text:
By Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, Kayla McGill and Zi Xue UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) called for greater participation of women in peace and security decision-making processes and underscored the importance of incorporating a gender perspective when addressing international peace and security challenges. In November 2017, the […]
Fifth-generation telecommunications (5G) technology promises to dramatically increase the interconnectedness and efficiency of commercial and civilian communication infrastructures. 5G will also enable other advances. On the civilian side, it will improve existing applications and give rise to others, from telemedicine to connected cars. It also presents an opportunity to enhance NATO's capabilities, improving logistics, maintenance, […]
For delivery within the European Union, Amazon now sells facial recognition cameras for door locks, webcams, home security systems, and office attendance driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)—powerful tools with civilian and military purposes. Germany, France, Spain, Denmark and Romania have tested and often deployed AI and ML facial recognition tools, many […]
The rise of China poses a strategic challenge for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Alliance needs a comprehensive political, economic, and security strategy to deal with China's growing global power. The more assertive a role China plays in world affairs, the more it could undercut NATO's cohesion and military advantages by translating commercial inroads in Europe into political influence, investing in strategically important sectors, and achieving major breakthroughs in advanced digital technologies.
The majority of countries have gender-blind foreign policies. While this may seem like a good thing, such policies fail to acknowledge and address existing gendered discrimination, inequalities, and violence. They also fail to take active steps to include women and other marginalized groups. Feminist foreign policy, in contrast, is designed to take into account and address these existing imbalances. On September 12, 2019, Women In International Security (WIIS)–Australia and the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (APR2P) convened a workshop to assess whether Australia has a feminist foreign policy and, if not, what steps could be taken to advance such a policy.
On August 12, 2017, neo-Nazis and white supremacists shocked the United States and the world alike with a deadly display of domestic terrorism. Tiki-torches, firearms, and fists overwhelmed the University of Virginia's campus and the streets of downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, leaving an activist and two state police officers dead and dozens injured.
Women who seek to participate in peace processes and political decision-making face many obstacles. To achieve sustainable peace and development, societies emerging from conflict must remove these obstacles. In so doing, they must recognize and prioritize that women are fully capable of active participation in all political processes. Women's equal participation in leadership at every level and in every sector is imperative to eliminating gender-based violence, poverty and enabling sustainable peace. Across the globe, women are increasingly assuming political leadership. For example, Ethiopia elected a woman president in 2018, and half of the nation's parliamentarians are women. In the Republic of Rwanda, women make up 78 percent of the representation in parliament.1 Leadership in politics and peacebuilding are linked. That is, women's political leadership paves the way for women's participation in peacebuilding processes and vice versa.
For over 30 years, Women In International Security (WIIS) has worked to advance the role of women in national and international security. While much progress has been made, the number of women occupying prominent positions in foreign and defense policy remains limited. As a result, the role of women in decision making in foreign and defense policies is under-developed.
The international community has taken a strong stance against conflict-related sexual violence, deeming it a war crime. However, international actors are paying scant attention to sexual- and gender-based violence (SGBV) in refugee settings. Urban refugee women and girls and those in refugee camps often grapple with SGBV in their countries of asylum, long after they have fled their homes and communities. Our research among refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo currently in Kenya and Uganda has unearthed a high incidence of SGBV against refugee women and girls. Research by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) indicates that one in five refugee and displaced women experience sexual violence. Many of the survivors often have no one to turn to for protection and resort to sex work and other risky means to survive.
At the UN Peacekeeping Defense Ministerial Conference, Canada announced the launch of the Elsie Initiative on Women in Peace Operations. Through tailored technical support, the initiative aims to help troop-contributing countries recruit and retain female soldiers. It is one of the first initiatives to directly address the lack of female personnel at the deploying country level.
United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 expressed a global commitment to the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda. Many policy statements and guidance on gender mainstreaming have followed in the 17 years since UNSCR 1325's passage, yet peace operations on the ground appear little affected. They continue to overlook the many roles women play in conflict and conflict resolution, fail to engage fully with women's organizations, and fail to include women fighters in reintegration and security sector reform programs. They even perpetrate exploitation: Sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) continues to be widespread within peace missions themselves, despite increased SEA and conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) training for operation forces.
While the cybersecurity industry will require approximately six million workers to meet its projected job demand by 2019, many positions will remain unfilled without more female cybersecurity professionals. Currently, women comprise only 11 percent of global cybersecurity professionals. Women's underrepresentation in cybersecurity is not just an economic workplace issue, but also has a profound impact on the type of technologies being developed and hence impacts everyone in the digital age.
Political leaders regularly make grand, public statements about the importance of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda for promoting national and international security, but their policy actions have fallen far short of their rhetorical declarations. There are two main reasons for this. First, political leaders are the point persons for their male-dominated security establishments. These establishments do not prioritize women and gender issues in national and international security affairs.
Many scholarly works on women in jihadi organizations emphasize women's lack of agency. Authors of these works argue women have fallen victim to these male-dominated organizations and thus have lost control over their actions. However, certain groups of women in some jihadi organizations—for example, Islamic State (or IS), Jaish al-Fatah, and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham—enjoy a degree of agency within the scope of their duties.
This policy brief examines the extent to which women in jihadi organizations have agency—that is, to which extent they are able to make independent decisions. Understanding the conditions under which women have agency, allows policymakers to recognize the diversity of roles and contributions of women within jihadi organizations and design appropriate policy responses.
As the idea that women can and should play pivotal roles in preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) gains greater traction, decision makers and scholars must keep striving toward a more nuanced understanding of the historical, cultural, and gendered contexts that enable extremist movements and organizations to grow. Without study, research, discussion, and stronger links with local actors and scholars to gain contextual understanding, U.S. analysts and policymakers risk creating a catalog of programs and policies internationally that include and empower women but fail to stem the tide of extremism and violence. Increasing women's empowerment and strengthening their roles in community life, peace, and security are important steps, but even these can fail or backfire without deep cultural understanding.
In July 2016 at Fort Benning, Georgia, US women for the first time began training to become Army infantry and armor officers. This first cohort of women has neither been issued women-specific equipment to accommodate smaller physical frames. In addition, while some equipment challenges can be addressed through modifications in training, others require equipment modifications and new procurement. To optimize women's performance in this uncharted terrain, the Army must ensure they receive appropriate training and equipment also collect, monitor, and evaluate data on the performance of all its soldiers.
In recent years, policymakers and international actors have begun to recognize the important role of women and women's organizations in preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE). In October 2015, the UNSecurity Council adopted Resolution 2242, which linked the women, peace and security (WPS) and the P/CVE agendas and called for synergies between efforts aimed at countering violent extremism and those furthering the WPS agenda. In 2016, the US government incorporated P/CVE in its National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.
As the idea that women can and should play pivotal roles in preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) gains greater traction, decision makers and scholars must keep striving toward a more nuanced understanding of the historical, cultural, and gendered contexts that enable extremist movements and organizations to grow.
The rise of groups like ISIS has galvanized the expansion of the global terrorism problem. While ISIS is hardly the first extremist organization to attract women and to use gendered tactics for recruitment, its formation and growth has paralleled the explosion of social media, bringing unprecedented attention to the problem. As scholars and policymakers attempt to develop coherent responses to the threats that groups like ISIS pose, three critical issues need to be addressed.
In March 2016, WIIS launched the Women, Terrorism, and Violent Extremism program. With the generous support of the Embassy of Liechtenstein in Washington, D.C., WIIS will facilitate a series of expert roundtables to explore the role of women in terrorist and violent extremist organizations, including the gendered dimensions of radicalization. These round tables will provide a forum for bringing together an international group of experts and policymakers from the counter-terrorism and Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) communities. Key takeaways and recommendations of expert roundtables will be captured and disseminated in the form of policy briefs.
On 12-14 July 2015, Women in International Security (WIIS) conducted a three-day data-gathering workshop with over twenty women from the U.S. Special Operations Command's Cultural Support Team (CST) program—the all-female teams that deployed with U.S. Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan from 2010 until 2014. Approximately 200 women participated in this program over 5 years. In addition to the workshop, we surveyed over 25 CST members from various years and several men whose teams the CSTs supported. Following is a report of the initial findings from the workshop.
This report, Women in Peace and Security Careers: U.S. Congressional Staffs, is intended to raise awareness among the policy community about how women are faring on Capitol Hill and what needs to be done to support more women in leadership positions in the legislative policy environment. This is the third WIIS study in the Women In Peace and Security Careers series. Since 2008, WIIS has documented the status of women in leadership positions and women's perspectives on career advancement in United Nations Peace Operations and in the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government. These studies are based on qualitative data gathered from individual interviews and focus groups. The series highlights gaps in women's representation and the voices and experiences of women who are navigating paths to advancement. The series also offers recommendations for peace and security institutions to better support women's participation.


text:
Virginia Gains Valuable Experience in Holding Off Talented Vermont Squad
Game Highlights
Tuesday's game against Vermont at John Paul Jones Arena may have felt like a bunch of recently memorable NCAA tournament games Virginia has been involved in rolled up into one, but the result was the same as it has been in every game this season: a win, though the No. 7 Cavaliers really had to work for this one in holding off the upset-minded Catamounts, 61-55, on the strength of three players scoring in double figures, with Mamadi Diakite leading the way with 19 points.
That was a heckuva fun game. I was reminded of the UMBC, G-W, Oregon, Purdue, and Texas Tech NCAA tourney games. lol #GoHoos— Aaron Perryman (@hooamp) November 20, 2019
Referencing the UMBC game should not bring on rage and depression in the hearts of Wahoos fans that much anymore. So I'll just say it. The beginning of this game reminded me of that one. How could it not? Vermont represents the America East, the same conference from which UMBC hails, and the Catamounts -- who entered 4-0 while being led by AE preseason player of the year Anthony Lamb -- looked similarly confident as they made their way to Charlottesville in a quest to "match" their conference brethren's accomplishment from the 2018 NCAA tournament.
Vermont took a 7-0 lead right out of the gate, also looking very much like Gardner-Webb in March, when the Runnin' Bulldogs grabbed a 16-point lead with under eight minutes left in the first half of that first-round matchup.
But then the 'Hoos began to assert control, and the contest seemed to settle into what we thought we'd see: a defensive struggle. You could probably say it looked like the Oregon NCAA tournament game in its grittiness. The Cavaliers beat the Ducks 53-49, but for a while, it looked like someone hitting the 50-point mark Tuesday was going to be a reach. In March, UVa tried to pull away from Oregon, but was unable to, and the Ducks took a lead in the second half. Similarly, against the Catamounts, the Cavaliers tried to extend the margin in the first half, but could not, never leading by more than 10. And like Oregon, Vermont did grab the lead in the second 20 minutes.
But it was what happened right at the end of the first half that signaled a change in the game's tone from rock fight to mini-shootout: Lamb made a buzzer-beating 3 to pull Vermont to within 24-18. It was a sign of things to come for the senior star.
In the second half, Virginia got off to a slow start again, and Vermont took advantage, taking a 28-26 lead on Lamb's second 3 with 14:20 left. He was not done. He proceeded to do his best Carsen Edwards imitation, sinking five more 3s, hitting them all before the 6:23 mark of the second half. Additionally, on one attempt, Lamb got fouled by Braxton Key and proceeded to make all three of his free throws. Tony Bennett said after the game Lamb reminded him of Louisville star Jordan Nwora.
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Or maybe fool me seven times," Bennett said after the game of Lamb's seven triples. "But he hit some great shots. He did. But I think two or three, we were like, 'Well, you're not gonna shoot that.' Well, yes you are. We have experience with guys doing that from unlimited range. ... That can be enough in a possession game for that to cost you. But we will learn and grow from it."
#UVA three point shooting:— Danny Neckel (@DNeckel19) November 20, 2019
Diakite - 5/9 (.556)
Clark - 8/20 (.400)
Key - 4/14 (.286)
Stattman - 1/11 (.091)
Woldetensae - 1/11 (.091)
Morsell - 1/17 (.059)
Virginia, which shot dreadfully from beyond the arc against Syracuse and JMU and then a bit better against Columbia, came to life from 3-point land itself, knocking down 5 of 11 in the second half. All of a sudden, this was looking like the Purdue NCAA tournament game with all of the back-and-forth action on offense.
Clark got the second-half 3-point barrage started by hitting one from Tyland to make it 29-28 UVa right after Vermont had taken the lead. Clark hit a similar shot in the second half that really answered the bell in the Oregon game, too, and he finished that game with three treys. How many did he make Tuesday? Also three (3 for 4) as he finished second on the team with 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field, adding four assists (two turnovers) to his effort. Clark is just not afraid of big moments, which isn't shocking at all, given his pulse reading of "cool as a cucumber" when he delivered the assist for Diakite's game-tying shot in the Purdue game. His final 3 Tuesday was another long-distance bomb to make it 43-all, and then he made a driving left-handed layup over his defender later to make it 48-46 UVa.
"I've learned not to question [Clark] and what he can do," Bennett said. "I saw him in some remarkable situations as an inexperienced first-year in the biggest moments, step up and do a number of things when it was needed [in] high-pressure situations. ... He's so quick, he can put pressure on you off the ball screen, but if they go under, he's shown he can knock down the 3. That's what drew me to him when he was playing AAU ball."
Stat of the night:— Bennett Conlin (@BennettConlin) November 20, 2019
Kihei Clark has scored at least 10 points in three of UVa's four games this season. He reached double-digit scoring just twice all of last season.
There were questions about Clark's ability to score coming into the year. He's answering them.
As referenced above, Key fouled Lamb on a 3, and Lamb made him pay for it, giving Vermont its final lead after the three free throws, 49-48. Diakite followed with a layup off of a sweet Jay Huff assist at the 5:12 mark to put Virginia ahead for good. Down the stretch, in addition to some big shots, there were at least two defensive plays that stood out that ignited the victory. On Vermont's next possession, Diakite finally gained the upper hand on defense -- moving his feet beautifully -- and Lamb bumped into him and lost control of the ball out of bounds. Just seconds later, after Huff cleaned up a Casey Morsell miss around the rim, Morsell followed Diakite's example, moving his feet on the sideline and causing Robin Duncan to turn the ball over. The super effort from the true freshman drew a high-five from Bennett, who happened to be standing right next to Morsell.
Morsell continued to struggle offensively, hitting just one shot, as he went 0 for 3 from beyond the arc and 1 for 6 overall. But strong defense will keep him on the floor. For the second straight game, he didn't start, but he did play 28 minutes.
"Let's start defensively," Bennett said he told Morsell recently to help him get over his slow offensive start. "Be a defensive warrior for us. Be a defensive maniac. Play wild. Get on the floor, grab some rebounds, spread out. Find your identity in that, and offensively, just be sound, and take shots when they're there, and don't stress about it too much. ... I thought he tried really hard to be as good as he could defensively."
What happened next, after Morsell's play? Key hit a big 3 to make it 55-49. Defense leading to offense, that's the Bennett way. Key finished 2 for 5 from beyond the arc and had 14 points -- UVa's third player in double figures -- and added six rebounds and four assists. Huff tallied nine points and seven boards.
Name a better front court in D-1 than Key/Diakite/Huff. Unquestionably the best in the ACC so far. Trio is combining for nearly 38 points / 25 boards / 3 steals and 3 blocks a game, combined 52 of 86 (60%) from 2 and 10 of 26 (38%) from 3.— Hoos Place (@HoosPlace) November 20, 2019
Diakite and the Cavaliers eventually cooled off Lamb, but that Purdue-Edwards comparison? It's apt. After the game, Diakite said he was reminded of that outstanding performance. Diakite put on his big-boy pants on offense himself and had another excellent game, going 3 for 3 from beyond the arc and 8 of 15 from the field. It did not look like he was toeing the line on those 3s. With NBA scouts in attendance, Diakite made sure to show his range. Also, Diakite's first 3 was UVa's first basket of the game, and he had the team's first five points, which came at a crucial time with the 'Hoos off to the slow start. Additionally, he showed his work around the rim, at one point faking a 3, driving into the lane, and spinning around like a top before deftly making a basket. Remember how awkward Diakite used to look? That's no longer the case. His athleticism has been harnessed, and that's a major problem for Virginia's opponents. The fifth-year senior added six boards, perhaps a lower number than expected as Vermont battled Virginia on the glass admirably, falling just one rebound shy of the Wahoos' total, 30-29.
It wasn't as dramatic as overtime of the NCAA championship game, but just like against Texas Tech, UVa never looked back once it finally took control down the stretch. After Diakite got the lead back, Huff scored a couple of buckets, and Key hit his other big 3 as Virginia built the margin to eight. There was also another moment that reminded me of the Red Raiders game when officials ruled a ball out of bounds off of Diakite, but they went to replay to make sure it didn't touch Lamb's hand last. In the championship, a similar play happened when De'Andre Hunter seemingly knocked the ball out of bounds, but upon replay, the referees could see the ball go off of the fingertip of Davide Moretti. Virginia wasn't as lucky Tuesday as the refs didn't think they saw enough evidence to overturn the call, but it didn't end up mattering.
Tomas Woldetensae started for Kody Stattmann, who was sick, and he made just one shot. But the junior college transfer also recorded six rebounds, one of which he snatched away from a Vermont player, showing some nastiness. He also had a very nice assist to Huff in the first half.
Virginia finished the game with 10 turnovers, but just three came in the second half, a half in which UVa scored a season-high 37 points. The Cavaliers finished 8 for 23 (34.3 percent) from downtown, also a season high.
"Braxton showed maturity in the second half. He really was more poised. Kihei was terrific in the second half," Bennett said. "Jay and Mamadi made some plays. But we tried to spread it out at times, attack some ball screens, when they switched, we got a couple high-lows, and just tried to do what we do. It's a different deal; we are still spinning the wheel a little bit, saying, 'What's gonna stick? What can we do?' We found a couple things that I thought the guys played in space and took the right shots when they presented themselves."
Quote of the Night:— Bennett Conlin (@BennettConlin) November 20, 2019
"No, I didn't want to play Virginia. I don't think anyone wants to play Virginia ... but it was a cool experience to play the defending national champs." - Vermont head coach John Becker
Despite being the defending champions, these Wahoos, with many new pieces and players stepping into larger roles, are a work in progress. They are still learning to win. This was a valuable experience in a close game against a solid team that could be bound for the NCAA tournament. Indeed, this felt like a first-round March Madness contest.
"I just want those guys to be as sound as they can in those spots they haven't been in," Bennett said. "They don't have to be heroes. I said, 'You don't have to be great, just be good and solid.' To handle the situation the way we did, make some shots, get some stops ... I think it was important for this team to experience and have success in."
#UVa's Mamadi Diakite and Vermont's Anthony Lamb share a moment after the game. They both put on a show. Lamb had 30 points, while Diakite finished with 19 points and six boards. pic.twitter.com/YVogJBFgDV— John Shifflett (@John_Shifflett) November 20, 2019
Click Here For
Possession-By-Possession Report
Articles on This Game
- Virginia + / - Vermont by , posted on November 19, 2019, in The Team. Has tags Vermont (Basketball(M), November 19, 2019)
- Hitting the Keys: Vermont by , posted on November 19, 2019, in The Team. Has tags Vermont (Basketball(M), November 19, 2019)
- Season 2 Episode 3 Hoocast: Present And Future Champs by , posted on November 19, 2019, in Our Blog. Has tags Vermont (Basketball(M), November 19, 2019), Columbia (Basketball(M), November 16, 2019), Carson McCorkle

subset: commoncrawl


text:
There are many types of sushi and it's much more than rice and fish – as you've probably heard, "without the rice it's not even sushi". So whether you're prepping for date night or entertaining clients, this handy guide to the various types of sushi on offer, will save you the embarrassment of having to find a sushi restaurant with pictures on the menu.
First up, nigiri, probably the most recognisable type of sushi (thanks in part to its emoji immortalisation 🍣) and one of the simplest. Nigiri is all about perfectly rolled rice, topped with beautifully fresh fish.
Another instantly recognisable piece of sushi, the hosomaki is often wrongly used to fill-out supermarket sushi platters. But given the proper care and attention from an experienced chef, you'll find all sorts of exciting ingredients, wrapped in fermented rice and nori (seaweed).
The fat cousin of the hosomaki, futomaki rolls are larger in diameter and unlike the hosomaki, which is restricted to just one ingredient, the futomaki combines multiple flavour combinations. Sushi chefs have been experimenting with all sorts of interesting mixes in futomaki but our favourite has got to be this soft shell crab with tamago, daikon & spicy shichimi sauce.
Often known as the hand roll, temaki resembles an ice cream cone of nori seaweed, filled with all your usual sushi roll fillings. Skip the chopsticks here and get in there with your hands, you won't regret it.
Not to be confused with the hosomaki, gunkan, which means battleship, are boats of nori, with rice at the base and piled high with filling.
Often known as the inside-out roll, uramaki can be thanked for the rise in popularity and adoption of sushi in the US. Having struggled to persuade americans to chew threw the nori seaweed, sushi chefs hid it inside the rice and simplified the ingredients.
Named after the Japanese fox god, inari is a sweet fried tofu pouch, stuffed with sushi rice – a great one for vegetarians.
Not technically sushi (as it doesn't contain vinegared rice) but rarely left off the menu, sashimi is one for fish lovers and it doesn't get better than this. Raw, unseasoned slices of beautifully fresh fish; salmon, tuna, sea bass and mackerel – the original fish used for sushi – are most common.
So there you have it, the Sushi Rolls Guide to Different Types of Sushi. If you want to see more great looking sushi then we know just the place.


text:
After my appointment yesterday, I bought a new cell phone. It's an ANDROID phone from Sprint. The down side is that it comes with a two year contract. The up side is that the phone has so many bells and whistles that it will take me that long to figure it out. When I returned home, I was so tired that all I did on the computer was to answer a couple emails. Today will be just as busy.
Today's Jig Zone puzzle took me 5:23. To do it, Click Here. How did you do?
Here's your cartoon.
Happy hump day.


text:
VIJAYAWADA: With no specific allocation to any of the ongoing or new projects, the State got a raw deal in the Union Budget 2019 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Friday. The only allocation the State received was Rs 13 crore for the Central University in Anantapur apart from Rs 8 crore for tribal universities in both the Telugu states.
ALSO READ| A big let down for Andhra Pradesh: YSR Congress
While the State was expecting assistance for the ongoing Polavaram project and a mention of the assurances made in the AP Reorganisation Act, including setting up of an integrated steel plant at Kadapa, Dugarajapatnam port and several central institutions, apart from sanction of funds for Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada metro rail projects, the Union Budget did not touch any of them.
Apart from the meagre allocations to the two universities, no other institution in the State such as IIT, IIIT, NIT, IISER or IIM received any allocation.
While the main political parties minced no words in criticising the Centre for ignoring the State, the fuel price hike came as a shocker to the common man.
ALSO READ| No mention of implementation of bifurcation Act: Chandrababu Naidu
Expressing disappointment, YSRC Parliamentary Party leader V Vijayasai Reddy said apart from the State's share of Rs 34,000-35,000 crore from the Central pool of taxes, there was no specific allocation to Andhra Pradesh. "Every State gets its share from the Central pool and this is no big deal. There might be a slight increase in the share but it is not significant,'' he said and added that not a single assurance made in the AP Reorganisation Act was touched upon in the Budget.
ALSO READ| Vijayawada citizens resent fuel price hike
Former chief minister and TDP supremo Naidu, too, expressed dissatisfaction with the Union Budget. He said that there was no mention of key issues such as Special Category Status to AP and implementation of the provisions in the AP State Reorganisation Act.
"Priority to welfare, agriculture, automobile and service sectors was reduced," he commented. Speaking to TNIE, MLC KS Lakshman Rao said, "Though there is a little improvement in the overall allocations to the education sector, the allocations to the Central institutes in the State are very poor. Institutes like IIT, IIM, IIIT sanctioned in 2014 are still functioning in temporary campuses."


text:
Tag Archives: Vegetarian
More Than a Bowl of Soup!
Good Morning Good Lunchers! As a port city historically soaked in thick fog, mist, and downpours, soup has been an integral part of San Francisco's diet for centuries. From our famous clam chowder and wanton soups, to the cioppino, a classic … Continue reading
A Beefless Burger
Hey there Good Lunch fans! As you know, a good burger isn't difficult to find in our city. Every casual menu includes one. And there are enough menus out there serving only burgers to keep you searching for the best … Continue reading
Uno Dos Tacos!
Dear Good Lunchers, Introducing our newest restaurant addition – Uno Dos Tacos. Look no further if you're craving great, old fashioned and authentic Mexican food to spice up lunchtime in your office this week. Uno Dos Tacos' philosophy is simple: … Continue reading
Look what we found!
Dear Good Lunchers, We've found a new and amazing Thai place! Lers Ros. Ever heard of them? Lers Ros offers exceptional Thai food that is vibrant in flavor and appearance, true to its origin, and downright delicious. Their menu is … Continue reading
Bill Clinton went vegan!
Hello Good Lunchers,Veganism – silly you say. Get this, because of heart disease (and the need to lose weight for Chelsea's wedding) Bill Clinton, the man famous for his love of Mc Donald's and junk food went vegan. Well almost, he told … Continue reading


text: If adding some warmth and elegance to a room is what your looking for, then a reclaimed wood wall is a great option. Staying with the eco friendly, reused, reclaimed wood in mind I use reclaimed redwood fence and barn wood planks. These great multi colored heavily distressed slats will add warmth of natural wood to any room.


text:
I have been covering schools for 25 years, and if you'll pardon the pun, it has been very educational. I feel fortunate to have visited more schools than the milk delivery guys. As Johnny Cash sang, "I've been everywhere, man."… From the dusty rural roads to the swanky private prep schools, and everywhere in between.
I wish everyone could see the changes and progress first-hand, but due to safety concerns, that will never happen again. Many of us remember the days when we could stroll through the front door of our neighborhood school and begin volunteering. Tragic events across the nation have resulted in fortress-like safety measures at every entrance. Once inside, the office staff checks your ID, and makes sure you have a good reason for being there.
I am not being critical. That's how we must protect our children in 2018. The days of cracking open the classroom window or propping the front door open on a clear fall day are long gone.
There are other things I miss too. One by one, small community schools with creaky wooden floors and classic auditoriums are fading away. In most cases, they are replaced with cookie-cutter mega-schools, with plastic stacked chairs in multi-purpose café-gym-atoriums. The shiny waxed floors and color-coded hallways lead to the first grade wing. To get there, a GPS would be helpful, because you might get lost if you miss that third left turn at the aquarium.
I also get nostalgic for the dusty chalkboard. We would be rewarded for good behavior by being sent outside to bang the erasers together. Then again, that may be what caused the smog that engulfed Chattanooga back in 1969.
The biggest discipline problems in my classes were gum chewing, throwing paper wads and being disruptive. My one and only paddling occurred when a teacher lined up all the boys, because no one would admit to making a certain noise. The teacher figured by paddling us all, the guilty party would definitely be punished.
Technology took a major step forward when I was in eighth grade. That's when our school purchased an overhead projector. It was guarded as if it were the Hope diamond. The school only had one, and each teacher had to request it in advance. If you planned to use it Friday at noon, you had better get in line.
The first time we saw it in action, we were in awe. The teacher would carefully plug it in, line it up for the best sightlines, and then her tiny cursive words were displayed on the big pull-down screen covering the chalkboard. In the 1970s, the overhead projector brought us into the space age.
Soon, the chalkboards came down, and were replaced with dry-erase white boards. We were no longer inhaling chalk dust. We traded that in for the chemical paint fumes of colorful markers.
These days, many classrooms have gone upscale, using a Promethean board, which enables teachers to display whatever is on their computer device, and allows students to interact with it. Honestly, if someone had asked me what Prometheans were when I was in third grade, I would have told them it was the chapter that followed Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians.
I also envy the art supplies students can now use. Pottery wheels, Mac labs and digital tools abound. We only had crayons, but that's not what we called them. That was too fancy a word. They were "colors." As in, "She has more colors than I do." Oh, and if a classmate happened to own the Crayola 64-crayon box with the built-in sharpener, he must have been wealthy. His mama scraped together a $1.29 to get that. As for off-brand, non-Crayola "colors," I guess owning those would compare to someone who doesn't wear $500 sneakers today.
I think my K-12 years prepared me pretty well in basic math, essential grammar skills, history and some degree of scientific knowledge. Incredibly, I even had a good driving teacher, in a much-needed program that is often overlooked today.
However, I left high school with little or no knowledge about banking, personal saving, budgeting, how to buy insurance, credit card debt, interest rates, how to buy and maintain an automobile, home maintenance and repairs, mortgages, healthy eating, job interviews and how to pay for college.
Some would argue that mastering these skills is an important part of being an adult, and you learn best by trying, and even failing in the real world. Maybe so, but I'm glad today's schools do a better job covering these topics.
Finally, I miss the days when we didn't stress out over annual standardized testing. We had something called the Iowa Basics, and I don't recall the angst and turmoil we have today. Next time I meet someone from Iowa, I will thank them for that.
David Carroll, a Chattanooga news anchor, is the author of "Volunteer Bama Dawg," a collection of his best columns. You may contact him at 900 Whitehall Road, Chattanooga, TN 37405 or firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
In the footage, a young girl stands on stage delivering her speech.
Behind her is a large cardboard box and as part of the play, she sets fire to a section of it.
But it goes horribly wrong when the fire rapidly spreads to consume the whole object – with two teenagers inside.
Screams ring out across the school hall – in Puebla, Mexico – as two girls emerge from the blaze.
One girl's clothes are set on fire and her chilling cries of agony echo around the school hall, while the other runs backstage with her arm on fire.
Both were sent to hospital and one was treated for second degree burns.
Shortly after the accident, the school authorities confirmed that the member of staff responsible had been sacked.
They said: "The teacher responsible for the calss has been removed from the institution, after an investigation uncovered an omission on his part during the planning of the activity."
The clip – shared to video-sharing site LiveLeak – has been viewed more than 15,000 times.
And viewers were shocked by the fact it was allowed to happen in the first place.
One said: "Live fire on a cardboard set in high school. What could possibly go wrong?"
Another added: "Who the f*** would allow children to play with fire."
It comes as terrifying footage showed a family-of-four jump from a 60ft-high blazing flat fire.


text:
Show Only
Shop the vast selection of used cars for sale through Brenner Car Credit
At Brenner Car Credit, we've been selling used cars for quite some time now. From our humble home here in Mifflintown, PA to our locations in Selinsgrove, Carlisle, PA and even Williamsport, we've had the pleasure of working with folks from all corners of Pennsylvania. And if there's one thing we've learned in all our years of used cars sales, it's this…
When it comes to credit, no one's perfect.
However, if you've lived around here for as long as we have, you know that having a reliable car is absolutely essential, and less-than-perfect credit can often be a barrier to buying a car at some other dealerships around the greater Mifflintown, PA area.
Fortunately, that's not the case here at Brenner Car Credit. At our dealerships, we pride ourselves both on our commitment to an attractive selection of used cars for sale, and on our commitment to helping our customers get behind the wheel, regardless of their credit situation. Our goal is to get you on the road, so if you've got bad credit or even no credit history to speak of, we here at Brenner Car Credit would love the chance to earn your business.
No matter your credit situation, Brenner Car Credit will go the extra mile to get you behind the wheel
Auto financing can be tricky on the best of days, and we understand just how frustrating it can be to find the perfect used car at a dealership only to be disqualified for financing. Fortunately, Brenner Car Credit is a buy-here-pay-here dealership, meaning we specialize in used car financing for folks who're looking to rebuild their credit.
We've worked with folks from all walks of life at Brenner Car Credit, so we know there are any number of things that can cause credit issues for Pennsylvania drivers. But whether you've dealt with issues like divorce, foreclosure, bankruptcy, or any other bumps along the road of life, we'll work with you to help re-establish your credit and get you a great used car to boot.
When you visit one of our Brenner Car Credit dealership, we'll start by sitting down to assess your credit situation and determining what kind of financing you qualify for. Once we've sorted that out, we'll help you explore your used car shopping options to find something that's both reliable and affordable.
Explore your used car shopping options at a Brenner Car Credit location near you!
As we mentioned before, we've had the pleasure of working with used car shoppers from all over The Quaker State, and we're confident we can find the perfect fit for you.
For example, if you're shopping for a used car, truck, or SUV near Mifflintown, PA you'll find a great selection to choose from right here at our main location. Our sales staff is always eager to greet prospective customers and guide them through their options.
Of course, if you find it more convenient, you can always stop by our other locations. You'll find a great selection of used cars for sale at Brenner Car Credit Selinsgrove. It's just down the street from the Monroe Marketplace, so don't hesitate to stop in next time you're going to the mall.
Alternatively, you can always swing by Brenner Car Credit of Williamsport to check out our used cars or browse our pre-owned inventory at Brenner Car Credit of Carlisle, PA to find a great selection of used vehicles from Chrysler, Jeep, Kia, Mazda, and more close by to the greater Chambersburg, PA area.
Visit a Brenner Car Credit location near you to find quality used cars and competitive bad credit financing today!
Even if you've been turned away from other dealerships due to poor credit issues, we'd love the chance to win your business here at Brenner Car Credit. Swing by one of our locations in Mifflintown, Carlisle, PA, Williamsport, or even Selinsgrove today and let us help you find the used car of your dreams!
While every effort has been made to ensure display of accurate data, the vehicle listings within this web site may not reflect all accurate vehicle items. All Inventory listed is subject to prior sale. The vehicle photo displayed may be an example only. Please see the dealer for details. Vehicles may be in transit or currently in production. Some vehicles shown with optional equipment. See the actual vehicle for complete accuracy of features, options & pricing. Because of the numerous possible combinations of vehicle models, styles, colors and options, the vehicle pictures on this site may not match your vehicle exactly; however, it will match as closely as possible. Some vehicle images shown are stock photos and may not reflect your exact choice of vehicle, color, trim and specification. Not responsible for pricing or typographical errors.
Virtual Inventory, Available Configurations and In-Transit inventory contains vehicles that have not actually been manufactured. These vehicles show consumers sample vehicles that may be available. Pricing, Options, Color and other data pertaining to these vehicles are provided for example only. All information pertaining to these vehicles should be independently verified through the dealer.


text:
Let's talk about children's mental wellbeing
There's been a lot in the news recently about mental health amongst university students. It's a hot topic and rightly so.
Like mental health in the general population, the mental wellbeing of our students has not been appropriately addressed in the past. However, it's being treated more seriously now. In this article, I'd like to talk about what is being done, and how we can learn from this example in the rest of the education sector.
Why is there a problem with students' mental wellbeing?
Mental health problems are under-reported and under-treated throughout the population. However, amongst the UK's students, there have been tragic results. In 2016, 146 students took their own lives. In April this year, 3 students died at Bristol University alone.
There is no doubt that university is a stressful time. It's hard work, and there is a lot of pressure. Students may be living away from their families for the first time. They have to meet and live with a lot of new people. It can be tough to deal with.
If a student suffered from mental health problems as a child, there's also an awkward transition between the NHS' child and adolescent mental health services, and adult mental health provision. Often, patients can fall through the gap.
"We believe that children's physical and mental wellbeing is paramount to everyone's future."
How is this being addressed?
It's good to see that the authorities are taking mental wellbeing issues amongst students seriously. There have been a number of new initiatives from all sides.
The NHS have produced publicity urging students to talk to their friends or seek counselling if they feel things are getting on top of them.
Different universities have introduced many types of initiatives to encourage mental wellbeing amongst their students. They have introduced things like 24/7 counselling services, nightlines where students can phone to have a friendly non-judgemental conversation and wellbeing stands at open days.
Times Higher Education introduced scores for individual universities around how well they look after their students' mental wellbeing. The top 5 were:
- Harper Adams University
- Loughborough University
- University of Chichester
- University of St Andrews
- University of Leeds
No one is suggesting the work is done. Universities UK, the trade body for the UK's universities, have recommended:
- More communication from universities and the local NHS about students who may need mental health services.
- An assessment of the need for student-specific mental health services in individual towns and cities.
- Promotion of positive mental health from universities, reducing the stigma around mental health.
- Creating student mental health teams with NHS providers, spotting problems early and improving referrals.
The wider education sector
While we welcome these attempts to improve mental wellbeing for students, they are only a small part of the education sector. Teachers and school-age children are struggling through mental health issues too. What is being done to help them?
At Opogo, we've developed a social hub packed with rich content from our community experts. We deliver world-class E-Learning, engaging each of our user groups with relevant and bespoke content that users will want to engage with, from classroom behaviour management, STEM advice to practical career development. Our Opogo community comprises of expert speakers sharing their knowledge through rich content online and in the app, as well as running weekly development workshops in person.
We are excited about transforming the lives of everyone in education.
Recommend0 recommendationsPublished in Wellbeing


text:
Sign up to stay in touch!
Thank you! You have successfully subscribed to Skipjack's newsletter.
Your cart is currently empty.
Brass Dolphin Fireplace Andirons
Product Code: 18044
Pair of Outstanding Cast Iron Figural Sailor Andirons
Product Code: 14100
Price: $2,400.00
On Sale: $1,680.00
Fireplace Andirons Dolphins and Anchor- Nautical- Coastal Home
Product Code: 14185
Arts & Crafts Period Nautical Schooner & Anchor Fireplace Andirons
Product Code: 15142
Product Code: 14173
Dealers of nautical antiques and collectibles, marine art, lamps, lighting, ship salvage and hardware, Skipjack sells quality nautical furniture and furnishings, marine instruments, model boats, nautical gifts and decor. Skipjack's Marine Art Gallery features marine paintings, sculptures, ship models and folk art featuring mermaids, whales, fish and fowl.


text:
The best new home communities for 55+ active adult lifestyles and retirement.
Your retirement is the gateway into a new and exciting time of life. The 55+ communities and new homes in Connecticut make enjoying the best Connecticut has... More >
Community by Toll Brothers
1211 Brookside Court
Newtown, CT 06470
Toll Brothers
from $359,995 - $415,995
4 homes match your search
Community by Del Webb
642 Championship Drive
Oxford, CT 06478
Del Webb Read Reviews
from $316,995 - $347,995
3 homes match your search
Community by Toll Brothers
120 Scott Road
Prospect, CT 06712
Toll Brothers
from $360,995
1 home matches your search
Oops, no results!
You can:


text:
Prevent Erosion with a Retaining Wall Installation
Learn why we're a preferred retaining wall contractor in San Antonio, TX
A retaining wall installation can provide your yard with many benefits, including erosion control. Additionally, a stylish wall can act as a defining decorative fixture. If you've been considering hiring a retaining wall contractor in San Antonio, TX, turn to IndustriaLawn, LLC.
We make the process simple, and we'll even provide a free consultation and estimate. Our employees are some of the most experienced in the industry, so you can trust us to pay close attention to the details.


text:
"Finally an HTML5 client for Windows RDS farms"
In this tutorial, I explain how to set up the HTML 5 client interface to connect to the RDS farm on Windows.
Until now to connect to Remote Desktop or RemoteApp, it was necessary to have a heavy RDP client.
To connect without a client, it was necessary to implement alternatives such as Citrix Netscaler / StoreFront, Sophos XG …
Since March 2018, Microsoft has previewed an HTML5 client that installs on the server with the RD Web Access role, which allows you to connect to desktops and applications without the need for a heavy client.
- Servers with Remote Desktop, Service Broker, and Remote Desktop Gateway Web Access roles must be running Windows Server 2016/2019.
- The https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4025334/windows-10-update-kb4025334 update must be installed on the Remote Desktop Gateway server.
- Broker / Gateway / Web Access certificates should not be self-signed. (They can come from a private Authority)
- The license mode must be per user.


text:
This is a quick Friday Fictioneers submission. Thanks to Sandra Crook for the prompt.
I'd like to take this opportunity to plug my annualish festive ghost story, which I'll put on this site next week.
After they decommissioned the lighthouse, Bob felt adrift. Adept as he'd become at saving mariners from the rocks, it had left him without any transferable skills. Lacking an income stream, he stayed at his sisters in Deptford and took to loitering under the streetlamp outside the General Lighthouse Authority, warning passers by that it was a treacherous place. The police said he was a nuisance and moved him on. He came back, and this time the magistrate sent him down for 6 months. Bob didn't mind, of course; he was used to confined spaces and pleased he could still serve as a warning to others.


text:
It's been a while since I've last posted my Buff Buddies blog entry and it's been one hectic few weeks to work out. I'm going to be leaving for a Snowboarding trip over the weekend and wanted to make sure I updated my Buff Buddies progress before than. Instead my entries following previous formats I will be breaking down each week and providing short summaries:
Week 6
Week 6 was the week I had to get my wisdom teeth removed. The surgery would've involved taking a couple of days of rest before resuming a normal workout regime. My surgery was on Thursday, so in order to cope with the next few days of taking it easy, I spent all of Monday-Wednesday really pushing my workouts to get the most out of my workout regime.
Week 7
Despite making the workouts a lot lighter than my usual regime I was still not feeling 100% ready to go back to the routine. A lot of fun workouts had to be sacrificed such as Krav Maga and Swimming. Christmas was rolling around this same week so the gym ended up being closed by the time I made a full recovery. A good chunk of the days during week 7 were dedicated towards running and calisthenics.
Week 8
Week 8 was yet another hectic week for working out. Since it's Winter Break I had quite a few days where I could flex my time. I spent a good portion of those days going to the gym and working on Flips and Parkour. Towards the end of the week I went to help my girlfriend move. On the plus side, the move required a lot of physical movement and cutting back on meals. Despite the hours spent on physical exertion, I did not feel as well-off as doing regular work outs. I grossly underestimated the time it takes to move so I didn't properly plan out my schedule so I can reach my workout goals.
Week 9
Week 9 has definitely been the better part of these past few weeks. With my body and schedule going back to normal I was able to workout a lot more. Despite the past few snow storms I have been spending my time running outdoors. I've been pushing myself to reach a 2 hour minimum workout total each day and I've feel like I'm constantly surpassing that.
I've also went to the doctor's to get my yearly physical and discovered I have very low iron levels. This would probably explain my feelings of exhaustion throughout the day. I did some research on how I can meet my iron levels and found a lot of great information to help me along.
That's it for this latest entry. I wish this entry wasn't so rushed so I can provide some stats on my progress. I ended up losing the cable to charge my camera so I'm currently waiting for a new one to come in. Until then, I will not be able to provide weekly body photos to help compare progressions. Hope everyone had a great 2015, and wish you look on your 2016 fitness goals!


text:
Hi here 8 presets i made in some hours inclusive a little "only 3xosc track" (ok, with one snare,one hat and one fx)...sounds like a waiting war victim in a atomic contaminated forrest
Enjoy, hope u like
some modulated presets 4 free
find/exchange/discuss 3OSC & TS404presets & tips here
Return to "3OSC & TS404 - Presets & Programming"
2 posts • Page 1 of 1
[You can only see part of this thread as you are not logged in to the forums]
some modulated presets 4 free
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Re: some modulated presets 4 free
Great set of presets c.a.p. I'll have a go and...
2 posts • Page 1 of 1


text:
No change
2 out of 10
8 out of 10
7 out of 10
60+ minutes
At the school
Open file
"Why do you want to be a doctor?" Report Response
"Tell me about connections you have to NYC." Report Response
No Response
"the questions were very run-of-the-mill" Report Response
"What stresses you out?" Report Response
"Read SDN, practiced normal answers" Report Response
"The students seemed very happy to be there." Report Response
"The tour was very minimal so I didn't feel like I got a good feel for campus/surrounding area. We had to submit a writing sample that seemed pretty pointless." Report Response
"It was very relaxed." Report Response
No Response
6 out of 10
Out of state
4-6 hours
< $100
No Response
Friends or family
5 out of 10
No Response
October 28, 2014
8 out of 10
4 out of 10
6 out of 10
8 out of 10
6 out of 10
9 out of 10
No Response
Browse all Questions & Responses


text:
The offseason was supposed to fix everything. 100 Thieves ended 2018 on a sour note, crashing out of Worlds with a makeshift roster that felt incomplete. But then, on Thanksgiving Day of all days, reports spread that they had found the magic bullet. Bae "Bang" Jun-sik—yes, that Bang, the two-time world champion bot laner, the marksman who racked up 1,000 kills in Korea—was coming to North America.
Bang was supposed to fix all of 100 Thieves' issues and make them championship material. But just two months into the 2019 campaign, 100 Thieves are no closer to figuring things out than they were last year. Sitting at 4-7, they can still make playoffs, but the hope of Thanksgiving has given way to the dreadful reality of the cold North American winter.
On Saturday, 100 Thieves snapped a four-game losing streak with a win over Clutch Gaming. But it was an ugly, messy win—one that required an incredibly improbable comeback. And throughout the game, 100 Thieves showed that they haven't actually fixed many of their issues at all.
Over five weeks of play, 100 Thieves have failed to turn their collection of stars into a team that's more than the sum of its parts. This is why they've failed—and also how they can turn it all around and recapture the hope of Thanksgiving.
The superstar
The one player acquisition that has defined 100 Thieves the most didn't come from the rebuild last offseason. It was completed in 2017 when the team had just been accepted as a new franchised partner in the LCS. Getting Zaqueri "Aphromoo" Black from CLG was a big sign that the new team was ready to make a splash. But the real shocker came when 100 Thieves picked up top laner Kim "Ssumday" Chan-ho from Dignitas.
Ssumday has become one of the most recognizable Korean stars in North America. The affable, soft-spoken Ssumday has the most Twitter followers of any Korean transplant—even the wildly popular Lee "Rush" Yoon-jae, who's been in the region for much longer, can't compete. 100 Thieves signed him to become a superstar, and he didn't disappoint. He was a rock for the team, coming through even as they struggled with a lack of priority in both mid and bot lane, and as they worked in rookie jungler Andy "AnDa" Hoang.
But this year, 100 Thieves have bought a little too much into the superstar hype. Ssumday is a huge carry, but not in the way 100 Thieves are using him. He became a star in Korea by playing late-game scaling champions like Gangplank. He just wants to farm out the lane phase and become a monster afterwards.
In that way, his play matches his personality. He speaks softly, but when late game teamfights come around, he carries a massive stick. But for most of 2019, 100 Thieves seem determined to make him speak up in the lane phase. They've put him on Urgot, Jayce, and Yorick—champions that the old Ssumday would never be caught dead on. On Saturday against Clutch, they went full galaxy brain and had him lock in Riven. And it wasn't pretty—Clutch top laner Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon locked in Karma as a counter and made Ssumday irrelevant for nearly the entire game.
Even when 100 Thieves sent AnDa to the top lane to gank for Ssumday and salvage the lane, Huni simply turned it around with the help of his own jungler. And this isn't the first time this has happened—AnDa's ganks for Ssumday this year have been notable for how awkward they look. It's like watching two dance partners each waiting for the other to make the first move.
Even when disaster doesn't strike like it did against Clutch, those fumbled ganks have a price. AnDa is still keeping up his farm in the early game, but his focus on top lane is taking away resources from the other parts of the map that sorely need it.
The glue
The part of the map that needs AnDa the most is the mid lane, manned by Choi "Huhi" Jae-hyun. Huhi was signed to replace veteran mid Yoo "Ryu" Sang-wook, who has moved to the coaching staff.
Before this year, we had Huhi on a list of five players to watch in the LCS because of how important he was to holding this team together. He was supposed to be their glue guy—a player fluent in both Korean and English who played at the Nexus of the map.
Huhi's always had clear flaws, namely the fact that his lane phase is pretty rough. He's never been one to generate minion or experience leads in the first 15 minutes of a game. His previous team, CLG, compensated with scripted early game plays that would give them a step up via stronger preparation.
So far, 100 Thieves haven't done the same—and when they do, it's rarely focused on Huhi's lane. And while it would be easy to just tell Huhi to play defensively and wait for the side lanes to draw pressure, that's really not effective for him or the team. Huhi's signature champion is the Aurelion Sol that's designed to press forward and spread influence to the side lanes. And his most played champion is Ryze, a champion that can scale into a late game monster on his own if given enough resources.
Without resources, Huhi often exits lane phase to find himself placed in side lane matchups where he doesn't have a prayer. 100 Thieves' percentage of lane farm is among the lowest in the league because they can't—or won't—contest side lanes past the lane phase and are forced to share farm while huddling together in a sad, scared group. The only reason Clutch didn't succeed against him was because they refused to use their map advantage to take major objectives and deny farm.
If 100 Thieves want to give Ssumday time to scale, they need AnDa to camp for Huhi and challenge both of them to pry open mid lane as a duo. It's clear now that only by mixing Huhi and AnDa together can they create glue. Basically, they need AnDa to play more like longtime SKT jungler Bae "Bengi" Seung-woong, a player who would constantly sacrifice his own farm and carry potential to make sure his mid laner was taken care of.
Only by doing that can they unlock their SKT-trained bot laner.
The carry
Bang was one of the few players on the team who did have a good game against Clutch. His lane was the only one that didn't outright lose and his late-game damage was immense.
But Bang has spent most of the year stuck in losing lanes where he doesn't get influence from either mid lane or jungle. In a way, he's used to that—Bang's bot lane was never really a pressure lane for SKT, who focused more on their solo lanes.
But it's also a waste of Bang's talents. North America's bot lane talent pool is not deep. The league champions for the past few years have basically read like a list of which teams had the best AD Carries. Having someone of Bang's caliber should be an immense advantage for 100 Thieves, but they have to use him properly. Allowing mid lane to influence bot lane—rather than the other way around—would be a great start, one that suits the talents of both Huhi and Bang.
And that's the last key: It may sound obvious, but 100 Thieves need to focus inward to dig themselves out of this hole.
Play like Cloud9—but not like Cloud9
There's precedent for that—just last summer, Cloud9 went from last place to the Worlds semifinals. The way they did it should be an inspiration to every other LCS team: By playing a distinct style centered around their specific strengths. They didn't get distracted by scrims or metas. They did what they did best, and they did it better than nearly every other team in the world.
The point isn't that 100 Thieves should copy Cloud9's style draft-for-draft, play-for-play. It's that they should stop being influenced by others. They have spent too much time looking at what others are doing and haven't paid enough attention to themselves. That's how you end up with Bang's Viktor experiment vs. Liquid and whatever has happened to Ssumday's champion pool.
The final indignity should be that Riven game. Riven is not a Ssumday champion—until Saturday, he had not played Riven competitively since season five. A superstar like Ssumday shouldn't be copying the champion pools of young, untested rookies like FlyQuest's Omran "V1per" Shoura, a noted Riven main. Hell, even V1per needs to stop playing Riven with so much reckless abandon.
It's not that teams shouldn't evolve and players shouldn't learn new champions. The game has changed a lot over the years, and especially this year. But there was a reason they signed Ssumday in 2017 and Bang last year. In the race to improve, they can't lose sight of what made their players special in the first place. 100 Thieves can still be as good as we thought they could be at the beginning of the year—they just need to remind themselves of who they are.


text:
Roundup: Ohio State will have to get Sean Miller over UA president's 'dead body'
Arizona president Dr. Robert Robbins told the Arizona Republic that Ohio State will not lure men's basketball coach Sean Miller away from Arizona. "They will have to come over me to get him, as the saying goes, over my dead body," Robbins said. THE Ohio State University announced earlier this week that Thad Matta is out as head coach due to back pain.
Oregon State baseball will play Vanderbilt in the Corvallis Super Regional starting Friday at 6 p.m. PT on ESPN2. Game 2 is scheduled for Saturday at 6 p.m. PT on ESPN, while Game 3 will be at 6 p.m. PT on ESPN2 or ESPNU, if necessary.
In addition to being named Pac-12 Coach of the Year, Arizona State women's golf head coach Missy Farr-Kaye was named WGCA National Coach of the Year after the leading the Sun Devils to a national title last month. Additionally, Monica Vaughn was named Pac-12 Golfer of the Year.
Stanford baseball closer Colton Hock was named a finalist for the Stopper of the Year Award, the NCBWA announced Wednesday. Kenyon Yovan of Oregon is also on the five-man list.
UCLA baseball's Nick Kern was named the Muscle Milk Athlete of the Year for his dedication to sports nutrition. With my eating of four cookies every day at lunch and two chocolate chip cookies most nights of the week back in college, I wasn't winning any Muscle Milk Student Manager of the Year awards in my day.
The Oregon women are looking to make history at the NCAA Track & Field Championships this week at Hayward Field, writes Chris Hansen of The Register-Guard. The Ducks could be the first women's team to win the Triple Crown, as the Ducks have already won NCAA cross country and indoor titles this year.
Daniel Jeremiah of NFL.com gives us a scouting report on USC quarterback Sam Darnold, who could be a very high pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.
Paul Myerberg of USA TODAY Sports considers Chris Petersen one of 10 college football coaches with "real job security."
Kyle Kensing of FanRag Sports writes that quarterback play has held Utah back from winning the Pac-12 over the last few years.
Check out the 2017 Colorado football season preview from Bill Connelly of SB Nation.
Take time to comb through this California Golden Blogs link roundup of news and notes concerning Cal athletics.
With the announcement of the home-and-home with Houston, Jeff Collier of CougCenter takes a look at Washington State football's future nonconference schedules.


text:
Portraits of pride; Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 2005
Los Angeles: Wing Mar, 2005. 227p., 10.25x10.25 inches, prologue, epilogue, appendix, index, illustrated with photos, very good first edition in dj. Includes the interactive CD rom at rear of book.
Cat.No: 122681
Price: $18.00
See all items in Asian American history, California, Chinese American, Southern California


text:
Update November 13, 2018
The inspirational story of ALPHA is available now on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital. To celebrate the home edition release, we've partnered with Sony Home Entertainment and adopted a wolf from the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, NY.
Meet Charlotte, a 3 year old female red wolf mother. Charlotte was born May 2, 2015, and is a shy, quiet animal. Charlotte had her first litter of four healthy red wolf pups on April 19, 2018 at the Wolf Conservation Center in New York. The Wolf Conservation Center has worked for the past 20 years to protect and preserve wolves through science-based education, advocacy, and recovery & release programs.
The ALPHA home edition contains three additional deleted scenes and four behind-the-scenes featurettes including "The Wolf Behind Alpha," "Boy & Wolf," "Building the World," and "A Hero's Journey."
Original review from August 16 follows below…
ALPHA, from Sony Pictures Releasing, is an origin story for the domestication of the wolf – man's first best friend. The hows and whys have been lost in prehistory, but ALPHA gives us a plausible – and relatable – story for how dogs became humans' most-valued helpmates. Continue reading for our ALPHA review.
ALPHA follows a prehistoric young man, named Keda, as he goes through the rites of passage leading to his becoming a hunter for his band. Keda is the son of the chief, so all eyes are on him. The hunters of the band go off in search of bison. The newest hunters, including Keda, are brought along and we see their transition from timid followers to active participants. And then they find the bison. Here is where Keda's real story begins. After a devastating hunting accident, the band returns without Keda, unable to help him and also unable to wait any longer to return, because winter is coming.
As Keda makes his way home, alone, he encounters a wolf pack. In a scene reminiscent of Scott O'Dell's "Island of the Blue Dolphins," Keda injures one of the wolves and, after the pack abandons the injured wolf, picks up the wolf and brings it with him on his journey. Recognizing that he and the wolf are experiencing the same situation, in their own ways helps Keda to bond with the wolf and to keep going on his quest.
Kido Smit-McPhee, as Keda, does a great job portraying a teen in the throes of manhood. He has the perfect balance of vulnerability and self-determination, with none of the disrespect and arrogance that is often seen in portrayals of teen boys in movies. There were stronger pressures on Keda, as the son of the chief, and on his father, both of which are acted superbly.
One of the best features of this movie is the realization of theories of how prehistoric people lived their daily lives. Seeing how they might have tracked animals, shared information, kept themselves and others safe, was fascinating. Almost as striking is the scenery. The landscapes (of Paleolithic Europe) are stunning. It's hard to imagine that the Europe of today, with all of the stunning buildings that have been charming visitors for centuries, was once the beautiful land of the movie, with cliffs, waterfalls, plains, and more.
ALPHA is geared towards families with older children and, of course, any dog lover. There are some scenes that could be very frightening for young children, including violence, blood, and fear. There is one scene that will be startling for dog lovers, but should be taken in the context of the movie (and perhaps explained thoughtfully in context for younger viewers).
For more family movie news, be sure to follow Adventures by Daddy on instagram, twitter and "like" our facebook page too.


text:
Aziz Rahman, founder of Rahman Ravelli, has outlined the current issues involved in bribery and corruption investigations in a chapter he has contributed to an international legal guide.
His chapter, "Bribery and Corruption: Investigations and Negotiations across Jurisdictions'', is one of the opening sections of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Corporate Investigations 2019. It is the second year he has been asked to author a chapter for the Guide.
In this year's Guide, he explains how 2018 saw the first company convicted in the UK for the offence, under Section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010, of failing to prevent bribery. This, he argues, is a case that underlines the importance of companies having proper preventative measures in place; as having adequate procedures is the only defence to a Section 7 offence.
Aziz's chapter also refers to recent case law to examine the powers that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has, under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act, to compel individuals and organisations to produce information and to order individuals to attend an interview. He also highlights the clarification that a 2018 case brought to the issue of legal privilege, in relation to in-house advice prepared prior to any court proceedings.
As 2018 saw the SFO appoint Lisa Osofsky as its new Director, he considers her wish for greater SFO cooperation with other law enforcement agencies and regulatory bodies and for more use of technology to gather data and intelligence.
The chapter emphasises the importance of a well thought-out, properly-conducted internal investigation if bribery is suspected. It also makes clear the possible benefits of such an investigation: more lenient treatment from the authorities if the wrongdoing is self-reported or the ability to devise a credible, intelligently-argued response to any allegations.
With deferred prosecution agreements now part of the UK's legal landscape, the chapter explains the importance of knowing how and when to cooperate with the authorities and the value of making changes to working practices to prevent any problems being repeated.
The full chapter can be read here.


text:
Today from : to :
Call me back
Leave your number and we'll call you back
Send us an email
WhatsApp us: ++31 683357827
Mo - Sa 09.00 am - 17.00 pm
Your cart is empty. Shop around and add some products!
Dream away in a spacious B&B in rural location near Den Burg
Location: Den Burg is the largest village on the holiday island of Texel and has by far the most amenities. You will find a pleasant village center with a mix of well-known chain stores, special shops,…Read more
Den Burg is the largest village on the holiday island of Texel and has by far the most amenities. You will find a pleasant village center with a mix of well-known chain stores, special shops, many restaurants, a cinema and an enchanting museum with the smallest herb garden in the Netherlands. This bed & breakfast is located in a farm just outside the village. Your room is on the first floor. The convenient location allows you to enjoy an oasis of peace and space and yet you are close to the beating shopping heart. Both north and south of this bed and breakfast you will find beautiful nature reserves where you can walk or cycle between colorfully colored meadows, typical Texel garden walls and sheep fines. The fantastic North Sea beach is 9 km away.
The dining room has a sitting / dining area. A fridge, microwave and coffee maker are available. There are two bedrooms, each with 2 single box-spring beds and a TV.
There is parking.
It is possible to take a look at the cows and calves in the stable.
|Type of accommodation
|Bed and breakfast
Zo Texels
|In / near village <1km
>1 km from village
At / in a farm
|Accommodation facilities
|single beds
non-smoking accommodation
no smoking rooms
private parking
Bath tub
toilet in bathroom
Shared shower
Shared toilet
Shared bath
|Cable TV
|Shared facilities
|no smoking rooms
This accommodation has (as of yet) not received any reviews from guests.
About ZoTexels
ZoTexels hosts rent out private accommodations with the emphasis on the authentic atmosphere and true Texel hospitality. Enjoy an unforgettable island experience in a ZoTexels accommodation!


text:
In today's world we are quick to say, "I am in charge of my life! That is what makes me free." Christians, however, still say, "God is in charge of my life! That is what makes me free." Who is right?
It may not be immediately obvious how submission to God brings freedom, but it helps if we understand that from which we humans need to be freed. Scripture suggests that we need freedom from three things: the World, the Flesh and the Devil.
The World is this place where God has planted us, but it is often harsh, hard and unforgiving. From the world we seek love, peace and joy. Often we find just the opposite because of other people's sins and dysfunctions. We need freedom from this worldly onslaught.
The Flesh represents our own wrong choices, weaknesses, negative emotions, bad behaviors, sinful cravings and propensity to capitulate to temptation; in short, we need freedom from the frail, fallen and unredeemed part of our human nature.
The Devil represents the spiritual forces of darkness bent on preventing us from finding the love, joy, peace and the relationship with God for which we were created. We find a very real devil in this very real world. We moderns often feel that we are… well, too modern to believe in Satan and his minions. Of course, Satan would love for us to think he does not exist nor exerts control over our lives, but Scriptures warns, "Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." (1 Peter 5:8). We are not just flesh, we are spirit, and we need freedom from the negative spiritual influences that bind us.
So, back to the original question… where do we find freedom? It should be immediately obvious that finding freedom through our individual power and direction from this unholy triad of world, flesh and devil is problematic. The problem is that we have no real control over these things, not even our own fleshly desires. This means we need help in our struggle to gain mastery over our lives. That is why the Psalmist writes, Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me. (Psalm 40:13) and St. Paul is always writing about his having found freedom in Christ. A fundamental dynamic of the Christian Pilgrimage is calling on God to save us from those things from which we cannot save ourselves, for as St. Paul puts it, "Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground…" (Ephesians 6:12-13)
The Rev. Rob Hartley


text:
When three concepts were presented for a new bus terminal and transfer station to serve the Downtown Norfolk area of Coastal Virginia, Michael Schnekser fully expected the public to support the most conservative option.
Schnekser, a principal at Tymoff+Moss Architects, was part of the team presenting the options. He was astounded at the support for an unfamiliar but exciting new approach to designing a transportation hub. "As an architect, particularly in Norfolk," Schnekser says, "it really reinvigorated me. If you know the region, we're still trying to free ourselves from the shackles of Jefferson. If it doesn't have brick and a pitched roof and a white column outside, then it's not any good. It's a very conservative region."
By the end of the public process, Schnekser recalls, "We had 98 percent approval. To have the public respond that way was unbelievable. It was really rewarding." Probably the reason for the public's enthusiastic support is that the design makes sense on so many levels.
A Park-Like Setting with a Functional Design
Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) serves Norfolk and several other cities in the surrounding region. The new bus terminal and transfer station was built by the city of Norfolk and is leased to HRT. It replaces a transit hub that Schnekser describes as "literally a three acre circle of asphalt, next to a big road" – not a pleasant place to wait for your next bus, let alone just hang out and enjoy the surroundings.
The new terminal, by contrast, is designed to provide the comfort and interest of an urban park. "Boy, that would be really nice to get out of the bus on a hot day," Schnekser explains, "and instead of being surrounded by acres of blacktop to have the shade of a tree, a bird up above some bushes over there, and a bench to sit and eat my sandwich or read my book while waiting for my next bus."
Architecture by the Numbers
Kori Nichols is a project engineer at Roof Services Corporation, the firm that fabricated and installed the ALPOLIC® materials used to create the canopy as well as the customer service desk. She recalls the canopy as being an extremely complex project.
"There were, I think, 1,010 panels," Nichols explained. She went on to describe how she and her assistant carefully numbered each panel according to its location. "With over a thousand panels it could have been easy to skip a number. It took us two or three weeks just to double and triple-check ourselves. You'd think it's an easy thing, but it's not."
A Perfect Fit – How Easy Is That?
"Working with ALPOLIC® Materials is easy", Nichols adds. "They're a very good company. They're actually in our backyard... if they've got that material on the floor we can go pick it up within 24 hours."
Whether building architecture or catching a bus, everyone's happy when things run right on schedule. See more photos of the HRT Transit Center and other projects.
Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) Norfolk Transit Center, Norfolk, Virginia. ALPOLIC®/PE in SMX Silver Metallic Finish. Photographed by Chris Cunningham Photography.


text:
Superfoods, great food, power food. Called many terms, having great power. Extremely valuable food in terms of nutritional value, which has undoubtedly been booming for some time. Most importantly - superfoods are 100% natural and they get their super powers from nature.
Chia seeds
I have already written on Spanish sage on the blog here. In the post you will find not only the properties of this wonderful plant, but also recipes for delicious dishes. I love to eat these small grains mainly in the form of pudding or add a spoon to a glass of water. Chia seeds are rich in Omega-3 acids, magnesium, calcium, iron, selenium and fiber. Chia pudding is great for long hours, which is why it is especially recommended for people on a diet. Such a dessert is not only low-calorie, but also delicious and healthy. Just 2 tablespoons chia seeds pour half a glass of milk (with us vegetable), mix and let stand for a minimum of 20 minutes. It's best to put the chia pudding in the fridge overnight and decorate it with fruit in the morning and add your favorite nuts. Such breakfast is a great dose of good energy.
Coconut Water
Water from inside the coconut is not only very tasty, but also healthy. Unfortunately, it is not the cheapest. A can of coconut water (without enhancers) costs about PLN 10. I really like to add coconut water to cocktails, but also drink instead of regular water (it is definitely tastier and better hydrates the body). Coconut water also contains minerals and electrolytes.
I don't quite like its taste, but after a good treatment it can be really tasty. The key to its taste is thorough rinsing with warm water. Some also roast millet in a dry frying pan, but I never have time for it. It is enough for me to rinse it several times and then throw it into the boiling water. We usually eat millet with vegetables, but I really liked it millet pudding from Jadłonomia's recipe. Most often I make a light pudding version and add my favorite jam. I like this pudding much better than standard desserts of this type. In addition, it is very full. This is a great option not only for dessert, but also for breakfast.
Vital fiber
It may not be superfoods, but I have to write about it. I tossed the fiber together with young barley (whose taste I can't survive. Its smell alone rejects me ... maybe you have any ideas on how to smuggle it? I tried in a cocktail, but I couldn't drink it). Vital fiber is recommended to drink 2x daily, although I only drink 1x daily after drinking honey. I still start my day drinking a glass of warm (not hot!) Water with a teaspoon of linden honey. After drinking it, put 2 teaspoon of fiber and pour half a glass of water. I set aside for 20 minutes. At this time I am going to wash myself and prepare for the upcoming work day. After the 20 minutes have elapsed, I mix fiber and drink.
What does vital fiber give me?
I feel 'light' thanks to drinking vital fiber. I also have the impression that my metabolism is turned up, and in addition I have less appetite (after drinking fiber I feel full for about 2 hours). In the composition of vital fiber we find psyllium, which has a very large amount of fiber, and also plantain husk, which is rich in mucous dietary fiber. The mixture of vital fiber reminds me of the consistency of linseed. If you are not fans of this consistency, you will not like vital fiber.


text:
Momentum, eh? How's about if there was a bunch of guys, standing on each others shoulders. Perhaps they are practicing a circus act, or maybe they want to ensure they get on TV at a music festival. So they're all standing on each other's shoulders, and Johnny got his foot in Davey's arse and Phil's mobile phone's ringing and everyone suddenly notices that the tower of people is shaking, a little, a little harder, a lot harder and oh, we're falling.
There's a metaphor in there somewhere...
See there's the other thing. I've never posted an image this long and thin before. However, that's how I drew it and so I don't have a lot of choice with the posting! I suppose I could mess around with it in Photoshop and actually, thinking about it, maybe space around the image would assist the feeling of unstability. Of course there's the third issue that it looks bloomin' stoopid if the text doesn't fill the whole of the right hand side of the image. That's why I'm writing all this rubbish to fill up space. Thanks for reading this far, to be blunt, I'm impressed at your stamina!
So I could have saved the situation. With 10 or so minutes tweeking. But instead I decided to crash and burn. Yup. Livin' on the edge, that's me! Sorry. I'll do better next time. I have some other nice stuff I just scanned! Promise! There's even a drawing of an F.B.I. Agent! Yeah! You like that, don't you!
Hey, where you going...?


text:
One outlet with all the beauty from Mexico and Spain. Of course we also serve healthy varieties from this traditional kitchen, including the following concepts:
- Chilling Beans
Chill your beans, means that you take a break. These salads with beans as a basis, fit perfectly in any (lunch)break. And beans are super healthy! They contain fibers, proteins, antioxidant, minerals and vitamins.
- Oh la la Tortilla
The most famous dish from the Mexican cuisine: the tortilla. This corn pancake is made in various ways. Enchilada, burrito, fajita or quesadilla.
- Bocadillos
Move over healthy baguette, let's get Spanish with these bocadillos. Delicious by using well-known ingredients from Spain. Serrano, chorizo and tortilla with bell pepper, are you going to taste them all?


text:
The Social Transformation Project (STP) is a rich source of information for senior leaders, consultants, and intermediaries to increase the power and impact of the progressive movement. STP's network works across various movements to create transformation and leads by example.
Learn about cross-movement organizing and ground breaking ideas to achieving change. Discover an array of publications which are about increasing the power, collaboration, and effectiveness of social change organizations and movements. If you want to learn more about transformation there is a great read on What is Transformation?
You can view comments by others on The Art of Transformational Consulting training and you can access examples of STP's work through a collection of videos and see it in action.
Gain further insight into transforming organizations and learn about The Wheel of Change. Find out how this simple and profound model can affect your inner experience, actions and external realities.
Did you find the STP's work helpful?
Which of the resources shared by STP did you find particularly useful and why?
Can your organization benefit from any of the examples shared by the STP?
This contextual piece was written by Arsha Sharma, Project Manager at Horizons Group, NHS Improving Quality @arshakumari


text:
You've been posting to Instagram and growing your audience, now how can you use that audience to turn their engagement into actual results?
Host a Restaurant Photo Contest on Instagram
First things first, before you plan your contest, think about the end result that you're looking for. Do you want more followers, more guests in the door?
Figuring out your goal will help you decide how to run your contest. Think about these different types of contests to see what works for you and your goals.
Partnering Up
Partnering with another business gives you exposure to their entire audience and can build community.
This is a great idea for restaurants in a neighborhood that is a destination in its own.
- Is there a nearby shop you could work with to help each other get more exposure?
- What about a neighborhood association?
- Don't limit yourself to only businesses, think of the influencers in your area. Is there a local food, booze, or lifestyle blogger with a lot of followers?
Make the rules to the contest such that all entrants need to follow both your businesses, so that you both get a benefit from the contest. If you're in an up and coming neighborhood, this can be a great way to draw people to your part of town.
Gaining Followers
If your goal is to purely get more followers, think of a contest with a straightforward, super easy call to action to follow you and get other people to do the same.
For example, winners will be chosen from all people who follow you and comment on your post by tagging a friend who will follow you also. This can get you a lot more followers quickly. You could also chose a winner based on who reposts your original post, so that you know your post will come up in other people's feed. This type of contest gets your followers to actively get more people to your page.
Posting Photos
A photo contest is perfect for Instagram and can be a lot of fun.
Choose a specific hashtag to use for this contest and encourage your followers to post their own photos. Be clear in the rules about what they have to post (a selfie at the bar, their favorite entree, their favorite friend to go out with) and have them tag their photo with a hashtag that you can search. This helps you gain exposure to your followers' followers, as well as supplies you with shareable content that you can use in your own feed.
Remember: Whatever type of contest you decide to run, keep the contest short and sweet.
Keep the rules simple, and the duration of the contest short enough so that your followers are engaged, but you don't bore them. A contest that drags on for too long you can end up losing followers because your feed bores them and it seems too transactional. A quick contest with a specific end goal is more effective and a lot of fun.


text:
This past Saturday, Tessa and I headed to Bella Vista Training Center for their January Bella Rose trial. We were entered in Jackpot, which I hoped would be non-traditional (it was!), and two rounds of Snooker.
The day started off great. The non-traditional Jackpot offered very interesting options. The judge had three separate distance gambles set out. The one at the way back, worth 20 points, consisted of a curved tunnel, weaves, and then a jump. The one to the side, sharing the last jump of the first gamble, was a jump to an A-Frame, to a curved tunnel that was sitting under the A-Frame. That one was also worth 20 points. The final gamble, worth 15, came in on a diagonal off of those two, again sharing that same jump, and it was a serpentine of three jumps.
I elected to have Tessa do the serpentine. I knew she could do that, and, given that there was a 5 point jump combo that we could use for points, I knew we didn't need the extra 5 points we could have gotten from one of the other two gambles.
The run went beautifully!! I have no video, but this is how it went:
Tessa and I started off taking two jumps and then she went into a gently curved tunnel. As she was in the tunnel, I booked to set myself up to send her into the serpentine. The judge was sort-of in the way, but he moved.
The serpentine was lovely!!
After the serpentine, I had Tessa come back around to take that same jump and that set us up for the A-Frame. You could only get points for one distance gamble on the course, so we did not attempt this as a gamble. She did the A-Frame, and ran off to take a double that I did not intend for her to take!!
Back on track, she did the jump combo, and went back into that gently curved tunnel.
Then it got . . . interesting!
The judge really seemed to like hanging out in that particular section of the course. And, from the other runs that I had watched, it did seem that a lot of people didn't end up in that particular area. Well, as Tessa came out of the tunnel, he was right smack in her path! It took him a few seconds to realize that I needed him to move, so when Tessa came out, there he was.
That girl didn't miss a beat! She glanced at him for a second with a happy, curious expression, and he quickly stepped back. Then she got right on track, took the jump combo again, did the double (this time cued!), and then we finished on the table!!
It was a Q - our second Level 5 Jackpot Q!
Also a huge personal Q in running by the judge, not caring that he was in her space!
Next was Snooker, and it was TIGHT!! This was the second trial in a row where the judge had smooshed the entire Snooker course into the equivalent of half the ring. I am not sure what this is all about, or if it is becoming a "thing", but it is extremely challenging with a bigger dog.
Tessa did awesome. I got messed up. The course was marked by flags with numbers on them. That is normal for Snooker. But the flags were double sided with the numbers. Obstacle #3, which was not bi-directional, was immediately after a bi-directional tunnel for #2. So, whichever way the dog came out of the tunnel, it looked like you were in flow for Jump #3.
We did it backwards, even though I had walked it properly.
I am generally a good sport about the "things happen" elements of Agility, but this royally ticked me off. I feel that the course part of the game should be marked clearly. If that ever happens again, I will ask the judge, during walk-through, to mark the direction that the third obstacle must be taken clearly!
I checked, but can't seem to find any CPE rule stating that, in course games, the course markings must be clear. But there should be such a rule . . .
Livid as I was, I had to pull it together to run our third Snooker. That one was better. The judge had three straight tunnels in the course, and #2, which was one of those straight tunnels was not bi-directional, and the flag was clearly sitting at the end of the tunnel that you had to enter. So, the course was marked in flow.
Tessa did an absolutely lovely job, and we got the Q - our first Level 5 Snooker Q!!
Aside from that one blip, it was an excellent day!
Now our "Magic Number" is 13!!
We need:
1 Fullhouse
2 Standard
3 Wildcard
3 Jackpot
4 Snooker
Onward and upward!


text:
Home > Gifts by Occasion > Christmas > Christmas Decorations
Measurements in Cm: 14 x 11 x 3.5Features: A gorgeous mouse decoration to add to your Christmas tree.
Sass and Belle Mouse Snuggly Stocking Hanging Christmas Tree Decoration
This adorable mouse is peeping from the top of his decorative stocking, finished with a cute heart detail and a Christmas red and white colour scheme. Hang from your Christmas tree or fireplace this Christmas time.
A cute decoration for year after year use.
All orders placed by noon are dispatched the same day and are delivered by our trusted partners Royal Mail, Yodel and Interlink Express. At the checkout you will be given a delivery price and delivery options for your order as per below:
Free Delivery for orders over £40 (applicable to UK mainland only) Orders within the UK - £2.95 (1-3 working days depending on location) Next Working Day Delivery - £6.95 ( Order by Noon previous working day, price depends on location )
We want you to be truly happy with your purchase from Gifts From Handpicked. If you're not simply return the product to us following our returns procedure, it's that simple!
Feel assured shopping online with Gifts From Handpicked, we partner Sage Pay an industry leader in secure internet transactions. All of your personal details and payment information is encrypted by our secure server to ensure you have a safe shopping experience.
Gifts From HandpickedUnit 3 Sadler Court, Sadler RoadLincolnLincolnshireLN6 3RG
Registered Address: Unit 3 Sadler Court, Sadler Road, Lincoln LN6 3RG
VAT Registration No: GB973038019


text:
Harvey and Shelley have been focusing a lot the last few months on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) changes in real estate law. We've had lenders, title companies, and Realtors alike all on to discuss the changes and how they affect their side of a real estate transaction.
In this clip from RERNLV's LIVE SHOW at Marche Bacchus French Bistro and Wine Shop, BHHSNV's Darren Welsh joins our hosts to discuss the changes from a legal standpoint. If you want another viewpoint on the changes, this is a show you don't want to miss!
As always, please be sure to tune in each and EVERY Saturday at 11 AM to RERNLV on AM720 KDWN.