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Telluride Announces Summer Air Access Information for 2016
Record winter and increased flight traffic result in new additions from Dallas, Chicago and more to Telluride/Montrose Airport
TELLURIDE, Colorado (April 28, 2016) – This week, Colorado Flights announced the official schedule for air service coming in and out of Telluride/Montrose (MTJ) airport for summer 2016. After a record season this winter with the most flights to date, the 2016 air schedule will include daily direct flights from Chicago (ORD) as well as extended daily service from Dallas (DFW) and Houston (IAH). Flights will also be available from Los Angeles (LAX) twice a week, in addition to multiple daily flights from Denver (DEN).
"On the heels of our most successful winter season to date in terms of destination visitors, the timing is perfect to offer these additional flights to the region," said Bill Jensen, CEO of Telluride Ski Resort. "We're excited about the additional daily flights in September and October and accessibility for visitors to our region."
This past winter, overall passenger traffic saw an approximate 7% increase, with a 26% increase over the last two seasons. The efforts of the Colorado Flights Alliance has pushed air traffic to new levels for the region with aggressive winter and summer growth, and this summer the region will now see direct flights from five major hubs:
- Chicago-O'Hare International Airport (ORD) – United Airlines will increase service from Chicago with daily service from July 1 – August 15. Wednesday and Saturday service will run June 11 – 29 and August 17 – September 3.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) – American Airlines will offer daily flights from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, running from June 2 through October 5, allowing for easy access to the region for later season festivals and the peak gold leaf season. Aircrafts will also be upsized to allow for more passengers.
- Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) – Daily direct service from Houston on United Airlines will begin on June 11 and run through September 4.
- Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) – Those traveling from the Los Angeles region can fly twice-weekly on American Airlines, with direct flights scheduled for Wednesdays and Saturdays.
- Denver International Airport (DEN) – direct flights from Denver will be running up to five times daily throughout the summer.
"With the strength and collaboration of our flights program, the entire region enjoys the economic advantages of consistent, reliable air service," said Michael Martelon, president and CEO of the Telluride Tourism Board.
In addition to direct flights into the Telluride/Montrose Airport (MTJ), travelers also have a number of alternate options flying into Durango-La Plata Airport (DRO) and Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT).
For route maps and detailed schedule information, please visit www.tellurideskiresort.com/flights. For resort and reservations information, please visit www.tellurideskiresort.com.
About Telluride Ski & Golf
Telluride Ski & Golf, rated the #1 ski resort in North America by Conde Nast Traveler (2013, 2014 & 2015), offers spectacular skiing, riding, golf and recreation opportunities. Located in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado, Telluride is tucked among the highest concentration of 13,000 and 14,000 foot peaks in North America. From families to thrill seekers, the ski resort offers unmatched scenic beauty and incredible terrain consisting of 127 trails and over 2,000 acres. Golfers can enjoy teeing off on one of the highest altitude courses with an 18-hole par-70, 6,574-yard course at 9,417 feet above sea level. While visiting Telluride, take advantage of world-class dining, sophisticated shopping options, luxury hotels and exquisite spas all offering exceptional service. Non-stop flights are available from 11 major hubs, and the free gondola transportation system makes getting around Telluride easy. For more information visit, www.tellurideskiresort.com.
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Pay Raises Grease the Machinery at Phila. Property Tax Review BoardBRT executive director Carla Pagan confirmed that the measure approved last month by Council to give board members a pay raise had its intended effect: the BRT has now greatly increased the number of appeals it is hearing.
Nutter Has Stern Words For Board That Hears Property Tax AppealsA backlog of property tax appeals -- and a plan to give raises to the board that hears appeals -- has prompted angry words from Mayor Nutter.
Legal Snag Could Delay Pay Boost For Phila. Tax Appeals BoardPay raises for members of the Board of Revision of Taxes could be delayed by a previous court ruling, even though City Council voted to raise their pay in an effort to break a logjam of cases.
Phila. Councilman Wants Annual Salaries For Tax Board Members Restored"We need the BRT right now," Councilman Mark Squilla says. "We need them to have these hearings. We need them to make sure they're fair and as soon as possible."
City Hall Warns Property Owners of Delays in Assessment ReviewsThe initial reviews of about 25,000 property assessments won't be completed before the deadline to file a formal appeal, so the city is urging property owners to proceed without waiting.
Philadelphia Property Tax Appeals Could Take 1½ Years, Official SaysBRT executive director Carla Pagan says the time required will be determined by the number of formal appeals filed, which she estimates could range between 10,000 and 50,000, or more.
Fewer Property Owners Than Expected File Informal Appeals Of Property AssessmentsOfficials had expected about 30,000 requests of first level reviews. The Nutter Administration's spin on the lower tally: many people are on board with their new value.
Board Agrees To Slash Percentage To Calculate Property Taxes In PhiladelphiaProperty tax bills in Philadelphia use 32-percent, but the state says Philadelphia's ratio should be much lower -- 18.1 percent. The city is asking the state to reconsider.


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22 March 2016
Article by Sian Thomas, National Assembly for Wales Research Service
Today, the Children, Young People and Education Committee publishes its report on its 'Follow-up Inquiry into Adoption Services in Wales'. It's fitting that this is the Committee's final report on policy scrutiny during this Fourth Assembly, given its considerable interest over time in how these services are operating in Wales and what impact they are having on children, young people and their families. 'Adoption Services' refer to those services that recruit, assess, approve and prepare adoptive parents. They also include the process of matching children and families, the support services that children get to prepare them for adoption, and crucially the support they and their families get after the adoption has taken place.
In line with its approach in scrutinising other policy areas, the Committee's report places significant importance on listening to the views and experiences of those affected by services. Recommendations in the report reflect some of the main concerns that adoptive parents highlighted to Committees Members during private sessions earlier this year. The Committee's primary concerns are set out in the report as:
- The regional variation in adoption services across Wales (see latest statistics from the National Adoption Service).
- The continued lack of support that families get after adoption, and the 'significant and very serious impact this can potentially have on children and their families'.
- That the majority of adopted children are still not being provided with quality life-story work.
It's over three years since the Committee's first report into adoption services was published in 2012. Back then there was a clear difference of opinion between Members of the Committee and the then Deputy Minister, Gwenda Thomas, about the best way to improve services across Wales. Both the Committee and the Deputy Minister agreed there was a need to create a new National Adoption Service. What they disagreed on was what role local authorities should have within this new service. The Committee's view was that the new service should not be 'owned' by local authorities and that the service should be run by someone in a senior independent role, accountable to the relevant Welsh Government Minister. However in its response the Welsh Government said it was sticking to its original plan and that the new service would ultimately remain the responsibility of local authorities.
Three years later, the Committee heard some positive feedback about the early days of the National Adoption Service, for example the speed with which it had established an appropriate infrastructure, its engagement with key stakeholders and how it had established systems to gather data on adoption. However, they also heard concerns about a lack of progress in some of the policy and practice regarded as more 'challenging' areas to improve. In particular there were still serious concerns about the provision of post-adoption support, specifically from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and from schools and 'education services'. In its report the Committee also refers to 'worrying evidence that only relatively few children are being provided with quality life-story work'.
As well as being raised as issues by stakeholders, these were some of the main concerns raised by adoptive parents. Annex A of the Committee's report summarises the recent discussions with adoptive parents.
Given the forthcoming Assembly elections, the current Welsh Government won't formally respond to this follow-up report. However the current Minister has already indicated he accepts that progress still needs to be made in respect of the Committee's main areas of concern. Giving oral evidence in February 2016, Mark Drakeford AM, Minister for Health and Social Services, said:
'[…]the three things that the committee is focusing on—variation, post-adoption support and life-story work—are the shared priorities that we agree, from a Government perspective, are the things that, as the national service moves on, it needs now to focus its attention on.'
Further to the publication of today's report on Adoption Services, tomorrow the Children, Young People and Education Committee will publish its legacy report (PDF 3MB). It aims to provide a useful starting point for the Committee's successor in the next Assembly, to show what the Committee has done during the past five years, how it has carried out its work and the lessons it has learned.
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2nd Battalion – in camp
The battalion has been left shattered in mind and body by the events of the 16th-18th June. Only days before, when the border between Belgium and France was closed, everyone expected they would soon be on the march for the anticipated campaign that would take them to Paris. Now they are indeed on the march for Paris, but with the horror of bloody and costly fighting haunting them.
The first rumours that the French had crossed the border into Belgium began to circulate during the evening of the 15th. The next day the battalion (later joined by their detached light company) found themselves, along with the rest of Halkett's brigade, hurrying south, finally drawn into the maelstorm of an action at Quatre Bras. They were able to stand firmly in square when other battalions of the brigade broke formation, and later joined the Royal Scots in a forward movement which regained all the territory lost to the French during the day. The cost of this action was four officers wounded, a sergeant (Suttle) and two privates killed, and about forty men wounded or missing. Of the officers, Colonel Hamilton's wound is considered serious enough to cost him his leg, while Lieutenant Lockwood is not expected to survive a shot to the head
The following day they were obliged to retreat with the rest of the allied army, arriving at Waterloo at about eight o'clock, hungry and soaked to the skin. One man was killed during the retreat, three were wounded, and a further eight were posted missing, although they have since returned.
The 18th was a glorious day for the allied army, but the butcher's bill was heavy. The battalion, brigaded with the 2nd battalion of the 73rd, held their position in the centre of the line throughout the day, even when under the pressure of repeated cavalry charges and the fire of French guns. The cost was six officers killed, and fifteen wounded. Three sergeants (Ketlin, Gunning, Wilkinson) and thirty-seven other ranks were killed and 202 have been sent to Brussels, wounded. Many of these have little hope of recovery. A further twenty had their wounds dressed on the battlefield.
Already the death toll has mounted. Colour Sergeant Barnwell and three privates were yesterday reported to have died of their wounds.
Of the officers lost, Major Chambers and Captain McNabb had been with the regiment since 1803. Lieutenants Beere and Prendergast had joined as ensigns in 1812, while the two ensigns, James and Bullen, although relative newcomers, had already established their position in the battalion.
Those who had been at Badajoz thought they would never again witness such carnage, but the action of the 18th has overshadowed even that dreadful night of three years ago, and the battalion is trying to come to terms with the pain of bereavement.
1st battalion – Vellore
There is very little to report this month, as the battalion accustoms itself to its new surroundings. There have been five deaths. One corporal has been reduced. Four men are prisoners awaiting trial.
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Hope Bowdler
This is a small village with an interesting history situated among the South Shropshire Hills. There is wonderful walking on the Hope Bowdler Hills along footpaths you can follow in complete tranquillity. A favourite walk is to the village of Cardington with its 15th Century Inn where you can stop for real ale and home cooked food using local recipes.
Church Stretton
The market town of Church Stretton nestles in the heart of South Shropshire Hills. A good shopping place with a variety of small shops, café and pubs. From here it is possible to walk up onto the Long Mynd or meander up the Carding Mill Valley. A huge variety of long or short walks, with the chance to see lots of wildlife, start from here.
Around and about Shropshire
There are 100s of places to go during your stay. Here are a few ideas to tempt you out and about :
The country town to the north is famous for its medieval buildings and shut (pedestrian passageway). The river, with riverside walks, almost circles the town, which has good shopping facilities, museums and a castle.
The ruins of its castle dominate Ludlow, a medieval market town to the south, but you will have to search for the impressive church that seems to hide once you are in town.
Add a good market and a collection of antique shops and you've got a recipe for a great day out. Use the car if you must or catch the train from Church Stretton.
Much Wenlock & Wenlock Edge
As you drive along the B4371, stop at the car park on the Wenlock Edge. Admire the view, then take a walk along this wooded escarpment, looking for fossils as you go. Now owned by the National Trust, the paths are well maintained.
Leave time for tea and a browse around medieval Much Wenlock, birthplace of the modern Olympic Games. Explore the Priory, pottery, Olympian Trail, museum and quaint streets.
Stokesay Castle
A short drive south from Church Stretton is a wonderful example of an ancient fortified manor house. Now under the management of English Heritage. If you are feeling energetic it is possible to walk back to Hope Bowdler, making a really good day out without using a car.
Acton Scott Historic Working Farm
Just five minutes drive from Sayang House recreates farming at the turn of the century.
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So much for all those technology cheerleaders that praise the internet for saving trees by reducing paper use. According to a first-of-its-kind study out of the Dutch University of Wageningen, wireless internet use is bad for trees. (H/T Popular Science)
The study compared some otherwise unaccountably sick trees — suffering from symptoms including bleeding, fissures in bark, leaf death and abnormal growth despite no detectable viruses or bacteria — to a group of ash trees that they exposed to various kinds of radiation, including the type emitted in Wi-Fi signals. The trees that were Wi-Fi'd showed telltale signs of radiation sickness and leaf death.
In the Netherlands, more than two-thirds of all urban trees suffer from radiation poisoning, up from a mere 10 percent in 2005.
Wireless internet only affects trees in areas with heavy internet use — essentially, cities. But in the Bay Area, densely populated areas with some of the heaviest internet traffic around sit dangerously close to protected redwood groves and other precious greenery.
Clearly, more research is needed before we panic, but this is certainly an issue our local governments should watch as they try to expand internet access, on the one hand, and maintain green urban environments, on the other.


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text: "We are going to continue hitting Hamas hard and we will continue to strike hard at the missiles targeted at Central and Southern Israel," Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Friday.Netanyahu met with President Shimon Peres in light of the recent escalation in the South."We cannot abandon women and children to the madness of Hamas which continues to fire at civilians without reason," Peres said."Israel will continue to do everything in its power to avoid civilian casualties," the prime minister assured.Peres and Netanyahu have both spoken to world leaders, including US President Barack Obama, who all agreed the operation is a justified one."Those who preach to us about morality should offer an alternative way to stop the rocket fire from Hamas. No country would agree for its children to live in that intolerable situation," Peres said."Hamas deliberately targets our children, and they deliberately place their rockets next to their children," Netanyahu said.


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Fri, 15 April 2016
Episode 177 - On today's show we talk with Matt Booth (Specialty Store Sales Rep) and Zach Gray (Product Testing Coordinator) for Mizuno.
Having never owned a pair of Mizunos, your fearless host Matt B. Davis drove up to Mizuno USA Headquarters in Norcross, Georgia to see what he could learn.
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Base Email for iOS is here
Last week, Android users had the chance to sync email to their mobile device. This week, it's iOS users turn. Mobile email is now available for all Base iPhone and iPad users.
With this new release, you now have access to focused work email, everywhere you go. Emails sent from Base will include statuses so you can see if and when an email is opened.
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Whether you're just starting out or you're an experienced professional, networking can feel intimidating. It's hard enough to introduce yourself to someone new, but then you also have to talk about yourself, make a good impression, and figure out next steps. Thankfully, networking gets easier with practice, but having a few tips doesn't hurt, either. Here's some advice on how to connect with potential clients, employers, and peers from some of our very own industry team members.
Edwin Espinoza, CAD Content Developer
1. Do Your Homework
Just as you study for tests or practice for interviews, you should prepare for networking events. Look into who is hosting, sponsoring, and attending in advance. Then once on site, share your knowledge. People will be impressed that you've done your research.
2. Leave Them Wanting More
Handing your business card to a new contact is an easy way to help them remember you and to make yourself look professional. Go a step further and include a link to your portfolio website on the card. This will demonstrate that you take pride in your work.
Ruby Siddiqui, Assoc. AIA, Product Marketing Manager — Architecture
3. It's Not All About You
Balance pitching yourself and getting to know the person you're talking with. Make sure that you spend time asking others questions and learning from their perspectives (e.g., "What do you look for in an ideal design?", "What made you get into this profession?", "What is your typical workflow?"). The resulting conversation will be more memorable and enjoyable, while also providing you with valuable insights.
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4. Get Out There
Attend industry events focused on your field of work. Professional associations often host events specifically for networking purposes. As you participate in these associations, people will become familiar with your name, leading to more attention from professionals in your industry.
5. Be Authentic
While you might be looking for a new project or a job in the long run, you shouldn't come off like you want anything other than a good conversation. People respond well to those they believe are genuine and tend to recognize quickly when you have an ulterior motive or rush through a conversation to move on to the next one.
Steve Alden, AIA, Architectural Thought Leadership Director
6. Follow Through Like NBA Star LeBron James
Networking doesn't stop once an event is over. It's essential to follow up with your new contacts, typically within two to three days. If they asked you to follow up in a specific way, make sure you respect that. Lastly, send them an article you find interesting that touches on one of the topics you discussed; a personal touch can make all the difference.
7. There Are No Days Off
Cultivating a network requires effort, but it tends to pay off through the creation of a great group of resources or even the path to a potential job offer. Don't be shy about reaching out to your network for help or to introduce them to each other, too, as you may find that they start to do the same.
Test your new networking skills by attending local industry events or even just reaching out to old contacts. Need a place to start? Find a Vectorworks User Group in your area or start your own and connect with designers near you.
This article first appeared in our bimonthly academic newsletter, For the Love of Design.


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The BigFoot Digital app and discussing the online presence
[mp_row] [mp_span col="12"] Before we answer that question, here's a quick review of things. Your digital footprint is your content online and all people, places, and things interacting with it. Also, there's two categorizations within digital footprints. Explicit: The data you control and use to speak with the digital world (for example, profile characterizations, your…Read more


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Enhance your game development by adding basic math concepts to your toolkit. Learn about layout and collision detection and useful formulas you'll need on a day-to-day basis.
- [Jesse] Hello, my name is Jesse Freeman, and in Game Development Foundations: Game-Related Math, we're going to learn some common mathematical techniques for building your own games. While the content of this course applies to any programming language, we'll focus specifically on JavaScript to keep the examples easy to follow. In this course, I'll cover laying out objects, from centering them to drawing a grid. Next, we'll cover basic point and bounding box collision detection, and finally, we'll wrap up with some commonly used formulas for displaying health, calculating XP, and animating objects on the screen.
I hope you enjoy this course as much as I did making it. Now let's get started.
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- Horizontal and vertical layout
- Rendering a collection of boxes in a grid
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- Detecting the distance between two objects
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Deoncdra felt powerless countless times after waking up from a coma to realize she had been cut up by boat propellers. Not only did she lose everything she owned, but her arm was amputated as well as her breast. she needed to learn . walk again after more than 30 surgeries. she felt like everything she knew as a woman had been then from her, even her ability to walk in heels.
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As far back as I can remember I have always wanted to write and to write well. To do that you need to just write and keep on writing.
So about five years ago I began that journey. I started with a simple exercise from an on-line creative writing class and just kept at it. From that simple exercise, characters emerged and—as characters often do—they had their own minds. I sat back and watched them move around and interact, developing a story of their own.
Along the way I took some classes and thought, "Hey, maybe I could get this published."
That was when I hired a writing coach. Big mistake.
I think every writer should print this out and post it on their computer:
It is better to write for the self and have no public than to write for the public and have no self.
Cyril Connolly The New Statesman, February 25, 1933
I am not kidding about that. Somewhere in the process I lost my self and followed the advise of "experts." Until I realized I was writing their story, not mine.
From that experience, I have rescued what I could. I present it here in installments and with commentary because it is the background of this story that is important to me. Hopefully it will be interesting to one or two others because, as my coach and writing teachers never understood, the setting, history, and spiritual concepts behind the story are "real" and that is what makes the story, not some contrived "arc" in the plot. I may have invented the characters but their world is based on what I have knit together during my less than traditional studies over the last fifty years.
So here is the first installment of Willing Sacrifice. At the end you will find some of the historical and magical information on which this is based.
Jacob van Ruisdael [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Willing Sacrifice
Prologue: 12,000 years ago
I, Ainan, Chief Guardian of the Ark, watched as Kyann, my priestess-wife, stared into the candle flame. "M'Lady, what do you see?"
"Our enemies have been blown off course," she replied. "But the storm comes our way. We must prepare." She stood with a stately grace and shook back her long auburn hair. "Get me the Ark. We need a weather-working."
There were eight of us in the small below-deck cabin of the ship. Fear was heavy upon us, and I watched Yonos put his muscular arms around his wife Miryan before kissing her head gently. Gryffud reached for the hand of his wife to move closer. Ka'morion stood alone, deeply saddened for having lost his wife in our escape. Only tall lanky Oron, barely old enough to shave, stood apart staring at the floor.
I retrieved the Ark from under the small bed that served my wife and I.
As I set it gently on the small table, Oron spoke, tears rolling down his face. "M'Lady, it will not work."
Kyann stared at her brother. "What do you mean?"
"I have used the Ark to bring the storm to our enemy. Now it cannot be used to stop it. I am sorry, I only wanted to send our enemy far from us." Never looking up, he staggered up the steps toward the deck.
"How could you make magic that would hurt another?" Ka'morion shouted after Oron, pounding his beefy fist onto the small table. "You know it only comes back in kind! You know there is always a price to pay!"
But Oron was gone.
Our small ship started to jerk roughly. The pounding waves were mounting more of their fury against us now. One hit broadside as Kyann grabbed the table for support. Whether from shock at what her younger brother had done, from the fury of the waves, or whether from fear, I could not tell.
Then even stronger waves smashed into the ship. The boards creaked and groaned. Water splashing upon the bow trickled down into the cabin.
"I did not tell you all I saw," Kyann then admitted. "There is more disaster to come."
She told us she had seen us paddling our coracles—our life boats—on the open sea, our pursuers not far behind. With her voice rising, she shouted over the sound of the raging sea. "Our ship will be crushed. We must prepare for the worst."
The bile ran strong into my throat, but I could show no fear, I knew that. Instead I asked, "Do we destroy the Ark, M'Lady?"
"No, I have a different plan."
Kyann held the Ark gently in her hands. As designated Keeper of the Ark, she removed the two wings from the kneeling forms. "Miryan, you take these. Without them the Ark cannot be opened. You and Yonos take the smaller coracle and try to make your way south. We are not far from land, maybe two days. The rest of us will take the other coracle and go north if we can. Our only hope of saving the magic within this Ark is to separate the keys from it."
At that point, tears streamed from Miryan's eyes. "Kyann, I cannot leave you. Yonos and I are sworn as your Guardians."
"You are the Ark's guardians. Not mine." Kyann kept her voice steady and calm. "And you have a duty. We will meet on shore when it is safe. But if I am captured, run and hide the wings. Do not try to save me. Do you understand your duty?"
"Certainly, M'Lady."
I could see Miryan's vexation as she silently wrapped the two wings into a dark silk cloth and tucked them in her ample bosom.
"Yonos, I charge you as Miryan's Guardian. She is a Keeper until wings and Ark can be re-united. Do you understand your duty?"
"I do, M'Lady."
I will not lie. Though we kept our manner and bearing strong, there was fear and dread in all our hearts. Had we come this far only to lose the magic of the Elementals to our enemy—an enemy that would use it for selfish means?
Moments later a huge wave smashed into our small ship tilting it sideways and knocking us all about. Then the groaning boards snapped and torrents of water poured in from above.
"Hurry," Kyann said as she rose and shoved the Ark into its ebony box. "Let us save what we can of this day. Miryan, have no fear. If we do not find one another on the shore, the Great Mother will reunite wings and Ark again one day." Then she added, "Tell your children that."
With that, Kyann placed the Ark in a pack and strapped it to her back.
As we struggled up the steps toward the deck and into the pounding storm, waves continued crashing into our small ship and we desperately held on, calling out all the while to Oron, but he never answered.
With the help of Ka'morion, Gryffud, and Yonos, I managed to untie the coracles and just as we all started to climb in, another monstrous wave hit. How we were not crushed by our ship, I do not know. Instead we found ourselves in the raging sea trying to get to the wildly bobbing coracles. Yonos managed to push Miryan into one before climbing in himself. The rest of us somehow reached the second coracle. I took the helm, allowing our small boat to ride the waves rather than fight them, praying all the while that we would survive.
We never saw Miryan, nor Yonos, nor the wings again.
And now as the sun sets on our aging forms, we and our children continue to pray that they are alive and somewhere safe. What happened to them, we do not know.
Signed: Ainan, Chief Guardian- Book of Knowings, In the year of Atl 3496
Background notes:
Some of you may recognize this Prologue as I published it April of 2016 as part of the Book of Knowings series in this blog.
Here is some of the background on which this prologue is based:
An Ark is simply a box or container. There have been many. The most famous are Noah's Ark and the Ark of the Covenant, containers of precious things indeed.
New World Crossings:
That people have been coming to the Americas for millennia is not a new idea. Indeed, this blog has recorded some of the more convincing evidence to show that ancient people visited these shores, perhaps even settled here to escape persecution in their own lands.
12,000 years ago:
This was a turbulent time on earth as the ice age ended and massive amounts of melt water dumped into the oceans. We like to think the melting and therefore the rise in sea level was slow, but that was not the case. Earthquakes and tsunamis were regular occurrences as the pressure of the glaciers was released and tectonic plates readjusted under the continents and island. It was a dangerous time to live.
There is a story that Sir Francis Drake performed a weather-working to stop the Spanish Armada from invading England. We do know the armada was blown off course and crashed on a rocky shore, never making it to England.
Those who have studied magic of this sort will tell you there is always a price to pay when you use the natural forces against another. Sir Francis Drake certainly paid the price as he fell out of favor and died a broken man.


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The Halfords Bikehut team go into the Tour of Britain looking for stage wins and jerseys as they finished the final block of hard training at the weekend before the tour start in Scunthorpe on Saturday.
Ian Wilkinson has been the big winner for the team this year, with the Warwick circuit race last weekend providing the former builder from Barnoldswick with his seventh victory of the season.
This being Wilkinson's first season as a fulltime rider with a big team, it will be his first tilt at the Tour of Britain. "I'm a virgin!' he joked. "I am really looking forward to it. And it looks like Rob [Hayles] is coming into a bit of form, so hopefully I can help him go one better than last year."
A stage could be on the cards for the man from Lancashire, but which one? "There are eight to go at. I have been round the North-West stage; that is going to be a hard day. And I think them two Somerset stages are going to be hard," he said.
Hayles came mighty close on two occasions in last year's tour, finishing second behind Alessandro Petacchi both times. There is no Petacchi to deal with this time, but Edvald Boasson Hagen will be back once more and the new Sky signing has reached another level in the last 12 months.
For Hayles, it was the final day's racing of the 2008 race where he felt the win was going to come. "The last stage was the one that was absolutely suited to me" he said. "I was just about to say to Tom [Southam] 'I can't be beaten today' when we went round the top left-hand bend, and two lads were on the floor in front of me and I decked it. I got back, but it nearly killed me. I ended up fifth but I was still only a bike-length off Pettachi."
Manager Keith Lambert expects Wilkinson to produce a decent ride in his first attempt at the tour, having put in a fine performance at the Tour of Ireland. "There are no massive climbs: it is just tough all the time. It should suit somebody like him. He lost the jersey in the Tour of Ireland on Connor Pass, but I don't think there is anything as big as that on this tour," said Lambert.
"I have brought Ian Bibby in with a view to doing something in the mountains," he added. "He has just ridden the Valle d'Aosta in Italy with the academy team. He had a bad day and blew, but he was up there before that. If he is on song, he's a damn good climber."
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Halfords: Tour Series winners
Andy Tennant
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I'm planning on purchasing a license for the RAD editor. I just need a few answers to some questions.
First, I want to edit the symbol table to add more characters. Can I do that without purchasing a developer license?
Umm ... what is the best plan for me? I have one production server with a load-balancer. But I'm deploying this one several website applications.
Basically, what are my purchasing options? Is the developer license the best choice for me?
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As for your second question our licensing policy is developer-based. We have no limitation for the number of servers or domains. By purchasing a developer license, you can use our controls in an unlimited number of applications and production servers.
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Alvey Reels closing after hit by cheap imports
QUEENSLAND manufacturing icon Alvey Reels, which once boasted its fishing equipment was so strong it never needed replacing, is shutting its doors after almost a century in business.
Alvey, based at Carole Park in Ipswich and founded by Charles Alvey in 1920, announced on Wednesday that sales of its reels were now so low that they could not generate the income required to keep the business growing.
ICON CLOSING: Sorry Alvey, I took you for granted
Alvey, owned by Charles's great grandsons Bruce and Glenn Alvey, had been hit by growing sales of cheap imports in recent years.
"Our loyal and skilled staff have kept the quality of our products very high and we are proud of this reputation as being the toughest reel on the market," Bruce said on the company's Facebook page.
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Hello all, and welcome to a new article.
As Sora in No Game No Life said, "cute is justice!" However, considering just what is so cute and who is the cutest, those aren't common occurrences.
Cuteness doesn't exist in a vacuum of just sweet and affectionate girls, after all.
Just what is moe? To you?
And so, the question of the hour is, who is the cutest girl of all the anime you've watched, or of the manga and LNs you've read? Whether you take an objective or subjective stance, enthrone in the comments a character as the cutest anime girl to you! Which qualities do you find cutest in the character(s), and are they related to real-life preferences, like for friends, lovers or just personalities you mesh with? Maybe you like the cool types with muted cuteness, or bubbly and lively character types with cuteness 24/7.
My answer under the cut:
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Now, usually I'm not one to talk about or refer to "protecting" an anime character. I know it is in spirit and just a joke, lol, but classicly-cute characters are not what I find to be cute, anywhere below the surface. Universal cuteness isn't for me. Kanna, on the other hand, I would be gladly willing to "protect". So cute and well-written for a slice of life character, she's quiet, stoic and warm-hearted.
Shiro's so serious a kuudere, so blunt and deadpan at times, and as someone with a knack for calling out and defeating the dark cracks of society, she can cook up some diabolical schemes. Complimenting it is the inspiring and delicate compassion she has once in a blue moon. Her satirical jokes, sadistic side and how she's somewhat inwardly a softie (seen in her love of Izuna's fur and the care she has for Sora) make her absolutely adorable. Pastel hair and shimapan seal the deal. She's equal parts cold and cute; it doesn't get much better than Shiro.
Komi-san is my pick who I consider overall to be second cutest. It's nice that the series has gotten so much traction in the west at least, seeing as how those with communication disorders are often shunned or denied services in Japan. Few characters have the piercing gaze that's so approachable like Komi. Dark, dignified eyes and her elegant black hair are spellbinding. Beyond that, her determination to make friends, her famous cat-mode, awkwardness and innocence are so nice! There is an airiness and this zing to her, that you can only pick up on if you read the manga. Tenderness, kindness and cuteness; that's Komi-san. Cute from her oddness, her quirks, and her whimsy at the little things.
In recent years, people have become crazy for pouting anime girls. Personally, I would give them a light slap on the cheek and say "life isn't fair" if I knew them in real life, but hey, it's just anime and in anime-world, pouting is cute. The equation for pout is...and yes, I am a scholar of cute...the equation is directness + defenselessness = pout, where said pouter is upfront about what they want but embarrassing themself with how much they want it. Very cute.
By far, this is the most adorable scale figure out there, clutching her knees to her chest innocently, but with purple-blue eyes that bring out her fiery gaze. It's a unique expression and pose.
First Dream Miku looks like she's turning to meet somebody catching up to her, to enjoy some company on a nice windy day. Welcoming and entrancing eyes, a soft smile and beautiful pinks and whites make her the second cutest scale figure to me.
Twinkle Snow Miku is a little yawner', a sleepyhead amongst the clouds and stars. As much as I like her, her price is too high for me. One day. Rabbit Yukine and her tea only ramp up her cuteness. I can imagine the steam from her tea coalescing into a cloud at her high altitude, haha.
Festive and cheerful, I can envision this snow Miku clutching rabbit Yukine to keep the both of them warm and close as they wait to enter a performance venue. Such a dainty expression and blush, it's all simple but perfect, befitting an instrument like the horn. Ribbons galore, the mint blue uniform and Miku's small hat are adorable.
However, the girl I consider to be the very cutest out there, is...
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Zero Two. Her cuteness plays off of the fact she's showing it only to the one she loves, making it seem extra special and genuine. More so, Zero Two is nihilistic, merciless, and detached, so the cuteness she has is a break from it all, for herself especially, as she continues to not be swayed by the base and keeps on living. She is wise enough to waste no time being playful and sweet with her Darling, because the time she has could be running out in her dangerous occupation, and in that way, she is amazing. Her free-spiritedness is contagious, and her honey obsession/sweet tooth, expressiveness, school uniform and use of "boku" are an adorable sight for sore eyes.
Thanks for reading, and have a good one. Cast your options below in the poll if you'd like. Maybe I'll do a part two of this article covering cute guy characters.


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How to Calculate a Production Budget
After developing the operating budget, the next step is a production budget, which tells the business owner or financial manager how many units the firm needs to produce to meet sales requirements as delineated in the sales budget of the firm.
Operating Budget
Before considering a production budget, the operating budget must be determined.
The operating budget is one of the two parts of the master budget. The purpose of the operating budget is to describe the income-generating activities of the firm, such as sales, production, and finished goods inventory.
The ultimate conclusion of the operating budget is the pro forma income statement and the operating profit margin. The operating profit margin is not the same as net profit, which you cannot calculate until you prepare the financial budget. The operating budget is prepared before the financial budget since many of the financing activities aren't known until the operating budget is prepared.
Production Budget
Directly after developing the sales budget, the next task in developing the operating budget is to put together the production budget. The production budget tells the business owner how many units of the product to produce to meet sales needs and ending inventory requirements.
There are three parts to the production budget: direct materials purchases budget, direct labor budget, and overhead budget. Each is required to produce the production budget.
Calculation of Production Needs
The formula to calculate production needs is as follows:
Units to be Produced = Expected Unit Sales + Units in Desired Ending Inventory (EI) - Units in Beginning Inventory (BI)
Example of a Production Budget
Below is a simple production budget:
The Art Pottery Company expects sales of 1,000 pots. They expect 240 pots in ending inventory at the end of the first quarter. Where will 1,240 pots come from? Beginning inventory supplies 180 of them leaving 1,060 to be produced. You can put this in the format of the equation above to see how it works. Production budgets are always expressed in terms of units, not dollars.
Sales Budget
Most business owners and managers use what is called a "bottom-up" sales forecasting technique. In other words, they solicit sales figures from the salespeople out in the field as they figure they have the most knowledge of what sales will be in future time periods. These sales figures are then put together to form an aggregate sales forecast.
If the company has a brick and mortar shop, forecasted sale from that shop must also be included as must forecast online sales if the company has an online presence.
Other factors that go into the sales forecast include the general state of the economy, pricing policies, advertising, competition and other factors. In our example, the pottery store may have suffered during the Great Recession because art pottery at that time would have been considered a luxury. Since unemployment is high after the Great Recession and the recovery is slow, it may still be considered a luxury and sales may be forecasted as slow.
The sales budget may be slightly different from the sales forecast after it is adjusted according to the desires of management.


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Girl Time
Now the fun stuff…Girl Time!!!! This is a rarity for me as Things 1-4 are all boys! I love my boys, but not a one of them is interested in hanging out on a patio on a beautiful 75 degree day for girly, fruity drinks and appetizers. Oh the inhumanity of going to a restaurant on vacation and not ordering at least one thing off of every section of the menu…nope, the Things would not have any part of that! Buuuuttttt, on my girls trip, with my person, Elizabeth, that's exactly how we kicked things off! Drinks and appetizers on the patio at Tommy Bahamas with a dear friend, Brooke, who is from our area. She happens to have a vacation home in Scottsdale. Brooke was still in Scottsdale soaking up the beautiful views and sunshiny weather over our kids Winter Break.
Ever catch your friends while your on vacation? It's the best! " Vacation you" is generally so much more relaxed and fun to be around, am I right? I love running into friends while on vacation…no rush of school schedules, practice schedules, or what you're gonna get on the table for dinner, or even worrying if you're gonna get anything on the table for dinner at all. "Vacation you" can be present without being preoccupied…it's the best! So, we hung out for a couple hours drinks in our hands, catching up, one coconut shrimp at a time. Yum!!! Seriously though, the appetizers and drinks were really good, the whole patio is shaded, and the tables were not sitting right on top of each other. It felt more like we were at home hanging out on one of our own patios instead of at a restaurant, which is nice! On top of all that I got a lesson in microblading…do you even know what that is? Am I the only one Late To The Party (LTTP)??? I think in a house full of boys and sports and never ending laundry and endless amounts of food, I'm always LTTP. For those of you that don't know what microblading is…it's like semi-permanent eye brows. I see the allure of it…not having to fill in your eyebrows every day…that'd be nice. Not sure I can see myself doing it, but Brooke has done it and it looked amazing on her!
Tommy Bahamas Restaurant and Bar is located in the Kierland Commons, an outdoor shopping center in Scottsdale. So, of course we took in a little retail therapy before we parted ways. The Commons is one of the better places for shopping, restaurants and bars in town. It's a beautiful area with plenty shops for all types. Click here for a list of shops if your interested to see what is there.
Elizabeth and I peeled ourselves away from our patio dining and retail therapy session to go check in to our room at The Westin Kierland Villas.which just happen to be less than a mile away from the Commons! Bonus!! We got checked in…our room is beautiful and spacious, and this property has just finished renovating the rooms. We are in a one bedroom suite that has a full kitchen, a living area with fireplace, and a huge balcony overlooking the golf course and mountains in the distance. It is just what us two mommas need to help us #unwind on our trip. We unpack, get settled in to the room, then decide we'd like a few items from the store for our room…since we have the kitchen and all.
We All Do It
So how many of you go to the the same places on vacation that you always go to at home??? We all do it! The first evening of our stay, Elizabeth and I went to Target…it was to pick up water, a few snacks for the room, and blister bandages for the blister I got on my heal from my Chuck Taylor All Star shoes…because I just haaaddd to try to look cute for the flight out…ya know, pictures and all (insert eye roll here). At any rate, back to Target…it is a well known fact that no one can go in to Target and only purchase the things they went in for…duh. Here we are, on our girls trip adventure, wandering aimlessly through the isles, oogling and googling over all the cool stuff that we don't have at our home Target yet. One new shirt (because the shirt I'm currently wearing in the Target has a hole in the armpit…hello hotmess), one new fabulous pair of earrings that I don't need, one case of water, a few healthy snacks, and one box of blister bandages later and we are out of Target…only to move on to………Whole Foods. Seriously?
So here's the silly conversation I have in my head…with myself…Me: Hey, how was your vacation? Also Me: Awesome, I flew 1,065 miles away from home, rented a car, and stayed in a hotel so that I could shop at Target and Whole Foods. Two places that are literally 3 mile away from my actual home!
In my defense, I have weird food allergy stuff…so I stop at a Whole Foods in almost every city that I visit. The bonus is that with great authority that I can tell you…not all Whole Foods are created equally. For instance, this particular Whole Foods that we visited in Scottsdale had the largest beer and wine section I've ever seen at a Whole Foods. Come to think of it…this store is easily the largest Whole Foods store I've been in thus far. It had an awesome grill area, beer and wine on tap…it was impressive. Talk about a great place for singles to meet that isn't a bar…
Between our Target raid and Whole Foods run and getting up at 3:30am for our flight…we are beat! We decided to skip getting fancied up for a nice meal, and instead headed to a place called the Shake Shack. It's small cheeseburgers, thick milkshakes, rootbeer and local beer both on tap. The menu is easy, it's super clean, great outdoor patio seating, and it's in the Keirland Commons shopping center area. So, was super close to our room. It was the perfect way to wrap up our busy day.
Suggestions From Day 1
The Westin in Scottsdale has both a resort and villas in which you can stay. The resort is over the top amazing…check it out here. Both are close to each other, and super close to the Kierland Commons and the Scottsdale Quarter. The hotel has a walkway that leads over to the Commons, and the Quarter is just on the back side of the Commons. We did not make our way over to the Quarter, but it looked just as amazing as the Commons. It's another outdoor shopping area with restaurants and bars as well. Click here if you want to check out stores and restaurants at the Scottsdale Quarter.
The patio at Tommy Bahamas was super chill…go for happy hour! Happy hour offers small plates and drinks at a discount.
We came in to Scottsdale on a Thursday. The concierge at the Westin suggested that we eat in the bar area of Dominick's Steak House. Apparently this is the thing to do on Thursday nights! This particular concierge was spot on for a couple of other suggestions, so I'd say this is probably a good suggestion as well. This was our Target and Whole Foods night…we were just too tired to do anything that evening.
Our flight was early and our layover was short…so by the time we made it to Scottsdale we were starved and brunch sounded good. We had brunch at a place called Butterfield's Pancake House. They had some unique pancakes that were really yummy! They even had a gluten free option that tasted good.
A couple of other breakfast places that got good reviews, but we did not visit were Snooze and Lo-Lo's Chicken and Waffles. Snooze is located in the Kierland Commons. If you stay at either of the Westin's, it would be really close!
I'm a research hound! What are some of the ways or websites that you use to research your trips? I'd love to hear from you!


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The Pygmalion Effect: Believing is Seeing
Thank to books like Bill Hybels' Holy Discontent, Michael Hyatt's Creating Your Personal Life Plan, Andy Stanley's Visioneering, I've been spending more time thinking about my mission and vision in life. What I love about reading these books is that it enables me to take a step back from my hectic life and see things from a 30,000 foot view. This new vantage point literally changes how I live life.
Throughout this year, I've gone through several iterations articulating my mission statement in life. The first mission statement was something around the lines of "To give my utmost glory to God by serving, equipping, transforming people and organizations into Christ-centered vessels by maximizing my God-given talent, passion, and potential." After many iterations the latest version says, "To glorify God through serving, equipping, and transforming people and organizations into Christ-centered, world-changing Mind Molder of our society."
It is one thing to create a fancy looking mission statement. It is quite another thing to actually live it out. That is why I started making it habit of continually assessing my involvement in the various activities I'm engaged to determine whether or not it truly reflects, supports, and aligns with my mission.
To fulfill my mission, I realized it would require me to excel in my role as a mentor, encourager, promoter, adviser, and consultant. I then began to take an honest look at myself.
"Am I exhibiting these behaviors? "Do those people who interacted with me have been left with greater dreams, greater thoughts, and greater desire to make a difference in the world?"
I recalled the phenomenon Pygmalion Effect which I vaguely remember from one of my classes in college. This idea derives from ancient Greek myth in which Pygmalion sculpted an image of a beautiful woman whom he named Galatea. The image was striking, so striking in fact that Pygmalion fell in love with it, and he began to imagine wonderful attributes for this image. His love for Galatea became so great that the gods heard, and Galatea was transformed into a real woman with all the wonderful attributes that Pygmalion imagined her to have.
You also may be familiar with the experiment of the Pygmalion Effect.
In the 1960s, Harvard psychology professor Robert Rosenthal teamed up with South San Francisco elementary school principal Lenore Jacobson to conduct what later became known as the Pygmalion Effect study. In the study, 20% of the students within each of 18 elementary school classrooms were randomly assigned to a 'high achiever' group, with the remaining 80% serving as the control group. The teachers in those classrooms were told that these particular students in the 'high achiever' group had a superior IQ; even though the students were in fact chosen at random. By the end of the year, the students who were randomly assigned to the 'high achiever' group showed significantly more intellectual growth in the form of increased IQ points than the control group. In summarizing the book that Rosenthal and Jacobson co-authored about their study, James Rhem, executive editor for the online National Teaching and Learning Forum, said simply:
"When teachers expect students to do well and show intellectual growth, they do; when teachers do not have such expectations, performance and growth are not so encouraged and may in fact be discouraged in a variety of ways."
Later studies revealed that when teachers have higher expectations of students, they unconsciously give more positive attention, feedback, and learning opportunities to those students. This phenomenon of self-fulfilling expectations has come to be known as the Pygmalion Effect. (source: the awesome culture blog)
Our Lord Jesus also understood and leveraged the Pygmalion Effect:
The world saw fishermen, tax collectors, and zealots. Jesus saw apostles.
The world saw a fallen woman of a mongrel race. Jesus saw an evangelist to her people.
The world saw a man possessed of a Legion of demons. Jesus saw a son of God.
The world saw little, pesky children. Jesus said, "Let them come to me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven."
The world saw a woman who was a sinner wasting expensive ointment on an itinerant teacher's feet. Jesus saw a broken and contrite spirit.
The world saw a dying thief on a cross. Jesus saw a man who would be with him in paradise.
This made me ponder, how do I see people and organizations?
Do I first see them full of problems or do I see them as full of opportunity? Do I see them as 'what can be' or "What they are?" Do I use words to encourage them with high expectations or do I belittle them by focusing on their weaknesses and problems? What about as a son, friend, boyfriend, cell group leader, or employee?
William Carey reminds us that as a Christian I am a "wretched, poor worthless worm." Without Christ, I am essentially nothing. But with Christ, I can do all things through Him. Today was a good reminder to replace my selfish lens to Jesus' lens and see life only through His perspective.


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An audience member was the first to mention the change, then a school board member remarked on the difference following the meeting Monday night.
The atmosphere inside the room was different than in the past. For the first time in a long time, Morenci's school situation didn't seem all gloom and doom. There was hope and optimism and anticipation of a new school year starting.
A new administration hasn't magically erased all the district's troubles. There are still serious financial issues, there's the matter of the bond project gone awry, there are teacher contracts to settle and maintenance issues to address.
But all of those issues seem more manageable now with new people taking new approaches and working together to find solutions.
The district has a very experienced superintendent who made it clear from the start that there's work to do and he wants to get right at it. That's just what he's done. He's collected ideas and opinions from others and worked with his staff to make changes.
Many district residents and staff members made it known that they favored hiring principals who were familiar with the district and they got their wish this time around. Many people expressed a desire to have retired principal Kay Johnson back on staff and that's happened, too.
There are plenty of reasons to feel good about the new school year and about the school district as a whole. We've been down for a while, but it feels as though we're rising up and stepping back into place.


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This light is repeatedly going on/off/on/off....
Reported in the Street light intermittent category anonymously at 23:39, Wed 4 December 2019
Received by Buckinghamshire Council moments later
This is a particularly dark corner in the Churchyard and it would be a great benefit to health and safety to have this light repaired. Any chance of having an LED lightbulb installed?
Thank you!
Thank you for your report which is currently under review.
We will investigate this and if you have provided an email address, we respond to you within 10 working days.
We will continue to update you by email (if provided) when your report reaches key stages.
IMPORTANT: To report anything dangerous, please call us on: 01296 382416 (09:00 – 17:30 Mon-Thurs, 09:00 – 17:00 Friday) or 01296 486630 (out of hours and weekends).
Transport for Buckinghamshire
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 23:40, Wed 4 December 2019
Thank you for your report.
This has been added to our programme of works. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide you with a timescale for this work to be carried out, we work on a priority based risk matrix in line with our Highway Inspection Policy and therefore programme times can change due to priority based working.
Please be assured this is on our list of works to be carried out, we will continue to monitor all defects to ensure the safety of our residents as part of our Highways Inspection Policy which can be accessed via the link below;
Transport for Buckinghamshire
State changed to: Action scheduled
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 09:10, Thu 5 December 2019
State changed to: In progress
Updated by Buckinghamshire Council at 09:11, Thu 5 December 2019
Thank you for your report, the repair of this defect is now in progress.
We will continue to update you by email when your report reaches key stages.
Transport for Buckinghamshire
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 10:06, Thu 19 December 2019
We are pleased to tell you that the repair of this defect is now complete.
The reports you make to us are invaluable, they help us achieve our pledge to always put safety first by prioritising the most critical repairs, being available to react 24/7 and regularly inspecting the highway
Transport for Buckinghamshire
State changed to: Fixed
Posted by Buckinghamshire Council at 10:43, Thu 19 December 2019
This report is now closed to updates. You can make a new report in the same location.


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Hi people.
Allow me to dedicate this entry and the next few ones to my very first attempt at British colonial-styled home decor. These entries will showcase my progress as I work towards turning my apartment unit into a dream home – one that has a classy, vintage feel to it.
Colour has to be a combination of white, light brown, dark brown, and black.
I know the photo quality in this entry is horrible as I didn't have my Panasonic Lumix with me when I took them. No more handphone-quality photos in the next posts I swear.
Anyway in this first post, I'm gonna blog about how much I spent on certain home decor items over the weekend.
The best buy went to…
It's not just a photo frame, but a wooden key box! And I bought it not only because it's white and fits my British colonial theme, but guess how much it cost?
Original price was RM25, and they sold it MUCH cheaper with the clock already gone missing, at only…
Is that not cheap?
The next item is a metal clothes hanger (the type that allows you to hook over the door top) at 50% off because of Hari Raya sales. I bought it at OU Mall at Puduraya together with the key box, among other things.
It cost only RM3.50.
Don't know how to call the following item, but the piece of metal is supposed to give your lock extra "protection".
Well I know it's not supposed to be here in the list but since I bought it together on the same day I may as well include it.
RM18 for a "lock armor".
A wooden dish mat, for only…
RM1.90. Cheap, protects against heat on your table, and also vintage (and therefore classy to me).
Galvanised plant pot (I bought two) from Ikea. Fits amazingly well with Hessian.
A rattan basket I bought from Daiso for RM5 (most Daiso items are sold at RM5 per piece). I have no idea what to do with the basket yet but I figure I could put some fruits inside.
Rusch clock from Ikea.
For only RM3.30. I bought it not only because it's freaking cheap, but because it's white, minimalistic, and fits my theme damn well.
In the photo below, I bought the tea mat at 100 Yen shop for RM5 and the block candle at OU Mall for only RM2. Hardly believable right?
I'm not a fan of block candles but it's cheap so whatever. Using it to attack thieves is also a very reasonable side-use.
A mini bamboo blind I bought from 100 Yen shop at RM5.90.
It's rather "Japanese" and thus I have now used it for another project, which I will blog about much later.
Three different variations of the jute strings and also a cotton string ball for my quart jars project. Bought them in various places including some old shops at Petaling Street and Daiso.
About RM20 in total for the string.
And last but definitely not least – a mini platform for plant. Put a plant on top and it has the tendency of making your home feel serene and close to nature.
Alright, more about my other projects in the next posts. Take care and remember to live life to the fullest.


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The way we communicate changes often, but it hasn't changed for the better in a really long time. I mean, of course, back in my day, I used pigeons launched from the 🚢 Santa Crypto 🚢 to carry my messages. Needless to say, I have seen messaging change quite a bit. And while my birds may not have been very fast, I never had to worry about them being hacked as many times as Snapchat has been. 👻
TL;DR The Mercury Protocol is using the blockchain to enhance security and privacy in messaging by utilizing the blockchain.
You can read the white paper here. It's the best place to get the most direct information about the project. It's written in a basic format with diagrams that make it easy to understand while explaining all the features and benefits of the platform and token. We discovered this project when we came across this reddit thread from Mark Cuban:
I believe that this project has that ability to be a part of the change we need. The passion of the team, coupled with Mark Cuban as an advisor (who takes privacy and security as a very serious concern), is added fuel to drive this innovation on the blockchain.
If you remember, he stood up to the SEC when they violated his privacy, sued them and won. It was a huge victory for him that could have possibly paved the way to make the mercury protocol a reality today.
By using the blockchain, the Mercury Protocol will be enhancing our overall privacy and security. The developers say that Mercury Protocol will increase user privacy and security in part because blockchain anonymizes user identity. Behavioral data won't be linked to individuals and sold to advertisers the way it currently is on social networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
If you have not seen this video before, it's worth the couple minute watch. While you will probably crack a smile, you will think about this on a deeper level, as well while scroll your newsfeed…
I would suggest signing up for the email updates and keep you're eyes peeled for the ICO for the Global Messaging Tokens.
The Mercury Protocol is built on Ethereum. The GMT (Global Messaging Token). It is an ERC-20 Token.
The ERC20 token smart contract is written in the Solidity programming language and will be publicly accessible and free to use.
Ryan Ozonian, Chief Executive Officer
Rohit Kotian, Chief Technology Officer
Igor Shpitalnik, Lead Backend Engineer
Ian R. Connelly, Project Manager
Preethi Kasireddy, Lead Blockchain Developer
Alex Moir, Blockchain Developer
Elliot Sperling, Blockchain Developer
Sameer Khavanekar, iOS Team Lead
Manju Deshpande, iOS Developer
Alex Rupprecht, Android Team Lead
Brant Kortman, Android Developer
Evan Albert, Lead Web Developer
Mayukh Das, Software Developer
Michael Talarczyk, Lead Systems Engineer
Jon Ikemura, Lead Designer
Mark Cuban, Dust Investor, Owner of the Dallas Mavericks
Nick Tomaino, 1Confirmation, Previously at Coinbase, The Control, Runa Capital
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mercuryprotocol
Whitepaper: https://www.mercuryprotocol.com/files/Mercury_Protocol_whitepaper.pdf
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mercuryprotocol
Medium: https://medium.com/@MercuryProtocol
Slack: https://www.mercuryprotocol.com/slack
What problem does the Mercury Protocol solve?
Blockchain technology enables us to shift from privatized silos of applications and data to a public, decentralized and trustless digital community. Dust aims to use blockchain technology to replace the current industry standard of messaging that uses a centralized advertising based model that extorts user data for profit, to one that trustlessly incentivizes users for their participation and attention within the platform. The Mercury Protocol and the GMT token is how Dust plans to achieve this.
We believe that if implemented correctly, tokens can solve any number of problems with communication platforms, including online harassment and trolling. There are countless potential implementations for a token system within messaging applications (e.g. rewards for watching ads, fines for abusive behavior, etc.), but the commonality between all of them is that tokens are designed to provide a secure, measurable way to encourage positive behavior and discourage destructive behavior within a decentralized ecosystem of any size.
Additionally, the protocol will enable decentralized and platform agnostic communication. This means it becomes possible to send communications from one Mercury Protocol integrated platform to another, thus expanding the ecosystem to include all users across all Mercury Protocol integrated platforms, as opposed to a single platform's users.
We intend for this protocol to enable a token ecosystem that is completely scalable within communication platforms of any size, and one that continues to increase in utility for every new platform that comes on-board. Source: https://www.mercuryprotocol.com/faq
How is the Mercury Protocol different from centralized token systems like those found in WeChat or other messaging apps?
We suggest checking out the whitepaper for a great chart with the comparisons.
Primarily, the native units of exchange on any given blockchain network (Bitcoin, Ether, etc.) are not intended to be valued for communication related activity. They are designed to be used as the metric of participation in the blockchain network. If a communication platform were to implement Bitcoin or Ether as the primary metric of communication participation, it is possible for the value of the cryptocurrency to fluctuate for a reason unrelated to the platform. This inconsistency makes it difficult to accurately reward a user for participating in the communication platform. If a user spends one Bitcoin to send a premium message to a friend, for example, and the price of Bitcoin skyrockets for an unrelated reason, that user arguably just lost that increase in value because of market instability.
That's where the blockchain-based token comes in. By disassociating from the blockchain parent network and implementing the token specifically as incentive for communication platform participation, it creates a more stable token value as determined only by the behaviors of the token's network. In the above example, if a user were to spend one token to send a premium message to a friend, and the price of Bitcoin were to skyrocket, it would have no bearing on the value of the token or the cost of the premium service. This stability makes it possible to properly calibrate the token cost of a platform's premium services, and consistently promote positive network behavior while discouraging negative ones.
Final Thoughts
As I have said before, blockchain technology is solving many problems across the board.
The Mercury Protocol solves a real world problem, while innovating messaging, communication and social proof. "And for those reasons, I'm In!" – Cryptopher Columbus
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David L. Anderson: Author, Storyboards
Robert T. Arrigo: Author, Storyboards
Kari Cox: Artwork, Storyboards
Michael Romanzow: Artwork, Author, Programming, Storyboards
Allison Steinhaur: Artwork, Storyboards
Robert Stufflebeam: Artwork
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This module was supported by National Science Foundation Grant #0127561 and a Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) supported by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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The link below will open a new webpage to either a non-Mind Project web resource, or a webpage on The Mind Project server that is not a part of the curriculum system.


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SM Megamall Mega Food Sale started yesterday, Aug 17. and my first mistake was coming late. I arrived at 7PM and since it's a Food Sale expect a lot of people. I suggest you already decide which restaurant you want to eat be as early as possible because a lot of shoppers are taking advantage of the Food Sale.
It was our first time eating at Yabu – House of Katsu and it definitely will not be the last. I have eaten a lot of katsu's in different Japanese restaurants and they were all the same. It's just like breaded pork/chicken, nothing else. Yabu – House of Katsu does it differently.
You can choose from any two from the four appetizers for P195 but as part of the Mega Food Sale, Yabu House of Katsu (2F Mega Atrium) – offers Free appetizer set & 2 bottomless lemonades for every order of 2 Katsu sets & All-day bottomless Miso soup for every Katsu set.
- Wakame – Seawood salad topped with ebiko.
- Superior Potato & Egg Salad – Chunks of potato and egg, tossed in creamy mayonnaise-mustard dressing.
- Edmame – Young green soybeans
- Hiyayakko Tofu – Cold silken tofu cubes in ponzy sauce, sprinkled with bonito flakes.
There a lot of Katsu's to choose from. What I chose was the Hire and Seafood Katsu Set for Php475.00, it was good for 1-2 persons. While waiting I got my self busy by preparing the sauce/dip. Grind – Pour – Mix. Grind the sesame seeds pour the special sauce and mix. Hire is Japanese for pork tenderloin.
I enjoyed preparing the dip. The smell of sesame seeds is also an appetizer, I think. I probably was just hungry that time. Here it is, Hire and Seafood Katsu Set. The set has black tiger prawn, cream dory, scallop, eggplant and pepper katsus it's served with unlimited Japanese rice, miso soup, Japanese pickles, unlimited cabbage with sesame dresing and a bowl of fruit.
I was at first puzzled about the unlimited cabbage. I mean who would want unlimited raw cabbage? Actually I did, I had more of it instead of rice. What made it special is the dressing.
Here are the other Katsu's.
If you will be heading to the SM Megamall MEGA Food Sale be there early. A lot of shoppers want to take advantage of the great savings they'll get. Here are the list of restaurant's participating in the SM Megamall MEGA Food Sale http://anakngpasig.com/mega-food-sale/.
Check out fellow blogger Az and Alex's post about they're SM Megamall MEGA Food Sale experience.


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Manuel Creative Arts Academy is located in Dayton, OH. Offering high quality creative arts instruction for all ages in a safe and caring environment. All of the instructors at Manuel Creative Arts Academy are highly trained professionals; collectively with over two decades of collegiate education and over a century of experience in their art; each with a passion for the empowerment, education, and progress of others.
Manuel Creative Arts Academy started in January 2013 as Manuel Music Studio in Beavercreek Ohio as a single studio offering private voice lessons. Since then has relocated twice now residing in the historic Liberty Tower building. Expanding to offer music lessons and classes in twelve instruments, and multiple ensembles at our downtown studio location and in twelve Dayton area schools.


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Communications Specialist to UNNATI
UNNATI - Inclusive Growth Programme in Nepal is at national level, but with focus on seven districts in the Eastern Development Region (EDR). The programme focuses on support to the private sector, and to local government through the Department of Local Infrastructure Development and Agricultural Roads (DoLIDAR) and the District Development Committees (DDCs) in the programme districts. The budget for the programme is approximately USD 70 million for the five-year period. The overall objective is promotion of sustainable inclusive growth that reduces poverty and raises living standards. UNNATI builds on three pillars: The Value Chain Component; The Infrastructure Component and The Enabling Environment Component. The three components are interlinked with the Value Chain Component as the core of the programme. ORGUT is contracted by Danida as the Management Contractor (MC) and provides the technical assistance to one sub-component of the Value Chain Component (1.1 Selected Value Chains) and to the entire Infrastructure Component (Component 2).
During the inception period a communication strategy was to be developed. In order to assist the long term advisory staff, a need for a short term input was identified. The consultant was contracted to produce the Strategic Communication Strategy outlining the process for communication with stakeholders, organizations and the general public.


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Looking virtually identical to the coupe, the BMW i8 Concept Spyder features sporty styling and an advanced, plug-in hybrid powertrain.
BMW has unveiled the i8 Concept Spyder at the Beijing Motor Show in additon to the eDrive badge which will be used to designate all electric and plug-in hybrid cars from the BMW i brand in the future.
Looking virtually identical to the coupe, the spyder rides on a shortened wheelbase and features a semi-transparent hood, laser headlights and a rakish windscreen with an integrated spoiler. There's also a rear diffuser and upward opening doors.
The interior is luxuriously equipped with leather upholstery, carbon fiber trim and piano black accents. Other highlights include a digital instrument cluster and a three-dimensional iDrive display.
Power is provided by a plug-in hybrid powertrain that consists of a 131 PS (96 kW / 129 hp) electric motor and a 223 PS (164 kW / 220 hp) three-cylinder petrol engine. This gives the roadster a combined maximum output of 354 PS (260 kW / 349 hp) and 550 Nm (406 lb-ft) of torque, which enables the model to accelerate from 0-100 km/h in 5.0 seconds and hit a top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph). In terms of efficiency, the spyder averages 3 liters/100 km (94.1 mpg UK / 78.4 mpg US) and can travel up 30 kilometers (19 miles) on electricity alone.


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Iron Horse is featured in the latest printing of the Shoals area's Courier Journal See article here
Author: Vance Henry
Classic Bluegrass Vol 1 – New Iron Horse Project 02/08/20
What's in Your Case
Newest Iron Horse Video released 03/30/19
"A Boy Named Blue" – Remixed and Mastered
A Boy Named Blue_ The Bluegrass Tribute to The Goo Goo Dolls – CMH Records
The Modest Mouse Tribute on Vinyl
The Modest Mouse Tribute will be released on Vinyl on April 21st ("Record Store Day") in limited quantities.
Bernie Taupin Mentions Iron Horse
Bernie Taupin talks Bluegrass
Wires and Wood: Vintage Instrument Demonstration
Tony Robertson of Iron Horse presents "Wire & Wood"
Iron Horse on Kreiner's Korner Podcast
Checkout Iron Horse on Kreiner's Korner Podcast.
Our Good Friend Jake Landers Passed Away
It is with great regret that our good friend Jake Landers has passed away. He has been a big encouragement to Iron Horse throughout the years by pitching us songs and always including us in the lineup of his annual festival. Rest in peace good friend…You will be missed!


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We are well past year end when wrap ups of the previous year are common, and it is time to start a new round of research. Before embarking on that journey it seemed appropriate to summarize what our research last year showed regarding the sources used by Telecharge customers for information on Broadway. While each set of data alone could be taken and used to justify one position or another, when presented in summary will anyone's mind be changed?
When responses across multiple channels are compared, the differences in importance of sources between out of town and locals are quite evident. Broadway.com is not strong with locals but is strong with out of town customers where most of our sales originate whereas the NYT ABC's are strong with locals but not so much with out of town customers.
Daniel Pesick
2/23/2016 01:07:50 pm
Can you explain a little more clearly what survey they're responding to here? And how big is the sample size?
Brian Mahoney
2/26/2016 01:23:29 pm
This is from a survey of Telecharge customers who purchased tickets in 2014. The survey was conducted in the first quarter of 2015. We reported on various questions from the survey in this blog all through 2015. There were over 8,000 responses.
Broadway Marketer & Producer
2/24/2016 08:30:28 am
The Broadway League stats that just came out seem at odds with this data - especially when it comes to print. How do you explain? There also isn't a television option? Although one thing is constant — online is a clear winner here in terms of information gathering and consumption. Ad plans should reflect.
Brian Mahoney
2/26/2016 01:26:02 pm
The questions we asked were separate and about specific media. The goal was not to provide a comprehensive picture of all advertising but to obtain more specific information on the use of specific media. As for the Broadway League data, our data is only Telecharge ticket buyers whereas their data is a sampling and includes buyers from all sources including Broadway.com, TKTS, groups, etc
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Over the last year or so, Urban Outfitters in the USA has been selling a great range of mid-century inspired pieces, the latest of which being this Mid-Century Rocker.
The chair is made from solid ash but topped with very comfortable looking dark grey cushions. It looks just perfect for rocking on the porch. It costs $288 and is only available to order online for shipping with mainland USA.
Further details available at Urban Outfitters.