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Chestnut Hill Chicken Feed
Are you looking for a place to buy quality chicken feed for your backyard chickens in Chestnut Hill? Pet World is here to help. Our Chestnut Hill area pet supply store carries a variety of chicken feed to keep your chickens happy and healthy.
As with any animal, chickens need appropriate food to grow strong and stay healthy. They have different dietary requirements when they are growing chicks and when they are full grown, and their nutritional needs can also vary by breed and based on whether they are being raised for meat or for eggs.
Most backyard chickens in Chestnut Hill are layers and should be feed accordingly. Laying hens use a great deal of calcium in the development of the shells of their eggs. Your Chestnut Hill chicken feed for these birds should therefore be very rich in calcium as well as protein for development. Pet World carries a variety of foods which are excellent for caring for your hens.
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Polished soapstone men hold ivory paddles while a matching mast hoists a hide sail above them. Dozens of renderings of this scene, both in sculpture and stonecut print, circulate the Inuit art market. One piece, "The Migration" made headlines in 2011 when it sold for $290,000.
The piece was estimated to sell for between $100,000 and $150,000—a significant price for Inuit art, but certainly not unheard of. The series of pieces called Joe Boats—after their famed creator Joe Talirunili—were carved in the 1960s and 1970s, telling the story of his and several others' ordeal when travelling to hunting grounds in Nunavik. The group became trapped on an ice floe and had to construct a raft from the material they had on them—sealskin, wooden sleds and rope.
Inuit art is storied, symbolic and often collectors are interested in both the culture and the art itself, says Duncan McLean, president of Waddington's auction house. And since he started selling Inuit art in the late 1970s, the demand for good quality pieces continues to grow.
"As far as trends go, we are seeing Inuit art continue to steadily make inroads into the mainstream Canadian art market," says McLean. At its May auction, Waddington's listed Inuit art alongside mainstream Canadian works and the move was validated by a strong response from fine-art collectors. Interestingly, Inuit art has more of a hold on international buyers—in Europe in particular—than it does within Canada, says McLean.
"In Canada, it was always second-cousin to mainstream Canadian art, the Group of Seven and that, even though Inuit art for many years was collected internationally," he says. "We've been working the last five, six or seven years to bring Inuit art into our more mainstream art. I would like to see Kenojuak [Ashevak] recognized as a great Canadian artist not just an Inuit artist."


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Danny Wilson is adding to his striking options by signing Leeds United's Dominic Poleon.
The 19-year-old will join the Blades on loan for the remainder of the season.
His deal will be completed on Saturday morning to enable his 93-day loan to take in the remainder of the campaign. The agreement includes a 24-hour recall after the first month.
Poleon scored twice on loan at Bury earlier in the season, whilst he was on target for Leeds in their victory over Nottingham Forest in September.
Boss Danny Wilson, who confessed that he enquired about the frontman before the January transfer deadline ended, commented: "He is young, raw and unpredictable, but he is quick and offers pace defenders won't like to defend against.
"He can offer us a lot both in terms of starting games and also as an impact substitution from the bench. We need that extra striker and if we are to be successful we need as many strikers available as possible."


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Beyond the classroom, Beth is a teacher advisor for Scholastic Reading Clubs. She writes teacher's guides for popular children's books, reviews books, and offers feedback on various projects. Beth is also an active member of the Chester County Reading Association and Keystone State Reading Association. Additionally, Beth participates in ARC-the Alumni Recruitment Committee- for the University of Richmond.
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Entryway Stained Glass Salt Lake City
Making a good first impression is always important and in a home and the best place to make that impression is with a stunning stained glass entryway. The entryway should reflect your personalities but also the architecture of your home and it will set the tone for the rest of the house. At Scottish Stained Glass we feel it should say "Welcome to my beautiful home." If it doesn't already then we know how to make it happen for you. Entryway stained glass is a great option to transform a dull space into a unique piece of art while adding to the dynamics of the home's overall environment. A stained glass entryway is the perfect way to showcase the character and architecture of your home as well as your personal style. Victorian, Traditional, Art Deco, Prairie, Contemporary, Gothic, Neoclassical are a few of the design concepts we work with in our Salt Lake City Stained Glass Studio that can be brought to life through custom stained glass.
The most important thing to consider in selecting glass for an entryway is the manner in which the stained glass will harmonize with the home and its surroundings. You have endless possibilities when choosing the glass that is right for you. A clear textured glass can be used to let light in, to ensure privacy, or even a little bit of both. Stunning beveled glass pieces can light up a foyer with prismatic refraction while maintaining an elegant look. If you want to add a touch of color, there are hundreds of translucent colored glasses to choose from. Your designer will be able to show you glass samples for various textures and colors that you can mix and match to create a complete look that you love.
A stained or leaded glass entryway can also solve the problem of privacy. The textures and beveled pieces we use make it far more difficult to see into your home from the outside, thereby giving more of a sense of comfort and security.
Our stained glass process begins with an in home consultation with one of our talented designers. We will take the time to learn about the styles that you like, and we always brings lots of fantastic photos to help you find the perfect design for your unique home. With the assistance of glass samples and sketches, our designers will find something that you love, and go over your price options at this time We want to create an addition that makes a first impression that will last a lifetime. Contact us today to set up a consultation for your Scottish Stained Glass entryway.


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ASP.NET MVC 3 Preview 1 is released!
ASP.NET MVC 3 Preview 1 is launced and available for download. There are many cool features and I strongly suggest you to try the new version out. In this posting I will give you quick overview about what's new in ASP.NET MVC 3.
New features:
- add View dialog lets you select view engine,
- ASP.NET MVC 3 has new view engine called Razor,
- support for global action filters,
- controllers and views support now new property called ViewModel that is dynamic,
- new action result types,
- some AJAX and JavaScript improvements,
- model validation improvements,
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More like a cookie than a chip, make these to enjoy a healthy treat. We recommend using very ripe bananas. As the bananas ripen, the flavor becomes sweeter. No need for any added sugar in this recipe! Try these with your favorite vegan ice cream or as a great mid-day snack.
Equipment needed: Blender, Food Processor, Dehydrator
Recommended: Use the thin Round Easy Chip form (C100)
6 very ripe organic bananas
2 cups walnuts, soaked and dehydrated
1 cup pumpkin seeds
1/4 cup ground flax seeds*
1 t Cinnamon
1 t Himalayan pink salt
1/2 cup to 1 cup pure water
- Grind walnuts and pumpkin seeds into a flour using a high speed blender. Remove the flour from the blender and set aside. Peel bananas, break into chunks, and place in the same high speed blender and blend until creamy. (No need to wash the blender after blending the nuts and seeds.)
- Put the blended bananas into the food processor first, then add the ground walnuts, pumpkin seeds and flax seeds, along with the cinnamon and salt and process until creamy, adding water as needed.
- Follow the Easy Chip instructions for spreading the batter. Dehydrate at 110°F on the Teflex sheet for approximately 6-8 hours, then flip onto the mesh dehydrator screen and continue dehydrating for another 8-10 hours, until crispy.
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The University of Alberta's Department of Computing Science consistently ranks among the top 5 in Canada and top 50 in North America. Besides world class research, we are also committed to the education of our undergraduate and graduate students as well as supporting and promoting equity and diversity across the whole department. Our mission also includes reaching out to other disciplines and providing a rich set of learning opportunities for multidisciplinary teams of students. Your support is needed to enhance the training of our next generation of students in many ways. For example, it can be used to create scholarships, entrance awards and also foster student entrepreneurship, necessary for expanding computing-related industries in Edmonton and Alberta.
Ada's Team was established by a dozen computing science undergraduate and graduate students, mostly women, as well as professors and administrators in the Faculty of Science. The group formed initially out of a shared interest in attending the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing (the world's largest gathering of women technologists), designed to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. In addition to providing a safe and positive space on campus for young women to meet and share their experiences, the office is often used to offer in-house support to CS students, including free tutoring sessions and drop-in activities. Financial support enables the group to send women to attend the conference focused on diversity and equity, and to provide continued support for students on campus, while also extending support beyond campus, for example, helping with all-girls coding camps.
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You gotta love other people's mistakes.
In OUCH, we hold interceptor classes for our staff members. In fact, there was a class held earlier this week. I was unable to attend, but did get to read AAR and talk with the participants about their learnings.
Flying an interceptor is easy. Piloting effectively is not.
When I mean effectively, I mean being able to use a combat interceptor properly, to be able to hold down opponents long enough to allow a fleet to take over. Approach, dealing with turret tracking, coping with drones, and adjusting to the target's own decision making is rather difficult.
Not everyone can do it, and definitely there are very few "naturals" out there who can do it with little or no practice.
We at OUCH practice. Our staff spends a goods amount of time on Singularity to get it right…or at least as close to right as they can.
With interceptors on my mind, I was semi-solo camping in my usual place. I did have a corpmate join in a stealth bomber. Extra DPS and EWAR are always appreciated. I then had an Imperial Navy Slicer come into system and head for my bubble.
Sweet. I fire up the Afterburner. The idea is that when he hits the bubble, I barrel straight toward him and latch on. He shouldn't have a web, but if he does, I need to get as close as possible to prevent him from exceeding my scram range. I really don't care about his lazorz- my Vengeance is a tanky SOB and can handle them.
Unfortunately, he lands on a tac, some 300km or so off the gate. Damn. Oh well….wait…he started to drive toward me. I can't catch a kiter, so I zip up to a tac myself. I'll forgo this fight. Not to mention, the INS would make mincemeat of my bomber friend.
He then makes mistake #1. He proceeds to the bubble to shoot it (look, shoot at them all you want- we have a ton and it is only a minor inconvenience. You killing a bubble might serve a strategic purpose, but really it is just to soothe your butt-hurt). He then comes to a complete stop at the bubble edge. He is either stupid or trying to bait me. Regardless, I'm in.
I zip down to the bubble, but land about 8 km away. I am unable to get turned, acquire target and align before he was at 15km and increasing. He coasted out to about 50km, trying to light me up with his red beams of annoyance. I followed a bit and then decided to see if he can make another mistake.
He did.
Mistake # 2. I made a beeline back to the front of the bubble, running close to it, but keeping parallel. This forces the pseudo-ceptor to my left hand side. No decent non-inty pilot will willfully drive through a warp disruptor in an engagement.
He arcs out a bit, but gets a little lax. I watch his trajectory and wait for the magic number: 20km.
At that point, I overload the entire middle rack and shoot toward a point about 15 km in front of him. I just need 13km for web and 10km for scram. Just how maneuverable is he?
Not very.
He is unable to move further away and shoots over my head, webbed and scrammed, I barrel directly toward him. I still am unsure if he has a web (although, TBH, I did forget the INS has only 2 mids). I burn out the ol AB but was still able to kill him. I never let him get beyond 5km.
Have an image using FrugalFraps™: (not to scale…or to anything that resembles what really happened…I'm a sucky artist)
Oh, and my corpy in a Manitcore provided some help. I had loaded Javelins to take pot-shots, and didn't switch over. Every little bit of DPS helps.
I am sure he was manual piloting, but rocketing around with a MWD and still being able to deftly maneuver is a challenge, just like we were talking about in corp.
It was a good fight, and I enjoy doing more than being the spider to the flies. Sometimes it is good to be the mongoose.


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Capcom has revealed a rather unique and somewhat tempting pre-order bonus to those who decide to pre-order their copy of Resident Evil 6: a free "full size" Umbrella Corporation umbrella.
The umbrella comes complete with its own custom sleeve to carry it around in and the umbrella itself bears the "Umbrella Corporation" logo so, please, do look out for any agents that may take offence. Capcom stated that "the only catch is you need to place your order through the Capcom Store" so it appears - for the time being at least - that this is a Capcom Store exclusive.
If you're interested in the umbrella but not so much in pre-ordering Resident Evil 6 itself, you can purchase the umbrella separately for $16.95.
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Refugee Mario is turning Europe's migrant crisis into a video game
Tomorrow marks the 30th birthday of Super Mario. However, this video isn't the type of homage you'd expect to be seeing.
It's not a celebration, it's a true to life depiction of the current refugee crisis in Europe.
As BBC Trending reports, it was made by a young Syrian man, Samir Al-Mufti (pseudonym), who lives in Istanbul, Turkey. He witnessed many of his friends fleeing for Europe and wants to show the world the life threatening risks people are undertaking in his own way. He told BBC Trending:
Five months ago my best friend drowned in the sea while travelling from Ismir (Turkey) to Greece. The engine on the boat exploded. That's when I got the idea for the video.
In the video, Mario is now "Refugee Mario" and you see him journey with smugglers across the Mediterranean Sea. He eventually reaches the Hungarian border where the guards catch him and send him to prison.
Refugee Mario is given several chances after various obstacles lead to his death during the journey, unlike the people making that same journey in real life today.
In tech, we spend so much of our time talking about changing the world with hardware and software, when in reality, none of that is really going to change what's happening in front of us.
What Samir Al-Mufti has done is turn a much-loved medium into a simple, yet truly powerful message that I hope will serve as a wake up call to the tech community.
Next time you die in a Destiny mission, or in Super Mario or any other game, just think of this video and the people who are facing missions of their own. They won't get a second chance.
➤ Super Mario asylum stage [via BBC Trending]
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Pitt Faculty Expert Arthur Hellman Available to Comment on the Late Robert H. Bork's Failed Supreme Court Nomination as Turning Point in Federal Judicial Confirmation Process
PITTSBURGH—The death of Pittsburgh native Robert H. Bork, a former judge of the District of Columbia Circuit Court and U.S. solicitor general in the Nixon administration, brought back memories of Bork's failed bid to become an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1987, when the U.S. Senate rejected his nomination by then-President Ronald Reagan.
University of Pittsburgh Professor of Law and eminent federal courts scholar Arthur D. Hellman is available to comment on how the defeat of Bork's nomination became a turning point in the federal judicial confirmation process.
"The fight over the Bork nomination and his ultimate rejection by the Senate can be seen as the start of the modern era in federal judicial nominations," said Hellman. "Extreme rhetoric, advocacy groups on both sides stirring up their followers, and the use of nomination fights as a proxy for fights over other issues—these are now familiar phenomena, but they were not in 1987."
Pitt's Sally Ann Semenko Endowed Chair, Hellman is one of the leading academic commentators on issues of federal judicial ethics. He also is the nation's leading academic authority on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is the largest of the federal appellate courts. Hellman's unique series of empirical studies on the operation of precedent in the U.S. Supreme Court and the courts of appeals has been used as a basis for policy decisions at both the federal and state levels.
Hellman has testified as an invited witness at hearings of the Judiciary Committees in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. His proposals for overriding a Supreme Court decision on federal jurisdiction were adopted in the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (H.R. 1249)—previously called the Patent Reform Act of 2011—that was enacted into law.
Hellman's articles and books include Federal Courts: Cases and Materials on Judicial Federalism and the Lawyering Process (LexisNexis, 2d ed. 2009), with Lauren Robel and David R. Stras, and First Amendment Law: Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Religion (LexisNexis/Matthew Bender, 2d ed. 2010), with William D. Araiza and Thomas E. Baker.
Hellman's teaching areas in Pitt's School of Law include constitutional law, federal courts, and federal litigation. Hellman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Harvard University and a Juris Doctor degree at Yale University.
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The Fort Morgan 10u AA Mustangs have had a rip-roaring season for summer baseball.
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Medical errors may now be third leading cause of death in U.S. (Washington Post)
HIV rates drop but miss Obama administration goals. (Baltimore Sun)
Hollywood is going to make a movie about discredited anti-vaccine doctor Andrew Wakefield. And "Shrek" screenwriter is expected to do a sympathetic script. (STAT)
Veterans are using steel from the World Trade Center to try to reduce their suicide rate. (NPR)
Two years after the congressional hearing, and widespread medical criticism, has Dr. Oz changed his ways? A medical student says in Scientific American, the answer is "no."
Zika mosquito Aedes aegypti: Why we have little chance of controlling it. (USA Today)
506: The estimated annual antibiotic prescription rate per 1,000 population. 353: The number that were likely appropriate. (JAMA)
Johnson and Johnson loses second lawsuit over talcum powder causing cancer. But is there a link? (NBC News)
EU court upholds tough law on cigarettes. (Reuters)
50% of teens say they are addicted to their phones. (CNN)
Drug addicts are using the anti-diarrheal drug loperamide (Imodium) as a last-ditch opioid substitute, with sometimes fatal results. (Annals of Emergency Medicine)
More charges possible for infamous former Turing CEO Shkreli. (Reuters)
Patient care suffers because notes no longer convey information. (Medrants)
What if we could predict the outcome of clinical trials, never done, testing chemotherapy combinations? MIT researchers say they've done it and hope to use results to improve treatment.
10-year-old boy smashes a 3-D printed effigy of his cancer with a mallet. (University of Michigan)
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THE mystery over an allegation that workers facing redundancy poisoned two people at a Coventry plant deepened today.
A union leader said the matter was at an end, while a former employee described the allegation as a slur on his colleagues.
The Evening Telegraph revealed on Thursday that two German employees at car parts firm Novem, in Siskin Drive, Toll Bar End, became ill. It was claimed drinks had been spiked with a muscle-pain reliever.
Police are investigating an official complaint made by the company on January 24, a week after the firm announced it was closing, with the loss of 219 jobs.
However, the Evening Telegraph has been told that the workers? GMB Union considers the allegations to be unproven and the matter at an end.
Spokesman Dominic Hinks said Mike Trelfa, the full-time union representative for Novem, had attended a meeting since and the matter was not raised.
John Coleman, who worked for the firm for eight months as a polisher and left at the weekend, said the two Germans were workers brought in to help complete existing orders.
He said: ?I can?t say they were given a warm welcome but they certainly weren?t poisoned.?
He added: ?These allegations have been directly levelled at the lads but we?ve heard nothing since. A lot of people are now looking for new jobs and this is hanging over them. It?s a total slur.?
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I'm on a granola kick and I like it! I blame in on Molly and Spilled Milk but most of all, I blame it on Balazs who wouldn't admit it, but he is the one who always makes sure to mention when the jar is getting empty. So here I am, three batches later, I still can't get enough of this mix. You might ask what's so special about it. Well it's many things, but mainly the incredibly satisfying deep flavour that olive oil adds to it.
Make it and I promise you, you'll want to eat it for breakfast, snack, lunch or dinner. Plus, you might even have a bag of it in your purse, just because...My favourite combination is with plain yogurt and raspberries. So good!
Granola (Recipe by/adapted from Molly Wizenberg)
- 600 grams (6 cups) old-fashioned rolled oats
- 100 grams (2 cups) unsweetened coconut chips
- 400 grams (4 cups) chopped nuts (I use walnuts and almonds)
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 240 ml (1 cup) honey or maple syrup
- 160 ml (2/3 cup) olive oil
- 150 grams (1.5 cup) dried cranberries
Preheat your oven to 300 degrees and line two rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. Measure the dry ingredients into a large bowl, and stir well. Add the honey and olive oil, and stir to evenly coat. Divide the mixture between the two prepared sheet pans, spread it out, and bake, stirring the granola and flipping the pans once or twice, until golden brown, about 40 minutes.
Allow to cool completely, then transfer the granola to airtight containers. You can store it at room temperature for a couple of weeks.
P.S: And since we are on the subject of granola, those banana bread bars are something special!
P.P.S: Plus, food swap...
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Just before this latest unwelcome round of slushy snow piled in, I started the annual spring yard cleanup. Like a lot of people, I discovered that this year I'm facing a much bigger mess than usual.
There are hundreds, or maybe thousands, of tree branches scattered all over the place. They range from 20-foor-long branches to just a few inches. Dead branches, live branches, branches that traveled over 100 feet from their tree — this was a brutally windy winter that did a real number on trees. I've never seen it so bad.
So cleanup begins. To get rid of branches you usually have 4 options — hire someone to do it, gather it up yourself and take it to your town's yard waste dump, dump it yourself in a remote corner of your yard, or — my favorite — pile it up and burn it.
Brush burning is maybe the last caveman/cavewoman activity that is legally permitted in our modern life. Think about it — for thousands of years humans built big fires, and they got to be pretty good at it. Nowadays, most people don't really know anything about how to get a rip roaring fire going. There's some tricks to it that take practice to master.
Why burn a brush fire?
Here's a few reasons why you should burn your brush:
- You'll get rid of it fast, and if you are a good fire builder/tender, there will be almost nothing left.
- What's left is a little pile of ash that makes for excellent fertilizer.
- You'll provide your neighborhood with instant and cheap entertainment, except for the guy/gal/guys/gals whose house(s) gets filled with smoke. Be sure to invite them over and let them throw their branches on your fire.
- You will get the caveman satisfaction of building a tiny, wobbly fire into an awesome conflagration. You'll be there for hours, fully entertained. You'll love it and you'll want to do it again tomorrow.
The law
Most towns allow you to have open burning fires. The restrictions are set by the state, though some towns throw in additional laws. In general, the season runs from Jan. 15 to April 30, and you need to get a permit from your local fire department. You can burn brush that fell or was cut from trees, as well as garden/orchard clippings. You can't burn leaves, garbage, demo debris, tree trunks, and stuff like that. You can start burning at 10 a.m., and the fire has to be out by 4 p.m. Your fire must be at least 75 feet from a structure, and you need a nearby source of water, like a garden hose, just in case things get out of hand.
The setback from structures makes it legally impossible for a lot of people to have a brush fire, although a lot of people do it anyway. I think most fire departments will let you wiggle on that one as long as you have a safe fire, and you don't create a nuisance.
Even if you have a permit, you can't necessarily have a brush fire. The local FD decides whether to allow burning on a given day based on the weather conditions. You have to call the FD on the day you plan to burn in order to get permission for that day. In general, they don't allow burning on really windy or cloudy/stormy days. Burning usually isn't allowed on cloudy days because in theory, the smoke hovers close to the ground and annoys the neighborhood.
Setting your fire
So how do you go about getting a good fire going? It starts with stacking your wood just right. I try to create a tent-shaped structure that has lots of gaps for air to get in. You want to be sure to give the fire lots of room to breathe and suck in oxygen. A tightly-packed pile is a non-starter. Green branches won't burn terribly well (at first anyway), so you want to be sure to have plenty of dead and dry wood in there. If you have a dry Christmas tree or evergreen branches, you've hit the pyro jackpot. That stuff will go up in a big blaze of glory.
Be sure to locate your pile in a good spot — as far as possible from neighbors, and in a relatively clear spot. It's ok to have trees overhead as long as the fire isn't going to reach the branches. If you build your fire near a pine tree, you'll have an epic disaster on your hands. Whatever is growing under the pile won't be alive once it's done. That grass or whatever will be completely fried and gone, and will need to be replanted.
I think an adequately-sized pile is about 4-5 feet tall and about 8 feet in diameter. If you have more brush than that, set it to the side and add it once the fire gets to the furnace stage.
I start my fire with some newspaper, cardboard, and some scrap lumber. I build that little fire on the edge of the big pile, close enough so some of the big pile is directly in its burn area. If you were in the boy scouts or girl scouts, try to retrieve that long-buried knowledge of how to start a fire — start with the small stuff and gradually add more material. Once you light your fire, you need to stay right on top of it — add material to it, but not too much. This can be tricky, because usually a fire is pretty lazy.
A nice hot furnace
Often a fire doesn't really want to get going, it prefers to sputter along for awhile. So you need to make it get going. Sometimes it fools you into thinking it's going well, like when you see a nice flare-up. Chances are that flare-up will quickly become a flare-down, unless you nurse it along.
Your fire is not really going good until you detect 3 things — the flame is a clear orange flume that shoots up about 3-6 feet in the air (not to brag, but…some of my proudest fires had 10-foot flumes), it's throwing off enough heat so it feels hot when you get within 5-10 feet of it, and the branches are crackling loudly and nicely. That transition can happen suddenly. Once it does, you'll be very happy. You just created an awesome fire, way bigger and more entertaining than a fireplace fire.
At this point, that fire will burn just about everything you throw on it — wet branches, green branches, wet logs — it's basically an open furnace. You'll want to have a good shovel on hand to push in the remnants of branches and half-burned sticks that are on the outskirts of the hot mound of coals at the fire's base. Keep feeding it.
Don't take any dumb shortcuts, like throwing gasoline on the fire. That's illegal. Even a caveman wouldn't do it. First of all, it doesn't do what you think it will do. It creates an enormous flare-up that usually flares down just as quickly. Secondly, fire will travel up that stream of gasoline, right to you. You can guess what happens next.
Invite the neighbors
You can be guaranteed that your fire will send billows of smoke all over the place. That's why you've got to build it away from houses, and invite the neighbors over. We usually draw a small crowd to our fires, and the neighbors (whose houses are probably engulfed in smoke) bring branches and beer, and sometimes hot dogs. And everyone is happy. The caveman deep inside all of us gets a nice wake-up call.
Your fire will probably burn for hours, and the embers will keep glowing for a day or more. If you want to thoroughly extinguish the fire, you need to spread the embers out and dose them with water.
I usually let the embers keep burning, in order to get rid of nuisance trunks and logs. Those embers will also gradually burn through any big logs you throw onto them. It's amazing how efficiently they burn through huge chunks of wood.
Once the fire is completely out, you'll have a fairly small pile of ash. Really small, compared to the amount of stuff you burned. The ash is ideal for your garden or yard.
That's a brush fire, in a nutshell. So if you're tired of watching your TV shows and regular "programs," and you want to revisit the best part of being a caveman (or cavewoman), light a brush fire.
John Macone operates Farmer John's Organic Foods, a neighborhood farmstand in Amesbury, Mass. To keep up on what's for sale at the farm like his Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Farmerjohnsfoods/


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Next Sunday is the second anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre. Since then, more than 60,000 people have died in America from gunshot wounds. By December next year, if nothing changes, that number will be 90,000.
Shouldn't we be ashamed of this toll gun violence takes? How can we let 30,000 gun deaths a year become an accepted American norm?
Since the tragedy at Newtown, more and more Americans are saying we can't.
The second annual National Vigil to End Gun Violence, a vigil for all gun violence victims, including 60 percent with self-inflicted wounds, will take place Thursday in Washington, D.C. It's sponsored by the Newtown Foundation, in partnership with States United to Prevent Gun Violence and Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence, as well as the Washington National Cathedral in which the vigil is held.
Local vigils are also planned throughout the United States.
Our local vigil -- the Stamford Vigil of Hope -- is Thursday, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., in front of Stamford's Ferguson Library. The Greenwich Council Against Gun Violence (GCAGV) joins the ENOUGH Campaign and the Southwestern Connecticut Chapter of the national gun violence prevention Brady Campaign in sponsoring the gathering.
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We took the metro across town and got off to go see the Dancing House. It was neat, but didn't take us too long to take a few pictures and move on. Since the Charles Bridge is always so crowded, we decided to go across a different bridge which offered great views of the city but with very few people on it. We took some shots of one another with the castle in the background and then even found a nice family to take our picture. After that, we walked toward Petrin Tower and found a cute little local place to grab some lunch. We took our time at lunch and then continued our walk to Petrin tower. By this time we were a little tired so we opted to see about taking the tram up to the tower and then walk down. Unfortunately, the line was so long, we didn't get to go up! We continued walking along the river to spoke up possible dinner options. We got back to the hotel about 6:00 p.m. and caught up on a few emails, made our phone calls, etc.
Since we ate a late lunch, we weren't ready for dinner until closer to 9. Eating later meant we were able to eat down by the Charles Bridge. This would've been perfect except it started to rain. The rain didn't damper our spirits, it just meant we didn't get the sunset pictures we hoped for. That was it for our Saturday. The day flew by for us!
Some of the students went back to the John Lennon Peace Wall, others explored the gardens and Parliament building, and some rented a paddle boat for an hour. I think everyone enjoyed the down time and freedom to do whatever they wanted for the day!
Sunday morning we got up fairly early and headed out to do some souvenir shopping. We walked for a few hours to see more of Prague and then headed back to meet the group and head to the Prague Castle. The Castle was awesome! What wonderful views of the city from the top! Our guide Petr did a nice job of pointing out the history of the cathedral as well as many other historical facts.
After the Castle we all came back to change and get ready for our farewell dinner. It seems unreal that the trip is coming to an end! Dinner was at an upscale restaurant. We had a great time, reminisced on some great memories, laughed, and cheered to a great trip! On the subway ride home, we decided to have a little fun and take crazy group photos. Everyone has been such a great sport with our numerous group photos so it was fun to let loose and take a few crazy shots of the group!
We leave the hotel at 3:00 a.m. so writing this blog is helping me to pass the time before we embark on our adventure back to the states. What a great two weeks with a wonderful group of students and my good friend Teri! This truly is a trip I will never forget! I think the students had an amazing time and I know they learned more than they even imagine!
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Army ending sponsorship of All-American Bowl
The Army has announced its intention to remove itself as title sponsor of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
But the annual all-star high school football game, which features some of the nation's top college prospects, does not plan to leave San Antonio.
All American Games chairman Douglas Berman, whose New Jersey-based company created and owns the nationally televised showcase, said Thursday he expects the event to remain at the Alamodome for years to come. The U.S. Army, in a statement released Wednesday, said it will not be the title sponsor after the Jan. 6, 2018, game.
"The Army's a title sponsor. They come and go," Berman said. "We'll be there in 2019. We'll be there in the future and continue to produce the premier sporting event for high schools in the country."
The All-American Bowl was first played Dec. 30, 2000, in Dallas. The Army became the title sponsor the following year, with the game being played at Alamo Stadium in January 2002. It has been staged at the Alamodome every year since 2003.
This year's game, in which the East beat the West 27-17 on Jan. 7, drew an event-record crowd of 40,568. Berman said it also had more than 5 million TV viewers on NBC.
Still, the Army said in its statement it made a "difficult" decision to reallocate its marketing resources. Berman said the Army's annual sponsorship for the All-American Bowl is seven figures.
"The Army continuously assesses the effectiveness of its marketing programs and will continue to fund those that are high performers, cost effective, connect America with their Army and directly support Army recruiting," Mark Davis, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for marketing, said in the statement.
Berman said he already has fielded inquiries from potential title sponsors but is not certain the Army will indeed end its long-standing relationship with the All-American Bowl.
Wednesday's announcement came under the leadership of outgoing Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning. There will be a new secretary after President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated Friday. Trump has nominated Vincent Viola, owner of the NHL's Florida Panthers, to replace Fanning.
Michael Sawaya, director of convention and sports facilities for the City of San Antonio, which owns and operates the Alamodome, echoed Berman's sentiment that the game will go on either way.
"We certainly like the fact that the Army has been involved, because of the huge military presence here," Sawaya said. "We like that, and there's great value to that in a military city. We would hope they would continue, that there's a way to salvage that. If not, having the event is important to the city."
The San Antonio Sports All-Star Football Game, a longtime showcase for the area's outgoing seniors, has been played after the All-American Bowl each of the last four years as a way to elevate its stature and increase exposure. Mary Ullmann Japhet, senior vice president of communications and community engagement for S.A. Sports, said the event will continue and adapt as needed regardless of what happens with the All-American Bowl.
With or without the Army on board, Berman and Sawaya both expressed their desire to keep it going in San Antonio. Berman said the All American Games' contract with the city, along with its sponsorship agreements with NBC, American Family Insurance, Adidas and others, runs through at least 2020.
Sawaya said the All-American Bowl typically attracts about 5,000 visitors to San Antonio and has an economic impact of about $3 million.
"We think San Antonio is a wonderful home for the All-American Bowl," Berman said. "It works on any number of levels as a place to host the bowl week, and our relationships there are deep with the volunteer community and people who know about the bowl and annually attend. There would be no reason for us, because the title sponsor changed, to uproot and move the game."
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Transformers: Robot Heroes - Sideswipe vs. Sideways
Let's polish off Sunday with an amusing set that must be the product of a late night assortment meeting at the big 'H'. You just know that someone suggested this pairing but didn't actually think it would happen, and that internally it is called the Side Set or something. Anyway, here is Sideswipe vs. Sideways, in Robot Hero scale from the 2009 live action movie. Click the image for a few more shots of these cute little battling bots!
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Dana supports if statements, while loops and for loops to control the way in which logic flows.
If statements work exactly as in C or Java and can use the && and || operators to indicate logical and/or. You can also use else if and else blocks as in these languages.
if (a)
out.println("a is true!")
While loops allow you to loop through a section of logic many times based on some boolean condition, specified at the top of the loop.
while (a)
out.println("a is true!")
In the above example, the loop body will be executed iteratively while "a" evaluates to true.
For loops allow you to specify an initial variable status, a condition, and a modification to that variable each time around the loop:
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
out.println("i is $(iu.intToString(i))")
This is often used as a short hand to iterate over the loop logic a fixed number of times.
Finally, the special break statement can be used inside any kind of loop construct to break out of the loop when some other condition is encountered, for example:
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The challenges IT departments face today are many — from providing system uptime in line with ever-increasing expectations, to lowering costs while maintaining high service quality, to shifting from a pure operations mode to one of driving innovation and creating new services. IT is being asked to not only do more with less, it is being asked to deliver it more quickly, cost-effectively, and accurately— and to a broader audience.
During the recent economic downturn, IT budgets experienced a 20 percent or more reduction, removing most, if not all, of the 30 percent of budget devoted to "innovation". Not surprisingly, this has caused IT departments to scale back new services and instead focus on "just keeping the lights on".
Today, IT departments are faced with a new set of requirements from the business — everything from rolling out new web-based services, to supporting a whole host of new types of mobile devices, to acquiring new companies or expanding again into new markets.


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Stow the mistletoe, ignore the eggnog and leave the Christmas tree for another year. Visiting Paris during the festive winter holiday season is a splendid option for singles or couples, for Francophiles with flexibility to travel. Paris sparkles and shines in December and on into early January. The city's normal beauty ramps up to even higher levels burnished by sparkling holiday illuminations driving the dark away. The abundant markets and shops whose windows brim with artfully arranged and irresistible wearable, edible, and generally just can't-live-without treasures, are omnipresent. Cultural life is in full swing, with the city's churches and concert halls offering an enticing array of seasonal musical performances. There are seasonal 'events' aplenty.
There is always cuisine to consider. Culinary delights particular to celebrating the season such as chocolatey Buches de Noel, special-release macarons, limited edition fine chocolates, unctuous Foie Gras, piles of briny oysters, Champagne, cheese varieties at their best in winter, wild game, these all seduce shoppers searching for delicious gifts or for preparing their own feasts, be they major or minimal. Indeed if you are fortunate to have rented a short stay apartment and look forward to a splendid Christmas dinner, the markets are open up through Christmas eve afternoon as are the foodie shops, even the gourmet food halls of the Bon Marché and Galleries Lafayette.
Best of all, unlike London, which feels buttoned-down to visitors between Christmas and New Years, Paris life rockets on at full tilt, albeit with the Christmas and New Year's days being quieter holidays spent with family and friends. Fear not, visitors will not feel like they are isolated from the pleasures of the season. If you are not invited to dine with friends or not staying in your own cozy abode, hotel guests can find a fine Christmas meal in the art nouveau era brasseries or in major hotel restaurants. On the dining front, New Years eve and Christmas eve are nights where bistros and restaurants generally offer special fixed priced holiday menus. It is wise to reserve well in advance, particularly if you have your heart set on a particular celebrative venue.
Welcoming in the New Year in Paris is simple but requires making critical choices. New Years Eve is celebrated publicly with a huge and noisy party along the Champs Elysées that is not for the introvert or the faint hearted. Fireworks fill the sky over the Eiffel Tower at midnight. There is also a public party up in Montmartre in the square outside Sacre Coeur. A bit quieter than the Champs Elysées, but lively nonetheless, a bonus is the panoramic view out over Paris. And there are always movies, concerts, clubbing, toasting the coming year in celebrative winebars like O'Chateau or Juveniles, and more to happily fill your evening.
Other special seasonal events that are noteworthy for adults and kids include the Christmas Markets and the skating rinks alongside the Hotel de Ville and at the Eiffel Tower. This year, traditional Christmas Markets will be held in Paris at numerous locations. Most convenient for visitors are the markets on the Champs Elysées, the biggest of all out at La Defense, at the Montparnasse Tower and in the plaza outside Notre Dame. These markets, stemming from a grand Alsatian tradition, add even more shopping, sipping and tasting opportunities to the seasonal feast.
There are three 'enchanted villages' within markets that are of particular interest to families with children. Two are in St. Germain; one on the Place Saint-Sulpice, the second at Place St. Germain des Prés. And this year kids can combine skating, snow villages, and shopping in the seasonal market set up at Trocadero from December 13 through January 6. This is set in the park below Trocadero and opposite the Eiffel Tower.
Speaking of skating, what could be finer that gliding along in spectacular places such as the rink outside the Hotel de Ville or at the Eiffel Tower. Skates are available for rent and all comers are welcomed.
Holiday temptations are not limited solely to Paris. The magnificent chateaus of Vaux le Vicomte and Chantilly host annual holiday celebrations that draw visitors outside the core city. Both are approximately an hour outside Paris, Chantilly to the northwest, Vaux le Vicomte to the southeast near Meaux.
Vaux le Vicomte, the splendid chateau and extensive gardens that 'inspired the creation of Versailles' closes in late fall, but, re-opens especially for the holidays. The Chateau is sumptuously decorated. On selected evenings the special 'Illuminations' welcome visitors to tour the rooms romantically lit by candlelight. A modest additional contribution allows children to dress in period costumes, imagining the elegance of a Christmas at Vaux le Vicomte in its heyday.
Chantilly is another lesser-known gem of a historic chateau. Notable for an art collection said to be second only to the Louvre's, world-famed stables with extensive equestrian programs, and a large, verdant park in addition to the chateau, Chantilly is well worth a visit year round. During the holiday season the chateau offers a special daily, afternoon holiday equestrian show geared to delight children and their adults. It is best to buy a pass for Chantilly which entitles one to discounted rates for the equestrian tickets. Closed Tuesdays.
Christmas markets, chateaus in holiday splendor, oysters and Buche de Noel, treating oneself to joyous celebrations of the winter holiday season, let's raise a flute of Champagne to that!
Sally Peabody advises independent visitors to Paris and leads intimately scaled culinary, 'Eyes of Faith' and other private tours in Paris, Lyon and the Pays Basque through her company Your Great Days in Paris. Sally also offers advising and touring in Istanbul and elsewhere in Turkey.
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To download the presentations from the Cocoa Market Outlook Conference 2016, please click on the presenter names below.
Laurent Souron, Armajaro Research
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Michelle End, Cocoa Research Association
Ann Duponcheel, Barry Callebaut
Gerard Stapleton, LMC International
Alan Rownan, Euromonitor International
Fielding questions at the morning panel session (l-r): moderator Emiko Terazono, Max Goettler, Laurent Souron, Dr. Edward George, Dr. Francis Oppong and Laurent Pipitone
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Apo Reef National Marine in Sablayan Occidental Mindoro, is the second largest atoll-like reef in the world (next to the Great Barrier Reef). Snorkeling around the area would guarantee sightings of sea turtles, small sharks and an amazing underwater scenery.
Not only that, Apo Reef also boasts very fine white sand, an inland lagoon, sunset viewing at the light house and sunset viewing by the beach. Although there is no cellular signal in the area, it would guarantee an escape to the busy and demanding realities of the metro.
Join WE VolunTour as we spend 2nights (or 1 night) in this haven and enjoy island activities like you have never experienced before. There is also a short side trip at Pandan Island (for snorkelling).
Enjoy all of these for Php4699 (3D/2N) or Php4249 (2D/1N) all in transportation – van , RoRo and boat, island fees, meals, personalized bagtag and a simple WE VolunTour item.
Day 0 (April 7, Thursday):
21:30 Assembly at Jollibee Mckinley Exchange Building (beside Ayala MRT Station and Shell EDSA-Ayala)
22:00 ETD for Batangas
Day 1 (April 8,Friday):
01:00 Arrival at Batangas port
01:30 Transfer to RoRo
05:00 Arrival at Agra de Ilog, Mindoro
08: 00 Arrival at Sablayan
breakfast (on pax account), registration at the municipal office, city tour
10:00 Boat trip to Apo Reef
13:30 Arrival at Apo Reef
lunch (on pax account), free time
16:30 visit the lagoon and lighthouse, wait for sunset on the lighthouse
18:30 Dinner (c/o WE VolunTour)
socials to sawa
Day 2 (April 9, Saturday):
7:30 breakfast (c/o WE Voluntour), free time
08:30 snorkel around the reef
10:00 back to island free time
12:00 lunch (c/o We VolunTour)
13:00 free time
16:30 arrival of the 2nd batch, can join them for another round of visit to the lagoon and lighthouse, wait for sunset on the lighthouse
18:30 dinner (c/o WE VolunTour)
socials to sawa
Day 3: (April 10, Sunday)
7:30 breakfast (c/o WE Voluntour), free time
08:15 snorkel around the reef
09:00 boat ride to Pandan island
12:00 arrival at Pandan Island
12:00 lunch (on the boat c/o WE VolunTour)
12:30 free time swimming around the island for pawikan sighting. If you wish to stay in the island (Php150 entrance fee on pax account)
16:00 return to Sablayan, shower etc.
17:00 early dinner(on pax account) and trip back to Manila.
Arrival in Manila around 4AM of April 11, Monday.
*For those who will be staying for 2D/1N. The itinerary will be same as Day 1 (leaving on Friday (April 8) and will leave with the first batch altogether on Sunday (April 10).
We need atleast 10 particpants per batch to push through with the trip.
Deadline of registration: March 29, 2016.
Please deposit Php1500 (non refundable) to secure slot.
Account details:
Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)
Account Name: Ralph Tasic
Account number: 0069 3657 79
Account Name: Ralph Tasic
Account number: 69600 87588
(please keep deposit slips or online banking confirmation screenshot)
For inquiries please contact:
Ralph : 09178726787
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Macabre Masquerade ''Hallowynn 2014''
|Macabre Masquerade Hallowynn 2014
|Quest Info
|Near Mount Wynn
|Starter NPC
|Mask Salesman
|As follows:
The Hallowynn Quest was a quest only available during Halloween 2014. For Halloween 2015 it was remade into a full quest instead of a limited one and was renamed to Macabre Masquerade. It is a short level 21 quest.
Since Halloween 2016 there is another Hallowynn quest with the name A Grave Mistake.
Stage 1[edit | edit source]
» Find the Mask Salesman at his caravan.
|Wynncraft Map
- Mask Salesman: Hmm... Let's see, wha- Ah! Oh, pardon me, I was distracted. Luckly you're here, because I require some assistance.
- Mask Salesman: You see, I was just on my way back from that large mansion near Nesaak, where I went to acquire some antiques from an old business partner.
- Mask Salesman: However, along the way, a valuable cursed mask escaped from my caravan and somehow made its way into the dark mine over there!
- Mask Salesman: I would've gone after it, but the things I have in this caravan are too important to leave it by themselves. Not to mention that the cave seemed to corrupt from the inside out...
- Mask Salesman: You must help me retrieve the mask, for I must depart in 3 days! Could you brave the shadowy cave and bring it back?
x -373 | y 54 | z -1953 <--Cave
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» Find the Haunted Mask and bring it back to the Mask Salesman.
- Mask Salesman: You've met a terrible fate, haven't you? I was just about to run the whole way to Nemract to get help.
- Mask Salesman: I would really like to hear what you encountered in that cave, but I must prepare to leave, for I have many masks to sell on a far away continent.
- Mask Salesman: Maybe you can visit me at some point, if our paths were to ever cross again. Then we could talk about your journey.
- Mask Salesman: To thank you for your help, I wanted to give you a special mask, but I'm out of it. Maybe next year?
Tips[edit | edit source]
- When in the room with three doors, the left door will take you to the boss fight where you can get the Mask.
- The cave where the Haunted Mask is, is at:
|Wynncraft Map
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The Mask Salesman may be a reference to the Mask Salesman from "The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask", for they both lost a cursed mask, have to leave in 3 days, and say something among the lines of the player meeting a terrible fate.
- The Mask Salesman may also be a reference to 'The Mask', a popular old fantasy film, followed by a terrible sequel.
- The quest has been given a lot of hate by the community because of how small and easy it is.
- The quest goes under the name "Macabre Masquerade", however, the quest book also says "Hallowynn Quest" in quotations.
- The quest rewarded the Hallowynn Mask to players who completed it during the 2014 Hallowynn season.


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We support two children at the school which Stephen Jota established in Uganda for orphan children over ten years ago. Mrs Lear, one of our teachers, has visited the school and taught the children. Our children donate some of their end-of-week treat money to pay for the children's accommodation and education. In our recent Kindness Week enough money was raised to buy 160 pair of shoes!
Click here to read the latest news from Stephen Jota School.


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More than a hamlet at Elsinore
Three bed semi with period features and mature garden, renovated during the boom
As three-bed semis go, Elsinore on Corrig Avenue in Dun Laoghaire is quite an imposing pebble-dash-fronted one, with a gravelled driveway and large side entrance.
Located between uppper Georges Street and Corrig Road, it really is minutes walk from downtown Dún Laoghaire while also being close to Sandycove village. It is asking €650,000 through Lisney.
When Elsinore was renovated, the owners didn't succumb to the lure of Celtic Tiger bling. The look is simple, practical and tasteful, with creams, whites, polished floorboards and cast-iron fireplaces .
The layout, as you'd expect in a house of this era, includes two interconnecting reception rooms with attractive built-in shelves in the alcoves and black cast-iron fireplaces. The livingroom, to the front of the house, has a fine bay of windows and high ceilings which keeps the room bright and airy. Both rooms also have deep coving and picture rails and a buttercream and white colour scheme.
The kitchen-cum-breakfastroom is a very modern space, with clean lines and a colourscheme of whites and soft greys. The breakfast area has been extended to make it a decent size for a dining table. It is part-octagonal shaped with two sets of patio doors out to the back garden. The fact that it is triple aspect makes it a very bright space with nice views of the garden.
Upstairs there are three bedrooms with polished timber floors and the main bedroom is en suite. There's also a separate family bathroom.
The front garden is a decent size with lawn bordered by a high hedge on one side and trees and shrubs on the other. There is a wide side access which gives scope for a side extension subject to planning permission and the landscaped 30ft rear garden is laid out mainly in lawn with a patio area, trees and shrubs. There's a sheltered deck at the back of the garden to make the most of the sun.


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Yonkers, New York – The Junior Chamber International (JCI) New York State Second Trimester Convention was held in Yonkers, New York on October 18-19, 2013.
The convention was packed with leadership and professional trainings, fun camaraderie with Jaycees from across the state, and state recognition to local chapters for an outstanding second trimester of 2013.
Now on its 50th year, JCI Philippine-New York received a total of 11 awards- the most number of awards given to a local JCI New York State chapter: Outstanding Executive Vice President Zultan Bermudez; Outstanding Individual Development (ID) Vice President Loren San Diego; Outstanding Community Development (CD) Vice President Mel Rodriguez; Outstanding International Affairs (IA) Vice President Stevenson Van Derodar; Outstanding Membership Services (MS) Vice President Ria Serrano; Outstanding State Vice President Brandon Schumacher; Outstanding ID Project "5K Fun Run + Yoga"; Outstanding MS Project "Flashmob at the Santacruzan"; Outstanding Management Project "Lifetimers' Dinner"; Outstanding Public Relations Project "Letters to Oklahoma" and; Outstanding Website "www.philnyjaycees.org."
For the first eight months of 2013, JCI Philippine-New York had implemented a total of 43 exciting projects through its five leadership areas (Management, Community Development, Membership, International Affairs and Individual Development) to further the mission of JCI in creating positive change! Chapter President Bel Molina adds, "The chapter's team of alumni, advisers, officers and members have worked collaboratively for a successful second trimester! We greatly appreciate everyone's efforts, dedication and passion, which capture our 2013 theme of "50 Years Onward: A Tradition of Excellence."


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Blissie's Bonetique a Sequim Washington-based pet groomer and pet supply company was in need of a new website upgrade from a simple hosting-based site with limited features and an outdated appearance. The pre-existing site failed to capture the users attention and was not effective at communicating the unique brand messaging associated with their position in the local market. Blissie's needed a significant face lift that improved the appearance and demonstrated a strong professional capability and endeared themselves to their clients. Additionally, they desired to utilize full motion video to enhance the emotional connection between the clients and their service offerings.
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Space Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and maintenance of space works. Players build space ships and space stations of various sizes and utilization (civil and military), pilot ships and perform asteroid mining.
Genre: Action, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
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Release Date: 23 Oct, 2013
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Are You Using Mindless Chores as An Excuse to Avoid Taking Action That Will Change Your Life?
There are lots of ways to measure a day's productivity, but recently, I had an "aha!" moment that caused me to change the way I look at this issue, and it has made all the difference in what I'm getting done, and more important, what essential work I am getting done. I measure whether a day is productive by how many dirty dishes are in the sink. There was a time when I would consider a day productive if the sink was empty, its aluminum surface polished and dry, and kitchen floor spotless for good measure. Now, a productive day can be one in which the sink is piled high with dirty dishes, the laundry baskets are overflowing, and my email inboxes are filled with burgeoning junk, but more productive actions get completed.
Don't get me wrong. It's not that I don't consider housework constructive. On the contrary, I love traditional housework; dishes, laundry, vacuuming. You name it. I love them all because I love the idea of a spotless, gern-free home. The Husband accuses me of "germophobia" on a regular basis, and I'd to see anyone tell me that after I've invested lots of time and energy cleaning my house that I just wasted my time (and you'd probably like to see it too, because I'm here to tell you up front, that this busy body is risking a fat lip). So why do I say that time spent doing housework is not time spent in a constructive way?
Constructive Activity v. Productive Activity
I didn't say it isn't constructive. I said it wasn't productive. Understanding the difference between those terms is a critical crossroads in your future. You can be using time in an extremely constructive way because you are accomplishing short-term, one-off goals, while at the same time destroying your long-term productivity, and making it impossible for you to hit your important targets, such as starting a business, finishing a degree, writing a book, or any other life-changing objective. Unfortunately, in many ways it is a lot more appealing, and not just for me, to just "get something done," even if that accomplishment doesn't make a real difference in your life at the end of the day, or more likely, the end of the month and the end of the year.
Even people who don't enjoy housework often prefer it, or other similar tasks like running routine errands (I'm not even going to mention updating your social networking sites) to doing what is actually a lot more difficult; that is, the hard work of setting objectives and deadlines for projects that would, after devoting sufficient time and effort to a carefully-planned workflow, actually change their lives. In short, hard work pays off over time, but unthinking rote activity feels good right now, especially since it provides the illusion that you are accomplishing something.
Another example of creative procrastination is compulsive exercising. Exercise is an essential component of a healthy lifestyle, of course, and yes, you are accomplishing something when you do it, but is that something related to your career and life goals? Exercising is like flossing your teeth. It's something you've got to do, but unless you are a 90 year-old retiree with no big plans, it shouldn't be the focus of the day. If you are working out in the middle of the day, rather than getting up at 6 a.m. to do it, you could be using it as an avoidance strategy.
Another phrase for Creative Procrastination is Active Avoidance
Creative procrastination might be more accurately called active avoidance. I define it as the thought process that results in one choosing to be seduced into doing intellectually easy, rote tasks rather than more challenging brain work such as coming up with new business ideas, goal setting, and creating meaningful deadlines. While these activities require that the highest reaches of your cerebral cortex by firing on all cylinders, contrast the degree of intellectual rigor and creativity that housework or simple office tasks like routine office organization demand. With those jobs, the objective is clear, and the action steps are already there for you. Your higher brain can be on autopilot. You can daydream or even watch tv while you're doing these things. No wonder you'd rather throw yourself into a frenzy of semi-mindless activity that offers a short-term payoff rather than sit staring at your computer screen trying to figure out what to do next.
How can you tell if you are engaging in creative procrastination?
Ask yourself:
If you do this activity consistently and diligently for the next 6 months, will the things in your life that you currently find unsatisfactory be changed for the better?
- Will this activity help your reach an important goal? (If you said, "what goals?" then perhaps you have an idea why you may not be getting as far as you'd like.)
- Is this something that you could outsource to someone else? The story goes that legendary Broadway producer Billy Rose could type faster than his secretary. He had come up as a clerical worker back in the early part of the 20th century when it wasn't uncommon for men to be secretaries. Still, even though his fingers flew across the keyboard, he had to let his secretary do the typing. Why? Because while both of them could type, only he could produce plays.
- Is this something you could do during your less productive hours with little loss in quality? I am certainly not advocating that you allow your home to descend into squalor, and that you forego making sure you have the necessities of life in your cupboard. I am suggesting that rather than taking care of these essential tasks doing the morning or middle of the day, when your energy is higher, you do them after you have made some progress on your priorities. Only you can judge when you are at your peak. The important thing is to make sure that you are using that time on your most important projects, not reorganizing your sock drawer.
If you think you might be engaging in creative procrastination, here are some action steps you can try.
- Before you jump into a flurry of activity, so that you just "do something," sit and remember the objectives that you'd like to reach 6 months and a year from now. Make these very specific and measurable. Instead of "I want to make more money," say "Within 6 months, I want to be earning an extra $300 a month that I'll use to get out of debt." Weigh every decision how you spent your time that day against that objective. If it doesn't advance it, it can wait until you are ready to take a break, or even until the end of the work day.
- Don't allow yourself to become a slave to email. Don't check your email first thing in the morning. Instead, wait until you have settled into a workflow, and when you reach a convenient break time, then check it. As convenient as it can be, email is a double-edged sword. It can drag you all over the dance floor when what you need to do is focus.
- Forget the discredited idea of "multi-tasking." There is no such thing. The human mind can focus on only one thing at a time. Once you accept that truth, you'll be able to accomplish a lot more. Focus on your priorities and stay in the moment.
Now that you recognize what a threat creative procrastination is to your ultimate success and happiness, I'm sure you realize how important it is to correct course immediately when you catch yourself lapsing into it. Henry Ford once said "Thinking is hard. That's why so few do it." That's also why successful people spend more time thinking, planning and goal setting than engaging in mindless activity, always very busy, and never really getting anywhere.
In Part 2 of this series, we'll unpack the three essentials that you need to accomplish any goal.
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Islamist leaders of a four-day protest in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, called off their action Wednesday, one day after Pakistani officials vowed to crack down on them.
Government officials agreed to consider some of the group's demands, as Geo News Pakistan reported, and assured protesters that they would not alter the strict blasphemy laws that protesters want to see upheld.
Thousands of members of Sunni Tehreek, a hard-line Islamist group, had joined the sit-in near the parliament. On Tuesday, government officials said they had 7,000 security forces standing by and asked the protesters to leave peacefully.
"We don't want any violence, but we can't tolerate it anymore," Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said Tuesday evening, according to The Associated Press.
The protest began Sunday, the end of a traditional 40-day mourning period for a policeman executed in February for shooting dead Punjab Governor Salman Taseer over his criticism of Pakistan's blasphemy laws.
The group's demands include formally declaring the policeman, Mumtaz Qadri, a martyr; imposing Shariah law in Pakistan; releasing Sunni Tehreek leaders in jail; and executing Asia Bibi, a Catholic woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, whom Gov. Taseer had defended and visited in jail.
Government officials have agreed not to change the blasphemy laws or soften sentences for those convicted under them. Negotiators also agreed to release peaceful protesters, and reconsider charges against Muslim clerics, Geo News reported.
Forty-two police and 16 others have been injured, and over 1,100 protesters arrested, according to the Times of India, which reported that protesters' vandalism had caused over $2 million in damage.
The protest has continued throughout three days of mourning for victims of Sunday's suicide bombing in a park in Lahore, which killed at least 72 people. Jamat-ul-Ahrar, a Taliban offshoot, claimed responsibility and said it was targeting Christians and protesting the government's anti-Taliban military offensives. Most of those killed, however, were Muslim.
Mr. Qadri confessed to shooting the governor for challenging blasphemy laws that were enacted in the 1980s. At least 19 people are currently on death row for offenses such as defiling the Quran or insulting the Prophet Muhammad, according to a July 2015 report from Human Rights Watch, which has criticized the laws for targeting religious minorities and says they are often used to settle personal disputes.
No one has ever been executed for blasphemy, however, although mob violence has killed several Pakistanis accused of blasphemy.
The case of Ms. Bibi, a mother accused of insulting Mohammed in an argument with other farm workers, and the first woman sentenced to death under the blasphemy laws, has attracted international attention. Pope Benedict XVI called for her release in 2010. She is currently awaiting an appeal.
The protesters in Islamabad called for her execution. They said Gov. Taseer's assassin was justified in killing him because the governor criticized Bibi's conviction.
"I said that she should be pardoned, and this is a travesty and shame that a poor woman like this who hasn't the means to defend herself [against] trumped-up charges," Taseer said, as NPR reported before his death. "And in a country where your prime minister is Muslim, your president is Muslim, you're 95 percent Muslim — what is the need for laws like this?"


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Great article from Krebs on Security
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Brian Krebs has a great post on his site about the recent hack of HBGary Federal. There's a quote from Greg Hoglund that I wanted to call attention to. In describing the hacker's methodology, Hoglund states: "So it's a case where the hackers break in on a non-important system…and leveraged lateral movement to get onto systems of interest over time." The next time you're told not to worry about a vulnerable system because it is low-impact, has no important data or is otherwise of no interest to an attacker, point them to this article.
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Sure, cake and ice cream are reasons enough to attend a birthday fête, but we think scoring some sweet new kicks is plenty more thrilling, not to mention comes without the risk of cavities. And at this Saturday's festivities, we get to celebrate Piper's Shoe Parlor's one-year anniversary while also getting to dig our heels into a fresh pair of below-the-ankle beauts. The shop is known to be chock-full of notable brands like Dolce Vita, Dr. Martens, Gee WaWa, and really, who wouldn't wanna celebrate a year of all that awesomeness?
To get the party vibe started off right, psychedelic-pop act Tashaki Miyaki will be performing live, while attendees get to imbibe endless glasses of tasty libations. And it wouldn't be a shoe shindig without a trunk show featuring rockin' footwear. Wolverine 100 Mile will be there to showcase its always-classic leather boots that we're eager to slip into this fall. So, if booze, sneaks, and live music are your jam, then peep the deets below and get to steppin'!
When: Saturday, September 1, 6 to 10 p.m.
Where: Piper's Shoe Parlor, 1682 Haight Street (at Belvedere Street); 415-553-6884.
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Global Dairy Markets Show Strength
Despite slumping oil prices, global dairy markets showed some vigor today on the GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction in New Zealand.
The weighted index of the eight dairy commodities jumped 6.6% with nearly 35,000 metric tons of product selling. This is the largest trade volume on the auction since last October.
Whole milk powder jumped 9.9% to $1.03/lb, butter climbed 6.6% to $1.30 and skim milk powder was up 2.1% to 89¢/lb. Of the eight commodities traded, only cheddar slid backwards, dropping 0.8% to $1.31/lb.
U.S. prices are still far above these world prices for butter and cheese, with butter trading yesterday at $2.15/lb and cheddar at $1.78. The U.S. is competitive, however, on skim milk powder, with U.S. prices at 84¢/lb.
You can view full GTD auction results here.


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Maine State Adjutant General Pins on Second Star during Promotion Ceremony at Hall of Flags
AUGUSTA, ME (01/03/2018) (readMedia)-- Gov. Paul R. LePage presided over the promotion of Brig. Gen. Douglas A. Farnham today to the rank of major general at a ceremony in the Hall of Flags.
Farnham, who commands 3,000 Air and Army National Guardsmen as Maine's Adjutant General, was joined by elected leaders, military members, veterans, friends and family at the pinning ceremony.
"I am pleased to recognize General Farnham during this promotion ceremony," stated Gov. LePage. "Having earned his well-deserved second star as major general, he is Maine's highest-ranking reserve component officer."
Farnham was appointed as Adjutant General on December 29, 2015 and unanimously confirmed by the senate on January 17, 2016. He was promoted to brigadier general on January 21, 2016.
General Farnham graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1984. As an instructor pilot and flight examiner in the C-21A Learjet, he served as the primary pilot for Commander, United States Space Command and later taught at the C-21 formal training school.
Farnham joined the Maine Air National Guard in 1991. He has served in various operations and command positions in the 101st Air Refueling Wing. He also deployed as United States Central Command Deputy Director of Mobility Forces.
Prior to assuming responsibilities as the Adjutant General, Farnham commanded Bangor-based 101st Air Refueling Wing in the Maine Air National Guard as a command pilot.
"The majority of my remarks today can be summarized as one big thank you," Farnham said. "Thank you Gov. LePage for your trust and confidence. Thank you to my mentors, so many of you who are responsible for my being here today; and thank you to my family. We probably don't say thank you to our families enough, we couldn't do our mission without our families support."
For additional information, please contact the Maine National Guard public affairs office at 207-430-5759, or email@example.com.


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I'm in Marrakech at the moment, which, from what little I've seen, doesn't have very much in common with Thessaloniki, Greece, where this photo was taken. The connection? Singing a few lines over breakfast from the Crosby, Stills & Nash tune, Marrakech Express. Good enough for me. 🙂 I'm here for another nine days so I hope to find the time to go for a train ride. Anywhere.
Today's Pic du Jour, the 242nd (!!) straight since the project was re-inaugurated, was snapped on 14 September 2009, almost five years ago to the day. To see the full uncropped version, please click on the image. And, enjoy your weekend!


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A micro-manufacturing platform from the UK, the CEL Robox, comes with an impressive number of features. In this first review of this innovative machine, we will feature unboxing and building the printer.
The CEL Robox is by all standards a top-notch printer. Although itís just a traditional filament-based 3D printer with a decent sized build volume (8 by 6 by 4 inches), the super-fine 20 micron maximum layer resolution and the fact that it supports all the major filament types from Polycarbonate (a very tricky material to print), PLA and Nylon, makes it a really promising machine.
The features on this printer are what makes it tick and puts it in its own niche. The number of smart add-ons and sensors are just impressive.
Key Features
Looking at the software side, the Robox comes with proprietary Automaker software that works hand in hand with its hardware features.
Letís go to these hardware features. The first feature that I noticed is the Headlock system on the head. This integrates an auto bed leveling system which consequently allows you to swap the whole print head at the click of a finger.
The print head also features a QuickFill dual nozzle technology. This is praised for its ability to enable the printer switch between a really large and a really small nozzle in the same print. The idea here is that the larger nozzle will print the areas where speed is more preferred than quality, and the smaller where quality is preferred than speed.
Next is the SmartReel system. This efficiently detects the Robox filament you have installed and will adjust the print setting appropriately.
Then there is the SmartExtruder System. This is credited for adding more sensors to the filament path in a bid to make it more error-proof and easier to use.
Letís unbox itÖ
Thereís really not much to unbox in this package. The Robox printer comes wrapped in a textile carrying bag, and on the side thereís a small accessories box. The packaging for the Robox printer is very light and itís not so complicated to make it ready.
After I removed the transparent fasteners, I was pretty much ready to begin using the Robox. I was impressed by the fact that the spool of filament wasnít really in the accessories box, but a spool of ColorFabb XT filament was already pre-installed.
Oh, by the way you should know that the accessories box holds the AutoMaker software, a USB drive with a few 3D models, and a safety information booklet. It also houses a pair of tweezers, a pack of four mini chisels for cleaning, a small bottle of lubricant for the linear axes, a few alcohols wipes for the printbed and the power and USB cords.
Getting the First Print
After I installed the Automaker (available for Linux, Mac and Windows), I loaded my personal STL files and immediately began printing with the predefined printing profiles. You could also use the ìmy first printî option, which will load the Robox mascot and print it.
The SmartReel that the printer comes with simplifies everything pretty much. It makes installing the filament to be a piece of cake. If you run out of filament you simply hold the end of the filament spool and lightly push it into the feed hole and the printer will automatically grab into it. The printer will then feed it to the print-head and if there was a different filament loaded beforehand it will ask to purge it.
The first thing that will happen on initializing printing is that the printer will check if the door is closed. It will then begin to heat the bed and the nozzle, measure the bed surface for auto-tramming (auto leveling), clean the nozzle and finally begin to print.
The printer is very trustable. Even with the entire print space locked away and no means of correcting anything happening inside. After all the processed information for printing has been successfully transferred to your host computer, you can actually disconnect your computer. If you are unsettled, you can simply reconnect it and monitor the printing process.
Actually, if you must monitor the print process you will have to use your computer. Because the printer does not offer any avenue for this, except for an ambient LED strip that tends to always glow blue.
Below is the test print that I did on the Robox. The print was successful with very minimum user input, and it needed no single calibration or setup. The print was done within less than two hours. Pretty impressive, huh?
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Check out our in-depth 3dprintingpens review on the CEL Robox, and find out how efficient the extremely-fancy features work, and if this printer is all that you need.


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- 09:33 saldks;jadlk New computer refresh comes with Office 2007. DO NOT WANT. (Do not have yet, but Luddite I Am Tech Support For just got his. ) #
- 09:35 PS: It physically hurt me to end that clause in a preposition, but it wouldn't have fit in the character-limit if I'd said "for whom." #
- 11:13 WTF is so hard about "All your records must be covered on a records retention schedule or it is illegal to destroy them?" *keels [a certain large environmental agency]* #
[Don't you wish I'd just stuck with posting once a month or when there's LJ/6Apart wank?]