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Wow, has it really been THAT long since I've posted a blog? I apologise, its work, they make me blog every.single.day. Needless to say that when I don't have to, I don't, and when I do it's on my work blog.
Not only are shin splints probably the worst running injury but they are totally preventable! Today I saw a physical therapist from Accelerated Rehabilitation Center in Peoria for some lower leg pain I've been having lately aka shin splints. I've know of ARC as the work very closely with Running Central who I'm not only a shopper but an endorser too.
Shin splints are known among runners, dancers and other fitness enthusiasts as the injury from bad shoes and over use. Today I learned that for me it's more an injury based on my form, I'm a heel striker. When I run I'm comfortable, I feel at ease and no way do I "feel like" I'm hitting the ground with my heel, how I run feels natural and comfortable. The way my PT Sherri explained it, is stretch out your leg and plant your heel on the ground, it looks/feels like a "stop", but if you plant you mid-foot on the ground it feels like a spring board. It's called natural running-which leads to less injury, more effective running and faster running, and who doesn't want to be a faster runner?
This video explains it all and it makes so much sense, it's from Newton and they are a shoe company but they really like to promote the "natural running" form.
Luckily my injury isn't bad, this time I didn't ignore the pain and saw someone early on. Funny thing was Saturday during my long run (I'm training for the St. Louis and San Antonio half marathons this fall) I was in massive amounts of pain, I'd rate it an eight on the 1-10 scale, yet today, the day I meet with my PT I'm having nearly no pain! The one thing I did differently was I made sure to stretch my calf muscles out before running today.
So now what? I was encouraged to continue to stretch before my runs (because I do have tight soleus/calf muscles) along with some dynamic stretches before and then after to work on form drills to help me correct my form. Then at each mile point of my run, I'm also to stop and do some skipping, yes skipping- like we did as a kid, which helps to train me to run more naturally. Also, I need to spend more time on my foam roller and continue to work on hip strength. Next week I'll also be having the "full run-analysis" done, which I'm totally excited about! And the best news is I can still keep running and training for half marathon's numbers six and seven!


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Workers' Compensation Legal Glossary
Vocational & return to work counselor: If you have a permanent disability, this is the person that will help you develop a strategy for returning to work. This person will evaluate you and provide necessary counseling.
Vocational rehabilitation: If you are permanently unable to do your usual job, and your employer does not offer other work, you may qualify for this benefit. It may include job placement counseling, retraining and a vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance.

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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA, 1991.
- Major: Management Information Systems.
- First Minor: Statistics & Statistical Methods. Second Minor: Finance.
- Dissertation title: Subjective Understanding of Ill-Structured Problems: An Information Systems Perspective [PDF].
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, USA, 1988.
Bachelor of Technology (Honors) in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 1981.
- Undergraduate Thesis title: Analysis and Electrical Analogue Simulation of a Three Storied Rigid Frame.


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Trying to articulate water issues, provide discussion fodder, seek other ideas, broaden and educate a bit, and, and... well, solve the world's water problems.
Monday, December 23, 2013
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Friday, December 6, 2013
LEMA Awards presented by 'Water +Energy Progress'
With a busy year coming to a close for Groundwater Management District No. 4, so does an equally busy year for the producers of the Sheridan-6 LEMA. As many of you may know, a LEMA, or Locally Enhanced Management Area is crafted on the community level, giving producers and community members an opportunity to discuss ways in which they may hope to extend the life of the Ogallala Aquifer by reducing their water usage over a set period of time. For the Sheridan-6 LEMA, this time period consisted of 5 years and an approximate 20% water reduction. Many years of hard work and dedication went into this LEMA, from the initial idea, to working with both the Kansas Legislature and local Ag producers, and finally to the implementation of the first LEMA in the Sheridan-6 High Priority Area. GMD4's now retired Manager Wayne Bossert, Assistant Manager Ray Luhman, and countless others, contributed so very much in to making this incredible dream a reality. The kind people at the Water + Energy Progress organization, which is in association with CEP(the Climate and Energy Project) have decided to honor the efforts of these SD-6 Producers by featuring their efforts on the organization's website in an extensive article featuring two of the producers from the SD-6 LEMA. Recognizing such a forward thinking tool, which has so successfully brought people together to discuss future water concerns and hopes is truly Inspiring. I encourage anyone to visit the link below in order to read further information provided by the Water+ Energy Progress organization. The appreciation of this recognition is, I am sure very great by many.
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RECENTLY voted the nation's favourite play in a national survey, The History Boys returns to Theatre Royal Brighton for a limited run from Monday, February 9, to Saturday, February 14.
Winner of more than 30 major awards including the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best New Play, The History Boys is the story of a group of bright, funny and unruly sixth formers in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university.
Their maverick English teacher is at odds with the young and shrewd supply teacher, whilst their headmaster is obsessed with results and league tables.
Staffroom rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence overflow, provoking insistent questions about history and how you teach it. Their A Levels may be over, but their true education is only just beginning.
The History Boys is a hilariously funny and exceptionally moving play about the true purpose of education.
The History Boys premiered at the National Theatre in 2004 directed by Nicholas Hytner and helped launch the careers of many of its original cast members including James Corden and Dominic Cooper. The play was one of the National's biggest ever hits and went on to open on Broadway in 2006, with a film adaptation featuring the original stage cast released later that year.
Alan Bennett is one of the UK's most celebrated playwrights and authors, and in a career that spans five decades has created many acclaimed works for theatre, television and film. His work for the stage includes People, Hymn and Cocktail Sticks, The Habit of Art, Talking Heads, The Madness of George III and Kafka's Dick. Prior to his work as a playwright, Bennett enjoyed enormous success as a co-writer and performer of Beyond the Fringe, a comedy stage revue which played in the West End and on Broadway in the 1960s.
At the 2005 Olivier Awards Bennett was awarded the Society Special Award for his contribution to theatre.
Do not miss the chance to see this brand new production of a comic masterpiece when it visits Theatre Royal Brighton for a week long run.
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Trio verse has a more abstract pinboard now. Once again, I might add more, but that's what I have for now. I'm going to stop spamming you soon, I swear. Please blame joonscribble.
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joonscribble on October 4th, 2013 11:24 pm (UTC)
awanderingbard on October 4th, 2013 11:25 pm (UTC)
I'm also blaming you for the fact that my Alec story is now 5,200 words long and I still have two more scenes to write. I hate you.
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I hate you.
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Retail is a seriously competitive game. Even the giants need to make use of every possible marketing advantage and every possible route to a sale. Nowadays, that includes mobile e-commerce, which is, by some distance, the platform that is seeing the fastest growth in sales and revenue.
As with all cutting-edge technologies, however, it is the big boys that have been making the most of this new retail territory, which is a shame, given the struggles many small businesses are having to cope with.
But, finally, help appears to be at hand. Dashsell, a company that has thus far concentrated on providing a simple way to list items for sale online, has now launched Shops — a beta, self-service, mobile store app builder. With plans starting from free, and with web, iOS and Android versions available, it looks ideal for the small retailer. But is this the killer platform that will open a new frontier? Or is it just another cookie-cutter app studio?
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Shop Window
The new mobile aspect of Dashsell is an extension of its web-based selling, so the first step in creating an app is to set up a standard shop. Doing so simply requires a one-click sign-up via a Google account, followed by the addition of a shop name and a description, along with some appropriate header imagery for your new digital outlet — you're really creating a profile, rather than a new standalone site.
This simplicity is both a positive and a negative; it means that set-up is quick, but the options for visual customization are heavily limited.
The only other hoop to jump through, on your way to selling, is the requirement to add a minimum of six items. Although this restriction seems arbitrary (even as an attempt at avoiding spam), achieving the required number is not a long process.
New products can have up to four images attached to them, as well as a description, and a category for better findability within Dashsell's selling network. Alternatively, this process can be bypassed altogether by pasting in the URL of any product you've listed on Gumtree or Locanto, with Dashsell then pulling in the necessary details.
However, the simplicity here, once again, comes with a significant downside. The ability to add product options is sorely lacking, and the images you upload must be cropped into a square aspect ratio. For those wanting to sell in a completely unsophisticated manner, the former will not be a notable problem, but the requirement to make images square will cause inconvenience to everyone.
Customer's Viewpoint
From the buyer's perspective, though, the desktop web version of your shop is perfectly respectable, both in terms of looks and usability. The storefront — which resides on a Dashsell sub-domain of your choosing — is a minimal grid that is predominantly based around product imagery.
Product pages are easy enough on the eye, too. Alongside the main photo (or a slideshow, where a product has multiple images associated with it) are the product details, with a comments section below.
It's unfussy and unpretentious, and I think most small-time online retailers will be happy enough with this overall presentation. Or, rather, they would be if the right currency symbol was always displayed — something which Dashsell seems to struggle with.
Going Mobile
It is mobile, however, that will be Dashsell's main draw for many sellers, and in some respects, it is the platform's strongest suit.
Published stores are automatically equipped with a mobile browser web-app, as well as an Android app which is submitted to the Play Store. Additionally, an iOS app is made available once the Android version has been downloaded 300 times, although free accounts are capped at a combined total of 1,000 downloads.
On all platforms, the layout is neat, images are the predominant visual cue, a helpful navigation bar along the bottom of the screen provides a native feel, and retailers can also send push notifications of new items.
Which is all great, except that the selling part of the equation doesn't yet work. The only way a customer can purchase via mobile is by messaging you, the seller, with the quantity required and any other necessary details. This is fine for classifieds, but given Dashsell's ambition to serve small retailers, this is a ludicrous situation, even for a beta.
So it is just as well that Dashsell's affordability provides a small redeeming feature.
Apart from a fee of 2% on all transactions, Dashsell provides all of the above, along with unlimited bandwidth and an unlimited number of products, without charge. Upgrading to the paid-for accounts gives you instant access to your iOS app, a halved transaction fee, a custom domain and an increased download cap: 3000 on Basic, 12,000 on Standard, and you can probably guess how many come with Unlimited. Until the end of the year, these plans have 50% off, meaning that at the time of writing, they currently cost $8/month, $16/month, and $32/month, respectively.
Dashsell is a terribly frustrating service to review. It has most of the components of a solid, reasonably-priced ecommerce platform; but at every turn you come across errors, many of which are unforgivable, even for a beta.
The shops are well designed, and apart from the occasional bug, they function well. Equally, uploading products is incredibly straightforward, as is the one-click app publishing. Against that, though, are the erroneous currency symbols, the image cropping, the lack of product options and the inability to take payments via the mobile apps.
Some of these shortcomings are being worked on, so perhaps Dashsell will mature into a worthwhile mobile platform. In the meantime, however, I can only recommend it to regular garage-sellers.
A online store builder with potential, but many serious problems.
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A wah pedal is a great effect for a guitar. It has an instantly recognisable sound - and can make even the simplest of riffs sound really cool and "bluesy" - perfect for a live jam night, for example.
There are quite a few different designs for wah pedals, but usually break down into two distinct types - inductor based (like the classic Dunlop CryBaby) and non-inductor (or inductorless) varieties, like the ColorSound Wah. We even made a simple wah, a few years back.
While it worked, the wah effect wasn't very pronounced. Not really understanding the concepts behind analogue/audio electronics, it just meant this was something we learned to live with - i.e. we'd made a pretty poor wah pedal. But it was still cool - because it was made, and not bought (though in truth, our genuine, second-hand, Dunlop CryBaby pedal is the one that gets used if we want some of that funky 70s chukka-chukka sound, and the home-made pedal hasn't really been used much after being tested out just to see if it works).
Having recently discovered a load of power amp and op amp IC chips in a stash of stuff long forgotten in one of our many moves, the idea of making an inductorless wah seemed strangely alluring. After all, what better way to use our newly created pedals, than to daisy-chain them and make some really crazy sounds at the next jam night?
Most inductorless designs use the "classic T" layout.
In fact, this is the core schematic for the £159-a-time ColorSound wah pedals.
A while back we had a go at making one of these, but the effect was more of a poor tone controller than a "proper" wah sound. Instead of reducing the frequency "envelope" of the sound, it simply cut either the high-end (treble) or low-end (bass) from the guitar sound.
But a quick google search for "inductorless wah op amp" turned up a few interesting circuits.
This design uses a single TL072 dual-channel op amp.
If truth be told, we don't really understand how it works (yes, there are explanations on line about what each part of the circuit is doing, and the idea of creating an envelope and phase-shifting to create a peak of sound in a limited frequency range does make sense - just not in the way that explains why certain components are used, and why specific values are chosen).
But that's not going to stop us having a go at making one anyway!
After all, if it doesn't work, the sum cost of the components is probably little more than a quid or so (if it doesn't work, we can always reuse the more expensive parts, the like jack sockets and footswitch in another project in the future!)
The nice thing about this design is that the wah control is a single 3-pin potentiometer. And from where it's placed in the circuit, it looks like it should be easy enough to isolate from the rest of the circuit. The reason?
Well, it might be cool to have an onboard, hand-operated, maybe capacitive sensing wah controller, instead of a footswitch. Or perhaps we could create a sequencer to vary the resistance between R2 and R3, to control the wah sound. Or use an ultrasonic sensor to vary a resistive load between the two resistors. Or an LDR... or any number of other ways of creating a variable resistance.
In short, being able to isolate the bit that controls the wah sound means we can use this same design for a number of different types of wah effect, rather than being stuck with the old-fashioned foot rocker switch (though in all probability, that's the most likely design we'll end up using).
(press-n-peel ready layout - the 9-pin footswitch is not necessary - it was just used during the design of the PCB to ensure we got all the connections on the board!)
This PCB layout is surprisingly small, just 30mm x 45mm, so it should fit in even the smallest of enclosures and still leave plenty room for the battery.


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Seiko L2012B1J 2x20 Character LCD Display Module
- Category: Character LCDs
- Brand: Seiko
- Part #: L2012B1J
Monochrome character and graphic LCDs from Seiko are available in a wide variety of backlight color combinations. These devices feature a low power LED backlight, high brightness per watt, wide operating temperatures, positive and negative image options, as well as industry standard sizes and interfaces. Seiko utilizes the common HD44780 parallel interface chipset for easy connectivity.


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by Veronica Forand and Susan Scott Shelley
The hero of Flirting on Ice is a professional hockey player, and because we are both fans of the sport (Veronica's favorite team is the Boston Bruins and Susan's is the New York Rangers), we thought it would be fun to share some fun facts about the sport we love.
Ten Fun Facts About Hockey
- The National Hockey League (NHL) was founded on November 22, 1917, but the origins of the sport are a bit vague, with some claims going back to the 1700s.
- Before 1914, referees used to place the puck on the ice between the players' sticks for faceoffs. This led to many cuts, bruises and even broken hands for the referees. Starting in 1914, the referees were allowed to drop the puck between the players' sticks.
- Let's talk height: The shortest player who has played in the NHL was Roy Woters (goaltender from 1925-1937) who measured 5 feet, 3 inches tall. The tallest player in the NHL is defenseman Zdeno Chara. He currently plays for the Boston Bruins. Chara measures 6 feet, 9 inches and in skates is close to 7 feet tall.
- Before games, hockey pucks are frozen to prevent them from bouncing during play. These tend to thaw quickly, and are constantly replaced by officials. An average of 12 come into play per game.
- In 1992, goalie Manon Rhéaume became the first, and only, woman to play in the NHL, suiting up for the Tampa Bay Lightning during an exhibition game.
- Former Philadelphia Flyers goalie Ron Hextall was the first goaltender to score a goal by shooting the puck into the other team's net.
- The original Stanley Cup was only seven inches high. The names of every player from each winning team is etched on the base of the Cup. The cup and base now stands more than 35 inches high. There are five main bands on the body of the cup where the more recent names have been engraved. The oldest of the five is retired when a new ring is added to make room for new names. The retired rings are displayed in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Canada. Road trip, anyone?
- Goalies played without masks until 1959, when Montreal Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante wore face protection at a game after he had taken a puck in the cheekbone. Other goaltenders eventually followed suit, with the last unmasked goalie appearing in a game in 1973. Other players began wearing helmets the early 1970s (with an official rule coming down before the 1979-80 season, grandfathering in "newcomers must wear helmets."); prior to that the only helmet-wearers were guys recovering from a head injury, or, as was the case of one former Chicago Blackhawk forward, because they were embarrassed about being bald.
- The standard North American ice rink is 200 feet long and 85 feet wide.
- The Stanley Cup has had many adventures since its creation in 1893. Through the years, it has been used as a cereal bowl, accidentally left by the side of the road, tossed into a swimming pool and even lost, like luggage, on a 2010 flight from New Jersey to Vancouver. It was later recovered by an Air Canada employee. (This is why the Cup is now always accompanied by a Hockey Hall of Fame representative.)
There are so many stats and facts that come to mind, whether it's a player's goals, assists, total points, penalty minutes, slap shot speed, etc., that this list could go on and on. Feel free to post your favorite stat, fact, player, or team, or favorite athlete/book boyfriend in the comments below!
Veronica Forand
Veronica Forand is an attorney and an award-winning writer of romantic suspense.
She's lived in Boston, London, Paris, Geneva, and Washington, DC and currently resides near Philadelphia. An avid traveler, she loves to roam across continents with her husband and kids in pursuit of skiing, scuba diving, and finding the perfect piece of chocolate.
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Susan Scott Shelley
Susan Scott Shelley is an award-winning author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense.
She currently resides outside Philadelphia with her very own Superhero and spends her days writing about tough heroes, smart heroines, and love being the strongest magic there is.
In addition to writing romances, she is also a professional voiceover artist. Her favorite things include running, sports, hard rock and old Hollywood movies. An unapologetic optimist, she believes life should be lived with laughter and a sense of wonder.
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Mr. Perfect has found his kind of trouble…
Professional hockey player Zac Elliott is in top form. He's having the best season of his career, the local fans can't get enough of him, and he's in the middle of the most successful contract negotiations of his career. When the sexy little spark between Zac and the team owner's daughter blazes to life, no matter how forbidden, he can't resist.
Philanthropist Heather Ryan can't keep her hands off of Zac. If her father finds out, it could end Zac's career and ruin her reputation. What they share is deeply passionate and intensely private…until the press exposes their illicit relationship.
Now the fans have viciously turned against Heather, Zac's game is faltering, and even his team has deserted him. The only way out of the penalty box is for Zac to play hockey like life—and love—depends on it…
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Don't you just love it when you're makeup works just as hard as you?
The highly anticipated Philippine launch of L'Oreal's newest line of long-wearing #NeverFail makeup called INFALLIBLE marks our farewell to makeup meltdown! The lasting power of these products are crazy, and we were able to road-test them last Wednesday over a 30-minute workout, cocktails, and a quick shoot, to see just how well it fights fading, sweat, and food.
First up is our workout! After getting glammed up with the Infa...Read More


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American Television host and actress mostly known for her current role as the host of Whose Line is it Anyway? Aisha Tyler divorced her husband after more than two decades of marriage. She had married Jeff Tietjens in 1994.
They had already separated in January 2015 but Jeff filed for divorced in April 2016.
After their divorce, Aisha found it difficult to hide her emotions in The Talk on Monday, April 18 until it eventually came out. Her statement even made the co-host full of tears.
"I don't, not in any way, see this relationship as a failure. I was with this extraordinary person. I had this extraordinary love affair for 25 years of my life. And that is how I see it, He's a wonderful person. He's been my best friend for almost my entire life. I'll always, always love him."
According to Aisha, they had been trying to conceive children but had failed for past two years which is one of the major reasons for their divorce. Jeff stated how they were having problem infertility and they had stopped trying.
'We just decided it wasn't worth it to go through that and so we decided to stop. It was better to not go through that torture,'
Divorce is never easy especially when you still love each other.
"I married my husband because I loved him, and I don't feel like there's anybody missing from our marriage, but when you think about this person that you love, and you think about what a wonderful thing it would be to bring another person like that into this world, I think that's the hardest part about all of it." Stated Aisha in 2013 on CBS day time talk show.
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FERRISBURGH — Ferrisburgh Central School Principal JoAnn Taft-Blakely on Thursday said school maintenance men Wayne Barrows and Gerry Blair would be two of the town's most important employees this week.
That's because this summer's $1.5 million project to improve the school — including installing new heating, ventilation and electrical systems; putting on new, long-lasting rubberized roofing; replacing stained ceiling tiles and rotting soffits; and insulating the space between the ceiling and roof — will be completed on time.
MIDDLEBURY — A single mom working hard just to keep four young children clothed and fed, Jill Smith never held on to much hope of owning her own house. It was a dream that occasionally floated through her head as she and her active brood made a temporary home in the basement of a friend's house.
MIDDLEBURY — The attorney for Vergennes Police Chief Michael Lowe on Monday entered on Lowe's behalf a plea of innocent to a charge of driving under the influence of prescription drugs at Lowe's arraignment in Addison County District Court.
According to a Vermont State Police affidavit that became public on Monday, a blood test showed Lowe had traces of six prescription drugs in his system when he was driving a Vergennes police cruiser that hit a parked car on June 7.
ADDISON COUNTY — John Quinn has served as Addison County State's Attorney for 24 years and was a deputy state's attorney for seven years before that.
More than anything, in looking back over his three decades prosecuting crimes here he says he appreciates the citizens who've supported him.
"I hope they think I've done a good job," he said.
It's pretty clear that most of them did. He only once faced an opponent in the race for the elected office.
On Monday, Quinn, 59, announced that he was retiring from the office he has occupied for majority of his career.
MIDDLEBURY — Ninety percent of Middlebury water and sewer users will see an increase in rates in the fourth quarter of this year, after Middlebury selectmen approved a new rate structure Monday.
Currently, minimum rate users are charged for 7,500 gallons of water and close to one-third of these users are not using the full 7,5000 gallons.
The present water rate is $2.85 per 1,000 gallons used; with a minimum charge for 7,500 gallons that works out to $21.38 for anything up to 7,500 gallons.
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Today we are featuring 2 new stamp sets: Who's That Musical Girl and Clearly Sentimental About Music. I will be featuring March's Triple Scoop Set: Clearly Sentimental About Music.
I created this card using My Mind's Eye Meadow Lark paper collection. I went for a black and white "opera" type theme with this card. I stitched the Black Licorice cardstock and layered a set of die cuts from my Grand Nestabilities die set. I used Ranger Black Soot distress ink to distress the die cuts before popping them out of the Nesties. I then layered on top the new Dizzy Doily, cut out with Black Licorice cardstock. I weaved some shear satin-lined ribbon through the Dizzy Doily, tied a bow and finished it off with one of my handmade stick pins. The sentiment, from the Clearly Sentimental About Music set, is stamped on one of the dies from the new Sweet Stack Die-namics set. This stamp set is awesome and comes with many sayings about love and music and also the love of music. :-) I created some Rolled Roses using MFT's luxurious black felt and layered them on top of some iamroses leaves. Do you spy music notes? You bet! These are cut out using MFT's new Music Note Die-namics set. To top off the card, I added some black pearl bling from Want2Scrap.
Thanks for stopping by and for following along for MFT Teasers. I had a BLAST sharing all these fun new products with you. :-)
Here are the "deets" again on tomorrow's big release:
- The release party is from 8-10 PM EST in the SCS forum. Join us for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available on March 1st at 10 PM EST.
- Want to be the next MFT guest designer? Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.
- To see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog. Be sure to leave comments as you hop around for a chance to win one of 2 stamp sets being given away daily, just for leaving a comment! Check Kim's blog every day for the winners -- one of the winners might be YOU! :-)


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Lieberman Sticks with Preacher McCain Rejected
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
This week's Jewish Week asked whether Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut independent and top John McCain supporter, would keep his promise to speak at pastor John Hagee's Christian Zionist summit in July, now that the minister's endorsement has been rejected by McCain.
It didn't take long to get an answer: on Wednesday, Lieberman said he had no plans to reverse his decision. Here's his statement in full:
"I believe that Pastor Hagee has made comments that are deeply unacceptable and hurtful. I also believe that a person should be judged on the entire span of his or her life's works. Pastor Hagee has devoted much of his life to fighting anti-Semitism and building bridges between Christians and Jews. The organization that he has helped build, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), is a vital force in supporting the war against terrorism and defending our ally, Israel. I will go to the CUFI Summit in July and speak to the people who have come to Washington from all over our country to express their support of America and Israel, based on our shared eternal values and our shared contemporary challenges in the war against terrorism. At that conference, I will also make it clear that it is imperative that our language is always respectful and tolerant of all of our fellow citizen."
Why is Lieberman sticking with Hagee when McCain, his choice for president, has rejected the televangelist?
Several political activists close to Lieberman say the answer is simple: whatever his reservations about Hagee's theology, the independent senator and only Orthodox Jewish in the Senate believes that in a world where Israel seems increasingly isolated, the friendship of a man who commands a religious audience of over 100 million every week can't be spurned.
Liberal groups are making hay out of Lieberman's decision to speak at the conference, but as the Jewish Week reported this week, Lieberman's decision doesn't seem to conflict with the views of most American Jewish leaders, who are willing to overlook Hagee's writings and sermons because of his support for the Jewish state.
Lieberman's decision also reflects a politician who, having survived his own party's rejection after he lost a Democratic primary in 2006, doesn't like to be pushed around, Capitol Hill observers say.
For some Democrats, Lieberman's decision is a welcome one.
One way they hope to minimize his impact on the presidential election and his appeal as a former Democrat who now believes the presumptive Republican nominee is better on terrorism and national security is to portray him as someone who is in synch with the Republicans on a whole range of issues.
How better to do that than to point to his continued association with the controversial televangelist?
What remains unclear is how Lieberman's Hagee connection will play with the Jewish voters he is expected to target on behalf of McCain, especially in Florida.
The conventional political wisdom is that the influence of the Christian right is a primary reason why Jews tend to stick close to the Democratic Party on election day.
The Democrats will do their best to keep attention focused on Hagee's controversial statements about the Holocaust and his apocalyptic writings; McCain may have thrown Hagee overboard, but Lieberman's continued connection to the pastor and his appearance at this summer's CUFI conference will help them keep the issue alive.
That, they hope, will help keep a strong majority of Jewish voters in the Democratic fold.
But the Republicans are already hard at work exploiting anxieties about Sen. Barack Obama's pro-Israel commitment; for the swing Jewish voters they are targeting, Joe Lieberman's status as a Jewish icon and a top defender of Israel may trump traditional concerns about the religious right.
As more and more analysts are saying, the presidential election could once again hinge on Florida – a state where Joe Lieberman's stature among Jewish voters may not be diminished by his continued Hagee connection.


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Chapter 5
IV. Course Requirements and Textbooks
A. Accurate Course Descriptions and Syllabi
Faculty members are required at the beginning of each course to provide their students with an accurate syllabus. At a minimum, items to be covered in the course syllabus include prerequisites, course description, objectives, list of learning goals, outline of topics covered during the semester, attendance policy, the planned number and timing of major examinations and assignments, grading policy, the policy for making up missed course work (including examinations), required texts and other course material, the Statement on Academic Misconduct, and the Statement on Disability Accommodations. Students will be given timely notice of any changes in the syllabus. Any special considerations (e.g., opportunities to earn extra credit) offered to a student shall be available to all students in the class.
Faculty members must provide the departmental chairperson with a current syllabus for each course they teach. The chairperson is responsible for maintaining a file of current course syllabi, for monitoring the syllabi with regard to the above requirements, and for ensuring that the official course descriptions published in University catalogs agree with the syllabi and give an adequate summary of the material to be covered and the prerequisites and co-requisites needed to complete the course successfully.
B. Textbooks
Individual academic units have differing processes for selecting textbooks. The books selected must be reported on the textbook information forms supplied by the University.
C. Distribution of Materials in Class Subject to Copyright Policy
Faculty are expected to abide by federal copyright laws. For scholarly research or teaching purposes, a single copy may be made of a chapter from a book; an article from a periodical or newspaper; a short story, short essay, or short poem; or a chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon, or picture from a book, periodical, or newspaper.
The guidelines for multiple copying are more complex. Multiple copies may be made for classroom use, but the making of such copies must meet rigorous criteria. Each copy must include a notice of copyright. Under no circumstances may more than one copy per pupil be made. Multiple copies must also meet tests of brevity, spontaneity, and cumulative effect. See Appendix H and Chapter Three, Section XIII.
D. Academic Honor Code
All students in attendance at The University of Alabama are expected to be honorable and to observe standards of conduct appropriate to a community of scholars. The University of Alabama expects from its students a higher standard of conduct than the minimum required to avoid discipline. At the beginning of each semester and on examinations and projects, the professor, department, or division may require that each student sign the following Academic Honor Pledge: "I promise or affirm that I will not at any time be involved with cheating, plagiarism, fabrication, or misrepresentation while enrolled as a student at The University of Alabama. I have read the Academic Honor Code, which explains disciplinary procedure resulting from the aforementioned. I understand that violation of this code will result in penalties as severe as indefinite suspension from the University."
E. Collection of Student Fees
The University of Alabama has established administrative procedures for approving and collecting student fees. The procedures preclude faculty from imposing student fees or collecting money from students for any reason.


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It's not quite an acceptance letter to Hogwarts, but it sure is close.
EW is excited to announce that Warner Bros. is giving away a prize sweeter than some Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes' candy. To mark the upcoming Sept. 7 release of the 31-disc Harry Potter Wizard's Collection set, the studio will be giving away a grand prize: A 3-day, 2-night trip for four to London to tour Warner Bros.' studio, as well as access to the "The Making of Harry Potter" exhibit. Two first prize winners will receive the Harry Potter Wizard's Collection, containing all eight films on DVD/Blu-ray plus extras spread out over 31 discs.
You can enter here, and the deadline is 11:59pm ET on Aug. 31. After you enter, make sure to check out EW's new Family Entertainment channel — it's the ultimate parents' guide to the best kid-friendly movies, TV, books, games and app, and more.
Wizard Collection owner or not, everyone can enjoy an EW exclusive of one of the behind-the-scenes extras, where you can see how the Harry/Dumbledore Horcrux scene from the end of Half-Blood Prince came together.
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Packed for travel: As we descended toward the village of Ugimba, two men – wearing only traditional kotekas (penis gourds) and tribal markings and wielding large bow and arrow sets – stepped out of the bush and onto the path, raising their weapons toward us as they did so. (from my post entitled, "Welcome to Ugimba, West Papua") Men who travel in from other villages often carry weapons should they encounter a tasty bird or tree kangaroo, but also because they wish to be ready if ever-present tensions escalate. Orchid fibers wrapped tightly at the tips of war arrows increase contamination of wounds. This indicates that the arrow was designed for a human target.
Amakane! literally means, "Welcome to my bosom." The message is warm and welcoming and implies, "I offer to nurture you." In addition to some time spent in the larger towns of Timika and Sentani, I was able to visit the interior villages of Bilogai-Sugapa, Titigi, Hitadipa, Gamagae, Ugimba, Beriquit, Sengapa, Kobae and Selemama in the Zombandoga, and Pogapa. In one village, a man yelled up to us enthusiastically from his hut at the bottom of the hill, "It is amazing that the mbagubagu (literally, 'straight hair,' a term for Indonesians and expats) walks this land." In another, a village elder told a gathered crowd where I was demonstrating porter skills, "What is happening here is more precious than the largest cowry shell." Everywhere I travelled, I felt sincerely welcomed.
"Giving relationship" is more than "taking only pictures" or "leaving no trace!" An assistant pastor in the Zombandoga, this man was so moved by the fact that I wanted to walk through the jungles and encounter people instead of using helicopters to travel to and from villages, that he gifted me a necklace with pig's tooth. I felt significantly appreciated and honored.
"Now everyone gather!" Completion of the Selemama airstrip in the Zombandoga valley required nine years of manual labor. One construction strategy was to collect water seeping from the hillside behind a makeshift dam, which when released allowed pent up water to surge forward and carry dirt to a location lower on the airstrip where fill dirt was needed. Large rocks, initially unmovable, littered the future site. Fires were stoked beneath them, and the heat caused them to split. Once split, they could be carried away. See the captivating November 2013 video of the opening of the new landing strip in the Zombandoga here.
"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore!" Though I have traveled the world and seen numerous communities ravaged by poverty, the extreme poverty as it exists in Papua is of a slightly different shade of suffering. The interior and much of the Highlands are remote and void of the "conveniences" of roads, running water, electricity, and health care. While sustenance farming and hunting practices, strong clan and tribal bonds, and access to some remote communities via airplane exist to support communities, the challenging topography which limits access, unrelenting rains which often destroy homes and gardens/crops and leads to starvation, and recent epidemics which have decimated not only the pig, chicken and rabbit populations, but also many children and teenagers, have all factored into Papua's poverty equation.
Let's play! Soccer is the lingua franca of inclusion. I found myself playing more soccer than I had in years! Whether playing soccer outdoors on a remote village airstrip or in an indoor gymnasium, pick-up games were easy enough to find. Below, Muslim (Indonesian national) and Christian (indigenous Papuan) school children have an opportunity to practice and play together. In communities often rippling with tensions, soccer serves as a common language for fun and healthy competition.
Don't lose your head over this issue! During the 1920s, British and Dutch colonists sought to end the practice of headhunting used by warring tribes. Headhunting was used both to appease ancestral spirits as well as to give ritual names to children during manhood initiations. The colonists forced them to end their traditional practices by shooting them down in a show of raw force! Missionaries later brought Christianity to the area to further help stop the practice, admittedly in a much less barbarian manner than their colonial kinsmen. Remnant sorcery and witchcraft continued to cause the missionaries significant consternation, but eventually churches and pastors were able to introduce the Christian Bible into the Highlands. Though one can today still read about man-eating witches and witch-eating men, the practices of headhunting and cannibalism have been abandoned in all but perhaps some exceedingly remote groups. Pastors now routinely "split God's Word" (interpret and preach) the Christian Bible to congregants. The Bible is referred to as the Hazi Dode, the "Holy Talk."
Does it really matter? The lowlands of Papua are home to some of the most poisonous snakes on the planet. A danger score has been posited and includes: (1) venom toxicity, (2) venom yield, (3) fang length, (4) temperament, and (5) frequency of bite. However, whether a snake rates a 16 or a 21 (out of 21!) on the danger score has very little meaning to the one who has been bitten. A friend reminded me, "No snake is a friendly snake in the tropics!"
The pig is indigenous and very important to the Papuans. So much so that other domesticated animals carry the word ending for pig, wogo. So wogo is rabbit (i.e., marsupial-pig) and bega wogo is chicken (i.e., bird-pig).
A translation to take your breath away: The word given to describe a cigarette (to tau uggia, or shortened, to-gia) literally means, "inhaling the devil's breath."


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libkfile4 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.1 (armhf binary) in ubuntu precise
This library provides the file selection dialog and its components.
This package is part of the KDE Development Platform libraries module.
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RemixOS is no longer supported
November 3, 2017
Unfortunately, RemixOS is no longer being supported
Links you need:
Download from the manufacturer: https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
Ron Dorsey's (page author) rating, for both RemixOs and MiniTool - Partition Wizzard receives 5-stars:
Aug 8, 2016
As of this date use only the mirror from FOSSHUB. Mistakenly, the mirror at Source Forge has an earlier version of Remix OS. The most current version is:
Simple Instructions for Installation
- Find any Windows 7 or 8 powered PC with at least 4 gig of hard disk room
- Download:
- www.fosshub.com/Remix-OS.html - you will see for 32/64 bit versions
- Free partitioning utility: MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Free-Edition
- Use the partitioning tool to create a dedicated FAT 32 file type partition for RemixOs (again, at least 4 gig of space)
- Unpack (unzip the Remix download to a remix folder) the RemixOS download
- After the unzipping, click on the install file
- Point the installation the the ISO file (where you unzipped that RemixOS file)
- Point to where on the hard drive where you want RemixOS installed
Current issues using the version Remix_OS_for_PC_Android_M_64bit_B2016082301 are:
- Skype microphone is disabled
- Screen resolution settings are not available in the display settings


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From birth through weaning
It takes just a few weeks for your puppy to take his place in a family hierarchy, which will differ from his mother and siblings once he has been weaned and socialised.
Birth occurs after a gestation period of about 63 days. A week before, the bitch may collect various objects to build a "nest", search for a quiet space or, even, seek her owner's company. The amniotic sac holding the puppy appears after a maximum of 12 hours of her waters having broken. If the amniotic membrane has not been torn open, the mother, generally, takes care of it after expulsion. She severs the umbilical cord and licks the newborn's thorax to stimulate respiratory motion. Expulsion of the next in the litter follows in succession at intervals of a few minutes to half an hour.
The puppy's nervous system is immature at birth. He is born deaf, blind and has a poor sense of smell. He is unable to quickly convey sensory impulses and, consequently, motion. The mother pushes her puppies towards her teats to suckle the colostrum. This milk is essential in the first weeks of their lives. It has higher protein content than cows' milk, and supplies 95% of all antibodies necessary for protection from infections. The mother passes on her "immunological memory" to her puppies for a period of 5 to 7 weeks, until they can defend themselves against infections.
The first days
In the first weeks, the mother grooms her puppies. Licking her puppies' abdomens is important for their defecation and miction reflexes. Puppies feed from their mother about twenty times a day. They react to tactile stimuli and crawl towards sources of heat including their mother. Their eyes open after 10 to 15 days while deciduous teeth appear after 20 days.
At about 4 weeks, puppies begin to hear and react to noises. This is the beginning of an exploratory period when they start to play, grow attached to their mother and recognise the identity of their siblings. The breeder can take advantage when the puppies are awake to get them used to human smell and presence, play with them and handle them gently.
This socialisation period extends from week 3 to 9. During this period puppies adapt to social life and gradually begin to communicate and acquire the sense of hierarchy by interpreting maternal reprimands, olfactory and postural signs. A large part of their equilibrium is acquired at that period and they require an enriching environment. Puppies need to get used to the various stimuli he will encounter: screams, noises, smells and he will become familiar with humans.
Lactation lasts for about 6 weeks after giving birth, with a maximum peak of production around 3 weeks of age. During that period, it is important to feed the mother a highly palatable food with high energy density to suit her energy requirements, without a large a volume of food. The quantity of milk produced by a bitch can be estimated by regularly weighing the puppies before and after their feeds. It is estimated that a 32-kg Labrador bitch, feeding eight puppies, will produce 2.4 times her own weight in milk to raise her litter!
During the following weeks, the declining lacteal production prompts the mother to regurgitate foods so as to supplement the puppies' feeds as they're beginning spontaneously to become interested in their mother's bowl. This period marks the beginning of progressive weaning that will end between 6 and 8 week of age with the introduction of growth food. Like any dietary transition, weaning must be gradual to enable switching slowly from a lacteal diet to one suited for the growth stage. Puppies' nutritional requirements at weaning are qualitatively comparable to their mother's at the end of lactation (i.e. during the period where she rebuilds her reserves), making the breeder's task vital. He can feed the puppies the same Health Nutrition food, designed for the mother's lactation and the puppies' growth, mixed with lukewarm water or formula milk. This food, formulated to offer precise nutritional value, will be less re-hydrated at the end of weaning before switching a post-weaning Growth Health Nutrition.
Very trusting, a puppy is ready to share and receive anything his owner is willing to give him. Knowing his needs and preserving his health is your duty as a responsible pet owner.
Nutrition, health, disease prevention and protection are essential componentsof his vitality.


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The first thing is the "right" part. Let me get straight to the point: featuring something doesn't mean you think it's right. Take the 1998 game One Unit Whole Blood. There's more to this game then the strange title. In it you play as Caleb, a former senior member of demon worshiping cabal, which he is now trying to destroy. The game is one of the creepiest and scariest things I've ever played. In it, there are shocking depictions of of horrible, horrible torture, frequent cannibalism (it's implied that Caleb is a cannibal as well, since "health" comes in the form of beating hearts that you presumably eat), demon worship, and despicable, highly immoral acts, both by you and your enemies. Add in a copious amount of blood, from enemies and the random torture pits you'll find in levels, stick it all in a blender, put it on the "90's pixelated graphics" setting, and you get Blood. It's a game with revoltingly strong content. Truth be told, I'm not really a horror person, and as such I've given up on playing this game because it's too scary for me (which is actually too bad, because it's an amazing game from a design perspective). Now with all that said, tell me; how many people who were teens in the late 90's have turned into demon worshiping cannibals who torture people and commit horrid acts of violence and cruelty? Hmmm? Blood doesn't teach the people who play it that it's content is "right." In fact, if anything, it does the exact opposite. The game is full of pop culture references and dark humor. One of the enemies is the severed hand of Bruce Campbell's character in Evil Dead II that says "I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul!" over and over in a nigh comical voice. Caleb can kick zombies off a train and say "Get off my train!" when he does. The game knows it's over the top, and that shows. This is a very subtle artistic element that helps the player know that, no, the game isn't saying that it's "right." As a player, I was revolted at the horrific things I saw in the game, but I knew that what I was seeing was "wrong," morally, ethically, and in every other way, and the game showed me it knew that too (the dark humor wasn't quite enough to stop me from being too frightened to play it. Those fish monsters...). I would never do anything I saw in that game (as much as I'd like to that I, too, could take down an evil cabal), despite supposedly being taught that the things in it are "right."
Now, another variation of the statement says "okay" instead of "right," which makes the meaning differ somewhat. When something is "okay," it's not morally/ethically "right," but it's not "wrong" either. I say that this is also wrong. I clearly knew in the case of Blood that those things were outright "wrong." Again, as evidenced by the lack of demon-worshiping, torturous, cannibalistic college students, I'd say that other people knew this too. But what about different games, like, say, Unreal Tournament, which is set in a future where gladiator fights have started again and people fight for corporations. Though you never actually see these things in the game, supposedly the back story is that all the gladiators are fighting (and consequently killing) each other either for money or freedom from prison. But does it teach that those things are "okay?" There isn't really much dark humor to offset it, so is this game actually "sincere" in its message, unlike Blood? Well, the first thing to point out is that many of these games rarely have a "message." I know that's only in there because of my own statement, but since you'll also often hear people say "games message of violence," I thought it okay to include. You see, games (often) have narratives, stories, plotlines, whatever. But, just like a short story or a book, games don't have to have a message. These aren't fables giving kids a moral lesson, they're games. Just like Blood doesn't have a "message" of demon worshiping, Unreal Tournament doesn't have a "message" of gladiator violence. But this is an aside. You can tell just from the fact that the player never sees any money transfers, prisons, or anything along those lines that the game isn't saying these things are okay. The game never even acknowledges them outside the opening cutscene! It isn't saying that they are right or wrong. They're just there.
On to the second most important thing, the "teaching" part. In the last section, I tried to to focus more on the right and wrong side of things, but perhaps right and wrong have no meaning if they aren't being taught at all. And that's something I really want to stress here. Games don't teach anything. As I said at the end of the last section, they just are. Games just exist. Does Assassin's Creed teach gamers how to assassinate people? Um, someone should try apply what they've "learned" from the game and tell me how well it works out. Does stealing something in the game Thief somehow teach me that stealing is the right thing to do? Not really. It's the objective of the game (aside from sneaking around and just being generally awesome). It's what I do in it. Does the fact that the game includes stealing mean that I'm being taught stealing is right? No, of course not. Humans are smart enough creatures to know that just because they see something happen doesn't mean it's right, or that they'll know how or be able to (psychologically, I mean) do that same thing.
Something I haven't mentioned up till now is the issue of desensitization. To define it real quickly, basically when something that should bother you (like violence) no longer bothers you or bothers you less, you have been desensitized to it. Now, for all those gamers in denial out there, I'm sorry. Desensitization does exist. Accept it. However, desensitization it hardly the problem it is made out to be. Yes, I have less of an averse reaction to seeing someone get shot. Does that mean I'll go out and shoot someone? No. Does that mean that the millions of other people who play video games with shooting are going to go out and shoot someone? No. Desensitization is not a stimulant. It doesn't make you more inclined to do something. It's the opposite of a stimulant. It reduces your reaction to something. For example, I'm desensitized to swearing and bad language. Its use in media and by High School/College students is so ubiquitous that it'd be impossible to not be desensitized. And yet, I don't swear, not even in anger. Just because it's being done in front of me doesn't mean I'm going to do it too. And furthermore, desensitization is not just present in games. A typical action movie these days has just as much violence as a typical FPS. Heck, it's possible that my own desensitization has been more the result of TV shows than it has games. Tying this back in, though, games may contain objectionable content. They may desensitize us to things. But they don't necessarily encourage or teach us to do those things.
|Baccano! How on earth did YOU get in here?!
For one, the game tells you that you should skip that level (and gives you the option to) if you're uncomfortable with that kind of stuff, but that's not why I facepalm at people complaining about it. People say that kids shouldn't be exposed to that. You know what? I agree. And so does the ESRB. That's why:
|See that? "M." IT SAYS "M" FOR MATURE RIGHT ON THE BOX.
|Say no, kids.
What do you think? Is violence in games unacceptable? And if so, why is it okay in movies (or do you just think that it shouldn't be in any media)? Do you have a different reason for disliking violence in video games than the reasons in the statement? Or do you agree with me? Sound off in the comments!


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SportsRelocation.com - The Ultimate Sports Star (or Fan) Home! - Athlete Real Estate
We've written about what celebrities want in a home, but if you're a professional athlete, you may have a couple of special amenities in mind that other stars wouldn't consider, like a regulation-sized football field, batting cage and, of course, personal gym. With the college football season just around the corner, the NFL preseason heating up and baseball looking forward to some exciting pennant races, we've taken the best pieces from different star athletes' homes and combine them to create the ultimate sports star's (or fan's) home.
Ray Allen's Media Room (below)
If you're an athlete, then you're constantly watching replays or cheering on your fellow star athletes so having an enormous big screen TV is a necessity. For our dream home, we'll take the media room from Ray Allen's former home, listed on the Carnation real estate market for $3.7 million. During Allen's stint as a Sonic, the basketball player enjoyed his sports coverage in an eight-seat, private screening room with surround sound and wet bar. Other athlete-friendly amenities in this home include a putting green and full-size basketball/tennis court.
David Wright's Living Room (and Pool Table) (below)
The New York Mets' third baseman picked up this piece of Flatiron real estate for $6.1 million in 2006, and spent some time — and money — making it his "ultimate bachelor pad." His most notable renovation was having a crane lift a hot tub up to his 4,100-square-foot penthouse. What really screams athlete's home, however, is Wright's living room, complete with a pool table, flat screen TV, enormous fish tank and soaring ceilings.
Laird Hamilton's Gym (below)
Whether you're a professional athlete, up-and-coming sports star, or just a dedicated fan, you know staying in shape is a requirement. Big-wave surf king Laird Hamilton and his wife, professional volleyball player Gabrielle Reece, kept their tanned bods toned in their personal gym in their Hawaii home. They listed the home for $2,750,000, dumbbells and all, after they upgraded to a bigger place next door. We're guessing the new place has a larger gym.
Adrian Beltre's Batting Cage (below)
Set some more time aside for batting practice and maybe you'll be able to hit a .276 batting average like Texas Ranger Adrian Beltre. When Beltre played for the LA Dodgers, the baseball player lived on a 4-acre estate in Bradbury, CA that not only has the standard celebrity amenities like a basketball court, tennis court, and infinity pool, but it also has an indoor batting cage. Beltre listed the home for $19.8 million, six years after he left L.A. for the Rangers.
Chuck Liddel's BBQ (below)
UFC Champion "The Iceman" Chuck Liddell's former home in San Luis Obispo is pretty standard as far as celebrity homes go: 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, gourmet kitchen and pool. But the star feature of his 4,600-square-foot home is undoubtedly the outdoor kitchen complete with state-of-the art built-in barbecue. Perfect for beefing up for the next fight or perhaps throwing on some burgers for the next Ultimate Fight Night get-together. Either way, it's a necessary amenity in the supreme sports home.
Anna Kournikova's Pool (below)
Adding the tennis court from Anna Kournikova's home in Florida to the ultimate sports home seems like a no-brainer, but the property doesn't include one. The patio, pool and spa, however, is perfect for relaxing tired athlete's muscles and soaking up some sun. Her waterfront home is listed on the Miami Beach real estate market for $9.4 million; even with low mortgage rates, that makes the estimated mortgage payment a high $53,887 a month. The Sunset Island home also has high ceilings, granite counter-tops and a two-story guest house.
Walter Jones' Football Field (below)
Last but not least, what's the ultimate athlete home without a place to toss the pigskin around? Rather than finding a place in the backyard for some touch football, we'll take the regulation-sized football field in Walter Jones' home, listed for $3.5 million on the Harvest real estate market. In addition to the football field, the Alabama home has nearly 14,000 square feet of living space, a game room, home theater and private gym.
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Drowned World2014
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Taking as its starting point Ballard's novel of the same name, Drowned World comprises a functional, scaled down prototype of a junk rigged floating survival craft. The craft sits at the centre of a fictional, faceted environment, reminiscent of early video games. Like Ballard's 1962 novel, the installation asks questions about what happens to people when the edge is redrawn; and the enduring allure of natural catastrophe – 'the-end-is-nigh'-ism – as evident in the biblical flood story as it is in contemporary debates about climate change. It also stumbles into issues about migration and whether there's a survivalist thread hidden within the contemporary 'maker'.
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Lamak33 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 49 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
Anthem Press
Anthem Press is an independent book publisher of academic and educational books.
Verbal Reasoning Cover Design – Request for Samples
About the Project
We are looking to create a new front cover design style for our forthcoming series Anthem Verbal Reasoning. We have included below a series description, as well as a list of the 5 titles planned for this series.
We envision that all 5 books will have the same cover design style and image; they will only differ slightly in the following respects:
o by the BOOK TITLE
o by the COLOURS chosen
o the GRAPHIC may also differ slightly, in size, style, placement etc.
We would like to request cover design samples featuring ONE (please pick one of your choice!) of the titles in the Verbal Reasoning series. We have supplied some additional specifications / design elements below.
About the Series
A comprehensive and practical guide to verbal reasoning, this series is an indispensable tool for pupils looking to clear their 11+ and 12+ verbal reasoning exams. Written by experienced tutors, the Anthem Learning Verbal Reasoning series offers comprehensive coverage of the types of problems featured in examinations, including clear, step-by-step instructions on how to solve them. With its useful tips on how to prepare for tests, as well as its wide range of practice materials, the Anthem Learning Verbal Reasoning series will be a vital resource both for beginners and experienced students.
Planned Titles in the Series [5 titles in total]
1. Anthem How To Do 11+ and 12+ Verbal Reasoning: Technique and Practice [authors: John Connor and Pat Soper]
2. Anthem Short Revision Papers 11+ and 12+ Verbal Reasoning Book 1 [authors: John Connor and Pat Soper]
3. Anthem Short Revision Papers 11+ and 12+ Verbal Reasoning Book 2 [authors: John Connor and Pat Soper]
4. Anthem Test Papers in 11+ and 12+ Verbal Reasoning Book 1
[authors: John Connor and Pat Soper]
5. Anthem Test Papers in 11+ and 12+ Verbal Reasoning Book 2
[authors: John Connor and Pat Soper]
Cover File Specifications
Trim Size 294 x 204mm / 11.6 x 8 inches
Your cover design samples should be submitted as ONE multi-page PDF document. (if possible)
Each cover mock-up must be built to trim size.
Colour space: CMYK
Resolution: 300dpi
PDF producer: Acrobat Distiller using PDF/X-1a:2001
Further Guidelines:
o Use a rich black where the CMYK values are 60% Cyan, 40% Magenta, 40% Yellow, and 100% Black. CMYK total value should NOT exceed 240%.
o ALL fonts must be embedded in the PDF file.
Cover Design for the Series - General Description
As stated above, all 5 books will have the SAME cover design layout and graphic used; they'll only slightly differ for each book by the TITLE, the COLOURS USED and perhaps by slight variations to the IMAGE.
We would like our series cover designs to be modelled somewhat on this workbook series; we have listed below some titles that you may preview on Amazon:
As you can observe from the above three samples, all books in this series have the same front cover design, with slight variations in colour etc – we would like to emulate this style.
We have also listed below the specific design elements that we want incorporated into our own series design; as well as some suggestions for graphics for illustrating the series cover design.
Cover Design – Specific Design Elements
As with the reference covers, the cover designs for the ANTHEM series should also be divided into two segments – the TOP segment (1/3 to 1/2 portion of the cover) and the BOTTOM segment (1/2 to 2/3 portion of the cover).
The TOP segment:
o Should feature the FULL TITLE of the series, using a similar clean, Sans Serif font as used on the reference sample covers linked above.
o Should also include a RED triangle tab on the top outer corner of the cover.
In the first book 'Anthem How To Do 11+ and 12+ Verbal Reasoning: Technique and Practice', the text inside the tab should read <Practice Questions with Answers>
In any of the latter 4 books (Short Revision 1 and 2, Test Papers 1 and 2), the text inside the tab should read <Multiple Choice>
The BOTTOM segment:
o All 5 books should feature the same graphic / illustration (see list of suggested graphics below).
o The 5 books should differ by COLOUR, and perhaps by minor variations to the GRAPHIC (observe the three reference covers linked above).
o The Anthem Logo should occupy the bottom right corner.
o The author's names <John Connor and Pat Soper> should occupy the bottom left corner, and should NOT be too visible. (We do not want the author names visually over-emphasized on the cover.)
o All 5 books should include a tagline, left-aligned on the bottom segment. Please use the mock-up tagline <Essential preparation for verbal reasoning examinations>.
Suggested Graphics for the Series Cover Design
As stated above, please note that all 5 volumes will feature the same image, but in different colour schemes and perhaps with slight variations.
Here is a list of potential 'graphics' ideas that we feel are appropriate for the subject matter in this series:
o Puzzles / puzzle pieces
o Floating letters
o Building blocks with words on them
o Cogs / wheels


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I know Halloween is behind us, but there have been some great costumes shared in the craft blogosphere this week that are worth featuring. When Melissa of Checkout Girl posted a sneak peek at the Fantastic Mr. Fox costumes she created for her daughter and her friend, I flipped out and couldn't wait to see the finished project. She posted up pictures of the complete costumes, and they are wonderful. These are some of my favorite DIY Halloween costumes I've ever seen. Great work, Melissa!
Fantastic Mr. Fox Costumes


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Re-use Crib Mattress
We're always interested in ways to save money. If you're thinking about transitioning your young toddler from a crib to a toddler bed, consider re-using the crib mattress.
Most likely your child won't yet need the extra length of a toddler bed so your existing crib mattress can work perfectly. Not only do you save money on the mattress, you won't have to purchase new bedding.
We love how this toddler bed turned out (via Dabbled blog). They hacked the bed frame so the smaller mattress wouldn't slide and created a compartment to house furry friends.


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DVI Splitter: Splits DVI Signals and Relays them to Multiple DVI Devices in Real Time
A single DVI source can be connected to multiple DVI displays using a DVI Splitter. An alternate name for this device is a Distribution Amplifier since it reproduces the digital video signal and maintains high resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz without any distortion in images being displayed. Up to eight displays can be connected to a single source. In order to achieve larger distributions, these devices can be daisy chained or cascaded. In order to increase the distance between the source and display device, the splitter can be connected with DVI extenders via STP/UTP cables. Operating on panel link digital technology, some of these splitters are available in rack mountable versions as well.
Easy to install, the DVI Video Splitter works on plug and play functionality. The DVI video source needs to be connected to the splitter whose output is connected to the DVI video displays. Once the connections are secured, this device is ready for operation. Key benefits of this device are usage of a single source to send video to multiple locations, support offered to DDWG standard for DVI compliant monitors and FCC and CE certification. This splitter works with monitors, HDTV's, projectors, and plasma screens. Available in various types, the most commonly used models are one input, two output single-link video; one input, four output single-link video; and a one input, two output dual-link Video Splitter.
While the first DVI Video Splitter distributes a Single-Link DVI video source to two Single-Link displays, the second one distributes a Single-Link DVI video source to four Single-Link displays. On the other hand, the last model distributes a Dual-Link DVI video source to two Dual-Link displays. HDCP compliant, these splitters are available in 2, 4, 5 and 8 port sizes. Various models are also available with optional audio and are compatible with almost all operating systems. This splitter enhances the video quality of presentations as well as broadcasting of real-time data.
Perfect for scenarios where middle and high level display devices equipped with digital visual interface technology are used, the DVI Splitter finds its place in classrooms, health-care facilities, command and control centers, hotels, airports, shopping malls, remote monitoring and training facilities and digital signage applications.
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Good Old Games or GoG is a well-known site to any gamer as a place where one can get games completely DRM free and almost always with additional goodies that they can't find anywhere else. Now it seems that they will be adding to the good praises that they have been receiving by spear heading a DRM free revolution, by adding support for Linux games in their catalogues.
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Benefits Of Raw Food Diet Detox Diet
Some of the benefits of raw food diet detox diet include:
• It is a natural method to be followed in curing the body of all the toxins present in it.
• It rejuvenates the body after cleaning it
• It enhances the immunity of the body.
The Raw food detox diet has the following main components:
Vegetables: Vegetables are the most important natural antioxidants which can be taken. The best part with these vegetables is that they are available in plenty and one has a lot of choice to choose raw vegetables for the diet.
Raw Fruit: Fruit is the next important and natural antioxidant which is found everywhere. The best part is the flexibility it offers. It doesn't have to be prepared at all and it comes with immense benefits along with it. It gets rid of the toxins and harmful substances in our body. Moreover, it can be included anytime in our diet plan without any botheration. This is the most welcoming part. Avocado is one of the finest examples of raw fruit causing removal of toxins.
Seeds: Seeds are really helpful in removing toxins. Tea prepared from the seeds can be prepared and included in the diet plan. Such a tea will contain ½ teaspoon coriander seeds, along with an equal quantity of cumin seeds and fennel seeds. Other seeds which can be helpful are: chia seeds, sesame seeds, hemp seeds, etc.
Starches and Grains: Like Millet, Buckwheat, Oats, Brown Rice, etc.
Legumes and Beans: Like Adzuki beans, lentils, green peas, etc.
Beverages: Herbal tea, coconut water, mineral water, etc.
Nuts: Nuts like cashew, almond and walnut help in detoxification. Also, they are a rich source of omega-6 fatty acids.
Herbs: Herbs like Dandelion root supports gallbladder and kidney and is very useful.
Roasted Organic Chicken: It is also found out to be very helpful in getting out the unnecessary toxins which are harmful for the body.


text: HoneyBunny 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2008 (edited) I've noticed that there are quite a few shows that I don't watch anymore. Is there less quality in production & writing or have my tastes just changed? Is it just me or are there others noticing that TV sucks more than ever.... Monk-after Sharona left, so did I. Can't stand Natalie Nip/Tuck-I loved this show but once they moved to to Los Angeles and started doing a "show within a show" and they started making Julian/Christian sleep with Rosie O"Donnel, well I was done... Weeds-once Nancy burned her house down & they left Agrestic, I left Grey's Anatomy-do I have to go into detail... Dirty,Sexy,Money-the strike helped to kill my excitement and then they wrote off some characters who I barely got to know and I got frustrated & bored Big Brother-they just got way stupid with super obnxious casts The L Word- killed Dana, Jenny works in movies, they burned Shane's shop down & ruined her love life-again, Tina goes straight, Kit does NOTHING, all the new characters are psycho-bitches, I'm not even a lesbian and I'm offended LOST-as a viewer, I got lost in the confusing plot Smallville-once they introduced Lois Lane, I left Desperate Housewives-the time travel 5-yr plot jump stunt was too little too late for me Brothers & Sisters-the borderline incest plotline creeped me out and even though the writers fixed it, I'm pissed that I got played as a viewer for the 1st 2 years, so who is the damn bastard of that whiny upper middle class family anyway? Prison Break-I stopped watching a while ago, are they out yet? Fairly OddParents- that damn baby Poof destroyed everything The Simpsons-movie was great but please retire the show already!!!!! South Park-they are hit or miss, and the misses are really boring or just gross stupid Family Guy-read South Park's criticism above True Blood-not enough fun juicy sexy vampire action, too much usual human drama with heavy on the murdered woman every epsiode, YUCK! If I were into that, I'd watch CSI, no thanks Whew! Those are the ones I can remember. After all, I don't watch these anymore so I had to really think about this list. Anybody have shows they want to add? Any shows they still watch and think have gotten better? Anybody agree with me? Edited December 6, 2008 by HoneyBunny Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Western Joystick control
Western joystick control white plug, for Unimount and Ultramount plows 56369
This controller will NOT work with the new HTS plow or any new Fleet Flex Western plow. See part# 96800 for those plows.
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Bella Vista
Orange blossom honey, red apple acidity and a buttery mouthfeel with dark chocolate, grilled pineapple and wild redcurrants.
Ulpiano Rodriguez' farm, Bella Vista (Beautiful View) is located in the Nariño region, which is located in the southwest of Colombia, just above the equator and on the border with Ecuador. The region is strikingly mountainous and boasts no fewer than five volcanoes: Chiles, Cumbal, Azufral, Doña Juana, and Galeras.
Coffee in Nariño is grown at altitudes that reach 2,200 metres above sea level, making it some of highest grown coffee in the world. Typically it is very difficult to produce coffee at such high altitudes (as many plants suffer from 'die back') however Narino's proximity to the equatorial line and steep hills around the volcanoes provide a great angle for sun exposure, creating the right micro climate for coffee plants to thrive. The high altitude of cultivation allows for slow maturation and development of the coffee cherry, giving time for concentrated sugars to develop in the fruit and resulting in coffees that are lusciously floral, with intense candied sweetness and complex ripe fruit.
Ulpiano Rodriguez has a beautiful farm on Nariño's eastern edge, in the municipality of Buesaco. His small three-hectare plot reaches as high as coffee can be planted in the steep hills surrounding the town, at 2,170 metres above sea level.
The ride to Bella Vista (Beautiful View) involves a long, bumpy, and very steep ride in an old 1970's Land Cruiser, refitted with extra weight on the front in order to keep it stable. Wilson, the driver of this vehicle, will tell you stories gathered over the course of a lifetime of driving these roads, including the time he drove his car off the one of the ridges and miraculously survived. On another occasion, the FARC, the guerrilla group that occupied the area until about 10 years ago, forced him to play chauffeur to members of the group that were heading into town to rob a bank during one of their raids on the municipal centre. We aren't sure if he had to play getaway driver, as well.
Once one reaches the end of the road in the small town of Naranjal Alto, you have to hike another 30 minutes to reach Ulpiano's farm. The view is stunning, and Rodriguez' family will be warm and welcoming.
Ulpiano Rodriguez shares a life story with many other coffee producers working in the region. Though he is originally from Nariño, he was forced to find a way to earn and ensure his family's livelihood in the 90's. He moved everyone to the neighbouring state of Putumayo, which at the time was experiencing an economic bonanza due to burgeoning coca production. Rodriguez worked in Putumayo for several years as a coca picker (or 'raspachin' as they are called in Colombia), until he and his family were again forced to move after a new gang took control of the area. This meant that his family was forced to move back to Nariño during one of the most violent times in Colombia's history. Starting from scratch with what little he had been able to save, he built his farm from nothing, and now has 12,000 beautiful Caturra and Colombia trees over three hectares of prime coffee land. He sees specialty coffee production, finally, as a way of providing a sustainable income for his family.
Rodriguez has been supported along the way by his involvement with the association Buesaco con Altura (Buesaco with Altitude), a producer group focused on improving their quality of life by producing and selling coffee of the highest quality. Producer members have placed highly in Colombian Cup of Excellence competitions and continue to strive towards producing ever better coffee. You can see a sweet little video made by them here.
Ulpiano farm is very typical of most farms in the region. It is small, but has its own self-sufficient wet-mill and patio for drying. After the red, perfectly ripe cherries are picked, they are pulped by passing them through a manual pulper. The waste from this process will be used later as a natural fertilizer for the coffee trees. Depending on the conditions, the fermentation can range between 12 up to 48 hours. This particular lot was fermented for 24 hours, and then dried on the patios in the sun.


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Tribute to Judge Elizabeth A. Hackerby Former Senator Carl Levin
Posted on 2013-01-29
LEVIN. Madam President, public service is a noble
endeavor, and there are many individuals across our great nation that
dedicate their lives to making our communities better and function
smoothly. I am pleased today to recognize the illustrious career of one
such public servant, a talented and well-respected judge from my home
State of Michigan. Elizabeth A. Hacker's legal career has spanned more
than three decades, and her tenure on the bench has been defined by her
sound judgment, wisdom, and expansive knowledge of the law.
Judge Hacker is retiring from the Federal bench after 32 years of distinguished service to the Detroit Immigration court and to the U.S. Department of Justice. Her family, friends, and colleagues from the court and the Michigan bar gathered this past weekend to celebrate this milestone and to honor her distinguished career. I am delighted to honor her impressive record of public service to our Nation, [[Page S356]] the Justice Department, the City of Detroit and our great State of Michigan.
Elizabeth Hacker is a proud daughter of Detroit. She received her B.A. from Wayne State University in 1974 and a law degree from the Detroit College of Law in 1978. Following a brief period in private practice, Judge Hacker joined the Detroit office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in 1980. She rose quickly within the INS, serving as a naturalization attorney; a trial attorney; a chief attorney; and finally assistant regional counsel for the western region for three immigration districts, including Los Angeles, where she supervised dozens of other immigration attorneys.
Elizabeth Hacker is currently the senior United States immigration judge for the Immigration Court with jurisdiction over Michigan, Ohio, and northern Kentucky. Notably, Judge Hacker re-established the Detroit Immigration Court when she was appointed to the bench in July of 1995.
While affiliated with the Immigration Service, Judge Hacker acted as an instructor at both Federal law enforcement training academies, teaching a range of subjects, including the law of arrest, search and seizure, employer sanctions and general immigration law.
During her long tenure on the Detroit Immigration Court, Judge Hacker handled numerous noteworthy and high-profile cases, many of which were covered extensively by the news media. Of particular note was the role she played in the deportation of Nazi war criminals that were discovered residing in the United States living under false pretenses.
In 2011, Judge Hacker wrote the opinion in the trial of Ivan Kalymon for his participation in Nazi-sponsored acts of persecution while serving as an armed member of the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police during World War II. Hacker ordered Kalymon deported.
In the months following the attacks of September 2001, Judge Hacker handled several cases involving terrorists and terrorist organizations plotting in the United States. Many high-stakes cases came before her court. Her colleagues on immigration courts across the country came to rely on her expertise and experience. They would frequently solicit her opinion on complex matters involving national security.
Her colleague on the bench, Judge Marsha Nettles, describes Judge Hacker as someone who ensured that everyone who came before her ``received a full, fair and complete hearing. She never forgot the mission of the Immigration Service or the Court. She always put the mission first, no matter the public pressure or media scrutiny.'' By all accounts, Judge Hacker is looking forward to her retirement and to spending more time on Grosse Ile with her loving husband Brian Munson and doing more cooking, which outside of the law, is her true life's passion.
Judge Hacker is a trailblazer. Through her tireless dedication, sense of purpose and unfailing fidelity to the mission of the Justice Department and the court, Elizabeth Hacker has set a high standard. I know my colleagues join me in congratulating Elizabeth Hacker as she concludes her long and distinguished legal career.