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Here is one of the entries that has been sent in to be raced by proxy. This is a scratch-built, period-correct "Detroit Slider" style Thingie slot car. The body is a Shinoda "Bullet" created by Gene Adams. I've seen this in person, and it is exquisite! It belongs in an art museum.
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
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Beginner #45 – English Eating Out, Part 11
A simple dialogue which takes place in a restaurant. Part 11 of 14 episodes. It is a good idea to listen many times to each part. This story is available in other languages at LingQ. You can use these versions to provide a direct translation.
Difficulty: Beginner
Category: 1. Beginner I
Duration: 0:44
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Nickname: Becca
I've always had a deep love for all living things (sometimes I even take sympathy on insects). Ever since I can remember I've always had a passion for taking care of animals. When I was little, I would go to my neighbors' houses and, with a small plastic stethoscope, would "nurse" their pets back to perfect health. That passion is stronger than ever now that I work here at Animal Kindness. Although it's a little more complicated than giving a magic shot with a fisher-price toy, I strive to provide the best medical care to my abilities in which I'm continuously learning to improve on. I love the people I work with, we are a family and it has felt that way since the day I started working here as a veterinary assistant in 2014. I hope we can make you feel like family too.
Favorite animal: Elephants
Hobbies: Reading, adventure, video games, and playing with my dogs!
My pets:
Riley (left) and Coco (right)
Hi everyone my name is Victoria and I am currently Veterinary Technician in Training. I am in this field to provide the best quality life that I can for my patients. Every since I was little I made it my mission that one day I would be able to care for my communities fur babies. I looked up to all veterinary staff when I was little and thought "If they worked hard to provide quality care for all animals why can't I do the same" It amazing that now I can make this a reality. I believe all animals lives are precious, no matter how big or small they will always be apart of our family at Animal Kindness.
Favorite Animals: Hedgehogs ,Dogs, Mice and Guinea Pigs
Hobbies: Makeup
Hi, my name is Arlin. I started my extern here at animal kindness & instantly felt like family. Dr.holt and his staff made me feel so comfortable and answered all my questions that I had & was fortunate enough to become part of the team. My parents always told me "choose a job that you love & you'll never have to work again," after that I knew working with animals was the only job for me. I know animals cannot talk but when they come here suffering & you have the ability to make them feel better, they show their gratitude with their eyes, they say thank you with their kindness & that is what makes not only your job happy but also your heart
Hobbies: Singing and Make-up
I've been a client of Dr. Holt since July, 2002. Over the years I accumulated several pets, which in turn, required several trips to his clinic, Animal Kindness. I was on a routine visit with one of my pets when Dr. Holt half-heartedly told me a front desk position would soon be available! I had been looking for part-time work to supplement my existing job. And so it began: July 21, 2011.
Favorite animal: Dogs!
Hobbies: My home and my turtles :)
Hello! I'm Mayra and I was born this way. Born and raised in Las Vegas, NV and realized I had a passion for animal when I was very young. I was played with worms in the dirt and enjoyed taking of my pets. I was a bit afraid of being a veterinary technician at first but since I been here at Animal Kindness Animal Hospital I became more comfortable and inspired. I can not wait to become a technician but before I can do that I will be work hard taking care of your pets with all of my heart! <3
Favorite animal: Cats and Cows
Hobbies: Concerts, music
My Pets!
"Dr.Holt is one of the best veterinarians in Vegas he has helped my dog spade every time he needed it. I would recommend him to all my friends!!!! :-) thank you for carrying so much about our animals."
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"The vet techs and office staff we wonderful and made a very difficult situation easier in every way. Thank-you everyone and God bless you all!"
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Dad, Author, Scientist
The Grey Warden is my latest Upper Middle Grade novel. It's about a teenage boy and the flying lizard that always gets him in trouble.
-Excerpt from The Grey Warden
"What did you think of the first chapter?" Mom asked.
I groaned.
Mom raised her hands. "Answer it, and we can be done."
It took me a few seconds to respond. "The farmer told a false truth and an honest lie."
Dad sat forward. "Which is worse?"
I bit my thumb nail, and Mom pulled my arm down, shaking her head. Crossing my legs, I leaned back and laced my fingers behind my head. A moment later I lowered my hands, pulled my feet under the chair, and sat up straight. I hated these questions.
"Neither, because his intent was good both times," I said.
"Good intentions justify a lie?" Dad asked.
I thought about my relationship with Thelt, and how I kept the details secret even from my family. If I hadn't lied earlier today, Thelt would be dead.
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While my favorite Christmas movie is It's a Wonderful Life, and my husband is kind enough to watch it with me each year–it is NOT his favorite Christmas movie.
My husband's favorite Christmas movie doesn't have a romantic, spiritual or an especially moralistic message.
In fact, the first time I saw his favorite: A Christmas Story–I was surprised that this movie would be popular at all.
The entire plot revolves around a young boy who is dreaming of receiving a bb gun from Santa at Christmas as he goes through his daily life in the weeks leading up to the holiday.
I just didn't think it was funny–or good.
The 2nd year I watched the movie (we actually watched it twice since there was A Christmas Story Marathon), I noticed different details in the movie and enjoyed hearing my husband laugh as he watched.
And now, years later, as we watch his favorite I find myself laughing and looking forward to the scenes of 9 year old Ralphie battling a school bully, a mean Santa at the mall and convincing his clueless parents to get him the ultimate Christmas gift.
I love seeing him dressed up in his pink bunny pajamas and dealing with his little baby brother…
And while this movie is not my favorite movie of all time at Christmas, it is part of my tradition because my husband enjoys it so much that it makes me enjoy it too!
Ultimately it reminds me the importance of the season: joy, family, laughter, togetherness, and the blessing of living this American life that allows us to celebrate and enjoy the holiday in any way we choose.
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
56 - Discovering New Abilities
We've all been there. You learn a new ability in game that is one of those abilities that sets your class apart from the rest and can be used to great effect... and yet the first few times you use it is usually on a critter, in the middle of a crowded city, or some other way that isn't exactly optimal.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
55 - That's a War Cry
Remmy may be referring to his plan in the previous comic, it can be read either way, honestly.
There is also a beat down of Rhino going on in the last panel incase you didn't spot it.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
53 - 'Neutral' Town
Wow, this was a long comic to make. Besides being 11 panels long, there are 11 different characters too (I counted the guard and the corpse). Note to self: make a bigger Itunes playlist next time you make a comic this long.
Also, after completing this comic I decided to search for a Cataclysm version of model viewer to get the new armour models, so for future comics I can finally give characters current armour.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
52 - Gazrock's Place
Saturday, March 12, 2011
51 - Journey Planning
Stranglethorn road trip! Or something sounding slightly less lame, either way this is the last of the Crossroads for the time being.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
50 - Arguing His Case
Last character introduced: Evalass, the Blood Elf Paladin.
Now we have one of every race in the Horde. What a diverse little group.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
49 - Appreciated Help
This has definitely happened to me. Someone asks for help and you feel generous enough to help them. They invite you to their group and everyone is spread across the continent, or someone is offline and you have to wait however long for them to get back on, or they just ask you to help do something before the thing they invited you to the group for.
It just sometimes leaves a sour taste for helping others when you get bad groups.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
48 - Reasonable Pet Selection
Every time I made a hunter alt, before deciding to level one to max level, the first place I would go was www.Petopia.com to find the coolest looking pet to have.
I would never fail to select one at least 20 levels higher than me and 3 zones away.
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Post Graduate Diploma in Translation Studies(PGDTS)
(Originally of Center for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad)
This is a Postgraduate Diploma Course in Translation Studies. Fairly comprehensive, it covers almost everything that is to be said about translation as a phenomenon: Its history,
its various facets and ramification, its relationship with culture, society,linguistics, epistemology, poetics,aesthetics, the machine and so on.
This has six modules. Only the first two have been put here. Four others will be put on the Net by and by.
The Center for Translation Studies (CTS) at CIEFL, Hyderabad, offers the following two Diploma Programmes :
Diploma in Translation
Advanced Diploma in Professional Translation
The CTS is also going to offer Post-Graduate Diploma in Translation Studies from the next academic year, i.e., August, 2002.
At the moment these programmes are restricted to only two language pairs-French - English and English - Telugu. However, one more pair of languages - German - English is likely to be added from the next academic year. The details regarding these three programmes are given below :


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Finally got around to developing the films and creating the Road Trip 2015 Contact Sheets.
Above you see contact sheets no. 3 and 4, with 6 different rune stones: Sm 101, Sm 100, Sm 99, Sm 52, Sm 37 and Sm 36. All of which are still standing in Småland, Sweden.
My current housing situation is unfortunately forcing me to wait with the final scans, till I have found less dusty accommodations. I already had enough trouble with keeping the developer, stop-bath and fixer at 20°C, with the -10°C/14°F winter raging outside, a kitchen ambient temperature of 12°C and the cold tap water being nearly frozen at 2-4°C. But then, waiting is not always a bad thing, as I may very well change my opinion on exactly what frames to process further.
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Family Swim and Open Swim are both play time in the pool. The water slide is only available during open swim
Effective August 19th-December 30th
Closures: Oct. 5-6, Nov 28-Dec 1, Dec 24-25, Jan. 1—All Day, and Nov. 1 from 2:30pm-9:00pm
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BUDAPEST — The Danube, which normally bisects Budapest as a gently rolling swath of silver, spilled over its banks Sunday, claiming the Hungarian capital as the latest victim of record floods in Central and Eastern Europe.
An unusually wet spring has swollen the Danube, the Elbe and several of their tributaries across Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Hungary, forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, disrupting rail and road traffic, and causing damage that preliminary estimates have predicted will reach several billion dollars.
The authorities in Budapest had declared a state of emergency Tuesday, anticipating that the Danube's water level would reach record highs in the north of the country. The Danube was expected to peak at 8.95 meters, or about 29 feet, Sunday night or Monday morning. That would exceed the record of 8.6 meters, set in 2006, but remain shy of the 9.3-meter height of flood walls protecting downtown Budapest.
Hungary deployed 7,000 soldiers, supported by several thousand volunteers, to reinforce dikes along the river. State television showed Prime Minister Viktor Orban at work near the city of Esztergom, north of Budapest.
"The flood is approaching the heart of the country, Budapest," Mr. Orban told reporters Sunday. "The next two days will be decisive, because the danger will affect the place where the largest number of people live and the most valuables are at risk."
In the eastern German city of Magdeburg, the Elbe rose faster and higher than expected. The authorities asked more than 23,000 people to leave their homes as the waters reached 7.46 meters, almost 24.5 feet, on Sunday.
The authorities monitored dikes along the flood route, which stretched some 25 miles by Sunday. Already strained by the task of reinforcing sodden dikes with thousands of sandbags, emergency officials had a new concern on Sunday when a group calling itself the Germanophobe Flood Brigade threatened in a letter to attack the barriers.
Holger Stahlknecht, the top security official for the state of Saxony-Anhalt, ordered more helicopters to patrol the flooded area and increased security along the dikes, telling the German news agency DPA, "We are taking the letter seriously."
Germans from across the country responded to calls over social networking sites to organize and help the efforts to protect threatened areas, winning praise from President Joachim Gauck, who toured the flooded areas Sunday.
In 1997, less than a decade after the reunification of East and West Germany, record flooding along part of the Oder River in the east became a rallying point.
"Germany is a country of solidarity," Mr. Gauck said after meeting a few of the thousands of people from the country's former east and west who flocked to stricken villages to help fill and pile the thousands of sandbags needed to hold back the rising waters.
In Hungary on Sunday, road and rail traffic was restricted in Budapest and other areas along the Danube, although the authorities suggested that most of the capital would stay dry. About 1,200 people throughout the country had been evacuated from their homes.
Officials said dikes would have to be protected for about a week until the flooding fully subsided. This year's flooding on the Danube has already surpassed water levels measured in 2006, when all of Hungary's major rivers swelled beyond their banks, costing about $110 million in flood defenses.
In recent years, specialists have warned repeatedly of the danger and cost of the failure to develop a comprehensive flood defense system for the country.
The national water authority declined to comment Sunday, but an assessment published on its Web site found that decreased drainage capacity of the Hungarian flood protection system was due largely to increased building on former floodplains along rivers.
The European Environment Agency warned Wednesday that flooding was likely to increase in Europe in the future for several reasons, including climate change, said Hans Bruyninckx, the agency's executive director.
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Guide to SATS
This year's SATs tests will take place during the week of 11th - 14th May 2015
What are SATs?
SATs (Standard Assessment Tasks) is the name given to the National Tests which are taken at the end of KS1 (Y2) and KS2 (Y6) by children in all Local Authority schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
What do the results mean?
The results show whether your child has attained the expected standard in line with children in their year group. The results are normally with us early to mid July.
What will my child be tested on?
Your child will sit tests in Maths and English, Currently, the tests are as follows:
English: Reading test (60mins) Spelling test (20 mins approx) Grammar test (60 mins ) Writing levels are teacher assessed but are moderated externally by the local authority.
Maths: Paper A (45 mins) Paper B (45 mins) Mental paper (20 mins approx)
SATs results rarely come as a surprise to your child's teacher. Teacher assessment, which takes various forms is ongoing throughout the year and your child's teacher is aware of what level they are working at and what their strengths and weaknesses are.
Any Questions?
I hope that the above has answered any queries you may have about SATs and expectations for your child. However, is there is anything else we can help you with please do not hesitate to contact the school.
2015 will be the last year in which children will be given levels and testing aligning with the new National Curriculum (2014) will be introduced in 2016.


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Reactions to the Period of Shame
After it was aired, the "Period of Shame" feature elicited reactions from all over. Countless conversations began on social media, putting the area MP on the spot. The government confirms that Marigat district is yet to benefit from the ministry of education free sanitary towels program which was launched in 2010. Is this an isolated incident or a silent issue that is affecting our sisters and daughters?


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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This week's book:
Title: Carve the Mark
Author: Veronica Roth
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Publication Date: January 17, 2017
Summary (from Goodreads): Fans of Star Wars and Divergent will revel in internationally bestselling author Veronica Roth's stunning new science-fiction fantasy series.
On a planet where violence and vengeance rule, in a galaxy where some are favored by fate, everyone develops a currentgift, a unique power meant to shape the future. While most benefit from their currentgifts, Akos and Cyra do not—their gifts make them vulnerable to others' control. Can they reclaim their gifts, their fates, and their lives, and reset the balance of power in this world?
Cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Cyra's currentgift gives her pain and power—something her brother exploits, using her to torture his enemies. But Cyra is much more than just a blade in her brother's hand: she is resilient, quick on her feet, and smarter than he knows.
Akos is from the peace-loving nation of Thuvhe, and his loyalty to his family is limitless. Though protected by his unusual currentgift, once Akos and his brother are captured by enemy Shotet soldiers, Akos is desperate to get his brother out alive—no matter what the cost. When Akos is thrust into Cyra's world, the enmity between their countries and families seems insurmountable. They must decide to help each other to survive—or to destroy one another. Continue reading


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I think Poops is pooped out!
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I wonder if Poops shoots hoops with groups of troops while eating Loops and sipping soups in chicken coops under the stoops?
I already did droops.
Sailing in his sloop, that moop, wearing a toup?
And nifty as that would be, probably not. I suspect it�s just a matter of untimely trouser soiling. There was a book about it, which was made into a movie called �An Inconvenient Poop�.
I haven�t seen it.
I heard that movie was very Gorey.
Although, it was a very poopular movie!
Funny thing I�ve noticed about Gore - in most of his photos, he looks like he either needs to pinch a loaf, or is in mid-push. Have you ever noticed that?
Indeed, I had noticed that.
Either that or, perhaps, he has edema of the face!
Well, he looks like somebody stuck an air hose in �im.
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Well, he looks like somebody stuck an air hose in �im.
Yeah, Tipper.
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Well, he looks like somebody stuck an air hose in �im.
On a scale of 1-10, where would you rank Tipper?
Put Alzy next to her, however, and she moves up the ladder. Funny how that works.
Very true.
Margo Robby...there's your 10!
10 as in Rin Tin Tin?
No. 10 as in ten ten tennesse williams.
What about, �Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin�? I think it�s worth considering, Herk. It has a good beat and is easy to dance to.
Louie Louie!
I love that song. Big controversy when I was a kid over the lyrics as sung by The Kingsmen. Of course, it was total bullshit.
Sound familiar?
I laid her hole.
I heard it was, �She got a wicked hole!�
De Poops needs to settle this once and for all.
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I think you poop more here than you do at home. Or should I say than on your own pooperty?
Dencey Dane must be loving this!
Just seems that way, what with Poops lurkin� around and sendin� secret admirer texts to Loretta. Pretty danged twisty.
Loretta must give Poops props.
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Lisa Gunaydin, PhD
Circuit basis of motivated behaviors in psychiatric disease
Psychiatric disorders were historically thought to arise from a brain-wide chemical imbalance in neurotransmitter levels, but it is now becoming clear that they involve much more complex and subtle alterations in neural dynamics across specific synapses and networks in the brain. Our lab aims to understand the neural circuits underlying motivated behaviors and how they are perturbed in psychiatric diseases such as anxiety, autism, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Because it is challenging to model complex human psychiatric disorders in their entirety in mice, we focus on discrete behavioral symptom domains that are tractable in rodents, such as social interaction, compulsive/repetitive behavior, and anxiety assays based on exploration and approach-avoidance conflict. Mechanisms underlying each of these fundamental behaviors are relevant to a broad range of human disorders (e.g. repetitive behavior is a symptom of both autism and OCD).
We are specifically interested in how top-down projections from the prefrontal cortex regulate subcortical areas involved in emotional behaviors. To address these questions we employ a combination of rodent behavioral assays, optogenetics, and neural recording. We focus on optical recording approaches such as fiber photometry, which allows us to record the activity of genetically defined cells and axonal projections in a behaving animal. This multifaceted approach allows us to 1) correlate endogenous patterns of cell type- and projection-specific neural circuit activity with specific behaviors, 2) manipulate these same circuits using optogenetic stimulation and inhibition to determine their causal role in behavior, and 3) use these basic scientific insights to guide targeted circuit manipulation as a way to ameliorate pathological behaviors in disease models.
Current Projects
- Cortico-striatal modulation of anxiety-like behavior and implications for chronic therapeutic stimulation
- Dissociating roles of projection-defined cortical subpopulations in distinct behavioral symptoms of OCD (anxiety and compulsive behavior)
- Mechanisms and rescue of cellular and circuit deficits in genetic mouse models of OCD and autism
Lab Members
Adrienne Thom
Graduate Student
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Look at this from WZTV in Nashville:
Audio technology like Google Home and Amazon's Alexa are becoming a dominant source for information.
But now, it appears one of the most common names is unknown to Google Home.
And some people are sounding the alarm about what the technology tells you when you ask about Jesus.
Brentwood resident David Sams owns a Google Home and an Amazon audio speaker. He says both give two different answers when asking "Who is Jesus Christ?"
"I even asked Google who is David Sams? Google knew who I was, but Google did not know who Jesus was, Google did not know who Jesus Christ was, and Google did not know who God was," Sams said.
Smart speakers are a technology owned by about 40 million Americans — that's about one in six people in the nation.
And this religious conversation at home is making waves on social media.
Comments, videos and test results posted asking "Who is Jesus?"
The general response from Google Home is "I'm not sure how to help you with that."
There's still no response from Google as to why that is the response.
"It's kinda scary, it's almost like Google has taken Jesus and God out of smart audio," Sams said. "First it started with schools."
Google Home refers to Jesus Christ when asking about the Last Supper and even Saint Peter.
And there's plenty of information on the prophet Muhammed, Buddha — even Satan.
Friends, it is time for millions of owners of this Google device to mail the device back to Google headquarters in California for a refund. It obviously is faulty. Let's start to demand accountability from arrogant Google the way we might demand accountability from an oil company if it sold us defective gasoline.
Now for today's main commentary on illegal immigration:
Nikitas3.com believes that the radical positions on illegal immigration taken by virtually all Democrats spell big trouble for the Democrat party and already has done significant damage.
Let's face it – the Democrat party is becoming a fringe party of blacks, muslims, feminists, LGTBXYZs, illegal immigrants, militant pro-abortionists, etc. More and more citizens are finding themselves in the crosshairs of the Democrat War on America – white people; Christians; businesspeople; gun owners; white men; corporations; traditional families; straight people who don't adhere to the gay/trannybagger agenda; rural people; patriotic people; military; cops; etc.
The illegal immigration issue in particular is taking a big toll on Democrats since they are irrevocably wedded to it through fringe activists who control much of their party. It already took them down; immigration is one of the key issues on which president Trump won.
Thus in order to get re-elected in 2020 president Trump simply has to say, "If you elect my Democrat opponent 10 million illegals will flood into our country in the next few years…" And this will not be just an idle threat. Democrats are itching to open the immigration floodgates that president Trump is trying to close.
Look at these news excerpts below to see how the issue of illegal immigration is playing out across the nation. First World Net Daily reports about ultra-liberal California:
California will take the next step in blurring the lines between citizens and non-citizens beginning April Fool's Day when the state complies with a court order to begin automatically registering to vote all those who are granted driver's licenses.
The state has long provided driver's licenses to all who simply claimed, without proof, that they were citizens of in the country legally. There were no checks made or documentation required.
But beginning April 1 every person who gets a California driver's license will be automatically entitled to vote. …The state complied with the order under a program dubbed the California New Motor Voter Act. Signed into law in October 2015, the new statute requires the DMV to forward records for all eligible applicants to the Secretary of State's Office for registration unless those applicants elect not to register to vote.
Thus it is clear why Democrats have been urging for years that illegal aliens be allowed to get driver's licenses since a license is one form of ID that you can use to register to vote.
But it gets worse since you now automatically get registered to vote in California when you get the license. You don't even have to go to city hall, show an ID or interact with anyone official. And you can be sure that no questions about immigration status will be asked for the license.
This will produce large-scale voter fraud. The Department of Justice should use this fraud as a reason to de-certify any elected officials from California from participating in federal government functions, like its US senators.
This is how California's lunacy is driving millions of rational people away from the state and is giving California a bad reputation in The Rest of America.
Meanwhile David Bossie, the president of Citizens United, a limited-government activist group, wrote on Fox News recently about California's new "sanctuary state" law:
The recent announcement by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra that he will prosecute any California employer that cooperates with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") in the enforcement of federal immigration law deserves a swift and hard-hitting response by federal law enforcement officials. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions should throw the proverbial book at Becerra by having him arrested and charged, at a minimum, with conspiracy and obstruction of justice.
When then-Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio stood up to the Obama Administration's lax immigration enforcement policy, the United States Department of Justice under Attorney General Loretta Lynch's stewardship showed no hesitancy in prosecuting him for criminal contempt charges. Arpaio was subsequently convicted and but for President Trump's pardon, he might well be in jail today.
The shoe is now on the other foot. On Thursday, Becerra responded to reports that ICE was stepping up its presence in California by issuing an ultimatum to California employers – either refuse to cooperate with ICE or be prosecuted under California's new sanctuary state law that imposes fines of up to $10,000 against any employer that voluntarily provides federal immigration officials with information relevant to an employee's immigration status.
Just think – Arpaio was one guy who stood up to federal law in Arizona and he was prosecuted and convicted. California, on the other hand, is an entire state full of thousands of officials from the state attorney general down to mayors, sheriffs and police chiefs who are defying federal immigration law in every way imaginable.
All of these officials should be prosecuted and stripped of their jobs like Joe Arpaio was, and there will be nobody there to pardon them since Nikitas3.com predicts that president Trump will serve two terms. Conservative 'caretakers' then can be assigned to fill their roles. Now look at this from Bossie:
The U.S. Constitution states that immigration policy is a federal prerogative. State and local officials ought to cooperate with federal law enforcement on immigration matters in the interests of keeping American communities safe and secure. Becerra's willful act is simply a political stunt.
It's a crime to deliberately obstruct the enforcement and administration of federal law.
So, it's high time for the Justice Department to show some leadership by making an example out of Becerra. Attorney General Sessions should direct the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California to act with upmost dispatch in seeking the indictment and arrest of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.
Such a prosecution would send an unambiguous message to other high profile leaders in the sanctuary movement such as San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. It was Emanuel who infamously stated that Chicago would "always be a sanctuary city."
Fantastic. Now look at this from The Daily Caller about president Trump's 2020 re-election campaign which already is in full swing:
President Trump's re-election campaign released a new ad on Saturday slamming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats as "complicit" in future murders committed by illegal immigrants.
The ad featured Luis Bracamontes, an illegal immigrant on trial for killing two police officers who told a judge he only wished he "had killed more of the motherf*****s."
The ad "contrasts Democrats, who stand by those who commit acts of 'pure evil,' versus President Trump, who was elected to build a wall to stop illegal immigration and keep American families safe," said a press release from the campaign.
This one single ad is going to be extremely effective. This Bracamontes rat is the poster boy for everything that Americans hate about illegal immigration. His fat face and his demonic smile and words will become a media icon just like Willie Horton's face did in 1988.
On top of dozens of other ads, particularly on the improving economy, president Trump already is setting up his re-election while Democrats continue to think that a majority of Americans wants open borders and the bad old economic days of Obama back again.
Here is another story from The Daily Caller showing president Trump cracking down on illegal immigrants:
Immigration authorities have detained in recent weeks two prominent activists who are themselves illegal immigrants, demonstrating the Trump administration's commitment to expand the pool of deportable aliens.
The arrested men have openly lived in the U.S. for years and have until recently enjoyed a de facto immunity from deportation, thanks to their status as high-profile immigrants' rights activists.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have denied the arrests are politically motivated, but they clearly show that immigration agents are now emboldened to arrest even the most connected of illegal immigrants.
Both men are leaders of the New Sanctuary Coalition of New York City, a network of religious and social organizations that works to prevent the detention and deportation of illegal immigrants. ICE officers first detained Jean Montrevil, a Haitian national who had lived in the U.S. since 1986 despite having served a prison term for drug possession that resulted in a deportation order.
Montrevil, who co-founded the New Sanctuary coalition, was taken into custody in early January near his home in Queens, touching off a firestorm of protest. Activists accused ICE of breaking an "understanding" that Montrevil would not be arrested while he appealed his order of removal. Despite the public outcry, ICE deported Montrevil to Haiti on Tuesday.
Great. Trump is getting serious. Just imagine an "understanding" that an illegal immigrant, and worse an activist, should be immune to arrest and deportation.
Yes, that happened under Obama but that now is over. Thank you president Trump. No more "understandings".
Meanwhile Fox News reported:
Frustrated MS-13 gang leaders feeling the pressure from the Trump administration's crackdown are looking to send "younger, more violent offenders" to the United States to take over the role of being enforcers, officials say.
The revelations were made Thursday during a House Committee on Homeland Security meeting on fighting international criminal organizations, where officials discussed the arrests and imprisonment of MS-13 members and leadership over the last year.
Notice "arrests and imprisonment… over the last year" since president Trump has been running the show. This is why we need this president and his border wall, to aggressively expel bad people and keep them out along with millions of other bad people who want to come to America and prey on us and our prosperity.
And what would a column about illegal immigration be without yet another story like this from Breitbart News:
Illegal alien Alfonso Alarcon-Nunez is suspected of sexually assaulting four women; the district attorney says there could be more.
Thirty-nine-year-old Alarcon-Nunez, an Uber driver living in the sanctuary state of California illegally (he is from Mexico), is alleged to have raped four college students between the ages of 19 and 22 while they were intoxicated. The total of ten criminal charges include forcible rape, first degree burglary (he is accused of robbing his victims), and rape of an intoxicated victim.
Alarcon-Nunez was already deported once, from New Mexico back in 2005.
According to police, Alarcon-Nunez used his job as an Uber driver to specifically target parties where young, intoxicated women would solicit a ride from him. After the alleged rape, he would steal their money, laptops, jewelry, and phones.
Solution: Enforce the law. Build the wall...
Now here is Fox News reporting about some DACA "dreamers".
A third person living in the United States under an Obama-era protection for illegal immigrants who entered the country as minors was arrested this week for allegedly trying to smuggle Mexican nationals into the U.S.
US Border Patrol said agents in Arizona nabbed the 26-year-old man, who is a Mexican national and a beneficiary of the 2012 Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive order, after spotting footprints from four people who had crossed the border near the Colorado River on Monday.
So just remember that many of these DACA people are bad people. Period. End of sentence. Nikitas3.com has held one position on these 'dreamers' from the start – no citizenship, no voting rights, and eligible for deportation at any time for their behavior.
Meanwhile if you think you have heard every crazy defense of illegal immigrants look at this exchange between Tucker Carlson of Fox News and the mayor of Albany, NY discussing illegal aliens who blocked the entrance to Disneyland in protest over DACA negotiations. This mayor Kathy Sheehan thinks, as all demented liberals do, that illegals somehow have the Constitutional rights and protections granted to American citizens. Here is the exchange:
Carlson: "… why would you want someone in your country who's not grateful to be here, who's demanding of American citizens the right to vote and get benefits. Don't you want people who are grateful to be here and want to add?"
Sheehan: "Every immigrant that I've ever met is grateful to be here. That doesn't mean that they're not going to stand up for their rights, and I've joined thousands of people across this country in protests that happened on Saturday from people who were raised in this country and who have been here for generations. That is one of the hallmarks of our great society."
Carlson: "But they're not Americans, these people. They're here illegally, they broke the law."
Sheehan: "But they have a voice, they have a right to a voice. Just because you're not from here doesn't mean the Constitution doesn't apply to you. That's well, well, well settled in law."
Carlson: "If you're here illegally… No, that's not actually. If you broke our law to get here, you don't have the rights an American citizen has. Where do those rights come from then?"
Sheehan: "So, you know, when you are here, you have Constitutionally protected rights, and I think that when we look to polarize this conversation by pointing these people who are here, brought here by their parents, without their choice, and demonizing them, we really turn the conversation into an us versus them."
Carlson: "They just blocked the entrance to Disneyland –woah, woah, slow down. They blocked the entrance to Disneyland, ok. I didn't do that — they did that. Do they bear any responsibility for doing that?"
Sheehan: "And there are Americans who use their right to free speech to block entrances, to shut down roads, and to protest things in this country, and whether you were born here, or you weren't born here, you have that right."
Carlson: "It's not about being born here, it's a matter of citizenship. Citizenship is meaningful to most Americans, they think it, you're different when you're a citizen from when you're not."
Sheehan: "And they want to be on a path to citizenship. These are young people who are working hard, and have worked hard, and want to be on a path to…"
Carlson: "No, no these are people who, in the middle of a weekday, were blocking Disneyland, so don't tell me that they were working hard."
Here's one more insaniac liberal, a judge. This is from Breitbart News:
U.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest found a right to "say goodbye" in the U.S. Constitution Monday, in an opinion which, if upheld, will potentially make enforcing orders of deportation against illegal aliens significantly more difficult.
"There is, and ought to be in this great country, the freedom to say goodbye," Forrest begins her seven-page opinion blocking the deportation of convicted fraudster and "immigrants' rights activist" Ravidath Lawrence Ragbir.
Again: Build the wall. Subject all illegals to deportation.
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A friend asked me how to populate a drop down using ajax, so i figured what better place to explain than the Random IT Stuff blog. So here goes….
First thing you need is you asynchronous data. This may came from any source, but it typically is acquired from a database. Lets put it in a file called async.php. I'm using PHP but you can use your chosen language.
//some array returned from db $users = array( '0'=>array('id'=>1, 'name'=>john), '1'=>array('id'=>2, 'name'=>'mary') ); //convert to json format and print echo json_encode($users);
Ok so now we have our data, get to the javaScript. We'll be using jQuery so make sure you have you have it included in your project.
$.get("async.php", function(data){ var userObj = JSON.parse(data); $.each(userObj, function(i, v){ $(#myDropdownID).append('<option value="'+v['id']+'">'+v['name']+'</option>'); }); });
Jquery's get function will call your data asynchronously, Once we have the data our anonymous function will convert the json to something a true Javascript object. We then loop through it, and assign values to our drop down list.
Happy Coding


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- Kannapolis City Schools
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Kindergarten Registration
Children who will turn five years old on or before August 31, 2019 are eligible to be registered for the 2019-2020 school year.
Families should register their rising kindergarten children by visiting the elementary school that is in their attendance zone. To find the attendance zone for any address within the KCS district, please click here.
Below is contact information for all KCS elementary schools:
Forest Park Elementary
1333 Forest Park Drive
Jackson Park Elementary
1400 Jackson Street
Fred L. Wilson Elementary
1401 Pine Street
Shady Brook Elementary
903 Rogers Lake Road
G.W. Carver Elementary
525 East "C" Street
Woodrow Wilson Elementary
800 Walnut Street
To register, parents must have their child's official birth certificate and provide proof of where they live. Acceptable documents for showing proof of residence include a lease or rental agreement, current utility bill in their name, or a mortgage agreement. A driver's license cannot be accepted as proof of residence. School officials will make copies of the documents and return the originals. In addition to the required documents listed above, parents are encouraged to bring their child's vaccination records and Kindergarten Physical form to registration.
State law requires that all children entering school have evidence that they have received certain required vaccines: four polio, five (5) DPT/DTaP shots, three or four Hib (Haemophilus influenza type B), two MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) doses, three Hepatitis B, and two Varicella (Chicken Pox). Children also must receive an official Kindergarten Physical.
Within 30 days of starting school in August, families will need to provide documentation of their child's Kindergarten physical (must be on blue state K health form) as well as a copy of their child's official vaccination records.
If parents have questions, they should call the school where their child will attend kindergarten (see contact information above).
For more information about enrolling in KCS, please click here.


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Sean Pierre 8 Pc. King Bedroom
Item # 825673797
Package includes:
- Material:Tropical Wood and Laminates with Okuome Veneers
- Finish:Merlot
- The seven-step finish process in dark brown adds visual depth and dimension.
- Defined by timeless charm and enhanced by quality construction, this bed helps to maintain an inviting atmosphere.
- Classic sleigh design showcases a gracefully arched headboard and footboard, as well as dual panels on each.
- Brushed nickel hardware brings a contemporary touch to the classic design.


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Product Details
» America
» 027616899514
» 2 Discs
» Digipack
» Slipcase
» Snake Plisskin Chronicles (mini comic)
» Unknown
» Yes
Disc 1
» Escape From New York (movie)
» Audio Commentary by director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell
» Audio Commentary by producer Debra Hill and production designer Joe Alves
» 2.35:1 Anamorphic
» English DD 5.1
» French DD 2.0 stereo
» English, French, Spanish
Disc 2
» Return To Escape From New York
» Making Of John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chronicles
» Snake Bites : Trailer Montage
» Deleted Scene (with optional commentary)
» 3 Trailers
» MGM Preview Trailers
» Still Galleries
» - Behind The Scenes
» - Production Photos
» - Lobby Cards
» Radio Spot (easter egg)
Movie Details
» Escape From New York
» 1981
» John Carpenter
» http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082340/
Discjunkie's Comments
This digipack is a regular 4-piece fold out but it comes with a nicely made full-size inserts slot in one end which allows you to store you're booklet a lot simpler than in the regular type "half-pockets" that you usualy see in digipacks. The artwork is very nice and glossy, while the front even comes with some embossing for the logo and Mr. Plissken himself. All in all; A classic case with a good look. It's just a shame the previous owner didn't take better care of it.
This edition starts of with ONE deleted scene. But it's a good scene, featuring a whole new opening to the film as we get to see the famous bank bank robbery for which Snake is imprisoned. But anyway, this edition has allready been reviewed to death so I'll just fast forward and mention a couple of commentaries, a handful of featurettes and som other everyday stuff. Pretty avarage S.E. all together.


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Here is an inspiring story from Prevention Magazine:
What It Takes To Get Through Tough Times
How a little advanced gratitude can change everything
By Denise Foley
When the editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey put together a list of things he was grateful for, his two Pulitzer Prize nominations didn't make the cut. In fact, even he admits his gratitude inventory sounds a little crazy: his first job after college as a high school janitor; the recession that forced him into part-time work; a melanoma diagnosis; all the people who didn't believe in him.
Every one of those terrible twists, he explains, was responsible for a blessing. That job led him to his future wife, the daughter of a fellow janitor; getting laid off gave him the time to launch a second career in book illustration and radio; and his cancer diagnosis spurred him to help save hundreds of lives by organizing a series of runs to raise melanoma awareness. And all those naysayers? Let's just say they were the ill winds beneath his wings.
"A good analogy is if you're canoeing downstream and you hit a rock, it can either sink you or push you in another direction," says Ramsey. "If you choose the other direction, it's a blessing."
Ramsey is a prime example of what might be called advanced gratitude: the ability to identify and appreciate the bad events in your life because of what you've gained from them. It's far from a rare experience. Studies have found that gratitude is a prevailing, if counterintuitive, emotion among breast cancer survivors, people with spinal cord injuries, and post-9/11 Americans.
Clearly, you don't become grateful for difficulties overnight (and rarely in the throes), but once you do, you're privy to some amazing alchemy that will allow you to heal what hurts and see the victory that's often at the center of every seeming defeat. It also boosts what one leading expert calls your psychological immune system, and it may even physically alter your brain so that gratitude isn't just something you feel occasionally but guides how you approach life.
And it all starts with making a habit of appreciating what you have, what you've lost, and what your life would be like if fate hadn't nudged you this way or that. Here are three steps to work your way into advanced gratitude…Read more here..


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Recall last month when it came to light that, whoops, Dallas police had reissued the guns used in not one but two officer-involved shootings, despite the fact that the guns were material evidence important to the felony cases against the two cops, Amy Wilburn and Cardan Spencer, as well as the civil lawsuit filed by the guy Wilburn shot. It seemed a bit too convenient that the guns used by the only two Dallas cops to be indicted for an on-duty shooting in modern times would be allowed back into circulation. Certainly there had to be a conspiracy. Certainly Dallas PD can't be that incompetent.
Actually, according to an audit of the department's internal controls over guns and other weapons City Hall released today, yes. Yes it can. It's also far easier than it should be to steal "high risk inventory" -- i.e. guns, Tasers, badges, and radios.
See also: Dallas Police Guns Used to Shoot Citizens Sent Back to Street, Not Evidence Room
The audit itself gets pretty wonky and is larded with management-speak and accounting jargon, so we'll start with some easy-to-digest section title. For example: "High Risk Inventory Items Are Not Adequately Safeguarded." Or: "High Risk Inventory Is Not Property Managed."
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The guns and Tasers, you'll be glad to know, are locked up, split between a safe and a vault. But the auditors fault DPD for not periodically changing the safe combination and not re-keying the vault. Badges and radios are kept in filing cabinets that are either kept unlocked or can be opened with a key stored in a nearby desk drawer. Also, the security cameras designed to protect these valuables are pointed in the wrong directions, and the door to the facility is ripe for break-ins, since the deadbolt can be easily reached from nearby windows.
Those lapses haven't resulted in any missing weapons that we know of. The department's system for tracking inventory is another matter, if it can be properly called a system. There is no database that records all high-risk inventory, and the cards that are supposed to be filled out by hand when a weapon or badge is issued, returned, or disposed of are often incomplete or inaccurate. Underlying these problems is the fact that the "high risk inventory procedures are incomplete, informal, not reviewed, and no communicated periodically." The audit doesn't specifically mention the Wilburn and Spencer gun screw-ups, but it's not hard to imagine how they might have happened.
On the bright side, DPD has agreed to the implement the audit's major recommendations by Halloween. So next time the police shoot someone, they'll be able to track down the gun.
Send your story tips to the author, Eric Nicholson.


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I Speak a little about myself too!
I hail from the town of Salem in Tamil Nadu. My Father Usman Ali Khan is a retired collector and my mother is Habibonisha. I have two brothers and sisters and I am the last one in the family. I had my school education in two schools in Salem namely Bharatiya Vidyalaya and the Pavadi Boys High School. Continued my collegiate education in Government Arts College, Salem with Physics as my major subject. All of the male members in my family are working as Government officers and even the husband of my elder sister is a Senior Manager in the Salem Steel Plant.
Entry Into Music World:
I met Mr.A.R.Rahman and he very warmly took me into the world of music. I worked with him for a continuous period of 14 long years and achieved great things in the world of music apart from emerging as a noted and conspicuous "Cinema Music Director". At this juncture, mention has to be made that I worked under Mr.A.R.Rahman for the music of many films from 1996 to 2010. The film "Roja" by its beautiful and melodious songs fused with high degree of superior sound technology inspired me to a great extent for making of meticulous music tracks in the cinema field. Now I have assumed the status of a full fledged and recognized Music Director.
Reached Heights In The Field Of Music:
With the guidance and encouragement parted away by my Guru Mr.A.R.Rahman, I could succeed in music making endeavors for many a films like Vamsam, Ettan, "Ayiram Muthangaludan Thenmozhi", Mallukattu, Kaliyugam, Suvasame, Adithalam, Gnanakirukkan, Athuvera Ithuvera etc. Discussions are on for other new projects and fondfully I hope to succeed in all of them with the grace of God.
In addition to the music making for Tamil and Telegu films, I am also at it, in making special albums such as "Thaipaal" with the Pectry written by pavalar Arivumathi in which many famous actors have contributed their voices. This album has been exclusively made for the welfare of the Tamilian Children all over the world. The objective of this album is to safeguard the dwindling traditions and culture of the country, to create awareness on the emaciated condition of Tamil Language and to find out a way to form a healthy future for the kids.
Likewise, whenever I visit a school in connection with a function, I make out a very good song, sometimes based on cine – tunes also, but sure to deliver an apt and appropriate concept most useful to the students and their future. Such songs are made in a year to the extent of three or four in numbers.
While making a remark in appreciation of my attitude and performance in the music field, Mr.Vali, the bard of Tamil World said Tajnoor is not Tajnoor but "Kohimoor". Mr.Vairamuthu has once said that I am "Yelaikalin A.R.Rahman". These two bards are associated with me with utmost grace and friendship.
I owe my gratitude to my Guru Mr.A.R.Rahman for shaping me as a good musician and for securing me an important place in the world of music. I cannot forget his word of preaching that "One should live basically as a good man, then all good things would confer on him naturally, and the efforts taken by him would also succeed in full". I am highly indebted to my best friend Thamilvel who helped me by providing shelter to stay at Chennai and all other assistances while I was working and taking multimedia training in Chennai in the early years. Now he is working as a scientist in the Baba Atomic energy commission in Mumbai.
My Future Aim:
I have got great attachment to Tamil Culture Attributed to the smell of the soil. I would like to make awareness on several things useful to the Society through the world of music. It is my humble notion that music should invariably stand for the promotion of 'Peace and Amity' on the earth, should invigorate 'Divine Thoughts' and should also create 'Mental Agility With Equanimity' and in all it should prevail upon for the peaceful human welfare.


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Nationality : Israeli
Born : 1978
Period : 2000 - present day3 artworks :
With his loyalty to imagination above all other rules of artistic logic, his paintings begin with a single line and then take on vivid lives of their own as landscapes in wich viewers can lose themselves. Adonin strives to create works that allow for freeform exploration in an abstract universe without the hard constraints of realism. Rather than beginning with a preconceived idea of a painting's final form, the soundtracks he chooses while creating each piece determine the end results, allowing for freeform evolution.


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Every week Hannibal Tabu (two-time Eisner-winning journalist/blogger/novelist/poet/jackass on Twitter/head honcho of Komplicated.com) goes to a comic book store called Comics Ink in Culver City, CA (Overland and Braddock -- hey Steve, Jason, Vince and Quislet) and grabs a whole lotta comics. These periodicals are quickly sorted (how) into two piles -- the "buy" pile (a small pile most weeks, comprised of planned purchases) and the "read" pile (often huge, often including comics that are really crappy but have some value to stay abreast of). Thursday afternoons you'll be able to get his thoughts (and they're just the opinions of one guy, so calm down, and here's some common definitions used in the column) about all of that ... which goes something like this ...
Transformers Spotlight: Megatron
(IDW Publishing)
Jump from the Read Pile.
Whatever you do, for the sake of all things shiny and wielding a weapon, don't call it a comeback! In a character study that plays like a masterpiece performance, Megatron goes down his laundry list of building an army, uses prison tactics to re-establish his dominance and generally does all the things he should do to make someone go for him as a galaxy-class antagonist. However, the wonderful, bittersweet ending that both reinforces Megatron's almost Sisyphean struggle (which, in many ways, is just even while being prosecuted in a murderous, imperialistic manner), that showcases why he is everything he is and why he can't see it is an amazing feat of writing. Nick Roche did the writing and the art on this tour de force comic book, with Len O'Grady's deft, flawless colors as the only embellishment, and this issue sums up the sturm und drang of the Cybertronian War, all in such a beautiful fashion that it rewards rereading.
Fairest #12
(Vertigo/DC Comics)
Rapunzel is caught between warring factions of characters from Japanese lore, all of whom feel she's part of the problem, and she's had just about enough of it. Meanwhile, her old pals Bigby Wolf and the powerful witch Frau Tottenkinder show up as reinforcements while everybody around makes plans for an endgame. Lauren Beukes' script surges with momentum, and the crisp, evocative artwork from Inaki Miranda and Eva de la Cruz draws in the reader and engages on every possible level. This series is shaping up to be one of Vertigo's brightest spots.
Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #13
(IDW Publishing)
Robot spring break? The well-armed crew of the Lost Light are wound pretty tightly after the ship's shrink got his head blown off, they chased a city-sized robot across the galaxy and have gotten tied up in armed conflicts on multiple worlds. When they chance upon the vacation world of Hedonia, they take a trip down that allows many characters a chance to indulge their true natures, and that leads to lots of hilarious situations (nobody as uptight as Ultra Magnus has ever gotten drunk in such a fashion), the truth is revealed about many characters and there's singing in the language of old Cybertron. Again, James Roberts imbues the characters with so much depth and nuance that it's easy to forget these are fifty foot tall robots that change into cars and planes (especially Cyclonus, who's becoming something really wonderful) and the artwork from Guido Giudi, John Wycough, Juan Castro and Marc Deering deliver crystal clear depictions even when the characters look ... a little different than they sometimes do. A great book.
Rock solid start.
Honorable Mentions: Stuff worth noting, even if it's not good enough to buy
"Fairy Quest" #1 was another take on the characters found in "Fables," with Red Riding Hood befriending the Big Bad Wolf, this time trapped by a brother Grimm, retelling the same stories over and over and forced into a life of tedium. Not bad, but when we already have "Fables," not really reaching for any new ground.
In "Voltron" #10, we get to see the new Samurai Lion Voltron in action, and in doing so, finding out more about where (if not why) it exists. The answer isn't exactly satisfying (especially given the revelations of the prequel "Voltron" book), the action scenes were well choreographed but shown in panels so small that they were hard to read at some points and the personal life of Lunk was a distraction that didn't help. Still, the ideas here had some merit and a big mystery was somewhat solved, redefining the antagonist and framing the story. Not bad, far better than what aired, but not quite good enough to justify the cover price.
"Shadowman" #4 had one of the best depicted magical fights in recent memory that was pulled down by a "meh" secret cabal pulling the strings, The big bad also didn't do much but yell "NOOOOOO!!!!!" but the supporting cast worked well together. This title is still finding its groove, so this issue is a step in the right direction, even if it's not really there yet.
"Snapshot" #1 was a quick, simple crime story with a twist as a comic store clerk gets caught up in a situation of guns, lost cell phones, skeptical police detectives and murder. The last page just gets you to the twenty minute mark of an hour long drama, but you'd be disinclined to change the channel.
"Joe Palooka" #3 was a slightly racist, more cartoonish version of the MMA comic "Heart," as a fair-haired American brings the pain to an Asian fight circuit. The vibe here was pretty good but again, the material certainly didn't break new ground.
"Dia De Los Muertas" #1 had a very solid sense of its own atmosphere, delivering slightly creepy vibe in three short, self-contained anthology style stories. The brevity of each doesn't connect like, say, something from the old EC Comics days, but there was nothing glaringly wrong here.
Vader mostly cameoed in "Star Wars Dark Times: Fire Carrier" #1 as Jedi on the run from Order 66 hide in the chaotic post-Republic society of a war-torn world. The narrative, however, plodded along a little too slowly but showed some good Jedi interaction and instruction and had a good bit with Vader being used as a propaganda tool for the newborn Empire.
"Colder" #4 was very close to making the mark as its madness-themed antagonist (imagine the Joker with Freddy Krueger's modus operandi) really stood up and made himself threatening and effective. Great art too, but the damsel in distress thing was kind of played out and there wasn't much for the lead to do aside from run and kind of freak out.
"Perhapanauts: Danger Down Under" #4 pulls off an interesting trick, juggling two simultaneous plots that wove their way together in an interesting way. Using fantastic technology like it was everyday stuff, dropping a jeep on a giant sea monster, the stakes seemed real and effective. Why not buy it? In a slower week, it'd have made it home. Literally just shy of the mark.
If you like the Doctor, "Doctor Who" #5 will feel like the early part of a fairly standard episode, before things get really crazy. The artwork is more "meh" than it should be and that takes away from any "wow" factor, but what looks like a heist set up has some elements worth noting.
In "you need more people" news, "Grand Pacific" #4 gets some more visitors to the newly sovereign Great Pacific Garbage Patch while its billionaire boy ruler follows his more hormonally driven impulses. Too slow and too predictable, but it had some charm.
Again the new guy in the driver's seat shows why he's really better at the job in "Superior Spider-Man" #3, but a lot of time was taken up with Jiminy Parker wandering around in Doctor Octopus' memories. The bouncing around in perspective was distracting as only the part in the physical world was more interesting. Commit already, the co-pilot route is a detraction.
Along the same lines, despite having the backing of Batman, Incorporated, "Batwing" #17 showed the title character getting outspent, outgunned and generally overmatched on the tech side. Is he on the UNICEF-level of Wayne funding? In any case, he's barely able to work as a cop in a wholly corrupt precinct and (again) getting manhandled by some weirdo. The character interactions are good, the art is solid but the plot ... there are some credibility issues there.
Speaking of, "Stormwatch" #17 had good character moments despite two antagonists anxious to out-villain each other, even bringing up more New 52 elements to make the stakes (which feel kind of empty partially because nobody knows what's happening with these guys and partially because they're all kind of spinning their wheels) but the struggle of Apollo and Midnighter to relate to one another felt genuine. This title just can't seem to find its footing.
The big bad shows his hand, early in his development as a global mogul in "Harbinger" #0, a tactical mission with a Mission Control element overlaying some corporate shenanigans. Played well but not in a way that distinguished itself, as the information could have been conveyed in a wiki entry and would have had as much charm.
The "Meh" Pile Not good enough to praise, not bad enough to insult, not important enough to say much more than the title
"My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" #3, "Young Romance" #1, "Avengers" #5, "Mudman" #6, "Legend of the Shadow Clan" #1, "Thunderbolts" #4, "Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake" #2, "Reposessed" #2, "Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow" #21, "Fearless Defenders" #1, "Hypernaturals" #8, "Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm" #6, "Star Trek" #17, "Fashion Beast" #6, "Marvel's Iron Man 3 Prelude" #2, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow Wonderland" #4, "Venom" #31, "Guarding The Globe" #6, "Hellboy In Hell" #3, "Insurgent" #2, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" #18, "Army of Darkness" #10, "Secret Avengers" #37, "Son of Merlin" #1, "World's Finest" #9 "Prophecy" #7, "Youngblood" #76, "Vampirella Strikes" #2, "Ultimate Comics Spider-Man" #20, "Crow: Skinning The Wolves" #3, "X-Factor" #251, "Epic Kill" #8, "Transformers Prime: Rage of the Dinobots" #3, "Blackacre" #3, "Caligula: Heart of Rome" #3, "All-New X-Men" #7.
No, just ... no ... These comics? Not so much ...
In "New Avengers" #3, the Infinity Gauntlet was reassembled ("That's impossible! The Living Tribunal ruled .... aaaagh!") to try and stop two universes from colliding as Hank McCoy picked up the Mind Gem custody formerly held by Chuck Xavier. Oh, and something happens to Captain America that was pretty solidly condemned as not cool by virtually everybody. This was not the work of heroes. This was not a story of Avengers. Worst of all, this was not entertaining.
In "The Continuing Adventures of Judas Iscariot," er ... "Phantom Stranger" #5 had so many weird, stupid and cliche elements to it that it was almost as if it had been vomited instead of written and drawn. Every bit of the fight scene made zero sense, and the conclusion involved a literal deus ex machina, somehow trying to redefine the Spectre as a balance for the Phantom Stranger, possibly apologizing for Judas' betrayal somehow? Abysmal.
"Multiple Warheads: From Alphabet To Infinity" #4 was wholly, wholly indecipherable. Moreover, it went as far as to say that whatever story it had was not going to be concluded in this, the last issue of its mini series, but in a subsequent one. Terrible stuff.
"Iron Man" #6 took one note and tried to play it the entire issue, ending with a development that, frankly, flew in the face of logic, jurisdiction and jurisprudence.
"Earth 2" #9 was mostly meh, but had a scene with a rocket launcher that flies in the face of weapon safety.
Let's call it a wash, because a couple of those stinkers were really bad.
The jump and some rock solid purchases will win the day ... but just barely.
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Manufacturing Victory: The Arsenal of Democracy
February 25 @ 6:00 pm
One event on March 4, 2019 at 6:00 pm
The "Arsenal of Democracy" was a slogan used by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a radio broadcast delivered on December 29, 1940. The phrase was used to arouse popular support for aiding nations in the war prior to the US entry into WWII and continued until the end of the war. During that time, the US provided the Allies with millions of rounds of ammunition, as well as weapons, trucks, tanks and ships. The Americans who worked in countless factories throughout the country truly helped the US manufacture victory in WWII. Join the USS Silversides Submarine Museum from February 25 – May 13 for the lecture series, "Manufacturing Victory: The Arsenal of Democracy!"
All lectures begin at 6:00pm at the USS Silversides Submarine Museum. The cost is $5.00 per person or free with your USS Silversides Submarine Museum membership. For more information call (231) 755-1230.
February 25: Winning the Production War presented by Dr. Fred Johnson, History Professor at Hope College
March 4: The Manhattan Project presented by David Hoover, Curator and Collections Manager at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History.


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The Thrill of the Grill
June 7, 2017
Grilling is just about as synonymous with Father's Day as turkey is on Thanksgiving. Just in time for Dad's special day on Sunday, June 18, here are 10 tips from Chef Clarence Dillard of The Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham, a branch of Miami International University of Art & Design, to make certain your next cookout is near perfection, whether you are the honorary grill master of the day, or simply helping Dad perfect his BBQ technique:
• Start with a clean slate or grill. If you are without a grill brush, crunch up a ball of tin foil, grab it with tongs and clean away. This easy hack works every time.
• Hot! Hot! Hot! Preheat your grill 20 to 25 minutes before you start cooking and make sure it reaches the correct temperature. Here's a cheat sheet: 400 to 450 degrees for high; 350 to 400 degrees for medium high; 300 to 350 degrees for medium and 250 to 300 degrees for low.
• Rubs are all the rage. While that may be true, make sure you are gentle when applying them. If you rub too hard, you can disturb the fibers and texture of the meat, resulting in over seasoning.
• To sauce or not to sauce? That is the question. After all, who hasn't burned the bbq? Most likely that is because you sauced too early. This is especially true the sweeter your sauce, as sugars burn more easily. Sauce during the last 30 minutes.
• Manage the marinade. For most foods, a 30 minute to 2 hour marinade is perfect. Any more than that and you risk over softening the food and destroying the texture.
• Two Tongs, please. To prevent cross contamination of food, use one set for raw food and the other for cooked.
• Toss the sauce. Discard marinade once meat is on the grill.
• Put a fork in it! Use a meat thermometer to test for doneness. Remove the meat when it is about 5 degrees before it is done and cover it with foil. It will continue to cook to the temp and you won't run the risk of burning.
• Eat your vegetables. Lightly coat your veggies in olive oil before grilling and to prevent them from sticking to the grill.
• Keep a lid on it! Once your meat is on the grill, resist the urge to open the top to check. Open only when you are turning meat, typically once or twice. The flavor will be juiciest if you don't peek too much.
And, don't forget . . . down here in the South a BBQ is whole hog! It's comprised of burgers, hot dogs and anything else you can think of!
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When the sun shines on the docks of Red Hook, Brooklyn, the Beautiful Earth Group's solar charging station is making electricity to power the company's leased, battery-powered Mini E.
The Beautiful Earth Group, started last year, builds and operates solar and wind farms, the first of them in the Southwest. Lex Heslin, chief executive of Beautiful Earth, claims two firsts: He got the keys to the first Mini E (an electric version of the Mini Cooper) in New York last May and his company is operating the city's first solar E.V. charging station.
"Our interest is to support E.V.'s and to eventually be able to sell our clean, green electricity to E.V. users through charging stations like this," Mr. Heslin, a self-described "old-time motor head," said in an interview. "We did it to show New Yorkers that solar energy works and that we can collect enough right here to power our car."
The drive-in station was built by Beautiful Earth (using recycled shipping containers) on land it owns just blocks from company headquarters. The station has 5.6-kilowatt capacity from 24 Sharp 235-watt photovoltaic panels and can recharge the Mini E in three hours.
Mr. Heslin does say, however, that solar car-charging will inevitably be somewhat limited in New York City. Skyscrapers not only block the sun, he said, but are also shaded by other buildings. And, he said, the rooftop footprints of the stations are too small for large-scale generation. "There are a few locations in New York City where it will work, but they are the exception rather than the rule," he said
Other companies are also building solar E.V. charging around the United States. Tesla Motors and SolarCity opened a charging corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles (at four Rabobank branches) in September. A branch in Santa Maria has a 30-kilowatt solar installation, and several more branches will add solar in 2010, said Zan Dubin Scott, a SolarCity spokeswoman.
Coulomb Technologies, based in Silicon Valley, has built 450 charging stations around the world, and several of them have been hooked into solar panels. According to its chief executive, Richard Lowenthal, Coulomb has formed a partnership with Envision Solar to integrate its ChargePoint technology into, among other places, a "solar grove" at Dell headquarters in Round Rock, Tex. Dell's system has two solar-to-electric charging stations and 11 large "solar trees" producing 131,000 kilowatt hours annually. The "trees" (elevated platforms with 516 BP solar modules) double as shade for 56 parking spaces.
"Solar charging can be a very big business because of shared interest — people want to see their cars running completely petroleum-free," Mr. Lowenthal said in an interview. He added that, ideally, such stations should be connected to the grid so they can feed electricity back to the grid when the power is not needed for car-charging. When the sun isn't shining, these stations can charge cars on grid power.


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To assess changes in national policies over time and their effects on health outcomes, McGill University's MACHEquity team collected longitudinal information dating back to 1995 on maternity leave, breastfeeding, child marriage, minimum wage, unemployment insurance and family benefits policies in up to 193 UN countries. Depending on the availability and reliability of sources, and on the prioritization of regional analyses, some policy data may only be available for a subset of countries and years.
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GREELEY, Colo. — Due to construction at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, The Rocky Mountain Airshow is moving to the Greeley-Weld County Airport (GXY) for its 2014 event, August 22- 23.
This year, spectators will see the widest variety of aerobatics from giant radio-controlled aircraft to full scale performances.
In addition, back by popular demand, is the Friday Night Twilight Show, combining aerobatics, pyrotechnics, and a fireworks display.
The show will also debut flight demonstrations performed autonomously by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or UAS – Unmanned Aerial Systems). An early step in the integration of UAS into the American airspace, these FAA sanctioned flights will provide an opportunity for the public to get connected with the technology coming to our skies, organizers say.
"We were unable to plan an event at our home airport in Broomfield, but we're thrilled to be able to take the show on the road. We've been getting a very warm reception," stated Jim Cimiluca, event chairman.
"It's been quite a while for this airport to host an airshow," added Gary Cyr, Greeley-Weld County Airport Director. "We're looking forward to an event in which the entire family can come out and enjoy the day on the airport grounds."
When asked about the UAS demonstrations, Cimiluca notes, '"Work that we did with last year's debut of giant scale rocketry was leveraged by the FAA towards these new UAS guidelines. We are proud to have been selected to follow up with the debut of this new type of aerial demonstrations in 2014."
Another first this year is the creation of the UAS Pavilion. Located on the main ramp, guests will be able to interact with some of the leading UAS manufacturers in the country. Aircraft, ground control and navigation systems will be displayed by the people who fly them.
All details, including the full performer line-up and tickets, are available here. Use the promo code Launch2014 for a $2 discount on general admission tickets for a limited time.


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Ice Cube narrates Ray and Charles Eames in L.A.
"Charles and Ray Eames, husband and wife team… They were doing mashups before mashups even existed."
Ice Cube studied architectural drafting before becoming a rapper.
Thanks, Krista Jahnke for finding this on archinect. Jahnke is a Vancouver-based architectural photographer – see her own photos of the house.


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