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It has now been over two months since my last post, I've definitely been slacking as of late. Between hunting with my Griffon pup Darby, ski trips, and vacations to Hawaii I have been off my writing and analytical game. My big update recently has been the approval of my ETS packet so I will be out of the Army and into the unemployment line within a month. So if you happen to see a 30-ish guy who looks like he just got out of the Army holding a homeless vet sign, that may be me. It's been an interesting seven years thus far, mostly a positive set of experiences, but it's time to move on. I won't bore everyone reading this with the laundry list of reasons for my departure from the military; suffice it to say the cons started to outweigh the pros so I'm hanging up my proverbial hat. I may or may not write a future post on my perspective of the woeful state of my soon-to-be-former branch after I go on terminal leave, I am yet to fully weigh the merits of such a post.
I am definitely looking forward to my next professional challenge, which hopefully will get finalized in the next couple weeks; otherwise you'll be able to find me on the saltwater flats outside of Honolulu chasing Bonefish with a fly rod or carting my daughter around to her various sport practices (something that "Major Mommy" has been doing very well on her own far too long).
Onto more serious news.
Every warm blooded American Soldiers' favorite reporter Lara Logan was detained in Cairo. I was ambivalent on the uprising until I read this; now I want whoever is responsible to pay! But seriously, I am still fairly undecided on whether this is a good thing or not. My humanitarian side fully supports the uprising for the good of the Egyptian people. However, the realist side of me is more than a little worried. Not knowing what the next government will look like is an obvious concern. Whoever comes next will undoubtedly not unabashedly support American interests the way Mubarak has, which isn't necessarily the end of the world; but I do worry our access into Africa and the Middle East will dwindle even more. And for the Egyptian people, I think they are forgetting the lessons learned by the Iraqi people about coming out from under a dictator after an extended period of time. The Iraqis had (and still have) absolutely no idea how to run a government; so hopefully they will not fully disband and fully replace their civil servants. What will hopefully emerge is a moderate government; and they will need trained and established civil servants to reduce lag time for the improvement of essential services.
Then when we consider that Egypt has been the historical leader of the Middle East, things get even more troubling for us. Counterterror operations against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula throughout Yemen, the last known residence of Anwar al Awlaki, will undoubtedly become more difficult when Ali Abdullah Saleh steps down in 2013, or is forced out earlier. Is Yemen bound to be the next Afghanistan then? Will we continue to have a military presence on the Sinai? Will we be able to continue our CT efforts in Yemen?
The Egyptian uprising leaves us with more questions than answers on what the Middle East of tomorrow will look like; and even more about our position in the region we have expended more time and resources in than any other in the past three decades.
04 February 2011
The Post-Authoritarian Middle East
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The Razer Hydra PC Gaming Motion Sensing Controller, much like the recent deluge of alternative input gadgets like Microsoft's Kinect and Sony's PlayStation Move, allow for immersive three-dimensional interaction in rich in-game virtual environments. We at the VR-Zone Enrichment Centre take a quick first look at this futuristic magnetic field powered contraption, and after intensive testing with expandable human test subjects of varying intelligence and dexterity in devious scenarios, present our findings later in a full review… for science!
Technical Specifications
(Per controller)
- Thumb-ergonomic analog stick for fluid control
- 4 Hyperesponse action buttons
- Rapid-fire trigger and bumper for faster in-game response
- Non-slip satin grip surface
- True six degree-of-freedom magnetic motion tracking
- Lightweight, anti-tangle braided cable
(Base station)
- Low-power magnetic field, low power consumption
- Ultra precise sensor for 1mm and 1 degree tracking
- No line of sight to controllers required
- Low latency feedback
System Requirements
PC with 35MB free disk space
USB Port
Windows XP/Vista/7
Package Bundle
Valve's award winning Portal 2 PC Game with Sixense MotionPack DLC that features 6 TrueMotion levels that were specifically created for use with the Razer Hydra.
Game Compatibility
Apart from Portal 2, Razer claims out of the box compatibility with 125 titles (see here for the full list).
More Test Subjects Wanted!
Leave a verbose comment below on why you think you will make a good test subject (we will then contact you and you will be videoed and made famous on youtube). And oh, there will be cake.
First Look
The Box
Two gamepad-like controllers tethered to the base station
Base station (on the left a proprietary USB connector to the PC, and on the right for the two controllers). This orb structure generates a magnetic field to map the exact location and orientation of the controllers in the user's hands
FCC approved (so it probably won't cause cancer), made in China and saps USB power (500mA)
Analog Stick and Four Action Buttons on the two controllers. A tad disappointed they were not wireless.
Razer Trademark Green Glow when powered on. SPAAAAACE!
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I don't know that much about MOSFETs or FETs in general. Can you explain what makes them tick?
— Bob J.
Ray Marston did a very good job of describing FETs and MOSFETs in his series "FET Principles And Circuits" in Nuts & Volts. But it focuses mostly on low power devices, which behave differently than high-power FETs. Let me try to explain.
The original transistor — invented in 1947 by a team of John Bardeen, William Shockley, and Walter Brattain at Bell Telephone Labs — was a bipolar device that amplified a small input current into a higher output current, as opposed to amplifying a small input voltage into a higher output voltage. Let me tell you, for us vacuum tube (valve) guys, it was a quantum leap in thinking about circuit design. I can't count the number of CK722 transistors I fried by trying to apply voltage rules to a current device.
Somewhere between 1960 and 1963 the epitaxial deposition transistor evolved into the junction field-effect transistor — JFET. Like the vacuum tube, the JFET is a voltage controlled device where a negative voltage is needed to "pinch" off the flow of electrons from source (cathode) to drain (plate). Cool for us tube guys, but hardly a tube substitute.
At about the same time, the metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor — MOSFET — came into being and allowed us to combine tube technology with transistor. That is, an increase in voltage prompts an increase in current flow. Most "FETs" today are of this enhanced-mode type.
While MOSFETs can be operated in the linear region, most are used as switches — where they are either ON (conducting) or OFF (not conducting). In this mode, there are two important parameters to consider: switching time and saturation voltage. The first is the time it takes for the transistor to go from OFF to ON, and vice versa. The more time the transistor spends between the two states, the more power it dissipates. The switching times are determined by the capacitance of the gate junction. Because the gate is insulated from the rest of the semiconductor bulk, a capacitor is formed between the gate and source, and the gate to drain, as shown in Figure 1. These capacitors have to be charged before the gate voltage reaches a high enough potential to turn the MOSFET on.
Although the gate-to-source capacitance is important, the gate-to-drain capacitance is actually more significant. And more difficult to deal with because it's a non-linear capacitance affected as a function of voltage. This capacitance is similar to that found in vacuum tube amplifiers — a phenomenon known as the "Miller" effect, a function by which feedback between the input and output of an electronic device is provided by the interelectrode capacitance. Though smaller than gate-to-source capacitance, the gate-to-drain capacitance goes through a voltage excursion that is often more than 20 times that of the gate-to-source capacity. Therefore, the gate-to-drain or Miller capacitance typically requires more actual charge than the input capacitance.
The MOSFET switching time is divided into four sections as shown in Figure 2.
By increasing the gate voltage, the Miller capacitor can be forced to charge faster, and that decreases the switching time. The discharge time of the MOSFET is a mirror image of this profile, with the Miller plateau discharge time governed by the resistance of RG — the gate input resistor.
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GoPro's Hero camera line
Ettore Fantin-Yusta, Editorial Contributor
December 22, 2014
Releasing the Hero 4 series is GoPro's first big move after their initial public offering earlier this year. This series includes three cameras, at very different price points. They include the Hero 4 black, Hero 4 silver and the Hero. The Hero 4 black edition is their most top of the line camera priced...


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November is my official Running for Dummies Blogiversary! I can't believe it has been well more than 105,000 page views and a whole year since I started this blog. I created this blog in November and then in December of last year, I wrote my first official Running for Dummies post, begging for followers. In truth, I have had this blog since 2009, but it has went through several transformations until it became the blog you read today. In fact, before I even had an official blog, I used to blog over on MySpace. Remember MySpace? I technically still have a MySpace account so I dug around over there for a blast from the past. You should read this MySpace blog post, it is pretty funny, if I do say so myself.
Even though I have always enjoyed writing, the first time I ever started a blog, it was simply to share pictures with my friends and family. I have been doing a "Year in Pictures" blog post at the end of each year since 2008, which at the time my blog was simply called 'Lea Genders' (that's me). I didn't have a particular theme or blog schedule, like I do today. I simply wrote when the feeling struck me. Sometimes it was just once a month, sometimes less. My readers were mainly just my friends and family. Over time, my blog topics gravitated towards concerts, music, and my musician
While my blog was rock music and concert centered, I still used this outlet to write about other things occasionally. When I would race, I would share my race recaps. Before long, the fitness themed blogs started to eclipse the music themed ones. I was pretty sure that the people following my Jack White blog, could care less about my latest PR, so at the end of last year I decided to separate the two blogs. I kept the 'Fell in Love with a Band' blog, but started this new blog, 'Running for Dummies', that would be more running and fitness focused. I moved all the non-musical related posts over to the new blog and that is when Running for Dummies was officially born.
Even after Running for Dummies was created, my posts were still on a whenever-the-feeling-struck-me type of schedule. It wasn't until I became a Fitfluential Ambassador this Spring that I really started to focus on my blog as a priority and a responsibility. Now, instead of only writing when I felt inspired, I was sitting down to plan posts, brainstorm ideas, and really trying to grow my blog. Now, when I
I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for hanging in there with me. Your comments, questions and posts here on my blog and on the Running for Dummies Facebook page inspires me more than you will ever know. Thanks to you that have jumped on board over this last year, I hope you hang with me for many more.
If you are not following me yet, anyone with a Google account can follow this blog with Google Friend Connect (on my right side bar). Don't make me beg (again). There is no obligation to actually read it.
If you want to check out my music blog, you can click on the link. Jack needs to come back to Dallas so that I have something to write about on that blog.
Keep Running (and rocking),
Ways to (legally) stalk me:
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Follow me on Twitter @GeaLenders
Let's track each others workouts on Dailymile
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text: MPA of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2013-2018 Akbar Ayub Khan MPA of PK-50 Haripur-II Net Worth, Contact number And Biography By Khan Zada Posted on July 17, 2017 1 min read Comments Off on Akbar Ayub Khan MPA of PK-50 Haripur-II Net Worth, Contact number And Biography 0 236 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Share on Pinterest Share on Linkedin Share on Tumblr Rating Summary 79 % User Rating 0 Be the first one ! Akbar Ayub Khan is a Member of Provincial Assembly Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from PK-50 Haripur-II. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a Province of Pakistan. Akbar Ayub Khan History, Home Address, Mobile number, Net worth, Education, And Biography is Given Below: Cabinet Post Cabinet Post: Advisor of Minister Department: Communication & Works Post Held Since: 1st Apr 2014 Basic Info Name of MPA: Akbar Ayub Khan Fathers Name of MPA: Shoukat Ayub Khan Date of Birth: 17-07-1971 City of Birth: Haripur Martial Status: Yup! Married Number of Children: 3 Religious Belonging: Islam Political Career Info Seat Class: Bye Election Oath Date: 18 Feb,2014 Political Party Affiliation: Pakistan Tehrek Insaf (Others MPA from Same Party) Official Constituency: PK-50 Haripur-II Personal Contact Info Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Academic Information Degree/Diploma/Certificate Matric Year of Completion 1988 Net Worth: Not Specified Click Here to see full list of MPA of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2013-2018


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When we recently visited Madrid-based Rotor's facilities for the launch of its new Uno hydraulic groupset and 2INpower double sided power meter, we were given a tour of its impressive machining facility housed in a series of buildings on the same industrial estate as its head office.
First look at Rotor's new Uno groupset
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Rotor describes itself as an engineering company gone wild in the cycle industry. Its original designs sprung from work at the Aeronautical Engineering School in Madrid and were launched in 1998, with manufacturing outsourced to Spanish mountain bike parts manufacturer EDR. Eventually, Rotor bought out EDR and its facilities became the core of Rotor's own facilities, where Rotor still makes the majority of its components.
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The whole process is highly automated, with robots selecting the templates used by the computerised CNC machines. Because of the large number of different parts which Rotor manufactures, it has invested in versatile machines which can make small runs of a variety of different components.
Cutting intricate parts from blocks of aluminium creates a lot of waste and Rotor collects this up elsewhere in its factory for recycling.
There's a lot of testing done of finished product and again much of this is automated. Rotor also runs a quality assurance facility where tolerances are measured to ensure that standards are met.
Rotor's design team works in the head office building. As well as CAD software, it makes use of 3D printing to make prototypes of new parts and assemblies. There's also a small facility in the same building in which Rotor assembles complete bikes using its components.


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Can Humans Breathe Liquids?
We see instances of humans breathing liquids in sci-fi movies, TV shows and in books. An individual will be immersed in an exotic fluid solution and, usually after a brief bit of panic, they'll find they can breathe normally. One of the most iconic examples of this can be seen in the movie "The Abyss".
Actor Ed Harris, who plays 'Bud', needs to go deeper than anyone has ever been. He must go to the bottom of The Mariana Trench to save his crew-mates by defusing an armed nuclear bomb. They're aware that a normal gas based SCUBA unit couldn't handle the immense pressure at those depths. Luckily for them, liquids diffuse pressure evenly and are harder to compress than a gas. Much harder. Enter the experimental liquid breathing suit. In the end, after some difficulty adjusting, he is able to "breathe" the liquid and ends up saving the day.
But is there any science behind it?
There is some… For any fluid to work for human respiration, it has to perform two functions extremely well — delivering oxygen to the lungs and removing carbon dioxide. Air does both excellently, as do other combinations of gases (Nitrogen is replaced with Helium when divers need to go below a certain depth). It's not unreasonable to ponder if some liquids can do the same thing. The first experiments involving liquid breathing took place in the 1960s. Mice and rats were made to breathe a saline solution with a high concentration of dissolved oxygen. They survived for a short while, but even though the solution delivered adequate oxygen, it was ineffective at removing carbon dioxide; over time, it caused irreparable damage to the lungs.
Some years later, scientists began experimenting with perfluorinated hydrocarbons — liquids similar to freon that (despite being harmful to the ozone layer) are able to dissolve both oxygen and carbon dioxide easily. The first results were much better than with the oxygenated saline solutions, and the mice were able to go back to normal gas breathing afterward. Over the next few decades, the formulas for breathable perfluorocarbons (PFCs) have been more refined. Currently, the best known liquid of this kind is called perflubron, also known by its brand name 'LiquiVent'. LiquiVent is an oily, clear liquid which is twice the density of water. It can carry more than double the oxygen (per unit of volume) as air can. It's also inert, which means that it's extremely unlikely to damage lung tissue. Because it has a very low boiling point, it can be cleared from the lungs easily and quickly by evaporation.
While it does seem fascinating, the primary reason for the experiments is medicinal since liquid breathing would be extremely beneficial for certain lung problems.
For example, infants born prematurely can have underdeveloped lungs. Because perflubron can carry much more oxygen than air, it can help relieve respiratory distress until their lungs are able to function on their own. It has also been used for adults with acute respiratory failure, whether due to burns, trauma, disease, or the inhalation of smoke or other toxins. The liquid encourages the collapsed alveoli to open, which washes out contaminants, and provides better exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide for lungs that are not yet fully functional. In clinical practice though, the lungs are usually not filled completely with the liquid; instead, liquid ventilation is usually used in tandem with conventional gaseous ventilation.
But there must be a downside, right?
Unfortunately, yes. For all the benefits, liquid breathing still involves one major difficulty — it's much harder for a human's lungs to move liquid in and out than it is to breathe a gas. The exchange rate of moving oxygen in and expelling carbon dioxide out falls sharply because our lungs are just not strong enough to efficiently move the liquid in and out of our lungs. Even though perflubron is so much better at carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide, that advantage is lost if you can't circulate it rapidly enough. Without the use of a mechanical ventilator, it is especially problematic for someone who's ill, and even a diver in top condition could get very tired after a few minutes of such laborious breathing during a deep and strenuous dive.
So yes, humans can technically "breathe" certain oxygen rich liquids. Unfortunately, we are only able to do it for a few short minutes because our lungs are not strong enough to circulate the mixture for any extended period of time. This may change in the future however, as scientists continue to experiment with new methods and exotic combination of chemical liquids.
Maria Laura Costantino, Philippe Micheau (2009). "Clinical Design Functions: Round table discussions on bioengineering of liquid ventilators".
Shaffer, T. H., M. R. Wolfson, and L. C. Clark: State of art review : Liquid ventilation. Pediatr. Pulmonol. 14:102 109, 1992.
"Partial liquid ventilation in critically ill infants receiving extracorporeal life support". Philadelphia Liquid Ventilation Consortium
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My only complaint is minor geography. The Marianna Trench is in the Pacific Ocean, near Guam. THE ABYSS clearly states it taking place near the Bahamas, Cuba,and S. Florida. The Puerto Rican Trench is nearby and the deepest part of the Atlantic.
This was one of the BEST articles I have read about this subject and its status. Your conclusion of how humans tolerate the substance in their lungs was right on, but I am left with the question of premature liquid – breathers tolerance – is the variance the same? Wikipedia needs more details on this subject, et cetera.
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1? Didn't we all breath liquid before birth? Therefore use the same or similar solution that of amniotic fluid, adding a intervienous oxygen blood proffusion device and that may help us to get beyond 3000ft.
Unfortunately, amniotic fluid isn't patentable, and as such, probably isn't even considered for research beyond "find chemicals that are patentable and does something similar."
We didn't actually breathe before we were born, we used the placenta to directly transfer our mothers' oxygen from their bloodstream to ours. Therefore there was no need for amniotic fluid to become supersaturateable for oxygen or CO2, and pumping amniotic fluid into someone's lung would do nothing to help them breathe. Source: http://www.livestrong.com/article/153843-how-does-an-unborn-baby-breathe-in-the-womb/
Does anyone know of any companies that are testing liquid breathing on humans? I would really like to be a test subject/diver on this stuff.
This was invented quite a few years ago by a lab tech at union carbide. I remember as a child the TV advertisement showing the liquid.


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So today I got the privilege of reviewing some new earbuds from a company called PureBuds. They're great little earbuds, there's no doubt about it. Now, to expound upon my very general and uninformative initial sentence….
These earbuds are really cool looking; the actual buds themselves. The white cord it comes with honestly, kind of looks like the kind found on cheap $5 earbuds you buy at the counter of Fry's…. But that's not what matters when reviewing any sort of audio technology. As for actual audio these things produce, it's amazing really. I put 'em in to listen to some Pantera on the way home from Starbucks and at first I was a little disappointed at the quality, but when I thought about it, it most likely had something to do with the actual audio file quality…. seeing as how I usually resort to no-to-legal sources for my music downloads. Let me tell you, a bit torrent is radio static compared to, let's say, an original LP recording. But I digress…..
These new earbuds feature what's called "reverse sound technology" which basically means the speakers inside don't directly face your eardrum like conventional earbuds or headphones. The speakers in these face back and are then reflected somehow back down into your ear canal where it is then mixed with less delayed sound to produce a very realistic surround sound type experience.
The tips which come with the earbuds give you the option for full tonal range, bass boost, or surround sound. I find that I personally like a more heavy-hitting bass sound in with almost all kinds of music, so I first tried on the bass boost and found that what it seemed they were doing is dampening the mid-range and to a lesser extent the highs thereby giving the illusion of the bass being "boosted" which is to make up for the lack of bass kick these have. The full tonal range tips came next and I was nonplussed. While these deliver a very clear, and brilliant sound, again, they do not provide quite the bass I so desire.
Long story short, these tiny music blasters are great on clarity and tonality, but lack somewhat in the ghetto-blasting, rearview-shaking, and general ear-thumping bass one could hope for.


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We are lucky enough to be part of the Bostik blogger team, where each month we are sent a box full of themed crafty goodies to inspire us on our next craft project.
This month unsurprisingly it's all about Autumn, Halloween and Bonfire night! We have already done quite a few Halloween themed crafts, so we though we would try our hand at some simple bonfire night collages.
Simple Bonfire Night Collages
My kids love doing collages. I think it's because they love all the different textures and using different materials. Isla particularly likes using glue and sticking things together, for Oliver anything that is potential a messy activity is a win for him!
We used a piece of sparkly black card as our backdrop to imitate the night sky. First Isla glued on little coloured sticks in a pile to make her bonfire, and used yellow and orange tissue paper to make the flames.
Then to make the fireworks I used the Bostik white glue to make some firework lines on the card. Isla then used several different coloured glitters and sprinkled them onto the glue to make her fireworks.
Once the glue had dried, we just simply wiped off the excess glitter. That's it! Our sparkly Bonfire Night collage!
You can also use natural materials to make bonfire night collages. The kids also used leaves and twigs that we had found on a sheet of black card to make this one. Oliver loved sticking down the leaves that he had gathered the day before.
What do you think of our Bonfire night collages? Have you made something similar before?
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Potential of grain-based biofuels production could change agricultural dynamics in the U.K.
The United Kingdom (U.K.) is extraordinarily productive when it comes to one grain crop — wheat. A gentle, moist, maritime climate allows yields of seven to eight tonnes per hectare (ha) for a crop of 15 million tonnes, accounting for roughly 75% of the UK's total grain and oilseed production.
Stable feed and flour milling industries consume 12 million tonnes annually, but as much as 3 million tonnes of the U.K.'s high-starch soft wheat is usually exported to other European Union (E.U.) countries — primarily for feed use — with over half of that going to Spain. To limit the surplus, farmers have been paid to take 600,000 ha of land out of production under E.U. programs known as "set-aside."
The addition of a new variable — biofuels production — has the potential to change this equation radically. The U.K. government has recently mandated the inclusion of 2.5% biofuels by 2008 and 5% by 2010. Suddenly the country, which has been something of a laggard behind continental Europe in biofuels production and consumption, has the potential to take a leading role. So far, Brussels has only issued directives (i.e. suggested guidelines for its member countries regarding biofuels), but the U.K. is one of the first countries to make them mandatory.
Alastair Dickie, director of crop marketing for the Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) predicts that if the U.K.'s first ethanol plants are built as planned within the next two years, much of the wheat that is currently exported could stay in the U.K. There is also the potential for up to two-thirds of the land now in set-aside to come back into production. The 3 million tonnes of wheat that could be grown on these 400,000 ha would become feedstock for ethanol production, and thereby not violate E.U. limitations on wheat production for food.
But Dickie also points out that "the U.K. government is trade-oriented," meaning it won't likely subsidize or otherwise protect domestic biofuels production. Imported products will enter the market and be sold on an equal footing as domestic ethanol or biodiesel. However, he adds the caveat that imported biofuels "must be sustainable," making reference to the environmental consequences of expansion of palm plantations for biodiesel in Southeast Asia.
It is still too early to say when large-scale biofuels production will come on line in the U.K. Currently, only small amounts of recycled vegetable oil are turned into biofuel. At least five or six ethanol plant projects have been announced, a couple with financing from planned stock market flotations. However, none have broken ground, and investors have become wary as wheat prices have jumped to their highest levels in recent history at the same time that petroleum prices have fallen. But Dickie maintains that "at current price levels growers will expand production," implying that increased supply will bring down wheat prices and make the projects viable again.
The biofuels boom could slow the attrition in the number of U.K. farm operators. Today, there are nominally 70,000 farmers of whom 30,000 can be termed "serious" farmers. However, just 10,000 farmers are growing 80% of the crop, according to Dickie. Ten years ago, there were about 55,000 to 60,000 serious farmers, with 40,000 of them producing 80% of the crop. Today in the U.K., about 2,000 ha are needed for efficient farming. Dickie says there has been "an expansion of contractual farming by non-owners," which is "like share cropping."
To date, the companies that dominate oilseed crushing and flour and feed milling in the U.K. have resisted the temptation to enter the local biofuels business. Two companies with 12 large mills between them — RHM plc (formerly Rank Hovis MacDougall) and ADM Milling — control roughly half of all wheat flour output. An even larger U.K. food company, Premier Foods, has been attempting to take over RHM.
NABIM, the national milling association, reports that all together there are 59 mills operating in the U.K. owned by 31 companies, far fewer than the 250 mills that were operated by 200 companies in the 1950s.
Total wheat usage at these mills has remained stable over the last five years at just over 5.6 million tonnes.
Despite a national wheat surplus, U.K. millers grind only 83% local wheat. French wheat is imported to make flour for French breads, and up to 10% of the requirement for certain types of flour may be imported from the U.S. and Canada.
RHM got its start in 1875 when Joseph Rank, the founder, rented a small windmill. His milling business grew through technical innovations, including the introduction of steel rollers, and eventually through mergers with other milling companies. In recent decades, it has turned itself into a major food company again through acquisitions. Nowadays, the bulk of RHM's flour production is used to make other company-branded consumer food products. For many of them, the cost of wheat is only a small part of the final price paid by consumers, helping to moot the food-for-fuel debate caused by rising grain prices.
Some British millers have attempted to respond to another environmentally driven consumer trend: the demand for bread made from organically grown wheat. It did not exist on the market five years ago, but observers estimate that 1% of all bread now sold is labeled organic, though there is no official data. There is not enough U.K. wheat that is certified organic to meet the demand, and so the handful of millers specializing in this niche partially use wheat imported from North America, the Ukraine and elsewhere.
There is a small but vigorous oats and barley milling industry, primarily made up of producers in Scotland. Overall though, there has been a reduction in oats and barley production, even for malting, while wheat production has benefited from investments in development of new varieties to increase yields.
ADM operates just one oilseed crushing plant, at Erith outside of London, but it is the country's largest. Cargill, which has several plants, controls the remainder of the country's oilseed crushing. Its largest facilities are a rapeseed processing plant at Hull on the North Sea and a soybean crushing plant near Liverpool. Domestic oilseed crushing only partially meets the demands of the livestock sector for protein. The port of Seaforth, adjacent to Liverpool, serves as one of the main entry points for the millions of tonnes of soybean meal imported annually from the Western Hemisphere as well as soybeans. The South American share for both has been steadily increasing while U.S. totals have declined.
The feed industry has been subject to much turbulence since the BSE outbreaks in the 1990s, bringing wave upon wave of restructuring, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Today, there are two compound feed manufacturers that operate nationally. The largest, BOCM Pauls, produces about 2 million tonnes per year of both ruminant and monogastric (pigs and poultry) feed, giving it a market share of over 20% of compound feed production. The second national player is the feed-related businesses under Associated British Foods plc, which are mostly consolidated now into its subsidiary, ABNA. There are two other categories of feed milling companies in addition to the above national compounders. Country compounders are companies generally with just one mill selling regionally, and the third category is cooperative- and farmer-owned mills. The latter type of mill is declining in number.


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Yesterday's Atherton Lifestyle Family Photography session was of a dear family whom I am excited to see a couple times a year!
I love shooting this family because I get to witness so much comfort and love amongst them when they do basic activities, like jumping rope and gazing at wildlife.
To come up with an appropriate title of this blog post, what came to me immediately was a scene from an old TV show where the main character, Carrie Bradshaw, and her boyfriend came up with a poem about love. "Love is like a glove." After all these years, I still find that scene oddly funny because it's true, not many words rhyme with love!
So with that said, The F Family's love is like a glove. 🙂
We had a really wonderful time again. The photoshoots with you are always so much fun! We love the photos – can't wait to see the whole set. Thanks Annie!!


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After two years of rising vacancies and slumping rents, apartment owners have reason to be cheerier these days.
According to the latest survey of 169 markets across the U.S. by researcher Reis, the national apartment vacancy rate peaked at a record 8% in the fourth quarter of 2009 and remained unchanged in the first quarter of 2010. Asking rents increased by a scant 0.1% in the first quarter, but that was the first gain since the third quarter of 2008.
Some 20,000 apartment units were absorbed in the first quarter of 2010, which is the strongest first-quarter showing in the past 10 years, according to Victor Calanog, director of research at Reis. "The multifamily market appears to be on the cusp of recovery. If so, pricing and transaction activity will rise and the window of opportunity for landing good deals may close soon," says Calanog.
Rental demand boosted the occupancy rate for downtown Chicago apartments to 93.6% in the first quarter, up from 91.4% in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to consulting firm Appraisal Research Counselors.
The latest results surprised long-time industry watchers, including Robert Bach, senior vice president and chief economist at Grubb & Ellis. However, Bach is concerned about the abundant supply of empty condos and single-family homes that are entering the rental market in hard-hit areas like South Florida and Phoenix. He believes they are casting a shadow over traditional apartment communities, and siphoning off potential renters.
"I'm surprised the apartment fundamentals have bottomed out this quickly, but as long as there are these shadow units out there, it's going to be interesting to see if the apartment market can recover independent of that," says Bach.
The rest of 2010 will be a telling barometer, according to Calanog. "The next two quarters will offer critical perspective as to whether positive rent growth is sustainable." Calanog does expect the vacancy rate to improve over the next five years, dropping to 6.6% in 2014.
Unemployment stings young adults
Certainly one of the most closely watched keys to the short-term apartment market turnaround is the jobs picture. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy added 290,000 jobs in April, the largest gain since March 2006.
That gain followed a revised 230,000 increase in March. Still, the overall unemployment rate rose from 9.7% in March to 9.9% in April, a sign that more Americans are starting to look for jobs.
According to some observers, danger lurks at the deep end of the renter pool. The primary renter market base, people ages 20 to 30, comprises 70% of the total U.S. apartment market, and that segment is recovering more slowly than others.
As an example, the unemployment rate among Americans ages 20 to 24 was 15.8% in March, but jumped to 17.2% in April. "The unemployment rate for young people has climbed faster than it has for the labor market in general," says Sam Chandan, global chief economist and executive vice present at researcher Real Capital Analytics.
According to Chandan, the rental pool is not being supported by new entrants of young people graduating with jobs. "We need job growth among the younger age groups to drive apartment demand. There's got to be some replacement there."
Compounding the situation, one of the biggest challenges to recovery in this market is older, more skilled workers who are willing to take lower-paying jobs just to find work.
Older workers are more inclined to own rather than rent. "This is an issue that's going to weigh on the performance of the apartment market," says Chandan.
To review NREI's rankings of the top apartment owners and managers, please click below.


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Landeshauptstadt Dresden - www.dresden.dehttps://www.dresden.de/en/city/cosmopolitan/02/Columbus.php 15.06.2015 15:48:06 Uhr 31.10.2020 11:15:42 Uhr
Columbus/Ohio (USA)
The partnership with Columbus was founded in 1992 and there has been a lively programme of exchanges with the city in the Midwest of the USA ever since. The cooperation covers many different fields on both sides. Regular contacts between universities, schools and athletes, alongside a diversity of individual projects, continue to stimulate the young relationship. The art scenes in Dresden and Ohio have also been in close contact for many years, not least through the annual residency exchanges which enable artists to meet up with colleagues from the other side of the Atlantic. The many members of the American sponsors' association for reconstruction of the Frauenkirche, "Friends of Dresden", has collected a considerable sum of donations in Columbus and organises various benefit events in support of the Dresden church.
- Population: approx. 750,000
- Geographical location:
- Profile:
Parallel to the economic upswing, Columbus experienced a major wave of immigration, above all Germans and Irish. For a time, Germans made up one-third of the population of Columbus, and the city is still today one of the largest settlements of ethnic Germans in the United States. The originally German residential and business district, the historical German Village, is among the most charming in the city and a magnet for visitors. As capital of the State of Ohio, Columbus is not only the seat of the state government, but also of Franklin County and the City of Columbus. Through this multiplicity of administrations, and with the Ohio State University as the largest employer in the city, the majority of the working population in Columbus has jobs in the public sector. Columbus counts the headquarters of several major US companies, such as Nationwide Insurance, American Electric Power, Limited Brands and Cardinal Health. The 1970s heralded a transformation from an industrial city into a centre of finance and the service industries. Columbus has maintained this character to the present day, and has at the same time developed into one of the most important high-tech centres in the United States.
Their riverside locations have brought both Columbus and Dresden their share of floods. A catastrophic flood in 1913, for example, left large areas of Columbus under water. In the years which followed, a system of artificial levees and dams was erected along the Scioto River and its tributaries, and the Miami Valley Conservation project was established to manage flood control.
- Fairs and festival:
ComFest (Community Festival): The works of regional artists can be admired and bought in Goodale Park. The ComFest is widely acclaimed as an alternative music and street festival.
Red, White & Boom: That is the fitting name given to the firework displays organised on the Fourth of July, the American national holiday. The spectacle is framed by all manner of entertainment on the streets.
Jazz & Ribs Festival: The Jazz & Ribs Festival is another highly popular street festival, whose three days are devoted above all to music and ribs from some of the best rib vendors in the country.
Ohio State Fair: Originally an agricultural show, as was once held in almost all states of the US. Today, the Ohio State Fair is a gigantic carnival event. It is held at the end of July/beginning of August and usually lasts for 10 days.
Columbus Oktoberfest: With the Oktoberfest, the city of Columbus celebrates its important German heritage. There are seemingly endless supplies of bratwurst and beer, to the accompaniment of polka music and dancing.
City of Columbus
Mayor Michael B. Coleman
Fax 001-614-6458955
Website ci.columbus.oh.us
Postal address
City Hall
Columbus, Ohio 43215-9014
Dresden Sister City, Inc.
001 614 2272240
Fax 001 614 2272100
Website Dresden Sister Cities
Postal address
P.O. Box 21692
Columbus, OH 43221-0692
Generalkonsulat der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Fax 001-312-202-0466
Website Generalkonsulat Chicago
Postal address
676 N. Michigan Avenue
Suite 3200
Chicago, IL 60611
Columbus Sister Cities International
Goethe Institut
Fax 001-312-2630476
Website Goethe Institut
Postal address
150 North Michigan Avenue
Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60601


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Many thanks to our members who brought a plate for supper and to those who provided prizes for our raffle.
Many thanks to our Judge, Ron Heptinstall for some great feedback & critique of the images displayed last night.
90 images - 30 from each club - were showcased with the final scores being:
Port Adelaide Camera Club - 240
Eastern Suburbs Camera Club - 232
Marion Church of Christ Camera Club - 209
The 'Top Image' of the night went to Robert Dettman from ESCC for his image 'Berber People'


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Bone Graft Membrane Sticking Out And Exposed
Do I need a membrane for my dental implant bone graft?
(Another great post on membranes.-Click here to see what they look like in the the mouth)
These are questions and comments I receive constantly on my blog and from patients that come to see me in Burbank, California.
My membrane fell out or is sticking out and exposed!
Purpose of Membrane For Bone Graft
A membrane is a barrier
Its purpose is to prevent gum from growing into the bone cavity. On many bone grafts for dental implants, a membrane is placed over the bone but under the gum. There are many different types and styles of membranes but they break down into basically 2 categories.
- Dissolvable (resorbable) membranes
- Non-dissolvable (non-resorbable) membranes
Both resorbable and non-resorbable membranes have their use. A resorbable membrane will dissolve on its own. Non-resorbable membranes typically need to be removed at some stage during your bone graft/dental implant procedure.
Resorbable membranes:
Most resorbable membranes used, as of 2019, are made of collagen. Collagen is a protein which you may have heard of in products such as shampoos and conditioners. It is heavily cross-linked and makes an excellent barrier. Most commercially available collagen membranes are 15 x 20mm in dimension and look like a flat, white piece of cardboard.
They are trimmed with surgical scissors by a dental implant specialist and typically covered over bone. Most collagen membranes are made from bovine Achilles tendon or porcine origin, which basically translates into cow and pig. Some resorbable membranes dissolve very quickly in just days; these are typically called plugs, while other resorbable membranes can last approximately 4 months. Most resorbable membranes are not tacked in place with titanium fixation tacks. Some are even pericardium from heart tissue!
The other types of natural resorbable membrane would be one made from your own blood! Platelet rich fibrin or also known as PRF, can be used to make membranes from your own platelets. Basically 1-6 test tubes of blood is drawn at the time that I start your IV. Those test tubes are spun in a machine called a centrifuge, which separates out the layers of your blood. It also concentrates your blood to be used for other platelet rich preparations called PRP and PDGF.
PRF can be used as a resorbable membrane as it tends to last 7-14 days. It is stretched out and made thin so that it can be sutured. It becomes a durable, kind of slimy consistency which can protect a bone graft. PRF membranes can be used in addition to resorbable or non-dissolvable membranes for dental implant bone grafting. PRP/PRF can speed up your healing and reduce pain and complications.
There are also synthetic membranes that dissolve, such as Vicryl, which are not as commonly used.
Non-resorbable membranes:
Most non-resorbable membranes can be made of titanium and dPTFE (Dense polytetrafluoroethylene). They are materials that form a barrier that cannot be dissolved by your saliva. Some non-resorbable membranes, such as PTFE, are often combined with bone tacks in order to hold the membrane stable and cover the grafted bone.
One benefit of a non-dissolvable membrane– they are very predictable in generating bone. The main downside– it has to be removed at a second procedure. Sometimes that second procedure may involve just plucking out the membrane off the top of your socket graft or it may be more involved, such as completely reopening the gum, removing the bone tacks, and then removing the membrane. Typically when membrane removal involves removing tacks, the dental implants are placed at the same time that the membrane is removed.
PTFE has been used for over 30 years in cardiovascular applications such as suture, vascular grafts, and heart valves. PTFE is bioinert and does not cause inflammation.
Titanium reinforced membranes, or titanium mesh, is best at holding a space. It works like a tent and prevents collapsing of your gums to build new volume and mass underneath.
Sometimes the membrane on a socket graft will be removed after 3-6 weeks or may even fall out if it is a dPTFE style membrane. This is okay, generally. The purpose was to allow your gum to grow underneath it and cover over the bone graft as the membrane protects it. Once the membrane falls out or is removed from a socket bone graft, the bone still needs to heal for usually another 4-6 months before dental implant placement.
Is It Okay That My Membrane is Showing??
It depends!! If the intention of your membrane was to be exposed from the beginning, then it is okay that it is exposed right now. If it was the intention for your gum to remain covering over the membrane for 4 -9 months, then you are likely having a minor complication called a dehiscence where the gum becomes exposed and naturally exposes the membrane and bone graft. A membrane that is sticking out is not always a problem. The more critical the bone graft is, the more critical it is that the tissue remained closed and the membrane is not exposed at any time. Critical bone grafts would be onlay block bone graft, lateral window sinus bone grafts, nerve repositioning, and advanced guided bone regeneration (GBR).
A standard socket bone graft (where an outer wall is not missing) would not be considered a critical bone graft; so leaving a membrane exposed is okay. If an outer wall is missing, this would be considered a critical size defect.
It is important to maintain proper follow-up with your dentist throughout the procedure. It is likely that you will be on an antibiotic, such as amoxicillin or clindamycin, and a mouth rinse called chlorhexidine gluconate.
Keep in mind there are literally hundreds, even thousands of different membrane manufacturers each claiming to be better than one another. Yes, there are better manufacturers than others, but ultimately the surgical technique, training, judgment, and expertise of your dental implant specialist is going to be the most critical factor in the success of your bone graft…choose wisely!!!!!!
You can use all of the best materials in the world, including growth factors such as PRP/PRF/PDGF/BMP, but in the hands of an inexperienced surgeon, results may not be that good. Of course your ability to heal is of paramount importance. Smoking never helps. Alcohol does not help either… Both of these slow down the healing of bone and greatly increase your chance of complications.
Wearing a removable, temporary "flipper" over a bone graft is to be done with extreme caution. Pressure from a removable temporary will cause the bone graft and membrane to move and almost always results in failure. Be sure you and your dentist speak about the use of a temporary and how to create space underneath it so there is no chance that it can apply pressure to the bone graft. Some bone graft membrane reconstructions are so critical and so large that the temporary cannot be worn at all, but that is the exception rather than the rule.
Ramsey A. Amin, D.D.S.
Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology /Implant Dentistry
Fellow-American Academy of Implant Dentistry
Burbank, California


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I have been looking forward to these two cuties for a while now. ?I've had the honor of photographing this family for several years and I love watching them grow up and change. ?I first met Ava when she was about 3 months old; I cannot believe she is already 3! ?There are many benefits in having a family photographer ?that follows you throughout the years. ?For example, Ava and Charlie are familiar with me; they trust me and so does their mom. ?When Charlie spoke of his favorite car that he lost at Falls Park a few months prior, I knew exactly which car he was referring too as he used to carry it around in his pocket at several prior photo shoots.
I met up with Ava and Charlie at Falls Park in downtown Greenville, SC one sunny afternoon; I was able to find some shade to soften the images from the harsher light. ?I shot most of these images "wide open" with my 85 mm lens and they turned out just beautiful. ?I had a great time with these two and glad they were even able to enjoy some ice cream from Spill the Beans while taking turns for their photo shoot. ?Enjoy!


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DETECTIVES have charged a 44-year-old man with attempted murder following an attack on a woman.
Police say a 33-year-old woman was injured in an assault at a house at Newry Road, Belleeks, Co Armagh around 6.20 am on Saturday morning.
The man also faces charges of assault, making threats to kill and possession of an offensive weapon.
A second man, aged 43, has been charged with aiding and abetting him in the assault.
The 44-year-old is due to appear before Newry Magistrates Court next week for a first remand hearing.
The second man is to face the same court nex month.
The woman was taken to hospital for treatment.
However, police say er injuries are not thought to be life threatening.
Inquiries are continuing into the incident.


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Ma's many roles
By Hema Ravichandar | first published in Mint
Whether it's as provider, protector, nurturer or therapist, there's a mother behind every successful woman
Mother's Day has come and gone. Social media has been abuzz with how much mothers mean to many—especially the famous and the successful. And, indeed, that is true. But there are other mothers too, the unsung and the unknown, who have quietly shaped the careers of many women at the workplace.
In the course of my own life, I have had the privilege of seeing many amazing career women. I have admired them and looked at them with pride and awe. But I have also always tried to see beyond them to the source of the power behind them, those who made them what they are—mostly their mothers, sometimes their mothers-in-law. And that is what I want to share with you today. So walk with me into my memory album and let us profile these Maker Mothers.
The Provider
First, of course, is the Provider Mother. Years of hard work culminate in a good education and a successful career for her daughter. I know a seamstress, widowed quite young, who struggled hard to educate her only daughter. The pride on her face as she talks about the daughter's job at a leading financial multinational is a joy to behold. Each of you will have your own memory. Power to the Provider Mom.
The Enricher
She is not the sole provider here, nor even the main one; that is the father. But it is the key add-ons that she provides for a daughter that I am calling out. In many a home, the needs of the male progeny assume priority. Not so the girl's. It is here that this super mom steps in—that timely tuition class to help with a tough math course, or a set of painting lessons to bring to bloom a talent only she can spot. She provides for this with the extra income she brings in, or maybe just by deft handling of the family budget given to her for monthly household expenses.
The Nurturer
She nurtures key life skills in her daughter. Quietly but effectively, she hones skills that will hold her child in good stead, especially in her career. My favourite example is of the wise mother, a very effective orator in her own right, who trained her little daughter every night to give a little speech. Result: The daughter's speaking skills improved and, more importantly, public speaking came effortlessly to her. This confidence in articulating her point of view went a long way in making her the assured and successful career woman that she became. Talk of personal training, the maternal way.
The Goader
She is ambitious for her daughter. Nothing but the best. Does Mrs Bennet of Pride And Prejudice come to mind? Well, in the nicest way possible. Such goading can be overt—monitoring marks, keeping a check on friends, pushing her into leadership roles in school. Yes, it can seem pushy but it can be done subtly, and effectively.
I have a hypothesis of my own. Think of "daughters-only" families—two or three daughters, even more, and a Tiger Mom, and reflect on how well they have succeeded. In fact, it is a favourite pastime of mine—identifying such family groups and charting their career progress.
The Therapist
"I need you, I need you here, I need you now. I cannot do this alone. I need my mommy, and damn it, I don't care who knows it," says Rory Gilmore in Warner Brothers' television series, Gilmore Girls. When self-esteem takes a beating or the failure rate starts surging, the Therapist Mom steps in. "You can do it" is her tag line as she peps up her child. Her constant encouragement gives the daughter the confidence to move on, to get up and start all over again even as she falters time and again.
The 'I will not let it happen to my daughter' Mom
Thwarted all her life in her ambitions and aspirations, this mother dreams big for her daughter. Whether it was an early marriage that put paid to her career plans, or "that professional course is only for boys" diktat which those who controlled the purse strings espoused, this mother will have none of that for her daughter. She lets her explore career options and gives her the space and freedom to excel in it. It is not a mother but a mother-in-law who comes to mind in this particular case. Time and again, she would help her daughter-in-law with her career, holding all those who threatened to abort it at bay. She even got someone to help draw up a business plan that her daughter-in-law could use to get a loan to set up her own small-scale enterprise.
The Lifesaver
Neera Chopra, mother of Femina Miss India 2009 Pooja Chopra, epitomizes this best. According to reports, when Pooja was born, her father demanded that she either be sent to an orphanage or be killed because he did not want a girl child. When Neera refused, she had to leave home. She vowed to raise her daughter alone and shape her into a woman who would make her proud. Neera tells the moving story of how she saved her daughter's life in Pooja's Story: The Girl Who Lived, excerpted from The World Before Her, a film directed by Nisha Pahuja. Lifesaver? Yes, indeed, quite literally.
The Super Back Office
This mom checks in to manage the home and its logistics when her career daughter relocates, delivers a baby or travels on work. Lucky is the woman who has this Super Back Office. You see her at airports in a sari and sports shoes, all kitted out to board an international flight when the daughter is abroad. Post-partum blues are a thing of the past, for she strides into your home to cook you some comfort food and cradle the newborn in her experienced arms. IAS, the Indian Ayah Service, is how one venerable bureaucrat I know punned on this service.
And, finally, the role model
A Harvard, US, study in June last year found that "daughters of mothers in paid employment have better careers and more equal relationships". The researchers found that, on an average, the daughters of working mothers were paid around 4% more than their peers, even adjusting for their greater levels of education and prevailing social attitudes, and were much more likely to have been promoted to managerial positions.
One in three daughters of working mothers were in managerial posts, compared with only one in four of those with non-working mothers. Statistics and research aside, the "role model moms" rock and are great for daughters who aspire to emulate them.
"To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colours of a rainbow," said the late Maya Angelou, a much admired American poet and civil rights activist. She could not have been more correct if she had been describing the power women behind career women.
Hema Ravichandar is a strategic human resources consultant. She serves as an independent director and an advisory board member for several organizations. She was formerly the global head of HR for Infosys Ltd.


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"Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among us, just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you . . . that you may know the truth concerning the things of which you have been informed." Luke 1:1-4
I recently overheard someone remark on the bias of certain media organizations that "their story is written before they even show up to report on it." In other words, a pre-set "narrative" already exists into which various details are inserted. For journalists it is important to be as objective as possible in covering a story. But I also suspect that it is not absolutely possible to avoid one's predisposed attitudes and understandings. All of us, it seems to me, adopt a "narrative" of some sort to make sense of life and its meaning. In fact, I would go so far as to say that this is what God wishes us to do—to know the true narrative, and not a false one.
When one exhorts parents to "pass on the Faith" to their children, in part, this means passing on the narrative of God's saving action in history, beginning with Creation and the descendants of Abraham, the Jewish people, and fulfilled in Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son, born of Mary into history of as our Savior and Redeemer. This narrative of Salvation history becomes personal when we enter it through baptism—the narrative becomes ours! We become a part of this same People of God, the Church, and the events and actions of Christ are made specifically for us and our salvation through the sacraments. Conversely, our lives and actions become His.
Along with this comes so much more, what we might call our patrimony. Our lives are joined to the others in the narrative (or story), including the saints, and everyone else in the family. We get a new understanding of suffering and its redemptive meaning in Christ. We see our life as a part of a beautiful plan that is moving toward fulfillment.
We also see a pattern develop as part of this narrative. That everything is a gift from God who is Creator and Father. The meaning and purpose of everything: our life, our purpose, our destiny, death, sin, and suffering, is found in this true narrative. This is what so many converts from agnosticism and atheism have shared as their great joy; realizing they are not cosmic orphans, but beloved sons or daughters; that life is not meaningless.
This past week, I joined 150 other bishops from North, Central, and South America in Dallas for a symposium sponsored by the Knights of Columbus and the National Catholic Bioethics Center. The theme for the two day session was Healing Persons in a Wounded Culture. Experts in the field of science presented data and the results of research on a variety of topics related to the human person in order to assist the bishops in responding to persons who find themselves wounded. Many of the deep wounds people have today are the result of following false narratives.
A common feature of all these false narratives is that they reject the Creator. In this, they also fail to see the truth about the creature, including the true meaning of the body. This gives rise to the narrative that the human person is self-creating. Without the true narrative, one is left to create one's own meaning in isolation, or at best, with a tribe of like-minded people. To cite one example, one may even change one's given sex, to male or female or even to something else. The body, according to this false narrative, has no inherent meaning given by the Creator, it is merely a thing or tool for the sovereign self. The same threads of this false narrative can be found in many other trends too. These promise happiness and fulfillment to the wounded, but they only disappoint and make the wounds deeper.
This past week's first reading for Monday Mass was taken from the beginning of the Book of Genesis, in which we heard the beginning of the narrative of creation. In that narrative we are told that our joy and peace comes from receiving God's Word and believing its truth, so much so that we stake our lives on it. The narrative also told of a deceiver, who introduced another, false narrative: "Did God say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden?' . . . You will not die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God . . ." (Gen 3:1, 3-5).
This is, in large part, the challenge of the day. The powerful false narrative that is wreaking havoc in so many lives is that we are free to create ourselves and even re-define the "givens" that have been bestowed upon us by the Creator. The path to peace and joy comes from finding and following the narrative that is not our own but, like everything else, is given as a gift to be received.


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At 240FOURTH we are committed to both the environmental and social impact of our properties. We are involved in a number of initiatives that allow us to give back to our community.
Below is a chart including results for some of our CSR events and initiatives we organized in 2019.


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The first step in doing BDD with easyb in Grails is, of course, to install the plugin, and you do that in the same way you install any other Grails plugin: in your project directory, issue the command "grails install-plugin easyb". After all the noise of starting Grails and downloading the plugin artifact, you'll see:
Plug-in provides the following new scripts:
grails easyb-test
Now we can mix easyb stories and specifications in with the usual Grails tests and run them using "grails easyb-test" command. Note, however, that at this point, to execute both your easyb and usual Grails tests, you have to run two commands, both "grails test-app" and "grails easyb-test": just running the normal "test-app" won't also execute the easyb tests, and running the easyb tests won't also execute the normal tests.
So let's say I'm working with an application that takes dry cleaning orders and I want to test the behavior of the service that creates orders when a customer drops of some suits to be dry cleaned. Assuming I have a class called DropOffService, I'll create a new file in the test/unit directory, calling it either DropOffService.story or DropOffServiceStory.groovy (either will work).
Now I can define the behavior I want in the story file. I won't go in-depth on the details of writing easyb stories since there's good documentation on the easyb site for that, but the short form is that I create scenarios with given conditions, some event that occurs, and a pre-defined outcome. To test our service's behavior, I might define the story like this:
scenario "customer drops off suits", {
given "a drop-off service"
and "a customer with suits"
when "the customer drops off the suits"
then "the service should generate a new order"
At this point, I haven't actually written any code that will exercise the service, but I can still run "grails easyb-test". When I do, the plugin looks for valid easyb stories and specifications, runs them, and generates reports in the test/reports directory. The easyb plugin generates both text and html reports just like the standard Grails tests; however, it also produces XML output, too, potentially useful for reporting in something like a continuous integration system. Unlike the standard Grails reporting, instead of getting a file for each test class, the easyb plugin generates a report for each *type* of test. So we end up with a reports listing that looks like this:
easyb-functional.html easyb_img04.jpg easyb_report.css
easyb_img01.gif easyb_img05.jpg easyb_spacer.gif
easyb_img02.jpg easyb_img06.jpg easyb-unit.html
easyb_img03.jpg easyb-integration.html prototype.js
specifications-functional.txt stories-functional.txt
specifications-integration.txt stories-integration.txt
specifications-unit.txt stories-unit.txt
easyb-functional.xml easyb-integration.xml easyb-unit.xml
If we actually look at the reports, we'll see that the single scenario I've written has a result of "pending" since I haven't actually implemented any code to exercise the drop-off service. At the point where I actually *do* something in the story, the result will change depending on whether or not the scenario produces the outcome I'm expecting.
So there's the basics of using easyb with Grails. There's definitely more to explore beyond this simple example (testing controllers, using dependency injection, and such), and I'll do that in future postings.


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MSI GT60 2OD Review
- Desktop-like Performance
- Comfortable Keyboard
- Portable Design
- Expensive
- Loud Fan
- Single Touchpad Button Bar
Quick Take
Fantastic performance, but expensive. Users may want to alter Xotic PC's build for added affordability.
The MSI GT60 2OD is a gaming behemoth. This large hulking beast doesn't offer much in the way of design, but it's more than happy to make up for that with its impressive specs. The Xotic PC variant of the MSI GT60 further augments the already impressive offering with a few additions, including a 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7-4930MX processor and 1TB HDD secondary storage drive.
With its top of the line processor and NVidia GeForce GTX 780M GPU there's no question that the MSI GT60 offers premium performance, but it also comes at a premium price. Does the MSI GT60 justify its hefty price tag? Read the full review to find out.
Build and Design
In typical MSI fashion, the MSI GT60 2OD combines black plastic and metal to create its imposing design. The lid is comprised of brushed aluminum with thick plastic running around the frame bordering all sides excluding the top, with "msi" chrome lettering etched into the center of lid. The interior and bottom portion of the chassis mostly consists of plastic, except for the palm rest which is made up of brushed aluminum.
Incorporating plastic into the design likely helped to shave a bit off of the device's weight, as the MSI GT60 is relatively portable for a gaming notebook weighing in at 7.7 pounds and measuring in at 14.97″ x 10.24″ x 1.77″. While the MSI GT60 is not slim by any stretch of the imagination, it can still fit in larger carrying cases making it far easier to transport than most high-powered gaming rigs.
It should come as no surprise that this gaming behemoth is durable. The thick plastic and metal frame proves stubborn to pressure failing to give when even an extreme force was applied. The display case proves just as tough only giving slightly to pressure with no noticeable rippling occurring on-screen.
The addition of plastic in a high-end device can be disheartening, but the MSI still very much feels like a gaming device, and with its brushed aluminum palmrest it is more than comfortable to use.
As expected from a gaming device the MSI GT60 offers a fair amount of connectivity. The back portion of the device is regulated mostly to ports concerning exterior displays; including an HDMI connector, mini-DisplayPort, a VGA connector, an Ethernet Port, and a power jack. The left-hand side of the device offers the majority of the connectivity for external devices with three USB 3.0 ports and a 3-in-1 card reader. Finally the right-hand side of the chassis focuses on audio with a headphone jack, microphone jack, two Gold Flash audio ports, a USB 2.0 port, and a Blu-ray Drive.
|Back: Power jack, Ethernet Port, VGA connector, mini-DisplayPort connector, HDMI connector
|Left: three USB 3.0 ports, 3-in-1 card reader
|Right:headphone jack, microphone jack, two Gold Flash audio ports, a USB 2.0 port, and a Blu-ray Drive
Screen and Speakers
The MSI GT60 offers a 15.6″ 1920 x 1080 matte non-glare display. The display reads beautifully providing a clear image with ample real-estate thanks to the 1920 x 1080 resolution. Additionally, the screen boasts excellent color contrast, allowing users to get the most out the MSI GT60's NVidia GeForce GTX 780M GPU. The notable downside to the display is its lack of touch controls, but as gaming-focused device the lack of touch-enabled controls can easily be conceded.
With its matte finish the display provides generous viewing angles. Image quality holds up well on the horizontal axis with the display becoming slightly distorted at 180 degrees. The screen fares even better on the vertical axis with no noticeable drop in image quality even at extreme angles. The non-glare display also holds up well in direct lighting, with no reflections appearing on screen ensuring a clear easy to read image.
The MSI GT 60 offers two speakers (powered by Dynaudio) located above the keyboard along the right and left edge of the chassis. The speakers equipped with a built-in subwoofer provide boisterous and high-quality audio. The added bass is perfect for gameplay helping to add impact to many sound effects such as explosions and gun shots. The speakers also prove capable of detailing far more subtle ambient noises with the upmost clarity.
The sound quality is further augmented by the inclusion of Sound Blaster which helps to refine the audio, increase the Bass, and create virtual surround sound. Users will be able to customize the sound as they see fit or choose from a number of presets for specific audio experiences, such as music, movies, and games.
Keyboard and Touchpad
The MSI GT60 employs a "SteelSeries" Chiclet style keyboard. The finish atop the rounded keys is softer than most, but the textured feel provides enough friction to create a comfortable typing surface. Key travel is solid and feedback is excellent. Users can rest assured that that each key will respond quickly and snap back into place.
The layout of the keyboard offers a few changes from the standard setup. Some changes are ingenious, such as moving the 'windows key' to the right side of the keyboard, so that users won't disrupt their game by accidently striking it. Others, like the shorted right shift key are merely a product of space constraints. It doesn't take long to adjust to the altered layout, but knowing where your keys are and being able to access them comfortably is vital when playing games.
Of course this wouldn't be a gaming notebook without some fancy LED lights and the keyboard is outfitted with an impressive array. It doesn't quite match up to the offering from Alienware, but MSI's Keyboard LED Management software allows users to employ wave and breathing effects. Specific regions of the keyboard can also be individually customized as users see fit.
The MSI GT60 offers a small touchpad (with synaptic drivers) located directly below the touchpad. The touchpad itself works as intend easily reading swipes and multi-finger gestures. Users can also double-tap on the pad to left click or click with two fingers to right click. It's great that MSI adds that functionality because the mouse buttons located on the single silver bar running across the pad are sub-bar. The buttons work, but because they are both located on one single plastic bar there is no give towards the center, making it easy for clicks to not register unless you are at the extreme right or extreme left.
Most gaming enthusiasts will likely opt for a USB enabled mouse anyways, but a larger touchpad with separate mouse buttons would have been welcomed.


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In March 2012, on the good advice of Sydney glass artist, Jeff Hamilton, I took the opportunity to visit St. Patrick's Catholic Cathedral at Parramatta to see the last significant commission of Klaus Zimmer (1928-2007) – a superb example of contemporary architectural glass.
When fire destroyed a large portion of St. Patrick's in 1996, the community of Parramatta vowed to rebuild. Romaldo Giurgola (1920-2016), best known in Australia for MGT Architects new Parliament House in Canberra, designed a light, ethereal sandstone building that has the atmosphere and ambience required of a spiritual centre for the twenty-first century.[1] He incorporated the remnants of the old building, a Gothic Revival shell, as a re-ordered Chapel that leads one into the nave of the new Cathedral. The completed building was dedicated on 29 November 2003.
Romaldo Giurgola and Klaus Zimmer had collaborated previously when Zimmer produced windows for the stairwell and private dining room at Parliament House in 1986. The same energy and rapport is evident in the seventy-eight windows that Zimmer designed for the new Cathedral. Each design is an individual work of art, but also clearly part of a carefully orchestrated suite that has a strong dynamic presence totally in harmony with the surrounding architecture. These are not traditional 'stained glass' windows as lead has not been used and, as a result, the abstract shapes and patterns appear to float in the window openings, reflecting the lightness of the building itself.
Not in good health, Zimmer, who had previously undertaken much of his work independently or with a small team, worked in partnership with Derix Glasstudio, Taunusstein, Germany to produce his magnum opus.[2] The last window to seen as one leaves by the old 'west' door, is the Eternity Window, a joyous finale to the completed cycle.
If you live in Sydney, or have an opportunity to visit, it is well worth the ferry ride to Parramatta to see a contemporary religious building that responds to the needs of those who worship there now and future generations will appreciate its glory well into the future.
[1] The firm GMB Architects evolved from the former MGT Architects. See http://www.gmbarchitects.com/
[2] See www.derix.com/
See also, Romaldo Giurgola, Luminous Simplicity: the architecture and art of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta, Macmillan Art Publishing, South Yarra, 2006.


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Army Commander Lieutenant General Dayaa Ratnayaka said that terrorism could not be allowed to raise its head again.
Addressing a meeting held at the Kilinochchi Field Task Force Headquarters yesterday said that some shadows of terrorism were still active.
He emphasized that the army acted to fulfill country's needs and did not engage in politics.


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Affordable Fashion Guru
Bianca is a Melbourne-based fashion and lifestyle influencer. Her style is classic contemporary with an affordable on trend focus. Bianca is also known to elevate her looks by including luxe accessories.
Bianca has partnered with a variety of brands across fashion, lifestyle and beauty. Notably, she has worked with brands such as Renault, Microsoft, Kmart, Target, Westfield, Accor Hotels, Uber Eats, DFO, Estée Lauder, Revlon, Dermalogica, Portmans, Country Road, Guess, Mossman, Rodeo Show, Seed, Mink Pink, Forever New, Cotton On group, Jo Mercer, Novo, Converse, Hoyts, ShopBop, Aperol and many more.
Another key focus of Bianca's is visiting many local restaurants and cafes to review the experience and share with her strong Melbourne and Australian based following.


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I wasn't able to get out to SIN and drop into Vermin until 11pm last night but I made the best of a short night. I arrived to find Daffodil, an adorable and spunky clown armed with a Brooklyn accent and sharp wit, entertaining guests out front. I joined in and after a lot of convincing we coaxed a pair of women out of their car and into the house. However, as per the bargain we stuck, Daffodil and Vermin were made to escort the pair through the haunted house.
It was a fun bit of interaction and those ladies really loved my hair, but another strangler wasn't so fond of me. She refused to even entire the building with the rest of her group and professed her discomfort with me despite the fact as she put it, "…you're not even wearing a costume." For those interested, the primary dress for Vermin is an old pair of ripped up jeans and a flannel — that's it. The thrust of this character comes through my body language, cadence and words. I do pride myself on the ability to mess with guests in the same clothes I arrived in.


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Were can I get Value stream mapping icons for visio?
Visio 2007 has inbuilt support for Value stream mapping however for those using previous versions you'll need to download an appropriate stencil.
Try these links
Flow Alliance has a Value Stream Mapping stencil – click here to visit the site
For more information on the process you can check out this list of value stream mapping videos here.
3 Responses to "Were can I get Value stream mapping icons for visio?"
Barth Florian on
July 19th, 2010 2:43 pm
Hello Valuestreamguru.com Team,
I have a problem with the Website http://www.flowalliance.com/html/downloads.html
Is the Server or Domain down?
Is there any possibility to get the stencils?
I need it till Wednesday and hope that you can help me.
Thanks !
valuestreamguru on
July 20th, 2010 9:18 pm
Looks like the flowalliance website is now down ;-( – if your desperate for a visio based VSM – consider registering to try out MS Office online at the Microsoft site – this will give you access to VIsio where you can try out the embedded VSM features –
In the meantime, and in the absence of the flowalliance website, has anyone got any VSM stencil links they wish to publish here?
John Sparks on
January 17th, 2011 1:03 am
Hi, If you are still looking for the Visio VSM templates check out http://www.evsm.com/.
It is a little pricey but works well with Visio 2003, 2007 but i don't know about 2010. It can link to MS excel too.
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IndyCar driver Justin Wilson's death yesterday at age 37 was tragic, unfortunate, and sad. But in what almost amounts to a testament to the kind of person he was, his organs were donated, and he has already saved the lives of six others.
The news was shared on Twitter today by Justin's brother, Stefan (via Motorsport.com):
A trust fund for the care of Wilson's two young daughters has been established, and donations can be addressed to the Wilson Children's Fund, c/o INDYCAR, 4551 W. 16th St., Indianapolis, IN 46222.
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We have now added a new page to our Organ Library where you can submit Sample Sets that are not currently in our database.
Simply click on Organs on the top of the page, and then to Submit A Sample Set. Fill out the form and our administrators will follow up and confirm the information before adding it into our database.
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2. Most soldiers died[ht: instapundit.com]
In the UK around six million men were mobilised, and of those just over 700,000 were killed. That's around 11.5%. In fact, as a British soldier you were more likely to die during the Crimean War (1853-56) than in WW1.
Thursday, June 26, 2014
WWI Mythology
Or more precisely, 10 myths about World War 1 as debunked in this article at BBC News. I must confess to having believed five of these to be true. As for the other five, I wasn't aware of 2, and the three others I never believed to be accurate. Thus, I learned a lot from this article. Here's the second on the list as an enticement:
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TenzorGEO One Year On
15 Apr, 2019
Just over a year ago the Oil and Gas Technology Centre announced the 10 Pioneers who had been selected as the first cohort in its exciting TechX accelerator programme.
Each start-up had been selected after a rigorous evaluation process because they had demonstrated the potential to develop technology which could transform the oil and gas industry.
They included Ivan Starostin's company, TenzorGEO, which uses unique interpretation software and autonomous ocean bottom seismometers that he believes can deliver unprecedented accuracy in pinpointing oil and gas deposits and truly effect a step-change in exploration.
To a point, his story is typical of many entrepreneurs in the North Sea who have an exceptional idea and unwavering belief. For most it would be a three to five-year journey, with no revenue and significant costs, to achieve what TenzorGEO has achieved in little more than a year.
Statistics suggest that nine out of 10 start-ups which embark on such a journey fail to reach their destination, often because of a lack of revenue.
However, TenzorGEO's technology has just undergone a field trial in the North Sea for an energy supermajor, supported by a global service company, and Ivan Starostin attributes his remarkable success so far to the OGTC, its TechX programme and Scottish Edge, which has also supported him.
Ivan said: "TechX helped us achieve, in 16-weeks, what otherwise might never have happened. We were given massive support and they did exactly what they promised – they accelerated us by perhaps three to five years.
"The funding we received has been vital for a fledgling company with no revenue, but perhaps as important are all the other aspects TechX offered.
"I was given immediate access to senior executives from the energy industry who I wouldn't normally be able to reach, and who ultimately, made our first field trial possible.
"It was an intensive 16-weeks during which I had to present time after time again. When I first started, I had plenty passion and a myriad of things I wanted to say but didn't deliver very well. Over the four months, they equipped me with an arsenal of tools to refine my value proposition and perfect my delivery.
"The success that TechX brought has been truly astonishing and I can't thank my mentors enough, who have been available almost 24-7 throughout this whole process."
David Millar, technology accelerator director at the Oil & Gas Technology Centre, said: "We are delighted with the success we are seeing from Ivan and the TenzorGEO team. Technologies like these will address specific industry challenges and if we can accelerate their development, including access to field trials, this will demonstrate their effectiveness and advance commercialisation."
Chris Pearson, marginal developments solution centre manager at the OGTC explained that by mitigating risks and cost for small pool developments, this improves the likelihood of securing the funding.
"TenzorGEO is using low-frequency background seismic, which is a very low-cost approach and should allow an operating company to narrow the uncertainty on developments - including larger developments with multiple wells. Overall this represents a great opportunity for the industry to access marginal developments.
"We are already lining up a second field trial with another operator in order to demonstrate proof of technology, which will achieve wider acceptance from the industry.
"Achieving this milestone in just one year [from entry to the programme] is a good outcome and a great story for the OGTC."
Evelyn McDonald, chief executive of Scottish Edge, said: "What we look for in Scottish Edge is innovation and high growth potential and we felt TenzorGEO offered both of those. Ivan is taking pre-existing technology and using it in an innovative way. If he can prove the technology works there is a large potential market so that is what drove us to support him.
"We also liked Ivan's vision for the company because what he's trying to do with this is to make it easier for oil companies to find resources and therefore there is a benefit to the taxpayer as well."


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In my list of ten reasons for living in Spain, I listed the weather, culture, wine and other aspects, but British expatriates have long favoured Spain as the country to which to retire, closely followed by France. However, this has changed somewhat over the last decade since Spain joined the euro zone in 1999 which resulted in an estimated 60% rise in living costs. Although coins and notes were not circulated until 2002, property became more expensive. The economic downturn in 2008 and weak pound meant that British pensioners struggled to exist on their fixed incomes and some returned to the UK. This ebb and flow will always exist as "persons of the third age", as they are known in Spain, returned to their families in the UK and as economic cycles of low interest rates and unfavourable exchange rates encourage and discourage investment in the ever-changing fiscal and economic landscape. There are generations of youngsters who have grown up in southern Spain, particularly Andalucia, and are completely bilingual and whose families have completely integrated into the relaxed Mediterranean way of life.
For those people who work overseas and may be winding down their workload, Spain is a great location within easy commuting distance of traditional expatriate hot spots such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Some families have elected to be based in Spain while husbands work abroad, preferring a more open environment in which to bring up their children. With the exception of the big cities, the crime rate is much lower in Spain than the UK with anti social behaviour orders being almost unheard of!
For working women, Spain is particularly attractive. Spanish ladies love interacting with people of all nationalities. Women moving to Spain find it easy to integrate, especially if they learn the language. The Spanish are inquisitive and want to know about other cultures and ways of life. There are also a large number of international clubs and other groups to join. Women can get involved at all levels within business from administration to selling to management. Social gatherings are daily occurences giving opportunities for networking. Many a business arrangement is made over a glass of Rioja!


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Hazel & Rose
RE-WORKED 2-TONE DYE TEE | No. 2
$ 55.00
Reconstructed top using vintage found tees, tops, and sweatshirts. Our goal is to breath new life into old things in order to save them from landfills.
Made in collaboration with Al's Tailoring in Minneapolis, MN
Bust 38"
Length 27" at longest
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Due to the nature of this project some flaws and signs of ware are visible. These should be viewed as character that make each piece unique.
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Hurricane Sandy Relief, Mike D and Triple Trouble – September 2012 Update
Alright, what's up everybody? Yeah I know. It's been rather silent here, and for that I apologize. We've had a challenging few weeks here in NJ. I'm based in central NJ, sandwiched just between two of the hardest hit areas in the path of Hurricane Sandy. To my north, the devastation in northern New Jersey […]
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This weekend I learned of the passing of British soul singer Amy Winehouse (1983-2011). Though I have never had the opportunity to photograph her, I always wished I'd had the chance.


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Enjoy Bale Udang's various menu mang engking choices, not to forget its' Prawn Dishes Specialty.
Since being established in Bali on 2009 and managed by Avilla Hospitality, Bale udang is well known for successfully bring rural feeling in the middle of hustle and bustle in Denpasar and Kuta. Bale Udang is Indonesian restaurant with Balinese experience that brings exciting dining experience on bale while enjoying fresh prawn dishes.