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From the previous blog, Wearable Technology: Problem Solving Approach?, I decided to continue with the UV detector idea. The idea is pretty simple, to make a wearable technology that can tell you if you get too much sunlight. Previously, I wanted to make an accessory like a wristband. But after got feedback from Jingwen and thought about what kind of wearable that people usually wear outside, I decided to make a hat that can tell you how much UV light you get during the day. Here's the sketch what I want to make.
For this wearable tech, I'm using Flora UV Index Sensor for the UV light detector, and Adafruit Flora v2 as the microcontroller.
I'm using Flora UV Index Sensor because it's compatible with Adafruit Flora and very easy to use. It has Flora's library. All I needed was only download the Adafruit_SI1145 Library, and all set. I followed the tutorial of Flora UV Index Sensor and it was very easy to setup.
For this Phase 1, I just connected the UV sensor to Flora and read the UV light value. Then I set up the threshold, if the value pass the threshold, an LED will light up.
For the next phase, I'm going to attach the Flora, UV sensor, and LEDs to a hat. I'll need at least 2 LEDs, a yellow one and a red one. Yellow LED will light up when the user get medium amount of UV light, and red LED will light up when the user is in danger because of too much UV light.


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Sausage and Apple Casserole
Pre-heat the oven to 200°C, 400°F, Gas Mark 6.
Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the sausages, onion, carrots and Sage until browned. Add the flour and cook for 1 minute.
Blend in the stock, tomato purée and vinegar. Bring to the boil, stirring. Transfer to an ovenproof casserole dish, cover and bake for 30 minutes. Stir in the apple and cook for a further 5-10 minutes.

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March 2, 2018
I am all about gratitude. Every morning after I wake, I whisper "thank you" three times for getting the chance to live another day. Yeah, probably should've mentioned that one to my hubby; the first couple of times I started doing that, he thought I was possessed. I feel very fortunate. Every day, I reflect on three things … More Grateful This day is THROUGH


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Thank you for your interest in becoming a volunteer in our community!
Below are links to some of our upcoming special events. Please let us know if you have a preference for type of volunteer work as we have a need for everything from helping in our booths at events, passing directories out in the community, taking tickets at beer gardens and event rides....you name it!


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These facts were posted by Amanda Harlech, in response to commenters on Gothamist, with regard to the horrific killings in Roslyn Heights, New York. I really think it's worth a read.
Fact #1: 17.6 % of women in the United States have survived a completed or attempted rape. Of these, 21.6% were younger than age 12 when they were first raped, and 32.4% were between the ages of 12 and 17. (Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women, Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey, November, 2000)
Fact #2: 64% of women who reported being raped, physically assaulted, and/or stalked since age 18 were victimized by a current or former husband, cohabiting partner, boyfriend, or date. (Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women, Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey, November, 2000)
Fact #3: Only about half of domestic violence incidents are reported to police. African-American women are more likely than others to report their victimization to police Lawrence A. Greenfeld et al. (1998). (Violence by Intimates: Analysis of Data on Crimes by Current or Former Spouses, Boyfriends, and Girlfriends. Bureau of Justice Statistics Factbook. Washington DC: U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ #167237. Available from National Criminal Justice Reference Service.)
Fact #4: The FBI estimates that only 37% of all rapes are reported to the police. U.S. Justice Department statistics are even lower, with only 26% of all rapes or attempted rapes being reported to law enforcement officials.
Fact #5: In the National Violence Against Women Survey, approximately 25% of women and 8% of men said they were raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner, or date in their lifetimes. The survey estimates that more than 300,000 intimate partner rapes occur each year against women 18 and older. (Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women, Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey, November, 2000)
Fact #6: The National College Women Sexual Victimization Study estimated that between 1 in 4 and 1 in 5 college women experience completed or attempted rape during their college years (Fisher 2000).
Fact #7: Men perpetrate the majority of violent acts against women (DeLahunta 1997).
Fact #8: Every two minutes, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted. (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) calculation based on 2000 National Crime Victimization Survey. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice)
Fact #9: One out of every six American women have been the victims of an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime. (Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences of Violence Against Women Survey, National Institute of Justice and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998)
Fact #10: Factoring in unreported rapes, about 5% – one out of twenty – of rapists will ever spend a day in jail. 19 out of 20 will walk free. (Probability statistics based on US Department of Justice Statistics)
Fact #11: Fewer than half (48%) of all rapes and sexual assaults are reported to the police (DOJ 2001).
Fact #12: Sexual violence is associated with a host of short- and long-term problems, including physical injury and illness, psychological symptoms, economic costs, and death (National Research Council 1996).
Fact #13: Rape victims often experience anxiety, guilt, nervousness, phobias, substance abuse, sleep disturbances, depression, alienation, sexual dysfunction, and aggression. They often distrust others and replay the assault in their minds, and they are at increased risk of future victimization (DeLahunta 1997).
Fact #14: According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, more than 260,000 rapes or sexual assaults occurred in 2000; 246,180 of them occurred among females and 14,770, among males (Department of Justice 2001).
Fact #15: Sexual violence victims exhibit a variety of psychological symptoms that are similar to those of victims of other types of trauma, such as war and natural disaster (National Research Council 1996). A number of long-lasting symptoms and illnesses have been associated with sexual victimization including chronic pelvic pain; premenstrual syndrome; gastrointestinal disorders; and a variety of chronic pain disorders, including headache, back pain, and facial pain (Koss 1992).Between 4% and 30% of rape victims contract sexually transmitted diseases as a result of the victimization (Resnick 1997).
Fact #16: More than half of all rapes of women occur before age 18; 22% occur before age 12. (Full Report of the Prevalance, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women, Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey, November, 2000)
Fact #17: In 2000, nearly 88,000 children in the United States experienced sexual abuse (ACF 2002).
Fact #18: About 81% of rape victims are white; 18% are black; 1% are of other races. (Violence Against Women, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1994.)
Fact #19: About half of all rape victims are in the lowest third of income distribution; half are in the upper two-thirds. (Violence against Women, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1994.)
Fact #20: According to the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (YRBSS), a national survey of high school students, 7.7% of students had been forced to have sexual intercourse when they did not want to. Female students (10%) were significantly more likely than male students (5%) to have been forced to have sexual intercourse. Overall, black students (10%) were significantly more likely than white students (7%) to have been forced to have sexual intercourse (CDC 2002).
Fact #21: Females ages 12 to 24 are at the greatest risk for experiencing a rape or sexual assault (DOJ 2001).
Fact #22: Almost two-thirds of all rapes are committed by someone who is known to the victim. 73% of sexual assaults were perpetrated by a non-stranger (— 38% of perpetrators were a friend or acquaintance of the victim, 28% were an intimate and 7% were another relative.) (National Crime Victimization Survey, 2005)
Fact #23: The costs of intimate partner violence against women exceed an estimated $5.8 billion. These costs include nearly $4.1 billion in the direct costs of medical care and mental health care and nearly $1.8 billion in the indirect costs of lost productivity and present value of lifetime earnings. (Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2003).
Fact #24: Domestic violence occurs in approximately 25-33% of same-sex relationships. (NYC Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, October 1996.)
Fact #25: Boys who witness their fathers' violence are 10 times more likely to engage in spouse abuse in later adulthood than boys from non-violent homes. (Family Violence Interventions for the Justice System, 1993)
Fact #26: An estimated 50,000 women and children are trafficked into the United States annually for sexual exploitation or forced labor. (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 2000)
Fact #27: Somewhere in America a woman is battered, usually by her intimate partner, every 15 seconds. (UN Study On The Status of Women, Year 2000)
Fact #28: A University of Pennsylvania research study found that domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to low-income, inner-city Philadelphia women between the ages of 15 to 44 – more common than automobile accidents, mugging and rapes combined. In this study domestic violence included injuries caused by street crime.
Fact #29: Following the Supreme Court's decision in 2000 to strike down the civil-rights provision of the Federal Violence Against Women Act (ruling that only states could enact such legislation), only two states in the country (Illinois and California) have defined gender-based violence, such as rape and domestic violence, as sex discrimination, and created specific laws that survivors can use to sue their perpetrators in civil court. (Kaethe Morris Hoffer, 2004).
Fact #30: A study reported in the New York Times suggests that one in five adolescent girls become the victims of physical or sexual violence, or both, in a dating relationship. (New York Times, 8/01/01)
Fact #31: At least 60 million girls who would otherwise be expected to be alive are "missing" from various populations, mostly in Asia, as a result of sex-selective abortions, infanticide or neglect. (UN Study On The Status of Women, Year 2000)
Fact #32: Globally, at least one in three women and girls is beaten or sexually abused in her lifetime. (UN Commission on the Status of Women, 2/28/00)
Fact #33: A recent survey by the Kenyan Women Rights Awareness Program revealed that 70% of those interviewed said they knew neighbors who beat their wives. Nearly 60% said women were to blame for the beatings. Just 51% said the men should be punished. (The New York Times, 10/31/97)
Fact #34: 4 million women and girls are trafficked annually. (United Nations)
Fact #35: An estimated one million children, mostly girls, enter the sex trade each year (UNICEF)
Fact #36: A 2005 World Health Organization study reported that nearly one third of Ethiopian women had been physically forced by a partner to have sex against their will within the 12 months prior to the study. (WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence Against Women, 2005)
Fact #37: In a study of 475 people in prostitution from five countries (South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, USA, and Zambia):
62% reported having been raped in prostitution.
73% reported having experienced physical assault in prostitution.
92% stated that they wanted to escape prostitution immediately.
(Melissa Farley, Isin Baral, Merab Kiremire, Ufuk Sezgin, "Prostitution in Five Countries: Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder" (1998) Feminism & Psychology 8 (4): 405-426)
Fact #38: The most common act of violence against women is being slapped—an experience reported by 9% of women in Japan and 52% in provincial Peru. Rates of sexual abuse also varies greatly around the world—with partner rape being reported by 6% of women from Serbia and Montenegro, 46% of women from provincial Bangladesh, and 59% of women in Ethiopia. (WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence Against Women, 2005)
Fact #39: So-called "honour killings" take the lives of thousands of young women every year, mainly in North Africa, Western Asia and parts of South Asia. (UNFPA)
Fact #40: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reported that 2002 saw a 25% increase in "honor killings" of women, with 461 women murdered by family members in 2002, in 2 provinces (Sindh and Punjab) alone. (Pakistan Human Rights Commission, 2002)
Fact #41: More than 90 million African women and girls are victims of female circumcision or other forms of genital mutilation. (Heise: 1994)
Fact #42: In eastern and souther Africa, 17 to 22% of girls aged 15 to 19 are HIV-positive, compared to 3 to 7% of boys of similar age. This pattern—seen in many other regions of the world—is evidence that girls are being infected with HIV by a much older cohort of men. (UNICEF/UNAIDS 2007)
Fact #43: : A 2005 study reported that 7% of partnered Canadian women experienced violence at the hands of a spouse between 1999 and 2004. Of these battered women, nearly one-quarter (23%) reported being beaten, choked, or threatened with a knife or gun. (Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile, 2005)
Fact #44: In Zimbabwe, domestic violence accounts for more than 60% of murder cases that go through the high court in Harare. (ZWRCN)
Fact #45: a study in Zaria, Nigeria found that 16 percent of hospital patients treated for sexually transmitted infections were younger than 5. (UNFPA)


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Twitter, Facebook Trade At Record Highs Ahead Of Christmas Holiday Break
Social media rivals Twitter and Facebook enjoyed Christmas Eve rallies ahead of the holiday break, with both companies soaring to new, all-time highs Tuesday, and Twitter further extending those gains in after-hours trade.
Twitter posted a 7.6 percent gain to close at $64.54, almost $20 above its $44.90 IPO closing price.
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It is going to be Mother's Day, which means we get a BREAK! It doesn't happen often, so we take what we can get. So this Mother's Day give this easy recipe to your kids and let them and Dad get to work on a yummy breakfast for mom (you).
Thanks to Mom on Timeout, Trish, we can now enjoy a delicious restaurant worthy breakfast this Mother's Day.
Triple Berry French Toast Casserole is a sweet and simple mom-worthy recipe that will wow even the bestsellers Top Chef! It can be prepared the night before and popped in to the oven in the morning. Then just sprinkle with sugar and garnish with fresh berries and whipped cream to surprise your Mom. Head on over to Mom on Timeout for the full tutorial.
Don't forget to have a sweet setup for mom, including her favorite tea, juice, or coffee. Happy Mother's Day!!


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The art of investing in your supply chain
The troubled global economy is having a transformative effect on working capital optimisation (WCO) and the financial supply chain, according to a leading expert on cash management.
"In the past year there has been a complete change in the corporate world with regard to how WCO is being used by treasuries," says John Mardle, Managing Director at CashPerform.
Two developments are driving the shift. First, there is a distinct lack of good investment opportunities as a result of the continuing Eurozone crisis. This has resulted in corporates hoarding record amounts of cash. In late March corporate cash holdings in Europe were estimated to be an enormous €2 trillion. Secondly, the very same corporates are finding their supply chains are running into trouble as small businesses – ie their suppliers – struggle to keep out of the red.
What results is a "trade-off," argues Mardle. On the one hand, corporates are saving for the proverbial rainy day. But on the other, there are companies that realise that the extra cash can be used to bolster their supply chains.
Often confused with simply releasing trapped cash, working capital optimisation relates to the art of establishing and maintaining an effective supply chain for the business, according to Mardle.
From theory to practice Recent efforts to hoard cash have in many ways led to the rapid emergence of 'dynamic discounting' on this side of the Atlantic. Dynamic discounting occurs when a supplier offers a buyer a discounted payment, often in tranches. With more cash in the company coffers in both the United States and Britain, businesses can afford to pay large sums of money upfront. Take a £10,000 payment for a goods delivery for example. The buyer says it will pay a total of £9,500 for the items – ie implying a 5% discount – but will pay, say, £8,000 upfront; the remainder paid at a later date.
The current market environment is fuelling this development. Suppliers are finding it difficult to make ends meet; an immediate payment can be used to relieve strained cash flows. And with many businesses hoarding cash, buyers are in a better position to offer that payment upfront.
But the emergence of 'dynamic discounting' is just one aspect of a 'new norm' in WCO. Another is the recent uptake of 'white labelling', where a corporate outsources the task of chasing debt to an agency that can operate under that company's moniker.
"In 2012, WCO best practice is about proper alignment throughout the whole financial supply chain, taking into account the type of sector you are operating in," says Mardle. It is no longer enough to view WCO in terms of trade assets and trade liabilities. A two dimensional viewpoint such as this inevitably leads to limitations in the potential of effective working capital management processes.
Instead corporates should adopt a holistic approach to the financial supply chain, says Mardle. Think of the importance of maintaining transparent counterparty relationships. Think of bolstering the supply chain with innovative payment solutions that make both your business and the supplier see the benefits of working together.
With the Eurozone crisis showing no signs of abating anytime soon, cash-rich corporates are faced with a choice: hoard or invest. Holding onto cash certainly increases a company's flexibility in dealing with 'stress' events. But this is a short-term strategy to navigate through stormy waters. A few treasurers are extending their sights further however, and bolstering their supply chains with prudent investment.
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Budget Scimitar 4 pot caliper and vented disc conversion for a V8 Se5
SE5 / SE6 compatibility: Scimitar SE5 and SE6 hubs are (I believe) similar so this should work on either variant, it just happens it got submitted under SE5.
Ed Reid of New Zealand is working on fitting Peugeot 505 ventilated discs to his Scimitar SE5a.
25th Sept 2007 - Update
It looks as though Ed has a buget alternative to replacing the whole backplate with a custom item if you're fitting rear discs on an SE5:
"...still haven't quite finished the Peugeot 505 front brake conversion, but a couple of guys in the NZ club have. I machined out the caliper to get the pads to move back a little as well as fitting a pair of 4 mm thick packer pieces per caliper. They put in two packers to get 8 mm spread. They report pleasing improvements.
"I'm now fitting rear discs. Very easy so far.... 1989 Rover 820 rear discs are a miracle fit. Drill out the stud holes to 13 mm, machine out centre hole to match hole in drum (very important to centre in a 4-jaw chuck on original hole) Disc then fits straight on and just clears drum backing plate. Use Rover calipers complete, Scimmy hand-brake cables should hook-up fine, then cut a suitable plate, 6 or 8 mm, to mount each caliper and weld it to inside of backing plate. I'll be getting mine laser cut. Cut away the backing plate to let caliper into correct spot, obvious when you offer it up. I'm trying to fit my calipers between the trailing arms. I think I can do it, but fitting behind axle is easier. This is a very cheap and easy way to go for any one wanting rear SE5/a rear discs who has a bit of mechanical nowse and basic facilities. I'll be drawing up a CAD file for lasering up the mounting plate if anyone is interested in a PDF or DXF copy.
"Cheers Ed."
Ed previously wrote:
"...here are a couple of shots of the work so far. Now I'm waiting to get some 4-pot calipers as fitted to 2 litre Austin Princessess and, I believe, some Jags. These are a straight swop for the standard Scimmy ones. As you can see I have used the standard caliper in the photo, needs a little machining and a 4mm packing piece, but nothing much.
"I'm going to get the packers laser cut so I could e-mail the drawing to you or even get a few extra ones made and post them if anyone was interested."
Simple drilled / grooved upgrade
Tom Follows has upgraded his SE5a brakes with drilled and grooved items from TR Revington. He wrote "They are standard (refurbished) calipers with disks supplied by TR Revington, the disks were £100+Vat and fit straight on. Braking is improved (certainly from my old worn out ones) and look pretty Bling through the wolfraces!!!!"
SE6 owners
Try this out as I believe the hubs are the same, or, try the Wilwood conversion. It'll cost more but you get superlite calipers and a slightly larger disc.
Scimitar Rear Disc Conversion
I've had a 3.77:1 Jag Powerlok diff fitted inside a 4ha axle and have now completed a Scimitar rear disc conversion.


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Strengthening and building farmers resilience to the effects of climate change in Madagascar
Madagascar is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change in the world, which is experiencing climatic shocks of ever greater impact and frequencyas well as disturbances in precipitation patterns. Madagascar is provided with abundant natural resources and exceptionally high biodiversity, due to its huge species richness and high number of unique plant, animals and ecosystems. Nevertheless, it undergoes a strong environmental degradation triggered by human activities.
Agricultural potential is very high, rice growing is the most important activity and the country aims to become the Indian Ocean Commission's rice granary. The challenges of agricultural development are seizing opportunities linked to climate change, strengtheningresilienceof rural poor to adverse impacts of climate change and promotingsustainable natural resource management and protection of key ecosystems and biological resources.
Marina participated in the project design of thesecond phase of the IFAD funded Project to Support Development in the Menabe and Melaky Regions (AD2M-II). The project aims at sustainably improving incomes and food security of smallholder growers of two regions located on the western side of Madagascar, both hit by cyclones and floods and also subject to severe erosion. The project touches 44 communes in seven districts and is centered on improving irrigation and the development of rice farming. The ongoing project is directly benefiting57,000 households.
Marina contributed to devise actions related to developing climate information systems, to promote adaptation of agricultural/rural systems to climate change, and to assess environmental, social and climate impact. She conceived actions financed through IFAD's Adaptation for Smallholder Agricultural Programme (ASAP) and aimed atstrengthening and building smallholder farmers resilience to the effects of climate change, in particular through the development of irrigated agriculture including spate-irrigation and natural resource management approaches.
She analyzed the management status of natural resources and evaluated steps needed to maintain their availability and potential for exploitation. She looked at measures to be taken to reverse trends in land degradation, desertification and/or unsustainable agricultural practices (forestry, animal husbandry, etc.) that exceed the carrying capacity of ecosystems. Finally, she identified the potential impacts that project interventions may have on the physical, natural, social and economic context and drew up the social, environmental and climate assessment review note according to IFAD procedures.


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The Global Turnaround
With the advent of the 21st Century, many things, especially in the area of technologies, have changed. People's tastes and the way people do business have also changed. During tough economic times, it becomes even more critical for a business to be able to interact and create a relationship with its customers.
That is why That's InterActive was started. That's InterActive's owners and staff have seen the struggles that many businesses have gone through, and know that there are effective ways to increase sales, even during a tough economy.
In order to achieve its goals, That's InterActive utilizes the services of two great, highly talented companies: That's Social and That's Web Design.
That's Social specializes in building communication and relationships through the means of Social Media, which could include everything from mobile apps to Internet websites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, just to name a few. That's Social harnesses the power of social media to establish relationships, boost reputation and increase communications between businesses and the community as a whole.
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Last time, I introduced Pinterest – the social networking site that allows you to share, collect and discover interests by posting photos and videos to your own (and other people's, with permission) "pinboards" – and talked about some of the reasons you might want to consider adding Pinterest to your Internet marketing mix.
Today I want to talk about ways to help you be more effective as an Internet marketer using Pinterest.
To quickly recap: due to its explosive growth, its success in building an audience, and its ability to drive traffic to your site, Pinterest can be a huge asset for generating Inbound marketing leads to your Web site, especially around fashion, food, family, home and design.
But just because Pinterest's audience is right for you doesn't mean it's an automatic that you'll have great success. There's some art and etiquette to doing Pinterest right. Here are a few rules of thumb.
- Add the Pin It button to your Web site. Even if you're not involved on Pinterest yet, your customers may be. Give them a chance to use Pinterest to promote you.
- Put your most visually interesting material front and centre. Seriously. It's a site that's all pictures. What else are you going to do?
- Don't just post pictures of your own products. It's as annoying as handing out your business card at a dinner party. It's fine to start with pictures of your stuff, but build out a portfolio of images that speak to the broader lifestyle concerns of your customers over time – give customers ideas about how they might use your products or services.
- Use your other channels to promote your Pinterest boards. Your Web site, your blog, Twitter, Facebook.
- Pick a topic and have the best, coolest pinboard on that topic. Yes, that topic should relate to your business and, ideally, it should relate to your SEO strategy as well.
- Engage with other pinners. "Like" and re-pin their content. Follw them and their pinboards. Like with other social media, people will often return the favour.
Measuring Online marketing success with Pinterest
So how do you know if all of the Internet marketing work you're doing with Pinterest is effective?
Mainly the same way as you evaluate your other online marketing success.
First, how much traffic is Pinterest generating for your site relative to the time and effort you put in?
Second, at what rate does traffic from Pinterest convert into a lead or sale for your business relative to your site's other traffic sources?
It's important to remember that, like any Inbound marketing tactic, online marketing with Pinterest takes time to start to show results. Evaluate your initial success on a quarterly basis, and then after 6 months or so, track progress on a monthly basis.


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81 Navy Wharf.
Condo Overview: Optima at CityPlace is also deliberately positioned far from other structures, more than doubling the amount of space that usually surrounds a city dwelling, and is built in the shape of an "L" to optimize lake and city views – in fact virtually every suite offers expansive views of both! Next door to The SkyDome and CN Tower, this amazing glass tower is steps away from all the excitement that the city has to offer. With some stunning views, The Optima has great use of floor to ceiling windows to ensure natural light floods in. Most units have an unobstructed lake and/or downtown city view.
Amenities and Key Features – Porte Corchiere, 2 story glass lobby, 24-hour concierge, billiards lounge, Movie theatre, Weight and fitness area, Outdoor terrace, Pool and whirlpool, Steam rooms


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Nippon Ichi Software's Hayarigami series is returning with a new title on PlayStation 3 and PS Vita, this week's Dengeki PlayStation reveals.
Due out on August 7 for 6,000-something yen at retail and 5,000-something yen via download (hooray for censored sources!), the game features Ryoji Yanase in the producer's seat, and Takasu Kazuya in the director's. Cute Ron is handling the scenario, and character design is being done by Yuuki Mimura.
Our source has censored information on the game's full title, but it is not a numbered title. The reason for this, according to the magazine, is because the game introduces completely new characters.
The game's scenario features multiple branches from the main root, and the Reasoning System will have added elements.
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LAST HOME IN PHASE I ~ Take advantage of Phase I Pricing and be in your new home by the holidays! New Craftsman inspired, 2-story home has 2,183 sq. ft. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2-car garage with large mudroom and drop zone and a 12' x 14' sunroom. Great room with gas fireplace is pre-wired for surround sound! Kitchen with pantry, 42" cabinets, granite counters, under mount sink and island bar. Call for details on this new home.
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Title: Apologia Infinitum
Author: smalltrolven
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Rating: NC-17
WordCount: 4,429
Author's Note: Not my characters, only my words. Written for spn_masquerade for this tattooing prompt.
Summary: As an apology for what he put Sam through, Dean learns how to tattoo so Sam's anti-possession tattoo is fixed/he has a new one without having yet another stranger touching or having power to do something to him.
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Sam notices that Dean's back to doodling on every available piece of paper. Always with a certain black pen that he's taken to carrying around. Always drawing this curving unbroken line that has a shape he knows he should recognize. He gives Dean a notebook with blank unlined pages and tells him to stop doodling on the Men of Letters files. Dean's response is to go bright red and not say anything. No bluster, no jokes, just a silent, red-faced brother who takes the notebook and fills the first page with that same curving familiar unbroken line.
A few weeks later, Sam notices an unfamiliar noise in the Bunker. At first he's alarmed thinking someone is trying to break through the defenses to get at them, and then he's worried that one of the old electrical systems is on the fritz. When he discovers that it's coming from the room next door to the dungeon, he tries the doorknob to investigate and is surprised that it's locked. The noise stops abruptly and he hears some shuffling inside. Dean tells him to go away, that he's fine and Sam does, because lately that's all Dean's been telling him lately with his body language. The guilt and fear driving Dean away from him faster than anything ever has. Sam leaves the locked door behind wishing he'd never heard the noise in the first place.
On a hunt, he has to grab Dean's wrist to stop him from getting flung by a ghost out a third story window. Dean cries out in pain and doesn't stop until Sam's let go of his wrist. He sees a bandage over the soft underside of Dean's wrist that's come undone and a series of dark marks partially hidden underneath. But then the ghost is back and there's no time for questions. In the car on the way home he tries to apologize, but Dean won't accept the apology, tells him to drop it.
Sam finally sees what's on Dean's wrist when he falls asleep in the car after relenting and letting Sam take a turn on one of their epically long days of driving. Dean's flannel has ridden up, the cuff has lost its button and the whole of his wrist is bare. There's writing, but it's small so he can't quite make it out while he's driving. No one is behind him on the road, so he slows down and focuses harder, the words come into focus and he's so shocked he doesn't know what to say or do. Those were the words that he said to Dean when he thought Dean was going to kill him with Death's own scythe. Sam remembers throwing down the pictures on the floor as a last-ditch effort to get through to his brother. And now those words are going to always be right where Dean can see them. He speeds back up and tries to ignore how watery his eyes are.
remember what it was to be good...what it was to love.
That's all Sam can think about now and he wants to know the details of Dean deciding to get this tattoo. He brings it up after a night of movies and one of the good bottles of whisky from the Men of Letters stash. They're both in a mellow mood and Sam is tired of feeling the itch of curiosity, it seems important to know why his words are on Dean's skin permanently.
"So…uh, I saw your new tattoo the other day when I was driving. Where did you get it done?" Sam asks, proud of himself for not asking the whywhywhy question he really wants to know the answer to.
"Right here. Did it myself."
"Yeah right. C'mon tell me, is there really that good of a tattoo artist in our part of Kansas?"
"Damn right there is, and you're talkin' to him," Dean says, puffing up a little with pride.
"Really? When did you learn all that?"
"Remember the noise you heard from the room down by the dungeon? That was me, practicing on oranges," Dean says.
"Oranges?" Sam asks.
"Yeah, just to get a feel for the equipment, it takes a while to get an even hand going and I didn't want to mess it up," Dean answers.
"Why not just go get it done somewhere?" Sam asks.
"Seemed like a good thing to learn, that's all," Dean says, but Sam can tell he's hedging, holding something big back from him.
"C'mon give me the real reason, or I'm just going to have to assume you're planning on retiring from hunting to run off and be a tattoo artist in New York City," Sam jokes.
"So what if I was?" Dean jokes right back, puffing up in mock anger.
Sam just laughs at the idea. Dean finally joins in, because it is funny all around, the retiring, the tattooing, the picture of him moving to the big city.
"No really, Dean. Seeing those words, my words on your skin like that, they're…" Sam trails off, not sure what he really means to say. That it's hot like burning, or that he wants to give Dean more words to write into his skin.
"I wanted to learn so I could fix this for you" Dean says, patting Sam over his heart, where the broken protection tattoo lies. Sam keeps meaning to stop and get it repaired someplace. Dean has even mentioned it a few times. But he can never bring himself to put his body under someone else's control. Not again. Not after all those times when it wasn't his choice.
"Because you need it fixed, it's amazing you haven't gotten possessed it all this time. And it's my fault it's broken in the first place. It was the only way I could think of to apologize, when you wouldn't let me before."
"Dean…" Sam says, voice trailing off to nothing as he's overwhelmed with a sudden wave of emotion.
"Would you let me, Sammy? Let me fix it for you?" Dean asks.
And all Sam can hear is the unasked question: 'Do you trust me?' And he does, he always does no matter whether he should or not. So he answers the question that Dean didn't ask. "Yeah, I trust you, Dean."
Dean's eyes film over with a layer of tears he works manfully not to actually shed.
Sam grabs the hand that's still over his heart. "Would you fix it for me? Right now?" Sam asks, pulling Dean in closer so that he has to use his other hand to brace himself on Sam's shoulder. They breathe together for a long moment, their breaths speeding up as the anticipation of Dean's answer grows between them.
Dean searches Sam's face closely for a while, probably evaluating whether Sam's kidding or too drunk to be consenting to a tattoo. "Yeah, yeah I'll do it. It's why I got the tattoo rig, let's go," Dean says.
Sam holds Dean's hand in his when he stands and pulls Dean into his side to steady him, even though they don't really need the support. They never mention the lengths they go to have their hands on each other. They walk to the tattoo room with their arms around each other, Sam is feeling daring since Dean is being so loose and open, so he lets his hand rest a little lower than normal, just on the edge of the curve of Dean's ass. His hand fits there so perfectly and he lets himself wonder what it would be like to feel that skin under his own. Whether it would feel separate or like just another part of himself.
Dean unlocks the door and flips the light on. "Welcome to my secret lab," he cackles.
Sam watches as Dean readies the equipment on the plank table, there's a couple of chairs that Dean pulls up close to each other and a table lamp that he flips on, the bright circle of light on the back of the chair.
"Take it off and have a seat," Dean says, gesturing at the chair that's in the spotlight.
Sam feels his belly swoop with hearing those words from Dean, like some snippet of his teenage fantasies that he's worked so hard to suppress. He takes a deep breath to steady himself and slowly pulls his shirts off over his head, hoping Dean didn't notice his hesitation. When his head is out of the neck of the shirts he sees that Dean's frozen at the table, his eyes wide and staring at his chest. Sam's first thought is that Dean's joking or that there's something wrong with him, but then he realizes that he's caught Dean in a moment where he's let his defenses down. It suddenly seems possible that Dean's got some of those same feelings that he has. It's always been a hope that Sam has tried to give up on, but there's something there, he knows it now.
Dean shakes himself out of the staring and turns back to his equipment, moving jars of ink and putting a new needle in the tattoo gun. He wipes the equipment and his hands down with sharp smelling alcohol on a paper towel and snaps on a new pair of disposable gloves.
Sam watches all of this efficiency and action from the chair, feeling the light warming his chest on the outside, as his heart warms up on the inside. His brother learned all of this detailed stuff, safety and technique, all of it, just for him. To apologize. It moves him all over again, and he let's himself fill up on the feeling of being loved so fiercely by this man. The one that's holding a paper towel out near his chest with a very steady hand.
"It's gonna be cold," Dean warns.
Sam hisses when the alcohol hits his skin but then he barely catches a near moan when the edge of the towel and Dean's pinky both rub against his nipple. Sam is mortified to feel his nipple instantly harden and the thrill of desire flows down like an electric trickle current straight to his cock. He's very thankful that he's holding his shirts on his lap.
"I'm just going to fix the lines that are broken, take the black into the ones that are already there to make sure it's really joined up."
"You going to sign your work?" Sam teases because Dean's being so official and serious all of a sudden.
"Do you want me to?" Dean asks, eyebrows raising in surprise, but a dark shot of lust or maybe possessiveness, whatever it is flashes across Dean's eyes. Sam's entranced and can't answer verbally, just with a slow nod.
Dean reaches out to touch the skin that he's about to tattoo, slowly runs a gloved finger back and forth several times, achingly, unnecessarily slow. "That a yes, Sammy?"
Dean's eyes focus on Sam's and he doesn't recognize this look that Dean's giving him. It dawns on Sam then, that he's probably giving the same look back to his brother. They're really in it now, together thank god. He reaches over to Dean's chest, sets his hand on the spot where his tattoo is still in one piece. "Yes," Sam answers, more steadily than he thought he'd be able to. He feels like he's saying yes to anything Dean offers him, he knows he'll do anything Dean wants.
"I'll initial it, since our last name's kinda long," Dean says, joking to break the tension.
"Thanks," Sam says, thanking Dean for all of it, the initial, the joking, the touching, the closeness, the tattoo, the apology. All of it.
"I'm gonna start now, ready?" Dean asks. He scoots his chair closer, bracketing Sam's left leg with both of his. Dean's left hand is steadied in the center of Sam's chest, and his other holds the tattoo gun at the ready. Sam feels Dean's right leg tense and the tattoo gun starts up.
"What is that down there?" Sam asks to distract himself from the initial hot pain that's radiating out from where the needle is piercing his skin.
"The pedal on the floor controls the speed of the needle," Dean answers, tip of his tongue going back between his bared teeth as soon as the words are out.
This is Dean's concentrating face, Sam knows it well from watching him at target practice or gun cleaning, any of the million tasks Dean performs with grace and competence. He feels so safe under Dean's hands. Knows that his brother wouldn't offer this unless he knew one-hundred percent that he was up to the task.
Sam wants to talk more but finds that he can't, the pain becoming overwhelming the closer the needle moves towards his nipple area. Thank god they hadn't gotten them over their nipples like Dean had suggested all those years ago.
"Most of the way done, hang in there, Sammy," Dean says, stopping the gun for a moment to check his ink level. Sam breathes heavily, allowing his chest to move and expand, relieved to be able to relax from holding himself still for a moment.
"You okay?" Dean asks, looking carefully at Sam's sweaty face. "There's a towel there," he points at the table with a gloved finger.
Sam grabs it and swipes it across his forehead and neck. He peers down at his chest and sees the lines are nearly completed.
Dean grabs a cotton pad off the table and soaks it with rubbing alcohol. "I have to clean you up a little so I can see where I'm going, blood's getting in the way," Dean explains, "it'll sting though."
Sam absorbs the painful sting from the alcohol easily because Dean's hands are back on him. The contact even through the plastic gloves is worth it. Soon Dean will be out of his space and expecting Sam to stand up, and he's never been so hard in his life. Is it the pain, or Dean's nearness, or just that Dean is doing this to him, for him? All those questions go unanswered as he finally lets one of the moans he's been stifling the whole time out when Dean puts his hand back on his chest to steady himself and get back to work.
Sam goes beet red and watches Dean's reaction, it's not embarrassment, he looks turned-on too. Sam glances down at Dean's lap and sees that his brother is in the same state as he is. Dean doesn't say anything though, just sets back to the task of finishing the tattoo.
"Dean, tell me when…when you initial me," Sam grits out past the pain. He clamps his legs together around Dean's to ground himself.
The speed of the tattoo gun slowing for a moment as Dean adjusts to the pressure of Sam's strong thighs.
"I will. I'm just finishing the last line," Dean says. "This is really turnin' your crank, huh, Sammy?"
Sam stares at him in open mouth astonishment, that his brother would say that out loud. Dean just stops the tattooing gun and his eyes focus on Sam's open mouth, his eyes tracing Sam's lips. Sam licks his lips and is rewarded by Dean reacting as if he's been shocked right back.
This gives Sam the license to reply right back. Dean's the one that brought it up in the first place. "See it's turning your crank too." Sam's eyes stare down at Dean's lap. Even through his jeans, he can see Dean's hard cock jump at his words, or maybe just from Sam looking at him.
"We are a pair of freaks, aren't we?" Dean murmurs, eyes glued back to Sam's lips.
Sam can't believe how hungry Dean looks, and Sam wants to give him this, give him anything. It's never been clearer to him that they both want this, they both obviously need it. The evidence of their lives tells him that no one and nothing can come between them, so why not have this too?
"Yeah," Sam answers, leaning forward to brush his lips across Dean's.
Dean hesitates for a split second, then he groans and kisses Sam back, mouth opening and tongue swiping through to taste and explore.
Sam doesn't have gloves on, so his hands cup the sides of Dean's face and tip him to the perfect angle to deepen the kiss. His knee presses into Dean's crotch and he can feel the rhythmic pulses of Dean's thrusts at the contact. Sam scoots himself forward a little so that he can try out his brother's great idea and god it feels good. The pressure, the friction, knowing that it's Dean he's rubbing against. It's better than his hottest teenaged fantasies. Dean kisses him like he's made of something delicious that he's insatiable for, Sam feels devoured and all they've done is kissed.
Dean pulls away so that he can take the plastic gloves off and set the tattoo gun down on the table. He settles back into the space Sam has held for him and sets back onto the task of kissing Sam senseless.
Sam's aware of all the places he's touching Dean, in those places he feels like his own skin is nearly on fire, even more than the unfinished tattoo burning on his chest. There's a charge to the places where Dean is touching him, Dean's hands seem to be everywhere at once, buried in his now-tangled hair, stroking his neck, squeezing at his biceps, fingers flicking at his nipples. It's almost too much stimulation at once, almost. But Dean makes it all better when he slows them down, holding Sam's face closely so that he pays attention to the new pace.
Then Dean's crawling up into his lap, spreading himself over him, pressing them together. And it's not even close to enough. He needs more of Dean's skin on his, so he pushes up Dean's shirt to his armpits. Dean gets the idea and pulls it off over his head throwing it onto the table over the tattoo gear. They both sigh when their chest touch together. It's bliss having Dean perched there, grinding down hard on his cock, thrusting his own hardness against Sam's stomach. Sam tighten's his abs up to give him more to rub against. As Dean's thrusts speed up, Sam fleetingly wonders, if they come in their jeans, will Dean finish his tattoo?
"Sam…Sammy," Dean murmurs into Sam's neck where he's been sucking hot and wet. Sam knows there will be marks, and he's glad, god he's so glad. Because this will be more real then, he'll be able to prove it to himself. He feels Dean convulse and go rigid on top of him, muttering more words that he can't make out. This is Dean coming, right there on top of him, the idea of it, that and the unbelievable weight and friction push Sam over the edge to join Dean.
They stop moving against each other, just resting there in post-orgasmic bliss. It seems so unreal, to be so happy, for his body to actually feel so good, and Dean's still holding him, still kissing his neck, whispering what sounds like words of pure sweetness into his skin. He strains to hear them, and makes out words like: you…love…always in different combinations.
"Me too, Dean, me too," Sam says quietly, holding his brother in his arms, memorizing the weight of him in case this is the only time. God it can't be the only time. Begging for it, admitting that he wants it, forever if possible seems like something that would push Dean away. That's why it's surprising what he hears Dean say next.
"Sammy, want this…always wanted this," Dean says, sagging in Sam's arms as if those words have used up all his energy. And maybe they did, because Dean never asks for anything for himself, except for Sam to be alive and with him. And Sam's good with that. He's good with all of it.
"You're not the only one, Dean," Sam says and Dean shakes his head like he's rejecting the words.
"Please, I do, I want this too," Sam says, trying not to beg, but not caring too much if it sounds that way.
Dean pulls back so he can examine Sam's face. And whatever he finds there makes him smile, that wide, open smile that Sam so rarely sees. He can't resist kissing it, he's always wanted to see what that smile tastes like, and it's sweeter than any mid-summer peach ever could be. Softer too. He can't get enough of kissing Dean, can't imagine ever tiring of it.
Some words are passing between their lips and Sam realizes Dean's saying something. "Need to finish it, Sammy," Dean says, "want it to be done. Want to sign it."
Sam pushes Dean gently off his lap and grabs some paper towels off the table handing some to Dean. They clean themselves off enough to be able to sit there a little longer. Until whatever comes after the time when the tattoo is done. Dean snaps his gloves back on and picks up the tattoo gun, re-situating himself around Sam's leg, hand back on Sam's chest. He locks eyes with Sam for a long moment and nods when he sees that Sam's ready to begin again.
Now when the tattoo needle hits him, he feels Dean putting himself into the ink, somehow he feels Dean entering him, pushing into the place that's always been there waiting for him.
"Can feel you in me, Dean, right there in my skin, inside me."
Dean looks like he's struggling to hold steady, the needle slowing down for a few moments while Dean regains control. "Can't say stuff like that to me, Sammy. Not when I'm doing this, later okay?"
Hearing the 'later okay?' makes Sam's heart thrill with the thought of later, there's going to be one, Dean's counting on it, planning on it happening. It feels like the surprising joy of receiving an unexpected present. That's what this is, Dean's tattoo apology turning into the best moment of his life.
"Not sorry for saying it, but okay, later," Sam says.
Dean grins at him and starts up the tattoo gun at a higher speed. "Nearly there, think about where you want me to sign this."
"Already know," Sam says, instantly imagining Dean's initials on his hip, where Dean's thumbs will go when he holds Sam down to take him. Where there will always be thumbprints, a double signature, indelible, and unforgettable.
"Yeah?" Dean asks, tongue sticking out a bit between his teeth as he concentrates on joining up the last of the lines.
"Over my hip bone, there's this place, I'll show you," Sam says, concentrating on the feeling of Dean's ink flowing into his body.
Dean seems to grit his teeth to steady himself, but he keeps the tattoo gun going at a fast speed, the lines finally meeting one another in perfection. "There, perfect," he says, shutting the gun off and swiping at the pinpricks of blood with a cotton pad.
Sam hisses at the sting of the alcohol and cranes his neck to look at the finished tattoo. "Thank you," he says, staring at Dean who's eyes are focused on the tattoo design. "Thank you for fixing it for me."
"I wish it hadn't needed fixing, Sammy. I'm sorry," Dean says.
"I know you are, but this is the best sort of apology, Dean, thank you," Sam says. Dean looks like he's about to cry and Sam can't have that, not now, so he uses the only distraction he can think of. "Can I show you where to initial me?"
Dean's eyes flick up, lashes heavy with tears that aren't going anywhere. His eyes widen as he thinks about what Sam is proposing. "You really want that, Sammy? I was kinda kidding before," Dean says.
Sam thinks about it for a moment, Dean giving him an out like this, does it mean he doesn't want to sign him, or that he does but isn't sure if Sam does? "I do, I really do. But don't…uh don't do it you're not comfortable with it."
"Oh I'm very comfortable," Dean drawls, "I'm just makin' sure. Tryin' to be a responsible tattoo artist, you know?" Dean says with a sideways grin.
Sam stands up and undoes his jeans, pulls them and his boxers down enough to show Dean the top of his hipbone. He gestures with his thumb, pressing into the skin so it goes white. Dean's hand drifts up and joins him, his thumb replacing Sam's.
The small gasp that Sam lets out when Dean touches him there hangs in the air between them. Dean looks up at Sam, eyes gone dark and intense. Something changes then, a decision is made, an unasked question answered.
"If I mark you here, Sammy? What does it mean?" Dean asks in a low rumble. "To you, what would it mean?"
"I…I'd be yours," Sam says in a whisper, his hands clenching into fists that are holding his jeans.
Dean's eyes flash with something dangerous, the thought of possession maybe, or a fantasy fulfilled. He leans into Sam, his cheek pressing into his bared belly. Warm breath washes over Sam's skin where Dean's thumb still presses. Sam feels like he's stepped out onto an invisible bridge over a chasm. It doesn't matter what Dean says or does now, he's already committed to it.
"I'll do it on one condition," Dean says, grinding his thumb into Sam's hip. "You have to initial me. Same place."
"You'll teach me?" Sam asks, eyes never leaving Dean's.
"Yeah, it's easy," Dean says in a deep rumble, his eyes beginning to crinkle at the corners.
"I…will," Sam says, feeling hypnotized and lethargic by Dean's rumbling purr, the idea of this permanent mutual ownership.
Dean nods, reaches over to the table for the alcohol and cotton pad, swipes it over the spot where his thumb has left a mark. Not a bruise quite yet. The shocking coolness of the alcohol feels like ice against the heat left behind from Dean's touch. The tattoo gun starts up again, and Dean freehand writes a D and a W in his precise script. When he's done he looks up at Sam and smiles so wide Sam feels like he could fall right into his brother's beautiful face and never want for another thing in the world.


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Runtime: 1hr, 40mins
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
As someone who wants video game movies to succeed, I wanted the initial negative reviews of "Warcraft" to be a simple case of misunderstanding. It's high fantasy and it's based on a long running game franchise that has had years to expand its lore. Throwing all of it into an hour and forty minute film couldn't have been easy, especially if the writers wanted to avoid long boring expository scenes. There was bound to be something lost in translation here, I told myself. But there's sadly a lot of truth to the negative reviews. This film is so messy it threatened to leave even a fan of high fantasy like myself in the dust at every turn. Writers Duncan Jones, Charles Leavitt, and Chris Metzen took an approach that involved such minimal exposition and lore establishing that it's borderline completely unapproachable.
Despite being a fan of high fantasy and video games, I haven't played the "Warcraft" games. As such, I needed more explanation than this film was willing to supply. I forgave its rough scene transitions patiently waiting for it to come together, but it never did. It only got lost within itself veering further and further off the rails the longer it went on. Yet it isn't just explanation of the two worlds colliding, or the magic portals that allow transportation between them, or even the dark (green) magic versus light (blue) magic that felt in short supply. Just about every character feels like a generic archetype with very little time dedicated to fleshing them out. It's as if this film were meant to be a prequel to a series of "Warcraft" films that already exist. Except they don't exist, and we have no previous ties to or understanding of who these people are. Being based on the games doesn't free it from needing to establish its characters.
We follow Durotan (Toby Kebbell) an orc forced to flee his dying home world along with the rest of his people. Their leader Gul'dan (Daniel Wu) uses his dark magic, known as the fel, to open a portal to Azeroth. This dark magic is powered by the life force of the living. Even after rounding up as many prisoners as they can, they only have enough life force to open the portal long enough for half of their Horde to make it through. Once they do pass through to Azeroth they set to work killing and capturing humans to power their portal for the other half. However, Durotan begins to distrust Gul'dan after noticing the way his dark magic seems to kill all life and vegetation no matter where it goes.
Meanwhile on the human side of things we follow the warrior Lothar (Travis Fimmel), the mage Khadgar (Ben Schnetzer), the King Llane Wrynn (Dominic Cooper), and the guardian Medivh (Ben Foster). That's a lot of characters to juggle, and there are sons and wives or love interests for some of them as well. If it didn't have its hands full juggling what's going on with all of the human characters, intermittent scene changes to check back in with Durotan and the Horde derail any narrative momentum the human side of things might have been gaining. Things begin to just happen for no rhyme or reason. And because we don't know these characters very well we don't understand the motivations for any of their actions. Some characters begin good, turn evil, then become good again and sometimes all within the same scene. Why some of the characters do what they do, or how and why they're connected to certain other characters is never explained and never makes sense.
What it does well is look like a video game movie. The special effects are outstanding. The CGI creatures and locations all look very well made and remain mostly true to what I've seen of the games. The action is brutal and exactly the sort of battle scenes you'd want to see in a fantasy film with "war" in the title. Yet the biggest shortcoming of the look of the film is a problem with the casting. Travis Fimmel works as the human warrior, but I remain wholly unconvinced that in any world Ruth Negga could be his biological sister. And Dominic Cooper, Ben Schnetzer and Ben Foster - who is by far the worst offender here - look far too contemporary to be in this high fantasy medieval setting.
It also takes itself so seriously that there's very little fun to be had. Though it's possible all the moments of levity ended up on the cutting room floor. Duncan Jones was forced to cut at least twenty minutes out of this film and it shows in a bad way. I'm not sure it would have fixed all of the issues, but it certainly didn't help. These cuts likely caused the aforementioned rough transitions, making places where things were "tightened up" feel very obvious. Too many times the film awkwardly cut back and forth when scenes felt half over. Combine that with the information that seemed to be missing, and you've got a sloppy mess on your hands.
I wanted to like this movie because I want video game movies to succeed. I want them to get better, and I want more studios to take a chance on them. There are still game franchises I'd like to see hit the big screen. As for "Warcraft," it's a little like being invited to a friend's work party. I don't know anyone there, and I feel like I'm missing out on all the inside jokes they're telling.


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Participation in the SKA through involvement in Work Package Consortia (WPC) during the design phase has shown the potential of global capability and the project has already drawn significantly on the expertise of industry in the SKA precursor telescope host countries, as well as other member nations and multi-national corporations.
Skills development and transfer is also anticipated through contract works, training, testing, commissioning and handover, embedding of personnel within SKA member country institutes or contractors involved in the various Work Packages.
Industry working with the SKA Organisation may seek approval to exploit pathways to 'spin-off' benefits and legacy capability that offers social, technical, and economic benefits beyond the SKA project.
In the current phase (2018/19), there are limited tender opportunities directly with SKA Organisation. However, when relevant opportunities arise, through the SKA Organisation or partner institutes, they will be announced here.
Organisations (including commercial industry) interested in learning more about participating in the SKA should initially contact the Industry Liaison Officer (ILO) for their country or region, or Dr Phil Crosby.
Industry contact points in member and observer countries
- Australia: Jerry Skinner, Department of Industry and Science firstname.lastname@example.com
- Canada: Dr Greg Fahlman, National Research Council firstname.lastname@example.com
- China: LU Yu, CETC54 firstname.lastname@example.com
- France: Gabriel Marquette email@example.com
- Germany: Michael Kramer, MPIfR firstname.lastname@example.com
- India: Prof Yashwant Gupta, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics firstname.lastname@example.com
- Italy: Dr Corrado Perna, INAF email@example.com
- Japan: Noriyuki Kawaguchi, NAOJ email@example.com
- Netherlands: Michiel Van Haarlem, ASTRON email@example.com
- New Zealand: Simon Rae, MBIE email@example.com
- Portugal: Domingos Barbosa, Instituto de Telecomunicações email@example.com
- South Africa: Carla Sharpe, SKA South Africa email@example.com
- Spain: Javier Echavarri Delmas, CDTI firstname.lastname@example.com
- Sweden: Kjell Möller, Chalmers University of Technology firstname.lastname@example.com
- Switzerland: Michel Hübner, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne email@example.com
- United Kingdom: Carol Watts, STFC email@example.com


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Developing a Type 2 Diabetes Care Plan
A management plan after a diabetes diagnosis can help you make healthy changes in your life.
If you've recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, you may have a lot to learn about the disease itself, how to change your diet, what medications to take, possible long-term complications, and more. How do you take this all in?
Since it's not easy to learn everything all at once, educating yourself about type 2 diabetes requires a well thought-out care plan that outlines ways to live well with this condition. Kathy Honick, RN, a diabetes educator at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, says such a plan should cover:
- Healthy eating
- Being active
- Monitoring sugar levels
- Taking medication
- Problem-solving
- Reducing risks
- Healthy coping
By incorporating these issues into a plan, you — and your family — can learn the dos and don'ts of diabetes.
Type 2 Diabetes: Healthy Eating
As you work on controlling your blood sugar, you may need to learn about portion control and how to make the right food choices. According to Honick, "understanding how the choice of foods and beverages affects diabetes control, including the ability to identify and limit carbohydrates in meal planning," is the goal. The more you learn about how many carbohydrates and how much fat and protein you can safely eat in a given meal, the easier it will be to make good choices.
Type 2 Diabetes: Being Active
Healthy lifestyles include physical activity. Regular exercise can help control your diabetes and may even decrease the amount of medications you need to take. A diabetes educator can help you learn about the types of activities that can best help you, but always check with your doctor before beginning any new exercise regimen.
Type 2 Diabetes: Monitoring your Sugar
As someone with type 2 diabetes, you'll need to monitor your blood sugar on a regular basis. Several automated devices are available to help you keep track of your blood sugar level, and many people can help you learn how to do this, including a diabetes educator, nurses at a diabetes clinic, and even your pharmacist.
Type 2 Diabetes: Taking Medication
There are three "rights" in taking medication properly:
- Have the right amount.
- Take it at the right time.
- Make sure you take it the right way.
If you have questions about your medications, never hesitate to ask. Your doctor, nurse, diabetes educator, and pharmacist are there to help you.
Type 2 Diabetes: Problem Solving
Honick says that problem-solving is an acquired skill that requires a plan to manage problems effectively. This means, for example, knowing what causes your sugar level to go too high or too low, and learning how to manage your sugar even when you come down with a cold or the flu.
Type 2 Diabetes: Reducing Risks
Unfortunately, one of the issues people with diabetes hear about constantly is the risk of complications from the disease. By changing some behaviors, you can significantly reduce those risks. You can do this by having your eyes and teeth checked every year, monitoring your feet for wounds and sores, not smoking, getting recommended vaccinations — like flu shots — and asking for help when you don't understand something.
Type 2 Diabetes: Healthy Coping
A chronic disease like type 2 diabetes can be challenging since it requires management over your entire lifetime. Honick recommends that you "identify things that cause distress and stress, and recognize that depression is common with diabetes." Ask for help and accept support when it's offered. You don't have to do this alone.
Coming up with a care plan and working closely with your health care team are important in helping you control your diabetes. While it may seem daunting at first, as you learn to manage your diabetes, you'll realize that you can continue to live a full and healthy life.


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Assassin's Creed Unity Xbox One Bundle Leaked by European Retailer, Black Flag Included as Well
Looks like an Assassin's Creed Unity Xbox One bundle might be coming, at least in Europe, and at least if the Austrian retailer Gameware is to be believed.
The retailer lists two bundles, one with your usual black 500 GB Xbox One and Kinect and one without Microsoft's camera, for € 509.99 and € 409.99.
Interestingly, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is also included in the deal, plus two weeks of Xbox Live Gold.
You can see the boxes and a screencap of both listings below. The box art mock-up definitely seems legit, even if you should treat this as a rumor until confirmed by Ubisoft, with which we inquired for further information and a possible confirmation.


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"Requests for nurse aides have been made at every regional healthcare meeting that I have attended over the last year," said Carol Naccarato, director of Allied Health/Medical Assisting. "Being a nurse aide is so valuable. Not only do they assist the nurse but they are the ones that get to know the patients the best. They are vital to quality care. There are ads in the regional newspaper on a daily and weekly basis as well. It is tough to train them fast enough to keep up with the demand."
"The Glen Oaks nurse aide class prepares one to sit for the state certification exam and start working within a very short period of time," said Naccarato. "Jobs are available as home health aides in rehabilitation centers and other long-term care facilities."
Nurse aides perform a wide range of tasks and provide direct patient care. They help move and transport patients, educate patients and family members about health issues and treatments, take and record vital signs, apply dressings and collect specimens for labs.
Individuals are encouraged to learn more about the program and career opportunities and should contact Debbie Wright at (269) 294 – 4219.
Upcoming Nurse Aide Training class schedules at Glen Oaks are as follows:
ALH 104, Sec. 1 (Feb.1 – Feb.26)
1st three weeks: Monday, Feb. 1 – Friday, Feb. 19, 2 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. at Glen Oaks (F208)
4 th week: Monday, Feb 22, 6 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23 – Friday, Feb. 26, 6 a.m. – 12:30
p.m. at nursing home.
ALH 104, Sec. 2 (March. 3 – Apr. 2)
1 st three weeks: Thursday, Mar. 3 – Saturday, Mar. 19, 8 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. at Glen Oaks (F208)
4 th week: Thursday, Mar. 31 thru Saturday, Apr. 2, 6 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at nursing home.
ALH 104, Sec. 3 (Apr. 11 – May 5)
1 st three weeks: Monday, Apr. 11 – Friday, Apr. 29, 5 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. at Glen Oaks (F208)
4 th week: Monday, May 2, 6 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 3 thru Thursday, May 5, 6 a.m. – 2:00
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Question: Hi. I tried to do the retention enema described in Listen to your Colon, and it was disastrous! This was a few weeks ago. I warmed the water to 90 degrees but could not get all the lumps out. I had called Natren and was told not to warm it more, and not to shake it but just stir it. Well, first I tried just putting it in a 10 oz bulb syringe, but it was too thick to go through the attachment, then I transferred it to an enema bucket, but it was too thick to go through the tubing, and also it could not all get in the tube anyway because the bucket cannot be completely drained. (Btw, I cannot tolerate those orange plastic enema bags, and I use all silicone tubing, and my bulb syringe also was white and non-smelly.)
I want to try again but I need more tips please! I know adding water will thin it but then may not make it possible to retain the fluid. In others' experiences, how warm can the water be?
Answer: Different people's bodies like different things. You could try it at room temperature and see if you tolerate that better. But you can't go higher than body temperature and usually hotter liquids are harder to retain anyway.
Rather than adding more water to thin it, I would use the amount of liquid you think you can tolerate, and then reduce the probiotic amounts accordingly. Even 1/4 tsp of each probiotic would be a good start! Think of it this way: ANY probiotics you can get your colon to retain are better than none. So don't be impatient with your body and go slowly, giving it time to adjust to this new procedure.
Here's how you mix the probiotics in the filtered water to ensure no lumps:
1. Put 1-2 tbsp of water in a glass.
2. Add your probiotics and mix with a spoon to form a smooth paste – crushing lumps against the side of the glass and squashing them smooth.
3. Then add 2 more tbsp. of water and mix again until dissolved and smooth.
4. Add the rest of your water and mix again until smooth.
5. If you need to go slowly and take a while to get all the mixture into your colon; then shake or squish the enema bag around from time to time to keep the powders from settling on the bottom.
The Best Enema Bag?
An enema bucket is not really the best system for this type of application, since you cannot mix the probiotics as you administer them (by squishing or massaging the enema bag). I have found the best enema bag to use is this disposable enema bag (and it is white/clear and has no nasty rubber smell either). Although this is a disposable enema bag, you can actually wash it in hot soapy water, then rinse it in hot water, and re-use it multiple times.
The tip on this disposable enema bag is also much thinner than the tip on non-disposable enema bags – so it is ideal for those with a sensitive, inflamed, or wounded rectum. It is also ideal for children or babies. This is the enema bag I use on myself when needed.
Hope that helps and if anyone has any further questions, please post them in the COMMENTS section below…


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For anyone raised on the retro-futurist notion of flying cars, this literal-minded, nuts-and-bolts incarnation should make for some incredulous swooning. Looking much like a 1950's interpretation of a subcompact that wandered into the wrong alleyway and wound up in a Wright Brothers-sponsored chopshop, the Taylor AEROCAR -- one of five made -- is a very real vestige of American auto engineering's past and, more importantly, it's up for grabs. At $1.25 million, this relic of a bygone era's mainly an exorbitant lure for the deep-pocketed collector, but as a rare curiosity, it's free for all to gawk. It's a hybrid in the truest sense, melding a cozy two-seater with front wheel drive, a Lycoming O-320 4-cylinder engine and a wingspan of 30 feet, all conspiring to get it off the ground at 55mph and up to a cruising speed of 100mph. Should you want to merely take it for a test spin out on the open road and not accidentally take flight, rest assured, those mighty wings can be folded out of the way with relative ease. But that's not why you'd want to part ways with a cool chunk of cash, if you're so inclined. This bit of memorabilia's a make-good for all those broken, scifi promises from once upon a TV time. This was the future -- as ridiculous as it may seem.
For sale by owner: 1954 flying Taylor AEROCAR, yours now for only $1.25 million (video)
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When the blood sugars go low, people suffer from "hypos".
A hypo can happen when the blood glucose goes below 4 mmol/l .
You may feel: –
- clammy
- sweaty
- tremble and shake
- tingling of the lips
- palpitations
- feel hungry
- feel faint, have difficulty concentrating, slurring words, behaving oddly, be unusually aggressive or tearful, lose awareness, becoming unconscious (late signs )
Nocturnal hypos
Sometimes you can have a hypo in the night and may wake up restless and with a headache. Your body may respond such that when you do a morning bm it seems paradoxically high. Please be aware of this or discuss this with your health professional should you think this may be happening. Consider reducing the appropriate dose of insulin if this is the case and do frequent bm monitoring.
What causes a hypo ?
- If on oral medication for diabetes such as sulphynlureas eg gliclazide. The lower the glucose levels especially if the dose is too high or you are eating less. The Non-long acting form ( non-MR) should always be taken around the time of the meal
- Taking too much insulin
- Not eating – delayed or missed mels, not eating enough starchy food
- Not allowing for exercise
- Drinking too much alcohol or alcohol without food
- Sometimes there is not a clear cause
How to treat hypos
- 200 mls orange juice
- 150mls of a non-diet fizzy drink
- 100 mls lucozade
- 5-6 dextrose tablets
- 4-5 glucotabs
If you don't feel better and your bms remain low after 5 minutes* repeat the treatment.
*if very low it may be best to call 999. If you become unconscious dial 999 for an ambulance. You should be on your side with your head back and not have anything in your mouth that may make you choke.
Do act quickly to raise your sugar levels if having a hypo rather than putting it off, and don't ignore the warning signs. Remember to carry glucose tablets or the like and let people know if you are having a hypo. Consider identification if you are diabetic.
** Remember to have some long acting carbohydrates or food too, as otherwise it is possible that your sugars become lower after the short term effects of the sugars wear off. **
Driving and hypos
Do not drive if your bms are less than 5mmol/l.
Do keep your glucose, dextrose tablets or other in the car.
If you get warning signs of a hypo, pull over when safe to do so, and demonstrate that you are no longer in charge of the vehicle. Turn off the ignition and take out the key. Move to the passenger seat when/if safe to do so.
Do take the sugar treatments if uncertain that you are having a hypo and the symptoms minor. Consider if it is worth doing a blood sugar level.
Preventing hypos
Eat regularly.
Take medicines such as sulphonylureas e.g. gliclazide , with a meal.
Make sure that you are taking insulin at the specified time before or with your meal (depending on the type of insulin)
Do blood sugars if on insulin especially before activities such as driving.
Take action early if you feel you are having a hypo


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Composting is a natural biochemical process of decomposition. It is possible for every vegan organic grower to produce the darkest, nutrient-rich, earth-smelling compost. Well-made compost is the building block from which your vegan garden will grow. The soil and humus that are created from your scraps are also essential to revitalizing your garden and providing your household and garden plants with the nutrients they need to thrive.
Building your own basic compost pile is simple to do. All you need is 'green' (nitrogen-rich) and 'brown' (carbon-rich) material from your yard waste and household food scraps, and a good place to put it. The golden rule of composting is ingredients of 2 parts 'green' and 1 part 'brown' in the presence of air and moisture. Too much green (nitrogen) and your compost will become green, slimy and probably smelly. Too much brown (carbon) and you're going to get just that, a pile of brown twigs and plant stalks that take too long to break down.
1. Compost Ingredients
Green (nitrogen-rich, lush and fresh):
Leftover fruits and veggies from the garden, vegetable and fruit peelings, crop residues/foliage, grass cuttings, flowers and cuttings, weeds (without seeds and chopped if needed to prevent re-growth), green plant cuttings, coffee grounds, young hedge trimmings, seaweed and kelp.
Brown (carbon-rich, dry and stemmy):
Dry leaves, hay and straw, dried grass, cornstalks, cobs and other plant stems (chopped finely or shredded), bits of wood and pruning, wood ash (completely cooled), tea bags, peat moss, coffee filters, stems, pine needles (in small quantities, as they are very acidic).
Not Recommended:
Autumn leaves, perennial weeds, annual weeds in seed, cooked food (unless it is entirely vegan but may still attract rodents), twigs, sawdust (carbon ratio too high).
Prohibited Items:
Animal products: Cheese, meat, eggs. Animal products can attract other animals, smell unpleasantly and introduce disease and unwanted bacteria into your compost pile.
2. Shredding or Chopping Large Items
If you're throwing half a watermelon rind or large twigs and branches into the compost pile, you're going to be waiting a long time before you can use the compost. If you can afford to purchase a shredder for woody items it will help solve this issue, but if not, simply chopping up the larger pieces before adding them to the pile will help. Pruning shears work well on harder items. The more you shred or chop the larger and harder items going into your compost, the easier it will be for the beneficial microbes in your compost to break them down and keep moisture even throughout the pile.
3. Heating the Heap
To get a good heat you need to create a 2-meter³ (or 6.5-feet³) compost heap. Materials should be stockpiled until there are enough 'green' and 'brown'. If done correctly, a pile will heat to high temperatures within three days. If it doesn't, the heap is either: 1) too wet and you will need to spread the materials out to dry; or 2) too dry and you will need to irrigate the heap with a hose or watering can; or 3) deficient in nitrogen – add grass cuttings from the holding or brewers hops (ensure that they are free from animal inputs).
During composting a maintained temperature of 60°C (or 140°F) is strongly advised. A heap that does not heat to at least 50°C (or 122°F) for a week is likely to contain weed seed and disease organisms.
4. Allow Air Flow
If you want your compost to break down quickly then it needs to breathe. This is because many of the good bacteria that help break down your household or yard waste needs air to survive. You can usually tell that the oxygen level has dropped in your compost pile when the temperature of the pile drops; the core heat emanating from it should be between 50-60°C (or 120-160°F). This usually starts to happen around every two weeks, which makes every two weeks a good time to flip the compost. If you don't have time to do a full flip, prodding the compost pile with a garden fork, stick, or metal rod will aerate the pile and speed up the process.
When you turn the compost pile, pull material from the outer edges into the middle of the heap and break up any large clumps that may have formed. If any part of the pile is dry, moisten it as you go, but be careful of over-watering.
5. Moisture
Keeping your compost pile moist is one of the keys to keeping it active and decomposing at a good speed. On average, you want about 50-60% moisture content. Excess moisture drowns beneficial micro-organisms. The moisture level should be the equivalent of a wrung-out sponge. Grab a handful of compost (from the middle of the pile) and squeeze it.
- No water comes out and it crumbles apart when you open your hand: The compost is too dry.
- Water comes out: The compost is too wet.
- No water comes out, but the compost stays compact: Perfect!
Basically, you want your compost lightly moistened, but water shouldn't be running off it and it shouldn't be dry enough to notice. If you're in a dry area you may need to spray a bit of water on the pile from time to time. If you're in a rainy area, covering the top of the pile with a tarp or other sort of covering will protect it from getting too soggy.
Instructables: The Complete Vegan Compost


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Plug-in hybrid concept couples a 2.2 liter HDi diesel unit with an electric motor on the rear axle for an all-wheel driving total output of 220 kW (299 PS / 295 bhp).
Peugeot has unveiled the new HX1 plug-in hybrid concept which the French automaker hopes marks the future of MPV/crossover vehicles.
The HX1 is a low-slung MPV/crossover that seats 6 and measures 4.954 m long, 1.990 m wide, and with a height of just 1.373 m.
Using Peugeot's HYbrid4 technology, the HX1 is an all-wheel drive diesel-electric with a 2.2 liter HDi unit with 150 kW (204 PS / 201 bhp) powering the front-axle while a 70 kW (95 PS / 95 bhp) electric motor drives the rear wheels. Combined output is 220 kW (299 PS / 295 bhp).
The plug-in HX1 can travel up to 30 km (18.6 miles) in all-electric mode and features a fuel-economy rating of 3.2 liters/100 km (88 mpg UK / 73.5 mpg US) with CO2 emissions of 83 g/km.
But Peugeot doesn't want to make this yet another boring hybrid concept. The HX1 comes with embedded rear spoiler and side skirts on the tailgate which deploy at speeds over 100 km/h (62 mph) and the car's design also gives it a Cd quotient of 0.28 - making it a pretty aerodynamically advanced vehicle for a 6-seater.
The HX1 will make its public debut at the Frankfurt motor show next month.


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OES tames Sunset in title match
Aardvarks win 9-6 for school's third championship
Staff report
Fourth-ranked Oregon Episcopal returned to the top of the state with a 9-6 victory over Sunset, June 3, at West Linn High School.
The victory was three days after the Aardvarks beat top-ranked West Linn 11-10 in overtime.
Sunset, ranked third, reached the final with a 10-9 victory over No. 2 Jesuit.
OES finished its season at 17-1 overall. The team also beat Clackamas and Central Catholic on the way to the title match.
The school's program also won titles in 2009 and 2004.
Sunset, which has yet to win a title, finished at 21-3.
Westview won the Cascade Cup title with a 13-8 decision over Hood River in the second-tier final.


text: When Microsoft teased that Verizon would carry the Samsung ATIV Odyssey, it left just about everything to the imagination -- we didn't even see a real image. A new FCC filing may have given us a better (if all too incomplete) look. The device getting approval at the US agency doesn't have any dead giveaways in its hardware beyond a vaguely ATIV S-like shape and Verizon's needed CDMA and LTE frequencies, but it's going under an SCH-i930 model name that hints at possible Windows Phone 8-based origins: the SCH-i920 was the CDMA edition of the Omnia II, one of the last times Microsoft, Samsung and Verizon hung out together. If the i930 is what we suspect, the FCC will have just removed a key obstacle to the ATIV Odyssey's promised December launch.


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Crazy 4 Cult: Cult Movie Art:
The annual Crazy 4 Cult art show in LA has quickly become a phenomenon, with thousands of visitors, a million hits on its website on opening day, and high profile buyers including Kevin Smith and Edgar Wright.34% off at Amazon and available tomorrow.
Why? Because the cream of the pop culture-influenced art scene - including Shepard Fairey, creator of the Obama 'Hope' poster - come together to celebrate cult movies with art that is surprising, beautiful and very, very cool.
This lavishly produced book presents the best of the first 4 years of the show, with art inspired by such movies as The Big Lebowski, Edward Scissorhands, Blade Runner, Donnie Darko, A Clockwork Orange, Pulp Fiction and many more.
There's also going to be a signing at Gallery 1988 as decribed:


text: [Petter Reinholdtsen] > I believe we are ready to release beta 1. Unfortunately those using > beta0 can not automatically upgrade to beta1, as gosa.conf was updated > to fix Windows integration and both answers to the resulting conffile > question is wrong. > > We need to update the release notes with all the new stuff, and update > the warning. Please help out making > <URL: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/ReleaseNotes/Wheezy > up to > date. ISOs are in place, check sums updated on the wiki page, and the only thing left is to polish the release notes, test the ISO one last time and send out the announcement. I hope to get time to send the announcement this evening, if not sooner. Please have a look at the release notes to make sure they are looking good. :) -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen


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Child Custody – Joint vs. Sole custody
A divorce procedure that involves children and the legal matter of child custody is considered to be one of the most difficult legal problems, as well as one of the most emotionally charged and deeply disturbing dramas in one's life. Whatever the reason for ending a marriage is, usually both parents are ready to fight fiercely for their rights towards children and the mere custody. Traditionally, in most cases, family law judges and courts were assigning kids to mother and organized a schedule of visitations and list of mandatory duties for a father. Modern trends in family law have brought some significant changes on the matter. Thus most judges nowadays follow the so-called best interest of the child when making the final decision. This means including and considering a wide range of factors and features from child's point of view, striving to provide optimal conditions for the best upbringing of the kids.
Instead of instant granting custody to the mother, family courts nowadays consider preferences of the children, mental, physical and financial aspects of each parent, relations between each parent and the kid, home environment and community aspects, such as school, hospital as well as the distance between them and residences of the parents. According to that, most family courts prefer the option of joint custody, but sole custody is also an option.
Joint custody
Joint custody is an excellent option for those parents who get along enough to take care of the kids together. This means that both parents will discuss crucial questions regarding child's education, health care, joining sports and other activities, opting for schools and all other important aspects of the child's life. One parent is considered to be residential (custodial), and the other one is non-custodial, but the time spent with a child is split almost equally, and the decisions are made together. If parents have a troubling relationship and cannot work together, not even when it comes to essential aspects of the child's life, the court will assign a kid to the residential parent, which is usually the mother, but not necessarily and this parent will be in charge of these crucial decisions. The other parent gets a schedule of visitations and the granted right to be a part of kid's life.
All my services are available to the parents fighting for their custody rights. With the individualized and personalized approach, I will create an effective strategy to ensure your rights as a parent.