vietnam and the 72-year old Zoran Mutabzija from Croatia, who the youngest and oldest players respectively. Jin easily won his first two games so far, while the other two were both 1-1 with Vo given a forfeiture after he misread the schedule and was late by 25 minutes in the first round. In the third round, the strongest pairings include Danny Ko vs. Bai Baoxiang, Russian Dmitry Surin vs. Lee Sangbin, and Hong Kong 7D Chan Naisan vs. Austrian Victor Lin.
IGF meetings kick off 38th World Amateur Go Championship in Guiyang, China
Saturday June 3, 2017
- The next three WAGC's will be held in Tokyo May 2-9, 2018; in Matsue City of the Shimane Perfecture in 2019; and in Vladevostok, Russia, in 2020. Maxim Volkov, president of Russian Go Federation, was on hand to celebrate the announcement.
- IGF will host the "CITIC Securities Cup" – the First International Artificial Intelligence Go Open – on August 16-17, 2017, in the City of Ordos of Inner Mongolia, China. 16 programs will be entered into the competition from over the world. Generous prizes will be provided.
- IGF offers a $20,000 grant to support the First Latin America Go Congress, to be held October 12-16, 2017 in Cancun, Mexico.
- The Second IMSA Elite Mind Games, participated by IGF, will be held December 8-16, 2017 in Huai'an City, China. This event will continue at least through 2019.
- The 2017 Pair Go World Cup will be held August 7-10, 2017 in Tokyo.
- A new member, the Republic of Georgia, was admitted and is now the 77th member of IGF.
Baoxiang Bai of China wins 2016 World Amateur Go Championships
Tuesday June 14, 2016
China's Baoxiang Bai (right) defeated Chinese Taipei's Chia-Cheng Hsu to win his second world amateur championship with a perfect 8-0 record. Korea's Kibaek Kim was second, and Chinese Taipei's Chia Cheng Hsu was third. Benjamin Lockhart of the US was 13th, Manuel Velasco of Canada was 28th and Emil Garcia of Mexico was 36th. The tournament took place June 5-8 in Wuxi, a city of six million located slightly northwest of Shanghai. Full results here. Click here for more WAGC reports on Ranka.
Student Pair Go Qualifier This Weekend
Thursday September 24, 2015
The 2nd World Students Pair Go Championship is coming up in December, and the United States is searching for a male and female representative through a pair go qualifying tournament.
The online pair go qualifying tournament will be held this weekend with a possible extension to Monday if needed. The winners of the qualifiers will get 50 percent of the round-trip airfare cost, and the meals will be covered from Friday evening to Tuesday morning. The championship will be held in Tokyo, Japan from December 4th to the 8th, and this will be a 4-round Swiss system with a 45 minute sudden death time limit.
To be eligible for the tournament and the championship, you must have been an AGA member for at least one year, an amateur player, an undergraduate or graduate student of a University/College, under the age of 30, a US citizen, and you must have lived in the US for at least six years in the last twelve years
Interested players should email firstname.lastname@example.com
Gold for Korea, Silver for China and Bronze for Chinese Taipei
Wednesday June 10, 2015
Changhun Kim 6d (right) of Korea has won the 36th World Amateur Go Championship, held this year for the first time in Thailand. In second was Aohua Hu 6d of China, and third place was taken by 12-year-old Jyun-Fu Lai 7d from Chinese Taipei. The remainder of the top-ten finishers: [4] Chi-hin Chan (Hong Kong), [5] Satoshi Hiraoka (Japan), [6] Cornel Burzo (Romania), [7] Artem Kachanovskyi (Ukraine), [8] Juyong Koh (Canada), [9] Pal Balogh (Hungary) and [10] Daniel Ko (United States). Click here for the full tournament results and the final-round report. Other reports include Round 6: Hungary vs Belgium; Korea Storms Ahead on Third Day of WAGC & Round 4: China vs Korea.
– Ranka Online


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ASUS Z370 Strix E and Strix F Review
Published: 13th October 2017 | Source: ASUS | Price: |
This is almost a perfect storm of a product. We have long found ASUS products to be high quality with very few issues in even the early samples and great performance throughout the lifespan of the model. Equally we've enjoyed the Strix range since it first appeared at the tail end of 2014 and anything released since then hasn't diminished the sense of excellence you get from anything labelled Strix.
Unfortunately the key word in the above paragraph is 'almost'.
If we can use some sporting metaphors here it is the equivalent of dribbling around the keeper and then putting it wide. Or doing a Deshaun Jackson and dropping it before you've reached the endzone. We'll cut to the chase. The loadline calibration doesn't work. At all.
For those of you unaware, loadline calibration is one of those vital tools that has been part of motherboards for almost as long as we can remember. It helps ensure that the voltage you see in the BIOS is the one that appears on the CPU. Whether under loading or idling it saves you from voltage droop. This is hugely important. If a voltage is shown as, for example, 1.3v in the BIOS and you know that's the limit of your particular CPU then you can safely use it. However, if there is some voltage droop under loading it might drop down to 1.25v or similar, so your overclock would fail. You could, theoretically although we don't advise it, make a mental note of that droop and thus put 1.35v into your CPU in the BIOS knowing it will droop to your limit of 1.3v when actually under load. So far so safe. But then when the load is removed it pops back up to 1.35v and starts murdering your CPU. This is where loadline calibration comes in. It stops that happening. What you see is what you get.
So when the Strix LLC was borked on both motherboards we did what we always do in such circumstances and got in touch with ASUS to let them know. They showed no interest at all in fixing the issue. Normally they are extremely helpful and fast at getting new BIOS up that fix the issue. The only correspondence we have had is informing us how the LLC has different levels and how to change it. It was such a generic support desk reply it proved they had not even bothered checking the boards at all. This is made yet worse by the fact we know SI's have also been reporting the same issue and yet again, there doesn't seem to be any urgency.
So for the first time in as long as we remember - possibly since the birth of this site - we have to say that we just cannot in good conscience recommend you purchase the Strix E or F in their current state. At all. Any of the other ASUS motherboards are fine, and indeed worthy of purchase, which makes the flaws in this one seem even starker and more frustrating. Nobody wants to run their CPU without the slightest idea of how many volts are pumping through it, which is how things are here. Agonisingly ASUS have demonstrated they know how to sort out LLC because the Maximus X is fine. No issues at all.
Buy something else instead.
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"Hungry Ramadhan" – Spoken Word
Assalamualaikum guys!
It looks like the month of Ramadhan has made it's way over once again, and in light of this special occasion I decided to make a video expressing my thoughts on how, despite the fact that we should enjoy this blessed month, it shouldn't be that we overindulge and completely forget our fellow humans who are suffering across the world. Even during this amazing time, there are still millions who go to sleep on an empty stomach and are forced to go through days of endless pain with no food whatsoever.
At the same time, I also decided to do it in a form that's absolutely new to me, that is spoken word. I do hope you guys enjoy the video and find it of benefit.
Feed the hungry this Ramadhan:
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Denmark based Kipper Digital released their unique platform puzzle game Paul & Percy on the IPad for $2.99. Paul & Percy players have to cooperate with themselvs as they progress through a strange but intriguing world. Jump, push and stomp your way through an epic puzzling adventure. Took a wrong step? No problem, the 5th dimension features a handy rewind button that makes puzzle solving more fun than ever. (more…)
Tasty Planet 2 Back for Seconds iOS Game Download
Dingo Games released one of our favorite indie games Tasty Planet 2 Back for Seconds on the iOS platform for a special introductory price of $0.99. We gave Tasty Planet 2 Back for Seconds PC version a 5 out of 5 rating. You can read the review here. The game player must direct the lovable little ball of goo to items he must eat to grow. The items include small little balls, test tubes, batteries, frogs and even cuddly mice. In the PC version of the game, the player uses the mouse or the arrow keys to guide the goo ball around the screen to his snacks. In the iOS version of Tasty Planet 2 the players's device – the IPhone or IPad inherits the mouse/arrow keys' role requiring the user to tilt the IPhone or IPad to move the goo ball so he can eat things required to grow.
Dingo Games provided this description of Tasty Planet 2 Back for Seconds:
Tasty Planet 2 Back for Seconds IPod Game Download
Tasty Planet 2 Back of Seconds IPad Game Download
"Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds is the sequel to Dingo Games' popular iPhone game, Tasty Planet. The sequel has many improvements over the original. Levels can now span vastly different object sizes; players can grow from the size of an amoeba to the size a galaxy within a single level. There is also a huge variety of new entities that players get to eat.
Tasty Planet 2 Back for Seconds IPod Game Download
Tasty Planet 2 Back of Seconds IPad Game Download
The game's story begins with the goo eating a time machine, causing him to be sent back in time. Players will eat their way through six different time periods: modern, Late Cretaceous (i.e. dinosaurs), Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome, Feudal Japan, and the distant future. Each time period features a unique set of objects for players to eat. Mice, cats, Tyrannosaurus Rex, mummies, gladiators, and flying saucers are just a few of the hundreds of objects available for consumption.
Also released today was the iPad version of the game, Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds HD. This version of the game uses the iPad's larger screen for a two player cooperative campaign mode in which each player controls their own goo."
Tasty Planet 2 Back for Seconds IPod Game Download
Snap Trap iOS Puzzle Game Download
8 Bit Grenade released Snap Trap for the iPhone 3 GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, 3rd & 4th generation iPod Touch priced at $2.99. 8 Bit Grenade says Snap Trap uses Apple's touch screen technology, in an unique and intuitive way. We aren't sure about that but the game looks like a souped version of the classic game Snake and consumers think twice about paying $2.99 for Snap Trap. (more…)
Bag It iOS Android Game Download
Hidden Variable Studios released Bag It!, a new grocery bagging puzzle mobile game, on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android devices. Bag It, offers 50 levels of puzzles and challenges. The game player must bag virtual grocery items like Eggs, milk, potato ships ideally without breaking them. You are able to re-arrange items in the bag, even turning items right side up. I wonder if professional grocery store baggers would consistently score higher than the non bagging human. Bag It includes some elements from Tetris but it's a little more involved. Bag It costs $0.99 on the iOS platform and $1.99 on the Android platform. We have an email into Hidden Variable Studio's contact asking them to explain the price differential and will update this post when they respond. (more…)
Shiny Treasure Pirate Tower Defense iOS Game Download
Netherlands based Infinity Lane, formerly known as GD8 Games, and Essenza Media released Shiny Treasure, a free pirate themed tower defense for the iOS platform – IPhone 3GS, IPhone 4, IPhone 4S, IPod Touch, and IPad. To enable free game play Infinity Labs inserted ads into the game. The Shiny Treasure game player must build guard towers and use the powers of the mysterious green pearl, to protect their valuable treasure chest from pirates. (more…)
Babes Vs Robots iOS Game Download
Babes save the world! Babes save the World! Guess what happens in the iOS game Babes Vs Robots? In Babes vs Robots, the Babes, dressed like women from Wonder Woman's island, launch weapons at invading robots. The game play does resemble Angry Birds but rather than launching birds you shoot weapons like rockets, Molotov cocktails and hand grenades. So far the initial levels present more challenge than Angry Birds. (more…)
Avoid-A-Ball iOS Android Game Download
Mind Splat Design released their first game called Avoid-A-Ball for the iOS and Android platforms for $0.99. Spoonbill provided the sound effects.
As the name states you must avoid the tadpole like ball by shooting your ball around from tooth to tooth. You can earn power ups by directing the ball into the stars and also by colliding your ball when its enlarged into the ball you normally avoid. Everyone will enjoy Avoid A Ball. (more…)
Archibald's Adventures iOS Game Download
If you are looking for a great puzzle platform game for your IPhone or IPad definitely consider Archibald's Adventures by Rake In Grass, based in the Czech Republic. Rake In Grass released the game almost one year ago but as NBC used to say its new to you if you haven't heard of it before. Archibald's Adventures costs $3.99 but it offers over 191 mentally challenging playable levels. (more…)
Tap'N'Roll Game Development Update
Written by The Ball, one of the stars of the game Tap'N'Roll by Digital Prunes.
Wow, these magnets! They are so strong! It took me some bruises and some quick thinking to get around them. And you see, sometimes I do need them – to give me a push in the right direction. But boy, if you make me linger for too long in my heavy metal personality, I will not enjoy crashing into them, dragged and warped by their mantic field. So watch out, I am totally at the mercy of your skillful tapping. (more…)
Tap N Roll Physics Ball Game
Digital Prunes, indie mobile game developers most famous for their game Slingshot Cowboys, sent us this game development update from the ball, the main character in their upcoming physics game Tap 'n' Roll Physics. (more…)


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Going to Church on Easter Sunday
by Dr. Dan Sharp, Minister of Worship
Several years ago I invited a friend to come to church. This was a person who did not attend church regularly and was only at mass for a wedding, funeral, or first communion. I remember being surprised when he asked what should he wear and how would he know when to stand up, sit down, or kneel? As we talked more, he was also kind of afraid of showing up and that God might do something to him. He also told me he had been taught in the old country that if he went to a protestant church, he'd go to hell!
Have you ever thought about what a person who does not normally go to church must overcome to actually show up on Easter Sunday?
Those of us who go each week, don't have those kinds of questions. Who are you asking to Easter Sunday at DPAC this year? You can put them at ease in so many ways. They are after all not entering a church building! They are entering a building that will become a church!
Pray that the Lord will show you who to invite and then do it!


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For our second magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device naming project for Hitachi Medical Systems, Igor was tasked to name a breakthrough new "open MR" product. Open MR devices are not fully enclosed, and therefore are more comfortable for patients (less noise and confinement) and have a greater imaging range than traditional, "closed" MR devices.
The positioning goal was to highlight that this device, rather than being a source of patient discomfort and physician frustration with scanning limitations, is instead a refuge from such drawbacks of the past, a haven where the physician can more accurately diagnose a patient's medical problem without causing the patient to suffer more discomfort in the process. Thus, Oasis was born.
As Hitachi says on its website:
OASIS™ provides maximum diagnostic performance and uncompromised patient comfort. Combining high-performance MR electronics of the best high-field equipment -- fast gradients and multi-channel RF technology with Hitachi-designed Zenith RF coils -- with Hitachi's proprietary 1.2T open architecture vertical-field magnet, Oasis is a new generation of MR systems providing diagnostic confidence, patient comfort and investment value.
Oasis supports demanding workflow, features Hitachi's legendary reliability, is easy to learn and use, and provides powerful differentiating features for you MR imaging services.
If you are ever in need of MR imaging, ask your doctor if he or she has an Oasis you can visit.
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