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Udon in general is pretty awesome, but Tempura Udon is even better. There's a 90 per cent chance that if there's Udon on the menu, I will order it, even if there are dishes I haven't tried before (It's the same with Wiener Schnitzel – My family would choose all kinds of fantastic dishes and I would stick with my Schnitzel).
But WHY am I so hooked up with this noodle soup? What's so special about it?
1. The Taste.
Obviously. Tempura Udon tastes like fish (duh), but also veggies, salt, even a trace of an unknown sweetness can be found. I love dishes that are more on the salty side and I absolutely love prawns.
2. It's healthy.
The noodles itself have a low fat content. This makes it easier to maintain a healthy weight and lower the risk of heart diseases. Also, they contain a lot of carbs, which supplies you with energy!
3. It's filling.
One regular bowl of Tempura Udon and I am done. I can only swallow my usual after-dinner-espresso. Any normal person will be full.
4. You can find it everywhere.
Nearly every decent japanese restaurant has at least one Udon dish on its menu. In most cases, it's on the cheaper side (unless you're at some high-class-design-restaurant).
5. Easy to make.
Udon is something everyone can do at home. You just need the right ingredients (and some patience)! Interested? This is one of my favorite recipes! I tried it once with a friend and the result turned out to be incredibly delicious!
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Thomas Guy Ames was born Jan. 10, 1943, to Thomas "Patrick" and Helen Ames in Greybull. Raised in Cody and Midland, Texas, Tom graduated High School in Midland, Texas, with the class of 1961. He attended college at Texas A&M where he learned vet skills and horseshoeing.
Dec. 30, 1964 he married Sharon Collins in Sheridan. He adopted her two boys Monte Ames and Jeff Ames. They had two children Stephanie Ames and Thomas "Dean" Ames. The family returned to Cody where Tom worked as a hunting guide in the North Fork Crandall Creek area. They later separated.
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Innovation principle: EU must think big and take risks
Europe needs to think big and take risks if it wants to be a leading tech sector innovator, argues Lambert Van Nistelrooij.
Lambert Van Nistelrooij | Photo credit: European Parliament audiovisual
The nine years between my first and latest visit to California's Silicon Valley seem very short to me but are a lifetime in the tech sector. Mind you, in 2007 Facebook was just a small start-up.
This and the previous visits, consecutively organised by the European Internet Foundation in 2007, the European Internet Forum in 2012 and Parliament's IMCO committee in 2015, have left quite an impression.
San Francisco's Bay Area is a mixture of many nationalities; young people from all over the world come to the Valley to start their own internet company or to work for larger tech companies. The youngsters seize opportunities.
- Martin Kern: Innovation-powered Europe brings jobs and growth
- Lambert van Nistelrooij: Start-ups: Europe has a lot to learn from Silicon Valley
- Evelyne Gebhardt: The EU and US share concerns on regulating new business models
- Dita Charanzová: Over-regulation means more and more EU start-ups leaving for US
Silicon Valley is characterised by optimism and the drive to succeed. The attitude over there is best described as, "give me a problem, I'll solve it and make a good living in the process".
This is fostered by educational institutions like Stanford University. They encourage their students to think and act as entrepreneurs. To solve real world problems hands on, not just in theory and research papers. Stanford professor Burton Lee told our MEP delegation more than once that "research is killing Europe".
He has a point. We have excellent scientists and science but we have to be better at using our knowledge to create the businesses and jobs of the future. It's not about input or throughput, but about output.
Europe should also be less shy about defending its economic interests through a robust industrial policy. Let's take the field of artificial intelligence; the current buzz word in the tech world.
It has the potential to revolutionise nearly all sectors of the economy, and the countries leading this development will benefit most.
Unfortunately, over the last few years, the best companies in Europe, and the related knowledge in this field, have been bought by American and Asian firms, with hardly anyone in Europe noticing.
Once again, history seems to be repeating itself. US firms such as Google and Amazon are taking the lead, and Europe risks missing this train.
In Europe, we do not want to copy Silicon Valley, but we can certainly learn from it and other global innovative start-up hubs, such as Tel Aviv, if we want to continue to be in the driving seat towards the future. Let's release our handbrakes and switch into a higher gear.
By clustering tech companies on campuses and due to the flourishing start-up ecosystem the new start-ups in Silicon Valley profit from the experience and facilities of bigger companies. They often sell their start-ups to international tech companies such as Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon. This way, these companies actually buy innovation and keep up to speed.
In decentralised Europe, in order to enhance conditions for start-ups to become unicorns and create the growth and jobs of the future, we need to focus our support on the connection of regional hubs, where the best companies in the regions are located.
We can do this by driving the development and rollout of key enabling technologies such as 5G and the Internet of Things, for example, through Vanguard models.
Using EU structural investment funds, we can then help spread and share knowledge throughout European high tech and knowledge hubs. When doing this, in order to attract the brightest minds from across the world, we should always keep in mind the global battle for talent with the US and Asia. Be attractive and show it.
All of this, in my opinion, stands for the new European way: combining competitiveness 3.0 and solidarity 3.0 through the connection of multiple European tech hubs and valleys.
There's also a mentality issue. Here we can learn from the Silicon Valley model as well. Innovation in the valley and in Asia takes place via the 'Innovation Principle': start-ups that dare to think big and take risks succeed. The average 'exit' (the moment when you sell your company) is within a year from founding it. In Europe, we too often seem to want to innovate via the 'Precautionary Principle'.
All too often, we tend to see the risks rather than the opportunities. We need to create an environment that encourages risk taking, and where entrepreneurs can get a second chance, if needed.
Another issue we need to address is company funding in Europe in some areas, especially when scaling up a business. We are working to correct that, for example through the capital markets union and the Juncker investment plan.
Another element is entrepreneurship Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska's Start-up Initiative which will be unveiled later this month. I will be working on this initiative in the IMCO committee, as well as the recast of the Electronic Communications Code.
On 9 November, I will also be hosting a breakfast meeting with the European Internet Forum (EIF) to discuss the outcome of this summer's Silicon Valley study trip. Furthermore, together with Knowledge4Innovation,
I am organising the 8th European Innovation Summit from 14-17 November in the European Parliament. All the Parliament Magazine's readers are most welcome to join and listen to the many high-level speakers as they discuss the future of EU innovation policy.
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HOUSTON (NASA PR) — Delivered to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX CRS-14, the Multi-use Variable-g Platform (MVP) is a new commercial testbed for centrifuge-based science aboard the orbiting laboratory. Because gravity determines so much of a live organism's behavior and growth, centrifuge-based experiments have long been a part of biological investigations in space. While the pull of Earth's gravity makes this type of investigation difficult at home, the space station's microgravity environment makes it the perfect place for fractional gravity experimentation. MVP greatly expands that testing capability for the space station.
"This is a permanent, commercially owned research facility that gives researchers the opportunity to study the effects of gravity and partial gravity on living organisms, and, hopefully, by extrapolation to humans," said Rich Boling of Techshot, the company responsible for MVP's design and build.
What makes the facility so special is its size and capability. Containing two carousels that spin quickly to simulate up to two times the force of gravity, the platform is the largest centrifuge in the U.S. segment of the space station and allows investigators more room for, and control over, their research.
With room for six experiment modules on each carousel, Techshot can fly up to 12 separate modules on MVP at a time. Each module is equipped with temperature sensors, and the box that houses the carousels and modules can be set to the exact environmental specifications requested for any investigation.
This degree of control and precision makes for better science and clearer data.
But before the real science can begin it must undergo hardware validation. Validation testing of the facility uses Drosophila (fruit flies) to verify environmental controls and check MVP's overall performance. For MVP's hardware validation run, one carousel will stay stationary to allow scientists to collect a baseline of behavior in microgravity. The other carousel will spin at the normal force of gravity on Earth (1 g) as control group. In addition to validating the controls and operability of MVP, this initial investigation – known as MVP-Fly-01 – will provide science data for researchers at NASA's Ames Research Center. MVP is especially exciting for fruit fly research because it can host larger samples for multiple generations. This initial study will look at biological issues common between humans and fruit flies. The investigation concluded in late April, and the modules were removed from MVP and returned to Earth aboard the same Dragon that delivered them to space.
During the run, testing was monitored and controlled from Techshot's own Payload Operations Control Center in Greenville, Indiana. Much like NASA's own Mission Control Center at the agency's Johnson Space Center, the Payload Operations Control Center allows the team at Techshot to talk to, adjust, and pull data from their hardware. A live video link also allows the team to monitor crew interactions with the equipment.
Asked what kinds of investigations the platform could host, Boling said, "It's really whatever investigators could dream up that they want to put inside of these experiment modules. Each one empty is about 800ccs of volume. So whatever a research team wants for that volume, we can make it happen, get it up there, and get it back. For example, we have a tissue chip investigation coming up this year for a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology."
MVP greatly expands commercial and research opportunities in low-Earth orbit. Several investigations are already lined up for the platform, and customers include government, academic and commercially-based teams.
Says Boling of working with NASA, "The payload that eventually became MVP started out as a Small Business Innovative Research proposal." After seven years and several phases of development, investment, and product improvement, Techshot was able to secure six research campaigns to get MVP started. These campaigns include research from industry, academia, and two additional investigations for Ames in 2019.
"We love working with the investigators," said Boling. "This isn't our science, but we are the tool that allows scientists to do research that hasn't been done before or ask questions that haven't been proposed. The future is bright for MVP, and research gleaned from its upcoming missions will hold benefits for both future missions beyond low-Earth orbit and science back here at home.
This investigation is sponsored for the station's U.S. National Laboratory, which the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) manages.
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Finalizing Summer UniformsDecember 22, 2010 at 4:00 pm | Posted in Artwork, Characters | Leave a comment
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Finally I'm getting close to finalizing the girl's in their Summer uniform. I cleaned up outlines, filled in empty spaces, shaded skin darker…Now that I'm getting the standard look down, I hope it will be easier to draw each character again only in a different pose.
Would love to hear what you all think! Oh, there is one more girl missing that I need to finish as well…Tristina! Hope to get her done some time soon. Since the holidays have been pretty busy, I may post next week her final image.
-Richelle (artist)
Anna and Tristina story updatesDecember 14, 2010 at 1:02 pm | Posted in Characters, Story | Leave a comment
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Finished writing the rough draft on Anna's route (like two weeks ago, lol). Don't know if I said this already, but I'm aiming to finish writing each of the girl's routes within a month, and so far so good (I have Mikaela and Anna finished).
You know, Anna happens to be my favorite character out of all the Memoria girls so far. I can relate to her in a way.
So… I'm halfway done writing Tristina's route; it's seemingly going to be a bit shorter than the last two I've written. Though the route is not only going to be a test of Ryne's relationship with Tristina, but also Ryne's friendship with Jacob. Read about them in the "Characters" page if you're unfamiliar with them.
Oh yeah… another anime reference in Tristina's route. Though it's not as substantial as the reference in Anna's route, I think it helps in understanding Tristina's personality.
-Ryne (project manager/writer)
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Wall mounted bike rack – There are many benefits to owning a bike in town and use it as a means of transportation: take the air, it burns calories and pollutes less. But for storage, is another story: many would think probably that's the biggest downside. Bike storage systems have made great progress especially for those who live in apartments. In fact, I think we should learn a little more of those who do not live in a house like New Yorkers, and jotted a pulley here or stand here can create storage space that you do not suspect. Here is my list of good ideas, but you can add your own.
Wall mounted bike rack, choosing a support mat involves setting the structure on a wall (or in this case, uses existing metal structures). If you can, use the full height of the wall to be able to hang several bikes. This solution is particularly suitable for loft apartments or former warehouse that features a high ceiling.
There are many types of wall brackets adapted to each wall mounted bike rack design. Here the bike almost office and work of art adorns the room without adding to the decor. Admire how the matte black lampshades and cycling contrast to the ornate paneling! Just be sure to have space under the bike enough to hang on and win easily.


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Plaid Cymru wants a "people's bank" that does not abandon its customers
Plaid Cymru will push for the creation of a publicly-owned bank if elected in June, following a series of branch closures across Wales.
The party says that too many private banks are closing branches and neglecting customers and says it wants a "people's bank" that "does not abandon its customers".
HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and Lloyds Banking Group are all among banks that cut 600 branches between April 2015 to April 2016. 90 per cent of those closures were in areas where the median household income is below the average of £27,600, according to the Office of National Statistics. By comparison, five out of the eight branches opened by these banks over the same period were in some to the wealthiest neighbourhood in Britain - Chelsea, Canary Wharf, St Paul's, Marylebone and Clapham - all in London.
Communities across Wales have either already lost their last bank or are soon to lose them, with implications for residents and businesses who will be forced to travel to access their cash, which in rural Wales can mean upwards of a 90 minute round trip.
Simon Thomas, the party's spokesperson on Rural Affairs, has called for a publicly-owned bank to be created in Wales, similar to those seen in other European countries, and pledged that Plaid Cymru MPs would pressure the UK Government to take action.
He accused the Labour Party of failing to stand up to the Tories and for turning a blind eye to branch closures across Wales.
Simon Thomas AM said:
"It is vitally important that individuals and businesses in all communities have easy access to financial advice and banking services. Unfortunately we're seeing the same centralisation process with the private banking sector as has been happening in the public sector.
"I am fed up of hearing that customers can choose online banking as this fails to take into account the poor broadband service experienced in many parts of Wales.
"It's not just Plaid Cymru campaigning against this - the Federation of Small Businesses and the Farmers' Union of Wales have raised concerns about this culture of centralisation. There will be towns across Wales with no branches at all with some forced to make 90 minute round trips to get access to money.
"Banks are abandoning their customers in pursuit of more and more profit and there should be a duty put on these banks, who provide an essential service, to put the customers' needs before their own pockets, in the same way as postal services.
"The Tories are intent on putting profits before people and the Labour Party has turned a blind eye to the continuing programme of closures across our country. Plaid Cymru MPs will not just sit on their hands. Our MPs will stand up in Parliament and demand that changes be brought in. We would push for the creation of a people's bank, owned by the public. It would co-operate, not compete with other financial providers, including the much needed Welsh Development Bank."
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Exploring Reallocation's Apparent Weak Contribution to Growth
Mitsukuni Nishida, Amil Petrin, Sašo Polanec
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Two recent meta-analyses use variants of the Baily, Hulten, and Campbell (1992) (BHC) decompositions to ask whether recent robust growth in Aggregate Labor Productivity (ALP) across twenty-five countries is due to lower barriers to input reallocation. They find weak gains from measured reallocation and strong within-plant productivity gains. We show these findings may be because BHC indices decompose ALP growth using plant-level output-per-labor (OL) as a proxy for the marginal product of labor and changes in OL as a proxy for changes in plant-level productivity. We provide simple examples to show that 1) reallocation growth from labor should track marginal changes in labor weighted by the marginal product of labor, 2) BHC reallocation growth can be positively correlated, negatively correlated, or uncorrelated with actual growth arising from the reallocation of inputs, and that 3) BHC indices can mistake growth from reallocation as growth from productivity, principally because OL is neither a perfect index of marginal products nor plant-level productivity. We then turn to micro-level data from Chile, Colombia, and Slovenia, and we find for the first two that BHC indices report weak or negative growth from labor reallocation. Using the reallocation definition based on marginal products we find a positive and robust role for labor reallocation in all three countries and a reduced role of plant-level technical efficiency in growth. We close by exploring potential corrections to the BHC decompositions but here we have limited success.
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Mitt Romney Comments on Huckabee Pardon; Says He Never Pardoned Anyone as Governor
Here is video of Mitt Romney talking to Larry King about Gov. Mike Huckabee's decision to give clemency to Maurice Clemmons in Arkansas in 2000. Romney said he is sure Huckabee would make a different decision if he could go back and do it over again. Clemmons killed four police officers in Washington last weekend.
King asked Romney how he handled pardons, and Romney said in his term as governor, he never granted a single pardon. Romney said he always came down to the fact that a jury decided to put the person in prison and therefore he should not overturn that. Romney believes pardons should be reserved for cases where DNA evidence or other factors reveal someone who is innocent, or who has been unjustly treated, has been put behind bars.


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For the past two decades, he has been a thought leader and among the most prominent observers of the industry's transition to the digital era. He founded and leads The Idea Logical Company, a consulting firm working on strategic issues for publishers and their trading partners and he is co-founder, with Michael Cader, of Publishers Launch Conferences. PLC stages industry education events exploring digital change from a global perspective.
Mike organized many industry conferences before PLC was organized and has spoken at industry gatherings across the globe. His work has appeared regularly in trade journals for decades. The client list of The Idea Logical Company has included all the top publishers in the US, many in the UK and elsewhere, leading wholesalers including Ingram, leading retailers including Barnes & Noble, and numerous suppliers of technology and other services to publishers including big systems providers (Klopotek and Publishing Technologies), specialized digital services (netGalley and Vook), and industry services and not-for-profits (BookScan, Copyright Clearance Center, and Book Industry Study Group.)
Mike's experience in publishing is as varied as it is long. Aside from his author credentials, he has been an editor, a production manager, a sales director, and has sold rights in many venues, including for Hollywood development. His early experience, including a stint as sales and marketing director for a distributor, was with lots of small publishers. Since he was engaged for several years by John Wiley starting in the mid-1980s, Mike has worked primarily with the world's largest houses as clients or on behalf of clients.
Mike's specialty is "change", particularly as it relates to digital strategy and the publishing supply chain.


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Hi everyone! Happy Sunday and Happy Mother's Day!
Ashley here from The Glamorous Side Of Scrapping back again!
Today I'm sharing a card that I created using SVG Cutting Files's Little Bandits and Wavy Card Base!
I also used Jaded Blossom Flag Dies, Flag Dies 2 and Cheesy Pickups.
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When I took a look at the most and least seemingly popular/favorable Pyramid issues since the magazine's third incarnation, a few issues on the bottom were very poor sellers, but really gave no indication of why. I wanted to revisit each of these and do an article-by-article review, in the same manner that I reviewed Pyramid #3/57: Gunplay or Pyramid #3/61: Way of the Warrior. While those links go to the root articles, so to speak, every individual article got it's own post.
This starts the series on The Power of Myth.
The issue starts of with the mission statement of hitting up pieces of myth, in the general and specific sense, that you can't just go look up on Wikipedia or Google. So by design, this one was going to be a bit esoteric.
The article titles are:
THE GOLDEN GENIZA OF EZKALI, by Matt Riggsby
SEVEN MYTHICAL ARTIFACTS FOR DUNGEON FANTASY by Antoni Ten Monrós
EIDETIC MEMORY: BABA YAGA by David L. Pulver
THE JOURNEY OF THE DEAD by Kyla Ward
THE BEAR MYTH by Alan Leddon
BABYLON RISING by J. Edward Tremlett
ART OF PROPHECY by Megan McDonald
RANDOM THOUGHT TABLE: MYTHING AROUND by Steven Marsh, Pyramid Editor
ODDS AND ENDS featuring Murphy's Rules
So seven "meat" articles, plus the usual bookends setting up and closing out the issue.
One thing that strikes me is that while I know four of these guys well, I'd not really heard of Kyla, Alan, or Megan before (surely my fault, not theirs; I'm darn sure they haven't heard of me).
My first impression, on reading the table of contents, is that I have no idea what the feature article is going to be about. None whatsoever. Matt dutifully explains what a Geniza is right away in his introductory paragraphs, but my first impression is that 9 of 37 content pages, perhaps 25% of the entire issue, are a total unknown, giving no hint what I might be paying for.
OK, then boom . . . seven cool toys for DF. If I play DF (and I do), this one is surely going to have some value to me, though one might wonder if they're going to be too high powered for general use. Still, it plays down the middle of the plate for the best-selling genre in GURPS (and in RPGing, for that matter).
Eidetic Memory: Baba Yaga. Having not really heard much about Baba Yaga until reading the article, this one wasn't an instant draw for me.
The Journey of the Dead? Hmm. OK. Maybe.
As a matter of fact, way, way more than maybe. This was my favorite article in the issue, but I'll get to that later, when I do the detailed review.
The Bear Myth. I expect something having to do with Native American folklore here (and as it turns out, it's a lot more than that).
Babylon Rising. Intriguing and inviting title. Makes me want to read it.
Art of Prophecy. I'm going to guess at this point that it has something to do with how to deal with destiny and foreshadowing in games, which if true, will be a really neat article if done well. Something like an RPG with so very much player agency (if done right) makes the whole destiny thing hard to pull off. After all, when you steer players to a particular place, people scream railroading pretty fast.
So would the table of contents have drawn me in if I hadn't already had a subscription? Possibly not.
Now, granted, compare with Pyramid #3/57, which is only four issues old. I'm a gun nut, so this would have been a sale from the title alone. But even without it, you get 12 pages of modern gear, 2 pages on magic bullets, something clearly game-mechanically related, two articles on what looks like a particular type of gun, and the intriguingly titled "The Devil's Chariot," which is entirely evocative. And written by Hans, so double win.
The average number of non-subscription sales for a Pyramid issue after the first few months have passed is 260. The standard deviation of that is about 70. So anywhere between 190 and 330 sales, and the middle half of all those stable issues spans between 190 and 310 copies sold. Pyramid #3/38 has sold 182 copies (which is actually one more than when I did the analysis, so the long tail is thin, but real!). So it's lingering at the top of the bottom.
I'll give away the ending before I review each article. I think this one has some hidden gems in it, notably The Journey of the Dead.
What I'm going to do is rate each issue as follows:
Style, Writing, Execution [-2 to 2 points]: Did the article draw me in, was it well organized, and did it the writing engage me and make me want to (a) read it, and (b) finish it? A score of 0 means that the writing didn't get in the way. -2 would be that the writing or organization detracted from the work, and 2 is something that was notable as something enjoyable to read, much less use. Honestly, +Steven Marsh is a good editor, and the articles that will make his cut aren't likely to be detractors from the work. I reserve "dear God this is awful" as a potential scoring, but I don't expect to use it much for Pyramid.
Background, Inspiration, Epiphany [0 to 4 points]: This category is all that is good when one says "fluff" in a GURPS context. The things that make you go "a ha!!" about a rule (but not the rule itself), or a background that is rich and vibrant and tactile. Concepts that can be mined for goodness and inspire adventures, campaign arcs, or worldbuilding. A 0 here contains little that really drives the use of things – a rule that doesn't solve an actual problem or enable enhanced narrative, an adventure that requires insertion into a very specific setting that isn't common. A 4 is "I want to use this, run this, and my gaming is better for having read it, much less imported it into my game."
Drop-in Gaming Utliity [0 to 4 points]: This is the ability to go from paper to game with minimal effort and pre-work. Things you can drop right in, start using right away, even in an existing campaign, that enhance without nerfing existing stuff? That's a 4. Articles that are maybe awesome, but will require rebuilding an entire world around them, or can't be used without wrecking the existing rules, or require four other issues of Pyramid or e23 supplements that aren't really "core" to use? Closer to zero.
With that, we'll get into the first article . . . in the next post!


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The complete mantra follows the sequence of words as "Om Trayambakam Yajamahe. Sugandhim Pushti Vardhanam, Urvarukmiv Bandhanat, Mriturmokshaya Mamratat" – that means "we are concentrating on our third eye that resides in the mid of two eyes and provides us real power to feel your presence. It brings peace, happiness and satisfaction in our life. We are well aware of the fact that immortality in this material world is impossible but we pray for Lord Shiva mercy and help so that we can transcend this world.
The Maha Mrityunjaya Jaap is proven to be most beneficial for physical, mental and emotional health and is well termed to be "Moksha Mantra" that leads to immortality as well as longevity. As per the study of Puranas, this mantra was frequently used by most of Rishis and especially by Sati when she saved life of Moon from the curse of Daksha that can otherwise lead to death of Moon. With the effect of this mantra, Lord Shiva blessed Moon with health and placed him on his head for ever hence this mantra is addressed to the most powerful Lord Shiva who use to bless devotees with ultimate health. This mantra is often utilized in Homa and Japa like activities to get different desired results as it is actually meant for nurturance and healing rejuvenation.
In true sense, Maha Mrityunjaya Jaap works like a life saving Mantra when chanted with real devotion, faith and sincerity. To see best possible effects, it is preferred to chant this mantra in morning hours around 4 AM as it is well known as Brahma Muhurta. For desired results, make a regular practice to chant this mantra at least 9 times before you go for your work and it is preferred to chant 3 times before starting driving. To have a long life with wealth and all desired blessings from God, one must chant this mantra at least 108 times in a day. This mantra is capable enough to offer enlightenment as well as spiritual progress in life with ultimate fortune. One can dream about success in education, business and all routine life activities with the effect of this powerful mantra. It also brings harmony to family life and keeps devotees safe from all taught situations of life while making them full of health, wealth and mental as well as mental energy.
Benefits of Maha Mrityunjaya Puja :
1.It is performed for longevity .
2.It is also done for extending life time.
3.It is performed for cure for chronic illness and healthy life.
4.A safe, comfortable journey.
5.Good & peaceful sleep.
6.Domestic & general happiness.
7.Harmony in married life.
8.Finding a suitable life partner.
9.Removal of Domestic worries.
10.Success in business or finding a job.
11.Building, buying, selling a home.
12.Improvement of finances.
13.Success in education & learning.
14.Physical & mental energy.
15.Improvement of eye sight.
16.Good Fortune.
17.Improvement of hearing.
18.Freedom from drug addiction.
19.Winning a court case.
20.Fulfillment of desires.
21.Removal of big trouble.
22.Removal of fear from govt & enemy (favorable settlement of conflict).
23.Upholding evolution in life.
24.Spiritual progress and enlightenment.


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Vintage Z car leads at
Paul Ricard HTTT Race Track in Castellet, France
The Datsun-France Z car club holds several club meetings at this track. From what I gather, many of it's club members participate in the several prestigious vintage car races held at the track each year. Above you can see a wonderfully red 240Z, owned by , out in the lead at a 2011 race.
The "Dix Mille Tours du Castellet" will start its third edition under the sign of success. Now, one of the major European classic meetings, the event gathers high quality grids putting successively GTs, Sports and Touring and Single-seater cars on the track.
DIX Mille Tours showcases several vintage car races at this world renown track in France with emphasis on hosting vintage car clubs at their events. Although, guidelines for all cars are to be 1966 and earlier vintage models, they make exceptions for models on the "Happy Few list" which includes the early Datsun Z cars. Note the red Z car leading the pack of vintage models at the 2011 DIX Mille Tours event.
Launched forty years ago to host the F1 Grand Prix de France, the Castellet circuit has undergone heavy work in the early 2000's to become an ultra-modern layout, symbolised by its unique blue and red striped run offs. The racetrack was first only dedicated to F1 and other private tests but now, the Paul Ricard, new HTTT (High Tech Track Test) version, has opened its doors again to the public in 2009.
This track became the launching pad venue for the Dix Mille Tours that debuted at this track before adding a European circuit tour in 2011.
Website : www.circuitpaulricard.com
Race Track Circuit Information
Creation : 1970
Situation : 40 km North East from Marseille, France
Length : 5791 Meters
Number of pits : 17 double


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The MuttKnee Brace began back in 2002 out of necessity to help our then eight-year-old dog, Muttley. She injured her knee while running around on the snow and ice. At the time of her injury, the cost of a vet's visit and the suggested knee surgery was completely beyond our budget. She could barely walk and couldn't run, and if she did, her injured leg just dragged and trembled as she moved. She tried to keep up with the pack, but it was sad watching her shaky attempts. We felt we had to help her however we could, so we got creative and began designing a brace similar to supportive braces for human knees.
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Shortly after getting her brace, Muttley was running with the pack again. It took a couple of months of her wearing the brace when she went outside, but she quickly began walking with the injured leg supporting her weight again. She ran as if she had never been injured until she crossed the Rainbow Bridge at the ripe age of 16.
There have been many changes, revisions, and improvements made to the MuttKnee Brace since Muttley's first brace. It took the help of family, friends, neighbors, and local vets referring us to owners of injured dogs for us to develop the MuttKnee Brace that is now available. We have now been able to help almost 10,000 dogs in 62 countries improve the quality of their lives. We have been able to help all sizes from 3.5 lbs. to 230 lbs. and every size in between.


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Repost from In-Flight Entertainment. A very solidly crafted album. Cheerful scatting jazz-pop so typical of the late 1960s, spiced with catchy latin rhythms. Very nice echo in the recording. The backside says "Arrangements by Barbara Moore" and "Musical arrangements by Duncan Lamont". Question being, what on earth the difference is.
Learn more about Barbara Moore in this interview.
01. Sunshine Superman
02. Hideaway
03. Bidin' My Time
04. Busy
05. I've Walked Alone
06. Sunny
07. Tea For Three
08. How Do You Know
09. The Look Of Love
10. Sara


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So, part two of the SE Asia trip. After a bit of a bad night in Penang (we had some druck louts trying to get into our room and being total assholes) we decided to say sayonara to Malaysia and hello Thailand. We took a bus and then a train to some tinpot little place called Trang - from where we hoped we would set off to one of the east coast islands. The weather had other ideas so we headed for Koh Samui on a hunch that the weather would be better - hunch much!
Wow, after a ferry ride from the mainland we stepped off onto one of the most beautiful islands I've ever been to. This small island, an hour and a half from the port of Donsak in the Gulf of Thailand is a Thai beach holiday microcosm. Everything you could ever want from a beach holiday Samui does with a smile and a 'no worries' attitude.
Some advice from the volunteer at the tourist information desk got us in a cab and into a villa in Mae Nam all in under an hour – we had not booked, we just rocked up and went with it.
The low season here means that rooms are heavily discounted and the place is just quietly humming along. For the traveller who is not looking for a thumping full-moon-party good time this is holiday paradise and you certainly get more bang for your baht.
We hired a scooter just from a place just outside where we were staying, expect to pay 200 baht for a full day's hire. First destination was the more popular tourist beach Chaweng.
As we approach Chaweng over a hill the road before us opened up with a huge rock on one side and the blue waters of the bay on the other – postcard kind of stuff.
We pulled up at one of the many beachside cafes for a sandwich and an iced coffee and then just bobbed about in the glassy-flat ocean for an hour.
Like most touristy beaches in Asia Chaweng has its share of beach hawkers – just embrace it – they are making a buck and you have grilled corn, cold drinks and inflatable beach toys at your beck and call. The water is calm and warm and you can just lie about in the shallows for hours (provided you have your hat and suncream on!)
The next day we woke up to another amazing day and took the scooter to one of the waterfalls. A short ride up a cement road we parked and left our helmets for 20 baht and took the ten-minute trip to the waterfall. The waterfall was more of a trickle at the end of a super-dodgy path. On arrival we found some beefed-up Brits splashing about and being general wankers.
Riding around on Samui, it's pretty hard to get lost – basically the island has one big road that just goes all the way around - so we ended up at the pier in Bo Phut – the place we had disembarked for the ferry the day before. We pulled in for a cold Chang with a view.
Onwards again and we took our scooter back to our base, Mae Nam to find some dinner and a drink beachside while the sun went down. Restaurants with a beachfront vista are not hard to find and most have reasonable prices. We paid about 400 baht for some watermelon shakes, a delicious Penang curry and a fresh paw paw salad.
We had a poke around in a few shops and then retired early after a long day of sand, sun and scooter – if you're looking for 'party, party, party' Samui has it, but it's just as easy to find a quiet nook to relax and get a good night's sleep. Even in the low season the island has full-moon party events and other assorted alcohol-fueled beach parties. It's never had to find what you're looking for.
On the island transport is taxi or the red bus song thaw that will shuttle you from stop to stop. Hiring a scooter is easy – just make sure you give the bike a once over before heading out. As cool as it looks riding along sans helmet and shirt is not a good idea, one the driver is required to wear a helmet by Thai law and two if you fall off a shirt and helmet may save you some skin.
|It's hard to look good when you're sweaty ALL the time.
|Umbrella anyone?
|Yes, I would say this place has a sea view.
|The bungalow we stayed in for about $60 a night.
|Tried to read this book - was 50 shades of shithouse. Only made it about 18 pages in.
|The resort dog was very cool, he took himself for walks on the beach with patrons of his choice.


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It's hard, because I can bake really well, and I know what it tastes like. I think of the quality of whatever the forbidden food is. A bite of scone from Starbucks? I can pass that by. One of my own scones, hot out of the oven? I may not be able to hold out. I time my baking so I'm not tempting myself if I'm hungry.
I remember well what it felt like to be surprised and humiliated by my baking back in my twenties. Some days everything tasted great. Other days, it was like eating loofah. What turned things around for me was Rose Levy Beranbaum's book The Cake Bible. Rose made me realize that cakes didn't have it in for me--it was all about chemistry. Once I read my way through her book and started trying recipes, it became clear that I could be a very good baker. Suddenly I could count on compliments.
Over the years, I've come to a few realizations:
- It's a bummer to rotate baking sheets and switch the sheet rack positions, but the end result (beautiful, evenly-baked cookies and cakes) is absolutely worth it. (Someday, I'd love to have a true convection oven!)
- Professional bakers are handicapped by the fact that they often bake and freeze their cakes in advance to be able to meet demand, so be confident in the quality you produce as a home baker. It could very well taste better than something you buy at a fancy bakery, even if they do get major cred for prettiness.
- I really love Chicago Metallic half baking sheets. I use Silpat nonstick half-sheets to bake on.
- It's worth it to own a KitchenAid mixer because it helps develop the structure of a cake without too much sweat on the part of the baker.
At some point, I'll start posting recipes, both gluten-free and wheat. It's a joy to share good food. I hope you'll share some of your favorites too.


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Reversible changes are changes that can be undone or reversed. Melting, freezing, boiling, evaporating, condensing, dissolving and also, changing the shape of a substance are examples of reversible changes.
Reversible changes are changes that can be undone or reversed.
Physical changes
E.g. – Water can change into ice. Ice can change into water. Here only the state of the substance liquid water changes, but not the substance water.
Following are some of the reversible changes examples.
Example (1) – When chocolate is warmed until it melts, the melted chocolate can be changed back into chocolate by cooling.
Example (2) -When candle wax is heated, the solid wax melts and becomes a liquid. If you cool the molten wax, it becomes a solid again.
Example – When orange juice is frozen to make ice lollies, the ice lollies can be changed back into orange juice by heating.
Example (1) – If you could capture all the steam that is made when a kettle boils, you could turn it back to water by cooling it.
Example (2) – When we put some water in the freezer of a refrigerator it will turn into ice. If we then warm ice it melts and changes back into water.
Example (3) – When salt is mixed with water it disappears because it dissolves in the water to make salty water. But the salt can be recovered from the salty water by boiling off the water.
Example (1) – When you cut a piece of wood in half, you change its shape. But you do not alter the way the wood is made.
Example (2) – When you stretch an elastic band, you alter its shape but it is still made of elastic.


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June 6, 2019, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM @ Watkins Regional Park
Join us for classes in the beautiful outdoors! Classes are offered Memorial Day through Labor Day at M-NCPPC sites throughout Prince George's County. No registration required.
June 6, 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM @ Hillcrest Heights Community Center (Located on the tennis court)
Fitness in the Parks is an exercise program that brings a variety of fitness opportunities to parks and natural areas across Prince George's County! We invite you to find the class that best suits your fitness goals and come discover the benefits of exercising in nature. No registration required.
June 1, 2019, 10:00 AM - June 30, 2019, 5:00 PM
Public Reception: Friday, June 7, 2019, 7–9 pm
June 6, 2019, 3:00 PM @ The Show Place Arena
Private High School Graduation. All attendees must present a ticket for admittance. Tickets can only be obtained directly from the participating High School.
June 6, 2019, 8:00 PM @ The Show Place Arena
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In observance of the July 4 national holiday, the class will be held Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday during the week of July 1.


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There are plenty of options to choose from - love shopping for bats, spiders and spooky accoutrements with other people's money? A crafty type who's a dab hand with cardboard, paint and cellophane to whip up a space ship? A decorator who'd love to make a school hall look like a haunted house? A foodie who'd love sating a feeding frenzy of hungry Halloween-clad kids? A neat freak who'd love tidying up after the event?
Endless choices and a great opportunity to help make this event one that will have the kids talking about it for the rest of term!
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Most people have heard the old expression "An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away". When you review the statistics concerning medical malpractice in this country. You may understand why there are so many Lawyer sponsored commercials at all times of the day and night.
Most are concerning horrible Medical Malpractice cases. There have been many new studies on this subject and the findings are enough to make people afraid to go to the Doctors office.
Medical Malpractice deaths are actually rising well over 440,000 each and every year.
We are going to compare three major causes of death in the United States. These are Fatal Medical Malpractice mistakes, Motor Vehicle Highway Fatalities and Murder (Homicides). Keep in mind that the Malpractice statistics are compiled from pure medical mistakes and negligence. These numbers will not reflect deaths from natural causes or normal complications to surgery in hospitals. Many medical related deaths are hidden and concealed by these quacks and their staff members. The ever increasing rate of Medical Malpractice has actually increased the degree of life insurance sold in the United States.
New Study Confirms 440,000 Deaths from Medical Negligence Annually.
These startling numbers of 440,000 deaths from Medical Malpractice were recently published by the Journal of Patient Safety. It has been found that the government simply under estimated the numbers for many years. The projected numbers were much lower that what the actual statistics done by professional statisticians were creating. There have been other reviews indicating that there were about 210,000 Malpractice reported deaths. But again you have to realize these studies generated estimates with no solid data until now.
Statisticians state that many Medical Malpractice cases are never reported in an attempt to eliminate possible law suits.
When I was very young I heard an expression that when most people make a mistake it is noticeable. But when Doctors or Hospitals make an error they can bury their mistakes. I read a sad story a few years ago about a man from Chicago whose mother and his mother-in-law went into the hospital. They both went in to the hospitals at different times for no life threatening visits.
There was no surgery required and both women died from picking up a serious virus due to improperly sanitized rooms. It was later found that the rooms were not cleaned properly and by not using the correct germ killing detergents.
Medical Malpractice is now the 3rd leading cause of death in America just falling short of Cancer and Heart Disease.
When you stop and think about the statement of Malpractice being the third leading cause of death in America. It really makes the average people stop and think about what this is all about and what needs to be done to reduce these numbers. Many Doctors blame the Malpractice liabilities on Nurses dropping the ball. At the same time the Nurses are pointing their fingers at the Doctors who should take the fall.
Hospitals many times throw the medical staff under the bus to cover up for their own blunders.
The hospitals who can be the most common culprits go down the line putting the blame on the lower ranking staff employees. When the smoke clears you have a group of people trying to pass the buck on the next guy. This is to save themselves from being targeted by Medical Malpractice Lawyers who are investigating the case. Medical malpractice deaths exceed murder & highway fatalities combined which is an incredible statistic.
Compare Medical Malpractice to the other major causes of death in this country such as murder and traffic accidents.
The United States Department of Transportation did a very accurate time consuming survey. They reported that there were 32,719 deaths in vehicle crashes in the United States in 2013. This breaks down to 89.6 people dying each day from accidents in motor vehicles. We can safely say that is a very high number to say the least. Motor vehicles today are much safer than they used to be. But now, we have many motorists conversing on cell phones and sending each other text messages.
A large percentage of Medical Malpractice cases are settled out of court.
A very accurate report was generated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). They reported their findings of 14,319 murders were committed in the United States in the year 2013. That breaks down to 39.2 Murders per day. This also is a depressing number to see that almost 40 people lose their life each day. Especially to a person who intentionally takes another fellow Americans life.
If we use the most current number of malpractice deaths of 440,000. We will find a mathematical breakdown of 1,205.48 deaths in this country each day.
The final breakdown reveals there are over nine times the Medical Malpractice deaths in this country. This is nine times than the total Motor Vehicles fatalities and total Murders combined. This puts Medical malpractice as the third cause of death in the United States. If we illustrate the number of the top 5 causes of deaths in the country. This is how it breaks down on a per year basis.
1. Heart Disease Deaths – 611,105
2. Cancer Caused Deaths – 589,430
3. Medical Malpractice Deaths – 440,000
4. Motor Vehicle Deaths – 32,719
5. Homicide related Deaths – 14,319
Here are some interesting examples of Medical Malpractice
Some of the people died and some of the others survived with only mental scars of their trauma. Most of the names of the patients have been removed from these malpractice examples for their own privacy.
1. Patient receives a heart bypass but performed on the wrong artery.
In 2001, news was reported concerning the case of medical malpractice that happened to a Saturday Night Live celebrity comedian. Approximately two months after the double bypass surgery to preserve his life. The man was given the news that the surgeon had bypassed a wrong artery. A $7.5 million lawsuit against the surgeon and the hospital was later filed.
2. Open heart surgery performed on the wrong patient.
An 67 year old female patient was admitted to a teaching hospital to have a Cerebral Angiography performed. After the procedure was completed, she was returned to a hospital room on a different floor than her original one. Instead of being discharged as planned, she was wheeled to have an open heart procedure performed. She was on the operating table for over an hour when a doctor from a different department called. He asked what they were doing with his patient.
Once the mistake was realized, the procedure was canceled. The patient was returned to her room in stable condition. However, the consequences of the extra surgery performed included increased risks of heart attack, stroke, internal bleeding and infections.
3. Surgeon operates on the wrong side of a patients head.
In 2007, Surgeons at a Rhode Island Hospital performed surgery on the wrong side of a patient's skull. This was an incident that happened for the third time in one year. An 82 year old patient required the operation to stem the flow of bleeding from her brain to her skull. The surgeon immediately started the procedure off incorrectly by drilling a hole on the wrong side of the patient's skull. Luckily the mistake was caught soon enough to save the woman. But, an 86 year old man in the same hospital had the same surgery blunder and died.
4. Incompatible blood type kills teenage girl.
A seventeen year old girl, who was originally from Mexico. She had been in the United States for three years, seeking medical treatment for a life threatening heart problem. A heart and lung transplant was scheduled to be performed. It was to be performed at the Duke University Medical center in North Carolina.
The surgeons who performed the procedure failed to check the compatibility of the donor's blood type. The blood type was wrong and the patient was sent her into a coma. Brain damage and other complications caused her death two weeks later. The hospital stated that human error was to blame for her death.
5. Woman seeking an abortion delivers baby instead.
Another case, involving a teenage girl occurred in Florida. The patient sought to have an abortion, which was to be performed at a Diagnostic Center. Rather than having the prescribed abortion. An unlicensed doctor was permitted to give her a medication that caused her to deliver a baby girl. The baby was extremely pre-term. Although the child died shortly afterwards it took detectives quite a while to find her remains. The man who performed the medical procedure was charged with tampering and hiding the evidence. He was charged with practicing medicine without a license, and several more charges.
6. Clinic confuses DNA with the wrong father.
A fertility clinic in New York impregnated a female patient. Unfortunately not with the sperm of her husband. But with the sperm of a complete stranger. Rather than giving birth to a child that resembled both of her parents. The baby had significantly darker skin. DNA tests revealed that the infants biological parent was of African descent. Although the couple have kept the baby and are raising her. The couple has filed a medical malpractice suit against the fertility clinic. They also sued the embryologist who switched the samples around.
7. Woman dies after waiting over 24 hours in Emergency Room.
An elderly female patient visited the emergency room of Kings County Hospital, in Brooklyn, New York. She had waited almost twenty four hours to be treated by a physician. Eventually, she collapsed on the floor of the emergency room. Others patients in the emergency room reported that employees of the hospital watched the patient crawling around on the floor. They did absolutely nothing to intervene and alleviate the patient's distress. The woman eventually died on the floor of the emergency room.
8. Major surgery performed on wide awake patient.
A 73 year old was to have surgery to explore the cause of the man's constant abdominal pain. During the surgery, the patient experienced a condition known as Anesthetic Awareness. This enabled him to feel all of the pain and discomfort of the surgery. The anesthesiologists did not give the patient the general anesthetic until 16 minutes after the surgery began. The trauma of the experience led the man to commit suicide two weeks after the surgery.
9. Surgeons forget to remove their tools from a mans body.
A patient was to have surgery was intended to have removed a tumor located in his abdomen. The tumor was removed and the surgeon left a 13 inch long metal retractor inside his body. Doctors at the hospital admitted to accidentally leaving the retractor inside of the elderly patient. Four other documented incidences had happened at the hospital between the years of 1997 and 2000. The retractor was removed shortly after its discovery. He did not suffer any long term health effects from the mistake. The patient reached settlement was for the amount of $97,000.
10. Amputation performed on the wrong leg.
A patient in 1995 was admitted to a hospital in Tampa, Florida to have his leg amputated. During the procedure, the wrong leg was amputated by the surgeon. By the time the surgeon realized his terrible mistake. It was too late to reverse the damage caused, and the leg had to be removed. The surgeon was fined $10,000, and his license was revoked for six months. The hospital paid $900,000, and the surgeon had to pay him another $250,000. The hospital admitted that the error was the wrong leg was prepared for the surgery.
MRSA infections kill thousands of people each year and many are due to substandard hospital conditions.
MRSA is a life threatening infection found in many hospitals today. It can easily be caused by unsanitary hospital conditions especially with failing to keep their facility areas clean. Hospitals commonly pass the buck and blame the deadly MRSA infection on the patients medical conditions. Many people today want to buy life insurance just before going into the hospitals. Life insurance companies normally tell them to wait until they are released before they apply.
Medical Malpractice deaths are nearly 10X higher than highway related fatalities and murders combined.
When you read these statistics concerning Medical Malpractice. You have to stop and considered how high these statistics could be. Especially if there were no law firms that the medical professionals knew were acting as the watch dogs over the medical profession. When you also consider all the reports we all have heard of the high cost of Medical Malpractice insurance. We can now have a better understanding why the rates are so high. Many people today purchase term life insurance before they go in for surgery. If an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Don't forget your apple, it may save your life.


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This won't be a heavy reading day, unless — of course — by some miracle the Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer defies convention and hits the airways (despite ABC staffers saying, "No").
However, there is a bit of factual evidence to counter your officemate's contention that the film was a flop.
It wasn't a flop.
Forbes' Scott Mendelson posted some Star Wars news midday Sunday:
Box Office: #StarWarsTheLastJedi Is (Finally!) 2017's Biggest-Grossing Movie via @Forbes by @ScottMendelson https://t.co/nxHzGjOYe6
— Scott Mendelson (@ScottMendelson) January 14, 2018
In his post he wrote:
Walt Disney's Star Wars: The Last Jedi ended its first month of domestic release with a sad/shameful $591 million domestic. The sci-fi sequel earned another $11.25m (-51%) in its fifth weekend to set the stage for a 32-day total of around $595m by tomorrow. If it can get to $600m domestic before Friday, it'll still be the second-fastest grossing movie between Jurassic World and The Force Awakens.
Mendelson added that TLJ is "looking at a worldwide total of a bit over $1.3b" — $750 million less than TFA — but explained the 35% worldwide drop from Episode 7 is on par with Star Wars previous trilogies' middle chapters.
In other words, The Last Jedi made a whole lot of money.
Stephen Stanton, known to you and me as Star Wars Rebels "old Obi-Wan Kenobi (among many characters in the Star Wars galaxy), gave needed context:
To Obi-Wan, you listen…
Mr. Stanton, who is VERY vocal and accessible on social media, posted the following:
Since I started posting #boxoffice results for #StarWars #TheLastJedi I've gotten many responses both positive & negative. As I've said, all opinions are welcome here. What you find below is the best explanation I can give you of my feelings as a Star Wars fan since 1977. MTFBWY! pic.twitter.com/cjCvXuN9Vy
— Stephen Stanton (@Stephen_Stanton) January 14, 2018
His take of "Let's not cheat this new generation of THEIR Star Wars…" hit the nail on the head for this like-minded 42-year-old fan.
I hope it makes a difference for the not-so-like-minded, as well.
Filoni fires it up…
When Dave Filoni tweets, there's a driving factor. So, it stands to reason that Sunday's missive can be taken at face value:
Don't worry, my friends. It will all be over soon.#StarWarsRebels pic.twitter.com/bs5BwhFP0g
— Dave Filoni (@dave_filoni) January 14, 2018
Previous hints about the upcoming season's status have been posted, but this is the first "official" post which portends the fact the end is nigh.
However, the more significant question remains: The wait for Season 4 may soon be over, but to which character's end might this also refer…
In any case, my response to @dave_filoni had its supporters:
Details Dave. We need details (and a trailer)…
— Obi-John Kenobi (@jmbishopjr) January 14, 2018
Bruce Lee: Jedi
In response to the (above) graphic he saw by Ameeeeba on Deviant Art, YouTuber Patrick Nan produced the following fan edit:
And if that doesn't get you motivated for the week, you're a lost cause. JB


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Shane Tucker knows he has the horsepower to run against the best teams on the NHRA circuit, and the pride of Australia's Gold Coast hopes to prove that fact on the dragstrip this weekend when he unleashes his Auzmet Architectural Camaro at the seventh annual NHRA Carolina Nationals.
"In Pro Stock, horsepower always shows up in your top speed," Tucker said. "Two weeks ago in Indy, we had the second-fastest car in the first round of eliminations. The only person faster than us was the guy we were racing.
"This is a great problem to have, actually, because most of the time teams are trying to find horsepower. We've already got a great powerplant from Elite Performance and that showed on the scoreboards.
"Now we need to adjust the car properly to fully utilize the horsepower these motors are making."
Charlotte will mark the ninth NHRA race of the year for Tucker, who travels back and forth between the U.S. and Australia to compete. However, despite racing a part-time schedule, he has proven himself capable of beating anyone in the category, as witnessed by his semifinal run in Chicago, which included a victory over then-points leader Erica Enders-Stevens.
"We run the same motors as Erica and she's a top contender for the Mello Yello championship this year," Tucker said. "I think she led the points for 13 of 18 races in the regular season, so we know all the pieces are in place for us to succeed as well.
"It's up to us to see how much trouble we can make for the title contenders. We'd love to help out Erica down the stretch if possible, but the main focus is to win rounds ourselves and put this Auzmet Architectural Camaro in the winner's circle. I believe it can be done, and our performances have shown the potential of that throughout the year."
Tucker's driving skills won't be an issue as he has already proven his mettle Down Under with numerous wins and a runner-up finish for the Australian National Drag Racing Association title in the Aussie version of the factory hot rod class.
"I feel pretty good with my driving," Tucker said. "Obviously, the more seat time you get the better you are, but considering we have a bit of a stop-and-start thing going I've been very pleased. Coming off a race in Indy as we head into this weekend will certainly help. We'll be ready to go."
After this race, Tucker will return to Australia for a month before coming back to the States and finishing the NHRA season with races in Las Vegas and Pomona, Calif.
Auzmet Architectural Pro Stock driver Shane Tucker is excited about his chances at the NHRA Carolina Nationals after posting the second-fastest run in round one in Indy.


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Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned In The Obama White House About The Future Of Faith In America, by Michael Wear
[Note: This book was provided free of charge by BookLook/Thomas Nelson Publishers. All thoughts and opinions are my own.]
When I asked for this book, I expected a thoughtful analysis of all that the Obama administration had screwed up with regards to the place of faith in the public discourse of the United States and what we are going to do about it. I read such books often and generally enjoy it because such books are practical and realistic about demonstrating the harm of choosing the wrong leaders [1]. Imagine my surprise when I found that this book was written by a deluded Progressive professed Christian who clearly drank the kool-aid about Obama being a messenger of hope for a deeply divided nation and blindly followed a man whose behavior and that of his administration was immensely harmful to the moral state of the United States. And yet although the author appears more than a little bit burned out by his experience of attempting to serve God and a corrupt political regime, the author stunningly appears to have learned nothing about the generally ungodly nature of the progressive politics he promotes despite seeking the mess that has been made by the Democratic party, and he urges the readers to become involved in the shambolic mess of our contemporary political system in a misguided case of either postmillennial or amillinnial optimism while crowing that social conservatives like myself are on the wrong side of history when it comes to our nation's ongoing culture wars. Most of my thoughts about the author and his smug, self-righteous progressive opinions are not printable in a family-oriented blog like this one.
This book is organized as a political memoir of sorts, although the author is not a particularly well-known person. Indeed, I had never heard of him before getting the book or else I would not have made the elementary mistake of assuming the author had a clue about the total phoniness of Obama's claims to be a godly person at least striving to practice biblical ideals of conduct and apply them to the most powerful office in our admittedly corrupt and wicked world. The first warning sign was the fact that the book opened with almost ten pages of testimonials from other progressives, at which point I realized that this book would likely be a great disappointment. It was. For the most part, though, the book was fairly conventional in its structure, opening with a chapter about the author's family background, his fateful meeting with Obama through his own misguided advocacy for the Democratic party, his hard work in a campaign to believe in–if one is possessed of submoronic intelligence and incredible self-delusion–and then a couple of chapters on President Obama's faith in the White House, where the author predictably whitewashes the record. Like any good soldier fighting to believe in a fallen cult leader, he blames the mistakes of Obama regarding faith on a combination of politically expedient cynicism and the hostility of staffers to any constructive role for faith in our republic. The author then discusses the issue of abortion, the tangles of the contraception mandate where he praises the political instincts of Joe Biden (!), the president's "evolution" on LGBT issues, the nastiness of the 2012 campaign, and the controversy over any Christian presence in Obama's second inaugural. The book ends, contrary to expectations, on a note of forced hope with a bit more than 200 pages of material having gone by that has done little to convince those hostile to the author's misguided political worldview that the author has any right to speak as an authority on any matter of faith and politics.
The worth of this book is limited to areas that are not likely to bring credit to the author as a whole. For example, the author helpfully writes this book as a case of oppo research on how the contemporary Democratic party is so hostile to genuine biblical Christianity, especially with regards to personal morality and the free exercise of faith, that it ought to be written off as a potential vehicle for moral regeneration of our society. In addition, this book provides a fascinating look at the troubled and tormented psychology of a true believer who deceives himself into following corrupt and wicked leaders because of a misguided belief that the leader shares a passion for a godly and just social order. Even in the face of mounting evidence to the contrary the author still cannot bring himself to admit that he was deceived and had fallen pray to the charlatans of progressive politics. In the end, after reading this book, one cannot even hate the author for his obvious folly. One can only pity him, and the fact that the presence of so many like-minded and similarly misguided souls like him have threatened our nation with the scourge of divine judgment for our national sins for which we remain unrepentant. Unsurprisingly, the author appears to be entirely blind to this danger, as he was blind to the danger of following Obama and doing his dirty work in dealing with religious leaders that the Democratic party views only with contempt and scorn for their moral vision.
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Last week Joel Gascogine from Buffer came and spoke at our weekly Founder's Stories. I respect the hell out of Joel's ability to be on the leading edge of thought-leadership, especially the way he institutes distributed working at Buffer and his membership in the Open Startup Movement. This made me question how much time he and other CEOs think about the future and the market, and how else they spend their time.
thinking Joel
I have roughly this time allocation in my mind:
During company building mode:
- 40%-50% of the time: Internal team issues, hiring, motivation (I've been reading this Medium post talks about building teams and this post has tips on how to manage a current team)
- 5%-10%: Strategizing on next steps and the market
- 5%-10%: Managing existing investors and conversing with potential new investors
- Rest of the time devoted to product and/or sales
During fundraising mode, potentially up to 90% of time can be spent on engaging current and new investors.
Thanks Kaili Kleemeier from Deekit, Marcus Greenwood from UB, Mick Hagen from Mainframe, Paul Murphy from Clarify, and Aneesh Varma from Aire for feedback and edits.
PS: The above guidelines are stage specific, and pertain to pre-product and post product stages.


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Castle Rock votes to offer naming rights for buildings, parks
October 15, 2013
by Virginia Grantier
from OurColoradoNews.com
Individuals or businesses will now be able to buy the right to name a Castle Rock building, park or other facility.
Castle Rock Town Council voted unanimously Oct. 1 to amend the current town policy for naming parks and facilities to allow individuals or businesses who, for a significant donation, want the opportunity to have naming rights.
Read on to learn the details and limitations to this new policy over at Our Colorado News!
Looking for your own new home to name? Visit limousinerealestate.com or call Tom at 303.663.9335 for all your residential real estate needs in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Centennial, Denver, Lone Tree and Sedalia!


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2019 Summer EmployAbility Program
June 16, 2019 - August 2, 2019
This program's focus is teaching skills for independence, including orientation and mobility, daily living skills, employment skills, and psychosocial issues of disability. The ultimate goal is to increase each student's level of independence.
This program accommodates up to 12 students 16 to 21 years of age. Students who are blind or visually impaired and who attended high school in Wisconsin for the 2018-2019 school year are eligible to attend.
Students will participate in 20 hours per week of paid employment at minimum wage during the final four weeks of the program.
Who Will Benefit?
Students who plan to live independently, and work with no or minimal support, and/or attend a university, private, or technical college.
Housing & Meals
Participants will stay on the WCBVI campus for the entire six weeks of the program. Dormitory style housing will be provided.
Students will experience planning, shopping, and preparing meals as well as dining in the school cafeteria and dining out. Planned meals are paid for by WCBVI. Students ordering out or dining out on their own must use their own money.
Students commit to the full six weeks of the program; however, the Center is closed to students from June 30th through July 7th and students will not be allowed to remain on campus during that time. Students will return on Sunday, July 7th from 4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. to continue with the Employment portion of the program.
Participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired campus located in Janesville, Wisconsin.
Although the program is free, students should bring approximately $20 per week with them to spend on incidentals and for use in money management skills.
Please fill out the online interest form. After receiving the Interest Form, those who are selected will receive a registration packet. Others who are not initially selected will be included on a wait list.


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Flow provides a powerful media asset management platform for creative control of all files during the production process. From ingest to delivery, Flow will tag, organize, and manage your media with the ability to automate workflow tasks including transcoding. With AirFlow, it is possible to remotely access media on your shared storage system for editorial/review, increasing the opportunities for creative development outside the boundaries of your facility.
Flow can manage video, audio, still images, graphics, PDFs, word processing and spreadsheet files, and any other types of files stored on the system. Management capabilities include logging, tracking, searching, deleting, and retrieval from EditShare archive locations.
The Flow platform includes the following modules:
Flow Browse is a standalone, cross-platform client application. You can use Flow Browse to carry out simple and advanced searching; view proxy or full-resolution content; add, update, and edit metadata; create sequences and markers; manage ingest processes; retrieve files from EditShare archive locations; and much more. Flow Browse is password-protected and only allows users to see content they are permitted to view.
AirFlow is a web-based application that supports most Flow capabilities and provides password-protected access to media content and all Flow information. AirFlow can be used inside a facility on the local network or remotely outside of a facility. When set up for usage outside of a facility, AirFlow can be configured like any website that requires a username and password for access, or for even greater security, it can be configured to allow access only through a VPN.
Flow Logger allows you to log live captures quickly. You can speed up your logging by clicking predefined descriptors of the action or event, instead of typing long comments of what is happening. This also enables you to accurately search your logged footage later without dealing with misspellings or alternative labels.
Flow Automation is a powerful workflow tool designed to automate repetitive tasks such as transcoding to/from specific video formats, file copying, and deleting. The module's Workflow Designer and Job Designer functions feature intuitive drag-and-drop tools to create simple and complex workflow templates, orchestrating Triggers, Inputs, Tasks, and Filters to better manage media and increase productivity.
Flow Ingest gives you advanced features like the ability to capture metadata on ingest and comes with support for a massive range of video codecs.
Flow Story is the first in a new generation of content creation applications for collaborative and remote workflows.


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What should I wear to church?
St John's is a welcoming community, we are focused on getting to know each other and supporting you on where you're at. So come dressed in whatever makes you feel comfortable, this may be casual clothing or a nice shirt, we won't mind. Let you be you!
Will my children be looked after?
St John's has a wonderful community with many families. During the 9:45am Sunday service kids programs run at the same time, catering for ages 1 to grade 5. More details about these programs can be found on our kids page. Every Sunday during the 9:45am service there is a registration desk out the front of the main church building for children to pick up a name tag. You are always welcome to ask the leader there, or contact our church office for further information.
During all services at St John's Sutherland, a cry room with an audio feed is available for you to use, however your children are more than welcome to stay with you during the service. For further information please contact our church office or go to our kids page.
Do I need to bring a bible? What translation do you use?
Reading the bible is an important part of our church life together. In our church services, the English NIV 2011 Bible bible is read aloud and displayed (on the projector screen). There are English NIV 1984 bibles for you to borrow during church services, found in the church foyer before you enter the main auditorium, please help yourself. We encourage our regular members to bring their own bible to church. If you have your own please feel free (and comfortable) to bring it along. Come and read the word of God with us, whether that be by listening, reading along or bringing your own copy.
What should I expect if I come to a Sunday service?
We understand that coming to church for the first time, or even just coming to a new church can be a daunting experience. At St John's we will endeavour to make your time with us comfortable. On any given Sunday there is always someone to welcome you at the door and point you in the right direction. Throughout the service we sing praise to God, read the bible and hear a talk based on what we have read. We also hear about what is happening in our church community and pray about local and worldwide happenings. Throughout the service we stand, sit and talk but it is all centered on being a community that glorifies God. We care for and support each other in all that we do, so feel free to participate in what you want and ask questions about things you may not understand. We are all in this together.
How is you church financed?
St John's is apart of the Sydney Anglican Diocese (the wider Anglican church) but we do not receive funding from them to operate. Everything we do and everyone we employ (church staff) is supported and funded via the giving of church members. St John's sometimes applies for and receives community grants. The money received from these grants is used for specific purposes that benefit the community of Sutherland. If you're a guest at St John's we do not expect you to give any money, just come and be part of our community.
How accessible is your church for those with limited mobility or who have a disability?
St John's is continually finding ways to cater for those with limited mobility or disability. Here are some of the ways we currently cater to those needs:
- Easy access seating (which is movable).
- Main building entry with an accessible ramp and a portable accessibility ramp for all other buildings.
- Large print song books.
- Hearing (telecoil) loop.
If you have a question or suggestion please feel free to contact our church office.