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Pandemic : EoM – Flash Game – Download19 Jul 2008 | Flash, Strategy | 9 comments
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Enjoyed being a virus and wiping out billions of humans in the original Pandemic turn based strategy flash game? Well now lets see if you would find Pandemic : EoM or better known as Pandemic: Extinction of Man to your liking. Trying to make all human beings extinct is easier said than done.
Download Pandemic: Extinction of Man (File Size ~ 2.61 MB)
Download the ZIP archive pandemic-eom.zip from :
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Please contact Deimos if one of the links is broken or there is an updated version.
Pandemic : EoM – Title Menu
Only start game, instructions and credits work in the offline version.
Pandemic : EoM – Instructions
This is more like an introduction than instructions, which is very similar to Pandemic.
Pandemic : EoM – Random Start
No longer the virus starts off in the South Pacific, starting location is by random now!
Pandemic : EoM – Help Menu
Click the white button next to close to flip over to the next help menu page to understand the interface of Pandemic : EoM better so you can have a better chance of killing everyone!
Pandemic : EoM – Modify
Modify, or simply upgrade to become a more powerful virus by clicking the modify panel.
Pandemic : EoM – No more infected humans?
Did you forgot to spread the virus?
Pandemic : EoM – Game Over
Guess Deimos really sucks at being a lethal virus that evolves.
Pandemic : EoM – Try again!
So Deimos attempts again, still doing terrible. As shown above, United States has almost developed a cure and will be immune to your infection.
Pandemic : EoM – Immune country
No longer possible to wipe out all of mankind, though you still can carry on if you want to.
Deimos's Thoughts
This version of Pandemic : EoM or Pandemic : Extinction of Man appears to be much more harder than the original Pandemic? At least this is what Deimos feels about it.
Deimos Asks
Have you already wiped out the entire human race in the original Pandemic flash game? Deimos knows that Kenny has already accomplished that feat.
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9 Comments
21st July 2008
11:42 am
said the following:
Oh my…… better not let me near any bio weapons, I might be able to do what other people are unable to do!!!! lol….. kidding
23rd July 2008
12:40 am
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first d physics kinda game (portal),
now the geographical game.
31st July 2008
5:29 am
Del Mar Tips
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The world map graphics look kinda cheesy..
5th December 2011
3:05 pm
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dis game rocks i wiped out humanity so easy this game is one of the easyiest game i have ever played now a hard game to reach rank 40 is sas zombie assualt 3
16th February 2012
9:57 pm
Indonesian Gamer
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thanks 4 the game man…
do you mistery puzzle ??
if you do please tell me
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11th July 2012
1:24 pm
Deimos Tel`Arin
said the following:
I updated the download links as the previous one were broken.


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Italy's Downgrade, Qantas Strike, Japan Reforms
Asia Today: Asian markets fell on S&P's cut to Italy's sovereign-debt rating, a strike at Australia's Qantas airline canceled flights for thousands, and possible reforms in Japan may lure more foreign investment.
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Japan stands about Number five in the industry rankings as the global financial centre ... well with Singapore Hong Kong above it ... all but we've got to um obviously shown by a right here behind it and Genzyme actually moving on very fast ... so the competition is out there in Japan ... recognizes I think now that needs to move ... to maintain its position as a financial center even in the region ... are more portly perhaps a more immediately ... last year and the new ... government of Japan issued a low growth strategy document in which ... financial services was one of the seven ... key areas they were going to focus on ... after the terrible tsunami in March the or ... the government pullback plan back for review ... hobble were hopeful that they'll continue for a while with Apple's who wants to review is completed later this year ... and briefly ... last question what makes you think that Jeff American firms sell will have an interest in this kind of expansion ... American firms of all salute the Japanese market seemed very slow growing um what interested they haven't been investing more here ... Japan is actually got a couple of big advantages one Hyatt has the ... fifteen trillion dollars ... in ... private savings that it is I think by most standards underemployed ... on and there's a lot that could be done I think to increase the returns for Japanese ... call with those funds ... but in addition I think the ... the opportunities are there for Japan ... to develop um ... caution put this ... to develop a down day in a ... much more from ... I'll welcome ING financial services sector ... of because it can take advantage of some really key attributes freedom of information reliable judicial system ... on eighty I Firemint here for individuals that to ... despite all the terrible news you've been reading about Japan is actually on any given day healthier than enough ... in a lot of its global competitors a ... 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The Patriot Ledger - Massachusetts January 4, 2011
A Cub Scout leader and religion teacher is facing charges of sexually abusing a child.
Michael J. Cimmino, 54, of 400 Commercial St., Braintree was arrested Saturday afternoon. He was arraigned in Quincy District Court on Monday and pleaded innocent to eight counts of indecent assault and battery on a person under the age of 14, assault with intent to rape a child and kidnapping.
The arrest came " after police investigated a report from a minor child known to Cimmino that he was touched inappropriately while at the Cimmino's home shortly before the disclosure," Braintree Deputy Police Chief Russell Jenkins said.
"Additional statements by the victim led to single counts of kidnapping and assault with intent to rape a child," Jenkins said.
Cimmino is being held at the Norfolk County Jail on $50,000 cash bail.
Judge James McGovern issued a list of conditions with which Cimmino must comply if he is released on bail. He can have no contact with the victim or the victim's family; he cannot use drugs or alcohol and must submit to random testing, and stay away from his own home.
He is to stay away from children under 18, including his own children, and he cannot engage in work, or volunteer work with children under 18. This includes working with Boy Scouts and the Archdiocese of Boston.
The judge also ordered that Cimmino abide by any restraining orders that are issued.
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Coffee: Is there anything it can't do?
In addition to providing a morning energy boost for millions of undercaffeinated people and reportedly helping lower stroke risks, it can also be used to fuel a Guinness World Record–breaking car, as a British conservationist discovered.
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David A. Schwartz, MD, MPH; Steve K. Landas, MD; Deborah L. Lassise, MS; Leon F. Burmeister, PhD; Gary W. Hunninghake, MD; James A. Merchant, MD, DrPH
▪ Objective: To determine whether work-related respiratory symptoms are indicative of underlying lung disease among swine confinement workers and, if so, to identify whether respiratory changes were more indicative of airway or of interstitial lung injury.
▪ Design: Nested case-control study within a population-based longitudinal study.
▪ Setting: University hospital.
▪ Participants: Study participants were randomly selected from a group of 207 swine confinement workers followed longitudinally. Of these, 43 workers with respiratory symptoms were identified, and 31 were randomly selected for inclusion in this study. Three control groups (swine confinement workers, neighbor farmers, and blue collar workers) without work-related respiratory symptoms were frequency-matched by age, sex, and smoking status to the symptomatic swine confinement workers.
▪ Measurements: Spirometry and lung volumes, diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide, chest radiograph, methacholine airway challenge, and bronchoalveolar lavage were done. An endobronchial biopsy was done in the last 27 participants evaluated.
▪ Results: Although Spirometric measures of airflow were similar between the symptomatic swine confinement workers and the three control groups, swine confinement cases were found to have significant elevations in residual volume (126.5 ±28.2 L) when compared to swine confinement controls (115.4 ±38.4 L; P≤ 0.05), neighborhood farmer controls (101.1 ± 29.4 L; P≤ 0.005), and blue collar controls (106.4 ± 30.4 L; P ≤ 0.05). Swine confinement cases also had an enhanced airway response to inhaled methacholine and had thickening of the epithelial basement membrane of the lobar bronchi. No parenchymal injury was observed in the swine confinement cases.
▪ Conclusions: Our findings suggest that swine confinement workers who have work-related respiratory symptoms are at risk for airway, but not parenchymal, lung injury, and that spirometry may not accurately reflect the extent of airway injury.
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Is Stokesley School the Best Kept Educational Secret in the North
Hidden deep between Teesside and North Yorkshire and nestling in the plain below the Cleveland Hills lies Stokesley School. This is a school with a consistently proud record of student achievement yet it is consistently overlooked by the local media and does not receive the recognition it deserves.
Last month Stokesley School was identified by The Sunday Times as one of the top five non-selective state schools in the whole of the North of England and the best performing across the Tees Valley and North Yorkshire region. This impressive achievement has resulted from outstanding performances of students and staff at both A Level and GCSE. At A Level 66% of all grades were A* to B grades, with 100% pass rate, placing the school in the survey in the top 35 of all non-selective state schools nationally. The vast majority of students took up places at Russell Group universities to study very competitive courses: six to study Medicine, three to embark on Veterinary Medical courses and three students continued the tradition of successful Oxbridge Stokesley applicants to take up places at Cambridge.
The Sunday Times continued to recognise the high levels of performance at GCSE with 34% of all grades being A-A*, well above the regional and national average. The publication of the official performance tables next month will additionally show the very high success rate of students in the English Baccalaureate most likely placing the school, once again in the top 100 state schools nationally, an impressive achievement for which the school has received Government congratulations for the past two years.
Very few non-selective state schools can compete with such a combined record of success at both GCSE and A Level. It is no surprise therefore that the school is so proud of the glittering performance of its students. So, is Stokesley School the best kept educational secret in the North? Hopefully, no longer!
The Sunday Times Parent Power survey is based on the percentage of exam entries getting A* to B grades at A-level and the percentage of entries getting A or A* at GCSE.


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Erath County officials recently received a facility needs analysis conducted by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards regarding the current state of the county jail.
Its finding, though not surprising to Sheriff Tommy Bryant, reports the jail is outdated and too small to manage the jail�s current population, much less the future�s.
According to the analysis, the jail is already well behind the number of beds it needs to house inmates. The 18-year-old facility has 72 beds, but needs at least 96 to meet current standards. By the year 2025, that figure increases to 110 jail beds. The report also suggests at that time the jail add an additional 48 beds �to act as a buffer for future unexpected growth and the large number of outstanding warrants held by Erath County and municipalities located within Erath County.�
The analysis states that with an increasing population, highway traffic, a growing number of area tourist attractions and the county�s 3,000 outstanding warrants, the projected inmate population is expected to increase.
Bryant said this month alone, 19 inmates have been transferred to Comanche County Jail because of overcrowding, at a cost to Erath County taxpayers of $19,950, plus medical expenses.
�I don�t think it�s fair to our taxpayers that we are giving Comanche County money to house our inmates,� Bryant said.
Likewise, Bryant said it�s unfair for his jail staff to work in a cramped and outdated environment, where there�s not enough room to store the enormous number of inmate files the state requires them to keep.
�A lot of our technology is outdated, including our control room, which is also too small,� he said. �I�m ready to see the staffs� working conditions improve. These people are professionals and they deserve a better work environment.�
Meanwhile, County Judge Tab Thompson said he and the commissioners are �keenly aware� of the current jail situation and realize the need to make a decision regarding the facility has grown more serious in recent months.
�We understand exactly the dilemma we are in and one thing we all agree on is that we have to do something,� Thompson said.
But what that �something� will be has not yet been decided. Thompson said he will meet with the commissioners and Bryant to discuss options available to them and consider expanding the current facility or building a new one.
�We are still in the information gathering stage of this and we are taking a look at all of our options,� Thompson said. �We are going to look at the most cost effective way to provide a facility that meets the needs of the sheriff�s department and the jail while spending the taxpayers� money wisely.�
Bryant said county officials have met with architects to discuss the cost of a new jail and that the estimated price to build a new facility is between $7-10 million.
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Two words – Spring Clean. This will be a good way to find out if Papa Bear actually reads my ramblings here. Usually if I ask him, "oh did you catch my blog today?" I hear a mumbling of "Em Yeah, what was it about again?" To which I discover he did actually open the link, hooray, but only skimmed through the text picking up key elements so he could nod yes and be compliant in the good husband stakes. He was my second subscriber (Hi to my first *waves to Grandma Bear*) and a guinea pig to see what the email looked like when I hit publish. FYI – self promo moment – if you want those emails you can subscribe to the blog but who needs more repetitive strain from hitting the trash icon! If you want to read me, you'll find me. Anyway, I've digressed a little… I did say Spring Clean didn't I! Surely I've suitably pissed off Papa Bear now but let's see if he reads more!
So, it's February and St Brigid has well and truly put her mark on every house in Ireland. Its officially springtime. The days are getting longer (yes I've annoyed even myself by pointing out the obvious) and I can see the crap and trash and serious clutter that has taken over our house, our garden, our attic.
A clear out is in order! Papa Bear will be happy to hear (incredible sarcasm here. Shame it doesn't come across so well in text) that I will be ordering a skip once our handyman confirms when he'll be popping over to trim – dismantle, destroy, burn, exorcise, do whatever he wants – with our incredibly overgrown hedging which wraps around our entire 1/2 acre.
Don't tell Papa Bear. He'll go nuts when he realises what I'm up to. If funds stretch, which I always say they do but I may dip into the Christmas 2018 fund, I'm hoping to get an overhaul on the ridiculously untameable garden and chuck a tonne of unwanted, unusable crap-ola which we've brought from one house to another between moves. Why? What was the point in keeping some of these gaudy memories and dragging them through furniture couriers?
Of course, I'm somewhat delighted that this gives me the opportunity to turn the house upside down and shake it all about (Little Miss singing the hokey pokey has rubbed off on me). Frantic spring clean, here I come!
And frantic it will be because let's face it, Papa Bear has not agreed to this in the slightest. But he's not going to get a veto this time either.
So spring cleaning may be one of the best ways to piss off my other half but what itches his beard even worse is when I get an idea in my head and won't sway from it. Ok, hands up, I completely agree that a stubborn, neat freak who gets excited about the prospect of filling up a skip on a Saturday is frustrating. Annoying him is not my modus operandi so surely he'll forgive me when he sees how productive I can be with one skip!
For me, what's more frustrating is visualising that full skip, which happily goes into landfill or recycling or wherever the heck those skips end up, and then looking around my house and seeing how we could really benefit from being a zero waste home. Not that that's going to happen anytime soon.
There are three old car seats in our attic, a Christmas tree that's seen better days, a mountain of mismatched, pointless and unused toys, a broken boiler motor, empty boxes from our move two years ago, a demolished and torn apart canopy which one or two of our 2017 storms ripped through, and god knows what else being stored in this house.
Stored for what? To be gotten rid of someday. And someday ends up being next year and the year after and the year after and then pushed on into infinity.
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It wasn't until after the conversation that I realized he was thinking that the horses would be my friends and although they are my friends and great company, this is not what I meant by my statement. Horses can do many jobs in our lives. Most of us think of a horse's job as what we do with them for sport such as jumping, driving, dressage, working cows, you get the picture.
Our horses have not only helped me feel less socially awkward but they have also taught me better ways to conduct myself. Through all their nonsense and drama I've learned how not to participate in the hullabaloo and to just watch and let things unfold until it's time to step in and make a suggestion to better the current situation. I've learnt how to keep cool, and work with the situation in front of me. I often wonder how non horse people cope with things when they haven't been taught to relax in the face of potential disaster.
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From Blue Apron's "Unboxed" pop-up events to Kroger purchasing meal-Kit service, Home Chef, for $200M, and Revlon Inc. appointing Debra Perelman as it's first female CEO, May was a busy month.
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Debbie Perelman. (Source: Revlon)
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On May 23, Revlon Inc. named Debra Perelman the company's first first female CEO and president in it's 86-year history (#thefutureisfemale, are we right?). Perelman, who served as the COO since January, is the daughter of Revlon board chairman Ronald Perelman (who bought the company in 1985), and has worked for the company for 20 years in various departments including marketing, distribution, and sales operations.
"We have some iconic brands in our portfolio and the categories they're in today are categories that are growing — growing in the U.S. and growing in many markets around the world," she said when speaking with WWD. "It's a good position for us to be in to really drive the business to capture leadership positions where we should be winning."
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On May 14, meal-kit service Blue Apron announced the launch of "Unboxed" – a series of pop-up events in select locations such as: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, as well as movie nights in Minneapolis, Dallas and Austin, Texas.
The temporary retail location in New York will be open six days a week from May 29 through the end of June. Visitors will be able to attend and participate in cooking classes and panel discussions with well-known chefs. The cooking-class fees will be donated to City Harvest, a food rescue organization in New York City, which Blue Apron has worked with for over five years.
The pop-ups in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle, will run for two days, and the movie nights in in Minneapolis, Dallas and Austin will include free outdoor screenings, lawn games, themed snacks, giveaways and more.
Amazon recently rolled out a new mobile live tracking feature for US deliveries that allows its customers to monitor their deliveries in real-time. Think Lyft or Uber Eats but instead of obsessively watching Adrian bring your order of lamb curry and seven pieces of roti at 11pm, you get to watch your 2am order of a unicorn onesie arrive in all its glory.
"The Amazon Map Tracking feature is another delivery innovation we are working on to improve convenience for our customers and provide them greater visibility into their deliveries," Alana Broadbent, Communications Manager at Amazon told CNET.
The Map Tracking feature will definitely come in handy on those days when you have to run errands, go to work, attend an event, or you know, just leave your house and have a life but are worried about missing your delivery.
On May 23, popular grocery store, Kroger purchased the largest meal-kit service in the US, Home Chef, for $200M. Home Chef meal kits will now be available to Kroger shoppers in stores and online. What a time to be alive.
"We've long believed that the future of our industry is omni-channel and bigger than just meal kits sold online. We want to be where our customers are and want to help make cooking at home easier, more accessible and even more enjoyable…Kroger's expansive retail footprint will allow us to serve millions of more customers across the country with simple, convenient and enjoyable meal solutions," said Pat Vihtelic, Home Chef's founder and CEO.
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Career Opportunities in the Equine World
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Becoming a professional competitor was the first thing I thought of when someone once asked me what I would like to be, given my love of horses. (This reminds me of a joke: how do you become a millionaire in the horse industry? Easy—start off by being a billionaire!) Then I became more practical and decided to combine my hobby with my career, and I started my saddlery apprenticeship with Passier. This year actually marks my 40th year of working in this field!
As young riders head into a new school year, thoughts may turn to "what happens when I finish? What are my options? I want to do something with horses, but what?" Unless you have lots of money, an extremely talented horse, and are a very good rider, you may consider one of the many other career options open to people who want to be involved somehow in the world of our four-legged friends. You could pursue the science of equine medicine as a veterinarian, equine dentistry, blacksmithing, chiropractic, trainer/instructor, barn manager, and so on. The jobs I specifically know the most about are those of saddler and what we have established under Saddlefit 4 Life® as new opportunities in equine and saddle ergonomics.
Education at any level is a significant concept—especially in our industry, which is still largely unregulated in many areas for a sport that is so inherently dangerous that this situation boggles the mind. Through public awareness in the last years, the demand has been raised by the consumer (i.e. riders) that their trainers have a certain accreditation; they know their farriers have been trained and certified, and they expect a certain base level of knowledge from the professionals who work with their saddles. However, people can still pretty much call themselves whatever they want; add the word "master" whatever to their titles and for the most part, people are still reluctant to question the credentials of their equine professionals. There is a certain fear in requiring standardized professional development and testing, especially from those who may have been working in a certain part of the industry for years and don't want to be discredited.
Recently, it seems that everyone has become an expert in saddle fitting, and while this is certainly a career path that has arisen due to consumer demand and a real passion to do what is right for the horse, this can backfire where a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. We very much believe that to be a good saddle fitter, you need to know a bit about how the saddle is made in order to determine what you can do with it and how you can use it to fulfill the needs of the rider and horse. While there are superficial courses available where you can get basic training very quickly, there are also a few very intensive, in-depth training courses that require constant re-certification and working under the supervision of qualified instructors. Equine Ergonomics training includes physiology, anatomy, and biomechanics in order to allow qualified applicants to take the necessary measurements, make the required diagnosis, and extrapolate that information to give the client an educated opinion. Only saddle ergonomists are then actually trained in making the necessary adjustments. Saddle fitters are usually a combination of both, however, one does need to remember that a true saddle adjustment means more than just reflocking and changing the tree angle to accommodate the shoulder angle (not the wither angle!). The tree width is a key component of making the saddle fit properly as well, yet too many saddles are still not adjustable in this way.
Where I come from in Germany, saddlery is a trade that requires a three-year apprenticeship at an accredited saddle manufacturing company. From there, if you have worked a minimum of three to five years as a journeyman after completion of the apprenticeship, you can pursue becoming a certified master saddler. This is a rigorous educational and training process, with examinations in various subjects (administrative, practical, and design, to name a few) under the watchful eye of a board of master tradesmen. In Germany, you cannot open or run your own shop unless you either are a certified master in any given trade or you have a certified master on the premises. In addition, you cannot hire and train apprentices unless you fulfill these qualifications.
In 1990, together with the Ministry of Skills Development in Ontario (it has since changed names several times) Schleese Saddlery Service Ltd. set up a 6,000 hour (three year) Schedule of Training for the trade of saddlery. It encompasses all of the basic sewing, cutting, and dyeing skills required to manufacture not only saddles but also the accompanying accessories such as girths, bridles, and leathers. In addition, the saddler needs to learn (at least) a smattering of physiology, anatomy, business math, and "administrivia" to calculate the cost-effectiveness of what he/she makes.
It's also gratifying to see that more and more universities and colleges are offering degree and diploma courses in many different aspects of equine education. A recent article in the Journal of Veterinary Science concerning the "repeatability of 20 Society of Master Saddlers (SMS) Qualified Saddle Fitters observations of static saddle fit" outlines the lack of cohesiveness in the methodology of assessing saddle fit. The SMS has committed to overhauling their entire saddle fitting curriculum within the next year or two—recognizing the fact that a) saddle making does not equal saddle fitting, and b) their saddle fitting training is somewhat remedial in its ramifications. Further work is definitely necessary to standardize the criteria of what is saddle fit and how should saddles be fitted and perhaps to develop a common language that is accepted throughout the industry.
The Equine Studies Diploma and Degree courses being offered all around the U.S. and Canada for interested students wanting to work in the equestrian industry are a huge step forward, but the potential lucrative job market for graduates is still disturbingly small. It is only with constant communication and continuing efforts in education that change will come.
Contact www.saddlefit4life.com for more information on upcoming certification courses in both equine and saddle ergonomics.


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Travelsky Technology is the largest provider of the aviation information systems in China, which developed systems, such as flight control, air ticket distribution, check-in, boarding and load planning, accounting, settlement and clearing system, and aviation logistic. Based on DCF valuation, we derived a TP of HK$23.74, implied a P/E of 24.5x and 22x in 2019/20F. We maintain a "Buy" rating with a potential upside of 42.8%. (Closing price at 20 May 2019)
The pessimistic outlook on economy and depreciation on RMB reduce the number of tourists and freight transport volume in China in the short term
As the China - United States trade war resumed, the number of tourists and freight transport volume in China may reduce due to the pessimistic outlook on economy and depreciation on RMB. The China - United States trade war was reignited, after the US urged to raise the tax rate from 10% to 25% for goods from China worth USD 200 bn on 6 May and officially came into effect on 10 May. China also retaliated by imposing a tax rise on goods from US worth USD 60bn. If the intensity of conflict between US and China remains or goes up, it will definitely drive down their economic growth, or even the global economic growth. Besides, the depreciation on RMB could somehow alleviate the effect of tax rise from US side, which could maintain the competitiveness of the Chinese export. The RMB has depreciated by 2.7% in since May, reaching the previous bottom in 2017.
As the pessimistic outlook on economy and depreciation on RMB, the willingness to travel for Chinese may reduce. First, traveling is attributed to the discretionary spending, implying that it is vulnerable to the economic cycle. If the economy is heading into a recession, the number of travelling may reduce. Second, the depreciation on RMB lowers the purchasing power of Chinese travelers in foreign countries, which may eventually reduce their willingness to travel.
If the number of tourists drops, it would reduce the bookings through the Group's systems, thereby lowering the revenue of Group. The recession may also reduce the freight transport volume, which will affect the revenue from Accounting, Settlement and Cleaning Services.
However, we believe the number of traveling will remain its uptrend in the long term despite the shocks in the short term , thanks to the increase in GDP per capita. Once the monopoly due to the protection from the Civil Aviation Administration remains, the Group will be the only company that benefits from this uptrend in number of travelling.
At present, some of the impacts can be seen from the operational data released by the group. Although the number of bookings for Chinese commercial airlines increased by 7.74% YoY from January to April, and the number of foreign and regional commercial airlines` bookings increased by 8.95% YoY. However, the growth rate of bookings for Chinese commercial airlines in March and April were the lowest in nine years, only 3.3% and 4.3%. The trade war was reignited in May, so the operating data for the next few months may remain low.
Spring Airlines adopted Travelsky's computer reservation system (CRS)
The Group released on May 15 that Spring Airlines has adopted their computer reservation system (CRS) - eTerm, implying that the travel agents will be able to purchase the air ticket of Spring Airlines via the Group's CRS.
Previously, Spring Airlines mainly sold their ticket through their own website. However, as its size became larger and the increase in international flights, direct sales will not be able to cope with the volume. As a result, Spring Airlines decided to adopt the Group's CRS.
Although Spring Airlines did not adopt the Group's Inventory Control System (ICS), the system we believe creates the greatest competitive advantage, the cooperation still could enhance the competitiveness of the Group's Global Distribution System (GDS).
We lower our revenue growth forecast in 2019/20F by 1.1%/0.46%, to 9.2%/10.6%, reflecting the pessimistic outlook on Chinese economy and depreciation on RMB, but we should see the growth resume to normal in the long term.
We adopted the DCF model for valuation, where we assume the discount rate to be 9.76%, and terminal growth to be 2.5%, with FCFF forecast to 2028F. We derived a TP of HK$23.75, implied a P/E of 24.5x and 22x in 2019/20F, 6.8% lower than our previous TP, due to the pessimistic outlook on Chinese economy and depreciation on RMB. We believe the investment ground in the long term still remains, but may suffer in the short term due to the intensified trade war. In view of the plunge in stock price, we maintain a "Buy" rating with a potential upside of 42.8%. (HKD/CNY=0.887)
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Not every little girl likes everything that is sparkly and pink and that is okay! (more…)
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MGM Infratech presents world class luxurious apartments with the name of OCEANICA MGM Infratech has proposed their upcoming project with the name of OCEANICA towers. The towers are designed with simplicity and good quality material for a brighter and better tomorrow.
Master Mariners a well known name of real estate industry are managing MGM Infratech. The secret behind the success of MGM Infratech is their team of experienced architects and professionals who take care of every minute details of the project. MGM Infratech aim to provide quality service and gain maximum customer satisfaction.
The township offer facilities such as club house, 24×7 power supply, high speed internet, gated security, multipurpose hall, tennis court, children play area and car parking. Located at L Zone, the township offer fastest connectivity to places such as IGI Airport, Dwarka Sector 21 Metro station, upcoming Diplomatic Enclave, AIIMS 2, Expressway and IP University.MGM Infratech aims to be the leading land developer of North India and to achieve their goal, the company is working with full dedication and hard work.
This project is being developed under Land Pooling Policy and MPD 2021 (Master Plan Delhi 2021) L Zone Dwarka Phase 2.
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Describing RPGsWhile working at a game store, I developed a larger tabletop gaming vocabulary. I learned the "proper" way to describe games to customers--and the necessary keywords to link one game a player enjoys to another they might want to try. This has led me to ask the question: What are the best "gamer buzzwords" to describe RPGs?
- Adventure
- Cooperative
- Immersion
- Legacy
- Resource Management
- Storytelling
Did I miss any important ones?
Dream CampaignsHere is a list of RPG campaigns that I would love to run, in various systems--some are campaigns that I have been developing for a while, while other remain mere ideas:
I present this list as a check-list, so I that I inlue one of the "dream campaigns" I currently have the pleasure of running.[_] d20 Modern - Witchcraft / Lovecraftian Horror {Barrow Falls}
[X] D&D 3rd / Pathfinder - Ancient Egyptian {Nefret}
[_] D&D 5th {Monvesia}
[_] FATE - Secrets of Cats
[_] FATE - Magical Prince[ess] {Cute High Earth Defense Club Love}
[_] FATE - Mecha vs. Kaiju {Super Sentai}
[_] Mechwarrior 2E - Space Opera {Gaia Spore}
[_] Palladium - Rifts North America [Psyscape, Vampire Kingdoms, Xiticix Invasion]
[_] Palladium - Robotech SDF-3 Exile [Sentinels or Shadow Chronicles]
[_] Palladium - Ninjas & Superspies / Nightbane hybrid {King of Iron Fist style}
[_] Palladium - Astral Plane campaign [Nightbane / Rifts]
[_] Star Wars Saga Edition - Old Republic
[_] [Old/Classic] World of Darkness - Mummy [w/ Mage & Wraith]
Campaign as the Hero's Journey
Joseph Campbell's Monomyth has been used to both describe myth and outline epic blockbusters. Why not also use it to assist in campaign planning?
"Basic" and "Expert" are terms ported over from B/X and BECMI D&D; "Heroic" and "Paragon" are taken from 4th Edition D&D.
Character Backstory
- Call to Adventure
- Refusal of the Call
- Supernatural Aid
- Crossing the Threshold
Basic Heroic Adventuring (levels 1 - 3)
- Belly of the Whale
Expert Heroic Adventuring (levels 4 - 10)
- Road of Trials
- Meeting the Goddess
- The Temptation
Paragon Adventuring (levels 11+)
- Atonement with the Father
- Apotheosis
- The Great Boon
- Refusal of the Return
- The Magic Flight
- Rescue from Without
- Crossing the Return Threshold
- Master of Two Worlds
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The University of Arizona School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES) is proud to present EarthWeek 2018. This event is organized each spring by graduate students in the five SEES departments: The Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, the Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, the Department of Geosciences, the School of Natural Resources and the Environment, and the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. The series of events during EarthWeek include conferences, research symposia, student posters and presentations, individual department talks, presentations by UA faculty, invited keynote speakers, luncheons, field trips, alumni gatherings, award ceremonies and more. This year, EarthWeek will be held April 9th to April 13th. All students, faculty, administrators and community members are invited to participate!
Keynote Speaker and Plenary Session
The plenary session and keynote speaker talk will take place on Wednesday, April 11th from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm in the North Ballroom of the Student Union Memorial Center. A graduate student from each SEES department will provide a short talk about his or her research. In addition, the keynote speaker talk will highlight some of the most prevalent areas of research relevant to all SEES students. During this time, attendees have the opportunity to learn about a variety of topics of research, generate ideas, and foster collaboration.
SEES Joint Poster Session and Student Presentations
Each year, EarthWeek features over 200 research expositions through a series of free poster sessions and oral presentations. EarthWeek offers several opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to present their research to peers, faculty, staff, and the public, and learn about other areas of research being conducted at the University of Arizona.
Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences: El Día del Agua y la Atmósfera
El Día del Agua y la Atmósfera is the annual student research symposium sponsored by the Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences (HAS). At El Día del Agua y la Atmósfera conference, students give oral and poster presentations to showcase their research. In addition, the day features a continental breakfast, a light buffet lunch, a luncheon speaker, a round table session, and an afternoon keynote address. The day concludes with the announcement of student awards and prizes for oral and poster presentations and the recognition of the most outstanding undergraduate and graduate faculty instructors in the department. El Día del Agua y la Atmósfera will be in the Student Union Grand Ballroom Monday, April 9th.
Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science: SWESx
The Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science hosts an annual conference that is open to the community. SWESx is an opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to share their research and spur new collaborations that combine biology, physics and chemistry to better understand environmental systems and processes. Participants gain professional experience in a low-pressure environment by practicing scientific communication and receiving feedback from professionals from a variety of disciplines. All SWES students are encouraged to participate and share their research through an oral presentation or a professional poster. Students from other departments are also welcomed to present research related to environmental science. The SWESx poster session will take place Wednesday, April 11th in conjunction with larger EarthWeek joint poster session in the South Ballroom and oral presentations will commence Thursday, April 12th in the Catalina Room.
Department of Geosciences: GeoDaze 2018
GeoDaze is a student-run symposium organized by the Department of Geosciences at the University of Arizona. Run on the generosity of private donations, the symposium allows graduate and undergraduate students an opportunity to showcase their research. Every year, the symposium covers a wide variety of topics including paleoclimatology, seismology, dendrochronology, isotope geochemistry, and economic and structural geology. Guests join us each year from governmental and private agencies and each year a distinguished scientist is asked to be the conference's keynote speaker. GeoDaze 2018 will be in the Student Union Grand Ballroom on Thursday, April 11th and Friday April 12th.
School of Natural Resources and the Environment: SNRExpo & Career Exchange
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment (SNRE) is proud to be part of EarthWeek 2018. SNRE will participate in the joint poster presentation and a plenary session on Wednesday, April 11th. The SNRExpo and Career Exchange will take place in the Environmental and Natural Resources 2 Building (ENR2) on Thursday, April 12th. During SNRExpo research labs, faculty, and SNRE clubs showcase their research, fieldwork, class projects, and volunteer activities to the University of Arizona. It will provide opportunities to UA students and the community to learn about the applied, problem-driven research for which SNRE is widely known. Attendees will experience the research taking place within SNRE through displays, engaging hands-on activities, demonstrations, pictures and videos. In addition, during Career Exchange undergraduate and graduate students interact with potential employers, learn about jobs and internships, while governmental and private agencies identify potential employees and hear about the research SNRE students are doing. Everyone is invited to participate in the events starting at 10 am Thursday, April 12th at the ENR2 outdoor courtyard (canyon).
Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research: Tree-Ring Day
The University of Arizona is home to the oldest dendrochronology lab in the world. In 1937, A.E. Douglass founded the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, and since its inception, the lab has been a preeminent center for the application of tree ring related research. Trees are natural repositories of information and their rings can provide insights that are useful to a variety of disciplines such as anthropology, community ecology, geochemistry, and climatology. We invite you to join us as we share our unique research during this year's EarthWeek activities. Graduate students will deliver 3-minute lightning talks, followed by longer presentations by postdocs and researchers affiliated with the LTRR. In addition to the SEES joint poster presentation and plenary session, Tree-Ring Day will take place at the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research (Bryant Bannister Building 110) on Tuesday, April 10th.


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In the last few months you have heard a lot from the Ohio Chamber on Senate Bill 58. However, a new bill, Senate Bill 310 is in the picture. The purpose of SB 310 is simple: to maintain the status quo for Ohio's existing renewable energy and energy efficiency mandates while the legislature carefully reviews the costs and benefits of these standards and whether reforms are necessary. This approach is different from SB 58 because SB 58 would immediately make a variety of changes to Ohio's five-year old energy efficiency standards.
Despite the different approaches in the bills, the dividing lines are the same. Many large energy users and broad-based business groups, including the Ohio Chamber, that support SB 58 also expressed support for SB 310, while many of the same interests opposed to SB 58, such as environmentalists and renewable energy companies, voiced opposition to the new bill.
Ohioans have already paid $1 billion to comply with the current law and with the mandates set to increase annually until 2025, the cost of complying will only climb. That's why the Ohio Chamber believes employers and the state's economy would be best served by passing the reforms proposed in SB 58, which are designed to help make energy efficiency more achievable without exponentially increasing the cost to consumers of electricity.
However, SB 310 would provide employers some protection against escalating compliance costs by freezing the benchmarks at their present levels. The chamber believes passing SB 310 is unquestionably preferable to taking no action at all. It is not perfect because it leaves some questions unanswered, including what counts as an energy efficient measure and how best to streamline the "opt-out" process for large energy users, but it is a rational approach to reforming the energy efficiency mandate before Ohio consumers and businesses suffer further.
Senate Public Utilities Committee Chair Bill Seitz indicated that amendments to and a committee vote on SB 310 could happen as soon as the first week of May. Please contact your senator today and urge him/her to support SB 310.


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Orilla graduated from high school. She was a great seamstress, loved to crochet and was an avid reader. She served her community as President of Rebecca Lodge and her church as Relief Society Secretary/Treasurer for 30 years.
Orilla is survived by her children: Karen Joyce (Gene) Girard of Henderson, NV, Rosalie (Laurnal) Gubler of Cedar City, UT, Robert Kent (Gaylene) Hammond of St. George, UT and Alyson Hammond of Pioche, NV; 8 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and 5 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, 10 of her siblings and her husband, Robert Hammond.
Funeral Services was held at 11:00 am on Monday, April 3, 2017 at the Pioche LDS Chapel. Interment is in the Hammond/Hollinger Cemetery in Eagle Valley under the direction of Southern Nevada Mortuary. Online condolences can be made at www.snmortuary.com.


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I've been looking for a pair of slip-ons to replace my trusty, old and worn out Tom's and the solution came from Laurel by Kurt Geiger. The fact that it was a feline-print sealed the deal.
DETAILS: trousers – Gap; blouse – H&M; slip-ons – Kurt Geiger; handbag – Michael Kors, ID bracelet – Anarchy Street (similar here); sunnies – American Eagle


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Detection Dogs Can Sniff Out Wildlife
A collaboration between researchers in the U.S. and China and local Chinese police shows that a police detection dog can be trained to sniff out the poop of endangered primates – and using local dogs and handlers saves thousands of dollars. Read about this project in my. . . Read More
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Portland Trail Blazers to sign guard Mo Williams
Mo Williams has reached an agreement on a two-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers, agent Mark Bartelstein told USA TODAY Sports' Jeff Zillgitt on Wednesday.
The deal will pay Williams $5.6 million over two years, with the second season being a player option.
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Williams, 30, played for the Utah Jazz during the 2012-13 season, starting at point guard but missing more than two months in the middle of the year after undergoing surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb.
He averaged 12.9 points and 6.2 assists a game for the Jazz while shooting 38.3% from three-point range.
In signing Williams, the Blazers add more depth to a bench that has been radically retooled this summer. During the 2012-13 season, Portland's bench was one of the worst in the entire league, but this summer, general manager Neil Olshey has added guards C.J. McCollum and Allen Crabbe through the draft, forward Thomas Robinson and center Robin Lopez through trades and guard Earl Watson and forward Dorell Wright in free agency.
Williams will likely see the majority of his time backing up 2013 Rookie of the Year Damian Lillard at point guard, with McCollum moving to shooting guard to back up Wesley Matthews.
In addition to the Jazz, Williams has played for the Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Clippers over the course of his 10-year career.


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We want gambling to be a fun part of people's spare time, not a source of human misery. That's why we must get much better at helping our customers stay safe, in shops and online, in the UK and around the world. Society expects it, our customers need it and a sustainable future for William Hill depends on it.
We are committed to conducting our operations in a manner that is consistent with the three licensing objectives set by the UK Gambling Commission:
- protecting children and other vulnerable persons from being harmed or exploited by gambling;
- ensuring that gambling is conducted in a fair and open way; and
- preventing gambling from being a source of crime or disorder, being associated with crime or disorder, or being used to support crime
How we apply these objectives in William Hill
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Protecting the vulnerable
Think 21 / Age verification online
In the UK, it is our responsibility to ensure that no one under the age of 18 is gambling with us. We share the growing concerns about gambling among children very seriously and want to play our role in discouraging this. In shops, our colleagues 'Think 21' when asking young customers to identify their age and Online has rigorous age verification checks.
To maintain our high standards in this, shop colleagues receive regular training and the teams' effectiveness in requesting ID is assessed using independent testers. Currently, colleagues succeed 85% of the time and we want to keep improving that record as much as possible.
Set your own limits
We know that when a customer sets time and spend limits for themselves before gambling, it helps them stay in control. That's why we're investigating strategies to encourage wider uptake of this tool.
Updated player protection algorithms
Player protection algorithms allow us to use technology to spot customers who may be getting in to difficulty with their gambling. Through innovations in technology and better use of data we can identify customers showing signs of harmful play across online and machines, and intervene before it's too late.
Time Outs
The Time Out option enables online customers to freeze their William Hill account for between one day and 6 weeks. This feature helps customers take a short break from gambling, if they intend to return to playing in the future. Time Outs are available to customers with online accounts through the My Info tab, followed by Responsible Gambling.
For customers who are experiencing harm from their gambling, self-exclusion is an option to help them take back control. You can request to be refused service and prevented from gambling for a period of between 6 months to 5 years. To make these self-exclusions most effective, we are committed to both the online and shop multi operator self-exclusion initiatives. This means that if you choose to self-exclude, to get away from gambling for a minimum of six months, you will ban yourself from all the major UK providers – not just one.
GambleAware week
Responsible Gambling is organised each year by GambleAware to promote responsible gambling across the Industry Group. We will be running the week again in 2018, with key messages focused on letting customers know where to get help and support, and the tools available in shop to help stay in control.
Fair and open gambling
Encouraging sports betting integrity
Integrity in sport is as vital to the betting industry as it is to the sports themselves. In the UK we have a statutory responsibility to report any suspicious betting activity to the Gambling Commission. We are also a member the European Sport Security Association (ESSA) which seeks to identify and prevent unfair manipulation of sporting events by sharing information on unusual betting patterns from across Europe. Read more about this here
Transparent promotions for customers
Making sure that our promotional offers are clear and easy to understand, with customers able to make informed decisions, is of the utmost importance to us. William Hill has actively engaged with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) enquiry into unfair terms and conditions, which involved a number of operators. The enquiry was a success and its outcomes will be applied to the whole gambling industry.
We want to provide customers with the means to have their say, to listen if they feel that they have been mistreated and take action as a result. Complaints can be made via Customer Services. Where complaints are not resolved to the customer's satisfaction in the first instance, matters can be referred to the Independent Betting Adjudication Service (IBAS).
Preventing crime
As a cash-based environment, betting shops have historically been a target of crime. Over the last decade, we have materially reduced the level of crime associated with William Hill betting shops by investing in strong security systems, focused on protecting the safety of our colleagues and customers. These include StaffSafe, a security safety monitoring system that supports colleagues in dealing with anti-social behaviour, provides protection for colleagues during periods of lone working and offers immediate response in the event of a serious incident. We also have 'safe havens' in 95% of shops and CCTV installed in every LBO.
- Our Security team's efforts have been recognised three times in national security industry awards, the latest of these being Security Team of the Year at the Outstanding Security Performance Awards in February 2017.
Money laundering
We have a Money Laundering Reporting Officer in place to coordinate our initiatives in this area. Money laundering is defined as the method by which criminals attempt to legitimise monies derived from the proceeds of crime. As a regulated company we have in place certain controls to prevent the business from being used for money laundering. Examples of these include:
- Assessing the risk of the business being used by criminals to launder money; and
- Monitoring customers' activity and reporting anything suspicious to the National Crime Agency (NCA).
We are part of the industry's Gambling Anti-Money Laundering Group, which has successfully delivered an industry standard risk assessment, highlighting the risk of each product with the aim of promoting a better understanding of associated threats and risks. In January 2018, the industry group implemented an industry standard for operator thresholds. This achieves an industry standard for Know Your Customer (KYC) checks.
A Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) is submitted either when we have knowledge of or suspicion that a money laundering offence has taken place or under our legal obligation to report potential criminal spend under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
In 2017 we submitted 686 SARs to either the National Crime Agency or the Gibraltar Financial Intelligence Unit (2016: 614). We received 366 law enforcement or financial institution enquires that required investigation (2016: 435). By submitting a SAR to the NCA, we provide law enforcement agencies with valuable information of potential criminal activity.


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He became a Christian as a young teenager on a summer camp. He has previously worked for churches in Hove and Crowborough. He enjoys his noisy family, days out at the beach, indian food and answering people's questions about Jesus.


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Saturday, October 10, 2009
~~Hope Eternal~~
Now he is celebrating in heaven with many loved ones that have already gone on.The link below takes you to his Legacy.com webpage so you can see how special he was to us.
Legacy memorial site here
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Mommy can we play sand??
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
What are heros??
Monday, July 20, 2009
Up Up and Away
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Where the heck have I been??
Then it was my turn to not behave (yes me) because I take after my daddy:). I have been told that I am the most stubborn nurse and my yucky gallbladder full of gallstones finally caught up with me (while we were out of town at a beach wedding). I had been running away from this little problem for about 2 years. Gallbladder problems and fried seafood do not mix I found out the hard way, but ohhhhh was it gooooood!! I ended up with all sorts of problems and surgery in May. Have I mentioned how much I hate being a patient myself??
June seems to be the month for Mr B to take a turn with being very sick, we are just getting over a bowel obstruction. Thank you to his late night "almond" cravings he had to endure 2 ambulance trips, an ER visit and a little vacation in the UNC hospital system. I am amazed by the power of prayer, he was so sick and I was getting worried about the way things were looking, then he turned around for the better. God at work in our lives again!!
In addition to being sick and taking care of my hubby, I have had to endure a major water leak that poured into our basement( 2 days after I was home from surgery)and the install of our new heating and air system. I am so ready to go back to work and get a break. That is where the heck I have been!
aka: stubborn and stressed in NC
Our Yearbook Picture
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Mr Nasty...go away!!!
Happy St Patty's day!!
Friday, March 6, 2009
What a crazy week!!
What a crazy week here at the ol' Blockhouse!! Even though I have been off work a few days, the craziness seems more that a really busy shift in the ER. We had a birthday girl turn 9 on Tuesday, whoo hoo for the "cheetah -girl" who is sassier that ever. My daddy got to come home from the hospital a little earlier that my mom thought, not sure if that is good or not. His liver cancer is growing now and probably outside his liver, which they are calling "in the nodules". He needs to get stronger before more chemo, but the mention of going to a "rehab facility" or " assisted living" facility seemed to get his attention...."Oh no I'm not". Maybe that will get his butt in gear for healing at home.
And to top the cake my hubby finally got to have his back surgery today, 3 months after his fall at work on an icy December morning. He is recouping well tonight and will hopefully get to go back to work in 6-8 wks or less. My brain is about fried tonight and I am still up, so I am blogging away.
Algebra I has also contributed to the short circuiting of my brain tissue this week. My teenager has some struggles with his math and thought Mom was gonna know how to do those equations. Well after some heavy thinking and figuring we actually got it. A light bulb went off and he and I actually understood all those multi- step equations. Go momma go...... Go K- Dogg go.... now what is next??
To top off the entire week, we had a wonderful winter storm with about 6 inches of snow, IN MARCH!!
Cheetah- girl says that it snowed for her birthday :)
Chow for now!!
brain fried crispy original recipe :)
Friday, February 20, 2009
iKeepSafe Pretty cool I thought
I came across some websites for Internet safety and wanted to share:
there are so many sites that are dedicated to keeping kids
safe online, just do a search yourself. You can never be to
safe with your kids all over the Internet these days.
I have a teen that lives online and the 2 younger ones
want to follow also. Of course "monkey see monkey do"
since Mommy lives here in cyberspace.
Leslie~~~~aka "Monkey do mom" today
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
"No!! Mommy is not an Octopus!!"
Yes, most days this is me!! Mommy with 8 arms floating
in a big ocean of waves that are about to crash on me.
I feel privileged to have my article posted on
Please check it out at the link above.
How many other moms feel this way on a a daily basis?
We all try to keep the peace and attempt to make
everyone happy. But sometimes we need to step back
and look at the big picture and take care of ourselves.
Not an easy thing for me to say or do, I seem to go
24/7 like the "Energizer bunny" . Think about what
God really wants you to be doing and ask him for
his guidance each day, I bet he will tell you if you just
ask and then stop to listen. He is always there and loves
those times he has you all to himself for a little "me"
and my "God" time ;)
When I take time for me and ask for guidance my day
goes so much smoother and I am able to then focus
on the tasks at hand and encourage others.
Backpacks for the Homeless project
The month of January 2009 as a homeschool mission project
in conjunction with CentralFoothillsMommies.com,
we collected items to fill up backpacks for the homeless
in Catawba county. Our children and mommies were
able to fill 4 backpacks to the brim with can goods/
water/tarps/socks/gloves/hats/wool blankets/
sweatpants and sweat shirts. I delivered these
backpacks on a cold and wet day to the Catawba
Mental Health partners office. It really gave me
a tiny insight to what it might be like to outside
on such a cold day and carry around a heavy
backpack that might just be the only possessions
a homeless person has to their name. I am
humbled to think that being homeless to any
of us is just a paycheck away at times. On January
28th 2009 the Mental Health Partners along with
other agencies in the county put together 4 different
stations in the county to get an accurate count of just
how many homeless people we have here. They also
offered free health screenings, information and bp
checks for these people in addition to giving them a
backpack for no cost. The estimate was 250 people
that live here in Catawba county that are homeless.
That number is expected to rise due the
unemployment rates and the economy. The kids
learned a valuable lesson about giving back and
what the word "homeless"actually means.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Sim racing pics by Kdogg74
This is why we race online ;) that #74 car in the air is
my teenager, who also painted this car himself using
computer graphics in Paintshop Pro 8. "Bad wreck in
practice lap he tells me". I post many pictures of the
2 little sisters and this time I wanted to show how
proud I was of the teen that lives here also, my 9th
grade racer "Kdogg74" The #74 was his old football
jersey number and he had kept with that number
racing online and go-karts in the dirt. Funny how
this little boy of mine once learned all his
colors and numbers before kindergarten by race
cars. He could tell me all the Nascar cars, numbers,
colors and the drivers before he was 5. I never
imagined that teaching him at an early age would
lead to this :) By the way, he is not a "little boy"
anymore, he is taller that me, and I have been
about 5'9" since the 6th grade.
SBS racing online, his 2nd sprint car
After a hard 60 lap race in Nascar 2003season,
Kdogg74finished 3rd. The Hardees car was painted
by driver.
Here is # 74 again, Hardees orange and white painted
by Kdogg74.
This car is my favorite, done in Paintshop pro8. You
can see why I bought him his own laptop with a
higher graphics card. I think we have found our niche
and can lean towards computer careers with our
homeschool high school courses. He actually taught
himself how to do all this with some help of some
great guys online via "teamspeak" at various online
sim racing forums and race1online. He has even
created his own website without my help
"Trial by Fire Racing www.tbfr.webs.com/ .
aka: Kdogg74's momma


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Putting Knowledge Networks into Action
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The concepts and theories of knowledge management and networks are meanwhile well documented. Yet there are few, if any, guidelines on how to implement knowledge management within an organization, especially focusing on how to manage knowledge in a network environment. This shows that managing knowledge in networks is a rather new and unexplored field. This book visualizes paths that allow one to make connections between theories, concepts and concrete actions. Knowledge networks are organizational forms within companies that connect key experts to share knowledge and therefore fulfil strategic goals. Managing knowledge in network environments is a fast-moving field attempting to integrate various disciplines such as human resources, organizational development, change management, strategy, information technology, sociology and network theory. This book shows how to integrate these different roots into a holistic view on managing knowledge in networks. It develops a methodology which will support the reader to move concrete steps forward towards building and maintaining knowledge networks in his organization.


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Dental implants are, for a variety of very important reasons, the best possible restorative option for people who have experienced tooth loss. However, these restorations represent a significant investment of time, effort and money for patients. Given that sizable investment, many patients who are weighing the pros and cons of implant based restoration are very concerned about longevity, wanting to know how long they can expect implants to last as compared to other restorative options. Although there are many factors that can affect how well implants will perform and how long they will last in individual cases, in general terms, high-quality implant based restorations hold a significant advantage over other options in terms of longevity.
Dental Implants vs. Dental Bridges vs. Removable Dentures
While they were once considered revolutionary, dental implants have become the standard of care in recent years, widely recognized as the best means of addressing tooth loss in terms of oral health, functionality, comfort and appearance. Another area in which they excel is longevity. According to the American Dental Association, the average lifespan of dental implants is 25 years, and dental implants that are properly placed and cared for can last a lifetime. In comparison, the average bridge can be expected to last 7 to 10 years, removable dentures typically need refitting or replacement every 5 to 10 years.
Among the issues that lead to the relatively short lifespan of traditional bridges as compared to dental implants are those created by the dependence of these devices on adjacent teeth. To span the gap created by a missing tooth or teeth, a bridge must be attached to natural teeth at either side of that gap. If those teeth deteriorate, which is a fairly common problem since they must be resized and crowned to accommodate the bridge, support is lost and the bridge will require replacement.
Dental implants are self-supporting, anchored firmly in the jaw in the same manner as natural teeth.
Dental Implants: A Permanent Option
Deterioration of oral structure is the main issue that limits the lifespan of removable dentures. Bone loss is a problem, since a jaw with no tooth roots to stimulate the body's natural cycle of bone repair and maintenance will, inevitably, shrink and weaken over time. The gum ridge upon which dentures rest generally shrinks or changes over time as well. These factors cause dentures to loosen as support is lost. Implant based reconstruction replaces not just the visible portion of the tooth, but also the tooth root, better preserving natural oral structure.
That said, there are factors that can affect the longevity of dental implants. Poor placement is one of those factors, so it is essential that patients choose a board certified, experienced oral surgeon to perform these procedures. Bone quantity and quality, general health and lifestyle factors, such as smoking, can also affect dental implant longevity, and various implant based reconstruction methods can make a difference as well.
For instance, single tooth replacement, where each tooth is equipped with its own artificial root, is generally more stable than a permanent denture that uses just a few implants to support an entire arch of replacement teeth.
Last, but certainly not least on the list of factors that can affect dental implant durability is proper care. While dental implants are not subject to decay, gum disease is just as much of a danger with implants as it is with natural teeth. Avoiding it means brushing and flossing just as diligently as you would with natural teeth, and regular dental exams and professional cleanings, done at 3 to 6 month intervals are essential.
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