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Q&A: Adam Gemili
Are you training for anything right now?
I'm not training for anything at the moment, the season's done for me. I'll start training again in October for the Commonwealth games and the European Championships next year but right now I'm taking a break. I'll take about four or five weeks off then will hit it again. I've still got university, I'm going into my second year at the University of East London studying sports and exercise science, which is relevant to what I'm doing and I enjoy it.
Do you see yourself going into that in the future?
Yes hopefully athletics will work out for me with the help of this knowledge and I need a degree of some sort.
How was last season for you?
It was great, a brilliant season. I had two championships: the under 23 championships in Finland which went well and the World Championships were also great for me, I made the final and finished 5th and got a PB. I wanted to make the final but I was very happy to run 19 seconds for the 200 meters, it was one of the best things ever - I couldn't believe it. I crossed the line and I didn't think it was me, I thought it was one of the Jamaicans next to me so I looked up at the big screen, the cameras were on me and I looked to where the BBC guys were and they put their thumbs up it was the best thing in the world, absolutely amazing. I'm very happy as I unfortunately had some injuries this year but have overcome them. I had surgery in April, my Plantaris was removed, so I was lucky enough to come back from that. There was a lot of rehab work that went on, I couldn't have made the final without my physios and my coach and my friends and family, they got me through it.
What is your training schedule like in the lead up to an event?
It's intense. I train six days a week, normally early mornings. It's usually speed and endurance stuff for the 200 meters, and quick sharp stuff with more bend work. We did a lot of work on the bend and tactical how to run the race. There's not so much strength and conditioning leading up to the races, we do more heavy stuff in the winter. To keep myself ticking over during the summer leading up to the races I go to the gym a couple of times a week, a couple of weights but not too heavy as I'm still developing so need to be more developed before I start lifting heavier stuff. But I'm learning the techniques and things so as I get older that will help me.
What's the longest distance you run in training?
350's – 400's. But in the winter, the very early winter, we do a couple of kilometers 3-4 just to lose the puppy fat and get back into shape. I'm gorging now as I've got some time off.
What do you eat when you're not training then?
Ah everything, I love Nandos, which is pretty healthy so I'm very healthy really, it's brilliant, chicken and a bit of rice, and you can get vegetables if you want. I go there all the time.
Do you have a strict nutrition plan when you're in training?
I try to, more protein and carbohydrates and I just don't eat rubbish like crisps and chocolate. I still have a treat day though every so often, you've just got to be sensible with it.
Do you think you'll do any distance running in the future? How about RTTB next year?
Maybe. It will take me a few years but maybe after sprinting. I want to do a marathon at some point in the future as well.
What are you aiming for in the next few years?
Rio is the goal. I'll still only be 21-22 so there's also Tokyo in 2020. But Rio is the long-term goal so everything leading up to that is a stepping-stone.
What do you do when you're not running?
I chill out, like a normal teenage guy. I live in Dartford and I just relax, play guitar, jam with my friends, go to the cinema and play football.
How did you get into athletics?
I only really got into it last year in January that's when I really started to take it seriously. I knew I was quick at school and played football so people said try athletics and I did so I stopped playing football and started athletics and made it into the Olympic team, which was mad.
How were the London Games for you last year?
It was amazing, I don't think I'll ever get an experience like that again – in front of a home crowd with so many different other sports, it was just brilliant. I loved that feeling and I want that to be replicated in Rio.
Would you like to encourage more young people to get into and involved into athletics?
Yes. I want to inspire as many young people as possible to get into it. I'm trying to be a good role model. There's been a lot of negativity in the sport lately with the anti-doping thing and a lot of top athletes being caught, which isn't nice and it puts people off so I think I'm just here to spread the message that we are clean and it's a credible sport. There are so many events you can get into and you just need to find the right one and you'll end up loving it. It's the purest form of sport I think, get from here as quickly as possible, throw this as far as you can, everyone can do it. So that's what I'm aiming for to get as many young people as possible involved so we can compete with the likes of America, China, Russia and all these big nations.
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Vegetable Pad Thai Noodles
- 14 oz. Pad Thai rice noodles (thin, flat linguini-like noodles)
- 5 eggs
- 2 Tbs minced garlic
- 1 Tbs. minced ginger
- 1 onion, chopped
- 4 carrots, cut into thin julienne strips
- 1 broccoli, cut into small florets
- 3 portobello mushrooms, sliced
- 2 cups bean sprouts
- 3 scallions, diced
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro
- 1 cup chopped salted peanuts
- 1 cake of extra firm tofu, cut into small cubes
- coconut oil for sautéing
- 2 Tbsp. tamarind paste (available at Asian/East Indian food stores)
- 2 Tbs. pineapple juice
- 1 Tbsp. Tamari
- 2 Tbs. fresh lime juice
- 3 Tbsp. sugar or honey
- lime wedges for serving
- Either soak noodles in cold water for 1 hour to soften, or soak in boiling water for 10 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water. The noodles are ready when they are al dente. They will finish cooking in the pan with the vegetables.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together the tamarind, pineapple juice, tamari, sugar, lime juice and ½ cup of water. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Press the tofu between 2 dish towels to remove the water. Cut the tofu into small cubes. Lay out on a well greased cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle tofu with garlic powder, ginger powder and salt. Bake for 10 minutes until golden brown on all sides. Splash with Tamari and bake for 5 more minutes, allowing the tamari to caramelize. Remove from oven and set aside.
- Using a wok over medium-high heat, with 2 Tbs. coconut oil, add the onions, 1 Tbs. garlic and ½ Tbs. ginger. Cook for 3 minutes, then add the carrots. Cook for 5 minutes, and then add the broccoli. Add more coconut oil if necessary. Add the mushrooms and continue cooking until all of the vegetables are soft. Transfer the vegetables to a bowl.
- Add another 2 Tbs. coconut oil to the wok. Add remaining garlic and ginger. Add the tofu and sear it with the ginger and garlic. Remove tofu and add to the bowl of vegetables. Now add the drained noodles and toss in the garlic and ginger to cover. Then add ¾ of the Tamarind sauce. Continue cooking, carefully tossing the noodles to cover with sauce, without breaking them.
- In a separate pan, scramble the eggs well. Add them to the wok. Return the vegetables to the wok, and add the tofu and remaining sauce. Stir-fry everything together for 1 minute using 2 utensils and a tossing motion (like tossing a salad).
- Add ¼ cup of water and reduce heat to medium, to prevent noodles from sticking to wok.
- Add half the bean sprouts, half the peanuts and 2 Tbs. of the chopped cilantro. Toss everything together to incorporate.
- Taste-test. Add more tamari if desired.
- Place on a large serving platter, and garnish with remaining bean sprouts, cilantro, scallions and peanuts. Serve with lime wedges on the side.

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Under direction, incumbents interpret, apply, and explain provisions of the Vehicle Code and the regulations, policies, and procedures of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) pertaining to the licensing of drivers, registering and titling of vehicles and vessels, licensing of vehicle dealers, manufacturers, and dismantlers, the performance of post licensing functions related to problematic drivers; and perform other related work. Incumbents typically work with customers in a fast-paced environment in departmental field and driver safety offices, call centers or headquarters' processing units and assist the public in the issuance of identification cards, driver and occupational licenses, motor carrier permits, and the registration and titling of vehicles.


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Albertans' attitudes about divisive social issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage and doctor-assisted suicide continue to shift, with most provincial residents now "more progressive than traditional in their thinking," says a new poll.
According to a Lethbridge College telephone survey of more than 1,000 adults this September, Albertans have a "progressive" attitude on a number of social questions.
The poll indicates Calgarians and southern Albertans from outside of the city are slightly more likely to say such social matters are personal decisions.
Lethbridge College political scientist Faron Ellis said although this appears counterintuitive due to the region's reputation for social conservatism, he believes it can be explained by the contingent of southern Albertans who could be categorized as libertarians — people who have an entrepreneurial, individualist mindset.
"It's more choice," said Ellis, who oversaw the poll process. "Alberta tends to be on the leading edge when it comes to individual choice."
Across the province, 74 per cent of respondents agree Ottawa should continue to give same-sex marriages equal legal standing with traditional marriages. That's up from 66 per cent in 2009.
"We've measured this in Lethbridge for 12 years and we've seen a complete reversal," Ellis said on the same-sex marriage question. "Where it was two-to-one opposed, now it is two-to-one supportive."
A strong majority of Albertans, 81 per cent, also say abortion is a matter of choice that should be decided between a woman and her doctor. That compares to 78 per cent in 2009.
There's also been a significant change when it comes to Albertans' attitudes on doctor-assisted suicide.
Only 64 per cent of Albertans said people with terminal illness should be allowed to legally access doctor-assisted suicide in 2009. That percentage now stands at 76 per cent.
Albertans also look slightly more favourably upon medical marijuana use compared to past years, but only 45 per cent of provincial residents believe cannabis should be decriminalized for recreational purposes.
Support for capital punishment for those convicted of first-degree murder has remained relatively flat, sitting at 60 per cent now compared with 59 per cent in 2009 — although people in southern Alberta, outside of Calgary, are more likely to favour the death penalty.
"Albertans are more progressive than traditional in their thinking on this cluster of issues," concludes the poll.
The poll also found people who described themselves as very religious held onto the most traditional beliefs. On partisan grounds, Wildrose, Alberta PC and federal Conservative supporters were more likely to be traditional than Liberal and NDP supporters.
Ellis said although Wildrose supporters are more likely to be traditional on these social issues — and the Wildrose formed the official Opposition by virtually sweeping southern Alberta — the poll also found that both Calgary and southern Alberta have more "progressive" views in many categories.
For instance, Calgarians are more likely to support same-sex marriage or abortion choice than other parts of the province.
In southern Alberta, 82 per cent of those polled believe terminally ill people should be able to ask their doctor for help to end their life — higher support than the Alberta public as a whole.
Kris Wells, a researcher at the University of Alberta's Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services, said he would use caution in interpreting results relating to specific regions of the province, since the poll sample size there was small.
However, Wells said the real story is how Alberta has changed. Just nine years ago, then-premier Ralph Klein vowed to put every possible obstacle in the way of same-sex marriage in Alberta, saying he would invoke the Constitution's notwithstanding clause.
Now, said Wells, "it's a non-issue."
"We're moving away from our traditional understanding of the world," Wells added.
University of Calgary cultural studies professor Rebecca Sullivan agreed: "It's amazing how easily and quickly we turn the tables."
In Lethbridge, Ellis noted these social issues have never driven major voting swings. Economic issues always trump social issues.
He said the only time that changes is when the economy is doing so well, voters have time to think about something other than finances.
Ellis warned however, a lack of trust on social issues could turn some voters off a particular political party.
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
The survey of Albertans has also been statistically weighted to better reflect the demographic distribution of the population for gender and age.


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Larson O'Brien LLP exists because the firm's founding partners love the courtroom and believe that the most skilled litigators share their passion. We efficiently achieve winning results through elite trial advocacy. Our trial experience informs all aspects of litigation strategy.
We also understand that our clients' lives and businesses do not begin and end at the courthouse steps. We often achieve our most valuable victories before trial. We are committed to understanding every client's story and business, in order to aggressively and creatively achieve results that meet the client's objectives early in our involvement.
We are a litigation boutique that does more than litigate. We take cases to trial—and win. Our trial record includes some of the most recognized trial victories in California. Our attorneys know their way around the courtroom, having served as a U.S. District Judge, U.S. Magistrate Judge, arbitrators, federal prosecutors, federal public defenders, assistant district attorneys, and law clerks to federal and state trial judges and appellate justices. Our superior trial experience informs our litigation strategy from the outset of every case and creates winning opportunities before and at trial. We conduct each motion, deposition, and investigation with trial in mind, in order to best position the client for victory.
We are not a full service law firm. We focus on what we love and do best—winning trials and resolving disputes. This allows us to provide the highest value to our clients because our litigation practice never subsidizes underperforming or cyclical practice groups. Our boutique structure allows us to maximize cost effectiveness through competitive rates and alternative fee arrangements and by staffing cases to match each client's needs.
Do not let the term "boutique" fool you. We have the firepower to beat the nation's biggest firms in high-stakes lawsuits. Our attorneys have graduated from many of the nation's top law schools, received some of the profession's most respected accolades, and tried and won cases as partners and associates at the most prestigious Am Law law firms.
We also are not a niche law firm. We will not settle for doing one thing repeatedly. Our complex commercial and white collar trial practices are broad. We have represented defendants and plaintiffs in almost every industry and seek out the most challenging cases. These experiences hone our litigation skills across an array of subject areas and disciplines, making us more formidable and creative trial lawyers.
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I have become an online learning enthusiast in the last five years or so. I went from having signed up for online classes but being too afraid to even start one, to completing dozens of courses on many different platforms, in subjects ranging from programming to psychology to illustration. The skills and knowledge I've cultivated are worth every minute of video lessons and class projects. Here I'll share my experience with Bonnie Christine's Skillshare workshop "Illustrate from Sketches: Design 3 Patterns in 3 Weeks".
What is skillshare?
Skillshare is a paid membership learning platform with classes on everything from marketing strategy to children's illustration. Yes, the annual membership fee is a bit pricey ($96 as of this writing), but think of it this way: that's the price of a handful of outings to the movies but instead of a few hours of entertainment you get to learn almost anything, anytime, anywhere. I am a fan. There are downsides, as with anything. Skillshare is also a platform for teaching so some classes are not as high quality as others. Although there's no shortage of quality classes on any given topic.
Think of learning on Skillshare as powered-up video tutorials. Every class has two things on top of (usually) great instruction: a class project and a community of students. The class project keeps you accountable for actually applying the skills you just learned. Getting feedback from other students keeps you motivated and checking out how other students have interpreted the lessons in their projects is inspiring.
What is a skillshare workshop?
Normally you complete Skillshare classes at your own pace. You decide when to watch the lessons, when to start your project, and when to finish it. A workshop has more a more structured timeline. The workshop schedule will let you know when you should have watched video lessons and when to complete the different steps in your project. Some workshops have limited spots and may cost an additional fee on top of your Skillshare membership. In these workshops you can generally expect more involvement and individual feedback from the instructor. If you are on Skillshare to level up your professional skills a workshop might be a good investment.
Workshop: Illustrate from Sketches: Design 3 Patterns in 3 Weeks
Price: $40USD
Instructor: Bonnie Christine
Workshop Timeline: January 24, 2017 – February 14, 2017
Project: design 3 seamless repeating patterns based on digitized original sketches on a theme of your choice
My Project
Theme: Exhibits at the Legion of Honor San Francisco
The Legion of Honor is my favorite museum in the city. I love its serene setting, surrounded by redwood forest, overlooking one of the best views of the Golden Gate Bridge. Some of my favorite pieces in the museum are everyday artifacts: jewelry, porcelain dishes, and ancient jars and bottles. I was also inspired by the design elements in the architecture of the museum itself.
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Sketches and Palette
My pattern designs
Here's some ideas of how these patterns could look on some different items.
What I learned
First of all I have to say I learned quite a bit about the basic tools in illustrator. I started using Illustrator (after over ten years of being die-hard Photoshop only) in another Skillshare class ("Learn to Draw Digitally: Create Cute Drawings Using Basic Shapes"). That was great for breaking the ice. This workshop really felt like a leveling up in Illustrator skills. I will definitely be using it as much as I do Photoshop now.
I also learned how enjoyable and accessible designing repeat patterns can be. It opens up a whole new way to make customized items and I particularly look forward to applying it to making gifts.
If I had to do it over again I would definitely plan a more specific concept/story for a collection. As it was my idea turned out to be too broad. Deciding what motifs to use, choosing a color palette, and designing the style of the patterns were all much more time consuming and difficult than they needed to be. Another thing I'd do differently would be to add textures to motifs before creating patterns. Adding them in later on top of my patterns did not give me the effect I wanted.
Overall I'm really glad I enrolled in the whole series in this workshop. I can't wait to go through the process again (and again!) to keep learning.


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Cyprus International University (CIU) was established in Nicosia in 1997 with the vision of providing infrastructure, technical and physical capabilities, equivalent to those of the best universities of Turkey, Europe, and the United States. The Faculty of Engineering was launched with the establishment of Cyprus International University, along with the following programs: Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Information Systems Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Energy Systems Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Petrol, Oil and Gas Engineering, respectively.
In the era of the Bologna Process in education; infrastructure needs to be developed by taking into account the development of engineering science and rapidly developing technologies. To achieve this, we need to continuously observe and renovate the curriculum and the contents of the programs, use active teaching and learning methods; develop modern measurement and evaluation systems, successfully apply the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS), and provide continuous improvement and sustainability in education and training.
We provide the required skills to our students by encouraging active participation in classes, in order to help them become engineers with utter confidence, to use their knowledge and skills. We train engineers who question problems before producing solutions and have considerable problem solving, design, and analysis skills. We train entrepreneurial engineers who are able to develop technologies and projects and can work in groups regarding both national and international projects, integrated within the industry. We also aim to ensure that our students have environmental awareness, follow professional ethics and principles, and are sensitive to artistic and cultural values. Further, we train engineers who consider community welfare and safety.
Every serious and ambitious university has to offer quality education and training, in addition to rigorous research and community services in order to take part in the world of science. A high-quality education system can be assessed through accreditations from national and international accreditation organizations. In this regard, the undergraduate programs of the Faculty of Engineering have applied, started, and in some cases earned the accreditation of national and international organizations, such as MÜDEK. The Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical-Electronic Engineering and Industrial Engineering programs are already accredited by MÜDEK.
The Faculty of Engineering's experienced staff and our well-equipped laboratories are exceptional when compared to the regional universities, and help us provide contemporary undergraduate and graduate education, with modern teaching methods that enable students to become professionals in their fields.
The students of the Faculty of Engineering attend courses in modern classrooms that have all the equipment and facilities needed to sustain their education and training. CIU offers a modern and lively campus with an organized library, student dormitories, and recreational areas, indoor and outdoor sports fields that encourage all CIU students to both enjoy and be proud of the university throughout their education.


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A NEW institution will be tasked with scrutinising the financing of political parties, according to draft legislation that the parliament is expected to discuss at its May session.
The proposal is based on some of the commitments that all the current parliamentary parties made prior to the 2012 general elections in the wake of problematic party financing evidenced in the Gorilla file. At that time, they pledged, among other, to create such an audit body, within a year since the election. Now they are going to attempt to do so, albeit with some delay, the Sme daily reported.
The body should be a state committee consisting of 14 paid experts. Ten of them should be nominated by the political parties themselves, while the remaining four would represent courts, the General Prosecutor's Office, and the Supreme Control Authority (NKU).
Parties had promised to push through a stricter control over party financing within a year since the general election; but 400 days later, this is still not true. After several disputes and comments, the draft amendment should be passed in May, Sme wrote.
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Shoham spends his time working on music and working on issues involving the Yemenite population. The security situation surrounding the Kotel and Yerushalayim motivated Shoham to redo the song, in order to put an extra special emphasis on the Jews' relationship with it for all generations. This new version was arranged by Nadav Bitton.
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Hello sanskrit lovers of Bengalooru,
here is a great opportunity to all of you to learn conversing in sanskrit language, just in two days!
here is a detailed info (i have cut n pasted the info from a mail that i have received)
Hi and Namaste,
Here is an excellent opportunity to learn Samskrit (spoken) in just two days. Block your calendar for these days (Nov 22-23). Please pass this information to your friends/relatives in Bangalore.
Who is conducting?
Samskrita Bharati is conducting two days workshop (known as Samskrit Sambhashan Shibir) on spoken Samskrit at various locations (near your home) in Bangalore on Nov 22-23, 2008. (Time: 9am – 6pm)
More about the organization: http://www.samskritabharati.org/sb/
Here is simple sentence in Samskrit:
- Registration fee per person, for adults – Rs.200/- and children (6 to 12 years) – Rs.100/-
- Family participation is encouraged.
- Children are allowed only when parent participates.
- Restrict to 25 only.
- First come, first serve basis.
Note: Registration includes lunch and tea/coffee.
The living Language:
- Several concepts which are fundamental to today's theoretical computer science have their origin in the works of PANINI (520-460 BCE)
- Indian Defence Ministry is developing secret codes using Samskrit and applying "The Panini Methodology".
- The roots of many languages of the world are found in samskrit.
- Dr.Rick Briggs, NASA, says in an issue of "artificial Intelligence" that "samskirt grammarians had already found a way of solving what is perhaps the most important problem in computer science –"natural language understanding and machine translation"
Blog is available to provide more information on various topics related to Samskrit (including this workshop).
Blog: http://speaksamskrit.blogspot.com/
Whom to contact:
Check this link on the contact information at various locations (near your home) in bangalore:
http://speaksamskrit.blogspot.com/2008/10/contact.html Or me (9986362187).
For more information you can send e-mail to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks & regards,
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October 26, 2016: Further to AAVSO Alert Notice 550, observations of the nova V1656 Sco (ASASSN-16kd = Nova Sco 2016 No. 2 = PNV J17225112-3158349) are requested beginning at once.
June 15, 2015: Nova Sgr 2015 No. 2 (V5668 Sgr, PNV J18365700-2855420; see AAVSO Alert Notice 512) is undergoing a significant fading visually as its infrared excess increases, indicating that substantial dust production is underway.
Campaign continued through 2017 at least. Also, campaign updated in AAVSO Special Notice #408 (20151002).
March 13, 2015: Dr. George Rieke (University of Arizona) and colleagues have requested AAVSO assistance in monitoring four stars with developing planetary systems. The targets are RZ Psc, HD 15407A, V488 Per, and HD 23514. This campaign is similar to the one conducted in 2013 (see AAVSO Alert Notice 482).


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Canvas - Getting Started with Piazza in Canvas (UW-Madison)
At UW-Madison, the Piazza Q&A product is integrated with the Canvas learning management system. This integration allows direct sign on to Piazza via a link from within Canvas. This document describes how to access Piazza Q&A from Canvas.
Adding Piazza Q&A to a Course (Instructors Only)
Students: see Launching Piazza Q&A, below.
Before you launch Piazza for the first time, please make sure you review Piazza-Getting Started and know about the potential FERPA issues with Piazza.
To make the tool accessible you will have to add it to your Canvas course navigation bar. To do this:
- Click on Settings
- Select the Navigation tab. At the bottom of the page is a list of tools that are not in the navigation bar.
- Locate Piazza and drag and drop it into the list of tools directly above.
- Click Save to save your changes.
Launching Piazza Q&A (Students, instructors, and all other users)
- To launch the tool, select the Piazza link in the Canvas course navigation bar.
- A login box will appear. It will identify you as either a student or instructor in the class. Verify that the information is correct and continue as follows:
- You are prompted to set and confirm a new password at this screen.
- We recommend creating a password if you wish to use your account online at piazza.com or through the Android or iOS apps.
- If you've already created a Piazza account previously, you will see Account with email you provided already exists.
- Enter the password you used when setting up your Piazza account.
- Click the checkbox to agree to the terms of use, then click Continue.
- UW-Madison has special, institutional-level terms of use in place with Piazza which supersede the on-screen terms of use. These institutional-level Terms of Use are designed to provide protection for student and faculty data and intellectual property
- Enter your estimated enrollment for the course, and click Create Class.
- This will take you to another course creation screen.
- If you already have created an account with Piazza, simply enter your password.
- If not, it will walk you through creating an account.
- After entering our password, click the checkbox to agree to the terms of use, then click Continue.
- UW-Madison has special, institutional-level terms of use in place with Piazza which supersede the on-screen terms of use. These institutional-level Terms of Use are designed to provide protection for student and faculty data and intellectual property.
Instructors will see Piazza Q&A launch.
Note: You do not need to upload your course roster.
- Students will automatically get added to the Piazza roster as they click on the link in your Canvas course.
- Also, there is the possibility that a UW student not in your course will sign up for your Piazza course.
- You should periodically go through the roster in Piazza and remove students who are not in your class in order to protect your students FERPA rights.Students will see a screen asking for academic information. Entering your academic information is not required. Continue as follows:
- Enter your academic information or click the I'm not pursuing a degree checkbox.
- Click Continue.
- A screen appears, asking you to register for the Piazza Network.
- If you choose to join the Piazza Network, you will be asked to agree to terms of service.
- If not, you will proceed directly to Piazza Q&A.
Note: Network is a different product offered by Piazza and it IS NOT REQUIRED that you sign up for it.
- In fact, researching the Network product is highly recommended prior to signing up, as it allows your profile to be viewed by outside organizations.
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A quick google search for "synthetic urine' reveals pages of results on how to beat a urine test. These pages describe how to utilize synthetic urine and which chemicals may be used to prevent a positive drug test.
Now state legislators are considering a bill that would make it a crime to possess, sell or advertise chemicals used to create synthetic urine in order to falsify results of a drug test.
In Wisconsin similar laws are already in place. Employees can be fired for attempting to falsify a drug test using synthetic urine. Doing so could lead to a fine of up to $500 and 30 days in jail for using the substance, and the price for selling it is even higher. Making or selling synthetic urine would impose a fine of up to $1,000 and 90 days in jail.
Fourteen other states have adopted similar laws. Backers of these laws hope that they will aid in the effort to fight the country's heroin epidemic.


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It's (still) a rich man's world: YWT Annual Survey 2018
Our 2018 annual survey, It's (still) a Rich Man's World, once again shows that young women remain more likely than young men to be
affected by job insecurity, money worries and debt.
The facts
Our report, based on our annual Populus Data Solutions poll of more than 4,010 18-30 year-olds in England and Wales and 1,105 54-72 year olds in England and Wales shows that:
- Millions of young women are being let down in workplace
- More than a quarter of young women say their financial situation has got worse in the past year
- Young women's mental health concerns are skyrocketing
- Sexual harassment is still not being dealt with
- Employers are ignoring gender pay gaps.
- Gender discrimination is rife
- Women bear the brunt of low pay, with debt levels increasing
- Equality is a long way off but there is still hope of achieving it.


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Darlene finished the card by adding a couple of hearts to the inside. It's amazing how just adding some coordinating Card Stock and a couple of hearts using the small heart punch #117193 can make the inside as pretty as the outside.
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In Apr, you are sure to wow others with your terms, concepts, and information, special Aquarius. Really like and interaction are linked together in amazing ways, and this can mean you fulfill an appreciation attention through an online or phone relationship, for example. or it might even factor to an interesting new attention or venture. Really like may be found in your own community, through siblings' relationships, or through studying efforts. This is probably the best season for discussing events, interaction venture releases, or basically demonstration and discussing of your thoughts. You can find yourself popular, as you are currently the go-to person for advice or basically for good company. The Lunar Surpass in the last week of the 30 days can bring some severe critique or some other form of distressing analysis, but whatever does happen now drives you in the route towards making important changes. Controlling close relatives and profession, or your personal and public lifestyles, can be the task now. Your heart is likely to be on the property front side at this factor in the 30 days, but obligations outside of close relatives members and house are likely to be pushing and challenging now.
July 2013 for the Aquarians is a period of pleasure and enjoyment. You will plan for the year forward and simultaneously take it easy to the highest possible. Appropriate preparing along with the right execution is the key to your success. Love and relationships will be impacted this month. Tolerance is the key to a effective long-lasting connection. This is also a fun a chance to get expecting for women preparing to have infants. There will be changes on your job front too. Business structure and company guidelines may go through impressive changes. Work information too may be modified. Change of tasks is expected in the Aquarius July 2013 per month astrology. You may also closure some effective business offers.
May 2013 Aquarius astrology forecasts monthly of relaxation and coming to conditions with truth. Concentrate on the issues on hand and invest time with family. Relations with associate or associate may be sensitive. Your conditions may be misunderstood. Love at perform is possible if you have your eye on a co-worker. Single men and women will try to find the most ideal associate but will be terrified of getting into a serious connection. Career forecasts for the Aquarians alerts you to be cautious at perform. Your interest and concentrate may be redirected thus resulting in you to make foolish errors. Finance prediction for May 2013 is not too shiny. You may have some type of discussion with your associate on money issues. You may decide to go on a pilgrimage or take a religious holiday.
July could be your very preferred 30 days of the season. It has a little of everything, and all the information that will come to you should be really great information. Romantic endeavors, profession, cash, and creativeness - with so much going on it is difficult to know where to start! Let's begin first with July 1, when the great Sun will get a helpful fantastic ray from Uranus, the globe that delivers excitement, that is also your leader. (When your leader is engaged, that's information, so always pay a lot of interest when I discuss Uranus for you!) Over the few days of July 1-2, you may be on a fast journey and completely experiencing yourself. If you have a associate, he or she will be with you and delighting you every phase of the way. I am satisfied to review that the first few days of the 30 days will be so much fun, for you have had a lot of serious factors to think about lately, and you sorely need a modify of speed.
This summer 2013 will be a active 30 days, with a lot of perform and with all kinds of responsibilities, in which you'll be successful only if you arrange yourself very well. By operating consistently, though, you can do in monthly as others in a season and, moreover to that, you can increase your earnings, a factor you shouldn't ignore a bit in a interval in which financial situation in common don't look too secure. Jupiter joined Aquarius' home of perform at the end of last 30 days, foreshadowing a season in which the expert life will be noticeable by power, passion, opportunity, wish to increase and huge programs. July 2013 will be a top 30 days, in which all this will obtain a more apparent information. But it'll also be a very active 30 days, placing ongoing stress on you, even more noticeable in the second 50 percent. Moreover, you'd better take proper care because there can appear problems relevant to documents, information, email, and interaction could be defective. Financially, the place of Jupiter will be positive to you, not just because it declares some well-paid perform, but also because it'll make an excellent element with Neptune, which is situated in Aquarius' home of money.
The point when the Aug 2013 twentieth complete heavenly satellite illuminating your evidence Aquarius, you can have two some weeks to get yourself and your distinctive targets to be capable. This may be only an examination to see where you are in life, or it could be a genuine examination to make beyond any doubt you are really acceptable. The inspiration to work out is currently and enough here we are at healthier eating regimen arrangements must be started immediately. You do necessity to store for outfits and house furnishing rebates on the seventh, 26th, and 30. Much the same as different manifestations, the Aug sixth full moon is the key to associations. There are still challenges to be practiced with cohorts of execution and home; you can realize what others are recognizing and sympathize with their issues. Connection is extremely essential on the tenth through the fifteenth. Watch out for further kinship time provided that you are in a devoted association and provided that you are individual, counteract the exposed scene and identify somebody to truly like at, say, the accumulation.
The world which effects your career, Pluto, will be on vacation some a few several weeks. That´s why nothing amazing happened in this place for Aquarius sign. Zodiac for September display Pluto´s slide forward from 16. September caused by which is improvement and then stagnation on the place of execute. Old issues will be set immediately and aspects will be obvious. When cannot be better. You´ll get on the top of your career soon. Dramatics changes are arriving which will proceed later on. You must be personal with your administrator and near family members. This issue has been following you for some a few several weeks. Some issues can appear in really like issues, because the two world's of really like moved into the same sign. You can avoid issues if you pay interest to your middle not your thoughts. Quality in really like would be amazing, but challenging too.
The lunar exceeds on the 18th of Aries components connections and relationships. You will have an enhanced contact them around this period of your energy and effort .Get touching a team project or a assisting out opportunity during Oct 2013. You will have complications in maintaining money in your economical concern on the Twenty-first. You will also need to keep out for options on projects and the amounts that will make up for these projects. Profession actions that occur around the 8th of Oct 2013 won't be resolved until the end of the year. Keep this in ideas if you are looking for a new job. Do not trip during the week's duration of Oct 4th . Be very cautious when projects and during your daily produce to execute the lunar energy might just produce accidents. You can find that the complications occur with an in-law and when is not good for any legal problems.
The transport of the Sun in Scorpio will cause you to take on new responsibilities. A very nervous Mars, in level of potential to deal with your sign and in Leo, will cause to stress. The outstanding factor of the Venus/Mercury duo will enhance your projects. Take advantages of it to assessment some of the basic principles of your job. Highly effective considering and comfortable will allow you to convince your audiences. Delicate level of resistance between Mars and Neptune. A delicate turn on the economical situation and wellness level. Pluto improves your energy, and Neptune will stress you.Jupiter will cause you to get in contact your close relatives around you. You will be an excellent presenter. Your recommended recommendations will cause you to amazing actions. If you are personal, you will be quite complicated. You will be mentally satisfied by helping the other. You will experience really like as come back and talking about rather than adoring feelings.
You will be having a amazing new season for discovering old friends and near family members, with the Sun's moving through the buddy sign, Sagittarius. Jupiter in your house will carry a Christmas finish of pleasant enjoyment and maybe a little journey to get relax. Mercury and Venus will increase your projects. Emotional recovery. Negotiate and finish whatever you can in the cost-effective framework. Mars in Virgo will cause movements in your records. You will get some outstanding satisfactions on at execute and unrivaled snacks thanks to Neptune who will enhance your intuition. Communication with friends will be endowed, although new actions will not be creating you indifferent… Your beneficial power will attract quite a few people. It's a outstanding activation for others, but maybe you would choose something else. In brief, nothing too exciting! Your libido, whether you are personal or in a connection, will be capricious! If you are looking for organization, you will need to extra enough a opportunity to go further. In associates, you will have the wish to shift and please the individual you really like.
Most of the 30 days the planet's are still more or less equally dis-tributed between the higher and reduced sections of your graph. So there is a need to stability the inner lifestyle with the external life; external, life actions with house and household activities; success on the globe with a feeling of psychological stability. But after the twentieth a major move happens and the planetary power stimulates the reduced 50 percent of your graph – the 50 percent that is below the Skyline. Thus, house, family and psychological problems will become progressively prominent as the months improvement. An important move in mind-set is occurring now. Between 80 and 90 % of the planet's are in the Southern industry and many planet's will be in your own Indication of Aquarius after the twentieth. Thus you are uncommonly separate now (you are always separate, but now more so) – more self-willed – more prepared to want your own way in lifestyle – and more prepared to get it. The globe will just have to evolve to you now and not viceversa.
Aquarius your globe innovator, Uranus, is the promoter of changing and motions. Uranus can be very complicated and cause disruptions in your way of life. Do notices, however, that Uranus is also the trade of technological innovation. There are many opportunities during Feb 2014 to enhancement in all aspects of your way of life. When you need help, ask for it. You will need those who really like you to keep on to when periods are complicated during Feb. Cope with your immediate family members and they will take good proper proper you. With the support and really like of family members you will be in a win-win situation when factors are a bit complicated. Career has comfort and slow paced life in your way of life. Don't take it for offered however since there will be problems if you don't do an outstanding job. New ideas will offer restoration to your team. Keep ideas on the stage, and do not be misled by your ideas. Look for issues from every part before you make options. Toward the end of Feb, you might find out that there are rumblings of unique deals for you. Keep your listening to begins and your middle pleased.
Aquarius awesome actions are arriving for you in objective. You really like change and all change is outstanding for you. You will really like every time of your new position in both individual and near family members way of life. You might also want to start a new organization. Do start a organization with a affiliate and discovered a organization that you are familiar with. Passions are outstanding new companies. You may think that you're really like doesn't appreciate how much you do for them in Aquarius. You think that you are exclusive and the appropriate recognition. This is an unusual mind-set and your relationship may not withstand with this mind-set on your aspect. Yet, Venus in your house of personality and overall look will provide you with the power to make yourself over. Enhance your overall look and you will attract different types of individuals. Be careful however.
Venus is in your home of concepts on the 5th and the most important aspect for you and your affiliates will be a allocated knowing in how you earn money, financial commitment and cost variety. Straighten up out everything now since you will not be able to handle it later on. Understanding where you are going financially provides you with a head's up on way of life. On Apr 29, a solar exceed will appear in the sign of Taurus and your home of family problems. You are recommended to keep on with what you have. Do not look for prosperity where they cannot be found. There will be effects for staying put, but they will be outstanding. You are qualified to keep what you have earned; no one should get it more than you. Things will be out of control for many of the 45 days Aquarius. Business presentation disfavor or avoid following the viewers, but if you keep on to your useful freedom too challenging you may find out that you are staying in the dust. Be sensible and don't evaluate others too approximately. If you follow your own drummer, you will be considered as a exclusive but also as a complicated personal.
Aquarius May is 30 days of power. It is here we are at enhanced personal guarantee and ego creating. Concentrate your self-expressions and what you want to do to others. Begin personal projects. If you are a little more self-centered than frequent that is excellent and healthy provided that you know that you are not the one and only in every person's way of life. Be resolved and put believe in in your own abilities during May. Be highly effective. Material items and comfort issues are of excellent as the Sun goes through your house of security. It is a power for you to find the best in versatile and collecting valuables. What you have and what you want to need to come in focus and keep your distribution of concepts excellent. Do keep in thoughts that the economical predicament will determine what you do with your remaining cash. Put all your power in your efficiency and economical predicament and take your ideas to the lending company.
There may be some activities coming your way which will be all the more frustrating because you didn't ask for them and you don't are eligible to them. Unfortunately, way of life isn't always affordable and sometimes it happens like this. Try not to let it get you down, and just continue on with your jet-setting way of way of life. You're going to have more freedom in your execute than you're used to. Appreciate it! It might last, but only if you make the most of it. You're going to see a lot of opportunities come up for you this year, and they're well gained. However, don't neglect about these activities. They may very well come at execute and the results could be dreadful if you let it get out of part. Keep your amazing and keep in thoughts that it's not really about you.
You experience a bit like the globe has been shaken up and it has unsettled your spirit. Power yourself to create some changes in your lifestyle as this is the only way you will experience more beneficial about factors. Your wellness and your power will enhance once you have created some changes but just in situation try to get as much rest as you can. If you are only one Aquarius you can anticipate to drop madly in really like and it will be one of those "head over heels" activities. It is okay – just get taken away with it all and appreciate every moment of it. It might even last but the celebrities are not so sure this is your true really like.
Aquarius you may encounter during Aug as if you cannot seem to get ahead in any way kind or kind in the really like department. Saturn is the one soothing obstacles for your loving way of life. Appreciate the fun energy of plants who are soothing about in Leo and your house of actions. You will rest confident that you can find someone who factors and admires you. You will have a amazing time showing your new look.
The "love front" will satisfy you with soft and harmonic connections within your close relatives members group, as well as outside of it. Your fan will most likely be in contract with you in far from everything, but your justifications will just force you towards creating your emotions, and will allow you to come near to your last objective. Together you will find the response to a query much quicker, even with the situation of one of you not knowing anything in this area.
The way Oct 2014 will successfully go by for the Aquarius relies upon mostly on how the conditions begin to come together from the very first times of the 1 month. If during the beginning of the first ten-day interval there is an effective and shiny improvement estimated in perform and in really like, which indicates that the associates of your astrology constellation just got fortunate and all of the prospective adverse thoughts has approved you by. If, however, in the first three-five times the scenario is switching out to be straight reverse to objectives, then everything is indeed bad. This implies that the estimated adverse thoughts has shown its complete shades and there will be nowhere to cover up.
The Aquarius, the astrology Home in which the power of Air goes through a level of a laconic dropped, will experience an specifically beneficial set of outstanding conditions in Nov 2014, just like many other symptoms. Saturn, the planet-ruler of the Home of Aquarius, will be considerably strengthened due to his contribution in one of the most powerful beneficial effective mixtures of this interval.
The really like front part will carry you joy in Dec 2014 with unexpected activities. This declaration is especially appropriate to those who are planning to fulfill the New Decades alone.You will know what will develop from a seeds of a wish only if you place it and let it develop. With fear in your center, not only will you not achieve anything, you will also not be able to discover the right ground.
A whole new scenario will happen on the "personal front" in Jan 2015. There will not be a requirement to modify anything or somehow impact the coming up scenario. Whatever should happen – will happen; and all of the present activities will come to their sensible results towards the end of the second ten-day interval. Then you will experience a new division of development for your connections with family members.
In Feb 2015, the indication of Aquarius will stay through a relatively beneficial lifestyle level that may reveal itself in a whole sea of essential and large-scale results. First, you need to understand that the Sun, the heavenly whole body accountable for the expulsion of this indication, will modify the route of its power and instead of conventional negative thoughts will provide the Aquarius with a highly effective boost of beneficial power.
In Goal 2015, the indication of Aquarius may wish for highly effective assistance on part of his heavenly customers. This will not be the easiest level of life, so we should observe the specifically highly effective impact of the Sun. The constant innovator of the Solar Program is typically accountable for the expulsion of the Aquarius and will currently increase in durability due to the mixtures with some other planet's of the Solar Program.
For the indication of Aquarius, Apr 2015 will not be the most convenient of periods and the foundation for the unique circumstances would be an overall adverse dynamic qualifications. You should first of all observe the place of the Sun, which in its conventional place is accountable for the expulsion of Aquarius. The solar adverse thoughts will currently be powerful and this is truly bad information, since there are very few planetary mixtures that can get over such an impact.
Time will be quite constant and harmonic for the indication of Aquarius in May 2015, although it will not be without its own unique benefits. The beneficial dynamic qualifications will be described mostly by the roles of Saturn and mercury. Saturn (the planet-ruler of Aquarius) will be considerably strengthened due to the person multi-stellar mixtures, while Mercury will add the part of the "celestial leader" of the Air trigon to his pre-existing one of the planet-exalt.
The indication of Aquarius may wish for all-encompassing help on part of the heavenly systems in July 2015, so this interval of lifestyle will be gap of any aspects that can damage your serenity. Mercury, typically enjoying the part of the planet-exalt of the Aquarius indication, will concentrate its interest on the economical part of lifestyle. Simultaneously, the Sudden power will be powerful enough to offer all the power that an Aquarius may need in all fields.
This summer 2015 will be a constant and mostly a beneficial here we are at the Aquarius indication, unfortunately without any important activities. Mercury, typically enjoying the part of the planet-exalt of this indication, will securely secure the perform route of the Aquarius's lifestyle from any exterior impact, also offering this indication with moves of lifestyle power that will reveal in development of efficiency and action. Simultaneously, Saturn (the planet-ruler of Aquarius) will definitely avoid any issues in the sensation place of lifestyle.
For individuals created under this indication, the last summer time 30 days will be complete of a extensive range of activities and to a higher level – beneficial ones. Although this is unlikely to be a major interval, and no really important activities are going to occur, the Aquarius will have a lot of possibilities to lay a strong foundation for the growth of successful upcoming styles.
For the indication of Aquarius, Sept 2015 will be a moment that is beneficial and quite appealing, despite the large variety of challenging circumstances due to the place of Saturn. Generally, the Master of the Waterways of Time performs the part of the world-ruler of the indication of Aquarius, but in the first 30 days of drop Saturn will modify its traditional choices and instead of beneficial power will offer the associates of this indication with absolutely adverse emanations. We cannot say that it will be an effective, amazing impact, however, it is still value considering, at least, when preparing close relatives actions and visits relevant to entertainment.
Oct 2015 will be quite a successful here we are at the indication of Aquarius with regards to company and business. What is important is not following the people whom you do not believe in. It does not issue what you say or guarantee, think first. You know very well what to do, even if you do not always look for the sensible justifications to logically assistance your dangerous activities.
The indication in which the factor of Air gets to its downwards embodiment, the indication of Aquarius, will not be in a bad scenario in Nov 2015. That is due to real personal mixtures of heavenly systems in the Solar energy System. Of course, the overall adverse energy qualifications will have a powerful impact on the lifestyles of associates of the indication, regardless of that, however, it is important to note that the Sun will modify the method of its emanations.
Based to the indication of Aquarius, what can be said about Dec 2015 for those created under this indication is that it's an excellent and appealing time, but not the simplest one to come. The truth is that Saturn, the planet-ruler of Aquarius, is as powerful as ever. The Master of the Waterways of Time will be able to deflect the lion's discuss of interstellar adverse thoughts that in other conditions could have performed a major part in living of an Aquarius.
In other terms, in Feb of 2016 it is the area of company and company that will become main for Aquarius; individuals this indication will focus a great deal of their sources and abilities on these places. Relax if in the first several years of the 30 days you will have to significantly modify your programs in mild of new details.
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5e: The Sack of Ionic
The first warning came when a patrol failed to arrive back in town. With the rumors of war looming over the heads of all good folk, what with vampire armies on the march, patrols had been doubled.
In the hours before sunrise, the town of Ionic was on alert. Fires had started in the outlying villages, and their smoke heralded the approaching ruin miles away. Burned and scarred farmers were making their way to the gates in groups, begging sanctuary from the encroaching enemy.
Fear started up, fed by rumors of an army of devils. Led by Asmodeus himself, some said. Riding horses with manes of fire, and flanked by the Furies themselves.
The town mustered defenders and sent runners to neighboring settlements. Messengers set out for Harkenwold and Hammerfast, around the spur of the Dawnforge Mountains, and to nearby Silver Pudding… less than a day's journey away.
A desperate quiet fell over the town. They had no heroes to their name, no great lord to protect them. As a frontier settlement, Ionic was one of the points of light people were drawn to in times of need.
Like Covalence had been.
The enemy arrived with the dawn. And with their arrival, hope fled.
Every able-bodied man and woman had turned out to defend the town from the infernal legion, but there simply wasn't enough equipment to arm them all. What equipment they had on hand would scarcely be enough to turn back an army.
The best they could hope for was that their plea for help would be answered before the devils crossed the wall.
An elder dwarf by the name of Breunor rallied the guard and militia for the town's defense. He organized for scouts to determine the size and strength of the approaching army. Unlike most of the defenders, he had soldiering experience from over a century earlier, fighting for the empire of Nerath.
But devils were different from gnolls.
The scouts that returned reported over three hundred devils. They were a highly-organized march, and the scouts had no trouble determining their number. Indeed, the scouts seemed to have come by the knowledge with ease.
What hunters and longbowmen Ionic had, Bruenor placed on the wall. The town had nothing like the numbers needed for a battery of archers, let alone the required ammunition–a situation they were rapidly attempting to correct. But a fletcher could only work so fast.
The few townsfolk who dared go atop the walls, watched the approaching army with growing dread. The devils pitched no tents. They clearly weren't planning for a siege. They only marched, and they showed no sign of stopping until they reached the walls.
Before them, the devils carried banners of a black Rose on a red field.
Without archers of their own, the devils offered no return fire once their front ranks had closed within range of Ionic's meager bowmen. Even still, the devils appeared to shrug off the wooden projectiles.
Breunor called a council with the town's temple leaders.
The limited spell-casting abilities offered to them included healing, not magic of war. The spells necessary to imbue the defenders' weapons to pierce fiendish hides simple wasn't available in quantities sufficient to make a difference.
At least they had the walls.
Heroes had a habit of showing up at the last possible moment, and indeed a few came out of the woodwork as the devils closed on the town gates. A few stalwart men had been fighters in better days, and opted to come out of retirement in defense of the town. They even lent a few enchanted weapons to the fight.
Newly armed, Breunor and his men were surprised by a disarray when they returned to the gate. People were screaming and fleeing in a panic. It took the dwarf a moment to understand: the gate had been opened.
Someone inside the town had opened the gate, and the devils had walked right inside.
His eleventh-hour heroes sprang into action and charged to meet the devils, but Breunor could see it was a losing battle before it had even begun. The walls were for nothing if the gates had been opened.
Wrestling with disbelief, the dwarf ran through several different possible scenarios.
It occurred to him that in the town's haste to bring in fleeing villagers, an enemy soldier or two might have entered in disguise. From there, they could have overpowered the gate guards…
But Breunor was still fighting that this was happening at all. Devils were fiends from beyond their world, perhaps this was an elaborate illusion designed to distract the guardsmen away from the gate…
It was the last thought to go through his mind before a devil glaive pierced his side.
Breunor was wounded, but he was a sturdy old dwarf. He watched the devil troop continue marching as he collapsed in the street.
The devils overran the gate in a matter of minutes. There was little time for anyone to flee the infernal horde as it descended upon the town.
First, the devils filled the lanes, cutting down anyone who resisted, until they occupied every nook and corner. An unsettling stillness hung over the town.
Then there was a terrible sound of rattling, and mysterious-looking devils wearing veils and clothed in lengths of chain filed through the streets. They stopped at each house, battered down the doors, and drove out any people within.
Most terrible of all was the thorough and systematic way in which they carried out the deed: houses were emptied like purses turned inside-out, their living contents led away in manacles to join the increasing legion in chains.
By the time the sun began to sink again, the infernal army had turned out the entire town of Ionic, and marched the surviving people beyond its limits.
The devils started their march anew, with prizes of war in tow. At the head of the army was the hag, Gul-Yara. She was occupied with interrogating a fevered dwarf who had been one of the town's defenders.
The dwarf rambled about needing to protect the outlying villages. There were others to be warned if the devils were on the move. His rambling grew more chaotic, as though he did not know to whom he was speaking.
Gul-Yara hushed the dwarf, and gently caressed his cheek. She was careful not to disturb the thread with which she had sewn the guardsman's eyes shut.
"Calm your fears, child. Grandmother will see to it. The little people of Silver Pudding can take care of themselves, I'm sure. I'm sure. Your messenger has probably arrived by now. Rest assured, they know what's coming."
She let the dwarf's head sag, and turned back to the road. There was no more than a day between Ionic and Silver Pudding, but the slaves the army had taken on since they set out from Sarthel were beginning to slow them down.
Silver Pudding was a fat, ripe target just waiting to be plucked. To head back to Vor Rukoth now would be prudent, but Gul-Yara longed for another town in which to plant a garden of black roses.
And stalwart halfling souls commanded such a high value on the soul market, it seemed too great an opportunity to pass up…


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ADATA announces DashDrive UV150 USB 3.0 flash drive
ADATA Technology, a leading manufacturer of high-performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash application products, has launched a new DashDrive UV150 USB Flash drive, a value-priced USB 3.0 solution with an attractive pearlescent exterior.
The sleek contour of the UV150 makes the drive as easy in the hand as it is on the eyes, and the USB connector cap snaps in cleanly in the rear of the drive to prevent cap loss. A broad lanyard slot at the base of the drive allows for use with a wider range of carrying straps than is often seen in USB Flash drives. These factors, combined with a weight of only 9g (0.3oz), make the UV150 an essential accessory in today's world of value-driven digital mobility Read transfer speed reaches 90 MB per seconds, provided the needed performance for the most common data storage needs.
Purchasers of the UV150 can also take full advantage of ADATA's free and proprietary value-add software, including UFDtoGO, OStoGO and the latest Norton Internet Security 2013 (60-day trial). The DashDrive UV150 is backed by a lifetime product warranty.
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Located at the entrance to the exclusive Punta Estrella area of the Benissa coast, walking distance to the beach, supermarket, bars and restaurants. This large private plot and villa constructed in 1980 is now on the market for sale. The villa is distributed over two floors and is a typical Spanish design. The upper level consists of a large open plan kitchen, dining room and living room with a wrap-around terrace. To the rear there are two good sized bedrooms (one en-suite) and a house bathroom. The lower level is a similar layout, consisting of living space, kitchen and dining area as well as three additional bedrooms, guest toilet and house bathroom. Terrace doors lead out to the 8 x 4 pool and mature gardens. Views are over to the Sierra Bernia mountains. There is a private gated driveway up from the main road with car port and separate garage for one car. The house build quality is exceptional and there are possibilities to modernise and update the property, for a small investment, to improve the villa even further. Viewings are now available for this must see property in a prime location. – Key points:- Heating: Air conditioning- Pool: 8 x 4m- Garage: Yes- Air conditioning: Yes- Open terrace: Yes- Covered terrace: Yes- Parking: Yes- Fireplace: Yes- Orientation: South- Terrain type:little bit steep- Distance to sea: 1km
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Every year I try to come up with a festive Halloween/Autumnal treat that has way less sugar than the giant bags of candy at every cash register in America this time of year. Last year it was these deceptively simple Chocolate Dipped Apple Slices. What if we didn't … [Read more...]
RANT AND NEW RECIPE: Dairy Free Pork Rind Pizza Crust/Flatbread
Dairy Free Rant Ahead! So many of my fellow dairy free brethren have been stepping out of the woodwork. You tell me the process went a little like this: You cut out gluten, things got a little better. Then you cut out sugars and grains, and things got really a … [Read more...]
EAT HAPPY COOKING VIDEO: Asparagus Swiss Stuffed Meatloaf
Getting Eat Happy Too birthed out into the world had a much longer gestation period than I expected. Then the labor pains of Amazon not stocking the book in time for the release was a disappointing fizzle of a launch to say the least. As of today, I come to find out the books … [Read more...]
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***GIVEAWAY DEADLINE NOW EXTENDED TO THURSDAY 11/30/2017!!!*** It's that time of year again, folks! Time for another Instant Pot Giveaway!! From today (11/1) through 11/30/2017, if you purchase a hard cover version of Eat Happy, forward your receipt to … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Pork Chops with Apples & The Instant Pot Giveaway Winner!
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Adi Shankar and Joseph Kahn's Rap Battle Satire 'Bodied' to Premiere at Toronto
Producer Adi Shankar has re-interpreted Power Rangers, Judge Dredd and, most recently, Castlevania. Now he has his sights on the rap battle.
His satirical film Bodied will premiere opening night at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 7, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively. It's got quite a pedigree, as he produced the film with Eminem and music manager Paul Rosenberg. Famed music video director Joseph Kahn is at the helm, and its sprawling cast including actors (Anthony Michael Hall, Debra Wilson, Jackie Long and Calum Worthy) as well as seasoned battle rappers (Jonathan "Dumbfoundead" Park and Dizaster). It focuses on race relations as a graduate student writing his thesis on battle-rap culture becomes embroiled in that world.
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For Shankar, tackling satire is in the fabric of all of his work, even if it's not obvious to everyone.
"People think I'm blowing stuff up, but it's satire. All of it. Castlevania, all of it," he says, giving a nod to his well-received animated video game adaptation for Netflix.
With work on Bodied, Shankar is once again finding a kindred spirit in Khan. (The pair previously teamed on Power/Rangers.)
The director, who co-wrote Bodied with battle rapper Alex "Kid Twist" Larsen, has been one of the biggest names in the music video world since the '90s, establishing the Backstreet Boys as "back" (all right!), color-coding Destiny's Child for "Say My Name," and winning his first Grammy for directing Eminem's "Without Me."
Shankar is a staunch defender of Khan's feature film work, which has received a mixed response in the U.S. (2004's Torque and 2011's Detention were both critical busts). Shankar partially blames Kahn's muted renown on a system that "very openly belittles Asian-Americans unless Vin Diesel is in your corner." Both men are underrepresented minorities operating on the edges of the Hollywood system, factors that imbue their artistic output with an anti-establishment spirit. Shankar, who said he used to get called "Emo Night Shyamalan," feels this in his core. Whether in fashion, language or his beloved pop culture, Shankar credits his unique perspective to his upbringing: "I've never been in the majority. Ever.
"As an immigrant to this country, before that spending most of my life between Hong Kong and Singapore, I have a different reference point," Shankar says, describing his experiences at his "homogenous" Rhode Island high school in 2001. Two days after his arrival, the Sept. 11 attacks occurred.
It was at that school that he learned sharing his point of view wouldn't necessarily win friends during football season. Case in point: After an early pep rally featured the burning of a rival's mascot in effigy, he told classmates it reminded him of childhood stories about Communist rallies. Yet, he learned, if he used fictional characters to make the same point, it was more digestible for people.
"If I was like 'No, no, I meant there were all these X-Men and there was this demon, and it's Castlevania and the guy's got a whip,' then people nod their heads and say 'Yeah, I'm down with that,'" Shankar says.
This attitude comes baked into everything he does, including his upcoming Assassin's Creed animated series that he's showrunning for Netflix. Details about the show during its development are scarce, but it's clear Shankar understands the politics-heavy property that explores an ongoing war between the freedom-advocating Assassins and the control-oriented Knights Templar.
For Shankar, video games like Assassin's Creed and Castlevania are the next step in the evolution of storytelling.
"Movies are fake memories," he says. "It's the reason why if David Schwimmer were to walk through my front door right now — I've never met David Schwimmer, I've never been in the same room as David Schwimmer — my mind, my eyes, my body, everything would react like an old friend from childhood walked in."
The power of video games, in his eyes, is that they bring us even closer to another global storytelling language.
"Take emojis, for instance," Shankar says, "My grandmother who has spent her whole life living in Kolkata, India, sends me the same emojis as James Van Der Beek sends me."
His cynical view of the future lives in his work, especially his bootleg series of short films, showing a world where we are exploited by the properties we once enjoyed.
"If you love something, you are a candidate to be exploited by it. Today they call it 'engagement,'" Shankar says. "George Clooney has a ton of integrity, he won't just spew the corporate agenda. But Mr. Potato Head or Buzz Lightyear are characters. They'll say whatever you want them to say."
Bodied will debut Sept. 7 at the Toronto Film Festival.
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Who lives here?
Especially Selma and Celia love living in Cherryview with their best friends so close!
Living room + kitchen + dining room
The open floor plan invites the family to spend a lot of time together, whether it's playing video games in the living room (Jack + Celia), or just hanging out and talking in the kitchen (Tyla + Selma)
On the wall by the back door, Jack's bike usually hangs, but at the time of the photo shoot, he had taken it to work
Selma's room
Both Selma and Celia have really tiny rooms filled with stuff, so it was a little difficult taking good pictures!
Selma collects postcards from her dad's travels. She wonders if he's ever going to invite her along
Celia's room
As you can see, Celia is an artistic young sim who loves to paint!
Parents' bedroom
I really love to decorate the younger sims' rooms, but when it comes to the parents' bedroom I find that so boring!
(which you can see from the veeeery minimalistic decor )
So far, I only have pictures of the exterior during winter, but doesn't it look cute?


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There's no question that certain pieces of heavy equipment are better for some jobs than others. When it comes to mining, the type of mine makes a huge difference, and if you are going to look at the type of cranes that are effectively used for mining then it's important to make sure you look at some of the specialty pieces of equipment out there to get the most realistic look about what can actually get the job done.
Working On the Site
One of the best ways to know about what mining cranes are currently in favor is to look at some of the major mining projects going on around the world and what cranes they are actually using. For example, the Atacama Desert in Chile is home to some major mining projects and when you see what type of cranes they are using to get the job done in some of the hardest conditions in the world then you get an idea of what is in vogue.
At those particular sites there are five different 40 and 50 tonne versions of the Liebherr 1250 HC. These tower cranes have some of the best lift weights of any cranes that can be found at any mining site anywhere in South America.
Other Tower Cranes For Copper Mining
While there's no denying the power that the Liebherr versions of these cranes have, there are other models that have proven themselves in some of the most adverse conditions out there. A the Minera Escondida the 1250 HC tower cranes from Litronic are making a name for themselves, enough so that there is more than one operating at the site. These cranes help during the initial phase and they can handle massive loads of weight to help quickly clear out an area that can then be properly set up for long term extraction. Keep this in mind when hire cranes Sydney as the specifications of the the project will always fine what type of crane you hire.
Specialty To General Maintenance
While it takes very specific types of mining cranes in order to handle the early job of clearing an area and moving tons upon tons of dirt and stone to excavate what will become the base of the mine, a variety of mining cranes can then be used for maintenance, including all of the cranes that have already been mentioned.
A major reason for this is these tower cranes have the ability to carry effective loads that are in the tons, move in heavy equipment for construction, and take care of a variety of issues that would otherwise be extremely difficult to handle.
Look For High Quality Engineering
When you are talking about tools that handle this level of work and harsh environments, it is important to make sure the quality of construction is undeniable. This is why certain company names tend to come up repeatedly, including many German names like Liebherr. That level of engineering allows them to hold up to harsh climates and conditions – an absolute must considering that most new deposits are going to be found in less than developed and less than hospitable conditions. Quality engineering for mining cranes matters!


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Patrick J. O' Brien, EXANTE's Communication Director and one of Malta's leading business journalists, has published a brief article on the Summit of iGaming website, in which he describes the Maltese progress in diversification towards higher value-added sectors and creating a strong knowledge based economy.
In order to achieve the best results, Malta encourages every incentive for companies grow, innovate and compete in the global market. One of such incentives has arisen just recently at Malta Enteprise office. The organization announced a new program B.Start aimed at assisting new start-ups on the island, that implies funding the most promising ideas with a grant that amounts to €25,000.


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We've slid into the summery bliss of 2018 with heat, humidity, cucumbers and zucchinis.
We harvested just before Christmas, our two colonies have been busy indeed. For this they have our gratitude.
There's been time for reflections and daydreams, making time to water before the garden turns into a crisp, making time for family, reading, reading some more, the occasional nap and feeling revitalized for the adventures ahead.
Growing your own food can be incredibly rewarding. Knowing people love what you do, are on the same values page and continue to support you with their hard earned dollars is humbling and great encouragement you're on the right path.
I read a fair bit. More and more so about food politics, how to grow stuff, how trees talk, the interconnection of everything and how we've got a lot to learn about so much. Seems small scale urban agriculture can play a massive role in establishing food security, reconnecting neighbourhoods with real nutritional food and give people a sense of place.
There's a lot that could be perceived as overwhelming. There's also a lot to be optimistic about. I've chosen just to start / continue)where I am with what I've got and learn from my environment. Small steps in my own backyard.
My word of the year is EDUCATION. The more we're curious, we ask questions. We feel empowered to try new stuff and and know it's a learning curve. More fun than standing still.
This is the foundation of what one day will be our demonstration site. Turf roof covered, north facing, super snug studio. Volunteers are helping us get this out of the ground – energy exchanges make a rich currency around here.
So our focus is educating ourselves, sharing knowledge (volunteering is a great way to see/ experience/ contribute/ learn at large without spending a cent), growing, eating and sharing beautiful produce and regularly taking time to appreciate where we are.
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With a combined total of close to 50 years of experience, Jerome McGlotten and Mark Bass are two highly decorated martial artists from the Baltimore area and bring a vast and multifaceted background of experience in training, teaching and competing in a multitude of different martial arts and combat sports.
JEROME McGLOTTEN
Mr. McGlotten is a certified Kru in the WTBA (World Thai Boxing Association) and holds multiple black-belts in Kung Fu and Karate as well as teacher status in Pentjak Silat Bukti Nigara.
He has competed in many Kickboxing, Karate, Western Boxing and Kung Fu tournaments all over the US as well as in Japan and Canada.
When competing in the late 1980's to the early 2000's Kru Jerome fought in over 100 tournaments winning state, national and world championships. He was also selected for the United States National Karate Team. After retiring from competition he taught at many different martial art schools; and conducted self-defense seminars for military, government, churches and private organizations.
He has a tremendous amount of experience in the ring as a fighter as well as a trainer. As a former Sgt. in the United States Marine Corps he is a great advocate of maintaining a high standard of physical fitness and healthy nutrition.
He has trained MMA and Muay Thai fighters as well as federal agents and military and DOD personnel and has a straight-forward, no-nonse approach to training while also being empathetic toward his student's different backgrounds and individual needs. Jerome is the director of our Muay Thai program.
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Premier MMA has what I'm looking for: Kru Jerome is an experienced fighter with many competitions under his belt, so the combinations he teaches are combinations that work. He provides individual attention, allowing me to perfect a technique when it's not 100%, and also showing me variations of moves when they are more suited to my size. Premier Combat Academy has a convenient location, which means I can train several times a week.Dr. Veronica DezaStudent
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