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Applies to: Configuration Manager (current branch)
Your organization's IT admin uses Software Center to install applications, software updates, and upgrade Windows. This user guide explains the functionality of Software Center for users of the computer.
General notes about Software Center functionality:
This article describes the latest features of Software Center. If your organization is using an older but still supported version of Software Center, not all features are available. For more information, contact your IT admin.
Your IT admin may disable some aspects of Software Center. Your specific experience may vary.
How to open Software Center
For the simplest method to start Software Center on a Windows 10 computer, press Start and type
Software Center. You may not need to type the entire string for Windows to find the best match.
If you navigate the Start menu, look under the Microsoft Endpoint Manager group for the Software Center icon.
The Start menu path changed in version 1910. In version 1906 and earlier, the folder name is Microsoft System Center. When you update Configuration Manager to version 1910 or later, make sure to update any internal documentation that you maintain to include this new location.
Select the Applications tab to find and install applications that your IT admin deploys to you or this computer.
- All: Shows all applications that you can install
- Required: Your IT admin enforces these applications. If you uninstall one of these applications, Software Center reinstalls it.
- Filters: Your IT admin may create categories of applications. If available, select the drop-down list to filter the view to only those applications in a specific category. Select All to show all applications.
- Sort by: Rearrange the list of applications. By default this list sorts by Most recent. Recently available applications are listed with a New tag that is visible for 7 days.
- Search: Still can't find what you're looking for? Enter keywords in the Search box to find it!
- Switch the view: Select the icons to switch the view between list view and tile view. By default the applications list shows as graphic tiles.
- Tile view: Your IT admin can customize the icons. Below each tile displays the application name, publisher, and version.
- List view: This view displays the application icon, name, publisher, version, and status.
Install multiple applications
Install more than one application at a time instead of waiting for one to finish before starting the next. Not all applications qualify:
- The app is visible to you
- The app isn't already downloading or installed
- Your IT admin doesn't require approval to install the app
To install more than one application at a time:
- To enter multi-select mode in the list view, select the multi-select icon in the upper right corner.
- Select two or more apps to install by selecting the checkbox to the left of the apps in the list.
- Select the Install Selected button.
The apps install as normal, only now in succession.
Select the Updates tab to view and install software updates that your IT admin deploys to this computer.
- All: Shows all updates that you can install
- Required: Your IT admin enforces these updates.
- Sort by: Rearrange the list of updates. By default this list sorts by Application name: A to Z.
To install updates, select Install All.
To only install specific updates, select the icon to enter multi-select mode. Check the updates to install, and then select Install Selected.
Operating Systems
Select the Operating Systems tab to view and install versions of Windows that your IT admin deploys to this computer.
- All: Shows all Windows versions that you can install
- Required: Your IT admin enforces these upgrades.
- Sort by: Rearrange the list of updates. By default this list sorts by Application name: A to Z.
Installation status
Select the Installation status tab to view the status of applications. You may see the following states:
- Installed: Software Center already installed this application on this computer.
- Downloading: Software Center is downloading the software to install on this computer.
- Failed: Software Center encountered an error in trying to install the software.
- Scheduled to install after: Shows the date and time of the device's next maintenance window to install upcoming software. Maintenance windows are defined by your IT admin.
- The status can be seen in the All and the Upcoming tab.
- You can install before the maintenance window time by selecting the Install Now button.
Device compliance
Select the Device compliance tab to view the compliance status of this computer.
Select Check compliance to evaluate this device's settings against the security policies defined by your IT admin.
Select the Options tab to view additional settings for this computer.
Work information
Indicate the hours that you typically work. Your IT admin may schedule software installations outside your business hours. Allow at least four hours each day for system maintenance tasks. Your IT admin can still install critical applications and software updates during business hours.
Select the drop-down lists to select the earliest and latest hours that you use this computer. By default these values are from 5 AM through 10 PM
Select the checkbox next to the days of the week that you typically use this computer. Software Center only selects the weekdays by default.
Specify whether you regularly use this computer to do your work. Your administrator might automatically install applications or make additional applications available to primary computers.
- Select I regularly use this computer to do my work if the computer you're using is a primary computer.
Power management
Your IT admin may set power management policies. These policies help your organization conserve electricity when this computer isn't in use.
To make this computer exempt from these policies, select the checkbox Do not apply power settings from my IT department to this computer. This setting is disabled by default; the computer applies power settings.
Computer maintenance
Specify how Software Center applies changes to software before the deadline
- Automatically install or uninstall required software and restart the computer only outside of the specified business hours: This setting is disabled by default.
- Suspend Software Center activities when my computer is in presentation mode: This setting is enabled by default.
- Sync Policy: Select this button when instructed by your IT admin. This computer checks with the servers for anything new, such as applications, software updates, or operating systems.
Custom tab in Software Center
Your IT admin might have added an additional tab to Software Center. This tab is named by your admin and leads to a web site they specify. For instance, you might have a tab called "Help Desk" that leads to your organization's help desk web site.


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The Advantages of Closely Spaced Emitters
Choosing the right drip tape emitter spacing can be more of an art than a science. This is because of the many variables that exist in each farming application, including tape placement, soil type, crop, plant population, soil and water salinity, tape quality and cost, etc. Fortunately, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's recent Drip and Micro Irrigation Design and Management Manual, published by the Irrigation Training and Research Center (ITRC) in 2007, provides a great deal of guidance for this important decision. In particular, the new manual discusses how closely spaced drip tape emitters can enhance salt management for seed germination, leach salts in permanent crops, and dilute soil salinity for salt sensitive crops. In addition, the manual highlights some of the agronomic and economic disadvantages of using widely spaced emitters. Continue reading
To help farmers, dealers, and manufacturers recognize and understand some of the problems that have been experienced with drip tape (problems that are quite different from manufacturing defects), the Irrigation Training and Research Center (ITRC) published a drip tape problem guide called "Diagnosing and Avoiding Damage to Drip Tape." Problems that are quickly detected and properly identified can often be remedied, or be avoided in the future. Continue reading
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Floyd Mayweather–Conor McGregor fight confirmed for August 26
The long-rumored boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor will take place Aug. 26 in Las Vegas. Seriously.
Floyd Mayweather announced the fight in a tweet Wednesday after months of speculation and rumors. Yahoo's Kevin Iole and Adam Hill of the Las Vegas Review-Journal first reported that the fight had been finalized.
McGregor also confirmed the news (and talk a little smack about Mayweather) by tweeting a photo of himself and Floyd Mayweather Sr.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has approved August 26 as the date for a Mayweather Promotions fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena, NSAC executive director Bob Bennett told Fox Sports. The fight will be contested at 154 pounds.
Mayweather, 40, retired from boxing after his last fight in September 2015. McGregor, 28, is 21–3 in UFC fights, with his most recent fight coming in November against Eddie Alvarez. McGregor boxed as a youth and relies significantly on his striking in MMA fights. He has won eight of his last 11 UFC fights by punch.
A fight between Mayweather and McGregor has been rumored for more than a year. British tabloid The Sun ran a story in May 2016 claiming that the two were "on the verge of agreeing [to a] billion dollar mega-fight." UFC president Dana White swiftly shot down the rumors and Mayweather admitted to planting the story.
Talk of a bout heated up significantly in January when McGregor said he expected his next fight to be a boxing match against Mayweather. Floyd said in March that he was "officially out of retirement for Conor McGregor."


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This has been quite a week in my country. It began when " news broke", in the informal media, in a rural community that two young boys who had died by drowning, had been "reportedly" raped before death. There was no corroboration of the story, only a rather vague report from the police that the boys had been
" injured". Following which members of the community attacked the home of the " suspected" individual, killing his uncle, severely injuring the daughter of the deceased and burning the house to the ground. " All hell had apparently broken loose". But there was worse to come, as news began to filter out, and the following day the headlines screamed, " Five Women Raped", including an eight year old, who was so badly injured she had to be taken to the hospital for emergency surgery. Then just yesterday, news broke about a driver who, attempting to go around a long line of traffic, triggered by the hit-and-run death of a man of unsound mind, hit down three other persons. The result? No one died, but the driver was was pulled from the vehicle by the members of the angry crowd and stabbed to death. And so the madness continued with other news of atrocities and murder just tonight on the Prime Time News.
Many were left confused how we could, as a people sink to such a nadir, in our relationships with each other. What kind of socialization process allowed such " animals" to emerge in our society. And perhaps most elusive of all, what was the remedy. The immediate reaction was to call for a march against violence against women and children and for all to wear black in solidarity. So we all, well most of us, wore black last Friday. The bigger issue now is what next? The urgent passing of more and better legislation; the need to break the code of silence which encourages evil to flourish, knowing full well that out of fear for their lives, no one will dare to say a word; the re-ordering our values and attitudes; quicker response from the police; a more attitude within the community...the list goes on.
My reaction? Pain! A deep seated pain in the depths of my soul, as I know that my country never had to descend to this level of barbarity. Many years ago, I had the privilege of spending just a little over a month in Singapore attending a Leadership Conference on Evangelism - in fact this Internet Ministry was started as direct result of that visit, and has been ongoing now every Sunday night for more than four years and sent to men and women in virtually every sector of our society, including powerful persons who can make a difference - at one level. What left a great impression on me, was not just the legendary cleanliness of the place, and the obvious prosperity, but the order. A feature brought into very sharp focus by my seeing a young school girl alone at a bus stop one morning, whilst doing my early morning exercises. It was still dark, so I inquired how come she was so brave - or in my Jamaican experience, so foolish. The answer was that no one would dare to, or even think about, harming her, and therefore she was perfectly safe. Since then it has been my dream, that such peace and protection could be the norm for the women and children in my country. Not riches. Not even better education, as important as that is in any society. But just that our women and child might be safe. And over the years we have watched almost helplessly, as more and more, society in its worse form, has sytematically, through the media - cable television, locally and Internationally produced movies and videos - advertisements and in particular the music, has occasioned a " sea change" in how we regard these precious ones among us. We have warned, we have cajoled, we have protested, we have begged. But it has all fallen on deaf ears. Who is the we? Primarily the church, in its best form, but also many other conscious groups within civil society. So now we have come to the edge of the precipice of chaos and anarchy and madness and who will pull us back from the brink of disaster.
The answer is to be found in the following messages which the Lord Almighty inspired me to write to leaders in our society, at the highest level in politics, church and the media, as I cried out to Him for help in this " time of trouble'.
Tuesday September 25th - The First Message
Actually I was searching for the Prayer by Peter Marshall, which is included in this meditation written, as you would discern, from last year. Why? The Spirit of the Lord led me back to it as I did my devotions this morning, and amazingly the Prayer for Obedience also. So I decided to send the entire message and not just the prayer by Marshall.
The Context? A discussion on radio last night about the mob killing in Trelawny. Dionne Jackson-Miller invited Carolyn Gomes to comment on this horrific act. And so she did. Two points struck me. One, while DJM kept repeating that we do not know that the boys had been " injured", when I came home, On The Ground News was confirming on their site, that the two boys had indeed been raped. There are many lessons to learn from that reality. Two, as Carolyn Gomes expressed her horror that " having not found Quako," we descended to the low level of killing his relative, and injuring the daughter. And I thought, we have been doing the very same thing for years, as that is the reason for a lot of the " mass killings" in the inner cities.
So back to Peter Marshall. The reason why I thought about the prayer, as you will see, is that we have no idea, about the kind of evil forces abroad in our nation, at every level, just waiting, to be unleashed in another such horrific act. Only God can help us. We need to admit that we are helpless in this respect. Which is the thrust of the meditation below, written months ago - as a warning to this nation. And which position of helplessness is what ought to drive mankind to seek God - the foundation message of the Christian faith
Finally, in that context, of the need to come together as a nation before God the issue of a coalition government, came into my mind. Perhaps it's time. For several reasons - The state of the Economy; The Political Climate; The deterioration in our Values and Attitudes.; The Crime and Violence......
N. B. This meditation would have been sent out before some of you came on board ( In fact the message was written way back in 2010)
This week I was impressed by the fact that the Chairman of an organization over which I have the privilege to exert leadership, and who happens to be Jamaica's chief servant, continues to find the time, in the midst of his busy schedule, to be very " hands on" in his duties. Encouraging and advising on policy and operations in some detail. Thus, this morning whilst in the midst of my devotions, inspired by the Psalmist, I was led to send him the following note.
" May the Lord Almighty, the God of Jacob, who ( alone) is our fortress, be with you, in a special way today. Psalm 44:7,11. NIV ( new International Version.
In the name of Christ, our soon coming King - at Christmas as Lord and Saviour, but at the end of times as a judge."
This week I was also very disturbed by the fact that funding which we badly needed to properly discharge our national responsibilities, was taking a long time for approval. Hence I wrote my staff the following memo:
"One of the many things I have learned recently is that God's Love, Mercy and Honor are only gained when we become totally and completely, dependent upon Him. And further, that God's mighty hand is in the middle of every experience that Saints goes through. You will recall that Gideon was told that he had too many soldiers, and, therefore, if with them he gained success, God would not get the glory. I am beginning to understand that the same eternal principle may be operating with the funding from .....this year- and any other promises outstanding - and the achievement of the ...... objective. Let us therefore resolve to pray more and worry less about the" amount of troops", that we have. Making sure, however, that those He sends are deployed most efficiently.
Then, amazingly tonight, as I pondered what to write, the things about which the Lord had spoken to me this week, I headed for a meditation, on which I have been reflecting for weeks. But on the way found another one which speaks to the profound question of Political Leadership in today's world. A world where there are so many and often intractable problems. Rising unemployment. High levels of poverty. Crime as a threat to personal and often national security. Certainly in my country, profound changes in the way we treat each other - loud and course music blaring at nights, and in taxis and mini-buses, affecting the minds of our young people and preventing others from sleeping at nights; rude and aggressive public officials, and in some cases exhibiting much more serious behaviour; dysfunctional family life resulting often in physical abuse which then flows over into abusive behaviour in the public square. Internationally, leaders are grappling with issues affecting climate change and the very survival of some island states; a world still in the throes of a recession, with former stable economies like Ireland in deep trouble, and even Spain and Portugal threatened with the same fate; the ever present threat of nuclear war; the seemingly endless war against terrorists across many borders; HIV/AIDS still a major issue worldwide; Cholera in Haiti; drug wars in Mexico and Brazil affecting many other nations. How do world leaders respond? Even " no drama " Obama is stumped for answer to America's problems!. And they have to deal with all of these problems even as they equally challenged by leading a political party!
In the midst of this the Lord sends a word to our chief servant.....and as I write, an earthquake rocks my house violently, thank God only for a few seconds.....and other leaders across the world - if anyone has an e-mail for President Obama, let me know - in a meditation from a Saint of old, a former Scottish Priest who migrated to the USA and became the Chaplain to the United States Senate. But as much as there is a message to our leaders, it applies equally to the church.
Verse Judges 7:2 The Lord said to Gideon, you have too many men for me to deliver into their hands. In order that Israel may not boast about me that her own strength has saved her.......
We know, our Father, that in this desperate hour of world affairs, we need thee. We need thy strength, thy guidance, thy wisdom.
May thy wisdom and thy power come upon these United States, the Senators and Congressmen, to whom, have been entrusted leadership. May the responsibility lie heavily on their hearts, until they are ready to acknowledge helplessness and turn to thee. Give to them the honesty, the courage, and the moral integrity to confess that they don't know what to do. Only then can they lead as a nation beyond human wisdom to thee, who alone has the answer.
Lead us to this high adventure. Remind us that " a mighty fortress is our God" ( words of the Psalmist) - not a hiding place where we can escape for an easy life, but rather an arsenal of courage and strength - the mightiest of all, who will march beside us into the battle for righteousness and world brotherhood.
O our God, may we never recover from our feeling of helplessness and our need of thee! In the strong name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.
What a prayer! What instructions for us to heed, both as leaders and disciples of Christ, even if the two are not necessarily the same. The need to be absolutely helpless before God, and then to see His mighty power at work
Finally, the meditation to which I was heading, before being detained by the words of Peter Marshall, contains a message primarily for us in the church : the need to live a repentant life for what we have done and for what we have failed to do as we wait upon the Lord, in this season of Advent. As only then will we be able to live a true Apostolic Life. A life marked by an ability, according to Evelyn Underhill, a former spiritual adviser to many Anglican priests in the nineteen century, " that his supernatural environment is more real and solid to him that his natural environment". As only then can we really make an impact, with power, on a complex and confused world. But again even though the message is for the church, it applies equally too to those who would lead in God's world.
Verse: Judges 2:17 Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. Unlike their fathers, they quickly turned from the way in which their fathers had walked, the way of obedience to the Lord's commands.
Holy God, to whose service I long ago dedicated my soul and life, I grieve and lament before thee that I am still so prone to sin and so little inclined to obedience.:
So much attached to the pleasures of sense, so neglectful of things spiritual:
So prompt to gratify my body, so slow to nourish my soul:
So greedy for present delight, so indifferent to lasting blessedness:
So fond of idleness, so indisposed for labour:
So soon at play, so late at prayer:
So brisk in the service of self, so slack in the service of others;
So eager to get, so reluctant to give:
So lofty in my profession, so slow in my practice:
So full of good intentions, so backwards to fulfill them:
So severe with my neighbours, so indulgent with myself:
So eager to find fault, so resentful at being found fault with:
So little able for great tasks, so discontented with small ones:
So weak in adversity, so swollen and self-satisfied in prosperity:
So helpless apart from thee, and yet so willing to be bound to thee.
O merciful heart of God, grant me yet again thy forgiveness. Hear my sorrowful tale and in thy great mercy blot it out from the book of thy remembrance. Give me faith to lay hold of of thine own holiness and so to rejoice in the righteousness of Christ my Savior that, resting on his merits rather than on my own, I may more and more become conformed to his likeness, my will becoming one with his in obedience to thine. All this I ask for his holy name sake. Amen
As we identify with these great prayers - and if you don't, then Jesus did not come on earth and die for you, but for us who know that we are helpless and sinful - let us call out to a mighty God who is our fortress, the God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob. That He may hear our sorrowful tale and blot it out from the book of " thy remembrance". And so heal out land and protect us from earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and the evil that abounds so much in our land and in the hearts of humans, and the trials that so many face across the world. And are helpless unless God intervenes, as He did two thousand years ago at the first Christmas.
The second message was written the following morning as news broke about the savage rape in the Western part of my country...and was entitled " Desperate times part two'
Wednesday September 26th
As I read the headlines in both newspapers this morning, and started my devotions with a heavy heart, the Spirit of the Lord led me back to Psalm 81. And then to Malachi. And finally to Jeremiah.
" If my people would but listen to me,
If Israel would follow my ways,
how quickly would I subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes". Verses 13-14
" Test me in this, says the Lord Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it." Malachi 3:10 NIV
African - American Spiritual
Verse Jeremiah 8:21-22 NIV
"Since my people are crushed, I am crushed;
I mourn, and horror grips me.
Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then is there no healing
for the wound of my people"
There is a balm in Gilead
To make the wounded whole,
There is a balm in Gilead
To heal the sin-sick soul
Sometimes I feel discouraged,
And think my work's in vain,
But then the Holy Spirit
Revives my soul again.
If you can't preach like Peter,
If you can't pray like Paul,
Just tell the love of Jesus
And say he died for all.
So the question is, when our " women and children are raped, when they crushed, are we crushed? And will our only response continue to be, exclamations of horror, condemnation, and a promises to unleash the full force of the law on the perpetrators.
The Lord Almighty, The Creator of heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in it, thousands of years ago, warned the children of Israel, that there is another response. That there is a balm available to heal the sin-sick souls of rapists and mob killers. A balm available to heal the wounded suffering victims of rape and other acts of violence in our land. And that solution is not a much desirable new IMF deal. Or the power gained by winning an election. But rather an acceptance of the fact that Jesus died for all - the foundation of the Christian faith.
So even though the Word from Malachi is contextualized in Israel's robbing God of tithings, the message is still very relevant, as if we were to " follow the ways of the Lord", as the Psalmist wrote, then God will indeed fulfill His promise to throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out a blessing on us. And in fact He has already done so, but the blessing is not a material one, primarily, but the precious Blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ. And whose Blood alone can heal the sin-sick souls of this nation.
We need, as leaders, therefore to repent of our rebellion against the living God, and our dependence on the foreign gods, mentioned in Psalm 81. A National Service of Repentance at a Baptist Church, the church of Sam Sharpe (there is a big one on the Boulevard) with a prophet like Burchell Taylor preaching, would be a good start. As the IMF, the police, a values and attitudes campaign, more exports, better productivity, better passes at CXEC, less corruption, all have a role to play in rescuing this nation. But the fundamental problem is sin. And the only balm for that is an acceptance that Jesus died for all -as sung by our African forebears many years ago. We would do well to listen.
LWJ Sent from my iPad
The point being made here is that for centuries, the Lord God Almighty, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has been sending a message to all mankind, that we just cannot manage without Him. And that all we have to do is to " test Him in this ", as the prophet Malachi warned, and " Open our mouths wide", and the Psalmist declared, and God will " Fill it" and protect us from all our enemies. That is why there is so much pain in my heart, as if we had just trusted the God who " parted the Red Sea", and freed the children of Israel from the hands of the Egyptians who rescued us a people enslaved by the colonial powers; and who set us free from Sin and death by the life, death, and resurrection of His Son Christ Jesus, then Jamaica would have been a better place. A place of peace, and a people of faith, that Sam Sharpe who was a Baptist Minister, gave his life for. And a mighty race, as envisioned by Marcus Garvey. Not a people who have sold their soul to foreign gods...the unbridled lust for sex which has destroyed family life.....the unbridled lust for money...which has destroyed family life...and the unbridled lust for power which has occasioned, among ohter evils, the importation and use of the gun which has been used as tool of intimidation, robbery and murder and brought our nation to the brink of chaos and anarchy. So, yes let us condemn, let us work together, but more importantly, let us turn and repent of our rebellion against the Almighty God. A tried and proven God. And a God who is still a very present help in times of trouble. As in Him and through Him by the Power of the Holy Spirit, the Balm for all nations, Jesus Christ, is waiting for this nation to come to its senses and realize that we cannot manage without Him. I pray God that, daily, slowly, men and women will hear this message and act accordingly. To the glory of God and for the rescuing of my people.


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Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai and actor Sir Ben Kingsley.
In his latest film - House of Sand and Fog - Kingsley is portraying an Iranian immigrant who buys a house to begin a new life for his family in America. I am not so sure about his Iranian accent but I cannot wait to see the film anyway. Here is an interview with him about the film.


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Looking for DAVEY of Michigan.
Davey family from Cornwall,England to U.S. to several places in Michigan. My family resides in Houghton and Keweenaw Co.in the Upper Penninsula.
Surnames: BURTANDLOBB DAVEY EASTMAN
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~ Kyoto Sightseeing Taxi & licensed guide ~
Kyoto, former capital of Japan and home to 1,200 years of history and culture, is also known as the "venture capital" in view of the many venture companies the area has spawned.The accumulation of traditional industry, strong spirit of independence and respect for tradition counterbalanced by progressiveness have made Kyoto home to many companies which have subsequently grown into world-leading companies. It is charm of Kyoto that you can see both old and modern buildings or cultures etc.
Kyoto's spring and autumn are extremely pleasant and beautiful, and while summer and winter weather is severe. However, the fire-festivals in summer or the snow scenery of the temple's garden etc is mysterious.Regardless of the four seasons, please enjoy Kyoto sightseeing.
Popular Places for Kyoto travel (Click each eria of kyoto)
Nijyo-Castel, Imperial Palace, Gion etc
Ryoan-ji, Saga-Arashiyama-eria etc
Fushimi Shrine, 33 bays hall etc
Kiyomizu-dera, Ginkaku-ji etc
Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion) etc
The sculptor of Buddhist images, Japanese traditional game with Maiko-san etc
2 imperials (Gosyo, Sento) & 2 villas (Katsura, Syugakuin)
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Khaja Ghulam Jeelani is the Gadi Nasheen and the Descendant of Sufi Saint Shaykh
Hadrat Qamaruddin Shah Qadri(Reh) who Belonged to the greatest Sufi Path of King of all Saints Shaykh Hadrat Abdul Qadir Jeelani (reh)
Hadrat Qamaruddin Shah Qadri(Reh)
Hadrat Qamaruddin Shah Qadri(Reh) was a Sufi saint who came from a Royal family of Balaq in Central Asia and later Migrated to Koshgi in India during a power Struggle for the Royal Throne in Balaq.He is Sufi saint belonging to the Qadri Tariqa,his Miracles are numerous some of them are mentioned here .Miracle 1. When Hadrat Qamaruddin Shah Qadri(Reh) used to do Zikr of Allah his body used to be torn into Pieces , one as the Hadrat was doing Zikr as an army officer of Nizam King of Hyderabad his superiors saw his body torn into pieces
they where unable to bear this sight they shouted crying with terror a they taught Hadrat was dead and some body has torn his body into pieces, as the Hadrat saw the people have discovered his true nature and where going crazy with fear the Hadrat Immediately regained his form back and all the pieces of his body joined together and then people calmed down and excused him from the army saying that such great saint of high status should not serve as army man but should take his position as a saint in Kosgi and guide them to the true Islamic Path .
The Mission of Khaja Jeelani is to help the victims of black magic and Evil demonic Possession which have become so rampant in this evil age of end times .
Khaja Jeelani Qadri
The Sword Against Black Magic and Demons
Any Victim of Black magic or Demonic Posseion can contact
Khaja Jeelani on
e- mail
Phone Cell + 1 302-521-9980 USA
Contact Address
by providing with their full name and the full name of their mother , Inshallah if Allah wills he will provide you with details of your problem in 2 or 3 days and whether he can take your case or not , there is no fees for the treatment but it is appreciated if the victims can provide some fees if they wish and feel satisfied by the treatment as this will provide Khaja the opportunity to serve the victims in a better way .


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Up for sale is my 1992 Ford Mustang LX 5.0 convertible. Located in Cincinnati OHIO. The car is calypso green with grey interior and black top. Top needs new fabric and is set up to work manually, the relay clicks when the switch is pushed and one of the cylinders leaks. True mileage unknown but odometer says 70K, runs fantastic. Auto trans shifts good, Car has been daily driver last 3 summers. New rack and pinion, pump and lines, tie rods and front end alignment. New Koni struts and shocks, MM camber/caster plates, 4 core aluminum radiator, water pump, thermostat. Heat works perfect, air needs recharge but hey its a convertible. Interior is in decent shape, needs upper console lid. Ash tray door works 100%. Has Alpine radio with remote, speakers. Paint looks good but has some small hail damage. New gas tank and fuel pump. MSD Coil, Ford Racing wires. Rare color. $4000 Only selling as I have too many cars/trucks.


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I have been at a halt lately, trying to figure out somehow to write something worth reading. I keep having multiple things happen one after another. Wondering if that ever stops or if its just the story of life maybe? Emotions have ran rampage lately here in my mind. This halt has sucked truly, I absolutely love blogging and giving back as much as possible. I have been scared of the future while missing out on what's happening around me. I have some scars and I've seen some things but I'm here now. Organizing your thoughts while moving constantly and trying to readjust into your own form of a comfort zone is more difficult than I ever imagined. This chapter is closing and will be wrote about at a much later date, maybe?
This basically is how scattered my mind is, separating real and impossible things in my head at the moment. Slowly but surely a work in progress. What's amazing is so much progress has been made. I haven't felt as good as I've been feeling right now in a long time. Many things are going on for sure but on top of that is always a silver lining. Enjoying these little moments and calming the waves down and learning to swim with the waves life has to offer.
xoxo, A Hint of KoKo…


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Spilled coffee is the worst! It can drip onto your coffee table or down the front of your shirt. It can even splatter onto the carpet, leaving an unsightly, sometimes sticky stain as a reminder of your clumsy coffee calamity.
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Chris Mohr's denial of the controlled demolition of WTC 7 in Skeptic Magazine simply illustrates how willful ignorance sustains the official explanation.
Chris Mohr at Skeptic magazine writes that "conspiracists are working hard to publicize their claims of scientific validity to the conjecture that the World Trade Center buildings were destroyed through controlled demolition." He mentions a debate he had with Richard Gage, the founder of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, where more than 1,500 professional architects and engineers who question the official explanation for the collapse of the three World Trade Center buildings have signed a petition calling for a new—that is to say a real—investigation. "I thought initially that Gage might be on to something," Mohr writes, "until I examined his science carefully" and debated him. In his article, he lists his responses to the controlled-demolition hypothesis. Sticking to the question of World Trade Center Building 7 (WTC 7), let's examine Mohr's arguments against the science behind the controlled-demolition hypothesis and in favor of the fire-induced collapse hypothesis. If you're unfamiliar with WTC 7, you can watch it collapsing on 9/11 in the video below.
Mohr begins his case with the argument that "You cannot secretly prepare a controlled demolition of the two World Trade Center buildings … without anyone noticing anything unusual." He does not mention it, but we may presume he thinks it would be just as impossible in the case of WTC 7, the third WTC building to collapse completely on 9/11. The main point to be made about this assertion is that it is not a scientific argument, but speculation. It for starters assumes that nobody noticed anything unusual in the days, weeks, and months before 9/11. But is that true? Since this possibility was never actually investigated, and thus building workers were never interviewed and asked whether they noticed any suspicious activity going on, we don't really know. Also, while it may seem unlikely that this could be done, if the actual scientific evidence disproves the fire-induced collapse hypothesis and proves the alternative, then one has a priori knowledge that however unlikely, this must have occurred. So we must turn to the science, which Mohr does get to, eventually, as we shall see.
Mohr writes, "Though it is true that no tall steel frame buildings ever collapsed due to fire alone prior to 9/11, since then, other tall steel framed buildings have." He is referring, of course, to WTC 7, which wasn't hit by a plane. It did suffer significant debris impact damage from the collapse of the North Tower, but the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the government agency responsible for the investigation into the building's collapse, acknowledged that the damage was neither an initiating nor determinative factor in the collapse. As the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) noted in its initial report, "Prior to September 11, 2001, there was little, if any, record of fire-induced collapse of large fire-protected steel buildings." Following up on FEMA's preliminary investigation, NIST noted in its final report that the collapse of WTC 7 "was the first known instance of the total collapse of a tall building primarily due to fires." Richard Gage has observed that in every instance where a tall building (that is, a steel-framed skyscraper) has collapsed with characteristics like those of WTC 7, it was a known controlled demolition.
But Mohr says that it has since occurred that "other tall steel framed buildings have" "collapsed due to fire alone". His example? "On May 13, 2008, a large part of the tall concrete-reinforced steel architecture tower at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands caught fire and thereafter had a very fast, nearly straight-down collapse mostly into its own footprint." The first problem with Mohr's example is that a reinforced concrete building is not a steel-framed building. Mohr is obviously unaware of the distinction between a building constructed with steel columns and beams (steel-framed) and a building constructed with concrete poured around reinforcing steel, or rebar (reinforced concrete). But let's have a closer look, anyways, just for fun. Below is an image from the FEMA report showing what WTC 7 looked like after its collapse.
A 47-story, steel-framed building collapsed completely and mostly into its own footprint. Now here's what the 13-story reinforced-concrete Faculty of Architecture building at Delft University looked like before it caught fire.
And here is what it looked like after what Mohr describes as its "very fast, nearly straight-down collapse mostly into its own footprint".
The first thing you just might possibly have noticed, if you were paying close attention, is that most of the building actually remained standing. The attentive viewer may have picked up on the fact that this doesn't at all resemble the debris pile of WTC 7. So, to review Mohr's record on this count, he falsely claims the Faculty of Architecture building was a steel-framed building before stating, oblivious to the distinction, that it was actually not. And then, by implication and by omission, he would have his readers believe the Faculty of Architecture building, like WTC 7, had collapsed completely and into its own footprint, when in it was just a partial collapse and most of the building remained standing. While Mohr asserted that "other tall steel framed buildings", plural, have since collapsed from fire, presuming this is his best example—or non-example, rather—we may dismiss his false claim and move on. It remains true that this had never happened before 9/11, and it has never happened since.
Mohr next addresses the "billions of iron microspheres" found in the dust from the collapse of the buildings. He gets a bit ahead of himself here addressing the iron-rich microspheres before addressing the finding of unreacted thermitic material in the dust, which he arrives at later. But what the reader needs to understand here is that such microspheres are a natural byproduct of the thermitic reaction (which we'll come to). Mohr simply dismisses the microspheres by asserting that if thermite and or nano-thermite was used to attack the steel structure to bring the building down, it "would leave tons of formerly melted iron blobs, not just microspheres." What is his basis for this statement? He doesn't say, but just leaves it at that. In fact, melted steel was recovered from WTC 7, which Mohr comes to next and we'll get to momentarily.
But before we come to that, Mohr suggests two possible sources for the microspheres. When the buildings were built in the 1970s and "workers welded thousands of steel beams together, hot microspheres were splattered everywhere." So maybe the workers didn't sweep up at the end of the day. And either the building janitors did a very lousy job of cleaning up over many decades or all of these billions of microspheres were hidden away inside the walls, which, to be fair, is perfectly plausible. But Steven E. Jones, Jeffrey Farrer, Gregory S. Jenkins, Frank Legge, James Gourley, Kevin Ryan, Daniel Farnsworth, and Crockett Grabbe studied the "high-iron, relatively low oxygen spheres" found in the WTC dust and found that they "are unlike spheres gathered from cutting structural steel with an oxyacetylene torch."
The second possibility Mohr suggests is that the fires in the buildings on 9/11 created the microspheres. He quotes a report from the R.J. Lee Group, Inc., which characterized the microspheres as being part of the "signature" of the WTC dust. Unlike Mohr, R.J. Lee did not suggest they were leftovers from the construction in the 1970s, but were created on 9/11, offering the following explanation, quoting Mohr's citation: "Considering the high temperatures reached during the destruction of the WTC … Iron-rich spheres … would be expected to be present in the Dust." Mohr actually cites the wrong R.J. Lee report, but R.J. Lee did suggest in another report that the fires in the buildings on 9/11 were the cause of the spheres. This is a significant error in that report, however, and apparently Mohr is as unaware as the report's authors that the melting point of iron is about 1535 °C, similar to that of structural steel at about 1538 °C, while, according to NIST's own estimation, the maximum temperature of any of the fires in any of the WTC buildings was about 1,000 °C, and of the steel samples is studied that had been exposed to the fires, NIST found "no evidence of exposure to temperatures above 600 °C for any significant time." Doh!
"What about the sulfidized steel that melted and that FEMA found but which NIST ignored in their report?" Mohr next asks. He answers, "NIST didn't ignore it." Rather, "NIST determined that neither piece came from a supporting column in the collapse zone so it couldn't have contributed to the collapse." Mohr offers his readers a link to World Trade Center Disaster Study page of the NIST website, leaving his readers to search for this supposed information among the many thousands of pages from the many dozens of individual reports it produced that collectively make up this study. But it's an obvious non-sequitur, whether coming from NIST or not, given the fact that beams, girders, and floor trusses in fact played a significant role in the collapses of the three buildings according to NIST's own hypotheses for each. So all Mohr really offers is evidence of a cover up and scientific fraud (more of which we'll also come to).
Mohr also fails to explain that of the two steel samples referred to, one came from one of the Twin Towers, but the other came from WTC 7. So what did NIST have to say about the steel sample recovered from WTC 7? Why, contrary to Mohr's false assertion, NIST simply ignored it, claiming that "no steel was recovered from WTC 7" (NCSTAR 1-3, pp. iii, xliv, 115)! Doh!
Mohr adds that "Sulfidized steel melts at temperatures 1000° lower than regular steel so it could have 'melted' in a regular office fire." Mohr would apparently have his readers believe that the steel used to build WTC 7 was "sulfidized steel" with a lower melting point than "regular steel", by which he presumably means structural steel. But this was structural steel. What Mohr is really talking about is the finding of Barnett's team at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, included as Appendix C of the FEMA report, that there had been "a severe high temperature corrosion attack on the steel, including oxidation and sulfidation with subsequent intergranular melting". At temperatures approaching 1,000 °C, "which is substantially lower than would be expected for melting this steel", a "eutectic mixture of iron, oxygen, and sulfur" was formed that "liquefied the steel". Office fires just don't do that to structural steel.
What was this eutectic mixture that melted the steel, and where did the sulfur come from? Mohr doesn't trouble himself to actually offer any kind of explanation. Barnett's team noted, "No clear explanation for the source of the sulfur has been identified." The New York Times called these findings "Perhaps the deepest mystery uncovered in the investigation". So did the sulfur come from the gypsum wallboard that is used to provide fire resistance to the building? That question answers itself. Sulfur in gypsum is in the form of calcium sulfate (CaSO4·2H2O) and not iron sulfide (FeS), so one would have to explain how the gypsum could have reacted with other materials at high temperatures in order to free the sulfur to produce iron sulfide. To date, there remains no explanation for this "deepest mystery" that is consistent with the fire-induced collapse hypothesis.
Stephen E. Jones and others have observed, however, that sulfur can be added to thermite to produce thermate, with the addition of sulfur effectively lowering the melting point of the steel. Jonathan H. Cole, P.E., performed a series of experiments with thermate and was able to reproduce similar results as observed with the WTC 7 sample.
Mohr next comes to the unreacted thermitic material found in the dust, where he addresses the findings of a team of scientists led by Dr. Niels Harrit of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, which were published in the peer-reviewed Open Chemical Physics Journal. (Mohr forgot to provide a link for his readers to go and read the paper for themselves, so here you go). Mohr doesn't actually address most of the findings of Harrit, et al. He never tried to reproduce their experiments to verify or falsify their findings. Instead, he simply suggests that they should have also done additional experiments that they didn't do. We could get into these other tests Mohr thinks should have been done, but it isn't necessary; it suffices to observe that Mohr also didn't perform these additional experiments he thinks would be required to be absolutely certain that the substance found in the dust is nanothermite. Instead, he simply seems to presume that if these additional tests were conducted, they would falsify their findings. But that is not science. (It should also be pointed out that Harrit, et al, stated explicitly that further studies should be conducted to better understand the nature of these materials, but found that those tests they did perform were sufficient to conclude with reasonable certainty that the material was nano-thermite.)
Mohr's best effort to challenge their actual findings is to say that "They compared the sudden energy spike of their burning chips with the spikes of known nanothermites, and found that their chips ignited at around 150° C. [sic] lower than the known nanothermites, and the energy release was off between their chips and the nanothermites by a factor of at least two. Yet they called this a match for nanothermite!" Turning to their paper, Harrit, et al, found that "the red/gray chips from different WTC samples all ignited in the range of 415-435 °C" when thermal analysis was conducted by heating the chips using a differential scanning calorimeter. They stated that "Ordinary thermite ignites at a much higher temperature (about 900 °C or above) … than super-thermite [a.k.a. nano-thermite]." Mohr doesn't say where he gets his information for the temperature at which nanothermite ignites, but turning to the source provided by Harrit, et al, for the statement just quoted, we find that "The ignition point of the traditional thermite material is ~325 °C higher than that for the nanocomposite." Thus, we may deduce that nano-thermite ignites at about 575 °C. This is presumably where Mohr gets his "around 150 °C" difference between the ignition point of the chips found in the dust and "known nanothermites".
One problem here is that Harrit, et al, were dealing with an apparently theretofore unknown nano-thermite with a different composition from the "known" source. But the main point to take away from this, as the source cited states, is "that the nanostructured energetics … are much easier to ignite and burn much more rapidly than the conventional thermite composites." Thus, ultimately, Mohr's observation only serves to reinforce the finding of Harrit, et al, that the thermitic material found was not conventional thermite, but some kind of nano-thermite.
Mohr also doesn't provide a source for his assertion about the energy yield of nano-thermite, but as to his assertion that the material found in the dust was off "by a factor of at least two", turning to the Harrit, et al, paper, they state that the energy release for each sample varied, with the yields "estimated to be approximately 1.5, 3, 6, and 7.5 kJ/g, respectively." They explain this by noting, "Variations in peak height as well as yield estimates are not surprising, since the mass used to determine the scale of the signal … included the gray layer", which "was found to consist mostly of iron oxide so that it probably does not contribute to the exotherm, and yet this layer varies greatly in mass from chip to chip."
They also noted that these reactions produce iron-rich microspheres like those that are part of the "signature" of the WTC dust.
Mohr suggests that attempts to replicate the findings of Harrit, et al, have been "dismal". He says Mark Basile made the same "error" of not performing the additional experiments Mohr thinks would be required to prove beyond any doubt the material is nano-thermite, and that he didn't measure the energy released. And yet Basile was nevertheless able to replicate their principle findings that from which it could be reasonably determined that the chips were unreacted thermitic material. Mohr writes that a "chemist named Frédéric Henry-Couannier got another dust sample from the original experimenters and wrote, 'Eventually the presence of nanothermite could not be confirmed.'" Yet Henry-Couannier also noted the "chemical composition of layers" of the red/gray chips found in the dust was "roughly confirmed" by his own study and was "Compatible with the nanothermite hypothesis". He was not able to ignite any of his chips, however. He concluded that there were two possibilities, that either the chips "are from nanothermite that were deactivated in all my samples" or that Harrit, et al, were deceived or disinformation agents whose work is intended "to protect the secrecy of the genuine destruction technology at the origine of red chips and up to thousand tons of molten iron in the dust" (sic). Whoa. What was that? He continues: "The numerous metallic microsphers at the surface of some of these chips point toward an obvious link with a high power density process hence certainly related to the destruction technology employed to bring down the towers." Whoa. Note that Mohr doesn't disclose that Henry-Couannier is a conspiracy theorist who seems to think that some kind of directed energy beam weapon, some "new highly powerful weapons" developed by the U.S. Department of Defense, was used to destroy the WTC buildings. Moreover, while Henry-Couanier on one hand says he could not get the chips to ignite, and that there was "no evidence of molten iron production" when he heated them, also suggests that the "red-red chips" he studied didn't ignite because they "are just fragments originating from red-grey chips that already reacted at the WTC and for this reason cannot react anymore", and then seemingly contradicts himself by stating that the chips "can even burst [sic] when heated and expel iron rich particles, even microspheres which often seem to appear at their surface." Whew! Little wonder Mohr doesn't want to go there.
Mohr lastly states that the R.J. Lee Group "didn't find thermitic material". But what he really means to say is that R.J. Lee never tested any of the material it found in the dust to determine whether any of it was thermitic or not. NIST, incidentally, also has admitted that it never looked for evidence of thermitic materials, offering as explanation the logic that since it was "unlikely" any such evidence existed, there was no point in looking for it. (No, really. No kidding. You couldn't make this stuff up.)
So now we come to some more really fun stuff. Mohr next address the fires in WTC 7, saying that "conspiracists like to show an NYPD photograph of small fires on the north face of Building 7." His point is not exactly clear, but presumably he means to say that "conspiracy theorists" argue that the fires in WTC 7 were not that significant. Let us stipulate there were very serious fires in WTC 7. Mohr writes, "NIST reported that many fires burned themselves out in 20-40 minutes and then moved on. The fires left behind not only burned out areas, but structurally weakened areas as the beams and columns expanded, sagged, and contracted again." Okay, so what's his point? Well, essentially, that fire did the trick of bringing down WTC 7 in the manner in which it came down. The problem with this argument is that it is false.
We'll come to free-fall shortly, but the fundamental point Mohr fails to address is that NIST's fire-induced collapse hypothesis requires—bear with me here—that there be fires burning in the northeast corner of the twelfth floor in order to cause the thermal expansion of 13th floor beams, which pushed a girder off of its seat at critical Column 79, causing a series of cascading floor failures that caused Column 79 to buckle and fail due to the lack of lateral support, which led to a progressive series of column failures that resulted in a "global collapse" where the entire structure fell "as a single unit". Got that? There are numerous problems with this hypothesis, but when it comes to the fires in WTC 7, there's one problem in particular that stands out, which is that according to NIST's own analysis of the available photographic and video evidence, the fire on the 12th floor had already burned through the northwest area and had moved on to the western end of the building by the time of its collapse at 5:20 p.m (NCSTAR 1-9 Vol. 1, Chapter 5). So how did NIST deal with this little problem? Simple! They ignored their own evidence and falsified the data they input into their computer model by inserting raging fires in the northeast area of the 12th floor at the time of collapse. Mohr makes no effort to address this fatal flaw in the fire-induced collapse hypothesis or the evidence off scientific fraud on the part of NIST.
Mohr next discusses the fact that BBC reporter Jane Standley announced that WTC 7 had collapsed before it had yet done so and while it was visible still standing right behind her. CNN and Reuters also reported the collapse before it had actually occurred. Mohr addresses this by chalking it up to reporter error and saying, "It is not hard to imagine how such mistakes could be made, especially when there is no time to sift through and analyze fast-moving information." Fair enough. No doubt, particularly imaginative readers may well be able to come up with a plausible explanation for how a 47-story skyscraper could mistakenly be reported by numerous news agencies to have collapsed before it actually had collapsed.
Mohr next quotes firefighters who said they thought that WTC 7 would collapse due to the debris impact damage it sustained and from the fires. Yet, again, NIST itself acknowledged that the impact damage was neither an initiating nor determinative factor in the collapse, and its own photographic and video evidence showing that the fire had already burned out in the northeast area of the 12th floor is fatal to its fire-induced collapse hypothesis.
Finally, Mohr comes to the free-fall collapse of WTC 7. He saved the best for last, and we can have some real fun with this one. He notes that NIST acknowledged that WTC 7 "collapsed 'at gravitational acceleration' for eight stories over 2.25 seconds." So how does Mohr deal with free-fall? He offers a convoluted explanation that in part relies on NIST, but which also departs from their findings. This requires a bit of background information and explanation, but briefly: Where he relies upon NIST is their finding that over the first 18 stories, the "global collapse"—that is, the collapse of the entire building "as a single unit", which occurs after an initial collapse within the core as indicated by the east penthouse falling below the visible roofline—occurred in three stages. However, NIST's "Stage 1", the first 1.75 seconds of global collapse, never really happened. What NIST was measuring to create the illusion of a "Stage 1" of collapse was observed movement towards the center of the roofline on the north face of the building, from a video shot from street level and looking upward at the building. After the penthouse begins to descend, movement of the roofline is visible. However, this movement is not indicative of the onset of global collapse, but rather due to the fact that as the core collapsed under the east penthouse, the northern façade was pulled inward. The observed movement of the roofline was not indicative of downward, but of lateral displacement of the roofline. In truth, global collapse began with a sudden onset of free-fall, NIST's "Stage 2" of collapse. During Stage 3, WTC 7 was at near free-fall as it encountered resistance from the structure below.
Translated into meaningful terms, Mohr effectively argues that as the core columns collapsed, it pulled the perimeter columns inward, so that they "snapped like a stick", and as each perimeter column "snapped" the load it was carrying shifted to other columns. This all occurred "over about two seconds", he says, alluding to NIST's false claim of a 1.75 second "Stage 1" of collapse. Mohr departs from NIST when he comes to the 2.25 seconds of free-fall. He acknowledges that free-fall occurred, but says, "Free-fall collapse speed [sic] does not mean no resistance, it means no net resistance." What he means is that in addition to the downward force of gravity and the upward force of resistance offered by the load-bearing steel columns, there was also the "variable leveraged downward forces due to connections to other parts of the building." Got that? So what he is saying is the connections between the perimeter columns and the interior of the building provided a downward force additional to the force of gravity. Got that? So gravity plus the downward force provided by the connections between the perimeter columns and the interior. Thus, according to this argument, if the core of the building was collapsing at the acceleration of gravity, the beams connecting the core to perimeter columns would provide a downward force additional to the force of gravity, so that the perimeter columns would collapse at a rate of acceleration even greater than free-fall. That is to say that the beams were doing work as they collapsed. Of course, Mohr argues that since there was no controlled demolition, the perimeter columns did offer resistance to the collapse, but that the beams connecting the core to the perimeter columns "functioned as levers" providing a force additional to the force of gravity upon the columns, so that the net resistance was zero. If that doesn't make any sense to you, don't worry, that's not an indication that Mohr's knowledge of physics is vastly superior to yours, but that you just recognize how ridiculous this argument is. Mohr is essentially saying that the building threw itself downward with forces additional to the force of gravity.
So how did the beams do this work? What force was applied to them to cause them to act as "levers"? Where did this energy come from? And a lever requires a fulcrum, so what was the fulcrum in this case? And remember that a lever works by providing force at one end so that it applies force on the other end in the opposite direction. How does a "lever" that is accelerating downward at one end apply a force at the other end so that it accelerates downward at an even greater rate?
Setting aside the asinine nonsense, what does free-fall acceleration actually mean for WTC 7? Turning to Newton's laws of motion and the law of conservation of energy, what it means is that all of the building's potential energy was converted to kinetic energy, which means that there was no energy available to do the work of buckling columns (that is, overcoming the resistance of the columns) as required by the fire-induced collapse hypothesis. That is to say that free-fall absolutely disproves the official explanation for the collapse of WTC 7. For free-fall to occur, all of the buildings load-bearing columns had have offered zero resistance to the force of gravity, which means they had to have been cut, and there are no two ways about it.
Mohr ends by asking a bunch of "If … then …." questions. Most seem directed at the Twin Towers, but addressing those with some relevance also to the collapse of WTC 7:
If 4500 degree nanothermites were used to pulverize almost every inch of every concrete floor, then how could there have been millions of sheets of paper with an ignition temperature of only 451° raining down on the sidewalks?
This is a strawman argument. To my knowledge, nobody has suggested that nano-thermite was used "to pulverize almost every inch of every concrete floor". To bring the building down, the steel load-bearing columns would have to be cut and gravity would do the rest. No nano-thermite or explosives would be used on the floors at all. Any use of nano-thermite would be targeted at the connections or the columns themselves.
If 4500 degree nanothermites were used extensively even at the top to cause a supposed upward explosion, then why were first responders able to walk over the wreckage less than an hour after the Tower collapses?
This refers to the Twin Towers and not WTC 7, but it should be noted that the debris was so hot in some places that the soles of workers' boots melted and steel toes would heat up to unbearable temperatures. Doh!
If there were 2800 degree rivers of molten steel in the debris, then why do NASA thermal images show maximum temperatures in the rubble of only 1400°?
NASA's thermal images only recorded surface temperatures, implying significantly higher temperatures under the debris. Mohr doesn't mention it, but there are also numerous credible eyewitness reports as well as photographic evidence of molten steel in the debris piles. And, as Mohr already acknowledged, samples of steel that had been melted were in fact recovered from the debris.
If the debris pile had 2800 degree temperatures, then why were firefighters able to pour millions of gallons of water all over it and not trigger the deadly thermal explosions that are caused when water comes in contact with molten steel or iron?
In fact, firefighters did have to take care in their efforts because there was indeed a danger "that applying water to cool the steel could cause a steam explosion that would propel nearby objects with deadly force", as the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety & Health Administration noted in a report on the dangers of the Ground Zero worksite. Doh! The real question is: How, if firefighters poured millions of gallons of water, as well as the chemical fire suppressant Pyrocool, in addition to several rainfalls, did fires continue to burn within the debris piles for months?
If the lateral ejection of beams were caused by explosive nanothermites, then there would have been deafening 140 db sounds that can't be muffled by more than a few db or you lose the explosive force of the shock wave itself.
This is again with reference to the Twin Towers, but still relevant, if nano-thermite was used in WTC 7. Mohr offers no source for his claim that nano-thermite would create "deafening 140 db sounds" when ignited. But the clue here is his reference to "the explosive force of the shock wave itself". With conventional explosives used in controlled demolitions, like RDX, it is the pressure of the explosion that cuts through steel columns. With thermitic materials, however, it isn't a high-pressure "shock wave", but the exothermic reaction that melts through the steel. One patented device designed to employ thermitic materials for applications including demolition notes that a "primary disadvantage" of conventional demolition charges "is that they generate excessive noise and debris upon detonation", while "Thermite-based cutting devises which employ a cutting flame produce relatively little over pressure." While regular thermite is an incendiary, as the Department of Defense points out, nano-thermite has the potential for uses in "high-power, high-energy composite explosives". But nano-thermite is "explosive" because of the great amount of energy it releases, not via high pressure "shock waves", but via the even more energetic and more rapid exothermic reaction compared to regular thermite.
If there had been large explosions prior to the collapse, then they would have been a part of the seismic record, and they were not.
This is a non-sequitur. Mohr repeats the same fallacy, apparently assuming thermitic materials would "explode" in the sense that they would create a high-pressure "shock wave". If conventional explosives were also used in conjunction with thermite, fewer would be required. And the fact is that there were explosions taking place that were documented on video. Many eyewitnesses reported explosions, explosions were captured on the audio of a number of videos, news reporters talked about explosions taking place well after the collapse of the Twin Towers, and there was speculation by some reporters live on air that these were cars exploding after having caught fire as a result of the collapses. It may be that there was some other such source of the explosions, but one can hardly deny that they took place. Two distinct explosions can be heard in the audio track of one video of WTC 7 immediately prior to the observable collapse of the east penthouse.


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No matter where are you from, you must be quite familiar with tomato. This is because tomato is one common vegetable all over the world. However, if people have end stage renal disease (ESRD), they need to pay their attention to tomato consumption.
Generally, if patients have several conditions, they should eat fewer tomatoes.
In ESRD, kidneys are unable to filter blood and do their works normally. In this case, extra potassium and phosphorus will build up in the blood, and then patients will have high potassium and phosphorus level. Tomato is rich in both potassium and phosphorus, so these patients had better avoid this food. Besides, if they have gastrointestinal tract problem like diarrhea, they should also limit the intake of tomato.
If patients can eat tomato, they can get the following benefits.
Tomato is one source of vitamin C, vitamin B, calcium, iron, dietary fibers, malic acid, and citric acid. All of these nutrients are beneficial for ESRD patients with the following effects.
1. Ease anemia
As impaired kidneys can not secrete enough erythropoietin and prompt the body to absorb enough iron, patients will have anemia easily. Eating tomatoes can help alleviate patients' anemia through supplementing iron.
2. Anti-inflammation
It is reported that more than 85% of kidney disease is related to immune disorder. Tomato can reduce inflammation in the body. This benefit is good for ESRD patients.
3. Prevent heart disease
For ESRD patients, heart disease is the main cause of death. Because tomatoes can lower blood pressure and high blood cholesterol, it can help reduce the risk of heart disease.
Now, we have known the benefits and side effects of tomatoes for ESRD patients. If you want to know whether you can eat tomatoes or not, you can send your test report to email@example.com. Then, kidney experts here will give you the answer.


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When you start a blog with a free blogging service, you don't get your own domain. In this case, your biggest decision will be whether you want to host the blog yourself, or use a free blogging service that is hosted for you. When you start a blog with a free blogging service, you don't get your own domain, you have no way to take your readers with you, because you have no control over the site. You may find that hosting your own blog is far better and is a very important factor in maintaining your online freedom.
Self hosted blogs are good because you get your own domain and you can fill it with very accessible URLs. You can create yourself some of the most user friendly and SEO friendly web address on the web using cheapest domain name registration. This is the option I suggest, because it offers much more flexibility and freedom to do what you want. You will have your own domain name, like cybervally.com. You can get this for as little as $10 per year. In my experience, WordPress is excellent free blog software that allows you flexibility and freedom to grow.
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|Review: Angantyr/Nasheim - Angantyr / Nasheim split CD
|Angantyr / Nasheim split CD
Label: Northern Silence Productions
Year released: 2007
Duration: 52:25
Tracks: 4
Genre: Black Metal
Review online: November 9, 2007
Reviewed by: Pagan Shadow
for:Angantyr / Nasheim split CD
Rated 5/5 (100%) (2 Votes)
I keep saying that I enjoy split albums because they present us with two or three artists, with exclusive work on one single CD. It's no different this time with Angantyr / Nasheim. I knew Angantyr already for having reviewed their 2007 release Haevn but Nasheim on the other hand, was a pleasant encounter. Angantyr is a solo project from Ynlebongaz who is also the man behind Make a Change...Kill Yourself, which I also had the chance to work on earlier this year. Agantyr creates a somewhat raw but melodic Black Metal by making a freezing use of rasps and wicked vocals as well as distorted guitars in a mostly fast musical structure. Middle track Edsvoren is a longer lasting composition, more in the vein of his side project Make a Change... since the pace is moderate and the mood more depressive, woven by distorted / melancholic arpeggios and leads.
Counterpart Nasheim have composed a long lasting pleasure clocking in at 25:14. Three years in the making, Sövande Mjöd Vill Jag Tomma brings the listener through a wide array of emotions, besides the usual Black Metal grimness. One can be charmed by the clean guitar work of the intro, absorbed by the long musical interludes, puzzled by a few psychedelic passages or thrilled by a freezing doom segment with crunchy echoing riffs. Epic, crafty and varied Black Metal arts, much to my liking.
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Hungry Is a Mighty Fine Sauce Cookbook
Format: Spiral bound
Vendor: Shiloh Run Press
Publication Date: October 01, 2016
Number of Pages: 224
Dimensions: 9.00 × 6.00 (inches)
I'm Shellie. . .a Jesus loving, story stacking cook known as The Belle of All Things Southern. I'm having something of a family reunion, and I'm inviting all of you to join me--from close friends and second cousins, to my loyal radio listeners, beloved readers, and anyone else who stumbles across our get-together!
My specialty is delicious food born from a legacy of love and southern heritage, broken down into simple steps anyone can follow. Whether it's my Bodacious Black Bean Salad or Fresh Veggie Frittata, Spicy Sausage and Crawfish Spread or Fudge Nut Muffins, my recipes will satisfy your hungry group and keep them coming back for more. Hungry is a Mighty Fine Sauce is a collection of lip-smacking, rib-sticking dishes served with generous helpings of conversation because I truly believe the best meals come with a story.
Featuring dozens of tried-and-true recipes complemented by entertaining stories, your hunger--and your craving for humor--are sure to be satisfied! Eye-catching photos, guaranteed to make your mouth water, are included throughout. . .sure to be a much-appreciated gift or centerpiece on your very own kitchen countertop.


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Airports are expensive. European ones more so. I do poor mental math in my head, but seeing 4 euros for a tea is a rip-off even in dollars.
We leave France on our Air India flight. It's mostly empty compared to the previous flight. Most of the passengers are Indians heading home.
For dinner, we're served a heated rice and paneer dish, marrinated carrot and cashew salad and then the usual assortment of airplane stuff (cold salad, bun, stick of butter). It had some kick to it, even if it's about what you'd expect from a food court or one of the ten dozen lower end Indian places by Concordia. But on a flight? Forget what I said about the earlier noodles on Air Canada. Air India so far offers the best food so far.
I drone in and out of consciousness most of the flight. Trying to sleep sitting up, sometimes stretching out on the seat beside me. Elsewhere, the other passengers know the drill. Before supper was collected, they started spreading out and claiming the empty rows. Half an hour later, every row is taken by someone conked out and snoring.
When we start our descent, I catch glimpses of the Punjab from the portal window. The earth down below looks cracked and dry like the back of your hand in winter. Only it's redder. As we land in Delhi, it reminds me of when I was in California: arid and dry. The weather is a pleasant 25 outside.
Once past security (some 40 minutes later… small line, but one door to walk through with the scanners.) we putz around the glitz-duty free section. Ads for Johnny Walker bombard you everywhere you look, shouting deals if you buy multiple bottles at once.
We try to connect to the internet in vain for ten minutes. The system is not favoured for foreigners. Sign up for the free 60 minutes and the service will text you a password to access it. Assuming you have service overseas. We end up at the help desk instead.
Three hours until the next flight. I realize I'm always hungry because I have no idea when I ate last or what time it is and whether I should be eating right now.
We head upstairs and the food court offers more entertaining choices than anything back home: Idli.com, Spicy Treats, a Thai and Chinese Wok pit that offers massies lunches for under 300 rp ($6), but my eyes are all on the McDonalds.
One delivious McVeggie burger later, Purna and I are treating ourselves to idli (spongy rice cakes which) and dipping them into the lunchroom sambar (soupy, spicy lentil sauce). In all, we fed ourselves for under $10 taxes included. Not bad for a food court at an airport.
Waiting for the terminals, there's a giant copper statue head of the Buddha. People pass by and pose, most of them wildly, as the stoic face stares ahead silently.
Nearby, there's a flight to Kabul and I realize that's the most Afghanis I will ever see together at one time this life.
I was warned about the washrooms in India. In each stall there's a hose. For your ass. There might be toiler paper if you're lucky. I'm too old to learn something new.
We fly again, this time in constant, endearing turbulence. I'm asleep more than I'm awake, but my dreams have a way of sounding like the voices of the people sitting beside me.
We land in Calcutta. The air seeps through the tunnel leading into the airport. It hits me like a hot, wet rag. The humidity never really goes away even inside with the AC.
At the e-Visa tourism desk where I go to pass customs, there's a party of 6 from Vietnam ahead of me. The man behind the desk sighs loudly and tries to keep order, asking them to approach one at a time and keep the other 5 behind the yellow line. But they're too busy chatting and dancing to the music in the lobby. Half of them forgot to fill out the customs form on the plane, so the man behind the desk slowly repeats what the words mean to them as they fill out the forms. "Good enough," he says, looking ready to give up.
Outside the airport, we meet with her brother Udit and her father Partha. We piled into a car and start the hour drive into the city. We take the bypass around the major congested areas, but we're still never going more than 40 an hour. Cars, scooters, autos, buses, people on bikes, and pedestrians without two craps to give, fill the streets. There's less honking than in Vietnam, but fewer square inches of free space between the vehicles and people.
From the highway, several stories up, the city subrbs is mostly dark on either side of the road. It reminds me of a power outage, but that's just the way some sections are. The odd light in a room or apartment, but none of the glow or light pollution. Deeper in, closer to the more developed areas, there's more lights and glamour, especially around the malls. Stores that glow in complete constrast to the roadside stores and lots we pass along the way.


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I am not a lefty but have a friend who is, and is intrigued, I'm not sure if by fountain pens or just worried about my sanity with (only) 25 inks and pens. I have read and watched videos about lefties and writing, pushing vs pulling, my sincere commiserations, I didn't know it could be such an ordeal.
I have some specific questions, in particular for lefty overwriters:
- What is your favorite pen (fountain or other)? Why?
- I've read about the advantages of quicker drying inks; do you prefer rollerballs? Gel pens?
- Are there more comfortable pens for lefty overwriters? What aspects to look for? Cushioned sections?
- More expensive pens seem to be fountain pen variants: do these make sense ergonomically for lefties? For instance a Pelikan Souverain or Parker Sonnet rollerball.
- Any lefties using Sheaffer Triumhps or Pilots with WA nibs ("upturned"or "Waverly type" nibs)? Do these work for you?
- Strictly stick to quickly drying paper? No Clairefontaine for you?
- Is it worth the hassle? Just get a cheap gel pen and forget about it?
- Any other aspects I should look into?
I am doing this as if it were an analysis of consumer experiences, following specific goals (design, comfort, practicality, statement pen). Budget is $100 USD.


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Is Infidelity In Our DNA?
We are taught that monogamy is natural and morally correct and that cheating or having multiple partners is wrong. Some people, including experts in psychology and evolutionary science, argue that monogamy isn't natural, that it is a learned behavior. Are we pair-bonders? Or are we designed to stray? Among all mammal species, fewer than 10 percent form lifelong partner attachments. It may just be that straying from a partner is in our human DNA. Or is it?
The Evolutionary Argument Against Monogamy
In some ways it seems like bonding with one partner for life would be an advantage. A strong bond between two partners would make for a good environment for raising offspring. Being able to trust each other and caring about each other provides stability and security. On the other hand, by sleeping around, a male animal is able to father more offspring. In the game of natural selection, producing more offspring is generally the goal. For female animals, having multiple partners would provide her offspring with greater genetic diversity. This too could be an evolutionary advantage.
Why Are We Monogamous?
The arguments for multiple partners seem to outweigh monogamy. So why do we do it? Isn't it more natural not to be monogamous? Researchers have studied monkeys and apes to find the answer. The rate of monogamy is higher in primate species than in mammals generally. A few reasons why we may have evolved to stick with one partner have come to light.
In certain bird species, a male will mate with his primary female and devote most of his time and attention to her and their offspring. But, he will also take time to go out and mate with other female birds nearby. He doesn't help them raise the baby birds, but he does give them the benefit of his genes. Primates live in more spread-out areas. It may be that traveling from one female to another is not reasonable. For the bird, it's easy and fast. For a monkey, it is a waste of energy.
Another idea that has come from the research of primates is that monogamy is a way to protect against infanticide. In many species it is common for an adult male to kill the offspring of another male. By pair-bonding, a male is better able to protect his female and their offspring from other, murderous males.
Monogamy In Humans
What you may be surprised to hear is that monogamy in humans is cultural and mating styles are flexible. The majority of human cultures are not actually monogamous. There are cultures in which men have many wives and others in which women take multiple husbands. In still others, having affairs is considered a part of life. Maybe the question of infidelity, then, is one of Western culture and not of evolution.
Many evolutionary scientists agree that we never evolved to practice strict monogamy. We did, however, evolve to develop strong one-on-one bonds. Doing so is important to survival, and an inevitable consequence might be at least some practice of monogamy. When two people become close, it is natural to be able to hurt each other by getting close to others.
To say infidelity is in our genes may not be totally accurate. What is true is that how humans develop relationships and how we behave in them is flexible. It is an important topic to discuss, but the naturalness of cheating should never be used as an excuse to hurt someone you love.


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PAYE Umbrella Companies.
A few years back there were a number of different ways for contractors to manage their money, but thanks to recent changes in legislation, these days there are really only two options – limited companies or umbrella companies.
What are Umbrella Companies?
Umbrella companies are limited companies that employ contractors and handle all contractor accounting.
This service includes all your PAYE payroll, pension schemes, invoicing, and National Insurance Contributions.
Using an umbrella company can save you creating your own limited company, hiring an accountant, or dealing with HMRC.
The Advantages to Umbrella Companies.
When joining an umbrella company, you're handing over all accounting to a third party. This frees up your time to focus on the jobs and day-to-day work. This frees up a lot of time, so naturally lots of contractors sign up.
The type of responsibilities that an umbrella company will handle include:
- Income Taxes
- National Insurance Contributions
- Invoicing to Clients
- Administration & Paperwork
However, there are other benefits for joining an umbrella company. One major benefit is being freed up from any risks or legal issues to do with limited company contracting - including IR35. You will also benefit from employment laws including holiday and sick pay - as well as maternity or paternity leave.
You can find out more from in our article about what do umbrella companies offer?
How This Differs from Limited Companies?
There are some contractors who earn in excess of £300 per day and prefer handling paperwork themselves. The major benefit for owning your own limited company will be more expenses and flat rate VAT schemes.
However, more recently contractors are making the switch to umbrella companies. There is extra flexibility given to you as an employee that wouldn't be granted as an employer. You can choose to work short periods, on and off, or go away and come back again whenever you please. This can be difficult if you're a limited company.
You can read more about differences between umbrella companies vs limited companies in our recent article. Alternatively, contact us directly for impartial advice.
Joining an Umbrella Company.
To join an umbrella company, start with a simple phone call, email or a form to the chosen company. Afterwards you will need to sign an employment contract between the umbrella company as 'employer' and yourself as 'employee.'
The contractor then starts working as normal and at the end of each week (or month), they sign off a time sheet by the people contracting them. This sheet is then sent to their employer.
It will then fall down to your umbrella company to take care of invoicing to the client, collecting the money, deducting your claimed expenses and their National Insurance Contributions, before making payment via PAYE payroll.


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Friday, September 30, 2011
Going Mobile
This week's Hot Card is a little ray of pink sunshine coming from our friends at R.S.V.P. in Roslyn, New York. The original inspiration comes from our Essentials album and is featured there on an A8-size baby shower card. The concept was then transformed into an adorable soft pink and brown custom baby girl announcement. The die-cut mobile was made a little bit smaller to accommodate the A2-size card (at no additional cost) and the colors were changed for the baby girl (no additional cost as well). The rhinestone is also a nice addition to create another layer of texture and sparkle. The thank-you note and return address labels correspond with the announcement by pulling in the heart from the mobile. Overall, this is one of our favorite birth announcements!
-- Megan @ L.V.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Captain Verde
While we're all waiting for Thor to change up the weather around these parts (the film The Avengers is currently filming in and around Cleveland), let's fast-forward a bit to a season known as "Holiday" in the stationery world. Our 2011 Holiday Update is finally out in the big, wide world, and it offers some amazing designs and new stylings. We're also rolling out our brand-new letterpress designs, which add a great depth to our already-custom die-cuts. Let us know what you think!
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