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The good news is that dahlias are among the easiest flowers to grow! All dahlia tubers, regardless of size, will produce equally strong plants and prolific blooms. Use the steps below to help guide you through the growing process.
After purchasing your dahlia tubers, remove the dahlias from the packaging material and store the tubers in a cool (50 degrees is ideal), dark place until planting time.
Dahlias grow best in well-drained soil protected from wind. Full sun is ideal, but they will tolerate some shade.
Space your dahlias according to the size of the blooms: larger varieties should be close to 3' apart, while smaller varieties can thrive if planted about 2' apart.
In the spring, before planting, enrich your soil with organic matter such as manure, mushroom compost or garden compost from the previous year. Other non-organic products such as 5-10-10 or 10-20-20 may be used instead or in addition to your current soil treatments. Other soil-improving additives like sand or peat moss can be added if needed for proper soil drainage.
We currently have two locations where we grow dahlias. One is heavy in clay; sand is needed to help with drainage. The other location is very sandy; peat moss in addition to heavy composting is helping to build up the soil. Both types of soil can grow exceptional dahlias if properly cultivated.
Plant after last frost, from April 20th to June 15th in most parts of the country. Place the eye of the tuber between 4" and 6" deep horizontally with the eye facing upwards. You may choose to pound a stake into the ground at this point, next to the tuber, before you cover it. Otherwise, you may damage your tuber by pounding your stake into the tuber after it is already covered and starting to grow.
Dahlias have many surface roots and weeding is required to avoid stunted growth during the first couple months. After this point, the plants will overtake most competitors in the garden and shade out the weeds. After July, cultivate no deeper than 2" and no closer than 1" from the stalk. Unless the weather is very hot and dry (southern climates), dahlias will need very little water until they begin to bloom.
After blooming begins, water thoroughly: soak the ground every week to week and a half. Staking may be required if dahlias are taller then 3' and/or in windy areas. Larger dahlias (dinnerplate varieties) may require additional staking due to heavy blooms.
Beware of slugs, especially early in the season when dahlias are just appearing from the ground. Slug bait may be required around each tuber. Other pests such as earwigs, aphids and cucumber beetles can be damaging as well. Organic insecticidal soaps should be applied to affected areas as soon as they appear to stop the spread. Diazanon can be used as a non-organic but effective method for controlling insects. Any application of insecticides should be applied early in the morning or late in the day.
This is what many gardeners wait for throughout the year. Now you have an opportunity to enjoy the fruits of your labor with fresh flowers inside your home. Dahlias should be cut in the early morning or late in the afternoon when the sun's rays are off the plants. Place freshly cut dahlias in tepid (warm) water for about one half hour and then replace with room temperature water. Blooms will last in a vase from 3 days to over a week depending on the variety. Change the water frequently and avoid placing your cut flowers in a hot or sunny location.
Note: For longest lasting flowers pick your dahlias as cut flowers when they are about two thirds open.
If you choose to dig up your dahlia's tubers after the end of the growing season to use again next year, you can divide those tuber clusters in the fall or in the spring. Both are equally as effective but the eyes on the tubers may be easier to see in the spring. Whenever you choose to divide your tuber cluster, start by looking over the cluster and recognizing the eyes next to the stalk. You might wish to divide the cluster in half or quarters and then work on dividing it into individual tubers from there.
All adequate tubers must have at least one root with one or more eyes on it showing. The size of the tuber in no way determines the size of the next season's plant. You might find yourself throwing away what look to be good tubers without eyes. We do it every season by the thousands; not every root will produce an eye. Dahlias may be stored as individual tuber or as large clusters.
After digging, dry tubers with a fan or put in a well-ventilated basement. Once dry, place full clusters or individual tubers in any storage container with a fungus-preventing medium; we use Vermiculite but dry peat moss or fine chipped wood will work as well. Cover tubers with your medium and place in a cool, dry place. Tubers cannot get too hot or freeze without being damaged. Maintain a temperature of around 45- 50 degrees all winter until spring planting. It is important to check your tubers every 3 weeks and remove any mold or apparent moisture.


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Author Notes: My friends love me, but they really only want to come to Maine in the summer time. And when they arrive they want the beach and seafood, in that order. Grilled scallops have become my go-to après beach meal because they are quick, delicious and go very well with the French rosès I like to drink in the summer time. —cheese1227
Serves: 4
20 large or 12 jumbo dry-packed sea scallops
2 ruby red grapefruits
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon agave
1 teaspoon Champagne vinegar
1 garlic clove, minced
1 teaspoon minced Fresno and/or Serrano chili
Skewers (if wooden, presoaked in warm water for about 45 minutes)
Salt and pepper
Canola or grapeseed oil for the grill
4 cups arugula
In This Recipe
- Remove the crescent-shaped tendon (a.k.a. the "foot") from the side of each scallop. Use a paper towel to pat dry each scallop. Place them all on a baking rack sitting inside a baking sheet. Refrigerate the scallops until just before grilling.
- In a small, non-reactive saucepan, combine 1 teaspoon of zest and all of the juice (about 2/3 cup) from one grapefruit, olive oil, agave, vinegar and minced garlic. Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium heat. Simmer for 3 to 4 minutes until it thickens slightly into a glaze. Stir in minced chile. Set aside.
- Cut the second grapefruit in four 1/2-inch cross-sectioned slices. Set aside.
- Heat grill to high heat. Cover the grill so the grates get very, very hot. Open the cover and use a steel brush and some elbow grease to completely clean the grates. Cover again for 2 to 3 more minutes to bring the grates back to that piping hot level.
- Remove the scallops from the refrigerator, slide scallops on each skewer so the flat sides are all aligned perpendicular to the skewer, and season with salt and pepper.
- Head back out to the grill, liberally dampen a wad of paper towel with canola or grapeseed oil. Grab the wad with a pair of tongs, and rub the towels along the grates to oil them well. Repeat this process 3 or 4 times. Turn heat down to medium high. Place the skewered scallops on one side of the grill at an angle so you will get diagonal grill marks. Place the cut grapefruit slices on the other half of the grill.
- Cook skewers and grapefruit slices for 4 minutes, turn them, cook for 2 minutes more. Brush some of the glaze over the scallops. Keep them on the heat until they are just cooked through and the grapefruit is nicely marked and sizzling. The scallops should be barely opaque in the middle. Cut one in half if you need to check.
- To serve, arrange the grilled grapefruit and arugula on a platter (or individual plates), top with scallops and drizzle the glaze over the top.
- Serve immediately.
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After more than a year of meeting with local leaders, giving speeches on hay bales, and performing local rituals that involve wielding large slabs of grilled meat, Iowans are set to head to their precincts Monday to pick presidential nominees.
What a crazy, wild ride it's been.
Just like in 2012, Iowa's horse race proved to be an unpredictable yet illuminating lens into the state of the race.
Following the midterm elections in November 2014, early polling showed 2008 Iowa caucus winner and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) enjoying the the highest levels of support. Some pundits predicted that Huckabee's win in the state in 2008, as well as a gig as a Fox News host, made him a well-positioned front-runner early on.
But the first major movement of the race came two months after the midterms.
Almost a dozen eventual presidential candidates visited the weekend-long Iowa Freedom Summit in January 2015. But it was Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) who saw his poll numbers explode after delivering a well-received speech about his record as a pro-business governor willing to duke it out with public employee unions.
Here's his support rising early in the year, according to the RealClearPolitics average:
The governor managed to sustain his lead in the state for several months. But despite the advantages of being governor of a neighboring state, Walker's star dropped almost as quickly as it rose. Several lackluster debate performances and a campaign strategy that was set on building a national infrastructure — but instead burned money too quickly — eventually forced him to call it quits after just more than 70 days as an official candidate.
But as Walker's campaign was faltering, another candidate's was gaining steam.
Immediately after launching his campaign in June, real-estate mogul Donald Trump headed for the Hawkeye state. There, he introduced the early inklings what would become his trademark campaign routine: criticizing US leaders as weak, lobbing rhetorical bombs at his rivals, and bragging about self-funding his campaign.
Within weeks, he doubled, then tripled his initial support — which, at the time he entered, was just below 4%, according to the RealClearPolitics average of select state polls.
Though pollsters correctly predicted the boom and bust for different candidates, virtually no major pollster or analyst predicted that Trump's early support in Iowa would last.
Trump's early surge was met with scoffs and skepticism from political pundits and pollsters wary of reading too far into the short booms and busts of anti-establishment candidates in Iowa, having seen former Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Godfather Pizza CEO Herman Cain's rapid rises and falls in 2011 polls.
"I would not construe Trump's support as indicating that he is serious," Princeton University professor and polling expert Sam Wang told Business Insider shortly after Trump's announcement speech in June.
Though Trump briefly lost the mantle of Iowa front-runner to retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon's status as the top candidate in Iowa was short-lived.
As foreign policy took center stage after the terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California, some political analysts suggested Carson failed to prove that he could manage complex foreign-policy and national-security situations. Many of the evangelical voters and older conservative voters who initially reported potentially backing Carson flocked to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
But even though Cruz's campaign appeared pleased that his late ascent in December could help him "peak" at the right time, topping Carson and Trump in the polls put a target on his back.
The summertime truce between Trump and Cruz abruptly ended as the reality television star went on the offensive against Cruz.
Trump called Cruz a "nasty guy," routinely questioning his legitimacy to run for president because of the senator's birthplace, a critique that has clearly resonated with some conservatives. Cruz engaged in a spat over immigration with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida), who is aiming at a third place finish.
And Cruz hasn't gotten much help from allies in state.
Popular Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) raised eyebrows by telling reporters publicly that he wants to see Cruz defeated. Branstad's comments were tied to Cruz's position on ethanol subsidies. Though Cruz's conservative bona fides helped endear him to activists, his ideological opposition to ethanol subsides puts him at odds with many voters in Iowa.
Here's a look at how Cruz rose — and subsequently fell — to Trump in Iowa polls:
In the end, pollsters have predicted that the outcome largely hinges on whether Trump's unconventional appeal motivates less-reliable voters — or, if Cruz's notably strong ground game proves superior at turning out supporters and convincing those who are on the fence.


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Picked up a dozen cupcakes from Cupprimo up north. I think the red velvet & pumpkin were our favorites! They added some cute Halloween decorations to the cakes.
Friday, October 29, 2010
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La Condesa
Chips with four delicious salsas, $4
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
Chowing in Galveston
Fish balls with fries:
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Rio's Brazilian Cafe
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Monday, October 4, 2010
Roaring Fork- Restaurant Week
Sometimes the Restaurant Week deals are not that great.. Roaring Fork's deal was definitely a winner. $15 for a three course lunch.
Soup for appetizer: black bean soup and tortilla soup
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InfoAg 15: Why Not Try Military Philosophy On Your Farm?
InfoAg 15: Why Not Try Military Philosophy On Your Farm?
Scheduled to deliver an hour-long talk at the upcoming InfoAg 2015 (July 28-30) conference, Punch Moulton, senior director of cyberspace strategies, innovation and consulting, Stellar Solutions, Inc., drew on his military operations background – the former Air Force fighter pilot and commander rose as high as Director of Operations, U.S. European Command, throughout his 33 year civil service career – to come up with his unique approach to total farm management, dubbed the Agriculture Operations Center (AGOC).
Basically the AGOC is an effort to bring all data-centric precision activities – aerial, UAV and satellite imagery, traditional scouting, weather, soil and advanced analytic data – under one umbrella of control and management.
"This approach is hardly new, as it comes from our U.S. Air Force and originated back in the 1940s," explains Moulton in a white paper he recently released. "Until the middle of World War II, the US Army Air Corp hadn't figured out how to coordinate and integrate airpower. 'Lessons from Kasserine Pass' led to the idea of an 'Air Operations Center' (AOC). Over the next few decades, the Air Force refined the concept, and in 1991 during Operation Desert Storm, the AOC demonstrated the decisiveness of coordinated airpower. Kuwait was liberated in historically rapid fashion by the application of "effects-based" airpower. An AGOC, thus, is the heir of 60+ years of critical thinking from our nation's Airmen."
Moulton goes into a bit more depth on his upcoming InfoAg presentation in a recent email Q&A with Precision Ag Special reports, explaining that "utilizing an 'effects-based' construct is critically relevant to Precision Ag because it allows an AGOC to leverage technology and focus on the specific needs of the individual farmer (and each individual field). The result is that specific 'actions' are implemented to create desired 'effects' leading to the goal of increased yields and profits while preserving resources."
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Still a bit fuzzy on this whole AGOC thing? Moulton continued to expound on the concept in our interview.
"The AGOC will take all the disparate capabilities necessary to make Precision Ag work (computation, satellite imagery, UAVs, big data integration, sensors, etc.) and combine them so the grower can turn to one source for his integrated planning and execution," he explains. "And while it is true that the farmer is the ultimate target customer of the AGOC, the Ag Retailer and the Independent Crop Consultant are part of the process, and that's really the beauty of the AGOC. It blends in the external resources of retailers, consultants, data analysts, etc. so their services are integrated, and thus better, for the farmer."
AGOC also has potential applications in helping growers manage Big Data.
"The AGOC is a fusion center," says Moulton. "It starts with a strategy and plan to get the right information to answer the key questions for a grower (nutrient status, crop status, water, etc.). Then it executes the plan. Most important, the AGOC has the ability to turn to the big data experts to blend in a broader awareness and additional capabilities from a wide variety of sources. The collaborative capability to merge the data and extract the vital information for the grower is the power of the analytical portion of the AGOC."
If you can make it to St. Louis for InfoAg, check out Moulton's presentation on 7/29/15 at 4:00 pm CST in Grand Ballroom C. Register for the show here.


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The Beta Dance Troupe - Ethiopean Jews in Haifa.
Earlier they showed us how to do it.
Earlier they showed us how to do it.
A 'Journey of Light' across Israel and the West Bank, focusing on traditional and communal dances, and the cultures and histories of the area, with a bit of permaculture and family for good measure.


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Prostitution, Blackmail, and Political Corruption
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My name is Robin Head, previous owner of Playboy Escorts in Houston, Texas. I was approached by various law enforcement agency's, FBI, ATF, etc... who wanted me to abet them in entrapping "State and political officials" having sex so they could extort, control and blackmail them, not to charge them with misdemeanor prostitution. At the same time, women at my service were being tricked and trafficked overseas to Bangkok and called me collect from a jail in Vienna.
A madam from Alabama was found hanging in a federal jail cell in nearby Brazoria County. When I refused to abet in the extortion, I was thrown in jail, no bond, a 'Life' sentence filed on me, and then my son and family were harassed and attacked endlessly in some kind of gang like Mafia style.
I went to the FBI, but it was like reporting the devil to the witch, they said they would help me but only if I would help them, again, to set up officials. They had no interest in the corruption aspect. Some very high profile names were involved, people seen on TV news commentary.
Who are these agents with this monstrous agenda and what do they want? This is not a left/right wing thing it is a most vicious entity in this country.
This country has become as fearful as any other 3rd world country when it comes to reporting crime to officials just exactly like in Russia, Iraq, Africa, Mexico, etc... where it is the officials that are the perpetrators of the crimes, kidnapping, ransom, drugs, and it is dangerous to report to them.
Those who may want to contact Robin for serious matters concerning corruption in government, and how to fight it, can contact her at email@example.com.
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What Are The Various Types Of Essay?
Tips on Understanding Every Type of Essay
Types of essay are usually recognized by the wordings found in the questions. This may be express or implied. In some cases like writing in a normal class setting or on middle school essay topics, the wordings of the essay topic would simple suggest the types of essay that is needed from you"But in other serious setting such as writing in an examination, it will be left to you to decide the type of essay. Remember that this is part and parcel of the essay question. Also take note about understanding and writing an outline because how to write an essay outline would also be essential in understanding the various kinds of essay.
There are so many types of essay. An essay can be a cause and effect essay. This will require you to bring out the causes of an event or events, the course and the effects. Remember that this is a type of writing which you will have to differentiate between immediate and remote causes and also between long-term and short-term effects.
An essay my require you to compare and contrast. This is one of the most popular types of examination questions. This type of essay calls for you to point out similarities or discuss differences. Remember that in this type of essay, you will be discussing not one subject, but two. Also remember that this is one of those good essay topics in which the wordings would not expressly state what is required from the student. You will have to critically look into the question and determine the type of essay.
An essay can require you to demonstrate. This is a kind of essay in which you will be given a statement and ask to demonstrate it. An essay may also require you to discuss. This is an open invitation for you to talk about something in detail. This is a type of question in which the wordings would also ask you to discuss. Sometimes, the word discuss' may be hidden in words like describe or explain or explore.
Sometimes an essay will require you to divide or classify. This will require you to break down a subject into smaller pieces ahead of analyzing it. This can either be a place, a thing, a process or even a person. Make sure that after you have broken down the parts, you will have to sum up by discussing the various parts as a unified whole.
An essay may ask you to define. In this case, you will have to provide an extended knowledge about something. This will also be supported by examples. Remember that examples are what will strengthen your explanations.
The essay question may be an evaluation question. This is another favorite examination kind of essay which will call for you to think critically and put up an argument.
In another case, the essay may require you to respond to a comment or quotation. This is a type of writing in which your opinion about a particular thing will be tested.
Types of essay could be represented in so many forms. The essay can be a process analysis essay or even a far-out essay question. As earlier said, you must be familiar with all the various forms in which the essay can be represented ahead of coming up with an essay plan. This is because the wordings of the essay topic may not reveal to you the type of essay. It can only be gotten through inference.


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I've been blogging with friends for two years over at Damsels in Regress. We blog about writing, history, and writing historical fiction. Sometimes we stretch those definitions and include recent travels, family history, and writing that isn't history-related. But it's all about writing or history somehow, because that's what the three of us Damsels have in common.
But lately, I've been wanting to write a blog that's just for me. I'm not sure why, other than a lot has happened the past few months and I'm entering a new phase of my life. (Looking back over that sentence, that looks like a reason to me, but I digress.) This new phase will soon, I hope, be entitled "Parenthood." For now, it's more aptly titled "Pray, Get Healthy, and Hope for the Best." Because for my husband, Mike, and me, getting to "Parenthood" hasn't been easy so far. While I've journaled about that in a little notebook intended only for me and God, part of me wants to be a bit more intentional about sharing what we've experienced.
And along the way, I'll probably share silly musings of our two cats, musings of the children I take care of, musings about living in a fixer-upper house, and musings about the travels we do and the travels our loved ones to to get to us. Because it's my blog and I can, right?


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I can personally say that in my experience working as a rat removal specialist, I've never contracted a serious disease from contact with rats or rat feces. I do, however, always wear protection, and you can see me in the photos on this website wearing gloves, a filter mask, and often biohazard suits. I always wash my hands. My anecdotal thought is that health risks from wild rats and other rodents like mice are relatively rare. But just as I wear a seatbelt in the car, I am careful around rats and rat feces.
Eosinophilic Meningitis
An infection of the brain occurring in association with an increase in the number of white blood cells that are associated with infection by worms that penetrate into the body. The rat lung worm is called angiostrongylus cantonensis, and can be contracted by ingesting (even from hands) the worms from rat feces.
Rat-bite fever (RBF)
A systemic bacterial illness caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis that can be acquired through the bite or scratch of a rodent or the ingestion of food or water contaminated with rat feces.
A bacterial disease that affects humans and animals who come into contact with rat poop. It is caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira. In humans it causes a wide range of symptoms including high fever, headache, chills, muscle aches, and vomiting, and may include jaundice (yellow skin and eyes), red eyes, abdominal pain, diarrhea, or a rash. If the disease is not treated, the patient could develop kidney damage, meningitis, liver failure, and respiratory distress. In rare cases death occurs.
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
A deadly disease transmitted by infected rodents through urine, droppings, or saliva. Humans can contract the disease when they breathe in aerosolized virus. Although rare, HPS is potentially deadly.
Murine Typhus
Caused by infection with R. typhi. It occurs worldwide and is transmitted to humans by rat fleas.
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
In humans S. Typhimurium does not cause as severe disease as S. Typhi, and is not normally fatal. The disease is characterized by diarrhea, abdominal cramps, vomiting and nausea, and generally lasts up to 7 days. Unfortunately, in immunocompromized people, that is the elderly, young, or people with depressed immune systems, Salmonella infections are often fatal if they are not treated with antibiotics.
Bubonic Plague
A zoonotic disease, circulating mainly among small rodents and their fleas. Caused by Yersinia pestis, which belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae. Without treatment, the plague kills about 66% of infected humans within 4 days. Swollen lymph nodes (buboes) especially occur in the armpit and groin in persons suffering from bubonic plague. Read more about
Biology of Black Rat
Help! I've been infected with rat disease!
Well, don't jump to any conclusions. Medicine is a tricky topic. I, and amazingly, many medical doctors that I've spoken with in my life, have a lot to learn, and are ultimately unaware of many aspects of the human body and pathogens. But, if you are sick, I still of course do recommend that you see a doctor, and you can cite rodents as a potential cause of the symptoms you are experiencing. Again, it's my general thought that health risks from rats, mice, and other rodents are relatively low, so long as you are careful. A mask to protect against respiratory diseases, gloves against those that are contracted via direct contact with wild rat feces.
Although I wrote this site with rats in mind, such as the Roof Rat and Norway Rat, the same principles apply to other rodents, such as the house mouse. Mice are very similar to rats, they're just smaller. Email me if you have any questions about mouse diseases, health risks associated with mice, bacterial disease, virus and viral diseases, rodent disease and risks to health.
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Gaspee Days 5k Foot Race
Saturday, June 8, 2019
Join us for the 54th Annual Gaspee Days 5k Footrace on Saturday June 8, 2019 at 9:30 am. This great event preceeds the Gaspee Days Parade, and 100% of the proceeds from the race go to fund the Gaspee Days Parade. Imagine running a race with cheering crowds by the thousands!
Cash prizes and age group awards, as well as awards for best dressed in a colonial themed costume! T shirts to all runners, and refreshments will follow the race. Online registration fees are $30.00 in advance (plus cc fees) and $40.00 on race day. (mail in entries will not be accepted).
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BOG embraces performance funding for universities
Source: FSView, 01/16/14
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Florida's 12 public universities have been put on notice: Do well, and you will be rewarded. Conversely, if you fail to meet expectations or do not improve, prepare to be penalized.
This is how performance funding, approved earlier today by the Board of Governors, will play out during the 2014-2015 academic year. BOG, which oversees the State University System, has been moving toward performance-based funding for almost two years.
On Thursday, meeting at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, its final session before the Legislature begins grappling with the state budget in early March, BOG redefined the performance funding model it had discussed at length in September.
"It's actually about credibility. Our conversation with our elected leaders gains credibility when we have skin in the game," new SUS Chancellor Marshall Criser III said. "I believe that this model achieves academic excellence. It provides our universities with the flexibility to go to the next level."
Ton Kuntz, chairman of BOG's Budget and Finance Committee which gave initial approval to the performance funding plan, noted that a growing number of states already are using similar models to determine funding for their public universities.
BOG, at least for the coming year, will apply 10 metrics for each of the 12 institutions. Seven are identical, and in most cases, nine will be the same with one metric left to each university to determine.
A 50-point scoring system has been established (5 points per metric) and a school must score at least 26 points to be eligible for a portion of the $50 million in new funding BOG has requested from the Legislature.
The three schools with the lowest score will not be eligible for performance funds, and they will see a 1 percent reduction to their base funding that could grow to as much as a 3 percent reduction by the second year of the model approved today.


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Scrap Car Jumper's Town, Scrap your car for free
Scrap Car Jumper's Town are a reliable team of scrap car collectors working out of Jumper's Town, East Sussex. Scrap cars can be a real problem and can cause you untold misery, if you have a scrap vehicle and it is on the road it will still need to be taxed. You do not need to pay someone to scrap your car. We can collect your vehicle free of charge in Jumper's Town!
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As well as offering a completely free collection, we are also currently able to offer cash for scrap cars in Jumper's Town depending upon the weight of the vehicle!
If you'd like us to make you an offer just ask when calling or add 'CASH QUOTE PLEASE' in the 'Additional Info' box when submitting our online form.
- DVLA notification
- Completely free collection!
- Nationwide coverage
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- Environment agency approved recycling facilities
Just phone 0800 043 5100 or fill out the form to the right to book collection of your vehicle today!
Choose Scrap Car Jumper's Town
We have been trading in the East Sussex area for over a decade and have many happy customers. We are proud to offer a fast response we can do this as we know the area so well. We are proud to be able to offer an unrivalled service and will arrive to collect your car at the agreed time slot. We are able to collect vehicles day or night, seven days a week, even on bank holidays, and we will work round you.
We make sure that your car is disposed of the correct way. Some scrap car collection companies might sell on your car for profit a lot of the time the DVLA will not be notified that you are no longer the registered keeper of the vehicle. This will leave you very vulnerable legally, you will be expected to pay any fines that may occur over the following months. We will let the DVLA know that your vehicle has been declared of road, giving you complete peace of mind. We always scrap vehicles in the best possible way, meaning whatever can be recycled is and reused, keeping the environment clean.
Please ensure that your car is disposed of in the right way, we would like to keep the streets of East Sussex clean. When your street is filled with old abandoned cars it can seriously damage the image of an area, scrap your car and clean up your street. Call us today, scrap that car!
The car scrappage scheme
The car scrappage scheme may at first seem like a fantastic idea. However, you might be surprised to learn that this discount is not available on every car. You can't just go and buy any vehicle you want A lot of people have felt let down as there are only certain cars available in the scrappage scheme.
How to scrap your car
It is so simple to scrap that old car in Jumper's Town. Just by picking up the phone you can be told the process by our members of staff. Otherwise, just take a look at our helpful guide to scrapping your car so that you know the procedure before calling.
Reasons to scrap your car
There are a lot of different reasons for wanting to dispose of an old car. In our experience the main reason is that the vehicle has failed its MOT and the required work to repair it is too expensive. Your car may not work but if it is on the road it still needs to be taxed, costing you a lot of money
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Cupcake Sandwich Pan
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Have a ball with cupcake sandwiches!
It's easy to make cupcake sandwiches. Put a scoop of batter in each cavity and bake like you would ragualr cupckes. Put two tops together with filling and frosting in the center and you have a cupcake sandwich.
To fill the cupcake sandwiches, form a rim of frosting around the perimeter of a cupcake top, squeeze filling in the center of the rim, and put the other top on.
This is a quality pan that you will use for years. It can also be used to make muffin tops.
Make muffin tops too. The tops are always better.


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Do you know enough about Drone? Please click the following link before start flying :
All Set! Good enough we have learned about Drone. Not it's time to get it a go!It's time now to know something about how to fly your drone. We hope this tips would help to fly any other multirotor.
Ok! get started. Happy flying !
Want to tilt it left and right? Speed up the rotors on one side and slow down on the other. You may not be succeeded at the first try. Practice and you will learn how to handle. This action is called Roll.
Please Click the link below is an example of all the controls for flying a quadcopter and how each control works.
Forward –backward:
The same way you have done roll tilts, carry on pitch tilts to move it forward and backward. This action is called pitch.
Speeding up and slowing down:
Spin all the rotors in one direction will speed up the drone and for slowing done just do the opposite. Spin the rotors in opposite direction. This action is called yaw or rudder.
Up and down:
Throttle controls the up and down axis by varying the overall speed of the rotors.
There are usually 3 main stabilization modes for a quadcopter:
- Rate- sometime refers to as manual. It is also called hard or Acro.
- Attitude-sometimes refers to as self-level or Auto-level.
- GPS-hold- refers to as Loiter.


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This book serves as a mark of the talents of those people that give freely of their time.
North West Kent Family History Society. Family History and Genealogical News for the North West Kent and South East London Area
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
It was a sad day on Monday 23rd November at the funeral of Joan Field one of North West Kent Family History Society Vice Presidents. Joan with her husband Tony was the face of NWKFHS at FHS events and exhibitions in the 1980 and 1990s. She chaired the publication committee and one of their publications was 'West Kent Sources. The team of researchers gathered the information on the parishes west of the Medway as a guide to family and local historians. A research tool that I still use 17 years after its 3rd addition was published. If you need to know information about Kent parishes then this is the book for you, contact NWKFHS. We have been fortunate in the people that volunteer to help the Society to provide help and guidance to its members.
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Does this very special species still exist?
Do they still know about their moon migration pattern
or have they been stranded?
Lowry Burgess
Richard Clar
Cosmokinetial Kabinet
Skeith De Wine
Kitsou Dubois
ESA Topical Team
Final Frontier Design
Agnes Meyer-Brandis
Forrest Myers
Trevor Paglen
Carrie Paterson
Frank Pietronigro
Bradley Pitts
Projekt Atol
Connie Samaras
Trieste Cabinet
Nejc Trošt
Christian Waldvogel
Arthur Woods .
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Agnes Meyer-Brandis, an artist based in Berlin, Germany, presents a project that continues her exploration in both the myths and realities of weightlessness. Meyer-Brandis' artistic process is a cross between myth making, scientific research, and creating a platform for public discussion about attitudes towards the exploration of new worlds, whether on Earth or beyond.
For many years the artistic work of Agnes Meyer-Brandis, the founder and director of Research Raft for Subterranean Reefology (FFUR) has explored deep in the dark zone above the earth and ice. However, the 2007 Cloud Core Scanner project took her to the other extreme, to the skies. The artist was accepted to carry out a multidisciplinary art project during three scientific weightlessness flights of the German Space Agency. The final result in 2010 was Making Clouds, or On the Absence of Weight. As a mix of film, performance and lecture it shows flying machines with mechanisms based on gravity and weightlessness, examines cloud cores and presents a gravimetric documentation of an unusual experiment.
The Moon Goose Colony is a poetic-scientific investigation, weaving fact, imagination, storytelling and myth, past, present and future. The film is based on the book "The Man in the Moone", written by the English bishop Francis Godwin in 1603, in which the protagonist flies to the Moon in a chariot towed by moon geese. Agnes Meyer-Brandis has actualised this concept by raising 11 moon geese from birth, giving them astronauts' names*, imprinting them on herself as goose-mother and training them to fly.
Meyer-Brandis develops the contested history of Godwin's original fiction – posthumously and pseudonymously published as if the genuine account of the travels of Domingo Gonsales. She weaves a narrative that explores the observer's understanding of the fictitious and the factual, with a nod to notions of the believably absurd.
Academic, William Poole1 in his Preface to the 2009 edition of The Man in the Moone2 explains the importance of Godwin's work. "First, it is a work of literary sophistication. It is narrated by a slightly implausible figure who does a number of very implausible things, not least fly to the moon and back…its supposed time-frame further heightens readerly problems about who and what to trust in this text, and why…its finely integrated discussion of various state-of-the-art ideas about astronomy and cosmology,
magnetic attraction, diurnal rotation, and the possibility of interplanetary travel and extraterrestrial life. The dramatisation of these discussions in The Man in the Moone is at once a form of popular science and also a form of popular fiction. This is the age-old problem of fiction – the probable impossible intermingled with the possible improbable…
* Neil, Svetlana, Gonzales, Valentina, Friede, Juri, Buzz, Kaguya-Anousheh, Irena, Rakesh, Konstantin-Hermann
1 William Poole is John Galsworthy Fellow, New College, Oxford and author of The World Makers: Scientists of the Restoration and The Search for the Origins of the Earth, 2010
2 The Man in the Moone, 1638, Broadview Editions by Francis Godwin and William Poole, Paperback, 1 Nov 2009, preface
The film is part of a larger project called The Moon Goose Analogue: Lunar Migration Bird Facility, a bio-poetic and long term experiment the artist Agnes Meyer-Brandis started beginning of 2011 at Pollinaria, an ecological farm in Abruzzo, Italy. The idea was to imprint and raise Moon Geese, a mythic migration bird that travels between Moon and Earth. With a group of ornithologist, we decided to base the project on the heritage of another endangered species: the Roman Goose, attempting to support the survival of both: the fictitious and the real bird.
The Moon Goose Analogue: Lunar Migration Bird Facility was commissioned by The Arts Catalyst and FACT Liverpool in Partnership with Pollinaria. The Moon Goose Colony P1 is a Pollinaria project by Agnes Meyer-Brandis.
Agnes Meyer-Brandis first studied Mineralogy at the RWTH Aachen. She attended the Academy of Media Arts Köln from 2001 to 2003. She has been awarded various scholarships and prizes, such as Villa Aurora Resident Los Angeles 2010, Artist in Residence, National Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA) Ekaterinburg & Moscow, 2009/Russia, transmediale06 winner first price 2006/Germany. Exhibitions include 2009 "Biennale at the End of the World," Argentina, "Art On Site," 3rd Moscow Biennale, 2004 BEAP – Biennale of Electronic Arts, Perth, Australia, and others.
Artist website
The Arts Catalyst commission of
The Moon Goose Analogue: Lunar Migration Bird Facility
Video documentation of
The Moon Goose Analogue: Lunar Migration Bird Facility
• left images: Video stills from The Moon Goose Analogue: Lunar Migration Bird Facility depicting the artist working with the geese to teach them to fly in formation. The artist spent several months constantly with the geese from the time of their hatching in order to imprint herself on them. She then worked with them for an entire year.
• Frontispiece and cover of the first edition of The Man in the Moone, 1638
• Video still from The Moon Goose Analogue: Lunar Migration Bird Facility waiting for the geese to fly her to the Moon as an attempted realization to enact Francis Godwin's descriptions in 1603.
• Original installation of The Moon Goose Analogue: Lunar Migration Bird Facility, 2011, commissioned by The Arts Catalyst and FACT Liverpool, in partnership with Pollinaria for the exhibition Republic of the Moon.
• Video still from The Moon Goose Analogue: Lunar Migration Bird Facility depicting training of geese on model of moon surface at Pollinaria in Italy.
• Video still from The Moon Goose Analogue: Lunar Migration Bird Facility. All photos courtesy of the artist.


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A party with a difference is being held at a Morpeth bar in aid of charity.
Artists and drinkers, as well as non-drinkers, are invited to join in with a wine and paint party at the town's Sour Grapes on Monday, March 21.
The event will see participants spending two hours painting their own masterpiece while having fun.
No experience in painting and artwork is necessary as step-by-step guidance is given on the day.
All equipment needed for the event is provided by the organisers, and participants will be able to take home a 16ins x 20ins masterpiece that they have created.
The work that will be used for the March session is a picture of an owl hanging on a branch.
Sessions have been running on a monthly basis, with the most recent one taking place on February 24.
The cost is £15 per person, with all profits to go to Downs Syndrome North East, which is the leading organisation for the help and support of all people with Down's Syndrome and their families and friends covering Northumberland, Tyneside, Wearside, Durham and Teesside.
For more information about the event contact Karen Johnson 01670 504770 or 07801 496706. Email firstname.lastname@example.com
For more about the charity see www.dsne.org.uk


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Perhaps the most distinctive Super Bowl XLV commercial won points not by being funny or outrageous, but by establishing a completely different tone from everything else.
The Chrysler 200 'Imported from Detroit' commercial, featuring Eminem, took a sharp turn away from the Darth Vader Kids of the world and offered something gritty, dark and full of attitude.
The ad is as much about Detroit as it is about the Chrysler 200 — the car that replaces the Sebring sedan in Chrysler's fleet. As the voice-over narration says:
Now, we're from America. But this isn't New York City. Or the Windy City. Or Sin City. And we're certainly no one's Emerald City.
Chrysler is drawing praise for their risk-taking ad. Gawker called it "a goose bump-inducing work of pure art."


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On The Hudson
And Other Extraordinary Air Crash Events
129 minutes
Format: DVD
Code: MHU-M
Minutes into US Airways flight 1549 from New York, a flock of birds strikes the plane, taking out both engines. With no power, the captain must attempt the impossible: to land in the Hudson River. There were 155 passengers on board, and each presumably thought this was the end of their lives. How did it feel to be aboard that flight as a passenger, and what has the accident done to the lives of those on board? How does a plane lose both engines over a city and crash land without a single death? New footage and exclusive interviews with crew, survivors and rescuers tell the amazing story of survival. Also includes the special TV presentation Crashes That Changed Flying, which shows how from the ashes of eight horrific air crashes came discoveries that may one day save your life—technologies to help your next flight avoid microbursts, a ripped fuselage, exploding fuel tanks, accidental collisions and tire blowouts.
New Roman Catholic Book, DVD and CD Releases
And Evolution
A Conference with Pope Benedict XVI
The Mystery of the Cambrian Fossil Record
Aristotle To Darwin And Back Again
A Journey in Final Causality, Species and Evolution
International Theological Commission, Vol I and II
The Rock on Which Which The Family is Built
A Man!
Becoming the Man God Created You to Be
And Chosen
The Never Changing Face of the Priesthood
Meets Kant
The Father of Philosophy Meets his Most Influential Modern Child
What Were The Crusades? (4th Edition)
Templars - Knights of Christ
Foundress of the Abbey of Regina Laudis
Reason To Believe - Why Faith Makes Sense
God In America
Reflections on the Role of Faith in Our Nation's History and Future
Scarlet And The Black
The True Story of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, Hero of the Vatican Underground
Song For Nagasaki
The Story of Takashi Nagai – Scientist, Convert, and Survivor of the Atomic Bomb
Catherine Of Siena
On The Hudson
And Other Extraordinary Air Crash Events
Joy To The World - Artist: Faith Hill
I Dreamed A Dream - Artist: Susan Boyle
New DVDs on Padre Pio and Sr. Faustina:
New DVDs - 3 Documentary Films in one DVD
Other Documentary Videos on
Sr. Faustina, Padre Pio and Objective Report on Alleged Apparitions at Medjugorje
St. Pio of Pietrelcina and St. Faustina
"Seeing Is Believing" Video Library
From San Giovanni to Heaven - Documentary Film on Canonization of Padre Pio - St. Pio
The Beatification of Padre Pio
The Life of Sister Faustina - The Apostle of Divine Mercy
Spanish Edition - La Historia De Sor Faustina
A Celebration of Padre Pio - Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry
Spanish Edition - Homenaje Al Padre Pio
St. Padre Pio - At The Gates of Heaven
Medjugorje - The Miracles and The Message
Sister Faustina - The Promise of Mercy
The Beatification of Sister Faustina - Join the Celebration
Padre Pio's San Giovanni - "I Can Refuse No One"
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I finally went to see the little kitten I had rescued in June 2001, her name then was Tinkerbell. She was renamed to Furby by her new owner Tina, Furby is now approximately 23 months old, and she has turned out to be a very beautiful sweet cat. She came right up to my camera purring and wanting to be stroked.
Pictures From June 2001
This is Shantell, 13 year-old elderly feline from London, she needed a new home desperately in February 2003, and was rehomed with Jean in my own home town about 130 miles from London. Shantell has settled very well and is getting on with Jean's other cats, she purred the whole time I was with her and was very happy to be fussed over.


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Android Market Poised to Have 500,000 Apps by May 2012
Marketing your products, company and services via an app is a very effective way to give you top of mind recall among your customers and it also helps introduce you to new prospects and clients. However, it is becoming difficult to come up with an app that is unique and functional — two of the qualities needed for a successful app. Case in point is that the Android Market is now on track to have half a million apps by May 2012.
How many Android apps are there now?
Distimo, an app store statistics tracker that is based in the Netherlands, reported in December 2011 that the Android Market has already reached the 400,000 level. This is an achievement for the Android Market because it has posted a faster growth than its rival, Apple.
The Android Market reached 200,000 available apps just in April 2011, and another 100,000 was added by August 2011. That means that the Android Market only needs four months to add 100,000 new apps. At that rate, it would reach 500,000 apps by May 2012.
If that happens, the Android Market would officially have more available apps than Apple's App Store.
The good news is that the number of app developers is growing too. Distimo reports that there are currently 100,000 app developers on the Android Market.
What does this mean for you as a business owner?
As we have said before, apps marketing is a worthwhile marketing activity that every business owner should consider. But coming up with an original app might prove difficult. The next best thing is to take a look at the apps that are relevant to your business or industry, take a look at what it is doing well and what features are lacking. Then try to design an app that incorporates the good and making it better by providing the features that you want to see. "Make it your own," as American Idol judges like to say, also applies to mobile apps.
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It's no coincidence that I report on independent film from downtown Manhattan. Here, we have the highest concentration of arthouse theaters in the country and a community that I love.
You may remember me from the pages of iW when I introduced readers to the burgeoning trends of self-distribution, word-of-mouth screenings, and regional releases a few years back. More recently, I covered the Thessaloniki Film Festival where I got to speak Greek and eat amazing olives.
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Mini Hiatus
Hello everyone, It's been a couple of weeks since I've updated all of you on what Capybara has been up to. We haven't had a show the last two times we would've done one. It's not from lack of topics, … Continue reading
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It's a sad day for some of us here in the Santa Monica offices as we learned Al Fritz has died at 88. He was the Schwinn exec who developed "the Corvette of bicycles," the Schwinn Sting-Ray.
The low-slung bike with sky-high handlebars was born out of the Southern California surf culture and went on to became a national phenomenon.
Back in his youth, this author personally rode a lime green Sting-Ray with a coveted Overdrive two-speed kick-back hub, mostly with the front wheel off the ground in a perpetual "wheelie."


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Hot water Cylinders
If you have a hot water overflow this is usually caused by one of two things. There may be a pressure issue which will mean your valves may need replacing or servicing.
The second issue may be thermal expansion which is caused by the element heating up and the volume of the water inside the cylinder expanding causing it to vent onto the roof or out of the wall depending on which system you have.
If there is also steam then that can be a sign that the thermostat is not working correctly and needs attention.
To test thermal expansion or pressure issues turn the power on your hot water cylinder off for 10 minutes and see if the venting stops.
If the venting stops then what you have seen is perfectly normal. If not then you need the services of a plumber.
When you call the plumber please check the label on the side of your cylinder so that you can tell them if it is a mains pressure or low pressure cylinder.


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How to cancel my Apple subscription?
The first thing you need to know is: uninstalling the app will not automatically stop your subscription - because it's attached to your iTunes account. You must actively cancel the subscription using the process described below. If you uninstall the app but don't cancel your subscription first, you will still be charged by Apple.
There are 2 ways to manage your Apple subscriptions: on your portable device (iPad, iPhone or iPod) or on your computer.
Cancel subscription on iPhone, iPad or iPod
- Access Settings in the home of your device;
- Scroll down and tap iTunes Store and AppStore;
- Tap your e-mail and Apple ID
- Tap View Apple ID and enter your password;
- Now, tap Subscription - Manage and select Notate;
- Turn off the auto-renewal option and tap Done.
Cancel subscription on your computer
Click here to open iTunes to the subscription management page.
- Open iTunes.
- Click Sign In and enter your Apple ID.
- Click your name, and select Account Info from the drop-down menu.
- Enter your password again.
On the Account Information screen:
- Scroll to the Settings section.
- To the right of Subscriptions, click Manage.
- Choose Notate.
- Turn off Automatic Renewal to cancel your subscription. Your subscription will stop at the end of the current billing cycle.


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As much as I love training and being outdoors, I also balance this out by relaxing and resting at home in a sanctuary I make for myself. I discovered Lemongrass House last year during one of my many trips to Phuket and have not gone a day without using one of its products since!
Lemongrass House recently opened its second branch here in the Philippines, which means I no longer have to fly to Phuket to get the essential oils, sprays, and creams I use to pamper and take care of myself. All of its spa products are handcrafted in small batches with natural plant-based ingredients, ensuring freshness and sustainability for the environment — at pocket-friendly prices. <3
Lemongrass House branch at ground floor, Dusit Thani Makati
Lemongrass House essential oils are all-natural
If you feel overwhelmed, ask their staff for recommendations.
The top three Lemongrass House products I use are the body oil, the linen spray, and the mosquito spray. I even included these in my travel essentials post a few months ago.
Sweating all day can dry out the skin, so I use Lemongrass House's body and massage oil in Royal Lotus to keep my skin supple. The mild fragrance lingers all day so it's like an eau de parfum as well.
Speaking of sweat, I know mine gets everywhere, and sweaty workout clothes in the hamper isn't great for keeping the house stink-free. Lemongrass House's room and linen spray go a long way in keeping my car, house, and closet smelling fresh. The variant in Vanilla eliminates strong odors including cigarette smoke (not that anyone smokes at home!), so the smell of dried sweat is no problem.
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Sky Italia Approves WNC's LNB Converter
[Via Satellite 09-16-13] Wistron NeWeb Corporation's (WNC) latest operator-class Low Noise Block (LNB) converter, which leverages Entropic's EN5288 Channel Stacking Switch (CSS), has been approved for use and deployment at Sky Italia. The CSS technology cost-effectively delivers more digital entertainment down a single-cable architecture to feed multiple set-top boxes (STBs) and tuners throughout the home.
According to a June 2013 industry report from Digital TV Research, Italian service providers are facing fierce competition as other pay-TV operators introduce new platforms, launch bundled services and offer advanced commercial offerings. To combat competition, Italian direct broadcast operators (DBS) can make investments in advanced LNBs with CSS technology to mitigate subscriber acquisition costs (SAC) by lowering equipment and installation costs. With this technology they can also increase annual revenue per user (ARPU) by delivering more services and entertainment, from more high definition (HD) channels and video on demand (VOD) to personal video recorders (PVR).
To enable DBS service providers to be competitive, WNC offers its latest LNB solution using Entropic's highest performance to cost ratio CSS technology, the EN5288. Entropic's technology allows DBS operators to deliver multiple video streams from individual or multiple satellites into single family home (SFH) or multiple dwelling unit (MDU) over a single cable. This single-cable architecture reduces the cost and complexity of the installation and simplifies STB upgrades by reusing existing cabling in the home or MDU.


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We have many options for sound, so we decided it was best to dedicate a page for the wonders of sound on film.
- 35mm Mono/Stereo to digital - $0.03/ft
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- 35mm SRD/SDDS to linear PCM 6CH - $0.05/ft
- 35mm SR to linear PCM 6CH - $0.05/ft
- 35mm Magnetic Stripe (1-track) to digital- $0.05/ft
- 16mm Magnetic Full Coat to digital - $0.05/ft
ADAT and digital files provided by you will be married to the picture at no cost.
- Digital file or ADAT to 35mm mag stripe - $0.35/ft
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- Dig file/ADAT/Mag to 35mm optical neg - $0.80/ft *
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Entering the fifteenth year under Coach Adam Thomas' leadership, the Chattahoochee Valley Pirates will begin the 2014 campaign as the # 12 team in the country as determined by Perfect Game. Over the past decade, there is no question that the Chattahoochee Valley Pirate baseball team has established itself as one of the ACCC's, Southeast Regional, and national elite programs.
During the initial three years under Thomas' guidance, the Pirates underwent a major reconstruction, beginning with the foundation of Character, Pride, Discipline, and Class installed in the fall of 1999. The Pirates displayed significant and steady improvement each of those first two years, in terms of wins, academic success, and sophomore advancement.
However, the Pirates have enjoyed the fruits of their labor from the onset of the 2003 season and that success has continued through the conclusion of the 2013 season. During this ten year stretch, Thomas' teams have been perennial playoff participants and have been a championship contender year in and year out.
At the completion of Thomas' third season at the helm in 2002, he gave CVCC its first winning record since 1996 and the table has since been set each year for reverberating success. The Pirates went on to set school records for wins (41) and finished as the runners-up in the AJCCC in 2003, continued by a 35 win season and another playoff appearance in 2004, followed by a 39 win season and an appearance in the semi-finals of the ACCC Tournament and fourth place finish in 2005.
The Pirates continued their winning and post-season success in 2006 with a 32 win season and another post-season berth, and with a 90% freshman 2007 squad that, once again, tied the school record for wins (41) culminating with a third place ACCC finish. With those baby Pirates turned seasoned veterans, they had a repeat performance and won 41 more games to complete another third place finish in 2008. Additionally, the 2008 sophomore class finished as the winningest class in CVCC history, finishing with an astonishing 82 wins to their credit.
Furthermore, with yet another predominantly freshman club, the 2009 edition of the Pirates posted another 39 win season and repeat trip to the conference semi-finals.
After returning nearly every member of that 2009 club, 2010 Pirates claimed the ACCC Southern Division Championship, while posting an amazing 42-8 record, with the 42 wins and .840 winning percentage setting a new standard for CVCC Baseball. For an encore performance, with virtually an entirely new team of freshmen, the 2011 edition of the Pirates, once again, claimed the ACCC's Southern Division Championship, while posting another 39 win season, while the 2012 club fought their way to a 35 win season and, yet another ACCC Tournament appearance.
The 2013 club made Chattahoochee Valley baseball history by becoming the first team in the school's existence to claim the # 1 spot in the NJCAA poll, in which they held for nearly 3 weeks. After finishing 42-12 and tying the school record for wins, the Pirates were once again, post-season participants in the ACCC Tournament.
For over a decade, CVCC has built on the foundation of Character, Pride, Discipline, and Class, and has developed Tenacity, Toughness, Focus, and Confidence. The Pirates play the game the way it is supposed to be played – HARD! Thomas' players have earned the reputation as hard-nosed players who never quit and have been branded as one of the hardest teams to beat in the ACCC.
This has been evident since the breakout season of 2003, as the Pirates have been one of the most successful teams in the ACCC, as well as the southeastern part of the country, and have matched or broken school records for wins in four of the past seven seasons, with the 2007 and 2008 clubs posting back to back 41 win seasons, and of course the 2010 and 2013 teams earning a league leading and school record 42 victories.
A continued sense of excitement is in the air at Howard Lake Field, as the veteran 2014 Pirates are extremely talented while returning virtually every member of their 2013 pitching staff, and once again, will expected to be one of the teams to contend for the ACCC crown
There has always been one constant on an Adam Thomas coached baseball team – STRONG PITCHING. The Pirates will be led by virtually, an all sophomore pitching staff, with only a handful of new faces joining the 2014 staff. The staff will be led by Auburn signee, Dalton "Big Donkey" Rentz who looks to pick up where he left off as a freshman, going 10-1 with a 2.44 ERA and 67 strikeouts.
The 2-6 spots, in no particular order, will fall into the hands of sophomores Hunter Mitchell (5-5, 3.31), University of South Alabama signee Kevin Moore (3-1, 1.50, 38 K's in 24 IP), flame throwing Matt Evenson (4-0, 4.28, 44 K's, 33 IP), and Dylan Lee who saw limited action as a freshman. Sophomore and Georgia Southern University signee will certainly be in the mix for one of those spots pending a return from a shoulder injury.
Expect the majority of the relief pitching to fall on the shoulders of another plethora of sophomore arms. Right handers Payne Kosobucki (1-0, 3.00), Cody Sheffield (17 K's, 14 IP), Mitch Shelby, and Dan Lynn have all proved to be more than capable of holding leads for the Pirate starters to get to the closers. The freshmen of the staff will be led by Trevor Guthrie, who looks to be poised for a breakout year in numerous roles, along with redshirt freshman sinker baller, Jon Kizzar.
The late relief/closing duties will fall, once again, into the hands of Georgia Southern signee, Chris Brown (2-0, 3 saves, 0.66 16 K's, 13 IP). Also, expect to see the debut of freshman heat tossers, Tyler Welch and surprise freshman, Will Tillery, who has been electric this fall and spring, to see action in this role as well.
Around the infield diamond, there will be several familiar names back in the Pirate lineup. Anchoring the group will be the rock solid catcher, Jared Martin (.337, 45 RBI). Martin, a University of South Carolina signee, is without question, the top shut down defensive catcher as well as one of the top offensive threats in the ACCC after an All-Conference freshman year. Jake Maziar, a Wake Forest transfer, will anchor down first base and back up Martin behind the dish, while Clemson transfer, Trevor Kieboom will man third base and Florida State transfer, John Holland, will hold down the fort at shortstop.
Second base will see 2 freshmen, Kenny Ford and Drew Lingo seeing time there, as well as the other two infield positions, as well. Expect big freshman, Grayson Ivey to play both infield corners, as well as the DH position for the Pirates, along with catcher Reid Michalek seeing action there, also.
The outfield returns both new and old faces in 2014. With plenty of speed to burn, sophomores JD Perry, who is returning from a season ending hamstring injury and James Cunningham (7 SB), along with freshman Drew Dunagan all will be part of an everyday outfield rotation. Rotating on the corners and in the DH spot will be sophomores Sam Knight (.304, 19 RBI), Cam Sperry, and former second baseman, Jeff Ronpirin (.366, 20 RBI).
Additionally, the Pirates received a great Christmas present at the semester break, as OF Tyler Lynn, who transferred from Auburn, will be an instant offensive threat on the corners and as the Pirate DH. Also, pending a return from wrist surgery, expect so see freshman speedster, Tim Kennedy, roaming the outfield grass at Howard Lake Field, as well.
After having a target on their back in 2013 while holding an NJCAA # 1 ranking for two weeks and being nationally ranked all season, the Pirates are poised to make a run at the ACCC Central Division Title. The key for CVCC this year is the focus on the process of becoming a champion, looking past the high expectations that come with the success the program has achieved, and finding a way to finish in the post-season.
The team looks to be poised and working with a sense of purpose as they build on the foundation that Coach Adam Thomas has lain. With continued hard work, dedication, and the "Dirty Pirate" mentality, the 2014 season hopes to be something special for the Chattahoochee Valley Pirates.


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Control your device easily with Nokia PC Suite
Nokia PC Suite is a file manager for your Nokia device that will allow you to take control of the mobile phone and being able to customise it the way you want.
Connect your device to your computer in order to get total access to all its elements such as pictures, music and applications. Nokia PC Suite manages all kind of contents and transfers the files you want quickly.
In case you need security features it also provides them being able to create backups of your archives and your contacts to avoid data loss.
Nokia PC Suite 18.104.22.168 Features
Once you have installed this tool, your device will be recognised by your computer and you will be able to work with the application taking advantage of all its features. Configure your mobile phone setting a new ringtone, synchronise your files with your PC or just explore all its capacities creating backups.
Nokia PC Suite converts multimedia files to compatible formats for your device. Transfer your multimedia files quickly with this application and set the quality of its conversion in order to get the highest possible.
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The backup option is pretty useful for this kind of elements. Save your files, contacts and important information into your PC in order to not lose them. This version fixes some errors and bugs of previous editions to offer the best service quality for the users.
Manage your applications through this software as well as your messages and maps to enhance the performance of your device. Move the data successfully thanks to the high transfer rate it has to speed up the process.
In case you own a different mobile model you can try Android PC Suite for this kind of mobiles which offers similar features and increases its possibilities. For further use of Nokia devices try Nokia Ovi Suite to customise the different applications of this company market.
Nokia PC Suite is perfect for this kind of mobiles since it offers great settings possibilities and a higher transfer rate for multimedia files. Create your own backups and be sure that you won't lose any information with this application.


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Turn up the heat and take on your friends and family for a 1-on-1 basketball shootout. Show off your skills while racking up your points on the electronic scoreboard. This kit includes everything you need, including 4 basketballs so you can focus on the game. The Closed/folded dimensions are D: 88cm x W: 110cm x H: 203cm. The Open/unfolded dimensions are D: 210cm x W: 110cm x H: 203cm.
- Electronic scorers for 1 to 2 players.
- Time countdown and game play sound effects for funfair atmosphere.
- Convenient fold-up design for safe, easy storage.
- Features dual baskets for multiple players at a time. Made from iron, mdf, fabric, rubber.
- For indoor and outdoor use.
- Suitable for 5 years and over.
- Size L215.9, W115.6, H204.5cm.
- Weight 15.4kg.
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Alagna, Roberto
Massenet: La Navarraise
19 Oct 2018
Barcode: 0190295605704
Composer: Jules Massenet
Other participants: Aleksandra Kurzak, George Andguladze, Brian Kontes, Issachah Savage, Michael Anthony McGee, Alberto Veronesi, Opera Orchestra of New York, New York Choral Ensemble
With his red-blooded, action-packed opera La Navarraise, Massenet provided a French response to the Italian-driven vogue for verismo in the 1890s. This recording of this rarely-performed work stars Roberto Alagna as the Spanish solider Araquil and Aleksandra Kurzak as Anita, the titular girl from Navarre who is prepared to kill for love. Alberto Veronesi conducts the Opera Orchestra of New York.


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Cupcakes and Clamshells!
Hurrah, it's May! Blue skies are finally peeping through the clouds, and we've all caught a bit of holiday fever here at Primark HQ. So, what better way to celebrate brighter days than with an adorable new collection of bags? These super-cute handbags, make-up bags and purses are dropping in store now, from €3. What are you waiting for?
The silhouettes are bold and a bit different to your average handbag: think ice cream, cakes, and more! You'll have onlookers puzzled as you produce your wallet from a seashell, but never fear as there's plenty of room inside our bags to store all your daily essentials.
The colour palette is similarly sweet, with pink, purple, metallics and iridescent colours bringing an eclectic edge to every piece. Wear with pastel colours, big sunnies and some platform jelly sandals, to ensure unstoppable street-style game!
The collection covers more than just your day-to-day handbag, too: we've got make-up bags, purses and keyrings, to complete your 90s popstar look, all from an irresistible €2. Our mirror keyrings are a handbag must to keep your make-up in check, and you can't go wrong with a €3 faux fur pom pom!
These kooky, cute bags may be a step away from our beach bags and summer clutches, but that doesn't mean they won't take you from day to night all the same! You can start a beach day sporting our seashell bag, with sun cream and snacks stowed away. Move onto our cupcake bag with space for souvenirs while shopping, and finish with our googly-eyed beauty bags for a quick and quirky evening makeover. Ta-da, easy!
These styles and more can be found throughout this month in Penneys, and if you just can't wait to get your mitts on a new bag for summer, check out our current desirables below…


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When Ephron's humorous essay "How To Eat Like a Child" appeared in the New York Times Magazine, her first "big success," she knew she had found her calling. In this new collection of essays, she displays that sharply funny and compassionate voice.
The author, who co-wrote the screenplay You've Got Mail and the play Love, Loss, and What I Wore with her sister Nora, has written novels for adults and teenagers (The Lion Is In, 2012) and essay collections (Funny Sauce, 1986). Here, her keen observations about family, friends, work and life's small indignities and deep sorrows leave readers laughing out loud one moment and tearing up the next. In her loving essay "Losing Nora," she grapples with grief, the complexities of sisterly love and sibling rivalry while paying tribute to her brilliant, fun-loving, tough-minded sister, who died in 2012. "Am I Jewish Enough?" describes the Ephron "sect of writers." Her parents were Hollywood screenwriters, and all three of her sisters became authors. In their religion, "Laughter was the point, not prayer, and the blessing, 'That's a great line, write it down.' " In "Why I Can't Write About My Mother," Ephron reveals her madcap family's dark side. Her parents took to alcohol like Nick and Nora Charles, and nights were often filled with "drunken brawls and raging fights." In this alcoholic haze, her emotionally distant mother became even more elusive. Ephron knows a few things about her—e.g., she abhorred conformity and insisted her daughters would have careers—but she can never break through the surface of this accomplished woman who wore one-liners like armor.
A witty and often profound look at human behavior and all its absurdities, contradictions, obsessions and phobias.


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T'is the season to give & share and met Liefde is feeling oh so generous!
We're giving away 8 dipped Deer antler napkin rings to make your Christmas table look amazing. We're also sending a little something-something to a friend of the winner. NICE.
All you need to do is go to the met Liefde Facebook Page, COMMENT on the giveaway post (so we know who you are) + SHARE this giveaway with a friend on Facebook or on your timeline. Sharing is caring Winner will be announced 12 Dec <3
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More on µL..
I've got µL up to a point, where I can start the REPL, load the compiler with a C-code backend, and type (make-system) to rebuild the whole thing as C-code. The way it works, I have a basic runtime library (ulisp.lib) with just the primitives, garbage collector and other essentials. Then you build an application with µL code "compiled" into C-code (chunks; you could load those dynamically too) that runs the code, without requiring the reader or the compiler. It's still somewhat more like "loading" though, in the sense that it essentially calls what the compiler would have called had it compiled things "on-the-fly."
So last time I was talking about C++, but I actually gave up on C++ on this project. Somehow I couldn't get the library API clean without making it all "C-like" and I figured I could just rewrite it as C. So I did that; it's all now plain ANSI C (for practical purposes at least). Rewriting it all took a day and ended up many times cleaner. Adding new C procedures (whether simple primitive functions or C-closures) is now very straight-forward and simple.
I guess it's starting to get to the point where it might make sense to put it online somewhere and attach an open-source license... if I can figure out what that license should look like.


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About us
Hi, this is David from Aquatic Arts™!
When I was a kid, I could almost always be found knee deep in a river, creek, or pond (at least between the months of March and October, anyway). I always had an aquarium even when times were tough, and it always contained an array of animals native to the Midwest. I never grew out of my fascination with aquatic life, and that eventually led me to do what I do now. I had a lot of other jobs and business ventures, but my heart was never really in any of them. Everyone tells you do do what you love, but what if what you love is catching fish, crawdads, and turtles so you can watch them in your aquarium? Unfortunately, "aquarium enthusiast" isnt really something you can list on your resume. So, I finally settled with a job at UPS as a bulk package handler. My plan was to become a UPS truck driver and work 60 hours per week until retirement because the pay was good. However, life had other plans for me.
I started my business by selling Red Cherry Shrimp after being forced to quit my job at UPS due to a degenerative spinal disc condition. I had a 55 gallon tank full of Red Cherry Shrimp that I had bred as a hobbyist, a pile of bills, no money, and no other ideas. I didn't want to sell my Cherry Shrimp (even though I had about 1,000 of them), but it was my only idea to make ends meet. Miraculously, my shrimp sold extremely well and my customers kept coming back for more. At that point I lived in a tiny apartment of about 300 square feet with my 100 lb dog and three cats, but I still somehow managed to keep a 55 and 30 gallon aquarium within it. After having a surprising amount of success selling the Red Cherry Shrimp I raised, I started breeding Neon Yellow Shrimp in the 30 gallon tank. 2 years later, Aquatic Arts™ has grown from me and those two aquariums into a company employing 7 people and housing thousands of animals and aquarium plants across over 100 holding tanks. We are still expanding faster than we can keep up with. Sitting here and writing this, I almost can't believe it.
I know it doesn't sound like much compared to a lot of success stories, but it is one that I am proud of. I have a job doing what I love, and I get to work every day with my best friends. My company is small enough that I can still be personally involved in every aspect of it, and I am and always will be. I am continually surprised that what I do is a possibility for me, and I work hard to make sure people come back again and again. After all, you can't have much of a business without loyal customers, right? If you are a past, present, or future customer, you have my sincere thanks for giving me my dream job, and supporting the jobs of 7 other people as well. Aquatic Arts™ wouldn't exist without people like you, and that is something that we never forget.
For more information about the benefits of buying your aquarium stock from Aquatic Arts™, please see our Why Buy From Us page.
For more information about our 100% Live Arrival Guarantee, please see our Live Arrival Guarantee page.
I appreciate you taking the time to read this, and I appreciate you giving us a chance for the first time or coming back to us again for your aquarium needs. This is all we do for our living, and you will not find anyone else as dedicated as we are. I hope to talk to you soon!
- David
Owner, Aquatic Arts™


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Airport Support Group Purpose
The purpose of the Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport Support Group, formed in 2005, is to act as a driving, unified and proactive advisory force to ensure promotion of the airport as a key area resource, the upgrade of general facilities maintenance and execution of an ongoing capital improvement program. Specific areas of focus include:
- Acting as a facilitator between the county, the city, airport users and airport supporters, providing continuous open channels of communication.
- Aggressively educating the county, city and public at large, providing accurate and factual information regarding the importance of the airport to the entire area.
- Providing technical support to the city and airport staff in selection and prioritization of general facilities maintenance, equipment upgrades and capital improvements.
- Providing technical assistance to the city in acquisition of federal, state, county and private funding.
- Advising and assisting the city, jointly with the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce (GOACC), with promotional advertising and organizing airport promotional events – air shows, fly-ins, open houses, tourism literature, Web site design, etc.
About the ASG
The cliché "strength in numbers" may never have had greater significance than when a group of local pilots, radio-control enthusiasts, and interested business promoters united to research the lack of growth and promotion of the Cattaraugus/Olean Airport, located at 5420 Hatch Hill Road, Ischua, NY 14743. The problems exhibited at the local airport were indeed not unique to the Olean and Cattaraugus County area. The myth that smaller airports exist solely for a select rich few illustrated that the community as a whole did not understand that the airport serves the entire community, and that restrictions and lack of support would have far-reaching economic consequences on the entire area. Understanding this, members of the local support group began to informally research and analyze the many deficiencies that existed in the operation and support of the local facility. A variety of approaches ensued. Some members investigated present costs, available grants and other potential sources of financial aid. Daily logs (and pictures) were obtained in order to provide evidence of current use of the facility. Contacts were established with Federal, State, and local governmental officials, seeking their assistance and guidance. Following many hours of research, meetings, and informal discussions, the group organized their findings into a power-point presentation and began the task of "informing the community". The first formal presentation of the group's findings was to members of the City of Olean Common Council. With the aid of a well prepared and presented "power-point" demonstration, detailed explanations, and a scrapbook of aircraft currently using the facility, the members of the Council accepted the information with a degree of surprise and enthusiasm. From that point, with the endorsement of the Council, members of the support group requested (and were granted) permission from the Cattaraugus County Legislature to provide a similar presentation to its' entire membership. With the two presentations, the support group had successfully begun the difficult task of "informing the public" that the Cattaraugus/Olean Airport was, is, and must remain a valuable resource for the economy of the entire area. In the ensuing two plus years, many positive acts have occurred. "The group" has formally organized, adapted by-laws, elected a slate of officers, and has, in conjunction with the Southern Tier Aero Radio Society (rcstars.org), become active in promoting an annual open house, air show, fly-in breakfast, and other related activities designed to publicize the airport and its' value to the area. Most importantly, through the encouragement of the ASG, a total remodeling of the airport facilities is currently underway, and a new ramp, security fencing, and parking facility are approved and expected to be completed by October, 2007. Meanwhile, members of the ASG remain active in creating and carrying out a variety of additional activities designed to promote the use and usefulness of the airport facility. The Airport Support Group continues to be a determinant and positive force in promoting assured success for Cattaraugus/Olean Airport.
Supporting the Airport
The Airport Support Group,formed in 2005, is a community oriented group. Thus, it relies on the involvement of the people in Cattaraugus County and the surrounding areas for support of time, expertise and financial backing. The Cattaraugus County/Olean airport is a vital part of our regional infrastructure providing a gateway to this area for small business, corporate and tourist travelers. The Cattaraugus County/Olean airport is the only paved, public airport in Cattaraugus County. A healthy and vibrant airport and airport community is paramount to the continued development of this region.
Community Partners
The ASG encourages the community to get involved with the airport by becoming supporters, attending events, or donating to promote the growth of the airport as a positive resource in Cattaraugus County. Our goal is to gain interest from local businesses and individuals who believe in the positive influence that our airport has in our area. For further information please contact any member of the Cattaraugus County/Olean airport support group about how you can help. Learn more about these opportunities by further browsing the site, or call 716-557-8800/716-376-5650. Additionally, for visitor information, call 716-372-4433.
Airport Support Group's monthly meetings: 2nd Monday of every month at 17:00. Meetings are held at the Cattaraugus County / Olean Airport located at 5420 Hatch Hill Road, Ischua, NY 14743 unless otherwise noted. Confirm meeting dates, times, and locations, and agendas by calling 716-557-8800 or 716-376-5650 or by emailing us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
ASG Officers
Chris Napoleon – President
open – Vice President
Dick Messer – Secretary
Steve Jackson – Treasurer
ASG Members
Bill O'Connell
Lou Stedman
Jason Wells, Tech Director
Ed Flicker, Web Editor
Paul Giermek
Pete Giermek
Steve Kockler
Loel Putnam
Rusty Smith
Chris Giermek
Ben Cole
David Amsler
Steve Jackson – Twin Tier Aviation Coordinator
Tracy Scanlon
Judd Cole
Rich Butinski
For airport information, call 716-557-8800 or 716-376-5650. Additionally, for visitor information, call 716-372-4433. You may contact members of the ASG directly at the following email address.
E-Mail Directory
Web Editor – firstname.lastname@example.com