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Iraq vet from western NY writes vivid war memoir
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Brian Castner calls it "the Crazy," and he introduces readers of his debut book to this uninvited guest in the opening sentence of his Iraq war memoir.
"The first thing you should know about me is that I'm Crazy," writes Castner, employing the capital C to differentiate his affliction from run-of-the-mill, lowercase crazy.
"The Crazy" is Castner's name for the pressing, constricting feeling in his chest that started after he returned from Iraq, where he commanded Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal units during two tours in 2005 and 2006. Each time the Crazy hit him, it felt like he was having a heart attack. But emergency room staff couldn't find anything physically wrong with him. Still, the Crazy stuck around, like a new acquaintance he can't shake.
"I had this feeling in my chest that never went away and was absolutely intolerable," said Castner, whose newly published memoir of his Iraq experiences is getting national attention in media and publishing circles. "I didn't have a name for it because it didn't feel like nausea, stress or pain. It was completely new to me."
A therapist suggested he write down his feelings when the Crazy got particularly bad, so he began filling note pads. Eventually, he realized he had a story others might want to read. The result is "The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows."
Published last month by Doubleday, the 220-page book has been compared to other highly regarded war memoirs, including a pair from the Vietnam era, Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" and Michael Herr's "Dispatches."
Castner's book intersperses stateside scenes of intense military training, off-hours hijinks and marital strife with vivid, often grisly accounts from Iraq's war-ravaged landscape, where his EOD teams disarmed improvised explosive devices, hunted for the bomb makers or cleaned up after their horrific handiwork while dodging gunfire and angry locals.
"I didn't sit down saying I needed to paint this picture exactly right," he said during a telephone interview from his home outside Buffalo. "I wrote the book scattershot, all over. I wrote whatever vignette I was feeling at the time, then spent a lot of time reordering things."
Most of the book centers on his second tour in Iraq.
His first ended after just a month when he was "fired" as an EOD unit commander for disobeying an order regarding his request to get bomb disposal robots repaired for his team. After a brief time back home, he was redeployed to Iraq in May 2006 and spent the rest of the year in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad.
In Iraq, artillery shells "decorated the countryside like lost and forgotten lawn ornaments," Castner writes in "The Long Walk." The title refers to the distance an EOD expert clad in a Kevlar bomb suit has to traverse to reach an IED from the relative safety of his Humvee.
"When you've tried everything else and there's nothing else to do, somebody has to put on the suit and walk down there by themselves," Castner said.
Castner wrote bluntly in describing how he has been changed by the war.
"I liked the old me, the one who played guitar, and laughed at dumb movies, and loved to read for days on end," he said. "That me died from a thousand blasts. Died covered in children's blood. Died staring down my rifle barrel, a helpless woman in the crosshairs and my finger on the trigger. That me is gone."
Castner, 34, lives with his wife Jessica and their four sons -- ages 3, 6, 9 and 14 -- in Grand Island, not far from the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga, where he grew up.
He played soccer in high school, but hated running. Now, one of the ways he keeps the Crazy at bay is to take long runs of five to eight miles, or more, along the Niagara River near his home.
"You're just so physically exhausted from running, there's no room for Crazy," he said.
Castner met Jessica in their senior year at Marquette University in Milwaukee. Castner graduated, received his commission as an Air Force officer and got married all within the same month in 1999.
"It sounds corny, but the bottom line is she stuck with me and we're better now than we ever were," he said.
After leaving the Air Force in 2007, Castner was hired by a defense contractor that trains military bomb disposal personnel. The job kept him on the road for more than half the year, but he has since cut back on those duties.
He has attended memorial services at Eglin Air Force base in Florida, where he trained for EOD duty before heading to Iraq and its chaos and carnage.
A memorial at the base lists the names of EOD members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, including some of Castner's former comrades.
"When we get together at the memorial to put names on the wall, three days before and two days after there's just nonstop parties," Castner said. "You party like crazy with the people still alive because they might not be alive next year and you may be putting their name on a wall."


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Moses Grant was born in 1751 and was Boston's leading wallpaper dealer before and after the war. Grant's activities aside from the tea protest include participating in the North End Caucus political group, participating in the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, and in 1774 helped remove two cannons from a militia armory that had been put under British control. Grant died in 1817; his burial location is unknown.

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I've been on an unplanned hiatus simply because it has been summer when the sun is out from behind the clouds, days are long, the beach calls my name and it has simply been too hot and sticky to think about crochet (or sitting still, for that matter). However now summer is now gone for another year, and (because I am obsessed with Game of Thrones) winter is coming... But not just yet, as Sydney is in the midst of one of it's most pleasant autumns for as long as I can remember! Autumn is when sun baking on my couch is possible, and when I begin covering my shoulders with cardigans or throws in the evenings. Speaking of throws... I have finally finished the granny square throw I began last winter!
Voila! Here is Inuka (my polar bear plush from Singapore Zoo) with my very uneven and puffy granny square throw which I have bittersweet feelings about. I am excited and overjoyed that I have finished the first ever crochet project I started! The mint yarn was bought at the Camberwell Markets in Melbourne when I was preparing for my crochet class. The same crochet class where I learned to read my first crochet pattern - the granny square. However I am unsatisfied with the lack of uniformity of the granny squares, which contributed to the unevenness and puffiness of the throw. I also am remorseful over the chosen sequence of the squares as some patches have too many dark colours neighbouring each other. And the colour! The colour is one of the bigger disappointments... I chose these colours with D in mind, as I wanted the throw to be gender neutral. Some colours were pastel and some were solid, which made the throw look very haphazard. Anyhow, I think over the past few days I have begun to embrace all these mistakes I have made and have come to love this imperfect throw. The different sizes of the granny squares show how I was refining my crochet skills over time and the mismatched colours just emphasises how overwhelmed I was when I made my first purchase at Morris & Sons.
Another year, another throw... For 2013 I am planning to crochet a throw not made up of granny squares, but granny triangles! I toyed around with the idea of hexagons, but decided on triangles in the end because of these beautiful throws. To avoid another colour mistake, I spent too many hours pacing around Morris & Sons um-ing and ah-ing over colours. In the end I decided to run a poll on Facebook and Instagram on which colour combination I should choose.
I got an overwhelming response! At the moment it is a tie between 2 and 3. I may end up going with 2, just because the yarn is cheaper. I did my calculations and I am going to need 18 balls of yarn! With each ball of yarn costing between $6 to $8, I may have to decide on the cheaper (and itchier) option. Who would've though wool would be cheaper than cotton...
Hopefully this throw won't take as long as my first throw to complete as I am faster and more skilled in the art of crochet! It has almost been a year since I picked up crochet and I am so glad I did it. I promise to update this blog more often and will post up pictures of this throw's progression! Thanks for reading!


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This is the year we are planting a garden that all gardens will envy. I am growing EVERYTHING I can. I have it all planned out.
Sort of.
- I know I want raised beds that I can walk all the way around to tend to.
- I know I want all of my favorite vegetables, and even some I have never heard of.
- I know I want someone else to do all the work for me…ok, wait..I was kidding.
Sort of.
In all seriousness, I really would like to see if we can grow all of our own veggies this year. Last year we were part of a CSA but it felt like we never got enough of the things we wanted. Plus we had to drive 45 minutes to pick it up. We had a small garden but it was hard to manage because it was low and in a corner. This year I have grand dreams of becoming a backyard homesteader and this feels like the first step towards that goal. Committing to this garden and making it a reality.
We are starting with this:
A pickup truck full of low wooden boxes we will turn into raised beds.
They will be placed in rows, 3 crates long in the area where the arrow is in this photo:
We have snow on the ground now and my yard is a dreary mess, but it won't be long before we are facing spring temps and prime planting time for our garden. The sun will come out (sadly NOT tomorrow) and green will begin to appear. Life will blossom and we will begin to grow our food like we never have before.
Our garden will be made possible by 100% non-hybrid, non-GMO seeds from The Ark Institute.
The Ark Institute sent me their 52-Variety Family Seed Package which includes 100% non-hybrid, non-GMO seeds and a book called "Seed Sowing and Seed Saving" to help me get the most out of our seeds.
Here is what is included:
We have started planning our layout and the location in our backyard. We are currently in the indoor starter phase and researching what we need to start indoors NOW, and what can wait until the weather allows us to get our raised beds setup. I can't wait to get started!
The Ark Institute suggests 4 easy steps to starting to grow your own real food, that I put into a graphic below.
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Published: November 9, 2017Cornwall College Camborne
Parents and students are being invited to explore their award-winning local college to get advice on how they can achieve their goals and take the first steps towards a successful career.
Cornwall College Camborne will be opening its doors to prospective students on Saturday 18th November between 10am – 12 noon; for its latest Courses and Careers Advice Event.
Head of Campus, Vicky Cox, said, "These events are the ideal way for young people to explore their options after leaving school and for adults to discover what opportunities are available to help with re-training or career progression.
"More and more students are studying with us and this isn't by accident. We have spent both time and money in developing our resources, to ensure that our courses provision is right for the local community and in line with many growing industries where skills gaps exist, increasing the chances for a successful career".
Cornwall College offers one of the widest ranges of specialist's courses, including full-time and part-time options, with many starting at Level 1 and progression up to BA (Hons) degrees, meaning that students can study for a degree without having to leave home and accrue higher debts.
Recently Cornwall College celebrated with over 740 of its students who graduated at a prestigious ceremony at Truro cathedral, making the organisation the most successful college in Cornwall when it comes to number of graduands.
Vicky continued, "Our open events provide a great way for people to gather lots of information on courses, progression routes and careers. It offers a relaxed and informative venue to meet our knowledgeable staff and to tour the amazing facilities.
"Over the past few years we gained some really great accolades, for instance we are the best catering college in the South West, the number 1 choice for construction trade training in Devon and Cornwall and our apprenticeship programme is also number 1 in the South West, giving us a great platform to build our other key strengths on, including having an award-winning media department and providers of the first Business school in Cornwall.
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This insightful reflection on academic strikebreaking captures something very important about the contemporary politics of higher education:
The disavowal at work here is stunning in its mundanity, the fact that it went unremarked as it was stated. 'The union should adopt different tactics – but I will not join the union'; 'I support the strike – but I am not going to strike myself'; 'the cause of the strike is just – but I renounce the basic means of resisting injustice'.
There is no reason why academics should be any more logical about these matters than anyone else. But I wonder if the gaping holes in these responses are, at least in part, a result of the shaping of academic subjectivity by the capitalist university. We are engaged in a profession which claims to promote something above instrumentalism – and it is precisely this which is our instrumental role. We have to play the games of preparing students for employment, and raising money for research, but we keep an internal distance from these things. We cynically despise them (and often despise the students who do not measure up to our ideals), whilst committing ourselves to a system which believes in these things on our behalf (cf. the Zizekian analysis of contemporary belief).
However, it is this internal displacement which produces the figure of the contemporary academic. This person is invested in an ethic of scholarship, which actually leaves them without a language or imagination for addressing the material conditions of higher education, beyond that of an ultimately ineffective idealism. The melancholy of the modern scholar over the marketization of education is therefore neither a form of resistance nor mere nostalgia, but a fabricated affect essential to the mediating role we play.
Of course, I generalise hugely, and we can all think of many exceptions. I am not suggesting that our bureaucratised unions or existing left groups offer any panacea. Nevertheless, higher education has been, and will continue to be, marketised and instrumentalised, and the vast majority of academics will (grudgingly, cynically) put up with it. And our ethic of scholarship is of no use. It is the same ethic which is able to abide such logical inconsistencies and lack of solidarity when it comes to strikebreaking.


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We survived the cold night and the coffee proved far better than the wine. In Ligonde we stop for breakfast as neither of us ate much the previous night and we feel a bit thin. Next stop Palas de Rei and here the sun lost its battle against the rain. So, out with all the raingear again. Today's route is luckily mostly woodland, tiny hamlets and small farming communities which makes for easy walking. We therefore carry on despite the rain and at about 14:00 arrive at Casa Domingo.
The place looks like something out of an Asterix and Obelix cartoon and the warm, friendly atmosphere decides it for us (especially after last night). The place has a real old medieval look and feel to it. The owner tells us that he grew up there and is slowly restoring the place. Part of it at the back is still in ruins. There are all kinds of old farming implements adorning the walls of the restaurant and the beds have got a partition inbetween which provides some privacy (something that is hard to come by on this trip).
The rain is still preventing us from doing washing and we realise that by tomorrow we will have to make a plan, no matter the cost or the weather.
There is a group of Dutch people, a Spanish couple, a French family and a mother and son from Canada. The son has picked up a stomach bug and I help out with some medicine. Diarrhoea can really drain your energies if you have to walk all day and I agree with them that he should rather take a taxi tomorrow and get some rest.
I spend the afternoon catching up on my diary, take a short nap and by the time we sit down for supper our spirits are rejuvenated. It is so nice to have company again tonight and we share stories and experiences around the long table. The food is fantastic! Our host brings us two different soups – both of which are exceptional and just what the doctor ordered on this cold evening. This is followed by a huge mixed salad, a warm potato dish and some meatballs in gravy. It is real comfort food and I am overjoyed not to have the usual potato chips on my plate tonight. The meal is ended off with the most delectable dessert and a little liquer to go with the wonderful company.
I've learnt on this trip that things don't always go as one would like. Some days are good, some not so good. One must just learn to deal with whatever comes next as best you can. We've had some really awesome places to stay with magnificent hosts and sometimes you are just happy if you don't get carried off by bedbugs. I guess it in most part resembles life in general. It is all about how you ride the wave, one cannot control every intricate part of it.
Santiago is now only about 62km away!
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Canberra SharePoint User Group - February 2016
Canberra SharePoint User Group
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (AEDT)
Event Details
Hello Canberra SharePoint-ers!
The Canberra SharePoint User Group will meet for the first time this year and we have an awesome line up of speakers! As a reminder, we meet every third wednesday of the month at the Microsoft, Canberra office. We look forward to meeting you and sharing news about SharePoint.
This month: Join Andrew Goodall from Splunk and Matthew Burgess from Austrade to learn about using Splunk to manage your SharePoint audit logs.
What is Splunk?
You see servers and devices, apps and logs, traffic and clouds. We see data everywhere. Splunk offers the leading platform for Operational Intelligence. It enables the curious to look closely at what others ignore machine data and find what others never see: insights that can help make your workplace more productive, efficient, competitive and secure.
During the session we will cover:
- What is Splunk
- Getting your SharePoint Audit logs into Splunk
- Generating usage reports and insights
- Raising alerts based on user behaviour
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (AEDT)
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Things I've Learned From Cesar Millan
I first noticed that his psychology was having an effect on me after a particularly stressful day at work. I kept hearing a phrase in my head "Live in the now". Where had that come from? I was driving down the highway toward home and things around me began to come into focus. The leaves were changing color - I'd noticed that, of course - but just look at all the different colors. Beautiful. I will never again see these trees and these colors at this moment...God's wonderful pallet...it's worth slowing down and savoring. Since then, I've made it a point to notice what's around me, be it nature or people, instead of just traveling from point A to point B. I finally remembered where I'd heard that phrase - Cesar says that dogs don't think about the past or worry about tomorrow...they live in the now. How wonderful is that? There will never be another today...I don't want to miss a moment of it.
On one episode he needed to help a fearful little dog submit to medication. The animal was clearly terrified and acting out in aggression. Cesar's solution? He sat down on the floor next to the dog and waited for him to relax into a calm, submissive state. He didn't come at the dog from above him, as would be instinctive to most of us. He got down on his level and waited. Wow! Can that be applied to life! We are all frequently called upon to diffuse volatile personalities both at work and in our private lives. I've always found that a calm approach works best, but getting down to their level - showing that you understand where they are coming from - has great psychological impact. Isn't this what God did when He sent His Son to us? Everyone needs to be understood, not just patronized. If I can show you that I care about your feelings and will take the time to let you work through them without censure from me, you might just relax and we can work together toward a mutually advantageous end.
Exercise, discipline, affection...in that order. I don't have much trouble with the affection part of that equation...I love just about everybody. It's the exercise and discipline that give me fits. If I actually had (self) discipline, exercise wouldn't be a problem. Wouldn't that be great! During our years on the farm I got lots of exercise and I've never felt better. I slept well, ate well and all the pieces of life just seemed to fit together better. I'm not on the farm anymore and it definitely takes discipline to exercise. Cesar, I'm going to make conscious effort to improve in this area. I want that bright eyed, bushy tailed feeling back!
The Millan secret to handling all sorts of dog-psychology problems is Calm, Assertive Energy. Cesar can tame the wildest canine in seconds by simply letting it react to his attitude of calm, assertive energy. If you've ever watched the show, you know that this is the cornerstone of his approach. My nature is cowardly...normally I'll go out of my way not to create or participate in a situation that might make me feel helpless or afraid. I'm learning to take a deep breath and visualize myself in control. Positive mental imagery...perhaps that is the human application of calm, assertive energy. Once I visualize myself handling things, I usually find that I can. And when I do this exercise, I find that others involved pick up on my energy and treat me accordingly. In other words, when I lose the 'victim's mentality', I can become a participant in the solution of any situation. Thanks Cesar!
And now it is almost time for The Dog Whisperer to come on. I don't want to miss my weekly psychology session with Cesar so I shall end this posting. Just remember: Live in the day; get plenty of exercise; help others by remaining calm and submissive toward God; and exude calm, assertive energy when the situation calls for it. I'm telling you - the man is a genius!
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What a sensitive, insightful commentary. To be able to extract these lessons from The Dog Whisperer and apply them so seamlessly to life and to our walk with each other and with the Lord--wonderful.
Truly an example of the special lady you are.
Barb H
A beautiful posting, Jean. You should send a copy to Cesar. He'd love it. We catch that show on occasion, too, and are always amazed by his calm, insightful approach to dogs--and humans.ReplyDelete
Good thoughts, Jean! I've kept a copy of a Parade magazine article about dogs that says a lot of the same things. The "live in the now" was one that really stuck with me. And staying calm. I've always thought you were!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing.
Jean, I love your blog post. Do you write meditations. You should. You are a natural.ReplyDelete


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The Hollywood Roosevelt is considered by many to be one of the most haunted places in California. This particular establishment was officially opened on the 15th day of May in the year of 1927. The name of the hotel was established out of respect for the famous Theodore Roosevelt, who was the 26th person to become President of the United States. Despite the fact that Roosevelt had passed away just eight years prior to the opening of the hotel, most people in America respected his energetic personality, ideas, and the work that he did during his lifetime. Since Hollywood is most often associated with the "American Dream", it seemed only right to name this grand structure after him. Here, you will learn about the ghosts that are believed to be in this haunted Hollywood hotel.
The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel quickly became popular among those in the entertainment industry. The hotel provided guests with an assortment of amenities during their stay and worked to ensure that they catered to those that worked in the area. The construction of this respected hotel ranked in at just over two and a half million dollars. The structure was an amazing twelve stories and came complete with three hundred rooms – this included many fancy suites that many Hollywood names found highly appealing when it came to lodging. The inside is not the only thing that is appealing. The outside of the structure exhibits style and class through its Spanish architecture.
In the year of 1929, the entertainment industry's "Academy Awards" was held for the very first time in a ballroom of the structure that was identified at the time as "Blossom". Several people won awards at this event. Among these individuals were Janet Gaynor, Lewis Milestone, Charles Chaplin, and Emil Jannings. This event allowed the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to gain quite a reputation among actors, actresses, directors, and cinematography professionals in the entertainment industry. Quickly, many famous personalities took an interest in visiting this immense and widely popular structure. It seems, several decades later, that many of these famous personalities are just as attached to the Hollywood hotel in death as they were in life.
One example of the famous personalities that grew attached to the Roosevelt Hotel was Marilyn Monroe. Today, many visitors, hotel employees, and paranormal investigators believe that the ghost of Marilyn Monroe still lingers in the establishment. It is her spirit that leads many to believe that this is one of the most haunted places in California. Marilyn Monroe spent most of her childhood and teenage years moving from one foster home to another, but then set out for Hollywood to pursue a modeling career as a young adult. When she got to the area, she elected to live at the Roosevelt Hotel while she engaged in photo shoots and rose to fame. Records indicate that she called the hotel home for at least a couple of years. She stayed in the suite that is identified by the number "246".
Individuals such as guests and employees claim that the spirit of Marilyn Monroe still resides in the room identified as "246". This room is one that allowed Marilyn to overlook the pool that was located at the hotel during her stay. She often spent quite a bit of time in and around the pool. As a matter of fact, her first official modeling shoot took place at the pool. Within her room, there was a full length mirror. Obviously, she spent quite a bit of time looking into this mirror – ensuring that her image was in order for her professional pursuits. Rumor has it that many have witnessed her face as well as a full body apparition within the mirror. This special mirror has since been removed from this particular room, but it is still considered to be one of the most popular components of this haunted hotel. If you are interested in haunted places in California and would like to see Marilyn Monroe, the Roosevelt Hotel is the place to be!
This hotel is not considered to be one of the most haunted places in California simply because of the fact that the spirit of Marilyn Monroe can be found there. There are other spirits as well. Perhaps one of the most popular is that of Montgomery Clift. This popular actor played in productions on film as well as on stage. During his professional career, he was nominated a total of four nominations for the special awards known as the "Academy Awards". While creating the film called "From Here to Eternity" which was released in the year of 1953, he stayed at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel for at least three months. He stayed in the room identified as "928". Today, many claim that his ghost remains in this room and often moves around on the 8th floor. Many even claim that his spirit plays a bugle. If you are interested in haunted places in California, you are sure to love the spirits that haunt the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
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Focus on frontier markets – has China's economic interest helped or hurt Africa?
The relationship between China and Africa is without question one of the most important economic and, some would argue also political, developments of the past decade.
The relationship between China and Africa is without question one of the most important economic and, some would argue also political, developments of the past decade.
The announcement from Chinese president Hu Jintao last month to make $20bn of new investments in Africa over three years, extended the long and contentious economic relationship between the world's second largest economy, and some of its poorest ones.
Speakers discussing it at a recent summit in London voiced divided opinions about its value to Africa's frontier markets.
Funmi Olonisakien of the African Leadership Centre said the relationship leaves "no one indifferent and if you talk about China it generates a broad range of emotions, whether around human rights issues, or whether the relationship [with Africa] has lacked conditionality, and whether you can trade fairly with China as a partner. Also, as a western donor government you cannot be indifferent to China."
The speakers did not question the economic boost to Africa – the $20bn represents about one third of current foreign direct investment in Africa – nor the intrinsic worth of infrastructure projects, which soak up about half the finance coming from Beijing.
But speakers said Africa must manage the relationship "skilfully and carefully" to ensure it gains new skills from it. They added the dependency some African governments have on China have stopped those nations developing 'social contracts' with their own peoples – to their detriment.
Either way, the relationship plays an important role in the thinking of both nations – shown by last month's fifth annual Forum for China Africa Co-operation in Beijing.
Dipo Salimonu of The Africa Report Magazine said Beijing's recent $20bn commitment was "a huge amount of money", roughly as much as Nigeria's annual budget.
Yiting Shen, a Chinese national who has worked in Africa for many years and is now head of strategic initiatives treasury and trade solutions at Citi, noted the relationship stretched back at least to the Bandung Conference on Asian/African relations in April 1955, and thereafter to loans and aid that China extended.
By the late 1970s, she said, Beijing gave aid to more African nations than the US did. By the mid-1980s it ranked eighth in the world for bilateral support to Africa.
But it is over the past decade that the economic relationship has really taken off. The $12bn of investments from China in 2010 dwarfs the $100m it committed in 2003. "The amount of growth in terms of commitment is phenomenal," Shen said.
The $20bn promised over three years is about four times the volume of private equity funds committed to African investments.
Shen said: "It's a long history, and in terms of support there's a great deal of it. We could see more strategic investments in terms of…getting more aligned at the country level support needs, and getting involved in strategic project development for longer-term sustainability.
"The Chinese way of operating in Africa countries is more than just on specific projects. China can set up agricultural project test centres, for example."
At the same time, Shen defended China's widespread use of its own labourers in infrastructure projects. "It has been big issue, and that there is no direct involvement with local communities so there are no labour issues. But China wants to get the speed, and they often work three shifts, for 24 hours non-stop. Western aid projects have more Western standards."
Nevertheless, she acknowledged, more engagement with local communities is needed.
Dipo Salimonu of The Africa Report Magazine said there was "a fundamental problem in a lot of African countries, in that the governments do not draw common cause with the people they lead. A lot of African countries think their biggest asset is the relationship with China or with the West."
He spoke of the 'Wimbledon illness' plaguing the relationship. Wimbledon is the tennis tournament in Great Britain, where historically everyone but the British have been capable of winning.
"People come from all over the world and everyone can win, but not the locals – and here, the people in Africa do not have the chance to win," Salimonu said.
"Maybe with the exception of Rwanda, governments do not feel it is important enough to ask for another model [for the relationship]. Who has dared to question countries like China when it comes in? Is it because of China that Africa has inequality in the way labour is used, or because Africa has elites that do not care how their people are employed?"


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Of Montreal Preps Acoustic EP, Tour
Of Montreal is more than a band bent on writing killer pop tunes and indecent […]
Of Montreal is more than a band bent on writing killer pop tunes and indecent exposure. Since releasing Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? in June, the band has been hard at work prepping its acoustic EP, Sony Connect Set, its first for download site Sony Connect. Released October 2, the digital-only EP features covers of Neil Young's "Harvest Moon" and Love Is All's "Make Out, Fall Out, Make Up," in addition to Hissing Fauna's breakthrough single, "Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse."
Also slated for release is a reissue of the band's Track and Field compilation, If He Is Protecting Our Nation Then Who Will Protect Big Oil, Our Children?, due out October 30. But why stop there? Polyvinyl's glam-pop troupe is also hitting the road for two months of eagerly anticipated live dates.
Sony Connect Set is out now on Sony Connect/Polyvinyl.
If He Is Protecting Our Nation Then Who Will Protect Big Oil, Our Children? is out October 30 on Polyvinyl.
Sony Connect Set Tracklisting
1. Harvest Moon
2. Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse
3. Make Out, Fall Out, Make Up
4. We Were Born the Mutants Again with Leafling
If He Is Protecting Our Nation Then Who Will Protect Big Oil, Our Children? Tracklisting
1. My, What a Strange Day with a Swede
2. An Ill-Treated Hiccup's View of the World
3. Cast in the Haze (Been There Four Days)
4. Mimi Merlot Beatnik Version
5. Girl from NYC (Named Julia)
6. Inside a Room Full of Treasures….
7. Charlie & Freddy
8. There Is Nothing Wrong….
9. Maple Licorice
10. Barely Asian at the Beefcake Horizon
11. Spooky Spider Chandelier
12. Friends of Mine
13. Christmas Isn't Safe for Animals
Tour Dates
10/9 Detroit, MI: Majestic Theatre
10/10 Buffalo, NY: The Tralf
10/11 Philadelphia, PA: Trocadero
10/12 Boston, MA: The Roxy
10/13 New York, NY: Roseland
10/14 Baltimore, MD: Rams Head Live
10/31 Athens, GA: 40 Watt Club
11/01 New Orleans, LA: House Of Blues
11/02 Houston, TX: Numbers
11/03 Austin, TX: Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/04 Dallas, TX: Granada Theatre
11/05 El Paso, TX: Club 101
11/06 Tempe, AZ: Marquee
11/07 Tucson, AZ: Rialto
11/08 Los Angeles, CA: Avalon
11/09 Los Angeles, CA: Avalon
11/10 La Jolla, CA: Mandeville Auditorium UCSD
11/12 San Francisco, CA: Great American Music Hall
11/13 San Francisco, CA: Great American Music Hall
11/14 San Francisco, CA: Great American Music Hall
11/16 Salt Lake City, UT: In The Venue
11/17 Denver, CO: Ogden Theater
11/18 Lawrence, KS: Liberty Hall
11/19 St. Louis, MO: The Pageant
11/20 Atlanta, GA: Variety Playhouse


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Introduction to the CLR
Discussion of what its purpose is and what it does.
When you program using a programming model, or framework, it's a good idea to understand that framework before you begin. And the .NET Framework is more than a little complex, with many components that have to be understood. This tip, excerpted from InformIT, discusses the purposes and attributes of the common language runtime, one of the fundamental portions of the .NET Framework.
The CLR is the execution environment provided by the Microsoft .NET Framework. It provides many services such as:
- Automatic garbage collection
- Code access security
- Simplified versioning
- Simple and reliable deployment
- Deep cross-language interoperability
- Debugging across different languages
- Performance
- Scalability
Because the CLR manages the code execution, all the code that is targeted for the CLR is known as managed code. Managed code emits metadata along with the executable. This metadata is used to describe the types (classes) and members used in the code, along with all the external references used in executing the code. The CLR uses this metadata to load the classes during execution and resolve method invocations during runtime.
The CLR provides automatic garbage collection of the objects that have been loaded into memory. All objects that are created via the new operator are allocated memory on the heap. A program can allocate as many objects as are required by the program logic. However, when an object is no longer required, there must be some mechanism to free up the memory that was occupied by the object.
This is accomplished in the CLR via a program called garbage collector, which collects all objects in memory that have no references. This program runs as a low-priority thread in the background process and collects all unreferenced objects. Because memory management is automatic, the chances for memory leaks in the program are minimized.
However, the time when garbage collector would actually release the objects from the memory is not known. This concept is known as nondeterministic garbage collection because it cannot be determined in advance when the objects would be released from memory.
If sufficient memory is not available for creating new objects, the CLR throws an exception that can be caught and gracefully handled by the application.
Code Access Security (CAS), as the name suggests, is used to control the access that the code has to system resources. The CLR has a runtime security system. Administrators can configure policy settings by specifying the resources that can be accessed by the code.
A call stack is created that represents the order in which the assemblies get called. The CLR's security system walks the stack to determine whether the code is authorized to access the system resources or perform certain operations. If any caller in the call stack does not have the requisite permission to access the specific system resources, a security exception is thrown by the CLR.
Simplified versioning is another feature provided in the .NET Framework. It supports versioning and also provides for side-by-side execution of different versions of the same component. The specific versions of the assembly and the dependent assemblies are stored in the assembly's manifest. The copies of the same assembly that differ only in version numbers are considered to be different assemblies by the CLR. Assemblies are explained in more detail in the later sections.
Simplified deployment is one of the features provided in the .NET Framework. The most important point to mention is that .NET components do not need to be registered in the Windows registry. All code generated in the .NET Framework is self-describing because assemblies contain the manifest and metadata information. This information contains all the data about the dependencies of the assembly and the specific versions of the components that these assemblies would use at execution time; therefore, multiple versions of the same components can coexist. The CLR enforces the versioning policy.
Cross-language interoperability is an important feature, and it was one of the design goals of the .NET Framework. This feature is possible because of the CTS and CLS. The CTS is explained in more detail in the next subsection.
Visual Studio .NET allows for debugging across an application consisting of different languages targeted for the CLR. In fact, the IDE also allows for debugging an application in which managed code interacts with unmanaged code.
CLR ensures that performance of the code execution is optimized. Compiled code is stored in cache. When the same code is called next time, this code is loaded into memory from cache. This advantage stands out more in the case of ASP.NET applications than for ASP applications. ASP code was interpreted every time an ASP page was requested. In ASP.NET, the code is compiled only once when the page is requested for the first time. This ensures that performance is optimized.
The .NET Framework also provides some classes for tracking the performance of the .NET applications. These classes are known as performance counters. The .NET Framework provides performance counters for getting information on exception handling, interoperation with unmanaged code, loading and unloading code into memory, locking and threading, memory, networking operations, and so on. These performance counters help to fine-tune the performance of the .NET applications.
To read the entire article from which this tip is excerpted, click over to InformIT. You have to register there, but the registration is free.


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Dynamic estimation of origin-destination trip-tables from real-time traffic volumes using parameter optimization methods
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The motivation behind this research is the need for a real-time implementable, yet accurate, procedure for estimating an origin-destination (O-D) trip-table based on entering and exiting traffic volume data for a given freeway section. These tables help in on-line control of traffic facilities, and consequently, are of significant use in alleviating traffic congestion. The dynamism of the approach captures the variations in the traffic counts with time which are in tum used to predict user travel patterns.
Two models have been developed for this problem, one based on a least squares estimation and the other based on an 11 norm approach. Two projected conjugate gradient schemes are investigated for solving the constrained least squares problem, and an interior point affine scaling algorithm that is applied to the dual problem is explored for solving the 11 estimation linear programming problem. Computational results are presented on a set of test problems involving the determination of O-D trip tables for both intersection and freeway scenarios in order to demonstrate the viability of the proposed methods. These results exhibit that, unlike as reported in the literature based on previous efforts, properly designed parameter optimization methods can indeed provide accurate estimates in a realtime implementation. Hence, this research presents a competitive alternative to the iterative statistical techniques that have been heretofore used because of their real-time processing capabilities, despite their inherent inaccuracies. We hope that the proposed technology enhances existing methods for constructing O-D trip-tables from traffic counts.
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Consumers Plot to Outwit Retailers
As the holiday shopping season ramps up, consumers strategize on ways to beat retailers at their own game. WSJ's Elizabeth Holmes joins Tanya Rivero. Photo: AP
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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So as I'm building my own brand I felt I needed to speak on this. I understand that in our world of social media it's so easy to look at others & compare yourself & how that so easily & most times unknowingly turns into jealousy envy & hate. But our generation seriously needs to learn how to channel that into motivation. The time you take to comment on someone else doing good just because your not in that same position you could be brainstorming your come up. I think it's so cool to see all the people I went to school with on their own hustle weather it's lashes, modeling, YouTube, art, photography, etc. Its really dope as hell that we can all find our niche & just not hate but uplift & motivate… Moral of the story Boss Up Queens 👸🏾 & don't be afraid to support in the process, there's enough crowns to go around! 💕
Speaking of some queens that I see doing their thing.. Shout out to some ladies I went to school with that's doing their thing:
@Cierramsmith – Lashes
@amj.model – Modeling
@sabryaslays – Youtuber/Creator/Artist
@shaylinw – Photographer/Artist
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Speaker: Mostafa Momen and Prof. Elie Bou-Zeid
[Announcement (PDF)]
Speaker Affiliation: PhD Candidate and Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
Date: Thursday June 11 at 1 pm in 5-314
Mostafa Momen and Prof. Elie Bou-Zeid
Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., US
Abstract Unsteady geostrophic forcing in the atmosphere or ocean not only influences the mean wind, but also affects the turbulent statistics. In these geophysical wall-bounded flows, it is important to understand when and if turbulence is in quasi-equilibrium with the mean flow. To that end, one needs to understand how the turbulence decays or develops, and how do the turbulent production, transport and dissipation respond to changes in the imposed forcing. The knowledge obtained from studying these questions help us understand the underlying physical dynamics of the unsteady boundary layers and develop better turbulence closures for weather/climate models and engineering applications. The present study focuses on the unsteady Ekman boundary layer where pressure gradient forces, Coriolis forces, and turbulent friction forces interact but are not in equilibrium. We perform a suite of large-eddy simulations with variable forcing and acquire the corresponding resolved turbulent kinetic energy budget terms for each simulation. Many cases with unsteady geostrophic forcing are simulated to examine how the turbulence is modulated by the variability of the mean pressure gradient. We also examined the influence of the forcing variability time scale on the turbulence equilibrium and TKE budget, and assessed the implications for mean-turbulence nonlinear interactions and turbulence modeling in such flows.


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Happiness is doodling a recipe.
I have been drooling on food pictures because they look so real. I envy the professional photographers who know the exact lighting and the angle to get a picture perfect. I have an ordinary camera, so I cannot really boast on my photographs.
But yes, I do manipulate on Photoshop to get some impressive results. Presently, the latest fad is food doodling. There are many apps available on android where food bloggers are sketching recipes. I have not yet learnt that skill, but my doodling is still on Photoshop.
I clicked a real picture of the tomato omelet I made for dinner, later, I gave a doodle effect on Photoshop with few brush strokes and filters.
It looks good, isn't it? I am happy with the results!
So here I am, with the project of '100 Happy Days'I am posting pictures each day here on my blog then sharing the link on my page on FB too. You can enjoy my work either here or on my page at FB at Pushee's World


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Boston -- Alexander Semin scored on a slap shot from just inside the red line only 22 seconds into overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday in a matchup of the top teams in the Eastern Conference.
Zdeno Chara's 100th career goal with 4:37 left in regulation forced overtime, but it didn't last long. Soon after the first faceoff, Semin brought the puck over the red line and launched a hard but apparently harmless slapper at the net that trickled through Tim Thomas' pads for the winner.
Alex Ovechkin scored his league-leading 45th goal of the season for the Capitals, who improved to eight points behind first-place Boston in the race for home ice in the East.
Jose Theodore made 34 saves for Washington, but he let Chara's shot sneak inside the post on his glove side to allow Boston to force overtime and keep the Capitals from gaining two points in the standings. The Capitals won the season series against Boston 3-1.
Thomas stopped 28 shots for Boston. Marc Savard had three assists, Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist and Matt Hunwick also scored for the Bruins, who lost at home for just the fourth time in their last 27 games. Savard, who left Thursday night's game with an unspecified injury, had two assists for the third time in four games.
Ovechkin scored his 14th goal in 15 games when he squeezed a wrist shot inside the post to beat Thomas and give the Capitals a 2-1 lead 8:48 into the second period. But Kessel scored just 18 seconds later, on a cross-ice pass from Savard to tie it.
Tomas Fleischmann broke the tie with 17:40 left when he banked a seemingly harmless shot in off defenseman Dennis Wideman.
Nicklas Backstrom also scored for Washington.
Notes: Capitals forward Michael Nylander was a healthy scratch. ... Washington has scored 15 first-period goals this season, three short of the franchise record. ... Boston forward Milan Lucic, who also sat out the third period of Thursday's game with an injury, was scratched. ... Backstrom extended his point-scoring streak to eight games.


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The Chamber of Young Lankan Entrepreneurs (COYLE) helped Spiritual Vacation Club (SVC) to make presentations of its concept of spiritual awareness and discuss investment opportunities in its wellness villas and condos in Kalpitiya and in the Dimbula Valley.
Founder Managing Director of Spiritual Vacation Club, Neil G. (Misso) D'Silva said, "Vacation home ownership concept is an over USD 18 billion industry and is booming at an annual rate of 11 percent, unfortunately Sri Lanka has not capitalised on this market. SVC is a trail-blazer in bringing this sector's benefits to Sri Lanka."
There will be 50, one to four roomed fully furnished luxury villas and 120 condos in Kalpitiya coupled with fully furnished condos in the Dimbula Valley, to be built to world class standards, D'Silva said.
The flexible investment plan includes a lifetime investment of US$ 12,000 to be a titled owner of the undivided share of two condos. The minimum investment guarantees you a right to use 14 nights per annum. The 14 nights can be gifted, rentable through travel agents, sellable and transferable to use four bedroom villas with private pools.
SVC, one of the first of its kind in Sri Lanka, with its world-class wellness amenities will help bring out the best in mind, body and spirit in 2019. There is a natural feeling of peace and calm in the resorts that visitors won't find anywhere else, whether they are looking for an immersive yoga retreat or a relaxing day at the spa. The concept of becoming a fractional owner with a clear deed of luxury real estate is now open for registration to investors to own these villas and condos and find the wellness getaway of their dreams in Kalpitiya and Dimbula Valley.
Chairman of COYLE Dinuk Hettiarachchi said, "In today's competitive and challenging business environment leading to stress and anxiety, business leaders are trying to shift from being company founders to leaders. This is no easy task, because leadership is about influencing the behaviour of others. Hence, Spiritual Vacation Club comes at the right time with their offering of such spiritual wellness resorts to overcome pressures on life and help businessmen achieve inner peace."


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Here are the labs for the Hands-on Flow workshop for SharePoint Fest DC 2019
SPS Chicago Suburbs Slides
Here are my slides from SharePoint Saturday Chicago suburbs.
Microsoft Flow Approval Escalations
Need to know how to do an escalation of approvals in Flow? Check out my video on this topic.
Flow Approval Reminder Emails
My video showing how to send Microsoft Flow approvers a reminder email is now available. If you use Flow for approvals, take a look!


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Cylindrical Pellets provide maximum penetration. These pellets are not pinched at the waist so they do not have the high air drag on their tails as diabolo pellets do.
Warning: Important information for California residents
- .20 caliber
- 500 Box
- weight: 14.3 grain
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- ManufacturerBenjamin
- Caliber0.20 cal
- ConditionNew
- Ammo TypePellets
- Ammo Weight14.3 gr
- Pellet ShapePointed
- Pellet Quantity500
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Benjamin Cylindrical .20 Cal, 14.3 gr - 500 ct
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By RetiredFireMedic
Somewhere on planet Earth.
Accurate in my Sheridan 5mm
December 26, 2016
Accurate pellet, shot from Sheridan 5mm pump. I used to shoot the silver jet pellets: cant find those anymore (they were made on a lathe and EXPENSIVE). These do shot shoot as tightly, but they are heavier, and the group only opened a measured half inch at 25 yards: Williams aperture rear sight. Overall group was 1.5 inches, honest.
ProsAccurate. Hard hitting.
ConsNo cons.
By Steven
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Change can be good!
September 15, 2016
I have owned my Blue Streak since 1971 and still have a few pellets left that came in the yellow plastic box. I also have some that came later in the red plastic box. So with all the controversy about pellets for Sheridans I decided to test them using my Blue Streak equipped with a Leupold 2X pistol scope mounted forward of the rear sight and a good rest at 35 yards. 1st, Sheridan pellets from the yellow box produced one inch groups. 2nd, Benjamin/Sheridan pellets from the red plastic box produced 1 5/8 inch groups. And last, the new-comer, the Benjamin from the metal tin pictured here shot 5/8 inch groups @ 35 yards.
ProsI like the new pellets.
ConsMiss the plastic boxes!
By ILT
Los Angeles
Junk in Beeman R1 .20cal
July 2, 2016
Second worst pellet out of 11 different pellets I shot from my Beeman R1 in .20cal. My first shot was dead center and I was super excited as it printed right where I held the reticle...the other 4 shots were all over the place.
Look for other reviews I posted on all .20 cal ammo Air Gun Depot offers (Beeman Kodiak and JSB Diabolo best in my R1)
Look for other reviews I posted on all .20 cal ammo Air Gun Depot offers (Beeman Kodiak and JSB Diabolo best in my R1)
ProsIf you like 2" groups at 25 yards these are your pellets. My sons 760 BB gun is more accurate (no joke) than these pellets in my R1. Tin makes an acceptable paper weight
ConsHead measures 0.194 Skirt measures 0.196 Fit super loose in chamber - Prints all over the place.
By Jeter B.
Jackson, NJ
Newer version of an old favorite
May 25, 2015
These are an excellent upgrade to the "original" cylindrical .20 pellets made for Sheridan air guns. They are quite well made, accurate, and just as heavy as their predecessors. A great way to keep your .20 air gun "up and running" without resorting to searching for original pellets.
ProsFunctional and accurate
ConsNone encountered
By Hiram
Sheridan / Benjamin .20 cal Cylindrical Pellets (500 ct) Review
January 20, 2015
I shoot these out of my Webley Valuemax spring ppiston air rifle.They are a great value.They are just as accurate as the crosman premier field target which cost more.They are powerful penetrators and have a pretty flat trajectory and seem to hol there energy better,because they wiegh the same as a standard .22 so they are longer like a bullet.
Conswish they made a lighter wieght version for mid-powered air rifles like mine. They shoot at @ 650fps from my rifle.If they had a version like JSB RS that wuold be awesome.
By Allen
Levelland Texas
I hate to be the one bad apple but...
March 2, 2014
These pellets will not shoot well in my Airforce Condor SS. Two inch groups at 20 yards. I guess this is not a reflections on these particular pellets. Some guns just like different ammo. The H&N pellets I shot went into the same hole, 3 shots, 5 shots, 10 shots, didn't matter, all in the same hole.
Prosnothing for me. Sorry
ConsNot accurate in my rifle.
By Dick F.
Ft. White, Fla
Great Ammo
May 20, 2013
Still great ammo - got my 1st in 1960! My T/C muzzle loader uses a clever little plastic primer holder/loader - I wonder how well something like that would work for holding/loading the little pellets?
ProsHow do you make perfect better? With the great success of the 204 Rug. round, looks like the original makers of the above rifle ammo already new something was really great about the 20 cal. Cheap to shoot!
ConsA little hard to find in the stores - but easy to order online! A lot of ammo is hard to find in some of our stores lately! Nearly all of my ammo is ordered on line anyway!
By JOHN
October 25, 2012
I can say nothing but good things about these pellets.
ProsVery happy with them.
By Joel
DeLand, Florida
Sheridan / Benjamin .20 cal Cylindrical Pellets (500 ct)
August 2, 2012
Great pellets, great price! Difficult to find in Central Florida. Been using these in my Sheridan Blue Streak since 1965. Happy to have found Airgun Depot!
By bradley
very accurate and hard hitting
January 1, 2012
I was picking of yellow finches at 10-20 yards and shot about seven within half an hour
Prosperformance, accuracy, weight, shape
By rick
November 13, 2011
I needed pellets for my Sheridan gun and since it had been a while since I've had to purchase them I was surprised the old Sheidan pellets were no longer available . Searching the web I found these on Airgun Depot The order was hassle free and guickly shipped. When I recv. them I noticed they were a slightly different shape then the old pellets so I tried them right away. I was actually pretty surprised when they worked even better than the old ones. The penatrating power seemed to be much better. I highly reccomend them. Thanks
ProsStorage tin is convienient . Shape seemed to give my gun more power .
By logan
good pellets
July 14, 2009
I used these pellets and I liked them. I shot a squirrel and skinned it so they work.
By Robert
Benjamin .20 pellets
June 3, 2008
I ordered these to use in my vintage Sheridan Air Rifle. I was expecting these to be cylindrical like the older ones I've purchased, but they have a tapered waist. Quality not quite as good as the origial Sheridan brand. I'll probably try RWS next.
By matt a.
.20 cal pellets
November 30, -0001
great pellet have a 1978 silver streak what a good fit
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I live in SW Iowa. Where is a store I can go buy these myself without doin' it "on-line"???
By Steve Sirdoreus from Lorimor, Iowa on June 19, 2012
By Staff on June 19, 2012
Answer:i am sorry but we do not have physical store locations.
These pellets are 20 Cal. can they be used in a 392, .22 cal. Benjamin carbine air rifle.
By Paul from Lolo, Montana on July 16, 2012
By Staff on July 17, 2012
No, they are too small for the .22 caliber Benjamin Carbine.
The Airgun Depot Customer Care Team
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So here it goes: If you aren't in the same folder as your older code or you don't have your code at all, then get it first!
git pull origin master
To be sure that your are in master,
git checkout to master. Then name the branch for the code, which you won't need anymore (in this case, it is called
old_stuff). Though it is not that necessary, it is recommended. In the end, push this branch to
git checkout master
git branch old_stuff
git push origin old_stuff
Now change to a new branch that you want to use (called
new_stuff here)
git checkout -b new_stuff
Now you are ready to remove all the old files you don't need anymore
ls | xargs rm -rf
Copy new files, which you are going to use, in the same folder
cp -r {SOURCE_LOCATION} .
Add all the new copied files to git
git add -A
Commit and push your new branch to
git commit
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Now update
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git push . HEAD:master
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Dell's "Project Ophelia," thought to have shipped back in July, appears to be inching its way closer to an actual release date with its final passing through the FCC filing, complete with user's manual. The name "Ophelia" has been changed to "Wyse Cloud Connect," which makes a lot more sense considering the device works via Dell's "Wyse Cloud." The device, like others before it, is trying to provide an cheaper alternative to a computer, as well as making the HDTV the center piece in our computing experience.
There is no mention of software in the filing, although devices were shipped out earlier to developers to work on Apps for newest Android dongle. It does show the device as plugging into an MLH capable HDMI connector on your TV and using both Bluetooth and 802.11n Wi-Fi as means of communicating. It shows a microSD card slot for additional storage, and USB ports for both power and peripherals. Dell is also working on a Bluetooth keyboard and accessories to work in conjunction with their Cloud Stick.
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Details about when Dell will actually ship its new Wyse Cloud Connect have yet been released, and rumored pricing at $100 is almost three times the price of Google's Chromecast, at $35. Dell is holding their Dell World Conference in mid-December and they are promising demos and may clue us in to when it will ship and exact pricing – you would think they would try for a launch during the holidays.