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Suddenly, I feel encircled by kind introverts in white smocks. They deliver good news, but I find myself enveloped in a peculiar angst, only relieved upon re-reading the story of a storm and a sleeping Messiah. Strange: prospects of healing spawn listlessness.
Such are the irrational vicissitudes of the life dominated by mouth cancer, which I've been living since August of 2015. At one moment, I wax poetic over lessons learned and expanded horizons; at the next, I'm somber. I feel like a puppet on a string.
A white smock cloaked my chemotherapy oncologist on Friday, April 22. My wife and I held our breath as he pronounced the long-awaited verdict of a PET scan after three grueling, five-day in-hospital chemotherapy sessions: there's been "substantial" tumor shrinkage and no metastasis. Yippee. Some might call this miraculous. Next came the radiation oncologist, before whom we sat the following Tuesday. He seemed giddy – a contrast to previous sessions in which he gently said he didn't want to touch me with a thousand-foot pole because I was bombarded with radiation 28 years ago. More radiation would probably disintegrate my jaw. But the chemo's work will allow him to fix a focused beam on the tumor, largely bypassing my jaw and tipping the odds in my favor. Treatment is scheduled to begin May 11th and last for several weeks, then he'll take a break. A partner will surgically place radiation implants for even more focused therapy. It should all be finished late June or early July.
Another trip back to the quiet, white-smocked chemotherapy oncologist: I'll receive lower chemo doses along with the radiation because the two treatments compliment each other.
I should be pumping pom-poms and waving flags. Instead, I feel world-weary. Perhaps it's because I will have been fighting this cancer for nearly a year when it's over – if it's over. Perhaps I feel robbed. Reconstructive surgery in August robbed me of my full capacity to speak and eat; chemotherapy robbed me of my energy and hair; the whole cancer experience robbed me of precious time and shredded my go-it-alone self-concept. And I still face at least two more months of slavery to a g-tube, into which I pour nutrition directly into my stomach. A minor complication, involving the g-tube, dragged me deeper: the PET scan showed it's been yanked off its path. More smock-laden introverts anesthetized me on April 28 and tried to shove it back. They failed. A second try on May 2 succeeded.
Smocks, smocks, and more smocks, each draped over introverts with MDs wielding thin laptops like clipboards. They've sliced me and injected me until I vomited. Soon, they'll burn me with with the same stuff that blew up Chernobyl – and my role is to sign their release forms and lay on tables and … do nothing. So much for Mr. Ruggedly Independent Nature Man, the one who taught canoeing, climbed sheer cliffs in the Colorado Rockies, and bicycled across the nation and back again by himself. I'm now as dependent as a baby in a crib to soft-speaking scientists – who, by the way, have saved my life.
My self-pitying ungratefulness astounds even me.
Then I remember Mark 4:35-39. The disciples of Jesus are rowing "and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up." Jesus lounges "in the stern, asleep on the cushion." I see the scene through their eyes and sympathize: The sky is almost pitch-black; they're soaked; they're shivering with fear. They know the death-grip of storms on the Sea of Galilee. How can their Lord possibly sleep?
We wonder the same thing as we navigate through personal storms. Perhaps we're facing financial ruin; maybe our health is precarious (that would be me); maybe our spouse sits in the same room a thousand miles away – and yet, God seemingly sleeps. We long to cry the same cry as the disciples: "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?" They're repeating the cry of the psalmist: "Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?" (Psalm 10:1); or Psalm 22:1: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest." Habakkuk 1:2 comes to mind: "How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, 'Violence,' but you do not save?"
The biblical writers are unabashedly frank, showing that God is big enough to take it when we shout, "Why are you sleeping in my storm?" In the case of the disciples, Jesus responds by stilling the wind with the same language he used to cast out demons: "And he got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, 'Hush, be still.' And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm." But such an immediate response is not always the case, which is why the apostle James tells us, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything" (James 1:2-4).
Sometimes God grants us a miracle and stills the storm. Sometimes God asks us to walk the human walk, which involves suffering. God is there in both cases.
So I find the story in Mark – which is also recorded in Matthew – comforting. God understands my angst when I look at the upcoming months. God doesn't mind it if I momentarily shout: "Do you not care that I am perishing?"
Somehow, that gives me the strength to look further into this passage and feel a gentle challenge. I see it in Christ. The seas are raging; the waves are slamming the boat and filling it with water; the sky is pitch black. And yet, Christ is calm. He's secure. He's so calm and secure that he can sleep through the storm. I long for that sense of peace and security, which would also be a great remedy for a society increasingly addicted to rage. Perhaps I'll emerge from all this with the ability to sleep through the storm.
I hope so. I'll smile sincere smiles at all the mid-mannered introverts in white smocks.


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Frances Spalding
Last of the Bloomsberries
Frances Partridge: The Biography
By Anne Chisholm
Weidenfeld & Nicolson 416pp £25 order from our bookshop
Anne Chisholm's greatest rival, while writing this biography, has been her own subject. Frances Partridge, a second-generation member of Bloomsbury, began publishing her own writings in her late seventies. These took the form of memoirs and extracts from her diaries, starting with A Pacifist's War. The appeal of her writing lay not in confessional revelation but in her unflagging, acute and often humorous powers of observation. A steady intelligence played over everything, questioning and reflecting on the deep pleasure she obtained from nature, conversation, friends, reading and music. One recurrent theme was her belief in the importance of sanity. Gradually her readership broadened, especially after the publication of Hanging On, which laid bare the difficulties she experienced in the aftermath of her husband's death. For many, the appeal now lay, among other things, in the honesty with which she confronted the vicissitudes of life and unbearable grief. There was something fortifying in her wry insistence on the need to face reality and to pursue reason. Towards the end of her long life, critics began comparing her diaries with those of James Lees-Milne and Anthony Powell. And though she always remained very modest about her writing, she had nevertheless slipped into the pantheon as one of the outstanding diarists of the twentieth century.

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Certain cars call for certain clothes and when that certain car is a "bad ass 1970's red V8 Aston" the man to call is Timothy Everest, a British taylor with an eye for the badass.
A quick glance at Everest's blog will show that the rather mischievous suits he cuts are definitely not your stodgy I-have-to-wear-these-to-work suits but then neither is the Aston Martin V8 your stodgy I-have-to-drive-this-to-work car.
It does take some chutzpah to get away with such massive acreage of pelt on one's lapels but a letter from the gentleman who ordered the coat suggests that he's got the touch:
I've got a bad ass 1970's red V8 Aston with a big bore exhaust which I've shoved a load of speakers and a subwoofer into, so I can play wild 1970's rare grooves and funk while racing around. The town coat kinda went with that feel! I should change my name to Dirk Diggler!"
Photo Credit: Timothy Everest, Nicola Jones


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Job offers featured on this page are just a few examples of opportunities that we can share publicly. They are mostly proposed by alumnis who reach out to our Program Director, Muriel Walas, or to current students. However, the main source of career opportunities for SKEMA students remain our internal online platform and Career Center services.
Please refer to the official SKEMA website to discover the results of the latest employment survey and other statistics regarding job opportunities.


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Attorney General Fox's Legislative Priorities Advance
Montana's 63rd Legislature has passed Attorney General Tim Fox's top legislative priorities from their chamber of origin. The legislature begins its transmittal break today, which is the deadline for voting non-fiscal bills out of their chamber of origin.
"The fact that legislators have, by wide margins, passed my top priorities out of the first chamber shows that these are not Republican or Democrat issues – they're Montana issues," Attorney General Fox said. "I am proud to be working with members of both parties on common-sense solutions for taking on repeat DUI offenders, protecting our most vulnerable citizens, and improving law enforcement infrastructure in Montana."
HB 355: Tougher penalties for driving under the influence of alcohol (Rep. Christy Clark, R-Choteau). HB 355, which passed the House of Representatives 78-20, changes from five years to ten the window used to determine if a person is subject to enhanced criminal penalties and driver licensing sanctions for a second or subsequent DUI. Currently, a person is only charged for a first-time DUI as long as a prior DUI was more than five years earlier than the second.
HB 335 (Rep. Jenny Eck, D-Helena) and SB 213 (Sen. Cliff Larsen, D-Missoula): Protecting the public against sex offenders. HB 335, which passed the House of Representatives 100-0, would allow a district court judge to designate a tier level to sex offenders who do not have one. SB 213, which passed the Senate 50-0, would require sex offenders who move into Montana to provide a DNA sample to the state DNA database.
HB 140: Criminalizing new designer drugs (Rep. Tom Berry, R-Roundup). New drugs such as "bath salts" that mimic dangerous, illegal drugs are not designated as unlawful in statute. HB 140, which passed the House of Representatives 91-7, would classify these drug compounds as illegal under Montana law.
HB 287: Protecting the elderly and disabled (Rep. Dan Salomon, R-Ronan). HB 287, which passed the House of Representatives 79-20, would impose stiffer consumer protection penalties for individuals or businesses that target the elderly or mentally disabled for scams.
HB 137: Closing a parole eligibility loophole for juvenile offenders (Rep. Kim Dudik, D-Missoula). HB 137, signed by Governor Bullock last week, closed a loophole in the law that dealt specifically with parole eligibility for violent offenders stemming from a recent court case. This new law provides clarity and legislative intent in criminal statutes to avoid a situation that makes violent offenders immediately eligible for parole.
Improving law enforcement infrastructure in Montana. In addition to requesting specific legislation, Attorney General Fox is working with lawmakers to make investments in critical law enforcement infrastructure, including:
• Increasing the Montana Highway Patrol's presence in areas impacted by the Bakken oil boom.
• Expanding the skillset at the state Crime Lab by adding a scientist focused on testing for synthetic drugs such as "bath salts."
• Improving the accuracy of the Sexual and Violent Offender Registry by dedicating a full-time, permanent investigator toward tracking down offenders who fail to register properly.
Additionally, the Senate overwhelmingly passed SB 258, which would name the Justice Building after Joseph P. Mazurek and allow for a privately funded memorial to be built on capitol grounds. The Justice Building at 215 N. Sanders houses the Attorney General's Office, the state Supreme Court, the Clerk of Court and the state law library. Former Attorney General Mazurek passed away from Alzheimer's last August. Governor Steve Bullock and Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike McGrath have been vocal proponents of this bill, which Sen. Art Wittich (R-Bozeman) introduced at the request of Attorney General Fox.
Attorney General Fox will continue to work with lawmakers as these and other public safety bills move through the legislative process.


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The helicopter has arrived. Bigger and scarier than I had expected after reading reviews and watching video. Battery is charging, expect a flight report later today.
Review: This thing is completely awesome. I can't believe what they have packed into it for the incredible price of around US$80. It is twitchy enough to be a challenge, yet stable enough to be buckets of fun. After 3 battery charges (about 30-40 mins total run time) I could hover capably and generally move the thing to an arbitrary location of my choosing.
Four weeks later, and I'm zooming around the room, landing on a 12″ square footstool, and considering how to rig up some sort of hook system for carting cargo around the house.
Rudder turning is somewhat fraught, with the tail slowly rotating one way or the other. It seems to constantly rotate to the left at a rate of maybe one revolution every 30 seconds. Even adjusting the trim settings on the 4-in-1 electronic controller hasn't corrected it. I think the culprit is slightly different motor performance between the two motors, or some binding in one or other of the rotor shafts. However, after spending some more time with a larger, more powerful helicopter, I've come to realise that all helicopters require constant attention on the rudder stick, so having this problem is actually like training for bigger helis.
Performance wise, the Lama V4 is not a rocket ship. It will move forward at a brisk walking pace, and will happily move in any direction you command it. It is definitely sluggish compared to a traditional tail-rotor, non-coaxial helicopter. The reason is that the upper blades have no cyclic control, and so are always working to pull the helicopter back to a static position. This is fantastic for a learning flyer. However, sudden changes of direction are prone to causing 'blade clash', where the tilting lower blades come into contact with the static upper blades. I've only had this happen once, when hauling hard back on the cyclic while the heli was at close to maximum forward speed. If your idea of fun is flying circuits of your lounge, but not high-speed aerobatics in a gymnasium, then the Lama is perfect.
The Lama will not fly outdoors, except on the most incredibly calm days. Considering the forward speed is so low, it can barely hold position with full forward cyclic in even the lightest breeze.
It's a fairly robust little machine too. It is too light to damage itself even falling from 10 feet up (ceiling height!), onto carpet. While not recommended, you can get away from most situations by just cutting the throttle. Bear in mind this is not a good thing to learn when you want to go to bigger helis, when cutting the throttle will cost you dearly.
The most vulnerable part on the Lama is its standard blades. I definitely recommend you grab a pair of Xtreme Blades for the Lama when you purchase it. My two sets of basic black blades were chewed up inside of a week, but I've had one set of Xtremes on ever since. The only other thing I've broken was a single landing skid when coming down hard on concrete. I imagine you could bend or break some of the rotor/head components, but only by hitting something at speed and without cutting the throttle.
Overall, the Lama is a massive step up from a Picco Z. If you're bored flying your Picco Z in lazy circles, definitely think about a Lama for flying sideways and backwards, and holding excellent hovers above people's heads so that the downdraft spoils their hairdo.
I'd say if you can drive a RC car without crashing, you can probably fly a Lama. Just go gentle on the throttle, and quick, precise movements on all the other controls. Check out Radd's School of Rotary Flight for an excellent set of tutorials that will get you more comfortable with the controls. Given the ease of flying the Lama, you can skip pretty fast through Radd's lessons, but reading them will certainly help you learn.
The Lama even gave me enough confidence to to purchase a full-house CCPM ship. This is a much bigger jump than recommended – I was told to stick with a fixed-pitch heli. However I decided on CCPM for investment reasons, and because I've been flying planes for years. I can safely say that a 'proper' CCPM heli with a tail rotor is a completely different world to a coaxial like the Lama. The Lama is a good tutorial on how the cyclic control affects the movement of the helicopter, but beyond that, everything is harder: sensitivity, power, rudder control, pitch curves, etc..
I still love my E Sky Lama V4. I find it an absolute joy to fly, and it's actually really relaxing to come back to it after a day of learning to hover my other heli.


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Ebay: A Universe of Opportunities
Ebay is a magical land where anyone can sell practically anything, from a person's soul to airplanes to entire towns.
It doesn't require any special sign up to sell, unlike Amazon, where signing up for a seller account requires you address, social security number, and the promise of your firstborn child. As a result, not only are there large businesses but also millions of individuals selling their stuff.
It has created a diverse marketplace with diverse pricing. Due to the fact that everyone creates their own listing, prices go up and down differently than they do on Amazon, where with 2 clicks you can view the 482 other people competing with you to sell a piece of plastic that puts whipped cream on your face. With Ebay, this causes sellers to often miss the memo that an item is going up or down in price, and there is less of a standard for sellers to price their items with.
When you combine that with the ability for buyers and sellers to haggle, send invoices, and give reduced prices for bulk purchasing, it becomes a place where massive amounts of inventory can be acquired, especially given the size of Ebay. While doing my accounting for last year earlier last month, I realized that I spent six figures last year on inventory from Ebay.
Ebay is massive. At the time of writing, there are a quarter million listings for brand new video games.
There are 3.6 million listings for brand new toys. There are 1.8 million listings for brand new sporting goods.
I pulled up the first three pages of 200 listings for brand new PS2 video games. I ran OAXRAY on them, and found spent $500 on four different titles. Most of it came from buying 28 copies of a video game for $15 apiece that sells for $40 on Amazon. If you look, you will find profitable inventory.
Here is my favorite. If you find a profitable item, it is likely that the same seller has more profitable items. Go to their store, make sure you are looking at only at new items, and run OAXRAY again. I've found as many as half a dozen profitable items with multiple sellers by doing this, and I have been able to source
as many as 100 total items at a time from a single seller. I put everything in the cart, and then I can request that the shipping costs be lowered to what they actually are. That's something that cannot be done on Amazon.
Another thing to pay attention to is that if one seller is selling something for a price that you can make a profit, there may be other sellers selling it for a profitable price. Do a search for the item. In some cases, I have found as many as 10 other sellers selling the same thing for a profitable price, and have then bought them all out.
Thirdly, pay attention to stores that are too big to routinely adjust prices on. Just like with Amazon, there are some massive sellers on Ebay. While it is possible to use a repricer on Ebay, I often see large sellers selling everything for the same price. I've seen it with multiple sellers, usually with music CDs. Last week, I found a seller selling a bunch of brand new CDs for $5 and $6. I fired up OAXRAY, and found some of them going for $25 and ranked under 100,000.
If you do a little searching and digging, you are bound to find some profitable inventory, and you can do so very quickly with OAXRAY. If you haven't signed up yet, you can get 6 days free if you sign up through FBA Master.
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to message me on Facebook.


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Day 12: Minneapolis to Toronto
Our final morning in Minneapolis was spent at the Mill City Museum which – as a temple to the Minneapolitan flour industry – might not initially seem the best way to spend an hour or two. Any apprehensions were soon dispelled as the choir found themselves riding up and down a grain elevator (pictured above), gazing over the only waterfall on the Mississippi and finding out quite how explosive flour really is. Our visit to the museum was made even better by the busy farmers' market outside where (true to form) the choristers immediately located plate after plate of free samples. After sausage, bread, kale and micro-greens they hardly needed their excellent lunch at the Midtown Global Market, and before we knew it it was time to head for the airport.
The antics of Air Canada made our transit through the terminal much more exciting. They first refused to check the group in under one credit card (necessitating a grumpy and laborious transaction for each of us) and then bumped Mrs Darlington and matron off the flight. After a tense stand-off things were finally resolved at the gate, and everyone climbed onto a tiny and distinctly crumb-filled aircraft without needing to resort to stowing away. We touched down in Toronto as the sun was setting, then spent a good hour passing an interminable series of desks giving and receiving small pieces of paper. The authorities must have decided they liked us as we were eventually allowed into the country.
A car accident held our coach up on the freeway (sound familiar?) and we seemed to spend an eternity taking the scenic route through Toronto's outlying neighbourhoods. Our patient hosts were, however, waiting to greet us when we arrived at Grace Church, and we were very glad to be on our way towards the comfort of Canadian homestays. Tomorrow: our final concert day!


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Performance + Music
Space & Installation
November 5 - November 11, 2016
Olive Tjaden Gallery
Na Chainkua Reindorf (MFA '17) presents an immersive installation project that will function as a contemporary approach meant to undermine the unobstructed male gaze, and redistribute power structures that surround body ownership and policing. This project combines themes of feminism, cultural exploration, the public/private and the mystification of the observed body.
REVEAL || CONCEAL introduces a less familiar art of the West African masquerade, presented in a way that permits visitors into what is considered to be a culturally sacred space. This project also provides a unique experience of being the observer/observed, and also encourages us to think about and experience how it feels and what it means to have our bodies policed.
Visitors are invited to encounter the installation by literally placing themselves within it; an act that transforms them into both a subject and an object. In essence, by encountering the installation, visitors must embrace a willingness to adopt an experience of otherness; both as onlookers and as active participants.


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This time I'll take every word with a grain of salt and stare you down.
One day you'll learn what a promise really is and the meaning of pride.
Go ahead and X up.
Straight Edge for a while.
A crooked X for that crooked smile.
A new trend.
A new start.
The X on your hand will never be there in you heart.
I am Straight Edge.
One day you'll learn what a promise really is and the meaning of pride.
Go ahead and X up.
Straight Edge for a while.
A crooked X for that crooked smile.
A new trend.
A new start.
The X on your hand will never be there in you heart.
I am Straight Edge.
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"Know This X" as written by Ken Susi John Maggard
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0General CommentNothing better than singing this song with some friends. My edge means everything to me.
0General CommentThis is a rad song even though Casey Jones is a joke band, rock.robertxstackon January 10, 2005 Link
0General CommentI'm edge & I love this song.
It's saying a lot.
0General CommentI've tended to notice that with CJ. Very in-your-face, which is perfectly fine, but like mentioned, semi-elitist. My way or the highway. That being said, this was my first introduction to them and I liked it very much. I dig his vocals alot. I don't always agree with the lyrics, but to each his own.AllSaintsCryon August 21, 2006 Link
0General Comment"I don't always agree with the lyrics."
Just to clarify, I didn't mean that in a "Let's go get drunk/stoned!" way at all. I'm very much against that, I just meant their approach at being anti-that sometimes. Anyways, I'm rambling and I'm sure my whole point has been lost.
Good song, though.AllSaintsCryon August 21, 2006 Link
0General CommentI was just lisetening to this song today and I heard for the first time the lyric "Straight-edge for a while, a crooked-edge for that crooked smile" and it really hit me.
I decided a couple of weeks back to try out straight-edge to see if it was right for me. I despise smoking, pills and pot and I have never been a "heavy" drinker. So I decided to give up alcohol for a month and see how it went. The month is almost over and I'm still not sure, the thing is I've been really depressed at parties I go to now that I'm not drinking, not to say that alcohol stops depression, but it's as though I don't notice the things that depress me.
So I'm not sure if I'm gonna actually go straight-edge for life, but then I heard that line and I feel like such a fraud...
I think I'll keep the whole no alcohol thing going for even longer just to see if it gets better in the long run, because besides alcohol everything about SxE suits me perfectly.
This song has affected me hugely.
The lyrics are self-explanatory, but the meaning I received is profound.Enthused_punkon September 17, 2006 Link
0hey i dont mean to start shit but you cant "try" being edge. you either make a commitment to be straight edge or just live a drug -free lifestyle. there is a big differenceFlag xsxeotakuxon May 31, 2010
0General Comment...i was just reading the comments the other people left.. and. Wow. If your going to just "try" to be edge.. your stupid.. Your forgetting the whole meaning to it. Its more than 3 x's.. Its a way of life..You dont wake up 1 morning and decide you want to be Edge.. No. Just like in the song.. Its got to be there in your heart.UxRxNOTHINGon December 18, 2006 Link
0General Commentbeing edge isn't something to "try." it's a lifetime commitment.
0General Commentstraightedge is a lifestyle, for those who are trying to get rid of all the hatred of drugs/alcohol and other shit that people put into this world by fucking themselves up.
i think, if you truly want to be edge, you have to fuck up.
you have to live life, you have to know the reasons you don't want to do it, you don't not do it because you know it is wrong, you do it because it isn't your lifestyle, you want to live a life of purity and being yourself, being the person you believe you should be.
0General Commentim not straight edge or anything but i really respect the people who do it for the right reasons and do it for themselves. i think this song is basically saying screw those people who dont do it for the right reasons.
btw, xtragicx, thanks for explainin it to me cos ive never been able to think of a decent reason why people would unless it was for attention or somethin.samisonfireon March 29, 2007 Link
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At Astley Construction we have a range of systems and procedures in place that help us to deliver a high standard of both administration and construction on each project.
Financial System: Costcon Accounting System
Costcon is specifically designed for the construction industry. It is an accounting system that enables both creditor and debtor management as well as providing management and reporting of projects. In conjunction with Costcon we keep an Administration Register for each project, which allows tracking of all client directions, their status and impact on budget. By using these systems together we can ensure firm control of the project budget.
Programming: Microsoft Project 2010
The Contract Manager and Construction Manager will work together with the Site Manager to set the programme at the start of the project. The project is reviewed and updated on a regular basis then distributed to all parties (client, subcontractors, and site staff) to ensure everyone works together to meet planned completion.
Quality Control Systems: Astley Construction Quality Control Systems
Astley applies strict quality control procedures on all projects to both administration and site works. Our Quality Control Systems for site and our Quality Assurance Checklist help maintain our Quality Standards by ensuring that every aspect of the construction process is monitored and checked in a formal manner. Our Quality Checklist is used to monitor both Astley workmanship and subcontractors work. (Copies can be provided upon request).
Health & Safety: Hazard Co. Health & Safety Management System / Site Safe
All Astley Construction employees are trained on both HazardCo & Site Safe policies and procedures. A detailed Site Specific Safety Plan and Site Emergency Plan are submitted to the Client for approval prior to commencing on site. All subcontractors working on site will provide their Site Specific Safety Plans and Health & Safety Policies and are included in Astley's weekly toolbox meetings to ensure implementation and monitoring of these plans.
- Astley Construction / HazardCo Health & Safety Policy
- Astley Construction / HazardCo Team Plan
- Site Safe – Sample Site Specific Safety Plan
- Astley Construction – Sample Site Emergency Plan
Astley has a zero rate for incidents of serious harm in the last 3 years and has no notifiableissues.
Astley Construction: Environmental Policy
Astley Construction recognises that in carrying out its activities it has a responsibility to customers, employees and the general public to minimise its environmental impacts.
(A copy can be provided on request).


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For over 160 years, Hiwassee College has transformed the lives of thousands of students. Our alumni have gone into the world and truly made a difference in the lives of people everywhere.
Hiwassee College is a place that believes in dreams, a place where a generation can make a difference, and where community and faith are important values to uphold. Our students know what it is like to have faculty and friends who truly care about them, and it is this commitment of our staff that makes an impact on the lives of students.
We take pride in the alumni who have graduated from Hiwassee College. We believe you are truly making an impact in our world daily, and we are confident our future alumni will be able to say the same.
Be sure to frequently visit our website for special, news, updates, and events held especially for our alumni. Your support of Hiwassee College is essential to our future, and we value your time, efforts, and financial gifts.
If you would like to donate to Hiwassee College, please know that all gifts are graciously received and invested into the futures of our current and upcoming students. Thank you for your continued support and commitment to Hiwassee College.


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Tumble dryer's drying time according to the energy labelling is not the same as specified in the user manual
The time shown on the display for tumble dryers is not the same as the time indicated by the energy labels.
- The energy labels indicate the drying time for the maximum load.
- Time shown on the display is the drying time for real load.
- A tumble dryer dries on average around approx. 5 kg every time, so the time is displayed for this size of load.


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Kemba gets 19 in Hornets' 108-94 rout of slumping Lakers (Jan 05, 2018)
LOS ANGELES (AP) With three wins in four stops on a leisurely paced road trip, the Charlotte Hornets unexpectedly hit their stride in California.
The Los Angeles Lakers are still stumbling around.
Kemba Walker had 19 points and seven assists, and the Hornets wrapped up a solid trip with their first back-to-back victories since Thanksgiving, beating the spiraling Lakers 108-94 on Friday night.
Jeremy Lamb scored 17 points and Marvin Williams added 16 for the Hornets, who won three of four in the Golden State, including a shocking win over the Warriors to kick off the trip. The Hornets wrapped up the road swing by emphatically avenging their home loss to the Lakers last month.
''We'll take it all day long,'' associate head coach Stephen Silas said. ''It was a great trip.''
Six players scored in double figures for Charlotte, which has won four of six overall.
Dwight Howard had 15 points and 10 rebounds while the Hornets had little trouble staying ahead of the Lakers after the opening minutes. Charlotte took a 16-point lead in the first half and stretched it to 21 in the third quarter.
''It means a lot, because we've really been struggling on the road before this trip,'' said Silas, whose team lost 12 of its first 16 road games this season. ''To come on the road and get three wins, especially in the West, it's really big for us. Hopefully we can carry home the momentum from this trip.''
Lonzo Ball had 11 points and five assists in his first game since Dec. 23 for the Lakers, who have lost nine straight since Dec. 20. The rookie point guard missed six games with a sprained left shoulder, and he returned in limited minutes while rebuilding his strength.
The Lakers' faithful fans are even growing frustrated in what looks like a fifth consecutive losing season. They booed the Lakers after Lamb's uncontested alley-oop dunk on a fast break put the Hornets up by 25 early in the fourth quarter.
''They got hot and really never stopped making shots,'' Brandon Ingram said. ''Eventually you get tired of losing. I think a lot of guys on this team are used to winning.''
Ingram had 22 points and a career-high 14 rebounds, but Los Angeles dropped to 1-12 since winning at Charlotte on Dec. 9. The Lakers (11-27) are in last place in the Western Conference.
''Early in the year, if we had off shooting nights like we've had a lot of, we were still right in ballgames because we were defending our tails off,'' Lakers coach Luke Walton said. ''The biggest thing we need to get back to is playing defense like that. We're going to get back to being a good defensive team, no matter what it takes.''
Hornets: Frank Kaminsky scored 12 points. He also got a technical foul in the fourth quarter for arguing a call. ... Michael Kidd-Gilchrist added 13 points and eight rebounds.
Lakers: Brook Lopez scored 11 points in his second game back from an eight-game absence with a sprained ankle. ... Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez watched the game at courtside, as did comedian John Mulaney.
The Lakers are the NBA's worst 3-point shooting team, and they went 9 for 36 against the Hornets. At least they improved the NBA's worst free-throw shooting percentage by going 9 for 12.
Howard received the thunderous boos that have greeted him at Staples Center ever since he completed his single season with the Lakers in 2013 by spurning them to sign a free-agent deal with the Rockets. The Lakers haven't made the playoffs since he left, enduring the worst half-decade in franchise history. ''I don't think about it,'' Howard said. ''At some point, they get over it. ... I had a good time. I thought I played very well, despite just coming off of back surgery and also tearing a labrum, which I guess means nothing to people. Other than that, it's always fun to come here and play in LA.''
Hornets: Host the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday in their first home game of 2018.
Lakers: Host the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night in a meeting of the NBA's two worst teams.
More AP NBA: www.apnews.com/tags/NBAbasketball


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Rapid Prototype Portable Combat and Launch SystemSBC: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES CORPORATION Topic: N95053
SEA CORP will leverage the innovative technologies developed under the prior SBIR Phase II project and extend the Research & Development (R&D) activities to the development of critical submarine combat system payload integration efforts. In the previous effort, components were successfully developed facilitating integration of Improved Submarine Launched Mobile Mine (ISLMM) capability aboard subma ...SBIR Phase II 2019 Department of DefenseNavy
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The ultimate goal of this SBIR effort is to deliver improvements to existing Fleet electronic warfare support systems by using statistical learning techniques to aid in the classification and unique identification of modern radar emitters. Since software-defined and solid-state emitters do not have the analog features traditionally used for classification, we will use more abstract, but well-defin ...SBIR Phase II 2019 Department of DefenseNavy
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Flares are commonly used in the defense industry as light utilizing functionally-graded energetic materials for airborne expendable countermeasure applications. However, current flare production processes are rudimentary because they limit design flexibility and incur significant start up and maintenance costs due to low annual production volume. Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a superior alternati ...SBIR Phase II 2019 Department of DefenseNavy
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Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolysis is used on-board submarines to generate breathing oxygen for the crew. Expensive noble metals are used as electrocatalysts and these precious metals contribute to approximately 25% of the cost of the electrolysis cell. Greatly reducing or eliminating the amount of noble metal electrocatalysts would significantly reduce the cost of the electrolysis ce ...SBIR Phase II 2019 Department of DefenseNavy
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Olivier Ford is a successful car dealership located on the South Shore of Montreal with the largest selection of Ford vehicles in the region. President Jacques Olivier Jr. is passionate about his business and turned to Stingray Business to give his showroom a competitive edge.
Nominating Company: Stingray Business, Boisbriand, QC, Canada
Venue: Olivier Ford, St-Hubert, Quebec, Canada
Project: Olivier Ford Showroom
Category: Retail
The solution developed for Olivier Ford had to meet a series of specific criteria: maximize interior space without expansion or renovation, wow customers the minute they enter the dealership, communicate special offers and promotions, compete with online sales, give customers access to a larger inventory, improve brand awareness and improve customer loyalty. Stingray Business proposed a three-step technological improvement plan that would begin with the installation of a massive video wall made up of 50 46-inch' inch screens with wall-thin bezels for seamless content integration. The sheer scale of the video wall stops all visitors in their tracks and provides the desired wow effect.
Easily controlled by employees or customers using an iPad with a proprietary content management system, the giant video wall can broadcast a variety of entertaining, interactive and informative content. A catalogue of all models in all colors is also available.
The challenges mainly came from the configuration of the video wall connected with the different options on the iPad and from the content creation side. The client has three different modes he can choose from to display content, all that being possible by using RS232 command per screen: full screen, live feed options including side banners to display a real 16:9 within the video wall and 50 percent to 50 percent to display different types of promos. The difficulty was to switch from one mode to another (the command) in a seamless way within a few seconds. With a resolution of 3840 x 1080, we also had to find different ways to create appropriate content to maximize the screens, usually starting with assets from Ford Canada.
To be able to switch mode quickly, we had to test different RS232 matrices and program the right commands to execute properly. On the content side, we used a 4K player that can display a maximum resolution of 3840 pixels wide. Having a more cinematic format than usual, we tried to maximize the whole space to forefront the brand and the vehicles. We also handpicked the best videos of the brand to create different montage more appropriate for the video wall layout.
The installation of a large-scale video wall and the development of custom content do more than impress visitors. It generates positive feedback, increases positive word of mouth and positions the dealership as cutting-edge and innovative. The video wall is also a money-saving alternative to printing promotional material. It increases the time spent on the premises by the average customer, and most importantly, it brings the fun back into visiting a car dealership!
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Go anywhere you can imagine! We can help you find the best programs based on your major or area of study. No matter your intellectual journey, the Mount will offer you a variety of programs that will meet your academic needs while you embrace the global adventure abroad.
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We were approached by Food Processor Advisor (Georgie Valenti) to do an interview about this blog and about us. (Blush!)
Continue reading "Someone wanted to interview us? (They love us. They really love us.)"
"because life is too short to eat crappy food"…Yes!Chef!
We were approached by Food Processor Advisor (Georgie Valenti) to do an interview about this blog and about us. (Blush!)
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It's always surprising to both Yes!Chef! and me when people sing such high praises for Yes!Chef!'s food. Yes, his food is quite tasty, but it is usually simple food. But we frequently hear things such as, "This is the best chicken I have ever had," and "What did you put on this to make it so flavorful?" (answer is usually salt), or "What can I do to make my food taste like this?" and finally, "Will you adopt me?"
Continue reading "Necessaries in the Kitchen or Zombies Don't Care What Their Food Tastes Like" →
Here's an article on the Most Common Cooking Mistakes made by home cooks. This one is particularly common, in my humble opinion. I think it's been ingrained in our psyche that it's bad to taste the food while you are cooking it because that's where those "extra" calories hide. My advice: Don't ever put food on the table that you haven't tasted before it went on the plate. Less embarrassing that way.
Mistake Number One!
1. You don't taste as you go.
Result: The flavors or textures of an otherwise excellent dish are out of balance or unappealing.
For most cooks, tasting is automatic, but when it's not, the price can be high. Recipes don't always call for the "right" amount of seasoning, cooking times are estimates, and results vary depending on your ingredients, your stove, altitude…and a million other factors. Your palate is the control factor.
Think that experienced cooks don't forget this most basic rule? Cooking Light Associate Food Editor Tim Cebula was sous chef in a notable restaurant when he served up "caramelized" pineapple that somehow refused to brown. Turns out Tim had coated the fruit in salt, not sugar. "That's why it wouldn't caramelize." Taste Test As You Cook < Cooking Tips and Cooking Questions Answered – Cooking Light.


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Art and Spirituality: The Visual Culture of Christian Faith
Art and Spirituality: The Visual Culture of Christian Faith
BYU Studies and the BYU Museum of Art announce their joint publication Art and Spirituality: The Visual Culture of Christian Faith. This collection of seventeen articles discusses a variety of topics on the interaction between religion and art.
Each article is an expansion of a presentation given at the BYU "Art, Belief, Meaning: Pious Pictures" symposium in 2006. Contributors discuss:
- how faith can coexist with modern art
- how temple architecture symbolizes Christ
- how and why artists portray Christ in certain familiar ways
- how Christ has been portrayed in film
and much more. Several articles discuss contemporary Latter-day Saints artists including Brian Kershisnik, Walter Rane, and Ron Richmond; others focus on masters such as Giotto, Caravaggio, and Chagall.
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We know it's well past the season's actual halfway mark, but All-Star break tends to be the official point when NBA analysts and fans take a second and pause for some mid-season reflection. So we decided there was no better time than now (and this entire week, for that matter) to look back at some of 2010-11′s best moments to date.
What follows are the past few months of pro hoops' sickest dunks. Naturally, there have been way more than 25 monster slams thus far this season, so by all means let us know what we should've included in the comment section. And if you missed it, check out the year's best buzzer-beaters and best crossovers.


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Muhammad Ali's son is 'penniless' and 'has no plans for Christmas' except looking for odd jobs
As of now, all Muhammad Ali Jr. receives $1,000 a month, of which $700 is for rent, leaving him with just $200 a month – or $6 a day – after bills
Muhammad Ali's incredible fame and colossal net worth hasn't helped his only biological son. The latter has claimed situation is so dire for him that he is surviving on less than $8 a day and is often being forced to do odd jobs to make ends meet. Called Muhammad Ali Junior, the late heavyweight champion's son had expected to inherit $5million after the boxing legend passed away at the age of 74 in 2016.
Sadly, none of that panned out the way Junior had expected it too, reported Mirror Online. As of now, all he receives is a small allowance from the estate, which has rendered him penniless for Christmas. Junior said: "I have no plans for Christmas. I'm just trying to make a living." Speaking about the kind of jobs he's willing to take up, the 46-year-old said: "I'll do anything – construction, breaking up concrete, painting, but at the moment I'm making nothing. I cut grass, pull hedges, weeds, clean shutters, clean gutters. My friend lets me use his truck and equipment and I give him half."
While Junior lives in a dingy room in a three-bedroom condo in Miami, his estranged wife Shaakira, 49, lives in Englewood, Chicago with the former couple's two kids. Englewood is also notorious to have one of the worst crime rates in the US, but Shaakira and Junior are barely on communicational terms after she gave an interview in 2016 where she had wrongly claimed that Ali Jr ran away to Florida with his fortune.
Junior, however, had said that he had received no massive fortune and had moved just to be nearer to his mother and Ali's second wife Khalilah. His plan was to find corporate work, but that didn't work out either. He had also expected to share his father's $60 million estate with the boxer's fourth wife Lonnie, seven daughters and adopted son Assad, but owing to tensions between him and Lonnie, 61, that suffered a blow too.
Muhammad Ali's Son Stopped at Airport for Second Time in a Month https://t.co/BNePvt8qH9 pic.twitter.com/wnjNW4OitE— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) March 18, 2017
Lonnie had power of attorney over the fortune and is also believed to have helped write the legend's will before his death. As per Junior, the Muhammad Ali Estate provides him only $1,000 a month, of which $700 is for rent. Not having a bank account doesn't work in his favor either as he has to pay commission to cash the cheques. It leaves him with just $200 a month – or $6 a day – after bills.
Junior said: "I miss my kids so much. My wife said I abandoned them and got millions, which was wrong. Even though I earn next to nothing, I'd love to send money back home for the kids or be able to afford a flight to Chicago."
He believes his relatives get way more money that he does, but he cannot obtain that information as they haven't spoken in two years. He added: "It makes me feel like crap but I deal with it. What else can I do? I try to get more money from the estate but they won't do it. They say, 'We'll give it to you when you need it'. Sadly, the "Last time I asked for more they actually cut it by a hundred bucks."


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Parintins, Brazil
While Parintins is small and doesn't have a great deal of infrastructure, it is quite used to handling ship traffic: It's located on an island, separated from the mainland by a channel. In this part of Brazil, the Amazon's mighty flow long ago created an island group, interlaced with many channels, from what was once a single island. As a result, Parintins is reachable by ship, not by car, and the preferred local transportation is boat. That hasn't stopped it from hosting one of Brazil's most theatrical festivals.
What We Love
Island Exploration: The metropolitan area occupies just a small portion of one island, so it's quite easy to get away from human civilization and into glorious nature. This has made Parintins a popular gateway for Amazon jungle ecotourism.
Town Center: Visitors enjoy the distinct Amazonian flavor of this destination. It's not a glossy place — indeed it's somewhat primitive — but its blend of indigenous cultural pride, Catholic mysticism, folklore, and pageantry is unique. You can really soak it all in by exploring the town center, which radiates from its landmark Portuguese-style cathedral.
Best Known For
Boi Bumba: Parintins is famous throughout Brazil for this annual folklore festival, which Amazonians claim is second only to the Rio Carnival in awesomeness. That's up for debate — Brazil has a lot of fantastic annual festivals — but this is truly a wild, crazy, costume-centric party that takes over its little host city in June. The high point is a performance competition, for which locals rehearse year-round. Tourists can visit a few different Boi Bumba facilities, and there's almost always a shore excursion to a theater to watch a condensed version of the show.
Small Boat Tours: While international travelers don't typically think beyond the Amazon itself when visiting Parintins, Brazilians know that the magical Tupinambarana island group contains beautiful lakes, floodplains, and river beaches that only appear during the dry season.
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Who It's Best For
Ecotourists: The waterways themselves are a force of nature, and the incredible biodiversity that thrives all around Parintins is exactly what travelers hope to experience in the Amazon.
Theater Lovers: When it comes to costumes and stagecraft, Brazilian festivals can compete with any Broadway show. But to see it on an island in the middle of the Amazon? Amazing and crazy. Your jaw will drop.
Don't Say We Didn't Warn You
There's Limited Offerings for Tourists: Other than the Boi Bumba show, most cruise lines don't offer official excursions in this area. The local tourism industry isn't set up to handle such a high volume of visitors — so if you want to explore, you'll have to plan it yourself.
Lena Katz is a New York-based contributor to ShermansCruise who has also written for Brides.


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From calm, shallow waters that are great for beginners to more intense dives with rocks that are filled with sea creatures, Koh Lanta truly has something for everyone, and offers unforgettable diving experiences. Whether you are looking for a wreck dive or a reef dive, Koh Lanta has what you as a scuba diver are looking for.
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Jan. 30, 2017
We know you won't be forgetting Bao Bao anytime soon, but if you want special Bao Bao-branded gear, now is your last chance. Head to any ON-SITE Smithsonian's National Zoo store and grab special panda merchandise while it's still there. Get a free, limited-edition Bao Bao mug when you make any purchase of $5 or more. Offer valid throughout February 2017 or while supplies last. Just bring the coupon below with you, and take home a special token of our appreciation of your support—and love of pandas.


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Biker gang finds dead biker's missing wedding ring on side of road
While biker gangs are generally stereotyped as being rough around the edges, these bikers defied that generalization.
Rhonda Thill -- a resident of St. Paul, Minnesota -- lost her husband of 18 years in a motorcycle crash last month.
After Randy Thill died and Rhonda gathered his personal belongings that he had with him that night, she realized that his wedding ring was missing. Rhonda knew he was wearing his ring on the night of the crash on Highway 61, and she was determined to find it.
"I figured it had to be somewhere. Maybe the force of the impact -- it came off or whatever," she said. "I just didn't want it to be left out there."
Rhonda spread the word to her close friend who is an avid biker, and her friend told another friend. Eventually, a dozen other bikers were aware of the fact that Randy's wedding ring was missing.
The bikers quickly congregated and headed to the scene of the crash -- getting on their hands and knees to look for the missing ring.
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After a quick 45 minutes, a miracle happened: One of the men found the gold ring wedged in the dirt. The men showed up at Rhonda's door holding the ring, and she was shocked but filled with love.
Rhonda says she feels like getting the ring back brings a piece of the couple back together.
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Nahuatl is the Latin American indigenous language having the largest number of colonial documents. As with other colonial documents, the study of these manuscripts requires mastery of the language as well as the relevant historical and philological sources. The emergence of digital repositories in Mexico, the United States, France, and other countries has made hundreds of digital images available to scholars who would not have had access to these sources otherwise. Digital repositories also contain additional tools such as morphological parsers and dictionaries. These allow users to upload new images, transcriptions, and translations, turning digital archives into veritable platforms for scholarly exchange. The irruption of digital repositories promises to effect substantial changes in the field of Nahuatl studies.
Keywords: Nahuatl, Guatemala, Central America, colonial history, indigenous languages, manuscripts
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Tasting Masterclass
Dr William (Bill) Lumsden
In his role as Head of Distilling & Whisky Creation, Dr Lumsden oversees the creation of the entire Glenmorangie range. He is regarded as a pioneer in the malt whisky industry, touring the world in search of the best oak casks in which our whiskies will be given unique characteristics. He is also the only person to have been honoured three times with The Malt Advocate 'Industry Leader of the Year' Award.
The Serves
Dr Bill Lumsden would recommend enjoying Glenmorangie in any of the following ways.
To try our whisky neat is to experience it in its purest form, where the complexity of the flavours and aromas is at its fullest intensity.
With Water
A little water will soften the alcohol, causing a change in the texture and bouquet of the whisky, and revealing further layers of aromas and complexity.
Over Ice
Adding two or three large rocks of ice to your whisky will close down the top notes that were released with water accentuating instead the base flavours from the oak barrel.
The Glass
Whisky Glass
The glass in which you serve our whisky will have an effect on the flavour. However we believe that Glenmorangie should be enjoyed in whichever way you think best, and that includes your favourite glass. But, if you were to ask Dr Bill Lumsden for his personal opinion, he would recommend a simple, yet good quality tumbler to really allow the aromas to be released before and after adding water.
Understanding The Label Glenmorangie
Our brand name Glenmorangie comes from the Scots Gaelic Gleann mor na sithe which means 'valley of tranquillity', a perfect description of the peaceful setting near Tain.
This means that this particular whisky has been made in the highlands, a rugged and mountainous region of Northern Scotland.
Single Malt
To be referred to as single malt, a whisky must be produced by one distillery alone. Many whiskies are blends of a number of different makers but all our whiskies are distilled and matured solely in Tain.
Scotch Whisky
To be called Scotch a whisky must be matured in oak casks for at least three years.
The Original
We refer to this expression of Glenmorangie as 'the Original' because it is the perfect embodiment of our house style: light and elegant, but with incredible layers of complexity of flavour.
The Signet emblem is our brand icon, chosen as it represents an integral part of our heritage. Inspired by intricate designs carved into the Cadboll Stone, an ancient standing stone that we believe is, with its highly skilled carvings, the perfect symbol of our brand.
Ross Shire
Ross-shire is a county in the North East of Scotland where our distillery is situated. This unique location on the Dornoch Firth gives mild, maritime conditions ideal for maturing Glenmorangie.
In 1843, William Matheson set up the Glenmorangie Distillery with two towering stills; stills that are still in use today and which helped create the unique style of Glenmorangie.
Perfected by the Sixteen Men Of Tain
The select group of craftsmen who are entrusted with the secrets of our distillery. Men whose dedication, skill and attention to detail is passed down from generation to generation.
Ten Years Old
This refers to the amount of time this whisky has been maturing in oak casks. Any longer and Glenmorangie Original, only ever matured in first or second fill casks, would not retain its perfect balance between sweetness and complexity.


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Syberjj posted a topic in Web Clipper IssuesOne of the best and biggest chords and tabs webpage out there is http://www.cifraclub.com.br/ They have chords for guitar, piano and many other instruments, as well as one of the most up-to-date and high quality tab collections out there. But it is not compatible with Evernote. The web clipper clips "to much" of the webpage, the extension "Clearly" takes out all the tabbing code and the chord images at the end of the page. Imagine the possibilities: Every musician would love to save his favorite chords/lyrics into evernoteEvery musician would love to have offline access to that content (more PREMIUM USERS!!)Cifraclub is the perfect page for users to do this (standard formating, high quality, etc)But, there is no easy/fast way to save all this content into evernote. Give this post a +1 if you think evernote should work together with Cifraclub to make my dream come true! PS: Cifraclub already has a "print view" of chords that could be used for that if it was changed just a bit. Example print view: http://www.cifraclub.com.br/maroon-5/this-love/imprimir.html


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Lentil Pate
I used to love pate – just the deep flavour, and the great mouthfeel of crunchy little toasties and smooth pate. I kept reading lentil pate recipes (though I cannot find any of those damn recipes in any of my cookbooks now!!) and thinking that I really should give that a bash one of these days. I had a fantastic lentil pate at a vegetarian café in the
So here's my version – it's best eaten the next day, after the flavours have been given a chance to meld and deepen.
Lentil Pate
2 x 400g cans of brown lentils (it's very important to use brown lentils, as they provide the best flavour and texture), drained
1 large onion, chopped finely
Garlic, minced (to taste, and optional)
Fresh herbs – you can use any combination you wish as long as it contains parsley. I find the best earthy flavours come from a mix of tarragon, sage and parsley.
Vinegar – red wine or cider, but not balsamic
Nutritional yeast
Seasoning salt (optional)
Olive oil
Flaxseed (linseed) oil (optional)
Heat a splash of olive oil in a frying pan over a medium high heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring frequently, for about 2 minutes. The best flavour comes from a well cooked and almost caramelized onion, so you'll be doing this for a while!! Deglaze the frying pan with a splash of vinegar, and stir the onion around until the liquid cooks off. Add the peppercorns – I generally use at least two to three teaspoons of peppercorns – and another splash of vinegar. Stir the onion and peppercorns around until the liquid cooks off. Add the garlic at this point (if using), and another little splash of vinegar, and stir everything until the liquid cooks off. Pour in the drained lentils, and deglaze with a little more vinegar. Stir to mix everything thoroughly, and cook until the liquid has cooked off again. Turn off the heat, and set aside the mix to cool.
Roughly chop the herbs – I like to use a fair amount of herbs: a handful of tarragon and sage, and about double that of parsley.
When the lentils have cooled, pour them into a food processor. Pulse for a minute to combine, and then drop in the fresh herbs. Process until the mixture has become a paste. Add about 1 ½ tablespoons of nutritional yeast, and a little splash of vinegar if the mix is too dry. It should be a firm yet moist paste.
From this point onwards, it's really all about tasting and adjusting the seasoning (nutritional yeast/vinegar/pepper/salt) to your own tastes. Remember that, when left overnight, the flavours will meld more, and the vinegar especially will come forward in the taste.
When the seasoning is done to your satisfaction, drizzle in a little flaxseed oil – this adds a beautiful creamy aftertaste to the pate. This is an optional step.
Spoon the mixture into a container to cool – if you want to get all fancy pants, line the container with plastic wrap (enough to wrap over the top again), and drop in some whole peppercorns and herbs in a pretty pattern. Spread the mixture on top of the peppercorns and herbs, and bring the edges of the plastic wrap up to cover the top of the pate.
Leave to cool, and either turn out the pate onto another plate (if going the fancy pants route), or leave in the container. Serve with little toasties and optional Nuttelex.
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – National Public Lands Day was celebrated around the country yesterday with volunteer projects to clean up and care for our national public lands, including those here in Philadelphia.
National Parks Service crews cut down a dead sycamore in Washington Square park, but it wasn't just any tree. It went up as a seedling onboard Apollo XIV with astronaut Stuart Roosa in 1971 and planted in the park by Roosa for the bicentennial.
His son, Retired Marine Colonel Christopher Roosa, was at a ceremonial planting of a rooted cutting of the original "Moon Tree," which was put in the ground close to the one his dad helped plant.
"My Father passed away in 1994 and he had always been so proud of this tree and what all they were able to accomplish in the Apollo program. And now, when I come back, I'll be able to show my children, 'Hey this is the tree that I planted and where your grandfather planted a tree, so this will always have a place in my heart."
The stump of the Moon Tree will remain. It's trunk will be turned into signs and plaques to be used by the parks service on its grounds.
Reported by John McDevitt, KYW Newsradio 1060


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Didn't I See This in "Schindler's List"? [video US troops shooting prisoners]• Lew Rockwell
5 Comments in Response to Didn't I See This in "Schindler's List"? [video US troops shooting prisoners]
This "video" was part of a "report" done by PressTV which is one of Iran's state-owned media firms. It has regularly been discredited by cranking out propaganda pieces in which I am sure this is one of them.
There are enough real war crimes. Why the hell do you have to fabricate stuff? Are you an agent provacateur sir? Meant to lessen the credibility of the antiwar movement?
Simple, bring home the troops. What is so difficult about it?
Thanks Powell, keep up the good work!
Absurd Powell! I am very anti-war but CLEARLY one can see that they are shooting tear gas (that is the weapon that has the large cylinder and large barrel) and the soilders are lobbing "flash bangs" and not grenades. These are exploding balls that are meant to only sting and confuss the person. You lost some credibility with this fabrication, furture postings will be given less considerations. Jeez


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John 17:6 "'TO KNOW GOD AS 'FATHER'"
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When you pray, how do you address the One with whom
you speak? Do you say, "Dear God...'; do you call
Him, "Lord"? Or do you call Him "Father"?
In Jesus' prayer in John 17, Jesus says He has come
to make manifest God's Name. But wait, don't we
already know that Name -"God"; "Jehovah"; "Lord"??
Interestingly manifests Him as "Father". This is not
a proper name, but a relational name.
Think on that for a moment. People call my earthly
Dad many names. Those who know him only formally may
call him "Robert" or "Mr. McQuality". Others know
him at his job by "Mac" or more personally as "Bob".
But I get to call him "father/Dad'. It is because we
have been given a special relationship. I know my
Dad very well, and my Dad knows me and has invested
himself in me and led and taught me. I am a richer
person because I know him not just as "Mac" or "Bob"
- he is my father!
A lot of people speak generically of God, or feel
inclined to formally call Him "Lord". Others have a
more distant relationship and refer to Him as "the
Big Guy" or "the Man upstairs". Jesus has come not
only to bring you to the Father by the forgiveness
and mercy through His sacrifice on the cross, He has
also come to reveal Him as "Father". That you might
know Him now as such when you talk to Him and in how
He deals with you in this life, and that you might
forever know Him as One who loves you and and has
chosen you and calls you His son/daughter. And that
you might benefit from this close relationship not
just someday in Heaven, but even now.
Can you call Him 'Father'? Do you know Him in a
relational way?
[Pastor Dan McQuality
Grace Lutheran Church, Lincoln, IL]
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March15,2013 Global status report on road safety
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YASA and LASIP advice to avoid the increase of injuries resulting from road collisions on New Year's Eve
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Road bumps in Ain al-Rummaneh, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. (The Daily Star/Mohammad Azakir)
Joe Daccache, vice president of road safety organization YASA International, told The Daily Star that in certain cases road bumps can be more dangerous to people's lives than the alternative, potential speeders. He noted that they shouldn't be placed on highways because this would contribute to more accidents.
"We are not completely for removing road bumps but there must be an engineering study for them, and we are for removing those placed without a [detailed impact] study," Daccache told The Daily Star.
He said that before being laid, speed bumps need to be well-located and well-placed – for example, near schools, hospitals, pedestrian crossings or even construction sites.
"There is a norm for them. There should be signs warning of road bumps [that are placed at appropriate distances] depending on the speed limit," Daccache said. "For example, if the speed limit is 80 kph, the warning sign can't be positioned 50 meters before [the bump]. It should start at 200 meters and then 150 meters in order to give people a room to reduce speed."
Even the construction of the road bump needs to done properly and with a set, standardized width and height. This, Daccache said, is important because road bumps mustn't damage the vehicle or hurt the people inside it, but at the same time must serve their purpose.
Lena Gebran, vice president of road safety organization Kunhadi, also expressed her support for removing bumps from some locations, but maintained that in many cases they were a vital traffic calming measure.
"In Lebanon, the problem is that without bumps [drivers] will not behave. If there is an intersection and there are no bumps then they will continue driving and a car crash [is likely to] happen," Gebran told The Daily Star. "I am with them being removed, but they should at least be kept on dangerous crossroads, intersections and in front of schools."
She said that in some cases officials could replace bumps with reflective "cat's eyes," but warned that the impact may not be the same.
Nevertheless, the ministry's decision has led to confusion among some over what roads are public and which are private or under local authority control.
The director-general of the Public Works Ministry, Tanios Boulos, told The Daily Star that the jurisdiction of the ministry only covers public roads.
Boulos also noted that Fenianos' memo wasn't something new but a reiteration of rulings by previous public works ministers.
Many bumps are also being placed without approval. "This is a violation of public property," Boulos said. "Whether the municipalities, individuals or institutions placed a bump, this is considered to be a violation and it needs to be removed."
However, when asked about the status of roads within certain towns or cities, Boulos replied: "Municipalities are responsible for those [streets] under their authority."
Daccache also confirmed that highways and the Damascus Road are considered public.
"They are ones that fall under the ministry's control and not under the scope of municipalities," he said.


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Over the past six years, a quiet transformation has occurred with regard to offshore safety and environmental stewardship. The transformation is in the growth of a culture of safety that is sweeping the Outer Continental Shelf. One of the first major rules published by the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) following its formation on the heels of the Macondo incident was the Workplace Safety Rule, more commonly known as the Safety and Environmental Management System (SEMS). This was further refined in a subsequent rule, generally referred to as SEMS II. The underlying purpose of SEMS has been for operators to focus on key elements within their organizations, recognize their strengths and vulnerabilities, and develop procedures to minimize the likelihood of safety and environmental failures.Read More »
HSE&T Corner: Human-centered design pushes reliability, safety for offshore drilling
American anthropologist Margaret Mead once said, "What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things." As the drilling industry increasingly looks to the field of human factors to help improve safety and performance, this understanding will become a critical factor to success.Read More »
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The IADC North Sea Chapter (NSC) gathered for its Annual Safety Awards Ceremony on 22 April in Aberdeen. NSC Co-Chairmen Ivor McBean of Diamond Offshore and Gary Holman of Awilco Drilling welcomed a large turnout to the event. Guest speakers were IADC President Jason McFarland and Steve Rae, Vice President QHSE, Archer. "Everyone is aware of the extremely difficult times the industry is facing, and despite the challenges and uncertain future in terms of oil price and activity levels, the industry will continue to focus on the most important aspect of our business – the safety of our personnel," Mr McBean said.Read More »
Studies confirm performance of salt-free non-aqueous drilling fluid, bioremediation potential of cuttings
Disposal of cuttings from nonaqueous drilling fluids (NAF) can be a significant expense and logistical issue for the operator of a drilling rig. NAFs typically contain high levels of salts, commonly calcium chloride or sodium chloride, in the internal phase of the emulsion. These salts are beneficial for wellbore stabilization but pose issues for cuttings disposal because the salts don't biodegrade and can accumulate in high concentrations in soil. A salt-free NAF has been developed and field-validated in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in Alberta, Canada. The system uses a biodegradable organic to provide an internal phase with equivalent water activity to traditional salt-containing systems. This results in a fluid system with the performance and benefits of a conventional NAF while potentially allowing for greater cuttings disposal options. Depending on local regulations, the system has the potential to reduce environmental and long-term liability concerns by being able to land-farm drilled cuttings without hindering plant growth.Read More »
Dual cutting structure on hybrid roller cone bit increases efficiency of bridge, frac plug drill-outs
Drilling out bridge and frac plugs is a regular and inefficient task in multi-zone completions. The job is commonly done using a variety of standard drill bits. However, removing between 15 and 40 plugs comprised of hard outer slips surrounded by ductile composites and elastomer materials presents several challenges to bit performance. Like drilling operations, the completion objective is to efficiently drill as much as possible before having to pull out of hole to replace the bit. The plug's hard outer slips can quickly wear steel tooth cutting structures so that the bit is increasingly less effective with each plug it drills. It is also difficult to achieve small cuttings across the various plug materials in use, which can limit hole-cleaning efficiency. In addition, the fluid pressure behind isolated completion zones can result in pressure spikes that reduce bearing life.Read More »
Perspectives: Siv Hilde Houmb, Secure-NOK: Fortify cybersecurity to avoid downtime
Growing up on a dairy farm in Norway outside of Lillehammer, Dr Siv Hilde Houmb learned how to ski at an early age and dreamed of competing in the Olympics. When a torn knee ligament sidelined her skiing career in 1993, Dr Houmb initially opted to forge a career in sports science and sports biomechanics. However, during her studies at Telemark University College and the Norwegian University of Sports and Physical Education from 1993-1994, she found herself increasingly fascinated by something entirely different – computers. "A computer is logically built. It is made by people, which means it has a finite defined state that it can work in, so you can learn everything about the computer. You can master it," Dr Houmb said.Read More »
On 27 May, the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued the results of a comprehensive environmental analysis on potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore California. Based on the analysis in the joint Programmatic Environmental Assessment (EA), BSEE and BOEM issued a Finding of No Significant Impact from the use of specific well stimulation treatments in oil and gas activities on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf.Read More »
Industry looks to mobile solutions, alternative transportation methods to reduce water management costs
The general public harbors numerous skewed perceptions about hydraulic fracturing – among them that the fracturing process requires astronomical amounts of fresh water. However, data from a 2015 Duke University study, "Water Footprint of Hydraulic Fracturing," indicates that fracturing accounts for less than 1% of total industrial water use in the United States. Other methods of energy extraction, such as coal and uranium mining, actually use 2.5 to 13 times more water than hydraulic fracturing, according to the report.Read More »
For shale business to survive, employees must think like owners, orient organizational culture to the bottom line
What do you see as the most critical challenges facing the upstream side of the oil and gas industry right now? Clearly, the cost issue is front and center. Some people say that you should never waste a good crisis, but to me, it goes beyond that. The margins have shrunk extensively, and we don't have an option but to respond. We have cut our capital program for US shale from more than $4.5 billion in FY 2013 to about $1.5 billion this year.Read More »
Critical issues in drilling & completions
It's a tough time to be in the drilling business. We always knew this was a cyclical industry, yet the consistently high oil prices over the past decade – save for the 2008-09 economic blip – had shoved any thoughts of a real market collapse far into the back of our minds. Initial optimism that there would be a quick recovery to this cycle has also waned, with many adopting the attitude of "lower for longer." For most companies, the focus has shifted considerably toward cost reduction. Operators are cutting back on exploration and zeroing in on core assets, and drilling contractors are faced with significantly lower dayrates and the difficult decisions of warm stacking, cold stacking or even decommissionRead More »


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Sunbelt 2013, Hamburg
Call for Abstracts to a Special Note Section: "The German-Language Tradition: Approaches to Social Networks"
Session of the Section "Sociological Network Research" in the German Sociological Association (GSA)
The current techniques, methods, and theories that make up the body of Social Network Analysis hark back to developments that emanated to a large extent from North America. Its roots, however, can be found to a large part in the German-language tradition of sociology. Georg Simmel is the most prominent figure in this respect. By questioning the status of the individual as the unit of analysis and conceiving sociology as the study of relationships and their diverse forms, Simmel adumbrated many of the cornerstones of today's network research.
But Simmel was not the only one who imagined a way of doing sociology that starts from relations and networks (or forms) of relations. One of the first who thought in relational categories was Karl Marx. Much later Leopold von Wiese erected his whole system of general sociology on the notions of relation and process. Karl Mannheim's studies on the sociology of knowledge discussed the impact of social structure on forms of thinking and knowing. Theodor Litt and Alfred Schütz made fundamental contributions to relational lines of thought with their ideas on the reciprocity of perspectives. Helmuth Plessner, Norbert Elias and of course Niklas Luhmann should be added. Their ideas on relational boundaries, configurations, and patterns of related expectations are certainly part of the German-language tradition of relational sociology.
In addition to these theoretical approaches one should take into account that this tradition also comprises scholars who emigrated to the US, such as Jakob Moreno and Paul Lazarsfeld. Both of them are well-known for their substantial empirical developments. Digging a little bit deeper yet reveals that the empirical roots even date back to the 19th century. For example, in a recently rediscovered article from 1900 matrix algebra is used to trace a German schoolboy's friends network.
All these works (many others could be added) are very instructive when viewed in the light of modern network research. They broaden the foundations for any current or forthcoming approaches that aim at a theory of social networks and the development of consequent methods. This might trigger a reconsideration of nagging questions and open issues concerning the role of meaning and stories in networks, the multiplexity of ties, the dynamics of networks, the formation of identities, and the setting, crossing, or erasing of boundaries.
In this special note section we would like to concentrate these diverse and dispersed works of the German-language tradition by using networks as a common focus. Many of the named scholars and theories have been discussed extensively in different fields. But they have never been pooled or combined under the rubric of network research so far.
Therefore we invite abstracts for 20 minute oral presentations that address scholars of this tradition and that work out how the pertinent theoretical ideas and notions reset, shift, or reframe critical issues of network research. The discussion of the contributions should revolve around possible combinations and benefits for network theory and analysis.
Submission will be closing on December 31. Abstracts up to a maximum of 250 words should be submitted to the Sunbelt abstract server: http://www.abstractserver.com/sunbelt2013/absmgm/
When submitting your abstract, please select "German-Language Tradition" as session title in the drop down box on the submission site.
Session Organizers:
Christian Stegbauer, Goethe University Frankfurt
Roger Häußling, RWTH Aachen University
Athanasios Karafillidis, RWTH Aachen University (all Germany)


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