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If You're Reading This by Trent Reedy
Mike was seven when his father was killed in mysterious circumstances in Afghanistan. Eight years later, the family still hasn't recovered: Mike's mom is overworked and overprotective; his younger sister Mary feels no connection to the father she barely remembers; and in his quest to be "the man of the family," Mike knows he's missing out on everyday high school life.
Then, out of the blue, Mike receives a letter from his father — the first of a series Dad wrote in Afghanistan, just in case he didn't come home, meant to share some wisdom with his son on the eve of Mike's 16th birthday. As the letters come in, Mike revels in spending time with his dad again, and takes his encouragement to try new things — to go out for the football team, and ask out the beautiful Isma. But who's been keeping the letters all these years? And how did Dad actually die? As the answers to these mysteries are revealed, Mike and his family find a way to heal and move forward at last.
How to Fall by Jane Casey
Sixteen-year-old Jess Tennant has never met any of her relatives, until her mom suddenly drags her out of London to spend the summer in the tiny English town where her family's from. Her mom's decision is surprising, but even more surprising is the town's reaction to Jess. Everywhere she goes, people look at her like they've seen a ghost. In a way, they have—she looks just like her cousin Freya, who died shortly before Jess came to town.
Jess immediately feels a strange connection to Freya, whom she never got to meet alive. But the more Jess learns about the secrets Freya was keeping while she was alive, the more suspicious Freya's death starts to look. One thing is for sure: this will be anything but the safe, boring summer in the country Jess was expecting.
El Deafo by Cece Bell (Graphic Novel)
Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful—and very awkward—hearing aid.
The Phonic Ear gives Cece the ability to hear—sometimes things she shouldn't—but also isolates her from her classmates. She really just wants to fit in and find a true friend, someone who appreciates her as she is. After some trouble, she is finally able to harness the power of the Phonic Ear and become "El Deafo, Listener for All." And more importantly, declare a place for herself in the world and find the friend she's longed for.
Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling by Lucy Frank
Chess is sick, but with what exactly, she isn't sure. And to make matters worse, she must share a hospital room with Shannon, her polar opposite. Where Chess is polite, Shannon is rude. Where Chess tolerates pain silently, Shannon screams bloody murder. Where Chess seems to be getting slowly better, Shannon seems to be getting worse. How these teenagers become friends, helping each other come to terms with their illness, makes for a dramatic and deeply moving read.
Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen
When Cynthia Rothschild's best friend, Annie, falls head over heels for the new high-school librarian, Cyn can totally see why. He's really young and super cute and thinks Annie would make an excellent library monitor. But after meeting Mr. Gabriel, Cyn realizes something isn't quite right. Maybe it's the creepy look in the librarian's eyes, or the weird feeling Cyn gets whenever she's around him. Before long Cyn realizes that Mr. Gabriel is, in fact . . . a demon. Now, in addition to saving the school musical from technical disaster and trying not to make a fool of herself with her own hopeless crush, Cyn has to save her best friend from the clutches of the evil librarian, who also seems to be slowly sucking the life force out of the entire student body!
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Mortal Danger by Ann Aguirre (Immortal Game, Book One)
Edie Kramer has a score to settle with the beautiful people at Blackbriar Academy. Their cruelty drove her to the brink of despair, and four months ago, she couldn't imagine being strong enough to face her senior year. But thanks to a Faustian compact with the enigmatic Kian, she has the power to make the bullies pay. She's not supposed to think about Kian once the deal is done, but devastating pain burns behind his unearthly beauty, and he's impossible to forget.
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Winterkill by Kate Boorman
Emmeline knows she's not supposed to explore the woods outside her settlement. The enemy that wiped out half her people lurks there, attacking at night and keeping them isolated in an unfamiliar land with merciless winters. Living with the shame of her grandmother's insubordination, Emmeline has learned to keep her head down and her quick tongue silent.
When the settlement leader asks for her hand in marriage, it's an opportunity for Emmeline to wash the family slate clean—even if she has eyes for another. But before she's forced into an impossible decision, her dreams urge her into the woods, where she uncovers a path she can't help but follow. The trail leads to a secret that someone in the village will kill to protect. Her grandmother followed the same path and paid the price. If Emmeline isn't careful, she will be next.
No One Needs to Know by Amanda Grace
Olivia's twin brother, Liam, has been her best friend her whole life. But when he starts dating, Olivia is left feeling alone, so she tries to drive away Liam's girlfriends in an effort to get her best friend back.
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After being denied financial aid to cover her last year of art school, Margaret finds salvation from the straightlaced world of college and the earnestness of both hippies and punks in the wisecracking, fast-talking, drug-taking group she encounters at the Imperial Café, where she makes the transformation from Margaret to Madge. At first she mimics these new and exotic grown-up friends, trying on the guise of adulthood with some awkward but funny stumbles. Gradually she realizes that the adults she looks up to are a mess of contradictions, misplaced artistic ambitions, sexual confusion, dependencies, and addictions.
Ghost House by Alexandra Adornetto
After the loss of her mother, Chloe Kennedy starts seeing the ghosts that haunted her as a young girl again. Spending time at her grandmother's country estate in the south of England is her chance to get away from her grief and the spirits that haunt her. Until she meets a mysterious stranger…
Alexander Reade is 157 years dead, with secrets darker than the lake surrounding Grange Hall and a lifelike presence that draws Chloe more strongly than any ghost before. But the bond between them awakens the vengeful spirit of Alexander's past love, Isobel. And she will stop at nothing to destroy anyone who threatens to take him from her.
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Welcome to the Dark House by Laurie Faria Stolarz
For Ivy Jensen, it's the eyes of a killer that haunt her nights. For Parker Bradley, it's bloodthirsty sea serpents that slither in his dreams.
And for seven essay contestants, it's their worst nightmares that win them an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at director Justin Blake's latest, confidential project. Ivy doesn't even like scary movies, but she's ready to face her real-world fears. Parker's sympathetic words and perfect smile help keep her spirits up. . . at least for now.
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I Love, I Hate, I Miss My Sister by Amelie Sarn
Eighteen-year-old Sohane loves no one more than her beautiful, carefree younger sister, Djelila. And she hates no one as much. The two have always shared everything. But now, Djelila is embracing her life as a secular teen, and Sohane is becoming more religious.
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For Kalvin Barnes, the only thing that comes close to the rush of playing the knockout game is watching videos of the knockout game. Kalvin's crew always takes videos of their KOs, but Kalvin wants more–something better. He thinks if someone could really see the game for what it was, could appreciate it, could capture the essence of it–that would be a video for all time. The world would have to notice.
That's where Erica comes in. She's new in town. Awkward. Shy. White. But she's got a good camera and a filmmaker's eye. She could learn. Kalvin could open her eyes to the power he sees in the knockout game; he could make her see things his way. But first she'll have to close her eyes to everything else.
For a while, Kalvin's knockouts are strangers. For a while, Erica can ignore their suffering in the rush of creativity and Kalvin's attention. Then comes the KO that forces her eyes open, that makes her see what's really happening.
Dissonance by Erica O'Rourke (Dissonance, Book One)
Delancy Sullivan has always known there's more to reality than what people see. Every time someone makes a choice, a new, parallel world branches off from the existing one. Eating breakfast or skipping it, turning left instead of right, sneaking out instead of staying in bed ~ all of these choices create an alternate universe in which an echo self takes the road not travelled and makes the opposite decision. As a Walker, someone who can navigate between these worlds, Del's job is to keep all of the dimensions in harmony.
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Of Metal and Wishes by Sarah Fine (Of Metal and Wishes, Book One)
There are whispers of a ghost in the slaughterhouse where sixteen-year-old Wen assists her father in his medical clinic—a ghost who grants wishes to those who need them most. When one of the Noor, men hired as cheap factory labor, humiliates Wen, she makes an impulsive wish of her own, and the Ghost grants it. Brutally.
Guilt-ridden, Wen befriends the Noor, including their outspoken leader, a young man named Melik. At the same time, she is lured by the mystery of the Ghost and learns he has been watching her … for a very long time.
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[Toronto, CANADA] The legal wranglings between major record companies and digital music renegades might be far from over, but that hasn't stopped EMI Music Canada from attempting to peddle its offerings online.
The Canadian affiliate of EMI Recorded Music, EMI Music Canada has entered into a licensing agreement to stream catalogue and new release recordings with Moontaxi Media (www.moontaxi.com), a Canadian streaming content provider. This agreement allows Moontaxi to stream EMI copyrights in a non-interactive format, in exchange for royalty payments. As part of this new relationship, Moontaxi is in the process of creating their first Web channel for EMI's Web site.
"All new media advancements are very important to our worldwide company's future," said Deane Cameron, president of EMI Music Canada. "Therefore we are proud to be one of the first territories in the EMI family to do an equity deal with an Internet company. We are pleased to be associated with such innovators as Moontaxi Media, especially due to their commitment to the fair reimbursement to the artists."
The deal could prove successful given Moontaxi's role as a streaming media content and distribution provider. In the latest study conducted for Iceberg Media.com Inc., a streaming audio Internet broadcaster, by market research company Thompson Lightstone, 15 percent of all adult Canadians or 29 percent of Canadian Internet users reported having listened to streaming audio or Internet radio in the last four weeks. An estimated total of 3,414,000 Canadians tuned in to streaming audio in November of this year, an increase of 582,500 listeners since September of this year.

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Three years ago Janey Walker, then head of education commissioning at Channel 4, came to an important realisation. At the time, the channel was broadcasting its education content as part of the morning schedule and most of it was going out during term time. Challenging and confrontational programmes like Crip on a Trip and Gay to Z were being aimed straight at teenagers – but the teenagers were at school missing it all.
Meanwhile, this fickle target audience was beginning to watch less broadcast television anyway. Alternative entertainment options like mobile phones, games and social networking were drawing young audiences away from terrestrial TV. Sticking out a few edgy documentaries during school time just wasn't cutting it anymore.
So Walker decided to switch her budget to the online space, where she could reach teenagers whenever they were available. She also employed two multiplatform commissioners: Matt Locke, to handle digital TV projects, and Alice Taylor, previously Vice President of Digital Content for BBC Worldwide. Taylor is a keen gamer with an excellent blog on games theory, and her remit was to transfer a substantial part of the channel's annual £6m budget to interactive and online projects.
"We don't do standard curriculum, we don't do key stages, it's a lot more zeitgeist-y than that," she explains. "We generally look at what gets you from 14 to19 in one piece. So big themes that started in 2009 are things like privacy and security while online – and offline as well, actually. Financial management is going to be big next year. We look at careers, citizenship, I want to explore belief and death. It's fun, broad themes."
The results so far have been polished, entertaining and, yes, even educational. Browser-based games like Bow Street Runner (about London's early police force), 1066 and Trafalgar Origins, have dealt with historical themes, while Smokescreen, last year's award-winning interactive drama, was a darker look at the dangers of social networking sites. It's a broad remit, but then as Taylor points out, it's a broad audience: "the content depends on what we're trying to achieve and who we're trying to reach with it.14-year-old boys and 19-year-old girls don't have much in common. While we commission for teens over the portfolio, each project is usually quite tailored to a particular sub-group."
Taylor's skill has been in tracking down and working with a new generation of mostly British 'digital creative agencies' – an emerging strata of development studios specialising in online, social and cross-platform games, often for commercial partners. "Our original supplier list was all TV companies, some of whom wanted to get into multiplatform, so a few there still pitch us. But we had to go out and talk to lots of digital and games agencies, to let them know we had money to spend on internet-native projects. I kicked off the games element with Bow Street Runner from Littleloud, who I'd had my eye on for a while from a distance. We go to lots of conferences, gatherings and events where we scout about for people doing interesting things. I spend Fridays scooting around the internet looking for good new work. We do open briefs once a year, where anyone keeping an eye on what we do can pitch in: details of those are on Channel 4's commissioning site.
"It helps if they've recently produced something astounding that we like: that tends to get them into our radar in the first place. But sometimes too we give startups a break, or work with people trying out a new direction; sometimes it's just down to timing! Other times, it's a technology specialism thing: Littleloud are rapidly becoming the agency of choice for AV games, for instance (ones with real actors in); Preloaded are flash experts, and we mean experts. We are Beatnik Games' first client, and we helped Six To Start get off the ground, ditto Zombie Cow…"
It's the Zombie Cow project that may stoke up the most interest when it's released online next Thursday. Last year, Taylor approached this tiny indie developer, known for witty, surreal titles like Gibbage and Ben There, Dan That, to create a game about sexually transmitted infections. Zombie Cow founder Dan Marshall readily agreed. "Dan emailed me and asked me to blog about Ben There Dan That, which I'd already played," explains Taylor about the commissioning process. "So I asked him whether he'd be interested in doing a 'little project' for us. You should have seen his face when I told him it was either politics or sex education…"
Privates is, we can say with some certainty, not about politics. It is a 3D platformer/twin-stick shooter set in and around a pubic region. The player controls a squad of three condom-hatted soldiers – the eponymous privates – who must clear each area of viruses, bacteria and other organic nasties. "In terms of gameplay, it feels a little bit like a more squelchy Contra or Gunstar Heroes," says Dan. "You've got one gun with four different firing modes – enemies are only susceptible to the appropriate gun type, be that Anti-Viral for Viruses, Antibiotics for Bacteria, that sort of thing. So you'll need to pay attention to what you're fighting, because there's no use shooting Herpes with anything but your Anti-Viral gun."
As the trailer joyfully reveals, the game is filled with daft, knockabout humour, revelling in the British love of sexual and scatological slang – an interactive take on the Young Ones for the Skins generation. But what Privates also represents, in just about the most flagrant sense possible, is the comfortable transference of indie gaming anarchy into a mainstream TV channel's educational remit. Zombie Cow is a classic bedroom coding outfit, a loose collective of like-minded programmers and artists, used to putting out their games online for a small but dedicated audience. Britain has dozens of these often one-man operations, creating weird, imaginative and confrontational titles, like Robert Fearon's War Twat and Charlie Knight's Scoregasm. It's an underground gaming culture that has so far sat out of sight, existing quietly alongside the mainstream games industry.
Marshall readily concedes that Zombie Cow is not the sort of company you'd readily associate with a national media commission. "For previous games it's been ramshackle meetings in pubs, followed by me swearing at a monitor, bashing at a keyboard with my big Neanderthal fists and getting very grumpy indeed until things worked," he says. "I am not a natural coder."
"Fortunately, Privates has been completely unique – I'm in the very lucky position to have brought in a couple of top-notch guys doing all the hard and important work. Chris Simpson (the coder) and Andy Hodgetts (the artist) are up in Hartlepool slaving away making all the magic happen. They both come from a Triple A background, with many years experience behind them, which is why everything looks blisteringly brilliant."
It does look impressive, but you can imagine the Daily Mail headlines – the paper's least favourite TV channel teaching teens about sex via an explicit shoot-'em-up. But Taylor and co are prepared for this. Back in 2008, the channel devised a sort of education mission statement, in which it listed its core values as: do it first, make trouble, inspire change. Well, trouble could be on its way.
But, of course, this department also knows its audience. "We have a completely awesome research team," says Taylor. "We get solid data all the time on hours of TV a day, which mobiles they're carrying, how much time they spend online, how much they love games (a LOT). We often have teenage work experience kids in the office, and they tell us what they think of our projects. All our projects are tested with teenagers, in schools or focus groups or feedback groups, so the developers can keep an eye on whether the end product is going to appeal to the target end user."
Alongside sex, politics is also receiving the gaming treatment. Another major project, launching online this Thursday, deals with a less obvious area of teen life: civil liberties. The Curfew is a futuristic adventure set in an Orwellian Britain where the population is locked in to their homes every night. You play a protestor holding a key piece of data that could bring down this totalitarian regime – but you need to converse with other desperate characters and work out who you can trust. Produced as a Flash game by Littleloud, it's written by games journalist and Marvel comic scribe Kieron Gillen – and as Taylor points out, it's not a complete sci-fi fantasy:
"The Curfew grew from the actual UK curfew on teens that most people probably aren't aware of: if you're under 16 and out after 9pm, the police can send you home pretty much at their discretion. Teens are often treated like criminals in this country, penalised just for being young. We want teens to wake up to the idea that the government is supposed to represent citizens, not control them, and for these teens to engage more with politics. The Curfew is a fantasy, but built out from actual governmental acts and decisions of the recent years. Maybe it'll inspire some to help change the country a bit for the better.'"
Channel 4 has several more intriguing game projects lined up for this year including Cover Girl about airbrushing and image manipulation, and Codename: Afterlife, a "MiniMO" (minimally-multiplayer online game) about death and philosophy. And Taylor is still trawling those conferences and game events looking for the emerging stars of the indie scene – she was at the Develop conference in Brighton last week, no doubt checking out that town's growing array of miniature dev studios. "I have no idea how it works 'up top', but I love the fact that Channel 4 seem to be completely open to format, platform, size and scope," says Marshall. "It means that creative, interesting, funky ideas are getting through, and not getting restricted or confined to only using Unity or Flash for example. As a result they're doing some amazing things with some amazing indies."
And certainly, at the heart of this whole project is the intersection between indie culture and mainstream media. It'll be interesting to see where this goes, and how the parties will deal with popular interest beyond the target audience. With Privates on the verge of launching, I ask Dan Marshall whether he's really prepared for the potential tabloid storm. "Anything that gets the word out and gets people playing it can only be a good thing, " he ventures. "And besides, surely no one can get too indignant about a violent video game that largely takes place inside a vagina?… No you're right, I'm completely unprepared."
The Curfew is released online this Thursday – there's a trailer here. Privates is out on August 5.


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Laboring on Labor Day September 5, 2011Posted by judylobo in Photography, Politics, Videos.
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Labor Day is a day when we are supposed to honor the laborer by not laboring. In today's job market – that is an easy task. Jobs are hard to find and the horizon does not seem any brighter. Today's headline grabber in the New York Times indicates that the Post Office is on the brink of shutting down and the possibility of 120,000 postal workers being laid off (talk about 'going postal').
I am a long time believer in unions and do not blame them for our present economic problems. That is just one more 'class warfare' tactic that the Repugnants use to attempt (quite successfully) to break the unions. Do we have to look any further than Wisconsin to see what an of control Repugnant legislature will do?
Am I at all optimistic about the President's jobs speech this Thursday to a joint session of Congress? No, I am not. I will listen and count on my fingers all of the things he will propose and then try to figure out when he will cave on them when dealing with the other side. I have begun saying to my friends that we already have a Republican in the White House and we do not need another election to switch parties in that branch of Government. Oh dear – I am wandering off topic.
Back to Labor Day. Last year on Labor Day I wrote "I would like to proudly say that I have never crossed a picket line but three of my friends would know that's a big fat lie. Does it count if I was out of town while guiltily crossing the picket line? Here's the story in a nutshell. We were on a fun holiday to Chicago. I had no idea the hotel I booked us into was on strike. I gasped when I saw the picket line. What to do? What to do? Luckily I found a side door that I could sneak in and out of each time we entered and left the hotel but it was extremely unpleasant for me (my pals got a good laugh out of my discomfort). So, in conclusion, I will proudly say that other than those four days in Chicago, I have never crossed a picket line".
'The first Labor Day in the US was celebrated on September 5, 1882 in New York City. It became a federal holiday in 1894, when, following the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the US military and US Marshals during the Pullman Strike, President Grover Cleveland put reconciliation with the labor movement as a top political priority. Fearing further conflict, legislation making Labor Day a national holiday was rushed through Congress unanimously (can you imagine anything unanimous in Congress today?) and signed into law a mere six days after the end of the strike.
The only effective answer to organized greed is organized labor – Thomas Donahue
Solidarity Forever September 1, 2008Posted by judylobo in Politics, Videos.
Tags: labor day, pete seeger, unions, woody guthrie
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Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. Since 1882 we have been celebrating the worker. Let us keep on doing so.
– Solidarity Forever sung by Pete Seeger & The Weavers, with old photographs of the labor movement in US History.This is a tribute to all the workers who sacrificed to make a better world for their children and grand children.
– There once was a union maid was written by Woody Guthrie in response to the notion that he never wrote songs about the women who toiled in the Labor Movement.
– "In the mountains of Kentucky in 1931, the coal miners of Harlan County went on strike. Officers hired by the mining company roamed the countryside hunting for the union leaders. The independent coal miners fought back gallantly against the hired company deputies and blood was spilled on both sides. "Which Side Are You On," was written by Florence Reece, the wife of Sam Reece, a union leader who had escaped into the Kentucky mountains for safety. Class warfare continues in the United States and in most nations throughout the world. Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Millard Lampell of the Almanac Singers made this song famous in 1941″.


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Obviously, the biggest contributor to this problem is how quickly mechanical seals in conventional pumps wear out in these kinds of environments.
An often overlooked alternative is the Air Operated Double Diaphragm Pump (AODD). This is because AODD chemical pumps can vary in both quality and effectiveness for this application across the market. However, there are AODD pumps on the market which are ideally suited for pumping hazardous materials.
Why Use an AODD Pump?
AODD pumps use bolts to secure the pump and create their seal – so there is no mechanical seal that will need regular replacement – saving money over electric pumps. As their name suggest plastic pumps can be made of a plastic that doesn't react with the materials you are pumping – which gives it a longer life compared to other options.
Unlike electric pumps, AODD pumps can run dry and deadhead without the risk of burning, seizing, or harming their components. Finally AODD pumps are gentler than electric pumps – with hazardous materials being fragile – mild turbulence from passing through an electric pump prevents damage to the material.
What Can Cause Leaks In AODD Pumps?
We all know that safety is the number one concern when dealing with hazardous materials. In order to use AODD pumps in your facility to move hazardous materials it's a good idea to understand the common causes of leakage and how to remedy it.
For moving hazardous materials the most common AODD pumps used are plastic and the most common cause of leakage in a plastic pump is creep and cold flow.
Creep is when a pump deforms (permanently) under load.
Cold flow is when the pump is subjected to continuous loads at a fluctuating temperature – this can cause the different plastic parts to expand and/or contract at different rates which causes deformation of the pump.
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Around The World In 3 Years
The Modern Motorcycle Diaries
Adventurer Alex Chacon spent three years riding his motorcycle across the globe.
Before launching out, Chacon sold all his earthly possessions — his car, TV and clothes and set off from his hometown of El Paso Texas with nothing but what he could carry on his motorcycle. For the next 3 years he rode across the world.
He rode over 125,000 miles and crossed more than 75 borders. Here he is at The Wave in Arizona.
He visited more than 36 countries and took 360 degree selfies in exotic locations all over the planet. Here he is in the Himalayas in India.
He traveled to Athens, Greece.
And to the Atacama desert in Chile.
And the Wahiba Sands in Oman.
And dozens of other places around the world.
On one leg of his journey he took a 500 day trip from Alaska to Argentina and back, to raise money for children in Uganda.
Watch his breathtaking video below, called The Modern Motorcycle Diaries.
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Executive Director, Shakti Samuha
Sunita Danuwar, a leading Social Activist, became a victim of human trafficking when she was only 14 years. Together with fourteen girls, originally from Nepal and all rescued from brothels in India, she established an organization, Shakti Samuha "Power Group" in 1996. This is the one of the first anti-human trafficking organization established and run solely by trafficking survivors in the world. Danuwar is a Counselor, Program Director, President and currently the Executive Director of Shakti Samuha.
Due to her dedication against human trafficking, she has been honored by national and international honors and awards such as the 2015 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award in Taiwan, C10 (Child10) Award 2014 in Sweden and Women Leadership Achievement Award 2015 in India. Danuwar also received honors and awards as a president on behalf of Shakti Samuha.
Shakti Samuha has been awarded with prestigious award- Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2013, French Republic Human Rights Award in 2015 and also honored by Women, Children and Social Welfare Ministry in Nepal.


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What's up Attackers, Kirk here with your weekly MMO News for October 9th, 2015. On today's episode we have a couple new, or at least new to you, games that we can start looking forward to, as well as another MMO death, which is becoming increasingly more common. All that and more on today's episode […]Read more
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Construction Executive Speaks at SUNY Canton March 29
The president and CEO of COP Construction will be presenting at SUNY Canton as part of the college's Excellence in Leadership Lecture Series.
Edward Bedell is a 1969 alumnus who has established a successful career in construction project management. He is scheduled to speak at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, in Nevaldine Hall Room 102. Leadership Lecture Series presentations are free and open to the public.
"We are very fortunate that we are able to bring in established, professional, alumni who demonstrate the strengths of the applied education offered at SUNY Canton," said Michael J. Newtown, dean of the Canino School of Engineering Technology. "Mr. Bedell is a perfect example of how a student can start here and go anywhere."
Newtown said Bedell's lecture would be of interest to students in a variety of the college's engineering technology or STEM related fields and will also appeal to management students from the School of Business and Liberal Arts.
Bedell took ownership of COP Construction after working as the company's Vice President of Operations. COP specializes in bridges, dams, concrete structures, water, sanitary sewer and storm drain utilities, water and sanitary sewer treatment plants, containment ponds, subdivisions, general site work, and recreational facilities.
He oversees operations in Montana, Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. The company employs between 200 and 350 full-time personnel and is widely recognized as a leading construction company in its region.
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SUNY Canton is Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs. The college delivers quality hands-on programs in engineering technology, health, management and public service and recently received number one rankings in library resources, library services and tutoring services in the SUNY Student Opinion Survey. The college's faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as 13 exclusively online bachelor's degrees. The college's 15 athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level and are conference members of the newly formed American Collegiate Athletic Association.
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Thoughts are off summer and back to the daily routine of school and work for next week. As I reflect back on our summer break though I am encouraged in some ways that we have progressed as a family over the last six years since our children were placed with us. I remember the very first summer when I was terrified at the prospect of 6 weeks to entertain children I didn't really know well and wasn't sure I could cope. Now I know you have to take each week and sometimes each day at a time – that way the six weeks seems to go quickly and each week is a new adventure of sorts.
I have to say though whilst I am encouraged at some things there are other things that are more concerning as the children grow older. They have been able to do more without us this year but for our eldest the impact of that on her attachment to us has been surprising to me. Adopting older children (7 when she came to us) means that there is the chance of it being more difficult to form a solid attachment to each other. As she has gone into High School and teenage years the need to pull away and become more independent (as typical teenagers will do) is a bit more difficult for her as the foundation of relationship with us is not as solid as it would be if she had lived with us from birth. This means of course that while typical teenagers have a trusted safe base to come back to should they get things wrong – for our daughter she doesn't feel that safety and security with us.
An example of how this can show itself is that she went on two 6 day camps this summer without us – one with the scouts and the other with a youth group. Whilst she had a good time and seemed to cope well with the activities and being away, when she came back she struggled to readjust to life in a family again. She had been used to doing her own thing with no one telling her what to do or parenting her – then when she came back to us the battles began as we all got used to being a family again.
These battles continue – and it doesn't surprise me that these times are hard for my daughter and for us. Adoption is a great solution for children who do not have a safe family to grow up in, but it is not an easy option by any means. We can't give our daughter those 5 years back – she desperately wants a 'do over' to be able to have what she calls a 'normal' life but she hasn't and as much as we would like it to have been different we can't give her those years back. What we can do of course is try to help her come to terms with her life, to feel good about herself and to grow in the best way that she can. It's not always easy, I'm ashamed to say, as even though I understand why things are hard for her it is also hard for us and her brothers too, and sometimes we are not the most encouraging parents to her.
So as I look back on Summer 2014 I think it will be known as the 'summer time when the living was easy'….well sometimes anyway, not so easy other times – just like life in general – but we survived, had some fun together and hopefully have growth a little bit closer as a family.


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Portable air conditioners are designed to cool a small space, such as a room or office, not exceeding 400 to 450 square feet. They provide the convenience of having air conditioning without the hassle of a large central unit.
Most portable air conditioners are built on wheels that allow you to roll them from room to room. They are also lightweight and fairly small in size so that it can be transported from home to office, or anywhere else you would like to take it.
Portable Air Conditioner Features
Portable air conditioners are made in single-vent systems, or for those who want even more cooling power, dual-vent systems. Most units include window and ventilation kits at no extra charge and are very easily operated. Most portable air conditioners require a window for ventilation as well as a tray to collect condensation, unless they come with a built in water pump or self-evaporation feature.
Why Portable Air Conditioners?
Portable air conditioning units offer quite a few advantages when compared to traditional central air conditioning units. Some benefits include:
- Smaller sizes take up less space
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- Convenience and versatility that allow the unit to be moved from room to room
- The ability to cool rooms with less hassle and for less money.
Portable air conditioners can be the answer for the homeowner or renter who doesn't want to make a large commitment to air conditioning, but still wants to live with the comfort of cooler air.
Window Air Conditioners
There are a few nominal differences between portable air conditioners and window air conditioners. Window air conditioners are not a good option for those concerned about using up valuable window space. However, if window space is not a consideration and affordability is a crucial factor, window air conditioners is the way to go.
Window air conditioners are also portable and capable of cooling the same area as a portable air conditioner on wheels. Also, these types of air conditioning units have direct venting, and in some cases, can perform better than some portable air conditioners.
Portable Air Conditioner Ratings
Air conditioners are rated by the number of British Thermal Units (BTU) of heat they can remove per hour. The more BTU a portable air conditioner is capable of, the greater its cooling capacity. National appliance standards require portable air conditioners built after January 1, 1990, to have an Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER) of 8.0 or greater.
Purchasing a Portable Air Conditioner
When shopping for a portable air conditioner, it is important to look for one with a self-evaporation feature or built in water pump in order to dispose of condensation automatically. This will pay off in convenience later on.
It is also important to check not only the BTU capacity, but also the EER. Select a portable air conditioner with an EER of at least 9.0 if you live in a mild climate, but if you live in a hot climate, the unit will need to have an EER of 10 or more.
Portable air conditioning units are efficient and convenient. However, if more than three rooms in your home or office are in need of cooling, then a central air conditioning unit might be easier and more cost-effective.
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Just listen to at least the first few minutes of this radio show (or via links here), which begins with the work of Diana Deutsch, a psychologist who studies the psychology of music. The opening segment demonstrates a remarkable phenomenon, whereby a looped segment of ordinary speech appears—after a few repetitions—to become musical. Moreover, once you've perceived it as music, listening to the segment in context makes it sound like the speaker is in a Busby Berkeley musical and has just begun to segue into a solo number. The general musicality of speech is obvious, I suppose, especially when you listen to certain accents, or hear uptalk. But this is a very nice sort of case.
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No recipes tonight, folks. Actually I made some delicious stir-fry, but I have to make a few minor tweaks to the recipe next time I make it before it is post-worthy. The carrot-to-broccoli ratio was slightly off. Instead, I'd like to mention a few words about one of my favorite kitchen loves: the beloved cast iron skillet. I have spoken to many a person who dislikes cooking with cast iron. Why? It's heavy and you can't put it in the dishwasher. These things are true, but I believe once you realize all the benefits to cooking with one and get into the habit, you will not be able to live without it. So here we go:
1. Even heat distribution
Cast iron is great because when you start heating it up, the heat distributes evenly across the entire surface of the pan. You might need grip cover for the handle; however, your meats will turn out perfectly seared. You can achieve perfect temperatures for frying in oil (which you shouldn't be doing too often, you know). If you have a gas stove, even better – you can get even better temperature control and heat distribution with fire instead of electric. You can take the thing camping and use it over the camp fire. They even have cast iron dutch ovens and pots you can make stews and soups in over a wood burning fireplace. You basically never have to worry about it getting too hot – if it's the right temperature for your food, the cast iron pan can handle it!
2. Cast iron provides dietary iron
This is a wonderful benefit to cooking with cast iron unless you have hemochromatosis, a genetic condition that causes you to store extra iron. Do not use cast iron if you have this condition; however, many other people are iron deficient or borderline. Your body is excellent at figuring out when your iron stores are low and absorbing more when you need it, although it is possible to overdose, but unlikely just from your cookware. This works especially well if you use an acidic product, like tomatoes, to cook with. That will draw out more iron than a neutral or basic food.
3. The original nonstick pan
Cast iron is great because once it's well seasoned, you just have to maintain that seasoning and you can cook almost anything on it, including eggs. Can't say that about stainless steel, and you have to wonder if teflon is ending up in the food you cook like iron does. I prefer to cook with something that I know my body needs anyway rather than risk teflon being the next cancer-causing agent and regreting using it for cooking my whole life. To maintain the seasoning, you just have to rub a little oil – olive, coconut, grapeseed, etc. – onto the surface of the pan after using it and washing it. That's it! Make sure you don't use much, if any, soap to scrub the pan out. This might cause you to scrub off all your seasoning.
4. Oven to stove and back again
Sometimes I'm cooking on the stove, and I realize I need to let something simmer a while and I don't want to be constantly maintaing the right temperature on the stove. That's the unfortunate thing about an electric stove. With a cast iron pan, I can just pop a top on it, turn the oven on, and put it in straight from the stove. Again, it can go up to any temperature you need, so don't worry about the oven temp. Can't say this about teflon, or other pots and pans. A lot of them cap out at 300 degrees.
5. Lasts forever
My favorite cast iron pan I found at a thrift store for $50. This is a hefty price, I have to admit – that thrift store obviously knew what they had. It is a Griswold brand, which apparently is very sought after. They stopped making this particular kind of pan in 1957, so it is at least 50 years old. That's pretty good for an ol' skillet. Can't say that about a nonstick skillet- most of those you have to chuck after 5 years, max.
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Predation Potential of the Jellyfish Drymonema larsoni Bayha & Dawson (Scyphozoa: Drymonematidae) On the Moon Jellyfish Aurelia sp in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
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The jellyfish Drymonema larsoni bloomed in the northern Gulf of Mexico in the Fall of 2000 and fed voraciously on the moon jellyfish Aurelia sp., especially where they were concentrated in frontal convergence. We evaluated the predation potential of D. larsoni on Aurelia sp. medusa using laboratory and field data. Our data set represents the most complete study to date on the new scyphozoan family Drymonematidae and indicates that D. larsoni may be one of the most effective predators on other jellyfish recorded to date. On average, each D. larsoni medusa contained 2.7 Aurelia sp. prey, but as many as 34. In addition, 94% of moon jellyfish unassociated with D. larsoni showed scarring from previous contact with D. larsoni tentacles. Digestion times for D. larsoni feeding on individual Aurelia sp. ranged from 2 to 3 h and averaged 2.7 h. Potential clearance rates for predation on Aurelia sp. were extremely high (320-1043.5 m(3) d(-1)) and indicate that D. larsoni is potentially an important predator on Aurelia sp. blooms where the species co-occur. When the two species co-occur in numbers, predation by D. larsoni medusae could reduce moon jellyfish blooms, possibly alleviating predation pressure on lower trophic levels utilized by Aurelia sp., such as copepods and the early life history stages of ecologically and economically important fish and invertebrate species.
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Bayha, K. M.,
Graham, W. M.,
Higgins, J. E.,
Fletcher, H. A.
(2012). Predation Potential of the Jellyfish Drymonema larsoni Bayha & Dawson (Scyphozoa: Drymonematidae) On the Moon Jellyfish Aurelia sp in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Hydrobiologia, 690(1), 189-197.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/227


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"What is it with men and gardening?" the Mrs. asked me yesterday as we discussed our plans for the garden, driving home from church. "Is it because you can't have babies?"
I suppose there's some merit to that hypothesis; that a garden gives a man the opportunity to nurture a tiny seed into a beautiful plant, sometimes over the course of many years (I know I was happy to see that all of my perennials weathered the winter intact). I mentioned it in one of my early garden rambles last year, how it's in my blood. At least 3 generations of Murray men have been gardeners. The 3 I'm familiar with, anyway. It's what I gotta do, to borrow from Rod Farva.
But what of things horticultural, you cry! Cast off the reminiscences and the meta-physics, and get to the plants. Dammit man, you insist, what of your garlic?
And I reply, the garlic I planted, taken from cloves given to me by my father, is doing nicely. Better than expected, but thou the vegetable garden was planted first, let us begin on the front porch and then move to the back porch, the herb garden, vegetable garden, dog-garden, and the in-progress flower beds of the sidewalk. That last a mighty tale of heroism and long struggle.
But first, the set up. We went shopping for stock with which to garden yesterday after church. Home Depot gift cards were put to good use (Wedding presents - woohoo!) in purchasing flowers, and mulch, and plants, and potting soil. We bought pots at the Lowe's, since none of the Home Depot pots that we saw inspired us. Though while at Lowe's I made to take down an up-turned urn for closer inspection, and got a shirt-full of water for my trouble. The base of the urn makes for a capable holder of water itself. In the 95+ degree heat it made for a pleasant surprise, oddly enough. And a much-needed laugh, as heat wore us down. We returned home with our treasures, and set forth to work on garden things. I transplanted and planted as the Mrs. pulled and tore at vines and branch - more on her later.
The front porch will be gorgeous in a month, if I keep the window boxes and the hanging baskets watered. Flower seeds from last year that I gathered have been planted in the boxes out front, and shade-loving flowers (fuchsia and a mixed-pot) have been hung. The pony-tail plant that I inherited from Mrs. Krumpe has found a new home in a larger pot, and much needed. The poor plant was root-bound, so I freed up the roots and gave it a generous shot of water. Given the oddly arid nature of the front porch, it should be just enough water for the plant to get established in its new pot. We may add more to the porch; I may buy some more flowers as transplanting has found me with many empty square pots that would do very well out front. But that will be then. For now, let's move on.
The back porch is primarily a staging area for potting, transplanting, and plants in transition. It's almost like my own like plant hospital - much to her dismay. I try to make it look as decorative as possible, for a work area. Right now there's a hanging strawberry plant in need of planting, a window box with out a home with flower seeds, and a maple tree sapling that just sprouted. Inspired by my parents I want to nurture it and plant it in a corner of the yard, where I hope it will grow into a big tree. Well, a tree, period, really.
Stepping off the back porch and ignoring the patch of bare ground that I think is poisoned because grass refuses to grow there, we step into the herb garden. Perennial mums sprouted up, giving floral beauty (eventually) to these fragrant rows. Lined up behind these silent sentries (get it, mums, silent?) on the left is Peppermint, freshly planted rosemary (a mistaken purchase. I had a pot of rosemary from Dad that I will discuss later, for some reason I thought it was thyme.), lemon balm, self-seeded chamomile, oregano, chocolate mint, and then more flowers wrapping around to my butterfly bush (weathered the winter much better than the potted butterfly bush Mark I) and flower garden. Eventually - this week - along the fence I intend to plant sunflower seeds.
Walking back to the top of the right row you'll find freshly planted basil interspersed with cilantro and an anise-smelled leafed herb whose name, I am embarrassed to admit, presently escapes me. It smells like licorice, though. Old friends sage and Other Peppermint (spreading like the weed it is) are still strongly represented.
On the patio there is a new player, a nice wide yet low pot into which I have planted lavender, and transplanted my other oregano and the aforementioned rosemary, the latter two refreshed after wintering in the kitchen. Our plan is to move this large pot indoors come cold weather and have fresh herbs all winter long. We plan for a second pot to contain mints and other herbs suitable for teas (perhaps the lavender should have gone here?)For now, however, we must concern ourselves with vegetables.
Vegetables. Delicious, healthy, fun to grow! Yes, friends, the third year of the vegetable garden seems to be the most promising year yet. A path was dug, allowing for beds, compost was mixed in with soil that had been worked last year, and minor expansions were made to reclaim ground laid bare from creeping weed removal. Thus far radishes, lettuces, spinach, peas, and garlic have all sprouted and are in the process of sprouting (about half the pea sprouts are up. I am looking forward to fresh peas this year). Carrots and broccoli are taking their good sweet time. Ah! I bought crook-necked squash at the Home Depot yesterday, and planted those three seedlings, hopefully spaces far enough apart. Double hopefully that the peas and broccoli will grow faster than the squash so that they might share some ground. There is a patch of ground where I planted old seeds that didn't do much last year. I felt it was a waste to not even give them a shot, but nothing as of yet. Hopefully dad will have some peppers for me to transplant in soon, and this is the spot reserved for them. Otherwise I'll have to keep peppers potted until the spring veggies come out. I have to consider what to put in when the spring stuff comes out. Maybe additional peppers? Maybe beans? No, beans are too much work for too little return. I do want to get some onions in the ground, but I fear it may be too late for them and tat they'll have to wait until fall. Anyone have any thoughts as to what to put in the ground after radishes, carrots, and lettuce have come out? Dad will have good ideas, for certain. Oh! Maybe zucchini.
I know you're dying to hear about the hedge monster we're slaying, but first, some fun news from further into the yard. Yes, formerly the domain of dogs, dandelions, and not much else, I have decided to spruce up the back half of the yard a bit. My first decision was, when cutting the grass for the first time (what a jungle) this year I decided to not cut back those few clumps of grass that are of a wildly different species than the rest, looking almost ornamental (Though definitely accidental). It gives a garden feel to that patch of grass. At the back center of the yard I've put the bird bath, with the only working solar lamp, and a small garden that is kind of the step-child of gardens, but I plan to put some work into it after getting the rest of the yard into shape. But Rob - you say - won't we have to walk a potential mine field (try as you may, you never get it all when you have dogs). Nay, nay, I say, Nay! For the brick path that runs between herb gardens bisects the yard nearly to it's lengthwise extent. Alas it is covered with grass for half that length. Well, only about a quarter now. There's some back-breaking labor in the heat; digging up ye aulde sod that covers a brick path. I plan to have that done by week's end also, using the sod to cover the dead patches in the part of the yard that I wish I could just pave over. Hey, that's not a bad idea. Nah. So yeah, brick path all the way back, fun little garden (and eventually tree) and some ornamental grass. Finally, our own green monster.
Photos will show you the hedge that serves as privacy barrier between our yard-garden and the world. Those of you who have been to our house know of it. My parents have helped me tame it in the past. The Mrs. and I have spent long hours on weekends bringing it under control. This Spring our mission is to pull out the ivy (we'll never get it all), and put in flowers and mulch. Thanks to the ivy and birds nesting in the hedge above, the earth on this 37 foot long, 3 foot high, 60 degree incline on the side of out house is fairly rich. I don't plan to use any fertilizer, because this stuff is loam, baby. It's also, however, a pain in the arse to clear out, and apparently the city's auxiliary trash dump. Thus far we have found:
- several plastic bottles of cleaning chemical, liquor, and soda variety
- a complete set of metal flatware
- pieces of plastic flatware
- a basketball
- the blades from manual edging trimmers
- several pens (someone call Papermate, 'cos one of them still worked)
- shards of glass bottle
- cans of soda/beer
- various food wrappers / plastic containers
- a cassette tape of The Judds
- a cassette tape of Mariah Carey


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In this piece written for Investment & Wealth Institute (formerly IMCA) in January 2017, Michael Underhill discusses the impact of globalization and populism on investing.
Today - trade wars, tariffs, history and geopolitics have come to the economic forefront, and may be more inter-related than what was initially understood, as explained in this paper.
"[the] British election, Brexit, and the U.S. election of Donald Trump. At first glance, these events may seem independent, but they may actually not be independent; they may be indicative of larger forces at work in the global economy driving us toward an era of neonationalism."
Click here for the full paper.


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New member Glen Hooper produces the kits for these neat little units at Mapleton in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. See the attached brochure for information on these vehicles.
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On Tuesday night, July 23, a tornado was thought to hit the Thompson Park area of East Liverpool, but instead it was a down burst, according to the Morning Journal.
Still, the damage that the "down burst" did was dramatic with winds of 80 to 90 miles per hour.
I took a walk at the park today, and this is what I saw:
Preserving history, legends, and paranormal tales of the tri-state area of OHIO, WEST VIRGINIA, AND PENNSYLVANIA.
Friday, July 26, 2013
Commander John J. Cornwell-Memorial in Lisbon Cemetery
There are several grave markers in the Lisbon Cemetery that have remarkable stories actually written on them. Or, at least enough information to help you find their remarkable story. On the marker for Commander John Cornwell it tells that it is in his memory, that he was a Commander in the U.S. Navy, and that he is buried in Toulon, France. It also gives the date of his death as Feb 12, 1867.
Putting Mr. Cornwell into the computer, his whole story comes up. It was written by East Liverpool's own, Timothy Brookes, a local historian who has slid into the place of the amazing Joan Witt, who died suddenly in April of last year.
He wrote it for a publication called the Salt Water Buckeye.
My favorite thing about that article is the picture you find of Commander Cornwell. You actually see what he looked like. It is always nice to have a face to go with a name on a tombstone. It makes them more real.
He apparently died from too much stress, according to the ship surgeon, W.E. Taylor. He called the cause of death "Congestion of the brain."
Cornwell was the Commander of the double-turreted monitor, the U.S.S. Nahant.
First, what is a monitor? A Monitor is the class of relatively small warship which was neither fast nor strongly armored but carried disproportionately large guns.
Second, what was the U.S.S. Nahant?
Here is a picture of the ship, commissioned in 1862. Cornwell took command in 1865, right after the fall of Forte Sumter.
It was awesome to see a little of the past, just from reading a grave marker in Lisbon Cemetery. I look forward to doing that again.
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The Great Ornithologist Felonious Jive wrote about Ivory Gull related heartbreak and heartache yesterday on 10,000 Birds...read all about it here. Oh, and some (mostly) good news on the Endangered Species front over here.
Above are a bunch of birds that are not endangered nor Ivory Gulls, including Thayer's Gull (foreground) with a phalanx of Black Skimmers for contrast. Santa Barbara, CA.


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From the earliest PadMaps came the mod PadWorld, and now from that distinguished provenance comes the next evolution, the World of Padman Standalone. Developed and headed by the professional cartoonist and illustrator ENTE, PadWorld Entertainment proudly present a free multiplayer standalone game for Windows, MacOSX, and Linux that's powered by an extended ioQuake3-Engine.
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Hello Everyone!
I happened to come by a great book list compiled by Business Insider – books that Warren Buffet himself has said are worth reading!
Warren Buffet of course is the legendary investor from Omaha, USA. He has influenced my style of thinking about investments and business heavily. His book suggestions have directed my way at the library and books stores before as well. The Intelligent Investor that is the first book on the list made by the Business Insider is something I read already back in the university.
Besides that I have not actually read any of the books on the list, so I have something to do during the cold and rainy Autumn evenings.
Have fun reading!


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Back To School Let's Do Our Home Work
Begin To Prepare Your Home For Savings This Fall
If you look up from what you're doing right now, you will realize that the kids will be back in school in just a couple of weeks. Can you believe the summer is already gone. What that really means to you is that you are right back to crazy schedules of carpools and extracurricular activities.
Action Plumbing Heating Air Conditioning and Electrical has some helpful tips that can help to keep some sanity as you return to a full schedule and hectic days. Why not begin to do your "home" work now. A few simple steps to get your house organized and updated can mean less stress while you save, once the school year begins:
Back To School Organization Tips!
- Everything Can Have A Place To Live - In a busy lifestyle, shoes, bookbags, gym clothes and sports equipment may have a habit of being thrown on the floor or misplaced when entering or exiting the home. You can stop the chaos now by establishing a location for everyday items such as keys, shoes, jackets and backpacks to ensure everything has its place. It's easy to create a storage area in your mudroom or addition to the laundry room. Popular storage solution, shelves with new baskets that hold cubbies, hooks and hanging rods make hanging items effortless and also provide a place to store extra objects or sports equipment.
- Super Savers - To prevent added stress, be sure to think about planning ahead for the busy weeknights after school and work. You can save time and money by preparing meals for the week during the weekend. Sundays are a perfect day to cook up some nutritious and delicious dinners, even with the kids help, to freeze for the following week. This means you can spend quality time with the family. Dedicate a family cooking evening to stock up the freezer so you can have special time later in the month.
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- Set up a new Study Zone Area in the house. Most kids start the school year on the right foot by creating a productive study area. Finding a new place for them with minimal distractionsis a great way to start them developing a new good habit with all of their books and materials. Insure that this room has sufficient lighting and keep necessary supplies such as pens, calculators and reference materials on hand. To help prevent wasted study time, you may want to consider adding a power charger or charging station for items like laptops and smart phones. Computer desks with plenty of storage for additional school supplies can be monitored and new purchases to replenish back stock will make your shopping a whole lot easier.
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text: This outfit below is a great reflection of my personal style. I love to throw on a dress with a scarf and some boots. Often, people will say, "You are dressed up." I feel that an outfit like this is much easier to put together, than pants and a blouse. With this dress I have one piece and that's all. This simple black dress is made more interesting with the bird print. If you had to pick an outfit to reflect your personal style, what would it be? Would it be a dress, jeans and t-shirt, blazer and pants, etc.?