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Lots of happy sage grouse hanging out at EP Minerals!
Here at EP Minerals, we have a vision for our sustainability efforts: Doing things in a way that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
So what does that mean?
It means that we don't just believe in being a good company to work for and a good corporate citizen in the communities where we live and operate. We also believe in being a good environmental steward in how we conduct our business.
Chukar near EP Minerals' mine
As important to us as our customers and our employees is our commitment to the sustainability of our operations around the world.
Antelope abound by one of our mines
From our energy efficiency programs at our plants and in working with customers to reduce their carbon footprint, to using less energy and water, to our spent cake recycling programs and mine reclamation efforts, EP Minerals is committed to improving and protecting the environment.
Healthy mule deer checking out the mining
We have long term reclamation plans and wildlife programs in place.
Reclamation is an ongoing activity at all our mining operations. Once mining in an area has been completed, reclamation activity begins. We recontour and reseed using native plants and shrubs, returning the land to a state similar to the original habitat.
Badgers love their diatomaceous earth home
Commitment to providing wildlife habitats.
We're committed to the wildlife in the areas that we operate including the deer, sage grouse, wild horses, burros and bighorn sheep.
Bighorn sheep herd passing through
In fact, our big horn sheep herd has quadrupled to over 100 sheep since we adopted them a few years ago. Read more here: Bighorn sheep living large
Thanks to Scott Donahoo and Brad Humphreys for the great wildlife photos!


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Rate from a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being very unproductive and 5 being very productive.
Effort for cognition assignment this weekend. 4
Effort for assessment assignment this weekend. 1
Finding an awesome bargain and spent money. 5
Catching up with tv shows on net. 1
nice. Although, I'm planning to make my cognition response go up to 5 and assessment response to the midway, 3 by the end of tonight. COME ON!
At dance yesterday, our warm up was slightly different from usual. Instead of stretching and doing sit ups and technique work, we killed ourselves with yoga. awesome? I know. That got me wondering. If you have the techniques and control of a ballet dancer, flexibility and core strength from pillates and yoga, musicality of a jazz dancer, expressiveness of a contemporary dancer, and flare of a hiphop/ breakdancer, how amazing is that? sigh. yep my life long goal is not to be a known dancer but a skilled and versatile unknown one:)
cousin goes back, it will be sad. But I am looking forward to the time when it's my turn to visit her. hmm maybe this summer of next? or maybe spring break next year? hmmm ohwell, it will happen!

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Pressed for details by a public officer on how he used up $147,538 in retirement funds within five months, a ComCare applicant passed a snide remark that humiliated her and insulted her modesty.
Chan Kong Thoe, 56, showed further disrespect when making reference to Ms Elizabeth Aw being "a low-class officer".
He was charged under the Protection from Harassment Act with using insulting words towards Ms Aw, a public service officer with the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), during a July 27meeting last year with her and another officer, Mr G. Kumaran, at the Social Service Office in Bukit Batok.
The part-time security officer was found guilty after a two-day trial in March and fined $3,000 by a district court.
District Judge Lim Tse Haw, in judgment grounds released yesterday, said: "There was simply no excuse for (Chan) to behave in the way he did in this case." The judge added that "public service workers must be protected from such abuse in the course of their work".
Chan was previously placed under the MSF-run ComCare scheme, which provides financial aid to needy Singaporeans for fixed terms. The offence arose when he applied for an extension in March last year but did not disclose as required that he had withdrawn $147,538 from his Central Provident Fund (CPF) account on turning 55 in October 2015.
This failure to disclose made him ineligible for an extension and set off a chain of events that led to the July 27, 2016, meeting with Ms Aw, at which he was expected to show documentary proof of how he exhausted all his CPF funds within five months.
But at the meeting Chan was uncooperative, kept challenging the two officers and insulted Ms Aw. A CCTV record of the meeting was tendered in evidence.
Chan's defence consisted of a bare denial. The judge also found Ms Aw and Mr Kumaran to be credible witnesses, while Chan was evasive.
His lawyer Foo Cheow Ming called for a modest fine, pointing out that the case involved verbal abuse without any gesture from him.
Assistant Public Prosecutor Lim Yu Hui called for a "high fine", urging the court to signal that such conduct cannot be tolerated.
District Judge Lim agreed. Chan should have realised his folly in exhausting his CPF monies and acknowledged perhaps "there were other more deserving cases for assistance under the ComCare scheme than him", said the judge.


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Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Where is God?
"Raater Kolkata" or 'The Kolkata of the Night' is a lovely place. It beckons all to explore it, and is intoxicating. I hope to give some pictures of it soon in my Orkut profile. But anyways, except for romancing with the dark, I also found time for the pandals...... some were great. In some places, the art work was so heavy that the divinity of the idol was lost somewhere. However,I don't get it- why the craze to visit so many pandals when the idol is the same everywhere? My mother was praying to each of the idols when my sister pointed out:" Maa, the idols are all the same everywhere. You don't have to repeat your prayers everytime!"
I have been praying to the idols since my childhood- and frankly speaking, I don't remember any of my wishes becoming true- yes I did well in my boards, got into a good college- and all the other material stuff but whatever bad had to happen also happened- no one could stop it: my mother had an accident( but she came out well) and my four- legged brother died. Which brings me to a crucial question: Is there really a God? Or is He/She just a fragment of our imagination?
I remember reading an article in The Statesman where the contributor pointed out:" If there really is a God, He is suffering from amnesia"! I couldn't agree more. Where is God now that we need Him(Her) so much? Violence, death, poverty- when all these evils are plaguing the face of the earth where is God?
Every Ashtami we offer 'Anjali' to the Goddess.Do we really mean all that stuff? "Putrang dehi, Dhanang dehi, Gyanam dehi..... Dehi dehi..." (forgive my order). All the time we ask for things.....never does it occur to us to give something.... well, we do give money, spend loads of rupees on the pandal, theme and pujas but do we ever spare a thought to the poor boy sitting at the corner of the pandal weeping out of hunger?
But is such the pettiness of the human mind......? We rely on outward glorification more than the purity of the soul. Let's make a pact this Puja: that we will not be stifled by outward glories, rather we will look for the beauty of the mind- it shouldn't be so difficult to find..... Diwali, Kali Puja after that Christmas and finally New Year is about to come - let's all make it a New Year resolution.
2 comments:
- Khyati Patel said...
Same Pinch............I too Love the Night...its brillaint.it feels jus amzing to be wid urself at Night.
God is very much here....Its jus tht people cant feel him...
I m sure u r aware wat wud happen if everybody's every wish came true.
As for the violence n terror plaguing the world.....HE does not suffer from Amnesia.We r the cause of all the crap n its on us to clean it.N all this is created by God...n he has a reason 4 everything.
Weird are the ways to God.
If God were to take care of everything then we wud never feel bad for the poor boy sitting outside the pandal.N as s result we wud want to do nothing for him.
Watever has to happen happens....and wen it does always remember tht there is sumone who is facing worse things than us.
Lose not ur Faith.
"Because thou hast seen me, Thomas, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and have believed."
- Trisha said...


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Bolt Thrower
Bolt Thrower sind ohne Zweifel eine der besten und einflussreichsten Death Metal Bands aller Zeiten. Dampfwalze an Dampfwalze, messerscharfes Riff an Riff und die gewohnt unbarmherzig nach vorne marschierende Rhythmus Sektion zeichnen das übliche Bild, das Bolt Thrower seit Jahren zur personifizierten Gewalttätigkeit macht.
MORGOTH is one of the earliest and most important German Death Metal bands. In 1987 four young kids from Meschede, Marc Grewe (vocals, bass), Carsten Otterbach (guitar), Harry Busse (guitar) and Rüdiger Hennecke (drums), came together in brilliant blasphemy to form this musically trailblazing band. By the end of 1987 they recorded their debut demo tape, Pits Of Utumno, which made its way to Robert Kampf's newly founded Century Media Records in nearby Dortmund. MORGOTH signed a deal with CMR and their second demo, Resurrection Absurd, was pressed onto vinyl in 1989.
After that the band was unstoppable. Having only performed several local underground shows, in early 1990 they took Europe by storm on their debut tour with Pestilence and Autopsy. The next release was mixed at the ultimate Death Metal temple, Tampa, Florida's renowned Morrisound Studios where acts like Death, Morbid Angel and Obituary had recorded their classic masterpieces. MORGOTH was quickly offered a next European tour with Obituary and Demolition Hammer, so they only had enough time to record 5 songs for the Eternal Fall EP, which became another milestone of the genre.
That same year, in order to satisfy MORGOTH's fast growing fanbase, both EP's were put together on one CD for a more extensive release and by the end of the year, new member Sebastian Swart took over bass duties, leaving Marc to concentrate solely on vocals. Cursed, the band's first regular full-length studio album was released in 1991, introducing fans of extreme Death Metal to a darker undertone and advanced songwriting. The release was followed by MORGOTH's first US tour with Kreator and Biohazard in 1991 as well as intense gigging in Europe.
The early 90's were the highpoint of the Death Metal movement and MORGOTH was the pioneering and leading German band, but at the same time MORGOTH was never a band that stuck with the same image or sound too long. The following 1993 album, Odium, was influenced by some industrial grooves and saw their most aggressive guitar sound yet. Again they played all of the major European festivals and hit the road with the likes of Paradise Lost, Unleashed, Tiamat and more. MORGOTH's last studio album, Feel Sorry For The Fanatic, came out in 1996 and here the band continued to follow their own, more experimental path, intertwining industrial and dark 80's influences, taking them further away from their Death Metal roots. After a final European tour with Die Krupps and Richthofen, MORGOTH split up in 1997…
In the year 2011, MORGOTH announced their long overdue return to the scene after almost 15 years of silence. Featuring original members Marc Grewe (vocals), Harry Busse (guitars), Sebastian Swart (now on guitars) as well as newly recruited Sotirios Kelekidis (bass) and Marc Reign (drums, ex Destruction), MORGOTH reunited in the light of the 20th anniversary celebration of the release of their legendary "Cursed" album and kicked off a string of performances at acclaimed festivals like Wacken (D), Hellfest (F), Summer Breeze (D), Brutal Assault (CZ), Party.San (D), Neurotic Deathfest (NL), Rock Hard (D), Maryland Deathfest (US) or also the Barge To Hell cruise (Miami/Bahamas) as well as a few selected club-shows. This comeback has by now organically lasted 3 years and has been captured (amongst others at 2011's Way Of Darkness festival show) and skilfully mixed by Dan Swanö (Bloodbath, Edge Of Sanity) for MORGOTH's impressing first ever live album and DVD release, "Cursed To Live", in 2012.
In late 2013 and early 2014, MORGOTH decided to take some months off from playing shows in order to focus on songwriting, since the good atmosphere and newly sparked creativity from these last years had naturally caused some new ideas to come up. The band is currently in the studio working on new material and the first brand-new music can already be expected for later in 2014…feel warned!
Incantation ist eine Death-Metal-Band aus Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Die Band wurde im 1989 von John Mc Entee (auch bei Funerus, Ex-Immolation, Ex-Mortician) und Paul Ledney (später Profanatica) gegründet, die sich bei ihrer gemeinsamen Arbeit in der Band Revenant kennen gelernt hatten. Als eine der ersten Bands veröffentlichte man über das damals noch sehr junge Label Relapse Records 1990 die EP "Entrantment Of Evil" . Derzeit ist Incantation weltweit auf dem französischen Musiklabel Listenable Records unter Vertrag, in den USA werden die Alben der Band auf Ibex Moon Records, dem Label von John Mc Entee, veröffentlicht.
DANACH: After-Show-Party mit Boozehounds Of Hell im DreiRaum!!! Freier Eintritt mit Bolt-Thrower-Ticket!!!


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The Titans lost tonight against Tipton 160-205. Tri-Central had an incomplete roster tonight with only two golfers and were unable to post an official score. I thought the boys played pretty well considering the fact that they are most likely thinking about the next two days of finals. Its rough playing a couple of matches the week before Sectionals knowing that they still have to take 4 or 5 final exams. I think at this point the boys are ready to be done and ready for Sectionals, so that they can redeem themselves a little from the Rock Invite. I feel the boys have a come a long way since April and I couldnt be more proud of them. The Titans will square off against North Miami and Maconaquah tomorrow evening in their final preparation before Sectionals at Peru Municipal.
Titan Scores:
Kosberg: 39
Beck 52
Rayls 51
Weekly 63
Tipton Scores:
Wolfe 34
SLack 38
Dunn 48
Swan 40
Peske 54
Blades 60
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- the wood of this tree, used for timber and pulpwood.
Origin of loblolly pine An Americanism dating back to 1750–60 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019


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Erstwilder - 5th Birthday Collection - Birthday Chic Brooch
Don't you just love it when cheat week happily coincides with a birthday celebration? This cupcake has my name all over it!
At the moment, anything that can be microwaved is what I am surviving on. Building a website is huge and there is just so much to do!!! It's like it is never ending and I still have stock coming!!! AArrrrggghhhh!
This is my favourite, favourite piece from the collection!
Information about your Birthday Chic Brooch
Height 7 cm x Width 4.5 cm
All designs are made from layered resin and are limited in production to a maximum of 1000 units for world-wide release. All metal components are made from a lead and nickel free base-metal. Please note that as designs are produced from original illustrations and are hand assembled, hand painted and hand finished, there may be minor differences from piece to piece, making each as unique as the those who wear them. Gift box included.
How to care for your Birthday Chic Brooch
Please be aware that resin is akin to ceramic and glass and therefore may be damaged if dropped or knocked. Keep your Erstwilder companion neatly tucked away in this box when not being worn, avoid contact with perfumes, lotions, water and excessive sunlight and you'll have a trusted friend for years to come.


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Fees apply to a range of transactions. These transaction fees may vary depending on the service type and service size or they may be a fixed amount.
Annual fees also apply to early childhood education and care services in NSW. The amount and due date depend on whether your service is regulated under the National Law and the National Regulations or the NSW State Law and NSW State Regulations.
National Law and National Regulations
In accordance with the Regulations, Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) set the fees and increase them each year in line with inflation.
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Application fees
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- Application for provider approval
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Annual fee
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AccountMate Year-End Preparations
Article # 1258
Technical Note: Common Closing Errors
|Difficulty Level:
|Intermediate Level AccountMate User
|Version(s) Affected:
|AccountMate 8 for SQL and Express
AccountMate 7 for SQL, Express and LAN
AccountMate 6.5 for SQL, MSDE and LAN
Module(s) Affected: All Modules
Posting Date: 12/08/2010
It is possible that when performing your year-end closing process you will stumble upon a few system-generated errors. These errors, no matter how trivial, can stand in the way of an efficient and effective year-end closing. This document aims to assist you in evaluating and resolving some of the errors that you may encounter when closing the period, transferring data to GL, generating the GL Transfer Report, or closing the fiscal year. It helps identify which setup needs to be corrected, or which record must be verified for missing or erroneous values in order to resolve the error.
Note: Use the Table Browser & Exporter function in the Utilities menu to browse the tables. This document does NOT include a discussion on how to use Visual FoxPro (VFP) or SQL to fix the data.
This section discusses the most common errors that may be encountered when closing the period or fiscal year, when transferring data to GL, or running the GL Transfer Report. The possible causes are identified and solutions are proposed for each error listed.
Error: Account ID has not been entered.
Cause: The Retained Earnings Account field in GL Module Setup is empty.
Solution: Enter a valid and active GL Account ID in the Retained Earnings Account field.
Error: Retained Earnings Account has not been entered.
Cause: No GL Account ID is assigned to the Retained Earnings Account field of the GL Module Setup function. This is a variation of the previous error message.
Solution: Enter in the Retained Earnings Account field a valid and active GL Account ID.
Error: Retained Earnings Account [xxx] is Inactive.
Cause: The designated Retained Earnings GL Account ID has an inactive status.
Solution: Verify that the status of the GL Account ID assigned to the Retained Earnings Account field in GL Module Setup is set to Active in Chart of Accounts Maintenance. If the currently assigned Retained Earnings Account is outdated, replace it with a valid and active GL Account ID.
Error: Account ID does not exist / Invalid Account ID.
Cause: The Account Balances (GLABAL) table contains a GL Account ID (cAcctID) that does not exist in the Chart of Accounts Maintenance file (GLACCT).
Solution: Assign a valid GL Account ID to all records in GLABAL. Verify that the cAcctID field in GLABAL is not empty and that all the GL Account IDs assigned to the records in GLABAL exist in GLACCT. If they do not exist in GLACCT but they are valid accounts, add them back using the Chart of Accounts Maintenance function.
Error: Account ID is inactive / Invalid Account ID
Cause: The Account Balances (GLABAL) table contains an inactive GL Account ID.
Solution: Verify that all GL Account IDs assigned to the records in GLABAL are set to 'Active' in the Chart of Accounts Maintenance file (GLACCT).
Error: Unposted Batch for prior year exists.
Cause: There are un-posted journal entries for the prior fiscal year.
Solution: Generate the Unposted Journal Entries Report and review the un-posted journal entries; then, post all unposted journal entry batches using the Post JE Batch to GL function.
Error: Cannot close year [xxx]. [Module] is behind.
Cause: The current period of the subsidiary module mentioned in the error is in the fiscal year that is about to be closed.
Solution: Close all the periods of the subsidiary modules until they advance to the first period of the next fiscal year. Verify that the next fiscal year is shown in the Current Period field of the Module Setup's General (1) tab.
Error: Posting period is closed for Invoice date xx/xx/xx.
Cause: The period to which you are attempting to post the invoice is restricted for posting.
Solution: Access the Posting Period Restrictions function in the Housekeeping menu of the GL module. Unmark the checkboxes for the modules and periods to which you want to post invoice transactions.
Error: Transfer Date is not defined.
Cause: There are transactions that either have no post dates or their post dates do not belong to any of the supported fiscal periods and years.
Solution: In the tables that store the transaction records, verify that all records are assigned valid transaction dates.
Error: Bank ID [xxx] Check Disbursements/Deposits/Transfers are out of balance.
Cause: The bank account specified in the error has incomplete bank reconciliation such that the information from bank does not match the information from system. This validation is only done in AccountMate 6.5 for SQL, MSDE and LAN.
Solution: Complete the reconciliation for all bank accounts.
Error: Fund ID [xxx] is out of balance by [xxx].
Cause: The debits and credits of the fund specified in the error are out of balance.
Solution: Verify that the Enable Automatic Interfund Balancing feature is activated in GL Module Setup's Fund Accounting Setup tab.
Error: Total is out of balance by [xxx]. Do you want to print the out of balance report?
Cause: Debits and credits in the journal entry batch that will be created by the period-end closing or transfer process are out of balance.
Solution: Click "Yes" when asked to generate the transfer error report and use the report to fix the data.
Error: Cannot continue with this function. Year/Period-End closing function is in process.
Cause: Either period-end/fiscal year-end closing is still in progress or it failed due to errors causing AccountMate to lock the functions.
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Humor is infectious. It lightens burdens, inspires hope, connects us to others, increases our insight, keeps us grounded, focused, alert, and happy. Laughter is a universal language that stimulates both sides of the brain. It allows us to get messages quicker and remember them longer. We all learn more when we are having fun. Writing this blog is a creative exploration in sharing thoughts that make me laugh, smile, or think. Thinking is the source of laughter. Welcome and have a nice day!
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Our world has many superheroes. But they have the worst of all superpowers: invisibility. For example, the catadores, workers who collect recyclable materials for a living. Catadores emerged from social inequality, unemployment, and the abundance of solid waste from the deficiency of the waste collection system. Catadores provide a heavy, honest and essential work that benefits the entire population. But they are not acknowledged for it. Here in Brazil, they collect 90 percent of all the waste that's actually recycled.
Most of the catadores work independently, picking waste from the streets and selling to junk yards at very low prices. They may collect over 300 kilos in their bags, shopping carts, bicycles and carroças. Carroças are carts built from wood or metal and found in several streets in Brazil, much like graffiti and street art. And this is how I first met these marginalized superheroes.
I am a graffiti artist and activist and my art is social, environmental and political in nature. In 2007, I took my work beyond walls and onto the carroças, as a new urban support for my message. But at this time, giving voice to the catadores. By adding art and humor to the cause, it became more appealing, which helped call attention to the catadores and improve their self-esteem. And also, they are famous now on the streets, on mass media and social.
So, the thing is, I plunged into this universe and have not stopped working since. I have painted over 200 carroças in many cities and have been invited to do exhibitions and trips worldwide. And then I realized that catadores, in their invisibility, are not exclusive to Brazil. I met them in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, South Africa, Turkey and even in developed countries such as the United States and Japan. And this was when I realized that I needed to have more people join the cause because it's a big challenge. And then, I created a collaborative movement called Pimp My Carroça — (Laughter) — which is a large crowdfunded event. Thank you. (Applause). So Pimp My Carroça is a large crowdfunded event to help catadores and their carroças. Catadores are assisted by well-being professionals and healthcare, like physicians, dentists, podiatrists, hair stylists, massage therapists and much more. But also, they also receive safety shirts, gloves, raincoats and eyeglasses to see in high-definition the city, while their carroças are renovated by our incredible volunteers. And then they receive safety items, too: reflective tapes, horns and mirrors. Then, finally, painted by a street artist and become part of part of this huge, amazing mobile art exhibition.
Pimp My Carroça took to the streets of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba. But to meet the demand in other cities, including outside of Brazil, we have created Pimpx, which is inspired by TEDx, and it's a simplified, do-it-yourself, crowdfunded edition of Pimp My Carroça. So now everybody can join.
In two years, over 170 catadores, 800 volunteers and 200 street artists and more than 1,000 donors have been involved in the Pimp My Carroça movement, whose actions have even been used in teaching recycling at a local school.
So catadores are leaving invisibility behind and becoming increasingly respected and valued. Because of their pimped carroças, they are able to fight back to prejudice, increase their income and their interaction with society.
So now, I'd like to challenge you to start looking at and acknowledging the catadores and other invisible superheroes from your city. Try to see the world as one, without boundaries or frontiers. Believe it or not, there are over 20 million catadores worldwide. So next time you see one, recognize them as a vital part of our society. Muito obrigado, thank you. (Applause).


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Another CEO out at Yahoo. After just four months on the job, Scott Thompson left his post as CEO this past Sunday following an embellished resume scandal. One Yahoo employee noted just days before Thompson officially left: "The constant changes in the organization structure and leadership team were a distraction and drain. Just when you would gain some momentum, you would reset. One step backward to only take one step forward."
Ross Levinsohn has been appointed Interim CEO at Yahoo, as the company's Board of Directors once again head back to the drawing board to determine who will fill the position permanently. Whoever it is will have a tough road ahead as employees have shown to have little faith in how the past few top executives have led the company.
In Thompson's few months on the job, he held a 48% approval rating among employees, while his predecessor Carol Bartz holds the highest cumulative CEO rating among Yahoo CEOs of late, with her 54% approval. Interim CEO Timothy Morse received 42% approval, and Yahoo co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang held 43% approval.¹ For perspective, the average CEO rating on Glassdoor is 62% approval.
Glassdoor, a social jobs and career community, takes a deeper look into Yahoo's CEO and company ratings over the past four years to see how employee sentiment at this tech giant has changed by quarter.
Yahoo CEOs Have Lost Traction Over Time
As Yahoo CEO tenure increases, it seems that approval among employees falls. Jerry Yang held an 81% approval in Q1 2008, but left the company with a 24% approval, just three quarters later. When Carol Bartz took over, she started with a 91% approval, before plummeting to 33% approval in Q3 2011. And while it was still too soon to tell, Scott Thompson began his tenure with 85% approval before it fell to a 31% approval as of yesterday.
Employee Morale Stays Fairly Steady
But despite all the changes at the top of Yahoo's corporate ladder, employee morale remains fairly steady holding at a 3.4 (OK) rating over the past 18 quarters.²
In addition, when we look at Yahoo's overall company rating quarter by quarter, it's interesting to note it has not increased or decreased significantly, receiving a high of 4.3 (Very Satisfied) during Q1 2008, to a low of 2.7 (OK) during Q2 2009. For the most part, when asked about how satisfied employees are overall with their jobs and the company, most employees give the company a 3.1 (OK) rating. Interestingly, this falls right in line with most companies reviewed; out of the more than 160,000 companies reviewed on Glassdoor, the average overall company rating is 3.1.
Recent Yahoo Employee Commentary
So what have Yahoo employees had to say about the company during the days leading to Scott Thompson's departure? Below are just some of the best reasons to work at Yahoo as of late (the pros) and some of the biggest downsides (the cons) according to employees:
"[Pros] Generally very interesting projects. [Cons] Upper management chaos, contestant bad press." – Yahoo Employee (location n/a)
"[Pros] Yahoo encourages and fosters new ideas and technologies and rewards employees for creating new stuff. Many great peers to work with. [Cons] Many not so great people to work with. There is a little too much politics in the company. There is a sort of identity crisis for the company – trying to reclaim former glory." – Yahoo Employee (Sunnyvale, CA)
"[Pros] Great support from colleagues. Technically sound people; so a lot to learn. [Cons] Too much panic situation in upper management. Insecurity in the mind of employees because of frequent lay-offs. Too many stupid decisions taken in too less time and going nowhere even after doing that." – Yahoo Software QA Engineer (Sunnyvale, CA)
"[Pros] Great people. Great mentorship. Great growth. [Cons] Lesser pay compared to peers in industry. No definite direction. Weak management." – Yahoo Software Engineer (Bangalore, India)
"[Pros] Opportunity to develop new products in a large scale. [Cons] Classic 'ivory tower' behavior by senior management. Senior management believes they know it all and do not seek opinions and advice of their people on the ground. Lacks discipline across the org." – Yahoo Senior Product Manager (Sunnyvale, CA)
Do you work at Yahoo? Share a company review and tell us about your experience and what advice you would give to senior management.
¹ CEO cumulative ratings based on approved company reviews collected since early 2008. Thompson received 42 company ratings, Bartz received 278 ratings, Morse received 19 ratings and Yang received 178 ratings.
² Company and workplace factor ratings based on a 5-point scale; 1.0=very dissatisfied, 3.0=OK, 5.0=very satisfied.


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Provolone Corn Loaf
"The flavors of cheese, pepper and sage come through in slices of this zippy corn bread that's best served right out of the oven," assures Norma Pederson of Colman, South Dakota. "Warm slices are great with a simple soup."
Total TimePrep: 15 min. Bake: 40 min. + cooling
Makes1 loaf
- 2 teaspoons plus 1 cup cornmeal, divided
- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh sage or 1 teaspoon rubbed sage
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper, optional
- 2 large eggs
- 1-1/4 cups buttermilk
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 cup shredded provolone or part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup provolone cheese
- Preheat oven to 350°. Sprinkle 2 teaspoons cornmeal on the bottom and sides of a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan; set aside. In a large bowl, combine flour, sage, baking powder, salt, pepper, baking soda, cayenne if desired and remaining cornmeal. In another bowl, beat eggs, buttermilk and oil. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in cheese.
- Pour into prepared pan. Bake 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Refrigerate leftovers.
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it is a bit dry but that is due to the corn meal i really loved it. it was great with a bowl of chili
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I've made this delicious bread and entered it in the Los Angeles County Fair. The first time, I entered it in the corn bread category and won third prize. The second time, I entered it as a cheese bread and won second prize. The finished bread tends to be a bit on the dry side; I would never use anything but full-fat cheese in it, and I've experimented with adding a spoonful of cream, etc. No matter what, though, it's delicious.


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At Comic-Con yesterday, Paramount debuted a new featurette for Terminator: Dark Fate. Rather than a total reboot, Dark Fate is described as a sequel to James Cameron's iconic 1991 follow-up Terminator 2: Judgment Day and finds Linda Hamilton reprising her role as Sarah Connor for the first time since that film. Arnold Schwarzenegger is also back as the T-800, with a story that takes the franchise in a new direction with new leads played by Mackenzie Davis (Halt and Catch Fire), Natalia Reyes (Birds of Passage), Gabriel Luna (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), and Diego Boneta (Rock of Ages). Luna plays the new Terminator, and the film's tagline points towards a post-Judgment Day setting.
I'm kind of kicking myself, but I'm kind of excited for Dark Fate. It's not that I think Cameron or director Tim Miller are infallible as much as the tone feels right here. Granted, I think every sequel kind of diminishes Judgment Day (either you averted the apocalypse or you didn't), but at least here you've got a good rhythm going, and bringing back Hamilton as Sarah Connor was a move so brilliant yet obvious that it's kind of shocking that none of the other post-T2 movies bothered to do it (the audio recordings in Salvation don't count). Fool me once and all, but I think I'm on board for Dark Fate.
Check out the featurette and new images below. Terminator: Dark Fate opens November 1st.
Here's the official synopsis for Terminator: Dark Fate:
Welcome to the day after Judgment Day. Producer James Cameron returns with director Tim Miller for Terminator: Dark Fate. In theatres 11.1.19.
Linda Hamilton ("Sarah Connor") and Arnold Schwarzenegger ("T-800") return in their iconic roles in Terminator: Dark Fate, directed by Tim Miller (Deadpool) and produced by visionary filmmaker James Cameron and David Ellison. Following the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Terminator: Dark Fate also stars Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, and Diego Boneta.


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Planning meals in advance can be tough at times but is a real indicator to success. Whatever your health and fitness goals are sufficient planning will go a long way to determining how well you do.
Going shopping for food, planning meals and going out to eat should be enjoyable but also in line with your goals. Use this guide to ensure you stay on track, particularly if trying to boost energy levels or lose weight.
Consider the following at every meal time, especially main meals:
1. Food choice
This is really where the battle is won and lost. Ingredients should be as natural as possible coming from vegetables, lean protein and whole grains.
Use lean protein as the main part of any meal. Avoid fast releasing foods like cereals, breads and processed foods as much as possible, as well as all other high fat and high sugar foods. They cause a massive rise in blood sugar levels, inhibiting weight loss and wrecking energy levels.
2. Portion size
No matter where you are eating, portion size is absolutely essential. Even a highly processed meal can be damage limited if you reduce portion size. Ideally use a small plate or bowl to control portion size.
Along the same lines, eat your food slowly chewing it well and stop eating before you feel full. This tends to increase energy levels and reduce calories very effectively.
3. Always include lean proteins
This includes lean meats like chicken and turkey, fish, dairy, nuts, peas and beans. These foods are lower in fat and higher in protein which ensures a slower release of energy.
4. Stay keep starters and extras to a minimum
A perfectly balanced meal can be ruined by adding bread from the bread basket, alcohol and dessert. If you have to, have something more natural as an extra.
5. Eating out
Eating out can mean starters, side plates, desserts and alcohol. Foods are often fried or cooked in creamy sauces or high in fat. Look out for these and choose wisely. Lean protein and vegetables is the best way as always and remember to keep portion size right down.
You have to be determined in order to achieve true results. How you eat has a huge impact on life and means the difference between success and failure!
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Luxury lens and screen cleaning cloth. Our art and design is inspired by the exuberant grandeur of the Baroque style of the 1700s, with its appeal to intense emotions and a spell-binding mixture of influences from religion, science, literature and exploration.
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Flash cards aren't the most exciting piece of technology in the world. They don't do much on their own. But plug them into another device and you'll open up a whole load of possibilities.
As you probably know, flash cards are used for storing data, like a hard drive, only much smaller. Today it's possible to store up to 64GB of data on a device the size of a finger nail. That is quite impressive when you consider it would take that is the equivalent to 45,000 1980s Floppy Discs to store that much.
But with so much data in such a small space, you might worry that it is vulnerable. Thankfully Samsaung have come up with a solution with their new Micro SD card.
The study little SD card is designed to withstand large amounts of pressure. I have seen one taped to a basket ball and bounced around; thrown against a wall; and even driven over by a car. Did the card survive? It did and with no troubles at all. However, when I saw someone viciously attack the SD with a hammer, it didn't fare so well. It isn't quite indestructible.
Not only can the card survive impact, it is surprisingly resilient to other forms of mistreatment. Samsung's Micro SD will endure 24 hours in water without any data loss. Worried about airport X-Ray machines damaging your holiday photos? No neither were we but Samsung reassures us that these cards will withstand anything an airport can throw at them.
The big question is, do we need such a robust SD card? Most of the time an SD card is stuck inside your camera or smartphone so if something is going to happen to your device, the SD card is probably the least of your worries. However, there could be a lot of important files which losing along with your mp3 player or compact camera would only add to your upset.
The ruggedness of your Micro SD card is probably not going to be your main concern when you purchase one but as long the price is reasonable, it would be a nice extra. The good news is, Samsung's Micro SD cards cost around the same price as a card of similar spec, so there's nothing to lose.


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Collaborationism is cooperation with the enemy against one's country in wartime.[1] Stanley Hoffmann subdivided collaboration onto
According to him, collaborationism can be subdivided onto
the former is a deliberate service to an enemy, whereas the latter is a deliberate advocacy of co-operation with the foreign force which is seen as a champion of some desirable domestic transformations.[2]
In contrast, Bertram Gordon used the terms "collaborator" and "collaborationist" for non-ideological and ideological collaborations, respectively.[3]
The term collaborate dates from 1871, and is a back-formation from collaborator (1802), from the French collaborateur as used during the Napoleonic Wars against smugglers trading with England and assisting in the escape of monarchists, and is itself derived from the Latin collaboratus, past participle of collaborare "work with", from com- "with" + labore "to work." The meaning of "traitorous cooperation with the enemy"[4] dates from 1940, originally in reference to the Vichy Government of Frenchmen who cooperated with the Germans, 1940-44.[5]
In France, a distinction emerged between the collaborateur and the collaborationniste. The latter expression is mainly used to describe individuals enrolled in pseudo-Nazi parties, often based in Paris, who had an overwhelming belief in fascist ideology or were simply anti-communists.[6] Collaborateurs on the other hand, could engage in collaboration for a number of more pragmatic reasons, such as preventing infrastructure damage for use by the occupation forces or personal ambition, and were not necessarily believers in fascism per se. Arch-collaborators like Pierre Laval or René Bousquet are thus distinct from collaborationists.[7][8]
Recent research by the British historian, Simon Kitson, has shown that French authorities did not wait until the Liberation to begin pursuing collaborationists. The Vichy government, itself heavily engaged in collaboration, arrested around 2000 individuals on charges of passing information to the Germans. Their reasons for doing so was to centralise collaboration to ensure that the state maintained a monopoly in Franco-German relations and to defend sovereignty so that they could negotiate from a position of strength. It was among the many compromises that the government engaged along the way.[9]
The collaborators in Belgium were chiefly Walloons organized into the Rexist movement.[10] There was an active collaboration movement in the Netherlands.[11]
Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), a senior officer in the Norwegian Army and former minister of defence, served the Nazis as prime minister. He gave his name to the high profile government collaborator, now known as a Quisling.[12]
After the National Union of Greece, helped German authorities fight the Resistance, and identify and deport Greek Jews.
Main collaborationist regime in Yugoslavia was the Independent State of Croatia, a puppet-state semi-independent of Nazi Germany. Leon Rupnik (1880–1946) was a Slovene general who collaborated as he took control of the semi-independent region of the Italian-occupied southern Slovenia known as the Province of Ljubljana, which came under German control in 1943.[13]
High-profile collaborators included Dutch actor Johannes Heesters or English-language radio-personality William Joyce (the most widely known Lord Haw-Haw).[14]
German citizen Franz Oppenhoff accepted appointment as Mayor of the German city of Aachen in 1944, under authority of the Allied military command. He was assassinated on orders from Heinrich Himmler in 1945.
Post-World War II Soviet-occupied Eastern Europe saw institutions and individuals collaborating with occupying Soviet forces until the Soviet-backed regimes in their countries collapsed in 1989 and 1990.
More recent examples of collaboration, according to some, have included institutions and individuals in Afghanistan who collaborated with the Soviet occupation until 1989 and individuals in Iraq and Afghanistan today who continue to work with American forces.
In Palestinian society, collaboration with Israel is viewed as a serious offence and social stain.[15] Suspects have even on occasion been killed.[16] In addition, during the period of 2007–2009, around 30 Palestinians have been sentenced to death in court on collaboration-related charges, although the sentences have not been carried out.[15]
In June 2009, Raed Sualha, a 15-year-old Palestinian boy, was brutally tortured and hanged by his family because they suspected him of collaborating with Israel.[16] Authorities of the Palestinian territories launched an investigation into the case and arrested the perpetrators.[17][18] Police said it was unlikely that such a young boy would have been recruited as an informer.[16]
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How do you turn a mountain stage into a sprint stage? Put the climbs in the middle and add a 30km decent to a 30km flat into the finish. The result was that what was expected to be a battle in the GC leadership turned into a
typical sprint stage. Pierrick Fedrigo and Franco Pellizotti go one, two after working seamlessly for over 100km to hold off a fast chasing peloton. The GC battle fizzled as the mountains were just too far from the finish.
Leading the race on to the base of the Tourmalet was the veteran Jens Voigt accompanied by Franco Pellizotti and Pierrick Fedrigo. The first chase group included Broeck, Astana's Paulinho, Garate, Van Den Broeck, Ten Dam, Martinez, Txurruka, Moncoutie, the KOM on the road Egoi Martinez, and Stage 5 winner, Thomas Voeckler. Thirty seconds back and trying to get on was Bouet who had just passed the Cofidis rider, Duque, who was going the other way. The peloton was 4:10 back and includes the GC favorites though several riders including Cancellara and Popovych have fallen off. The AG2R team was doing a great job leading for their yellow jersey teammate.
At 80km, Pellizotti jumped followed by Fedrigo. Voigt was riding within himself to keep contact without blowing up. Halfway up the climb the peloton was still a conspicuously large group. With 8km to go to the summit it was surprising that none of the contending teams pushed the pace forcing Astana to cover.
At the summit of the HC climb, Pellizotti and Fedrigo took the double points for 1st and 2nd place. The first chase came across at 2:50 minutes back having just picked up a struggling Jens Voigt. Martinez took seventh padding his lead in the KOM by 16 points. Bouet went to all the trouble to bridge up to the chase group only to fall back to the peloton after he was dropped on a steep section. The number of RV's and cars that lined the final km was astounding. The peloton climbed steadily but didn't make up much time on the climb at 4:50 back. The placement of the mountains in the center of the stage as expected really sucked the life out of what could have been another exciting stage. Considering tomorrows rest day, what was the point?
The first half of the Armstrong led decent was uneventful. Columbia was given the go ahead to catch the breaks and force a sprint for the team. At just under 5 minutes down, their work was cut out for them. The peloton caught the chase at 40km to go narrowing the gap to 3:50. Caisse d'Epargne came to the front in support of their sprinter Rojas. Rabobank came to the front to help salvage some glory today perhaps as Menchov has not panned out as expected. They were attempting to set up Oscar Freire for the sprint if possible. At 20km to go, the break was holding a tenuous lead over the peloton of 2:30 minutes. It was still touch and go whether Pellizotti and Fedrigo could hold out. They certainly were giving it there all. The teams for the breakaway riders, Liquigas and Bbox, moved to the front in an attempt to disrupt chasing peloton.
With 10 km to go the gap between the break and the peloton had dropped to 1:22. It seemed that the break would hold at this point. Caisse was doing the lion's share of the work to bring the break back stringing out the peloton in the process.
- At 7km the gap was 60 seconds.
- At 5km the gap was 44 seconds thought the peloton was bunching
- At 4km the gap was 42 seconds Schleck flatted outside the 3km safety zone. The whole team fell back to help.
- At 3km the gap was 41 seconds. Voigt dragged Schleck back in no time flat
- At 2km the gap was 39 seconds. Liquigas did a great job of disrupting the fading Caisse chase.
- At 1km the gap was 36 seconds. The break was going to hold. Pellizotti no longer took a turn at the front. Pellizotti jumped prior to the final turn at the 500 meter mark. Bbox's Pierrick Fedrigo tagged Pellizotti and came around to take the line.
Rabobank's Oscar Freire took the field sprint for third. Rojas was only able to muster sixth. There was no change to the GC standings.
Well it looks like GC racing will be put on hold till the Stage 13 in the Alps on Friday. Tomorrow is a rest day followed by three stages through central France.
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1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 4:05:31
2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 0:00:34
4 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha
5 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence – Lotto
8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre – NGC
10 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
Polka Dot Jersey Standings
1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 78 pts
2 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 59
3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 55
4 Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 49
5 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 49
Green Jersey Standings
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 117 pts
2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia – HTC 106
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 75
4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram 66
5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 62
Overall Standings
1 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0:00:06
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 0:00:08
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0:00:39
5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin – Slipstream 0:00:46
6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0:00:54
7 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia – HTC 0:01:00
8 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Slipstream 0:01:24
9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:01:49
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0:01:54
Earlier in the stage, there was a break of three included Lang, Jalabert and Kuschynski who escaped the peloton at 25km. It ran smoothly for miles in that none were a threat to the GC.
It fell apart at around 165km when Lang rode the others off his wheel on the first cat 1 mountain of the tour, the Col de Peyresourde. The peloton stayed pretty much together on the col behind them. Lang maintained his lead down the Peyresourde and halfway up the Col d'Aspin. Ricco bridged to Lang before the final summit and didn't look back. At the same time, the peloton narrowed the lead to less than two minutes before the summit as well.
By 15km to go all the chasers were reeled in it leaving Ricco as only rider ahead with over a minute lead. He held the lead for the remainder of the stage. Valverde for all the Caisse d'Epargne team maneuvering was unable to manifest a challenge to the GC contenders. Caisse d'Epargne clearly has the strongest GC team though today they were no match for the Ricco attack and decent. Still they are able to support in ways no other team could match.
Kirchen was able to stay with the main contenders over the d'Aspin retaining the yellow jersey. He rocketed down the mountain with the rest to the finish. He looked on the defensive for the final col and it's decent. His team seems to be unable to support him when the going gets up. Interestingly, he regained the green jersey from Oscar Freire. Garmin's Christian Vande Velde has moved up to third on GC as Schumacher fell off the lead group on the run in to the finish.
Video Recap: http://tinyurl.com/cjp6a
Race Reports
Cycling News: http://tinyurl.com/66x4jf
Velonews: http://tinyurl.com/5dhtlt
Official Tour Website: http://tinyurl.com/6salpo
Yahoo Sports: http://tinyurl.com/57ol9g
Stage 9 Results
1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita), Saunier Duval-Scott, 5.39.28 (39.59 km/h)
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus), AG2R La Mondiale, 1.03
3 Cyril Dessel (Fra), AG2R La Mondiale, 1.17
4 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz), Crédit Agricole
5 Christian Knees (Ger), Team Milram
6 Maxime Monfort (Bel), Cofidis
7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa), Caisse d'Epargne
8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze), Liquigas
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita), Lampre
10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr), Silence-Lotto
Overall Results
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux), Columbia
3 Christian Vande Velde (USA), Garmin Chipotle – H30, 0.44
4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger), Gerolsteiner, 0.56
5 Denis Menchov (Rus), Rabobank, 1.03
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa), Caisse d'Epargne, 1.12
7 Stijn Devolder (Bel), Quick Step, 1.21
8 Oscar Pereiro (Spa), Caisse d'Epargne, 1.21
9 Samuel Sánchez (Spa), Euskaltel-Euskadi, 1.27
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa), CSC-Saxo Bank, 1.34


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Our second wedding anniversary was last week and I am still wondering where the time went. I was so invested in my wedding for 11 months and for it to go by in the blink of an eye was crazy, but now to realize all of it ended TWO years ago?! It may not seem like a lot of time, and in the scheme of things it really isn't, but it is really crazy looking back on the last 2 years an realizing everything that has happened.
Last year I shared a letter to Dave and a post of notes of our first year. This year, I am just going to share those notes I have continued to make. As the months go on it is so easy to get lost in life, but there are some moments I want to remember for our lifetime.
July- I realized that you wait to brush your teeth while I'm in the shower because you know it makes the water cold. After all of these years I never knew you did that. I love you for thinking of even the little things.
August- We took a trip to Buffalo and every time we are around more of your family I learn to love you even more. You are so kind, sweet and loving to everyone and not a single person could say a bad thing about you. How did I get so lucky?
September- I love riding with you to and from work most days of the week. Even when we are just driving the same route everyday and listening to music, just being around you to start and end the workday is the best. We also finished re-watching Gilmore Girls this month and it was another great time to spend with you.
October- We spent way too much time watching Flight Radar and exploring where people were going and coming from. You deal with listening to the same song (Closer) 5 times in a row, just because it's my jam. This month we explored Birmingham via hikes and unfortunately no bike rides because the rental stations were closed.
November- We felt like kids again in Disney World and talked about bringing our future family back one day. You were a little annoyed at my need to be at the parks when they opened, but hey, it benefitted us, right? We celebrated another birthday of yours and fell in love with movies that have reclining seats.
December- We embraced the Christmas season a bit late at home, but as always I came home to a decorated house after a wedding. You never complain about being in the cold and making our house more festive.We froze our butts off at the Army/Navy game. I celebrated Christmas away from Maryland for the first time and realized that anywhere you are is where the best holidays are as well.
January- This wasn't our best month, but somehow we still manage to fall more in love with each other constantly. Pushing through and not past difficult situations helps in the end. We at least started the New Year in another country!
February- Thinking Out Loud came on as we were packing for Colorado. You came into my closet and danced with me. Trying to remember the steps to the song as it played along. I'm so thankful for you. I had another birthday and you made sure to make it a great day.
March- We kicked off the month with a family trip to Breckenridge and had so much fun. In general this was a bit of a hard month for me but this vacation with our family and your endless support are more than I could ever imagine. We booked our trip to Napa!
April- we have been doing really well with our recently created budget, and surprisingly financial disagreements don't happen often. I'm so thankful to be on the same wave length as you when it comes to how we see our future going. We booked JAPAN, let the countdown begin!
May- You really want SharkBait to snuggle at night so you have been doing your best to trick her into coming into bed. The only thing that works without fail is opening a string cheese. You have helped me endlessly this month, I'm sure it's tough being married to a Wedding Planner that is constantly working on new projects, but you help without complaint even before I ask.
June- There were a few nights I didn't even have time to eat dinner, but you always made sure I was okay. The best was when I woke up because my stomach was growling and you made me pizza at midnight.
Thank you, Dave, for everything you do. You're the best part of my life and I'm incredibly thankful to have you by my side through it all.


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In developing the plot for my series, I thought of other stories that I enjoy. Game of Thrones, Black Sails, Westworld, etc...all have story arcs woven within the fabric of a large, overarching theme. The momentum swings between story arcs in a compelling way that moves the overall story forward...all while providing a rich, detailed world to immerse yourself in.
In writing Mists of Kel Doran, I see the scenes playing out much like a movie or TV series, with the attention bouncing between a few narratives, each with their own arc, tied to a larger story. It only made sense to narrate from a multi-pov, third person limited perspective.
Having recently completed the first episode, however, I've noticed somewhat of a trend. While I've received very little feedback as a whole, what I HAVE received has had a common theme...too many points of view. It's true, in a couple chapters, there are two perspectives shown, each separated by a fairly obvious break; but by and large, each chapter is from a single point of view, with each chapter in a 'rotation' of 3 parts of the same overall story.
So I guess the question is, does multi-pov fair well in the Web Serial format, or should I consider a more traditional approach to publishing? I set out with the full intent of publishing online, gathering a following, and allowing the story to develop...but if the average web serial reader prefers single POV, I may be fighting an uphill battle.
I'm just a new writer looking for a little advice on the subject. I'd greatly appreciate a few volunteers reading my series to get their take on what I'm trying to accomplish. I received a few reviews early on, but I was only about 4 chapters in and have done some fairly major rewriting to streamline things since then. I know it's asking a lot, as it's about 2 hours worth of material, so I'm not necessarily looking for folks to post reviews...I just want to see, from other authors, if I'm going the wrong way with this, or if I just haven't found the right audience yet.
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Kylie Jenner Flaunting Diamond Ring On That Finger Again — Marriage Message To Tyga?
Kylie Jenner was rocking some major bling on her ring finger again when she went to Art Basil on Dec. 4, and it's got us freaking out! Is she trying to tell Tyga something by digging up her old jewels? Here's what we're thinking!
Kylie Jenner, 18, stepped out in Miami on Dec. 4 showing off some serious diamonds on THAT finger. But wait, we've definitely seen this ring before – when sources told HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY that it was her engagement ring! Is she trying to tell Tyga, 26, something by flaunting it again? See the ring that has us freaking out!
Kylie made an appearance at the infamous celeb hot-spot Art Basil on Dec. 4, and she's rocking a piece of jewelry that looks oddly familiar. We started seeing the same ring back in July, when Kylie sources told HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY that the gorgeous Cartier piece was actually an engagement ring, and that she and boyfriend Tyga were secretly engaged! After frequently being spotted with it, the ring mysteriously disappeared. Kylie hasn't been seen wearing the beautiful band in months, but she pulled it out of her jewelry box for the art festival on Dec. 4. And it sure seems like Kylie wants it to be seen, boldly flashing the sparkler for cameras.
Things with Kylie and Tyga have been shaky at best lately. The pair broke up on Tyga's birthday on Nov. 19 after HollywoodLife.com learned EXCLUSIVELY that Kylie found evidence of cheating on his computer, but they reunited just two days later. Since then, Tyga has moved out of Kylie's Calabasas mansion, and into a bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills. Still, the two are adamant that they're together and still in love. Perhaps, by now flaunting the same Cartier ring again, Kylie is trying to tell Tyga that he's got to make it official before they can move back in together.
Interestingly, Tyga did want to prove how serious he was with Kylie by getting engaged on his birthday before the breakup, a source told HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY. The couple has admitted that despite not being legally married, they feel like they are, a source told HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY. "Tyga knows Kylie isn't going anywhere, ever," said the source. "As far as they're both concerned, they're already married. Look at them. They live together. They love each other. She watches King Cairo. That's a marriage! And they love it. But make no mistake, Tyga and Kylie will make it official. Tyga especially wants that." Maybe by bringing back the ring after so many months, Kylie is making a very public statement that she's ready to commit.
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This portrait of a soldier, belonging to the 15th Lancers, is painted in such a manner that it depicts movement; The limbs are so positioned. The mustachiod officer wears a cap-like turban with a wide band going across it to spread like a florette. His facial expression shown that he is happy being where he is, doing what he is doing. The royal blue tunic with white trousers and black Wellingtons is the uniform of his Cadre. The shoulder flaps depict his status and the medals speak of the glory. The golden braids and trimmings adorn his wide chest. A broad band goes around his waist like a sash; a flap with horizontal stripes emerges from the waist band to fall on one side. The sleeves of his tunic have a stiff wide cuffs starting from the wrists and covering most parts of his forearm. The Wellingtons are sleek and shiny. In his hand he holds a lancer and the other hand is closed in a fist.
Grey shading near the officer field not only depicts a shadow but gives the impression of solid ground, indicative that the portrait is not suspended in mid-air.


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Thursday, August 23, 2018
ISO 302: Twisting The Night Away
Great, another weather channel episode. Leonard decides that tornadoes aren't scary enough, so he has to call them "killer tornadoes". This episode should not be confused with a really bad B-movie from around the same time. We do meet an overgrown AV club in this episode.
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Descent3 for Linux
Manufacturer: Loki Entertainment Software
E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Price: $24.95 US
Reviewer: J. Neil Doane
This month's review is of yet another great Loki game. Honest folks, we're not playing favorites here; Loki is just so forthcoming and has so many store-shelf titles out there right now it's inevitable we're going to have a bit of a Loki deluge from time to time. We do have some other great non-Loki titles in the pipe and will be spending some time on Linux's noncommercial gaming as well, we promise!
For now, I meant it when I said that this is a great game; this game rocks. Descent3 is the first Descent version to make it to Linux, and it looks like we're getting the best installment in the series so far. Kudos to the fine folks at Outrage and Loki for getting the latest Descent into our sweaty little hands. Some of us still remember the awe we felt when we played the original Descent for the first time, twisting through subterranean mineshafts, floating weightlessly in space and the dizzyingly true 3-D maneuvering possible from Descent's six-way motion control system. The original Descent's biggest issues were its repetitive nature and simple plotlines. Even its successor, Descent2, saw little improvement on these fronts, mainly adding support for new hardware, some improved game play and some new weapons to enjoy. Descent3 finally gets it right; this game has both an interesting story and unique levels with diverse, multiple goals, yet manages it all without straying too much from the basic feel players have come to expect from Descent-series games.
The story is not too complex, but it's entertaining and well written (at last). The visually stunning introductory movie and the first premission cut-scene movie are each five full minutes of completely 3-D modeled plot development. Descent3 essentially takes up right where its predecessor left off: you're unconscious and adrift in space after the explosion that rocked your world at the end of the Descent2. At the last moment, as you and your ship plunge helplessly to your doom into a solar corona, you're rescued by some new friends. They reveal that your old employer, the PTMC, has been doing some rather nasty stuff, such as developing weird nanotech viruses designed to turn mining robots into bloodthirsty military tools. Worse, they're apparently responsible for sabotaging your ship and attempting to kill you! (Okay, it isn't Herman Melville, but it's a good enough story to keep you interested.) The rest of the game is basically about flying around in your new spaceships (you eventually get three), attempting to subvert the PTMC's plans, rescuing key detectors involved in the virus project, exposing the PTMC's evilness to the world and, more or less, opening up a proverbial can of Material Defender-style whoop-ass on your ex-employer and would-be assassin. The story line unfolds fluidly through the use of 3-D modeled cut-scenes and radio transmissions. It is actually quite compelling at times and has some unexpected twists. Though Descent3 is still a game that could be played with no prior exposure to the plot, it is now good enough to be engaging and fun to watch unfold.
Figure 1. The Plasma Cannon: when you absolutely, positively gotta wipe out every PTMC robot in the room.
Combining the ease of movement in a first-person shooter with the directional freedom of a spaceship is something Descent has excelled at from the beginning. The task is not without cost, however, and many players find that keyboard-only control is extremely less effective than using a joystick. There are three axes of motion and three directions of travel to deal with, so coordinating the full use of all motion controls while navigating and fighting unfriendly robots in tight underground passageways is often a rough proposition.
The game itself is a series of missions, 15 in all, each with its own unique objectives. Though the "find keys to open doors to get to goal" motif is still present to at least some degree in most levels, most have several challenging sub-goals to reach, as well as occasional puzzles that must be solved in-game, some of which can be quite challenging. Your enemy's artificial intelligence is pretty high-quality stuff and is a major improvement from past Descent versions. You'll find that they attack in groups and use strategy (often falling back when in danger to regroup), communicate with each other and announce your presence to other robots in your general area (which typically brings in the cavalry to cause you more headaches, some of which will sneak around behind corners and lurk in waiting for you to pass by, while others will get right in your face, or worse, sneak up right behind you). Thankfully, Descent3 comes with ten brand-new weapons for you to use on these little twerps. Another of Outrage's triumphs, their new "Fusion" rendering engine, allows another new facet to Descent's levels: outdoor missions. No longer are you continuously trapped in the claustrophobic depths of some darkened mineshaft; now you can soar in the skies above the extraterrestrial surface. The underground levels themselves are well designed, varied in setting, often incredibly complex in layout and generally look spectacular. All the levels are rather gargantuan and complex; with only 15 total levels in the single-player mode, each tends to consume a significant amount of time and effort to complete. Luckily, in Descent3, you're not alone down there....
Your little buddy from Descent2 is back! Descent3 also gives its pilots the ability to use a "guidebot". Guidebots are small robots who accompany you down in the tunnels, are carried by your ship and act as roving robotic assistants. In times of need, you can launch your guidebot and ask him to help you do any number of things, from leading the way out of the seemingly endless maze of tunnels in order to help you find your next goal (patiently waiting for you to follow it along) to putting out fires or showing you the way to the next enemy robot. Occasionally, the guidebot gets a bit confused or forgets the next goal, and from time to time, he gets stuck in weird places, but he is often an invaluable sidekick.
Descent3's audio/video quality is truly inspired: the graphics are stunning; the environment can be manipulated and destroyed; the special effects sounds are realistic and crystal clear (and do much to provide the perfect level of ambient noise in the tunnels) and even the background music sounds not only good enough to leave turned on, but good enough to turn up. My only issue with Descent3's OpenAL-accelerated sound is that it made me wish I had larger speakers and more forgiving neighbors.
Descent3's multiplayer support is, well, phenomenal. You have nine types of multiplayer games to choose from, ranging from the favorites like "Capture the Flag" and "Deathmatch" (Anarchy mode) to the much less frequently seen (but often missed) "Cooperative" mode. The "Monster Ball" mode is kind of like a soccer game with spaceships. You can play in TCP/IP-based mode for direct connections, or if you're looking for a game, you can connect to Outrage's Parallax Online (PXO) gaming network and join a game in progress. The descent3 binary can also be run by itself as a standalone game server for the truly hardcore who want to host their own dedicated Descent3 server.
Figure 2. Take down the HUD for those fights when maximum visibility is critical.
Descent3's installation footprint can get hefty (up to 1GB), but Loki's installer includes options for a much smaller install, mainly done by leaving the movies on CD. The game's hardware requirements are pretty low for the intensity of game play offered. Loki recommends only a 300MHz CPU (and even lists 200MHz as the bare minimum) and 64MB of RAM. One pitfall that Loki doesn't mention is that if you leave the movies on CD, you might want to consider a slightly faster CD-ROM than the 6x minimum recommended by Loki; my older 8x drive was choking and coughing in several of the more intense movie scenes. Software requirements include the usual Loki list: Linux kernel 2.2.x and Glibc 2.1 and, of course, for network play you'll need TCP/IP support and an internet or LAN connection.
One item on Descent3's minimum equipment list is a 3-D accelerator card. Several card options are supported and have been tested, including most of the more popular 3-Dfx Voodoo series (by way of a nice dedicated Glide renderer), the Matrox G200/G400-series cards (by way of Utah-GLX and Mesa drivers) and NVIDIA cards supported by NVIDIA's OpenGL-endowed X server (in-game testing, this reviewer's GeForce GTS worked flawlessly). For a complete list of cards and drivers that have been tested with Descent3, it's probably best to check http://www.lokigames.com/ for the latest news.
Optional equipment for Descent3 includes the Rock'n Ride gaming chair available from http://www.rocknride.com/ (the coolness of which really defies description). Loki has even been kind enough to include detailed instructions on how to use the new Descent3: Mercenary expansion pack for Windows with the Linux version of Descent3. Very sweet.
Again, what can I say? This game is very entertaining, very well written, very well executed and extremely fun to play. The graphics are exceptional, the sound effects are clear and high-quality—even the music is great. The basic movement controls may be a bit complex but nothing that shouldn't be expected for the amount of control you have over your ship. The general game controls are simple, easy to operate and logically arranged. The multiplayer action is second to none, and the 3-D support is trouble-free. A truly excellent game; for the first-person shooter genre, this is one of the coolest titles out there.


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text: One of the most important things to do before starting your own business is to determine whether or not your business idea is feasible. You must research your idea to ensure that your business has a favorable chance for success, will meet your expectations, and will provide an adequate reward for the risk involved. It is wise to validate your beliefs about your business concept through research and careful planning because you will not have time to do it once you start your business. As you begin, the ASBTDC recommends that you attend a Starting a Business in Arkansas class in your area.